Chapter 140
Chapter 140
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 140
Chapter Title: First Test of the Natal Ability, Displaying Might!
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“Insolent brat!”
As soon as Lu Yang finished speaking, the Divine Martial Sect True Person flew into a rage. His fury erupted like a blaze, turning the eight hundred li of Skull Mountain into a roaring furnace.
One must understand that the Divine Martial Sect was already on the brink of collapse these days. Their only late Foundation Establishment sect master had been besieged and killed outside Skull Mountain thirty years ago, and the two mid Foundation Establishment elders had fallen one after another afterward. This left him, a mere early Foundation Establishment cultivator, to manage sect affairs.
Deep down, he knew the sect's destruction was only a matter of time.
Yet a spark of unwillingness lingered in his heart. Now that the day had truly arrived, rage surged within him, and malice filled his guts. He unleashed his full magical power without hesitation.
“Fine then. Let me see what this demon has to offer!”
With those words, the Divine Martial Sect's acting sect master, True Person Huanwu, shook his body. With a thunderous boom, he manifested his Dao base.
It was a colossal giant!
High in the heavens, blood qi surged across eight hundred li, and amid it stood a towering god clad in armor and wielding sharp weapons, its stern face glaring straight at Lu Yang.
“The Divine Weapon Heavenly Martial Dao Base lives up to its reputation.”
Lu Yang smiled at the sight, showing no intention of dodging. When he opened the Dharma Eye at his brow and the Heaven-Scrutinizing Instrument's treasure light shone forth, he immediately saw through the opponent's facade.
This man was injured!
It made sense. Thirty years ago, Perfected Being Yin Shan had made a lair in Skull Mountain, and from that day on, the Divine Martial Sect's True Persons had either been wounded or slain one by one.
Naturally, Lu Yang felt no psychological burden about this. In fact, he relished fighting the weak, the sick, and the elderly. An opponent like True Person Huanwu perfectly matched his current needs—ideal for testing his own combat prowess and seeing just what level he stood at among early Foundation Establishment cultivators.
“Come on!”
Lu Yang let out a long howl and likewise manifested his Dao base. A golden auspicious cloud stretching a thousand li erupted into the sky, with faint traces of a true dragon weaving through it.
The next moment, the two clashed.
Boom!
Unlike Lu Yang's previous bout urging on the Yama Demon Hall against the half-dead Heaven Mending Peak Master, this was a true clash of Foundation Establishment True Persons manifesting their Dao base forms!
In an instant, the entire Skull Mountain trembled violently. The Qi Refining cultivators below felt their true qi churn chaotically and their minds quake. Weaker ones even fainted outright from the sheer sound. Looking up, they saw layers of astral clouds blasted apart, revealing clear blue skies and a blazing sun!
At the same time, beyond Skull Mountain.
Three streaks of escaping light streaked through the air. Detecting the earth-shaking clash, one of them split off, revealing a surprised face.
“Yuantu is fighting the Divine Martial Sect True Person?”
These three were the Primal Saint Sect's early Foundation Establishment True Persons—aside from Lu Yang—selected for this campaign to exterminate the Divine Martial Sect.
“This move is a bit reckless!”
“The young ones are always hot-blooded.”
“At least wait for all three of us to arrive before engaging. The Divine Martial Sect is like a centipede—dead but not stiff. It still has some foundation left.”
With that in mind, the trio dared not dally.
Their escaping lights sped on, soon arriving outside Skull Mountain. They eyed the battlefield, ready to assist if Lu Yang fell into disadvantage.
But the next moment, all three froze.
High in the heavens, the auspicious clouds roiled without any sign of weakness. Instead, the armored giant was reduced to a battered state, its armor shattered and weapons broken.
“Yuantu's Dao base is formidable!”
“He's actually gained the upper hand?”
One True Person's face filled with awe.
“I heard this Yuantu formed his core with a third-grade true technique. His Dao base points straight toward the Golden Core. No surprise he has this ability.”
As they marveled, True Person Yutong's eyes gleamed with hidden excitement.
“The Ten Thousand Chariots Dragon-Riding Dao Base... does it truly point toward the Earth Immortal fruition? If Yu Shu spoke true, this man has even refined his natal...”
Meanwhile, below, Zhao Xuhe watched in rapt fascination.
Such a clash spanning a thousand li—if it had occurred not in the high heavens but within the unwarded Skull Mountain—would have wiped out all life there!
Even they, Qi Refining disciples with their ranks, couldn't withstand the aftermath!
