Chapter 278: Severing life and cutting off opportunity, the soul is dim, seven days of passing the torch, returning to the sun for ni

His words were interrupted; Dan Yuanzi didn't even have time to be angry before he was attracted by the person mentioned in Luo Chen's words.

"Who?"

"Of course, it's Fellow Daoist Li Jinhuang!"

Luo Chen smiled slightly.

Dan Yuanzi's expression changed drastically, "Impossible, we investigated for a long time; his life force had long been severed, and his soul had perished. For a full seven days, he has been dead as dead can be!"

As he spoke, his gaze couldn't help but look toward the coffin moving further and further away in the distance.

However, Luo Chen just smiled and took out a yellowed jade slip from his bosom.

The jade slip floated and hovered in front of his chest.

Holding the umbrella with one hand, he began to continuously pinch spiritual incantations with the other.

Forming seals with one hand!

In just a single breath, the seal was formed, and light was released!

On that yellowed jade slip, a ghostly light burst forth, as if something terrifying was about to break through the seal.

Dan Yuanzi was full of disbelief!

Subsequently, as if he realized something, he lunged straight at Luo Chen, his surging spiritual power fluctuations reaching their peak in an instant.

Facing Dan Yuanzi's attack, Luo Chen held the umbrella without any movement.

In his mind, he recalled the scene where Li Jinhuang called him to stay at the water mansion at the bottom of the Qinhua River.

"I have a secret technique, third-grade, which can intercept a wisp of a cultivator's life force, allowing it to exist briefly in a sealed object."

"The time it can exist in the world is not long, at most only nineteen days."

"Counting from the first day, this wisp of life force will continuously grow stronger; the longer the time, the more powerful it becomes. If it can be dragged to the nineteenth day, this wisp of life force can even be comparable to the cultivator at their peak."

"But once the seal is broken, this wisp of life force will quickly dissipate."

"Do you want to learn it?"

A brilliant light bloomed in Luo Chen's eyes, "Then what is the price?"

Li Jinhuang sat on the meditation cushion, his eyes aged:

"The price is that the cultivator permanently loses one-tenth of their lifespan corresponding to their peak life force."

If a Foundation Establishment cultivator extracts a wisp of life force, they must lose more than twenty years of lifespan.

If it were a Core Formation cultivator, they would probably lose more than fifty years of lifespan.

And this wisp of life force extracted can only be preserved for nineteen days at most.

The spell is heaven-defying, but its flaws are also extremely great!

Therefore, it is only third-grade.

Luo Chen vaguely understood what he meant, but was puzzled.

"You yourself don't have much lifespan left; can this technique still work?"

"Naturally it can!" Li Jinhuang stroked his beard and laughed, "The price is that I could originally live for another half a year, but after performing this technique, perhaps I will pass away tomorrow."

Luo Chen frowned.

"Is it necessary to be so resolute?"

"This is my final strength; rather than waiting for danger to arrive, it is better to detonate the crisis in advance. At the very least, I can do my best to forcibly strike once!"

Li Jinhuang looked at Luo Chen with burning eyes.

"Fellow Daoist, you will help me, right!"

Would he?

Of course he would!

Luo Chen was extremely interested in this secret technique called "Life-Severing Finger"!

Absorbing a cultivator's life force and allowing it to remain in the world for nineteen days.

And it's not just for the extracted person's own use; the caster can also use this wisp of life force.

At a critical moment, this spell is the trump card Luo Chen can use to defy heaven and change his fate!

Just like now!

"Severing life and cutting off opportunity, the soul is dim."

"Seven days of passing the torch, returning to the sun for nineteen!"

While muttering, the yellowed jade slip suddenly opened.

A ghostly light walked out from within, instantly transforming into a ghostly soul.

After he walked out, the scorching sunlight almost poured down.

But it was completely blocked by the oil-paper umbrella Luo Chen was holding.

Three zhang away, Dan Yuanzi was both shocked and angry.

"Bastard!"

He slapped down with his palm.

Facing Dan Yuanzi's palm, the ghostly soul also slapped out fiercely.

"Dan Yuanzi!"

Boom!

The wind surged, and spiritual energy exploded.

Dan Yuanzi exploded backward dozens of zhang, an unnatural flush appearing on his face, his eyes staring viciously at that ghostly soul.

"Li Jinhuang!"

Almost the moment Li Jinhuang's ghostly soul appeared, both banks of the Qinhua River exploded.

