Chapter 17 Crushing Earth Vein Iron with Bare Hands!
*Crack...*
When Lin Yuan's right hand—fair, slender, and without a single callus—lightly rested on that taut, Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Iron Chain,
The entire Taixuan Main Peak fell into a deathly silence.
Everyone stared with wide eyes, looking at this youth dressed in handyman's robes as if he were a fool.
“Hahaha! Hahahaha!”
In mid-air, after a brief moment of bewilderment, the Blood Demon Ancestor erupted into a piercing, frenzied laughter, laughing so hard it seemed tears might fall.
“Old man Qingxu, is this your Taixuan Dao Sect's trump card? Is this the ‘Old Ancestor’ you knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg for?!”
The Blood Demon Ancestor pointed downward, doubling over with laughter, his blood-colored robes shaking violently. “A Mortal with zero cultivation actually dares to try and undo the [Taiji Heaven-Sealing Array] set by the Taixuan Ancestor with his bare hands? Does he think that's a hemp rope for tying up a dog?!”
“That is Nine Heavens Meteorite Iron, fused with the Taixuan Nine Netherworld Earth Veins and engraved with thirteen thousand Demon-Suppressing Runes! Let alone a Mortal, even if I, with my half-step Soul Transformation Stage cultivation, were to strike it with full force, I would be shattered to pieces by the backlash of the earth vein's power!”
The Blood Demon Ancestor's gaze suddenly turned extremely vicious, looking at Lin Yuan's back as if looking at a dead man. “Kid, you don't know the heights of the heavens! If you dare to pull it even once, the backlash lightning attached to that chain will instantly turn your Mortal Physical Body into a pile of ash! Even your Soul will be by the earth veins...”
However.
Before the Blood Demon Ancestor could finish his vicious curse, his voice was cut off in his throat as if by an invisible hand.
Because, below him, Lin Yuan moved.
“You talk too much; it's giving me a headache.”
Lin Yuan didn't even raise his head. Facing those eight Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Iron Chains that were indestructible and connected to the ancient earth Qi of the entire Taixuan Mountain Range, he simply and casually closed his five fingers slightly.
“Buzz—!”
There was no fluctuation of spiritual power, no Daoist Spells or Divine Abilities.
At the very moment Lin Yuan’s fingers closed!
One of the full ten thousand Divine Elephant Particles within his body pulsed extremely subtly.
An indescribable, pure, and ultimate ancient physical strength poured down his arm and crashed into that profound iron chain!
“Crack... Snap!”
Under the gaze of tens of thousands of people and the Blood Demon Ancestor, who looked as if he had seen a ghost,
That Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Iron Chain, claimed to be ‘Unbreakable by Ten Thousand Spells’ and still indestructible after three hundred years of erosion, actually let out a crisp snapping sound in Lin Yuan's hand, like a fragile piece of dried noodles!
Immediately following that.
“Boom—!!!”
A terrifyingly extreme physical shockwave spread frantically from Lin Yuan's palm!
That profound iron chain, as thick as a thigh, began to shatter inch by inch from where Lin Yuan held it! Those ‘Demon-Suppressing Runes’ that had been flashing with blinding golden light, attempting to trigger a Formation backlash, couldn't even hold out for half a breath when they encountered this absolute physical force. They exploded into a sky full of golden points of light like glass smashed by a heavy hammer!
And that wasn't all!
“Up you go!”
Lin Yuan's gaze turned cold. Instead of letting go, his right hand suddenly yanked upward!
“Rumble, rumble, rumble—!!!”
The entire Taixuan Main Peak—no, the entire Taixuan Mountain Range stretching for tens of thousands of miles—erupted into a terrifying shaking like a magnitude twelve earthquake at this moment!
Countless rocks rolled down, and the earth cracked!
Amidst the horrified screams of everyone present,
With this one pull, Lin Yuan actually forcibly yanked the bases of those eight profound iron chains—which were ten thousand feet deep and completely grown into the Nine Netherworld Earth Veins—along with the massive foundation stones of the [Taiji Heaven-Sealing Array], right out from the depths of the earth like pulling up a giant radish!
“Clatter, clatter, clatter!”
Accompanied by flying soil and the shattered light screen of the Formation, those eight shackles that had suppressed the peerless demoness for three hundred years were torn apart by Lin Yuan's bare hands, falling powerlessly to the ground like eight dead black snakes.
Then, Lin Yuan gave a gentle rub.
“Ssh—”
The fine iron locks remaining on Tantai Jinyue's limbs and torso were directly rubbed into iron dust finer than flour, scattering with the wind.
Quiet.
A deathly silence.
On the Taixuan Square, tens of thousands of Taixuan Disciples and Elders were all frozen in place like wood carvings or clay statues.
Immortal Master Qingxu's mouth was open wide enough to fit a Pill Furnace, and his eyeballs were nearly bulging out of their sockets.
Crushing Nine Heavens Meteorite Iron with bare hands?
Uprooting the sect-protecting earth vein array with one arm?!
Is this a fucking Mortal?!
If this is a Mortal, then what are they, these cultivators? A bunch of glowing trash?!
