met free Chapter 280 A Calamity Born of Cause and Effect, A Once-in-a-Lifetime Event
Chapter 280 A Calamity Born of Cause and Effect, A Once-in-a-Lifetime Event
Chapter 280 A Calamity Born of Cause and Effect, A Once-in-a-Lifetime Event
At this moment, the senior monk was also in a very bad situation.
His physical body was also affected by the soul lightning strike, and his consciousness was momentarily frozen. However, his Buddhist will was inherently strong, and since Ning Bu'er's soul lightning was aimed at his Imprisoning Heaven Finger Divine Power, he forcibly spat out a mouthful of blood essence and used his powerful will to forcefully react in a state of extreme pain in his soul.
"Go!"
The next moment, the monk pointed his finger and the Imprisoning Heaven Golden Finger that had just brushed past Ning Bu'er suddenly flicked out half of its golden light, shooting straight towards Ning Bu'er's dantian!
With all his magic and divine power exhausted, Ning Bu'er had almost nowhere to dodge. At the last moment, he could only forcefully turn his body to the side, and his lower abdomen was struck by the golden light. With a muffled thud, pain instantly swept over his soul.
Ning Bu'er felt his nascent soul being torn apart by excruciating pain, his dantian and sea of qi collapsing in an instant, losing all his magical power, and losing control of his body, falling into the air.
Even more deadly was that the golden light, carrying an extremely yang and powerful destructive force, penetrated her body like a bone-deep infection, frantically eroding the foundation of her demonic yin.
Dense cracks appeared on her nascent soul, and the despair of her collapsing foundation made her heart sink to the bottom.
"This old monk's Imprisoning Heaven Finger is not merely forceful and hard; at crucial moments, it can also transform into a soft and yielding power!"
Seeing that this rising star of the ancient demon lineage had fallen victim to the attack, the Venerable Master Xuangang finally revealed a smile.
Whether that boy who has reached the Nascent Soul stage is a major threat to the Vajra Temple remains to be seen.
However, this newly ascended successor of the ancient demon lineage is a truly peerless genius who has forged a new path, and must be nipped in the bud!
The unexpected turn of events, which severely damaged Ning Bu'er, became an unexpected gain for the old monk on his journey to this place!
After injuring Ning Bu'er, the golden finger continued to shoot towards the center of the huge spiritual energy vortex in the sky, which covered an area of less than a hundred miles. Now, no one could stop the one protecting the Nascent Soul stage. If his Imprisoning Heaven Finger could destroy that kid's Nascent Soul stage in the final moments, then the great monk Xuan Gang's goal would be perfectly achieved!
However, at this moment, Chen Yi, who was forming his Nascent Soul within the formation, saw Ning Bu'er injured and falling from the sky. His expression suddenly tightened, and he began to forcefully activate his mid-stage fourth-tier divine sense power, frantically devouring the spiritual energy of the less than one hundred miles of heaven and earth. [Bald Donkey]
Chen Yi silently repeated two words in his heart.
Then, he telepathically instructed Hu Mingyue to directly control the Turtle Shield Formation to unleash its power.
Just as Ning Bu'er was about to fall from the sky, and the Vajra Imprisoning Heaven Finger shot towards the core of the spiritual energy vortex in the air, a dazzling burst of lightning suddenly erupted from the Star Moon Sect's Star Peak. Thousands of crystal cores suddenly flashed from the six tortoise shell shields with lightning flashing on their backs. After flying out, those thousand-plus crystal cores instantly gathered together, forming a small but extremely thick tortoise shell that blocked the golden finger with less than half its power in the air!
The golden light and the lightning each traced a path before meeting in mid-air!
Boom! Another dazzling explosion shook the heavens and earth within a radius of hundreds of miles. As the golden light burst open, the spiritual energy within dissipated, and a huge gap was blasted open in the Thunder Crystal Core Shield. More than 600 of the thousands of crystal cores were directly destroyed. Fortunately, the remaining power of the Imprisoning Heaven Golden Finger was broken through!
In the air, the explosion of Lei Jin was dazzling, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth fluctuated. Ning Bu'er fell headfirst. A thousand miles away, the great monk Xuan Gang was slightly surprised. Further away, Ji Wuchen, Lin Yunsheng, Qiu Li, and the Black Serpent, who were fighting together, were also attracted by the commotion and turned their eyes.
