Chapter 81: Dharma Image, Domain, and a Moment of Life and Death

Tu Nan reacted extremely quickly, performing a 360-degree roll in the air before landing on the ground. She tossed her side-swept bangs to reveal cold, ruthless eyes, then lunged forward in a single stride, aiming straight for Zhong Lingqing's head.

In her view, as long as she took down Zhong Lingqing, dealing with a Nascent Soul Early Stage Jiang Xun would be a piece of cake.

Zhong Lingqing immediately performed a backflip, leaping into mid-air.

The tea table and chairs were smashed to smithereens by Tu Nan.

"Aunt, beat her!"

Tu Wan shouted, waving her fist behind Tu Nan.

At the same time, Jiang Xun had already scrambled up from the ground and used Crimson Wings, flashing to Zhong Lingqing's side: "How did she get here so fast?"

"Shift Position; she swapped her location with that spider," Zhong Lingqing said, staring fixedly at Tu Nan. "It was my carelessness; I didn't notice the spider."

"Daring to strike at our sect's Saintess, your Lingerie-Sect has quite the nerve."

Tu Nan looked coldly at the two in the air, while in reality, a small spider quietly crawled out from her sleeve, moving across the ground toward the area beneath their feet.

She spoke to distract them and prevent Jiang Xun from escaping with Crimson Wings again.

"Little Tu, look at what this is."

Jiang Xun spread his hand, and a Soul Returning Pill appeared in his palm.

Having seen a Soul Returning Pill with her own eyes, Tu Wan reacted immediately: "Soul Returning Pill! Give it to me!"

"Tell your aunt to stop, or I will destroy it."

Jiang Xun gripped the Soul Returning Pill in his fist and shouted.

"Aunt!"

Hearing this, Tu Wan immediately looked toward Tu Nan.

Tu Nan's brows furrowed tightly, and the spider that had crawled beneath Jiang Xun and Zhong Lingqing, preparing to leap, also ceased its movements.

"Give me the Soul Returning Pill, and I won't pursue this matter; you two can just leave," Tu Wan said, looking at Jiang Xun.

"Give me the person, Lin Qingwan," Jiang Xun said, looking at Tu Wan.

"Don't push your luck," Tu Nan said coldly. "Once someone has entered the Tianwu Sect, they are a member of the Tianwu Sect. You think you can just take them because you say so?"

Tu Nan did not know that Lin Qingwan was a spy, assuming she was some childhood sweetheart or romantic interest of Jiang Xun who had accidentally ended up in the Tianwu Sect.

"There is only one of these Soul Returning Pills. I did lie to you before; your A Bao still has half a severed arm that was crushed into meat paste. With that arm, he can be resurrected. You better think this through." Jiang Xun gripped the Soul Returning Pill tightly again; with just a slight exertion of force, the pill would shatter.

Tu Nan dared not attack rashly, fearing that Jiang Xun might subconsciously crush the Soul Returning Pill.

After all, Tu Nan knew how important A Bao and A Hong were to Tu Wan.

A Hong and A Bao were essentially Tu Wan's protectors; they had been taking care of her since she was born. It would be no exaggeration to call them her two fathers, and the bond between the three was even better than the bond between Tu Wan and her own father.

Just because A Bao had died, Tu Wan had been heartbroken for quite a while, which had pained her deeply.

"That arm..." Tu Wan froze upon hearing this. At the time, she had assumed the arm, which had been turned into meat paste, could not be used for resurrection with a Soul Returning Pill, so she had... burned that pile of meat, burying it as A Bao's ashes.

"Aunt, kill them!"

Since A Bao no longer had a path to life, Tu Wan had nothing left to hesitate about.

Upon hearing this, Tu Nan signaled, and the spider leaped from beneath Jiang Xun and his companion, instantly swapping positions.

"Boom!"

Zhong Lingqing grabbed Jiang Xun by the shoulder, and a giant, tree-like human figure suddenly appeared on her body. It was a hundred feet tall, with a tree-like torso covered in various blooming flowers, blocking Tu Nan's surprise attack.

This was a Dharma Image that could only be possessed at the Void Refinement Realm.

"Go quickly."

Zhong Lingqing shouted at Jiang Xun, simultaneously pushing him away.

