Twilight Boundary-Chapter 798 - 787: Heavenly Thunder and Earthly Fire

Hu Ma uttered a thank you, and the State Preceptor could no longer maintain his previously composed demeanor.

Thinking of this lifetime, where he engaged in countless battles, even the audaciously talented evil spirits of yesteryears fell at his hands. When he tallied up the setbacks and insults of his life, they paled in comparison to what he faced this night from Hu Ma.

Faced with Hu Ma's open expression, he even entertained the idea of leaving and not letting things go Hu Ma's way.

After all, if he left now, Hu Ma would have no chance to complete the Tenth Incense.

But this thought merely flickered in his mind, and in the end, he couldn't give up this final chance, so with a heavy sigh of regret, he slowly withdrew his hand.

Gazing at Hu Ma, he murmured, "Actually, I don't agree with the main sacrificial method of this Life Repairing Incense that establishes heaven and earth. This method belongs to the Daluo Dharma Sect and is one of the oldest dharma methods. The Daluo Dharma Sect relied on this method to establish heaven and earth."

"But since Tai Sui descended, heaven and earth have experienced many changes. Strange skills emerged one by one, while the Life Repairing Dharma Method of the Daluo Dharma Sect remained unchanged. To me, this is becoming outdated."

"Because I was too eager to ascend the bridge, I missed the chance to carry the Twelve Ghost Altars. It was later after realizing the importance of the Twelve Ghost Altars that I chose you."

"But..."

He gently shook his head and murmured, "Since Mr. Lao Junmei had plans, my miscalculation isn't unjust."

"With the bravest among the heavens teaming up with the most ruthless of the ten surnames, the Hu Family, how can I complain?"

"In truth, it's my own pride."

"..."

As he spoke, the mana around him slowly flowed towards his sleeves, and his expression grew calmer, but within that calmness lay a heaviness.

When Hu Ma slowly stood up and his Dharma form gathered again, he seriously glanced at Hu Ma and whispered, "With gambling, there's winning and losing. The winner should get some respects, also a tribute to this old friend and the Hu Family."

"Friend from Hu Family, my intention was not to kill you, nor did I wish to harm you too heavily, to avoid damaging your foundation."

"After all, it's only with you alive that I have hope to carry the Twelve Ghost Altars."

"But since you wish to grasp the life-stealing number between life and death, I am willing to fulfill your wish. So, please be cautious!"

"..."

As his words fell, he nodded slightly towards Hu Ma.

In the next instant, his two large sleeves suddenly filled with wind, surging like waves, slowly pressing downwards towards the ground.

Hu Ma, keeping vigilant throughout, took the opportunity to take a few deep breaths. As the State Preceptor's sleeves moved to cover the ground, he suddenly took a big step forward, brandishing a great saber of the Punishment Officer in his Dharma form, fiercely slashing towards the State Preceptor.

But before the blade could get close to the State Preceptor, it was already bounced back by the mana surging around him.

Suddenly, below his feet was a void. When he looked down, he was momentarily horrified.

Clearly, he hadn't jumped, but at some point, he found himself suspended in mid-air. When he looked up, an extremely strange feeling arose.

It was the State Preceptor, pressing down with his hands, he had actually pushed the entire ground or rather the entire Shangjing City down by half a foot.

His body, unable to keep up with the city, suddenly found itself in the state of suspension. The strength from the Shousui man's power rising from the ground vanished once his feet left the earth, his strength dissipating. Reacting swiftly, he immediately used the Thousand-Pound Fall technique to fall towards the ground.

But at this moment, the State Preceptor already appeared before him, his face devoid of any expression. With a light flick of his sleeves, a black chain flew out from somewhere unknown, instantly piercing into Hu Ma's chest.

Looking up, he saw the surroundings seemed to vanish.

Only an ancient door with carvings of evil gods and ghosts floated silently in the air.

This is where the chain came from, ending in a hook, catching onto Hu Ma's body.

Meanwhile, the surrounding air twisted and blurred, with more door panels appearing separately: one above Hu Ma's head, facing him, one behind him, and two on either side, making a total of five doors with the one in front.

Hu Ma's Dharma form surged, struggling desperately, as a mighty malevolent force surged forward, initially intending to drive back the State Preceptor. Unexpectedly, the State Preceptor just furrowed his brows slightly, receiving the full force of Hu Ma's Great Mighty Sky General Dharma Form.

This force, enough to crumble a small mountain, fell onto him without wasting a bit, yet the State Preceptor didn't even budge his shadow.

Only a slightly furrowed brow showed he was somewhat affected by the blow.

But during this moment, the remaining four doors also released chains, the one above directly hooking into Hu Ma's Dharma form's head, cold and piercing, as if his flesh and blood were similarly hooked.

The doors on either side hooked onto the arms holding the General Order and the Wordless Treasure Seal.

The door behind him hooked onto his Dharma form's back, equivalent to the spine.

In the next moment, the State Preceptor sighed gently, and five chains tightened simultaneously.

Screeching!

Hu Ma's Dharma form, originally transformed from the Divine Soul, was unmistakably twisted and deformed in that instant.

