Grasping the Evil-Chapter 838: Do You Dare!
"That Chen Xiao is incredibly formidable! Luo Xiao, who initiated the second transformation of the War God, was already extremely close to the Crossing Truth Realm, yet he only lasted a few breaths in Chen Xiao’s hands, nearly being slain by him! The strength Chen Xiao has demonstrated is overwhelmingly strong; among those in the early stages of Crossing Truth, hardly anyone stands a chance against him!" In the audience, many old monsters revealed expressions of shock.
"For this person to openly heavily injure the Luo Family cultivator and antagonize the Luo Family, he must have incredible confidence... Behind the Chen Family has always been the Eighth Elder, who has long been at odds with the Luo Family... Without the endorsement of the Eighth Elder, no matter how bold Chen Xiao may be, he wouldn’t dare completely break with the Luo Family!"
Some old monsters who saw through the intricacies glanced subtly towards Eighth Elder Lei Jinshi’s location.
Lei Jinshi smirked coldly; his discord with the Luo Family was no secret in Eastern Ocean Bell. Even if everyone guessed that he was deliberately targeting the Luo Family, what could be done?
Chen Xiao’s severe injury to Luo Xiao did not violate the rules of the tomb competition, and finding his fault was utterly impossible.
"Lei Jinshi! Don’t go too far! Over the years, my Luo Family’s guest elders have repeatedly fallen victim to schemes. Do you think I don’t know that all of this was orchestrated by you? And now you are digging your heels in to target the younger members of my Luo Family - is this conduct befitting the status of an Eighth Elder of the Godly Void Pavilion? Aren’t you ashamed?" Luo Shix glared fiercely at Lei Jinshi, speaking in a deep voice through spiritual transmission. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎
"So what if I did! As long as I can prevent Luo Hou awakening, I wouldn’t mind losing some face!" Lei Jinshi replied coldly via spiritual transmission, ignoring Luo Shix’s anger henceforth.
Though others couldn’t hear what Luo Shix and Lei Jinshi said, they could see there was an irreparable rift between them.
In the battle arena, the sound of war drums again became urgent, seemingly urging the Luo Family Tomb Keepers to quickly battle.
Luo Xiao was heavily wounded, left only with his Spirit, having retreated to the audience seats, with the Six Ancestors of the Luo Family personally helping suppress his injuries.
At the outskirts of the battle arena, only six Luo Family Tomb Keepers remained; apart from Luo Xuan and Wang Meng, the eyes of the other four were filled with dread, lacking any courage to face Chen Xiao in battle.
Chen Xiao had heavily injured Luo Xiao; his demonstrated strength and ruthless tactics were enough to intimidate these four Tomb Keepers.
Even Wang Meng, who broke through to the Crossing Truth Realm, hesitated to combat Chen Xiao after witnessing Luo Xiao’s cruel might.
Luo Xuan bit her lips; with her cultivation level, she was also no match for Chen Xiao.
The killing intent Chen Xiao held towards the Luo Family Tomb Keepers was nearly unhidden; lacking the strength to battle meant seeking death.
Though Luo Xiao managed to escape misfortune, others may not be as lucky.
Facing battle was unwise... The prudent choice would be to forfeit and evade confrontation with Chen Xiao...
"It seems the Luo Family has no one willing to step forward for combat; are they considering forfeiting? Hehe, if Luo Huan were alive to see his fellow cultivators act with such incompetence and cowardice, he would be disappointed. How about I tell you a secret? Actually, Luo Huan was slain by me personally!" With a sinister smile, Chen Xiao’s final sentence was transmitted to the six Tomb Keepers.
Upon learning that Luo Huan was killed by Chen Xiao, Luo Xuan’s fair visage turned pale, and even the battle-fearing Wang Meng showed a hint of surprise and anger.
The other four were shocked by Chen Xiao’s words and remained unsettled for a long while.
Luo Huan was Luo Xuan’s elder brother, the top cultivator of the Luo Family a millennium ago!
