Chapter 437: Annihilation and the Secret Art of Severed Horns

At the entrance to the Seven Killings Palace, the Jin Zhu alien Ju Xuan, who had been guarding the palace for twenty-eight days, suddenly looked up. On his chest, the divine intents of the Earth and Space elements flickered with brilliant radiance.

In the direction Ju Xuan's gaze fell, the Luoshui Hou Song Shoujie arrived, stepping upon the stars.

Watching this human from the current era slowly approach, Ju Xuan grinned broadly. "Someone has finally come! However, your luck is not very good. In this long time, my injuries have fully recovered."

Twenty-eight days had allowed Ju Xuan to completely recover from his injuries, both internal and external, including the damage to his primordial spirit.

However, the Zhai Xing Lou he had destroyed previously had not yet been restored; that was not something easily recovered here.

"That your Excellency has fully recovered is my great fortune!"

The Luoshui Hou Song Shoujie, arriving slowly, suddenly manifested a long spear in his hand. He thrust it forward levelly, while blue wings simultaneously condensed behind his back. "Da Chen, Luoshui Marquis, Song Shoujie, please grant me your instruction!"

Seeing this, Ju Xuan's smile faded, and he said solemnly, "Jin Zhu Holy Race, Ju Xuan, please!"

Having spoken, starlight rose around his entire body, and his Zhai Xing Lou emerged behind him. Transforming from void to reality, it crashed down directly above the Seven Killings Palace gate amidst a thunderous rumble.

*Whoosh! *

Amidst the sharp whistling sound of air being torn apart, the Luoshui Hou Song Shoujie's spear transformed into a blue venomous dragon and thrust toward Ju Xuan. In an instant, the sky was filled with blue starlight.

If one looked closely, it seemed as though several hundred blue venomous dragons were launching a continuous, frenzied assault on Ju Xuan in an extremely short span of time.

Ju Xuan stood right there, the golden horn on his forehead flickering rapidly. With every flicker, he shattered a blue spear radiance.

Occasionally, when a spear radiance lunged close, Ju Xuan would strike out with a palm and shatter it.

Facing the Luoshui Marquis's full-force offensive, Ju Xuan killed with incomparable ease and grace.

"Wind Shadow Spear!"

With an angry shout, the Luoshui Marquis's figure split into six, attacking Ju Xuan from all directions. Each figure held a long spear, once again crashing toward Ju Xuan.

In the distance, Xu Jin, who was slowly approaching in a stealth state, felt the aura of the Luoshui Marquis's clones and felt somewhat surprised.

Other people's clones were all solid, but the Luoshui Marquis's clone auras were between void and reality, and their spear radiance attacks were also extremely sharp.

It was equivalent to six against one!

But even so, Ju Xuan still handled it with great ease.

He stood right there on the spot, the horn atop his head blasting continuously, his palms striking repeatedly.

He hadn't even moved his backside, yet he had received the Luoshui Marquis's full-force offensive!

"Worthy of the Holy Race bloodline!"

After a dozen breaths, the Luoshui Marquis retreated, panting, and stood holding his spear, looking at Ju Xuan.

Ju Xuan glanced at the Luoshui Marquis and said, "You are not bad either! If you were allowed to grow to a cultivation base similar to mine, you would be able to make me fight with all my strength, but right now, you are still far too lacking!"

The next instant, the horn on Ju Xuan's forehead suddenly blasted out a forest-white radiance. Under this full-force attack, in a mere three breaths, he had blasted the Luoshui Hou Song Shoujie into a continuous retreat.

"Try receiving one of my strikes too!"

Ju Xuan roared. The moment he soared into the air, starlight from the void fell into his golden horn.

With a tiger's roar, a white tiger phantom filled with baleful aura rushed out from Ju Xuan's forehead. Like a fierce tiger descending a mountain, it swallowed the Luoshui Marquis into its belly in one bite.

The next instant, blue spear radiance thrust out from the tiger's mouth. The moment it was compressed to the extreme, the blue spear radiance suddenly burst the tiger's mouth open, and Song Shoujie broke free.

The moment he broke free, Ju Xuan let out a cold snort, and a forest-white palm print crashed down, directly slamming Song Shoujie into the ground.

The white tiger phantom lunged instantly.

In an instant, the Luoshui Hou Song Shoujie was shattered into starlight phantoms!

The white tiger phantom also returned into Ju Xuan's body.

A breath later, the Luoshui Hou Song Shoujie's figure appeared once again. "Exhilarating!"

"Come again!"

Ju Xuan scanned the surroundings vigilantly and said lazily, "If you only have the means you just showed, then I have no interest!"

"Hahahaha, one try and you will know!"

