Chapter 100: Dao Palace Realm Level 9!

“It’s almost done!”

Lu Changsheng’s aura was dramatically rising, and he was about to step into the ninth level of the Dao Palace Realm.

The Flood Dragon’s Golden Core, fully refined by the Yin Yang Dragons Cauldron, provided Lu Changsheng with an abundant supply of spiritual energy needed for his breakthrough to the ninth level of the Dao Palace Realm.

Eight years, from the ninth level of the Nascent Soul Realm to the ninth level of the Dao Palace Realm, crossing a whole major realm, such a cultivation speed was simply unthinkable.

“What’s going on here? I have an uneasy feeling. In order to avoid prolonged trouble, it looks like there’s no time to entangle with you any further.”

Liu Yun’er held an amethyst-colored Innate Spirit Treasure dagger, looking toward the purple qi converging into the cave where Lu Changsheng was meditating, and she had a bad feeling.

Initially, Liu Yun’er planned to wait for Lu Changsheng to break through to the ninth level of the Dao Palace Realm, then try to capture him alive and force him into dual cultivation. Now, she changed her mind.

“Although you are the Holy Maiden of Inquiry Immortal Pavilion, your cultivation is still shallow after all. Dying by my hand, Liu Yun’er, is an honor for you.”

Liu Yun’er turned her gaze to Xia Ningxue, who was blocking the entrance to the cave.

Xia Ningxue was covered in scars, with her snow-white garment occasionally revealing slashes from sword qi, soaked red with fresh blood.

Xia Ningxue swallowed a Dajuqi Dan and used the Severing Affection Sword to support her body, ignoring the dripping blood and staring defiantly at Liu Yun’er’s every move, still blocking the entrance to the cave, one word at a time, “I said, you shall not take another step forward.”

“Then go to die.”

Purple light flashed as the amethyst dagger lunged at Xia Ningxue.

Barely managing to block the dagger with the Severing Affection Sword, Xia Ningxue flung her left hand, sending a black shadow flying towards Liu Yun’er, which latched onto her goose-yellow gown.

“Quick as the law dictates!”

Xia Ningxue activated the talisman, which blazed fiercely, and the flames shot up into the sky.

“Damn it!”

Liu Yun’er recognized it was a seventh-grade Zhurong God Talisman, and her complexion changed.

The Divine Fire of the Zhurong God Talisman burned the gown, and Liu Yun’er’s magical garment was unable to withstand the Divine Fire induced by the seventh-grade talisman.

“Witch, how do you like the power of this talisman?”

“Don’t think that this can kill me.”

Liu Yun’er recited a mnemonic verse, and a clear ring came from the copper bell at her waist. Water shimmered, and the Divine Fire of the Zhurong God Talisman gradually dissipated.

“This Innate Spirit Treasure can actually absorb the power of talismans…”

Xia Ningxue’s face turned pale.

Liu Yun’er did not have just one Innate magical treasure; the copper bell at her waist was an upper-quality Innate Spirit Treasure and one of the strongest defensive magical treasures of the Joyous Union Sect.

“You’ve destroyed my favorite gown. I’ll torture you in the most painful way.” A sinister look flashed in Liu Yun’er’s eyes, and the copper bell floated up as she poured a great amount of True Qi into it, and the copper bell burst with purple brilliance, “Soul Extinguishing Skills!”

Purple light assaulted Xia Ningxue. Clutching the Severing Affection Sword, she tried to block the purple light but, being an Attack Magical Treasure, the sword was unable to stop the strange purple light.

The Calamity Serpent was still wreaking havoc; a Inquiry Immortal Pavilion elder was swallowed whole by the Calamity Serpent, dying without a complete corpse.

The attacks of many Dao Palace Realm elders were futile against the Calamity Serpent; although Innate Spirit Treasures could barely break through the Calamity Serpent’s defenses, they couldn’t harm its essence.

The elder from Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons, who was controlling the Calamity Serpent, suddenly looked up at the cave where Lu Changsheng was hiding. He saw a purple vortex rapidly spinning, with Lu Changsheng’s aura climbing swiftly.

“He must not be allowed to have a breakthrough, or there might be unforeseen consequences.”

The Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons elder realized that Lu’s peculiar action of a breakthrough amidst battle might have a special purpose and thus changed his incantations. The massive body of the Calamity Serpent started crawling toward the cave where Lu Changsheng was.

