Chapter 715: Sword shatters Shocking Bell, Withered-Flourishing Dao Finger

"A defeated opponent?"

When these four words fell into his ears, Lin Jingtang's face flushed red abruptly.

That most unbearable scene rushed over like a tide!

His background was not very good, and he didn't know who his parents were, but his growth experience was enough to make him proud.

He was adopted by the Lin family patriarch and taught as if he were his own son, and because of his outstanding talent, he showed extraordinary qualities early on.

Even if he didn't join the Heavenly Origin Dao Sect, many people always compared him with his peers in the Dao Sect.

He lived up to expectations,

That moment was the happiest day of his life; the Lin family held a Core Formation ceremony for him, many friendly humble-born families came to offer congratulations, and even many peers from the Dao Sect came to observe the ceremony.

He knew that all of this was because the Lin family head wanted him to contribute his efforts during Lin Bufan's most critical trial, but he was willing to do so.

In his heart, he had long been prepared to protect Lin Bufan with all his might, to repay the great kindness of the Lin family.

He also had this confidence!

But all of this was cast in shadow under that palm strike from Luo Chen when they first entered the cave heaven!

That palm strike sent him flying back a hundred miles, forcing him to suffer no light injuries.

And that palm strike was merely something the other party did casually!

This was unbearable for Lin Jingtang, who had always compared himself to the Tianyuan true disciples.

If he wasn't even a match for a rogue cultivator, how could he speak of standing together with the Tianyuan true disciples above the blue sky?

If it weren't for the fact that Lin Bufan's Dao path was ahead and he couldn't act on impulse, he would have long since thought of washing away that humiliation.

Originally, he had already suppressed that anger.

But now...

"Seeking your own death!"

Lin Jingtang grinned, the bloodstains on his white teeth looking so ferocious.

"Even if I die, I will drag you down to hell with me!"

The shattered Nascent Soul actually drilled directly out of the Purple Mansion, nakedly exposed in broad daylight, under the eyes of everyone.

The tender little arms landed on the golden bell that was completely incomparable in size, and with an unstoppable momentum, it rushed down fiercely.

Smash Luo Chen to death!

Boom!

With just one strike, the great mountain beneath Luo Chen collapsed and shattered.

But contrary to everyone's expectations, he still floated quietly in the air, unaffected in any way.

Seeing this scene, Lin Jingtang, who had already fallen to the bottom of the mountain, couldn't help but be stunned.

But as an experienced person, he quickly realized what had happened.

His strike had missed, only hitting the side of the other party.

And the reason for everything that happened lay in the many ghost illusions that suddenly appeared on the other party's body when they passed each other just now.

"Is it an illusion technique that can affect spiritual sense?"

Someone answered his doubt for him.

Qi Xiongcheng wore a grave expression and flew to Shi Ju's side.

"It's that move again! And what's different is that he is clearly in a state of sudden enlightenment, yet he can still perform this move; this shows that he must have cultivated a soul-splitting technique or a second Nascent Soul!"

"Second Nascent Soul?" Shi Ju shook his head; such a profound technique was not something a wild rogue cultivator like Luo Chen could master.

"It's a soul-splitting technique! Didn't you see that his previous attacks were mainly sneak attacks, not as open and unrestrained as before? This shows that he is currently unable to mobilize the vast magic power within his Nascent Soul, let alone mobilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."

There is a distinct difference between a soul-splitting technique and a second Nascent Soul.

The former is merely a split-off soul, possessing the exact same consciousness and behavioral logic as the main body, but in the end, it is just a soul.

Being able to perform soul techniques and barely mobilize a tiny bit of magic power is already a testament to Luo Chen's profound attainments in soul refining.

But a second Nascent Soul is almost equivalent to a cultivator's second life!

A complete Nascent Soul, a complete soul, if equipped with a corresponding physical body, can achieve the legendary external incarnation!

Such an incarnation is not something those puppet incarnations or magic

incarnations can compare to.

At most, the orthodox Blood God Child of the Yuanmo Sect in legends can barely compare, but that is only barely; the Blood God Child is ultimately not transformed from the cultivator's own Nascent Soul.

