269: Chapter 269 Fall

Deep underground, at the Seal of the wu tripod.

Zhu Wutong clutched his chest, forcibly suppressing his churning blood, and stared ahead in shock and anger.

In the Void Realm, a lotus flower formed by golden Dao Laws slowly rotated, with a moon-white figure standing upon it.

Yu Linglong stepped barefoot on the lotus, her ankle bells chiming softly. The vermilion tear mole at the corner of her right eye was exceptionally vivid in the hazy radiance, adding a touch of sharpness to her charming and languid temperament. She held a golden lotus petal between her fingers, a faint smile playing on her lips, her gaze cold as ice as she swept it over the three men including Zhu Wutong.

"Who are you?!"

Zhu Wutong did not recognize Yu Linglong, but when he sensed the Aura on her, his face instantly filled with ferocity and disdain. "A mere first-stage Undergoing Tribulation Cultivator dares to come here to die? With your meager cultivation, you cannot even withstand this Erosion Source filth; how dare you try to stop me?"

erosion qi surged around Zhu Wutong, and the viscous, scarlet energy coiled around him, condensing into a hideous armor of erosion qi, his Aura instantly skyrocketing. He formed hand Seals, and the erosion qi churned, transforming into two roaring erosion qi Dragon monsters. Their bodies were covered in twisted runes, tearing through the Void Realm as they lunged straight at Yu Linglong!

Although this female Cultivator was beautiful, she had ruined his plans and obstructed his Dao path. He wanted to erode and crush this ignorant woman along with her golden lotus to satisfy his hatred!

"Dragon Monsters Swallow the Heavens!"

Yu Linglong's expression remained unchanged. The golden lotus beneath her feet shimmered with light, and with one step, her figure vanished from the spot, easily dodging the lunging Dragon monsters. At the same time, the golden lotus mark between her brows glowed slightly, instantly discerning the weak nodes where the power of the erosion qi Dragon monsters circulated.

She raised her fair hand, and the golden lotus petal in her palm suddenly erupted with blinding Geng Metal divine light! The Geng Metal Dao Laws flowed on the petal, condensed to the extreme, transforming into a moonbeam that tore through the Void Realm!

"Geng Metal Lotus Slash!"

Swish!

The sword light cut into the core node of one of the erosion qi Dragon monsters. The extreme sharpness and destructive power of the Geng Metal Dao Laws erupted, shredding the Dragon monster—condensed from erosion qi Law and Dao power—from head to tail into scattered scarlet qi filling the sky!

"What?!" Zhu Wutong's pupils constricted violently in disbelief.

His erosion qi Dragon monsters contained Blood Erosion Dao Laws, and since his Dao Laws had reached Major Achievement, any Dao Laws with less comprehension would be corrupted and weakened upon contact. How could they be broken by her single sword strike? Had her comprehension of Dao Laws also reached Major Achievement?

As this thought crossed his mind, Zhu Wutong slapped his waist, summoning a ghastly white bone banner condensed from countless vengeful souls and skeletons. As the banner surface rolled, erosion qi condensed into several filthy blood-colored chains entwined with Blood Erosion Dao Laws, piercing through the Void Realm to strike at Yu Linglong's vitals.

Yu Linglong's mind stirred, and the golden lotus in her hand transformed into a speck of Geng Metal light, tapping onto a core node of the bone banner.

Crack!

The sinister bone banner shattered upon impact, turning into flying ash. The Blood Erosion Dao Laws attached to it, as if meeting their nemesis, disintegrated inch by inch under the Geng Metal sharpness.

Zhu Wutong's mind was severely shaken in disbelief. His strongest protective Magic Treasure had been shattered in a single blow! Fear instantly overcame his anger, and he roared, channeling all his erosion qi in an attempt to transform into a streak of filthy blood light and escape.

"Three Thousand Weak Waters."

Yu Linglong's red lips parted slightly, her voice without a ripple. She raised her fair hand, and a force of immense weight enveloped Zhu Wutong.

The Dao of Weak Water!

