Chapter 92: Battles Between Perfected Ones!
With the [Hall of Yama] hanging high in the sky, gusts of Yin wind instantly swept through the eight hundred miles of Skull Mountain, accompanied by endless mournful sounds, as if it had turned into a ghostly domain on earth.
Standing within it, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak’s face was ugly to the extreme.
“Relying on these methods, you want to kill me?”
He almost laughed out of anger. Regardless of whether Lu Yang was the reincarnation of a Saint Sect Perfected One, wanting to put him to death just like this was looking down on him too much!
On the other side, Lu Yang looked indifferent. Inside his Dantian, the Protector God Su Nü was sweating profusely, unreservedly blessing him with her own stature. This made his appearance seem increasingly solemn and sacred, as if he had become the center of heaven and earth within the eight hundred miles of Skull Mountain.
“Just giving it a try, precisely to witness Senior’s divine abilities.”
The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak looked deeply at Lu Yang upon hearing this, then nodded— “Fine, let me see which former colleague Fellow Daoist truly is.”
Clearly, he had already determined Lu Yang’s identity.
Definitely the reincarnation of a Saint Sect Perfected One!
As for why he didn’t say it explicitly, it was actually quite normal. Saint Sect Perfected Ones, count one as one, all carried some troublesome major karma.
For example, enemies, enemies, and more enemies.
Having finally reincarnated with great difficulty, it was the perfect time to shake off the karma of the previous life. Who would actively admit their identity from the previous life and take on that karma?
As his voice fell, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak bent down, picking up a handful of yellow earth and circulating his spiritual power to refine it for a moment. Then he scattered it. The dust and ash took root upon landing, instantly transforming into a large lump of earth. The soul of the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak entered it, instantly turning that lump of earth into his own likeness.
“Although it is a body of earth and stone, it is barely enough for use.”
The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak muttered in a low voice. Sand and gravel fell continuously as his lips opened and closed. But regardless, his soul finally had a temporary residence.
Boom!
While the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak was casting his spell, Lu Yang didn’t just watch. Killing shouts rolled within the [Hall of Yama] as Shaman-Ghosts emerged one by one behind Lu Yang.
These Shaman-Ghosts were all armed with weapons and clad in armor, revealing green faces and fangs, looking ferocious. Moreover, they were neatly arranged in formation, with Yin Soldiers and Ghost Generals advancing and retreating in an orderly manner. With a thought from Lu Yang, they instantly charged toward the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak.
“Demons and monsters, dare approach my Law Body?”
The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak sneered upon seeing this scene. Subsequently, a streak of spiritual light rose slowly from the top of his head, dividing Yin and Yang, manifesting black and white Qi.
Looking closely, it was actually a picture scroll.
He cultivated the Heaven-Mending True Scripture. The Dao Foundation he finally built was named the “Great Dao Diagram of Yin and Yang.” The diagram had two sides: one Jue Yin (Absolute Yin), one Ming Yang (Bright Yang). Using Yin and Yang to explain the myriad phenomena of the universe, no matter what wondrous divine abilities or methods you displayed, once they fell into the diagram, they would be decomposed, refined, and even turned to his own use.
At this moment, the scroll unfolded, shockingly with the “Jue Yin” side facing up.
The [Hall of Yama] was primarily based on Baleful Yin, and the various Shaman-Ghosts belonged to Yin. They were exactly countered by “Jue Yin.” No matter how many came, it was futile.
The next second, the scroll reversed.
Jue Yin turned to Ming Yang. Vast heavenly light instantly illuminated all directions of the [Hall of Yama]. Wherever it passed, all Yin Soldiers and Ghost Generals were ignited, instantly turning into powder.
However, simultaneously, several rays of dark light struck into the Yin-Yang Diagram like thunderbolts, causing the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak to grunt, and cracks suddenly appeared on his body of earth and stone.
Nine Heavens Capital Seal Secret Demon Yin Thunder!
Patriarch Nether Whisper once used this divine ability to counter Lu Yang’s soul. Now, Lu Yang was repeating the old trick, using it to deal with the soul of the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak!
“Sure enough, you have some skill…”
The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak looked gloomy. In the collision just now, although Lu Yang was undoubtedly injured more deeply than him, he inevitably suffered some minor injuries.
The confrontation between Foundation Establishment cultivators was vastly different from Qi Refining.
A Battle of Arts between Perfected Ones involved borrowing Qi to manifest images, using one’s own piritual power to manifest their respective Dao Foundations. While the Dao Foundations operated, countless divine abilities were generated and transformed every second.
Therefore, when the Dao Foundations of both sides manifested and collided, it was equivalent to each deploying a great army. Every soldier was a divine ability; every collision was a confrontation between two armies. Whoever was beaten into throwing away their helmet and armor, suffering troop losses until they could no longer manifest their Dao Foundation, was the defeated one.
And this kind of Battle of Arts extremely tested deductive ability, which is to say, each other’s Dao Conduct.
To put it bluntly, it was like deploying troops and arranging formations—where to concentrate heavy troops, where to bluff, where to send a lone army deep in, where to lay an ambush on ten sides.
High Dao Conduct meant anticipating the enemy’s moves, arranging calmly, and shifting and changing as one wished.
Low Dao Conduct meant being played in the palm of another’s hand.
