ASER - Chapter 219
Chapter 219: Counter-Kill
A'Diao's breakthroughs, ever since she crossed the threshold of Grand Forbidden Master, had always been grand affairs, major productions. Later, even Toilet had become numb to them. But the higher the realm, some seemingly simpler and unadorned scenes were actually more terrifying. At least at this moment, just when Toilet thought it could watch the excitement from the sidelines, it suddenly felt as if the lightning that had entered A'Diao's body, obliterating her bones and flesh, had sensed it.
With a whoosh, it came over.
Damn it!
Diaodiao, save me!!
Toilet was so scared it fled continuously between the living space and the attached dimensional space... But this wretched thing was too terrifying, pursuing relentlessly. Its speed was also horrifying, traversing space as if it were child's play, catching up to it in the blink of an eye.
Zzz... Just that one strike, and Toilet was numb.
A'Diao also went numb; after all, it was her bonded companion.
A'Diao: "Hold on! You ball."
Toilet: "Why should I get struck by lightning along with you when you're undergoing tribulation!"
A'Diao: "Weren't you willing to block lightning for me in the small secret realm of the wooden house before?"
Toilet: "Voluntary and involuntary are two different things. It's like you can treat those Crown Prince Faction members as backup options, but can you really warm their beds?"
A'Diao: "Actually, it seems like both are possible."
Toilet: "?"
It had underestimated its own bonded host's lack of integrity, but... she was truly strong.
She managed to skillfully work amidst the destruction as if it were familiar territory.
Reshaping, rebuilding, methodical and orderly.
Actually, if not for the interference, Toilet discovered that A'Diao was someone who could truly refine details and foundations down to the finest hair's breadth.
Because her preparations were thorough and her foundation was too stable, no matter how severe the tribulation lightning she suffered, it was actually a benefit.
"The more powerful the tribulation lightning, the stronger the accompanying Spiritual Dao, and the greater the degree of nourishment."
This is why many cultivators are envious when they see others undergoing tribulations with great momentum. It's because the Spiritual Dao deems your talent high enough, gives you prestige, and feels that ordinary tribulation lightning is unworthy of you. As for those with average talent, they just pass and upgrade according to the minimum standard, and even after advancing, they remain ordinary, mediocre Grandmasters.
Commonly known as subpar goods.
However... Toilet was still numb, watching the lightning crackling and popping within its spherical body.
Toilet: "?"
A'Diao: "? Why is it not harming you? What do you feel?"
Toilet: "I don't know, just numb."
A'Diao also felt a bit numb mentally. Her physique was quite terrifying, yet she practically melted upon contact with this lightning. How come Toilet was fine?
The limit of a spirit-cultivated body should only reach the peak material body of a Great Spirit King. Could it be that Toilet was at the apex?
Had she obtained a super cheat from the very beginning?
A'Diao was suspicious and her curiosity about Toilet reached its peak, but she didn't neglect important matters. Thinking about the tribulation lightning, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration and, with a quick mind, said: "Don't let it escape. Lock it inside your sphere! It will be useful later!"
Generally, during a tribulation, after the tribulation lightning strikes a person and they don't die, the Spiritual Dao descends. Then the tribulation lightning begins to dissipate, decomposing in the mortal realm, turning into scattered spirituality and energy.
But it was indeed the most formidable existence; its effect on genetic improvement even surpassed that of a Sun Image Body.
Moreover... A'Diao even suspected they shared the same origin.
When Toilet understood A'Diao's idea, it was instantly shocked. Such a high-level conjecture, but a bit insane. What did she mean, lock it up?!
It could lock tribulation lightning?!!
Was she even human?
But she was definitely preparing for her next advancement. This person always planned ten steps ahead for every one step taken; any factor she recognized as potentially strengthening would be noticed and utilized by her.
While grumbling, Toilet hollowed out its solid interior and, under A'Diao's guidance, shaped it into a spiral conduit... a multi-ring vortex body?
"Simulating a black hole vortex?"
A'Diao: "Cosmic energy science... Forget it, you wouldn't understand even if I told you."
Toilet rolled its eyes dramatically, continuing to grumble, while doing whatever A'Diao said.
While Toilet was busy, A'Diao said: "Later, after the Spiritual Dao descends, let's see if we can use the movement of the vortex conduit to guide its motion."
Toilet finally had an epiphany this time. "You want to see if, after this tribulation lightning remains in the body, the Spiritual Dao will continue to exist and descend, affecting the duration and intensity of your enhancement and transformation... You're tricking the Spiritual Dao?!!"
A'Diao was displeased. "How can a scholar's actions be called trickery? We're just being hospitable, hiding their 'cub' in Toilet, letting them stay a bit longer. Is there a problem with that?"
Toilet: "..."
Buzz... A beam of purplish-gold Spiritual Dao halo descended, directly covering A'Diao's ravaged body, dually reshaping her from her spiritual body to her physical form.
A terrifying effect!
So satisfying!
A'Diao seized the opportunity, bringing out her domain divine weapon, two bonded Dao Tablets, and other items... while reshaping her body.
This reshaping wasn't simple reshaping; she was performing compression.
Physique density compression.
This was like forging iron. A'Diao's own will was the hammer, and the external force of the Spiritual Dao was the terrifying high-temperature flame, causing the iron to continuously soften, be tempered under the heavy hammer, then soften again, and continue...
Over and over again. That's why A'Diao wanted to prolong the descent time of the Spiritual Dao, because the physique she forged this way would be even more terrifying.
With each forging, Toilet could clearly feel A'Diao's transformation.
Little by little, it seemed she was getting closer to a certain threshold.
And as the descending Spiritual Dao began to show signs of weakening, Toilet moved the vortex under A'Diao's command.
But both the person and Toilet's spirits sank.
