243: Lady Frost

But the next instant—

Everyone's pupils dilated!

The purple flame, powerful enough to incinerate a Nascent Soul, landed on Lu Chen but was directly resisted by his flesh and blood, like rain falling into a river!

His skin glowed with faint golden patterns, a sign of the Major Achievement of the Nine Heavens Dragon Vein Art—his Physical Body was almost immune to flames!

He moved as if entering an uninhabited land, holding the dragon fiend spear, thrusting three times with a single strike. The spear shadows were like Dragons, fiercely clashing with the three purple flames!

"Chii! Chii! Chii!"

Each clash was not destruction, but absorption!

The tip of the dragon fiend spear was like the maw of a gluttonous beast, frantically absorbing the Origin power of the profound ice samadhi fire!

Not only did the flames fail to harm him, but they also became nourishment for the tempering of his divine weapon!

In just a few breaths—

The three purple flames were completely absorbed into the spear body!

The dragon fiend spear burned with intertwined purple and crimson-gold flames, Dragons and Phoenixes roared from its body, Evil Qi surged into the sky, and its pressure directly rivaled the Soul Transformation realm!

"No... impossible!!!" Madam Shuang's face was pale, her hands trembling. "This is the rule-fire of the Spirit Realm... How could you... absorb it?!"

She suddenly raised her hand, intending to activate the profound ice samadhi fan again!

But—

"Pfft!"

A spear shadow flashed like lightning, too fast for even Divine Sense to capture!

Lu Chen had already appeared beside her, the tip of the dragon fiend spear gently tapping—

"Crack!"

The heaven-reaching spirit treasures, the profound ice samadhi fan, shattered upon impact!

That was a supreme material that even Soul Transformation experts found difficult to destroy!

Even more bizarre was—

The moment the fan shattered, all the fragments did not fall to the ground, but rather flew towards the dragon fiend spear as if attracted by a magnet!

Piece by piece, they embedded into the spear body, forming new spear patterns, as if adorning the divine weapon with a layer of ice-flame armor!

The reborn dragon fiend spear glowed with a circulating dark purple, emitting Dragon and Phoenix cries, and its Evil Qi now contained a trace of the Spirit Realm's rule-power!

Its power already surpassed Lu Chen's own, comparable to the full-strength strike of a Soul Transformation expert!

Everyone stood dumbfounded, staring at the terrifying divine weapon floating in Lu Chen's palm, fear engulfing their hearts like a tide.

Bai Qi's hand holding the halberd trembled slightly, Hui Ming's lips quivered, Lei Xingming slumped to the ground, unable to even conjure the thought of escape.

Especially Hui Ming, looking at the spear that had devoured the Cihang Sect's blood-refined supreme treasure, his intestines turned green with regret!

"The heart of the blood god... was refined by our Cihang Sect through the blood sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of demonic Cultivators... but now... it has become his weapon?! Our Cihang Sect personally forged a world-destroying weapon for him!!!"

Lu Chen slowly raised the spear, its tip gently resting on Madam Shuang's still exquisitely beautiful cheek, the cold spear-edge tracing a line of blood across her skin.

His voice was soft, yet like a whisper from Hell:

"Considering that you've... offered the Spirit Treasure material for my new spear."

"I'll give you a chance—"

"Speak your last words."

Madam Shuang looked at the cold spear tip pressed against her throat and finally cowered, her voice trembling but still with a hint of bravado: "You can't kill me—the Profound Ice Sect holds the sole method to open the rift to the Spirit Realm. This secret is unknown to anyone on the entire Tianqi Continent. If I die, no matter how Heaven-Defying or Prodigy you are, you will forever be trapped in this broken Small World. Your Lifespan will run out, and you'll just turn into a mound of yellow earth, never able to set foot in the Spirit Realm. Do you understand?!"

Lu Chen paused upon hearing this, then threw his head back and laughed wildly, his laughter like a Dragon's roar shaking the Nine Heavens, causing the surrounding ruins to tremble.

"Hahaha—you think this world can truly trap me?! You're wrong! Terribly wrong! If the Spirit Realm doesn't open its doors, then I will personally destroy this world completely. With a realm collapsing and Spiritual Veins severed, I'd like to see if the Spirit Realm still dares to keep its doors sealed. If they don't want their Foundation to be shaken, they can only open the passage to save the world! By then—not only will I enter, but I'll make them beg me to enter!!!"

