20demayo Chapter 1904 A Tide of Murderous Intent (4K)
Chapter 1904 A Tide of Murderous Intent (4K)
Chapter 1904 A Tide of Murderous Intent (4K)
The newcomer was dressed in a plain white Taoist robe, spotless, with mysterious celestial constellations embroidered on the sleeves. As his aura flowed, the star map seemed to slowly rotate.
His face was thin, with three long strands of beard flowing down his chest. His eyes were as deep as the vast starry sky, and his body was filled with the profound and unpredictable Dao of Heaven and Earth. His aura was as deep and condensed as an abyss, powerful yet restrained, clearly indicating that he had reached the limit of the Immortal Realm.
It was Su Yingjie, an elder of the Lingxu Temple in the Tianxuan Domain.
Lingxu Temple is known as the second largest sect in Tianxuan Domain, and considers itself to be second only to Tianxuan Sect, with its strength far surpassing that of Huanhua Sect.
Su Yingjie's gaze instantly locked onto Chen Fei. When he sensed the aura emanating from Chen Fei, which had reached the limit of the Immortal Realm, his thin face was instantly filled with undisguised shock.
However, Su Yingjie immediately frowned. Under Chen Fei's powerful aura, the life essence was like a candle flickering in the wind, decaying and withering.
And the tide of aura belonging to the fragments of the Heavenly Dao, which it tried its best to suppress but still could not completely conceal.
Su Yingjie's expression suddenly became indescribably complicated. Chen Fei, the junior who had just broken through the Xuan Ranking and entered the Immortal Realm a few months ago, was now at the same level as him and had even seized the Heavenly Dao Fragment.
How can this be?
Chen Fei calmly glanced at Su Yingjie, nodded slightly, and revealed a faint smile.
Chen Fei remained silent, simply raising his right hand and gently pointing his index finger at the mid-stage Immortal Realm fire spirit that was rushing towards him, engulfed in raging flames.
"puff!"
A condensed, silk-like purple-gold finger beam, containing the power to pierce through the heavens, silently tore through space, instantly penetrating the boiling lava shield on the fire spirit's body and striking its core with unparalleled precision.
The fire spirit's massive body stiffened abruptly, letting out a painful and bewildered howl. The raging flames around it visibly dimmed and collapsed, and its aura plummeted instantly, leaving it severely injured and on the verge of death.
Chen Fei pressed down with his left hand, and an invisible spatial force instantly imprisoned and compressed it. As the Nine Heavens Decree Law was activated, the originally raging fire spirit gradually calmed down and was already deeply trapped in the illusion constructed by Chen Fei.
The movements were fluid and effortless, as if they were merely brushing away a speck of dust.
As Su Yingjie watched Chen Fei's casual action, which contained the ultimate control over power, his deep eyes once again stirred with emotion.
Su Yingjie took a deep breath, suppressing the turmoil in his heart, and forced a slightly stiff smile. He cupped his hands and said, "Elder Chen, it's been a long time. Your cultivation has improved so much, truly a cause for celebration! Just now, the aura of the Heavenly Dao fragment erupted, shaking the secret realm, and now this aura tide..."
Su Yingjie paused slightly, his gaze sharp as lightning, attempting to penetrate the barrier surrounding Chen Fei and capture a trace of the Heavenly Dao fragment, but still found nothing. He could only continue to probe, "And now this energy tide is on Elder Chen, this is..."
Upon hearing this, Chen Fei's smile remained unchanged, and his tone was calm and even, as if he were stating a trivial matter: "The fragment of the Heavenly Dao has already been refined into my body, so there is little aura leaking out."
Chen Fei opened his palm, which was empty except for the calmly flowing aura of purple-gold Yuan energy.
Has it already been refined into the body?
Su Yingjie's pupils suddenly contracted, and his heart was instantly filled with shock. It had already been refined? How could this be!
From the moment the Heavenly Dao Fragment's energy surged and shook the secret realm, to the moment he followed the fluctuations and tore through space to arrive here, only a short time had passed. In such a short time, how could he possibly refine such a supreme treasure as the Heavenly Dao Fragment, which contained the essence of the secret realm's origin?