Hundreds of high-level cultivators around the Star Moon Sect were all stunned by this scene. The entire process of Chen Yi forming his Nascent Soul had taken such a dramatic turn, leaving them in awe.
At that very moment, the vortex of spiritual energy that few people paid attention to began to shrink rapidly at a speed far exceeding that before, as if the sky had leaked. At the peak of the star, a figure in a green robe slowly appeared and absorbed the spiritual energy vortex in the blink of an eye with the speed of a whale sucking.
The next moment, it was as if a spirit of heaven and earth had opened its eyes, and an incomparably agile spiritual energy spread out on a special level.
A massive aura of Nascent Soul energy spread throughout the surrounding area from the mountain peak.
A four-patterned Earth-grade Nascent Soul has hatched and made its first appearance!
A thousand miles away, the old monk saw this scene and felt a slight pang of regret. He hadn't expected that this boy would have such a tortoise shell defense technique, which blocked the final power of his Imprisoning Heaven Finger and failed to disrupt the final moment of his Nascent Soul Transformation, allowing him to successfully transform into a Nascent Soul.
But he wasn't disappointed. After all, having ruined the lineage of the female successor of the Demon Flame, this newly formed Nascent Soul boy, no matter how talented, couldn't possibly pose a greater threat to the Vajra Temple than that female successor.
At that moment, lightning suddenly flashed across the thick, dark clouds that covered an area of over a thousand miles in the sky.
With the Nascent Soul complete, the tribulation of lightning is imminent!
However, the figure in the green robe who had just formed his Nascent Soul did not sit cross-legged on the peak as everyone had imagined, preparing to face the tribulation. He suddenly flew up against the wind, transforming into a streak of azure Nascent Soul light, and flew towards the place where Ning Bu'er had fallen.
Save lives first, then overcome the tribulation, then unleash the killing spree!
A thought arose in Chen Yi's mind, and his boundless anger was beyond words.
Every single one of us present today will die!
Chen Yi had anticipated some turbulence when he reached the Nascent Soul stage, but he hadn't expected Ning Bu'er to make such a choice. After unleashing all her power one after another to help Chen Yi withstand the Imprisoning Heaven Finger, she was completely powerless to protect herself, which is why she was successfully ambushed.
Alas, the will of Heaven is predictable! But the human heart is unpredictable!
Although Chen Yi had observed the causal energy of heaven and earth many times before forming his Nascent Soul, and he had calculated that there would be setbacks in forming his Nascent Soul, his success rate was extremely high, but he never expected that Ning Bu'er would be in trouble.
【Ai Yi】
At this moment, Chen Yi, riding a rapidly advancing Nascent Soul escape light, flew towards the spot where Ning Bu'er had fallen, quickly calculating the extent of Ning Bu'er's injuries in his mind: "Foundation completely severed. No future. Nine out of ten chance of survival."
[Difficult to save]
Chen Yi now understood perfectly well that the bald monk, ostensibly there to hinder his Nascent Soul stage, had secretly changed his target after discovering Ning Bu'er's talent and was now intent on killing him.
[You bald-headed bastards, you'd better kill her today, or I'll risk my life to bring her out of the new world. When her Thunder Crystal Demon Flame reaches its full potential, I'll personally watch her burn down your Vajra Temple! Anyone who dares to resist, I'll crush them all!]
[And Lin Yunsheng, Qingyun Cave Heaven, the Black Serpent, and any other possible survivors—none of them can survive!]
Chen Yi noted it all down. If he didn't avenge the loss of his Nascent Soul, the obstruction of his path to immortality, and the murder of his friend, he might as well give up on becoming an immortal!
In the air, a cyan light streaked past at high speed, landing below the stunningly beautiful fairy in a black dress who had fallen. Chen Yi supported Ning Bu'er's hips and legs with one hand, holding her in his arms, while urgently checking her injuries with the other. He injected cyan magic into her body, skillfully moving quickly along the major acupoints around her lower abdomen, finally stopping near her nascent soul.
Chen Yi's face was grim. No wonder her foundation was destroyed; her Nascent Soul Dao Patterns were mostly destroyed by that Vajra Finger!
Moreover, even now, her Thunder Pattern Demon Flame is still being corroded and destroyed by an extremely strong Vajra Marrow Liquid!
The entire Nascent Soul was on the verge of death. If he had arrived any later, Ning Bu'er might have truly perished!
[What a ruthless bald monk!]
"Fellow Daoist Chen, how am I? Am I beyond saving?"
