242: You are very strong... It's a pity you were born in the wrong era.

Lu Chen sneered, gripping the dragon fiend spear horizontally, "You think a broken fan can kill me, Madam Shuang? You're too naive."

Madam Shuang, however, laughed, her smile chilling. "You're the one who's too naive! No matter how strong, Heaven-Defying, or Prodigy you are, you're at best just a Golden Core. There's no need to hide it from you now; the entire Tianqi Continent is merely one of seventy-two shattered Small Worlds beneath the Spirit Realm, created by the Spirit Realm using Divine Ability to extract spiritual Qi! Therefore, the cultivation of the entire Tianqi Continent is sealed below the Nascent Soul stage!"

She gently shook the profound ice samadhi fan, and blue flames surged from its surface. An ice lotus materialized in the Void Realm. "It's not just a Spirit Treasure; it was born specifically to eliminate 'anomalies' like you! Even if you cultivate all Five Elements and have a Physical Body like a Dragon... before the Law, you are nothing more than — an ant trying to shake the heavens!"

As her words fell, the profound ice samadhi fan suddenly unfurled!

Boom—!!!

A stream of eerie blue fire shot into the sky, transforming into a river of Samadhi True Fire, locking onto Lu Chen's vital point!

Before the fire arrived, the cold had already seeped into his bones. Ice crystals instantly formed on Lu Chen's skin, and the circulation of his spiritual Qi momentarily stalled!

Lu Chen's pupils contracted, truly moved for the first time.

"The Law of power?!"

This was the first time he had heard of it!

It seems that when mechanical girl zero created the entire cultivation world, she didn't just stick to traditional cultivation but also added some strange settings.

Lei Xingming, severely wounded and on the ground, still shrieked, his voice filled with extreme fear, "Quick! Stop wasting time! Kill him! If we delay any longer, the Four Great Divine Beasts could arrive at any moment! We'll all die here!"

Madam Shuang's cold eyes narrowed, no longer hesitating.

She took a deep breath, and the five hundred years of Profound Ice True Essence within her body erupted, activating the Profound Ice Sect's supreme Mind-Cultivation Technique—the "Nine Nether Frost Art"!

Chilling Qi cascaded around her, frost and snow condensed out of thin air, and ten thousand feet of ice patterns instantly spread across the ground beneath her feet, pressing in from all directions!

"Om—!"

The profound ice samadhi fan trembled violently in her hand, resonating as if it had a spirit!

In an instant, heaven and earth froze!

The entire space seemed to be plunged into an abyss of extreme cold. The air condensed into ice crystals, light distorted, and even time seemed to slow down!

Great Master Hui Ming, who had already despaired, suddenly widened his eyes, both shocked and delighted. "This... this is... a Domain?! A 'Law Domain' that only Nascent Soul cultivators can master?!"

"This fan... can even activate a Domain?! As expected of a Spirit Realm supreme treasure!"

Before he finished speaking—

Madam Shuang's jade hand lightly waved, and the profound ice samadhi fan suddenly unfurled!

"Boom!!!"

Three clusters of eerie purple flames burst forth from the fan, shaped like lotuses, yet containing the power to destroy heaven and earth!

Profound Ice Violet Flame—one of the Spirit Realm's Samadhi True Fires, specialized in annihilating Divine Souls and burning away all Laws!

The three clusters of flames tore through the Void Realm, moving at extreme speed, their trajectories as sinuous as snakes, instantly locking onto Lu Chen's vital point, Dantian, and Sea of Consciousness—his three major weak spots!

Lu Chen's pupils contracted. Without hesitation, he summoned the Magical Artifact he had taken from Zhao Ting—the mystic turtle shield!

Although this shield was only a High Grade Magical Artifact, under the infusion of his Five Elements spiritual Qi, it manifested a hundred-zhang giant turtle illusion. The turtle shell was like a mountain, incomparably thick and heavy, blocking in front of him!

"Boom—!"

The Profound Ice Violet Flame collided with the mystic turtle shield!

In just an instant—

"Chii!!!"

The shield surface didn't even last half a breath, instantly melting and disintegrating, turning into a sky full of ashes that scattered!

Even the giant turtle illusion was reduced to ashes under the licking of the violet flames!

Madam Shuang sneered, her voice like an icy blade, piercing to the bone:

"Give up, Lu Chen! The Profound Ice Samadhi Fire burns everything. No mortal object can withstand it!"

