Chapter 456: Spirit Seal, Artistic Conception (Two-in-One)

Linglong pressed two fingers together, purple Qi swirling around them.

She pointed them out.

Boom!

In the void, a booming sound exploded.

Both were simultaneously knocked back several dozen zhang.

"Truly not simple!"

After Linglong steadied her figure, she looked toward the woman with long ice-crystal hair from afar, her expression turning grave.

The other party's power was actually not the slightest bit inferior to her own, even with the enhancement of an Array!

This was troublesome.

On the other side.

Xiaoyue Daoren steadied his figure.

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, he looked at Linglong, his expression gloomy.

To think that he, a dignified Ninth-rank Will Cultivator, a Monster in the eyes of countless cultivators, an existence that his peers could only look up to...

Had actually suffered setbacks one after another today.

This made him feel so stifled he was nearly driven mad.

"Linglong, do you really take me for a soft persimmon?"

"I will make you pay the price!"

He roared toward the sky.

In the sky, wind rose and clouds surged.

A full moon shone forth.

Moonlight spilled down, submerging Linglong within it.

A powerful restrictive force emerged, firmly pinning her in place.

Linglong frowned.

Purple light surged on her body, and as her power erupted, she still failed to break through the restriction directly!

Xiaoyue Daoren seemed to be bearing immense pressure.

Spiritual Power surged violently within him, and he gritted his teeth hard.

Turning his head to shout at the two women in the distance, "Wen Ya, Yaoguang, she cannot move now, attack quickly!"

The woman with long ice-crystal hair and Yaoguang Xianzi's eyes flashed.

They attacked Linglong simultaneously.

Linglong was startled, erupting with all her might.

The surrounding moonlight was slowly pushed open.

However, this speed was too slow; it was simply insufficient for her to completely shake off the restriction before the woman with long ice-crystal hair and Yaoguang Xianzi arrived.

Just at this critical moment.

Dozens of streams of light suddenly shot over and vanished into the void.

The next moment.

An irresistible suppressing force descended instantly.

The woman with long ice-crystal hair and Yaoguang Xianzi's expressions changed; they immediately halted their offensive, retreated rapidly, and put distance between themselves and Linglong again.

Looking at Linglong, they were filled with shock and uncertainty.

Their cultivation had actually been suppressed!

The woman with long ice-crystal hair fared better, as by utilizing the method of Integration with her life-bound Spirit Beast, her power far exceeded that of an ordinary Ninth-rank Will Cultivator.

Under this suppressing force, her cultivation only dropped by one tier.

Yaoguang Xianzi and Xiaoyue Daoren fell by two tiers, their cultivation sliding from the Ninth-Order Will Stage down to the Seventh-Order Will Stage.

Following the drop in cultivation.

With Xiaoyue Daoren's mind shaken, his Technique dissipated.

The full moon in the sky vanished.

The restrictive force disappeared.

Linglong regained her ability to move.

"An Array that suppresses cultivation!"

The three looked at each other, their expressions turning grave simultaneously.

At their level.

Ordinary Fourth-Tier Arrays had negligible influence on them, and higher-level Arrays could not be deployed within this Outer Realm Battlefield.

This was also the reason they had not brought any Arrays.

But this Array was able to have such a great impact on them; it was certainly no ordinary Fourth-Tier Array!

At this moment.

They suddenly thought of the repair of the Wenxian City Protective Array.

Could it be...

Was this Array created by that Array Path Monster who repaired the Wenxian City Protective Array?

Thinking of this.

Their expressions instantly turned ugly.

An Array Path cultivator.

Their individual combat ability might not be as good as an ordinary Cultivator.

But when it comes to their influence on a war.

They are absolutely terrifying existences that no other Cultivator can compare to!

Watching the three Ninth-rank Will Cultivators from Outside the Realm whose expressions were shifting uncertainly.

Linglong was also a bit dazed.

It was not just those three who were suppressed by the Array; she was also suppressed.

It was just that she did not show it.

Otherwise.

