Chapter 51: Taiyi Golden Flower Elixir Scripture

Inside the Skull Mountain Market, everyone who witnessed Lu Yang and Yun Miaozhen vanish simultaneously knew this must be the power of the Glazed Magic Sword currently hovering in the sky.

Seeing this scene, Luo Wuya's expression grew heavy, yet he felt secret joy in his heart.

'A Foundation Establishment True Person truly possesses unfathomable supernatural powers; Senior Brother actually managed to lure a big fish! The Sky-Evasion Sword, this Spiritual Treasure, has appeared again!'

Among the one hundred and eight swords of the Yu Shu Yushu Jiange, this treasure ranks thirty-seventh, holding the first position among the Earth Fiends; though not quite a Spiritual Treasure, it surpasses one, containing a Mustard Seed Cave Heaven within; when dueling, one need only shine the sword light to trap an opponent inside the cave heaven, thereby gaining all the advantages of heaven and earth.

Within the cave heaven, the magic power of Yushu Jiange cultivators is replenished by the cave heaven itself, allowing them to cast supernatural powers without consuming magic power.

In contrast, cultivators not from the Yushu Jiange who fall into the cave heaven first have their true energy reduced by thirty percent, then their supernatural powers reduced by thirty percent, and finally the power of their Spiritual Treasures weakened by thirty percent.

With this shift in balance, the outcome is already decided.

This is why Yun Miaozhen, knowing full well that Lu Yang was protected by a dual formation, remained fully confident; she understood clearly that a dual formation could not stop the Sky-Evasion Sword's capture.

In fact, most of the Five Elements cannot stop the Sky-Evasion Sword.

The only way to block the Sky-Evasion Sword with a formation is to use a formation that also involves void transformations, but such formations are far too rare.

Moreover, even if one existed, a ninth-grade formation master could not set it up.

"It seems this demon will surely lose his head this time!"

On the other side, Ouyang Feng, an elder of the Divine Martial Gate, clapped his hands and laughed heartily; although he could not take revenge personally, Lu Yang's death would still relieve the great hatred in his heart.

Hearing this, Luo Wuya could only shake his head without refuting, because he actually thought the same; if Lu Yang were protected by a dual formation, their duel might have been evenly matched, but once trapped inside the Sky-Evasion Sword, death was certain, and even he would likely face danger.

"However, this also suits Senior Brother's wishes."

"That Lu Yang was ungrateful and repeatedly defied the karmic connections involving Senior Brother; Senior Brother deliberately lured Yun Miaozhen here, likely with the intent of using a borrowed knife to kill."

Thinking this, Luo Wuya became completely at ease.

Although both were disciples of the Holy Sect, he had not the slightest thought of offering help, merely waiting for Lu Yang to be killed and for Yun Miaozhen to seize his fortune to open the Wraith Ghost Secret Realm.

Meanwhile, inside the Sky-Evasion Sword.

The sword light shone down, and the heavy formations could not block it; when Lu Yang came to his senses, his vision cleared, and the place he found himself in had clearly changed its appearance.

What met his eyes was nothing but a vast expanse of raging sword qi.

As the sword qi descended, Lu Yang immediately felt his true energy weaken by thirty percent, and casting supernatural powers suddenly encountered many obstructions; he knew this was the suppression within the cave heaven.

The next second, brilliant light appeared in the sky above, and Yun Miaozhen stepped out.

"First Saint Demon, today you are destined to meet this calamity; submit to execution!"

A clear, resonant voice descended from the heavens, truly like an immortal speaking the Heavenly Decree; with one word spoken, Lu Yang instantly felt that heaven and earth were all his enemies, intent on tearing him to pieces.

Having spoken, Yun Miaozhen pushed the Dao crown on her head; instantly, a brilliant Jin Guang appeared, illuminating the sky, then split into three, transforming into gold, silver, and jade streams of splendid light that coiled around her sides like wandering dragons, head to tail connected, ring linked to ring, making her appear even more majestic and solemn.

Seeing this, Lu Yang's expression grew even more grave.

After several lifetimes of cultivation, he was no longer as unfamiliar with the Yu Shu Yushu Jiange as at the very beginning; after a moment of thought, he recognized the supernatural power Yun Miaozhen was casting.

"This is the 'Taiyi Golden Flower Elixir Scripture'... the great supernatural power of the Yu Shu Yushu Jiange!"

Thinking this, Lu Yang's heart immediately rang with alarm bells.

The 'Taiyin Transformation Corpse Liberation True Method' in his hands was also a great supernatural power; precisely because of this, he dared not underestimate the power of great supernatural powers even slightly.

"Now I truly must fight for my life," Lu Yang's thoughts raced.

As far as he knew, the Yu Shu Yushu Jiange's 'Taiyi Golden Flower Elixir Scripture' could refine three streams of splendid light: gold, silver, and jade; each stream of splendid light was a superior supernatural power.

To refine this great supernatural power to perfection, one must achieve 'Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown,' forging the three streams of splendid light into a single 'Taiyi Golden Flower'; the Taiyi Golden Flower not only possesses all the effects of the three streams of splendid light but also has its power multiplied, and even enhances breakthroughs to Foundation Establishment!

'Fortunately, her supernatural power should not yet be perfect.'

