webnovelfull Chapter 426 The Great Battle of Foundation Establishment in the Heavenly Dao (8)
Chapter 426 The Great Battle of Foundation Establishment in the Heavenly Dao (8)
Fortunately, the Star Palace had made preparations in advance, keeping Shen Rugo and Xiao Qiushui's soul tablets separately and not including them in the list.
Ling Xiaozhi examined the situation for a moment but found nothing suspicious. However, his suspicions remained, and he coldly rebuked, "Once the secret realm opens, all disciples of your Star Palace must be brought before me immediately! If there is any delay or concealment, the Star Palace will have no reason to exist!"
Having said that, he turned and left.
Xingchen Daoist bowed and agreed immediately, his back already soaked with cold sweat.
As he looked up, he met Wu Yuanshan's gaze from afar, a gaze filled with malice and smugness.
"Wu Yuanshan! It really was you, you old scoundrel, who deliberately framed me!"
The Star Daoist's heart was filled with raging anger and boundless hatred. "If I don't avenge this, I, the Star Daoist, swear I will not be a human being!"
Inside the secret realm, Shen Rugo stared intently at the pale, large hand guarding Wu Xuemei's side, her heart filled with anxiety.
Half an hour later, although the giant hand was much more illusory than before, it still existed, radiating a terrifying demonic power.
"Junior Sister, I've finished absorbing!"
Just then, Xiao Qiushui's excited voice came.
He had completely absorbed the power of the fourth stage of Heavenly Dao, and his internal power was surging, reaching the critical point of breaking through to the Golden Core stage.
Shen Rugo was overjoyed and quickly transmitted her voice: "Fifth Senior Brother, suppress it for now! The Daoist aura at the mountaintop is the key. With its help, we can break through again and reach the pinnacle of Golden Core quality, with the hope of achieving a Heavenly Dao Golden Core!"
Xiao Qiushui listened to Shen Rugo's advice and nodded emphatically, forcibly suppressing the urge to break through, and instead swept away the remaining Heavenly Dao power on the other steps.
After all, there were still several steps left. Although Shen Rugo and Wu Xuemei had devoured and extracted them, leaving only one or two tenths, the total amount of Heavenly Dao power was still considerable. In addition, with the complete Heavenly Dao power of the fourth and ninth steps, the total amount absorbed by Xiao Qiushui definitely exceeded that of Wu Xuemei.
As the last wisp of pure white energy was completely absorbed, "Crack! Boom!"
A cracking sound echoed throughout the entire Heavenly Dao Divine Mountain!
The mountain shook violently, and huge cracks spread upwards from the foot of the mountain!
"It's over! It's over! The sacred mountain is going to collapse!"
In the distance, the Sky-Splitting Crocodile cried out in terror, "This secret realm is entirely supported and suppressed by the Heavenly Dao power of the Divine Mountain. If the Divine Mountain collapses, the secret realm will inevitably crumble, and we will all die here!"
The Xuan Yan Turtle and other demonic beasts also sensed the impending doom and let out desperate howls, throwing themselves into chaos.
As the sacred mountain was about to collapse, Wu Xuemei was still refining the Daoist essence on the mountaintop, and that giant hand was still protecting her.
Time was of the essence. Shen Rugo and Xiao Qiushui exchanged a glance, both seeing a resolute determination in each other's eyes.
"Fight!"
The two said in unison.
We must refine the Daoist essence at the summit and complete our breakthrough before the sacred mountain completely collapses!
Otherwise, once caught in the spatial turbulence, their fate is uncertain!
The two transformed into two streaks of light, rushing headlong towards the Daoist aura atop the mountain, which was shrouded in chaotic energy and contained countless fragments of laws!
At that moment, the pale hand that had been protecting Wu Xuemei vanished like smoke as it exhausted its power!
"good chance!"
Shen Rugo and her companion were overjoyed and increased their speed even further.
However, at that moment, a chilling voice suddenly rang out:
"court death!"
Wu Xuemei, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened her eyes. Her eyes flashed with demonic light, as bright as stars, and a terrifying aura burst forth!
The rocks beneath her shattered inch by inch, and the space around her was distorted!