Su Yingjie knew that if he were to obtain a fragment of the Heavenly Dao, he would have to guide and fuse it with utmost care, as the slightest mistake could trigger a backlash from the rules and damage his origin.
Su Yingjie was filled with doubts and instinctively disbelieved it, but Chen Fei did not have a trace of the aura of the Heavenly Dao fragments, which could not be faked.
The immense primordial power contained within the fragments of the Heavenly Dao is like a beacon in the darkness; it can never be completely concealed unless suppressed and sealed by a supreme treasure of the level of a supreme divine weapon.
As for the Sovereign Divine Weapon, what kind of existence is it? It contains the power of the Sovereign Realm, and its power far exceeds the limit that the secret realm can bear. It is simply impossible for it to be brought into this Fire Spirit Secret Realm.
How did Chen Fei manage to do that? Does he really have some kind of heaven-defying method that allows him to refine the fragments in an instant?
Or perhaps Chen Fei possesses some kind of concealment technique that transcends comprehension and is even beyond the reach of divine weapons? Su Yingjie's mind raced, but he couldn't figure it out, and his gaze towards Chen Fei became increasingly complex and unfathomable.
Chen Fei seemed oblivious to the turmoil in Su Yingjie's heart. His gaze swept over the Immortal Realm fire spirit in the distance, which had been struggling and roaring in the illusion but whose aura had fully recovered. Suddenly, he changed the subject, looking at Su Yingjie with a hint of inquiry in his tone:
"Elder Su, as an elder of Lingxu Temple, do you possess any fourteenth-grade top-quality cultivation techniques from other forces? If so, I, Chen, am willing to exchange another cultivation technique for it."
Upon hearing this, a hint of surprise and wariness flashed in Su Yingjie's eyes.
Exchanging cultivation techniques? At this critical juncture?
Su Yingjie's doubts deepened, but looking at Chen Fei's calm and composed eyes, and considering the strength he was currently displaying, he pondered for a moment, then slowly nodded and said in a deep voice:
"A fourteenth-tier top-grade inheritance is no small matter. However, I do possess two rubbings of fourteenth-tier top-grade cultivation techniques that are not inherited by any sect. May I ask what kind of cultivation technique Elder Chen wishes to exchange?"
Su Yingjie was secretly on guard, but at the same time, a sense of curiosity arose within him, wondering what Chen Fei was really up to.
Chen Fei's smile widened. Instead of answering directly, he turned his gaze to the mid-stage Immortal Realm Fire Spirit trapped in the illusion and once again pointed his fingers like a sword.
"puff!"
The Fire Spirit Core suffered another severe blow, its aura instantly weakening. The Fire Spirit instinctively began to absorb the immortal matter within the Heavenly Dao, just as the Heavenly Dao Origin of the Secret Realm was about to unleash a torrent of immortal matter to repair it.
"Buzz!"
Chen Fei's aura suddenly changed, and a sharp intent that seemed capable of severing the passage of time and space erupted.
Nine Hells Sever the Heavenly Vein!
Chen Fei casually made a gesture towards the primordial light pillar formed from pure immortal matter that was about to fall above Huo Ling's head.
A deep, dark light flashed, instantly cutting off the torrent of immortal matter that was pouring down.
The beam of light abruptly stopped, and the immense source that was enough to instantly restore a mid-stage Immortal Realm Fire Spirit was forcibly imprisoned in mid-air by Chen Fei, forming a cloud of immortal matter radiating an alluring glow.
Upon witnessing this scene, Su Yingjie's eyes widened slightly. It was actually a secret technique that could sever immortal matter. No wonder Chen Fei dared to ask for a fourteenth-tier top-grade inheritance.
Severing the opponent's connection with heaven and earth is not useless in the Xuan Yu Realm, but it doesn't play a crucial role. However, in this secret realm, the situation is completely different. These immortal fire spirits recover precisely by absorbing the origin of the Heavenly Dao.
In fact, with the talent and ability of the Immortal Realm cultivators in the secret realm, creating a technique that severs the connection between heaven and earth would not be difficult, but it would require enough time, and where would you find such time now?