“No, we can’t let the Calamity Serpent interrupt Lu’s breakthrough.”

Murong Shi channeled True Qi into the eighth-grade Divine Thunder Exorcism Charm. The charm generated lightning, reflected in Murong Shi’s clear eyes.

Suddenly, the sky was covered with dark clouds. Lightning flashed and thunder roared, with violent winds howling.

The presence of the Divine Thunder Exorcism Charm spread all around, and Murong Shi, instead of Lu Changsheng, became the focus of everyone’s attention.

The Calamity Serpent was also attracted by Murong Shi, who was at the ninth level of the Dao Palace Realm.

“Eighth-grade Talismans—the Divine Thunder Exorcism Charm!”

An elder from the Demon Sects recognized the talisman in Murong Shi’s hand and showed a look of terror.

Acultivator of the Dao Palace realm simply couldn’t withstand the power of an eighth-grade talisman.

Even Murong Shi, who was using this eighth-grade talisman, couldn’t unleash the full power of the Divine Thunder Exorcism Charm.

But there was no time for such considerations now.

“Majestic heavenly thunder, slay the wicked demons! Swift as the law commands!”

With a light shout from Murong Shi, thunder roared, and countless bolts of lightning descended from the sky, illuminating heaven and earth!

Murong Shi exerted all her strength to activate the Divine Thunder Exorcism Charm, attacking the Calamity Serpent and the elder from the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons with the power of heavenly thunder!

“Did it work?”

Xiao Meng’er and Zhao Wuyan, who were struggling in battle, were all hoping that this eighth-grade talisman could exterminate the Calamity Serpent, giving them and the rest of the Joyous Union Sect and the elder of the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons a fighting chance.

“Huff, huff…”

Murong Shi had expended too much True Qi, and her cultivation at the ninth layer of the Dao Palace realm wasn’t sufficient to fully activate the Divine Thunder Exorcism Charm.

The talisman dimmed, the magical power contained within it completely dissipated.

After the countless bolts of heavenly thunder struck down, the forest was in shambles, with many ancient trees smoldering with rolling black smoke.

“Hiss…”

The hair-raising sound of a serpent’s hiss resounded, filling the hearts of those from Mount Shu and the Inquiry Immortal Pavilion with despair once again.

In the center of the scorched earth, a massive ancient beast coiled its body, withstanding the attack of the eighth-grade talisman, the Divine Thunder Exorcism Charm.

However, the Calamity Serpent was also in bad shape, its outermost layer of scales charred, flesh muddled, and black blood oozing out.

The power of the eighth-grade talisman was truly astonishing.

“If my cultivation were just one step further, with this Divine Thunder Exorcism Charm, I’d have been able to slay this beast, but…”

Murong Shi’s eyes gradually lost hope.

This was her last resort.

“Even the eighth-grade talisman can’t kill the Calamity Serpent, we’re finished this time.”

Zhao Wuyan despaired even more.

The injured Calamity Serpent became even more ferocious, ramming into the cave where Lu Changsheng was, causing the entire mountain to tremble and rocks to tumble down.

“It worked!”

Within the cave, countless streams of purple energy gathered, and Lu Changsheng abruptly opened his eyes—at that moment, he had completely refined the Flood Dragon’s Golden Core’s demonic power, officially entering the ninth layer of Dao Palace realm.

Lu Changsheng’s aura was completely renewed.

All the demonic power of the three-thousand-year-old Flood Dragon’s Golden Core was absorbed by Lu Changsheng, and even though it was a temporary breakthrough, the True Qi within him surged fiercely.

“It’s time to slay that demon.”

Lu Changsheng rose to his feet, disregarding the rocks falling inside the cave, and flew toward the entrance.

Xia Ningxue, who was guarding the entrance, had already collapsed on the ground, eyes empty, motionless.

Meanwhile, the Holy Maiden of the Joyous Union Sect, Liu Yun’er, was beside her, holding a bell in her hands.

“What have you done to her?”

Lu Changsheng’s eyes steadily filled with killing intent, tone icy cold.

“She was nothing but a plaything for my ‘Hell Bell’ to scatter her soul to the winds. Lu Changsheng, if you do not submit willingly, your fate will be the same…”

Liu Yun’er was about to threaten Lu Changsheng, but the aura he emitted made her feel very uneasy.

Lu Changsheng’s cultivation was on par with hers, but his foundations were even more solid.