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Chapter 796: Heaven's Thunder and Earth's Fire
Chapter 796: Heaven's Thunder and Earth's Fire
With a simple "thank you," Hu Ma's words caused the State Preceptor to lose his previous composure.
Recalling his numerous encounters in this life, even those astonishingly talented and audacious Malevolent Spirits from years past had met their downfall at his hands. As he reflected, he realized that the setbacks and humiliations he had endured in this lifetime paled in comparison to what he had experienced in just one night at the hands of Hu Ma.
Facing Hu Ma's candid expression, a thought even crossed his mind to leave and deny him his wish.
After all, if he left at this moment, Hu Ma's tenth pillar of incense would never have a chance to be refined.
But this thought merely flashed through his mind, and ultimately, he couldn't let go of this final opportunity. With a heavy sigh, he slowly withdrew his hand.
Fixing his gaze on Hu Ma, he spoke softly, "To be honest, I never agreed with the Lifespan Incense, the main sacrificial ritual of the establishment of heaven and earth. This is a technique of the Dalaofa Religion and one of the oldest techniques. The Dalaofa Religion established heaven and earth through this method."
"However, after the Celestial Year God's arrival, heaven and earth underwent changes, and unusual arts emerged in abundance. While heaven and earth changed, the Dalaofa Religion's Lifespan Technique remained unchanged. In my opinion, this is already outdated."
"Because I was too hasty in crossing the bridge, I missed the opportunity to carry the Twelve Ghost Altars. Later, when I realized the importance of the Twelve Ghost Altars, I chose you."
"It's just that..."
He slowly shook his head and said in a low voice, "Since Master Elder Eyebrow had already made plans, then this miscalculation of mine is not unjust."
"Among those who descended from heaven, the most valiant one joined forces with the most ruthless Hu Family of the Ten Surnames to plot against me. What can I blame?"
"To be honest, it's actually a face-saving move for me."
"..."
As he spoke, the surrounding spiritual power slowly flowed into his sleeves, and his expression became increasingly calm, yet within this calmness, there was a sense of heaviness.
As Hu Ma slowly stood up, his Dharmic Body once again condensed, and he looked at Hu Ma intently. "Where there's gambling, there's winning and losing. The winner should have some rewards, and this is also a show of respect to this old friend and the Hu Family."
"Hu Family's young friend, my intention was never to kill you, and I didn't even bear to strike too hard, lest I ruin your foundation."
"After all, you being alive is of use to me, and it gives me hope to carry the Twelve Ghost Altars."
"But since you seek to alter your fate in the face of life and death, I also have the heart to fulfill your wish. So, please be careful!"
"..."
As his words fell, he nodded lightly towards Hu Ma.
The next moment, the two large sleeves suddenly filled with wind and began to swell, slowly pressing down towards the ground.
Hu Ma remained vigilant from start to finish and took this opportunity to catch his breath. As the State Preceptor's sleeves covered the ground, Hu Ma suddenly took a big step forward, and the Punishment Official Saber in his Dharmic Body's hand viciously slashed towards the State Preceptor.
However, before the blade even got close to the State Preceptor, it was abruptly deflected by the spiritual power surging in front of him.
At the same time, the ground beneath him suddenly became empty, and when he looked down, he felt a chill run down his spine.
Clearly, he hadn't jumped, but at some point, he found himself floating in mid-air. When he looked up, he experienced an extremely eerie feeling.
It was the State Preceptor; with a downward push of his hands, he had actually pressed down the entire earth, or rather, the Capital City, by more than half a zhang.
As his body failed to keep up with the city's movement, he suddenly found himself suspended in mid-air. The Year Guardian's power surged from the ground, lifting his feet off the ground, and his own strength suddenly weakened. He reacted quickly and swiftly employed the Thousand Jin Anchor Technique, dropping towards the ground.
But in that instant, the State Preceptor had already appeared before him, his face devoid of any expression. With a light wave of his wide sleeves, a black chain flew out from somewhere in the shadows and pierced Hu Ma's chest in an instant.
Looking up, he saw that the surrounding heaven and earth seemed to have vanished.
There was only an ancient door panel with carvings of ferocious gods and evil ghosts floating quietly in mid-air.
This iron chain emerged from within this ancient door panel, and its end was a hook that caught Hu Ma's body.
At the same time, the air around them seemed distorted, and more door panels appeared. One was above Hu Ma's head, facing him directly, another was behind him, and two more were on his left and right, along with the one in front, making a total of five doors.
Hu Ma's Dharmic Body surged, struggling fiercely. A rolling wave of malevolent aura pressed forward, intending to force the State Preceptor back. However, to his surprise, the State Preceptor's eyebrows furrowed slightly as he took the full force of Hu Ma's attack, executed with the Dharmic Body of the General of Great Might Heavenly Emperor.
This force was powerful enough to topple a small mountain, and it landed on him without any waste. Yet, the State Preceptor didn't even flicker his shadow.
Only the slightly furrowed eyebrows indicated that he might have been affected by the strike to some extent.
But during this moment, iron chains also dropped from the other four doors. The chain from above hooked into Hu Ma's Dharmic Body's head, piercing his skull with an icy chill, as if his flesh and blood body had also been hooked by an iron hook.