Once a cultivator masters this secret technique, it is equivalent to having an extra clone exactly like themselves; during battle, they share a telepathic connection and cooperate seamlessly, which can achieve a one-plus-one-is-greater-than-two effect, or even increase combat ability several times over!

At this moment, the conversation between Shi Ju and Qi Xiongcheng was not concealed at all, spreading brazenly across the wilderness, and even falling into Lin Jingtang's ears.

The Nascent Soul figure with a large hole in its chest was stunned, and his anger became even more monstrous!

He had actually been sneak-attacked by a split soul earlier.

Now his physical body was severely damaged, his Purple Mansion shattered, and his Nascent Soul main body was on the verge of collapse.

This great humiliation, he must avenge it!

Ignoring the constant dissuasion from Lin Bufan in the distance, Lin Jingtang, whose mind had been clouded by anger and hatred, kicked his little feet against the great bell.

The Alarm Bell shot into the sky, covering the space above Luo Chen.

Lin Jingtang formed seals with both hands, and the magic power that was already constantly flowing away surged out with the momentum of a bursting river dam.

His body was shrinking and disintegrating, but his eyes were incomparably crazy.

"Big!"

"Big!"

"Big!"

The golden bell began to expand crazily, ten zhang, fifty zhang, seventy zhang, until it was a hundred zhang huge!

Like a giant pot lid, or perhaps a giant umbrella supporting the sky, it completely covered the hundred-zhang radius around Luo Chen.

No matter how strange and exquisite your soul techniques are, under this range, where else can you escape to?

The Alarm Bell fell fiercely.

In the distance, Fu Qinglan ignored her injuries and shot into the sky, a sword and a leaf even faster than before.

But instructed by Shi Ju, Wang Yifu and Qi Xiongcheng intercepted the two weapons respectively, and Shi Ju himself blocked Fu Qinglan's path.

"Move aside!"

Fu Qinglan shouted sharply, striking out with a palm.

Shi Ju was unhurried, waving his folding fan to block the palm, a cold sneer appearing on his face.

"You really think too highly of yourself!"

His empty left hand formed a magic seal, moving with incredible speed, and in a trance, thunder exploded.

Crack!

Fu Qinglan was struck as if by lightning, falling into the earth.

When she stood up, dense silver-white electric arcs flickered on her dress.

She let out a muffled groan, and her cyan-green magic power immediately dispersed these electric arcs.

In her eyes, there was a look of uncertainty.

Isn't the other party a pure Nine Yang Body? Why can he still use thunder-path techniques?

"You can't save him."

Beside her ears came Shi Ju's cold laughter.

Fu Qinglan looked up and saw that the golden bell had completely fallen, covering Luo Chen's figure within it.

And Lin Jingtang's Nascent Soul was slowly floating up, ignoring its own shattering, and was constantly forming seals and chanting.

Following his spellcasting, the Alarm Bell constantly emitted trembling sounds.

Even though she was not at the center of the attack and was very far away, Fu Qinglan had the illusion that her soul was trembling and her physical body was disintegrating.

Lin Jingtang was going to shake Luo Chen to death alive!

Fu Qinglan's heart turned cold.

Looking around, Shi Ju and the other two were ready to strike, the two from the Gu family were eyeing them covetously, and above the nine heavens, a faint white eagle figure was anxiously flapping its wings.

Everything could no longer be saved.

In the end, she could not protect the other party safely like Luo Chen had protected her.

Since that was the case, then let's save our lives!

Increasing her magic power and resonating her soul, Fu Qinglan shouted sharply.

"Luo Chen, activate the Illusion Chess!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expressions changed slightly.

Activating the Illusion Chess meant directly leaving the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven; with the abilities of the cultivators present, they still could not stop the methods of a Soul Transformation powerhouse.

Could it be that they were going to watch Luo Chen leave safely?

?

The other party had a split soul, so even if the main soul was dormant, he could still activate the Illusion Chess.

Shi Ju's expression changed constantly; if that happened, their efforts would truly have been in vain.

