355: The first rays of dawn!

"Go!"

With a slight thought from Lu Ming, the Three Yin Nether Fire floating in his palm suddenly trembled and split in an instant, blooming into nine eerie and gorgeous purple fire lotuses.

The lotus petals were lifelike, their edges flowing with a gray aura of decay. As soon as they formed, they lunged toward Zhuge Mingyi's vital points from above and below at extremely tricky angles!

These purple fire lotuses not only emitted a bone-chilling cold but also a heat that scorched the Divine Soul. Once attached, they were like maggots on a bone, extremely difficult to remove.

They would only stop once the target's Physical Body and Divine Soul were completely burned to ashes.

At the same time, Lu Ming shook his sleeve, and several glowing Talismans shot out like arrows from a bow, bursting with brilliant light in mid-air as they were activated simultaneously!

In an instant, as the Talismans exploded one after another, various phenomena appeared above the stone forest.

The "Corroding Heaven Filthy Qi Talisman" transformed into a rolling dark green bone-corroding poisonous cloud covering a radius of a hundred zhang. It was pungent and foul-smelling, and everywhere it passed, even the stone forest sizzled and emitted green smoke from the corrosion.

The "Nine Heavens Demon-Slaying Divine Lightning Talisman" drew upon the world's Qi. Dark clouds gathered out of thin air in the sky, and amidst the dancing silver snakes, several bolts of Nine Heavens wild lightning, as thick as buckets and flashing with blinding light, tore through the cloud curtain. Carrying majestic heavenly might and an aura of destruction, they crashed down toward the top of Zhuge Mingyi's head!

Additionally, the "Spirit-Slaying Golden Needle Talisman" shattered silently, instantly bursting with thousands of Spirit-Slaying Golden Needles shimmering with law-breaking golden light. Like a pear blossom rain, they covered all the space around Zhuge Mingyi, specifically designed to break through various Protective Auras and mana barriers.

The final "Kun Yuan Earth-Trapping Talisman" sank into the ground, turning into a rolling quagmire beneath Zhuge Mingyi's feet, its powerful suction firmly binding his feet.

Furthermore, several rock spikes made of hard stone shot out from the quagmire, ruthlessly and cunningly stabbing at his lower vital points!

Spirit fire, poisonous clouds, heavenly thunder, golden needles, earth binding... within a single breath, Lu Ming effortlessly unleashed a magnificent combo.

A composite attack covering all dimensions from ground-to-air and air-to-ground, combining physical, magical, and control attributes!

Even an ordinary Late Golden Core Stage Cultivator would likely feel their scalp go numb upon seeing such a fast-paced saturation strike.

And Zhuge Mingyi's face was indeed so gloomy at this moment that it looked like it was about to drip water.

"This Rising Eastern Sun really treats me as a whetstone!"

By now, if Zhuge Mingyi still couldn't see Lu Ming's intentions, he would have lived these hundreds of years in vain.

Although the opponent's offensive was fierce, not every move was fatal; instead, they carried a sense of probing.

Moreover, he had already figured it out; this person was the very figure he had caught a fleeting glimpse of in the torrent of the Karma web when he previously used Heavenly Secret techniques to peer into Karma.

It was just that at the time, separated by a distant Karmic medium, the impact was large but not intuitive enough.

But now, face to face, the pressure originating from his status made Zhuge Mingyi's Divine Soul tremble instinctively!

Thinking of this, Zhuge Mingyi subconsciously touched his chest, a flash of undeniable pain crossing his face.

Beneath that Profound Silk Dharma Robe, pressed against his heart, a warm and ancient "Heavenly Secret Luck-Suppressing Eight Trigrams Mirror" was now covered in spiderweb-like cracks, its spirituality completely gone, totally ruined!

This was no ordinary Magic Treasure, but one of the core clan-suppressing Magical Artifacts passed down by the Zhuge Family!

It could invisibly provide protection on the level of Karma, stabilizing one's fate and Luck, and could also protect the Divine Soul, resisting a certain degree of Heavenly Secret backlash and Karmic interference.

He had come to assist Li Daoxuan this time and, out of his usual caution, had specifically requested this precious mirror from the Family treasury to carry with him. He hadn't expected it to actually save his life at a critical moment!

If the "Heavenly Secret Luck-Suppressing Eight Trigrams Mirror" hadn't spontaneously protected its master at the most critical moment, consuming most of its Origin to barely block that indescribable impact for him...

...preventing him from having his rational defenses immediately overwhelmed by that massive, chaotic torrent of information.

Otherwise, at best, his Divine Soul would have been damaged and his memories muddled; at worst, he would have become an idiot or even suffered Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering!

Even so, the precious mirror was completely destroyed after burning out.

This work, a Major Achievement that condensed the painstaking efforts of several generations of the Zhuge Family's Heavenly Secret Masters, was completely lost here.

"But to be able to survive, any price is worth it."

Although Zhuge Mingyi comforted himself, he didn't know how he would explain such a loss to the clan when he returned.

However, Zhuge Mingyi was not of an indecisive nature, and he quickly composed himself.

Feeling the offensive surging from all directions, from heaven and earth, Zhuge Mingyi felt an unprecedented pressure!

Whether it was the intent of decay on the purple fire lotuses, the corrosive poison of the bone-corroding miasma cloud, the destructive power of the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning, or the law-breaking sharpness of the Spirit-Slaying Golden Needles...

Every single attack contained a terrifying threat capable of severely wounding or even killing a Late Golden Core Stage Cultivator!

However, there wasn't much emotional fluctuation in his eyes, only a nearly paranoid calmness.

Heavenly Secret Masters, who deal with the unpredictable nature of Karma year-round, had long ago realized the "fickleness of fate."

Faced with this Life and Death crisis, he instead discarded all Luck and distracting thoughts; only by going all out could he find that glimmer of survival in this desperate situation.

Zhuge Mingyi's fingers danced rapidly like butterflies through flowers, leaving a dizzying trail of afterimages.

Upon his fingertips, threads of flowing silver-white light quickly intertwined and spread with his movements.

They wove a hazy and profound silver light screen around him, like a translucent giant cocoon, firmly protecting him in the center.

On the light screen, countless tiny and complex silver seals appeared faintly, like countless data particles calculating myriad future possibilities.

"Karmic Chaos, All Laws Silenced!"

"Void!"

A low growl escaped his throat as his pressed palms suddenly split to either side.

In an instant, it was as if an invisible curtain of "predetermined possibilities" had been torn open.

In the next moment, a scene appeared that even Lu Ming found quite absurd.