517: Chapter 527 Mutual Destruction!

Taishu Yichen's face turned pale; feeling a fatal threat, he immediately wanted to retreat and dodge.

Lu Ming, however, pursued relentlessly. Spreading his Wind and Thunder wings, his figure teleported in front of Taishu Yichen, and the war halberd formed by Tiangang slashed out with heavy force.

"Damn it!"

Taishu Yichen cursed under his breath and barely managed to dodge sideways, but the halberd blade still grazed his shoulder, bringing up a spray of blood mist.

Taishu Yichen retreated while clutching his shoulder, and at the same time, a pitch-black bead flew out from his sleeve.

It was a Level 4 Spirit Treasure named the "Soul-Shattering Bead," a Spirit Treasure with a very special Divine Soul attribute.

Once activated, it could release an indiscriminate attack targeting the Divine Soul; at the very least, it would cause the enemy to briefly lose their will, and at worst, it could directly annihilate their Divine Soul.

However, having fought Lu Ming, Taishu Yichen knew the evil nature of the person before him and did not believe that a mere Spirit Treasure could injure him.

Therefore, to ensure foolproof success, he did not hesitate at all and directly chose to self-detonate this Level 4 Spirit Treasure.

"Hum—"

In an instant, the Soul-Shattering Bead emitted a harsh, mournful cry, like a living creature wailing, knowing it was about to be destroyed.

The bead's body trembled violently, and countless fine cracks appeared on its surface, with a ghostly blue light shining through the cracks.

Immediately, the light became fiercely intense, illuminating the entire sky a ghastly white.

Then, the bead's body instantly began to shrink inward, like a star compressed to the limit.

Even the dispersed power caused the surrounding Void Realm to begin to distort, and light was sucked into it, forming a miniature black hole.

The next moment, when it collapsed to the limit, it was completely released.

"Boom—!!!"

An invisible wave spread from the center of the explosion.

This was a mental shock pure to the extreme. Wherever the wave passed, the mountains and rivers within the hun tian myriad phenomenon map seemed to lose their color in an instant.

Then, the wave poured straight into Lu Ming's Sea of Consciousness, causing Lu Ming's consciousness to experience a momentary trance at that moment.

His vision went blank, his ears buzzed, and even his thinking became sluggish.

Taishu Yichen seized this moment, and the Qingxu Cauldron broke free from the entanglement of the Five Elements Great Grinding Disc.

Immediately, the cauldron's body swelled, turning into a small mountain, and smashed fiercely toward Lu Ming's chest.

"Go to hell!"

Taishu Yichen's face was ferocious, wanting to smash the guy in front of him into pulp.

However, how powerful was Lu Ming's Divine Soul?

Before he had achieved the Breakthrough to Nascent Soul True Monarch, it was already infinitely close to the Nascent Soul level.

Now that he had achieved a Breakthrough to a higher level, it was comparable to a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Divine Soul.

Even though he was affected by the self-detonation of the Level 4 Spirit Treasure, he was only in a trance for a moment.

However, battles between Nascent Souls are always decided in a split second. Although he woke up at the last moment and his Wind and Thunder wings subconsciously spread, teleporting his figure a hundred zhang away.

But the speed of the Qingxu Cauldron was too fast, and it still grazed his back, leaving a wound deep enough to see the bone.

The flesh rolled back, blood gushed out, and one could even vaguely see the ghastly white bones within.

But Lu Ming only let out a muffled groan, not even frowning.

At the same time, the Hunyuan Nascent Soul within his body slowly opened its eyes at this moment.

In an instant, the power of Hunyuan flowed through his Meridians; without him needing to deliberately urge it, it automatically transformed into the Green Wood Law.

Cyan light gushed out from the wound, and vigorous vitality spread through the flesh.

The bleeding wound stopped instantly, the rolled-back flesh healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the newly grown skin was as tender as before, leaving not even a scar.

The entire process took no more than three breaths, and he was completely restored to his original state!

This was the adaptability of the Hunyuan Law; the Five Elements Law allowed him to almost not have to worry about injuries in battle.

As long as it was not a fatal blow, he could recover in a very short time.

Of course, Lu Ming did not forget to collect all the blood that had scattered outside.

His mana turned into an invisible hand, gathering the blood droplets floating in the air one by one, condensing them into a blood pill, and taking it back into his sleeve.

Not a single bit was left behind.

Because he himself played dirty, he was very wary of things like blood, which are media for Karma, being left outside.

If someone were to use it against him, even with the golden book as a backup, it would be impossible to guard against.

— — 《Caution》

After doing all this, Lu Ming looked up at Taishu Yichen, the color of Chaos in his eyes flickering.

"It's about time."

He whispered softly.

"What?"

Taishu Yichen vaguely heard him, but was somewhat confused.

But a strong sense of unease still uncontrollably rose in his heart.