“Foundation Establishment... this is Foundation Establishment...”
At that moment, Zhao Xuhe's longing for Foundation Establishment reached its peak. He felt that if he could achieve it, he would die without regrets.
Just then, the battle in the sky shifted abruptly.
Seeing himself pushed back step by step, True Person Huanwu of the Divine Martial Sect could no longer hold back.
“This Primal Saint demon is too arrogant!”
Before his words faded, he channeled his magical power and pinched a certain hand seal.
The next instant, the towering colossus froze in place. It then drew a deep breath, its belly swelling as a majestic roar exploded from its throat:
“Zha!”
In a flash, the originally surging golden auspicious clouds seemed burdened by a thousand-jun weight, solidifying instantly and losing their former freedom and agility.
Cease Warfare Heavenly Sound!
This natal divine ability, unleashed at full power by True Person Huanwu, had the wonder of stasis. No matter how vast one's magical power, a single roar would pin one in place, impossible to evade.
The next moment, the giant leaped forth in a single bound, crossing vast distances. Somehow, a mountain-sized axe appeared in its hand, coiled with two flood dragons. They bared fangs and claws, spewing fierce flames as the blade arced a crimson trail.
Divine Martial Flood Dragon Binding Axe!
The Divine Martial Sect's sect-suppressing treasure, forged from flood dragon materials and infused with the spirituality of the twelfth earthly fiend Dunzang, manifesting profound wonders. It was a supreme slaughtering spirit treasure!
Moreover, this spirit treasure synergized perfectly with the Divine Martial Sect's Dao base.
The giant swung the axe, pushing the treasure to its utmost might. The strike's momentum was like the heavens themselves collapsing!
Even Lu Yang couldn't help praising it inwardly.
True Person Huanwu's position as the Divine Martial Sect's acting leader was well-earned. His natal divine ability paired with the spirit treasure formed a killing combo worthy of the name.
An ordinary early Foundation Establishment cultivator, lacking a natal divine ability or suitable spirit treasure, wouldn't necessarily die to this onslaught but would surely suffer Dao base damage, fleeing in狼狈狼狈, then spend decades recovering and wasting precious lifespan.
Thus, the three spectating Primal Saint Sect True Persons' expressions shifted.
Especially True Person Yutong, whose face showed急切. He immediately summoned an escaping light to rush in and rescue Lu Yang.
But at that moment.
Facing True Person Huanwu's spirit treasure-bearing overhead chop, Lu Yang remained utterly calm. The Heaven-Scrutinizing Instrument at his brow whirred, and he too uttered a divine sound, decreeing:
“The cultivation of deeds is the substance of rites.”
As his words fell, a divine ability silhouette manifested amid the golden auspicious clouds.
Under Lu Yang's deliberate concealment, the silhouette was shrouded in heavy mists, unclear and incalculable. Only a vast power spread forth.
In the blink of an eye, blinding white radiance flooded the heavens.
True Person Huanwu's figure was swallowed by the white light, vanishing from sight. When he reappeared, he was inexplicably thousands of li away!
The next instant, the axe cleaved empty air.
True Person Huanwu's face was etched with bewilderment. The power of his full-force strike was undeniable, but no matter how mighty, a miss rendered it meaningless.
“...A natal divine ability?”
The thought had just flashed in True Person Huanwu's mind when his eyes reflected a pair of pupils curled in cold laughter. In an instant, he felt as if plunged into an icy abyss.
He had been shifted back.
From thousands of li away, in his post-strike exhausted state before his magical power could recover, straight back to within arm's reach of Lu Yang!
'What kind of divine ability is this!?'
True Person Huanwu's heart filled with dread. He immediately tried to flee as light.
But it was too late. Lu Yang, having calculated precisely with the Heaven-Scrutinizing Instrument, seized his moment of weakness. With a single thought, the Avici Sword appeared in his grasp.
As he poured in mad torrents of magical power, a childish童音 rang from the sword: “Slay!”
Clang clang—!
The blade unsheathed, boundless killing intent surging a sea of blood. It effortlessly sliced horizontally through the giant form of True Person Huanwu.
Rip!
The next second, the colossal giant was cleaved in two at the waist by the Avici Sword in one breath. The shattering god-form even sprayed hot blood like a living thing!
In that instant, the Qi Refining cultivators on Skull Mountain below looked up to see the sky turn crimson, sun and moon dim. Fist-sized blood droplets fell like flaming meteors in a pounding rain, scorching black craters into the earth, accompanied by a muffled grunt stifling agony!
(End of chapter)