My Dreams Connect to Ancient Times-Chapter 216 - 52: The Cyan Lamp Holds My Hand, 1 Beat of the Fishing Drum and 9 Dragons Dance
"This is..." Sakata Shindo was slightly stunned. The lamp looked familiar, and he quickly remembered what it was.
It was... it was the Cyan Lamp that sat before the terrifying Sanqing Temple Master in that dreadful Daoist School.
His expression changed drastically. He tried to pull his palm back, but it was already too late. The flame flared up, lightly licking his palm, which was densely covered in the Dao and its principles!
In the next instant, the Dao and its principles within the lines of Sakata Shindo's palm collapsed from the heat. The flame latched onto it, instantly erupting to set his entire hand ablaze and snake its way up his arm!
The Jade Void Glazed Lamp was a Celestial Lamp, but more than that, it was the lamp held by the Cause of All Fruits!
The lamp's light reflected the Celestial Realms and all other realms. Its flame could incinerate the birth and death of a Great Realm, burn across the Thirty-Three Celestial Realms, and even destroy the Cause and Effect of all things—the very concept of existence and absence!
Sakata Shindo stared in shock at his burning hand. He felt no pain, yet alarm bells screamed in his mind. He sensed that the very "concept" and "Cause and Effect" of his right hand were becoming fuel for the flame!
In other words, the "concept" and "Cause and Effect" of his right hand were being burned away!
A profound sense of terror bloomed in Sakata Shindo's heart. He cried out, desperately unleashing his Immortal Light to extinguish the flame.
But as the Immortal Light showered down, the flame, far from being extinguished, burned even higher. It was as if all his slaughtering techniques had also turned into fuel for the fire!
Seeing the fire about to travel up his arm to his torso, Sakata Shindo was so terrified his soul nearly fled his body. He decisively severed his own right arm!
The moment the arm was severed, the fire surged violently. In an instant, it had completely burned the entire limb... no, to be precise, it erased the entire arm from the air, bit by bit!
Sakata Shindo was still reeling from the shock. At the stump of his right arm, flesh writhed as he tried to regrow the hand.
But he immediately discovered with horror that it had failed!
This was even more terrifying than when he had lost his left hand on the level of Cause and Effect. At least his left hand could briefly take form, existing for a moment before collapsing.
This time, however, the regenerating flesh couldn't even form the slightest trace of a right hand, because its very "concept" had been turned to fuel and burned away!
"This... this..." Having lost both arms completely, with no way to regenerate or replace them, Sakata Shindo broke down. He staggered backward, his steps shattering the void and collapsing the Celestial Vault!
High in the clouds, both the temporarily sealed Yan Huang and the chairman of the Aotao Organism watched this scene in utter horror. They too had sensed the terrifying nature of that flame—it burned not matter, but concepts and Cause and Effect!
'Is that the lamp?!' A chill ran down Chairman Ao Tao's spine. The Sanqing Temple was far too terrifying. The leaked live footage from there had been scrutinized by all major powers, and that brilliant Cyan Lamp had naturally been a key point of focus. He recognized it at once!
Yan Huang, on the other hand, was both shocked and delighted. 'Xiaoxuan actually had a trick like this up his sleeve... But it makes sense. That mysterious Sanqing Temple Master is Xiaoxuan's elder, after all. It's only natural that Xiaoxuan could borrow a Supreme Treasure!'
'It's just...'
A look of worry appeared on his face. 'That lamp is boundlessly terrifying, its tiny flame feeding on Cause and Effect and concepts, but Xiaoxuan can probably only barely activate it.'
'And as long as one dodges the flame's burn, then...'
As expected, below, Sakata Shindo—now completely armless—was on the verge of madness. Although he didn't dare approach Lu Xuan again, a terrifying light capable of tearing apart heaven and earth shot from his eyes, piercing straight toward him!
A vast aura locked onto Lu Xuan, restricting his every move. But Lu Xuan wasn't panicked. 'I indeed can't fully control this Jade Void Glazed Lamp,'
'but being able to activate even a sliver of its power is enough!'
He took a deep breath. The instant the divine light was about to strike him, he activated the Celestial Venerable Cyan Lamp. The candle flame flared up again, burning away the concept of the two beams of divine light's existence, and then incinerated the terrifying aura that was pinning him down into nothingness!
'It's a pity,' Lu Xuan thought. 'If I could fully wield the Jade Void Glazed Lamp, I could have sent the flame along the threads of Cause and Effect to burn Sakata Shindo to death directly!'
