Free Web NovelChapter 199.1: None Shall Pass; Supreme Dao Foundation Expert Killed with the Flip of a Palm; Dao Lord killed with the Wave of a Hand (I)
Perfection! I've brought all four great Principles to Perfection!
Lu Changsheng immediately called up his Status Panel.
[Status Panel]
Host: Lu Changsheng ƒrēewebnovel.com
Perception: 74,630 (A Dragon Among Men)
[Skills]
Mental Principle: Perfection
Fire Principle: Perfection
Wind Principle: Perfection
Wood Principle: Perfection
Metal Principle: 47% (Progress)
Water Principle: 47% (Progress)
Looking at his Status Panel, a sharp glint flashed through Lu Changsheng's eyes. Now, he finally understood the effect of Principle Divine Stones. With such tools at his disposal, it had only taken him forty-two days to bring those Principles to Perfection.
Only the Metal Principle and Water Principle had yet to reach Perfection, but Lu Changsheng was out of Principle Divine Stones. If he had two more, then he could push the Mental and Water Principles as well within eight days.
"Perfect Principles..." he muttered to himself.
Then, he activated one. Fire.
Woosh!
Within Lu Changsheng’s Mind Space, towering flames surged up like a raging sea, blotting out the sky and covering the earth as they scorched everything around them. Even the earth itself seemed to have been reduced to ash.
Lu Changsheng's eyes widened in astonishment. That's insane!
He knew that whether a Principle had reached Perfection made an enormous difference. It was self-evident that upon reaching Perfection, a Principle's power would soar. However, he had definitely not anticipated such a drastic rise in power.
Just with the Perfection-level Fire Principle, Lu Changsheng was already displaying power comparable to the compound divine technique Firestorm Purgatory at Perfection.
Firestorm Purgatory was a supreme compound divine technique formed from the Wind Principle and Fire Principle. Once it reached Perfection, its power became devastating, but now, Lu Changsheng's Perfection-level Fire Principle could rival that.
"Firestorm Purgatory!"
He unleashed the technique once more, this time driving it with his Perfection-level Principles.
The next moment, the entry sky looked like it had transformed into a true purgatory. Anything within that fiery hell would be incinerated into nothingness, even the air itself. This kind of power could already rival the Lesser Five Elements Annihilation.
If Firestorm Purgatory, formed from just two Principles, was already this destructive, then what about Flame Current, a supreme divine technique formed from three Principles, or Lesser Five Elements Annihilation, formed from five Principles?
Lu Changsheng stood up and withdrew all his Principles. Now, he was confident he could obliterate everything in his path.
Even Dao Lord Qing Xuan from before would be no exception. If they clashed again, Lu Changsheng could kill him in the blink of an eye, just like that. With the Mental Principle at Perfection, who could possibly withstand his Mental Millstone?
Alright, so it took me forty-two days to take care of the Principles... That leaves me with eighteen days until this secret realm closes off. I should hurry, since the other Dao Foundation experts and Dao Lord are probably getting ready to leave as well.
Lu Changsheng needed another four Principle Divine Stones, and the only way to get them was by confronting other individuals who had come to this secret realm for the same reason he had.
The secret realm has only one entrance. As long as I guard that entrance, no Dao Lord or Dao Foundation expert should be able to escape.
His plan was to let the Dao Lords and Dao Foundation cultivators come to him. Everyone had spent almost three months in this secret realm, turning the entire place upside down. Surely he could acquire four more Principle Divine Stones.
This could work.
The only tricky part was whether he could actually hold the entrance to the secret realm. That was the key element of his plan.
Let's go.
Lu Changsheng headed toward the entrance right away. There were only eighteen days. The sooner he reached the entrance to the secret realm, the more people he could trap here, and the higher his chances would be to collect more Principle Divine Stones.
He went as fast as he could, his figure blurring and turning into a streak of light before vanishing.
A large number of Dao Lords and Dao Foundation martial artists had gathered within the Heavenly Shackle Mountain Range. Some of them had come out of the secret realm, but most had rushed over from the third layer of the Ancient Region for one purpose: to receive the Dao Foundation martial artists or Foundation Establishment cultivators who had entered the secret realm.
The reason for that was simple: the struggle would not end inside the secret realm itself. Once someone got out, they could very well be attacked and robbed just outside the entrance.
After all, there were treasures inside the secret realm. Rather than risk their lives competing for them, some people preferred to wait outside and reap the rewards by robbing Dao Foundation martial artists and Dao Lords as they emerged from the secret realm.
Naturally, those who had ventured into the secret realm were on guard, and most of them had asked their friends to receive them at the entrance, just to be safe.
"About two weeks until the entrance closes, right? They should be coming out pretty soon."
"Actually, some have already left, but only a few of them. Most Dao Foundation experts and Dao Lords are still in the secret realm."
