Chapter 857: The Pupil's Killing Technique
Chapter 857: The Pupil's Killing Technique
The numerous high-tier Second Rank arrays, hidden in the shadows, interconnected and detonated in layers. Even the Golden Core realm’s Zhenhai Xiao could not withstand the onslaught for long.
When the smoke cleared, Zhenhai Xiao, with his skin torn and his body battered, revealed himself, clearly suffering from severe injuries.
He was a Golden Core cultivator, after all. Even if he had suppressed his cultivation, his foundation remained solid.
Had it not been for that, these many high-tier Second Rank arrays would have been enough to kill him several times over.
Zhenhai Xiao spat out a mouthful of blood, his face trembling.
"I fell for a trap..."
Someone had set up these arrays, calculating and ambushing him.
This was completely unexpected.
The study of array formations was incredibly difficult.
Even some of the most naturally gifted array masters generally had their array skills lag behind their cultivation levels.
Eighteen or nineteen-line arrays, apart from those true prodigies of array formation, were usually only achievable by Golden Core cultivators or veteran array masters who had reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment realm after immersing themselves for over a hundred years.
Moreover, these arrays had not been there before, indicating they were set up recently.
In this Dragon King Temple, who could have the capability to set up so many high-tier Second Rank arrays in such a short time, right under everyone's noses, without leaving a trace?
His thoughts raced, going through everyone, but he could not guess who the mastermind was.
Changhuai Gu and Diansi Xia had the cultivation, but they lacked the time.
Tianquan Xiao, his good nephew, indeed had the peak Foundation Establishment realm cultivation, but he was far from having such array mastery.
The others were even less likely.
"No, that's not right!"
Zhenhai Xiao suddenly remembered one person who had remained hidden, never revealing himself.
If anyone was behind this, it could only be...
"Mo Hua?!"
Zhenhai Xiao's pupils dilated, finding it hard to believe.
That brat, with only mid-Foundation Establishment cultivation and a cultivation age of just twenty, how could he possibly set up a nineteen-line, near-peak Foundation Establishment array?!
Even the Eight Great Sects and Four Major Clans hadn't seen such a prodigious array master in nearly a thousand years.
But if all other possibilities were eliminated, the only remaining one had to be the truth.
Mo Hua's image flashed in Zhenhai Xiao's mind.
Mo Hua's casual demeanor when he said, "Just getting by, earning a living..." now sent a chill down Zhenhai Xiao's spine.
"What a devious little brat, hiding his true abilities so deeply..."
Zhenhai Xiao gritted his teeth.
At that moment, Changhuai Gu's green wind blades and Diansi Xia's icy blue sword light intertwined and attacked again.
Taking advantage of his weakened state, they aimed to finish him off.
Zhenhai Xiao, injured by the arrays and weakened, was the perfect target for a fatal blow.
Changhuai Gu would not miss this opportunity.
Zhenhai Xiao's face darkened, and he cursed under his breath. He could only dodge a wind blade, raise his sword, and unleash the Water Sword Energy to engage Diansi Xia in another clash.
But with his injuries, he could no longer maintain his advantage. The previous clash had left him in a better position, but now, with this move, he felt a burning pain in his internal organs, and his spiritual energy was running low.
Diansi Xia's icy spiritual energy was also eroding his meridians.
In an instant, Zhenhai Xiao realized the situation was dire.
If he continued like this, he would surely meet a grim fate!
"I can't hold back; I need to end this quickly!"
Zhenhai Xiao's gaze turned sinister.
Changhuai Gu and Diansi Xia seemed to know Zhenhai Xiao was fighting a desperate battle, and their attacks grew even more fierce, giving him no chance to catch his breath.
But Zhenhai Xiao had the advantage of his lineage. After ten rounds of combat, he seized the opportunity to use the Water Shadow Step, confusing Changhuai Gu and Diansi Xia.
By the time Changhuai Gu distinguished the real from the fake, Zhenhai Xiao had already retreated several dozen feet.
After retreating, Zhenhai Xiao crushed a talisman, enveloping himself in a golden light. Then, his Water Spiritual Energy surged, and numerous water-colored spirit locks condensed around him.
Using the Golden Body to protect himself and the Water Prison to subdue his enemies.
Zhenhai Xiao crushed the Golden Body talisman, hoping to use its protection to forcefully execute the advanced Water Prison Technique.
The first time he used the Water Prison Technique, it relied on the element of surprise, so he hadn't used the Golden Body talisman to avoid alerting Changhuai Gu.
But he had already used the Water Prison Technique once.