As the saying goes, the Great Dao is unique; if the supernatural power were perfect, Yun Miaozhen should not have split into three streams of splendid light at the end, but would have only one Taiyi Golden Flower.

'Perhaps this is my chance.'

Just then, Yun Miaozhen made her move; she spread her sleeves, and the golden splendid light surrounding her moved with her will, sweeping towards Lu Yang's location.

Lu Yang immediately retreated; the Jin Guang is named 'Divine Light,' moving with the mind; if the mind is chaotic, it self-immolates; therefore, once touched even slightly, inner fire erupts from within, causing the body to glow with golden light and the flesh to burn; without a method to suppress it, one would surely turn into a handful of calamity ash within a short time.

"Go!"

With a thought, Lu Yang's Asura Demon Blood Transformation Divine Light roared upward, and the surging blood light forcibly held back the descending golden splendid light, the two sides locked in stalemate in the air.

Seeing this, Yun Miaozhen lightly pressed her forehead.

The next second, a sword pill emerged, flying like a streak of light and lightning, vanishing in an instant; when it reappeared, it had already landed on Lu Yang's head, striking down from above—

Clang! Clang!

Sword qi roared down, but Lu Yang's Blood Yang Sword Pill was isolated outside the cave heaven; he could only sigh, manifesting a Wind and Thunder Magic Mirror behind his head.

The Tai Xiao Mirror!

The mirror surface shimmered; instantly, wind and thunder followed, and the 'Tai Xiao Wind and Thunder Qi' within the mirror instantly rolled up streams of Lei Ting, wrapped in howling Yin winds, forcibly holding Yun Miaozhen's sword pill as if a vortex had captured it, with rolling wind and thunder constantly grinding down the sword qi on the pill.

Seeing this, Yun Miaozhen was not anxious; instead, she smiled coldly.

Although she acted decisively, she was not rash; long before coming to the market and attacking Lu Yang, she had already investigated Lu Yang's information thoroughly.

The formations and the Tai Xiao Mirror were all within her expectations.

Now that she had used the Sky-Evasion Sword to bypass the formations and used the sword pill to pin down the Tai Xiao Mirror, Yun Miaozhen felt certain of victory and immediately decided to settle the matter with one blow.

The next second, Yun Miaozhen shook the silver and jade streams of splendid light beside her; these two were respectively 'Qi Light' and 'Essence Light'; the former could break all qi under heaven, while the latter could cut through steel and iron bones; now moving together, they merged into a single crystal-clear, transparent sword light that slashed down at Lu Yang!

"Truly a true disciple of the Yushu Jiange."

Seeing this, Lu Yang could only sigh; Yun Miaozhen was clearly not a flower in a greenhouse; her execution of tactics and grasp of timing were impeccable.

Under these circumstances, she also mastered a great supernatural power.

Although not yet perfect, she was only one step away from fusion; at the very least, she had mastered all three component supernatural powers.

In comparison, Lu Yang's attainment in the 'Taiyin Transformation Corpse Liberation True Method' was far inferior.

The final one, 'Taiwei Decree and Pardon Treasure Register,' was still stuck at a bottleneck with no progress; he had not even gathered the three supernatural powers, let alone mastered them thoroughly.

"In a duel of magic, I am no match for her."

Lu Yang clearly recognized this; moreover, fundamentally, he was not good at dueling; what he excelled at was bullying the small with the greater cultivation power.

But now?

Yun Miaozhen is at the ninth layer of Qi Condensation, while he is at the eighth. Let alone matching realms, he is even reversing the odds against a stronger foe with a lower realm, which is completely out of character for him.

"If this had happened a few months ago, I'm afraid I would have had no choice but to restart."

However, now another variable has emerged.

In the next second, facing the two sword lights Yun Miaozhen slashed forth, Lu Yang flicked his hand and instead hurled two talismans in succession, which exploded in mid-air upon impact.

Boom!

Only a deafening roar was heard; a flash of lightning and a sword qi whistled out, actually blocking the sword light Yun Miaozhen had struck down at the critical moment!

"Ninth-grade talisman!?"

Yun Miaozhen's eyebrows twitched slightly, but she quickly regained her composure: "Only two of them? That's still a drop in the bucket. How many talismans do you have?"

As a true disciple of the Yushu Jiange, although she did not study talisman arts, she was not unfamiliar with them. A graded talisman, even if only ninth-grade, would require a cultivator in the late stage of Qi Condensation to spend at least three days to draw it, and they would have to abandon all other affairs to focus solely on drawing talismans.

Therefore, she was certain that the number of talismans in Lu Yang's hand did not exceed ten fingers.

In the next second, Lu Yang waved his hand again.

Then, a scene that left Yun Miaozhen dumbfounded appeared: the second, third, fourth, dozens, even hundreds of talismans spread out across the sky!

And behind the sky-filling talismans, Lu Yang shook the Myriad Spirits Banner, while the banner spirits were still working overtime, rushing to produce more.

"How many can I have? Don't compare me with your kind of cultivator's small-scale workshop production. Let me show you the power of a black-hearted industrial assembly line!"

As his words fell, the crowd of talismans moved in unison.

In an instant, sword qi and Lei Guang intertwined, illuminating the entire grotto-heaven! And illuminated along with it was Yun Miaozhen's face, twisted in shock!

(End of this chapter)