Ning Bu'er opened her eyes, her breath weak, and her beautiful face, usually cold, was now softened by a rare gentleness.
In the first few decades of her life, she didn't owe anyone much, except for Chen Yi, who did so much for her, saved her so many lightning crystals, and helped her get to where she is today step by step. Now, it can be considered that she has made a sacrifice for Chen Yi.
Ning Bu'er felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction, and felt that he could die without regret.
"Don't talk nonsense. It's okay. I can save him. Leave it to me."
Chen Yi didn't say anything fancy. He directly began to use his Azure Power to enter Ning Bu'er's body and treat her nascent soul. However, even though Chen Yi used all the life essence from the Dao of Heaven and Earth that he had gathered when he formed his nascent soul, he could only alleviate the injuries at the wound site and could not stop the further damage caused by the golden marrow fluid.
We must find a way to neutralize the Vajra Marrow Fluid inside her, otherwise the situation will only worsen!
Since that's the case, Chen Yi had no reason to hesitate.
Chen Yi decided to take the risk and give it a try. So what if it's the Vajra Skill? I don't believe you can eat me!
Boom!
The pressure above my head suddenly increased dramatically; it was a suffocating feeling that almost pressed me into the soil.
Chen Yi looked up abruptly. The thousand-mile-long tribulation clouds that had been hanging high in the sky now seemed to have been forcibly pulled down, darkly covering his head and within reach.
It's only a thousand feet away.
That destructive aura was heavier than any breath, and every heartbeat was accompanied by the torment of divine might.
This is no ordinary tribulation of lightning.
This kind of pressure is not an ordinary Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation. Its power is even greater than the Heavenly Tribulation that should correspond to the four-patterned Nascent Soul Dao Fruit that Chen Yi displayed!
"Junior brother! Put her down quickly!"
A hurried voice pierced through the thunder.
Ignoring her injuries, Yue Qingqiu, her face deathly pale, shouted at Chen Yi, "Don't be foolish! Ning Bu'er can't be saved! This tribulation lightning is strange; if you take her with you, you'll both die!"
Her voice trembled with anxiety.
In her eyes, Chen Yi's current behavior is tantamount to suicide.
Even a person undergoing tribulation faces a near-death experience, let alone having to spare time to protect a cripple whose life force has been cut off.
Under the Heavenly Tribulation, all beings are equal. The more people there are, the more the tribulation will be amplified. This is an ironclad rule in the cultivation world!
Thousands of miles away.
The Venerable Xuangang of Jingang Temple slightly bent his fingers, as if he intended to deliver another "Great Vajra Finger" strike.
However, his fingers froze in mid-air.
A rare hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, which were usually as calm as still water.
This lightning tribulation? What level is it?
At the center of the tribulation clouds, the purple lightning began to tinge with a chilling dark red, a sign that the power of heaven and earth was gathering to its fullest extent.
The oppressive force did not stop; instead, it rose wildly like a snowball, with each breath pushing the limits of terror.
How is this possible? It's just a Nascent Soul Tribulation?
Xuan Gang slowly withdrew the finger that was about to point out.
He didn't want to cause trouble.
This level of tribulation is beyond his control.
If he were to forcefully intervene at this moment, that finger strike would likely be seen as a provocation by the Heavenly Tribulation before it even touched Chen Yi.
When that time comes, the terrifying heavenly lightning will come back along the causal line. It would be fine to kill him, but I'm afraid that it will also be used to bless the Vajra Temple. In that case, it would be several times more difficult for the monks of the Vajra Temple to produce another supreme master in the next thousand years!
That's enough.
Xuan Gang withdrew his fingers and sat cross-legged back in the void.
That female cultivator's demonic flames are destroyed, her nascent soul is half damaged, and her foundation is completely ruined. Even if she survives, she will be a cripple and pose no threat to my Vajra Temple.
As for that boy—
Hmph, with such a powerful lightning tribulation, it would be as difficult as ascending to heaven for him to survive, yet he still dares to dream of saving others.
That's utterly foolish.
If we let go of that burden, perhaps we can still have a glimmer of hope. Now?
hehe.】
Xuan Gang clasped his hands together, his eyes lowered, as if he could already see the fall of two prodigies.
This saved him some trouble.
The edge of the battlefield in the distance.
Ji Wuchen forced his opponent back with a yin-yang magnetic light, and in the midst of his busy work, he glanced back and his pupils instantly contracted.