Lu Chen's eyes turned cold. He let out a fierce shout, the dragon fiend spear in his hand, and the nine Dragon patterns on its shaft all lit up simultaneously.

The dragon fiend spear was Lu Chen's strongest Lifebound Treasure, having absorbed countless Evil Qi, Dragon Qi, the heart of the blood god, Phoenix True Fire, and so on.

He held the spear with both hands, spinning it rapidly—

The spear transformed into a shield, using offense as defense, forming a rotating dragon fiend spear Shield!

The spear tip tore through the air, and nine illusory Dragons roared around it, attempting to forcefully contend with the violet flames with extreme spiritual Qi!

"Boom!! Boom!! Boom!!"

The three clusters of Profound Ice Violet Flame fiercely slammed into the dragon fiend spear Shield!

In an instant, heaven and earth fell silent!

A terrifying shockwave swept in all directions, once again sending the severely wounded Bai Qi and others flying!

Ice and fire intertwined, and spiritual Qi turbulence, like blades, tore through the earth!

Everyone held their breath, their hearts almost stopping, staring intently at the center of the battlefield—

Who would win? Who would die?

As the dust slightly settled, everyone looked closely—

The entire dragon fiend spear had completely disintegrated, turning into a pile of ashes on the ground, scattered by the wind!

Immediately after—

"Hahahaha!!"

Great Master Hui Ming burst into maniacal laughter, his face contorted with ferocity. "Lu Chen! Little brat! No matter how Heaven-Defying your talent, how you cultivate all Five Elements, or how your Physical Body is like a Dragon, today is your day of death! The Tianqi Continent has never lacked Genius—but do you know why none of them have ever survived to the end?! Because—Genius, all die!"

Old Monster Mo wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, a sinister smile on his face, and lightly waved his hand. "Goodbye, Young Friend Lu."

Lei Xingming lay on the ground, grinning, his eyes filled with relief and satisfaction.

Madam Shuang held the profound ice samadhi fan, looking down coldly at Lu Chen, her voice like a judgment:

"You are very strong... but unfortunately, you were born in the wrong era."

"Before the Law, those who defy heaven—have only one path: death."

The three clusters of Profound Ice Violet Flame rapidly approached. Lu Chen had no weapon, no shield, no retreat.

He stood in the center of the ruins, behind him the incinerated spear ashes, before him the Soul-destroying violet flames.

Everyone thought—

This generation's Prodigy would ultimately fall here.

But just at this critical moment—

Lu Chen suddenly smiled.

Lu Chen smirked, "You're celebrating a bit too early!"

Everyone was startled, before they could react—

Boom!!!

The pile of dragon fiend spear ashes scattered on the ground suddenly surged up!

It wasn't dissipating, but actively condensing!

An indescribably terrifying aura shot up from the ashes, as if a Vicious Beast that had been slumbering for ten thousand years had finally opened its eyes!

It turned out—

That dragon fiend spear was never a true "spear"!

It was originally a crude weapon forged from the bones of a Baleful Beast by a mortal blacksmith in Lu Family Village.

Although Lu Chen had refined it with his blood and infused it with Evil Qi, Dragon Qi, and Phoenix True Fire, barely elevating it to the rank of Magic Treasure, it was ultimately forged from mortal bone and couldn't withstand heavy attacks!

But precisely because of this—

The moment it was completely incinerated by the Profound Ice Samadhi Fire, its outer mortal bone shell was shattered, and its inner Origin was finally completely released!

Ashes surged, and blood-red light shot into the sky!

A spear Soul, entwined with illusory Dragon and Phoenix figures, broke free from the dust!

The spear body was condensed from millions of living Souls, with Dragon veins as its bones, Phoenix flames as its sinews, and the heart of the blood god as its core. It had long since nurtured a blood-Evil spiritual intelligence through countless battles!

At this moment, it was no longer an inanimate object, but the spirit of a Divine Weapon with its own consciousness!

"Roar—!!!"

Nine illusory blood Dragons circled the spear body, roaring in unison, shaking heaven and earth!

Lu Chen reached out and grasped it. The reborn dragon fiend spear automatically fell into his palm, its tip trembling slightly, as if whispering.

He laughed up at the sky:

"Hahahaha! I've waited so long, finally for your Awakening! There's just one last step of tempering... Perfect—I'll use your flames for a complete transformation!"

Before his words finished, he actually charged directly into the three clusters of Profound Ice Samadhi Violet Flame!

He didn't dodge, didn't block, didn't defend, going straight into the sea of fire!

"He's crazy?!" Hui Ming shrieked.