Chapter 282: Fa Shen Seizes the Dragon, Breaking Through the Barrier!

"You, don't come over!"

Watching Lu Yang stride toward her, Sui Ling's face showed shock and rage; recalling this "Duanmu Yuan Tu's" famous name, she could not help but press her legs tighter together.

However, Lu Yang had no intention of wasting words with her.

Forming a seal with his fingers, the 【Li Jie Bo】 behind him instantly transformed into a brilliant sword light that shot forth, slashing straight toward this Dragon Lady.

Seeing this, Sui Ling gritted her teeth and reverted to human form, for her original true body was far too massive, making it a target for the flying sword; then she took out another bright pearl and offered it above her head, where a thousand beams of moonlight descended, like a magnificent canopy firmly covering her below.

This object is named 【Yue Liu Zhu】, a gift from Tian Qiu.

The thousand beams of moonlight on the pearl seemed thin and insubstantial, yet were actually as solid as gold and stone; for a moment, they truly withstood the slash of 【Li Jie Bo】, sending sparks flying in all directions.

Seeing this, Sui Ling was first stunned, then immediately showed joy: "So that's it, you cannot strike a second sword!"

She had just been so terrified her soul nearly fled the world, thinking every sword strike of Lu Yang's was of such caliber, and nearly mistook the one walking toward her for a True Person of a Holy Sect!

Seeing this, Lu Yang gave a cold smile; that first strike indeed was not made casually, but used the fourth divine wonder of 【Li Jie Bo】, 【Xuan Wei】, combined with his profound magic power, requiring a long moment of charging before the slash could be delivered, and now it was indeed difficult to replicate in such a short time.

But what of it?

"Fellow Daoist, do you think I need that one sword to cut you down?"

As Lu Yang's words fell, the seals in his hand changed; the single brilliant sword light suddenly split, and after a few flickers transformed into over a hundred sword lights!

【Shi He Ci】!

This was a divine ability Lu Yang could only refine upon reaching the peak of the Mid Stage, and also the greatest purpose of this journey to the Yuan Ci Shenshan; yet now he had manifested it ahead of schedule!

In an instant, every sword light he had differentiated generated a strange magnetic force at that very moment, transforming into streams of 【Yuan Ci Li He Shen Guang】, breaking through the Five Elements; merely brushing against Sui Ling's 【Yue Liu Zhu】, it stripped away the thousand beams of moonlight as if peeling a shell!

Sui Ling was instantly terrified and hurriedly activated her divine abilities.

【Tianhe Kou】!

The next second, a dragon head was manifested by Sui Ling's spellcasting, which sucked forcefully at Lu Yang's sword lights, swallowing every single one of them clean!

The same divine ability, in the hands of different cultivators, produces different variations according to their cultivation level.

【Tianhe Kou】 used by Sui Ying was an offensive method projecting the Heavenly River, but now wielded by Sui Ling, it had become a divine ability for suppression and sealing.

According to her plan, once these sword lights were swallowed by her, they would immediately be submerged by the Heavenly River within her belly, perfectly matching the image of 【Shui Leng Jin Han】, specifically countering the metallic qi of flying swords; no matter how miraculous your magic sword, it would suffer the calamity of drowning, turning into scrap iron within a short time.

However, the next second, Sui Ling's expression changed.

For at this moment, Lu Yang's magic sword had penetrated deep into her body, and after being swallowed by her 【Tianhe Kou】, instead of drowning, it became even more ferocious.

The magic sword surged left and right within her belly, moving up and down together.

For a moment, Sui Ling felt only stabbing pain in her abdomen, until a sword tip pierced through her body, forcing her to suddenly lift her neck and let out a long roar.

"Roar—!"

The tender young girl was pierced clean through by Lu Yang's magic sword and vanished directly from her spot; in her place, a towering true dragon dove toward the sea surface.

She wanted to escape!

However, seeing this, Lu Yang smiled: "Want to leave?"

As his words fell, swirling dark fires suddenly rose behind him; the flames erupted, illuminating a towering phantom image with three heads and six arms, green face and fangs.

Then this phantom image stepped forward; in an instant, it turned from illusion to reality, dark fires burning into a ring behind his head, reflecting a thousand round lights; the six arms respectively grabbed the neck, the seven-inch point, the spine, and the tail of the true dragon body transformed by Sui Ling, nailing her firmly in mid-air!

【Qian Tian Zong She Wan Xiang Fa Shen】!

This was the first time Lu Yang had used this Second Grade True Art after cultivating it; truly peerless in might, it suppressed the true dragon purely by brute force!

Then, Lu Yang gathered qi in his chest, and a booming sound exploded from his mouth: "Stabilize!"

The wonder of the Fa Shen, 【Qian Tian】!

The innate divine ability, 【Ming Shi Fei】!

Combined, their effect was truly that words became law; with one utterance, Sui Ling's dragon body, which had been struggling violently, was indeed frozen stiff in place.

Almost simultaneously, the Fa Shen transformed by Lu Yang suddenly spread its arms wide.