No reaction.
The tribulation lightning didn't react, and naturally, the descending Spiritual Dao also didn't react, continuing to weaken.
A'Diao was a bit disappointed. Could it be that it wouldn't work?
But... suddenly, A'Diao said: "Enter my body, quickly!"
Oh right, it was still outside her body.
Toilet immediately flew into A'Diao's body and performed another wave of operations.
"Hey, it's working, it's working! It moved, Diao, it moved, it moved!"
"..."
Toilet was as excited as a simpleton. A'Diao, while feigning disdain, was also excited because the previously diminishing Spiritual Dao had indeed increased.
It's working!
A'Diao: "Indeed, it follows the tribulation lightning. As long as the lightning is here, it will follow. This is the supreme rule..."
In her excitement, A'Diao wanted to express her delight at discovering this bug on the fly, like a sneaky watermelon thief finding a dog hole to slip into a watermelon patch and steal watermelons.
Then Toilet chimed in: "This belongs to the story of a human pig tricking a Spiritual Dao pig in to be slaughtered—a tale of cannibalism among kin."
A'Diao: "?"
With more of the Spiritual Dao descending, A'Diao's tempering could continue. Moreover, she consciously began to work on her spiritual control, specifically the distribution of spiritual threads, taking the opportunity to expand her previous 12 spiritual networks to 24.
While A'Diao was breaking through, the Crown Prince Faction members were eagerly tracking her, searching the ruins at the same time.
On the other side, Old Man Yu found Tong Guang and other influential figures. He was very cunning, choosing to abruptly mention Yan Xi. He immediately noticed that the expressions of the Great Elders of the Three Kingdoms' Imperial Clans and others became somewhat subtle, and their eyes changed.
This wasn't simple shock.
But rather alarmed uncertainty.
Baiyue Mochou believed Yu Xuanji's words. Because later, when she thought about it, A'Diao's escape was indeed a bit strange. Logically, she had already sided with her, and with Old Man Yu and the Heavenly Spirit Clan, they should have been able to protect her. Moreover, A'Diao was first place; fleeing like this would make her an easy target for assassination.
Why bother?
Unless she encountered danger as soon as she entered.
And this place was indeed not right. Cultivators as powerful as them could vaguely sense some profound danger.
"If it's Yan Xi, then this matter is terrible."
The people from the Three Imperial Clans, however, had a cold attitude towards this and instead said: "If there really is a Corpse King causing trouble, how do we know it's not that Qu Xia'er causing trouble."
This place was too large, making large-scale observation and sound transmission impossible. It was indeed difficult to detect who had been harmed. But the people from the Three Kingdoms' Imperial Clans, just as Qu Xia'er and Old Man Yu had predicted, eagerly tried to shift the blame to Qu Xia'er. Then they deliberately mentioned A'Diao's relationship with Qu Xia'er, then A'Diao's relationship with Lushan, ultimately linking the source of trouble.
"It couldn't be that your Lushan is deliberately saying this to protect Qu Xia'er, right?"
Yu Xuanji had long expected this, so naturally, he wasn't angry. He ignored these people and said to the people from Bronze Mountain and Wu Mountain: "Let's discuss the matter objectively. We've all lived to this age. If it weren't necessary, if it weren't for extraordinary and immense benefits, shouldn't we all choose to avoid risks? It's better to believe it exists than to not."
His words had a hidden meaning, as he suspected this matter was related to the Three Kingdoms' Imperial Clans. Tracing back the matter of Guixu, it was the Three Kingdoms' Imperial Clans who knew the most. It was possible that Guixu had been hidden away by an influential figure from one of the imperial clans back then.
"Why don't we all join forces and see if we can break out? If we can get out, everyone can do as they please. I am willing to let my Lushan disciples leave first."
Saving A'Diao didn't require using people like Song Ling. Let them out first to avoid risks.
"We'll know if we see if there are any ruins."
"If there are ruins, it's impossible that someone designed this, right?"
The Three Kingdoms' Imperial Clans were so inclined to deny this possibility, which made Yu Xuanji and Baiyue Mochou slightly suspicious.
Yu Xuanji: "Perhaps Yan Xi was in league with them back then and participated in the massacre of the Langya Clan. That's why they are unwilling to acknowledge his existence now."
Baiyue Mochou: "I can sense that they are a little nervous."
Wu Mountain excelled at killing with emotion, and had many mind-system cultivators. She sensed something amiss but kept it hidden, leaning more towards the existence of Yan Xi.
"They know Yan Xi exists, but they are not afraid of his resurrection. Do they know how he died back then?"
"Not sure. Anyway, let's get out first."
Yu Xuanji trusted Qu Xia'er's words more. After all, she was a Corpse King; how could she be slower than humans in sensing such things?
He once again mentioned attacking together.
"Even if we can't break it, we can see the reality of this secret realm. At worst, we can alert that old man and ask him for an explanation, see what the situation is."
In the end, the other factions also agreed. After all, too many core elites were gathered here. If they really perished here, it would be over.
Lushan, Wu Mountain, and the Heavenly Spirit Clan had been grouped together from the start, following their Mountain Heads and others, so they hadn't dispersed. They were all nearby at this moment and, after being called over, attacked together...
VMMMM!!!
A huge beam of light bombarded the secret realm.
The barrier of the secret realm was like jelly, trembling densely, with a web-like entanglement, and finally, it trembled and returned to its original state.
Everyone was shocked.
Even this couldn't break it? What kind of secret realm was this? If that old man didn't show up and speak, would they be trapped here forever?
People always harbor fear towards extremely powerful and unknown existences. At this moment, even the people from the Three Kingdoms' Imperial Clans began to feel uneasy.
"That old man has disappeared, and we still haven't seen any ruins."