"hiss"
Even from a great distance, the destructive aura emanating from the tribulation clouds still sent chills down his spine.
"What should we do? Fellow Daoist Ji! Is there any way to help Chen Yi?"
Qiu Li was beside him, the light of the magic weapon in her hand flickering, clearly she was also extremely anxious.
Ji Wuchen shook his head bitterly, his knuckles white as he gripped the sword.
"It's tough—"
His voice was hoarse. "If Brother Chen were to let go of Fairy Ning now, given his temperament, I'm afraid his Dao heart would be unstable."
If one's Dao heart is disturbed, this inner demon tribulation will surely lead to death. Even if one is lucky enough to survive the lightning tribulation, their future achievements will be limited to this point.
"But what if I were to undergo tribulation while holding Fairy Ning in my arms—"
Ji Wuchen took a deep breath, his throat bobbing, "I've never heard of such a thing before!"
Since ancient times, the mortality rate under the Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation has exceeded 70%, and that is only for a single person undergoing the tribulation!
Brother Chen's tribulation is no weaker than mine was back then!
He's barely able to take care of himself, how can he possibly save others?
Upon hearing this, Qiu Li's eyes blazed with fury as she stared intently at the unmoving Xuan Gang monk in the distance.
"Damn it! That old bald monk has such a vicious mind!"
"Killing two birds with one stone! This is driving Fellow Daoist Chen and Fellow Daoist Ning to their doom!"
Despite their anger, neither of them could make a move.
The first ironclad rule of the cultivation world: Under the Heavenly Tribulation, all living beings are equal!
If there is any external interference, the power of the Heavenly Tribulation will increase exponentially. Not only will the person undergoing the tribulation die, but the person interfering will also be blasted to dust. No one can escape.
Rushing up to help Chen Yi now wouldn't be saving him; it would be wishing he were dead already.
below.
Yue Qingqiu gazed at the calamity clouds that almost pressed down on Chen Yi's head, and closed her eyes in despair.
It’s over.
No matter what Chen Yi chooses, this is a dead end.
If one abandons the principle of non-duality, one's Dao heart will be flawed, and one may die from inner demons or make no progress in life.
If one does not give up, one will not be able to withstand the physical force and will surely die from the thunder.
[Others who form their Nascent Soul only go through three trials: the Nascent Soul Tribulation, the Lightning Tribulation, and the Inner Demon Tribulation—I never expected my junior brother to have an additional trial: the Human Tribulation.]
Yue Qingqiu sighed deeply.
Actually, she misunderstood.
This is not a simple "human abduction".
If there were an ancient monster who had lived for ten thousand years here, he would surely be able to recognize the mystery at a glance.
This is called a "karmic calamity".
This is a calamity that even the Heavenly Dao is jealous of.
Even in the ancient primordial era when powerful beings were everywhere, only a very few exceptionally talented geniuses could possibly trigger this calamity.
This is a selection process, and also a curse.
That's the way of Heaven asking you: What use is this cultivation to you? For whom do you seek immortality?
If one cannot answer, one will die and perish.
Those few who managed to survive this calamity were all legends who dominated their era and amazed everyone.
Chen Yi was unaware of these things.
All he knew was that the person in his arms was getting colder and colder, and the sky above him was getting heavier and heavier.
Above the Nine Heavens.
This is the battlefield for late-stage Nascent Soul True Monarchs.
The fierce wind was strong enough to tear apart metal and stone.
At this moment, a jet-black demonic flame was raging wildly, tearing at the huge cloud of azure energy.
That is the Mysterious Yin True Lord.
This usually aloof and arrogant female cultivator was now truly enraged, completely disregarding the consumption of her own magical power, and even burning her magical power to activate the demonic flames.
She flashed endlessly through the void, each appearance accompanied by a sky full of demonic fire, crashing fiercely towards that cloud of blue clouds.
"This is insane! Absolutely insane!"
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The Azure Cloud Ancestor hid within the Azure Cloud Light Cluster, secretly lamenting his misfortune.
The once dense, enormous, sky-covering azure cloud of light has now shrunk by nearly 30%, with its edges charred black, and its magical energy extinguished upon contact.
This cloud of green is a treasure passed down through the Qingyun Cave Heaven for thousands of years!
It is a spiritual treasure of heaven and earth, refined by each ancestor with countless efforts, combining defense, speed, and trapping enemies, and can be called a magical artifact with innate divine power.
