Dao Ye is going to ascend

Chapter 708 Li Yuan: It's too dangerous outside the mountains! (Part 2)

"Wow~"

A cry.

The blood rain that poured down like a waterfall instantly transformed into a raging fire, just like blood itself!

In that instant, all the cultivators within the battlefield inside the Blood Phoenix's belly, regardless of their cultivation level or whether they possessed any protective spiritual treasures, felt their minds shake.

The terrifying intent contained in that cry exploded in everyone's minds and hearts as if it were a tangible thing.

"Vajra Pure Land!"

Li Yuan, who was lurking in the shadows, suddenly felt a darkness before his eyes. The terrifying thought surged in his mind, as if it contained an endless torrent of information.

Endless light and shadow flashed through my mind like a slideshow.

"This is……"

Even after instantly changing his control gear, Li Yuan was still momentarily stunned.

In a daze, his mind seemed to travel through an incredibly long period of time with the light and shadow of that thought.

He was born into the Blood Phoenix Clan, possessing extraordinary talent from birth. He comprehended the great divine power passed down from his ancestors within his bloodline, and upon reaching adulthood, he forged a first-grade Great Pill.

He is a prodigy, the holy son of the Blood Phoenix clan. Since beginning his cultivation, he has made rapid progress, and even when faced with calamities, he often turns misfortune into good fortune, almost unstoppable.

He cultivated the Dharma Realm, promoted the Dharma Heaven, reflected the Dao and became a god, single-handedly leading his clan to the pinnacle of the Heavenly Market.

As his lifespan drew to a close, he hid in the Ruins of Return, relying on the support of the Blood Phoenix Clan and the foundation he had accumulated through countless life-or-death battles, intending to establish a Daoist temple for the Blood Phoenix Clan after many years.

He harbored great ambitions and was destined to become a legend of the Blood Phoenix clan.

Until one day, while exploring the Ruins of Return, 'he' made a friend...

"Vajra Pure Land!"

The light and shadow shattered abruptly, failing to continue.

"This is the obsession of that Blood Phoenix..."

Li Yuan suddenly came to his senses.

With the blessing of the weapon-wielding talisman, he instantly discerned the Blood Phoenix's obsession.

Although he didn't have time to investigate further, based on what he saw, Li Yuan could deduce the whole story of the Blood Phoenix Battlefield.

"To be defeated before achieving success, no wonder the obsession runs so deep..."

Memorizing every glimpse of light and shadow, Li Yuan didn't even have time to think much, because a moment later, the Blood Phoenix Fire, which could burn almost anything, had already reached the shadows.

"what!"

A piercing scream echoed throughout the blood-soaked world.

In the instant Li Yuan lost his focus, the explorers who had narrowly escaped the Ice Soul Divine Light were almost all ignited by the omnipresent Blood Phoenix Fire.

"boom!"

The light of various spells and magical treasures rose and fell in succession.

As Li Yuan gathered most of the demonic shadows, the Cloud Demon was suddenly ignited by blood fire with a 'boom,' and in less than a second, tens of thousands of Dao soldiers were reduced to ashes.

"What a fierce fire!"

As Li Yuan gathered the myriad demonic shadows and some of the Dao soldiers into the Shadow Demon Domain, black water swirled around him, colliding with the blood fire and producing a hissing sound.

"Even the Shadow Fiend's water cannot extinguish it!"

Despite his shock, Li Yuan remained calm and released even more Shadow Demon Water to resist the Blood Phoenix Fire. With the massive amount of Shadow Demon Water, he was confident that he could hold out for a long time.

However, the black smoke from the clash of water and fire was so conspicuous that it exposed him to the eyes of other cultivators.

But at this moment, even though the black smoke billowed like a long dragon, the other cultivators seemed oblivious. Under the burning of the Blood Phoenix Fire, all the surviving cultivators were in a terrible state.

"boom!"

Li Yuan watched as the strange lands crumbled, transforming into countless lights and shadows that disappeared into the void, eventually converging on the blood-red phoenix body.