"This situation isn't right. Could we have been lured into a trap?"
"Maybe that Chen A'Diao was really attacked... And we can't transmit sound or observe. Isn't this like a maze, where we're just waiting to be assassinated?"
"Assassinated? If that Yan Xi really exists, then we're just food."
Amidst the panic and restlessness, the Great Elders of the Three Kingdoms' Imperial Clans and others also became uneasy.
Yan Xi was dead, they were very sure of that. Was there a possibility of resurrection?
Actually, there was. Because he was a super Corpse King. If, as Yu Xuanji said, someone had secretly hidden Guixu back then and laid out plans for so many years, creating such a secret realm, then perhaps Yan Xi could really be resurrected...
But just at this moment, VMMMM!!!
A long pillar of light erupted.
It was the ruins.
Everyone was startled. Many who were originally wavering now uniformly believed that there was no problem here.
There are ruins, not leaving!
"Quick, go!"
"Hurry, or the ruins will be gone."
All the people who were originally working together ran off.
At that moment, their faces were filled with extreme desire for treasures and resources.
Song Ling watched coldly, thinking to herself, this is human nature.
She wondered if, three hundred years ago, when another group of humans rushed into the Langya Clan to burn, kill, and plunder, they also had these expressions.
Yu Xuanji understood fate and human nature. As soon as he saw this pillar of light appear, he knew it was hopeless.
They couldn't break this secret realm together, so they could only be trapped in the same cage.
"From now on, stick close to me. Do not disperse, no matter what."
"These ruins appeared too timely."
Yu Xuanji's last sentence made people shudder.
Too timely?
It meant that someone behind the scenes had been spying on them all along, knew everything about them, and threw out bait at the right time to break their alliance, leading them step by step into the trap.
And while everyone was flocking towards the ruins, some cultivators who were alone or in groups of two or three also moved in that direction, but... a ball of black qi mysteriously appeared.
In the blink of an eye, these people disappeared without even a ripple.
This ball of black qi kept flashing, devouring from one area to another...
The changes in the outside world had nothing to do with A'Diao. Time passed, second by second. In between, Toilet shifted the vortex's position several times... but each shift caused a part of the energy to dissipate.
Movement requires energy consumption.
And after many times... the "pig" (the Spiritual Dao) seemed to understand, finally starting to truly weaken, and it seemed to convey some very unhappy emotions. In the end, the color of the Spiritual Dao halo even turned red.
A'Diao didn't pay attention at first because she was busy closing the gaps in her physique, and she had sensed movement outside.
Someone was coming.
Toilet: "Who is it? The Crown Prince Faction or that great Corpse King?"
If it was the latter, it would be tough.
"It should be the Crown Prince Faction." The total amount of her spiritual body wouldn't expand further, but after her cultivation level increased, coupled with the 24 spiritual networks, her application techniques for spiritual power continuously improved. A'Diao didn't need the Eyes of the Yellow Springs to sense the aura of people outside.
They were indeed approaching.
A'Diao began to wrap things up, but she glanced at her physique and frowned slightly.
In this current wave of breakthrough, she had basically achieved all her goals, but the most important one was still unfulfilled.
Mutation.
"Why can't I mutate? Master Qu did it so easily..."
Qu Jiangnan had successfully mutated, and it was particularly successful. She directly crossed the boundary between corpse and human paths, gaining the benefits of the corpse path while avoiding its drawbacks. A'Diao was very envious. But when it came to herself, she had consumed at least tens of times more mutation-inducing substances than Qu Jiangnan, yet she was stuck at that bottleneck and couldn't mutate.
Even the Fusion Dao Tablet was created for this... but it only allowed her to get infinitely close to that ceiling.
But at this moment, A'Diao felt that she had touched that thin membrane.
It seemed she was just one step away from breaking through it.
The Crown Prince Faction was about to arrive outside, and the Spiritual Dao was almost depleted. A'Diao became anxious. If she didn't succeed this time, she didn't know when the next opportunity would be. Moreover, Yan Xi and the mystery of this secret realm made her uneasy, causing her to become impatient.
Could it be because of that mysterious Celestial Clan bloodline?
Did it raise her mutation ceiling?
After much thought, A'Diao steeled her heart and told Toilet to release all the tribulation lightning.
Toilet: "All of it?"
She had already completed her reshaping. If she couldn't withstand this wave of damage and her body was destroyed again, plus with the Crown Prince Faction arriving, she would probably have no ability to fight back.
A'Diao: "Yes, release all of it. Direct it towards my foundation."
As she spoke, she retrieved all remaining resources, storing them in her space. She then placed this space near the position of her Twin Cores in her foundation and transferred the Dark Clouds within her body there.
Space + Dark Clouds + Twin Cores, she clearly wanted to hide her energy core.
Toilet always listened to her. After A'Diao made the arrangements, it directly moved to the Twin Cores... and then released the tribulation lightning.
"Wait, just split off one strand. Don't move the rest."
Toilet thought she had changed her mind to make an attempt and didn't ask further.
One strand of lightning had already spun countless times in the vortex. If not dizzy, it was at least very agitated. So, it shot out and entered A'Diao's foundation, which was the Dantian position, the core of her genes.
When it rumbled, would the body be destroyed from the inside out?
Anyway, A'Diao enveloped it with the Dark Clouds and made the Dark Clouds spiral, simulating the vortex spiral inside Toilet to guide it...
Toilet suddenly understood. This was utilizing the inertia of energy.
And after it formed a system, it also promoted the fusion of systems within her body.
So, only one strand was enough.
Because all she needed was an opportunity.
An opportunity is the conjunction of time and chance.
Finally, A'Diao felt that bottleneck loosening, but she couldn't grasp the feeling until she suddenly noticed a mysterious fluctuation in her spiritual sea.
