Chapter 571 - 492: Harboring a Blade, Killing Intent Arises

Chapter 571: Chapter 492: Harboring a Blade, Killing Intent Arises

"A second law-skill!"

Dressed in a black robe, a sharp glint flashed in Su Ye’s eyes!

After refining the Dao Source, he absorbed its inherent law comprehensions. With this nourishment, his understanding of the Life and Death Skill finally reached perfection!

"Life and Death..."

Black and white light swirled in Su Ye’s eyes, forming the shape of a Yin-Yang Fish!

Mastering the Life and Death Skill—his second law-skill—didn’t raise his Cultivation Realm, but Su Ye could feel his combat power had grown by leaps and bounds!

Even among Nascent Soul True Monarchs, few ever managed to master a second law-skill.

The vast majority of Nascent Soul True Monarchs would only ever master a single law-skill in their entire lives!

And now, Su Ye, a mere Late-stage Golden Core cultivator, had mastered two!

Empowered by two laws!

His body and soul were at the fifth tier!

A thoughtful look crossed Su Ye’s face as he murmured to himself, ’With my current strength, could I defeat an Early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator... or even... kill one?!’

’Defeating one wouldn’t be hard, but killing one... that would be difficult...’

Su Ye made a serious assessment, recalling the performance of Early-stage Nascent Soul True Monarchs from his memories.

Su Ye knew full well how difficult it was to kill a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Setting aside the deep reserves and various protective treasures they accumulated over their long lives as high-level cultivators...

...the very nature of the Nascent Soul itself made killing them an incredibly difficult task.

You had to understand that after a cultivator advanced to the Nascent Soul realm, they would fully master a law-skill and use its power to shape their Nascent Soul.

From then on, they no longer had any vital points. Even if their physical body was destroyed, their Nascent Soul could escape and seize a new body to be reborn.

A Nascent Soul could flee for hundreds or even thousands of miles in an instant, escaping the battlefield in a flash.

’Unless... I set up a trap in advance, with measures to restrain them.’

’And wait for the right opportunity.’

A dark light flickered in Su Ye’s eyes as his thoughts raced.

He murmured to himself.

"Fuyunzi..."

Mastering a second law-skill was an unexpected development for Su Ye.

He originally thought that even after refining this third portion of Dao Source, his comprehension would only advance to about 95%.

But who would have thought the Dao Source would be so potent? It allowed him to directly master the Life and Death Skill!

With a sharp blade in hand, killing intent stirs on its own.

"’A gentleman’s revenge can wait ten years; a villain’s revenge is sought from dawn till dusk...’"

"’I am neither a gentleman nor a villain, so I’ve waited several months.’"

Su Ye muttered.

His Divine Sense stirred, and he contacted the Dreamkeeper.

"Dreamkeeper, I’m in a good mood today. For a little extra coin, I’ll help you out one more time..."

"Get back to me quick. Miss this chance, and it’s gone for good!"

...

「Some time before this, inside the Array space of the Volcano Fortress.」

Within this greater Array, there were four independent and separate Array spaces.

Each Array space had its own core. The Dreamkeeper had exhausted all efforts to barely station a fifth-tier being to guard each one.

In addition, numerous Divine Attendant Guards were stationed within the Array spaces in formation.

One could see that the armor of these Divine Attendants was of the same standard issue as the animated armors. The difference was that the bodies of these Divine Attendants had not been eroded or decayed.

Instead, they had been completely transformed into energy.

Surging flames and fiery light coiled around their bodies.

They had used fire-elemental Spiritual Qi to reconstruct their forms, turning into Elemental Life.

Their energy-based bodies, freed from the suffering and weakness of flesh, granted them an extremely long lifespan.

It was for this very reason that these Divine Attendants—transformed from the heroic mortal souls who had believed in the Li Huo Divine Lord during the Ancient Era—were able to survive to this day.

Of course, even so, these Divine Attendants had to remain in a deep slumber most of the time. Otherwise, their souls would have long since decayed and faded from the world.

Now, with the core of the divine kingdom threatened, these loyal Divine Attendants had awoken from their slumber at the Dreamkeeper’s command, raising their weapons to fight back against the invaders!

It was safe to say that in order to defend the core of the Grotto Heaven, the Dreamkeeper was giving it their all!

Nearly all the reserves within the Volcanic Grotto Heaven had been mobilized!

However.

Against invaders who had come prepared, these defensive measures were still not enough.

"Talisman: Ice Dragon Tornado!"

Zheng Yunzhe’s expression was grim. Six glowing talismans spun around him. With a stir of his Divine Sense, a deep blue talisman shot out like an arrow loosed from a bow!

The deep blue talisman swelled in the air, transforming into a lifelike, roaring ice dragon dozens of yards long, wreathed in a blizzard!

BOOM!

The ice dragon swept forward!

The blizzard surrounding it carried an extreme chill, and the blazing flames upon the bodies of more than a dozen Divine Attendant Guards instantly dimmed.

The ice dragon lunged, bit down on a Divine Attendant Guard armed with a sword and shield, and violently threw it into the air.

At the same time.

SWISH!

A flash of sword light.

The Spirit Sword of a Sword Sect Golden Core cultivator pierced through the guard’s body at several times the speed of sound, annihilating it!

The rest of the battle followed the same pattern. Zheng Yunzhe controlled the ice dragon to draw aggro, apply an area-of-effect slow, and use single-target knock-up crowd control.

The other Golden Core cultivators followed up with single-target damage to finish them off.

In just ten minutes, the entire squad of Divine Attendant Guards had been annihilated by the seven accompanying Golden Core cultivators.

"Nicely done."

Fuyunzi nodded slightly, offering a word of praise.

By bringing these Golden Core cultivators along, they didn’t have to deal with clearing out the small fry themselves.

Of course,

the Nascent Soul True Monarchs weren’t just slacking off entirely.

Yuan Lan said, "Fuyunzi, due east."

"Got it."

Fuyunzi pointed a finger. A bright white light flared, and an incomparably sharp stream of Sword Qi shot out.