Slaying Demons: Starting with Upgrading my Calligraphy-Chapter 650 - 545: Innate Five Directions Seal!_2

Helpless, truly helpless.

Those who can harness the Palm Dao Holy Technique are almost equivalent to half a Primordial Spirit True Honor.

Although the five of them rely on the blessing of the Dao Embryo and claim to possess power comparable to a Primordial Spirit True Honor, it only refers to destructive power.

But Qi Xiu, who can wield the Palm Dao Holy Technique, is truly a match for a Primordial Spirit True Honor.

Facing such a being, it seems no one can do anything but sigh in admiration.

In this battle, his defeat was not unjust.

"You won."

With the Nine Nether being suppressed by the Innate Five Directions Seal, Zhao Siji knew there was no turning the tide. With a long sigh, he withdrew all his methods and stood quietly in the void.

"You seem quite calm."

As the Nine Nether was driven away, Qi Xiu waved and dispersed the Innate Five Directions Seal. Though he had the ability to wield the Palm Dao Holy Technique, he had indeed taken a shortcut.

The Great Five Elements Annihilation Heavenly Wheel is extremely difficult to forge. The sooner he removed the Palm Dao Holy Technique, the sooner he could mitigate the possibility of damage.

"Victory and defeat are clear-cut, quite fair."

Calmly gazing at Qi Xiu, Zhao Siji, though pale, was also curious.

This seemingly ordinary Daoist, how could he achieve such earth-shattering feats time and again?

Could it be, he is truly the bane of my Zhao Family?

"An esteemed prince of the Zhao Imperial Clan, your life holds more value than your death."

With a thought, Qi Xiu and a hundred External Incarnations simultaneously cast the Suppression Character Talisman, instantly unleashing a torrent of dazzling golden light to firmly seal and suppress Zhao Siji.

Zhao Siji, sent by Zhao Baye to guard this Blood Lotus Great World for a millennium, who knows how many schemes he has carried out.

Killing him is easy, but prying out Zhao Baye's numerous secrets from him is the right path.

Putting away Zhao Siji, who was sealed into a Golden Man, Qi Xiu stepped towards the Demon Lotus that was left half-crippled by Qi Sanhua.

The entrance to the Core Earth Repository is right below this Demon Lotus.

Zhao Baye found a way to bring this Demon Lotus into the Blood Lotus Great World, not only to seize and control the entire world but also to block the entrance to the Core Earth Repository with the Demon Lotus, using its power to slowly erode the world's origin, thereby suppressing the Red Lotus Karmic Fire.

"This Demon Lotus has entrenched itself in this world for too long, its roots have already extended into the world's source. Although Qi Sanhua severely wounded it, this is merely superficial.

To completely wipe out this Demon Lotus, we must use the method entrusted by the Sect Master."

Gazing at the seemingly withered and weakened yet inwardly rich Demon Lotus, Qi Xiu brought his two fingers together and formed a spell, utilizing the fire-inducing method taught by Supreme Sect Leader Dongfang Qing.

"This Nine Nether Spirits Bright Cold Flame is one of the devilish fires from the Nine Nether Land. Zhao Baye taught Zhao Siji the 'Nine Nether Sun Swallowing Great Method', likely harboring intentions of countering the Demon Lotus."

Gathering the residual Nine Nether Qi between heaven and earth, a flicker of ghostly blue fire shot from Qi Xiu's eyes, igniting a flame infused with ghostly blue and strands of bright yellow—a devilish cold flame.

It was none other than the Nine Nether Spirits Bright Cold Flame.

At the moment this devilish flame was summoned, the Demon Lotus below, which had been feigning death, sensed the arrival of its nemesis. Its massive roots, thick as dragons, awakened instantly and lashed toward Qi Xiu, shattering layers of void.

"A single Demon Lotus, trying to overturn the heavens?"

Looking down, Qi Xiu pointed with his right hand, causing the expansive void to tremble. Countless colored auspicious clouds gathered to form a massive finger crushing the void, annihilating gods and demons.

Innate Hunyuan Great Handprint!

With a single point, the formidable roots rushing forward were shattered inch by inch, reduced to dust scattering in mid-air. The tremendous noise echoed clearly for tens of thousands of miles.

As if a piece of heaven pressed down, the entire Demon Lotus trembled continuously. Its petals folded tightly, forming a lotus bud to resist the assault.

Seeing the Demon Lotus intent on holding its ground, Qi Xiu waved his large sleeve, causing the Nine Nether Spirits Bright Cold Flame in his palm to expand wildly, becoming an endless sea of ghostly blue flames, engulfing the entire Demon Lotus.