"My god, he actually didn't die!"

"What kind of method is this?"

"Did he hide his soul in that jade slip?"

Countless people looked at Li Jinhuang in disbelief.

Clearly, he had already died thoroughly.

Back then, many loose cultivators watched him pass away.

During these seven days of the funeral, even more Foundation Establishment cultivators had secretly investigated the state of his corpse.

Not a shred of soul life force remained in the world.

That remains had long since had its life force severed and blood Qi non-existent.

No one expected that he was actually still "alive"!

The moment he appeared, the three Hu brothers exploded backward in unison, fearing being targeted by him.

Li Jinhuang didn't look at the three Hu brothers, nor did he look at Dan Yuanzi.

Instead, he looked at Luo Chen, who was holding an umbrella for this old man.

"What a pity, it was only nurtured for seven days; my state is far from reaching my peak."

Luo Chen smiled slightly, "Seven days is already the limit; if we drag it out any longer, your Li family clansmen will all be dead."

Li Jinhuang turned his head.

The funeral procession had long since stopped.

Countless Li family clansmen were looking at him with surprise and excitement.

For the past seven days, the probing against the Li family had never stopped.

Mortals were killed, cultivators were abducted, and enemies would sneak into the Li family grounds from time to time.

In a short time, the Li family had lost one-third of its low-level Qi Refining cultivators.

Just as Luo Chen said, it really couldn't be dragged out any longer.

But it didn't matter!

As long as the main enemies could be solved once and for all, everything was worth it.

"Seven days of time... this state is enough for me to kill Dan Yuanzi."

Li Jinhuang took a deep breath.

He beckoned with his hand.

The next moment!

The coffin lid carried by Yuan Dongsheng and the Li family clansmen was directly lifted, and a pale, stiff body flew out from within, flying toward Li Jinhuang.

Luo Chen timely put away the oil-paper umbrella and held it in his hand.

It was no longer needed.

The ghostly soul and the corpse merged instantly.

Swish!

Li Jinhuang opened his eyes suddenly and looked toward Dan Yuanzi.

The originally weak momentum began to climb crazily.

It was unknown what tricks he had played inside the corpse, but as the soul merged, a massive spiritual power fluctuation surged out like a tide!

"You shouldn't have come, Dan Yuanzi!"

Dan Yuanzi gritted his teeth, "There is no should or shouldn't; this precious land is meant for those with affinity!"

Li Jinhuang shook his head, "Words are useless, let's see the real skill under our hands!"

He soared into the sky, and his mouth gave a light shout, "Sword, come!"

The Chi Dragon Sword held by Li Yingzhang transformed into a Chi Dragon and flew toward him.

Dan Yuanzi's expression changed slightly; the opponent actually used a magic treasure without hesitation.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he actually turned and ran instantly.

However, how could Li Jinhuang let him run away? Man and sword became one, and the Chi Dragon sword light, arriving first despite starting later, wrapped around him and chased after Dan Yuanzi.

The battle continued downstream along the Qinhua River, erupting continuously.

During this, there were even screams from Dan Yuanzi.

Li Jinhuang was right; even if that wisp of life force he actively intercepted had only been nurtured for seven days, it was enough to kill Dan Yuanzi.

At his peak, he was a Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer existence; now, he could even unleash his magic treasure without sparing his origin, regardless of everything.

Countless people's gazes chased after that battle.

Until a light shout rang out.

"How bold!"

Having his tracks exposed, Hu Changxi's steps paused, and then a fierce look appeared on his face.

"No need to put on an act; that Li Jinhuang's state is clearly poor, and he can only deal with Dan Yuanzi alone."

"You, Luo Chen, what other trump cards do you have?"

Luo Chen's gaze was calm, looking at the three Hu brothers as if they were ants.

"To kill you, what trump card is needed?"

"Boastful!"

"Arrogant!"

"Give me your life!"

This time, the three Hu brothers did not hesitate and attacked Luo Chen in unison.

They had no intention of enduring any longer.

If they continued to drag it out, this precious land of the Li family would have absolutely no affinity with them.

Then everything they had done would just be in vain.

Luo Chen looked at this scene coldly.

He threw the oil-paper umbrella in his hand, and it fell into the Qinhua River.

His left hand pinched an incantation, and a surging spiritual power fluctuation erupted instantly.

The next moment, the Qinhua River surged with waves, crashing against the shore.

