Chapter 486: Self-Detonation

The State Preceptor cut off the karma between the Decayed Immortal and himself, and the Decayed Immortal forgot him and couldn't perceive him either.

"True Fire of Taiyin."

He muttered in his heart and spat out a ball of flame. This was a true fire specifically for dealing with souls, driving away souls and scattering spirits, on par with the True Fire of the Sun. After his refining, even half-immortal level powerhouses found it difficult to resist.

The True Fire of Taiyin was like a maggot on a tarsal bone, and the power targeting the soul was constantly eroding the Decayed Immortal's soul.

"Remembered!"

The moment the State Preceptor attacked the Decayed Immortal, the two re-established a karmic connection, and the Decayed Immortal remembered everything from the past.

His embryonic Decayed Dao fruit was urged, his soul was completed, and the True Fire of Taiyin was purified.

"Sure enough, the True Fire of Taiyin alone cannot kill you."

Although he had expected it, the State Preceptor was still shocked; he didn't see what means the other party used.

It wasn't that there were no ways to solve the True Fire of Taiyin, but each one was very troublesome, and none were as simple as the Decayed Immortal's.

"Is it the means of the embryonic Dao fruit, related to the soul?"

This battle was harder to fight than the State Preceptor expected. He saw that the Decayed Immortal only had a soul left and thought he would be easy to deal with, but he didn't expect the Decayed Immortal's soul to be completed at any time, and the weakness became the hardest part to deal with.

The Decayed Immortal was also thinking about the means the State Preceptor used, making himself forget the State Preceptor's existence. He had never heard of such an over-standard spell. Was this the effect of the State Preceptor's embryonic Dao fruit?

Ordinary cultivators fighting relied on spells, physique, etc. When they reached the Integration stage and Tribulation Transcendence stage, they had to add a rule, but the rules of the Integration stage and Tribulation Transcendence stage were crushing for low-to-mid-level cultivators, but it was difficult to take advantage of cultivators of the same level. Everyone could use the same rules, and there was no advantage to speak of.

When the Tribulation Transcendence stage condensed an embryonic Dao fruit, it was very different. The embryonic Dao fruit meant that the cultivator possessed rules unique to themselves. The effect of each embryonic Dao fruit was different, and the difference between Dao fruits and the ability to understand Dao fruits opened up the gap between half-immortal level powerhouses.

In the battle of half-immortal level powerhouses, the most important thing was to figure out what the other party's embryonic Dao fruit was.

"Indestructible Body of Breaking Tribulation!"

A ten-thousand-foot-tall dharma body rose from the ground, standing between heaven and earth, almost breaking the space, with the ability to pluck stars, and the dharma body had indestructible characteristics, indestructible!

The State Preceptor urged the embryonic Karma Dao fruit again, cutting off the relationship with the Decayed Immortal.

"Damn it, this move again..." The Decayed Immortal gritted his teeth. If he couldn't figure out the principle of this move, he would always be in a passive state. He quickly wrote a string of words with magic power, explaining the ins and outs of the matter, but as the embryonic Karma Dao fruit was urged, this line of words also became blurred and difficult to distinguish.

Halfway through speaking, his eyes became blurred, and he forgot the State Preceptor's existence again.

*Whoosh—*

A silver needle appeared out of thin air, space jumping, jumping from outside the dharma body to inside the dharma body, hitting the Decayed Immortal's brow.

The Decayed Immortal felt pain, his body was weak, the Indestructible Body of Breaking Tribulation could no longer be maintained, and it collapsed with a bang.

The State Preceptor appeared, and the Decayed Immortal's memory recovered.

"This is a Soul-Breaking Needle refined from the essence of gold and silver."

The State Preceptor used all attacks targeting the soul.

"Knowing it, so what? The Soul-Breaking Needle can separate your three souls and seven spirits. I want to see how you complete your soul this time!" The State Preceptor sneered, feeling a pang of heartache. The Soul-Breaking Needle was extremely difficult to refine. He had refined three in total, one of which was used to show thunderous means when succeeding as State Preceptor. Now only the last one remained, and refining it again was almost impossible.

