Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 96: The Six Lines Break the Path, The Three Talents Destroy the Saint!
The other two charged straight for Ning Xuan and Si Lanyi. To prevent any unforeseen problems, it was best to kill them now and be done with it.
THUD!
Three figures were sent flying backward.
Ning Xuan gathered all of his Element Force and True Blood, fully activating the Xuan Wu Divine Meridian to protect Si Lanyi, but he immediately sensed something was wrong. Looking closely, he saw another figure standing before them—a trembling silhouette on the verge of collapse!
It was Zhongli Ruoruo! She hadn’t left at all!
"Are you insane? Why did you come back?!" Ning Xuan and Si Lanyi hissed almost simultaneously.
"You both noticed something was off with me, but even at a life-or-death moment, you never considered sacrificing me. How could I possibly leave you?" Zhongli Ruoruo didn’t turn around, but her voice carried clearly to them.
The hearts of Si Lanyi and Ning Xuan sank. Zhongli Ruoruo was acting very strangely. She had blocked the brunt of the attack for them and could still speak with perfect fluency, yet her body swayed as if she might collapse at any moment. The contradiction defied all logic.
"To survive a full-force blow from the two of us is something not even a Peak Heavenly Realm Martial Artist could do, let alone a Dao Xuan Master who cultivates Dao Xuan Techniques! Who on earth are you?!" the two King Realm powerhouses exclaimed, their expressions grave.
At the same time, one of them moved his lips, and the surrounding Element Qi roiled like a dragon, rushing toward the location where their companion who had been chasing Zhongli Ruoruo had gone. He was summoning him back.
Zhongli Ruoruo let out a light, mocking chuckle.
A terrible premonition bloomed in the two men’s hearts, and they were about to attack.
"I advise the two of you not to move recklessly, or you will die instantly," Zhongli Ruoruo warned.
She was actually threatening them!
"Little girl, we are from the Martial God Temple! There’s nothing we haven’t seen! You’re far too green to frighten us!" one of the Martial Artists scoffed.
"Don’t believe me? You’re welcome to try," Zhongli Ruoruo said lightly.
The two men exchanged a look, not daring to call her bluff.
"Hahaha, excellent! Such loyalty! Now all three of you can die together!" an excited voice shouted as the other King Realm powerhouse returned. "What’s wrong with you two?" he asked immediately, noticing his comrades’ strange expressions.
Soon, all three of them had their eyes fixed on Zhongli Ruoruo.
She suddenly turned and smiled at Ning Xuan and Si Lanyi. In the depths of her eyes, there was a hint of reluctance, but it was overshadowed by resolute determination.
"What are you doing? Don’t be rash! This is my problem!" Ning Xuan’s face paled as he shouted a warning.
"Senior Sister, this has nothing to do with you," Si Lanyi added. "If you feel you owe us, you’ve already repaid that debt. Please, leave now!"
The three King Realm powerhouses moved to attack at once, but to their shock, a bizarre aura locked onto them, rooting them in place.
"Cast the hexagram!" Zhongli Ruoruo cried, and with a toss of her hands, a set of divination tools tumbled into the air.
Ning Xuan was confused, but Si Lanyi’s beautiful eyes narrowed. Terror instantly filled the faces of the three experts.
"You’re insane! Stop! STOP!!!" they shrieked in unison, their faces masks of pure fear.
"What is she doing?" Ning Xuan asked Si Lanyi.
"She is using the Yin Yang Sect’s forbidden secret technique, the Hexagram of Divine Annihilation! The ’Divine’ in its name refers to the Divine Soul!" Si Lanyi’s expression was a mixture of emotions. The moment Zhongli Ruoruo cast the hexagram, she finally understood her purpose in getting close to her. But now, seeing her use an irreversible forbidden technique to save them, Si Lanyi was utterly bewildered.
"What does that mean?" Ning Xuan asked urgently. Judging by everyone’s reactions, the technique was immensely powerful. But what price would Zhongli Ruoruo have to pay?
"Once cast, the technique severs the user’s connection to the three paths of heaven, earth, and humanity. In exchange, if the user is powerful enough, it can even obliterate the Divine Soul of a saint! You have to understand, a saint can be resurrected from even a single drop of True Blood!"
