coobybook Chapter 1550 Bitter Battle
Chapter 1550 Bitter Battle
At this moment, Gu Tingyuan, Ding Yiyan, Ling Muyang and others sat cross-legged on the edge of the stone platform, with the other half of the Netherworld Yin-Yang Mirror floating in front of them.
The mirror's surface was no longer a pure, blazing white, but stained with a layer of murky blood. A huge, distorted figure was reflected in the mirror.
That figure was none other than the true form of Ming Gu, and it had already condensed into most of its form, with only the heart part remaining as a phantom.
Surrounding the stone platform lay the corpses of hundreds of cultivators, mostly rogue cultivators with a few disciples of the Gu family. All of them had been drained of their life essence and were now emaciated.
Blood flowed through the patterns on the stone surface, converging like a living snake into a river of blood that continuously poured into the Yang Mirror.
"You old bastard!" Nezha's eyes widened in fury at the sight, his Fire-Tipped Spear pointed directly at Gu Tingyuan. "Are you even human?!"
Gu Tingyuan slowly raised his head, his face ashen, yet his eyes burned with a morbid fanaticism. He looked at Lu Chen and the other two, a twisted smile playing on his lips, and said, "You've come at the perfect time… Lord Minggu still needs a few more high-quality sacrifices…"
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly raised his hand, and the mirror of the Yang Mirror spun around! Instantly, a beam of blood-red light shot out from the mirror, heading straight for Nezha!
"Watch out!" Lu Chen took a step to the side, his divine energy condensing into a shield in front of him.
The blood-red light struck the shield, but instead of exploding or impacting, it corroded it! The shield was as if it had been doused with strong acid, instantly eroding a gap the size of a bowl. The blood-red light pierced through the shield and still shot towards Nezha!
Nezha unleashed the full power of his Three Heads and Six Arms Heaven and Earth Dharma Form, simultaneously forming hand seals with all six arms to create eight layers of flame barriers in front of him!
The blood-red light pierced through seven layers before finally exhausting itself before reaching the eighth. But the fragments of the eroded shield splashed onto Nezha's arm, instantly burning several deep, bone-revealing wounds.
"Hiss—" Nezha gasped, and golden blood dripped down.
Fang Xinyi immediately stepped forward and channeled her silvery-white life force into the wound, only to find that the corrosive power contained in the blood light was extremely stubborn. The life force was fiercely tug-of-war with it at the wound site, and the healing speed was extremely slow.
"This power was obtained by that old bastard from the Gu family sacrificing his own life essence," Lu Chen said in a deep voice. "The Yang Mirror has been corrupted by him; it is no longer a pure Yin-Yang treasure, but a semi-demon artifact."
Immediately, Lu Chen stared at the Yang Mirror, then looked at the Ming Gu that was about to take shape in the mirror.
It's too late. If they wait for Hades to be fully resurrected, even the three of them combined wouldn't be a match for him.
We must stop it now!
Lu Chen took a deep breath and took out the Yin Mirror from his robes.
The Yin Mirror and the Yang Mirror were originally one, but now they faced each other across the void, simultaneously unleashing intense light! One was dark blue, the other blood red, like two giant pythons confronting and tearing at each other in the air.
"The Yin Mirror!" Gu Tingyuan's eyes lit up as he greedily stared at the mirror in Lu Chen's hand. "You've finally delivered yourself to my doorstep! Hand over the Yin Mirror, and I might spare your lives!"
"You're going to spare me?" Lu Chen sneered. "How about I send you on your way?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Chen stopped wasting words and poured his divine energy into the Yin Mirror with all his might!
A deep blue light surged forth, rushing towards the Sun Mirror like a tidal wave!
Gu Tingyuan's expression changed, and he also activated the Yang Mirror Blood Light to counterattack!
The two beams of light collided above the stone platform, emitting a piercing shriek. The entire Sea of Laws was affected; the calmly flowing bands of law light began to stir, forming vortices of varying sizes.
Although Lu Chen possessed the combat power of a Dao Integration Realm cultivator, Gu Tingyuan was, after all, a genuine Dao Integration Realm cultivator, and with the added boost of blood sacrifice, he gradually gained the upper hand. The crimson light slowly overwhelmed the blue light and approached Lu Chen.
"Lu Chen!" Fang Xinyi wanted to step forward to help, but was forced to make no move by the oppressive aura emanating from Yang Jing.
