novelraw Chapter 387 First Battle Against the Nascent Soul Avatar
Chapter 387 First Battle Against the Nascent Soul Avatar
Chapter 387 First Battle Against the Nascent Soul Avatar
In the air, the Void-Stabilizing Silver Hammer was deeply embedded in the shallow layer of the void, its scattered silver-patterned spatial domain covering an area of several thousand feet. The space here was chaotic and the Daoist energy was broken, making it difficult for ordinary cultivators to move an inch.
Although Chen Yi and Ku Du were both mid-stage fourth-order body refiners, they both possessed the crystal marrow source power of the late fourth-order, which allowed them to take a desperate gamble in such a dangerous place.
The closer you get to the core, the higher the level of the spatial ripples become. Even ordinary late-stage fourth-order body refiners risk injury if they rashly venture in.
Chen Yi, relying on his spatial talent and near-fifth-order Void Spirit Eye, was able to barely hold his own against Ku Du here, which could be considered as gaining a slight advantage in terms of location.
Taking advantage of the close combat with Kudu, Chen Yi could carefully observe, absorb, and learn the arrangement of his fifth-order golden crystal origin and the application of his supernatural powers. Of course, if he could avoid defeat and keep the Fixed Void Silver Hammer, that would be the best outcome. The worst outcome would be if he couldn't defeat him and the Fixed Void Silver Hammer was taken away. Chen Yi wasn't worried, as the other party wouldn't be able to take away the Void Thunder Soul Talisman associated with it.
Of course, Chen Yi wasn't without any chance.
The key variable that truly determines the outcome lies in the Void Thunder Soul Talisman hidden behind the Void Silver Hammer, and the menacing Void Realm creature.
Chen Yi silently calculated in his mind that perhaps by cleverly borrowing or even utilizing these two forces, he might even have a 100% chance of winning.
He showed no fear in the face of pressure, standing in mid-air, his green robe fluttering in the chaotic spiritual pressure and gale, facing the monk Kudu, who was surging with golden light and seemed to be insane.
"You little thief, you've got some guts! Looks like you've gained quite a bit from stealing my Yin-Yang Mystic Ginseng!"
I won't let you off today!
Before he could finish speaking, Kudu stopped talking and launched the first attack!
Without a lengthy opening stance, he raised one arm directly to the sky.
A powerful and domineering suction force erupted from his palm, forcibly drawing away and compressing the golden spiritual energy within a radius of several hundred feet.
The air was instantly filled with countless golden light points that converged wildly, like rivers flowing into the sea, all rushing toward his golden, radiant palm.
"die!"
With a roar of anger, Kudu unleashed a powerful Vajra Subduing Demon Palm strike that crashed down!
This is not simply the outward release of spiritual energy, but rather the manifestation of a divine power materialized from the high-density golden essence within its body arranged in some mysterious array!
Wherever the palm print passed, the void was torn apart with a piercing shriek, and the interwoven golden light transformed into a vast, all-encompassing net, sealing off all possible escape routes for Chen Yi.
Each ray of golden light contains a sharp essence capable of cutting through mountains and piercing through the void!
Deep within Chen Yi's pupils, the runes of the Void-Piercing Spirit Eye flowed at an unprecedented speed, instantly changing his vision.
Within that overwhelming, seemingly inescapable palm print, his Yin-Yang divine sense flowed silently like mercury spilling across the ground, precisely analyzing the power channels within the golden crystal palm.
found it!
He instantly spotted three points where the energy flow was slightly sluggish and weak.
That was where the golden crystal source threads from different directions converged, a subtle flaw caused by the array's imperfections.
In ordinary circumstances, even if one sees through this flaw, it would be extremely difficult to accurately dodge such an overwhelming attack that blocks all directions.
But this time is different—the spatial ripples here are extremely complex and chaotic, especially the fixed silver hammer in the air, which serves as the spatial anchoring core, and its surroundings are interwoven with silver patterns and disordered textures.
Just as the giant Vajra palm was about to strike, Chen Yi's body moved slightly.
Instead of confronting him head-on or fleeing in a straight line, he precisely detected a flowing spatial texture fluctuation, and as if he had merged into water, he flashed into the shallow layer of space!
"Boom—!"
The Vajra Subduing Demon Palm slammed down, grazing the edge of the shallow layer of space. The terrifying power stirred up the already chaotic silver vortex below, making it even more violent and creating towering silver waves.
As the aftershocks of the palm print dissipated, Chen Yi's figure quietly emerged from another spatial ripple, standing steadily in the blind spot where the palm print had attacked.
"Hmm? This kid actually knows a bit about spatial abilities and knows how to use the terrain here to escape?"
Kudu was somewhat surprised to see his attack miss.
But his expression immediately darkened, and he coldly snorted, "Hide? Let's see how long you can hide!"
He rapidly formed hand seals, and the golden light that had not yet dissipated gathered and condensed wildly once again, instantly transforming into dozens of sharp, solid spears made entirely of the golden crystal essence!