This person reached the Initial Stage of Crossing Truth Realm when his bone age was just 150,000 years, nearly completing the third transformation of Combat Decree.
The Luo Family placed great hope in him, considering him the most likely to achieve the fourth transformation.
Yet, just before achieving the third transformation, he was assassinated outside the Dongming Star Domain during a journey to visit a friend, with no remains found...
The murderer was unknown! However, the Luo Family high-level knew this matter could not detach from Eighth Elder Lei Jinshi!
"Was it you? Was it you who killed my brother?!" Luo Xuan’s beautiful eyes were full of shock, grief, and hatred.
When Chen Xiao patted his storage pouch and took out a headless puppet, Luo Xuan’s sorrow and hatred reached its peak.
The headless puppet was refined from a headless corpse of a Crossing Truth Master.
Though headless, its aura felt all too familiar to Luo Xuan...
It was her brother, Luo Huan!
Luo Huan not only died by Chen Xiao’s hand, but his body was further refined into a puppet near the Truth-Transcending Cultivation Level...
"I want... revenge for my brother!"
Originally ready to forfeit the battle, Luo Xuan suddenly filled her beautiful eyes with boundless fighting spirit, her lotus steps moving forward, determined to fight Chen Xiao to the death.
Even if she could not defeat Chen Xiao, she would reclaim her brother’s corpse!
But before Luo Xuan could step onto the battle arena, Wang Meng had already leapt ahead, springing onto the battlefield!
"Oh? Is the Luo Family finally sending someone forward to die..." Chen Xiao cunningly smirked as he took out the headless puppet to infuriate the Luo Family Tomb Keepers, denying them the chance to forfeit and avoid combat.
With a wave to retrieve the puppet, Chen Xiao stamped the ground, instantly turning into a golden afterimage, charging furiously towards Wang Meng.
With a raise of his hand, seven golden rays formed like spirit snakes, swaying and rushing straight for Wang Meng’s face.
Wang Meng clenched his fists, producing unsettling sounds.
Though naturally timid, self-serving, bullying the weak while fearing the strong, he had an untouchable reverse scale.
Luo Huan was Wang Meng’s only reverse scale in life, the one and only close friend!
"Return the body of Brother Luo Huan!"
In Wang Meng’s eyes, the flames of war suddenly burst forth, his entire being awash in blood light, instantly transforming into the appearance of horns atop a head of blood hair, shockingly manifesting the Combat Decree’s Second Transformation.
At this moment, he blended his magical body, with battle strength almost reaching the mid-upper level of the Initial Stage of Crossing Truth.
Behind him, the shadow of an eight-armed demon god emerged abruptly. Simultaneously, Wang Meng took a step on the ground, transforming into a blood-red long rainbow, charging fiercely toward Chen Xiao.
Though his aura was weaker than Chen Xiao’s, it was not by much.
Raising a fist, combining precision techniques, he slightly dispersed Chen Xiao’s seven golden glows!
A strong force struck, causing both Chen Xiao and Wang Meng to be shaken backward by the countershock force.
Chen Xiao’s gaze turned grim, surprised that his Golden Extermination Technique would face such a small setback at Wang Meng’s hands.
Wang Meng was shocked as well, realizing the peril when he hit the golden glows.
Despite clashing with the seven golden glows, the eight-armed demon shadow behind him already showed signs of rust and cracks!
From the audience, waves of sighs arose.
"Is this man the Eight Extremes Battle Body? The Eight Extremes Battle Body of ’Undying Battle Shadow, Unscathed Flesh’?"
"However, unfortunately, this man’s cultivation is weaker than Chen Xiao’s. After just one clash, the battle shadow is full of cracks, rusted all over. Fearing a few more rounds, the battle shadow will completely collapse, at which point this man will no longer be a match for Chen Xiao."
While the crowd discussed, myriad golden beams suddenly appeared between heaven and earth, released by Chen Xiao.
"The Eight Extremes Battle Body is not weak, but it is not necessarily a match for my Golden Sun Body! Dao Image, manifest!"