Could it be?
No way.
"Toilet seemed to have said before that my strongest talent is cursing. Curses are a spiritual aptitude, so..."
The tribulation lightning could be trapped by Toilet, and Toilet could detect her hidden Celestial Clan bloodline and talent. This also meant that the tribulation lightning and the Celestial Clan bloodline must have some kind of connection.
A'Diao remembered the Celestial Clan's curse. With a flash of inspiration, she finally guided this strand of tribulation lightning towards her spiritual sea.
The spiritual sea was illuminated by a darting strand of lightning.
In the last second, both Toilet and A'Diao saw the final wisp of Spiritual Dao aura expand, blood-red, and condense into a shape before finally merging into her body.
This shape was... a fist with the middle finger raised.
A'Diao: "?"
Toilet: "..."
How vulgar was this person to make even the Spiritual Dao angrily raise its middle finger? It was just like how humans usually do it: middle finger up, thumb bent to the side, other fingers curled inwards.
However, A'Diao looked at this middle finger thoughtfully.
"It seems to be reminding me of something."
The Spiritual Dao doesn't have human emotions; it wouldn't childishly retaliate against her unless it had another purpose.
Toilet: "?"
But in A'Diao's mind, she was outlining the lines represented by the five fingers when the middle finger pattern appeared.
The Spiritual Dao is the Spiritual Dao of the human race. It might have sensed some crisis, like the existence of this secret realm and Yan Xi, which undoubtedly went against the interests of the human race. If everyone perished here, it would be a huge blow to the human race.
So, it was reminding her—of the exit to this secret realm?
A'Diao stretched and extended the lines corresponding to the five fingers to their limits on both sides and found that they eventually closed to form an equilateral triangular area.
When she space-jumped, she could sense the approximate spatial range of this secret realm.
It was an equilateral triangle.
Was this a coincidence?
And the intersection point of the line of the middle finger and the ring finger was inside the triangle.
This point, was it the exit?
A'Diao was pondering, but her body was... mutating, a mutation dominated by her spiritual sea.
Silent and still, quiet as a pool of water, but she finally felt it.
In the depths of her spiritual sea, a crystal-clear vein of light was slowly swimming in the ocean.
A'Diao saw it, and it also saw A'Diao.
It was that wisp of Celestial Clan bloodline.
Very small, very subtle, but A'Diao was touched.
It was the biggest secret of her life—currently.
Toilet was somewhat excited: "Are we going out now? To counter-kill them?"
It had previously seen A'Diao almost die at the hands of Dantai Liaoluo and others after being severely injured, and it felt very aggrieved. These Crown Prince Faction members, relying on their foundations to do whatever they wanted, eliminating anyone who threatened them, had truly never been beaten down by society.
What is society? Our Diaodiao is society!
But A'Diao was exceptionally profound. "They are not the main point. The two greater dangers are... Let me think."
While thinking, she released a slender spiritual thread.
One was enough, because it was going to find someone.
Qu Xia'er.
In a perilous and remote mountainous area, six streaks of light shuttled here.
Dantai Liaoluo: "She should be nearby. My Book of Civilization can sense the Spiritual Dao. She might be breaking through to Grandmaster."
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the six people became somewhat subtle.
Their group of Lesser Spirit Kings was besieging someone who hadn't even broken through to Grandmaster?
Once she broke through, could they win?
"There are ruins over there."
"Kill Chen A'Diao first."
"The ruins have quotas. As long as they exist, we won't lose out."
The six saw the existence of the ruins. Taihao Zhen actually didn't really want to participate in the siege of A'Diao. She found it somewhat inexplicable.
Although Chen A'Diao did indeed threaten their chances of seizing karmic luck and posed a significant threat to their lives, the current demonic spirit threat was the greatest. Internal conflict within the human race was not a good thing. Why insist on killing Chen A'Diao? Just because it was either her or them?
She also didn't understand the philosophies of some of the elders above, but she was tactful and generally went along with them.
Because this world wasn't yet hers to command.
But since the ruins had appeared, this was a good opportunity. Taihao Zhen's eyes flashed, and she suddenly said: "The ruins are out. I'll go take a look first."
After saying that, she ran off.
At this moment, everyone had already released signal birds to call for help. The density here was high, making direct sound transmission impossible. These signal birds had to fly to find people.
They believed that experts from various factions were on their way, such as the Mountain Heads?
Anyway, Tong Huang had called his own Mountain Head, but he didn't expect Taihao Zhen to run off so quickly. The remaining five looked at each other, neither expecting Taihao Zhen's move nor sure whether to go and divide the ruins.
Ji Chang: "The treasures on Chen A'Diao are comparable to the ruins. Moreover, the ruins have quotas, but hers are..."
Everyone understood tacitly.
Even if Chen A'Diao broke through to Grandmaster, she would undoubtedly die.
Most importantly, she probably hadn't successfully broken through yet, because the aura of the Spiritual Dao was still present.
"Here!"
Everyone finally found the cave. Should they go in first? Or wait for their own experts to arrive before going in?
Dantai Liaoluo directly controlled his flying shuttle, turning it into a golden stream of light that flew into the cave... Whoosh whoosh, the sound of breaking air, followed by a loud explosion.
When the cave collapsed, everyone tried to discern the energy fluctuations inside, but in the next second, the collapsing dust and smoke howled and gathered into a dragon...
"She's here!"
The five immediately launched a group attack. After the bombardment, they discovered that the dragon was just a dust-manipulated Yinglong. The real shadow flashed invisibly, like an illusion of light.
606 opened, a giant light formation expanded, encompassing all five, and then a dragon's roar!!
In that instant, the minds of Dantai Liaoluo and the other four were dragged into a blurry and distorted state.
