Chapter 99: Next Life, I Will Definitely Kill You!
“Convert your mother’s head!”
Before his voice fell, Lu Yang had already arrived at the center of the eight hundred miles of Skull Mountain. A hint of a sinister smile instantly appeared on his face as he grabbed at the earth veins below.
Rumble.
Instantly, heaven shook and earth trembled. An extremely dense Yin Qi surged out from the earth veins, transforming into a boundless and endless turbid long river hanging in the air.
[Heavenly Corpse Baleful Qi]!
This Baleful Qi, originally deeply hidden within the earth veins of Skull Mountain, was forcibly extracted by Lu Yang now, instantly triggering a massive earthquake inside and outside Skull Mountain!
Subsequently, the turbid long river fell from the sky, drowning Lu Yang within. The sparks of fire belonging to the [Blazing Fire Dragon] on his body were instantly extinguished. Seeing this, Arhat Fu Long raised his eyebrows, a look of surprise flowing in his eyes: “[Heavenly Corpse Baleful Qi]. To think this place actually possesses such an item?”
The [Blazing Fire Dragon] was born from the sprouting of Yang Wood combining with Yin Earth.
Its fire was fierce, but its foundation was Wood Qi, catalyzed by Earth. Therefore, it didn’t fear things that countered Fire. To deal with it, one had to think of ways regarding Earth and Wood Qi.
“[Heavenly Corpse Baleful Qi] is the Earthly Branch, belonging to [Zhixu], which is also Yin Earth!”
“Yin Earth is soft. Soft Earth can generate Wood, not be conquered by Wood. Thus, no worry of excessive Wood. Earth generates and can contain Water, not be washed away by Water. Thus, no fear of wild Water…”
This Earthly Baleful Qi feared neither Water nor Wood!
Although it couldn’t counter the [Blazing Fire Dragon], it could take Lu Yang’s place in bearing the blazing white fire Qi catalyzed by it, making it gradually vanish into nothingness.
Strictly speaking, these two Great Medicines were even compatible items, perfectly able to build a Dao Path leading to a Dao Fruit. However, seeing this, Arhat Fu Long showed no trace of greed. Instead, he subconsciously took a step back, as if seeing something he dreaded extremely.
“[Efeng], [Zhixu]…”
For the Dao Path formed by the combination of this Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch, there was only one Dao Fruit in the world that corresponded to it. Unfortunately, Arhat Fu Long dared not cultivate that Dao Fruit.
Its name was: [Overturned Lamp Fire]!
‘If I take this item, I will become the Dao Enemy of that fierce man Chong Guang. Truly looking for trouble. The Bodhisattvas in the Pure Land might not necessarily protect me…’
Thinking of this, Arhat Fu Long immediately shook his head. He spat out the [Blazing Fire Dragon] again. Intense Fire Qi collided with the long river transformed from [Heavenly Corpse Baleful Qi]. Not long after, the long river gradually dried up. After all, one side had the spiritual power blessing of a Foundation Establishment Perfected One, while the other was merely rootless water.
“Does Benefactor still want to fight like a trapped beast?”
Due to the appearance of [Heavenly Corpse Baleful Qi], Arhat Fu Long’s tone gradually became unkind. Clearly, he had lost patience and didn’t want to tangle with Lu Yang any longer.
Boom!
Answering him was an earth-shattering loud noise. It was the entire [Hall of Yama] being thrown over by Lu Yang, smashing onto his head like a heavy hammer.
“These meager tricks again…”
Arhat Fu Long shook his head and repeated his old trick, propping open a body-protecting Precious Light from the top of his head. It was like a lotus canopy, setting him off to appear even more sacred.
However, the next second, his expression changed.
“Explode!”
Before he could make a move, Lu Yang had already pinched a hand seal. The majestic-as-a-mountain [Hall of Yama] disintegrated with a boom, like a spark igniting explosives.
And the explosive was the [Heavenly Corpse Baleful Qi]!
Rumble!
The next second, as the turbid long river was detonated by the disintegration of the [Hall of Yama], dark clouds instantly gathered over the entire Skull Mountain, and lightning snakes appeared all over the sky!
“Not good!”
Seeing this scene, Arhat Fu Long lost his casualness from just now. His face turned ashen to the extreme. Neither the self-destruction of the [Hall of Yama] nor the [Heavenly Corpse Baleful Qi] could hurt him. What truly made his expression change was that with the self-destruction of the [Heavenly Corpse Baleful Qi], the entire earth veins of Skull Mountain were also finished along with it!