The spearhead gleamed with a chilling light, precisely locking onto all the spatial nodes around Chen Yi that he could potentially use to gain leverage, thus blocking his path to once again escape into the shallower layers of space.
"go!"
Dozens of golden crystal spears tore through the air, accompanied by ear-piercing sonic booms, and shot in from all directions!
Chen Yi remained calm.
With its Void-Piercing Eye operating at full power, it locked onto the incoming golden crystal spears, examining the microscopic arrangement of the golden essence at the spearheads, the flow path of spiritual and primal power within the spear shafts, and the principle behind the amplification effect of the array structure.
Countless precious golden crystal primordial runes flooded into his mind like a torrent, which he frantically recorded, analyzed, and deduced.
This was exactly the perfect opportunity he had been craving to observe and learn up close how to apply the fifth-order body refinement essence!
Just as the spear was about to reach him, Chen Yi's figure became blurry again.
He did not move in a straight line, but followed another, more subtle spatial ripple, disturbed by the power of the golden crystal, like a fish slipping into water, and once again narrowly slipped into the shallow crevices of space.
"Puff puff puff—!"
The golden spear pierced through his afterimage and plunged deep into the water below, blasting up huge golden columns of water.
"Can he use so many spatial escape techniques in such a short time?"
Kudu's gaze sharpened as he discerned the trick, then a mocking sneer appeared on his face. "You're merely using the chaotic spatial aftershocks of the Sky-Stabilizing Silver Hammer as a pretext! Do you really think you can escape my grasp with such a paltry scheme?"
He gave Chen Yi no more chance to dodge, slamming his hands together in front of his chest and shouting, "Suppress!"
A ring of pure and domineering golden crystal primordial ripples emanated from its center and spread out with a roar!
This ripple is not an attack, but an attempt to forcefully suppress, smooth out, and even disrupt the already complex spatial textures with a higher level of primal power!
Chen Yi immediately felt a powerful repulsive force and a sense of chaos as he was in the shallow layer of space.
The spatial textures that he could originally use to move around became sluggish, distorted, and elusive due to the interference of the golden crystal primordial ripples.
We can't stay here long!
He made a decisive move and forcefully leaped out of the shallow layer of space.
He tapped his toes in mid-air, and lightning suddenly exploded. Using the force, he retreated rapidly, widening the distance between himself and Kudu once again.
At the same time, his body was also rapidly experimenting—"Lightning essence, five thousand strands—arranged according to the pattern of the golden crystal spear array he had just observed—"
He mobilized the vast lightning essence within his body, which had reached the peak of the late fourth rank, and, following the internal array structure of the golden crystal spear he had just analyzed, attempted to construct a similar "lightning spear" in his palm.
However, after only a tenth of an hour of trying it, he felt intense swelling and conflict in his meridians.
Failed.
The violent, swift, and destructive characteristics of the Thunder Essence are completely different from the sharp, solid, and immortal characteristics of the Gold Essence.
Directly applying the array method of Jin Jing caused the lightning essence energy to violently clash at a specific node, almost causing it to explode on its own.
We must adjust; we must find a unique array that suits the power of thunder!
Chen Yi realized that this was by no means something that could be accomplished overnight.
How could Kudu give him time to calmly deduce the situation? The offensive never stopped!
"You dare show off your mere escape techniques? Try this—the Wrath of the Vajra!"
With a loud shout, the void behind him suddenly rippled, and a golden Buddha phantom, solemn in appearance yet with glaring eyes, suddenly appeared!
The Buddha's eyes shone with a golden light as intense as the sun, and suddenly shot out two extremely refined golden beams that shot straight at Chen Yi's brow!
These two golden lights not only contained the physical destructive power of the golden crystal origin, which was extremely strong and sharp enough to pierce through magic treasures, but also contained a vast divine soul pressure of near-fifth-order, like a tangible heavy hammer, which slammed hard into Chen Yi's sea of consciousness!
This is a deadly move that directly attacks the soul!
A glint flashed in Chen Yi's eyes—perfect timing!
In the pre-battle simulation, the relatively "weak" soul of this clone of Kudu was the breakthrough point he planned!
"Yin-Yang Divine Consciousness, arise!"
Chen Yi neither dodged nor avoided, and even took half a step forward.
Within the sea of consciousness, the distinct black and white yin and yang energies spun and intertwined at an unprecedented speed, instantly transforming into an incredibly solid black and white divine consciousness shield, flowing with profound Daoist rhymes, firmly protecting the spiritual platform.
Without a deafening explosion, two golden beams of light struck the divine sense shield solidly, unleashing a silent roar that struck the depths of the soul!
Chen Yi felt as if he had been struck by a heavy blow to the mind, a sharp pain shooting through him, and his consciousness violently trembled.
However, he held fast to his spiritual platform, and his Yin-Yang divine sense displayed astonishing resilience. The black and white energies on the surface of the shield rapidly circulated and dissipated, forcefully withstanding this fierce wave of divine soul impact!
"Even the fiercest wrath of a Vajra cannot compare to this."
