Transmigrating Into a Fantasy World: Signing in During Pregnancy, Reaching the Summit with My Childhood Sweetheart

124: Chapter 124: The Encirclement and Slaughter of Spirit Puppets and the Life-and-Death Purifying FlaSeven or eight controlled figures, carrying a bizarre energy interwoven with life and death, pounced like marionettes! Though their movements were slightly stiff, their power was not weak at all. Especially those two Early Golden Core Cultivators; the Spiritual Qi storms they stirred with every gesture were mixed with Netherworld Death Qi, possessing startling power.

Nangong Xuan and Su Muxue retreated rapidly, temporarily avoiding their sharp edge.

”Don’t fight them head-on! Their Divine Souls are controlled; they can’t help themselves!” Su Muxue said urgently. Her Moonlight Blade Glow slashed out, not aimed at the Cultivators’ bodies, but precisely cutting towards those fine, pale mycelia connected behind them.

Squelch! Several strands of Mycelium were severed. Those Foundation Establishment Cultivators whose mycelia were cut trembled violently, the eerie green light in their eyes flickering. Their movements momentarily stalled and struggled as if they were about to wake up. However, the emerald leaves on the withered tree in the center of the basin swayed gently, and more, thicker mycelia immediately burrowed out from the ground, re-entwining them and dragging their consciousness back into the abyss. Their assault became even more frenzied.

”It’s no use! The source is that star key and the ancient tree! Without cutting off the power source, these mycelia are endless!” Su Muxue’s brows furrowed tightly.

At this moment, the two controlled Golden Core Cultivators had already arrived. One held a Jasper Ruler, which, when waved, brought forth streaks of Yi Wood Divine Light containing the Withering and Flourishing Concept, brushing toward Nangong Xuan. Everywhere the light passed, even the Spiritual Qi seemed to instantly experience prosperity and decay. The other person sacrificed a White Bone Banner; with a shake, it produced ghostly wails and wolf howls as Netherworld Ghost Claws tore through space, clutching at Su Muxue.

Nangong Xuan’s eyes narrowed, and he advanced instead of retreating. Facing the incoming Yi Wood Divine Light, he did not meet it head-on but instead activated the zhenyu star key within his Dantian.

”Buzz—” An invisible, heavy-as-the-earth power field expanded with him as the center. It was not aimed at the Golden Core Cultivator but acted upon the Yi Wood Divine Light he swung and the bizarre energy circulating around him.

Zhenyu Power, suppressing Chaos and stabilizing order! The Yi Wood Divine Light, which was originally flowing endlessly and contained the Withering and Flourishing Concept of life and death, became like an insect trapped in amber the moment it rushed into the zhenyu field. Its speed suddenly slowed, and the internal trajectory of that twisted, contradictory power of life and death became clearly visible, even experiencing a momentary stagnation and disorder!

Now! Nangong Xuan joined his fingers like a sword, and Nirvana Dao Rhyme condensed at his fingertip. It wasn’t a grand display, yet it pointed with incomparable precision at a certain energy node within that stagnant Yi Wood Divine Light!

Pfft! Like piercing a balloon, the seemingly infinitely powerful Yi Wood Divine Light instantly collapsed and disintegrated. Before the power of life and death within could explode, it was silently annihilated by the Nirvana Dao Rhyme, returning to nothingness.

The Golden Core Cultivator holding the Jasper Ruler shuddered, the eerie green light in his eyes flickering violently, seemingly suffering some form of backlash due to the broken Spell.

On the other side, Su Muxue’s movements were ethereal, like a moonlit Fairy, perilously avoiding layers of Netherworld Ghost Claws. Taiyin Star Power is extremely cold and tranquil, inherently possessing a certain suppression over Netherworld Ghost Qi. Her jade hands formed seals, and the starlight imprint on her forehead shone brightly as a cold, clear moon wheel emerged behind her.

”Taiyin Pure World Radiance!” The moon wheel spun, shedding ten thousand zhang of clear radiance upon the White Bone Banner and the Golden Core Cultivator controlling it. This clear radiance had no offensive nature, yet it carried the Taiyin True Intent of purifying, smoothing, and soothing everything.