Their treasures were too powerful; a mental instant kill was impossible. Treasures covered their entire spiritual bodies and minds, so it only produced a dizzying effect.
In that second, the world became blurry, as if submerged in water, with rippling water patterns, a distorted world.
Then they seemed to see a beautiful and aesthetic golden stream of light.
It was like a flying fish in the water... its curve elongated, beautiful and agile.
Then a sharp sound.
Like a bullet passing through an apple.
It exploded.
They sensed this explosion and also saw their "companion's" head snap back, as if headshot, but there was no bloody wound on the head, only a dissipating spiritual body.
At that moment, all four of them felt an inexplicable fear.
And Taihao Zhen, who had taken the opportunity to leave earlier, sensed the commotion in the area behind her and couldn't help but turn her head.
Just now, that was?
Chen A'Diao came out?
What she saw terrified her greatly, and she fled desperately.
The evil dragon has started killing!
A terrifying dragon roar echoed throughout the entire secret realm.
At this time, in front of the ruins, many cultivators were dividing the treasures of the ruins according to their quotas. After hearing this familiar dragon roar, many of them looked over.
"It's Chen A'Diao."
"What happened to her? Is she being attacked or..."
It was also a coincidence that the signal birds sent out by the Crown Prince Faction arrived at this moment.
Tong Guang, the experts from the Three Kingdoms' Imperial Clans, and the two major Heterodox Imperial Clans all received the news. They exchanged glances. If Dantai Liaoluo and the others ganged up, then this Chen A'Diao would undoubtedly die.
So...
Swoosh!
Yu Xuanji prepared to go, while others prepared to follow.
Not to save her, but to stop Yu Xuanji from saving her.
In their view, Chen A'Diao wouldn't be able to withstand this wave.
But in the next second... VMM!
Before they even moved, they saw the celestial phenomenon of a fallen expert.
Someone had died.
And it was a Lesser Spirit King who died, a Lesser Spirit King with super strong aptitude.
Then it definitely wasn't Chen A'Diao; it could only be one of the six.
How is this possible!
Everyone was horrified.
On the other side, Dantai Liaoluo, Ying Chen, and Ji Chang were also shocked because Moluo Tiangang was dead, killed instantly.
The moment the stream of light flashed and the dragon roared, they were prepared. Their main bodies had all activated their strongest defensive states, and each of them had treasures to protect their spiritual bodies. Normally, they couldn't be killed instantly.
But Moluo Tiangang was dead.
In the instant he was stunned, he died from a small, gold-quenched flying dagger.
A flying dagger manifested from a spiritual domain.
"A Domain Divine Weapon, and it's spiritual-type!"
"Escape!"
Dantai Liaoluo and the others wanted to escape, but then the golden stream of light swooshed and directly attacked Ji Chang.
Ji Chang was terrified. The Book of Civilization activated—Speed Civilization.
Swoosh!
Invisible wings of speed appeared behind Ji Chang, increasing his speed two to three times. His flight path shot directly towards the sky.
The higher he went into the sky, the denser it became. He wanted to use this to reduce the lethality of this spiritual divine weapon.
But just as he flew up, he saw appearing above him—the real A'Diao.
The dragon's head opened.
As he fled upwards at maximum speed, it was tantamount to sending himself into a mouthful of dragon's breath.
Today's dragon and yesterday's dragon, the current Chen A'Diao and the previous Chen A'Diao, were clearly not the same breed.
BOOM!!!
Second kill!
Dantai Liaoluo looked back and saw that the dragon body that had instantly killed Ji Chang had shrunk a lot, seemingly only seven or eight meters long, making it very easy to hide. And the way it appeared...
Still nine-clawed, but the feeling its body gave off was terrifying.
Pressure. It had a pressure similar to that of the Sun Image light spots, a transcendent pressure that made one's heart palpitate with fear.
Escape, escape, escape!
Dantai Liaoluo fled in terror, and Ying Chen and Tong Huang did the same, unleashing all their trump cards in all directions, fleeing desperately, even emitting sharp auras to seek help from the elders within the secret realm.
Ah, this same operation, this same method, was strikingly similar to when Tong Que fled to Bronze Mountain for help back then.
And at this moment, the three great Mountain Heads and several Great Elder NO1s who were flying at high speed all sensed their pleas for help and terror, and also saw the second celestial phenomenon of a fallen expert.
The second young lord was dead.
Would there be a third?
Tong Guang was, after all, one of the strongest Mountain Heads, and he had read the seventh volume. Along with sensing the first celestial phenomenon of a fallen expert, he perceived the essence of the killing intent.
A Domain Divine Weapon, and an even more difficult to master Spiritual Divine Weapon.
This Chen A'Diao was too terrifying!
One must know that he himself hadn't fully comprehended Domain Divine Weapons yet, let alone actually created one, but she had done it.
Didn't this mean that if given more time, she could easily kill him?
Even with the threat of Yan Xi, Tong Guang had to adhere to the Founder's instructions to assassinate her.
So he burst forth with full speed, and Yu Xuanji and the others couldn't catch up at all.
And at this moment... BOOM!
The third celestial phenomenon appeared.
The Great Elder and experts of Lie Qin Nation exploded with rage. The Great Elder directly revealed a colossal totem, a barbaric giant holding a huge long saber.
"Chen A'Diao, you dare!!!"
Oho, these words also had a familiar ring to them.
But they were too far away to intimidate her at all. A'Diao, as if blind, ignored the opponent's power. Anyway, having already killed the "third young lord" Ying Chen, she wouldn't hold back on the fourth!
And the more she killed, the more she felt karmic luck empowering her.
She couldn't stop at all.
So the next ones fleeing were Tong Huang and Dantai Liaoluo.