Changhuai Gu, after being caught off guard, would certainly be on guard.
Therefore, if he wanted to use it again, he had to be fully prepared, without any room for recklessness. The Golden Body was essential.
With the Golden Body's protection, he could withstand Changhuai Gu and Diansi Xia's sword qi and spells, and complete the Water Prison Technique to decide the battle.
Golden light shielded his body, and spiritual energy flowed as the Water Prison Technique condensed.
Zhenhai Xiao's spiritual energy surged, and deep blue water energy transformed into countless chains, layer upon layer, floating around him...
But Changhuai Gu seemed to have anticipated this.
He did not retreat but instead channeled his spiritual energy, generating more fragmented wind blades, and attacked Zhenhai Xiao with full force.
The wind blades gradually eroded Zhenhai Xiao's Golden Body.
Zhenhai Xiao's expression remained calm.
Before Changhuai Gu broke through his Golden Body, he would have enough time to complete the Water Prison Technique.
But at that moment, Diansi Xia also took out a jade talisman, crushed it with her delicate hand, and flicked her fingers, sending a blinding red light straight at Zhenhai Xiao.
This red light made Zhenhai Xiao's expression change dramatically.
"A precious Golden Body-breaking talisman?"
Before he could finish his sentence, the red light struck, instantly shattering his already weakened Golden Body.
With the Golden Body talisman broken, Changhuai Gu's eyes flashed, and he immediately transformed into several even sharper wind blades, attacking Zhenhai Xiao.
Zhenhai Xiao's Golden Body technique was broken, and the Water Prison Technique was only halfway complete. He could not dodge in time and could only watch helplessly as Changhuai Gu's sharp wind blades cut through the air, striking his shoulder.
The wind blades sliced through his flesh, leaving a deep wound, blood and flesh splattering.
Zhenhai Xiao quickly retreated, took a pill to suppress his internal injuries, and his face turned extremely grim.
The once-smiling, insincere face was now clouded with intense anger.
For nearly a century, he had hidden in the shadows, never facing such a perilous situation.
Since he had learned this top-tier lineage, he could kill almost anyone he wanted, never suffering such a significant loss.
But today, he had been outsmarted and suffered a major setback.
Killing intent surged in Zhenhai Xiao's heart.
"Very well, you are courting death!"
His eyes widened completely, bloodshot, no longer concealing his killing intent. He unleashed all the Malevolent Energy he had cultivated, pushing his Blood Prison Pupil Technique to its limit.
Xiao Zhenhai's eyes transformed into the abyss of sin.
Innumerable cultivators, whom he had mercilessly slaughtered, struggled and pleaded within them abyss.
"Not good!"
Gu Changhuai)'s face darkened, and he quickly averted his gaze.
But this time, the Blood Hell Eye technique was different, far more powerful than before.
The killing intent was fully unleashed, and the blood qi seemed to come to life, like venomous snakes, writhing and spreading, leaving no place unscathed.
Even though Gu Changhuai averted his gaze, the blood qi still seeped into his mind through his eyes, causing him great agony and rendering him momentarily immobile.
Xiao Zhenhai seized the opportunity, his figure flicking, approaching Gu other, and raised his sword high.
"Gu Changhuai!"
Xia Diansi's face turned deathly pale, and he immediately condensed sword qi to try to stop Xiao Zhenhai.
Xiao Zhenhai) Suddenly turned his head, his eyes blood red.
color.
Xia Diansi, in a panic, was caught off guard and hit by Xiao Zhenhai)'s eye technique.
She felt a cold and slicing pain in her mind, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, and her pupils dilated.
Xiao Zhenhai sneered, "Don't rush, I'll kill you one by a time..."
With that, he raised his sword, sword qi bursting forth, He intended to slash Gu Changhuai's neck first.
At that moment, he heard a crisp voice.
Someone was calling his name:
"Xiao Zhenhai!"
Xiao Zhenhai didn't want to acknowledge it, thinking he should kill whoever he could, to ensure safety.
But this voice was special.
It was from the little ghost who had been secretly touching, never showing himself.
The one who had been lurking in the shadows, but now he dared to call Xiao Zhenhai's name.
"Even daring to call my name..."
Xiao Zhenhai sneered, his eyes blood red, and turned back, and and turned to look at Mo Huai.
Then he noticed that Mo Huai was calmly looking back at him.
Xiao Zhenhai) Was momentarily stunned, then his smile turned mocking.
"Little ghost, daring to meet my gaze..."
But gradually, Xiao Zhenhai's smile froze.
