197: Chapter 196 Arhat's Heaven-Turning Seal

Chen Zilong's eyes narrowed slightly as his arm shot out in a grasping motion through the air!

The blocked thunder battle spear buzzed and transformed into a streak of electricity, flying back into his hand.

The moment the spear returned to his grasp, Chen Zilong keenly sensed an extremely subtle, almost imperceptible shift in the flow of energy within the barrier.

"Perfect opportunity!"

Wang Lin, with his seasoned combat experience, seized upon the fleeting pause as Chen Zilong retrieved his spear.

With a furious roar, the blood fiend demonic saber he had been holding back suddenly appeared in his hand. The blade erupted with a pillar of bloody light, accompanied by the wails of vengeful spirits!

Gripping the saber with both hands, he channeled the terrifying spiritual power of his Half-Step Integration Stage into it and brought it down with mountain-splitting force, aiming straight for Chen Zilong's face!

A crimson arc of saber light spanned the sky, as if intent on cleaving the very heavens and earth in two!

"Well met!"

Chen Zilong neither dodged nor evaded, the flames of battle burning in his eyes!

He gripped his thunder battle spear tightly with both hands, raising it horizontally overhead to meet that vicious, peerless slash head-on!

"CLANG——！！！！！"

It was as if two sacred mountains had collided with tremendous force!

An ear-splitting metallic clangor resounded through the skies, vibrating painfully in the eardrums of those below and churning their blood and qi.

At the point where spear tip met saber edge, a blinding burst of sparks exploded, scattering in all directions like fireworks!

The violent clash of forces generated a hurricane-like gale that swept outward.

Chen Zilong's body sank slightly, the void beneath his feet seeming to solidify a bit.

With a sudden explosive shout, the muscles in his arms bulged, lightning erupting from them as he actually forced Wang Lin's blood fiend demonic saber back with sheer strength!

Wang Lin felt an irresistible, colossal force transmit through the saber's body.

His entire right arm instantly went numb and seared with pain, nearly losing all sensation.

His whole body was flung uncontrollably backward for dozens of meters before he barely managed to steady himself.

His face was a mask of shock and horror.

How could this brat possess such immense strength?!

"Xuan Yin Demonic Fire, Burn the Heavens and Boil the Seas!"

Seizing this opening, Elder Earth Yin formed hand seals with both hands. Dark green Xuan Yin Demonic Fire gushed from his palms, rapidly coalescing into a massive demonic serpent with distinct scales and eyes blazing with green fire!

Hissing, its forked tongue flicking coldly, the demonic serpent lunged towards Chen Zilong with jaws agape, carrying a yin-cold capable of freezing souls and a poisonous miasma that could corrove all things!

"Hmph, mere evil spirits dare to shine?"

Facing the onrushing demonic fire serpent, Chen Zilong remained calm. He opened his mouth and spat!

"Hiss——!"

A bolt of azure lightning, pure and yang in nature, brimming with vibrant vitality and the supreme will to vanquish evil and destroy demons, shot forth like a green dragon emerging from its cave, boldly meeting the attack!

This was not his usual violent silver lightning, but one of the Five Elemental Divine Thunders—the Supreme Wood Divine Thunder, the Evil-Warding Divine Thunder!

Specially designed to counter all yin evils, ghosts, demons, and filthy demonic energies!

The azure thunderclash collided violently with the dark green demonic serpent!

There was no explosion, only a kind of near-purifying annihilation!

The once-ferocious demonic fire serpent, upon contact with the Evil-Warding Divine Thunder, let out a sizzling wail as if ice and snow meeting the blazing sun.

Its massive body rapidly melted and disintegrated.

That refined Xuan Yin Demonic Fire, as if encountering its natural nemesis, was swept away by the azure thunderlight, dissipating into wisps of green smoke.

"Evil-Warding Divine Thunder! This brat has actually cultivated the Evil-Warding Divine Thunder!"

Elder Extreme Yin, who had remained expressionless until now, finally cried out in shock. His ashen eyes revealed gravity for the first time, and even a trace of...

Fear!

"We absolutely cannot let him leave alive!"

Elder Wu Yin shrieked, his fair face contorted with extreme apprehension. "Not only is he a mortal threat to our Xuan Yin Sect, he is the sworn enemy of all demonic cultivators under heaven!"

The appearance of the Evil-Warding Divine Thunder completely ignited the deepest killing intent within the four old demons.

"Strike with full force! Suppress and slay him!"

Earth Yin, Wu Yin, and Extreme Yin held nothing back. The Xuan Yin demonic power within their bodies surged wildly as they thrust out both hands together!