Wang Yifu was even more furious; not only could he not kill Luo Chen, but Fu Qinglan had also successfully realized the true meaning of the laws, so how could he talk about revenge?

Lin Bufan breathed a sigh of relief; if Luo Chen really left, presumably Jingtang would no longer persist. As long as he let his Nascent Soul enter his body and also leave the cave heaven to return to the Mountain and Sea Realm, with the methods of the Tianyuan Dao Sect's powerhouses, perhaps he could still preserve the other party's Nascent Soul realm.

Gu Yuan shook his head, his interest that had been raised also fading away.

This play ended with a whimper!

Perhaps Luo Chen's only loss was having his sudden enlightenment interrupted!

One of the parties involved, Lin Jingtang, thought differently from them.

"Want to leave? It's not that simple!"

With a thought, amidst Lin Bufan's exclamation, the lower half of Lin Jingtang's Nascent Soul suddenly collapsed, turning into monstrous magic power and falling into the Alarm Bell.

"Disperse for me!"

Clang!

The great sound of the bell shook the universe!

Under such a strike, the cultivator inside would surely die; even with a backup plan like the Illusion Chess, they would be too late to activate it due to mental confusion.

Just at this moment.

"You really want me dead!"

A low, hoarse voice sounded faintly.

Amidst everyone's astonishment, they saw a blood-red sword tip emerge from the top of the great bell.

Ssh!

Piercing sounds rang out continuously.

In Lin Jingtang's terrified gaze, that sword was like stabbing into his heart, breaking open his natal magic treasure inch by inch, cutting through the Alarm Bell bit by bit.

Until!

"Open!"

Only a crack was heard, and the great bell turned into two halves.

A man holding a blood sword, stepping on a gray tripod, and wearing black mysterious armor appeared in everyone's eyes.

His pitch-black long hair floated behind him, dancing like black snakes as the biting cold wind blew.

His fair skin was like congealed fat, no longer resembling the middle-aged vicissitudes of his previous wrinkled state.

Only those eyes that swept over the crowd were like bottomless cold pools, reflecting the fear in everyone's hearts.

As soon as he appeared, he took action.

The blood sword slashed diagonally!

Lin Jingtang, who was already in severe soul pain because his natal magic treasure had been broken, had no power to resist under this sword.

Even if he had activated the Illusion Chess in his previous panic, it was already too late.

The sword fell, and half of his Nascent Soul, along with his soul, shattered instantly.

Only his remnant body disappeared along with a vortex.

On the other side, Luo Chen stomped one foot.

The gray tripod beneath his feet immediately shot out nine crimson chains, striking towards Shi Ju's side.

Shi Ju frowned, and the scene from before appeared again.

Firelight flashed, his body dissipated inch by inch, and when he reappeared, he was already beside Qi and Wang.

He looked sideways and saw the nine red chains wrapping around Fu Qinglan and flying back.

"Hmph!"

Luo Chen didn't even look at the others, but lowered his head to look at Fu Qinglan, who had bloodstains on her clothes.

"Since you have already realized the power of the origin, why are you still in such a sorry state?"

Fu Qinglan showed a look of shame.

In the end, she was not good at fighting; even though she had mastered a higher level of power, she lacked combat experience and had no corresponding means to drive that power, so she could only use it in the most superficial way.

However, the outcome was good after all!

Her purpose for this trip had been fulfilled, and Luo Chen hadn't suffered any injuries; the only regret was...

"I didn't protect you, causing your sudden enlightenment to be interrupted; it's this little sister's incompetence. But it's fine now; as long as we activate the Illusion Chess to leave this realm, our merit will be complete."

Sudden enlightenment interrupted?

Luo Chen was dumbfounded

and laughed.

He didn't explain anything to Fu Qinglan, his gaze sweeping over the people present.

"Leaving is inevitable, but before leaving, I would like to borrow your hands to test the new methods I have realized; it can be considered completing the unfinished battle at the Three Rainbow Waterfall back then."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.

He wasn't leaving, but instead wanted to fight?

Was he annoyed that everyone had disturbed his opportunity?

"Pay with your life for my Wang family's true disciple!"

Wang Yifu shouted angrily, holding a bamboo staff and rushing towards Luo Chen.

