ATPnovel Chapter 413 : Formed with a Single Thought
Chapter 413 : Formed with a Single Thought
Below the combat platform.Yue Chenfeng, Mo Chen, and Jiang Chuan sat by the railing, their gazes directed toward Iron Egg and the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion standing on opposite sides, confronting each other.
“Senior Brothers, which side do you favor more?” Jiang Chuan asked with great interest.
“Naturally Senior Sister Su.” Mo Chen smiled: “Although Junior Brother Chen possesses peerless talent and forged a forty-five-thousand-zhang Heavenly Stellar Dharma Aspect, he has only been a newly advanced Nascent Soul True Monarch for a few years. His Nascent Soul has yet to be tempered to perfection, so he cannot display much of a Nascent Soul True Monarch’s might.”
Mo Chen was, after all, a peak Nascent Soul True Monarch.
In his view, purely in terms of aptitude and innate foundation, Senior Sister Su was indeed far inferior to Little Junior Brother and simply could not compare.
After all, everyone present who understood Little Junior Brother’s aptitude and innate foundation understood it. Even Eldest Senior Brother Yue Chenfeng could hardly compare.
He was not exaggerating either. Possessing such terrifying aptitude, having contracted a Heavenly Stellar Mystical Beast, and cultivating Jade Purity Immortal Arts, Little Junior Brother could almost crush newly advanced True Monarchs at the same realm with an overwhelming advantage.
The problem was that this True Monarch spar was not fair!
In terms of cultivation, Dao Cultivation, and combat strength, Senior Sister Su had devoted herself to cultivation for six hundred years, and her realm had long since reached peak Nascent Soul. Even though she was using a secret art this time to maintain her realm at mid-stage Nascent Soul, she could still crush Little Junior Brother through sheer strength.
“Junior Brother Jiang seems to favor Junior Brother Chen more?”
Yue Chenfeng instantly caught Jiang Chuan’s implied meaning.
The fact that Junior Brother Jiang could ask this question meant that he believed Little Junior Brother had some chance of defeating Junior Sister Su.
At least, that was how it seemed in his eyes.
“I think it will be a draw.” Jiang Chuan guessed.
Senior Brother Mo had made a very good point, but he had overlooked one thing.
Senior Sister Su and Little Junior Brother were not fighting to the death, but sparring as fellow disciples.
Under such circumstances, in order to let Little Junior Brother personally experience the might of a mid-stage Nascent Soul True Monarch, Senior Sister Su definitely would not attack with full force. Instead, she would gradually increase the strength of her spells and the intensity of the battle according to Junior Brother’s combat strength.
In that case, Little Junior Brother enduring thirty moves under Senior Sister Su probably would not be difficult.
But if a newly advanced True Monarch who could at most display thirty to forty percent of his combat strength could fight Senior Sister Su for fifty moves, the implications behind that were simply self-evident.
If the outcome of this spar were called a draw, probably no one would question it.
“My view differs somewhat from those of you two Junior Brothers.” Yue Chenfeng said naturally.
Junior Brother Mo and Junior Brother Jiang did not think highly of Little Junior Brother, based on conclusions drawn from their own understanding of the Nascent Soul True Monarch realm.
But he was different!
As the Eldest Senior Brother of the Dongming Evergreen Lineage, he had fought peerless geniuses from various lineages of Jade Purity.
Yue Chenfeng understood very clearly that the confidence possessed by geniuses like Little Junior Brother was not the recklessness of a newborn calf fearing no tiger, but certainty in their own path of immortal cultivation, or rather, their path of cultivation.
And geniuses possessing such confidence could always break through barriers in seemingly impossible situations and create battle achievements that could be called miracles.
“Eldest Senior Brother, you think Little Junior Brother will win?”
Mo Chen and Jiang Chuan’s expressions changed slightly as they looked at Yue Chenfeng in surprise.
“As for the exact answer, you two Junior Brothers will know if you keep watching.”
Yue Chenfeng moved his divine sense. On the platform, wind rose, clouds surged, and fire howled.
A spar between cultivators was about to begin.