The effect of the Soul-Breaking Needle was immediate. The Decayed Immortal felt as if his body was being torn apart, and a huge force surged in his body, wanting to stretch his body open.

Ten different souls floated out, which were the Decayed Immortal's three souls and seven spirits.

The State Preceptor wanted to see which part of the soul the Decayed Immortal would complete.

After three breaths, the ten souls were still floating in the air. The State Preceptor was determined in his heart; it seemed that dispersing the soul was the correct choice, and the other party couldn't complete it.

"True Fire of Taiyin!"

He aimed at one of the Decayed Immortal's three souls, defeating them one by one.

Suddenly, this soul opened an eye, and the Decayed Immortal's voice sounded.

"Why should I complete it? Explode!"

The State Preceptor's pupils shrank, feeling something was wrong. One of the three souls of a half-immortal self-detonated. The State Preceptor had never heard of any half-immortal daring to do this; this was not wanting his life.

This soul exploded directly, knocking the State Preceptor over, smashing him to the ground, and his own soul was also affected.

"You think this is the end?"

Another of the three souls exploded, setting off a soul storm. The storm whistled, black energy filled the sky, and the five senses and six consciousnesses were useless at this moment.

"Come again!"

*Boom—*

The third of the three souls exploded again.

The Decayed Immortal's cold voice sounded, echoing in the sound of the soul explosion: "The head of my Decayed lineage is the head of the five ancient immortals, traversing ancient and modern times, unmatched. Now reborn, he is going to reach the peak of the immortal path. I want to see whose Dao fruit is stronger!"

"Damn it!" The State Preceptor hurriedly urged the embryonic Karma Dao fruit, breaking the karma between the two.

"Explode again!" The Decayed Immortal's voice came from one of the seven spirits, making the State Preceptor's hair stand on end.

He had already broken the karma; the Decayed Immortal shouldn't remember him, so why did he still attack?

Before he could figure out the reason, a new round of soul explosions arrived.

*Boom—Boom—Boom—*

The seven spirits exploded continuously. The State Preceptor had never seen such a battle. His body was like a small boat, rising and falling in the surging waves, in danger of overturning at any time!

The Decayed Immortal had long expected this move. Since no matter how he left clues, he would forget and erase them, then he simply wouldn't leave information about the State Preceptor.

Before the State Preceptor used the embryonic Karma Dao fruit, he only left one sentence for himself—

Six of the seven spirits self-detonated.

Three souls exploded three times, seven spirits exploded six times, and nine rounds of soul storms blew the State Preceptor's immortal soul unstable, dazed for a while.

"Huff, huff—" The State Preceptor was in a sorry state. The treasure clothes he wore could defend against even Tribulation Transcendence stage attacks, but they were blown to pieces in the nine rounds of explosions, no longer having defensive functions.

The State Preceptor stared fixedly at the last of the seven spirits. Only the last one left, let me see what you do!

Then the State Preceptor watched as the Decayed Immortal completed his three souls and seven spirits, returning to his peak state.

What the State Preceptor was best at was a war of attrition. His usual means was to first use the embryonic Karma Dao fruit to make the opponent forget him, then sneak attack, and repeat this several times. Even a half-immortal couldn't withstand this kind of consumption.

But what he didn't know was that the Decayed Dao fruit was least afraid of a war of attrition.

Venerable Black and White looked at Yun Zhi and the others as if looking at dead people: "So what if you have many people? When the State Preceptor makes a move, you will all be finished!"

"State Preceptor possesses an embryonic Dao fruit and is a half-immortal level powerhouse. Let me go now, and State Preceptor can still spare your lives!"

His tone carried a hidden threat. So what if there were many Tribulation Transcendence stage cultivators? In front of the embryonic Dao fruit, they were vulnerable!

The second update is at eleven o'clock.

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