Even if surrounded by cultivators of the same level, he would be invincible as long as he unleashed this treasure.
But now?
How long has this been going on? Not even a hundred breaths!
His precious Qingyun Mountain was burned away by this madwoman, losing a century's worth of accumulated wealth!
"Mysterious Yin Fairy! We were just having a friendly spar, why fight so fiercely?"
While manipulating Qingyun to dodge, the Qingyun Ancestor shouted loudly, his tone full of negotiation, "If you keep burning it, my Qingyun will be ruined!"
Xuan Yin Zhenjun completely ignored him.
Her beautiful eyes burned with a palpable rage, and in response, she unleashed an even more ferocious onslaught of demonic flames.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The void trembled.
The Qingyun Patriarch was stunned by the explosion, and his magical power was depleted like a flood.
"Mysterious Yin friend! Stop! Stop now!"
Ancestor Qingyun was truly panicked. This woman was clearly trying to drag him down with her. "Is that female cultivator below your disciple?"
She was ambushed by the old monk Xuan Gang and is on the verge of death! Aren't you going to do something about her?
Why aren't you going to fight Xuan Gang to the death? Why aren't you going to save people?
Why are you staring at me like that?
He is truly innocent.
Xuan Gang was the one who beat the man. The one who has a grudge against your disciple is the Vajra Temple. My Qingyun Cave Heaven is just here to support you. Is it necessary to go to such lengths to kill me?
Xuan Yin Zhenjun paused slightly.
Her divine sense surged downwards like a tide, but she only glanced at it before withdrawing her gaze.
In that instant, she saw Chen Yi's resolute back and the suffocating clouds of calamity.
She paused for a moment.
Then, the speed at which he made hand seals not only didn't slow down, but actually increased!
The demonic flames surged to the heavens, becoming three times more ferocious than before!
"It's alright, Chen Yi is protecting her, she won't die."
The voice of the Mysterious Yin True Lord was terrifyingly cold.
The Azure Cloud Ancestor almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Another large hole was burned into the Azure Cloud Light Orb on his body. He trembled with heartache: "Still counting on Chen Yi? Open your eyes and look at the extent of that lightning tribulation!"
That kid can't even protect himself right now, how can he save your disciple? That's suicide!
"snort!"
Xuan Yin Zhenjun sneered, his demonic energy surging and his long hair dancing wildly. "A mere tribulation of lightning? If you can't even pass this, do you deserve such a grand display from us today?!"
With a flick of her wrist, a jet-black fire dragon roared forth, hurtling straight at the face of the Azure Cloud Ancestor.
"Have you ever considered that this might be his doing?!"
"What?! A karmic tribulation?!"
Upon hearing this, Ancestor Qingyun's expression changed drastically, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets. "How is this possible?! How could such a legendary calamity—appear on an ordinary, nameless Nascent Soul cultivator?"
Although he had never met them, as the patriarch of Qingyun Cave Heaven, he naturally knew the weight of those three words.
That's divine jealousy!
It's almost certainly a certain death situation!
"Hmph, whether he approves or not is his business."
Xuan Yin Zhenjun remained expressionless, but his voice carried a chilling madness: "If my disciple dies, she dies. That was her fate."
"My demonic flames are powerful, but they're not good at saving people; going down there would be useless."
She paused, then her eyes suddenly turned incredibly fierce.
"but--
—
"If she dies."
"I will kill every single one of you here! One by one, you will pay for her life!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a devastating killing intent erupted.
Xuan Yin Zhenjun no longer held back; his nascent soul roared and directly burned its origin!
Rumble—
The demonic flames that originally covered the sky instantly doubled in size, their color changing from black to dark purple. The terrifyingly high temperature even burned black holes into the space itself.
"You're insane! You're a madman!"
The Qingyun Ancestor was so frightened that his soul almost left his body.
Under the burst of demonic flames, the azure cloud of light shrank dramatically, like snow piled up under the scorching sun!
He felt as if the magical power he had sent out to maintain the magic treasure had been thrown into a bottomless pit and instantly burned away.
A sharp pain shot through his meridians, and he screamed in agony. He dared not take the blow head-on.
"I'm not playing with you anymore!"
The Azure Cloud Ancestor put away the tattered Azure Cloud Light Orb, transformed into a streak of azure light, and turned to flee.
What face, what alliances? They're all worthless in the face of life!
This woman really will kill him!
"run?"