Despite his injuries, Nezha gritted his teeth and raised his Fire-Tipped Spear once more, preparing to unleash a forbidden technique.
At that moment, another change occurred.
In the center of the stone platform, the nine-colored flames on the nine towering pillars suddenly blazed brightly!
It's not burning, it's resonating.
The Yin Mirror in Lu Chen's hand burst forth with intense light!
A massive pillar of light shot into the sky, mingling with the nine-colored flames to form a huge array phantom that enveloped the entire sea of laws!
That's a remnant of the Nirvana Formation!
"This...this is impossible!" Gu Tingyuan exclaimed in shock. "The Nirvana Array collapsed in ancient times, how can it still be activated!"
Lu Chen was also stunned, but then he realized that it wasn't him who activated the formation, but rather the formation that was calling to him.
To be precise, it is to invoke the power of the Great Dao's origin within him.
The murals on the altar clearly state that the power of the Great Dao's origin is the "foundation" of the Nirvana Array. Although the array has long since collapsed, the foundational elements are still causally connected. Even just getting close at this moment is enough to trigger the remaining power of the array.
This stone platform was the core of the Nirvana Formation back then!
“So that’s how it is…” Lu Chen murmured, “The ‘last resort’ that Senior Li mentioned is this broken formation!”
Gu Tingyuan finally realized what was happening. A crazed killing intent flashed in his eyes: "You want to restart the Nirvana Array? Dream on!"
He immediately bit his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood, which he then sprayed onto the mirror!
The Yang Mirror shone with intense blood-red light, and the heart of the ancient phantom within it began to condense at a visible speed!
There was no time to think.
Lu Chen looked up at Fang Xinyi and Nezha: "Help me buy some time!"
The two didn't ask how much time they needed to gain, whether they were confident, or even what specific steps they should take.
They simply nodded in unison and then stood in front of Lu Chen.
Fang Xinyi unleashed the full power of her Azure Wood Longevity Technique, and the silvery-white light transformed into the phantom of a towering tree, which took root on the stone platform, its lush branches and leaves enveloping Lu Chen in its canopy.
Nezha's three-headed, six-armed form solidified to an unprecedented degree, with each of his six arms holding a phantom weapon, blocking Fang Xinyi's path and facing Gu Tingyuan and Ming Gu directly.
Lu Chen closed his eyes, his consciousness probing into the remaining array patterns of the Nirvana Array, like a needle trying to stitch together the countless broken causal threads.
"Hurry up..." The battle at the bottom of the pool has already broken out.
Gu Tingyuan frantically activated the Yang Mirror, unleashing a rain of blood-red light as it relentlessly attacked the two men's defenses.
Nezha swung all six arms, the phantom weapons clashing with the blood-red light, each impact causing his tiger's mouth to split open. Fang Xinyi's giant green tree, under the corrosive influence of the blood-red light, had its leaves constantly withering and falling, but she gritted her teeth and forced more new leaves to grow.
"Faster..."
The heart of Hades has been condensed to 90%.
It suddenly opened its eyes.
Those eyes had no pupils, only a pitch-black abyss that devoured everything.
It looked at Fang Xinyi and let out a low laugh:
"The remnants of the Moon Clan... your ancestors... were killed by my own hands back then..."
Fang Xinyi trembled, but gritted her teeth and refused to take a single step back.
"And you," Minggu said, looking at Nezha. "A lotus incarnation? That's rare. I refined one back in the day; it tasted quite good..."
Nezha roared, "Bullshit!"
He took a step forward, and the Fire-Tipped Spear transformed into a fire dragon, piercing straight into the heart of the Ancient Netherworld!
The moment the spear tip touched the phantom of the heart, a monstrous death aura surged back! Nezha groaned and flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into the trunk of the giant green tree and spitting out a mouthful of golden blood.
The defense line was on the verge of collapse.
Lu Chen opened his eyes.
It wasn't exhaustion, nor despair, but an unprecedented clarity.
"Senior," he said softly, "lend me your power."
The fragments of the Primordial Dao Fruit left behind by Lao Tzu exploded in his palm!
It was not destruction, but inheritance! Instantly, a vast power, transcending the laws of nature, surged into his body!
That wasn't to help him break through to the Primordial Chaos realm, but rather to let him "experience" the Primordial Chaos realm at this very moment! Even though it was only for three breaths, it was enough…