294: Caught off guard, the Lord of the Earth Realm took action!

The Nether Python’s massive body coiled in the shadows, its ferocious snake head slowly rising, revealing a bone-chilling smile.

“Hehehe…”

“It’s you again, little brat!”

“This Yao Lord truly has a connection with you!”

The Nether Python’s gaze was fixed intently on Lu Xuan, its deep blue snake pupils constantly revealing curiosity and greed.

Clearly, Lu Xuan, this human Martial Artist, had sparked its immense interest.

“This Yao Lord remembers, when I saw you a year ago, you were just a weak and pathetic ant.”

“In just a year, you’ve transformed and achieved a Breakthrough to the Void Tempering Realm!”

“Tsk tsk tsk, truly astonishing.”

“Human brat, could it be that you’re hiding some rare treasure on your person?”

The Nether Python’s words were full of probing and provocation, its gaze shifting between Lu Xuan and Purple Yao and the others, trying to catch a flaw in their reactions.

That blatant intent to provoke sought to sever the trust between the three people before it.

The Nether Python already knew the personalities of these humans like the back of its hand.

It refused to believe!

That the other two humans wouldn’t be tempted after hearing its words.

This was a Heaven-Defying treasure that could allow someone to achieve a Breakthrough to the Void Realm True Lord in just one short year!

However, Purple Yao and the other’s unchanging expressions caused the grotesque smile on the Nether Python’s face to stiffen, looking slightly awkward.

As for Lu Xuan, the person in question, his expression was calm, his eyes shimmering with a faint purple glow, meeting the Nether Python’s gaze without flinching.

“Lord Zi, it seems we’ve been tricked!”

Lu Xuan could clearly sense it.

The aura of this Nether Python before him was simply too weak.

It fundamentally lacked the strength of a Void Realm True Lord.

Lü Ze, standing not far behind Lu Xuan, his expression became exceptionally solemn, even carrying a hint of imperceptible vexation.

Undoubtedly, Lü Ze was a bit embarrassed after realizing he had been deceived.

This damned beast actually managed to deceive the Heaven and Earth Sun Moon Mirror.

This is impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Upon hearing this, the Nether Python on the opposite side suddenly constricted its elongated snake pupils, then let out a bone-chilling, low, strange laugh.

“Hehehe… Little brat, you do have some cleverness.”

“You…”

The Nether Python’s words were cut short before it could finish.

In an instant, the Nether Python’s snake body violently twisted, its thick, scaly, enormous snake tail, carrying an unparalleled sharp gust of wind.

Like a black steel whip, it swept straight towards Lu Xuan.

This strike carried the terrifying power of a Yao Lord (Divine Palace Realm).

In just an instant, the trees within several hundred meters around, under the impact of this snake tail imbued with violent power, snapped and collapsed one after another.

Boom!

Amidst flying sand and rolling stones, plants were uprooted, and the wind howled, as the snake tail, carrying immense force, lashed down fiercely towards the location of Lu Xuan and the two others.

Just at this critical moment, a mysterious and powerful force suddenly descended.

A colossal hand, condensed from purple flames, abruptly appeared from the boundless Void Realm.

The purple flame giant hand, carrying a suffocating sense of oppression, precisely and directly seized the Nether Python’s tail.

Within the boundless purple flames, a strange black-gold light faintly flickered—that was the Fire of World Destruction!

These two flames, representing the Law of Flame and the Law of Destruction respectively, were now intertwined and in Fusion, radiating terrifying, world-destroying high temperatures.

The next scene, naturally, was time for roasted snake meat.

The Nether Python, enveloped in purple flames, in just a moment, its boundless, massive snake body gradually burned into nothingness, transforming into wisps of black smoke that dissipated into the air.

Clearly, this was not the Nether Python’s true body, but merely a Demonic Soul Clone.

Lü Ze, standing in the back, was originally annoyed by the Nether Python’s escape.

But suddenly, his expression drastically changed, as if he had detected something abnormal.

“Oh no!”

Lü Ze let out a low cry, his right hand swiftly waving towards mid-air, and the colossal Heaven and Earth Sun Moon Mirror abruptly appeared, suspended before Lu Xuan and Purple Yao.

On the mirror’s surface, an indescribable ten-thousand-foot snake body was soaring across the sky, rapidly speeding towards an unknown direction.