Because rolling dark clouds accompanied them, the two feared there might be poison within and were forced to flee in one direction. Because they were locked onto by a spiritual imprint, they couldn't even teleport or translocate.
Too terrifying!
At this time, A'Diao behind the dark clouds was like a small dragon, darting through the darkness. Where was there any trace of the noble and elegant image of a Yinglong? She was damn well like a dark demonic dragon, bloody and brutal, relentlessly pursuing after killing three people.
Soon, Dantai Liaoluo and Tong Huang felt it behind them... The small dragon wreathed in dark clouds was less than a hundred meters away from them, but the spiritual divine weapon had already shuttled over...
She was coming to kill them!
At this moment, the two super-strong young lords felt a sense of their fate being dominated by Chen A'Diao—their lives and deaths were entirely within her control.
But at this moment!
Whoosh!
Tong Guang arrived.
Good heavens, what immense killing intent! A Three-Star Green Emperor Sword descended from the sky.
This person was also an expert among Mid-rank Spirit Kings, perhaps just one step away from Great Spirit King. After all, he was one of only two people who had comprehended the seventh volume.
This sword pierced through space, and as it traversed space, three starlights closely followed. It could absorb all energy bodies during its passage... Wherever it passed, all energy in the space was absorbed. Thus, the sword instantly expanded, and in a flash, it struck.
Tong Huang and Dantai Liaoluo, in their dying panic, saw this sword instantly hit A'Diao behind them.
From their perspective, their naked eyes saw it hit.
BOOM!!!
A'Diao was sent flying by the sword strike, crashing into the mountainous terrain.
The mountain was tough, its density unparalleled, yet a crater twenty meters in diameter and ten meters deep was still blasted out. The small dragon's body in the crater was a bloody mess...
Was she dead?
Just as Tong Guang was about to deliver a finishing blow, Yu Xuanji and Baiyue Mochou finally caught up and joined forces to restrain him. On the other side, a Mid-rank Spirit King from the Heavenly Spirit Clan also restrained others. But there were too many factions wanting to kill A'Diao. The Tang Song Imperial Family, seeing Dantai Liaoluo still alive, felt embarrassed to act, but the Mid-rank Spirit Kings from other factions...
They were all rapidly approaching and collectively locking onto A'Diao.
But at this moment, the three strongest Mountain Heads were all shocked because a ball of black qi suddenly tore through space and appeared, attempting to swallow the weakened A'Diao in one gulp.
The truly dangerous existence that had been lying in wait finally erupted.
When A'Diao was fighting the Crown Prince Faction members, he had sensed it and was naturally on his way. But because Tong Guang and others were approaching, he had to lie low and wait for an opportunity.
With A'Diao present, people like Dantai Liaoluo held no attraction for him at all.
The difference between a salted fish and a tuna.
And once he made a move, he would definitely be detected by Mid-rank Spirit King level existences in such close proximity. So, either he had to succeed in one strike, or lie low and wait for an opportunity.
This exquisite delicacy was no small matter; it had to be treated with care.
So he lay in wait, and finally.
When A'Diao was critically hit by Tong Guang and almost instantly killed, he seized the opportunity, darted out, and tried to swallow A'Diao whole.
The corpse qi was violent, rampant, and chillingly cold, making all humans smell the scent of death and decay from their very bones.
"It's Yan Xi!"
"It's really him!!"
"Oh my god!"
"The Great Corpse King..."
Only now did everyone understand that Yu Xuanji's words were not false, but it was too late... At this moment, did they hope he would succeed in swallowing and killing Chen A'Diao, or did they hope he would fail?
Actually, it was failure.
Because once he successfully devoured her, given Chen A'Diao's life essence level, it would be enough for him to recover most of his cultivation. At that time, all of them would die!
Terrifying, too terrifying.
These experts, who originally had extreme killing intent towards A'Diao, almost simultaneously attempted to save her.
But they hadn't even acted yet... In fact, it was too late, because even Tong Guang and the other two couldn't make it in time, let alone them.
If they were too late, she would be swallowed and become food, then...
The black torrent Yan Xi transformed into was like the first time it tried to swallow her. But this time, it was cunning, fully sealing the space to prevent her from space-jumping, not making the same mistake as the first time. However, he saw this human cub who was about to be swallowed.
Yes, a 19-year-old cub, who showed him a mysterious and sinister smile, and her lips uttered a sentence.
"Idiot!"
Then, from within her body, she directly released the remaining—tribulation lightning!
Yan Xi had actually eaten at least over a hundred elite humans, and his cultivation had recovered to at least the Lesser Spirit King level. In fact, if it weren't because he followed the Corpse Spirit King Dao, which inherently required vast resources and fleshly bodies to reshape his cultivation and physique, he wouldn't have needed to eat so many people. It also depended on their aptitude.
Sometimes, one was enough to satisfy him.
For example, A'Diao.
But he would never have imagined that such prey would suddenly rally. Less than two days apart, upon meeting again, she directly gave him such a huge "greeting gift."
Tribulation lightning was the most effective thing for exterminating corpse and ghost creatures.
If it were long-range, it would be fine; he could escape. But now they were close, and Yan Xi didn't even have time to dodge, directly struck by this bolt of lightning.
In an instant.
He wailed. The originally condensed black liquid corpse mass instantly twisted and expanded into a huge corpse torrent tens of meters in diameter, and was severely damaged by the terrifying tribulation lightning, causing its corpse qi to continuously evaporate. The others could already see hundreds of human heads and faces twisting within this corpse torrent.
Those who were familiar recognized friends and relatives at a glance.
Obviously, they had been secretly eaten.
Whether out of hatred or self-preservation, including Tong Guang and the others, although they hadn't expected A'Diao to have this move, they reacted quickly after the shock and all gathered to attack.
