Celestial Refining Divine Scripture-Chapter 319 - 317: Vulnerable
The divine technique Xu Yang merged into the Setting Sun Chess Seal was none other than the Heaven-locking Seal!
Although, at present, the most formidable battle power belonged to the Celestial Brilliance Divine Sky Seal, this ancient art was simply too mighty—impossible to truly master in such a short span, and merging with it now would only blunt its maximal potential.
In comparison, the Heaven-locking Seal was without question the most suitable!
Sealing the heavens and locking the earth—perfectly attuned to the power of domains!
Boom!
Heaven and earth roared; mysterious radiance whirled and surged!
Winds howled, the color of the sky changed; sun and moon twisted in their course!
In a split second.
An imposing domain exploded from Xu Yang as its heart, savagely expanding, forcibly splitting an independent world within Ge Yang’s domain.
Ge Yang’s entire body shuddered, feeling his domain subjected to an unimaginable crushing force!
"What a formidable domain!"
"Damn it, isn’t the technique he merged actually not the Barbarian Secret Skill?"
Ge Yang’s eyes were wide with horror.
"Hiss—what is this domain?"
"Damn it, how can his domain wield such oppressive might?"
"My power’s been suppressed by at least forty percent—and that’s within Ge Yang’s own domain!"
The Barbarian experts were all aghast, struck pale with terror.
Stronger or weaker—it was obvious at a glance!
Xu Yang ascended skyward, a single thought sending his Heaven-locking Realm roaring as it ruthlessly collided with Ge Yang’s domain!
Rumble!
Ge Yang’s Mist Rain Realm seemed struck by lightning, emitting an earth-shattering, ear-piercing scream.
The illusory, secret-realm-like world trembled violently, unable to steady itself!
Ge Yang’s body spasmed, blood oozed from the corner of his mouth; the Setting Sun Chess Seal at his brow throbbed and shuddered uncontrollably!
"Damn it, damn it, this bastard..."
Ge Yang gnashed his teeth, his expression twisted and vicious: "Even if your domain surpasses mine, you are by no means my match!"
"Mist Rain Godslaying Needle!"
"Kill!"
His roar burst like thunder, deafening and explosive!
Tens of thousands of misty, rain-like spirit needles shot out within the Mist Rain Realm, as if a tempest roared to life, densely packed and all surging mercilessly at Xu Yang.
This sight made even the mightiest tremble in their bones!
Even an ordinary Martial Artist at the late stage of Myriad Phenomena could hardly distinguish reality from illusion in that onslaught!
"Xu Yang, you cannot fathom the preparations my clan made for your demise!" Ge Yang laughed with wrathful scorn.
"I’d like to see."
Xu Yang smiled faintly, then suddenly bent his palm and grasped forward!
"Heaven Lock!"
Boom!
The domain contracted; along the edge, illusory chains shimmered into existence, crisscrossing like an impenetrable wall!
At the instant the countless spirit needles struck, the chains rang and vibrated!
Bang!
The spirit needles froze in mid-air!
With a resounding ’crack’—
The countless spirit needles shattered like lightning-struck glass, pulverized in unison!
Ge Yang’s eyes went round; he drew a chilling breath!
He had thought, after careful planning, that he held overwhelming advantage!
Yet he could never have imagined Xu Yang’s domain would be so terrifyingly strong.
"But I still have my final, greatest card!"
Ge Yang clenched his fists, eyes gleaming with malice.
Not all the spirit needles were destroyed—one remained!
Amidst the shattering, surging radiance, a single spirit needle, fine as a hair, tore violently through the Heaven-locking Realm’s constraints, silently drawing near Xu Yang at a terror-inspiring speed!
This was his signature killing move—the Godslaying Needle, a solitary, peerless needle!
And within it, fused a bloodline spiritual object!
Meng Ziqiu reflexively looked up, his heart lurching, and shouted in alarm, "Young master, beware!"
Xu Yang’s face remained unchanged, his tone mocking with cold amusement: "Already saw it coming!"
From the start, he’d pinpointed this lone, hidden true strike among the thousands of spirit needles!
"You underestimate me."
Xu Yang did not move an inch from his spot!
Poof!
The Godslaying Needle flashed and appeared, zeroing in straight for Xu Yang’s forehead!
Such speed, such proximity—even immortals would find escape impossible!
"Hahaha! Xu Yang, you are doomed!"
"That is the sole Godslaying Needle I forged with endless effort—within it, my Barbarian bloodline spiritual object is fused!"
"Even at the late stage of Myriad Phenomena, none could withstand!"
Ge Yang laughed madly, his confidence in the Godslaying Needle absolute!