“It’s the Nether Python’s true body!” Lü Ze’s voice carried a hint of urgency.

Lü Ze spoke almost through gritted teeth: “Aurora Prefecture!”

“The Nether Python’s location is precisely Aurora Prefecture.”

“Aurora Prefecture?” Lu Xuan’s brows furrowed slightly, and his gaze turned towards Lü Ze beside him.

“Lord Lu, that Aurora Prefecture is thousands of miles away from us.”

Aurora Prefecture is located on the border adjacent to the Western Regions Extreme Lands of the Great Xia Dynasty, thousands of miles away from Wansheng Prefecture.

It is one of the borders where the Great Xia Dynasty meets the vast and boundless ocean.

The so-called Western Regions Extreme Lands is the vast and boundless ocean.

Wansheng Prefecture, Aurora Prefecture, and a dozen other prefectures are precisely adjacent to this ocean.

Once the Nether Python escapes into the ocean of the Western Regions Extreme Lands, it will be like a fish entering the deep sea, no longer bound.

Finding it again would be an almost impossible task.

Just as Lü Ze was burning with anxiety, the atmosphere in the field was exceptionally quiet.

Lu Xuan and Purple Yao, both had calm expressions, showing no signs of panic.

“Two Lord Lord, what are you…” Lü Ze noticed the anomaly and couldn’t help but turn to ask, his voice filled with confusion.

Lu Xuan merely nodded slightly, his gaze distantly looking towards the horizon: “If it can manifest a Demonic Soul phantom, how could this Lord not understand how to counter a trick with a trick?”

Before his words finished, Lu Xuan’s figure began to gradually dematerialize, turning into specks of dazzling starlight, like fireflies, scattering between heaven and earth.

Lü Ze’s pupils constricted, too shocked to speak.

Only then did he suddenly realize—this “Lu Xuan” who had been accompanying him all along, was actually just a phantom condensed from the Heaven and Earth Laws!

Purple Yao showed no surprise at the sight, as if she had already known about this matter.

Purple Yao gently raised her delicate hand, purple spiritual light flowing at her fingertips: “The true Lord Lu is probably already on his way to Aurora Prefecture at this moment.”

“Whether he can catch up to that Nether Python will depend solely on Lord Lu.”

Lü Ze only then noticed that Purple Yao’s figure was also gradually becoming transparent.

At this moment, Purple Yao also had no intention of stopping; she wanted to rush to Aurora Prefecture as quickly as possible.

Perhaps, Lord Lu might actually catch up to that Nether Python, who knows?

After all, the miracles surrounding this Lord Lu always made him unfathomable.

“This…”

After seeing Purple Yao also disappear, Lü Ze smiled bitterly and shook his head, “The two Lord Lord truly are…”

Well, the rest of the matter no longer concerned him, a mere tool.

Finally, he could go back and rest for a bit.

Who knew that for the past six months, he had been carrying the Heaven and Earth Sun Moon Mirror, tracking the Nether Python all over the world.

If this continued, before the Nether Python was found, his old bones would probably be drained dry by the Heaven and Earth Sun Moon Mirror.

He did not want to be the first Divine Abode True Person in history to die from being drained of Heaven and Earth Qi by a ritual artifact!

Between the vast sea and sky of the Western Regions, a black shadow, covering the sky, was rapidly moving through the clouds.

The Nether Python’s winding, ten-thousand-foot massive body stirred the heavy sea of clouds, leaving a turbulent cloud trail behind it.

“Hehehe!”

A chilling laugh echoed between the sea and sky, and the Nether Python’s crimson snake pupils flickered with venomous light: “Just you wait!”

“When this Yao Lord returns next time, it will be the time of your demise, you damned humans!”

Next time, it won’t just be this Yao Lord entering the Great Xia Dynasty.

It will be Ancestor Yu Huang, one of the Ten Great Demon Ancestors!

And that damned brat!

The secrets on his person are absolutely no less valuable than the Origin of the Fell Spirit Ruin.

If I also inform Ancestor Yu Huang of this news, then I can achieve an immeasurable great merit.

This way, with Ancestor Yu Huang’s reward, my Breakthrough to Yao Lord Major Achievement and becoming a Cave Heaven Master will only be a matter of time.

