Chapter 583 - 498: Battle of the Dharma Forms
’In the eyes of the Grotto Heaven’s spirit, both we and the Demon Palace remnants are invaders... So, it should treat us all the same?’
’Or maybe, since Miss Sanhua is the greater threat, it will prioritize dealing with the Demon Palace remnants... Heh, that’s probably just wishful thinking.’
Li Jinhua let out a self-deprecating laugh.
’But in any case...’
’No matter what happens, it can’t possibly get any worse than this!’
Through the tacit cooperation of the three Nascent Soul True Monarchs, Miss Sanhua’s attempts to interfere were completely thwarted!
"How dare you obstruct me!"
"You all deserve to die!"
A flash of irritation appeared in Miss Sanhua’s eyes.
She was starting to have some regrets.
The changes in the Pocket World Spirit Vein gave Miss Sanhua a bad feeling.
But with the three Nascent Soul cultivators obstructing her, she was powerless to stop it. All she could do was watch helplessly as the Pocket World Spirit Vein continuously converged on the temple ruins.
’Dammit...’
’If I had known this would happen, I would have risked taking some damage to kill these three quickly!’
Miss Sanhua’s brow furrowed. She clenched her teeth, her face grim, and intensified her assault without another word!
"If you’re going to stand in my way, then I’ll kill you first!"
SWISH!
Her silk robes danced and flower petals drifted down like a grand floral rain, blanketing the three Nascent Soul True Monarchs. The barrage relentlessly eroded their protective barriers!
Facing an all-out assault from Miss Sanhua, the three Nascent Soul True Monarchs’ situation immediately worsened.
They were like a small boat in a tempest, on the verge of capsizing at any moment.
"I can’t!"
"I can’t hold on any longer!"
Qixia shrieked.
The next moment!
BANG!
The Daoist instrument, the pipa in Qixia’s hands, shattered with a loud crash!
With her bonded Daoist instrument destroyed, the backlash struck. Qixia’s face instantly turned deathly pale, and blood streamed from her seven orifices.
The accumulated damage and exhaustion from countering Miss Sanhua’s demonic music and using the laws of her techniques had reached a critical point and erupted all at once.
As if struck by lightning, her Magical Power aura plummeted, and she fell from the sky!
"Qiuxia!"
Li Jinhua’s heart went cold. She swung her dragon tail, rapidly descending to catch Qixia, then shot back up, completing a high-speed V-shaped flight.
This saved Qixia from being splattered on the ground.
In her current state, if she had fallen from ten thousand meters, her Nascent Soul might have been fine, but her physical body would have been beyond dead.
However.
Even so, Qixia could barely remain conscious.
As for fighting, she was willing but completely unable.
What’s more, she now required Li Jinhua to divert her attention to protect her.
Qixia’s severe injury was like the first domino falling, setting off a chain reaction.
WHUM.
Miss Sanhua raised a hand, and a five-colored lotus flew out!
The lotus spun through the air, crossing the void in an instant to arrive above Nanshan’s head, casting a shadow over him.
"Not good!"
Nanshan looked up, his long eyebrows trembling. His old, deeply-lined face was filled with terror.
The next moment.
SWISH!
The five-colored lotus petals snapped shut like a vicious Cannibal Flower, swallowing Nanshan whole!
As the five-colored lotus spun, Nanshan’s protective barrier emitted a sickening sizzle, as if being corroded by a powerful acid.
CRACK!
The protective barrier shattered!
The five-colored lotus made contact with Nanshan’s body!
In an instant, his clothes, along with his skin and most of his flesh, dissolved away!
His bloody organs, no longer held in place by flesh, slipped and fell out of position!
At the same time.
This corrosive power spread toward his bones!
Just as Nanshan’s body was about to be completely dissolved!
At this critical juncture!
Nanshan acted decisively. "Explode!"
RUMBLE!
Nanshan’s physical body!
And his bonded Daoist instrument, the Glazed Jade Purification Bottle, violently self-detonated!
BOOM!
The five-colored lotus shattered into fragments of spiritual light, and a Nascent Soul shot out from within, fleeing outward at a speed that Divine Sense could barely track!
It was Nanshan!
He had abandoned his dead body, his Nascent Soul escaping its shell to flee!
Unfortunately...
It seemed that in his terror, he had forgotten one thing: outside Volcano State, there was a fifth-order Array.
