Free Web NovelChapter 352: Chapter 352: Dragon Tiger Celestial Venerable Dharma Aspect
Xu Yunfan rode the momentum into a mid-air flip, his robes fluttering like an Exiled Immortal descending upon the world, his expression tinged with coldness.
This counterattack, turning their own methods against them, was merely a crude application of the "Borrowing Force and Transforming it into Strength" principle from his Ten Extremes Martial Arts.
The more potent Mystic Scale’s True Qi had been, the more terrifying the backlash. The Mituo Temple monk’s face was now a frozen, purplish-blue; he had clearly been struck by the Profound Nether Cold Poison, a Secret Martial Arts of Penglai Pavilion!
"Stop holding back! Otherwise, there’ll be no stopping this fiend!"
The Merak Sword Master of the Jiangnan Dao Sword Pavilion cried out sharply. The Sword Box on her back exploded open, unleashing seven streaks of light that formed into seven swords. They arranged into the Beidou Sword Array and shot toward Xu Yunfan’s back.
Xu Yunfan’s eyes shifted slightly. His right hand remained pressed to the Purple Robe Elder’s head, determined to squeeze out the last wisp of Essence Qi from his body. Meanwhile, his left hand suddenly changed its move. He raised his palm, and a thick wave of Ten Extremes True Qi formed a wall of Qi Gang.
The moment the Sword Auras struck the Qi Gang, they vanished as if sinking into an endless sea. The Qi Gang then swallowed the attack and spat back a beam of Sword Qi, piercing the Merak Sword Master’s right shoulder.
The Sword Master staggered backward, her face a mask of disbelief.
’That was clearly the pattern of my own Shaking Light Breaking Army Sword!’
"I know both the Triple Jiao Sword Nurturing Technique and the Empty Clarity Sword Washing Technique. I only needed a glance or two to see through your sword style."
Xu Yunfan’s expression was indifferent, but he couldn’t help but wonder to himself, ’The longer this goes on, the more I feel like the main villain.’
The Purple Robe Elder was now a withered husk. Xu Yunfan casually tossed his body toward two lunging old eunuchs.
The two hastily retracted their attacks to catch their colleague, only to see the Purple Robe Elder’s body suddenly swell up and—BOOM—explode into a mist of blood.
Xu Yunfan let out a couple of loud laughs. He had long since planted a strand of explosive True Qi inside the man’s Dantian.
Mixed within the blood mist were needles of Ten Extremes True Qi, fine as ox-hair. The two old eunuchs failed to dodge in time, their faces corroded by countless bloody holes as they screamed and clutched their eyes.
These old eunuchs had spent a lifetime in cultivation deep within the palace, but they had fought only a handful of times, let alone in a battle against an expert of the same Realm.
"Form the Three Talents Array!"
The three old masters from the Profound Daoist Sect roared in unison, raising their longswords as vast True Qi erupted from their bodies.
Their True Qi condensed and intertwined in the air, forming the shapes of a dragon and tiger. On the ground, the gathered Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi suddenly formed an Eight Trigrams Array Map.
Dragon roars and tiger howls echoed from the array. From the left shot out a Flood Dragon condensed from pitch-black True Qi, while from the right pounced a fierce tiger formed of white-gold Gang Qi. The combined dragon-and-tiger attack aimed straight for Xu Yunfan’s legs.
Xu Yunfan scoffed, stepping right into the eye of the array to meet the Dragon and Tiger True Qi head-on.
The instant the Flood Dragon’s claws were about to close around his ankle, he tapped his toes lightly and used the Flying Leg Body Technique.
This was originally a low-tier travel skill from the Mortal World, but now, infused with his Nine Realms Primordial True Qi, every step he took left an afterimage in the air that was as solid as the real thing.
The dragon and tiger’s pounce tore through seven consecutive afterimages, but none of them was the real body. Meanwhile, Xu Yunfan himself had already flashed behind the eldest of the Profound Daoist Sect masters. He formed a hand-blade, wrapped it in Ten Extremes True Qi, and, transforming it into a Heavy Hammer, smashed it viciously toward the man’s spine.
CLANG!
The sound of metal on metal was deafening.
The Daoist master’s robes tore apart, revealing the Profound Turtle Armor he wore underneath.
’More Divine Armor?’
Seeing this, Xu Yunfan couldn’t help but feel a twitch in his brow.
’Do these people from the Six Top Sects think Divine Weapons are free? They just keep popping up one after another.’
The dragon patterns on the surface of this Body-Protecting Treasure, refined using a Secret Technique of the Dragon Tiger Sect, were now cracking inch by inch. Still, it had bought its wearer a precious moment to breathe.
The other two Daoist masters seized the opportunity to change the array. Their Dragon and Tiger True Qi suddenly merged, transforming into three pitch-black chains that wrapped around Xu Yunfan’s left arm. Demon Suppression Inscriptions appeared on the chains and began to corrode his Protective Gang Qi.
