Chapter Fifteen: Fierce Battle with the Heavenly Sword Sovereign!
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“I’ll give you one more chance, or I’ll self-destruct right now!” Lin Junheng’s voice was filled with hatred as his cultivation surged to its peak.
[… Beep! Considering the host’s emotional turbulence and precarious situation, this system has decided to overdraft the host’s cultivation once more.]
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[-50 years of lifespan for tenfold return to Early Nascent Soul stage cultivation; -100 years for tenfold return to Mid Nascent Soul stage; -150 years for tenfold return to Late Nascent Soul stage.]
“Late Nascent Soul stage!” Lin Junheng declared. He never imagined his lifespan was so short that he’d have to pay back the system tenfold! But this Heavenly Sword Venerable had to be fought!
[Beep beep! Exchange system activated!]
[Validity period: fifteen minutes.]
Boom!
As the system’s prompt ended, a tremendous aura suddenly radiated from Lin Junheng’s body.
At the same time, with the sudden growth in his cultivation, his Divine Demon Immortal Body also soared to a new height.
At this moment, his entire body’s golden blood boiled fiercely, emitting an indestructible golden light that rivaled the power of a Nascent Soul at the Great Perfection stage.
Crack! Boom!
A fierce aura burst forth, shattering the massive hand of the Heavenly Sword Venerable before it could reach him!
“What? What is this?”
Retreating two steps under the shock of such overwhelming power, the Heavenly Sword Venerable’s face turned pale, filled with terror.
Though at Nascent Soul’s Great Perfection stage, he felt a strong threat from Lin Junheng.
The next moment, Lin Junheng seemed like a god descended to earth, his expression cold and resolute, golden light radiating from his entire being as he took a single step upward and reached out to grasp the Heavenly Sword Venerable.
“You said strength lets one do as they please, right? So how about now?”
As he spoke, Lin Junheng’s golden fist smashed fiercely toward the Heavenly Sword Venerable, the golden fist’s radiance slicing across heaven and earth.
“Impudent!” The Heavenly Sword Venerable roared desperately, spreading a vast array of spiritual light with a wave of his hand, setting up dozens of layers of defense in front of himself, each exuding an impenetrable aura.
These defenses were secret techniques he had cultivated for years, impenetrable except by a Nascent Soul at the peak!
Yet beneath Lin Junheng’s punch, those dozens of light screens collapsed like withered leaves.
In an instant, Lin Junheng’s fist pierced through, directly smashing into the Heavenly Sword Venerable’s face!
Bang!
The mighty sect leader, a Nascent Soul at Great Perfection, was sent flying by a single punch!
Everyone present was stunned, as if witnessing a myth shatter before their eyes.
“A Nascent Soul at Great Perfection, just one step from Ascension, the Heavenly Sword Venerable, was actually blasted away by Lin Junheng’s single punch?”
“Is this… am I dreaming? Near him… he actually defeated the sect leader?”
Ouyang Shan, the master of Hundred Herbs Peak, who had retreated to the side, trembled in horror as he witnessed the scene.
What on earth was happening in this world?
Could Lin Junheng be a hidden powerhouse of legend?
“You’re courting death!” The Heavenly Sword Venerable, enraged after being blasted away, bellowed furiously. As the sect leader, he had never suffered such provocation.
Though he didn’t understand what demonic technique Lin Junheng had used to temporarily attain Late Nascent Soul strength, so what if it was Late Nascent Soul?
“Die!”
He roared and instantly unleashed his full power, transforming into a towering giant that overshadowed the sky, aiming to stomp Lin Junheng to death.
This was the unique divine skill of the Late Nascent Soul stage: “Law Over Heaven and Earth.”
When activated, it represented the cultivator’s ultimate combat prowess.
Facing this divine skill for the first time, Lin Junheng’s expression grew serious. He was not truly at Nascent Soul cultivation and lacked this divine skill. His only reliance was the Divine Demon Immortal Body, a cultivation surpassing even the Great Emperor level.
This technique, forcibly enhanced by his sudden elevation in realm, was infinitely amplified.
Additionally, there was the Primordial Immortal Scripture.