The guy opposite him had always given him an indescribable sense of oppression, as if something was brewing and about to erupt.

And his intuition was soon fulfilled.

He saw Lu Ming activate eleven Laws around his body simultaneously.

Yin and Yang, Five Elements, Wind and Thunder, Tiangang, Xun Wind, Primal Desire, Void, Thunder.

Eleven mysterious rings appeared one after another behind him, each mysterious phenomenon corresponding to one Law.

But they were not independent of each other.

They intertwined and swirled, turning into a huge scroll.

The scroll was engraved with mountains, rivers, the sun, the moon, stars, and all living things, which actually resembled the hun tian myriad phenomenon map somewhat.

This was inspiration Lu Ming had gained from Taishu Yichen's Spirit Treasure: using the method of Hunyuan returning to one to fabricate a world out of thin air.

Of course, with his current cultivation, he could not yet reach this step.

But he felt he could try to condense the phenomenon and invoke its world power.

He saw the eleven Laws merge into one in his palm, turning into a grayish, chaotic light.

The light was not dazzling or ostentatious, but it carried an indescribable sense of heaviness, as if the power of Chaos from when Heaven and Earth first opened had reappeared in the world.

Immediately, the light shot out from Lu Ming's palm, slamming straight toward Taishu Yichen.

"No—!"

Taishu Yichen's eyes were splitting, and he desperately urged the Qingxu Cauldron.

The runes on the cauldron's body all lit up, as if in a final flash of brilliance, and a black and white Dragon rushed out from his body, blocking in front of him.

That was the Origin of the Yin-Yang Law he had nurtured for thousands of years, and even more, the core of his dao foundation; now, however, it was all stimulated and released by him.

However, the collision between the light carrying the power of Hunyuan and the black and white Dragon was not as earth-shattering as expected.

As soon as the two made contact, the Dragon dissipated silently.

It was not shattered, but assimilated.

That gray light was the power of Hunyuan, the source of all Laws; the Yin-Yang Law within it was like a drop of water returning to the ocean, like returning to a mother's embrace.

Taishu Yichen watched helplessly as the Yin-Yang Law he had nurtured for thousands of years was "swallowed alive" bit by bit by that gray light.

That feeling was like someone tearing, chewing, and swallowing the thing he cherished most right in front of him.

His Dao Heart was trembling, making him almost want to vomit blood on the spot.

"No—!"

In just a moment, when the Yin-Yang Law was swallowed alive, the Chaos light did not stop there, but shrouded Taishu Yichen with unstoppable force.

Seeing this scene, Taishu Yichen panicked a little.

Subconsciously, he wanted to bring out a Spirit Treasure to block it.

However, the Qingxu Cauldron only let out a mournful cry before falling from the air, the runes on its body all dimming.

After all, having lost the support of the Yin-Yang Law, this life-bound Spirit Treasure, connected to his mind, was already mostly ruined.

And that Yin-Yang Mirror also shattered; the cracks on the mirror surface were dense like a spider web, and it exploded with a bang, fragments scattering everywhere.

Finally, under Taishu Yichen's terrified gaze, the light completely enveloped him.

But just at this moment.

"Crack—"

With a crisp sound, a jade pendant at Taishu Yichen's waist shattered with a bang.

Then, a white light instantly enveloped him, beginning to quickly repair his collapsing dharma body.

Clearly, this jade pendant had a very strong healing effect.

But the erosion of the power of Hunyuan was too fast, so fast that the jade talisman did not have time to fully exert its effect.

The white light had only just lit up when it was swallowed by the gray light; the jade talisman exploded instantly, fragments scattering.

"No—!"

Taishu Yichen let out a desperate roar.

His dharma body, under the shroud of the light of Chaos, began to crack from the Dantian.

The cracks spread to his limbs and to his head.

Every time it cracked, spiritual light gushed out from the cracks; that was the dao attainment he had accumulated over thousands of years, but at this moment, it was all dissipating like a floodgate being opened.

And it also seemed that because the Nascent Soul True Monarch's dharma body shattered, the entire hun tian myriad phenomenon map was trembling, and the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was surging wildly, as if something was being stripped from this world.

"Ah—!"

Finally, Taishu Yichen screamed, and his dharma body shattered with a bang.

And at the very moment the dharma body shattered, a fist-sized Nascent Soul escaped from his body.

The Nascent Soul was crystalline throughout, with short limbs, and its face was exactly the same as Taishu Yichen's.

Having lost the support of the dharma body and Physical Body, and having lost the Origin of the Yin-Yang Law, the Nascent Soul at this time became extremely weak, barely able to maintain its own form.

But as soon as it came out, it stared at Lu Ming with extremely venomous eyes and shrieked sharply.

"Very good! This account, I will remember; we have a long road ahead!!"

After finishing his harsh words, the Nascent Soul had no intention of staying any longer and plunged toward the Void Realm without looking back.