"Are you trying to get yourself killed?"

Jiang Xun looked at Zhong Lingqing in astonishment and shouted.

"Then you block her, and I'll leave?"

Zhong Lingqing pointed at Tu Nan below and retorted.

Tu Nan's body was instantly enveloped by a massive spider; the entire Dharma Image was two sizes larger than Zhong Lingqing's, with eight eyes and eight legs, radiating black Demonic Qi.

The moment Jiang Xun was pushed away, it leaped up, crashing toward Zhong Lingqing.

"Get out of here already!"

Zhong Lingqing shouted, reaching out as the tree-man's arms lifted, and countless vines shot out, binding the eight legs of Tu Nan's Dharma Image tightly.

Seeing the spider about to spray silk, Zhong Lingqing immediately maneuvered her Dharma Image to block in front of Jiang Xun, while she herself became entangled in the web; both were unable to move for a moment.

"Why are you just standing there? Tu Nan isn't even serious yet. Integration Realm cultivators have their own Domain; once the Domain is deployed, none of you will be able to run!"

Jun Tianling shouted in Jiang Xun's mind.

"If I leave her behind and run, Ning Yu won't forgive me."

Jiang Xun shouted.

"Who told you to run? Look at that girl, grab her!"

Jun Tianling looked at Tu Wan and shouted: "You can't beat an Integration Realm cultivator, but you can't even beat a Nascent Soul Early Stage one?"

Jiang Xun did not reply, immediately using Crimson Wings to charge toward Tu Wan.

To be honest, he had never seen a Dharma Image in all his years, and he was indeed somewhat frightened.

Under the speed boost of Crimson Wings, Jiang Xun arrived instantly before Tu Wan, drawing the Liu Hong Sword and thrusting it toward her.

"You bastard."

Seeing this, Tu Nan immediately deployed her Domain.

A mass of black Qi began to spread from Tu Nan's body, enveloping a range of over a thousand feet at high speed. Everything in everyone's vision turned into a dark scene, though they could still see each other.

A strand of spider silk suddenly shot out from beneath Jiang Xun's feet, thrusting straight up, intending to pierce right through his heart.

Seeing this, Zhong Lingqing wanted to help, but she did not yet have a Domain, and being bound by spider silk, she was completely unable to move.

Fortunately, Jiang Xun reacted quickly, unleashing the full power of his Crimson Wings to dodge the spider silk as if teleporting, then slashed through the Snake Chain Whip Tu Wan was using to block the attack, pointing the tip of his sword directly at Tu Wan's throat, having already drawn a line of blood.

"Let her go!" Jiang Xun shouted, staring at Tu Wan.

These words were naturally shouted at Tu Nan.

"This is my Domain."

Tu Nan said coldly.

As soon as Tu Nan finished speaking, thousands of needle-like spider silk threads rushed toward Jiang Xun from all directions.

The speed was extremely fast.

In the blink of an eye, they were already in front of Jiang Xun; now it was a contest of who had the faster hand speed.

Tu Nan had absolute confidence that his speed was faster than Jiang Xun's, which was why he chose to strike.

But what Jiang Xun held in his hand was the Liu Hong Sword, which possessed an Artifact Spirit.

Jun Tianling did not care about all that, directly controlling the Liu Hong Sword to hack into Tu Wan's neck, the blade sinking halfway into her neck, and fresh blood immediately flowed out.

"Ah!"

Tu Wan was also in excruciating pain and let out a scream, but the blood gushing from her mouth cut off her wail.

Thousands of spider silk threads stopped dead one millimeter from Jiang Xun.

Jun Tianling was only 0.01 seconds faster than Tu Nan.

"Stop!" Seeing Tu Wan spitting blood and her neck half-severed, Tu Nan felt as if his heart were being twisted by a knife, and he hurriedly withdrew the spider silk surrounding Jiang Xun while simultaneously releasing Zhong Lingqing.

He let Zhong Lingqing's branches bind her: "Stop quickly! I won't attack you anymore, and that Lin Qingwan will also be given to you!"

Cultivators above the Golden Core realm can repair their own injuries; although Tu Wan now had half her neck severed, she could still live, but if she were truly decapitated, she would likely be finished.