The immense, tearing pain was incomparably real as it coursed through his body, his brain nearly shattering.

"This is the method of the Impermanence Li Family, the Five Souls Breaking Prison."

As Hu Ma felt this substantial pain crawling like earthworms all over his body, the figure of the State Preceptor became exceptionally clear and composed: "Twenty years ago, this method existed as the Punishment Soul mother form of the Impermanence Li Family."

"In these twenty years, whether the Impermanence Li Family has developed a new mother form, I don't know, but this move, in my opinion, is a wonderful technique for dealing with evil spirits with only slight adjustments."

"The Five Gates of the Prison: First, seizing the Immortal Fate spiritual temple; Second, seizing the Life Incense of the flesh; Third, seizing the soul treasure; Fourth, tearing the Divine Soul; Fifth, destroying the seven souls."

"Young friend of the Hu Family, to cultivate a fate beyond heaven, you must be able to endure the pain, ah..."

"..."

Under the pull of these five gates, the Dharma Form was already distorted in shape, the endless feeling of being torn surged into the brain.

At this moment, from afar, the faint sound of commotion rang out; the Reincarnators had already rushed into Shangjing, and perhaps soon, they would notice the disturbance at the ancestral hall and hurry over. For Hu Ma, the Reincarnators coming to help might be the only hope of survival.

But listening to the noises of the approaching Reincarnators, the State Preceptor merely turned slowly, walking a few steps around Hu Ma, each step in the direction of the Ten Gates of Haishou.

As he moved, a strange and surprising feeling suddenly emerged amidst the extreme pain, with some gray dust that had been shaken into the air previously starting to fall to the ground bit by bit.

But now, it suddenly stopped mid-air.

He suddenly realized within his heart, it wasn't the dust that had stopped, but time itself.

The State Preceptor had borrowed the Magic from one of the gates of Haishou, making this area extremely light, so time became extremely fast, different from other places.

Since the Reincarnators would soon arrive, he made this short span of time infinitely long, severing the last thread of life.

In an instant, a feeling of despair suddenly surged in his heart.

Winning the life-stealing number in the life-and-death battle is not about seeking death. If truly seeking death, one would just have someone cut their neck, dying faster. This life-stealing number method is about challenging someone or a situation that seems impossible to overcome, yet striving to hold onto a sliver of life, thus stealing life.

But the State Preceptor's move extinguished all hope for Hu Ma, leaving not a trace of life.

Only endless despair and torment remained in this near-stagnant time, watching himself being torn apart.

Yet this torment and despair seemed to become what Hu Ma desired. His Dharma Form was immobilized, unable to move, and he seemed to have lost even the strength to struggle.

But there were still parts that could move. His Dharma Form had cultivated a four-armed stance, and now, though his head and two hands were bound, there were still two hands that could barely move. Instinctively, he wanted to pull at those chains with these two hands.

But knowing it was of no use, he endured and instead tried hard to slowly raise these two hands.

One pointing to the sky, and one pointing forward.

Calling upon gods, ordering ghosts, defying heaven and earth.

Perhaps he would truly die the very next moment, but right before death, he put all his energy into the Dharma Form of the Great Mighty Heaven Master General Seal, as if revisiting it, with the arrogance and defiance within the Dharma Form welling up in his heart.

"Heaven and earth could not destroy me, life and death do not taint me."

At this time, Hu Ma couldn't even speak; these words seemed more like the resonance of his Divine Soul spoken out.

And at this same moment, the nine incense on Hu Ma's body quickly burned, almost consumed entirely.

This time, there was no feeling of entering the Intermediate Yin Realm, because his previous nine life incense only aimed at changing fate, but this time, he truly sought to steal life from this heaven and earth.

And in the Realm of Ten Thousand Deaths, biting his teeth to steal this final breath of life, even the State Preceptor standing closely watching Hu Ma's struggle showed a slight change of expression, with a hint of surprise.

Then, he swung his wide sleeve like a cloth sack, hanging down.

Crack!

In the distance, trees planted around the Ten Surnames Ancestral Hall suddenly burst into flames, lines of fire snaking towards Hu Ma, disregarding time, burning directly onto him, charring his flesh and bones.

Meanwhile, in the sky, dark clouds rolled, and rolling thunder serpents struck down, crashing onto the top of Hu Ma's head, shattering his Divine Sense.

The Dharma Form torn apart, the body charred, successive extraordinary onslaughts, strange skills, nearly rendered Hu Ma's Divine Soul to complete void, with no vitality left.

The State Preceptor quietly watched Hu Ma before him, observing with extreme attention, his expression slightly cold.

One move of the Five Souls Punishment Prison, one move of the Harmful Head Cutting Earth Skill, one move of the Stealing Disaster Heavenly Thunder and Earth Fire, leaving Hu Ma nearly devoid of life.

Real life-and-death stealing isn't about catching a lucky streak or scratching that monster from the Intermediate Yin Realm.

It genuinely means death could occur.

PS: It feels unreasonable to ask for votes without adding another chapter, so hurriedly wrote this out. Two chapters at noon, normal updates.