Chen Yi snorted coldly in his heart, and then immediately began to use the Purple Lightning Soul Thunder Technique to counterattack.
Purple lightning flashed wildly in Chen Yi's eyes. Two condensed, needle-like beams of purple lightning, imbued with the power of his Yin-Yang Soul Thunder origin, actually "hummed!"
Following the two golden rays that attacked Kudu, like a malignant sore, they went upstream and pierced into Kudu's sea of consciousness at an even faster speed!
"What?!" Kudu's expression finally changed.
He never expected that Chen Yi would not only block his long-prepared Vajra Wrathful Eyes Divine Soul Attack, but also be able to switch from defense to counterattack in an instant, and in such a strange and tricky way!
"You little thief, your divine sense has actually reached the peak of the fourth level?!"
"I cannot let you live!"
Kudu was both shocked and furious. He roared and golden light blazed in his sea of consciousness as he tried to forcefully disperse and crush the two invading purple lightning bolts with his powerful divine soul origin.
However, Chen Yi's Soul Thunder is a unique divine power that combines the power of thunder to dispel evil with the wonder of yin and yang to devour souls, making it extremely stubborn and difficult to deal with.
This is the authentic lineage of the ancient Soul Thunder Sect; it is not so easily broken.
The two purple lightning bolts moved nimbly through the golden light of the sea of consciousness, not directly confronting it, but constantly seeking gaps, consuming its spiritual power, and interfering with its consciousness.
Kudu immediately felt waves of unease and sluggishness in his mind, as if fine needles were constantly probing him. Although it did not cause immediate harm, it greatly restrained part of his mind.
"That's all there is to it!" Chen Yi thought with certainty, his pre-battle assessment was correct.
Although Kudu's soul strength far exceeds that of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators, it is a relative weakness that can be effectively exploited compared to his abnormal physical defense.
After all, it was merely a yin spirit clone of a Nascent Soul cultivator. The path of the divine soul was not the fundamental cultivation method of the Vajra Temple, so this monk's yin spirit clone was nothing special.
Taking advantage of the moment when Ku Du was distracted by dealing with the soul lightning in his sea of consciousness, Chen Yi swiftly created distance once again.
While using his agile movements to dodge the somewhat chaotic physical attacks that followed, he continued to frantically deduce and adjust the arrangement of the lightning essence within his body.
One failure, two adjustments, three reconstructions —
Finally, after countless attempts, a flash of lightning appeared in Chen Yi's palm, and a seven-foot-long, dark purple spear crackling with electricity slowly took shape!
Although the lightning on the spear was slightly flickering and unstable, and the array was far less refined and perfect than the golden crystal spear of Kudu, the destructive aura and power fluctuations emanating from it already showed the initial form of a high-level body-refining divine power!
This is the secret of how advanced body-refining cultivators manipulate the essence of crystal marrow and unleash supernatural powers!
Chen Yi gripped the lightning spear he had comprehended and condensed on his own, feeling the surging, wild power within it that was under his control. A strong sense of confidence and fighting spirit rose within him.
Try this: a peak fourth-tier Golden Lightning Spear!
Chen Yi let out a long roar, no longer simply dodging and weaving.
His figure transformed into a purple lightning bolt that tore through the sky, holding a lightning spear, and with resolute force, he took the initiative to pounce on Kudu!
"Arrogant brat, you're courting death!" Ku Du's eyes flashed with a hint of brutality and disdain when he saw Chen Yi dare to approach him.
His right hand curled into a claw with five fingers, and golden light instantly covered it, transforming it into a sharp claw as if it were cast from golden crystal. Without dodging or avoiding, it went straight for the tip of the incoming lightning spear!
He wanted to crush Chen Yi's ridiculous "comprehension" with absolute power and defense!
"clang--!!!"
The lightning spear and the golden crystal claws clashed violently, unleashing a deafening roar like metal striking metal and a blinding flash of light!
The raging purple lightning clashed violently with the golden immortal essence, eroding and annihilating each other, and the resulting turbulent energy currents tore and distorted the surrounding space.
Chen Yi felt an irresistible force coming from the spear, his entire arm instantly went numb and sore, his tiger's mouth split open and blood seeped out.
Even with a physical body at the peak of the late fourth stage, it still felt immense pressure when it directly confronted the Vajra Origin of the fifth stage.
But he gritted his teeth and did not retreat an inch!
At the same time, the dormant system devouring power within him quietly activated, and along the point where the lightning spear and the golden claw made contact, like the most greedy tentacles, it forcibly extracted and pulled in a trace of pure fifth-order golden crystal essence!
"You're courting death!" Seeing this, Ku Du laughed instead of getting angry, his mockery deepening. "Ignorant brat! How could your fourth-order body cultivator withstand my fifth-tier golden crystal source? Even that human-faced dragon, when struck, needed to use its petrification innate ability to barely resist! What makes you think you can withstand it head-on?!"
He could almost see Chen Yi's meridians bursting and his body collapsing in the next moment.
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