Zhu Wutong felt as if his Divine Soul had fallen into the Nine Netherworlds; it was heavy and cold. His escape light instantly stagnated, and even his thoughts seemed to be freezing.

Yu Linglong's voice was cold and clear, carrying a hint of mockery, "Your Dao is too dirty."

Above Zhu Wutong's head, one, two, three... countless golden lotus petals flowing with Geng Metal Dao Laws appeared out of thin air, transforming into a massive golden lotus bud that completely enveloped him.

"Thousand Lotus Strangulation!"

Inside the lotus bud, billions of Geng Metal Sword Qi erupted! Each strand of Sword Qi contained the sharp Law of cutting through everything, ignoring the defense of the erosion qi armor, and sliced and strangled him!

Zhu Wutong let out a shrill, desperate scream, desperately channeling his Blood Erosion Laws to resist, but it was to no avail.

"No—! I am a member of the Zhu family... You..." His voice came to an abrupt end.

The sword lotus dissipated, leaving only a wisp of blue smoke and a floating Storage Ring in its place.

Yu Linglong didn't even glance at the ring, turning her gaze toward the Sect Masters of the Fenglei Sect and Danding Sect, who were already paralyzed with fear and collapsed on the ground.

"Aiding the tyrant in his evildoing; you deserve to die."

She tapped her jade finger lightly, and two golden streams of light containing Weak Water Dao Laws shot out silently, sinking into the brows of the two men. Their bodies stiffened, the light in their eyes instantly dimmed, and their Divine Souls were dissolved as if eroded by invisible Weak Water. They collapsed onto the ground, their life force extinguished.

Having dealt with the three, Yu Linglong turned her gaze toward the direction of the wu tripod. The suppressed Ancient Banyan main roots, having lost their external nourishment, had stopped expanding but remained hideous and terrifying. Dark red light flowed on their surface, constantly striking against the crack-filled wu tripod.

The golden light on the tripod body flickered uncertainly, on the verge of collapse.

"At this rate, I don't know how much longer the wu tripod can hold on."

Yu Linglong frowned slightly and sighed, "I hope it can be resolved soon."

Just then, a sudden change occurred!

Above, the roots extending down from the two Erosion Source Blood Trees suddenly convulsed violently. Immediately following, as if severed by a force at the source, the viscous scarlet roots began to crumble and disintegrate, inch by inch, from the very top, from the outside in.

The shattered parts instantly lost all vitality, turning into gray powder that fell down with a rustle. This crumbling trend was extremely fast; in the blink of an eye, it spread along the roots to the deep underground before Yu Linglong's eyes, extending all the way to the ends, completely turning into flying ash.

The Erosion Source power shrouding the underground space suddenly dissipated by more than half.

Yu Linglong looked up toward the direction of the surface and whispered to herself, "Is it done?"

...

In the high sky above Cangwu City, Ling Hao's voice echoed.

"Oh, then let me see just how awesome you, a Mahayana from the Central Plains, really are!"

Seeing Ling Hao nonchalantly neutralize his gale and still speak so arrogantly, the ferocity in Zhu Tianlu's eyes grew even stronger. His Aura exploded, and the terrifying Aura belonging to a Mahayana Stage Cultivator instantly unfurled!

"You will know soon enough. Erosion Extinction Immortal Light! Boy, feel true despair!"

He formed hand Seals, and the erosion qi surging around him suddenly condensed and compressed into a grayish beam of light. Where the beam passed, space was silently annihilated, leaving behind a pitch-black trail.

Ling Hao's eyes flickered. He extended a finger, and a point of Chaos-colored light lit up at his fingertip. The terrifying beam containing Annihilation Dao Laws collided with this faint light, and both were canceled out simultaneously.

"You actually comprehended Annihilation Dao Laws too?"

Zhu Tianlu's pupils constricted, and his heart grew heavy. But soon, his face was once again filled with arrogance. "Hmph, I expect it was just some luck!"

Zhu Tianlu flicked his hand and took out a token. The token was dark red, covered in ancient erosion patterns.

"Hmph! To be able to force me to use this item, you can consider your death well-deserved!"

