413: Chapter 413 Assassination of Lu Yuan

However, as the blinding lightning dissipated, the people below drew in a sharp breath of cold air.

That terrifying destructive power, sufficient to pulverize mountains, had failed to damage even a single corner of Lu Yuan's snow-white robes! The moment all that lightning power touched Lu Yuan's skin, it was directly absorbed and crushed by his freakish Chaos Body, transforming into the purest essence of heaven and earth energy to nourish his newly transformed cells.

“Does the grand Golden Immortal Tribulation only possess this much soft, weak power? It's practically just scratching an itch for this seat!”

Lu Yuan let out an unbridled roar toward the heavens, his black hair dancing wildly like a waterfall as a crazed look flickered in his eyes: “Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength! Devour!”

Accompanying his roar, the ten million Yuanxiang Particles within his body let out a collective cry of the divine elephant, powerful enough to shatter the firmament.

Blood energy intertwined with Golden Immortal Laws, transforming behind Lu Yuan into a massive purple-gold divine elephant vortex tens of thousands of feet in diameter! The vortex emitted a terrifying suction capable of swallowing the heavens and devouring the earth. Instead of retreating, Lu Yuan took the initiative and charged straight toward the million-mile-wide tribulation clouds!

Under the shocked gazes of countless Qingyun Dao Sect Disciples below—whose eyes were nearly popping out of their sockets—Lu Yuan’s body, which was like a speck of dust compared to the tribulation clouds, opened its mouth wide. The vortex behind him expanded suddenly, transforming into an abyssal maw capable of devouring stars. Like a whale sucking in water, he swallowed the entire million miles of rolling purple tribulation clouds, along with the tens of millions of violent lightning bolts yet to be fully formed, all in one breath!

“Burp~”

The world suddenly returned to a state of clarity; all the oppression and heavenly might vanished without a trace.

Lu Yuan stood in the Void Realm, patting his stomach with satisfaction and letting out a loud burp that carried a rich scent of lightning.

As the power of the Lightning Tribulation was rapidly refined within his body, the Immortal Golden Nature swirling around him became increasingly bright and dazzling, as if he were a living god walking among mortals.

The Golden Immortal Great Tribulation, which caused countless Cultivators to turn pale at the mere mention of it and offered only a slim chance of survival, had been treated by him as a nourishing supplement, eaten clean and wiped away!

“Congratulations to Husband (Old Ancestor) for defying fate and ascending to the Golden Immortal Realm! May you live for ten thousand generations, with longevity without bounds!”

Below, Gu Qingxue, Qin Mengyao, and the others were filled with incomparable shock at the sight, followed by a surge of wild joy as they shouted in unison.

The earth-shaking shouts of congratulation echoed through the clouds. Lu Yuan stood in the Void Realm with his hands behind his back, closing his eyes slightly to quietly feel the vast and boundless Golden Immortal power within him—a power so terrifying it felt as if he could create or destroy a Universe with a single thought. A satisfied smile involuntarily curled on his lips.

However, accidents often happen at the very moment when one is most relaxed, believing the situation is settled!

Just as Lu Yuan had crossed the Heavenly Tribulation with a Heaven-Defying posture, his mind inevitably experienced a tiny moment of relaxation. His violent aura had just begun to subside, and he had not yet fully adapted to or precisely controlled this newborn Golden Immortal power—at that very instant!

“Ssh——!”

Abruptly, less than three inches from the back of Lu Yuan's head, a tiny black crack opened in the Void Realm without warning or causing any spatial ripples.

No cold Killing Intent leaked out, nor was there even the slightest ripple of spiritual energy.

A strange short blade, pitch-black like ink with a surface that didn't reflect light—as if it could swallow light itself—protruded silently from the crack like a venomous snake's tongue.

Condensed upon this short blade was the terrifying Golden Immortal Law of Space, capable of shattering the void and instantly erasing all Divine Soul vitality. At an extreme speed that surpassed the flow of time, it lunged ruthlessly toward the vital point at the back of Lu Yuan's head!

Great Void Technique · Instant Kill!

This was precisely the famous ultimate technique of the Xuantian Hall's ace assassin, Ji Wanli! This was the sure-kill strike he had waited for, lurking in the shadows like a venomous snake for months without rest, believing he had finally grasped the perfect timing, location, and opportunity!

“Die! No matter how Heaven-Defying you acted just now, under this strike, you can only turn to ashes!”

Ji Wanli, hidden within layers of spatial folds, finally had a flash of cruelty and excitement in his grayish-white eyes.

From his vast assassination experience, a newly ascended Golden Immortal who had just forced a Breakthrough and hadn't even had time to sit in meditation to stabilize their Realm stood absolutely no chance of survival against his long-premeditated, life-ending strike—a strike even veteran Golden Immortals could not dodge!

However, reality is often unexpectedly cruel.

“Your concealment methods are indeed not bad, but did you really think that from the moment you entered the ten-thousand-mile range of Qingyun Mountain, I didn't notice you, you rat hiding your head and showing your tail?”

Just at the critical moment when the edge of that pitch-black short blade was about to touch Lu Yuan's hair, a bone-chilling voice filled with undisguised mockery and playfulness suddenly exploded in Ji Wanli's ear like a clap of thunder.

“What? How is this possible?”

Ji Wanli's heart jolted violently, his pupils shrinking to the size of needles in instant terror.

Lu Yuan didn't even turn his head; he simply erupted with a burst of brilliant purple-gold divine light from all over his body.

“Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Ability, Five Emperors Canopy!”

An extremely magnificent five-colored canopy, swirling with the principles of the mutual generation and overcoming of the Five Elements, instantly condensed above his head.

“Clang——!”

That black short blade, which gathered Ji Wanli's lifelong cultivation and was known as a sure-kill, carried the mighty power to shatter the void as it slammed ruthlessly into the protective light screen hanging from the Five Emperors Canopy! The moment the two collided, a piercing metallic friction sound erupted, sharp enough to cause a Void Immortal's Primordial Spirit to collapse, as visible rings of black destructive ripples spread madly in all directions.

Ji Wanli bit the tip of his tongue and frantically pushed the Golden Immortal Laws within his body. That spatial shattering power ravaged and drilled into the Five Emperors Canopy, attempting to break through a single point to force a hole and complete the kill.

But that canopy, which integrated Lu Yuan's Immortal Golden Nature and the supreme Chaos Law and had been tempered through a thousand trials, was like the most indestructible fortress in the world—firm as a rock and immovable.

Facing such a violent attack, only tiny golden ripples shimmered on the surface of the canopy. Immediately after, like mud entering the sea, it calmly neutralized and absorbed all of that destructive power capable of slaying a Golden Immortal!

“He blocked it just like that, so effortlessly?”

Ji Wanli, hidden in the void, only felt a surge of sharp pain in the arm holding the short blade from the counter-shock. His webbing split, and golden blood flowed out.

His heart was tossed in stormy waves, filled with unbelievable horror.

This was his strongest strike, performed at the cost of several thousand years of his lifespan! Never mind a newly ascended Golden Immortal; even a veteran Golden Immortal powerhouse who had been immersed in this Realm for many years would have to temporarily avoid its edge.

Yet this young brat in front of him had blocked it casually with just a single defensive Divine Ability, without even turning around?