Even more vast and refined Xuan Yin Demonic Fire surged forth, instantly transforming into three flame serpents several times thicker than before.

Each one was vividly lifelike, their baleful auras soaring to the sky. From three different directions, they sealed off all of Chen Zilong's escape routes, roaring as they coiled in for the kill!

Simultaneously, Wang Lin also forcibly suppressed the numbness in his right arm, brandished the blood fiend demonic saber once more, and slashed out a hundred-zhang-long arc of saber light that was even more condensed and bloodier than before. Coordinating with the three demonic fire serpents, they formed a situation of certain death!

Facing this unavoidable, destructive combined assault, a glint flashed in Chen Zilong's eyes. He did something utterly unexpected by everyone.

He released his grip, allowing that powerful thunder battle spear to dissipate into motes of electric light in the air.

Confronted with the lethal attacks coming from all sides, his hands suddenly formed a complex, ancient-looking seal in front of his chest!

A majestic, vast, and peerlessly fierce aura erupted from within him, completely distinct from his previous thunderous might!

Brilliant golden light shone before him. Countless tiny Buddhist runes materialized like golden quicksand, rapidly coalescing into a colossal golden hand seal that blotted out the sky!

Upon the hand seal, Sanskrit characters flowed, Buddha's light shone universally, and the faint sound of Arhats chanting could be heard, dispelling the surrounding gloom and baleful aura.

"Arhat Sky-Overturning Seal!"

Chen Zilong let out a low, thunderous roar, like a Vajra Guardian of Buddhism glaring in wrath!

He mobilized the refined Buddhist power cultivated through the Vajra Demon Subduing Scripture, gathered it into his right palm, and then abruptly thrust it forward, imprinting it heavily onto the center of the massive golden hand seal!

"BOOM——！！！！"

Empowered by this tremendous force, the golden Buddha's palm instantly expanded. Carrying the supreme power to suppress evil demons and overturn heaven and earth, it swept forward with overwhelming force towards Wang Lin and the four elders, the three demonic fire serpents, and the bloody arc of saber light!

Wherever the Buddha's palm passed, space violently distorted, groaning under the unbearable strain!

Rampant energy surged outward like a tsunami!

Golden Buddha's light, bloody saber radiance, dark green demonic fire...

Several forces of utterly different natures, yet each equally capable of destroying heaven and earth, finally collided with tremendous violence!

In that moment, it was as if heaven and earth were first separating—a great sound approaching silence!

Then followed an indescribably terrifying explosion!

"BOOM——！！！！！！！"

The deafening roar arrived belatedly, yet it shook the entire firmament!

Even the ground of the Zhou Family estate began to tremble violently!

At the epicenter of the collision, space seemed to shatter like a mirror, revealing fine, black cracks!

Chaotic torrents of wild energy, like unbridled beasts, poured out madly in all directions!

Chen Zilong, bearing the brunt, was shaken by the destructive shockwave, his blood and qi churning. His body slid uncontrollably backward for dozens of meters, the lightning on his five thunders heavenly heart armor dimming noticeably.

Wang Lin, Earth Yin, Wu Yin, and Extreme Yin also fared poorly. Although their combined effort blocked this peerlessly fierce strike,

they were still forced back repeatedly by the recoil, their auras thrown into disarray.

The three demonic fire serpents and the bloody saber radiance also disintegrated under the crushing force of the Buddha's palm.

The storm of energy raged within the barrier, churning the originally dense, gray-black baleful aura into chaos.

Unnoticed by anyone, heavy dark clouds had gathered in the sky.

Bean-sized raindrops began to pelt down, pattering noisily as they washed over the airspace that had just witnessed a world-shaking collision.

Rainwater mixed with dissipated energy, forming a misty haze.

Steadying himself, Chen Zilong wiped away a trace of blood that had seeped from the corner of his mouth. He looked up at the four equally disheveled figures opposite him, his gaze growing even sharper.

These four, bolstered by the grand formation, were indeed troublesome.

It seemed that if he didn't bring out some real skill today, he might truly fall here.

Meanwhile, in the hearts of Wang Lin and the three Xuan Yin Sect elders opposite, towering waves of shock were crashing.

The four of them had joined forces, their power amplified by the grand formation to the Half-Step Integration Stage, yet they were still forced back by this brat's single move, and even suffered minor injuries?!

This youth absolutely could not be allowed to live!

The two sides faced each other across the curtain of rain. Their killing intent, far from being cooled by the downpour, instead burned with even greater intensity.

The battle had only just entered its most heated phase!