Like cooking oil over a raging fire.

The flames on the phoenix's body intensified, and within a few breaths, they became so dazzling that it was impossible to look directly at them.

"In the end, it was just a lingering obsession..."

Li Yuan shook his head inwardly.

The Blood Phoenix's lingering obsession was probably deliberately left behind by the person behind the scenes named 'Fan Jing'. Its eruption at this moment, burning away a large area of ​​strange lands and cultivators, was likely part of his calculations.

With the blessing of the Military Commander's Scroll, Li Yuan could vaguely see the intricate array formations beneath the void.

All the strange lands and cultivators were absorbed by the array and gathered in the body of the Blood Phoenix's obsession in a way that he could not understand at the moment.

Along with the blood rain formed from the melting of the Blood Phoenix's remains, it propelled the transformation of this wisp of bloodline obsession.

"boom!"

As Li Yuan stepped out of the shadows, a thunderclap exploded.

He looked in the direction of the sound and saw Phoenix holding up a banner with thousands of phoenixes on it in the void. She danced in the air, extinguishing large swathes of blood and fire.

In the distance, a giant golden toad puffed out its cheeks, emitting a powerful shockwave that forced the blood and fire apart.

Further away, Ying Xuanlong transformed into a ten-thousand-foot-long crimson dragon, weaving through the blood and flames, using his powerful physique to resist the scorching heat.

The three disciples of the great clans of the holy land each used their own methods, while Feng Wuding and Xuan Daozi fled far away. Under the protection of an invisible array, the two were not harmed by the blood and fire.

Besides the five, there were dozens of other cultivators struggling, exhausting all means to resist the burning blood flames. Most of them were fourth-level cultivators, but the fact that only two remained surprised Li Yuan.

"Are these two really that lucky?"

Li Yuan looked toward the core battlefield, or more precisely, at the shadow of the Blood Phoenix that was flapping its wings and taking flight.

The Blood Phoenix's location was the only place that had not been covered by blood rain or burned by blood fire, and beneath it were two third-realm cultivators with blackened faces.

Duan Tianyi and Wang Xuandao.

With the help of the demonic shadow hidden within Wang Xuandao's shadow, Li Yuan could see the process of the two's escape with a slight thought, and felt that the two were incredibly lucky.

"Feast!"

The banners fluttered in the wind, and Phoenix's eyes flashed with murderous intent. Suddenly, she let out a loud shout, and dazzling incense light burst forth from the void, clearly indicating that she was preparing to perform a sacrifice!

Almost simultaneously, Ying Xuanlong and Huan Yitong lit incense and began the ritual.

"That's ruthless enough."

Li Yuan expressed some appreciation.

These three were incredibly decisive and courageous. If this place were only inside the Blood Phoenix's belly, they might have succeeded. But with someone secretly watching...

"boom!"

Almost at the same time that Li Yuan made the thought, the void suddenly trembled, and a huge handprint made of crimson and gold, as if the sky had collapsed, smashed down on Phoenix and the other two.

And, the shadow demon's body, billowing black smoke.

"Vajra Mahamudra!"

Li Yuan instantly recognized the great handprint. Immediately, his magical power surged, boiled, and burned around him.

"roar~"

In less than a fraction of a second, the demonic mist suddenly dissipated, and the Shadow Demon's body transformed into a ferocious ape a thousand feet tall with fiery red fur.

It is the Great Sun Divine Ape Transformation!
"Beast!"

Beyond the void, the Lingji Monk, overlooking the battlefield, had a grim face. The moment the Shadow Demon was forced out by the Blood Phoenix, he realized why his calculations had been inaccurate.

Hidden within that demonic mist are countless demons, who knows how many strange lands they have devoured.

If it weren't for the fact that the three-person sacrificial ceremony involving Ying Xuanlong was too dangerous, he would have definitely used his first palm strike to kill this beast!
"boom!"

