Chapter 730: Devouring Dao Charm, Heaven-defying Breakthrough

BZZZT—

Even with Ye Tianling manifesting the Asura Soul-Slaying Killing Dao and the Netherworld Life and Death Path, he still couldn’t withstand the terrifying joint attack.

If these peerless prodigies were only at the Sword Tribulation First Refining Realm, with Battle Power similar to his, Ye Tianling would have been wary of an attack on that level, but he wouldn’t have been so severely injured.

But under the augmentation of the Dao Rhyme Fragments, everything had become utterly dreadful.

Every prodigy present knew this was an opportunity they couldn’t miss. They also knew the portal was about to open, and they would soon enter the Hidden Dragon Demon Cave. Thus, they unleashed the full power of their Dao Rhyme Fragments, almost all of them stepping into the Fourth Sword Tribulation Refining Realm.

A gap of three Great Realms made their Battle Power nearly impossible to resist.

Even with Ye Tianling’s immense strength, manifesting the Samadhi Celestial Fire and the defense of the Mirror Flower Water Moon Battle Armor, he simply couldn’t block it.

In this place, the Defense Power of the Mirror Flower Water Moon Battle Armor was almost completely nullified, having no effect whatsoever.

And the power of the Samadhi Celestial Fire also seemed to have dropped to an all-time low here.

Everything was going against Ye Tianling.

BOOM—

Thunder that shook the nine heavens, Laws of earth, fire, wind, and water—all began to manifest one after another. It was like the birth and death of endless Small Worlds, with ceaseless divine punishment and roaring thunder.

The terrifying signs of the Hell Celestial Tribulation had already manifested.

Meanwhile, the terrifying, murderous attacks from the horde of Cultivators shattered Ye Tianling’s Defense Power and landed squarely on his body.

The Netherworld Life and Death Path and the Asura Soul Cutting technique that Ye Tianling manifested were both methods of dispersing force by turning his body into particles, similar to the principle of "Four Catties Move a Thousand Pounds."

However, even these techniques couldn’t hold up against such terrifying and overwhelming attacks.

RUMBLE—

A terrifying power, like a raging tidal wave, smashed through his physical defenses as if they were rotten wood and instantly struck his body.

PFFT—

Ye Tianling’s whole body shuddered violently. His Sword Venerate Dominating Body was torn to pieces, revealing stark white bone. He was beaten into a nearly unrecognizable bloody pulp.

His condition was tragic, but the Mechanical Heart had already understood the Transformation Technique through Qiu Que’s changes.

"Ye Tianling, use the Laws as a pivot and your Bloodline as a sacrifice. Perform a Bloodline ritual refinement, just like Artifact Refining..."

"Use the fire of life, use the Battle Power Dao Patterns on the Power of the Three Souls and Seven Spirits—that one-hundredth Battle Power Dao Pattern—to temper the Dao Rhyme Fragments..."

The Mechanical Heart conveyed the information to Ye Tianling in the Little Dragon Girl’s beautiful and pleasant voice.

BOOM—

At the same time, a massive volley of attacks surged forward.

"Nirvana Nine Transformations!"

"Nirvana Rebirth!"

Ye Tianling activated the Nirvana Nine Transformations technique. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, he manifested the Samadhi Celestial Fire while simultaneously gathering endless Bloodline Power to defy the heavens and recover.

His shattered body recovered once more, and in an instant, he traversed the Void to evade the barrage of attacks.

The Void was blasted apart. The sacrificial altar trembled and shattered into pieces.

The Netherworld Array that Ye Tianling had manifested was also broken.

Left with no choice, Ye Tianling summoned a wave of Blood Qi and swept Ye Tianyun and Liu Xu’er, who had nearly been shaken to death, into the Space-Time Soul-locking Tower.

Meanwhile, Ye Tianxi was also undergoing the eighth transformation of the Nirvana Nine Transformations.

It wasn’t that she didn’t want to come out and help. But Ye Tianling, whose Battle Power had already reached the level of Breaking Ten and who had stepped into the Sword Tribulation First Refining Great Perfection Realm, was still unable to stop their attacks and had fallen into an absolute disadvantage.