Chen Xiao shouted suddenly, and countless golden lights behind him coalesced into a giant ten-thousand-zhang golden sun shadow.
With the emergence of this shadow, golden armor suddenly appeared on his body, shining like a divine being descending.
Chen Xiao drew circles with his hands, and a golden precious mirror gradually appeared in front of his chest.
He raised the mirror high, reflecting it toward Wang Meng, causing the momentum of heaven and earth to halt briefly.
In the next instant, centered on Wang Meng’s position, a circle of ten-thousand-zhang was engulfed by nine waves of golden sea!
At the center of the sea waves, the golden sun shadow hung high, with countless golden petals falling.
Amidst the sea and sun, the illusory shadows of numerous sea-bound immortal mountains appeared suddenly.
Trapped in the center of the myriad phenomena, Wang Meng barely reacted before his feet sank into the golden ocean, while the eight-armed demon shadow rapidly dissolved at a visible pace.
This multitude of phenomena contains indescribable divine skills, and any master submerged within cannot escape without a cultivation surpassing the caster; they can only dissolve within!
Few know these phenomena, but some old monsters recognized their origin.
"This is... the ’Divinity against the Sea’ Dao Image! This Dao Image is extremely rare, said to be cultivable only by masters with the Golden Sun Body. So it seems Chen Xiao indeed possesses the Golden Sun Body..."
With Chen Xiao’s precious mirror raised high, the power of the Dao image was urged to an extreme.
Wang Meng’s heart surged with shock, attempting to flee the attack range of the phenomena, only to find it impossible.
Like trapped in the golden ocean, he lost all strength, barely able to lift his arms.
With golden petals fluttering, his eight-armed demon shadow nearly faced complete collapse.
If the demon shadow collapses, his physical body will also crumble, dissolving away like the fallen petals!
Wang Meng struggled bitterly yet couldn’t escape the phenomena’s realm.
Sensing death approaching step by step, he gradually understood that if he didn’t act now, he would fall under Chen Xiao’s divine skill.
Unwilling to admit it, yet forced to concede, Chen Xiao’s power surpassed him too greatly...
With gritted teeth, Wang Meng displayed determination, forcibly self-detonating the dissolving eight-armed demon shadow.
The explosive power of the demon shadow instantly blasted a path through the golden ocean.
Suffering backlash, severe injuries appeared within Wang Meng instantly, yet without hesitation, he charged toward the battle arena’s exit.
Just as he dashed to the periphery, Chen Xiao sneered coldly, pointing down toward the high-suspended precious mirror.
Already having fled outside the arena, Wang Meng was immediately wrapped in countless golden threads, pulled back into the battle arena.
"Not good!"
Wang Meng, deeply astonished, found himself again immersed in the oppressive Dao Image attack.
This time, without the protection of the eight-armed demon shadow, his body began silently dissolving upon re-entry into the Dao Image.
A sense of inevitable death surged up in my heart, fearing that in just over ten breaths, he would perish within this Dao Image.
Divinity against the Sea blossoms countless times... will die, will die!
"Outrageous! Wang Meng has clearly retreated from the battle arena, yet this child dares to forcibly pull him back to attack!" The Six Ancestors of the Luo Family were instantly enraged, intending to intervene and save Wang Meng.
Anger also blazed in Luo Shix’s eyes, without a word, he was about to release his Daoist Thought to rescue Wang Meng.
Chen Xiao violated the provisions of the tomb competition first, so it wouldn’t count as a breach of rules for the two to help Wang Meng.
But before the two could act, a domineering young voice suddenly echoed between heaven and earth, dispelling their desire to intervene.
"Chen Xiao, isn’t it...? You’ve gone too far!"
The owner of this voice had an aura only at the Ghost Profound Peak-Stage.
Yet as soon as his voice was transmitted, it immediately merged with all the rain and fog here, causing the sound to reverberate in the sky for a long time, slowly blending into heaven and earth, enduring endlessly.
Just one sound, as if carrying an infinite Rain Intent, suddenly descended from the sky, transforming into countless thunderous echoes, exploding in Chen Xiao’s ears.