He noticed a glint of gold in Mo Huai's eyes, which then gradually spread, becoming more and more intense.
"This is... an Eye technique!"
Xiao Zhenhai instantly understood.
The Water Hell Seal was in Mo Huai's hands!
Before this, Mo Huai had already mastered the secrets of the seal.
He had learned the Eye technique from the seal!
"Moreover, his Eye technique... is golden?!"
Golden Eye technique!
In that instant, Xiao Zhenhai felt an unprecedented pressure.
He didn't understand why, but he didn't dare to hesitate or underestimate, focusing on the "Blood Hell Dao Prison" he had cultivated through killing, condensing all his life's blood qi into his eyes, forming a sea of blood and hell, to counter Mo Huai's golden Eye technique.
The clash of Eye techniques was extremely dangerous.
One thought, soul born; another, spirit died.
Xiao Zhenhai exerted all his strength to meet Mo Huai's gaze.
In the void, the blood-colored Eye technique and the golden Eye technique collided, blood qi and golden light intertwining, battling fiercely.
But in a moment, a divine sword emerged, golden light sweeping.
The blood qi was defeated, collapsing inch by inch.
Xiao Diansi was stunned.
Sword intent?
This isn't an Eye technique! This is... a Sword Technique?
A divine sword, wielded through the Eye technique?
He was using his eyes to clash with another's sword qi?
Xiao Zhenhai's heart was filled with dread. Just as his spirit returned, he found the golden sword intent had already seeped through his eyes, into his soul.
A pure golden prison, woven from sword light, had trapped him.
The sword light was brilliant and sharp, slowly slicing his soul.
He felt like a heinous sinner, receiving the judgment of the sword.
His soul was being sliced, the pain slowly spreading, and Xiao Zhenhai was filled with horror.
This is what torment feels like...
He wanted to resist, but couldn't.
He wanted to struggle, but was powerless.
Under such intense and overwhelming sword intent, Xiao Zhenhai)'s soulTrembledled, his soul was being sliced...
Mo Huai's eyes were fixed on Xiao Zhenhai.
His eyes were golden and piercing, but blood flowed from the corners.
Though his soul was strong, and his divine consciousness profound, his mortal body was merely at the Foundation stage, and the burden on his eyes was too heavy.
At that moment, Gu Changhuai Recovered a bit of his senses.
He saw the blood at the corners of Mo Huai's eyes, saw Xiao Zhenhai's spirit shattered and face twisted in agony, as if under torment, nearly losing control.
Gu Changhuai endured the aftereffects of the Blood Eye technique, forcing himself to stay awake with great willpower, overcoming the intense pain theHehishis)The the pain.
With his spirit shattered, he condensed the powerful Wind System Spirit Energy.
After a moment, the supreme Wind System technique, Lingfenghua yue, condensed.
Gu Changhuai's gaze was cold, and he pointed forward. The wind blades around him flared like the wings of a qing luan, sweeping towards Xiao Zhenhai in a powerful gust.
Xiao Zhenhai's soul was under the sword torment, on the verge of collapse, but he faintly sensed the danger, trying nearly instinctively dod to the side, trying to evade the lethal strike.
Xia Diansi, now also awake, saw Xiao Zhenhai's spirit shattered and face twisted in agony, and used the Ice Sword Technique to condense a blue sword light, striking at Xiao Zhenhai.
Her sword technique was inherently swift and perilous.
At this moment, her sword struck struck just to, directly piercing into her chest, directly pierced through Xiao Zhenhai’s chest, the ice elemental spirit energy spreading and instantly freezing his heart.
Xiao Zhen)hai’s movements were encased in ice.
Almost simultaneously, Ling Feng’s Feather Transformation Technique condensed to form a powerful wind blade, like a blue phoenix spreading its wings, whistling towards Xiao Zhenhai.
Countless tiny wind blades engulf Xiao Zhenhai, enveloping him, slicing his flesh and slicing through his body.
The intense spiritual energy fluctuations forced Mo Hua and the others to retreat several steps.
When the dust settled, Xiao Zhenhai lay as if his skin had been peeled off, his flesh and blood a mess, his veins severed.
On the brink of death, Xiao Zhenhai, in a daze, took his last breath and glanced at Mo Hua, unable to speak.
His eyes were filled with anger and unwillingness.
This life, he had hidden in the shadows, carefully planning and every step.
death.
But one misstep, one moment of misjudgment, and his life was forfeited...
Xiao Zhenhai's heart was filled with rage, spitting out blood, and then his breath ceased.