Ning Xuan’s eyes widened. "Then we have to stop her!"
Despite his extraordinary talent and fortuitous encounters, both Qingyang Town and Wuling City were small places. His exposure to the wider world was simply too limited. Otherwise, he would never have allowed Zhongli Ruoruo to make such a sacrifice, even though saving him was likely just an afterthought.
Si Lanyi shook her head. "It can’t be stopped. There are strict prerequisites for using this secret technique. The moment she was injured, the Hexagram of Divine Annihilation was already set in motion. Once activated, no one can control it, not even she herself!"
"So that’s why she said what she did," Ning Xuan murmured. "She was stalling to make sure all three of them were here, to kill them all at once!"
"Yes," Si Lanyi replied, her expression sorrowful. Although Zhongli Ruoruo had approached her with ulterior motives, she had never harmed her. Now, she was sacrificing herself for their sake...
Watching Zhongli Ruoruo continue to cast the hexagrams, Ning Xuan’s gaze burned with intensity. Si Lanyi said no one could intervene, but he had to try. He refused to owe such an astronomical debt of gratitude, and he would not allow Si Lanyi’s Mental State to develop a flaw because of this.
Qilin!
Invoking it in his mind, Ning Xuan activated the Qilin Divine Meridian. The Qilin Divine Meridian, revered by all Element Beasts, governed insight. Under the influence of its Bloodline Power, golden threads flickered deep within Ning Xuan’s eyes.
Suddenly, the invisible streams of energy from Zhongli Ruoruo’s divination became visible to him. Still, it wasn’t enough.
Bai Ze!
He activated the Bai Ze Divine Meridian as well. The Bai Ze Divine Meridian ruled the Netherworld, wielded punishment, and held knowledge of all things under the heavens.
With both divine meridians active and enhanced by his Bloodline Power, Ning Xuan finally saw through the mysteries of the Hexagram of Divine Annihilation. In his vision, thin black threads now coiled around the bodies of the three King Realm Martial Artists. These were strands of lethal energy, each one capable of effortlessly slicing through flesh and Divine Soul.
With every hexagram Zhongli Ruoruo cast, the threads grew stronger, their binding tighter. The three men were now completely immobilized. Only the final hexagram remained. Once it was cast, they would be dissected by the energy, their forms and souls annihilated, and Zhongli Ruoruo would be lost forever.
"Break!" 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
The very instant the final hexagram was cast, Ning Xuan pointed a finger into the void.
CLANG!
The tumbling divination tools abruptly crashed to the ground. Like a castle in the air losing its foundation, the energy strands binding the three men instantly shattered.
Ning Xuan now stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Zhongli Ruoruo, his voice calm. "They’re merely in the King Realm. Give me time to recover my Element Force, and I can kill them in an instant without even raising my cultivation level. They are not worthy of you using such a technique."
Zhongli Ruoruo’s eyes widened, her expression frozen in disbelief. Since its creation, no one had ever been able to stop the Hexagram of Divine Annihilation once it was initiated. How could Ning Xuan possibly... Is he the reincarnation of a legendary god or immortal?!
BOOM—
The void overhead roared as Ning Xuan activated the Chaos Ancestral Dragon Scripture, ravenously devouring the surrounding Element Qi. Though his Heavenly Grade Element Vein had lost its divinity, it was still of the Seventh Grade, containing far more potent energy than any Element Crystal. At such a close distance, his speed of consumption was terrifyingly fast, like a whale swallowing the ocean.
While Zhongli Ruoruo was still lost in shock, the three King Realm Martial Artists came to their senses. They frantically checked their bodies and, upon realizing they were still alive, were overcome with ecstatic joy. Immediately after, their gazes locked onto Zhongli Ruoruo in unison.
In that moment, the most terrifying person in their eyes wasn’t Ning Xuan, nor was it the Dao Xuan Master Si Lanyi. It was the unassuming Zhongli Ruoruo.
Ning Xuan stepped forward, blocking their line of sight. "Your opponent is me!"
His fighting spirit was immense, his momentum soaring.
