Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique

Chapter 275: Chapter 272: Divine Techniques Break the Enemy

The dense barrage of magic continued for over a quarter of an hour.

The valley floor,

was completely shrouded by the massive clouds of dust and smoke that had been kicked up.

Meanwhile, in mid-air,

the man in black felt a wave of weakness from continuously casting his magic,

and was forced to take a momentary pause.

”Is he dead?”

”He should be dead...”

Sensing no movement from below,

the man in black muttered under his breath.

This tactic of his—unleashing a massive number of Tier One Techniques—would be a sheer waste of Magical Power against a Cultivator of the same realm.

But as it happened,

Shen Changchuan was not yet a Soul Emergence Realm Cultivator.

Even if he possessed combat strength comparable to the Soul Emergence Realm,

his disadvantage in Magical Power

was an undeniable reality,

a gap that simply couldn’t be bridged by any means.

And so,

this tactic of using a dense barrage of magic to severely drain an opponent’s Magical Power and energy

became the perfect strategy to deal with him!

’What a pity... But don’t blame me for being shameless. This is what a life-and-death battle is all about—doing whatever it takes to win. In the end, the only thing that matters is being the last one standing...’

An inscrutable glint flashed through the man in black’s eyes,

his expression unreadable.

He couldn’t quite describe the feeling of a peerless prodigy from his own family dying at his hands.

The man in black slowly descended from high above,

heading toward Shen Changchuan’s last known location.

Under such a dense and continuous magical bombardment, even the power of a Treasure Artifact would be useless.

Because activating a Treasure Artifact requires the use of Magical Power.

He didn’t believe

that his opponent’s Magical Power could have lasted so long under such a relentless magical assault.

Most likely, after his Magical Power had been depleted,

the Bronze Bell would have lost its defensive power,

and he would have been obliterated on the spot.

’The Treasure Artifact itself probably wasn’t damaged by an attack of that level.’

The man in black was just about to search the surroundings.

However,

just as he descended, coming within a few hundred feet of the collapsed ground.

SHIIING!

A streak of scarlet light

suddenly erupted from deep within the dust and smoke, instantly engulfing the entire valley!

It was so fast

that the man in black didn’t even have time to react!

As the eerie red light enveloped him, his body froze for an instant.

It felt as though the red light was bearing down on his very Divine Soul, stunning and shaking it to its core!

”What?!”

The man in black’s heart lurched. His mind snapped back, and he forcibly broke free from the sensation.

He instantly activated his Magical Power,

focusing his mind to its absolute limit.

Yet, in that single instant,

the surrounding dust and smoke had already been stained a bloody, crimson color!

The dense, crimson light merged with the dust, transforming into a viscous, bloody smog. It was like an ominous Sea of Blood, shrouding the entire area!

Within this ”Sea of Blood” was an intensely corrosive property that seeped into his Magical Power, tainting the protective layer around his body with an ominous, bloody hue!

At the same time, the eerie red light forced his Divine Sense, housed in his Sea of Consciousness, back into his body.

He could barely extend it more than a few feet from his body!

”This is... Blood Evil Qi?!”

The man in black recognized the source of the crimson light around him, and his heart pounded with alarm.

’This stuff is absolutely nothing to mess with!’

He didn’t have time to think about anything else.

His body instinctively shot backward.

But the viscous ’Sea of Blood’ was like a non-Newtonian fluid—the faster he moved, the greater the resistance!

He found himself mired in it, unable to struggle free!

And it wasn’t over yet.

Just then,

a pale white light rose from within the ’Sea of Blood,’ ascending into the air.

Within the light,

was a fist-sized Soul-Attracting Bell, quietly rotating in mid-air.

Before the man in black could react,

a massive amount of Magical Power surged into it, far exceeding its limit,

and the Soul-Attracting Bell instantly exploded!

DONG!

A clear chime shook the void. An invisible shockwave tore through the viscous ’Sea of Blood,’ sweeping across the heavens and earth!

At the cost of its own destruction, the Soul-Attracting Bell had unleashed a final strike with power far beyond the Qi Introduction Realm!

In an instant,

the man in black felt as though his head had been brutally smashed by a large iron rod, leaving him dizzy and disoriented!

This successive assault on his Divine Soul

left him stunned for the space of a single breath!

And during that fleeting moment of distraction,

KREEEENG!!!

A sword’s cry that reached the heavens resounded,

like the rising sun on the horizon, its clear ring illuminating the world!

Three beams of sword light shot into the sky,

forming a trinity of Heaven, Earth, and Man that enveloped the man in black!

An overwhelming torrent of cyan sword light erupted like the dawn, seeming to drown out even the ominous, bloody Sea of Blood that filled the air!

The three beams of sword light intertwined and merged. Amidst the overlapping Sword Shadows, they seemed to manifest the Myriad Phenomena of the Universe, encompassing space itself. They held the terrifying power to freeze the void and annihilate all in their path!

”Damn it, a Divine Technique?!!!”

The man in black snapped out of the stupor caused by the Soul-Attracting Bell’s explosion,

but the terrifying sword light rushing toward him

made his face contort in horror!

There was no time to think.

The man in black circulated his Celestial Power. Layer upon layer of majestic energy converged before him, forming a thick, ochre-colored shield that enveloped him!

At almost the exact same moment,

Shen Changchuan’s trump card—one he had cultivated for a long time but had almost never revealed—

the Divine Skill: Sanqing Forest Sword Array, struck with infinite, devastating might!

RUMBLE!!!

In an instant,

a boundless, brilliant light illuminated the entire world!

Along with a tremendous roar that echoed for miles, a massive, visible shockwave erupted from the valley’s center, sweeping outward!

The Array Light Curtain that enveloped the surroundings was also completely torn apart in that instant.

In its path,

towering ancient trees were torn to shreds,

and the mountains on either side cracked and fissured from the violent tremors, sending boulders tumbling down.

Massive clouds of dust were swept into the air, staining half the sky an earthy yellow.

This terrifying shockwave persisted for several moments.

A few breaths later,

a figure leaped up from within the thick smoke,

landing on a large, cracked boulder nearby.

It was Shen Changchuan!

At this moment,

his face was as pale as a sheet, his forehead was beaded with sweat, and he was gasping for breath.

He quickly took out two crystal-clear Middle Grade Spirit Stones, placed them in his hand, and rapidly absorbed the Spiritual Qi within them.

The light within the Middle Grade Spirit Stones dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Some color gradually returned to Shen Changchuan’s face.

His once-depleted Magical Power

began to fill his Dantian like a flowing stream.

But through it all,

he did not relax his guard in the slightest,

his gaze remained fixed on the dust-shrouded area before him.