Chapter 54

The cold gaze like substance and the terrifying pressure descended instantly, making the bone pile where Lin Xuan was hiding make a "creaking" sound that it couldn't bear! The strength of that peak Golden Core Elder of the Youming Sect was far beyond the previous Ghost Skull Old Demon!

There was no way to avoid it!

Lin Xuan's eyes sharpened, knowing that hiding was meaningless. The other party clearly locked onto him through some secret method or treasure! He simply stopped hiding, his aura erupted suddenly, Chaos spiritual energy surged and flowed, forcibly dispersing the sweeping sinister ghost aura! His green shirt fluttered without wind, and a strong spiritual pressure no weaker than a late-stage Golden Core soared into the sky!

He took a step out, his figure appeared on the bone pile, facing the Youming Sect Elder from afar, his gaze calm and waveless.

"Eh?" The Youming Sect Elder let out a light sound, and a trace of surprise flashed in his gaze under the hood. He originally thought it was just a little brat who didn't know life or death and was peeking by chance, but he didn't expect him to have a late-stage Golden Core cultivation base, and his aura was condensed and heavy, far beyond that of an ordinary late-stage. "Little brat, who are you? Hiding your head and showing your tail, what is your intention?"

On the other side, the demonic race attacking the fire-element stone pillar also noticed the movement here. Rhino Kui stopped his movements, hugged his arms, and looked like he was watching a show. The other forces' cultivators watching from afar held their breath; a late-stage Golden Core actually dared to peek at the Youming Sect's actions and even triggered the personal questioning of the other party's peak Golden Core Elder, this was going to be a good show!

Lin Xuan's mind turned rapidly; he must not expose his "Mu Xuan" identity now, otherwise there would be endless troubles. His expression remained unchanged, and his voice was deliberately lowered, carrying a trace of hoarseness: "Just a passerby, seeing this strange phenomenon, just curious. Why must you be so aggressive?"

"Curious?" The Youming Sect Elder laughed sinisterly, his voice like a night owl, "This is a key location of our Holy Sect, how can outsiders peek? No matter who you are, since you saw it, then leave your life behind!"

He didn't give Lin Xuan a chance to explain more, clearly holding the idea of killing the wrong person rather than letting one go! Before the words fell, his withered palm reached out from the black robe and grabbed into the air!

"Youming Ghost Claw!"

The vast Youming death aura instantly condensed into a pitch-black ghost claw several zhang wide, with sharp nails and entangled with countless wailing vengeful spirits, carrying a sinister wind that tore the soul, grabbing toward Lin Xuan's head! Its speed and power were far beyond the same-name magic technique cast by the Ghost Skull Old Demon before!

This claw had already reached the peak level of the Golden Core realm! An ordinary late-stage Golden Core cultivator probably couldn't even take one strike!

The crowd watching from afar all changed color, as if they had already seen the end of the green-shirted cultivator being torn to pieces by the ghost claw, his soul destroyed.

However, facing this terrifying strike, not only was there no fear in Lin Xuan's eyes, but a burning fighting spirit ignited! Just right to use you to test my current strength!

He didn't dare to be careless, the Mystic Heavy Ruler appeared in his hand instantly, the Chaos Golden Core in his body rotated crazily, the Chaos nascent infant trembled slightly, injecting vast spiritual energy into the ruler!

"Break!"

Lin Xuan shouted in a low voice, advancing instead of retreating, holding the ruler with both hands, a vertical chop without any fancy moves! On the ruler, gray Chaos airflow lingered, and faint pale gold lightning gang flickered; wherever the ruler edge passed, space rippled slightly!

He didn't use any flashy divine abilities, just condensed his strongest power and most domineering spiritual energy into this one strike!

Boom!!!

The Youming Ghost Claw and the Mystic Heavy Ruler collided fiercely!