Therefore, Chen Fei's readily available and direct cultivation method suddenly became precious.
For someone like Su Yingjie, who has already reached the peak of the Immortal Realm, there are only three core objectives for entering this treacherous and unpredictable Fire Spirit Secret Realm.
Firstly, they compete for supreme treasures like fragments of the Heavenly Dao to further enhance their own strength.
Secondly, to acquire a large amount of Immortal Crystals as a fundamental resource for maintaining peak combat power.
Thirdly, they sought out spiritual materials of the fourteenth rank or higher, either to bring back to their sect or to exchange resources with other cultivators.
The whereabouts of the Heavenly Dao fragments are currently unknown. They may have been "refined" by Chen Fei, or they may still be on Chen Fei. The spiritual materials of the fourteenth rank and above are hidden too deeply, and without the guidance of the Heavenly Dao in the secret realm, they cannot be found at all.
The value of this secret technique, which can directly plunder the essence of the secret realm and obtain immortal crystals, immediately became apparent, as it provides the most direct and stable way to obtain immortal crystals.
"What kind of technique is this?!" Su Yingjie's voice carried a subtle fluctuation as he stared intently at Chen Fei.
Chen Fei waved his hand and put the intercepted pure immortal crystal into his sleeve, and said with a smile: "Nine Hells Severing Heaven Vein, I, Chen, went through nine deaths and one life in the depths of this secret realm to obtain this incomplete inheritance. Later, I used my lifespan as fuel to cultivate and comprehend it."
Chen Fei spoke in a calm tone, as if he were talking about a trivial matter.
Upon hearing this, Su Yingjie's eyes flashed with a sharp light, but then a trace of doubt and seriousness appeared.
Su Yingjie pondered and said, "Elder Chen, this technique is extremely profound. However, the path of cultivation, from acquiring it to comprehending it, and then to mastering it, is not something that can be accomplished overnight. It requires a long period of time to hone and refine it. Even if I were to be taught this technique now, I'm afraid I would not be able to use it as skillfully as Elder Chen in a short period of time."
Su Yingjie's implication was that even if they obtained the technique, it would be difficult to make it effective in the short term; essentially, he still wanted to lower the price.
Chen Fei nodded slightly, seemingly expecting this, and calmly said, "Elder Su is quite right. Therefore, what I ask for is only to exchange two fourteenth-grade top-quality cultivation techniques for the cultivation method of this Nine Hells Heaven-Slaying Vein. As for whether you can comprehend it and when you will begin to understand it, that depends on Elder Su's own fortune."
Su Yingjie's words were correct. It would take a considerable amount of time to acquire and master a fourteenth-level cultivation technique.
That's why when Huo Yuheng and Qian Shulan saw Chen Fei using the Nine Hells Heaven-Slaying Meridian technique, they didn't even think of asking Chen Fei for it.
However, the conditions Chen Fei offered at this moment were not excessive. Fourteenth-grade top-quality cultivation techniques are naturally precious, but as long as they are not the core inheritance of one's own sect, they can be traded.
Moreover, compared to the Nine Hells Heaven-Slaying Vein, a secret technique that can directly plunder resources, its value within this secret realm is definitely higher than that of a typical fourteenth-grade top-quality cultivation technique.
Su Yingjie fell silent, his brows furrowed.
Two top-grade level 14 cultivation techniques are naturally precious to Su Yingjie. But if you look at it from another angle, cultivation techniques can be copied at will, so they are actually the least valuable thing. At least Su Yingjie didn't really lose anything.
Moreover, the allure of the Nine Hells Heaven-Slaying Vein is too great. If he can master it, his speed of obtaining Immortal Mystic Crystals in the secret realm will increase dramatically.
As for the difficulty of cultivation?
Su Yingjie was able to reach the limit of the Immortal Realm because his talent, comprehension, and perseverance were all top-notch. He absolutely did not believe that he would not be able to comprehend and master this Nine Hells Heaven-Slaying Vein.
After careful consideration, Su Yingjie nodded: "Alright! As Elder Chen said, I am willing to exchange the inheritance of two top-grade fourteenth-level cultivation techniques, the 'Zhou Tian Xing Chen Yin' and the 'Xuan Tian Zao Hua Jue,' for the cultivation method of the Nine Hells Heaven-Slaying Vein!"
