356: Chapter 356 The Power of the Holy Body

On the viewing platform, a red-faced Elder from a second-rate Sect in the Northern Region could no longer hold back. He slammed his palm against the table and rose, shouting angrily—the massive Aura of a Nascent Soul Late Stage Cultivator crushed down towards Luo Xiaojiu like a collapsing mountain.

"Where did this wild girl come from? She knows nothing of the immensity of Heaven and Earth! How dare she act wildly in my Xuantian Sect? Kneel down and accept your punishment immediately!"

The Xuantian Sect Enforcement Elder was so angry that his beard and hair stood on end, his face turning the color of pig liver.

The humiliation of being forced back just moments ago intertwined with the fury of being publicly insulted, causing the murderous intent in his eyes to almost solidify, sharp as a blade.

The Xuantian Sect Master's expression was so dark that water could drip from it, and the vast Aura of the Soul Transformation Stage quietly permeated the entire venue.

He stared fixedly at Luo Xiaojiu, suppressing the impulse to strike immediately, and spoke in a cold voice, each word like an ice pick piercing the bone:

"Who exactly are you, young lady? Why are you interfering in the internal affairs of my Xuantian Sect, spouting nonsense here, and slandering colleagues of the Northern Region? If you do not give me an explanation today—do not blame me for disregarding your youth and taking you down together, treating you as an accomplice!"

Luo Xiaojiu was completely unafraid, her spine straightening even further.

She knew well who stood behind her—a presence capable of making the entire Northern Region bow its head.

She puffed out her chest and held her head high, saying loudly: "Who I am is irrelevant! What matters is that I, Luo Xiaojiu, cannot stand your dirty behavior of bullying others and twisting black and white! When I see injustice, I must speak up for justice! As for an explanation?"

She sneered, her eyes surging with undisguised contempt. Her gaze swept across everyone on the high platform, her tone filled with extreme disdain:

"Are you even worthy of demanding an explanation from me? Today, the ones who should give an explanation to Li Jiuyou, and an explanation to the justice of the world—are you, the Xuantian Sect, and you so-called 'Righteous Path' of the Northern Region who are full of empty talk about morality while harboring nothing but filth!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was in an uproar!

This young girl was actually this daring; not only did she contradict the Xuantian Sect Master to his face, but she also pointed her spearhead directly at the entire Northern Region cultivation world—she simply did not take the myriad Sects of the Northern Region seriously!

The atmosphere in the Martial Arts Arena instantly became tense, with murderous intent lurking everywhere!

Countless powerful Auras from the high platform and the viewing platform locked onto Luo Xiaojiu simultaneously. That pressure was like ten thousand mountains pressing down, causing the surrounding air to stagnate, so much so that even the wind dared not Move.

Several Xuantian Sect Elders were already restless, their palms pressed tightly against the Magic Treasure at their waists—they only needed an order to suppress this "ignorant of life and death" girl on the spot!

Meanwhile, Li Jiuyou, who was firmly protected behind Luo Xiaojiu, was on his last breath, his body still trembling uncontrollably, yet he stared blankly at the petite yet upright figure in yellow standing before him.

This girl, whom he had never met before, had actually gone to the extent of becoming an enemy of the entire Xuantian Sect, and even the entire Northern Region, for the sake of him, an "outcast" despised by the entire Sect—speaking up for justice, every word carrying the weight of a thousand jin.

His heart, which had long been frozen by coldness and despair, seemed to have been struck by a searing hot stone of innocence, exploding with a boom and sending out ripples of burning heat.

He opened his mouth, but only broken gasps remained in his throat—his injuries were too severe, and he could not even utter a single word.

Only within the depths of his eyes, which had been dead for half his life, a faint light broke through layers of haze and slowly brightened, like a lonely star in a cold night, flickering with an inextinguishable spark.

Luo Xiaojiu sensed the movement of the person behind her and tilted her head slightly. Her voice shed all its sharp anger, leaving only a touch of free-spirited certainty as she smiled at Li Jiuyou:

"Kid, there's no point in staying in such a trashy Sect."

She raised her hand and gently patted Li Jiuyou's back, her tone carrying the boldness of a Jianghu heroine and an unquestionable certainty:

"Follow me, Luo Xiaojiu, and I guarantee you'll live a good life from now on—no one will ever dare to bully you again!"