A cold smile curled at the corner of Xuan Yin Zhenjun's lips, his killing intent undiminished. "You think you can escape?"
Swish!
Her figure flickered, transforming into a fierce, demonic flame that relentlessly pursued the Qingyun Ancestor's escape light.
Above the Nine Heavens, the chase begins again.
Each collision was accompanied by the mournful cries of the Azure Cloud Ancestor, echoing endlessly above the clouds.
Below, the dark clouds almost touched the mountain peaks, and the forest of Xingfeng was forced to tilt by the invisible pressure.
Above their heads, the brewing of the lightning tribulation had reached its limit.
It wasn't just dark clouds, but clusters of extremely concentrated purple lightning, with arcs of electricity rolling within them that weren't silvery-white, but rather had a chilling purplish-red hue.
A devastating pressure, as real as a mountain, hung over everyone's mind.
Before the first lightning tribulation had even truly struck, the mere release of that nascent energy caused an uproar among the cultivators watching from afar.
"Retreat! Retreat some more!"
Several Nascent Soul cultivators with white hair and beards changed their expressions drastically. With a wave of their sleeves, they swept their juniors away and sped backward for thousands of miles.
"This is insane—what level of Nascent Soul Tribulation is this?"
The power of Chen Yi's first lightning bolt clearly reached the level of a fully mature early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator! Even the final lightning tribulation of an ordinary cultivator wouldn't be this powerful!
"Forget about the lightning tribulation! Look at Fairy Ning! Chen Yi is still saving people!"
"Fool! Lightning is about to strike, and he's still holding onto Fairy Ning. Is he trying to drag her down with him? Put her down at once!"
Some people looked anxious, wishing they could rush up and make the choice for Chen Yi.
However, Chen Yi, who was in the eye of the thunderstorm, didn't even lift his eyelids at the lightning overhead that was powerful enough to crush mountains and rivers.
His entire being was locked inside the woman in his arms.
His divine sense, like a needle, carrying the newly formed Vajra Core, recklessly pierced deep into Ning Bu'er's meridians. He was attempting to refine the Golden Marrow Liquid that was frantically destroying Ning Bu'er's life force.
"No—it's too slow."
Chen Yi's forehead veins bulged, and the sweat evaporated in the high temperature before it could even drip.
The difference in their levels of understanding is like an insurmountable chasm.
The opponent was a body refinement expert at the peak of the mid-stage of the fourth rank, and the remaining golden marrow liquid reached the destructive level of the peak of the mid-stage of the fourth rank. Even if he wanted to refine this golden marrow liquid with ninety-nine strands of golden crystal cores, it would still take several hours, even if he exchanged one hundred for one.
Ning Bu'er can't hold out for that long.
The tribulation lightning can't wait that long.
The only solution is to condense the golden crystal marrow.
Only those of the same origin and of a higher rank, the Golden Crystal Marrow, can quickly suppress and devour these unclaimed Golden Marrow Liquid.
However, the Golden Crystal Marrow is the core secret of the Vajra Skill. Once it is condensed, it means that one will be connected to the huge devouring system called "Same Source Perception and Devouring".
It was like lighting a torch in a dark forest.
Once used, it will be located.
Once located, what follows is an endless hunt, being devoured, and being used as nourishment —
Chen Yi looked at Ning Bu'er in his arms, whose face was pale and whose life force flickered like a candle flame. Her tightly closed eyes seemed to still be telling of endless trust.
[We can't worry about that now, saving Fuji is the priority!]
A fierce glint flashed in Chen Yi's eyes, and all his hesitation vanished in that instant.
Inside his body, the dormant diamond core suddenly trembled.
Having had the experience of condensing Thunder Crystal Marrow, Chen Yi now has meticulous control over every inch of his body.
His divine sense surged down like a torrent, frantically urging the power of the golden crystal according to the method he had long known by heart.
boom!
A muffled sound, audible only to himself, came from inside Chen Yi's body.
A hundred strands of golden liquid instantly took shape at the core.
Golden Crystal Marrow, complete!
In that instant, Chen Yi felt as if his soul had suddenly broken through a barrier and fallen into a vast and boundless golden ocean.
It was some kind of mysterious sensory network.
Hundreds and thousands of points of light suddenly appeared in the previously lonely vision of the soul.
Each point of light represents a high-level practitioner of Vajra Kung Fu.
Most of those points of light were dim, scattered across distant continents, but among them were a few auras, as vast and powerful as giant whales from the deep sea.
