In the Holy Lotus Hall, by the lotus pond.
Master Ping tightly bound Luo Xiu's waist with one end of the Dao Law God Chain. He stared at him seriously and warned, "Kid, I'm not joking with you. You have at most a minute or two."
Luo Xiu took a slow, deep breath, having already made a decision. The moment I get in, I'll use my strongest trump card!
Luo Xiu asked, "What happens if I go over that time?"
Master Ping replied expressionlessly, "On this day next year, I'll probably be taking your wife and child to your Clothes Tomb to offer incense."
Luo Xiu looked at the Companion Green Lotus that was being devoured. "Let's go. Time to make this quick!"
Master Ping grasped the Dao Law God Chain with his right hand. With his left, he formed a profound spell seal while muttering incantations.
He suddenly asked, "You've been wanting to know what my abilities are, haven't you?"
Luo Xiu asked, "What are they?"
"I'm not telling you."
"Get outta here!"
Master Ping smiled and said, "From the moment I came into existence, I have possessed the Breaking Realm Power."
Luo Xiu frowned slightly. "What is the Breaking Realm Power?"
Master Ping explained, "You can think of it as a form of the Power of Laws... a spatial-type Law."
Upon hearing this, Luo Xiu was shocked. Incredible... He was about to speak, but the next moment, he felt his body go light. He rose into the air uncontrollably, flying toward the Companion Green Lotus that was shrouded in gray Spiritual Power.
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Back where he'd been standing, Master Ping's face was flushed red and he was drenched in sweat. He suddenly fell to one knee, gasping for air. "Damn, that really drained me dry..."
At this moment, Master Ping's right hand still clutched the Dao Law God Chain tightly, its other end connected to the Companion Green Lotus.
Suddenly, a creepy, chilling aura emerged from behind him. His body went rigid. He slowly turned his stiff neck to look back. He couldn't see anything, yet he was absolutely certain of one thing: there was something terrifying behind him. Maybe it's a person, maybe not...
"Indeed. You didn't dare make a move while he was here." A hoarse voice came from the void behind him. "I never expected you to possess a spatial-type Power of Laws. But even if you send him in, what can he do to my main body?"
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Luo Xiu's eyes snapped open, but his vision was filled with nothing but pitch-black darkness.
He immediately spread out his Divine Sense to scout the surroundings and search for his target. This was a pitch-dark void, where the thick darkness seemed to have solidified, making him feel suffocated and oppressed.
Luo Xiu clenched his jaw and steadied his mind. An ordinary person wouldn't last a moment here before breaking down.
In this very moment, he could clearly hear his own heartbeat. In the extreme silence, it boomed like thunder, each beat deafening. He could even hear the stirrings of his internal organs and the sound of blood flowing through his veins, a roaring torrent!
I can't stay here long! This was the only thought in Luo Xiu's mind.
Even he couldn't help but feel a sense of panic. Only the Dao Law God Chain tightly wrapped around his waist gave him a trace of warmth, a testament to his connection with the light outside this darkness.
He expanded his powerful Divine Soul to its absolute limit. Within moments, he located the target deep within the darkness and locked onto it.
Through his Divine Sense, he perceived a creature that he found difficult to describe in words. It resembled a revolting worm, its body as massive as a Giant Kun. It was irregularly covered in tentacles as fine as silk, and the tip of each tentacle sported a gaping maw filled with fangs.
In addition, Luo Xiu also saw the people from the hall: Wei Qingkuang, the three Great Saints, and the other Cultivators from the Celestial Realm. They were now just soul bodies, tightly entwined in the tentacles, being slowly gnawed on by the fanged maws at the tips.
Luo Xiu knew time was short and he couldn't delay for a single second. A cold glint flashed in his left eye, and the Three Thousand Green Lotus Petals bloomed. "Three Thousand Green Lotus Petals!"
In an instant, three thousand versions of Luo Xiu flew toward the Void Creature, each unleashing Divine Power from his left eye. A direct bombardment with Divine Power. That was my plan from the start!
A series of thunderous booms shook The Void, interspersed with shrill, agonized screams.
However, when the chaos settled, Luo Xiu was shocked to discover that the bombardment from three thousand blasts of Divine Power hadn't been enough to stop the Void Creature. Although its massive body was riddled with holes, it was still brimming with life and regenerating at a visible rate.
Luo Xiu's expression grew solemn as he realized this thing was even more terrifying than he had imagined.
Just then, the Void Creature opened the primary maw on its main body and spat a beam of light directly at Luo Xiu. The beam pulsed with terrifying power as it tore through the void toward him.
Luo Xiu didn't dare be careless. A cold light flashed in his left eye as he prepared to activate Holy Blasphemy and copy the attack. But to his astonishment, Holy Blasphemy failed. It couldn't replicate the Void Creature's Taoist Arts!
In desperation, Luo Xiu had no choice but to use Space-splitting Divine Thunder, directly transferring the terrifying beam of light back onto the Void Creature.
BOOM!
Struck by its own attack, the Void Creature shrieked in agony once more.
Luo Xiu narrowed his eyes and muttered, "It took three thousand blasts of my Divine Power and then its own attack. There's no way it's unharmed. If once wasn't enough, I'll just have to do it again!"
With this in mind, Luo Xiu reached out his hand. The Golden Crow Feather materialized in his grasp. His body began radiating the Indestructible Divine Flame as he flew toward the Void Creature, planning to unleash another bombardment of Divine Power once he was close.
The Void Creature seemed to sense the threat, immediately whipping hundreds of tentacles toward him. But Luo Xiu's speed didn't falter, and he showed no signs of retreating. Instead, he unleashed his Sword Momentum, calmly swinging the Golden Crow Feather in his hand.
"Sword Thirteen: Wail of Ghosts and Howls of Gods!"
A chaotic dance of Sword Light erupted, filled with the wails of ten thousand ghosts. The tentacles were severed one by one, as fragile as paper.
At the same time, Luo Xiu seized the opportunity to activate his Soul Capturing Technique. He captured each of the dozens of imprisoned soul bodies, sealing them within the Soul Imprisonment Mark in the palm of his right hand.
As he neared the Void Creature, Luo Xiu unleashed the Three Thousand Green Lotus Petals without hesitation.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
After another round of bombardment with Divine Power, the Void Creature was in pieces.
Blood trickled from Luo Xiu's left eye. He gasped for air, his face twisted in a grimace.
Suddenly, a hoarse, ethereal voice drifted from The Void. "You are... the Child of the Void... One day... you will... return to The Void..."
Luo Xiu furrowed his brow. "What did you say?"
But there was no reply from The Void, only dead silence.
The massive body was turning to ash and dissipating. Suddenly, Luo Xiu's gaze sharpened. He bolted like lightning and snatched a hard object from the dispersing ashes.
"It's done! Master Ping, pull me out!" Not having time to examine the hard object, Luo Xiu immediately yelled for Master Ping.
SNAP!
Unexpectedly, the Dao Law God Chain around his waist suddenly broke.
As the chain broke, his connection to the outside world was severed. In that instant, a tide of darkness surged in, pressing down with overwhelming force. Luo Xiu felt a powerful pressure crushing him from inside and out. His body and mind were on the verge of being pulverized as he fell helplessly into the dark depths.