It was as if a spark had fallen into boiling oil, instantly igniting the accumulated anger of the entire Xuantian Sect—violent fury surged like waves, sweeping across the entire high platform in an instant!

"Extremely arrogant!"

"You ignorant little girl, today I will definitely make you pay with blood!"

"Capture this demoness and execute that Li Jiuyou monstrosity along with her, so as to restore the prestige of my Xuantian Sect!"

The shouts and curses shook the heavens.

The Enforcement Elder, who had been forced back by a single punch earlier and had lost all face, was so furious that he no longer cared about the dignity of the strong bullying the weak—he held back absolutely nothing.

His beard and hair stood on end like steel needles, and the thick Spiritual Qi of his Soul Transformation Stage erupted like a volcano that had been dormant for ten thousand years, with surging green waves rushing straight into the sky.

His black Daoist robe fluttered without wind, and his entire Aura was ferocious to the extreme!

"You young brat, how can I allow you to act wildly in my Xuantian Sect! Today, this old man will teach you what the Righteous Path of the Xuantian Sect is, and what the Divine Might of Heaven and Earth is! —Xuantian Demon-Suppressing Seal!"

As the shout fell, his hands formed seals at lightning speed, his finger movements becoming so fast that only overlapping afterimages remained. The cyan runes condensed at his fingertips danced wildly across the sky, drawing endless Spiritual Qi from Heaven and Earth to gather frantically.

In an instant, the wind and clouds over the Martial Arts Arena changed drastically—black clouds surged to cover the sun, and the sun and moon lost their light! A massive amount of Spiritual Qi condensed in the Void Realm into a hundred-zhang-wide pitch-black ancient seal!

The body of the seal was wrapped in dense, profound Demon-Suppressing runes, emitting a terrifying pressure that suppressed all things and annihilated demons as it circulated.

The Xuantian Sect emblem on the bottom of the seal was clearly visible, heavy as a mountain, its might covering the universe!

The moment the ancient seal appeared, the space of the entire Martial Arts Arena was frozen solid.

This heavy pressure was like a mountain of billions of jun pressing down on their heads. The low-level Disciples under the stage all turned pale, their breathing suffocated, their legs went weak, and they knelt on the ground, lacking even the strength to lift their heads.

Even the Nascent Soul Cultivators on the viewing platform were pale-faced, hurriedly circulating their Spiritual Qi to resist—the shock in their eyes was evident.

This was the true Divine Might of a Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator!

This was the life-bound Divine Ability that the Enforcement Elder had unleashed in his rage, his trump card honed over decades—its power was more than ten times stronger than his casual grab earlier!

Carrying the monstrous momentum to crush everything and annihilate Divine Souls, the pitch-black ancient seal blotted out the sky and pressed down fiercely towards Luo Xiaojiu and the heavily injured Li Jiuyou behind her!

The wind of the seal howled, and wherever it passed, the air was compressed into a vacuum, and even light was distorted by it.

Judging by this stance, this was no suppression—it was clearly an attempt to crush the two of them into powder, to grind their bones and scatter their ashes, even destroying their Divine Souls!

Facing this lethal strike that would be enough to make ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivators despair, kneel, and await their fate—

Luo Xiaojiu's eyes showed no fear at all; instead, they ignited with blazing Battle Intent, her gaze shining with a terrifying brilliance!

She had just broken through to the Golden Core Late Stage, and her Desolate Ancient Sacred Body had just taken form. She was suppressing a surge of brave energy, thirsting for a fierce battle to hone her strength and test the might of the Sacred Body!

This Soul Transformation Stage opponent who had delivered himself to her doorstep—was the best touchstone!

"Hmph! You old bastard, do you really think that just because you are in the Soul Transformation Stage, you can run rampant? Today, this young lady will open your eyes to what true power is, and what a Supreme Physique of Heaven and Earth is!"

Before the words had even faded, the Aura around Luo Xiaojiu changed drastically.

She no longer deliberately suppressed the vast, sea-like, and endless Origin of the Sacred Body within her—she let this power surge and release wildly!

She took a deep breath, her chest and abdomen expanding as if she had swallowed all the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

In the next second, a brilliant golden Divine Light erupted from her body to the extreme!