Madam Shuang gasped, her face instantly turning ashen white.

She had lived for over five hundred years, guarding the rift for five centuries, yet no one had ever dared to utter such Heaven-Defying words!

Destroy a world? That was the Foundation of one of the seventy-two Lower Realms of the Spirit Realm. If it were truly destroyed, the Spirit Realm would undoubtedly be shaken, its Spiritual Veins would be in chaos, and it could even trigger a chain collapse!

And Lu Chen... actually dared to use this as a bargaining chip, threatening the entire order of the Upper Realm?!

Her heart was greatly shaken, and she finally realized—this young man before her was not arrogant, but truly dared to overturn the Spirit Realm's chessboard!

She gritted her teeth, her tone suddenly softening, carrying a hint of pleading and sorrow: "I still advise you not to kill me... The Profound Ice Sect's Soul Lamp has long been connected to the Spirit Realm. My life and death are clear to the Spirit Realm. Once I fall, the Spirit Realm will surely send out a patrolling Ghost Fiend—that is a genuine Soul Transformation Cultivator, born specifically to purge heretics in the Lower Realm. With a single finger, he can exterminate a Nascent Soul. No matter how strong you are, you cannot withstand the might of a Soul Transformation expert! You will surely die then. Why seek temporary satisfaction and ruin your future?"

"Patrolling Ghost Fiend?!"

Bai Qi, Old Monster Mo, Lei Xingming, and others were all aghast upon hearing this!

They had lived their entire lives, yet had never heard of such a terrifying existence in the Spirit Realm!

The Spirit Realm... had actually been secretly monitoring them all this time? Soul Lamps? Soul Transformation descending? All of this seemed like a fantasy, yet it sent shivers down their spines.

Lu Chen, however, merely sneered, his eyes as arrogant as an Emperor descending, as if looking down on all living beings as ants.

He slowly raised the dragon fiend spear, its tip trembling slightly, as if whispering:

"I couldn't ask for more! I'll just capture a living one, strip his Divine Soul, refine his Divine Sense, and make him lead the way for me to directly invade the Spirit Realm!!!"

Madam Shuang was completely stunned. She looked into Lu Chen's eyes, which seemed capable of burning down the firmament, and finally understood—

This person could no longer be judged by common sense.

She slowly closed her eyes, the last trace of struggle on her face dissipating, replaced by boundless relief.

"I've said all I can. Since you don't believe me, then kill me. Anyway, I've actually been dead ever since my two children died two hundred years ago."

Lu Chen sneered: "Playing the emotional card is useless! Today, all of you will die!"

Lu Chen showed no mercy, the dragon fiend spear piercing through Madam Shuang.

Madam Shuang wore a look of relief: "Ming'er, Xiu'er, mother is coming to find you."

Before her words finished—

Her Golden Core suddenly ignited!

"Boom—!!!"

Terrifying spiritual power exploded from her Dantian, transforming into a destructive storm that swept in all directions!

She intended to use her self-detonating Golden Core for a final counterattack, even if it meant mutual destruction!

But—

Lu Chen was already prepared.

The body of the dragon fiend spear shook, its sentience automatically activating!

The spear tip spun rapidly, forming a devouring vortex that absorbed all the fragments, spiritual power, and remnants of her soul from the Golden Core explosion into the spear!

"Buzz—!"

The dragon fiend spear's Dragon roar shook the heavens, its purple flames intensified, and its Evil Qi surged!

This explosion, far from harming him in the slightest, instead became nourishment for the divine weapon!

Lei Xingming slumped to the ground, his body's lightning aura dissipated, charred black like charcoal, his eyes filled only with endless fear and despair.

He looked at Lu Chen's figure, like a demon god, his throat trembling, his voice hoarse: "Lu Chen... I... I was forced! Really! From beginning to end, they were the ones who dragged me into this. I have no grudge against you and never truly intended to be your enemy! As long as you let me go, from now on, my Lei Sect will retreat to the Southern Wilderness, minding our own business, never to emerge again! I swear, if I break this oath, may I be struck by lightning and my Divine Soul be annihilated!!!"