“Destroying earth veins, committing a crime against Heaven!?”
Arhat Fu Long’s right hand pinched seals ceaselessly to calculate, his face revealing shock and anger: “How could this person still have such a method? Who exactly is he?”
He had only come following the sensation of the Nine Transformations Dragon Art.
As for Lu Yang’s karma, he actually hadn’t grasped it, nor did he care much. After all, as a Foundation Establishment Perfected One, dealing with a Qi Refining cultivator should be a piece of cake, right?
But he never imagined Lu Yang would have such a method!
Actually, this was the last trump card left by Patriarch Nether Whisper.
The reason the Golden Core Sword Qi didn’t exterminate the Shaman-Ghost Dao back then was that Patriarch Nether Whisper kidnapped the earth veins of the eight-hundred-mile Skull Mountain through the Shaman-Ghost Secret Realm.
In necessary circumstances, if Patriarch Nether Whisper detonated the entire Skull Mountain earth veins, it would immediately attract Heavenly Punishment, shaving off Merit and Qi Fortune. This kind of massive karma was something even a Golden Core Perfected Lord was unwilling to be tainted with. That was why a glimmer of survival was left for the Shaman-Ghost Dao, choosing to boil the frog in warm water, using a thousand years to grind it away.
And at this moment, this move was used by Lu Yang on Arhat Fu Long!
The next second, Arhat Fu Long retreated abruptly. The scene of [Fu Long Temple] appeared behind him, but the Buddha light in the temple dimmed suddenly.
Until the Buddha light completely vanished, countless cracks appeared on [Fu Long Temple], followed by an explosion!
Arhat Fu Long’s eyes were splitting with rage. Although he wasn’t injured, two lines of bloody tears flowed from his eyes: “My Merit, my Qi Fortune… all gone!?”
To be honest, it would be better to be injured!
After all, injuries could heal. Backed by the Buddhist Cultivator Pure Land, he had plenty of ways to solve it. Even if the injury was incurable and he died, he could still be reborn into a good womb upon reincarnation.
After reincarnation, there would still be hope to climb the Immortal Path again.
However, with Merit and Qi Fortune gone, when his lifespan ended in this life, he probably wouldn’t even be able to be reborn as a human. He would have to be a pig or dog for ten lifetimes to possibly pay off the karmic debt!
One must know that a Foundation Establishment Perfected One can reincarnate at most five times!
Ten lifetimes as a pig or dog was almost equivalent to pronouncing the death sentence of a Foundation Establishment Perfected One. Arhat Fu Long was currently in his prime; how could he accept such a result?
“Why do this… why do this!?”
Amidst his anger, Arhat Fu Long was also full of confusion: “For the karmic debt of destroying earth veins, I am at most the inducement. You are the true initiator.”
The Heavenly Dao is supreme and just. If he were to be a pig or dog for ten lifetimes because of this karmic debt, then Lu Yang wouldn’t be able to clear this debt even in a hundred or a thousand lifetimes. Even if cleared, reborn as a human, he would inevitably suffer hardship for half his life. Let alone climbing the Immortal Path, even seeking wealth and honor would be as hard as ascending to heaven.
It was simply killing one thousand enemies while losing ten thousand of one’s own.
Thinking of this, Arhat Fu Long almost vomited blood in anger.
Since you could perish together, you should have damn said so earlier! We could have talked! If I knew you had this trump card, how would I have been so aggressive?
“Beast, beast…!”
“Heh.”
Looking at Arhat Fu Long cursing in exasperation, Lu Yang merely sneered. Karmic debt? What karmic debt did he have? After restarting, everything would naturally reset to zero!
“This time is just collecting some interest.”
Lu Yang stared straight at Arhat Fu Long. Although this Merit Bomb of self-destructing earth veins had far-reaching consequences, its power couldn’t hurt a hair on Arhat Fu Long.
However, there was not a trace of dejection in his heart. Instead, his fighting spirit was high.
Even if Foundation Establishment failed this time, at least he saw clearly the hidden dangers in the cultivation method. In the next life, he could arrange things calmly, or even beat the opponent at their own game, giving Arhat Fu Long a vicious blow!
Cultivating immortality is difficult, harder than ascending to the blue sky. He might not be the one who laughs best.
But with [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes], the one who laughs last will definitely be him!
“Next life, I will definitely kill you!”
As his voice fell, Lu Yang brazenly self-destructed. His originally clear consciousness instantly fell into obscurity. In the boundless darkness, only a clear lingering sound remained:
“Book of a Hundred Lifetimes!”
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