Therefore, unless the gap was too large, the outcome of a Battle of Arts between Foundation Establishment Perfected Ones was hard to determine in a short time. And even if one won, it was very difficult to kill the opponent.
Lu Yang’s Dao Conduct undoubtedly couldn’t compare with the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak.
But his condition was better.
The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak now had his physical body destroyed, remaining only as a soul, and his Dao Foundation was already unstable. Lu Yang’s [Hall of Yama], however, had just been achieved and was at its peak.
This was like Lu Yang holding an army of a hundred thousand, while the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak only had ten thousand elites. The numerical gap between the two sides was so large that Lu Yang didn’t need to engage in any troop deployment or formation arrangement. It was simply a tactic of exchanging pieces, trading injury for injury. Over time, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak would naturally lose.
Rumble!
Lu Yang didn’t give the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak a chance to breathe. The Yin Soldiers and Ghost Generals inside the [Hall of Yama] resurrected from death, swarming toward the direction of the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak once again.
For a time, thunderous sounds echoed above Skull Mountain.
The face of the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak became increasingly ugly. The cracks on the temporarily molded body of earth and stone became clearer, as if it would completely fall apart in the next second.
“You want to perish together with me?”
The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak looked at Lu Yang, feeling somewhat suspicious and bewildered in his heart. Because compared to him, Lu Yang’s condition was a bit too good; he didn’t look injured at all.
And in fact, that was indeed the case.
‘Anyway, the one getting injured isn’t me…’
Lu Yang glanced at his Dantian. The Protector God Su Nü was covered in cuts and bruises at this moment, her whole body cracking. Her condition was clearly much worse than the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak.
‘…Not a big problem.’
Lu Yang remained calm and composed, continuing to crazily squeeze Su Nü’s power. After all, she wasn’t dead yet. Since she wasn’t dead, she could be used to the death.
After all, Battles of Arts are too dangerous… better let someone else bear it.
Finally, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak couldn’t hold it anymore.
He thought a young Perfected One like Lu Yang would cherish his life more and value his own Dao Foundation. Who would have thought Lu Yang was so fierce, simply wanting to perish together with him!
“Can’t drag this on any longer!”
Thinking of this, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak’s thoughts turned. The Yin-Yang Great Dao Diagram immediately closed up. Jue Yin and Ming Yang met, finally generating a speck of primordial void spiritual light.
This speck of spiritual light was initially no brighter than a spark. But as the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak injected his piritual power, it instantly became a prairie fire, releasing immeasurable light. Wherever it passed, whether Yin Soldiers, Ghost Generals, or Secret Demon Yin Thunder, all turned into nothingness. The rising rosy clouds pierced the sky, even penetrating the [Hall of Yama]!
Rumble!
For a time, the colors of the Primordial Void flowed inside and outside the dome of the sky. Black and white merged into one, indistinguishable from each other. In the flickering, they cleared the boiling Baleful Yin in one fell swoop.
Seeing this scene, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak didn’t dare delay and immediately flew up.
What he just displayed was a Great Divine Ability named “Yin-Yang Primordial Void Supreme Profound Divine Light.” In the past, he relied on this Great Divine Ability to break through to Foundation Establishment.
After Foundation Establishment, blessed by Foundation Establishment ‘stature’, the former Great Divine Ability could generate many profound changes different from the Qi Refining stage. For example, the “Yin-Yang Primordial Void Supreme Profound Divine Light” he displayed—at Qi Refining, it could only swallow myriad phenomena; now it could kill spiritual opportunities in an instant, possessing the might to wash away turbidity and filth.
However, gains must come with losses. Such a divine ability naturally consumed a huge amount.
If he were still in peak condition, it wouldn’t matter. But in his current state, once was fine; more than three times, and he feared he would be exhausted.
Therefore, displaying it now was purely to break the game.
As long as he escaped the [Hall of Yama], the sky would be high enough for birds to fly, and the ocean wide enough for fish to leap. At that time, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak could advance or retreat, having room to maneuver.
However, just as he flew out of the [Hall of Yama], his expression changed drastically instantly.
Outside the [Hall of Yama], Lu Yang’s figure quietly emerged. But this time, the Protector God Su Nü didn’t accompany him but remained in place.
“Two people!?”
The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak’s pupils shrank abruptly, instantly realizing: “External Body Incarnation! You are not yet Foundation Establishment; you just found a way to refine an incarnation at the Foundation Establishment Realm!”
Lu Yang ignored him, silently extending a finger.
Generally speaking, he could only fight a Battle of Arts with the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak when combined as one with Su Nü. However, if limited to a single move, he wasn’t without trump cards.
This move was taught to him by Patriarch Nether Whisper.
The next second, Lu Yang began to break through to Foundation Establishment—ascending and then falling!
Lu Yang looked calm, his aura changing. Then, wrapped in the magnificent mighty force of failing ascension and falling from the Foundation Establishment Realm, he pointed a finger down at the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak—
“Heaven’s Collapse!”
The shadow fell from the sky. Lu Yang’s finger caught the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak completely off guard, intercepting his flight in mid-air!
Immediately after, the gates of the [Hall of Yama] opened and closed again.
Boom!
With a loud noise, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak, eyes splitting with rage but helpless, was knocked down by Lu Yang’s finger, falling back into the [Hall of Yama] once again!
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