267: Sneak Attack vs. Endless Life! [Explosive Update, Request a Small Gift]

Before his words faded, he cupped his hands in front of his chest as if holding a ball, and the True Qi within his body surged and converged like a river pouring backward!

It wasn't just ice and fire! A heavy, dense, and all-encompassing Earth-element True Qi rose from his Dantian, violently merging with the extremely Yin Profound Ice and the extremely Yang Fire Cloud!

The ferocity of bitter cold, the wildness of raging fire, and the vastness of thick earth!

Three vastly different types of True Qi, under his skilled control, followed a mysterious trajectory, achieving a dynamic and stable balance!

A condensed, incomparably potent ball of True Qi, flowing with white, red, and yellow, instantly formed between his palms!

Unlike the wild and unstable Move of Chu Xiangyu, this three-colored Qi mass appeared exceptionally restrained and stable, like a constantly spinning vortex, solidifying and collapsing the surrounding air!

"Go!"

Lu Jiuyuan suddenly pushed his palms forward!

The three-colored, flowing "Three-Part Yuan Qi" shot out like a meteor chasing the moon, silent yet swift as lightning, directly crashing into the roaring "Ice-Fire Nine Heavens"!

There was no earth-shattering explosion as expected.

The moment the two ultimate forces collided, time seemed to freeze for an instant.

The next moment, the twisted and violent pillar of ice and fire light, as if encountering its nemesis, was slowly ground, devoured, and decomposed by the three-colored Qi mass like a millstone!

The power of ice and fire was forcibly dismantled, integrating into the three-colored flow, making the "Three-Part Yuan Qi" shine even brighter, its volume continuously expanding, and its balance becoming increasingly fragile.

"This is impossible!!!"

Chu Xiangyu's eyes almost popped out of their sockets!

His strongest attack, unleashed with all his might, was actually neutralized and absorbed by the opponent so effortlessly?

After devouring the Ice-Fire Nine Heavens, the three-colored Qi mass's momentum did not decrease but increased, instantly striking Chu Xiangyu's chest!

"Pfft—!"

A muffled thud.

Chu Xiangyu's entire body trembled violently, as if hit head-on by an invisible mountain.

He clearly felt a strange Qi force, not merely icy cold, nor simply scorching hot, but also mixed with boundless heaviness and disintegrating power, instantly penetrating his body!

His Ice-Fire True Qi, cultivated for many years, crumbled like an avalanche before this power, forcibly scattered and mercilessly annihilated!

His Meridians were severed! His Dantian Qi Sea instantly shriveled like a punctured balloon!

"Ugh... Three... Three-Part Yuan Qi... What a... Lu Jiuyuan..."

Chu Xiangyu stood frozen in place, the light in his eyes rapidly extinguishing, his face still showing extreme shock and bewilderment.

He opened his mouth, blood uncontrollably spilling from the corners, but he could no longer utter any sound.

"Thud!"

Chu Xiangyu's heavy body crashed onto the ice and fire-intertwined ground. The last flicker of light in the eyes of this once fearsome Annihilation King completely died out, his breath ceasing.

Lu Jiuyuan slowly withdrew his power, the chilling three-colored Qi flow around him gradually subsiding.

"An Yunshan, Jin Bu Huan, Chu Xiangyu, all neatly done, I'm satisfied!"

"Pfft—!"

The muffled sound of a Sharp Weapon piercing flesh was chillingly clear.

Lu Jiuyuan's body suddenly shook, and he looked down.

A section of an arrow, entirely composed of condensed True Qi, almost transparent, yet exuding a bone-deep sense of sorrow, was precisely embedded in the center of his left chest!

The arrowhead had already emerged from his back!

Love as the bow, affection as the arrow! Reaching everywhere, a single arrow piercing the heart, striking it means certain death, the Heart-Shattering Arrow!

The extreme of love, the utmost of hate!

The Concept contained within the arrow shaft, like a living thing, instantly drilled into his Meridians, directly assailing his mind, causing his vision to blacken, and a mouthful of fresh blood to uncontrollably gush out.

"Heart-Shattering Arrow... Yuan Shisan... Xian..."

Lu Jiuyuan instantly knew who the assailant was.

Besides that person who cultivated the "Mountain Scripture," with the Divine Art of Endurance as his Foundation, whose martial arts could rank among the top three in the world, and possessed the unique skill "Heart-Shattering Arrow"—Yuan Shisanxian.