At that thought, killing intent flashed in Lu Xuan's eyes. He raised the Jade Void Glazed Lamp high and charged toward Sakata Shindo, as if daring him to make contact!
Sakata Shindo was scared out of his wits and retreated frantically, while in the sky, Chairman Ao Tao shouted a reminder:
"Bypass that lamp! Kill him with Divine Techniques!" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
Sakata Shindo retreated a great distance and then came to his senses. 'The candle flame needs time to burn, so...'
A vicious look flashed in his eyes. He manipulated the Mysteries of Heaven and Earth, using a Dharma akin to Touching Stone into Gold to transform rocks and stones into countless sharp swords, which shot toward Lu Xuan from all directions!
Lu Xuan's expression changed slightly. He used the Jade Void Candle Flame to burn away most of the swords, but there were always some it couldn't reach. A terrifying killing intent locked onto him once more, making his very soul tremble!
He decisively held out his left hand, opening the Acupoint Heaven and Earth within it to resonate with the Great Heaven and Earth. He then performed the Mediation of Creation, producing a spark of Innate Thunder Light inside the Acupoint Heaven and Earth!
As the Innate Thunder Light from his Acupoint Heaven and Earth resonated with the Great Heaven and Earth, it was magnified exponentially, transforming into a strand of Innate True Thunder. It coiled around Lu Xuan, destroying some of the swords piercing toward him!
Sakata Shindo, however, was unmoved. At first, the terrifying flame had made him lose his composure, but after calming down, he understood the situation.
'Even though the boy wields that terrifying Cyan Lamp, he himself is still just an Earth Immortal.'
'Killing him will be easy!'
A murderous glint flashed in Sakata Shindo's eyes. He used his words to shake the heavens and the earth, his voice forming a Killing Skill!
"Suppress!"
The terrifying Dao sound pressed down. Although ninety percent of it was burned away by Lu Xuan's Jade Void Candle Flame, and another ninety percent of what remained was pierced by the Innate Thunder Light,
even with ninety-nine percent of it nullified, the last sliver of the slaughtering Dao sound that struck him still nearly suppressed him to death on the spot!
Lu Xuan coughed up a large mouthful of blood. Half of his body was mangled, with bone starkly visible, while the other half was also decaying!
"Xiaoxuan!"
In the Celestial Vault, Yan Huang cried out anxiously. Though Lu Xuan's figure was on the verge of collapse, he forced himself to stay upright and held out his shattered left hand!
The void trembled, and a simple, ancient Fishing Drum materialized above his palm.
Sakata Shindo, who had been about to press his advantage and unleash another Dao sound to finish the boy off, felt his pupils shrink. Fearing it was another absurdly powerful Supreme Treasure, he retreated.
But Lu Xuan, with extreme difficulty, sounded the Fishing Drum!
Just one beat.
TAP!
A crisp sound rose from the peak of Taishan. In the first instant, it echoed throughout the Ancestor Star. In the second instant, it resounded across the Solar System.
By the third instant, the entire Great Cosmos, the Great Heaven and Earth, reverberated with this crisp sound!
And then... there was nothing else.
The sound of the Fishing Drum was filled with the Dao and its principles, but that seemed to be all. It brought a moment of clarity to many living beings as it echoed through the Great Cosmos, but it had no other effect...
"That's it?" Sakata Shindo, who had been tensed up, breathed a sigh of relief. Killing intent surged in his eyes once more. He gathered his thoughts, formed a Killing Skill, and was about to strike!
His body shattered, Lu Xuan gritted his teeth and continuously beat the Fishing Drum!
TAP! TAP! TAP!!
As the Heaven-Reaching Fishing Drum was played, its rhythm was orderly, and it seemed to receive a response.
Lu Xuan looked in the direction of the response. It was... the Dragon Corpses?
The nine Dragon Corpses had raised their heads when the Fishing Drum sounded, only to let them fall with a great rumble when the sound ceased.
'Could it be...'
Lu Xuan's figure flashed. Not hesitating to burn his own life force, he transformed into a streak of light and, an instant later, stood atop the head of a Dragon Corpse!
He glanced sideways at the stunned Sakata Shindo, then fiercely and viciously beat the Fishing Drum again!
TAP! TAP! TAP! TAP...
And along with the music, the nine True Dragon Corpses of the Immortal Level also raised their heads, fiercely and viciously, as if they wanted to dance, as if they wanted to devour someone!
The chains were pulled taut. The Coffin and Casket trembled slightly. The Dead Immortal turned its head and looked up.
An icy chill shot up Sakata Shindo's spine!