……
“Little Junior Brother, aren’t you going to make the first move?”
Su Muyi stood behind the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion, flickering crimson-white flowing flames slowly illuminating her delicate face.
She could sense the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion’s wariness toward Iron Egg, as though the latter possessed a bloodline specifically targeting Exotic Flames.
Yet Su Muyi had no intention whatsoever of switching Mutual Participation Beasts.
There was no other reason, only confidence!
Besides, this was already an unfair spar to begin with.
“Senior Sister, please be careful.”
The Mustard Seed Spirit Ring in Chen Beiwu’s hand flickered slightly, and the figures of Golden Egg, Snowle, and Zhiling appeared one after another.
Understanding Chen Beiwu’s intent, the three little fellows did not make a move, but instead stood on his shoulders and quietly watched Iron Egg perform.
Iron Egg raised a forepaw and gently pressed downward, beginning the battle.
“Boom!”
An invisible force field erupted outward with Iron Egg’s claw tip as its center, igniting the fire-attributed spiritual power contained within the spiritual forces.
In an instant, a blazing great sun slowly rose behind Iron Egg, and the great-sun radiance it triggered gradually formed a dark-gold candlelight.
As the candle flame flickered, the Nine Bans of Candle Illumination Mystical Ability began to reveal its might.
Light Ban·Spiritual Stagnation took effect first, locking onto the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion’s magical power and causing the crimson-white flowing flames surging around its body to greatly weaken.
Flame Ban·Qi Incineration erupted with brilliant light, igniting the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion’s magical power and protective flame radiance, producing sizzling sounds.
Might Ban·Soul Intimidation sealed divine sense, causing the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion’s eyes to darken as its divine sense and thoughts became sluggish and heavy.
Breaking Ban·True Form Revelation erupted with radiance, locking onto the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion’s true body and making it difficult to escape.
Binding Ban·Body Lock condensed strands of Yang Flame chains that wrapped around the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion’s four limbs and torso, restricting its movement.
Sealing Ban·Source Severance isolated the spiritual forces of Heaven and Earth, transforming all the spiritual forces filling the combat platform into magical power under Iron Egg’s control.
Slaughter Ban·Evil Execution could not inflict special damage upon Wind- and Fire-attributed Mystical Beasts such as the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion, but it could greatly increase the might of the Nine Bans of Candle Illumination Mystical Ability and additionally carry layer upon layer of sealing power for Candle Illumination burning.
In the span of a flick of the finger, seven of the Nine Bans of Candle Illumination had formed, erupting with vast might and forcing the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion’s true body to manifest. Its momentum abruptly declined, its movements became difficult, and it suffered considerable injuries.
As for the remaining two bans, Refining Ban·Calamity Transformation and Stillness Ban·Return to Nothingness, they were bans specifically targeting evil demons and filth. Iron Egg did not waste magical power and True Qi activating them.
“Crackle!”
As a booming sound rang out, Iron Egg’s pupils contracted. The crimson-white light surrounding the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion suddenly exploded, and its figure abruptly vanished.
The scattered sparks and scorching waves of heat spread outward in circles, forming visible waves of fire that ravaged the entire combat platform.
Chen Beiwu remained calm, activating his divine sense to continuously probe the surrounding auras without making a move.
That was because Iron Egg stood before him. Whenever a wave of fire approached, it would be drawn in and devoured by the flickering Crimson Radiance Nirvana Fire on Iron Egg’s body.
On the opposite side, Su Muyi formed a hand seal with one hand, her expression indifferent, while clouds of flowing fire continuously spread across Heaven and Earth around her.
“Boom!”
In the next instant, Iron Egg’s vision blurred, and the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion suddenly appeared before him.
‘What kind of escape art is this? It can even break free from the Nine Bans of Candle Illumination!’
Iron Egg was startled inwardly and activated the Crimson Radiance Nirvana Fire to meet it head-on.
So what if its escape art was strange?
In a contest at the same realm, he feared no Fire-attributed Demon King.
