Crossing the Cultivation Realm: Two Souls Coexist

Chi Kui clicked his tongue, his arrogant expression softening somewhat, but deep within his crimson-gold pupils, scrutiny and greed burned even brighter.

He gazed at the cracks flickering on the giant glass tortoise's body in the distance, and at the lingering poisonous fire and black aura. His voice, piercing through the booming sounds of colliding domains, clearly reached the old tortoise's ears:

"You, in this desolate land, without any orthodox lineage or high-level resources, have actually managed to cultivate to the point of touching the edge of the rules of 'time,' which is truly somewhat...unexpected to me."

Chi Kui emphasized the word "unexpected," the meaning of which was complex and difficult to discern.

"I'll ask you one last time: surrender, or perish completely?"

His mindset has changed.

At first, it was nothing more than a cat-and-mouse game of humiliation, a cruel killing to pass the time.

But after personally experiencing the heaviness and stagnation of the "Time Rock" realm, and feeling the strange and continuous erosion of his own realm by earth elemental particles, he saw its value.

If we can subdue this old tortoise, control its soul with the secret techniques of the Xin Clan, and reshape its body with resources, in time, it may be possible to cultivate it into a sharp blade capable of contending with or even suppressing the other lineage leaders.

At that time, the position of the first lineage master...

Chi Kui pondered in his heart, his gaze toward the old tortoise growing increasingly intense, as if he were examining a peerless treasure in dire need of carving.

The old tortoise's massive body rose and fell in the sea of ​​clouds, each breath causing the earth elements within a radius of a hundred miles to vibrate violently.

The fire poison left by Chi Kui within his body was like a living thing, burning and eroding along his meridians and demonic essence.

Wherever it passed, the internal structure of the glassy tortoise shell emitted a faint "hissing" sound, conveying a piercing pain and a burning sensation.

He mobilized a massive amount of earth elements in an attempt to envelop, solidify, and expel these toxic fires.

However, the pure and heavy earth elemental was burned into nothingness and smoke by the vicious flames that contained the laws of the Golden Immortal and were tempered over thousands of years, and could not be shaken in the slightest.

"Hmph..." The old turtle spewed out two streams of turbid black gas from its nostrils, its voice low and hoarse due to the intense pain and the sluggish flow of its demonic energy.

"Fire poison refined over thousands of years... cough cough... truly lives up to its reputation."

He raised his massive head, the cracks on his neck glaringly obvious against the shimmering glass. "But you want me to bow down..."

A fierce, resolute glint suddenly flashed in the old tortoise's eyes. "You're not qualified!"

"Stubborn to the end!" The last trace of regret on Chi Kui's face vanished completely, replaced by icy killing intent and a hint of offended anger.

Once the old tortoise's essence begins to burn, its fundamental nature is depleted, and its potential and value are greatly reduced, making it difficult for it to become the "knife" he envisioned. Since it is no longer useful, there is no need to cling to it.

He said no more, his right hand joined together like a sword, and a wisp of almost pure white flame burst forth from his fingertips with a "poof".

The flames didn't leak heat out, yet they caused the surrounding space to melt and collapse silently.

Chi Kui's eyes were indifferent. Without hesitation, he plunged the tip of his finger, which was burning with flame, into a slightly bulging meridian node on his left arm, which was filled with an earthy yellow halo!

"laugh--!"

With a slight crackling sound, Chi Kui's entire left arm instantly turned bright red and transparent, as if it had been ignited from the inside out.

His expression remained completely unchanged, without even a furrow of his brow. Only a fine layer of sweat appeared on his forehead, which evaporated instantly.

A moment later, he slowly withdrew his finger, revealing several rice-grain-sized, jet-black crystalline particles with strange earth-like patterns on their surface.

It was the earth element law restriction that the old tortoise had desperately tried to inject into his body, attempting to weaken his cultivation level.

With a gentle pinch, Chi Kui turned the black crystals into powder, which then drifted away in the wind.

At the same time, his aura suddenly surged, and the mid-stage Golden Immortal's aura, which had been somewhat dimmed by the continuous erosion and suppression of earth element particles, became smooth and complete again, and even more sharp and radiant because it was freed from its restraints.

The "Burning Flame" domain, which covered half the sky, suddenly intensified its fire by three times, forcing the old turtle's "Time Rock" domain back a distance!

