318: When the heartbeat sounds, heaven and earth resonate.

As a result, the Realm gap between Blood Luo Ji and Lu Chen was once again stretched to two major Realms!

"Blood Prison Sealing Heaven!"

Blood Luo Ji clasped her hands together, and the world changed color!

Endless bloody light erupted from her body, transforming into a blood-colored crystal wall spanning a thousand miles, completely sealing off the entire battlefield!

This was no longer a simple restraining array, but a Domain of the Tribulation Crossing Realm!

Within the Domain, gravity was a thousand times stronger, spiritual energy solidified, and Divine Sense was suppressed to its limit!

Lu Chen's figure paused, his feet sinking into a quagmire, unable to move even an inch!

His Cave Heaven power was forcibly suppressed by the Blood Prison Domain, and the Black Tortoise manifestation also began to blur!

Blood Luo Ji floated above the blood-colored sky, looking down at Lu Chen, and burst into laughter:

"Hahahaha—!"

"Lu Chen! No matter if you are the Heavenly Dao or a Reincarnation..."

"Today—"

"You are my sacrifice!!"

She spread her ten fingers, her blood-colored long hair danced wildly, her voice like a judgment:

"I will refine you to achieve a true Undergoing Tribulation body! I will make this world only know Blood Luo Ji, not the Heavenly Dao!!"

"Oh, really? I don't believe it!"

Lu Chen stood in the center of the Blood Prison Sealing Heaven Domain, a slight smile on his lips, but no trace of fear in his eyes.

He slowly raised his right hand, placing his five fingers on his heart!

With the first beat of his heart, heaven and earth resonated!

With the second beat of his heart, the Law reversed!

With the third beat of his heart—

"Break!"

Lu Chen let out a soft cry, and the heart of the heavenly dao suddenly erupted!

An invisible yet supreme will swept out, like the first ray of light at the beginning of the Universe, piercing through the blood-colored crystal wall set up by Blood Luo Ji!

Crack!

Rumble—!!!

The "Blood Prison Sealing Heaven" Domain, which even those in the Tribulation Crossing Realm found difficult to break free from, actually—

Automatically split open a wide passage under the pressure of the heart of the heavenly dao!

The blood-colored crystal wall melted layer by layer like ice and snow meeting the sun, emitting a mournful wail!

Lu Chen walked with his hands behind his back, taking a step, his robes fluttering, calmly walking out of the Domain, as if he were not stepping out of a battlefield, but his own courtyard.

Blood Luo Ji's pupils constricted, her eyeballs almost bulging out of their sockets!

"You... you... you actually ignored the rules of heaven and earth?!"

Her voice trembled, her face full of disbelief:

"This is a Tribulation Crossing Realm Domain that I formed by sacrificing and fusing the Divine Souls of two Soul Transformation Cultivators at the half-step Tribulation Crossing Realm!"

"It can even freeze space and annihilate Divine Sense!"

"How could you... just... walk out?!"

She stared intently at the golden heart beating in Lu Chen's palm, finally understanding—

That was not spiritual energy, not Divine Ability, but the rule itself!

It was the Heavenly Dao, which transcended all Cultivation systems!

"Hmph!"

Lu Chen sneered, his five fingers suddenly tightening!

The heart of the heavenly dao's light surged, and an irresistible Heavenly Dao pressure, like a galaxy pouring down, instantly enveloped Blood Luo Ji's entire body!

That was not a suppression of power, but a negation of existence!

Just as Mortals cannot resist "gravity," Blood Luo Ji, under this pressure, found even breathing difficult, her limbs seemingly entangled by invisible chains, unable to move!

Her half-step Tribulation Crossing Realm Cultivation was as tiny as an ant before this supreme will!

"No!!"

Blood Luo Ji roared, frantically urging the blood Qi within her body, attempting to break free!

She bit the tip of her tongue, spitting out a mouthful of vital blood, which transformed into a Blood God Shield, attempting to block the Heavenly Dao pressure;

She also activated the sea of blood within her body, condensing the Ten Thousand Tribulation Blood Spear, and thrust it towards Lu Chen's Divine Court;

Furthermore, she frantically burned her Divine Soul, releasing the final Blood Sacrifice Secret Art, Soul Returning to the Sea of Blood, intending to retaliate through self-destruction!

However—

All attacks, before even touching Lu Chen, were disintegrated layer by layer by the invisible power of the Heavenly Dao!

The Blood God Shield shattered like paper, the Ten Thousand Tribulation Blood Spear turned into a blood mist in mid-air, and the Soul Returning to the Sea of Blood Secret Art was directly erased by the rules!

"Eh?"

Lu Chen frowned slightly, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

He had thought that the pressure of the heart of the heavenly dao would be enough to instantly kill Blood Luo Ji.

But she was still able to release a trace of resistance under such suppression!