*Gulp...*
Someone, amidst the extreme silence, struggled to swallow a mouthful of saliva.
This sound of swallowing seemed to break some kind of Seal.
“This... this is impossible!!! An illusion! This is definitely an illusion!!!”
In mid-air, the Blood Demon Ancestor let out a shrill roar like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. His Dao Heart suffered a devastating blow at this moment!
That's an earth vein! It's the accumulated foundation of a great cultivation sect for thousands of years! How could it be pulled out by a frail-looking youth using pure brute force?! Does he have an Ancient True Dragon hidden inside his body?!
“True Dragon? You give the True Dragon too much credit.”
On Lin Yuan's neck, the small ice-blue snake rolled its eyes in an extremely human-like manner, flicking its tongue and mocking, “In front of this dragon... oh no, in front of Master, a True Dragon is just a cooling scarf. This old guy really hasn't seen the world.”
And at this time, Tantai Jinyue stood by Lin Yuan's side.
At the moment the eight chains were all turned to iron powder and the [Taiji Heaven-Sealing Array] completely collapsed, she tilted her head back and let out a long, pleasant whistle that pierced the Nine Heavens!
“Ah—!!!”
Three hundred years of darkness! Three hundred years of shackles! Three hundred years of day and night torture!
Today, in the hands of this Young Master who was like a god descended to earth, it all vanished completely!
“Boom!!!”
With the shackles undone, the single [Divine Elephant Particle] Lin Yuan had previously tapped into her shoulder and bestowed upon her finally met no further resistance in her body, fusing perfectly with her Demonic Core!
A dark-golden phantom of a Divine Elephant flashed and vanished behind Tantai Jinyue.
Immediately after, a terrifying demonic prestige that was not inferior to—and even faintly suppressed—a half-step Soul Transformation Stage, mixed with ancient, overbearing physical blood Qi, erupted from this peerless demoness who had regained her freedom!
Her originally black, waist-length hair instantly turned an eerie blood-red under the agitation of the Devilish Qi. On her exquisite face, that ten-thousand-year-old unmelting frost completely transformed into a Shura-like, cruel murderous intent.
Tantai Jinyue turned her head slightly and looked at Lin Yuan, who still had a lazy expression beside her.
“Go on.” Lin Yuan waved his hand, as casual as letting out a Tibetan Mastiff he’d raised for a long time to go bite someone. “Clean up that pile of filth in the sky; don't let it dirty the courtyard.”
“Your servant obeys!”
Tantai Jinyue knelt on one knee and performed an extremely solemn grand salute.
When she stood up again, she was no longer that humble maid who served tea and water in the death prison.
She was the generation's Demon Sovereign who had once slaughtered her way through the ten righteous sects, and now, she had obtained the strength of the Divine Elephant!
“Bang!”
Tantai Jinyue's right foot stomped hard on the ground!
The hard bluestone square was instantly stepped into a spiderweb-like giant pit several fathoms deep!
Aided by the terrifying physical explosive power bestowed by the [God Elephant Prison-Suppressing Strength], she turned into a red and black bolt of lightning that tore through space. With a sonic boom, she shot straight into the Nine Heavens, instantly appearing before the Blood Demon Ancestor!
“Old dog, I said I would kill you today to clean up the sect!”
Murderous intent boiled in Tantai Jinyue's crimson eyes. Without any fancy Spell casting, she directly threw out a punch without holding anything back!
“Arrogance! Even if you've undone the Seal, your cultivation is merely forced up! I am a genuine half-step Soul Transformation!”
Although the Blood Demon Ancestor had been scared witless by Lin Yuan's bare-handed uprooting of the earth vein, he still possessed the pride of a superior when facing Tantai Jinyue.
“Blood Sea Demonic Technique! Ten Thousand Blood Soul-Devouring Seal!”
The Blood Demon Ancestor's withered hands frantically formed Seals, and the half-step Soul Transformation Stage spiritual power within his body poured out without reservation.
In an instant, the blood clouds covering the sky gathered frantically, transforming into a terrifying blood-colored Seal several hundred feet in size, emitting a pungent stench and the wails of countless Souls, smashing down toward Tantai Jinyue!
This one strike was enough to level the entire Taixuan Main Peak!
However.
Facing this sky-blotting blood Seal, Tantai Jinyue not only didn't dodge, she didn't even put up a defensive Spell.
A mocking cold smile curled at the corner of her mouth.
“How can a frog in a well like you possibly comprehend the power the Young Master bestowed upon me?”
“Shatter for me...!”
Tantai Jinyue's seemingly delicate pink fist, amidst the faint trumpeting of a Divine Elephant, straightly and simply smashed into that blood-colored Seal several hundred feet in size!
“BOOM——————————!!!”
A terrifying roar erupted between heaven and earth, momentarily deafening everyone!
Under the Blood Demon Ancestor's horrified gaze,
The supreme technique he had spent hundreds of years of effort on and refined with the blood of hundreds of thousands of living beings, the [Ten Thousand Blood Soul-Devouring Seal], was hit head-on by an ancient divine mountain moving at the speed of light the moment it touched Tantai Jinyue's fist!