The speed was extreme, and in the blink of an eye, it was about to disappear into the depths of the hun tian myriad phenomenon map.

Lu Ming watched this scene, but was not in the slightest hurry; the corners of his mouth curved up.

"Want to run? I've been guarding against you for a long time."

...

In the Void Realm, Taishu Yichen, now only a Nascent Soul, was fleeing madly.

But in his heart, he was still cursing incessantly.

Don't look at it as just losing a dharma body; this had condensed most of his life's dao attainment.

Before stepping onto the Soul Transformation heavenly ladder and achieving the unity of spirit and flesh, if it was lost, it was truly lost.

Who knows how many years it would take to make up for it.

Taishu Yichen was still making poisonous oaths in his heart.

Once he recast a new Physical Body and dharma body and recovered his cultivation, he would definitely skin him, pull his tendons, and grind his bones to ash to vent the hatred in his heart!

And that dog, the Soul-Devouring Demon Lord; if it weren't for his instigation, how would he have become the pioneer and run into such a monster.

The key was that he had been heavily tricked on the "painted skin holy robe," which led to this outcome!

These guys are not good people; once he recovers, none of them will be able to run!

Thinking this in his heart, the Nascent Soul gritted its teeth and desperately urged the remaining mana in the Nascent Soul to accelerate its escape.

Actually, it wasn't that he didn't want to resist, but now he had no dharma body support, and the Yin-Yang Law had been swallowed, so his only remaining means of attack was Divine Soul attacks.

But Divine Soul attacks require sufficient cultivation support; in his current weak state, any Nascent Soul Early Stage could easily withstand it.

Moreover, although the hun tian myriad phenomenon map was connected to his mind, without mana support, he could not use his mind to control it and retract the array map.

He could only wait for his Nascent Soul to approach the core of the array map and use his mind to sense it to dispel it.

But this was equivalent to spinning a cocoon around himself, locking himself inside.

So the only thing he could do was run, the faster the better, the further the better.

As long as he escaped to the array map, there was still a chance to make a comeback.

"Almost there, almost there."

Seeing it getting closer and closer, a glimmer of hope ignited in Taishu Yichen's heart.

As long as he could escape, he would have a glimmer of life.

At that time, he would definitely make the matter here public, exposing the fact that this person possessed over a dozen Laws; this person would definitely become a target of public criticism.

Although this would likely make him lose this heaven-defying fortune.

But thinking about it, even if he didn't say anything, given the strength the other party had shown, the possibility of him obtaining this secret was probably extremely slim.

Since that was the case, it might as well be used as a bargaining chip.

Not only could he retaliate against the other party, but he could also squeeze quite a few resources from those old guys as an exchange.

However, just as Taishu Yichen was fleeing while immersed in thoughts of how to maximize his own benefit after getting out.

"Bang!"

With a muffled sound, the Nascent Soul suddenly slammed into an invisible wall.

So much so that it was instantly bounced back, tumbling several times in the Void Realm, leaving the Nascent Soul dizzy and disoriented.

Shaking its head, Taishu Yichen's small Nascent Soul blinked its round eyes, looking blankly at the grayish scene in front of it, its brain unable to process what had happened for a moment.

After a moment, he was stunned to discover that Lu Ming had, at some unknown time, set up an inescapable net in this area, sealing the sky and locking the earth with the power of Hunyuan.

Like a wall of sighs, leaving him with nowhere to run.

"How could it be... how is it possible!"

The little Nascent Soul's mind was trembling frantically; it couldn't understand why the situation had developed like this.

It was clearly a one-sided game of catching a turtle in a jar, but it seemed he had played it too far.

The glimmer of life was clearly right in front of him, he was clearly one step away from leaving this ghost place, but it was like a natural chasm, cutting off his last hope.

Now it seemed... there was nowhere to run!!

As this thought rose, Taishu Yichen's small Nascent Soul's face was filled with ferocity.

"Why! Why!"

Immediately, he attacked the invisible wall frantically as if he had lost his mind.

Having lost his usual Divine Ability means, and with mental attacks unable to cause any impact on the Hunyuan Law—it hadn't reached the point of being immune to all Laws, but when it landed on it, it was like a clay ox entering the sea, not even stirring up a ripple.

So much so that the little Nascent Soul could only bare its teeth and bite, appearing exceptionally comical for a moment.

A deep sense of despair welled up in Taishu Yichen's Nascent Soul; it knew it couldn't escape.

But he didn't want to die.

He was a Nascent Soul True Monarch, with a Lifespan of tens of thousands of years, an existence standing at the very top of the Profound Spirit Domain.

It still had a bright future, and an unfinished Dao path. It could not die here!

Even less could it die at the hands of a junior who had just entered the Nascent Soul stage.

"Since I can't escape, then let's perish together!"