A giant wave, at least ten zhang wide, soared into the sky and smashed down toward the three brothers, covering the sky and earth.

"A mere First-Grade Wave Spell, and you dare to show off!"

Hu Changle sneered, a talisman appeared in his hand, and he spat a mouthful of fresh blood onto it.

The talisman burned without wind, and in the blink of an eye, half of it was burned.

Subsequently, a giant white spirit fox ran out from within, crashing head-on into the crashing giant wave.

"Talisman Treasure?"

Luo Chen muttered, his right hand grabbing toward the distance.

Surging spiritual power swelled again.

Under the horror of countless cultivators on both banks, a small mountain actually rose from the ground.

With a rumbling sound, it suppressed the three brothers.

This scene stunned everyone.

"Is this the Earth Mountain Spell?"

"How is that possible!"

"Are you kidding me? Whose Earth Mountain Spell can pull up mountains?"

Amidst the horror of the crowd, a loud rumbling sound was emitted.

It was the previous giant wave being defeated by the spirit fox transformed from the talisman treasure.

But as one wave subsided, another wave rose!

"Hiss!"

"A First-Grade Wave Spell has such power?"

"This Qinhua River seems to be used by him; with just a little spiritual power, he can mobilize endless river water, transforming it into giant waves to attack enemies."

"The master of the Luo Tian Society has such formidable methods! A mere First-Grade spell, in his hands, is used with ease, and the power is so strange and vast!"

There were countless exclamations from both banks.

They didn't know that after Luo Chen cultivated these two spells to Great Perfection, they also produced mutations just like the Fireball Spell.

The Wave Spell, in places with water, can borrow the water to be used.

The Earth Mountain Spell doesn't need to form a towering mountain peak with spiritual power; that would be too wasteful of spiritual power. Instead, it can take materials from the spot, pulling up mountains and throwing peaks!

Luo Chen was not surprised by these two mutations.

They were similar to the changes when the Fireball Spell advanced to the Grandmaster level, all focused on saving spiritual power output.

One part effort, ten parts effect!

And now!

The three Hu brothers, who were facing Luo Chen's two attack spells head-on, had already seen their expressions change.

Hu Changle was controlling the spirit fox to deal with the giant waves crashing from beneath his feet, already feeling somewhat powerless.

He had only entered Foundation Establishment for a few years, barely stabilizing his realm.

How could he compare to Luo Chen, who was using a Great Perfection Wave Spell at the Foundation Establishment Third Layer level.

Seeing a real small mountain smashing down from above, Hu Changnu took action.

"I'll do it!"

He held the sky with both hands, his gloves erupting with light.

He forcibly dragged the mountain that was pressing down.

"Nothing... more than this!"

Exhaling and shouting, he forcibly raised the mountain higher and higher.

In the shadow of the mountain, Hu Changxi drove a top-grade flying sword, stabbing toward Luo Chen.

Looking at the flying sword stabbing over, Luo Chen's eyes were extremely calm.

Regarding the methods of these few enemies, he had already been told clearly by Li Jinhuang before he passed away.

The Hu family was very rich, rich enough to cultivate three Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The Hu family was very poor, poor enough that after producing three Foundation Establishment cultivators, even their cultivation resources were cut off.

In this state, they naturally couldn't afford magic treasures.

All resources were used for cultivation, so their protective weapons were naturally not excellent.

The only major method might be the talisman treasure in the hands of the youngest, Hu Changle!

That was left behind by their father back then.

Watching the flying sword speeding over, Luo Chen was as motionless as a mountain.

He just pinched a spiritual incantation.

In the Qinhua River, a giant wave separated, transforming into a screen of light like glazed glass, blocking in front of him.

Second-Grade Defensive Spell — Glazed Sky Screen.

Chh!

Hu Changxi used all his strength to drive the flying sword, watching it advance inch by inch, yet it seemed as far away from Luo Chen as ten thousand miles.

Luo Chen shook his head.

"Why are you so weak, not even qualified for me to use a magic tool."

Before his words fell, he lifted both hands.

A scorching sun slowly rose from his hands.

Seeing that scorching sun, Hu Changxi's expression changed drastically, and he retreated crazily.

Second-Grade Spell, Blazing Sun Spell!

Back when Luo Chen first arrived in Tianlan, he had defeated three Foundation Establishment cultivators of the same level with one move.

Now that his realm was several times higher than before, this Blazing Sun Spell, optimized continuously from the Great Perfection Fireball Spell, had power several times greater than before.