Chen Xiao, who was grinning coldly and intent on killing Wang Meng, suddenly felt his eardrums and mind roaring violently, causing a brief lapse, making his Dao Image loosen.
Wang Meng felt a sudden lightness in his body, and in great joy, seized the opportunity to break free from the constraints of the Dao Image and escape again to the outskirts of the battle arena.
He looked up at the vast starry sky, gazing in the direction of the Divine Space Star in the distance, his eyes filled with gratitude.
If not for this voice blending into heaven and earth, he absolutely couldn’t have escaped Chen Xiao’s killing tribulation so easily.
The person who voiced it, he was very familiar with, the one he had served as his master ten years ago!
At this moment, Wang Meng’s divine sense was constantly transmitting sensations, those sensations came from the Restrictive Spell! He could feel the master who planted this Restrictive Spell on him was desperately rushing to the scene!
At this moment, Lei Jinshi, who had been continually sneering proudly, suddenly had a sensation as well.
His sensation was different from Wang Meng’s, just at this moment, he sensed all connections between him and Qingyangzi had completely vanished.
Qingyangzi... was completely dead! His Spirit was erased!
"What kind of divine skill is this! It’s not Spirit Speech, yet it allows a voice to blend into the rain mist, merge with heaven and earth, and awe people’s hearts!"
"The person who voiced it is undoubtedly at the Ghost Profound Peak-Stage! For someone at the Ghost Profound Peak-Stage to possess such an eerie divine skill, who exactly is this person?!"
Countless questioning voices erupted from the spectator seats in all directions.
In the center of the battle arena, Chen Xiao, humiliated and furious, glared towards the direction of the Divine Space Star, and shouted coldly, "Who are you! As a mere Ghost Profound, you dare to thwart Chen’s murder, courting death! Chen shall crush you now!"
As soon as Chen Xiao’s words fell, his expression changed radically.
Not only Chen Xiao, but almost every master here cast their spirit sense towards the direction of the Divine Space Star, and their expressions shifted dramatically.
In the season where mist seals the Eastern Ocean Bell, the starry sky was originally gathered with vast, dense rain mist.
But at this moment, from the direction of the Divine Tomb on the Divine Space Star, heading all the way over, all the starry sky rain mist suddenly split into two, automatically dispersing to form a path, as if to provide access.
Upon the copper platform, every master whose cultivation was higher than the Shedding Void Stage looked up at the sky, their gaze dramatically shaken!
Though they could not see the rules of methods, they could vaguely sense that at this moment, the traces of rain mist methods between heaven and earth had subtly changed!
And the transformation of this rain mist across the starry sky seemed instinctively to welcome someone’s arrival!
Suddenly, upon the path through the rain mist, appeared a silhouette of a white-clothed young man like snow, with a star spot faintly flashing between his brows.
This person walked step by step from the direction of the Divine Tomb towards the copper platform on the Eastern Ocean Bell starry sky.
Though his pace appeared slow, with each step, he would directly traverse countless distances.
His cultivation speed couldn’t be said to be fast, but each step he took carried indescribable mystery.
As if in each casual lift of his foot, he could accurately tread upon the veinwork of all the rain mist traces between heaven and earth.
After several steps, this person directly appeared above the copper platform, his eyes flashing with icy piercing light, directly descending toward the center of the battle arena!
"The words you spoke earlier, dare you say them again!"
This person uttered just one sentence, yet it was accompanied by monstrous Evil Qi akin to a primordial beast, suddenly forming boundless blood flames.
The heavy variations here were simply unable to stop the descending figure of this person.
With the arrival of this person, the rules of methods between heaven and earth suddenly underwent minute shifts again.
The Evil Qi blood flames burning around him abruptly transformed into a scarlet hand, fiercely tearing toward Chen Xiao’s proud Dao Image of Divinity against the Sea!
The precision and mystery of the tear were indescribable, with just one tear, it immediately triggered the mad collapse of Chen Xiao’s Dao Image!