Zhu Tianlu offered the token up, "This is the Erosion God Token, a half-Immortal Artifact! Erosion God Tribulation Light, extinguish!"

The Erosion God Token shone with a brilliant blood light, and a viscous, blood-like dark red beam instantly tore through space, shooting toward Ling Hao!

Ling Hao held his fingers together like a sword and slashed remotely at the incoming Tribulation Light. "Sever."

This Erosion God Tribulation Light was split in two by this invisible sword! The violent Erosion Source energy, like a tamed beast, scattered and annihilated to both sides. The floating Erosion God Token was directly struck by this sword, leaving a white mark, its light fading as it fell.

"Severing Dao Laws? Space Dao Laws?!"

Zhu Tianlu simply could not believe his eyes. The opponent hadn't even used a Magic Treasure, yet had split the Erosion God Tribulation Light with just a Sword Intent, even damaging the main body of the Erosion God Token? How was this possible?! And those two types of Dao Laws? How could one person comprehend so many Dao Laws?!

"I don't believe it!!" Zhu Tianlu was completely driven mad. He formed hand Seals frantically, burning his essence blood recklessly, and his Aura skyrocketed again, showing faint signs of breaking through to the second stage of the Mahayana Stage. He was going to cast a forbidden technique!

"Erosion Dao Immortal Technique: Nine Nether Yellow Springs Descent!"

Zhu Tianlu roared, his hands suddenly thrusting upward toward the sky!

The entire scarlet sky churned violently, as if connecting to the Nine Nether Hell! Endless filthy erosion qi gathered, transforming into a turbid river of Yellow Springs spanning the horizon.

The river water surged, with countless twisted and wailing phantoms floating within, carrying the power of Dao Laws that polluted the world, falling from the sky and crashing down toward Ling Hao!

This was the embryonic form of a true Immortal Technique, containing a trace of the true meaning of the Yellow Springs Dao!

Zheng Nanxun and Su Fengyi turned pale. The mere escaping Aura alone made them feel suffocated. If this strike were to land, the entire Cangwu City would likely be completely polluted and submerged!

Ling Hao looked up at the world-destroying turbid flow of the Yellow Springs and frowned slightly. He raised his right hand and gestured with his fingers.

Clang—!

A clear, resonant sword hum rang through the heavens, as if it were the first ray of light at the creation of the world! An ancient sword shadow appeared before Ling Hao—the fusheng sword!

Ling Hao controlled it with his fingers and slashed gently at the pouring turbid flow of the Yellow Springs. "Void."

In an instant, an indescribable Dao Charm permeated the air.

Wherever the sword light reached, the surging and roaring turbid flow of the Yellow Springs, the hideous and wailing Erosion Demon phantoms, the filthy and submerging Nine Nether Dao Laws...

Were like an ink painting wiped away by an invisible giant hand, or like sand swept away by the river of time, rapidly fading and turning intangible, ultimately returning completely to nothingness.

One sword, Void!

The forbidden Immortal Technique that Zhu Tianlu had burned his essence blood and exhausted all his effort to cast was just like that, lightly... gone.

He maintained his posture of holding up the sky, staring blankly at the sky that had returned to clarity, the madness and ferocity on his face frozen.

"Void... Void Dao Laws?!... No... This is impossible..."

His lips trembled, and he spoke incoherently. He finally understood what kind of existence he was facing.

To comprehend so many Dao Laws, and such rare ones at that, this was definitely not an ordinary Mahayana! This was absolutely a monster that had touched the realm of the Immortal Dao!

"A Mahayana from the Central Plains?" Ling Hao retracted the fusheng sword and looked at the dispirited Zhu Tianlu, shaking his head slightly. "If they are all at your level, then there is really nothing to worry about."

Before his words had faded, he flicked his finger. An invisible Sword Qi pierced through the Void Realm and instantly appeared at the center of Zhu Tianlu's brow.

Pfft! Zhu Tianlu's body stiffened, and a red mark appeared at the center of his brow.

The Mahayana Stage Cultivator of the Niding Alliance, Zhu Tianlu, has fallen!