Chapter 407
Chapter 407
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 0
Chapter Title: Battle with the Heavenly Horned Dragon
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Overseas, above the vault of heaven, a ribbon of illusory colors floated and sank amid the clouds.
This ribbon of illusory colors was the minor realm crafted by the divine ability 【Heaven-Receiving Net】 through its profound mysteries. At this moment, it had trapped Tian Qiu within, making it difficult for him to break free and escape.
“Roar—!”
The dragon’s roar thundered. Tian Qiu had once again manifested his true draconic form, the foot-long wood on his head summoning wind and rain, his scales reflecting cold light. No divine abilities were unleashed; he simply swiped a claw forward. The imagery it revealed was simplistic to the extreme, summed up in two words—
Raw power!
“One force shatters myriad laws!”
This was the profound wonder of true dragon bloodline. His dharma body was indestructible, capable of uprooting mountains and leaping oceans. Though not a divine ability, when unleashed now, it surpassed one!
Yet upon witnessing this, Lu Yang remained utterly unflustered.
In the next instant, a surge of intense sanguine aura erupted from his body. He did not retreat half a step as he threw out a punch, meeting Tian Qiu head-on in a contest of strength!
“Boom rumble rumble!”
In the blink of an eye, the two clashed dozens, even hundreds of times. There was no grace befitting a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator—purely the most primal, most barbaric physical brawl. Lu Yang’s tendons snapped and bones fractured, blood spraying wildly, while Tian Qiu’s scales shattered and peeled away.
‘How is this possible?’
Tian Qiu staggered back a step, his face twisting to an extreme ugliness. He was of true dragon bloodline! In terms of dharma body alone, he was unrivaled under heaven—yet he hadn’t won against the other?
Could the opponent be a yao cultivator as well?
At this thought, Tian Qiu furrowed his brow and probed,
“You’re human? Or yao?”
“Of course I’m human!”
Lu Yang stretched his arms. Sanguine aura poured down like a tide, instantly regenerating his tendons and bones, growing new flesh. His seemingly grievous wounds had fully healed!
‘The 【Heaven-Receiving Net】... truly useful!’
This divine ability lacked one-strike killing power, but it excelled in versatility and comprehensiveness, with virtually no weaknesses at the same level.
And he had activated more than just this one.
Seeing Lu Yang’s wounds heal, Tian Qiu moved to stir his own qi and blood for recovery. But the moment he did, shock appeared on his face.
‘My qi-blood and mana have inexplicably drained by ten percent!?’
In a flash of insight, Tian Qiu suddenly awoke as if shattering a layer of illusion. He clearly saw another divine ability flowing with radiant light beside Lu Yang.
【Hidden True Qi】!
Devouring all things, refining myriad forms. In every prior clash, Lu Yang had silently siphoned Tian Qiu’s qi-blood and mana with this divine ability!
Seeing Tian Qiu catch on, Lu Yang inwardly sighed with regret.
‘I even used 【Heaven-Receiving Net】 to mimic 【Cognitive Barrier】 for concealment... yet he still noticed so quickly.’
If it were the true 【Cognitive Barrier】, Tian Qiu likely wouldn’t realize his qi-blood and mana were being steadily devoured even in death. But Lu Yang’s cultivation was insufficient, and the divine ability’s power lacking, failing to fully emulate 【Cognitive Barrier】—thus falling short.
“Come on!”
Lu Yang grinned, reclaiming the qi-blood he had just devoured from Tian Qiu via 【Hidden True Qi】 and layering it onto his own dharma body.
Tian Qiu sneered coldly at the sight.
‘Seeking death!’
His dragon blood was lethal poison to human cultivators. Using it raw without refinement wouldn’t heal the dharma body—it would inflict severe damage!
But in the next second, Tian Qiu froze in place.
‘【Converging Essence Art】!’
Lu Yang unhurriedly invoked another divine ability, neutralizing all toxicity in the dragon blood and perfectly fusing it with his dharma body!