"Rrrrip!"

Accompanied by the sound of flesh tearing, the six arms pulled in different directions at the same time, directly tearing Sui Ling into six pieces right there!

"Ah!"

The excruciating pain of the destruction of her magical body made Sui Ling scream instantly; yet she dared not hesitate. The next second, dragon scales shattered, and a torrent of blood light exploded; clearly, she had made a decisive move, blowing up her entire dragon body to protect her soul, which transformed into light and fled, intending to vanish into the sea and escape via water遁.

Then, almost simultaneously, the Fa Shen transformed by Lu Yang opened its eyes.

【Zong She】!

This mystery of the Fa Shen could capture souls and seize thoughts, specifically countering souls; now cast by him, it merely opened its mouth and sucked remotely at Sui Ling's soul.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

In an instant, Sui Ling felt her head grow dizzy; her soul, already like a mayfly without the defense of a physical body, now felt a heart full of terror.

'He wants to kill me!? He truly dares to kill me!?'

Sui Ying was one thing, after all, he had traveled far inland himself, where the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

But this place is right before the Four Seas Gate! Long Gong is close at hand, and she, as a noble of the true dragon clan, how dare Lu Yang act and kill her right under the Long Gong's nose?

"Wait, wait..."

Sui Ling feared Lu Yang did not understand the situation and hurriedly tried to explain loudly; however, Lu Yang gave her no chance to explain, and his large hand came down with a thunderous crash.

"Boom!"

At the sound of a huge explosion, the entire world seemed to fall silent for an instant; the remaining demon soldiers and the group of Buddhist cultivators hiding in corners all looked up, seeing Lu Yang standing tall in the sky, his Fa Shen burning fiercely, holding a true dragon corpse as large as a mountain range in his hand, already devoid of life.

"... Dead?"

Among the Buddhist cultivators, Hui Ku opened his mouth, hardly able to believe it: "The true dragon clan, Mid Stage Foundation Establishment, was torn apart alive by that demon just like that?"

But very quickly, he regained his composure, even feeling somewhat excited.

"Good, good, good! I didn't expect him to have refined such a ferocious Fa Shen; he should enter my Pure Land to be thoroughly washed of his violent qi before achieving the Right Fruit."

Boom boom boom!

Just then, a thunderous roar suddenly erupted from the distance, a dragon's cry carrying surging fury as it rolled through the sky: "Demon! You have insulted the dragon too greatly!"

Yet a second later, a loud laugh drowned out that voice:

"Fellow Daoist, why the haste? We have not yet finished our fight!"

It was Suo Huan.

This Great True Person from beyond the seas, who had survived in hiding for six hundred years, had indeed kept his promise, truly blocking a True Person at the late or even perfect stage of Foundation Establishment for Lu Yang!

But this was only the beginning.

Lu Yang retracted his Dharma body, drew out the Banner of Ten Thousand Spirits, tossed the corpse of Sui Ling into the banner, let his magic power refine it for a moment, and then gently shook the banner flag.

A second later, Sui Ling emerged unscathed from the banner, taking human form, and bowed respectfully to Lu Yang; the hatred and fury from just moments before seemed never to have existed, completely erased, leaving only boundless loyalty: "Sui Ling greets Master."

It was not only Sui Ling.

Including the seven demon beasts at the early stage of Foundation Establishment he had just slain with a single sword strike, their corpses and shattered bodies, along with their souls and true spirits, had all been taken by Lu Yang into the banner.

Immediately after, Lu Yang, holding the Banner of Ten Thousand Spirits, descended calmly onto the Yuan Ci Divine Mountain.

Though he had killed Sui Ling and broken the formation of four hundred and seventy thousand demon soldiers, not a shred of relaxation entered his heart.

For he knew clearly that the demon beasts of the overseas seas were merely an add-on; those who truly desired his life and cultivation were still hidden in the shadows, waiting for the right opportunity.

"They are waiting for me to begin my breakthrough."

Refining the Cheng Tian Gang and the Earth Fiends to condense divine abilities was originally a major matter requiring a quiet environment, yet now no one would give him the chance to refine them slowly.

If he began to refine, those lying in ambush in the shadows would immediately emerge to take his life.

Yet if he did not refine, did not breakthrough, he could not escape this dead end.

'The Pure Land, the Dao Court, the Sword Pavilion... I am afraid everyone sees me as a dish, waiting to be divided and devoured; the Holy Sect has even treated me as a discarded pawn.'

Even the slaying of Sui Ling and the host of demon soldiers appeared, in the eyes of the major powers, to be exactly what they desired.

'But very soon, they will regret it.'

Seven at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, one at the mid stage.

Adding Chen Xinan who was already in the banner, even setting aside Su Nu who merely pretended to be at the Foundation Establishment stage, he had now assembled nine Foundation Establishment banner spirits!

Thinking this, Lu Yang let out a cold smile, then without the slightest hesitation, sat directly beneath the Banner of Ten Thousand Spirits and began refining the Cheng Tian Gang and the Earth Fiends!

(End of this chapter)