The shrill ghostly wails gradually calmed under the clear radiance, and the hideous Netherworld Ghost Claws became illusory and thin. The Yin Death Qi surrounding the banner-holding Cultivator melted away like boiling water on snow, revealing his original spiritual energy aura. The look of struggle in his eyes intensified, and his movements stalled again.

However, the leaves on the central ancient tree shook violently, and more Netherworld Death Qi and Yi Wood vitality surged out from the tree hollow, pouring down in an attempt to reinforce the control once more.

”Mu Xue, act as my Protector for a moment! I’ll try to temporarily isolate the energy overflow from that hollow!” Nangong Xuan transmitted his voice. He saw that without temporarily blocking the source of that life and death energy, they could not truly rescue these controlled Cultivators and would only fall into an endless war of attrition.

Su MuxueWithout hesitation, flying to stand in front of Nangong Xuan. The power of Taiyin moonlight and the nirvana star core operated simultaneously, transforming into a tough, cold light screen that temporarily blocked all incoming attacks. The light screen vibrated violently, clearly under immense pressure.

Nangong Xuan closed his eyes to concentrate, his Divine Sense highly resonant with the nirvana golden core and the zhenyu star key. He slowly raised his hands, pressing them through the air toward the tree hollow in the center of the basin that was constantly spewing energy.

”Heaven and earth are desolate, all Laws return to the void!” ”Earth’s suppression seal, the spiritual pivot is forever firm!”

He chanted in a low voice, combining the ”ending” intent of the Nirvana Dao Rhyme with the ”suppression” power of the zhenyu star key, transforming them into two invisible yet incredibly heavy Law chains that crossed space to wrap directly around the tree hollow!

Chhh—! The Law chains clashed violently with the gushing life and death energy, producing a tooth-grinding friction sound. The surge from the hollow clearly stalled; although it couldn’t be completely blocked, the overflowing energy flow was significantly reduced!

The effect was immediate! At the edge of the basin, the eerie green light in the eyes of all the Cultivators entwined by mycelia dimmed by more than half. Their frenzied attacks also paused, and a stronger look of struggle and pain appeared on their faces, as if they were about to wake from a nightmare.

Even the demonic emerald leaves on the central ancient tree lost some of their luster. That soft, cold female voice let out a startled and furious scream: ”The power of Zhenyu?! And that disgusting aura of the end! Who exactly are you people?! How dare you obstruct the operation of the ’Life-Death Mound’!”

Nangong Xuan had no time to pay attention; maintaining this cross-spatial suppression took a great toll on him, and his face turned slightly pale.

Su Muxue’s pressure suddenly decreased. Her beautiful eyes lit up as she seized the opportunity. Her hands danced like butterflies through flowers, the starlight imprint on her forehead glowing to the extreme, drawing upon the power of the chaos star core in her bosom.

”Taiyin Star Core, resonance of the same origin, Nirvana Starlight, cleanse the demonic aura!” She wasn’t attacking; instead, she fused the Taiyin Star Power with the nirvana Stellar Power contained within the star core, turning it into a drizzling rain of light flickering with gray-blue Starlight points, which fell upon those struggling controlled Cultivators.

This light rain contained pure Stellar Power and the purifying Taiyin True Intent, falling on them like sweet dew. As soon as those pale mycelia touched the light rain, they immediately shriveled, snapped, and turned to ash as if burned!

”Uh... ah...” ”Where... am I?” ”My head... it hurts so much...”

With the mycelia purified, the Cultivators groaned in pain. The eerie green light in their eyes quickly faded, revealing their original gazes of confusion or terror. The bizarre energy in their bodies lost control and backfired, causing them to spit blood and collapse weakly to the ground. Although heavily injured, they had finally escaped the control for now.

Even the two Golden Core Cultivators stumbled back, clutching their heads and letting out painful roars, clearly fighting against the residual control power in their bodies and temporarily losing their threat.

Just then— ”You... deserve to die!” The female voice on the ancient tree became shrill and crazed.

The entire basin shook violently! The withered tree remains in the center let out an overburdened groan, and all the emerald leaves on it instantly withered and turned black. All the accumulated, stolen vitality and Death Qi surged frantically toward the netherworld yi wood star key hovering at the top, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea!

