Chapter 100: Next Life, I Will Kill You!

"I fucking swear to your mother's head!"

Before his words had even faded, Lu Yang had arrived at the center of Eight Hundred Li Skull Mountain, his face twisting into a cruel smile as he reached down and seized the earth vein.

Boom—!

Instantly, the sky shook and the earth trembled; an intensely concentrated yin energy surged from the earth vein, forming an endless, murky river hanging in the air.

【Heavenly Corpse Poison】!

This poison, once deeply buried within Skull Mountain's earth vein, had now been forcibly extracted by Lu Yang, triggering massive earthquakes both inside and outside the mountain.

Then the murky river plunged from the heavens, engulfing Lu Yang; the starlike fire energy of the 【Flaming Dragon】 on his body was instantly extinguished, causing the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han to raise an eyebrow, his eyes filled with surprise: "【Heavenly Corpse Poison】? This place still has such a thing?"

The 【Flaming Dragon】 is born from the union of yang wood and yin earth.

Its fire rages fiercely, yet its root is wood energy, nurtured by earth—thus it fears no fire-suppressing force; to counter it, one must target wood and earth energies.

"【Heavenly Corpse Poison】 resides in the earth poison position, belonging to 【Zhi Xu】—also yin earth!"

"Yin earth is soft; soft earth nurtures wood, and cannot be overcome by wood; thus one need not fear excessive wood. Earth nurtures and absorbs water, and cannot be washed away by water; thus one need not fear violent floods."

This earth poison fears neither water nor wood!

Though it cannot directly suppress the 【Flaming Dragon】, it can absorb and take the place of Lu Yang, receiving the blazing white fire energy it generates, allowing it to gradually dissipate into nothingness.

Strictly speaking, these two great medicines are even mutually compatible, perfectly forming a path toward a fruit position—but the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han, upon seeing this, did not show the slightest greed; instead, he instinctively stepped back, as if confronted with something he deeply feared.

"【Yuan Feng】, 【Zhi Xu】."

The path formed by the union of this heavenly and earthly poison has only one corresponding fruit position in all the world—and yet the Luo Han Fu Long True Person dares not cultivate that fruit position.

Its name is: 【Extinguished Lamp Fire】!

"If I take this, I become the Dao enemy of Chongguang the凶人—truly inviting trouble. The Bodhisattvas in the Pure Land may not protect me."

Thinking of this, the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han immediately shook his head and spat out the 【Flaming Dragon】 again; the fierce fire energy collided with the 【Heavenly Corpse Poison】 river. Soon, the river began to dry up, for one side was bolstered by the magic power of a Foundation Establishment True Person, while the other was rootless water.

"Still fighting like a cornered beast?"

Due to the appearance of the 【Heavenly Corpse Poison】, the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han's tone grew increasingly hostile—he had clearly lost patience and no longer wished to tangle with Lu Yang.

Boom!

In response came a deafening roar: Lu Yang had thrown the entire 【Yama Palace】 at him, hammering it down upon his head like a massive mallet.

"Still these trivial tricks…"

The Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han shook his head and repeated his old tactic, raising a protective aura from his crown like a lotus canopy, making him appear even more sacred.

Yet the next second, his expression changed.

"Detonate!"

Before he could act, Lu Yang had already formed the spell—the towering 【Yama Palace】 exploded apart like a spark igniting gunpowder.

And the gunpowder? It was the 【Heavenly Corpse Poison】!

Boom—!

The next instant, as the murky river was detonated by the destruction of the 【Yama Palace】, dark clouds gathered above Skull Mountain, and countless 【Lei She】 flashed across the sky!

"Bad!"

Seeing this, the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han lost all his earlier casualness; his face turned ashen. Neither the 【Yama Palace】 nor the 【Heavenly Corpse Poison】's explosion could harm him—what truly shook him was that with the 【Heavenly Corpse Poison】's detonation, the entire earth vein of Skull Mountain was also destroyed!

"Shatter the earth vein? Incur Heaven's wrath?!"

The Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han's right hand kept forming seals, calculating furiously; his face showed shock and fury: "How does this man still have such a technique? Who is he?"

He had merely come here following the resonance of the 【Nine Transformations Dragon Scripture】.

As for Lu Yang's karmic ties, he had no grasp of them and didn't care much—after all, as a Foundation Establishment True Person, subduing a Qi Condensation cultivator was child's play.

But he never imagined Lu Yang had such a move!

In truth, this was the last trump card left by Master Tingyou.

In the past, the Jin Dan sword qi had failed to exterminate the Witch Ghost Sect precisely because Master Tingyou had bound the earth vein of Eight Hundred Li Skull Mountain through the Witch Ghost Realm.

Under necessary circumstances, Master Tingyou could detonate the entire earth vein of Skull Mountain, instantly summoning heavenly punishment to strip away merit and fortune—such a heavy karmic debt was something even Jin Dan True Lords feared to touch, so they left the Witch Ghost Sect a sliver of survival, choosing to slowly boil the frog over a thousand years.

And now, Lu Yang had used this tactic against the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han!

The next instant, the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han staggered back a step, and behind him appeared the vision of the 【Luo Han Fu Long Temple】—but the temple's Buddhist light suddenly dimmed.

Until the Buddhist light vanished completely, the 【Luo Han Fu Long Temple】 cracked with countless fissures, then exploded!

The Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han's eyes bulged with rage; though unharmed, two streams of blood trickled from his eyes: "My merit! My fortune—all gone?!"

Honestly, it would've been better to be injured!

After all, injuries can heal—he has the Buddha Lands behind him, countless ways to fix it; even if he died from grievous wounds, he could be reborn into a good life.

After rebirth, he still had hope to climb the Immortal Path again.

But without merit and fortune, when this life ends, he won't even be able to be human—he'll have to spend ten lifetimes as pig or dog to repay his karmic debt!

Remember, a Foundation Establishment True Person can be reborn at most five times!

Ten lifetimes as pig or dog? It was practically a death sentence for a Foundation Establishment True Person—the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han was still in his prime; how could he accept such a fate?

"Why? Why must it be like this?"

Filled with fury, the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han was also utterly bewildered: "The karmic debt of shattering the earth vein—I'm merely the catalyst. You are the true instigator."

Heaven is perfectly just—if he must spend ten lifetimes as pig or dog for this karmic debt, then Lu Yang must spend a hundred, a thousand lifetimes to repay it—even if he repaid it, upon rebirth as a human, he would be doomed to a life of suffering; forget climbing the Immortal Path, even seeking wealth and comfort would be harder than climbing to heaven.

It was literally killing a thousand while losing ten thousand.

Thinking of this, the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han nearly spat blood again.

If you could go down together, why the hell didn't you say so earlier? We could've negotiated! Had I known you had this trump card, would I have pressed you so hard?

"Beast! Beast!"

"Heh."

Watching the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han rage and curse, Lu Yang merely sneered—karmic debt? What karmic debt did he have? After a reset, everything naturally reset to zero!

"This time, I'm just collecting some interest."

Lu Yang stared straight at the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han. Although the self-detonation of the earth veins was a merit bomb with far-reaching disastrous consequences, its power could not harm the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han in the slightest.

Yet his heart held not a shred of despondency; instead, his fighting spirit soared.

Even if this attempt at Foundation Establishment failed, at least he had seen the hidden flaw in the cultivation method. In the next life, he could make his preparations with ease, or even turn the enemy's plan against them and deal the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han a crushing blow!

Cultivating immortality is difficult, harder than ascending to the blue sky; he might not be the one who laughs the best.

But with the 【Hundred Lives Book】 at his side, the one who laughs last will surely be him!

"In the next life, I will definitely kill you!"

As the words fell, Lu Yang ruthlessly detonated himself. His originally clear consciousness instantly plunged into obscurity, and within the boundless darkness, only a clear lingering echo remained:

"Hundred Lives Book!"

(End of this chapter)