309: Paintbrush Battle

Lu Chen stood in the center of the Seven-Colored Illusion Realm, blood light swirling like an abyss in the depths of his eyes.

Facing the overwhelming illusory attacks, Lu Chen didn't even blink.

"Illusion art?"

He sneered, his voice like cracking ice:

"In my eyes… it’s nothing but — colorful trash."

"I'll dye all your paintings… red!"

Boom!!!

Before his words finished, he clenched his right hand —

The dragon fiend spear appeared!

The next moment, the spear body twisted, transforming into a three-zhang long blood-colored brush!

The brush handle was forged from dragon bone, the bristles condensed from Evil Qi, and the tip — was the spiritual marrow formed by the heart of the blood god!

Lu Chen held the brush and wielded it in mid-air!

There were no runes, no incantations, only a powerful and vigorous brushstroke that pierced through heaven and earth!

"Divine Dragon Emerges from the Abyss!"

The blood-colored brush tip swept across the seven-colored painting, and a giant Dragon shadow slowly emerged!

It was a colossal Dragon, entirely crimson, with scales like blood crystals, eyes like molten lava, Dragon claws tearing through the Void Realm, and a Dragon roar shaking the nine heavens!

This Dragon, he had Cultivated since childhood, had "painted" it countless times with his dragon fiend spear!

Every strike, every slash, was an "outline" of this Divine Dragon!

With each stroke, the seven-colored painting was dyed red, like rice paper meeting blood, quickly permeating and corroding!

Green Crow's face changed drastically, his pupils constricting!

"This… this ant! How dare he —"

He, the Spirit Realm's foremost painter, had proven his Dao through the "Dao of Painting," pursuing ultimate beauty his entire life. His Seven-Colored Illusion Realm was recognized as the "Peak of Art" in the Spirit Realm!

Yet now, a mere Golden Core Cultivator dared to use a bloody, broken brush to — alter his masterpiece?!

"Courting death!!"

He was enraged, his brush dancing wildly, and he swung it fiercely:

"Rainbow Butterfly Devours Soul · Myriad Insects Gnaw Heart!"

In the Void Realm, countless seven-colored flying insects appeared out of thin air!

They resembled butterflies but had fangs and sharp teeth, with wings like blades. Each one contained the power to corrode the Divine Soul!

Thousands of flying insects swarmed towards Lu Chen like a tide, their piercing screams deafening, vowing to gnaw him into white bone!

But Lu Chen —

Was not flustered at all.

He held the blood brush in his left hand, continuing to outline the Divine Dragon's final stroke — the Dragon horns!

With his right hand, he casually waved, and the power of Evil Qi surged, drawing a blood-colored rainbow in mid-air!

That rainbow spanned the sky, entirely crimson, like a blood river hanging upside down, emitting suffocating Evil Qi!

Om —!!!

The seven-colored flying insects collided with the blood-colored rainbow, instantly corroded by the Evil Qi. Their wings charred, their bodies exploded, turning into a sky full of bloody rain!

No matter how many flying insects rushed forward, they all vanished into thin air the moment they touched it!

Seeing this, Green Crow's face turned green with rage!

"You actually… dare to fight me with a paintbrush?! If I, the esteemed Green Crow, were to be defeated by a Golden Core ant using 'painting'…"

"Then my thousand years of the Dao of Painting would become a joke?!"

He roared, raising his brush high, frantically injecting all his spiritual power!

"Seven-Colored Sky Bridge!"

Rumble!!!

The entire Seven-Colored Illusion Realm resonated, and in the sky, an even more brilliant seven-colored rainbow descended with a roar!

That rainbow spanned the sky like a heavenly ladder, its seven-colored light flowing, containing the power of Law, directly confronting Lu Chen's blood-colored rainbow!

The two rainbows collided in the Void Realm!

Boom!!! Boom!!! Boom!!!

Blood red and seven colors clashed fiercely, space constantly fractured, and the Illusion Realm shook incessantly!

The blood-colored rainbow's Evil Qi was monstrous, attempting to devour everything;

The seven-colored rainbow's Law was strict, forcibly Purification all anomalies!