The star key shone brilliantly, green and black light spinning and interweaving frantically. The dangerous balance within it was completely shattered!

Boom! A flame whose color was indescribable suddenly erupted from the star key!

This flame was incredibly peculiar; half appeared as an extreme, life-filled emerald green, while the other half was an absolutely silent, pale white. The two colors of flame were not clearly demarcated but were entwined, devouring each other, yet strangely coexisting. Everywhere it passed, space was not scorched or distorted; instead, it presented two extreme scenes of life and death: on one side, vegetation grew frantically only to instantly wither into ash; on the other, all things were silent and decayed, yet points of vitality tenaciously sprouted!

Life-Death Pure Flame! This was the flame of the Law of life and death triggered by the netherworld yi wood star key’s power losing control and going berserk! It didn’t burn physical objects but specifically incinerated vitality and Death Qi, burning away all existences between life and death! For living beings, this was the most lethal flame!

The flame, as if alive, transformed into a two-colored fire Dragon. Ignoring the spatial distance, it pounced directly toward Su Muxue, whose aura had slightly dropped after performing the large-scale purification technique! Its speed far exceeded any previous attack!

”Mu Xue, be careful!” Nangong Xuan’s pupils constricted. He was currently putting all his effort into suppressing the energy hollow and couldn’t reinforce her immediately!

Su Muxue paled as she felt the terrifying Law power within that flame, enough to instantly decide her life or death. Taiyin Star Power and the power of the nirvana star core spontaneously rose to protect her, forming layers of light barriers in front of her.

But the characteristics of the Life-Death Pure Flame were too bizarre. The emerald flame frantically ”nourished” the Taiyin Star Power, causing it to instantly swell and lose control, while the pale flame ruthlessly ”annihilated” the Nirvana Starlight, causing it to dim rapidly. The layers of light barriers were actually like paper, easily pierced through!

Just as that bizarre two-colored flame was about to hit Su Muxue— at the critical moment!

In Su Muxue’s bosom, that previously silent chaos star core seemed to be strongly stimulated by a power of the same origin, or rather, it felt a fatal threat, and suddenly shot out on its own!

It was no longer in its previous gentle Fusion state but erupted with an unprecedented, overbearing, and peerless intent to devour!

On the surface of the star core, that bit of ”Guixu” True Intent rotated at an unprecedented speed, transforming into a miniature yet bottomless Chaos vortex!

Buzz! The Life-Death Pure Flame that had rushed in front of Su Muxue seemed to encounter a bottomless abyss. Uncontrollably, like a whale inhaling water, it was forcibly pulled over by that Chaos vortex and completely swallowed!

The star core vibrated violently, the light on its surface flickering frantically. Green, black, and white light clashed intensely, as if a terrible explosion was occurring inside.

”Senior Brother Lin Mo!” Su Muxue cried out in alarm.

Nangong Xuan’s mind was also shaken.

The chaos star core hovered in mid-air. After devouring all the Life-Death Pure Flame, it seemed to reach a certain limit and suddenly went still for a moment.

The next moment, a weak yet incredibly weary and slightly surprised thought transmitted from it again: ”...That was close... This power... so overbearing... almost... couldn’t hold on...” ”...But... great tonic...” It was Lin Mo! He had actually forced himself awake again and controlled the star core to swallow that lethal Life-Death Pure Flame!

The light on the surface of the star core gradually calmed down, its color becoming deeper and more chaotic. That bit of Guixu True Intent inside seemed to have grown quite a bit, and it even faintly differentiated an extremely weak aura of the same origin as the Life-Death Pure Flame.

It wobbled back into Su Muxue’s hand, its temperature scorching hot.

In the center of the basin, the ancient tree seemed to have been drained of all power, completely withering and collapsing. The energy hollow also stopped spewing and slowly contracted. The hovering netherworld yi wood star key dimmed and slowly fell.

The crisis seemed temporarily resolved.

Nangong Xuan withdrew his suppression power and flashed to Su Muxue’s side. Both of them still had lingering fears.

Looking at the warm star core in her hand, and then at the netherworld yi wood star key that had lost its support and fallen to the ground, their expressions were complex.

The power of this star key was more bizarre and dangerous than any before it.