This time, there were no disagreements.
After the group attack hit, Yan Xi was even more severely injured, but he continued to pounce towards A'Diao.
"Damn woman!!"
Only by swallowing her could he possibly turn the tables!
But as he continued to try and swallow, A'Diao's true form had already
transformed. Where were there any injuries? Her aura instantly strengthened by several hundred times.
After her previously enormous dragon body fused and mutated, its density increased infinitely. Her physique, in fact, reverted towards a human form. Did this mean her bloodline inclination was returning to a human form?
No, it was Celestial Clan, but manifested as human.
At this moment, Yu Xuanji saw at a glance that the wretched girl who had once climbed Lushan's Sixth Heaven and then squatted on the ground vomiting miserably like she was using a toilet, was now entirely covered in a black and silver, dragon-scale armor-like body.
So-called armor is an external covering over the internal, but what is truly the strongest armor?
Internally cultivated, externally manifested.
The dragon form manifested externally, enveloping all parts of her body. It was cool and agile, with an ancient and graceful surface texture, the dragon scales faintly visible.
Instant transformation, instant activation.
When 606 opened, space was sealed, and a vast Super Spirit Gate Formation appeared. Within the Spirit Gate Formation hung Dao Tablets.
Countless Dao Tablets were in the Dao Tablet Formation, with the Power Dao Tablet at the center.
The spirit gate shot out enormous streams of energy, connecting with each other to form a terrifying energy net, which then drove the Dao Tablet Formation, instantly amplifying the Power Dao Tablet's might a hundredfold.
Her arms turned into dragon claws. She didn't even need a staff. She raised her hand, and a finger swiped.
Control!
BOOM!!!
It directly bombarded Yan Xi's corpse torrent.
What is called an effect?
It pierced through it. Yan Xi's true body was struck until it was revealed, a pale, blurry face flashing into view, but it quickly disappeared, and the corpse torrent scattered...
Tong Guang's pupils trembled. Yu Xuanji and the others were dumbfounded.
Peak limit of a Mid-rank Spirit King.
Chen A'Diao's strongest attack was directly comparable to Tong Guang's. In other words, she was now an influential figure at the Mountain Head level.
And everything before them... was clearly to lure out Yan Xi.
Everyone was terrified of Yan Xi. Only she, who not long ago was almost swallowed and scared into running faster than a dog, dared to design a trap to lure him out—she wanted to kill Yan Xi!
"Careful!!" After Yan Xi was blasted by A'Diao, the scattered corpse torrents quickly traversed space. While everyone was attacking, Tong Guang and a few others sensed its intention, because these scattered corpse torrents were not the main body. The true main body was the part where the corpse core was located.
And this part...
The three great Mountain Heads simultaneously activated their Spirit King True Eyes. Upon seeing it, they shouted, but it was too late to stop it.
Dantai Liaoluo and Tong Huang were swallowed before they could even react.
Dead.
Young Lord + Junior Sect Master, directly swallowed.
And after swallowing these two, the nourishing effect was clearly excellent. The originally severely injured Yan Xi instantly recovered a lot of his injuries. However, he was still desperately digesting the karmic luck and everything of the two, his original core constantly writhing. But suddenly, he had a bad premonition.
Because he saw A'Diao's eyes.
Eyes of the Yellow Springs.
Yan Xi reacted, immediately manifesting a huge corpse python, its tail sweeping...
BOOM!
It fiercely slammed towards A'Diao, attempting to interrupt her spellcasting.
His reaction was fast, and his attack was also fast.
A'Diao stood in the void. When struck by this tail, she raised her left dragon arm to block.
Vmm... A giant Dragon-Scale Shield manifested.
And this sweep... others originally thought it could at least send A'Diao flying or injure her.
But her main body stood firm, withstanding this blow with her terrifying physical strength. The impact force spread outwards, creating a large-scale shockwave effect.
Flowers, grass, mountains, and seas were battered and swept away.
Shaking the space.
Weaker cultivators were almost swept away by this shockwave—all those below the Spirit King level were sent flying.
"I've found the original core! Follow me and attack!"
A'Diao sent a group sound transmission, pointing. Everyone acknowledged her current authority; who would still doubt her? All Spirit King level cultivators attacked according to her direction.
At this time, as A'Diao raised her hand, her 24 spiritual networks activated simultaneously. She controlled various spells of different attributes at the same time, and through the effect of the Fusion Dao Tablet, they merged, ultimately becoming a mutated attack.
Myriad techniques, Thunder-Dark Space, Yin-Yang fusion!
Everyone saw 9 huge Eyes of the Yellow Springs appear around Yan Xi.
From the deep and mysterious pupils of the Yellow Springs, all attacks were instantly launched.
Yan Xi tried to escape, but the three great Mountain Heads were not to be trifled with. Yu Xuanji used his spiritual domain to confine him, while Baiyue Mochou used her emotion-luring Gu art to influence his emotions.
Whether Corpse King or human, all have emotions. As long as there are emotions, one can be afflicted by Gu!
Yan Xi was affected and paused for a moment.
In this moment, the group attack from everyone arrived, with A'Diao and Tong Guang's Three-Star Green Emperor Sword as the main attacks, directly hitting Yan Xi.
Back then, how this person had dominated the world, yet now he was being besieged by a group of "trash" who hadn't even reached Great Spirit King?
Yan Xi was furious. His fury manifested in the twisting and expanding corpse qi, and his original core was also operating at high speed, attempting to recover more strength to resist such powerful attacks...
But at that very moment, he suddenly sensed it.
A Corpse Scythe descended from the sky.
It tore through the writhing sea of corpses, directly slashing... hitting the hidden corpse core.
"No!!!" At that moment, Yan Xi finally understood the core of all the schemes.
