Chapter 582 - 498: Dharma Form Battle
"Hah..."
"A Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect..."
Li Jinhua let out a stifled groan, gritting her silver teeth. She stared at Miss Sanhua on the battlefield—so calm and composed, fighting with effortless ease—and her golden eyes filled with unwillingness to accept defeat!
Compared to an ordinary Nascent Soul, the advantage of a Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect was completely overwhelming!
Even with the three of them joining forces and using all their trump cards, they couldn’t even faze her!
At this moment, a quarter of an hour had passed.
Miss Sanhua’s expression was still unhurried. The only change was that the light from her protective magical barrier had dimmed by twenty to thirty percent.
On the contrary, the three Nascent Soul cultivators were growing increasingly weaker.
Qixia’s beautiful face was etched with exhaustion.
"Ngh..."
She bit her lip and once again channeled her Sound Skill, playing her pipa.
But just then, with a sharp SNAP, a string on the Dao-artifact pipa in her hands suddenly broke. A conspicuous crack even appeared on the body of the instrument itself!
BZZZ.
The celestial music came to an abrupt halt.
The Demonic Chanting that filled the battlefield grew sharper, more piercing, luring one toward depravity!
The three Nascent Soul True Monarchs all furrowed their brows, their faces twisting in a painful struggle!
"Ngh..."
Qixia’s pupils constricted and her face turned pale.
Her lips pressed into a thin line as she prepared to resume playing, but... under the interference of the demonic sound, she tried several times, yet found it difficult to channel her Sound Skill.
’Damn it!’
Qixia cursed inwardly. Both of their abilities involved sound, but Miss Sanhua’s skill priority was higher than hers!
The only thing she could rely on was her mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivation, using her higher realm to offset the difference in priority and fight back!
However, this kind of confrontation was a severe drain on Qixia’s mind and Magical Power.
She had been continuously channeling her Sound Skill since the battle began, with almost no rest. This level of exertion would make even a Nascent Soul True Monarch feel as if their oil had run dry and their lamp was extinguished—utterly exhausted!
And without Qixia’s Sound Skill to counteract it, Miss Sanhua’s demonic sound took complete control of the battlefield.
HUMMM.
The Demonic Chanting was sharp and cacophonous.
It was filled with an aura of depravity and corruption that struck directly at the soul.
Even if the Nascent Soul True Monarchs sealed their sense of hearing, they were not immune.
Under the assault of the demonic sound, their every attempt to cast a spell had a chance of failing, causing their Magical Power to run amok and backlash against them.
Miss Sanhua, in turn, timely adjusted her strategy. Unleashing the might of her Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect, the five-colored vapor surrounding her body manifested as thousands upon thousands of pink-hued skulls that launched an attack!
HISS!
The demonic skulls’ jaws snapped open and shut as they slammed into the protective magical barriers!
The pressure on the Nascent Soul True Monarchs instantly multiplied!
"The outcome is decided."
A smile touched the corners of Miss Sanhua’s lips.
With the battle having progressed this far, her victory was practically set in stone.
She mused to herself.
’At most, it will take another half a quarter-hour to kill these three Nascent Soul True Monarchs. Tsk tsk... in this battle for the Grotto Heaven, a total of six Nascent Soul True Monarchs will have fallen!’
’Even for the Nine Sects of the Inner Sea, a loss like this will be agonizingly painful!’
’Perfect...’
’With their blood, I shall announce that my Blood Moon Demon Palace once again reigns supreme over Yaoguang!’
Miss Sanhua’s lashes fluttered, her eyes narrowing as a halo of excitement gleamed within them!
...
But just then, her train of thought was suddenly interrupted.
VMMMM!
The surface of the Grotto Heaven lit up with a crimson glow!
This light flowed and snaked across the surface of the volcanic Grotto Heaven, outlining dense, crimson patterns that resembled the meridians of a human body!
"Hm?"
Miss Sanhua froze.
"This is..."
Li Jinhua and the other two True Monarchs also cried out in alarm.
At this moment, they were no strangers to what was appearing on the ground of the Grotto Heaven.
It was something indispensable to the cultivation process of Spiritual Mechanism Immortal Dao cultivators—Spirit Veins!
But now, before the astonished eyes of the Nascent Soul cultivators, within the volcanic Grotto Heaven, hundreds of Spirit Veins of varying ranks, from first-tier to fifth-tier, began to simultaneously gush Spiritual Qi!
WHOOSH!
An infinite amount of Spiritual Qi began to converge on the ruins of the temple.
"This change... controlling the Grotto Heaven... is the Dreamkeeper not quite dead yet?"
Miss Sanhua’s brow twitched.
Even though she didn’t know what this abnormal behavior of the Spirit Veins signified.
However, with victory already in her grasp, she was extremely averse to any unexpected variables.
Moreover, manipulating the Pocket World Spirit Veins, no matter how one looked at it, seemed like the Dreamkeeper’s handiwork... Miss Sanhua had a guilty conscience; she knew full well that she had royally screwed over the Dreamkeeper this time!
Therefore.
"Time to cut the weeds and pull out the roots!"
A cold, harsh light glinted in Miss Sanhua’s eyes.
VMM.
Magical Power gathered in her palm, forming a five-colored lotus that spun out!
The five-colored lotus grew as it flew, and in just a moment, it expanded from the size of a palm to a giant, mountain-like lotus a thousand feet wide, smashing down toward the temple!
But at that moment...
ROAR!
The sound of a dragon’s cry rang out!
"Don’t even think about it!"
The five-clawed golden dragon roared, its long, brilliant golden tail streaking across the sky like a golden thread invisible to the naked eye!
The true dragon’s long tail, carrying immense power, whipped through the air at extreme speed and lashed out violently at the lotus!
BOOM!
The lotus exploded, dissipating into five-colored smoke.
But Li Jinhua’s dragon tail was now a mangled mess of flesh and blood, revealing the stark white of shattered bone!
Li Jinhua had revealed her true form to block that attack!
As the weaker party, they didn’t fear unexpected variables—on the contrary, they craved them!
With the insight of Nascent Soul True Monarchs, they could naturally see that if the current trend continued, their defeat was certain!
Therefore, any change, any variable, was a good thing!
"Manipulating all the Spirit Veins in the entire Grotto Heaven... this is an ability only the Spirit of the Grotto Heaven could possess."