Chapter 165 - 84: Nether Abyss Dharma Eye: Open!!

Chapter 165: Chapter 84: Nether Abyss Dharma Eye: Open!!

At that point, he could pass through here at the lowest possible cost.

Lin Rongjin, who was watching from the outside, noticed this as well, much to her frustration.

"Damn it. He found a clever way through again."

Mu Shu, however, suddenly saw something that made her smile. "Rongjin, don’t be so anxious. He won’t be able to pass this stage... The backlash is here."

...

On the battlefield, Jiang Xuan planned to wait quietly for the other students to draw near. He was even prepared to secretly help them dodge the attacks of the Little Demons, making it easier for everyone to group up and share the pressure.

But just then, a bone-chilling palpitation suddenly seized his heart. An intense premonition of being locked on, of imminent crisis, instantly swept over him.

[Celestial Heart Sensing: Danger]

"???"

’What’s going on? Why do I have this fatal sense of crisis?’

He soon discovered the reason his Celestial Heart Sensing had been triggered.

The Molten Rock Demon, as tall as a small mountain, suddenly stopped paying attention to anyone else. Instead, its scarlet eyes locked firmly onto Jiang Xuan, and onto Dong Hao and Su Linyin beside him.

’Did I get too close and trigger the Demon Beast’s aggro?’

Thinking this, Jiang Xuan took a step back. It was useless.

It was as if the Stone Demon had locked onto him completely. No matter which way he moved, the Molten Rock Giant Demon’s head remained precisely aimed at him, its killing intent fixed and unyielding.

The next moment, the Giant Demon abandoned all other targets and unleashed its full, berserk firepower—a terrifying onslaught aimed to crush Jiang Xuan and him alone!

RUMBLE...

With another roar that shook the wilderness, the Giant Demon stomped its massive foot on the ground, causing the subterranean magma to surge wildly.

Then, over a hundred crimson Magma Spears burst from the earth like saplings.

Magma flowed over the surfaces of these spears, and fierce flames churned around them. Just looking at them, one could feel the incredibly violent Fire Attribute Spiritual Power they contained.

After the spears materialized, a berserk Power of Fire surged up from the earth.

BOOM!

Propelled by the violent flames, the hundred-odd spears shot toward Jiang Xuan from all directions, like Crossbow Arrows fired from a Siege Crossbow.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Even Jiang Xuan, while carrying Dong Hao and Su Linyin, couldn’t possibly evade all of the hundred-plus crimson Magma Spears.

Not to mention, the spears would also explode on impact, their damage stacking, making a defense all but impossible.

In the distance, after unleashing its Talent Magic, the Molten Rock Giant Demon immediately followed up. It strode forward and stretched out its giant palm, reaching to grab Jiang Xuan out of the air.

With Magma Spears flying and the Giant Demon itself joining the attack, Jiang Xuan was both besieged and singled out. In an instant, his situation became critical.

However, more than his own dire situation, what angered Jiang Xuan at that moment was the question of *why* he was being targeted.

’Is someone plotting against me? Or is one of the instructors targeting me?’

While Jiang Xuan was lost in thought, Lin Rongjin, watching from the outside, figured out why he was being targeted without any prompting from Mu Shu. "He’s triggered the trial’s backlash rule! I remember the Vessel Master of the Master-Disciple lineage fought with the Elders of the Family lineage several times in the Shenxiao Sect’s main hall just to get this rule added."

"Apparently, the Master-Disciple lineage pushed for it in the name of fairness, to stop disciples from powerful families from getting a free pass... Hehe, what a great rule. Su Linyin, and you too, Jiang Xuan—you’re both finished."

...

Jiang Xuan, of course, was unaware of this hidden rule.

Having never heard of it, he pondered for several moments in mid-air but couldn’t come up with a reason for being singled out.

At that moment, the Molten Rock Spears, like fiery meteors, had already closed in on Jiang Xuan and were about to completely cut off his escape.

Meanwhile, the Molten Rock Giant Demon’s massive hand, like a moving city wall, swooped down to grab him.

For Jiang Xuan, "imminent peril" was no longer a mere figure of speech.

Being targeted by an Elite Demon Beast at the Spirit Core Late Stage—such a desperate plight made Dong Hao and Su Linyin turn pale, their bodies trembling to the core.

But in the face of this hopeless situation, Jiang Xuan stopped trying to escape.

Not only did he stop fleeing, he turned to face the Molten Rock Giant Demon head-on.

The mountain-sized Giant Demon and its outstretched palm, which looked as if it could crush anything, failed to inspire the slightest fear in Jiang Xuan.

His eyes held only solemn calm. His gaze was so tranquil, in fact, that it held a sort of detached indifference, like Heaven itself looking down upon the mortal world.

"I don’t know why you’re so intent on chasing me, but it doesn’t matter. If you stand in my way, then I’ll just crush you!"

VMMMM—!

As he spoke, a thin slit slowly opened in the very center of his brow.

Within the slit, there was no flesh, no muscle, not even an ordinary pupil. There was only a profound, boundless, and infinite darkness—a void that seemed capable of devouring all light and annihilating all life.

[Nether Abyss Dharma Eye: Open!]

!!!

The greatest sound is silence; the grandest form is shapeless.

The instant the Nether Abyss Dharma Eye appeared, Jiang Xuan’s physical form didn’t grow in the slightest. Yet, his presence, his very *mass*, seemed to have multiplied countless times out of thin air.

Compared to the Molten Rock Giant Demon’s mountain-like physique, the fourteen-year-old Jiang Xuan looked minuscule.

But now, anyone who looked at him suspended in mid-air had the distinct illusion that he was far heavier—that he was the very center of the universe.

It even felt as if their gazes, their very Divine Souls, were being pulled in by him.

His immense mass affected and distorted the Gravity of the surrounding world.

This was no mere metaphor. As the Nether Abyss Dharma Eye devoured an immense amount of Jiang Xuan’s Magical Power and opened just a fraction, a pressure as heavy as a mountain descended upon the battlefield.

VMMMM—!

This immense pressure wasn’t aimed at Dong Hao or Su Linyin; in fact, Jiang Xuan, wielding the Nether Abyss Dharma Eye, had deliberately avoided them.

Yet, even the faint aftershocks were enough to make their bodies feel heavy and their breath catch in their throats. Even the Magical Power flowing within them seemed to be suppressed, completely immobilized.

This was the Nether Abyss Dharma Eye, a Righteous Level Spiritual Pupil born from the conceptualization of a black hole!!!

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