Shennong Dao Master-Chapter 1257 - 2: Teacher, Please Step Down! (14,000 Words!)_6
"What use is it if many clones die?" Four Symbols True Man's expression was grave, "To Zhao Xing, it's simply not important."
"When you say weak, in which aspect do you mean?" Paco was puzzled.
"It's on the life force level," Four Symbols True Man said, "You know I'm good at escaping and saving my life. For survival, I've practiced a secret technique that can sense enemies through life waves, which is more comprehensive and has a wider range than spell detection."
"At the life force level, the Heavenly Venerate is weakening!"
"At first, it wasn't obvious. I thought I sensed it wrongly, but now it's very clear!"
"Weakening on the life force level?" Paco was skeptical, "But wouldn't the Heavenly Venerate feel it himself?"
"It's hard to discern when you're in the midst of it. In a battle, your attention is highly focused. Even if something feels off, you might think it's due to battle fatigue or injury, just focusing on how to kill the enemy quickly, unless the Heavenly Venerate also practiced the Life Dao," Four Symbols True Man explained.
"Paco, let's go over, otherwise I feel something bad will happen to Mo Yu Venerable!"
"Go over?" Paco snorted, "Four Symbols True Man, didn't you hear Mo Yu Venerable telling us not to interfere? He wants to hog the glory and treasures; should we shamelessly go help him?"
"At least give a heads-up. If he returns and vents anger on us..."
While the two were discussing—
"Boom!"
A sudden strong tremor erupted ahead.
Even from thirty-four miles away, both of them felt the great tremor.
Glaciers were flung into the air.
Large chunks of ice were even thrown in front of them.
"Oh no!"
Four Symbols True Man's face changed.
"Paco, let's go quickly! Mo Yu Venerable is probably in grave danger!"
"What?"
"Are you going or not?"
"Go, go, go!"
Paco hurriedly gave his hand to Four Symbols True Man, and their figures instantly vanished from their original spot.
...
At the center of the battle, all fields had disappeared.
Of Zhao Xing's five clones, only three remained.
Mo Yu Venerable's Qi Blood Domain had vanished, his exposed skin was covered in cracks, bleeding incessantly, and his skin had become wrinkled.
The feathers on his back had all fallen, leaving only flesh wings, and one horn on his head was missing.
On Mo Yu Venerable's chest, there was a huge gap, which was the most serious injury.
"Thump! Thump!"
Through the hole, Zhao Xing could see Mo Yu Venerable's heart, wrapped in a layer of armor.
It was this blood-red armor that protected the heart.
"You, what have you done..."
Mo Yu Venerable held his chest with one hand and glanced at his upheld hand, muttering to himself.
His hand actually showed black spots and wrinkles!
This was clearly a sign of impending doom!
"A peerless treasure, the Heart Origin Armor," Zhao Xing was staring at the beating heart, "Recently, my five avatars acted together, sacrificing the Li Huo Dharma Body to unleash a Heavenly Fall move, focusing the Li Fire to a point, piercing his chest and revealing his heart, confirming that he had started the process of fusing his Life Soul with the Seven Spirits of the body, already half a step into the Rule Realm."
"Confirmed his Life Soul is fused in the heart!"
When a Martial Artist breaks through to the Rule Realm, the Life Soul no longer resides in the sea of consciousness but merges with the body.
Before it's fully merged, the Life Soul might reside in any part of the five internal organs, depending on the cultivation technique, from where it starts.
It might spread from the heart to the entire body, or from the kidneys...
More advanced ones merge the Earth Soul with the Seven Spirits as well, like Luo Hou King, who merged more Earth Souls, making him stronger.
"Identify the weakness, the Soul-devouring Dharma Body unleashed thousands of soul spears, yet can't kill him directly mainly because there's a peerless treasure [Heart Origin Armor] at the heart."
When the Soul-devouring Spear attacks a spellcaster, it targets the area of the sea of consciousness in the brain.
But to attack a Qi Sect Martial Artist, it must target the fused Life Soul part in the five internal organs.
"Didn't kill him, but his heart was shaken, he is still injured."
Zhao Xing's head was also a bit dizzy, earlier deploying Soul-devouring Spear exhausted about half his soul power, giving him a seasick feeling.
"Seize the chance, kill him completely!"
"I want to become the Grand Minister of Agriculture; I need substantial battle achievements, Mo Yu Venerable, I'll take your corpse!"
Zhao Xing no longer held back, to prevent any escape chances.
His true body manifested the Pure Essence Projection.
"Buzz~"
A shadow covered a thousand miles of glacier.
"Roar!"
In the east appeared a towering ancient bamboo, faintly carrying a Dragon Roar.
Late Rule Realm Dragon Spirit Bamboo!
"Hiss hiss hiss~"
In the south a massive fire-red lotus bloomed, and as it appeared, the glaciers melted directly, turning into a boiling ocean.
"You, you..."
Mo Yu Venerable was stunned.
True Rule Realm plants, and two of them!
"Soldier God Decision!"
Zhao Xing shouted, and the two Rule Realm Dragon Spirit Bamboo and Fire God Lotus instantly activated.
"Boom!"
The petals of the Fire God Lotus were closed, bulging in the middle as if charging, the lotus leaves formed a muzzle, firing a thin red line.
The hundreds of joints of the Dragon Spirit Bamboo spewed bursts of Geng Metal aura.
But it wasn't directly attacking; instead, forming a large net, enveloping Mo Yu Venerable, blocking his retreat.
"You can't kill me!"
In the last moment, Mo Yu Venerable shed the stiffness brought by the injured Life Soul, his whole body suddenly molting, like a person emerging from the old shell.
The blood-dripping body broke through from the top, actually avoiding the attack of the Fire God Lotus.