The chains from the left and right doors hooked his arms, which held the General's Order and the Wordless Seal.
The chain from the door behind him hooked his Dharmic Body's back, right where the spine would be.
The next moment, the State Preceptor softly sighed, and the five chains tightened simultaneously.
A crisp sound echoed as Hu Ma's Dharmic Body, originally formed from his divine soul, twisted and deformed under the pulling force.
The immense pain of being torn apart flooded into his body, so real that his brain felt like it was about to shatter.
"This is the technique of the Transient Li Clan, the Five-Gate Soul Severing Prison."
As Hu Ma felt the tangible pain crawl through his body like an earthworm, the State Preceptor's figure became exceptionally clear and calm, "Twenty years ago, this technique served as the Soul Punishment Prototype of the Transient Li Clan."
"I don't know if the Transient Li Clan has derived a new prototype in these twenty years, but in my opinion, with slight adjustments, this technique is perfect for dealing with Malevolent Spirits."
"The Five-Gate Prison, first seize the Immortal Lifespan Shrine, second seize the Lifespan Incense, third seize the Soul Treasure, fourth split the divine soul, and fifth destroy the Seven Spirits."
"Young Hu, if you wish to cultivate a fate beyond this world, you must endure this pain..."
"..."
Under the pull of the five gates, Hu Ma's Dharmic Body twisted and contorted, and an endless feeling of being torn apart flooded his mind.
At this moment, in the distance, a commotion could be heard. The Reincarnates had rushed into the Capital City and would soon discover the disturbance at the Ancestral Hall. They might arrive to help, which could be Hu Ma's only chance for survival.
However, as the Reincarnates approached, the State Preceptor slowly turned around and walked around Hu Ma, each step calculated to be on the execution grounds.
Amidst his agony, a strange and bewildering sensation emerged. The dust that had been scattered by the previous impact began to slowly settle back to the ground.
But suddenly, it stopped in mid-air.
He suddenly realized that it wasn't the dust that had stopped, but time itself.
The State Preceptor had borrowed a technique from the Execution Gate, causing the area to become extremely light, and consequently, time had accelerated, no longer in sync with the outside world.
Knowing that the Reincarnates would arrive soon, he extended this short period of time indefinitely, severing Hu Ma's last glimmer of hope.
In an instant, a sense of despair surged within him.
In the Life and Death Gateway, one seeks to seize their fate, not to seek death. If one truly seeks death, a quick slash to the neck would suffice. This technique of seizing fate is about challenging seemingly impossible odds or situations while still clinging to a sliver of hope, and only then can one seize their fate.
But with the State Preceptor's move, all of Hu Ma's hope was extinguished, leaving him with endless despair and torment in this nearly frozen moment.
Yet, oddly, this torment and despair seemed to be what Hu Ma wanted. His Dharmic Body was immobilized, unable to struggle, as if even the strength to resist had vanished.
However, there was still some movement. His Dharmic Body, with its four arms, had its head and two hands frozen, but the other two hands could still move. Instinctively, he wanted to use those hands to pull at the iron chains.
But knowing it was futile, he restrained himself and instead slowly raised those two hands.
One finger pointed to the sky, and one finger pointed forward.
Summoning gods and commanding ghosts, defying heaven and earth.
Perhaps he would die in the next moment, but before that, he focused all his energy on the technique of the General of Great Might Heavenly Emperor Seal. It was as if he was reliving the arrogance and pride within his Dharmic Body.
"Heaven and Earth cannot destroy me, and life and death cannot touch me."
At this moment, Hu Ma couldn't even speak, and these words seemed to resonate from his divine soul.
Simultaneously, the Nine Pillars Life Incense on Hu Ma's body burned rapidly, almost completely consumed.
This time, he didn't feel like he was entering the Intermediate Realm, because previously, his Nine Pillars Life Incense was only used to alter his fate, but now, he was truly seizing his fate from this world.
In the face of death, he clenched his teeth and seized this last glimmer of life. Even the State Preceptor, who was observing Hu Ma up close, had his expression slightly change, revealing a hint of surprise.
Then, he waved his wide sleeves like a sack, letting them hang down.
Crack!
In the distance, the trees surrounding the Four Surnames Ancestral Hall suddenly caught fire. The flames slithered like snakes, approaching Hu Ma, ignoring time, and directly burning his flesh and bones.
In the sky, dark clouds rolled, and bolts of lightning struck down, crashing onto Hu Ma's head and shattering his consciousness.
The Dharmic Body tore, the physical body incinerated, and one after another, extraordinary strikes of Unusual Arts pushed Hu Ma's divine soul towards complete annihilation, leaving him with no trace of vitality.
The State Preceptor quietly observed Hu Ma before him, his gaze exceptionally sharp and his expression slightly cold.
One execution of the Five-Gate Soul Severing Prison, one execution of the Execution Gate Earth-Cutting Technique, one execution of the Disaster Theft Heaven's Thunder Earth Fire, almost completely extinguishing Hu Ma's chance of survival.
True life and death fate-seizing is not about seizing an opportunity in the Intermediate Realm to scratch that monster.
It truly takes lives.
PS: I always feel that it's unreasonable to ask for votes without adding another chapter, so I hurriedly coded this one. There will still be two chapters at noon, as per the normal update schedule.
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