Chapter 52: Ruthless Destruction of Flowers

Talisman arts and formation arrays, though each has its own merits, ultimately lead to the same goal; as external aids, they are all means for cultivators to overcome superiors with inferior strength and defeat the strong with the weak.

A single ninth-grade formation array is enough to give Lu Yang the upper hand when engaging in magical duels.

And a single ninth-grade talisman, even if it cannot match a ninth-grade formation, is sufficient to make Yun Miaoqing stand on high alert; it is by no means something to be dealt with casually.

Let alone the fact that the talismans Lu Yang now flings with a wave of his hand number nearly five hundred; when activated together, their power truly makes heaven and earth change color.

Although talismans, once activated, inevitably turn to ash after the battle, leaving not a trace behind and belonging to the category of consumables, so many people cherish them greatly, Lu Yang is precisely the exception; if the talismans run out? At worst, he can just have the Banner Spirits work overtime and hastily produce a batch later.

Boom!

In an instant, sword qi fills the sky, thunder rolls, and countless talisman lights, swift as lightning, surround Yun Miaoqing in the center, as if ten thousand axes and blades were striking her body.

Seeing this, Yun Miaoqing could only helplessly return to defense.

The next second, qi light steams up, transforming into a silver treasure canopy that firmly protects Yun Miaoqing underneath, blocking all talismans from the outside.

However, this is only temporary, because the talismans do not consume Lu Yang's magic power, while Yun Miaoqing's casting of the Great Taiyi Golden Flower Elixir Art consumes heavily; as one wanes and the other waxes, the qi light around her body is immediately chopped and shredded by countless talismans, forcing her to raise a beam of pure light to barely protect herself.

"Sever!"

Lu Yang naturally has no thoughts of sparing a delicate flower; sword qi talismans and Five Thunder Talismans fall together, instantly tearing apart the cloud-rose armor protecting Yun Miaoqing's body.

In that instant, the cloud-rose armor shatters, scattering like rain, revealing vast expanses of snow-white skin.

"Ah!"

Yun Miaoqing, furious, her beautiful face flushed red, her body of white jade trembling violently, instinctively wanted to cover herself, but Lu Yang's attacks left her no hands free to do so.

"Demon! You seek death!" Yun Miaoqing's expression twisted; she had reached the ninth layer of Qi Refining at a young age, cultivated the great divine technique of the Jade Pivot Yushu Jiange, and ranked among the true disciples; as a Foundation Establishment seed of the sect, she had always been high and mighty, cold and arrogant; when had she ever fallen into such a predicament?

Seeing this, Lu Yang merely curled the corner of his mouth slightly.

"Daoist friend is truly a beauty of the nation; very large, very white, and very moist."

Although Yun Miaoqing tried her best to cover up, it was merely covering one's ears while stealing a bell; she could not hide anything from his magical eyes, and he saw everything, whether he should or should not.

Yun Miaoqing, extremely sensitive to gazes, instantly became even more frantic.

What made her even more furious was that Lu Yang actually wore an expression of disgust: "In broad daylight, what a lack of propriety; does a Daoist friend like this also count as a noble and righteous sect?"

While speaking, Lu Yang continued to manipulate the talismans to attack Yun Miaoqing; provoking her with words was merely a means to disturb her state of mind, with the sole goal of killing the enemy.

As expected, humiliated by Lu Yang in this manner, plus the fact that she had previously held the upper hand but was beaten into a state of undress by Lu Yang's wasteful behavior, which could be described as that of a wealthy fool, all these emotions finally ignited the fire in Yun Miaoqing's heart, causing a tiny crack to appear in her Dao heart.

"Right now!"

Lu Yang naturally would not miss the moment when Yun Miaoqing's Dao heart wavered and her mind became dazed; immediately, he formed a magical hand seal, and a round light suddenly appeared behind his head.

The round light illuminated everything, and the scene in Lu Yang's eyes changed abruptly.

The place where he and Yun Miaoqing had just fought fiercely suddenly revealed countless qi signatures belonging to Yun Miaoqing; these were all traces she had left behind in this place.

"Mysterious Yin Form Capture, Nail Head Life Snatching."

At Lu Yang's thought, the round light immediately shone upon a cluster of Yun Miaoqing's qi signatures, capturing it, and then reflected Yun Miaoqing's graceful figure.

The next second, Lu Yang, without hesitation, struck with two fingers joined.

Still chopping vertically.

The round light split into two, and the figure of Yun Miaoqing within the light was also split apart; subsequently, an invisible force rapidly acted upon Yun Miaoqing's true body.

Crack!

Suddenly, only a faint sound of skin splitting was heard, and a clear blood mark appeared on Yun Miaoqing's snow-white, delicate forehead, which looked as if it were carved from ivory.

Immediately, the blood mark began to expand.

"... You shall not!"

In an instant, Yun Miaoqing's pupils suddenly contracted, redness spread densely over her snow-white skin, her elegant eyebrows stood on end, and a beam of Jin Guang suddenly bloomed in her beautiful eyes.

The next second, Yun Miaoqing actually withdrew the "Divine Light" that had been locked in a stalemate with the Heavenly Demon Blood Transformation Divine Light, and then gathered the "Qi Light" and "Pure Light" together; the three brilliant lights instantly merged into one at this moment, transforming into a magnificent Jin Guang that rose from the ground, making her look as if a Mysterious Maiden of the Nine Heavens had descended.

Three lights merge into one, Great Taiyi Golden Flower!

In that instant, Lu Yang felt that the Yun Miaoqing before him suddenly became "taller" by a section—not "taller" in the physical sense, but in terms of dimension.

'So this is a great divine technique!?'