The divine ape suddenly turned into dust and soared through the air.

No way, this is clearly a powerful attacking handprint from a perfectly executed forbidden technique; he wouldn't dare accept it.

"boom!"

The next instant, the giant handprint crashed down, accompanied by a divine light that shook the heavens and the earth. Phoenix, Ying Xuanlong, and Huan Yitong all opened their eyes wide in anger and coughed up blood almost simultaneously.

Even with divine treasures protecting them, they could not completely negate the powerful handprint of the fifth-level peak cultivator.

"That demon!"

The dragon's horns were almost broken off. Ying Xuanlong glared angrily at the cultivator emitting billowing black smoke. It was this person who had suddenly teleported over, causing him to suffer double the attack.

"Thank you, fellow Taoist!"

Li Yuan dispersed without a trace, turned around and left, not giving Ying Xuanlong a chance to retaliate, causing the latter to vomit blood again.

"Bastard thing!"

Ying Xuanlong was furious, but he had no way to retaliate, because after the giant handprint shattered, hundreds of magical waves suddenly burst forth from the void.

Get settled!

Calm down!

Forbidden air!

curse!

"I……"

The giant golden toad let out a strange cry, instantly shrinking a thousand times smaller, and burrowed into the sleeve of Huan Yitong, whose face had turned pale. The latter didn't even have time to reprimand him.

He decisively stopped the grand ceremony. Seeing that the airspace was blocked and escape was impossible, he had no choice but to release a treasure ship and speed away at an unpredictable speed. Even if he was going to perish, he had to kill this beast first!
"Get out!"

Almost simultaneously, Li Yuan's escape technique was interrupted, and he fell out of the void. Ying Xuanlong's face turned green, but he was also unable to escape, and because of his huge body, a large number of spells had already hit him.

"Roar!"

The crimson dragon cried out in anguish, almost being refined into nothingness by the magic.

"Wow~"

At this moment, ten thousand phoenixes cried out in unison, their voices resounding throughout the heavens and earth.

Phoenix interrupted the ritual, wielding the Thousand Phoenix Banner and descending from the sky. She wildly waved the banner, turning all kinds of magic into surging spiritual energy that actually protected Ying Xuanlong.

"Perform the sacrificial ceremony!"

She glanced at the 'demonic cultivator', her gaze settling on Ying Xuanlong, and then her banner fluttered wildly, shattering a patch of void!
"Stab~"

A piece of the blood-red sky was torn open.

"Ok?"

Ying Xuanlong was taken aback at first, then gritted his teeth and let out another dragon roar. His body was surrounded by crimson, and he was burning his magic power to push the great sacrifice at the fastest speed.

"Decisive enough."

Li Yuan revealed his ten-foot-tall ape form. He looked up solemnly and saw large sections of the crimson sky falling off. This was not the result of the Thousand Phoenix Banner shattering the Blood Phoenix.

Instead, the Blood Phoenix's remains were about to completely melt away.

The rain of blood gradually subsided, but the shadow of the blood phoenix, formed from the obsession of bloodline, seemed to be reborn from the ashes, spreading its wings, and even showing signs of life growing within its body.

"This energy..."

Even just glimpsing a wisp of it from afar, Li Yuan's heart trembled. He felt a desolate and ancient aura rushing towards him, containing a mystery far exceeding that of the Blood Phoenix itself.

"Crack!"

In that instant, the crimson sky completely fell away, revealing a deep darkness—the outer realm of darkness.

"go!"

The Prison Wood Dragon, almost burned to a crisp, cried out and tried to escape into the void, but was shaken out of the void by an invisible array.

"boom!"

Suddenly, the Thousand Phoenix Banner unfurled, and thousands of phoenixes, like shooting stars against the current, hurtled towards the Spirit Silence Monk who appeared from the void.

"Good baby."

Seeing this, the monk Lingji just chuckled and then pressed down with his five outstretched fingers. The void trembled, and thousands of golden hands reached out to grab the thousands of phoenixes.

