Chapter 284: Hear the Might of Ancestor Tingyou!

"Sss!"

The moment Master Tingyou looked over, Ye Tao from the Sword Pavilion felt a chill shoot straight to the crown of his head, his eyes filled with dread.

Master Tingyou!

This was the main reason Lu Yang, this time, did not sacrifice the Foundation Establishment demon beast he had failed to slay, but instead chose to seal it within the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner, transforming it into a banner spirit.

To be fair, Master Tingyou was no longer what he once was; having escaped from a True Lord and barely survived for five lifetimes, he had long exhausted his former reserves. Even if he wanted to engage in magical combat, he had the will but not the strength; he was merely bullying Lu Yang, who back then was still a Qi Condensation minor cultivator.

However, this flaw was not entirely irreparable.

【Yanmo Hall】!

This secret technique, which Lu Yang had once treated as his trump card, was precisely the reason Lu Yang dared to enter meditation in full view of everyone, focusing solely on refining the Cheng Tian Gang and Earth Sha!

"Lu Yang... this boy's cultivation is still not enough."

Master Tingyou sighed: "The most important aspect of 【Yanmo Hall】 is balanced cultivation; how did you gather eight Foundation Establishment early stages and only one Foundation Establishment mid-stage?"

Seven Foundation Establishment early-stage demons, plus Chen Xinan.

The Foundation Establishment mid-stage Sui Ling.

At this moment, these nine banner spirits stood behind Master Tingyou, their forms gradually blurring and transforming into a towering hall, displaying numerous scenes of Yama.

Impermanence seeking lives, ghost officers dragging souls.

Judges meting out rewards and punishments, wandering gods patrolling the heavens.

"And it lacks the support of the earth veins... never mind."

Master Tingyou, with a calm expression, calculated with his fingers, then shook his head and said: "I will modify the secret technique slightly; it should be barely usable."

With this thought, the nine banner spirits, which had previously been somewhat discordant, immediately underwent changes. The Foundation Establishment mid-stage Sui Ling saw its energy plummet sharply at that moment, while the other eight banner spirits simultaneously surged in energy; through this ebb and flow, balance was restored, leaving no flaw whatsoever.

"Boom!"

The next second, the entrance of the fully formed 【Yanmo Hall】 opened and closed; in an instant, everyone present felt the world spin before their eyes.

When they came to their senses, they had already fallen into 【Yanmo Hall】!

"Amitabha..."

Beneath the rolling yin evil, Hui Ku was not alarmed but delighted; after all, his Pure Land was best at countering such evil things, so he was now much calmer.

Thinking of this, he immediately chanted a Buddhist name loudly: "Monster!"

As his words fell, Hui Ku opened and closed his lips, spitting out a mouthful of crimson fire. Carrying rolling waves of heat, it instantly swept across nearly half of 【Yanmo Hall】.

This fire is named 【Pure World Karma Fire】.

As the name suggests, this thing specifically counters yin evil and karmic obstacles; any yin and evil thing touched by this flame immediately becomes its fuel, unable to extricate itself.

However, Master Tingyou glanced at the sight and gave a cold smile. The next second, the yin evil energy filling the hall suddenly changed, revealing beams of heavenly light. Righteous and open, it transformed from yin evil into yang gang, extinguishing the karma fire directly like Mount Taishan pressing down!

Seeing such a scene, Hui Ku was dumbstruck:

"What is this!?"

How did perfectly fine yin evil suddenly turn into yang gang? Is there any principle for the reversal of yin and yang? Even if it were possible, why had he never heard of it before?

Actually, this could not be blamed on him.

After all, this technique was something Master Tingyou realized after personally observing Master Chongguang seeking gold and witnessing him reverse the heavenly earth of the world.

"Pity it's not as good as the genuine version."

Master Tingyou shook his head: "Reversing yin evil is already my limit. To reverse the attributes of the Cheng Tian Gang and Earth Sha, one must possess a Fruit."

"However, it is enough to deal with you bald monks."

The next second, countless ferocious ghosts walked out of 【Yanmo Hall】; yet now, clad in yang gang, they looked as if they were heavenly soldiers and generals.

"Kill!"

The soldiers and generals swarmed forward, instantly drowning Hui Ku. While Hui Ku struggled to defend himself, he turned his head to look at Cheng Tinggui beside him:

"Isn't this False Holding technique from your Dao Court?"