If Ye Tianxi, who had not yet entered the Sword Tribulation First Refining Realm, were to come out now, she would only be a burden to Ye Tianling.

It was precisely because Ye Tianxi understood this that she was frantically pushing through her transformation, hoping she could step into the Sword Tribulation Realm after achieving Sword Void Nine Transformations Great Perfection and provide Ye Tianling with some help.

Ye Tianling understood all of this, but he didn’t say anything.

Just as he was sweeping up Ye Tianyun and Liu Xu’er, Ye Tianling was attacked again.

His recovered Divine Body was pierced through once more, and even blown apart.

If the Mirror Flower Water Moon Battle Armor hadn’t contained the explosive mist of blood within it, he probably would have been torn to pieces and turned into a fine powder of flesh and gore.

WHOOSH—

Ye Tianling used the Nirvana Technique again and recovered once more.

But with each recovery, his face grew paler.

Ye Tianling began to gather a portion of the vast Origin Energy stored in the Space-Time Soul-locking Tower and absorb it.

Even so, Ye Tianling had already suffered some fundamental damage.

Although the Nirvana Rebirth Skill could grant instant recovery, it was based on the principle of conservation of energy. This kind of recovery consumed the potential of his Bloodline and Talent. If used too many times, the damage to his body would also be severe.

"Kill him! He’s at his limit! Don’t let the Celestial Tribulation descend!"

"The aura of Hell is already spreading! Once the tribulation arrives, we’ll all be attacked by the Hell Celestial Tribulation! Even if we kill this Ye Tianling, we’ll be annihilated by the Hell Celestial Tribulation all the same!"

"With our strength, surviving the Hell Celestial Tribulation is absolutely impossible!"

"Trying to survive a Hell Celestial Tribulation without a Thunder Flame Divine Body Physique is just wishful thinking!"

"The aura of Hell is spreading over! Hurry up and attack! He can’t recover many more times!"

"Use a Battle Soul attack! Aim for his glabella and shatter his Soul!"

...

The group of prodigies quickly conferred, their words growing increasingly vicious.

At this moment, Ye Tianling had finally grasped the Gathering Technique for the Dao Rhyme Fragments. After sending Ye Tianyun and Liu Xu’er into the Space-Time Soul-locking Tower and completely isolating them from Ye Tianxi and Qiu Que, his last trace of worry vanished.

BZZZT—

In that instant, Ye Tianling took a great breath. Using the method provided by the Mechanical Heart, he absorbed ten thousand Dao Rhyme Fragments in a flash!

"Damn it, Ye Tianling absorbed the Dao Rhyme Fragments!"

"Quick, attack!"

"Ah—dammit! Don’t tell me he’s never absorbed Dao Rhyme Fragments before?"

"Doesn’t that mean he can get a Third Layer Realm promotion?!"

"He’s already so hard to deal with at the First Sword Tribulation Refining! If he gets a Third Layer Realm promotion, won’t we all be finished?!"

"Let’s go all out! Use your strongest attacks! We can’t wait! What are you still holding back for?!"

"Hurry! Once the Hell Celestial Tribulation descends, we’ll all die together!"

Sharp cries and roars rose and fell in waves.

At that moment, the numerous Cultivators also erupted with terrifying Battle Power.

A peerless Green Lotus Divine Body transformed its defense into offense, manifesting endless killing intent.

A peerless War Demon Divine Body manifested the incredibly heaven-defying Demon-Slaying God-Killing Technique, its slaughter just as boundless.

But at this point, after devouring ten thousand Dao Rhyme Fragments, it was far from enough for Ye Tianling to advance. Instead, it merely replenished some of the deficits in his body.

"One hundred thousand Dao Rhyme Fragments!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Tianling instantly devoured one hundred thousand Dao Rhyme Fragments!

BOOM—

In that instant, his Realm abruptly reached Perfection. At the same time, Ye Tianling’s Realm broke through directly!