It exuded a terrifying and unrestrained pressure from the peak of the fourth rank.
Those are apex predators.
But just a thousand miles away, there was an aura that was particularly glaring.
It was a bloodthirsty shark, a peak mid-stage fourth-tier shark, baring its fangs and staring intently at him, the "little shrimp" who had just entered the net.
Chen Yi had anticipated this feeling of being watched and targeted when he was deducing the cultivation technique.
But he had no time to pay attention to the shark, even though it was right next to his bed.
With thunderbolts approaching, Ning Bu'er's life hangs by a thread.
He had no time to think about anything else.
"Suck it!"
Chen Yi let out a low growl and slammed his hands down on Ning Bu'er's back.
The newly formed strands of golden crystal marrow within his body transformed into tentacles, rapidly flowing into Ning Bu'er's body along the meridians of his arms.
The originally unshakeable Golden Marrow Liquid, upon encountering Golden Crystal Marrow, began to tremble violently, like iron filings attracted by a magnet.
Previously, it took a hundred times to refine one, which involved using brute force.
Now, those of the same origin attract each other, which means it takes ten times the effort to refine one!
Efficiency increased tenfold!
In pursuit of ultimate speed, Chen Yi completely abandoned the gradual guidance and directly used several golden crystal marrows as a bridge to build a violent transmission channel between him and Ning Bu'er.
Ignoring the excruciating pain of his torn meridians, he frantically pulled the rampant golden marrow liquid from the other's body into his own!
A thousand miles away in the sky, an old monk sat cross-legged.
The instant Chen Yi condensed the Golden Crystal Marrow, the old monk Gang Xuan, who had been half-closed his eyes, suddenly opened them, and two beams of light shot through the void.
"Amitabha."
The old monk chanted the Buddha's name in a low voice, and a look of understanding flashed across his face.
"Benefactor Chen is indeed a kindred spirit."
Now that he has cultivated the Vajra Skill, my previous finger strike could no longer be considered bullying the weak; rather, it was a cleansing of the sect.
"Now that this matter is settled, there is no need to compensate the Star Moon Sect."
After all—this old monk did not truly interfere with Benefactor Chen's Nascent Soul formation; it was simply his own bad luck.
At the same time, the old monk was also somewhat surprised and puzzled.
The message he received earlier said that there were body cultivators here who could tear apart veteran Nascent Soul cultivators, so he assumed that Chen Yi had already advanced to the fourth level.
Unexpectedly, this kid only just started practicing at the last minute, and this is his first time condensing golden crystal marrow.
"They hid it well. If they hadn't deliberately exposed themselves to save people, even this old monk would have been fooled."
Gang Xuan's gaze pierced through the wind and rain, landing on Chen Yi. Seeing that he actually used such a suicidal method to save people, the smile in his eyes deepened, revealing a compassionate cruelty.
"Heh, a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. You've only just refined a hundred strands of golden crystal marrow, and you dare to touch my five hundred strands of golden marrow liquid?"
"That is the fruit of my centuries of arduous cultivation, how could a mere novice like you possibly attain it?"
"That's fine too. Your body will be burst by the Golden Marrow Liquid, and you'll be crippled as well, saving me the trouble of adding another finger."
On Chen Yi's side, the situation was indeed as dangerous as the old monk had predicted.
With a continuous hissing sound, the golden marrow liquid flowed into Chen Yi's arm, making him feel as if he had swallowed handfuls of red-hot steel needles.
The golden marrow liquid, upon entering his body, not only carried high temperatures but also an overbearing will belonging to a fourth-order body cultivator, rampaging through his body and attempting to tear his meridians to shreds.
It was a pain that went deep into your bones!
Chen Yi's body was trembling, and a fine layer of blood beads seeped from his skin, but he didn't even frown.
Chen Yi felt a surge of rage, and his gray divine sense, like a precise scalpel, instantly sliced into the clumps of turbulent golden marrow liquid, targeting the divine imprint left by the old monk Gangxuan.
"break!"
The wolf slammed down with a hammer formed from divine consciousness.
If it were an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator, they might be helpless against the divine sense imprint of a fourth-order body cultivator, but Chen Yi's divine sense had just reached the middle of the fourth order and had initially touched upon the Dao of One Gray Separating Black and White, making its power top-tier among mid-Nascent Soul cultivators.
A soft click.
The will belonging to Gang Xuan within the Golden Marrow Liquid was forcibly shattered.