Although he had not cultivated it himself, his two disciples had, and he could draw upon their insights anytime. Even if he was one realm below, no divine skill like “Law Over Heaven and Earth” could compare.
Defeating the Heavenly Sword Venerable at Nascent Soul Great Perfection was not difficult.
“Get up!”
Facing the giant foot descending from above, he surged his blood and qi, instantly swelling to a giant over three meters tall.
Though not as terrifying as the Heavenly Sword Venerable, his flesh and blood, refined to the utmost by the Divine Demon Immortal Body, were as resilient as a human-shaped terrestrial-grade treasure.
At this moment, he was like a hardened nail facing the giant foot, golden light flashing from his eyes as he charged straight upward!
“Ah!”
An overwhelming, destructive power suddenly erupted!
The next instant, the giant form of the Heavenly Sword Venerable’s “Law Over Heaven and Earth” was sliced through as if by a sword, then shattered abruptly.
Boom!
The Heavenly Sword Venerable could no longer maintain the illusion of “Law Over Heaven and Earth” and crashed to the ground.
During his fall, he reverted to normal human size, blood streaming down his legs.
“Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!” he screamed madly, refusing to believe the truth.
Someone he had always regarded as an insignificant ant had defeated him?
Though he had underestimated him, how could he accept this?
How could anyone, relying solely on bodily strength, destroy his divine skill “Law Over Heaven and Earth”?
“How is it impossible? Is it only you who can bully others, and no one else may resist?”
High above, the silver-haired Lin Junheng cast a cold glance at him.
Though he wanted to vent years of pent-up anger with his boosted cultivation, the safety of his two disciples in the secret realm was paramount.
So he temporarily abandoned the fallen, bloodied, and furious Heavenly Sword Venerable and turned his gaze toward the ancient secret realm that shimmered like a mirage.
His hands burst forth with dazzling golden light, as if grasping the very edge of heaven and earth, pulling fiercely!
Swoosh!
Under his tremendous power, the ancient secret realm, mid-trial, was torn open, revealing its inner domain.
Inside, Ji Qingyou and Ye Zhetian were under siege.
At that moment, Ji Qingyou and Ye Zhetian were surrounded by several Golden Core disciples, bloodied and on the brink of death.
Especially Ye Zhetian, the little black dog, whose hind legs were broken, crawling painfully on the ground. Driven by madness, he bit fiercely at the Golden Core attacks.
Moreover, the All-Encompassing Seal Lin Junheng had given him had been snatched by a Golden Core disciple from Hundred Battles Peak and was now used as a weapon against Ji Qingyou.
Faced with such brutal assault, it was only thanks to Ji Qingyou’s status as a quasi-emperor reincarnate and her cultivation of the Great Emperor-level Primordial Immortal Scripture bestowed by Lin Junheng that she resisted so far.
Otherwise, one man and one dog would have long since departed this world.
Even so, Ji Qingyou was exhausted, bleeding profusely, covered in cuts.
Yet she remained calm, showing no panic, with her quasi-emperor secret technique still unused.
Swoosh!
Just as Lin Qingxuan, an original disciple, was excitedly thinking they were about to kill Ji Qingyou, a tear appeared in the sky of the inner domain!
Everyone turned to see Lin Junheng, radiant with dazzling golden light, striding in like a deity.
“Master!”
Seeing the silver-haired Lin Junheng, Ji Qingyou’s expression showed concern.
“Woof! Woof!”
Ye Zhetian, crawling with broken hind legs, suddenly saw Lin Junheng’s arrival and barked plaintively.
“You’re courting death!”
Seeing Ye Zhetian’s struggle and Ji Qingyou’s bloodied body, Lin Junheng’s fury erupted as he slammed a massive palm toward the Golden Core disciples.
Boom!
With his current strength, even the Heavenly Sword Venerable was at a disadvantage; these Golden Core disciples were no match.
Within the trial’s inner domain, a huge palm-shaped crater suddenly appeared, and several Golden Core disciples who were attacking the man and dog were blasted away, all coughing up blood.
“Lin Junheng!” Lin Qingxuan, an original disciple, was shocked.
Wasn’t he supposed to be a useless cripple, incapable of cultivation? What was going on?