He remembered A'Diao's sinister smile and also saw the other Corpse King who had appeared before him.
Qu Xia'er was once a Lesser Spirit King, but she encountered the great opportunity of the Sun Image Primordial Feast. With her brains, she tinkered around and later also became a Mid-rank Spirit King. Otherwise, Tong Guang and the others wouldn't have been so wary.
And yet, someone like her also chose to lie in wait until the end, coordinating with A'Diao... just like how she caused trouble on the borderlands before.
She came out last.
And then...
CRACK!
When Yan Xi's original core cracked, the heavens and earth howled. Yan Xi seemed to touch the temperature of death.
It was too magical. He had died once before. Later, relying on resentment and viciousness, through countless perils, he successfully walked the Corpse Spirit King Dao. Then he continuously rose, becoming a terrifying overlord of the first generation, second only to the three great founders, dominating a region. Later, in Guixu, he died again.
Now, was it going to be the third time?
No!
Yan Xi was unwilling and also decisive, so he did one thing.
CRACK!
He proactively accelerated the splitting of his original core to buy time, lest he be killed by the combined attacks of Chen A'Diao and the others. After half of the original core split, he took half and fled.
Where to flee?
Fleeing southeast.
And when he fled, the others naturally had to pursue.
Qu Xia'er transmitted to A'Diao: "The exit is above. He's fleeing southeast? It doesn't look like he's trying to escape himself, more like he's deliberately trying to lure us away."
A'Diao: "This suggests he might be controlled, not a fierce beast raised by the person behind the scenes, but more like a puppet. At least that person indeed has the means to control him. Just now, with that half of the original core, I vaguely saw something. He's very afraid of the original core being taken by you."
Qu Xia'er: "This piece I have is fine."
Qu Xia'er absorbed half of the original core into her body, and her corpse power instantly surged. Then she turned her head.
The fleeing Yan Xi was struck in the brain by three golden streams of light.
Three avatars, three Chen A'Diaos flashed simultaneously.
Yan Xi's spiritual body suffered heavy damage, and his physical body instantly became weak and fragile... Then he was entangled by lightning chains controlled by A'Diao and dragged back.
Everyone: "!!!"
Three avatars, each capable of independent spiritual divine weapon attacks?
Tong Guang's expression was complex and ugly—not only could he not kill Chen A'Diao, but he might also be counter-killed by her.
This person was too terrifying. Was she human?
A'Diao had long since laid an inescapable net, all to besiege and kill Yan Xi. How could she let him escape?
The entire secret realm trembled and suddenly distorted infinitely.
This was too sudden. Seizing this opportunity, Yan Xi escaped, and A'Diao couldn't even bother with him.
Everyone was startled. A'Diao and Qu Xia'er also exchanged glances.
A spatial matrix. The person behind the scenes finally couldn't hold back. Their attempt to lure them away with Yan Xi failed. Seeing Yan Xi controlled by A'Diao, they feared they would escape, so they used this killing move in advance.
Under the spatial matrix, it infinitely superimposed.
Everyone felt the space shaking.
It's over, it's a spatial matrix. This was already a secret realm controlled by the enemy. Under the spatial matrix, they could easily be crushed to death or even devoured by infinitely overlapping spaces.
At this time, they heard screams from the ruins area.
Obviously, people over there were already suffering.
Just when everyone was despairing.
"I can inherit a part of his memories. The exit is above!" Qu Xia'er deliberately said coldly. Everyone, including A'Diao, immediately concentrated their attacks on one area.
BOOM!!!
"Not enough power, still a little short!"
Seeing the spatial matrix growing stronger, everyone panicked. But with their current strength, they were still a little short of opening it. The most terrifying thing was that they sensed that this secret realm's space seemed to be artificially manipulated to repair this gap.
The opponent was strengthening the barrier strength of this area.
Damn it!
This wave of the secret realm trap was truly vicious. The person behind the scenes deserved death for their intentions!
But when everyone mustered their strength to strike again, BOOM!!
This time, the gap suddenly opened. Outside the gap, Qu Jiangnan and Xiao Jin were suspended high in the air. From the outside, they had jointly struck the other side of the spatial barrier for them.
After the barrier opened, Qu Jiangnan searched with a glance and immediately saw A'Diao and Qu Xia'er. Both sides made eye contact. A'Diao made a heart shape with her hands towards Qu Jiangnan and Xiao Jin.
Xiao Jin and Qu Jiangnan: "..."
It seems she didn't suffer a loss, and even gained a big advantage?
The gap appeared.
Everyone flew out in unison, simultaneously sending out physical sound transmissions, trying to get the people at the ruins to flee this way. But even if the people over there heard it, it was too late for them to fly over.
And most of these people belonged to other Cauldron Powers. Anyway, Lushan, Wu Mountain, and the Heavenly Spirit Clan didn't have many people over there.
A'Diao instantly cast several spells and helped the people from Wu Mountain, the Heavenly Spirit Clan, and Lushan fly out collectively.
These three groups had already been warned that this secret realm was problematic and that they should act collectively. They hadn't rashly coveted the benefits of the ruins, behaving cautiously everywhere to save their lives. This wave didn't harm them much, and now they just caught the opportunity to exit.
See, this is the benefit of good positioning, and they were given a send-off by A'Diao.
Aren't I incredible!
Hmph hmph.
And as A'Diao exited the gap, watching the continuously shrinking opening as the last group of people came out, she narrowed her eyes slightly.
Above the Guixu island, everyone felt the relief of escaping death, but also panic.
"There are still people inside!"
"Many people are inside!"
"Blast it!"
Everyone attempted to jointly blast this secret realm from the outside, but the Guixu island suddenly trembled... It was sinking into the sea.
Obviously, the person behind the scenes was about to flee.
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