Tyrant Sky Martial Soul

Chapter 742: Chapter 742: The Gate of Life and Death_1

Clang!

A deafening roar erupted as the Purple Lightning Sword collided with the crescent-shaped blade of Qi, and Ling Xiao suddenly felt an unprecedented, terrible pressure.

The terrifying force pierced through the Purple Lightning Sword into his body, causing him to experience a tearing pain as if his body was being ripped apart.

”Shatter for me!”

Ling Xiao’s roar echoed, as he instantly entered the tenth level of the Human-Dragon Form, his back revealing the Hell Dragon Soul, while the Destruction Will and all of his True Essence surged into the blade of the Purple Lightning Sword.

Boom-crack!

Amidst the explosive noise, the crescent-shaped blade of Qi finally shattered, but many tiny blood holes had appeared on Ling Xiao’s body, spraying out golden blood.

”Just a gentle move has left me this embarrassed; these Heavenly Realm Martial Artists truly are astonishing,” Ling Xiao couldn’t help but feel in his heart. Even though he was invincible in the Transcendent Realm, facing Heavenly Realm Martial Artists was still filled with difficulties.

”But I can’t retreat!”

Ling Xiao took a deep breath.

Surviving a move without dying was a victory.

Thinking back to facing the attacks of the Demonflame Celestial, he had no power to fight back, not even able to move.

But now, he could withstand a move from a Heavenly Realm Martial Artist without dying.

This was immense progress.

It was not enough to just block the attacks; he had to counterattack!

Holding the Purple Lightning Sword in hand, Ling Xiao abruptly channeled a trace of Heavenly Origin Power into it, performing the Phantom Sword Technique.

”Sword Demon Descendant!”

The sharp and piercing human-shaped Sword Qi tore through the air, shredding it, then charged unstoppably towards the opposite Moon Lady.

As for why Ling Xiao could still bring himself to attack the Moon Lady?

Nonsense, he wasn’t a fool; how could he possibly harbor feelings for a counterfeit product.

Moreover, even if he used all his strength to perform the sword technique, he might not be able to hurt the other party, so what was there to fear?

Thirteen human-shaped Sword Qi after another pounced toward the opponent.

Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding...

The ”Moon Lady” kept retreating.

Visible wounds began to appear on her body.

The ”Sword Demon Descendant” enhanced with Heavenly Origin Power was more terrifying than imagined, capable of not only retreating a First Line Heaven Realm martial artist but even injuring them.

Unfortunately, those wounds were only superficial and did not cause any real damage to the opponent. Instead, each human-shaped Sword Qi was cleverly shattered by the ”Moon Lady.”

”Is this as far as it goes?”

Ling Xiao couldn’t help but smile bitterly as his body began to change, with golden scales emerging upon it.

He had to enter the Ancient Golden Dragon Form.

Suddenly—

The ”Moon Lady” stopped defending against the human-shaped Sword Qi and, despite the risk of injury, broke through the layers of obstacles and instantly arrived in front of Ling Xiao.

It seemed that the ”Moon Lady” also felt the tremendous threat from the Ancient Golden Dragon Form, which was why she suddenly launched such an attack.

However, it was too late.

At that moment, Ling Xiao had fully entered the Ancient Golden Dragon Form, and among the layers of dragon scales, one scale was particularly conspicuous. That scale bore a complete pattern of ancient divine inscriptions, corresponding to the scales of the Ancient Golden Dragons in the Mountain and River World.

A single scale, yet the power it brought was extremely astonishing.

”Heavenly Dragon Divine Finger!”

The huge dragon claw pointed through the air, and the thick finger force shot forth. The ”Moon Lady’s” face showed surprise, but her attack momentum did not stop.

Boom-crack!

Thunder flashed, and flames tumbled.

The finger force collided with the ”Moon Lady’s” hands.

The ”Moon Lady’s” hands were bare, reminiscent of fine jade, but at this moment, they had been pierced by the Heavenly Dragon Divine Finger with a small hole, from which black mist began to seep out.

The enormous Ancient Golden Dragon twisted and coiled within the confined space, staring intently at the opposing ”Moon Lady.”

The opponent had not lost.

Death was even less likely.

However, unlike true Heavenly Realm Martial Artists, this energy form was unable to recover once injured.

The tiny holes on the hand kept releasing black mist, which Ling Xiao was continuously absorbing.

The two engaged in a deadly struggle within the confined space.

In this struggle, Ling Xiao’s strength was constantly increasing, while the strength of the ”Moon Lady” was continuously decreasing.

As one dwindled and the other grew, at last, after tens of thousands of moves, a second dragon scale lit up on Ling Xiao’s body.

The ”Moon Lady” across from him had completely vanished.

”Huff—!”

Having defeated the ”Moon Lady”, Ling Xiao collapsed directly onto the ground, his whole body weak and powerless. Now, even an ordinary child could easily capture him.

Of course, killing him was out of the question.

Even if he stood there and allowed a Half-step Celestial to attack continuously, his defenses would be impenetrable, let alone a regular person’s attempts.

”If a Heavenly Realm Martial Artist with such an obvious weakness can be this terrifying, had she no weakness, my death would have been certain!”

Ling Xiao still possessed self-awareness, not letting the excitement of victory cloud his judgment.

He was most clear in his mind that he still had a long way to go.

The power of a fledgling Heavenly Pulse Warrior had accumulated to its pinnacle.

Even though he hadn’t made a breakthrough, it was still not too bad.

As for the road ahead, he felt there were no more chances. He was now facing warriors from the First Line Heaven Realm, so what would come next?

He couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

However, in the next moment, the danger he had imagined did not materialize.

At the end of the secret passage, two paths appeared.

One was labeled ”Nine Deaths, One Life”, the other ”Ten Deaths, No Life”.

According to Ling Xiao’s understanding, these were the Life and Death Gates.

He had heard that over the course of hundreds of years, countless martial artists had come to the True Demon Forbidden Land, but the only one who had truly opened the Life and Death Gate was the Holy Son.

He wondered how many would make it this time?

Ling Xiao circulated his Mountain and River Martial Soul, looking into the distance.

He discovered that there were only five people standing before the Life and Death Gate, just like himself.

Yan Lie Huo from the Mysterious Fire Sect;

Li Youdao from the Gu King Sect;

Ying Wu Ya from the Beast King Palace;

Ya Qian Xue from the Heavenly King Sect;

Feng Yaorao from the Dragon Sky Academy.

After a round of elimination, Po Qian Jun and Lan Pangzi, who had just been present, were also expelled from the True Demon Forbidden Land.

Nevertheless, even so, there were surprisingly six people who saw the Life and Death Gate this time—this was one of the rarest occurrences.

And the six who remained were all madmen.

Faced with the Life Gate of ”Nine Deaths, One Life” and the Death Gate of ”Ten Deaths, No Life”.

They all chose the latter.

Ling Xiao couldn’t help but lament; indeed, although madmen die quickly, once they succeed, their cultivation levels rise the fastest.

No one knew what the Holy Son from the past had chosen because she never told anyone.

She simply said that behind the gate, there might be what you’ve been dreaming of.

Martial Arts?

Magical Treasures?

Or something else?

For a martial artist, these probably encompassed all that one could dream of pursuing.

However, treasures have always been for those with strength to obtain, and the better ones even more so.

Even if you discover them, you still need the capability to bring them out of the True Demon Forbidden Land.

The remaining martial artists, although only six, each had their own amazing encounters; none of them was mediocre, and monopolizing all the treasures would be extremely difficult.

Even securing one or two would depend on whether you have the strength or not.