Who else could shoot such a bizarre, such a domineering, such a distant, and such a precise arrow?

Moreover, it was at the most delicate moment after his great battle, when his mind and True Qi were both in a state where old power had just dissipated and new power had not yet arisen!

This arrow, its timing, angle, and power, were all calculated to the extreme!

An unprecedented sense of weakness and intense pain swept through his body. The "heart-shattering" arrow Concept not only severely injured his heart Meridian but also continuously eroded his will.

He stumbled, unable to stabilize his footing, and fell towards the lake, which was surging with waves from the previous battle.

"Thud!"

Water splashed everywhere.

The icy lake water instantly submerged his mouth and nose. His heavy brocade robe, soaked with water, dragged him downwards.

The intense pain in his chest became numb under the immersion of the lake water, and his consciousness began to gradually blur.

The surging undercurrent wrapped around his body, rapidly sweeping him downstream, and soon disappeared into the vast night and the reeds.

About a hundred zhang away from where Lu Jiuyuan fell into the water, behind a patch of tall reeds untouched by the battle, a figure slowly emerged.

This person was tall and thin, with a gaunt face, dressed in a gray cloth robe, his eyes as sinister as an eagle's, exuding a terrifying aura of isolation, coldness, and detachment from the world.

It was none other than Lord Zhuge's Junior Brother, from the Carefree Sect, Yuan Shisanxian!

"Hmph, Iron-Faced Sword God? Three-Part Yuan Qi? Nothing more than that."

Yuan Shisanxian looked at the surging lake in the distance, which was gradually washing away the bloodstains, and a hint of obsession and fanaticism flashed in his eyes.

"Zhuge Xiaohua, I lost before, but this time, I won't lose again!"

He stood in place for a moment longer, confirming that no further signs of life emerged from beneath the lake, and Lu Jiuyuan's aura had completely vanished from this body of water.

Only then did he let out a cold snort, and his figure, like a ghost, slowly merged into the shadows of the reeds behind him, disappearing from sight.

Downstream, a massive piece of Profound Ice, mixed with ice crystals and shattered snow, bobbed and sank in the turbulent river.

The ice body was exceptionally murky, and a blurry human silhouette could vaguely be seen encased within it. It was Lu Jiuyuan, carried to this spot by the undercurrent.

His eyes were tightly shut, his face as pale as paper, fish scales clinging to the corners of his mouth. His dark brocade robe was frozen within the ice layer, and faint traces of blood still seemed to seep from his chest.

But upon closer inspection, one would notice that the muscles around the wound were rapidly and subtly wriggling and healing.

The bone-chilling, heart-piercing sorrow Concept of the "Heart-Shattering Arrow" still raged in his Sea of Consciousness, attempting to destroy his will.

However, Lu Jiuyuan's consciousness had sunk into a deeper state of dormancy.

The Golden Finger's "Endless Life" had already activated.

No matter how severe the injury, as long as he wasn't dead, a good meal and a good sleep would ensure complete recovery.

The more severe the injury, the longer the sleep.

At this moment, he was in the deepest "sleep," and the vast life force originating from an unknown source, like a warm tide, repeatedly washed over and repaired his damaged heart Meridian, Meridians, and even his Sea of Consciousness, which had been impacted by the arrow Concept.

The "heart-shattering" Concept, which would have instantly killed even ordinary masters or even caused their Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, was, before this seemingly inexhaustible life force, melting and dissipating like ice and snow under the sun.

Time quietly slipped away in this frozen slumber.

One day, two days!

The Profound Ice encasing him, under the scouring of the river water and the subtle warmth emitted by the life force within his body, began to have its edges rounded, and tiny cracks started to appear inside.

Finally,

"Crack!"

A crisp cracking sound came from within the Profound Ice!

Immediately following were a second and a third sound... The cracks spread rapidly like a spiderweb, instantly covering the entire giant ice block!

The blurry human silhouette within the ice suddenly opened its eyes!

What sharp, what cold eyes they were!

There was no weakness of someone just recovering from a severe injury, only anger like a volcano!

He who hunts eagles daily was pecked by an eagle; he who constantly schemes against others was himself outmaneuvered. This arrow truly served as a reminder to be humble and patient, a cure to his complacency!