Assimilating foreign powers, unifying myriad laws.
The wonders of 【Converging Essence Art】 could even refine and integrate heaven-earth essence; mere draconic blood’s rejection by the human body was naturally no issue.
In that instant, Tian Qiu’s face turned utterly ashen. Lu Yang fought like this—devouring his qi-blood and mana mid-battle. After mutual damage, he recovered with the stolen essence, emerging unscathed while Tian Qiu grew weaker!
‘What’s the point of fighting?’
Retreat flickered in Tian Qiu’s mind, but Lu Yang gave no chance. Freshly recovered, he charged forward, seemingly eager to trade wounds again.
“Boom rumble rumble!”
Amid resounding blasts, man and dragon entangled once more. This time, Tian Qiu played defense, steadily losing ground to Lu Yang.
Tian Qiu’s expression grew ever darker.
Yet beneath that facade lurked utmost calm. He yielded step by step, luring Lu Yang into broader, more sweeping strikes.
At a glance, it seemed he was at the end of his rope.
Even his occasional counters fell perfectly within Lu Yang’s expectations—not only failing, but putting Tian Qiu in greater peril.
Finally, Tian Qiu seemed to hold out no longer.
His draconic body twisted, turning tail heedlessly as if willing to tank Lu Yang’s divine ability just to create distance.
“Trying to run?”
Lu Yang laughed triumphantly and pursued.
The gap closed rapidly, until mere inches apart!
In the next instant—as Lu Yang closed in—Tian Qiu whipped his dragon head around, eyes gleaming with beastly ferocity and savagery.
“Die!”
His maw gaped wide. A torrent of brilliant light surged forth like a breached flood, tidal waves crashing, instantly flooding heaven and earth!
“Boom!”
In a flash, the light engulfed Lu Yang’s figure. This brilliance was Tian Qiu’s dao art, refined over a century, containing billions of strands of 【Mysterious River Heavy Water】—with mysteries where “a goose feather won’t float, nor a true man cross.” Ordinary folk brushed by it met instant doom.
‘I’ve won!’
Joy flickered in Tian Qiu’s eyes. Seeing Lu Yang suppressed, he lunged to bite, aiming to shatter the dharma body and seal victory.
But before he could act, thunder crashed from the vault above!
Tian Qiu froze.
In the next breath, from within the 【Mysterious River Heavy Water】 he’d pinned hopes on, Lu Yang emerged unscathed, sleeves billowing grandly.
Behind his head spun a wheel of light.
【One with the World】!
“Boom!”
Tian Qiu’s face drained of color. The fortune and merit he’d painstakingly accumulated over years instantly crumbled to nothing amid the thunder!
Heavenly punishment!
“No——!!!”
Tian Qiu’s eyes turned blood-red. He was at the cusp of Seeking Gold—how could he lack fortune and merit? This severed his path outright!
‘What divine ability is this? What the hell is this divine ability!?’
Meanwhile, the observing Foundation Establishment True Persons far away all revealed horrified expressions. Soon, they began divining Lu Yang’s secrets.
“Damage transfer?”
“No—not to an external object, but to heaven and earth itself... hence the heavenly punishment. Vicious move. Does he bear a grudge against the world?”
“Not just that—this man hails from beyond the heavens, carrying no fortune or merit to begin with. Heavenly punishment spares him, injuring only his foe...”
Swiftly, 【One with the World】’s essence was deduced.
“Tian Qiu’s done for!”
In moments, countless Foundation Establishment True Persons fell silent. Glancing at Lu Yang, their indescribable gazes were like staring at a pile of shit.
Untouchable!
Unbeatable!
Unkillable!
“What a beast!”
“This hardly seems the skill of a wandering cultivator from beyond... Could it be some True Person from the Saint Sect who ventured outside to cultivate a second-grade true art and has now returned triumphant?”