The three of them would not have retreated so decisively just now.

Just as this battlefield fell into silence.

A figure suddenly flew out from Wenxian City.

In the blink of an eye, they arrived beside Linglong.

Seeing the stranger's face, Linglong was stunned.

She had never seen this person before.

"City Lord, are you alright?"

Just then, a voice suddenly entered her mind.

Hearing this familiar voice, Linglong was startled, then immediately reacted.

Wang Jianqiang!

Following that, a wave of realization washed over her heart.

Wang Jianqiang was a Sixth-tier Array Master.

His talent was not the slightest bit weaker than that Monster Array Master from back then.

In Wenxian City, only he could create an Array capable of affecting Ninth-rank Will Cultivators.

On this Outer Realm Battlefield, such an Array Path Monster is an existence akin to a great weapon of mass destruction, easily targeted by Cultivators from Outside the Realm.

Just like the fall of that Genius Array Master back then.

Wang Jianqiang appeared having deliberately changed his appearance.

He certainly thought it through quite thoroughly.

It was just that.

She could understand Wang Jianqiang acting in a moment of desperation to deploy an Array to neutralize the enemy's attack on her.

But what was he, a Third-Tier Will Cultivator, doing rushing into this battlefield?

Even if the cultivation of those three had been suppressed, with his level of cultivation, the opponent could wipe him out with a wave of their hand!

It was too dangerous!

Thinking of this, Linglong's expression could not help but become tense.

While keeping a close eye on the three in the sky, she spoke to Wang Jianqiang via telepathy without changing her expression.

"Thank you for the rescue just now, Daoist Friend Wang.

"But this place is too dangerous; Daoist Friend Wang should return to the city first."

Wang Jianqiang shook his head and responded via telepathy, "City Lord, rest assured, I have it under control. Leave the woman wearing the Dragon Armor to you; I can handle the other two."

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's words, Linglong was stunned.

A voice filled with worry rang out in Wang Jianqiang's mind, "Daoist Friend Wang, they are..."

"No matter, City Lord, just do as I say; I have it under control." Before her voice had completely faded, Wang Jianqiang's voice rang out in her mind again.

Upon hearing this, Linglong did not continue to persuade him and nodded.

Wang Jianqiang was not a reckless person.

Since he was so confident, he must have a plan.

While the two were communicating via telepathy, the three in the distance had been sizing up Wang Jianqiang.

When Wang Jianqiang first arrived, they had seen the worry on Linglong's face clearly.

Being able to make Linglong, the City Lord of Wenxian City, care so much, plus the sudden appearance of this cultivation-suppressing Array...

This person's identity was already very obvious.

He must be that newly emerged Array Path prodigy, that Genius Array Master who repaired the Wenxian City Protective Array!

Thinking of this.

The killing intent in the eyes of the three instantly became incomparably intense.

"This person must die!"

Xiaoyue Daoren looked at the two peerless beauties beside him and said in an icy voice.

"I will block Linglong."

"Although my cultivation has been suppressed, with the Dragon Armor, it won't be simple for her to kill me!"

The woman with long ice-crystal hair spoke in a cold tone as before.

"It is not safe for you to go alone; let Yaoguang go with you. As long as you two block Linglong, I can easily behead that Array Master."

Xiaoyue shook his head.

"Good."

Yaoguang Xianzi and the woman with long ice-crystal hair exchanged a glance and charged out simultaneously.

Yaoguang Xianzi pressed her palm forward.

Dazzling holy light suddenly enveloped Linglong, causing her movements to stall; every action she took felt like being trapped in a quagmire, hindered by a powerful force.

To the side.

The woman with long crystal-ice hair waved her palm.

Cold Mist filled the air.

Linglong did not have time to dodge and was enveloped within it.

"That's not right, her strength seems to have been suppressed as well!"

After the strike, the woman with long crystal-ice hair raised an eyebrow.

Yaoguang Xianzi's expression shifted, "Do you mean this Formation does not distinguish between friend and foe?"

"No."

