Chapter 587

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

Roar!

After Pi Ba swallowed vast amounts of spiritual energy and flames, the baleful qi around him surged like a tsunami, and his originally five-zhang-tall body swelled another three zhang.

The patterns on his scale armor lit up completely, every scale gleaming with ferocious light.

He raised his giant claw and slammed it toward the ground, instantly splitting a zhang-wide fissure in the earth, from which black baleful qi gushed out.

For a time, sand flew and stones rolled, and the heavens and earth changed color.

The momentum was so immense that it even surpassed the fire phoenix and Bifang engaged in close combat on the other side.

Amidst the black baleful qi, Pi Ba's body flickered in and out of sight, looking ominously sinister.

Suddenly, with a "Boom—" like thunder exploding.

The next second, carrying sky-toppling baleful qi, he swung his giant claw again, slapping down toward Chao Jin's head.

This claw contained the tearing power from the Taotie bloodline; the claw tip even twisted space, and the air emitted a "crackle-crackle" shattering sound.

Chao Jin stood in the void, seeing this, expressionless.

He merely raised his left hand and pointed at the spot between his eyebrows.

A nascent soul resembling himself suddenly left his body.

"It" looked like a Daoist, yet resembled a root god.

Clad in the Burning Heaven Robe, waist bound with the Fire Jade Belt, feet stepping on the Fire Lotus Boots, seated cross-legged on a red lotus.

Wearing a Red Fire Lotus Crown on his head, not a physical entity, condensed from nine red fire lotuses, each lotus having nine petals.

Not white hair like his main body, but red-gold fire threads.

Each one like red-hot refined iron, yet soft as silk, scattering fine sparks when fluttering in the wind.

Between his eyebrows was a flame mark, a wisp of an innate fire seed.

Four fire rings circled his body.

Representing respectively: Burning Heaven, Prairie Fire, Melting Gold, Forging Soul.

Outside them, floating nine clusters of flames of various colors.

These were the various "fires" he had gathered over a thousand years.

Respectively: Prairie Fire Flame, Volcano Fire, Netherworld Fire, Lightning Strike Fire, Soul Fire, Spiritual Fire, Mundane Fire, Heavenly Fire, Root Fire.

On his knees lay an unsheathed Red Dao Sword.

At this moment, the nascent soul formed hand seals with both hands, thumb and index finger hooked into a fire lotus shape, the remaining three fingers extended straight like rising flames.

Though making no extra movements, it caused all fires to submit.

Whether the fire phoenix or Bifang, which devoured flames, both were trembling at this moment.

If the Golden Core Stage is the contact and use of law power,

then the Nascent Soul Stage is the embodiment of law power, thereby giving birth to a Dharma Aspect.

As for the Spirit Severing Stage, the nascent soul is equivalent to the root of laws, that is, an innate root god.

This pressure that made all fires submit actually made Pi Ba feel a trace of fear.

The attacking behavior stopped abruptly all at once.

The giant claw froze in mid-air, unable to be swung down no matter what.

However, whether Chao Jin or the appearing nascent soul, their gaze toward it was extremely indifferent, as if not taking it to heart, not caring at all.

Simply despising it to the dust.

Facing such humiliation, how could Pi Ba endure it; suddenly ferocity overcame fear.

Roar!

He suddenly threw back his head and howled, baleful qi around him surging wildly, actually condensing into a Taotie phantom.

The phantom opened its giant mouth wide, black saliva dripping from its tusks, and wherever it dripped, even the void was corroded into dense holes.

"Merely a nascent soul, and you dare play tricks before me!"

Pi Ba roared, controlling the Taotie phantom to pounce toward Chao Jin's nascent soul.

Black baleful qi and black water merged, as if to swallow this expanse of heaven and earth.

Chao Jin's nascent soul sat cross-legged on the red lotus, his expression still calm.

His fingertip moved slightly, the hand-sealing hands lightly shifted, and the innate fire seed between his eyebrows suddenly lit up.

A wisp of fine red-gold fire drifted from the mark, landing on the outermost Forging Soul fire ring.

Instantly, the fire ring burst forth with brilliant red light.

A fire barrier spread outward with the nascent soul as its center; the Taotie phantom struck the barrier, like a tide striking a reef stone, instantly dispersing.

Chao Jin's voice transmitted through the nascent soul: "Your bloodline power, before this true self, is nothing more than a mantis trying to stop a carriage."

The words had not yet fallen when the nine clusters of fire around the nascent soul suddenly moved.

Netherworld Fire and Lightning Strike Fire flew out first, one black and one purple, two flames intertwining in the void, transforming into a double-headed fire python that coiled toward the Taotie phantom's neck.

Netherworld Fire specifically restrains yin evil baleful qi; upon touching the phantom, it burned the baleful qi at its neck with a sizzling sound.

Lightning Strike Fire carried the power of thunder; each coil had purple thunder light exploding, blasting the phantom's baleful qi into disorder.

Pi Ba saw this, a flash of panic in his eyes, yet still refused to admit defeat.

He suddenly activated all the Taotie bloodline within his body, opened his giant mouth again, and a swallowing power three times stronger than before surged out.

