Chapter 28: Boom!
Daoist Ziyang had obtained True Person Fengyin’s inheritance by chance. In addition to the incomplete Xuanyin Phoenix Transformation Scripture, this inheritance also included True Person Fengyin’s own legacy.
Among them were… formations.
The problem was that all of True Person Fengyin’s formations were derived from the Xuanyin Phoenix Transformation Scripture.
This meant that Luo Xue, who had now obtained the complete inheritance, had a thorough understanding of all the formations that Daoist Ziyang had inherited.
Luo Xue carefully observed the operation of the formation runes and cross-referenced them with the contents of the purple jade slip.
She could then identify the formation’s weak points and even manipulate it.
The formation currently beneath Su Yiyao and the others was used to merge with the Xuanyin Gu Seed. It had consumed a lot of Daoist Ziyang’s effort and contained an astonishing amount of power.
However, this formation wasn’t a killing formation. All this power was used to assist the merging process.
…But it still contained a very powerful energy.
Luo Xue leaned down slightly, and with a breath, she injected the spiritual power transformed by the Xuanyin Phoenix Transformation Scripture into the formation.
Immediately, the surrounding formation runes became agitated, flickering wildly, entering an unstable state.
“…What did you do?!”
Daoist Ziyang was both shocked and furious. He needed this formation to carry out the final step of the Heaven-Seizing Evil Art!
He immediately rushed forward, only to find that the fluctuations of his own spiritual power made the formation even more unstable, the flickering intensifying as if it would explode at any moment.
“No!”
Daoist Ziyang quickly retreated, suppressing his spiritual power, his face filled with uncertainty.
“Although I haven’t reached the Spirit Condensation Realm, not even the Innate Realm, the spiritual power transformed by the inheritance I’ve learned is much purer than yours, so I can disrupt the balance of this formation.”
Luo Xue kindly explained, but she didn’t dare to directly detonate it.
Such powerful energy, being caught in the explosion would be fatal.
Seeing that Daoist Ziyang was now wary, Luo Xue gently lifted Su Yiyao.
The delicate girl was as light as a feather. Su Yiyao didn’t resist and rested peacefully on Luo Xue’s shoulder.
“Let’s go.”
Luo Xue smiled faintly and was about to leave.
“Hmph, you think you can escape?”
Daoist Ziyang quickly calmed down, his gaze sinister.
“Without using spiritual power, I can still capture you!”
What Luo Xue said was true, and he had already felt it.
A little girl who hadn’t even reached the Innate Realm had purer spiritual power than a Foundation Establishment cultivator. The inheritance she had obtained was likely even greater than True Person Fengyin’s.
Perhaps, compared to Su Yiyao, Luo Xue’s cauldron… was even more powerful.
Daoist Ziyang took off his robe, and the formation runes inscribed on his body lit up and began to operate.
Although the battle had almost completely destroyed them, after a period of nurturing and repair, these formations could barely function, albeit with greatly reduced power.
But it was enough to deal with Su Yiyao and Luo Xue.
“…So that’s how it is.”
Luo Xue looked at the formation runes on Daoist Ziyang’s body, her expression turning strange.
“Quite… a crude imitation.”
After cultivating the Xuanyin Phoenix Transformation Scripture, natural Dao patterns would appear on the body, outlining a True Phoenix diagram.
Whether in combat or cultivation, there would be a multiple-fold increase in effectiveness.
Clearly, the formation runes inscribed on Daoist Ziyang’s body were imitating the True Phoenix Dao patterns.
However, this was likely True Person Fengyin’s work. Even if it was crude, it was beyond Daoist Ziyang’s ability.
Last time, when dealing with Zhang San and Li Si’s Spirit Locking Formation, Daoist Ziyang had used this formation, no longer relying on his spiritual aperture but relying on the formation to circulate spiritual power.
Now, all his spiritual power fluctuations were hidden, and he easily stepped into the unstable formation’s range, approaching Luo Xue and Su Yiyao.
“Run!”
Luo Xue didn’t waste any more words and immediately ran towards the depths of Mount Fengyin.
She couldn’t handle Daoist Ziyang. He was still a Foundation Establishment cultivator; no matter how useless his cultivation technique, it was beyond the ability of a Post-Heaven Realm cultivator to resist.
As for the depths… there was still a formation there.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
Daoist Ziyang sneered and immediately sped up.
He didn’t dare to use too many techniques, fearing that the fluctuations of his spiritual power would destabilize the formation, so he could only rely on his physical speed to chase Luo Xue, which was slightly slower.
However, Foundation Establishment was still Foundation Establishment. Soon, Daoist Ziyang caught up with Luo Xue and Su Yiyao.
Now, it was Su Yiyao who was carrying Luo Xue and running. The strength of the Spirit Condensation Realm was much more useful than the Post-Heaven Realm.
“Ah Chou, run… run here, then what?”
Su Yiyao, following Luo Xue’s instructions, gasped for breath as she arrived at this place.
The surroundings were pitch black, and a gloomy mist hung in the air, faintly chilling.
With Su Yiyao’s constitution, which hadn’t maximized her poison resistance, reaching this point was already her limit.
The Xuanyin Body could indeed transform Yin Breath Poison into spiritual power, but there was a limit.
The untransformed portion beyond the limit was still a deadly poison to the Xuanyin Body.
“It’s enough.”
Luo Xue rubbed Su Yiyao’s hair and motioned for her to put her down.
Then she looked at the approaching Daoist Ziyang and gently patted the formation beside her.
Daoist Ziyang hadn’t yet shown his trademark sneer when his expression turned to one of horror.
“This is… the Xuanyin Puppet Refining Formation? What do you want to do!”
“Didn’t you already know?”
Luo Xue didn’t hesitate and immediately injected her spiritual power. The Xuanyin Puppet Refining Formation also became unstable.
“You!”
Daoist Ziyang didn’t have time to think and immediately rushed forward, trying to capture Luo Xue and stop her from being coerced.
But…
Luo Xue didn’t stop injecting spiritual power.
The formation runes of the Xuanyin Puppet Refining Formation flashed wildly and exploded.
The violent Yin Breath Poison scattered, instantly filling the surrounding air.
Luo Xue looked at Su Yiyao, who was dizzy from the impact of the rich Yin Breath Poison, and pushed a coffin from the side—it was the coffin from the main room of the innermost courtyard on Mount Fengyin, the one the illusory figure of Phoenix Venerable had been sitting on.
“Xiao Yao, go inside and hide for a bit. It will be over soon.”
Luo Xue whispered. Su Yiyao nodded obediently and then hid inside the coffin.
“Do you know what you’re doing?!”
At this moment, Daoist Ziyang roared. He was struggling to stabilize his protective spiritual power, preventing the raging Yin Breath Poison from corroding him.
Daoist Ziyang wasn’t a Xuanyin Body; Yin Breath Poison was a deadly poison to him.
“Of course… I know.” Luo Xue looked at Daoist Ziyang playfully. “The function of this formation is to guide and condense Yin Breath Poison. Detonating it won’t cause an explosion, it will only cause more Yin Breath Poison to gather here.”
“Hmph, you’re afraid of Yin Breath Poison, but I’m not.”
“Xiao Yao has the coffin to protect her, so she’s not afraid either.”
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