532: Comprehensive assessment

Yao Delong raised his right palm slightly, and that overbearing Lunar Sword Qi actually spiraled and entwined obediently in his palm,

finally merging with that wisp of Extreme Yin Intent that spontaneously flowed from the Great Sun Sacred Body's Origin!

Zzzzt... a slowly rotating Yin and Yang cyclone emitting a faint light,

like a prototype of the Universe, floated steadily in his palm!

"Oh?" A flash of extremely pure surprise lit up in You Yuan's beautiful eyes, as brilliant as a sudden appearance of a galaxy!

Although she instantly regained her feigned cold indifference, her tone clearly softened,

"Humph... you're clever enough! You didn't take the old path of a brute crashing into a mountain, and you even know a bit about the cycle of Yin and Yang... This stage, I'll count it as... you using a bit of cleverness to muddle through."

You Yuan stood up gracefully from the Void Realm, her skirt fluttering without wind; that hint of relaxed amusement completely vanished,

and a heavy, condensed Aura truly originating from the Dao Artifact's Origin, like the millstone of heaven and earth, spread out!

"Just having a smooth tongue and a bit of Comprehension Ability isn't enough to qualify This old lady... to let this Fairy acknowledge you as master!"

She raised her fingertips casually, her index and middle fingers, as smooth as jade, gently pressing together—

"This sword strike—hold steady!"

There was no earth-shattering accumulation of Aura, just a casual stroke in the Void Realm toward Yao Delong's direction!

Buzz—Whoosh—!!!

A gray, seemingly ordinary Sword Qi broke through the air!

Within the Sword Qi, however, there seemed to be the ultimate truths of heaven and earth!

On the left side, a lush greenness of all things growing flowed, filled with infinite vitality and possibilities;

on the right side, a withered, deathly gray of all souls perishing condensed, filled with eternal withering and termination!

Life and death! Annihilation and hope!

Two completely opposing Laws, annihilating each other yet strangely coexisting, blended perfectly within this single Sword Qi!

This was precisely the core killing intent of the immortal slaying dark kite—the "Immortal Slaying Sword Qi"!

Although it had been suppressed to the level of an ordinary Late Void Refining Stage, it was still enough to slash down stars!

"Well come!!"

Warning signs blared wildly in Yao Delong's heart! Amidst a long roar, he poured all his essence, Qi, and spirit into a single point!

Rumble!

The Great Sun Sacred Body shone with ten thousand feet of golden radiance! The roars of dragons and tigers echoed within his flesh and bones!

His entire being was like a golden sun ignited in an instant, his blood and Qi transforming into a world-burning furnace! At the same time, the Chixiao longsword was unsheathed with determination!

Upon the sword's body, the Haoyang patterns glowed like flowing lava!

"Nine Transformations of the Vast Sun, Eighth Transformation—" a loud shout, like a horn announcing dusk!

"Guixu: Setting Sun Melt!"

Different from the previous fierce and explosive moves of the Nine Transformations of the Vast Sun, this transformation—returned to silence!

Returned to destruction! Brewing new life within annihilation!

A sword thrust out!

There were no vast flames of light! At the sword's tip, there was only extreme condensation! Deep as the endless Guixu!

Like a star containing all life energy, dragging its final brilliant tail of light,

resolutely and without looking back... it crashed into the black hole named Annihilation!

Pushing the Law of "Yang" to the realm of extreme annihilation!

Clang—Zzzzt!!!!!

It was not the sound of clashing metal! It was the terrifying collision of Law against Law, creation against annihilation, and the power of extreme Yang against life and death!

The golden light, carrying deep golden rays of destruction, violently strangled together with that gray sword of death!

In an instant! The entire Second Layer of the Immortal Mausoleum space shook violently!

The runes on the surface of the two nearby Hills of Law buzzed and burst with light!

A shockwave exceeding the limit of Soul Transformation surged and spread in all directions like a world-ending tsunami!

Yao Delong groaned, the web of his thumb split, and Chixiao wailed!

He retreated three large steps, his feet leaving three charred footprints sunken like spider webs in the ground!

His blood and Qi churned violently, and his internal organs felt as if they had been struck by a heavy hammer!

However!