Countless strands of black baleful Qi surged out from cracks in the ground, pouring into the Taotie phantom's body.

The phantom's body type expanded violently to over ten zhang, the tearing power on its giant claws even more severe; after a round of counterattack, it actually crushed the Two-Headed Fire Python alive.

Chao Jin's eyes turned cold: "Obstinate and unreceptive!"

Behind him, the Nascent Soul slowly raised its hand, gripping the hilt of the Red Dao Sword resting on its knees.

The sword had not yet left its scabbard, yet a violent Fire Law power already overflowed from the scabbard; the surrounding temperature soared sharply, and even the scarlet flames on the distant Fire Phoenix and the azure flames on the Bi Fang were stirred by this aura, immediately gathering over.

Then came a "clang" sound.

The Nascent Soul's fingertip flicked, and the Dao Sword emerged from its scabbard by a mere inch.

Instantly, a streak of red-and-green sword light flashed from the scabbard, cleaving the Taotie phantom's incoming giant claw in a single instant.

Where the sword light passed, the black baleful Qi retreated like melting ice and snow; a neat cut appeared on the phantom's giant claw, burning with intertwined red-and-green flames at the wound.

Regardless of how Pi Ba urged his bloodline power and demonic power, he could not extinguish it.

Pi Ba roared madly: "Impossible!

My Taotie Bloodline, how could it fail to block your flames?"

This scene — not only was this Half-Step Demon God unable to believe it.

Even the spectator crowd, every single one of them, were all dumbstruck.

Originally thought the battle between the two divine birds was already shocking enough.

Result: Unexpectedly, Chao Jin and Pi Ba's battle was even more earth-shaking.

Especially in the application of Laws, it had simply reached the pinnacle.

Just a casual glance, and one could learn a great many things.

Xu Zhangqing's breathing even became heavy; he secretly thought: "No wonder everyone says this Chi Huo Peak Peak Master will become the new Sect Master — he indeed possesses this strength."

Now with so many Human Cultivators and demons watching, Pi Ba went completely mad: "I... I'll fight you to the death!"

It knew clearly in its heart that the Nascent Soul was Chao Jin's vital point.

Immediately it switched direction, lunging violently at the opponent's Nascent Soul; its giant claw carried space-tearing power, aiming straight for the eyebrow-heart Fire Seed.

Chao Jin saw this and revealed a cold smile: "Foolish beast!"

Abruptly, the four Fire Rings around the Nascent Soul rotated simultaneously.

The Burning Heaven Fire Ring released a sky-covering heat wave, burning the surrounding Void into distortion.

The Prairie Fire Fire Ring drew forth the Earth Fire from the ground; countless fire pillars surged from ground cracks, forming a fire net in the Void.

The Melting Gold Fire Ring shot toward Pi Ba's scale armor; golden flames landed on the scales and actually began melting these demon scales reputed to "block Nascent Soul Sword Qi."

The Forging Soul Fire Ring still guarded around the Nascent Soul, blocking all baleful Qi attempting to approach.

Even more terrifying, nine clusters of flame gathered upon the Dao Sword, transforming into a streak of Nine-Colored Sword Radiance.

Chao Jin's Nascent Soul rose with sword in hand, delivering a single slash at the pouncing Pi Ba.

The Nine-Colored Sword Radiance stretched a hundred zhang; where it passed, space itself was torn open a shocking wound, its edges still burning with flames, unable to heal for a long time.

Despair flashed in Pi Ba's eyes: "No!"

It controlled the Taotie phantom to block before its body, but facing the Nine-Colored Sword Radiance, the originally all-devouring ability was as fragile as paper at this moment, instantly slashed to pieces.

The remaining might fell upon Pi Ba; scale armor shattered instantly, turbid blood gushed out, yet before it could hit the ground it was burned into green smoke.

Just as it was about to slay Pi Ba, the entire world abruptly fell silent.

Especially the hundred-zhang sword radiance, seemingly blocked by a mysterious power.

It actually stagnated.

The Void tore open a pitch-black crack; a terrifying demonic pressure that awed heaven and earth surged from within, instantly pressing the battlefield into dead silence.

The Fire Phoenix folded its wings, even the flames on its body dimming.

Xu Zhangqing and the others felt their magic power stagnate even more, breathing becoming difficult.

The pitch-black crack rapidly expanded, transforming into a Black Domain.

A strand of invisible power wrapped around Pi Ba, who was about to be cleaved to death by the Nine-Colored Sword Radiance, and yanked it into the rear like carrying a chick.

Immediately after, Seven-Colored Radiance surged out from within.

Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple — seven colors interwoven.

The Seven-Colored Radiance collided with the Nine-Colored Sword Radiance; there was no heaven-shaking boom, but a silent disassembly, Law Power clashing continuously until they thoroughly dissolved.

Chao Jin stared dead at the depths of the Boundary Realm; the Innate Fire Seed at his brow flickered unsteadily, the Fire Rings around his Nascent Soul blazed bright again, the Red Dao Sword trembled slightly in its scabbard, even the surrounding air turned violent with combat intent, and he immediately shouted fiercely: "Demon God Kong Fang!"