Chapter 182: Flip the Table, Kill Wu Cang!

For some reason, Wu Cang suddenly felt a chill.

It was as if a basin of cold water had suddenly been poured over his heart, dispelling all his restlessness and causing a faint glimmer of spiritual light to barely shine forth on his originally dust-covered spirit platform:

"Eh? Why did I come here?"

In this moment, the spiritual sense of a Foundation Establishment True Person went into a frenzy of warning, causing Wu Cang to subconsciously look around; had his nighttime robbery been discovered?

Up until this moment, Wu Cang had not realized the threat posed by Lu Yang, still thinking his whereabouts had been discovered; this was partly due to Lu Yang using 【Bao Shou Shan】 to condense his karmic cause and effect, making him hard to detect, but was it not also because Wu Cang's own fate had been influenced by someone else?

'Must take this as a warning.'

Lu Yang took all of this in, silently speaking to himself in his heart; being able to reach this point step by step, the key was understanding how to draw lessons.

For instance, he had long made up his mind to give the Buddhist cultivators a wide berth from now on.

The reason was simple: Buddhist cultivators were too shameless.

Every single one was a "Self" of the World Venerable; if words failed, the Dao Lord would possess them; this was simply starting at max level with a great demon king blocking the newbie village and killing directly!

It was simply insane.

If not for the high status of the 【Hundred Lives Book】, where even the Dao Lord could only vaguely perceive it and not truly influence it, he would have likely died ten thousand times already.

However, combining the experience of the previous few lives, Lu Yang quickly summarized the method to avoid the World Venerable's gaze: because in the previous life, it was not the first time he had self-detonated in front of Buddhist cultivators to activate the Hundred Lives Book. In the life before that, when he self-detonated the earth veins to trap the Subduing Dragon Luo Han, he had used the Hundred Lives Book as well!

But why did the life before that not attract the World Venerable?

"Because of Heavenly Punishment!"

Lu Yang thought it over and concluded that this was the only possibility, because under Heavenly Punishment, all merit and fate on the Subduing Dragon Luo Han had been directly zeroed out.

That is why the World Venerable did not descend and did not perceive it.

From this, it could be seen that the strange possession method must be realized through merit and fate; this was the flaw in the World Venerable's manipulation of Buddhist cultivators.

And where there is a flaw, there is a solution.

"If I can thoroughly figure out the secret within and devise a way to avoid the World Venerable's influence on my consciousness, perhaps in the future I could even take a trip to the Pure Land..."

Unfortunately, this was merely a beautiful daydream for the future, and it was still a long way off.

Retracting his thoughts, Lu Yang looked at Wu Cang again.

He saw that Wu Cang had already revealed an expression of impatience; although he vaguely sensed something was wrong, his first thought was not to run away.

It was to end it quickly.

"Since Daoist Friend is ungrateful, then do not blame me!"

As the words fell, a towering tree, towering between heaven and earth and intertwined and gnarled, suddenly spread out above the sky; it was clearly Wu Cang's Dao Foundation manifesting.

And within the tree canopy, a red fruit grew instantly.

Seeing this, a smile of confidence appeared on Wu Cang's face.

This "Fire Within Wood" was the most profound and mysterious of his innate techniques; combined with the innate technique 【Bu Nan Ben】, it burned the magic body without fail.

However, the next second, his eyes widened.

He saw that facing the "Fire Within Wood" he had cast, Lu Yang was not flustered at all; a black light rose behind him and swept directly at his Dao Foundation.

Whoosh—!

The next second, the blazing fire Wu Cang had just ignited was like a candle lamp under a fierce wind; in a single blink, it was suddenly blown out, and all techniques stopped abruptly!

【Bao Shou Shan】!

Having experience fighting Wu Cang, how could Lu Yang give the opponent space to cast again? He immediately threw the innate technique he had just refined at him.

The effect was extremely significant; within the Foundation Establishment realm, Wu Cang's 【Panlong Divine Wood Dao Foundation】 trembled violently, yet a towering mountain shadow appeared above his head; it was ethereal and not solid, hard to touch, yet it generated a real and true suppressing force that literally suppressed and extinguished his Fire Within Wood!

"... Impossible!"

Wu Cang instantly cried out, feeling as if Mount Taishan was pressing down on him; to break it, he would need either his own techniques and mysteries or immense magic power.