Even if the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion possessed over two thousand years of Dao Cultivation, one minor realm higher than him, Iron Egg was still confident he could fight it head-on and win.
“Roar!”
The Primordial Fire Cloud Lion let out a low roar, and its enormous lion body exploded once again.
Unlike before, this time the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion pushed Flowing Fire Cloud Body to its limit, transforming into crimson-white fire clouds that blotted out the sky and covered the earth, seeking to engulf Iron Egg’s entire body.
At the same time, the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion activated Prairie Fire Cloud Decree. An invisible and intangible Heart Fire Wind Calamity silently formed, attempting to ignite Iron Egg’s fleshly body, magical power, divine sense, and Inner Core.
‘Hm, Prairie Fire Cloud Decree is actually ineffective.’
Su Muyi’s delicate brows furrowed slightly, and a smile appeared on her face.
Interesting, truly interesting.
Even a mid-stage Nascent Soul True Monarch would feel their scalp go numb when facing the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion’s Prairie Fire Cloud Decree, and would have to bring out a Fourth-Rank High-Grade Mystical Treasure to isolate the Heart Fire Wind Calamity in order to remain unharmed.
She had not expected a newly advanced Fourth Realm Demon King black dog to be able to ignore this Heavenly Stellar Mystical Ability. The bloodline contained within its body could probably rival a Fifth-Rank Origin Beast.
But this was good as well. Since Iron Egg, contracted by Little Junior Brother, possessed extremely high Fire resistance, then she no longer needed to hold back and deliberately suppress the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion’s strength.
‘Try this move.’
The hand seal in Su Muyi’s hand changed, and she stopped probing.
“Buzz!”
As slight trembling sounds rang out continuously, dozens of streams of light suddenly entered the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion’s body.
‘Ninefold Vaidurya!’
‘Immovable Earth!’
‘Celestial Star Radiance!’
‘Indestructible Golden Light!’
‘Azure Wood Transforms Flame!’
‘……’
After receiving the augmentation of thirty Fourth-Rank defensive Mystical Arts and thirty Fourth-Rank enhancement Mystical Arts, in only an instant, the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion’s entire body shimmered brilliantly and its momentum skyrocketed.
Seeing this, Chen Beiwu’s expression became slightly solemn.
With the augmentation of the Mutual Participation Beast’s three lineages, guided by the Nascent Soul Yang Spirit and drawing upon Heavenly Stellar True Qi, a Nascent Soul True Monarch of the Immortal Alliance could cast a Fourth-Rank Mystical Art with a single thought.
On this basis, Immortal Alliance True Monarchs who forged a Heavenly Stellar Nascent Soul or higher could comprehend Fourth-Rank Mystical Arts corresponding to the bloodline of their Mutual Participation Beast and break through to the realm of ‘Myriad Phenomena, Formed with a Single Thought’.
Upon comprehending this realm, an Immortal Alliance Nascent Soul True Monarch only needed to move their divine thought to divide their Nascent Soul Yang Spirit into dozens of strands of divine sense within an instant and release dozens of Fourth-Rank Mystical Arts.
As the cost of splitting their spellcasting, these Fourth-Rank Mystical Arts would have their might reduced by one-third to two-thirds depending on the True Monarch’s cultivation realm.
To a certain extent, this could also be considered the essential difference between Immortal Alliance True Monarchs and Southern Wilderness True Monarchs!
Immortal Alliance True Monarchs could cultivate Truth through beasts and cast spells instantaneously, achieving part of the might of an Innate Dao Body, while Southern Wilderness True Monarchs could only rely on Mystical Treasures to rapidly cast Fourth-Rank Mystical Arts.
Of course, compared with the might of a true Innate Dao Body, such methods were ultimately minor arts.
But Senior Sister Su had immersed herself in the Nascent Soul True Monarch realm for six hundred years and had comprehended an enormous number of Mystical Arts, allowing her to release numerous Mystical Arts with a single thought.
Under the augmentation of numerous Mystical Arts, even if the might of the Fourth-Rank Mystical Arts was reduced by one-third, they were still absolute killing moves that Southern Wilderness Nascent Soul True Monarchs could not contend with.
