Chapter 151: All Methods Unleashed!

Under the night sky, Lu Yang's gaze was cold and ruthless; the moment his words fell, without waiting for Wu Cang to react, he clapped his hands together to form a mudra, releasing a beam of golden light.

'How dare he!?'

In an instant, shock and fury flashed in Wu Cang's eyes; he was at the Mid Stage of Foundation Establishment! How could a junior at the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment dare to strike first against him?

Yet he had no time to ponder further, for as the golden light descended, in the blink of an eye, he fell into a vast, surging sea of golden clouds; all that met his eyes were suns, moons, mountains, and rivers formed from auspicious clouds, rivers and lakes, and illusory dragon-shaped lights weaving through them.

"Boom!"

The next second, Wu Cang hesitated not at all; he flicked his sleeve to fling out a small black-gold shield to protect his lower back, blocking the whistling sword light rushing toward him.

"Trying to ambush me?"

Wu Cang laughed triumphantly; he had long scattered his spiritual sense around, and since Lu Yang was still within his array formation, how could he possibly evade detection?

But before Wu Cang's words had even faded, Lu Yang, holding the 【Avici Sword】 and having just slashed outward, suddenly erupted with a brilliant white radiance; then, at the hair's breadth moment, he shifted his form and position again, teleporting from behind Wu Cang to directly in front of him, the sword's edge instantly pointing straight at his brow!

Clang clang—!

An explosive roar erupted from between the two; it was a black umbrella that Wu Cang had opened at the critical moment, and Lu Yang's sword edge struck the umbrella's surface with solid force.

Just as Wu Cang prepared to counterattack, he saw the white light flash once more.

By the time he reacted, he saw that Lu Yang had already pulled back his distance, holding the 【Avici Sword】 in reverse grip, studying him with a thoughtful expression.

'He does have some strength.'

If Wu Cang were still at the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment, he would have been injured by that slash just now; however, his stronger spiritual sense at the Mid Stage of Foundation Establishment allowed him to evade Lu Yang's strike.

Of course, this was also because Lu Yang had not yet fully unleashed the power of the 【Avici Sword】; he could clearly feel the trembling of the blade in his hand, while the young girl sword spirit shrieked excitedly: "It's him! Kill him! Killing a mid-stage opponent with an early-stage cultivation will restore at least fifty percent of my strength through sacrifice!"

"Don't rush; there will be time for you to shine."

Lu Yang laughed leisurely, slung the 【Avici Sword】 across his back, and immediately, the vast, smoke-and-sea-like magic power within his body began to surge into it continuously.

However, this superior spiritual sword was truly a gold-swallowing beast.

No matter how much magic power Lu Yang poured in, the 【Avici Sword】 accepted it all without exception; the young girl sword spirit even shouted "Not enough!", resembling a bottomless abyss.

Of course, Lu Yang was in no hurry.

After all, the more magic power the 【Avici Sword】 swallowed and the longer it accumulated, the greater its power would become; it was a trump card sufficient to decide victory or defeat.

More importantly, that previous strike had confirmed one thing for him.

【Distinguish Kinship】 could still be used!

That it could be used meant he was not actually trapped by the opponent's array formation; with a mere thought, he could escape, ensuring his safety at the very least.

With a way out secured, Lu Yang naturally became much more composed; he did not need to think about fleeing but could unleash all his methods to fight Wu Cang properly!

It was the perfect chance to test just how much gap remained between himself and the Mid Stage of Foundation Establishment!

However, while he was not anxious, someone else was.

Wu Cang's face turned iron-green; clearly, he had not expected that despite his higher realm, he had nearly been injured by Lu Yang's slash—a sheer, humiliating disgrace!

The next second, Lu Yang discovered the array formation surrounding and enveloping him began to operate; in an instant, countless branches cascaded down, blooming with myriad flowers that merged with Wu Cang's own qi mechanism, ultimately forming a winding giant tree that stood between heaven and earth, its canopy obscuring the universe!

"You seek death!"

As his words fell, on one of the giant tree's branches, flowers bloomed and bore fruit; in the blink of an eye, a miniature fruit, red as fire, grew forth.

Immediately after, the fruit dropped.

At the very moment the fruit fell, it transformed into a surging wave of scorching red light that shot outward; wherever it whistled past, the roar of thunder and lightning was incessant!

"An innate divine ability?"

Seeing this, Lu Yang raised an eyebrow; while continuing to accumulate and maintain the charge of the 【Avici Sword】, he activated 【Distinguish Kinship】 once more, intending to send the red light away.