The woman with long crystal-ice hair shook her head, "It should only have no effect on the master of the Formation."

While the two were attacking Linglong.

Xiaoyue Daoren had already appeared before Wang Jianqiang.

"Haha, kid, if you had hidden inside Wenxian City, you might have lived a few more days."

"Since you are in such a hurry to jump out and seek death..."

"Then I shall grant your wish!"

Before the words had faded, Xiaoyue Daoren slapped a palm toward Wang Jianqiang.

A massive silver wolf claw swiped toward Wang Jianqiang.

Facing Xiaoyue Daoren's attack, Wang Jianqiang's expression was calm.

Not only did he have no intention of dodging, he instead charged straight toward the silver wolf claw.

"Heh~"

"A creature that doesn't know life from death."

Seeing this scene.

Xiaoyue Daoren could not help but sneer aloud.

Even if his cultivation was suppressed, it was still enough to rival a Seventh-Order Will Stage Cultivator.

This person was merely at the Third-tier Will Level, yet dared to forcibly withstand his attack.

Truly, he did not know life from death.

Amidst his mocking gaze.

Wang Jianqiang and the silver wolf claw collided with a boom.

"Dharma Heaven and Earth!"

"Pure Yang Power!"

The moment the two collided, a flash of Golden Light suddenly ignited.

At first it was only a faint point, but in the blink of an eye, it became incomparably dazzling.

Under the impact of the overbearing Golden Light, that massive wolf claw melted away rapidly like snow under a scorching sun.

The next moment.

A figure resembling a giant, shimmering with Golden Light, appeared.

Like a golden rainbow, it charged toward Xiaoyue Daoren at an astonishing speed.

The sneer on Xiaoyue Daoren's face froze instantly.

He reacted immediately.

He hurriedly erupted with power.

Thick silver light, like flowing water, surged to block in front of him.

The next moment.

The golden rainbow arrived.

Boom!

A booming sound rang out.

The silver light instantly dimmed.

Conversely, the Golden Light had plenty of momentum left; not only did it remain dazzling, it grew even more intense.

Crack!

At a certain moment.

A sound of shattering suddenly rang out.

The defense formed by the silver light shattered with a boom.

That figure resembling a giant, shimmering with golden radiance, slammed violently into Xiaoyue Daoren's body.

Crack~

Amidst a bone-chilling sound of bone fractures, several of Xiaoyue Daoren's sternum and ribs snapped.

Coughing up blood, he flew backward.

"Die!"

Wang Jianqiang clenched his fist tightly.

At this moment.

No Spirit Pattern appeared on his body.

Instead, five mysterious Golden Rune characters emerged.

After the Golden Rune characters appeared, they flowed along his arm and into his fist.

A punch was thrown.

There was no explosion of Golden Light, nor was there any earth-shattering fist force.

As he threw a punch.

The heavens and earth seemed to tremble violently along with it.

The body of Xiaoyue Daoren, currently flying backward, stalled, and silently turned into a pile of powder.

"This is Intent Power!"

"You are merely a Third-tier Will Cultivator, yet you have actually comprehended Artistic Conception!"

After a brief silence.

A voice of horror suddenly rang out.

A streak of Spirit Light flashed by, fleeing frantically toward the distance.

It was precisely the Nascent Soul of Xiaoyue Daoren.

"The Nascent Soul of a Ninth-rank Will Cultivator, what a good thing."

Wang Jianqiang's eyes lit up, and he instinctively reached out to grab it.

An invisible force erupted, and the Nascent Soul of Xiaoyue Daoren instantly stalled in mid-air.

"No—"

"Don't!"

Xiaoyue Daoren struggled frantically.

But he could not break free in the slightest, and could only watch helplessly as he was pulled backward under the other's control.

Just as the Nascent Soul of Xiaoyue Daoren was less than ten zhang away from Wang Jianqiang.

A holy radiance flashed past.

It slashed down from the void like a blade.

Wang Jianqiang's force was instantly severed.

The restraints on the Nascent Soul of Xiaoyue Daoren vanished.