Even without accumulating enough time, it was more than enough to kill these three.

"Go!"

With a light shout from his mouth, the blazing sun light ball exploded and shot out.

Hu Changle and Hu Changxi, who had just escaped the giant waves and the mountain, had no chance to escape when facing this spell attack coming head-on.

Almost in an instant, they were submerged in that huge explosion.

The scorching high temperature spread continuously in all directions.

One could imagine what the fate of the two submerged within would be.

It was definitely more ominous than auspicious!

"You deserve to die!"

Before the explosion had even extinguished, a roar of hatred filled the sky rang out.

Hu Changxi drove his long sword and rushed toward him crazily.

In his eyes, killing intent filled the sky.

On his body, spiritual power trembled crazily, out of control.

However, anger could not improve a person's strength too much.

"Mayflies shaking a big tree, overestimating their own strength!"

Luo Chen sneered and waved, scattering a dozen small black dots.

The small black dots flew toward Hu Changxi one after another.

One small black dot brushed past Hu Changxi; he felt no threat, only a moment of astonishment.

"That is... a seed?"

In his astonishment, the twelve seeds suddenly broke their skins, and vines full of ferocious thorns drilled out like poisonous snakes.

Almost in the blink of an eye, they wrapped him up tightly.

Hu Changxi forcibly stopped his figure, waving his long sword, wanting to cut off those vines.

However, no matter how the top-grade flying sword slashed, those vines were extremely tough; even if they broke, they would regenerate again and wrap around him crazily.

In the distance, Luo Chen stood by the river, continuously pinching incantations.

Ever since the "Yi Wood Medicine King Scripture" reached the Grandmaster level, in continuous exploration, he discovered that purified spiritual power had a very strong amplification effect on wood-type spells.

Far surpassing his performance of other types of spells.

But among wood-type spells, there were not many suitable for attack.

Most were auxiliary spells like Healing Spell and Entanglement Spell.

In this situation, he was certainly unwilling to give up his advantage in spiritual power.

Therefore, he kept thinking about improving his fighting methods.

Later, it was Yuan Dongsheng who gave him inspiration while managing the farmland in front of his cave dwelling.

"The spirit plant spells mastered by us spirit planters can also be used for fighting."

"Like my grandmother, when she fought Elder Min Longyu in Xieyue Valley back then, she used a move called Grass-Cutting Geng Metal Sword Technique, using spirit plant techniques to stimulate planted crops, erupting with brilliant sword light. I remember Elder Min Longyu was even severely injured and vomited blood by my grandmother back then."

"President, if you want to improve wood-type spells, perhaps you can try using them in combination with some wood-attribute plants."

After this, Luo Chen would brainstorm with Yuan Dongsheng from time to time.

Finally, on the other's recommendation, he purchased a batch of Second-Grade Thorn Flower seeds from Baicao Hall.

Processed in advance, and then stimulated with wood-type spiritual power, they could grow and strengthen in an instant.

The vines forcibly urged to grow, although short-lived, could only appear for a fleeting moment.

But they were covered in thorns and had full lethality.

In this way, the Entanglement Spell, which seemed to only assist in battle, had huge lethality!

Watching Hu Changxi frantically counterattack like a trapped beast under the siege of the sky-filling vines.

Luo Chen sneered.

"Just a desperate struggle!"

The spiritual incantation in his hand transformed, and the twelve thick vines trembled suddenly.

Countless thorn bone spikes transformed into sky-filling flying feathers, shooting toward Hu Changxi.

Hu Changxi's soul fled in terror, hurriedly driving his defensive magic tool.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

Dense collision sounds rang out continuously.

When the light of the defensive magic tool dimmed, he finally managed to withstand the attack of the sky-filling bone spikes.

"Huff huff... almost..."

Before he could be lucky, a vine like a giant python wrapped tightly around his waist and abdomen.

His expression changed, and he subconsciously waved his sword.

However, as soon as his hand was raised, he couldn't wave it down.

Because another vine had wrapped around his arm at some point.

One vine, two vines, three vines, four vines...

In his desperate expression, twelve thick vines wrapped him up completely.

In the distance, Luo Chen's tightly clenched palm suddenly opened.

Like a flower, it bloomed.

Amidst the giant python-like wrapping, a light "pop" sound came.

As if some defensive magic tool had shattered.

Subsequently, a blood-colored flower bloomed from the top of the wrapped vines.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 279 =====