"Roar—"

Engulfed by the Nine Nether Spirits Bright Cold Flame, the Demon Lotus immediately let out terrifying roars, akin to those of a wild beast. Its immense body trembled, shaking the earth for thousands of miles as it struggled to extinguish the flames.

"Thick-skinned, indeed."

Seeing that after burning for half a day, although the Demon Lotus continued to howl in pain, its vitality did not significantly decline, only the outer petals peeled off layer by layer.

Unwilling to waste more time on this Demon Lotus, Qi Xiu willed, and the hundred External Incarnations moved in unison. Countless Fire Talismans formed from the Nine Nether Spirits Bright Cold Flame coalesced in the void, instantly forming a massive Fire Formation covering a radius of ten thousand miles!

The hundred Qi Xius simultaneously raised a Daoist incantation, softly chanting.

Boom!

The terrifying pillars of fire erupted skyward, fiercely burning the Demon Lotus at the formation's center with unparalleled brightness.

Under the scorching of this immense Fire Formation, the petals of the Demon Lotus were rapidly incinerated, its size shrinking visibly.

Within minutes, the once nearly ten-thousand-mile-wide Demon Lotus was reduced to a lone hundred-mile Lotus Platform desperately holding on.

"Is that the entrance to the Core Earth Repository?"

With the Demon Lotus burned down to less than one percent of its original size, the previously concealed entrance to the Core Earth Repository was now exposed.

It was an almost perfectly round bronze disc, at its center a Scarlet Red Lotus Flower, wreathed in blazing flames, exuding an overwhelming aura as if alive, etched on the disc.

With a sweep of his large sleeve, Qi Xiu stored the now less than one percent sized Demon Lotus into the Universe in the Sleeve and flickered to the entrance of the Core Earth Repository.

Even before approaching the bronze disc, Qi Xiu felt an intense aura that caused his whole body to burn unbearably with heat, as if a fierce flame was about to ignite from within him and scorch him clean.

It seemed the Demon Lotus had spent considerable origin to conceal and suppress the fiery aura escaping this entrance; otherwise, containing it might not have been so easy.

Feeling the potent fire emanating from the Core Earth Repository, Qi Xiu's expression changed slightly.

Though the Demon Lotus appeared average in behavior, in truth, most of its origin was likely spent combating the fiery aura over the millennium.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have extended its roots throughout the Blood Lotus Great World, extracting the world's origin to maintain its state.

To be found by a Primordial Spirit True Honor like Zhao Baye and used to erode an entire world, the Demon Lotus was not an ordinary existence.

Unfortunately, the Red Lotus Karmic Fire within the Core Earth Repository was too terrifying. Even though the Demon Lotus was a rare phenomenon of heaven and earth, being roasted by the fire for a millennium had left it terribly weak.

Realizing the might of the Red Lotus Karmic Fire within the Core Earth Repository, Qi Xiu commanded ten External Incarnations to guard the area, instructing Taiyin and Taiyang who had arrived:

"Within the Core Earth Repository lies a Red Lotus Karmic Fire, its power formidable. Stay outside, do not follow me in."

Red Lotus Karmic Fire is a Heaven and Earth Divine Fire.

An ancient Primordial Spirit level power.

Besides possessing intensely powerful heat, it can also burn Karmic Cause and Effect. Once ignited, it will consume all antecedents and consequents, reverting one to their original state.

Simply put, once ensnared by the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, all cultivation and power will be burned away, and even the physical body might be consumed, reverting to the most primitive "small tadpole" state.

Having secured everything, Qi Xiu approached the bronze disc entrance, chanting the key incantation Dongfang Qing had taught him.

As deep, obscure, anciently toned Sutras and Mantras resonated through the void,

the bronze disc before Qi Xiu quivered, the central Red Lotus seemingly came to life, its scarlet petals slowly unfolding, sinister firelight like flowing blood spreading across the disc.

With his face bathed in this eerie firelight, Qi Xiu frowned, instantly commanding:

"Retreat to ten thousand miles away."

But just as Qi Xiu spoke, the entire bronze disc suddenly disintegrated, and an extraordinarily fierce and imposing Red Lotus emerged, drawing Qi Xiu inside with lightning speed before swiftly retracting into the Core Earth Repository beneath the bronze disc.

"Master!"

The unexpected change caught even Taiyin and Taiyang off guard. By the time they reacted, Qi Xiu had already been captured by the Red Lotus, his whereabouts unknown.

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