"Yeah, well, it's a large secret realm. According to some Dao Foundation experts and Dao Lords who left earlier, the secret realm is packed with treasures. I mean, who knows how many Principle Divine Stones are in there?"
"That's right. A large secret realm is enough to drive any Dao Foundation martial artist or Dao Lord mad. After this secret realm closes, I’m afraid there’ll be quite a few more Divine Ability Realm experts and Golden Core True Ones."
The crowd buzzed with discussions about the secret realm. One of this size was bound to yield many treasures and benefits, but unfortunately, most people here were not strong enough to actually stand a chance in there. They could only wait outside and greet the others who were strong enough to compete in the secret realm.
Indeed, anyone who dared to venture into the secret realm was, without exception, an outstanding individual. Or at the very least, they had some tricks up their sleeve, a trump card that could suddenly shift the tide in their favor.
Woosh!
After a while, a figure suddenly flew out of the secret realm.
"Hey! Someone's finally out!"
"Who? Who is it?"
"It seems to be a Dao Foundation martial artist. Which supreme Dao Foundation martial artist is it?"
"That's..."
"Isn't that Lu Changsheng? Lu Changsheng of the Ancient Region Heavenly Sect?"
When everyone saw the figure flying out of the secret realm, their eyes widened, and their expressions froze slightly. fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
Everyone knew about Lu Changsheng, the man who crushed everyone in the Immortal Dao and Martial Dao while still in the Divine Treasury Realm. By all means, he was a supreme genius, and after forging his Dao Foundation, his renown had spread even further.
Recently, rumors had spread about how Wang Yun had supposedly tasked Lu Changsheng with assassinating Dao Lord Shan Hai and about how he had succeeded.
Plenty of people couldn't believe it. Sure, Lu Changsheng was a genius, but killing Dao Lord Shan Hai himself? Lu Changsheng had only forged his Dao Foundation a little over a year ago. With so little time, what could even the greatest genius accomplish?
To some people, those rumors were simply nonsense.
"Didn't Lu Changsheng enter the secret realm together with Xia Chengfeng and Zhao Yujian?"
"Xia Chengfeng and Zhao Yujian left the secret realm long ago, though no one knows why. Perhaps they had already obtained Principle Divine Stones, or perhaps something happened between them and Lu Changsheng."
"Looking at it this way, Lu Changsheng stayed inside the secret realm alone for quite some time, and he appears unharmed. Isn't that crazy?"
"Yeah, anyone who wanders through the secret realm alone and comes back unharmed is extraordinary."
The people at the entrance had all kinds of guesses, but no one was foolish enough to stir up trouble. Speculating was one thing, and confronting Lu Changsheng was another thing entirely.
Lu Changsheng stopped and looked around himself. He was taken aback slightly by the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators and Dao Foundation martial artists present.
However, he remembered the Dao Foundation experts and Dao Lords who had entered the secret realm, and most of them had yet to emerge from the entrance.
Lu Changsheng disregarded those who had already come out. There was no point in tracking them down, as anyone who had left so early had most likely come away empty-handed. The few people who still lingered around the Heavenly Shackle Mountain Range did not have the courage to go back into the secret realm.
Such people should already have acquired any Principle Divine Stones, so Lu Changsheng was not going to waste his time on them. Instead, he sat down cross-legged about ten zhang outside the entrance to the secret realm. Facing the entrance, he closed his eyes, released his Sense Domain, and waited quietly.
Everyone else at the scene stared at him, stunned.
"What's Lu Changsheng doing? He's just sitting down right at the entrance. Is he waiting for someone?"
"Xia Chengfeng and Zhao Yujian have both left. Who could Lu Changsheng be waiting for?"
"But judging by the way he looks, he really does seem to be waiting for someone."
Many people were exchanging whispers, their faces filled with confusion. They had no idea what Lu Changsheng was trying to do. Even if he was waiting for someone, did he really need to stay so close to the entrance? Staying there could very well startle any Dao Lord or Dao Foundation martial artists who emerged from the secret realm, causing an unnecessary misunderstanding.
Perhaps some people would come out of the secret realm frustrated, and with Lu Changsheng essentially blocking the entrance, they might very well snap and cause a scene.
No one at the scene could make sense of what Lu Changsheng was doing. In any case, no one imagined he was intentionally blocking the exit—or rather, no one dared to imagine something like that.
This was a large secret realm, one in which nearly all the supreme Dao Foundation experts and Dao Lords from the third layer of the Ancient Region had gathered to compete for treasures. Blocking their path would be sheer folly—if not suicide. Not even the strongest individuals would attempt to block off the exit of a secret realm.
However, Lu Changsheng did not move, and he paid no mind to the murmurs around him. He simply waited in silence.