‘Unfortunately, my Dao Seed Nascent Soul has yet to reach perfection. Otherwise, I could also achieve Myriad Phenomena, Formed with a Single Thought.’ Chen Beiwu thought inwardly.
The shortcomings of a newly advanced Nascent Soul True Monarch were simply too fatal.
Even though Chen Beiwu had forged a Dao Seed Nascent Soul, he still could not avoid the weakened period every Immortal Alliance Nascent Soul True Monarch had to pass through.
Otherwise, with his comprehension, he could even achieve a spellcasting effect even more exaggerated than Senior Sister Su’s.
‘Fiendish Metal Severs Meridians!’
‘Sever Body and Imprison Spirit!’
‘Scorching Flame Burns Spirit!’
‘Soul Suppression Locks Spirit!’
‘……’
The hand seal at Su Muyi’s fingertips abruptly changed, and she brought both hands together again.
Twenty-six differently colored Fourth-Rank weakening curse arts suddenly tore through space and landed on Iron Egg.
“Sizzle sizzle!”
A stream of black air sprayed from Iron Egg’s nostrils, while countless strands of Fiendish Metal Qi as fine as ox hair suddenly emerged from the fur covering his body.
Immediately afterward, Iron Egg’s pupils turned a ghastly green, his bodily movements became sluggish and slow, and even his four paws silently ignited with layer upon layer of pitch-black flames. His momentum plummeted, and he showed several traces of pain.
In response, Chen Beiwu’s expression remained unchanged. He turned both palms downward, manifested the intent of Primordial Origin Returning to the Ruins, spread his five fingers, gathered the essence of Profound Origin Heavy Water, and formed a seal aimed at the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion.
Taking advantage of the opportunity created by Iron Egg, Chen Beiwu directly unleashed the Profound Origin Returning to the Ruins Seal.
The moment this seal appeared, a scene of Profound Water causing countless living beings to rise and fall quietly manifested, transforming into a colossal Returning to the Ruins seal that blotted out the heavens.
As the most imposing seal among the Primordial Origin Five Calamity Seals, the might of the Profound Origin Returning to the Ruins Seal could be called peerless, capable of condensing the form of the Grand Beginning and burying the Dao within the Returning Ruins.
Even though the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion possessed the Flowing Fire Cloud Body Mystical Ability and its true form was ethereal and difficult to discern, it was still unable to escape the lock of the Profound Origin Returning to the Ruins Seal.
“Boom!”
At the same moment, sensing how troublesome the Mystical Arts afflicting him were, Iron Egg unhesitatingly activated the Special Mystical Ability he had awakened after advancing to Demon King.
【Mystical Ability】：Calamity Fire Substitution
【Attribute】：Fire
【Grade】：Fourth-Rank Supreme Grade
【Introduction】：Burn the soul with a thought, calamity fire substitutes the body. Upon activating this Mystical Ability, Iron Egg can expend magical power in an instant to condense a Calamity Fire Substitute whose aura is completely identical to that of his true body.
At a critical moment, Iron Egg can activate the substitution effect, transferring all injuries and spells afflicting him onto the Calamity Fire Substitute, causing the substitute to erupt into soaring flames, while the true body can borrow the force of the fiery eruption to perform a displacement ambush without leaving any trace of aura.
“Boom!”
As soaring flames erupted, releasing extreme heat,
Iron Egg’s figure flashed and silently appeared behind the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion, crimson-golden flames igniting across his entire body.
【Mystical Ability】：Parting Flame Ember Annihilation
【Attribute】：Fire
【Grade】：Fifth-Rank Origin Art
【Introduction】：Myriad flames blaze, ultimately returning to silent embers. This Mystical Ability does not burn ordinary matter and does not scorch divine souls, specifically countering True Flames and Exotic Flames.
At the instant this Mystical Ability is activated, it can transform into thousands upon thousands of Parting Flame Ember Threads, interweaving into a net that locks onto Exotic Flames, suppresses their innate characteristics, triggers an Ember Annihilation Lotus, and dismantles their origin.