However, this time the situation was different; the light of 【Distinguish Kinship】, which had previously been invincible, upon touching the crimson fruit, caused the fruit to suddenly explode into a ring of red light, brilliant as flames; with a single deafening blast, it shattered his divine ability and, in the blink of an eye, struck his body!

"Boom boom boom!"

In an instant, violent explosions and firelight had already swallowed Lu Yang; Wu Cang had compressed all its power within a range of several hundred meters.

A Foundation Establishment True Person possesses magic power like a dragon, capable of expanding or contracting, transforming freely.

When large, it can cover a thousand li, crushing mountains and toppling peaks; when small, it can maneuver within a square inch, condensing tremendous force capable of overturning a region into mere sparks.

The latter is even more powerful!

Yet looking at Lu Yang, who had been struck by the crimson fruit, Wu Cang's face showed no joy; instead, he frowned tightly, gazing at the area filled with firelight.

The next second, the firelight dispersed.

Lu Yang's figure stood firmly amidst the flowing fire; his hands formed a mudra of divine ability light, rippling out in circles from behind his head like a ceremonial canopy, firmly covering him and isolating him from the flowing fire, the two remaining distinct and forever unable to affect each other.

【Separate Same and Different】!

This divine ability, besides avoiding karma, was also a superior method of self-protection; once held steady, ten thousand laws could not cling to the body, and one's qi remained pure!

'Two profound mysteries...'

Wu Cang frowned tightly; although he had been mentally prepared, the profound mysteries Lu Yang displayed still startled him, making him dare not underestimate Lu Yang any longer.

One must know that innate divine abilities also have distinctions of quality.

Generally, an innate divine ability possesses only one profound mystery; those possessing multiple profound mysteries are either favored by a fruit of attainment or stem from a superior cultivation method.

As for Wu Cang, his overt experience was actually quite similar to Lu Yang's; both had obtained the sect inheritance of a destroyed great sect to leap over the dragon gate, and both had entered the Holy Sect by offering up their sect's inheritance; thus, although Wu Cang originated as a rogue cultivator, his cultivation base and combat strength were not weak.

Therefore, although Wu Cang currently found the situation tricky, he remained confident.

'I constructed the 【Coiling Divine Wood Dao Foundation】, cultivated the innate divine ability 【Coiling Dragon Precious Cedar Tree】, and broke through to the Mid Stage of Foundation Establishment, only then refining three profound mysteries.'

'Could this Yuan Tu possibly be stronger than me?'

Thinking thus, Wu Cang looked at Lu Yang again and smiled composedly: "Fellow Daoist Yuan Tu, this fire within my wood is not so easily dealt with."

Indeed, although Lu Yang had currently protected himself using 【Separate Same and Different】, the surging flowing fire around him had not dispersed; instead, it clung to his entire body like a gangrene of the bones, and once he ceased using his divine ability to protect himself, these flowing fires would immediately pounce and incinerate his dharma body.

Thus, they had fallen into a battle of attrition.

If Lu Yang were to fight while enduring the flowing fire, how immense would his consumption of magic power be? Within a few exchanges, his magic power would be exhausted, leaving him at Wu Cang's mercy.

This was precisely why Wu Cang appeared so composed and triumphant.

But the next second, his expression changed.

Lu Yang, unhurried, took a brocade bag adorned with heaven and earth patterns from his sleeve, opened it, and instantly, a swarm of insects vast enough to obscure the sky and sun poured forth.

Qi-Devouring Worms!

A full one hundred and forty million Qi-Devouring Worms; to store them, Lu Yang had specially refined a storage bag capable of keeping living creatures alive, naming it the 【Centipede-Wasp Bag】.

At this moment, with the 【Centipede-Wasp Bag】 opened, the Qi-Devouring Worms surged like tides and seas, directly spreading over the flowing fire encircling Lu Yang to feast heartily; although this flowing fire was formed from Wu Cang's innate divine ability, it was ultimately still composed of magic power, one among the ten thousand qi, and the Qi-Devouring Worms devoured every kind of qi without exception!

In the blink of an eye, the flowing fire was eaten clean by the Qi-Devouring Worms!

Although the Qi-Devouring Worms paid the price of nearly ten million sub-worms turning to ash, within the Centipede-Wasp Bag, the Qi-Devouring Worm King was still working overtime to breed and hatch more.

Such losses were not worth mentioning!

'No wonder even the Patriarch once praised these exotic species from beyond the heavens!'

Seeing this, Lu Yang smiled with satisfaction; his special trip to the Dharma Refining Secret Realm to refine these worms had not been in vain, for once their numbers reached the hundreds of millions, they truly possessed the might of a Foundation Establishment True Person!

(End of Chapter)