His figure was like a mountain, his spine straight as an unbreakable divine spear! The golden holy radiance on his body became even more brilliant!

He forcibly endured all the aftershocks relying on his sacred body! Unharmed!

The ethereal figure of the immortal slaying dark kite rippled slightly under the blast of the shockwave,

and in those eyes that had remained undisturbed for ages, for the first time, a clear and undisguised look of admiration appeared!

"Impressive!" she blurted out, then felt it was inappropriate and deliberately pulled a long face,

"Combat power... let's say you've tentatively touched the threshold of Void Refining.

To think you've already obtained the essence of the Law of 'Yang', this Great Sun Sacred Body with its lousy name... is somewhat interesting."

Her gaze swept over the damaged tip of the Chixiao longsword in Yao Delong's hand,

and then at the pure power on Yao Delong's body, with golden blood and Qi steaming, rapidly healing the web of his thumb and even the scars on the sword's body.

"Alright, alright, stop posing and acting cool! I know you're tough!"

She waved her hand, her look of disdain unable to hide the light in her eyes.

She rubbed her delicate little hands, as if she had thought of some fun (mischievous) idea, and suddenly grinned wickedly:

"However... just being able to hit people isn't enough, you also have to be able to take a beating!

When treasures of our level fight, the main material consumed... is you, the mas(meat)ter(shield)!"

Before her voice finished, her little hand pointed at Yao Delong's feet.

Plop!

A "pool" about a zhang in diameter, shining with a greasy and strange golden light, instantly appeared under Yao Delong's feet!

The pool was not liquid, but some kind of "golden glue" so thick it was almost solid!

Looking closely, deep within that "golden glue" tumbled countless filthy and ominous impure breaths,

condensing a terrifying dao rhyme of time decay that could corrode even the refined gold of a Magic Treasure into ash,

and on the very top floated a thick layer of "ten-thousand-year-old crusted filth" that looked like it had been scraped off some ancient behemoth!

Greasy, disgusting, and emitting a devastatingly ominous Aura!

"'Clothes-Cleansing Immortal Pool'!" You Yuan suppressed a laugh, trying to make her voice sound serious,

"Specially designed to treat all kinds of impure physiques and insufficient protection!

Soak in there for a full three minutes, and you're not allowed to use power to resist! Otherwise, you fail!"

The pool water churned, and the stench it emitted, along with the terrifying dao rhyme capable of corroding bones and souls, caused the space a hundred zhang away to make "sizzling" sounds of corrosion!

Yao Delong looked at this so-called "Immortal Pool," and the corner of his mouth twitched violently. What kind of sick sense of humor does this artifact spirit have?!

But he did not hesitate! He stepped in with one stride!

Sizzle—!

The thick golden "glue" in the pool instantly covered his entire body!

That terrifying dao rhyme of time decay and ten-thousand-year-old impure breath were like billions of poison needles frantically stabbing into his skin,

and the filthy Qi even tried to erode his Foundation through his pores and acupoints!

However!

The Great Sun Sacred Body! Instinctively activated!

Buzz! Yao Delong seemed to transform into a true golden blazing sun!

The acupoints all over his body opened autonomously, gushing out the most rigid and Yang Qi that could melt gold and iron and purify all evils!

Chhh—!

The filthy golden glue beneath his feet was instantly steamed into billowing black smoke!

The crusted filth adhering to his body surface melted rapidly like snow meeting lava!

That dao rhyme of time decay, which was enough to corrode top-tier Magical Artifacts, let out a deathbed wail as soon as it approached that blazing golden blood and Qi furnace,

and was quickly burned and purified, turning into wisps of harmless dao rhyme green smoke that were instinctively absorbed by his body, acting instead as if it were washing and forging him!

Three breaths? No! Just two breaths!

More than half of the entire "Clothes-Cleansing Immortal Pool" had been purified!

The stickiness disappeared, revealing the clean jade platform beneath. There was no more impure breath in the pool,

leaving only a faint, incomparably pure dao rhyme of time (the residue after purification) and the lingering golden mist of pure Yang.

Yao Delong stood in the center of the clear pool, which had been "scalded" warm, the golden light over his body even more blazing and condensed, as if he were bathing in divine light!

The majesty of his sacred body was even greater! Like a divine weapon that had been ground and polished!