The next moment, the originally menacing golden marrow liquid instantly quieted down, transforming into a pure, ownerless, yet terrifyingly powerful liquid.
[High-level energy source detected — Five Hundred Strands of Golden Marrow Liquid —]
In my mind, the system's cold notification sound rang out.
"Devour!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Yi immediately activated the system's devouring function.
What others might perceive as drinking poison becomes, with the system's assistance, a supreme feast.
The originally violent Golden Marrow Liquid was quickly decomposed and purified by the system, stripping away all impurities and attributes, leaving only the purest Golden Marrow Energy.
This energy was too immense, and Chen Yi dared not let it linger in his body. He directly guided it towards the several newly formed golden crystal marrow within his body.
boom!
With this infusion of immense energy, the golden crystal energy spun wildly.
The quantity and quality of the golden crystal marrow, which originally numbered only a hundred strands, began to increase at an astonishing rate!
One hundred and one ————one···————··————
Ten... thirty... fifty...
The more golden crystal marrow condensed, the faster Chen Yi could absorb the golden marrow liquid from Ning Bu'er's body.
He's like a tireless water pump, frantically drawing water and transforming it, then using the transformed power to draw even more!
This is a crazy closed loop.
This was also a bloody path that Chen Yi fought his way out of at the critical moment of life and death.
As for how much suspicion this operation might arouse in the old monk, Chen Yi no longer cared.
Thousands of miles away.
The smile on the old monk Gangxuan's lips gradually froze.
Just now, he sensed that the five hundred strands of golden marrow liquid he had left in Ning Bu'er's body had completely lost contact.
"This child actually dares to extinguish the will of our Buddhist sect?!"
Then, to his horror, he discovered that Chen Yi was not only not bursting, but his aura was becoming even stronger.
The originally faint, candle-like fluctuations of the golden crystal marrow were now rising at a visible speed, as if a bucket of oil had been poured on a fire!
"This—how is this possible?!"
The old monk suddenly stood up, staring intently at the tiny figure in the distance beneath the thunderclouds, his expression becoming more solemn than ever before.
"Having just entered the Hundred Strands of Crystal Marrow Realm, you can already devour my five hundred strands of marrow fluid?"
"Even when body cultivators of the same level devour each other, they must proceed gradually, let alone someone who needs to cross two major realms!"
"What kind of freak is he?!"
The old monk had lived for hundreds of years and seen countless geniuses, but he had never seen anything so contrary to common sense.
A strange chill crept into my heart.
If this child is not killed, he will surely bring great calamity to our Vajra Temple!
The killing intent reached its peak at this moment.
Gang Xuan raised his right hand, golden light swirling around his fingertips, terrifying energy gathering at his fingertips, causing the surrounding space to distort and collapse.
The moment that finger is pointed out, that freak who is still undergoing tribulation will surely die.
However, at that moment...
Rumble—
The first heavenly tribulation, which had been brewing for a long time, was finally ready to tear through the clouds and fall with a world-destroying force!
That majestic heavenly power locked down every inch of this world.
Gang Xuan's raised finger froze in mid-air.
His eyelids twitched wildly as he stared intently at the purplish-blue lightning space in the sky, which was the will of Heaven and an inviolable forbidden zone.
If he were to make a move now, even if it only slightly affects the area, the terrifying lightning tribulation would instantly classify him as an interferer and subject him to a punishment several times greater than what he would have received.
He dared to kill Chen Yi.
But he dared not defy the heavenly tribulation.
The backlash that represents the cause and effect of heaven and earth is something that Jingang Temple cannot bear, nor can he.
"call----"
Gang Xuan took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the murderous intent surging in his heart, and slowly lowered his fingers.
"Fine."
He looked at Chen Yi, who was engulfed by lightning, and a sinister glint flashed in his eyes.
"With such a powerful lightning tribulation, you try to save people while also refining my Golden Marrow Elixir. I'd like to see how you manage to survive!"
"Besides, if you're holding a Nascent Soul cultivator, won't your tribulation lightning be doubled?"
Everyone says I haven't been updating much lately, but this chapter has 9400 words, and I wrote it until midnight.
Normally, I only post 6000 words and keep 3500 words in reserve, but I was really scared by your criticism yesterday. I was afraid you wouldn't vote for me, so I didn't dare to take it down. Please stop criticizing me. I'm writing despite being sick, and I've really reached my limit.