That light was pure and flawless, blazing and dazzling, carrying the vast Aura of eternal existence, indestructibility through myriad tribulations, and looking down upon the world—as if an ancient sun had broken through the dawn, instantly piercing the surging black clouds!

Wherever the golden light passed, even the heavy pressure of the Xuantian Demon-Suppressing Seal was forcibly pushed open and dispersed—the originally frozen space actually began to ripple with life again!

"Desolate Ancient Sacred Body—Open!"

A clear shout rang out, shaking the heavens and causing the black clouds to surge even more violently!

In an instant, Luo Xiaojiu's figure seemed to grow several zhang taller, transforming into a female war god cast in pure gold!

Her black hair danced wildly, each strand crystalline and shimmering with golden light, like burning golden silk.

Her eyes shot out golden rays a chi long, piercing through the Void Realm—wherever her gaze fell, the world paled in comparison.

Beneath her skin, countless golden ancient runes flowed and moved, shining brilliantly, each one containing the incomparably domineering power of the Sacred Body.

The sound of her surging blood was like a roaring river and ten thousand galloping horses, deafening—it could be clearly heard from several li away!

An Aura of nobility, dominance, and looking down upon all living beings, originating from the deepest part of her Bloodline, like an ancient deity that had been sleeping for billions of years, suddenly awakened—and slammed down to shroud the entire Martial Arts Arena!

Sacred Body Phenomenon—Blood like a Dragon, Golden Body Immortal!

Although it was not fully activated at this moment, only showing its initial Divine Might—it had already shaken the heavens and the earth, stunning all directions!

"This... this is... the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body?!"

"How can this be? Isn't that the Supreme Physique that only exists in ancient legends?!"

"Who exactly is she? She actually possesses the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body!"

On the high platform, the Xuantian Sect Master and several knowledgeable Grand Elders lost their voices in horror, exclaiming out loud—their eyeballs almost popping out of their sockets, their faces full of disbelief!

As a top Sect in the Northern Region, how could they not know the legend of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body?

It is an invincible Physique that once pushed across an era, swept through the myriad realms of the heavens, and could contend with young Emperors—it had long been buried in the river of time, and not even a trace of its Bloodline could be found, so how could it suddenly appear in the Xuantian Sect Martial Arts Arena?!

Not only them—

The big figures of the various major forces of the Northern Region on the viewing platform also stood up in a loss of composure, the shock on their faces instantly replaced by greed that could not be melted away—their eyes surging with fanatical light!

The Desolate Ancient Sacred Body!

This is the top-tier Physique of Heaven and Earth—obtaining its Origin essence blood can cleanse the marrow and cut the meridians, and change one's Heaven-Defying fate.

Taking her as a Disciple could create an invincible powerhouse in the future, making the Sect flourish for ten thousand years.

Even more so, if one could perform the art of Possession and occupy this Sacred Body, one could ascend to the heavens in one step and sweep across the Northern Region!

Countless greedy, vicious, and fanatical thoughts grew wildly—the originally calm viewing platform instantly became turbulent with undercurrents, and murderous intent lurked everywhere.

And on the arena—

Luo Xiaojiu had already moved!

She needed no fancy Moves, no complicated seals—facing the hundred-zhang ancient seal descending, she only sank her waist slightly, clenched her fist, and struck out fiercely!

This punch was by no means silent like the previous one.

Where the fist tip moved, it seemed as if thousands of ancient gods and demons were roaring in unison in the Void Realm, and countless stars flickered on the side of the fist—the Laws of Heaven and Earth resonated with it, emitting a buzzing vibration!

The extremely pure power of the Sacred Body's Physical Body was all concentrated in this one punch.

The golden fist shadow swelled in the wind, instantly transforming from a few-chi-sized body into a thousand-zhang giant—like a golden torrent piercing through Heaven and Earth!

Carrying the Supreme will to crush all obstacles, destroy all Laws in the world, and look down upon Heaven and Earth—it slammed fiercely into the pitch-black ancient seal that blotted out the sky!

"Break for me!"

Luo Xiaojiu's shout was wrapped in the dominance of the Sacred Body, shaking the Void Realm until it shattered!

Rumble—!!!

It was as if two ancient stars had collided violently in the high sky!

The moment the golden Sacred Body fist light collided with the black Demon-Suppressing ancient seal—the world suddenly became dead silent.

In the next second, there was an earth-shattering, explosive roar!