Chapter 747 - 318: Thunderous Strike, Insta-killing Foundation Establishment

Chapter 747: Chapter 318: Thunderous Strike, Insta-killing Foundation Establishment

’This Spiritual Power...?’

Xue Bin sensed an exceptionally potent force within Chu Lingguang’s Spiritual Power—it didn’t seem like something an ordinary Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator could generate.

After all, the reason the Foundation Establishment Realm was divided into tiers was because the Spiritual Power a cultivator could wield differed at each level.

While a Human Dao Foundation Establishment cultivator could also draw upon the Five Elements Power, they couldn’t fuse it together as easily as someone who had achieved Immortal Dao Foundation Establishment.

Likewise, a cultivator at the Divine Dao Foundation Establishment level could fuse and absorb the Five Elements Power faster and more powerfully than those at the Human Dao or Immortal Dao levels.

The same held true for Earth Dao and Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.

Xue Bin had clearly sensed that the casual palm strike Chu Lingguang just threw seemed to have fused the entire Five Elements Power into his Gold Spiritual Power.

On the surface, it looked like only a surge of Gold Spiritual Power had erupted.

In reality, it contained the power of all Five Elements.

This left him somewhat bewildered.

’Was it just an illusion?’

’Given Chu Lingguang’s aptitude... even as a disciple of the Profound Celestial Sect, he only has a Dual Spiritual Root. And even with a Spirit Root Level of four, the best he could have possibly reached is Immortal Dao Foundation Establishment. But the power he just displayed was on par with Divine Dao Foundation Establishment—perhaps even stronger.’

As a Human Dao Foundation Establishment Cultivator, Xue Bin had spent far less time than most on his path of cultivation through the Demon Sect and the Great Yuan Territory. He considered himself a true prodigy.

He believed that even if Chu Lingguang trained at the Profound Celestial Sect, someone so young couldn’t possibly surpass him.

Thus, after his Soul Lamp was destroyed, he acted without a second thought, swiftly maneuvering his Flying Sword to strike at Chu Lingguang’s vital points.

As the Flying Sword flew, it erupted with brilliant flames. Although as a Human Dao Foundation Establishment Cultivator he couldn’t easily fuse the Five Elements Power, his years of cultivation had taught him a few tricks to combining them.

As the Flying Sword closed in on Chu Lingguang’s vital points, his own Fire Spiritual Power began to draw in the surrounding Five Elements Power, forcing it to transform.

The Flying Sword finally erupted in a powerful glow, resembling a piece of red-hot iron as it thrust toward Chu Lingguang’s chest.

"Watch out!"

Li Qiushui cried out in alarm.

Just as she was about to help Chu Lingguang, she saw him raise a hand. His fingers traced two circles around Xue Bin’s Flying Sword, forming shackles from the fused Five Elements Power.

The shackles seemed to imprison Xue Bin’s Flying Sword, halting its advance.

"What?"

Xue Bin was stunned.

He thought he was hallucinating.

He instinctively formed a Sword Technique Dharma Seal. The Flying Sword trembled, its power bolstered and transformed by the seal’s guidance, and it struggled to break through Chu Lingguang’s Spiritual Power seal.

But it remained unable to move an inch, trapped by the power between Chu Lingguang’s fingers.

Xue Bin was aghast.

His first instinct was to recall the Flying Sword.

But he found it was still unable to budge, as if Chu Lingguang were gripping it in his hand. A terrible thought surfaced in his mind.

SPIT!

At that very moment, he forcibly severed his connection to the Flying Sword. He then channeled his Spiritual Power into a Rapid Movement Talisman and tried to flee for his life.

The backlash from severing his connection to the sword caused him to spit up a mouthful of blood, severely damaging his Vitality.

However, the Rapid Movement Talisman boosted his speed, allowing him to vanish from Chu Lingguang’s sight in the blink of an eye.

HUMMM.

But at that exact moment, guided by a flick of Chu Lingguang’s fingertip, the surrounding Five Elements Power converged like a mighty army.

This force formed an imprisoning cage that made Xue Bin feel as if he were trapped in a quagmire. Even with the boost from the Rapid Movement Talisman, he now moved as slowly as a stiff-jointed old man, unable to escape Chu Lingguang’s line of sight.

"Fusing the Five Elements Power... Just what realm are you in?"

Xue Bin cried in terror.

Chu Lingguang’s speed at fusing the Five Elements Power was simply too fast, almost unimaginably so. Even the Immortal Dao and Divine Dao Foundation Establishment experts within his sect couldn’t command the Five Elements Power with a mere thought the way Chu Lingguang did.

Nor could they make it unleash such incredible force in an instant.

He used every ounce of his strength to break through the obstruction, but it felt like he was sinking deeper into a mire, completely unable to escape the seal of Chu Lingguang’s power.

"Take a guess," Chu Lingguang said with a smile.

Beside them, Li Qiushui and Xuanyuan Jinkang stared with wide eyes. Xue Bin was a Foundation Establishment Realm expert, a master from the Demon Sect, yet in Chu Lingguang’s hands, he was utterly powerless to fight back.

First, the Soul Lamp he had painstakingly refined was shattered by a single palm strike from Chu Lingguang. Then, his Flying Sword was sealed by Chu Lingguang’s Spiritual Power. Now, his very body was trapped in a mire of Spiritual Power.

They never thought they would live to see a powerful Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator rendered completely immobile by another’s Spiritual Power Shackles.

Even the worldly and knowledgeable Li Qiushui couldn’t help but draw in a sharp breath.

When she heard Chu Lingguang say he knew Xue Bin had been watching them, she had suspected he must have successfully achieved Foundation Establishment. ’How else could he have so easily detected Xue Bin’s presence and left the barracks with such confidence?’

But she never imagined that the Foundation Establishment Chu Lingguang had achieved would be so extraordinary.

’It has to be at least Immortal Dao Foundation Establishment, perhaps even Divine Dao Foundation Establishment.’

Although they knew of the differences between the levels of the Foundation Establishment Realm from books and sect teachings, neither Li Qiushui nor Xuanyuan Jinkang had reached that stage themselves. They had never personally felt the sensation of fusing the Five Elements Power, so they had no true concept of the five great tiers of Foundation Establishment.

So, while they both knew Chu Lingguang was powerful, they couldn’t recognize that he had achieved Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.

"Andenuk was no match for you! He deserved to die! Chu Lingguang, don’t be rash! If you let me go, I swear I’ll never trouble you again! No—I’ll follow your every command! I’m begging you, please spare me!"