SWOOSH!
Nanshan’s Nascent Soul plunged into the gray fog at astonishing speed.
A moment later.
"AHHH!"
A bloodcurdling scream echoed from the gray fog, and then, there was only silence.
"This..."
Li Jinhua was utterly speechless.
In the blink of an eye, of their trio of Nascent Soul True Monarchs, one was dead and one was crippled.
’I’m the only one left with any fighting strength. How... How can I possibly fight this?’
Even someone as resolute as Li Jinhua felt a surge of helplessness!
Having lost two teammates, she was unable to hold out alone.
Soon, her dragon body was covered in wounds, dripping with blood!
"Little dragon of Cang Yuan, you are quite impressive."
"But... this is as far as you go."
"It ends now."
Miss Sanhua’s gaze was ice-cold as she stared at Li Jinhua.
She extended her palm, and a five-colored lotus materialized in it.
WHIR!
The five-colored lotus grew as it flew through the air, descending upon Li Jinhua!
Despair showed on Li Jinhua’s face. Without Qixia’s celestial music, the debilitating effects of Miss Sanhua’s attacks had stacked to a terrifying degree.
Now, whenever she tried to cast a technique or use a magical treasure, there was a ninety percent chance it would be interrupted, causing a backlash.
This left her able to fight only with her true dragon body; she couldn’t even activate the Seven-Colored Bridge of Reincarnation!
Faced with Miss Sanhua’s killing blow, she was completely helpless!
’I’m dead...’
Li Jinhua trembled inwardly.
All she could do now was watch as the shadow of the five-colored lotus enveloped her!
’Perhaps... this is my end?’
Li Jinhua sighed, accepting her fate.
She closed her eyes, waiting for the final judgment.
But...
The death she had anticipated did not come.
’Hm?’
Confused, Li Jinhua opened her eyes.
Her golden pupils widened in utter shock!
She saw that the bright, clear daytime scene had, at some unknown point, transformed into a profound and silent night!
The night sky was a deep, oppressive dark. There was no bright moonlight, nor were there any stars—only absolute blackness!
It couldn’t help but remind Li Jinhua of the legendary Tai Xu Black Hole, said to devour and destroy all things.
’This is...!’
’The aura of a Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect!’
Li Jinhua’s mind reeled, and her entire body trembled.
The aura contained within this darkness felt almost identical in power to Miss Sanhua’s—it was another Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect!
She was dazed. Since when did Dao Embryo Dharma Aspects, a sight seen only once in a thousand years, start appearing one after another like they were a dime a dozen?
And...
Li Jinhua narrowed her eyes. This aura felt incredibly familiar!
’It can’t be you...’
’This is...’
’Su Ye!’
Li Jinhua couldn’t help but gasp in astonishment.
VMM!
From within the vast, deep, and deathly silent night sky, a colossal Dharma Aspect that seemed to touch the heavens and stand upon the earth suddenly materialized!
The body of this Dharma Aspect was composed of countless dark, ghostly shadows, as if the very concept of the ’night sky’ had been stripped out and bound to this form.
A terrifying and frenzied Dao essence, like a manifestation of the Great Dao itself, constantly swirled around him!
If a mortal, or even a low-level cultivator, were to look upon Su Ye at this moment, they would be instantly corrupted and transformed into a creature like a Shadow Fiend!
A Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect!
A being who, while still in the Nascent Soul Realm, had already come into contact with the Dao Source and possessed traits of the Divinity Transformation realm!
"You..."
Miss Sanhua was stunned, finding it hard to believe that in the current generation of Yaoguang, there was another with a Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect besides herself!
Moreover, this was a Dharma Aspect she had never seen before in any historical records!
"Perhaps we can talk...?"
Miss Sanhua swallowed her pride and attempted to reconcile.
However.
The next instant.
A torrent of ghostly shadows that stretched from heaven to earth, like a colossal spear, ruthlessly struck Miss Sanhua!
BOOM!
The protective barrier that Li Jinhua and the others couldn’t even dent with their full power.
Before this torrent of shadows, it shattered like a fragile glass bell, exploding into countless fragments of spiritual light!
Immediately after.
BANG!
The torrent of shadows, with unparalleled momentum, slammed violently into Miss Sanhua’s Miaoyin Aspect!