As the Luoshui Marquis laughed, a Zhai Xing Lou also emerged behind him. His spear, as if it were a long saber, slashed down fiercely, and a huge blue wind blade crashed toward Ju Xuan.

Ju Xuan had assumed it was just an ordinary wind blade and shattered it with a casual strike.

But the moment it was shattered, the huge wind blade suddenly exploded, emitting an incomparably ear-piercing sonic boom.

A kind of incomparably nauseating sonic boom exploded in all directions.

This left Xu Jin, who was hiding a thousand meters away, feeling so uncomfortable he nearly vomited blood.

But the Luoshui Hou Song Shoujie's attacks did not stop, and one after another, Wind-Sound Bursts crashed toward Ju Xuan.

Every Wind-Sound Burst, even if Ju Xuan ignored it, would explode, turning into this terrifying sonic wave attack.

Under the terrifying star wave attack, blood spurted from Ju Xuan's ears and eyes, and his entire expression became incomparably pained.

Behind him, Xu Jin was also horrified.

If he had been any closer, he feared he wouldn't even be able to maintain his stealth!

Under the continuous bombardment of the Wind-Sound Bursts, blood spurted from Ju Xuan's eyes and ears. As his expression became pained, the frequency of the radiance blasted from the golden horn on his forehead also rapidly decreased.

It was at this very instant that the Luoshui Hou Song Shoujie lunged forward instantly. Blue starlight also fell like rain, instantly weaving into a giant net, his spear like a dragon.

Carrying this giant net of star power, he instantly crashed toward Ju Xuan.

The moment he crashed over, the Luoshui Marquis had already poured all the star power in his body into the blue long spear. At this instant, his spear truly transformed into a giant blue dragon, crashing toward Ju Xuan.

In his pain, Ju Xuan blasted out the white tiger phantom once again. The Luoshui Hou Song Shoujie let the white tiger phantom crash into him, but the giant blue dragon suddenly changed, transforming into countless specks of starlight, changing from attack to entanglement. In an instant, countless blue lights, like silk ribbons, bound Ju Xuan tightly.

"Still not making a move!"

Almost the moment the Luoshui Hou Song Shoujie roared, a cold ice starlight suddenly descended from the sky, emitting a terrifying aura, and crashed toward Ju Xuan.

Xu Jin's figure appeared simultaneously.

Myriad-Refined Cold Star Bead!

This was the Myriad-Refined Cold Star Bead Xu Jin had obtained from Zhang Lin, which had been "spiced up" and nurtured by Xu Jin's Arena.

"Hmm?"

Ju Xuan's expression changed drastically; he had already felt the terrifying aura within this Myriad-Refined Cold Star Bead.

A terrifying aura that could threaten his life!

What was fatal was that he was currently bound by Song Shoujie's blue star power and could not move a single bit; he could only take it head-on!

"Go!"

The moment the white tiger phantom tore the Luoshui Hou Song Shoujie to shreds, it lunged toward Xu Jin. At the same instant, Ju Xuan threw out a giant shield to protect his head.

Calling it a giant shield was less accurate than calling it a scale armor several meters long, emitting an aura as heavy as a mountain.

This was Ju Xuan's strongest life-saving treasure, the Holy Ancestor Jin Lindun; he had no choice but to use it now.

The terrifying cold ice starlight poured down and washed over the Holy Ancestor Jin Lindun. The cold ice starlight and the sharp golden starlight intersected at this instant, emitting a terrifying roar.

Circles of cold ice starlight were shattered, and the golden light of the Holy Ancestor Jin Lindun was also decreasing rapidly.

Ju Xuan, however, was frantically pouring his own star power into the Holy Ancestor Jin Lindun, desperately holding out against the terrifying power within the Myriad-Refined Cold Star Bead.

The next instant, the starlight on the Holy Ancestor Jin Lindun suddenly rippled, and a terrifying primordial spirit fluctuation spread out.

The primordial spirit attack contained within the Myriad-Refined Cold Star Bead—that is, the power blessed by the Heavenly Yang Star Lord—erupted.

Although the Holy Ancestor Jin Lindun blocked most of the power, Ju Xuan's primordial spirit was still dazed for an instant.

A massive amount of cold ice star power poured down instantly, freezing Ju Xuan from the waist down in cold ice.

*Boom! *

Xu Jin, blocked by the white tiger phantom, blasted three consecutive Five-Element Divine Thunders. Before the white tiger phantom could lunge at him, he blasted it to pieces instantly!

The shattered white tiger phantom let out a mournful cry, transformed into a white light, and shrank back into Ju Xuan's golden horn.

Xu Jin's thunder wings flashed, and he instantly rushed above Ju Xuan.