In an instant, with Iron Egg’s crimson-golden flames as the center, layer upon layer of Parting Flame Ember Threads split into thousands upon thousands, weaving into a net that enveloped Heaven and Earth.
“Whoosh!”
“Whoosh!”
“Whoosh!”
Facing these two moves, the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion calmly raised its head and unleashed a furious roar that swept across the universe, allowing Parting Flame Ember Annihilation to break through the layers of defensive barriers covering its body.
Ninefold Vaidurya, broken!
Immovable Earth, broken!
Celestial Star Radiance, broken!
Indestructible Golden Light, broken!
Before the final three defensive barriers could be broken, the Heavenly Roar Mystical Ability activated by the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion began to display its might.
As for the overwhelmingly powerful Profound Origin Returning to the Ruins Seal, it trusted that its contracted cultivator would not allow it to descend.
Hearing the roar, Iron Egg’s pupils contracted slightly. Instinctively sensing danger, he prepared to activate Calamity Fire Substitution again and escape.
“Freeze!”
Su Muyi shouted softly and formed a hand seal with one hand, causing Iron Egg to immediately stiffen in place.
Immediately afterward, her figure flickered and landed in front of the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion, directly facing the Profound Origin Returning to the Ruins Seal unleashed by Chen Beiwu.
‘Shifting Stars and Turning Constellations.’
Su Muyi extended her right hand and pointed forward. The void trembled, revealing a distorted vortex that slowly devoured and annihilated the Profound Origin Returning to the Ruins Seal.
“Little Junior Brother, you still don’t intend to get serious?”
The moment Su Muyi’s words fell, an extremely condensed lion phantom roared forth alongside the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion’s roar and attacked Iron Egg.
Cloud Lion Heavenly Roar possessed peerless might. If struck head-on, even a Fourth Realm Demon King would temporarily lose combat strength.
‘Is the outcome about to be decided?’
Below the platform, Mo Chen’s brows furrowed slightly.
He did not understand why Little Junior Brother neither used his Heavenly Stellar Dharma Aspect nor had his Mutual Participation Beasts join together in a group attack, instead turning this into a two-versus-two Mutual Participation battle.
‘Is it coming!’
Yue Chenfeng’s eyes narrowed, keenly sensing a change in Iron Egg’s momentum.
From beginning to end, he had always felt that the black dog named Iron Egg concealed many secrets.
Now it seemed his intuition had been correct.
“Still couldn’t hide it from Senior Sister.” Chen Beiwu chuckled softly.
In the next instant, a scene that astonished Su Muyi and the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion abruptly appeared.
Iron Egg stood in midair, neither dodging nor evading, and forcibly took a Cloud Lion Heavenly Roar head-on. Not only did not even the slightest injury appear on his body, but even his entire aura remained unchanged.
‘That shouldn’t be possible!’ Mo Chen’s brows tightly furrowed.
Although a Fourth Realm Demon King that had completed the Three Indestructibles possessed thick skin and flesh and was extremely difficult to kill, it was still impossible to ignore Cloud Lion Heavenly Roar.
Even a Fourth Realm Demon King with over four thousand years of Dao Cultivation and a realm comparable to late-stage Nascent Soul would at least suffer minor injuries if it tried to withstand it head-on.
Iron Egg only had slightly more than one thousand seven hundred years of Dao Cultivation. Just how had he accomplished this?
‘So that’s it, it’s actually a Dharma Aspect!’
Yue Chenfeng’s mind stirred as he saw through some of the mystery.
Meanwhile, on the platform, the Primordial Fire Cloud Lion’s body trembled. Looking at Iron Egg standing in midair, it instinctively felt fear and slowly retreated to Su Muyi’s side, no longer possessing its previous domineering bearing.
Su Muyi’s expression also became solemn, her eyes fixed tightly on Iron Egg.
What was going on, had Little Junior Brother activated some kind of cheat!
This kind of imposing might actually gave her the intuition that she was facing a late-stage Nascent Soul Demon King.