Thinking of this, the Nether Python’s speed suddenly accelerated, its scales rubbing against the air, emitting dazzling sparks.

Soon, at the intersection of sea and sky ahead, a black aurora spanning the sky gradually became clear.

That infinitely deep black light curtain, like an inverted galaxy, with countless star-like light patterns flowing within it, exuded a suffocating pressure.

This was precisely the Heaven and Earth Restriction personally laid down by Emperor Xia Wuji, the founding Holy Ancestor of the Great Xia Dynasty, two thousand years ago.

It is rumored that when the founding Holy Ancestor Xia Wuji laid down this unprecedented Heaven and Earth Seal, he had already achieved a Breakthrough to the supreme Realm of Earth Venerable Realm Master.

Therefore, this Heaven and Earth Restriction possessed extraordinary power; even a strong practitioner at the same Earth Venerable Realm Master Realm as Xia Wuji could not easily break through it.

“Hmph!”

The Nether Python’s cold snort suddenly rang out, full of smugness.

“Xia Wuji was able to lay down such a powerful Heaven and Earth Restriction, but it was merely by borrowing the power of the Fell Spirit Ruin.”

The Nether Python spoke with a hint of mockery, revealing an unknown secret.

In the end, it was made by the Fell Spirit Ruin, and it will be broken by the Fell Spirit Ruin.

In reality, this seemingly impregnable Heaven and Earth Restriction, although unimaginably powerful, possessed a fatal flaw.

Any existence that could refine the Origin power of the Fell Spirit Ruin could directly disregard this supremely powerful Heaven and Earth Seal, rendering it useless.

At this moment, the Nether Python’s massive figure coiled and moved in the sky, without the slightest pause.

It exuded a sinister aura, its scales shimmering with a deep blue, chilling glow.

The Nether Python’s goal was clear: it charged directly towards the dazzling yet infinitely mysterious black aurora sky curtain.

Its speed was extremely fast, as if entering an uninhabited Realm.

It treated that irresistible Heaven and Earth Restriction as if it didn’t exist at all, focusing solely on Transmigration through it.

Just as the Nether Python’s massive, ferocious head was about to touch the black aurora sky curtain!

“What!”

It suddenly let out a furious roar of shock and anger, and its sky-covering snake body actually froze in mid-air at the last moment.

The Nether Python’s scales bristled all over, and deep blue light burst forth.

Its massive body twisted abruptly with an incredible agility, instantly transforming into a black lightning bolt, shifting thousands of meters away.

“Boom—!!!”

Almost at the same instant, a dazzling purple flame blade light tore through the sky, carrying the power to burn the heavens and boil the seas, striking down on the Nether Python’s original position.

Within that purple flame, there was still a faint black-gold light flowing, exuding a heart-palpitating aura of destruction.

Under the enhancement of the black-gold divine flame, everything in the path of the purple flame blade light was incinerated into nothingness!

The terrifying high temperature of the purple flame blade light instantly evaporated the seawater within dozens of miles, and the sky-filling water vapor rushed into the sky like enraged Dragons.

Purple flames and black-gold light intertwined, reflecting a magnificent and fatal glow on the sea surface, turning the entire sea area into a giant steamer.

The Nether Python reappeared in the distance, its snake pupils revealing a look of dread.

What is this thing!

The power of the Law of Flame?

But it doesn’t seem like it!

This was the first time the Nether Python had felt such trepidation since its Breakthrough to the Yao Lord Realm.

It stared intently at the figure vaguely visible in the flames, the muscles beneath its scales involuntarily twitching.

If it had been even half a moment slower just now, it would probably be tasting the flavor of this extremely strange flame.

From the steaming mist, a slender figure slowly walked out, standing above the Void Realm.

The person who arrived was Lu Xuan, holding a long saber burning with purple flames.

“It’s you, little brat!”

The Nether Python’s roar shook the nine heavens, and monstrous Demonic Qi spewed from its gaping maw.

In an instant, the entire sea area violently churned, and a deep blue vortex with a diameter of a thousand zhang suddenly formed beneath Lu Xuan’s feet!

Within that vortex, a Demonic Soul Law Manifestation, identical to the Nether Python’s true body, materialized.

The Demonic Soul was transparent like crystal, yet it exuded a suffocating pressure.

The Nether Python’s Demonic Soul Law Manifestation roared to the sky, and the entire vast ocean instantly boiled and surged.