At the same time, a large golden hand silently reached out and grabbed Ying Xuanlong, who was performing the ritual.

"Bang~"

Suddenly, a torrent of black mist shot out and smashed the giant hand.

But Li Yuan suddenly intervened and protected Ying Xuanlong. The latter was frantically pushing the Great Sacrifice, and seeing this, he felt relieved. His burning magic power almost set him on fire.

"Beast!"

Lingji Monk's expression darkened, and Phoenix Girl had already charged forward with her banner raised. He dared not disregard the power of a superior-grade divine treasure and had no choice but to defend himself. At the same time, he glanced at Feng Wuding, who was entangled in a battle with Huan Yitong, and shouted sternly:

"Xuan Daozi, why aren't you making a move!" His voice was like thunder. Xuan Daozi, who was watching the battle, cursed him inwardly as a piece of trash. So what if it was a top-grade divine treasure? He could just take a few hits and finish off Phoenix.

"Junior brother obeys!"

Cursing inwardly, Xuan Daozi leaped into the air, about to attack the demonic cultivator emitting black smoke, when suddenly, he sensed something and stopped abruptly.

But then the demonic cultivator transformed into a thousand-foot-tall ape and roared to the sky:

"Bald donkey!"

"Beast!"

The monk Lingji was furious, but when he looked up, his eyelids suddenly twitched.

Within the giant ape's mouth, jet-black lightning intertwined and flowed. In the instant it roared, a thick bolt of jet-black lightning, covering tens of acres, shot out!

"Om~"

The giant ape spits thunder!

In an instant, the light of the Blood Phoenix's transformation seemed to be obscured for a moment, and the purest lightning streaked across the sky at an extreme speed.

The moment Lingji Monk saw the lightning bolt, it had already pierced through the void, engulfing him in a pillar of light at a speed that left him no time to react!
"?!"

The monk Lingji's vision went black, and his mind sank.

This light seemed to be born solely for destruction; in an instant, it pierced through the eight protective spells he had conjured with his golden essence, which were almost entirely sealed by magic.

Next, there was his protective spiritual treasure, and his powerful physique, honed over hundreds of years, which was no less than that of any fifth-realm body-refining cultivator!

Destroy everything!

"This is Xuan Yin Lightning?!"

In that instant, the Lingji Monk sensed an extremely strong crisis. Without any hesitation, a series of wondrous scenes unfolded behind him, and he had already unleashed his own Dharma Realm!
It was a sacred mountain, its incense smoke swirling, towering thousands of feet high, where endless chanting of scriptures converged.

"Crack!"

The moment the Dharma Realm was unleashed, the Spirit Ritual Monk heard a cracking sound that made his eyes widen in horror.

"No!"

The lightning that flashed through in an instant severed the giant mountain in his Dharma Realm, and with its remaining force, tore his Dharma Realm in two!
In an instant, the world fell silent.

The dragon-bodied Ying Xuanlong performing the sacrificial ceremony, the fighting Feng Wuding and Huan Yitong, the phoenix standing with the red flag, and even Xuan Daozi standing in the void, cold sweat seeping out.

All eyes were drawn to that pillar of lightning!
"Boom!"

A moment later, or perhaps several moments later, a deafening roar, as if the sky were collapsing and the earth were splitting, and stars were being destroyed and exploding, finally resounded in the dark realm.

Its sound was so loud that it almost exceeded the limits that a cultivator at the fifth realm could perceive.

All that could be seen was that the moment the sound waves exploded, all the spells activated by the Lingji Monk were destroyed. Immediately afterward, the void also trembled, and extremely complex divine patterns appeared.

Inside the Blood Phoenix's belly, the ravaged earth instantly cracked open, turning into dust and revealing the deep array beneath.

"..."

Seeing the ferocious ape standing in the air, Xuan Daozi turned around and disappeared into the void without any hesitation.

Immediately, Feng Wuding unleashed his supernatural powers and vanished without a trace.