Without further hesitation, Su Yingjie raised his hand, and two jade slips radiating the power of vast stars and the vitality of creation flew out from his sleeve and hovered in front of him.
On the jade slip, mysterious runes flowed, exuding an ancient and profound aura.
Chen Fei's smile remained unchanged, and he didn't say much. With a slight thought, a purple-gold light point condensed with the core essence of the Nine Hells Heaven-Slaying Vein flew out from between his eyebrows, transforming into an equally ancient jade slip, which flew towards Su Yingjie.
Su Yingjie solemnly accepted the jade slips, and with a quick scan of them with his divine sense, he realized that Chen Fei had not lied. He then pushed the two jade slips in front of him toward Chen Fei. Chen Fei waved his hand to put them away, and with a momentary scan of his divine sense, confirmed that the cultivation technique was complete and intact. He nodded slightly.
The transaction was completed, and Su Yingjie solemnly cupped his hands to Chen Fei: "Elder Chen, I am grateful for this transaction! The secret realm is dangerous, please take care of yourself, farewell!"
Su Yingjie gave Chen Fei a deep look, then stopped mentioning the fragments of the Heavenly Dao and made no further mention of joining forces or testing him.
Chen Fei's strength was unclear, and his methods were difficult to judge. Moreover, the Heavenly Dao fragments were completely devoid of aura, so if he forced his way in, the outcome would be uncertain.
It would be better to leave now and comprehend the Nine Hells Heaven-Slaying Vein so that I can intercept the immortal matter as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, Su Yingjie's figure flickered, and he was about to tear through space to leave.
However, the instant Su Yingjie turned around, three dazzling streams of light, tearing through the void like rainbows piercing the sun, appeared in this area, instantly traversing endless distances with a sharp whooshing sound.
As the light faded, three figures radiating the pressure of the peak of the Immortal Realm were revealed.
The leader, dressed in a crimson-gold Taoist robe, with a dignified face, was none other than Zhao Wuji, an elder of the Xuantian Palace.
Behind him were two people: an old man wearing a star-patterned robe and a middle-aged swordsman carrying an ancient sword. Both were renowned peak Immortal Realm experts in the Xuan Tian Domain.
As soon as the three appeared, their eyes were immediately locked on Su Yingjie, and then they glanced at Chen Fei with surprise and uncertainty.
When they sensed the aura emanating from Chen Fei, which had reached the limit of the Immortal Realm, and the decaying and desolate life essence within him, the three of them all wore the same expression as Su Yingjie had shown earlier.
"Boom!"
Further away, the void trembled violently like a boiling oil pan, and dozens of terrifying streams of light, exuding overwhelming aura and carrying various demonic lights and Daoist charms, tore through layers of space and converged madly towards this place at an astonishing speed.
In the blink of an eye, the once relatively empty void was occupied by dozens of figures.
The newcomers all possessed different auras, yet none of them were weak.
There were cultivators clad in black robes, exuding Daoist charm; there were extraterrestrial demons with raging demonic flames and ferocious faces; and there were powerful Yuan Demons with a chilling aura and eerie ghostly presence.
They were the peak Immortal Realm experts from all sides who had previously competed for the Heavenly Dao Fragments in the core battlefield of Tianzhu.
At this moment, dozens of gazes, like tangible swords, focused on Chen Fei.
His eyes held shock, doubt, and greed, but above all, an undisguised, tangible, and chilling killing intent.
Those radiating killing intent towards Chen Fei were not only the Heavenly Demons, but also the Primordial Demons and even some cultivators, whose eyes were filled with icy coldness.
The tide of energy from the fragments of the Heavenly Dao finally locked onto Chen Fei. Even though Chen Fei had no aura of the fragments of the Heavenly Dao at this moment, it was better to kill the innocent than let him go.
Moreover, this child's cultivation has surged to the limit of the Immortal Realm, which, regardless of the reason, is a potential threat.
For a moment, the atmosphere in mid-air was as heavy as iron, and the killing intent was as strong as a tidal wave.
(End of this chapter)