Taking advantage of the moment the Myriad-Refined Cold Star Bead had just frozen Ju Xuan in place, the Five-Element Divine Thunder crashed down fiercely!

Ju Xuan had just regained consciousness when the Five-Element Divine Thunder crashed down upon his head!

In an instant, Ju Xuan's fragile protective starlight was directly shattered. The moment the Five-Element thunder light was about to pour onto Ju Xuan's head, the Holy Ancestor Jin Lindun's radiance suddenly surged, actually rippling out an incomparably robust forest-white light barrier, protecting Ju Xuan inside. The Five-Element thunder light blasted twice more before shattering this forest-white light barrier.

But at the same time, the solid ice freezing Ju Xuan also began to melt frantically.

Watching Xu Jin frantically outputting power against him, Ju Xuan sneered. "Is this your plan? It looks like it's still lacking something!"

"Is that so!"

Xu Jin's gaze shifted slightly; the timing was about right!

The next instant, another Five-Element Divine Thunder crashed down.

But this time, the moment the Five-Element Divine Thunder crashed down, it was exceptionally massive and brilliant.

Not only was it incomparably brilliant, but the moment it crashed down, it expanded directly to the thickness of a water vat.

Xu Jin had poured all the Nine Heavens Lei Yun he had accumulated over this month, plus the previous month, totaling two hundred and twenty-seven strands, into it in one go, blasting it toward Ju Xuan.

Now that the Luoshui Marquis had left, Xu Jin only had one chance to annihilate Ju Xuan.

He could only succeed; he could not fail.

Regardless of whether it was a waste or not, Xu Jin poured all the Nine Heavens Lei Yun into it.

A full-force strike!

In an instant, Ju Xuan's expression changed drastically!

He also saw the extraordinariness of Xu Jin's strike!

However, it was already too late.

The speed of the thunder was extremely fast!

At the critical moment, Ju Xuan could only hold the Holy Ancestor Jin Lindun, which had just broken free from the solid ice, above his head. At the same time, the Zhai Xing Lou guarding the Seven Killings Palace and the stars in the sky instantly blasted out countless starlight, projecting into Ju Xuan's body.

At this instant, Ju Xuan drove his power to the extreme!

*Boom! *

The Five-Element Divine Thunder, infused with two hundred and twenty-seven strands of Nine Heavens Lei Yun, poured down instantly!

That Holy Ancestor Jin Lindun, which Ju Xuan regarded as his life-saving treasure, was blasted into ashes in an instant under this terrifying Five-Element Divine Thunder.

Ju Xuan's eyes widened suddenly!

That was an Eight-Star Spirit Treasure bestowed by the Holy Ancestor for life-saving!

At the same time, the protective starlight around his body also expanded to the extreme.

But in an instant, the protective starlight Ju Xuan was driving with all his might was like snow meeting boiling water, instantly melted into a giant hole. Ju Xuan suddenly realized something.

At the critical moment, the golden horn on Ju Xuan's forehead flew out as if it had been severed, instantly transforming into a small, realistic white tiger.

The moment the tiger's roar was emitted, this white tiger directly rolled up two divine intents and disappeared on the spot!

"Hmm?"

The aura of the Seven Killings Dragon-Escaping Stake!

At the same instant, the thunder light also completely poured onto Ju Xuan's flesh body, which had been frozen in the cold ice.

As the flesh body disintegrated, it transformed into starlight and dissipated!

The Zhai Xing Lou guarding the Seven Killings Palace gate also simultaneously disintegrated into starlight and disappeared.

And the white tiger figure, transformed from the severed golden horn on Ju Xuan's forehead, had used the Seven Killings Dragon-Escaping Stake to disappear from view.

This situation was completely beyond Xu Jin's expectations.

He had annihilated the Eight-Tier Jin Zhu alien Ju Xuan once, but the two divine intents had been taken away by this fellow using a method of severing the horn to survive.

He had succeeded, but the goal seemed not to have been fully achieved!

Xu Jin scanned the surroundings.

He did not find the white tiger figure carrying the two divine intents.

Ju Xuan's Seven Killings Dragon-Escaping Stake had been comprehended to the third level; this Seven Killings Dragon-Escaping Stake must have been arranged more than a thousand meters away but within a hundred miles.

He wouldn't be able to find it in a short time!

So, where to go from here?

In an instant, Xu Jin's thoughts raced.

Should he rush into the Seven Killings Palace?

Or should he go search for the white tiger figure transformed from Ju Xuan's horn to seize the two divine intents?

There was another more critical question: if Ju Xuan used his life-substitution opportunity to return, could Xu Jin kill him again?

This was the fundamental basis for making a choice right now.

In an instant, Xu Jin had his judgment.