"This……"

Phoenix's mind went blank for a moment, and she looked at the violent ape with disbelief in her eyes.

She hadn't paid much attention to this demonic cultivator before, even if he activated his body-refining divine power, it wouldn't change the fact that he was originally only at the third realm, and it wouldn't help in this great battle.

Unexpectedly, this person had actually cultivated such a terrifying supernatural power.

"..."

Li Yuan could no longer hear any sound.

That beam of Xuan Yin lightning, which gathered nearly 70% of the Shadow Demon Water in his Shadow Demon Domain, almost killed him. At this moment, not a drop of magic power remained in his body.

And thousands upon thousands of demonic shadows turned to ashes.

This was the price for unleashing this mysterious Yin lightning, and its terrifying power far exceeded his imagination.

"what!"

A deafening scream erupted after the beam of light and the deafening roar disappeared.

In the void, the Lingji Monk had vanished, leaving only a Dharma Realm that had been severed in two, radiating divine light to resist the deep black aura left behind when the lightning pierced through the Dharma Realm.

"Chucky!"

The billowing black smoke almost engulfed the entire Dharma realm.

Under the horrified gazes of Phoenix and the others, the Dharma Realm of the Spirit-Silent Monk was visibly corrupted by the black mist, turning gray and decaying, as if it were about to fall into a strange land.

"Shadow Demon Water!"

Li Yuan's mind was buzzing. Seeing this scene, he realized that he had underestimated the compatibility between the Shadow Demon Divine Art and the Profound Yin Thunder Pool.

The Dharma Realm, pierced by lightning, must also endure the erosion of the Shadow Demon Water.

The Shadow Demon Water contained within that bolt of lightning was formed from the countless strange lands he had devoured; it was the culmination of endless filth!
"This is not the Mysterious Yin Lightning!"

"This is demonic art, demonic art!"

The monk Lingji screamed in agony.

The temples in his Dharma realm were collapsing, the statues were melting, and the countless chanting voices were being distorted, as if the legendary five signs of decay of the gods had descended.

"Brother Fanjing!"

The monk Lingji's voice abruptly stopped!

Not only his voice, but at that moment, everything, including Li Yuan, the flapping-winged blood phoenix, and even the void of the Netherworld, seemed to freeze.

"This is……"

Li Yuan's pupils contracted sharply.

He heard a hymn of praise flowing from somewhere beneath the void.

"Homage to the Great Vajra!"

"Vajra subdues demons, Vajra saves the world..."

"Hello, hello..."

The sounds of praise and chanting echoed through the secluded place, followed by a radiant golden light that seemed almost tangible.

The Buddha's light, like a tide, like the sea, like the golden sun, illuminated the void and the secluded realm as far as the eye could see!
In an instant, the desolate and treacherous land transformed into a sea of ​​golden light!

"Vajra Pure Land!"

A loud cry rang out as the Blood Phoenix flapped its wings.

The mournful and violent cry became the only discordant sound amidst countless hymns and chants, and it also brought the almost stagnant void back to life.

But no one thought it was because of the Blood Phoenix.

Because within the golden light, countless wondrous sights arise, including temples, incense offerings, believers' praises, Vajra subduing demons, Bodhisattvas performing rituals, and the Buddha preaching.

Visible to the naked eye, clusters of celestial flowers appeared and fell like rain, extinguishing the raging, inextinguishable Blood Phoenix Flame and sweeping away the carnage and filth.

"Brother Fanjing!"

The black mist in the Dharma Realm was swept away, and the Lingji Monk emerged from it. His face was deathly pale, and his figure was ethereal, yet he knelt respectfully on the ground.

"Brother Fanjing!"

Xuan Daozi, who emerged from the void, knelt down without hesitation. Feng Wuding, his face ashen, bowed deeply in worship.

"Om~"

"Om~"

The chanting and praises intertwined.