The old tortoise's heart sank; his worst fears had come true.

The restriction he had placed at the cost of injury was so decisively and swiftly broken by his opponent in such a self-destructive manner. The gap in their strength had widened once again.

Chi Kui gave the old tortoise no chance to catch its breath.

With a flick of his wrist, the magnificent and eerie jade fan reappeared.

This time, however, he didn't wave his fan to summon the monster; instead, he clenched his fist tightly!

"Ka-ka..."

The jade fan emitted a teeth-grinding cracking sound, and the lifelike monster reliefs on the fan ribs seemed to come alive, emitting silent, mournful roars.

Immediately afterwards, crimson phantoms burst forth from the fan, but instead of attacking the old tortoise, they intertwined and merged with each other, ultimately pouring into the fan ribs themselves!

The crimson flames burned fiercely, and the shape of the bone fan changed rapidly, elongated, and solidified within the flames.

In the blink of an eye, a long spear, entirely crimson red, about twelve feet long, and with an extremely ferocious design, appeared in Chi Kui's hand.

The gun barrel was neither gold nor jade, but seemed to have flowing lava, and one could vaguely see the souls of countless monsters struggling and howling within it.

The spearhead was not an ordinary blade, but rather composed of several curved, sharp, pale white fangs intertwined, with pale flames burning at the tips of the fangs, emanating a destructive aura that sent shivers down one's spine.

Chi Kui held the gun in one hand and casually thrust it forward.

There was no earth-shattering fanfare, no flashy brilliance.

With just a light tap of the spear tip, the space in front of him, like fragile glass, revealed an ever-expanding, smooth-edged black circular hole.

The spear itself seemed to vanish, and in the next instant, the spearhead, covered in fangs, ignored the barrier of space.

With a terrifying aura that could burn everything and devour souls, it appeared before the largest crack on the old tortoise's neck!

fast!

Extremely fast!

It's faster than any ordinary concept of spatial travel!

The old turtle's cloudy pupils suddenly contracted to the size of pinpoints.

At the critical moment of life and death, he unleashed all his potential, his burning essence surging wildly within his body, producing a roaring sound like a raging river.

He slammed his claws together in front of him, letting out a deep, thunderous roar:

"Wan Yue...Qing Tian!"

"Boom--!"

Centered on him, the space within a radius of hundreds of miles seemed to have become a gap connecting to the endless depths of the earth.

An endless, pure, earthy yellow element torrent, like a bursting dam, surged forth!

These earth elements were not scattered and impactful, but rather, guided by the old tortoise's divine will, they piled up, compressed, and condensed layer by layer at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye in front of the trajectory of the spear tip!

One face! Ten faces! A hundred faces! A thousand faces!

In an instant, thousands upon thousands of thick, mountain-like, earth-yellow crystal shields appeared out of thin air.

Each shield has a glassy sheen on its surface and is engraved with intricate and ancient defensive runes.

Their vital energies are interconnected, forming an almost tangible super barrier that stretches across the heavens and earth!

The moment the barrier was formed, even light was distorted, and the flow of time seemed to become viscous and slow.

"bite----!!!"

The crimson spear tip struck the first crystal shield.

There was no loud noise, only a crisp, sharp, and extremely clear impact sound.

The sound condensed into a single line, piercing through layers of barriers and striking straight at the soul.

The first crystal shield couldn't even withstand a tenth of a second before quietly turning into dust.

Then came the second page, the third page, the tenth page, the hundredth page...

The spear tip cut through everything in its path, and wherever it passed, the crystal shields melted silently, like ice and snow thrown into lava.

Those pale, fang-like flames seemed capable of annihilating all matter and energy structures; even the ultimate defense formed by the earth element appeared so fragile before them.

The old tortoise's pupils reflected the tip of the death spear, which was constantly approaching and devouring countless crystal shields, its surface streaked with blood.

He could clearly feel the power he had gained by burning his life essence being rapidly consumed by this terrifying spear strike. The Thousand-Faced Crystal Shield was already more than half shattered in an instant!

Chi Kui remained standing in place, holding the gun in one hand, his arm steady without the slightest tremor.

Only those crimson-gold eyes coldly gazed at the enormous glass tortoise shadow behind the barrier, as if looking at a doll destined to shatter.