If Ju Xuan returned again, then with the various foundations Xu Jin currently possessed, the probability of successfully annihilating him would not exceed twenty percent.

Previously, he had the cooperation of the Luoshui Marquis and the "spiced up" Myriad-Refined Cold Star Bead.

Fighting again, not only would he lack these advantages, but even the Nine Heavens Lei Yun had been exhausted!

So, after Ju Xuan used his life-substitution opportunity to be reborn, would he come back?

One hundred percent!

His golden horn was still left here; he would definitely come back!

Before he was annihilated, his purpose in leaving the golden horn here was to survive and come back to retrieve it!

In an instant, Xu Jin had his decision.

This was already the third life-substitution opportunity Ju Xuan had used.

Once the three life-substitution opportunities were gone, to leave the Seven Killings Secret Realm, one either had to die or clear the level!

So, afterward, Xu Jin would still have a chance to retrieve these two incomparably precious divine intents.

Moreover, time was most favorable to Xu Jin!

The longer time dragged on, the more Xu Jin's Nine Heavens Lei Yun, Earth Core Earth Rhyme, and Heaven and Earth Fire Rhyme would accumulate, and then become killing moves!

In the blink of an eye, the moment Xu Jin figured out these problems, a speck of starlight appeared; it was the Eight-Tier powerhouse of the Jin Zhu aliens, Ju Xuan, using his life-substitution opportunity to return again!

And at the very moment the starlight appeared, Xu Jin's thunder wings flapped, instantly transforming into a bolt of lightning, drilling into the Seven Killings Palace gate ten-odd meters away, passing through, and disappearing instantly!

At the same time, the starlight solidified, transforming into Ju Xuan's figure.

Only at this very moment, where Ju Xuan's horn had been lost, blood was gushing uncontrollably from his forehead, and his aura was also continuously withering.

Glaring hatefully at Xu Jin, who had just darted into the Seven Killings Palace, Ju Xuan's figure rushed toward the distance. With just a wave of his hand, a white tiger figure rushed over instantly, transformed into the golden horn, and landed back on top of his head.

The golden horn returned, and the bleeding stopped instantly.

The two divine intents also returned to Ju Xuan's front.

But Ju Xuan's aura had clearly dropped by a large margin!

This horn-severing secret art was a unique secret art of the Jin Zhu Holy Race, generally only used at the moment of life and death.

Because every time it was used, it would damage the origin.

At this very moment, Ju Xuan's cultivation aura had dropped by a large margin!

Originally, he was at the early stage of the Eight-Tier, approaching the mid-stage of the Eight-Tier.

But his aura at this moment had dropped directly to the level of just having broken through to the early stage of the Eight-Tier.

If he wanted to cultivate this cultivation base back, it would take at least two years of bitter cultivation!

However, compared to the two divine intents he had lost and regained, it was a great fortune amidst misfortune!

But because he was an alien, he could not refine this divine intent into his Sumeru space. Therefore, he had to clear the subsequent levels to survive and bring these two divine intents back!

As long as he brought them back, it would be a super great achievement!

At that time, the Holy Ancestor might directly bestow all kinds of rewards.

Not only would all losses be compensated, but his strength would also exceed what it was before!

The Jin Zhu Holy Ancestor was extremely generous to juniors who had made great contributions and contributed to the clan; he was never stingy!

But Ju Xuan was also considering one thing: this human genius named Qi Qi Tian Sheng had strange and tricky methods!

After going in, if he encountered him again, would he be able to survive?

After pondering for a few breaths, Ju Xuan regained his confidence.

In the previous battle, if he hadn't been trapped by the Da Chen Luoshui Marquis first, he wouldn't have been severely injured again by that terrifying cold ice starlight and frozen in place, and even less would he have been blasted by that terrifying thunder light of Qi Qi Tian Sheng.

There wouldn't have been a defeat!

And based on his knowledge, the thunder light Qi Qi Tian Sheng used to annihilate him should also belong to an explosive means bestowed by his master, definitely not Qi Qi Tian Sheng's own power.

Otherwise, he would have died long ago!

After going in, as long as he dealt with it carefully, he could deal with Qi Qi Tian Sheng!

Even, by seeking opportunities and planning carefully, he still had a chance to annihilate Qi Qi Tian Sheng and avenge this hatred!

Annihilating a top genius of the current human race was also a great achievement.

At that time, he would return with a full harvest.

But before going in, he needed to recover his injuries first.

Anyway, there was still a day and a half left.

Recover as much as he could!

A few breaths later, Ju Xuan sat cross-legged at the entrance of the Seven Killings Palace again. After swallowing several heaven-and-earth treasures, he began to recover from his injuries.

(End of chapter)