The greatest saint of all time!

Chapter 52 9 Netherworld Fire

"Not only did it replicate my physical strength, but it can even replicate the Nine Forms of Haotian?"

Lu Xuan steadied himself, his eyes gleaming even brighter.

"However, some things can never be replicated."

"Again!"

Lu Xuan let out a low shout and his figure shot up again.

This time, he held nothing back. The Chaos Devouring Heaven Scripture circulated within his body, and black spiritual power surged out like a tide, condensing into sharp and fierce energy around him.

The projection opposite was equally unwilling to be outdone, its body also surging with black spiritual energy, and its moves were exactly the same as Lu Xuan's.

"Bang! Bang bang!"

The two figures clashed wildly in the arena, their punches landing with tremendous force and speed.

Every clash was accompanied by a deafening roar.

If an outsider were here, they would probably have been shaken to their core by the terrifying aftershocks of the battle.

However, as the battle progressed, the smile in Lu Xuan's eyes grew stronger.

"really."

"You possess my power and techniques, and even your fighting spirit is imitated perfectly."

"But in the end, it was just a soulless puppet."

"I have never experienced the despair between life and death, nor felt the pain of the collapse of the Great Dao."

"Your moves only have form, but no spirit!"

Lu Xuan suddenly unleashed a powerful whip kick, forcing back the projected attack.

Then, he slowly closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

When he opened his eyes again, his deep eyes seemed to hold the illusion of stars fading and the cycle of all things.

An indescribable, supreme pressure emanated from him.

That is the invincible will of the Holy Lord Haotian!

"it's over."

Lu Xuan whispered.

Lu Xuan, who was opposite him, seemed to sense the threat, let out a roar, and charged forward recklessly.

"Haotian Sword Technique, Star Slayer!"

Lu Xuan pointed his fingers like a sword and slashed at the void in front of him.

"laugh!"

A dazzling sword light instantly ripped through the void.

"Snap!"

The previously evenly matched situation has been broken.

The sword light sliced ​​through the projection's protective spiritual energy as easily as cutting tofu, striking directly between his eyebrows.

The projected figure suddenly stiffened, and then a thin line split open between its eyebrows.

"Bang!"

A soft sound.

The projected form shattered, turning into countless points of light that dissipated into the air.

Lu Xuan withdrew his finger, his expression indifferent.

……

Meanwhile, inside that stone chamber...

Lu Heng and Lu Ming each sat cross-legged on a futon, their faces filled with ecstatic joy.

In front of them, a jade bottle and a jade slip floated respectively.

"A fourth-grade elixir! The Marrow Cleansing and Bone Strengthening Pill!"

Lu Heng took the jade bottle with trembling hands, his eyes filled with greed.

A fourth-grade elixir!

In the Great Yan Dynasty, this was the legendary divine medicine!

It is said that just one pill can cleanse the marrow and transform one's body, turning a useless person into a genius in an instant!

"With this pill, my aptitude will surely reach a new level!"

"Breaking through to the Heavenly Origin Realm will be just around the corner!"

Lu Ming, standing to the side, was equally excited.

The jade slip in his hand contained a cultivation method called the "Devouring Heaven Demon Art".

"Absorbing essence and blood to forcibly increase cultivation level."

"Although there are some side effects, this cultivation speed is truly unheard of!"

"Given enough resources, even a pig can become an unparalleled powerhouse in a short time..."

"As for the side effects and the drain on your life, so what?"

"What's a little price to pay when you can possess immense power, obtain the supreme throne, and trample everyone under your feet?"

"Brother, it seems this is the opportunity left to us by our ancestors."

Lu Ming put away the jade slip, looked at Lu Heng, and a very strange smile flashed in his eyes.

"With this cultivation technique and elixirs, if the two of us brothers join forces, who in the Great Yan world could be our match?"

Lu Heng was immersed in the joy of becoming stronger, and he laughed heartily upon hearing this.

"Sixth Brother, you're right!"

"After we get out, we'll kill that good-for-nothing third brother first!"

"Then……"

He paused, a fierce killing intent flashing in his eyes.

"...Let us then each rely on our own abilities to vie for the throne!"

The two, each harboring their own secrets, exchanged a knowing smile.

One of them swallowed the pill without hesitation, while the other began to cultivate that demonic art that overdraws one's life force.

……

As the projected avatar dissipated, the ground in the center of the arena slowly cracked open, and a small stone platform rose up.

A ball of eerie blue flame floated atop the stone platform.

The flames were not scorching hot; instead, they emitted a chilling aura.

What's most terrifying is that this flame wasn't attached to anything flammable; it was burning out of thin air.

Lu Xuan was also taken aback when he saw this. He stepped forward, stared at the dark blue flame, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"This is?"

"The seed of the Nine Netherworld Fire?"

The Nine Netherworld Fire is a strange fire born in an extremely yin place, which specifically burns the soul and is extremely insidious.

Even a trace of it will severely damage one's soul. If it cannot be expelled in time, it may even be burned to ashes, never to be reborn.

This level of strange fire is almost extinct in the lower realms; I never expected it to appear here.

"It seems that the original owner of this secret realm was not only a Dharma Aspect Realm expert in his lifetime, but also a martial artist who was proficient in the way of fire."

Lu Xuan thought to himself.

For him now, the value of this spark even surpasses that of the ten-thousand-year-old Soul-Nourishing Wood.

In his previous life, he had occasionally obtained a cultivation technique that allowed him to refine a strange fire into his pupils, turning it into a kind of innate supernatural power.

However, one can only cultivate when one's cultivation level is still low.

In his previous life, his cultivation was too high. Even though he could refine the strange fire of heaven and earth, the refined strange fire could not change his pupils at all. They would be assimilated by his own power of law in an instant.

That was a waste of that incredibly powerful divine ability.

Now, Lu Xuan possesses a divine soul at the Saint Lord level, but his cultivation level is not high.

If he could master this divine power, with his current powerful soul strength, combined with the Nine Netherworld Fire that specifically counters the soul, even a peak Soul Platform Realm expert would suffer damage to their sea of ​​consciousness if attacked without warning, or even become an idiot!

It's an absolute killer weapon for sneaky people!

"Good stuff, I'll take it."

Lu Xuan sat down cross-legged without the slightest hesitation.

Instead of cautiously probing like ordinary cultivators, he directly activated the Chaos Devouring Heaven Scripture.

"Devour the heavens, absorb it!"

With a low shout from Lu Xuan, the black vortex within his body spun wildly, and an incomparably domineering suction force directly enveloped the ball of dark blue flame.

"hiss!"

The flames entered his body, and a sharp pain swept through his entire being.

The Netherworld Fire specifically burns the soul. This kind of pain, which comes from the depths of the soul, is so intense that even a little bit of it can cause an ordinary person to either become a ghost or, in severe cases, have their soul completely dissipated.

Lu Xuan groaned, veins bulging on his forehead, cold sweat soaking his clothes.

But his expression remained resolute, unwavering.

In his previous life, he was a holy ruler; what kind of suffering hadn't he endured?

This pain was not enough to make him back down.

"A mere spark dares to rebel?"

"Suppress them!"