"Is that so?"
The cold laughter shook heaven and earth.
Buzz!
The blood-red Godslaying Needle shivered abruptly, oddly freezing less than a foot from Xu Yang’s brow.
In this instant, within the Heaven-locking Realm, eight Heaven-locking Divine Chains hung suspended above—all invisible, binding power concentrated and locked the Godslaying Needle in a prison of air!
"Impossible!"
Ge Yang’s mind went blank; he stared in disbelief at the scene before him!
It had been restrained?
But the Godslaying Needle had just torn through the domain’s bond and shot to its target—how could it be shackled now?
"Could it be you never unleashed your domain’s full strength earlier?"
"Congratulations, you guessed correctly!" 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
Xu Yang’s eyes turned icy cold; he abruptly clenched his fist and smashed downward!
Bam!
His punch landed squarely on the Godslaying Needle.
The needle shattered, annihilated as if struck by lightning!
Poof!
Ge Yang spat a stream of blood, his face turned as pale as death; with the destruction of the needle, he suffered grievous, shattering injuries!
"You are too weak."
Xu Yang vaulted into the air, unleashing his domain, and swept like lightning into the ranks of the Barbarian Race.
"Kill!"
Rumble!
Domain oppression—those strong as late-stage Myriad Phenomena were all suppressed by forty percent of their strength.
Even those at Myriad Manifestations Perfection were affected!
Though not to the same extent—still, a reduction of ten or twenty percent!
This, already, was fearsome beyond measure!
The terror of the Setting Sun Chess Seal revealed itself in full!
With domain spread wide, within the Realm of the Setting Sun, the captain’s celestial powers multiplied severalfold!
Moreover, Gu Jun’s mysterious influence loomed unseen!
In mere moments, Meng Ziqiu and the rest had already slain several Myriad Manifestations Perfection experts!
Those Barbarian elites died without ever knowing how or why.
The carnage was unspeakably bleak!
In this moment, Xu Yang moved as a reaper untouchable!
Beneath Myriad Manifestations Perfection, a punch would subdue; the Spirit and God Locking Seal blazed forth, all in his wake became a chorus of shrieks and spraying blood-clouds!
Within mere breaths, more than half of Ge Yang’s followers were reaped where they stood!
"What’s happening?"
"Why are our strongest dying so swiftly?"
"And his domain suppresses too much!"
"Ge Yang lost, damn it!"
"Retreat!"
The Barbarian Martial Artists were utterly panicked, desperate to flee in every direction!
Ge Yang’s pallor deepened; panic seized his face, and he was the first to bolt away.
"You’ve come this far, yet now you run?"
Xu Yang laughed toward the heavens, his body becoming a bolt loosed from its string, tearing open the sky.
Whoosh!
He swept forward, his immense domain bearing down relentlessly.
Meng Ziqiu, Liou Yunfeng, and others followed, killing intent surging like a tidal wave—their might akin to incarnate war gods.
The Barbarian elite fled in utter disarray!
Ge Yang had just retreated into his own Setting Sun haven when Xu Yang arrived in hot pursuit.
Once, Ge Yang pressed the attack; now, the tables had turned to Xu Yang!
Boom!
The domain crashed down hard; the Setting Sun Chess Seal at Ge Yang’s brow convulsed, ripping his forehead and shrinking away in terror.
"Aaaahhhh—"
Ge Yang screamed in misery, struggling to ignite the Setting Sun Chess Seal!
But the difference in their domains was so vast—worlds apart!
Just a single exchange!
His barely gathered domain crumbled completely.
Ge Yang plummeted to earth, darkness swallowing his vision.
"I lost!"
"I’m no match for him at all!"
"Why did I have to face him?"
That early confidence utterly vanished, leaving only boundless terror and embittered despair.
"No, there’s still a chance!"
"If I hand my Setting Sun Chess Seal to Tuolei—he, with two of them, his power will soar; he’ll surely hold off Xu Yang!"
Like a drowning man clutching driftwood, Ge Yang scrambled wildly up, bolting toward the right.
"Tuolei!"
He ran and bellowed at the same time!
Yet after only a few paces, he was mired as if in a quagmire—unable to take another step!
"Break for me!"
Ge Yang’s hoarse screams echoed; his skin split open, Barbarian patterns blazing furiously across his body.
And yet, even so, he remained shackled—incapable of breaking free from the domain’s nightmarish restraint!
A figure stepped through the air, towering and godlike, exuding supreme might—the pressure made Ge Yang shake as if seized with death, his spirit already shattered!
Xu Yang gazed at Ge Yang, shaking his head: "Not worth even a single blow."