But he had neither of these.

In a flash of lightning, Wu Cang finally regained full clarity and immediately turned to run, but he saw a splendor of techniques cover the surroundings.

【Ding Qin Shu】!

This mystery could move oneself or move the enemy; if Wu Cang's "Fire Within Wood" had not been suppressed, he could have relied on the technique fire to break its influence, but now that the "Fire Within Wood" was suppressed, eight-tenths of his methods were gone, and he had absolutely no way to deal with Lu Yang's displacement!

At the same time, Lu Yang held a gourd in his hand.

【San Jiu Xiao Hun Gourd】!

Lu Yang pried open the stopper, then used magic power to transform it, gently shaking the gourd; instantly, a hazy, chaotic smoke poured out from within.

Soul-Dissolving, Spirit-Stealing, God-Plucking Smoke!

This smoke was indeed powerful, but extremely hard to hit; originally, it was a very difficult technique to use in combat, but now in Lu Yang's hands, it had a miraculous effect.

The next second, the splendor of techniques flashed.

Wu Cang in the air could not dodge; he could only watch helplessly as he disappeared from his spot, and when he reappeared, he had been thrown by Lu Yang into the hazy smoke.

"You...! Have the guts to fight me head-on!"

Wu Cang's resentful cry came from within the smoke, because even at this step, Lu Yang still had no intention of fighting him directly.

He started with strong control, giving him no chance to turn the tables.

However, soon, Wu Cang's voice gradually grew lower; the Soul-Dissolving, Spirit-Stealing, God-Plucking Smoke took effect, making his consciousness become increasingly drowsy.

But he also understood that once he truly fainted, he would likely never wake up again; therefore, he became unusually decisive, a crimson flash passing through his eyes, and then three dazzling spiritual lights appeared in his hand; they were clearly three pieces of decent quality lower-grade spiritual treasures.

"... Explode!"

As a rogue cultivator by origin, Wu Cang might not be cunning enough or deceitful enough, but to stand firm in the Holy Sect, at least one thing he did not lack.

He was ruthless!

In an instant, the three spiritual treasures exploded in Wu Cang's hands; the shockwave of the explosion instantly broke through the God-Plucking Smoke and blasted out a path of life for him.

Boom!

Riding the spiritual tide raised by the explosion, Wu Cang's figure was like lightning; he shot up a beam of escape light, intending to flee the Senior Butian Peak, where from now on the sky was high enough for birds to fly and the sea wide enough for fish to leap.

The explosive power of the Spirit Treasure also tore through the array concealment of Senior Butian Peak; amidst the violent turmoil of spiritual energy, many True Persons within the Holy Sect had already turned their gaze toward it.

These were all of Wu Cang's protective charms.

After all, no matter how ferocious Lu Yang was, he wouldn't possibly kill me in front of so many people, would he?

Little did he know that all his actions had been seen by Lu Yang; the Jiu Tian Yi on his brow was already rotating, having long calculated that he would react in this manner.

"Embrace the One and guard the Center, distinguishing neither self nor other."

Suddenly, a Daoist shout rang in Wu Cang's ears, carrying a chilling aura that nearly made his scalp explode; following this, the surging spiritual tide suddenly solidified!

In the blink of an eye, where was the vast sky and open sea? He had been intent on fleeing outside Senior Butian Peak, seeing only the blue sky and bright sun, yet in that instant, the original blue sky and bright sun had turned into a black mountain wall; unfortunately, his escape light had already risen, and he could not stop at all.

"Bang!"

Accompanied by a tremendous crash, Wu Cang, under the gaze of all, crashed headlong into the materialized 【Bao Shou Shan】, instantly shattering his body to pieces!

From the exploding magical body, a soul drifted out.

"Beast..."

Wu Cang was so furious that his soul trembled; just as he wanted to speak, Lu Yang grabbed him.

"Senior Wu Cang, isn't it just that you lost a point in our duel? Why lose heart? This junior will protect your soul."

Before the words had finished, Lu Yang had forcefully stuffed him into the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner.

After finishing all this, Lu Yang looked at the crowd, who were now either shocked or terrified, staring straight at him, and smiled kindly:

"Everyone, do not misunderstand. You all saw it; Senior Wu Cang lost his mind for a moment, sought his own death, and voluntarily crashed to death upon my divine technique."

(End of this chapter)