"Break it open quickly!"

"I..."

Cheng Tinggui's face flushed red. He had long been trying to find a flaw in 【Yanmo Hall】, but to his dismay, although this secret technique was derived from their Dao Court's official False Holding art, he, as a local cultivator of the Dao Court, could not find the slightest flaw in 【Yanmo Hall】!

'... How is this possible!'

Cheng Tinggui was dumbstruck. Even when he occasionally discovered a flaw, Master Tingyou would merely glance at him and then easily patch the flaw!

'How can we fight like this!?'

Just then, a sword cry rang out:

It was Ye Tao making his move. He looked at Master Tingyou with a grave expression: "I did not expect you, this remnant, to still be alive. This time, you cannot be spared!"

Hearing this, Master Tingyou raised his eyebrows slightly: "... You still dare to call me a remnant?"

The next second, Master Tingyou's figure vanished from the spot; when he reappeared, he was already directly in front of Ye Tao, a huge hand ruthlessly reaching out to grab!

"Slash!"

Seeing this, Ye Tao immediately drove his sword pill to strike, but a shocking scene appeared: his sword pill was actually grabbed by Master Tingyou!

Infinite sword light erupted, yet it could not tear apart Master Tingyou's palm at all; instead, it was completely swallowed by him. The sword pill, which should have cut through anything, lay in his hand as if it were a harmless jade bead. With just a pinch of two fingers, it suddenly emitted a crackling explosion sound!

"Demon, what evil technique is this!?"

Ye Tao watched with eyes about to burst from their sockets. This sword pill was the core of his cultivation and life's work; once damaged, he himself would likely suffer significant harm!

"Wait... that's wrong!"

"I didn't seem to cast the sword art just now? It seems I didn't use my supernatural powers either?" Ye Tao cleared his mind, only then terrifyingly realizing what a foolish thing he had done.

Master Tingyou certainly could not have pinched the sword pill with his hand.

In fact, I personally handed the sword pill to him!

But why did this happen?

Ye Tao was still reeling in shock when Patriarch Ting You let out a sigh:

"Pity. Even within the 【Yanmo Hall】, I can only perform a simple imitation; I have not yet fathomed its subtleties. Could it truly be related to the Fruit of Enlightenment?"

What he was imitating was the 【Obstruction of Knowledge and Vision】.

As the banner spirit of the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner, he had witnessed everything Lu Yang experienced, naturally affording him ample time and opportunity to comprehend such a wondrous technique.

And indeed, he had achieved a measure of success!

After all, the Wugui Sect was merely a small faction back then; even the great divine art required to break through to Foundation Establishment was only one. What did Patriarch Ting You rely on to duel a Foundation Establishment cultivator?

He relied on his comprehension!

Comprehending others' innate divine arts and talent-based divine arts, mimicking and utilizing them through spells to turn the rotten into the miraculous—this was a technique only Patriarch Ting You possessed!

"Crack!"

In the next second, Patriarch Ting You directly crushed Ye Tao's sword pill. The mid-stage Foundation Establishment sword cultivator immediately vomited blood, his spiritual momentum instantly withering.

On the other side, Hui Ku and Cheng Tinggui were likewise unable to mount any resistance.

Even merely using the 【Yanmo Hall】 to falsely hold the position of mid-stage Foundation Establishment, and even while facing three opponents alone, Patriarch Ting You had actually managed to firmly seize the upper hand!

Such combat power was only slightly inferior to Lu Yang's.

If Lu Yang possessed such combat power, it was because of the 【Li Jie Bo】, because of the Second-Grade True Art, and because of the massive numerical values stacked by numerous accessories.

Then Patriarch Ting You's case was far simpler.

His dueling was all talent!

Yet just at this moment.

"Amitabha!"

Suddenly, a booming Buddha chant, loud as thunder, abruptly came from outside the 【Yanmo Hall】; immediately after, a giant hand descended from the clouds out of thin air.

"Boom!"

With this single strike, the 【Yanmo Hall】, which had originally been sufficient to trap three mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, was directly torn apart. Seeing this, Patriarch Ting You immediately narrowed his eyes:

"Great True Person."

The Pure Land, after all, was the one who could not sit still the longest!

(End of this chapter)