Carrying the joy and lingering fear of surviving a Tribulation, he fled rapidly into the distance, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

The Nascent Soul that was already in his grasp had been snatched away.

Wang Jianqiang frowned and turned his head to look.

Fairy Yaoguang, who had been attacking Linglong together with the woman with long ice-crystal hair, had set her sights on him at some unknown point.

The previous holy light had come from her hand.

Seeing Wang Jianqiang look over.

Fairy Yaoguang frowned, a look of gravity flashing in her eyes.

She had witnessed the entire scene of Wang Jianqiang obliterating the physical body of Xiaoyue Daoren.

It was just that the process of his battle with Xiaoyue Daoren had been too fast.

So fast that by the time she reacted and came to provide support.

Xiaoyue Daoren was already reduced to only his Nascent Soul, and even that Nascent Soul had almost been captured!

Xiaoyue Zhenren had been defeated.

While there was certainly an element of carelessness involved.

But this person's strength was also beyond doubt.

Especially...

Artistic Conception!

That was a power that only a Spirit Transformation Stage Cultivator could touch!

Even on the Spirit Ranking, there were only a handful of people capable of comprehending Artistic Conception.

For an Array Master to have such achievements in the path of cultivation as well.

It was truly unbelievable!

Whoosh~

Just as Fairy Yaoguang's mind was reeling.

A short and urgent sound suddenly entered her ears.

She instantly regained her focus, and a holy radiance flashed on her body.

As if shifting her position, she moved sideways by over a hundred zhang in an instant.

After she dodged away.

A flash of Golden Light.

Wang Jianqiang flashed into view.

He looked at Fairy Yaoguang with a smile, "You're quite fast, try taking another strike from me."

As soon as his voice fell.

Five mysterious runes appeared once more, surging into his fist.

He threw a punch.

Seeing this, Fairy Yaoguang's expression instantly became incomparably grave.

Holy radiance surged forth from her body in an endless stream.

The next moment.

The heavens and earth seemed to tremble.

Fairy Yaoguang was struck as if by a heavy blow.

Her body trembled, and the holy power outside her body instantly collapsed and dissipated.

Pfft~

She spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, retreating over ten zhang before she could steady her figure.

When she looked at Wang Jianqiang again, her eyes were already filled with a look of horror.

Is this the power of Intent Power?

No wonder Xiaoyue Daoren had his physical body crushed by a single punch.

Although there was an element of carelessness involved.

But the power of this punch was also beyond doubt!

"Hoo~"

After throwing the punch, Wang Jianqiang let out a long breath.

Just before he left the city, he had already added all his Cultivation Points to the Years Sacred Body.

Every time the Spirit Patterns of the Years Sacred Body reach a count of one hundred thousand, they automatically condense into one Spirit Seal.

The so-called Spirit Seal is precisely that mysterious rune that just appeared on his body.

The number of Spirit Patterns on his body had already reached 98,666, and after adding over 400,000 Cultivation Points, the count had just exceeded 500,000.

Condensing into five Spirit Seals.

As for the Artistic Conception he unleashed, it is called Dangkong Artistic Conception.

It is a power naturally comprehended after condensing Spirit Seals.

Dangkong Artistic Conception is somewhat similar to Lin Lin's oscillation power.

Lin Lin's oscillation power is still very shallow, similar to the embryonic form of an Artistic Conception; if she continues to study it, she might be able to form Oscillation Artistic Conception.

However, Lin Lin's oscillation power focuses primarily on breaking down defenses while also accounting for offense, making it relatively comprehensive.

Whereas his Dangkong Artistic Conception is an entirely offensive killing Artistic Conception.

Currently, his Dangkong Artistic Conception is not a complete Artistic Conception.

It is an incomplete Artistic Conception.

As the number of Spirit Seals continues to increase, Dangkong Artistic Conception will constantly be perfected.

Until nine Spirit Seals are condensed, and then the nine-nine return to one.

Only then can it become a complete Artistic Conception.