Amidst the golden light and countless wonders, from a painting titled "Vajra Subduing Demons," emerges a towering Vajra, draped in a kasaya, seemingly cast from the Buddha's light.

"Om~"

As he slowly walked out, the myriad wonders and layers of golden light collapsed and shrank, finally transforming into eight wheels of wisdom light that hung behind his head.

"Vajra of Brahma!"

Ying Xuanlong suddenly woke up, and his face immediately turned somber and bitter.

The great Vajra's gaze fell upon him, as heavy as mountains, rivers, stars, and the moon, causing his divine sense to resonate and his body to tremble.

"you!"

Ying Xuanlong's eyes were bloodshot and his magical power burned even more fiercely, but with a crack, his legs broke instantly and he was about to fall to his knees.

"That little monk is quite fierce!"

At this moment, a deep, hoarse voice rang out from outside the void, and a dark, ink-like divine light suddenly appeared, enveloping Ying Xuanlong.

Immediately, the divine light dimmed, enveloping Ying Xuanlong as he vanished into the void.

"Let's go!"

As the sound waves echoed, a ferocious dragon claw suddenly shot out and grabbed the phoenix: "This little phoenix also has some connections..."

"Can't leave."

As soon as Fan Jing spoke, golden light flashed in the void, transforming into a golden barrier that connected heaven and earth, blasting Phoenix and Ying Xuanlong out of the void.

"Little monk, do you want to die?"

Deep within the void, the shadow of a demonic dragon faintly appeared.

"Once this matter is settled, those who wish to leave can go. Until then, even your divine sense cannot leave!"

Fan Jing ignored him, his gaze sweeping across the area before pausing briefly on the ferocious ape shrouded in billowing black smoke.
"This demon deserves to die!"

"Om~"

A sense of unease rose in Li Yuan's heart.

In fact, as soon as the monk Lingji called out the name 'Fanjing', he had already wanted to retreat, but no matter how much he burned his magic power, he could not move.

The moment Fan Jing spoke, he struggled desperately, wanting to sacrifice all the demonic shadows in the Shadow Demon Realm in one go, and then unleash a Xuan Yin lightning beam.

But the moment he finished speaking, the Shadow Demon froze, and then turned into dust, falling to the ground in a flurry.

The myriad demonic shadows, thunder pools, spells... within its body also transformed into light and shadow, were absorbed by the array and absorbed into the Blood Phoenix's body!
"This...this is death..."

Beneath the Blood Phoenix's obsession, Duan Tianyi had already collapsed to the ground.

"It's over!"

Seeing the demon who had displayed such divine power and almost killed the Lingji monk die just like that, Wang Xuandao trembled and fell to the ground.

"Hey~"

In the void, a low, aged, cold laugh flashed by.

Fan Jing seemed oblivious, and slowly walked towards the Blood Phoenix Obsession Body that had been trembling violently and almost going mad since he appeared.

"Years ago, my fellow Daoist personally said that he was willing to help me attain the Dao, so why do you still harbor resentment?"

As Fanjing slowly walked through the void, golden light, like lotus blossoms, shone brilliantly wherever he passed.

"Vajra Pure Land!"

The Blood Phoenix was filled with extreme resentment and anger; tears as red as blood streamed from its eyes.

"I will kill you!"

"I will kill you!"

"Brother Dao's obsession runs too deep."

Fan Jing slowly reached out and grabbed the Blood Phoenix by the neck:

How will you kill me?

"Wow!"

The blood phoenix cried out, filled with resentment and unwillingness, yet suddenly it also conveyed an overwhelming sense of exhilaration:
"You are dead!"

"Um?!!"

Almost the instant the Blood Phoenix cried out, Fan Jing's pupils contracted. He raised his hand to grab his brow, but was cut by a 'line'!

He suddenly looked up, his gaze sweeping across the boundless void, and saw a deep, dark ocean. On the shore of the ocean, an old man sat fishing, gently lifting his rod.

"The Fisherman on the Misty Waves!!"

(End of this chapter)