She made a breakthrough!
Golden Core Realm!
Moreover, this is by no means an ordinary Golden Elixir!
A golden core, entirely dark gold yet entwined with countless black demonic patterns, rose slowly from above her head, like a strange, blazing sun. Its light was neither holy nor pure, but rather exuded a chaotic and evil aura. Yet its oppressive power was terrifying, as if it could suppress all the heavens!
This is the "Heavenly Dao Demon Pill" that Wu Xuemei forcibly plundered the power and essence of the Heavenly Dao and combined with her demonic powers and body!
Its oppressive power was so strong that it was almost comparable to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm!
Shen Rugo and Xiao Qiushui were shocked, but the arrow was already on the bowstring and they had no choice but to release it!
"Wu Xuemei, you monster who is neither human nor demon, do you even deserve to achieve the Golden Core?"
Xiao Qiushui cursed loudly, her blood boiling and her fighting spirit soaring.
"What you steal will never truly be yours! Today, I'll shatter your fake golden elixir!"
Shen Rugo coldly rebuked him.
"Hmph! You ants dare to bark at the sun? Die!"
Wu Xuemei, who was initially overjoyed, had her face contorted by those two harsh words.
She pointed her fingers like a knife, and a jet-black blade of light tore through the sky, swallowing even the light in its path, slashing towards the two of them with an aura of annihilation!
The war broke out instantly!
Shen Rugo and Xiao Qiushui used every trick in the book.
With a wave of her hand, Shen Rugo threw out the Nine Dragons Fire Array Plate, various trapping arrays and illusion arrays as if they were free. Nine fire dragons roared out, and layers of light shields tried to imprison Wu Xuemei.
At the same time, she fully activated her Ice Spirit Root, and her innate cold energy transformed into a giant ice phoenix, carrying an icy chill capable of freezing the soul, and launched an attack in conjunction with the formation.
Runes danced at her fingertips: Vajra Rune, Blazing Flame Rune, Thunder Rune...
It struck Wu Xuemei like a sudden storm.
Xiao Qiushui displayed the ferocity of an ancient beast. His body swelled, his muscles bulged, and dark red patterns appeared on his skin. His fists swung with tremendous force that could tear through space, directly confronting Wu Xuemei's demonic powers with his bare body.
He roared, his fighting spirit as high as a mountain.
However, the difference in their levels of understanding is simply too great.
Wu Xuemei's strength at this moment is more than ten times that of before. The demonic powers she uses are unpredictable and bizarre. Sometimes they transform into black holes that devour everything, sometimes into demonic rain that corrodes everything, and sometimes they condense into ferocious demonic shadows to attack.
Shen Rugo's formation crumbled continuously in the face of absolute power, the Ice Phoenix was also eroded by demonic energy and became more and more illusory, and Xiao Qiushui was beaten back repeatedly, blood spilling from her mouth.
The aftershocks of the three's fierce battle were violently impacting the already crumbling Heavenly Dao Divine Mountain, accelerating the collapse of the mountain and sending huge rocks tumbling down.
The entire secret realm began to fluctuate erratically, and fine cracks appeared in the sky.
Meanwhile, outside the secret realm lies the Valley of Burial Immortals.
With three hours remaining until the scheduled opening time, people from all factions had gathered on both sides of the narrow valley, keeping a close eye on the light screen at the entrance.
Suddenly, the previously stable light screen began to fluctuate violently, its light flickering erratically, as if it might collapse at any moment!
"What's going on? It's not time yet!"
"The light curtain is fluctuating so violently, could it be that something earth-shattering has happened inside?"
The crowd was abuzz with discussion, filled with surprise and uncertainty.
Ling Xiaozhi frowned, his powerful divine sense probing out and sensing that the spatial laws at the entrance were extremely unstable, as if they might open prematurely or even collapse completely at any moment!
He was extremely anxious and wished he could rush in immediately and find the murderer who killed his beloved student.
"Get out of the way! I'm going to force open the entrance!"
Ling Xiaozi took a step forward, his spiritual power surging, and he was about to make another move.
"Sect Leader, please reconsider!"
The elders of Lingxiao Pavilion were terrified and rushed forward to stop them.