This time, he was truly dead.
The others, who had fought to the brink of exhaustion, let a sigh, a sigh, let end, their, let to breathe a sigh of relief.
Gu Changhuai’s spiritual energy was nearly depleted, and Xia Diansi wasn’t in much better shape.
But they immediately looked towards Mo Hua, their expressions filled with concern.
Gu Changhuai asked, "Are you alright?"
Mo Hua wiped the blood from the corner of his eye, shook his head, and replied, "I’m fine."
However, as he spoke, Mo Hua’s face was somewhat pale.
He had clashed with Xiao Zhenhai’s eye technique, and although he had won, he had suffered a certain degree of backlash.
Spiritual techniques were inherently damaging, hurting the enemy a thousand times while damaging oneself eight hundred.
Mo Hua’s spirit was strong, but his physical body was too weak.
Using the eye technique through the eye aperture, he had unleashed the Shocking Sword Art, The physical and mental strain was even greater than he had imagined.
Moreover, Mo Hua felt a sense he a some, soul damage, some.
soul damage.
This damage wasn’t solely due to the clash with Xiao Zhenhai’s eye technique.
It was also because after the battle with the Great white dog, without sufficient rest, and using the Shocking Sword Art twice in the Dragon King Temple, the accumulated damage to his spirit had worsened, and during the hard clash with the Golden Core Xiao Zhenhai, it had suddenly erupted…
Xia Diansi, who was catching his breath, was puzzled, “How did you break Xiao Zhenhai’s eye technique?”
"Why did your spirit suddenly verge on the brink of collapse, giving them an opening?"
"Why was Mo Hua’s eyes bleeding?"
"What did you do..."
Xia Diansi silently looked at Mo Hua, wanting to ask more, "Mo Hua..."
But Gu Changhuai interrupted, "We shouldn’t stay here long, let’s go out first."
Xia Diansi was silent for a moment, then nodded.
The current situation was indeed not the time to talk.
She could only suppress her doubts and temporarily stop questioning.
After a series of grueling battles, not only were gu Changhuai and Xia Diansi, but also Ouyang Feng, Hua Qianqian, and Xiao Tianquan, their spiritual energy was almost depleted.
Before the main gate, the scene was in disarray.
Xiao Zhenhai’s body lay dead, blood corpses were strewn everywhere, and a sinister aura emanated from the White Bone Labyrinth. The blood color around them gradually grew darker.
As if something was slowly awakening…
Gu Changhuai’s eyelids suddenly twitched, feeling something was about to happen, and quickly said, "Let’s go."
The others were also startled, gathered Xiao Zhenhai’s storage bag, checked their belongings, ensuring nothing was left behind, and hurried leave the White Bone Labyrinth quickly.
Just as they stepped out the gate, they relaxed, only to realize something was off.
The White Bone Token was still inside.
This token was needed to leave the Dragon King Temple, so it had to be pulled out and taken with spirit.
.
But once it was pulled, the gate would close.
Therefore, the person pulling the token had to have excellent agility.
Without waiting for Gu Changhuai to say anything, Mo Hua declared, "I’ll go!"
His agility was good, and his body was slim, making him the best for this task.
Gu Changhuai wanted to refuse, but discovered Mo Hua had already slipped through the gate, stopping him wasn’t possible.
"Be careful!" Gu Changhuai warned.
"Uh-huh." Mo Hua replied.
Entering the White Bone Labyrinth, Mo Hua didn’t dilly around, but directly headed to the token, preparing to leave as the gate slowly closed.
Mo Hua was about to leave.
But at that moment, a bone-chilling chewing sound echoed.
The others’ faces changed, and following the sound, they saw the monster “Mr. Wu” had unknowingly appeared, Kneeling Xiao Zhenhai’s corpse, devouring his flesh.
With the nourishment from the Golden Core body, Mr. Wu’s aura slowly bit little, and.
The thick blood aura wrapped around him, his scales becoming darker and tougher, his body growing more robust.
Gu Changhuai’s face paled, understanding he couldn’t “escape” anymore.
In the end, with his last strength, he threw the fish bone Token through the gradually closing gap.
His lips trembled, as if whispering to the others, "Run...fast..."
Gu Changhuai and the others’ eyes strained, hearts wrenching, they wanted to rush in to save Mo Hua, but it was too late.
The slowly closing gate blocked their path.
They could only watch helplessly as Mr. Wu’s blood-soaked claws reached for Mo Hua, the endless blood swallowing his slim frame, completely engulfing him...
(End of Chapter)
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