Qi Xiongcheng remained silent, following closely behind.

Shi Ju's eyes were filled with uncertainty, but since the other party had given him this opportunity, he could not back down.

Taking a deep breath, he rushed towards Luo Chen in a three-sided encirclement.

Seeing this scene, Fu Qinglan's expression turned cold, and she raised her autumn water long sword again, but was pressed down by a wisp of Luo Chen's magic power.

"Not letting me take action?" Fu Qinglan was puzzled.

She admitted that Luo Chen was very powerful, but one person's strength was ultimately limited.

She had realized the origin of wood, and under the joint efforts of those three, she was no match, and Shi Ju had signs of having hidden methods that he hadn't used.

Did Luo Chen actually have such confidence?

Luo Chen looked at the enemies rushing from three directions, unmoved, and his gaze turned to Gu Yuan, Gu Chen, and Lin Bufan in the distance.

"What about you?"

After watching Lin Jingtang fall, Lin Bufan was already grief-stricken, but his superior spiritual sense made him perceive the hidden threat within Luo Chen.

He gritted his teeth and didn't answer, but his body retreated rapidly.

Watching this scene, Fu Qinglan's expression was complex, and she just muttered "Little Linzi" once.

And on Gu Yuan's side, he and Gu Chen looked at each other and nodded tacitly.

Since the other party could enter a state of sudden enlightenment while protecting Fu Qinglan, it was highly likely that he had taken that Heavenly Mystery Pill.

Regardless of whether he realized anything, he ultimately gained something.

Just like the "new methods" the other party mentioned.

"I still have a family mission, so I won't cross swords with you, fellow Daoist; we can drink and talk happily after we get out."

Gu Yuan said with a smile, taking Gu Chen and slowly retreating.

Luo Chen showed a look of regret, but soon became interested again.

In the sky, the white eagle that had been circling for a long time finally couldn't hold back and dived towards Luo Chen.

"Just in time!"

"Three people and one demon, enough for me to test my new technique!"

While saying he was testing his sword, he put away the Yuantu Sword, and even swallowed the Hunyuan Tripod into his mouth.

Luo Chen stood quietly in the void, his right hand slowly raised, fingers joined like a sword, and slowly fell.

As his finger fell, the wind and clouds in the sky changed instantly!

Large swaths of clouds and mist were torn apart, and endless violent winds rolled, as if to roll back this sky.

The majestic spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged from all directions.

The snow-capped mountains that had collapsed due to the previous battle gathered into a vast ocean of snow water, which also boiled due to Luo Chen's finger.

Between heaven and earth, everything was restless!

The three great cultivators who had originally rushed towards Luo Chen felt their own magic power stirring uncontrollably.

In their line of sight, Luo Chen's momentum was rising crazily; his figure became like a scorching sun, so dazzling that one could not look directly at it. It was also like a great tree connecting heaven and earth, spreading its dense canopy, blocking the sky and the sun!

Shi Ju, who had been influenced by many family inheritances since childhood, showed a look of disbelief at the moment this anomaly appeared.

"Could it be that he also realized the true meaning of the laws?"

After this thought appeared, he no longer had any intention of hiding his own methods.

In his right hand was a folding fan, and in his left hand appeared a rattle-drum.

The next moment, the folding fan unfolded, and flames rolled.

The rattle-drum shook, and two bells struck the drum surface, shooting out streaks of lightning and thunder.

In Shi Ju's crazy eyes, the electric light and flames gathered together, turning into a fused stream of electric light and flames, and a sense of destruction suddenly emerged.

Not only him, but the other two also sensed that something was wrong.

Wang Yifu stopped suddenly, his bamboo staff stuck straight in the air, and stalks of emerald green bamboo rose from the void, turning into a bamboo forest that enveloped him.

Qi Xiongcheng exerted all his magic power, his black saber vibrating violently, turning into a giant saber light of a thousand zhang, striking at Luo Chen first.

Facing these attacks, Luo Chen had no other actions, still slowly pointing out a finger.

In his mouth, he gave a light shout.

"Wither-Glory!"

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