There was no energy explosion as imagined, but a sound of corrosion and annihilation that made one's teeth ache! The ghost claw condensed from pure death aura and vengeful spirits, when touching the Chaos airflow, actually melted and disintegrated like ice and snow meeting spring sun! The vengeful spirits within even let out shrill screams, instantly purified by the power intertwined with Chaos and lightning gang!

After only one breath of stalemate, the giant Youming Ghost Claw collapsed with a bang, turning into black gas and scattering in the sky!

And Lin Xuan's figure only swayed slightly, then stabilized, standing with the ruler, his aura still condensed!

"What?!"

"Blocked it?!"

"He actually took the Youming Ghost Claw of Elder Youquan head-on?!"

This scene stunned all the onlookers! Including Rhino Kui of the demonic race who was originally watching the show, he also put away his playful expression, his gaze becoming heavy. Elder Youquan was one of the leaders of the Youming Sect entering the Mystical Realm this time, his strength belonged to the strong among peak Golden Core, and his angry strike was actually taken so easily by an unknown late-stage Golden Core cultivator?!

The gaze of Elder Youquan under the hood revealed shock and disbelief for the first time. He felt deeper than others; the other party's spiritual energy like gray airflow actually contained a kind of attribute that made even him feel palpitations and could annihilate everything! And the strength was strong, the physical body was stable, far beyond the same rank!

"Good brat! Really weird! It seems I can't keep you!" Elder Youquan's killing intent soared; this son must not be kept! His figure moved, turning into a ghost shadow, pouncing on Lin Xuan himself, his speed surprisingly fast! At the same time, he shook his sleeves, and three skull heads lingering with green fire whistled out, biting toward Lin Xuan in a product shape, the green fire in the skull eyes burning, emitting soul-absorbing magic sounds!

"Ten Thousand Souls Devouring Heart!"

Facing the full-force pounce of a peak Golden Core expert, Lin Xuan felt unprecedented pressure. But his will was so firm, the more dangerous it was, the calmer he became!

"Shrinking the Earth into an Inch!" His figure drifted backward like a ghost, and at the same time, the Mystic Heavy Ruler danced, ruler shadows were heavy, protecting himself airtight!

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The three green fire skull heads collided with the ruler shadows, emitting the sound of gold and iron clashing; the green fire had extremely strong corrosiveness, but it was difficult to break through the defense of Chaos spiritual energy, and the magic sound was also weakened by more than half by the Soul Armor Technique.

But Elder Youquan's main body had already approached, and a withered palm imprinted toward Lin Xuan's back silently, and in the center of the palm, a rotating black vortex radiated a suction force that swallowed everything!

"Youming Soul-Absorbing Palm!"

Front and back attack, dangerous at every turn!

Cold light flashed in Lin Xuan's eyes, knowing he could no longer defend passively. He turned around suddenly, facing the Soul-Absorbing Palm, without dodging or avoiding, his left hand fingers together like a sword, the gray light at his fingertips condensed to the extreme, and a sword intent that destroyed everything soared into the sky! It was the killing move he created by combining his own sword path insights and Chaos spiritual energy—although not yet systematic, its power was peerless!

"Nirvana Finger!"

One finger pointed out, silent and soundless, but arrived first despite starting later, accurately pointing at the center of the vortex in Elder Youquan's palm!

Sss—!

Like a hot knife cutting butter! The Youming vortex that could swallow the soul of a Golden Core cultivator was actually forcibly pierced through under the Nirvana Finger power! The finger power did not decrease, stabbing straight at Elder Youquan's palm!

Elder Youquan's face changed drastically; he could feel the terrifying destructive aura contained in that finger power! He forcibly urged the protective ghost gang, and the black light in his palm flourished!

Bang!

The finger power collided with the protective ghost gang, Elder Youquan's figure shook, and he was actually forced to retreat a step! A stinging pain came from his palm, and that strange finger power was actually corroding his ghost gang!

Although he was not injured, being forced back by a late-stage Golden Core little brat was undoubtedly a great shame!

