Chapter 277: Dharma Body Seizes the Dragon, Ascension Begins!
Chapter 277: Dharma Body Seizes the Dragon, Ascension Begins!
"You—don't come any closer!"
Sui Ling's face twisted between fear and fury as Lv Yang strode forward. The memory of his infamous title "Yuan Tu (Slaughter)" sent her trembling, her thighs instinctively clenching together.
But Lv Yang had no patience for threats.
With a flick of his finger, his Tribulation Tempest Blade erupted behind him—a blazing arc of sword light that cleaved straight toward the dragon maiden.
Sui Ling gritted her teeth, hastily shifting back into human form. Her true dragon body would be a massive target for flying swords. She raised a luminous pearl above her head, its radiance spilling down like a silvery canopy to shield her. The Moonstream Pearl—a gift from Tian Qiu—glowed with deceptive fragility. Sparks flew as it absorbed the Tribulation Tempest Blade's fury, holding firm against the onslaught.
For a moment, Sui Ling gaped in disbelief, then her eyes lit with triumph. "So that's it! You can't strike twice!"
She'd nearly scattered from terror, thinking Lv Yang's every blow would match that first strike. For a second, she'd mistaken him for a Great True Man of the Holy Sects!
Lv Yang's lips curled into a frosty smile. That first strike had demanded his full focus—fourth-tier Divine Essence from the Tribulation Tempest Blade, amplified by his own formidable spiritual energy. It would take time to replicate.
But did it matter?
"Do you really think that's my only move?"
His hands flashed through a new incantation. The single sword beam exploded into hundreds, each crackling with chaotic magnetism.
Magnetic Disarray!
This Divine Ability—normally the culmination of his middle-stage cultivation—had become his secret weapon in Yuan'ci Magnetic Mountain. Each radiant blade now pulsed with primal magnetic force, slicing through the Five Elements like a scythe. The Moonstream Pearl's defenses peeled away like layers of onion skin under their onslaught.
Sui Ling recoiled in horror, countering with her own technique.
Heavenly River Maw!
A dragon's head materialized from her spellwork, jaws wide as it gulped down the sword beams. Where Chong Ying wielded this ability as an offensive tide, Sui Ling transformed it into a binding technique.
In her mind's eye, the swallowed blades would drown in her abdominal river—an embodiment of "water's coldness subdues metal." Even an extraordinary sword core would corrode into rust.
But reality twisted her expectations.
The instant Lv Yang's sword core entered her, it surged with wilder ferocity. It thrashed inside her gut, tearing through her body until a blade tip burst from her abdomen. Her neck snapped back, releasing a bloodcurdling roar.
"Raaah—!"
The young girl vanished. In her place loomed a colossal True Dragon, diving toward the sea to escape.
Lv Yang sneered. "Think you can run?"
From behind him, black flames erupted, coalescing into a three-headed, six-armed dharma body—its face demonic, fangs bared. With a thunderous step, the illusion solidified. Its halo blazed with a thousand radiant rings as six arms seized the dragon's neck, spine, and tail, pinning it midair.
The Heaven-Seizing Universal Command Myriad Phenomena Dharma Body—Lv Yang's first true use of this second-tier cultivation technique. Its brute force crushed the dragon's might.
Then came his command: "Freeze!"
Heaven-Seizing's power merged with the Life-Bound Divine Ability Clarify Right and Wrong. The combined effect turned his words into divine law. Sui Ling's thrashing dragon body locked rigid.
The Dharma Body spread its arms wide.
"Rip—!"
Flesh tore as six limbs yanked in different directions, tearing the dragon into six pieces.
"Ahhhh!"
The agony of her shattered spiritual body tore a scream from Sui Ling. No hesitation—dragon scales shattered, blood exploded outward as she detonated her physical form. Her soul streaked toward the sea, seeking escape through Water Escape.
Too late.
The Dharma Body's eyes blazed open, unleashing Universal Command—a soul-binding technique. Lv Yang's mouth opened in a silent command, and Sui Ling's soul felt an irresistible pull.
Her mind reeled. "He'll kill me! He dares to kill me here!?"
True Dragon or not, Chong Ying had ventured inland alone. But here—before the Four Seas Sect's gate, within the Dragon Palace's shadow. She, a noble dragon heir, assassinated under their very noses?
"Wait—!"
She tried to plead, but Lv Yang's fist fell like a meteor.
The world went silent. Across the battlefield, surviving demons and hidden Buddhist cultivators gazed in horror. There stood Lv Yang, his Dharma Body blazing, clutching a mountain-sized dragon corpse.
"Dead?"
Hui Ku (Enlightened Suffering) couldn't believe his eyes. "A mid-stage Foundation True Dragon... literally torn apart by that devil?"
But his voice shifted to excitement. "Magnificent! That Dharma Body's savagery needs purging in Pure Land, but what power!"
A thunderous roar split the sky—another dragon's fury rolling across the heavens.
"Devil! You dare—!"
Suo Huan's laughter cut through. "Too early to celebrate, friend!"
True to his word, the Overseas Dominion True Man held back late-stage Foundation experts.
But Lv Yang wasn't done.
He dismissed the Dharma Body, retrieving the Ten-Thousand Spirit Banner. Sui Ling's corpse vanished inside, only to emerge moments later as a human, bowing respectfully. The hatred vanished—replaced by perfect obedience. "Sui Ling greets Master."
Alongside her, the seven early-stage Foundation demons he'd slain joined the banner's ranks.
Only after securing his spoils did Lv Yang land on Yuan'ci Magnetic Mountain, his expression calm.
No relief in his heart. The Yao Clans were just appetizers. The real predators lurked in shadows—Pure Land, Dao Court, Sword Pavilion. Even the Holy Sects treated him as expendable.
"Soon, they'll regret this."
Seven early-stage, one mid-stage. Combined with Chen Xin'an already in the banner—nine Foundation spirits total. Even excluding Su Nu's deceptive strength, he had his full quota.
He laughed coldly, settling beneath the Ten-Thousand Spirit Banner.
The time had come to refine the Celestial Vanguard and Terrestrial Sha.
(End of Chapter)
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