Seeing their chance, the three Female Cultivators from Penglai Pavilion immediately made their move.
Faint blue, watery patterns appeared in their palms as seventy-two Weak Water Needles shot out, carrying a supremely yin and gentle Circulation True Qi.
Xu Yunfan neither dodged nor retreated, allowing the Weak Water Needles to pierce his chest.
Just as the Weak Water True Qi was about to break through his Protective Qi Gang, the Dragon Scale Armor on his chest flared with a brilliant crimson light. Its countless Armor Leaves stirred, opening like a mouth to devour all the poison before spitting it back out toward the monks of Mituo Temple.
Three monks hastily activated their Vajra Unbreakable Divine Skill, but they watched as their Golden Light Body Protection was corroded with holes like a honeycomb.
Indeed, Penglai Pavilion’s Supreme Yin True Qi was anathema to the Buddhist Gang Qi. Their skin split and their flesh tore in an instant, and they couldn’t help but grunt in pain.
Xu Yunfan felt a bit frustrated. ’None of these experts who have cultivated to the Qi Cultivation Ninth Realm are fools. They all stick to long-range True Qi Martial Arts, showing no intention whatsoever of fighting me up close.’
’They’re all terrified of being caught and having their True Qi drained.’
"This fiend’s True Qi is strange! Keep your distance!"
The Merak Sword Master shouted a sharp warning.
Hearing her, the Sword Pavilion disciples behind her immediately shifted their formation. A hundred longswords trembled in unison. With the Merak Sword Master as the nexus, their Sword Force was transformed into Sword Qi, condensing into a celestial river of Sword Qi that blotted out the sky.
Metal Attribute Armor-breaking Sword Qi, Water Attribute Gentle Sword Intent, and Fire Attribute Bursting Sword Aura all interwove into a net.
Xu Yunfan’s expression remained unchanged. His figure weaved through the attacks like a slippery fish. The Ten Extremes True Qi circulated across the surface of his body, and he shifted between various Qi Forms at will. The Metal Sword Qi melted into molten iron, the Water Attribute Sword Intent was suppressed, and the Fire Attribute Sword Aura was absorbed directly!
Just then, among the three Female Cultivators from Penglai Pavilion, the beautiful woman leading them suddenly crushed a Crystal Stone.
A pale blue water curtain rose up around Xu Yunfan, and countless Ice Crystals condensed in the air.
’Penglai’s Ultimate Skill, the Upper Goodness Like Water Realm?’
Xu Yunfan felt his entire body grow heavy, as if he had been plunged into a swamp.
Though called an Ultimate Skill, it was in fact created by generations of Penglai Pavilion’s Qi Cultivation Ninth Realm cultivators, who had spent years pouring their water-element Circulation True Qi into the Crystal Stone held by the beautiful woman.
Anyone caught inside would feel as if they were trapped in the deep sea, completely at the mercy of their captors.
Over such a long period, the amount of True Qi accumulated within the Crystal Stone was truly terrifying.
"What a waste..."
Xu Yunfan sighed.
Seeing that Xu Yunfan’s movements had indeed become sluggish, an old monk of the "Ci" generation from Mituo Temple seized the opportunity. He pressed his palms together and summoned thirty-six Sariputra.
Driven by Buddhist Vajra True Qi, the Sariputra ignited with Glazed Pure Fire. This Buddhist Karmic Fire, which specialized in vanquishing evil, was about to engulf Xu Yunfan.
But then his chest suddenly caved inward, and he sucked the entire sky of pure fire into his belly!
As the old monk stared, dumbfounded, Xu Yunfan opened his mouth and spat out seven streams of golden-red fire.
He had actually used the "Transforming and Deriving Strength" from his Ten Extremes True Qi to convert the Buddhist Pure Fire into Pure Yang True Qi, which became a Pure Yang blaze. He then turned this blaze back on the Sword Pavilion disciples, throwing their formation into chaos.
"Summon the Dragon Tiger Celestial Venerable Dharma Aspect!"
The Profound Daoist Sect master roared at the sky, his voice filled with the resolve of one willing for Jade and Stone to Burn Together. His withered fingers formed a profound Dharma Seal, and his robes fluttered loudly as if in a strong wind.
As his voice fell, a ball of Misty Purple Qi suddenly appeared between his eyebrows. The purple qi squirmed like a living thing, and within it, the faint shapes of a dragon and tiger could be seen churning and tangling together.
PTHOO!
The old master violently spat out a mouthful of Essence Blood. The blood mist condensed in the air without dispersing, transforming into a Blood Talisman that merged with the purple qi between his brows.
In an instant, the purple qi surged, churning violently like boiling magma. The old master’s face twisted in agony, and shocking trickles of blood seeped from his seven orifices. He was clearly suffering an unimaginable backlash.
BOOM!
(There should be one more Chapter, still writing...)