If before Yun Miaoqing was merely casting several superior techniques that composed the great divine technique, now she was managing to activate the true great divine technique.

This is a completely different feeling.

With the support of the Great Taiyi Golden Flower, Yun Miaoqing seemed to detach from this mortal dust, gradually climbing higher, standing at a height completely different from Lu Yang's.

The two, one high and one low.

Lu Yang was extremely familiar with this gap; although it was far from as terrifying as that day, it still gave him a few shivers of horror similar to when he first met Daoist Hong Yun Daoist!

Just then, Yun Miaoqing moved.

She saw her pale hand lift lightly, and the Mysterious Yin Form Capture Great Technique that was acting upon her was immediately forcibly deflected onto another person with a similar qi signature.

Her twin sister, Yun Miaoqing!

The next second, the blood mark on Yun Miaoqing's forehead healed rapidly, while Yun Miaoqing, who was outside the Grotto-Heaven and still in a state of coma, suddenly split open.

"Cruel enough, decisive enough..."

Seeing this scene, Lu Yang immediately mocked: "Daoist friend strikes quite fast; as soon as danger arises, you decisively kill your own sister to save yourself; is this the righteous path of the Yushu Jiange?"

"This is Miaoqing's tribulation; do not turn black into white."

Yun Miaoqing's tone returned to indifference: "You harmed her cultivation, causing her tribulation to remain unpassed, which led to today's calamity; you are the chief culprit."

Lu Yang immediately laughed loudly: "Daoist friend's skin is not thin; you are wasted in the Yushu Jiange; you should have come to my Holy Sect!"

Yun Miaoqing remained unmoved; the killing intent in her beautiful eyes only grew more fierce, and she said coldly: "Sharp-tongued demon; today I will act on behalf of heaven to punish evil!"

The next second, the Great Taiyi Golden Flower condensed by Yun Miaoqing suddenly collapsed, and like pushing down a golden mountain or toppling a jade pillar, it swept violently towards Lu Yang and all the talismans he had activated; in an instant, Lu Yang's figure and even hundreds of talismans seemed like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, and were all swept away by it!

This change was as if the characters on a book page had been erased by an eraser.

There was neither a corpse nor any residual qi signature, not even a single trace left behind; it was as if they had never appeared in this world from the beginning.

Immediately, the Great Taiyi Golden Flower vanished, revealing Yun Miaoqing's stumbling figure; however, at this moment, the face of this favored daughter of heaven was as green as iron to the extreme.

"Pfft! Ugh!"

The moment Yun Miaozhen touched the ground, she violently spat out a mouthful of fresh blood; immediately after, the brilliant light all over her body crashed and scattered, unable to condense even a single wisp of brilliance.

"Gone... it's all gone..." Yun Miaozhen's red lips trembled slightly, showing no joy of victory at all; this was the price she paid for forcibly activating the Great One Golden Flower with a secret technique while her cultivation had not yet reached the completion of Qi Refining: the brilliant lights of Essence, Qi, and Spirit all shattered, and decades of bitter cultivation were utterly burned to ashes.

The originally clear path to Foundation Establishment was also stained with a layer of gloom.

Yun Miaozhen let out a sigh of sorrow, then prepared to leave the grotto-heaven, but just at that moment, she saw a figure she could not believe suddenly appear.

"Fellow Daoist, the outcome is undecided; are you leaving already?"

Lu Yang appeared handsome and elegant, his wide sleeves fluttering; although his true energy was severely depleted and his magic power heavily damaged, there was not a single wound on his entire body!

"This is impossible!"

Yun Miaozhen's beautiful face lost its color, and her usually crisp and pleasant voice became shrill: "That was the Great One Golden Flower! How could you possibly withstand it?"

Lu Yang naturally would not tell her.

That was right; if relying solely on his own divine abilities, Lu Yang could not have blocked that Great One Golden Flower; the true great divine ability had already reached a degree of Foundation Establishment power.

What blocked it was talent.

【Purple Talent: A Couple of Tricks】

【A Couple of Tricks: No matter how terrifying the attack, as long as it is within your limits, you can handle it with ease for two moves.】

The talent he obtained in his previous life after drawing his sword in fury to slay the Mender of Heaven Peak Master and starting anew!

If Yun Miaozhen could manipulate the Great One Golden Flower to spam it four or five times, he would surely be dead, but she could only spam it once... then don't blame him for using a cheat!

Although it was only two moves, he truly had a couple of tricks!

Lu Yang smiled calmly, first snatching the Great Void Mirror into his hand, then walking up to Yun Miaozhen and using the mirror's light to pin her entire body in place.

Yun Miaozhen instinctively struggled, glaring angrily at Lu Yang: "What are you going to do!?"

"To be honest, I am very interested in the 'Great One Golden Flower Alchemical Scripture'."

"I won't tell you anything!"

"Rest assured, you will tell me."

Lu Yang sneered: "I am a disciple of the Saint Sect's Mender of Heaven Peak."

After a long while, the rain ceased and the clouds dispersed.

"... Pity, it is not the complete version."

Lu Yang closed his eyes and contemplated for a moment, then helplessly shook his head: "Only one-third; the remaining part has prohibitions set upon it, making it impossible to extract."

The next second, he looked at Yun Miaozhen again.

Seeing this, Yun Miaozhen gritted her silver teeth but dared not show the slightest resentment, managing only a sycophantic smile: "You have already obtained me; isn't that enough..."

Lu Yang wore a look of disgust: "What use are you?"

Boom!

Before Yun Miaozhen could finish speaking, Lu Yang shook the Great Void Mirror; in an instant, wind and thunder clashed, instantly smashing that graceful, delicate body into dust.

(End of this chapter)