"So that's how it is..."

Lu Chen instantly understood:

Although he possessed the heart of the heavenly dao, he had not yet fully recovered the Origin power of the Heavenly Dao!

This Physical Body was only at the Nascent Soul Peak, with limited capacity; each time the Heavenly Dao pressure was used, it would consume a large amount of Origin, meaning less was left for later!

Moreover, Blood Luo Ji was already at the half-step Tribulation Crossing Realm; her Physical Body and Divine Soul had reached the peak of Mortal Cultivators, and her resistance to rules far exceeded the ordinary!

If he continued to use the Heavenly Dao power so unrestrainedly, he might run out of energy before defeating the enemy!

Having figured this out, Lu Chen immediately reined in his Heavenly Dao Aura.

The supreme pressure dissipated with it.

Lu Chen took a deep breath, his eyes once again becoming sharp as blades.

Since he couldn't rely on the power of the Heavenly Dao... "Then I'll use the purest method—"

"Fight!"

Lu Chen gripped the dragon fiend spear tightly with both hands, the tip of the spear pointing directly at Blood Luo Ji, his spiritual energy no longer radiating outwards, but entirely compressed within the spear body!

The power of the Cave Heaven poured into the spear like a reversed galaxy, and the spear body hummed, as if a Dragon Soul was roaring!

Lu Chen said no more, stamping his foot—

Boom!!!

The earth cracked, and the Void Realm twisted!

He was like a golden lightning bolt, holding the dragon fiend spear, thrusting directly at Blood Luo Ji's heart with the most direct, most violent, and purest attack!

This spear strike was without flourish or trickery, carried no Law, and caused no unusual celestial phenomena.

There was only—

Power! Speed! Will!

The dragon fiend spear cut through the sky, tearing through the blood mist, arriving with an indomitable Aura, striking with a roar!

Blood Luo Ji barely broke free from her restraints, hastily raised her hand, and condensed a blood shield for defense.

But—

"Bang—!!!"

Spear and shield collided, and the blood shield instantly exploded!

The shockwave swept a thousand miles, mountains turned to dust, and rivers flowed backward!

Blood Luo Ji was sent flying by this spear strike, her chest caved in, blood gushing out!

Blood Luo Ji had not expected that even with the purest combat, her opponent would far exceed her imagination!

Lu Chen had already raised his spear again, its tip glinting with cold light, his killing intent soaring to the heavens!

With this next spear strike, Blood Luo Ji would undoubtedly die!

On the edge of the battlefield, Emperor Qin, Ling Tian, and Shen Wuya sat on the ground, covered in blood, their Auras weak.

They had personally witnessed Lu Chen breaking through Blood Prison Sealing Heaven with the heart of the heavenly dao, then suppressing the half-step Tribulation Crossing Realm Blood Luo Ji with his bare hands, and now, with pure combat power, sending Blood Luo Ji flying with a single spear strike, his killing intent overwhelming!

Shen Wuya's Divine Sense trembled, and he finally realized—

The gap between them and Lu Chen could no longer be described merely by the word "Realm"!

It was a crushing difference in the level of existence!

He suddenly grabbed Emperor Qin and Ling Tian's sleeves, his voice urgent and low:

"Something's wrong! We must escape immediately! Staying here will only lead to us being killed one by one!"

Emperor Qin gasped for breath, his chest stained with blood, yet a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes:

"Brother Boundless is right... as long as I escape, give me three months, and I can Breakthrough to Soul Transformation!"

"At that time, with the help of the Great Qin's nine tripods, I might not be unable to fight him!"

However—

Ling Tian suddenly erupted, his eyes bloodshot, looking like a madman!

"You two fools!! If we don't fight now, when he fully recovers the power of the Heavenly Dao, we won't even have a chance to escape!"

"Do you think he won't Cultivate just because we are Cultivating?!"

"When he Breakthroughs to Nascent Soul, do you think anyone can block his spear?!"

He stared intently at the solitary figure in the center of the battlefield, a trace of crazy calculation flashing in his eyes:

"We haven't lost yet!"

"As long as we capture Liu Lanyan, we still have a chance to turn the tables!"

Emperor Qin and Shen Wuya were stunned, then they understood.

Liu Lanyan—the woman Lu Chen had been protecting behind a barrier—was Lu Chen's only weakness!

Ling Tian gritted his teeth: "Lu Chen cares about her deeply, even willing to be distracted to protect her! As long as we capture her, we can restrain Lu Chen!"

Shen Wuya slowly nodded, whispering: "Let's gamble... This is our last chance."

The three looked at each other, finally reaching a consensus—

One more fight!

"Break—!!"

The three combined their strength, unleashing all their power against the barrier Lu Chen had set up for Liu Lanyan!

Rumble!!!

The barrier vibrated violently, covered in cracks!

The barrier shattered with a bang!