It was a collapse stemming from the level of method rules, once appeared, it instantly spread wildly, which Chen Xiao simply couldn’t halt.
One breath, the golden sea scatters!
Two breaths, the precious mirror shatters!
Three breaths, Dao Image collapses!
Chen Xiao’s chest was struck as if by a heavy blow, and with the destruction of the Dao Image, he immediately suffered severe backlash, stepping back repeatedly in disbelief, looking at the newcomer.
The newcomer’s voice, merging into the rain mist, echoed repeatedly in the sky, carrying majestic heavenly power that lingered long.
With each echo, the heavenly power contained in the voice multiplied.
’The words you spoke earlier, dare you say them again!’
’You, dare you!!’
’You, dare you!!!’
A series of echoes exploded once more in Chen Xiao’s ears, nearly shattering his divine sense!
Despite knowing the newcomer was a Ghost Profound, fear still gleamed in Chen Xiao’s eyes.
Under the newcomer’s heavenly-powered voice, cracks formed in his spirit sense, and fear emerged!
Inexplicably, Chen Xiao’s shoulders began to tremble uncontrollably.
Seeing the white-clothed youth descending in the battle arena, separated from him by a hundred zhang, Chen Xiao instinctively retreated several steps.
Even though he hadn’t figured out who the newcomer was, subconsciously, he revered this person like a tiger!
This inexplicably arriving white-clothed youth, if not Ning Fan, who could it be!
Ning Fan’s eyes flashed with cold light; he had rushed from the Divine Tomb to this place, secretly using the Heaven Prying Rain Technique midway, closely monitoring all occurrences here via the pervasive starry sky rain mist.
He had seen with his own eyes Luo Xiao’s physical destruction!
He had equally seen Wang Meng escaping the battle arena, only to be sneak-attacked by Chen Xiao in violation of the rules.
Having learned that the Chen Family had once dispatched Crossing Truth to pursue him, Ning Fan had already listed the Chen Family as an enemy.
Today, Ning Fan’s vendetta with the Chen Family deepened!
Luo Xiao was considered half a friend, Wang Meng half a servant... his people, are mere Chen Xiao worthy of harming them!
A killer must be prepared to be killed in return. Since this Chen Xiao dared to kill, he must have the courage to accept being killed himself!
This Chen Xiao even had the audacity to claim he wanted to barrier himself... Ning Fan intended to see who would ultimately crush whom!
A trace of killing intent flickered in Ning Fan’s eyes, and in the next instant, the sky above the copper platform plunged into a realm of darkness.
The darkness spread rapidly, seemingly capable of swallowing all light between heaven and earth.
Within this endless darkness, suddenly appeared seven Big Dipper Stars, hanging high in the sky.
Under the light of the Big Dipper Stars, Ning Fan’s gaze turned fierce, with a trace of Sky Grasping Thought emerging in his eyes!
He suddenly waved his right hand forward, tapping lightly with his forefinger, then tapping againd with his middle finger, and then again with his ring finger, forming his right hand into a palm and pressed it forward!
Thoughts of demon, thoughts of Dao, all divine skills condensed into a black-and-white interwoven Heaven-Concealing Palm Imprint,
The mighty force between heaven and earth frantically converged, causing the rain mist in the starry sky to tremble and distort violently, a vast heavenly power descended upon heaven and earth in that instant.
Between heaven and earth, it seemed there remained only this one palm imprint.
Having pressed out this palm, Ning Fan seemed at that moment to wield the entire firmament!
Chen Xiao’s gaze was almost dazed, nearly unable to respond before the palm imprint, akin to heaven and earth, fiercely pressed down!
"What kind of divine skill is this! Having such formidable heavenly power!!!"
"Cannot escape! Must confront with full force, or surely will be slain by this person’s palm!!"
Chen Xiao gritted his teeth fiercely, stepping upon the ground, instantly seven golden glows shot up from the earth, transforming into seven thousand-zhang golden dragons, fearlessly charging at the Heaven-Concealing Palm Imprint...
Cannot afford defeat, escape, or any hesitation, or death will ensue!
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