“Rumble!”

Tens of thousands of ten-thousand-foot water Dragons burst out of the sea, each carrying terrifying power capable of destroying mountains.

These water Dragons intertwined in mid-air to form a colossal net that covered the sky, dyeing the entire sky a deep blue.

The seawater rolled back, the heaven and earth inverted, as if the end of the world had arrived!

The power of the Heaven and Earth Law of Water.

“Die—for this Yao Lord!”

The Nether Python’s true body and Demonic Soul Law Manifestation attacked simultaneously, and those water Dragons instantly strangled towards Lu Xuan from all directions.

Each water Dragon contained terrifying power that could tear apart the Void Realm; wherever they passed, even the light of the Void Realm was cut into shattered pieces!

Facing this world-destroying strike, Lu Xuan merely lightly raised the long saber in his hand.

The purple flames on the saber body suddenly flared, and the black-gold flames mixed within also flickered with dazzling light.

Lu Xuan lightly twisted his wrist, and a purple flame blade light, spanning heaven and earth, swept out.

The blade light of black-gold and purple flames surged in all directions.

As soon as the flames met the water Dragons, they instantly vaporized, and in the mist-filled sky, the Nether Python’s terrified snake pupils were vaguely visible.

What powerful Heaven and Earth Laws!

An existence beyond my capability to contend with.

What the hell did this human brat eat?

Half a year ago, he was just an ant at the Divine Palace Realm Perfection.

Now, a Breakthrough to the Void Tempering Realm is one thing.

However, looking at his strength, he doesn’t seem like someone who just achieved a Breakthrough.

This brat’s power is almost comparable to that damned human Xia Ritain.

Run!

The Nether Python once again chose to turn around and flee, instantly teleporting straight towards the black aurora sky curtain.

“Burning Heaven!”

Seeing the Nether Python disregard everything and fly towards the black aurora sky curtain, Lu Xuan’s eyes glowed with purple light.

He wouldn’t let go of this easily obtainable great Yao Beast.

A purple flame blade light, spanning heaven and earth, suddenly appeared; wherever the flame blade light passed, space collapsed inch by inch, burning into black holes.

In an instant, Lu Xuan’s full-force strike actually carved a burning chasm between the Nether Python and the black aurora!

“No—!”

The Nether Python let out a mournful roar, its massive snake body twisting frantically, but it was ultimately a step too slow.

The moment the purple flame blade light struck, the Nether Python’s indestructible scales were easily torn apart.

Even more terrifyingly, as soon as the terrifying purple flames touched the snake flesh, they immediately erupted with an earth-shattering roar, like raging fire meeting boiling oil!

“Rumble!”

The purple flames spread wildly at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, covering the entire ten-thousand-foot snake body in the blink of an eye.

The Nether Python writhed in agony, each struggle making the fire burn even more fiercely.

“Hmph!”

A cold snort suddenly exploded, and the originally calm black aurora sky curtain suddenly twisted violently.

Two purple eyes, covering the sky, forcibly squeezed through the Heaven and Earth Restriction.

Like two burning purple suns suspended in the sky, their cold and merciless gaze instantly locked onto Lu Xuan!

“Ancestor Yu Huang, save me!”

The Nether Python endured the intense pain and shouted loudly.

Meanwhile, Lu Xuan’s hair stood on end; the moment he felt that gaze, his inner being involuntarily trembled violently.

That was a fear originating from the instinct of life itself!

“Go!”

Lu Xuan had no time to think; he instinctively stepped into the Void Realm.

The moment Lu Xuan’s figure disappeared, the space where he had been “cracked” and shattered, turning into a void black hole.

“Boom—”

Two ten-thousand-foot beams of light shot out from those purple eyes; wherever they passed, even the black aurora Restriction was scorched with terrifying holes.

However, this hole in the black aurora sky curtain quickly recovered to its original state.

The nearby sea area instantly evaporated, revealing the bottomless seabed.

Thousands of miles away, Lu Xuan stumbled out of the Void Realm.

His clothes, in that one-ten-thousandth of a second, were shaken into dust.

“I’m actually injured!”

“Is this the power of an Earth Venerable Realm Master?”

Lu Xuan pondered silently for a moment, then his body once again merged into the Heaven and Earth.