But after all —

This was the Domain created by Green Crow!

He was the "master" of this world, controlling the Law and holding an absolute advantage!

Finally, after a violent collision —

Crack!!!

Lu Chen's blood-colored rainbow cracked from the center, then exploded with a roar, dissipating into a sky full of blood mist!

Green Crow laughed uproariously, his green robe fluttering, his eyes full of triumph:

"Haha! Nothing more than this!"

"A mere Golden Core, dares to compete with me?!"

"Your blood, after all, cannot dye my painting through!"

However, just as Green Crow was lost in his triumph, an earth-shattering Dragon roar broke the tranquility of the Seven-Colored Illusion Realm.

Ang —!

The sound carried endless power and majesty, echoing throughout the entire space.

The Golden Dragon beneath Lu Chen's brush was complete. It bared its fangs and claws, emitting a golden light all over its body, as if a brilliant star had descended upon the human world.

The Golden Dragon leaped up, its claws like knives, fiercely tearing open the sky of the Seven-Colored Illusion Realm. Space immediately split open with a huge crack, and the entire painting seemed about to be torn in half.

Ah ah ah!!!

Green Crow let out a painful shriek, his face contorted with despair. This Seven-Colored Illusion Realm was his painstaking creation, refined over thousands of years, the crystallization of his efforts. Once destroyed, it could never be restored.

In extreme panic, Green Crow personally entered the fray for the first time, holding his paintbrush like a sharp blade, and charged directly at the incomparably fierce Golden Dragon.

However, for him, who specialized in long-range attacks and was unfamiliar with close combat, such an action was undoubtedly courting death.

Lu Chen's gaze was cold, his dragon fiend spear held tightly, meeting the attack with the most basic yet most deadly Move.

Lunge Thrust!

Lu Chen's right foot stomped forward fiercely, the ground instantly cracking, his body like an arrow leaving the bowstring, thrusting directly at Green Crow's heart!

The dragon fiend spear transformed into a bloody streak, tearing through the air, emitting a sharp boom!

Green Crow hastily swung his paintbrush, and a seven-colored spiritual light condensed into a light shield —

But that light shield shattered like thin ice the moment the spear tip touched it!

The spear's momentum did not stop, heading straight for his throat!

Green Crow retreated in horror, swinging his paintbrush rapidly, intending to summon "Rainbow Butterfly Bodyguard," but Lu Chen did not pursue. Instead, he withdrew his spear, his left foot firmly planted in a horse stance, and his waist twisted —

Horse Stance Sweep!

The dragon fiend spear swung horizontally, the shaft carrying immense wind and thunder, like a giant python wagging its tail, sweeping fiercely towards Green Crow's waist and abdomen!

Green Crow had just stabilized himself and had no time to react, only managing to barely turn sideways and block with his paintbrush!

"Clang —!!!"

Metal clanged, sparks flew!

The paintbrush, forged from Spirit Realm cold iron, was actually bent and deformed by a single spear strike. Green Crow's tiger's mouth split open, blood flowing freely, and he flew horizontally like a kite with a broken string!

Then the long spear went straight for the center, sweeping through the army, turning back to pick with the spear, and thrusting with the spear from a false step, all basic Moves of an ordinary Martial Artist.

Each Move, Lu Chen had practiced at least a hundred thousand times.

His movements were fluid and continuous, forcing Green Crow to retreat repeatedly, utterly unable to retaliate.

As Green Crow was about to die by the spear, at this critical juncture, a huge bone claw suddenly tore through space, blocking in front of Green Crow.

Although this giant bone claw was eventually destroyed by the dragon fiend spear, it saved Green Crow's life.

"You… actually saved me?!"

Green Crow looked at Lady White Bone, who had appeared beside him, in shock and disbelief.

After all, he had humiliated her before, and he hadn't expected her to come to his rescue now.

Lady White Bone let out a clear and pleasant laugh: "Don't fall in love with me, I don't like sissies like you!! Now the three of us are like grasshoppers on the same rope; if we don't work together, be careful we don't capsize!"