"Little brat! You are looking for death!" Elder Youquan was completely enraged, the ghost aura around his body soared into the sky like wolf smoke, clearly wanting to use a real killing move!

And Lin Xuan, after forcing the other party back with one finger, did not linger in the battle, "Shrinking the Earth into an Inch" fully erupted, his figure turned into a twisted stream of light, instantly opening a distance of dozens of zhang, while shouting in his mouth:

"Elder Youquan! You Youming Sect and the demonic race are destroying the Five Elements seal here, do you want to release the ancient demon and cause chaos to the world?! Fellow Daoists, do you want to sit idly by?!"

He poured spiritual energy into his voice, exploding like thunder, spreading throughout the edge of the basin!

As soon as these words came out, the whole field was shocked!

Those cultivators who were originally watching were suddenly in an uproar!

"What? Destroying the Five Elements seal?"

"Releasing the ancient demon? The Youming Sect actually dares to do this?!"

"No wonder I feel those five pillars are not right!"

Even the demonic race attacking the fire-element stone pillar paused in their movements, Rhino Kui's face changed, seemingly not expecting someone to directly poke this window paper.

Elder Youquan was even more furious, his ghost fire rising; he didn't expect Lin Xuan to be so cunning, not only strong in strength, but also so sharp in tongue! This move was equivalent to making their Youming Sect and the demonic race's plot known to everyone!

"Nonsense! Full of lies! Die for me!" Elder Youquan roared, his attack more urgent, swearing to kill Lin Xuan under his palm!

However, after Lin Xuan's shout, the situation was already different. Several powerful auras rose from afar, locking onto Elder Youquan and those Youming Sect disciples, carrying a warning meaning. Clearly, the strong of other forces could not sit idly by and watch the Youming Sect really destroy the seal.

This was the effect Lin Xuan wanted! He used his movement technique to constantly circle, no longer fighting hard with Elder Youquan, and continued to shout in his mouth: "The Five Elements seal concerns the survival of the Mystical Realm, and even the safety of the outside world! If you fellow Daoists still have some righteous heart, you should stop them!"

While he said this, he fought and retreated toward the periphery of the basin. With others containing them, Elder Youquan was worried about the consequences, unable to pursue and kill with all his might, actually unable to take down the slippery Lin Xuan for a while.

Seeing that the timing was about right, Lin Xuan no longer hesitated, looked for a gap, "Shrinking the Earth into an Inch" coordinated with "Shadow Step," his figure flickered a few times, and he plunged into the giant bone forest he came from, his aura disappearing without a trace instantly!

"Ah!!! Little brat! I will kill you!!!" Elder Youquan couldn't catch up, looking at the empty bone forest, letting out an angry roar that shook the wild.

At the edge of the basin, only the Youming Sect crowd with iron-blue faces, the forces from all sides with unkind expressions, and a "seal-breaking" action that was completely disrupted were left.

And the initiator Lin Xuan was already dozens of miles away, found a hidden place, his face slightly pale, sat cross-legged, and took an elixir to restore the consumed spiritual energy.

Although short, facing the pressure of a peak Golden Core and exerting divine abilities with all his might consumed him greatly.

But after this battle, he had a clearer understanding of his current strength—all trump cards out, he could already fight a peak Golden Core without losing!

More importantly, he successfully disrupted the situation, temporarily delayed the actions of the Youming Sect and the demonic race, and exposed their conspiracy to the sun.

"Five Elements Demon-Sealing Land... Abnormal movement of the Youming Soul-Suppressing Token... It seems that the core secret of this Mystical Realm is more complex than imagined." Lin Xuan adjusted his breath, looking toward the basin direction, his thoughts surging in his heart.

After this trouble, although his "Mu Xuan" identity was not exposed, the image of this green-shirted mysterious cultivator had probably fallen into the eyes of some people.

The subsequent Mystical Realm journey was destined to be even more turbulent!

(End of Chapter 54)