There was no stalemate, no deadlock.
That blood Seal, sufficient to suppress and kill a Peak Nascent Soul, was directly blown into a sky full of blood-colored raindrops by the pure physical kinetic energy erupted from that single [Divine Elephant Particle]!
One punch to break ten thousand Spells!
This was the ultimate dominance of the "God Elephant Prison-Suppressing Strength"! As long as the power is great enough, any Spell, Law, or energy will be smashed into quarks for you!
“This... how is this possible!!!”
The Blood Demon Ancestor was struck as if by lightning, violently spitting out a large mouthful of purple-black blood, his aura instantly withering.
He looked with terror at the red-robed woman hovering in the air like a war goddess. That was not a demonic cultivator's way of fighting! That was an ancient Vicious Beast wearing the skin of a peerless beauty!
“Run! I must run!”
The Blood Demon Ancestor's Dao Heart completely collapsed.
He glanced at Lin Yuan below, who was lazily yawning, and then at the murderous Tantai Jinyue before him. He finally understood what kind of iron wall he had kicked today!
Even a maid was this terrifying; if that youth revered as the Old Ancestor really made a move, he probably wouldn't even have a chance at Reincarnation!
“Blood Shadow Escape!”
The Blood Demon Ancestor made a prompt decision, directly detonating the Bone Throne beneath his feet and transforming into an extremely subtle blood-colored light, about to flee frantically toward the horizon.
“Want to run? Have you asked the karmic fire in my hand?”
Tantai Jinyue sneered.
Over these three years, she had watched Lin Yuan Cultivate day and night, and had long ago mastered the improved version of the "Blood Lotus Demonic Scripture" bestowed by Lin Yuan.
“Nine Netherworld Karmic Fire, Red Lotus Descends to the World!”
Tantai Jinyue made a grasping motion in the air with her left hand.
“Ssh—!”
An exquisitely enchanting dark-red fire lotus, emitting an aura that could burn away all the sins of the world, erupted in her palm! Although not as pure as Lin Yuan's, it was more than enough to deal with a half-step Soul Transformation!
“Go!”
The red lotus turned into a meteor, arriving later but striking first, instantly catching up to the frantically fleeing Blood Demon Ancestor.
“Ahhhhh!! What fire is this?! My Soul... my Soul is burning!!!”
In the sky, the Blood Demon Ancestor's screams erupted, shrill to the extreme.
The Nine Netherworld Karmic Fire specifically burns the Divine Soul and sin. The Blood Demon Ancestor's life of monstrous blood debts was simply the most perfect fuel before this karmic fire!
The dark-red flames instantly enveloped him. The vast Blood Sea Devilish Qi in his body not only couldn't extinguish the fire but instead made the karmic fire burn even more fiercely!
“Bang!”
The Blood Demon Ancestor was like a scorched fly, crashing heavily from mid-air onto the bluestone of the Taixuan Square, his body emitting black smoke and twitching violently. His half-step Soul Transformation cultivation was falling at a speed visible to the naked eye under the burning of the karmic fire.
Tantai Jinyue descended from the sky, landing elegantly beside the Blood Demon Ancestor.
She didn't kill him directly.
Instead, she extended a foot and humiliatingly stepped on the Blood Demon Ancestor's scorched old face, grinding his head firmly into the dirt.
“Old dog, didn't you just say that I was a female dog tied in front of the door?”
Tantai Jinyue looked down at him from above, the murderous intent in her eyes turning into literal blades of ice, slicing through the Blood Demon Ancestor's nerves one by one.
“Cult... Cult Leader, have mercy... for the sake of me holding your horse's stirrups back then... spare my dog life...”
The Blood Demon Ancestor wept bitterly, begging for mercy frantically. Where was even a hint of the demonic giant's demeanor that had just lorded over the world?
Tantai Jinyue snorted coldly, ignoring his pleas.
She roughly grabbed the Blood Demon Ancestor by the hair and, like dragging a dead dog, walked with large strides back to the gate of the death prison.
“Bang!”
Tantai Jinyue threw the dying Blood Demon Ancestor, who had only half a life left after being burned by the karmic fire, at Lin Yuan's feet like a piece of trash.
Then, she withdrew all her heaven-shaking demonic prestige and Evil Qi.
Under the awe-filled gaze of tens of thousands of people who saw her as a god, this peerless Demon Sovereign who had slaughtered through the enemy army knelt obediently on both knees. She held the purple clay teapot she had been carrying high with both hands and presented it to Lin Yuan.
“Young Master, the traitor has been captured. His Soul can be searched and refined at any time.”
Tantai Jinyue's voice returned to that tender, water-like, and extremely flattering maid's tone. “You said you were thirsty inside just now; this spiritual tea is just warm, please moisten your throat first.”
At this moment.
The entire Taixuan Dao Sect, tens of thousands of Disciples, along with the remaining members of the demonic cult in the sky and on the ground,
Collectively petrified.
Their worldviews were completely crushed into powder by the extreme contrast of this master and servant's actions.