His right hand darted forward like a spear, aiming straight for the ancient demon's chest. The three-headed, six-armed demon held its two hands horizontally in front of its chest, blocking Lu Xuan's right hand. But suddenly, Lu Xuan's right hand transformed from a fist into a palm blade, slashing sideways. It passed right through the gap between the ancient demon's hands, like a real longsword, piercing the ancient demon's chest.
That invisible vibration, passing through the ancient demon's chest, spread throughout its entire body, causing it to go numb. The power it had just gathered was instantly shattered by Lu Xuan.
Having landed a successful blow, Lu Xuan pressed his advantage, crashing into the ancient demon's embrace. He placed his right hand on its chest. The ancient demon immediately sensed danger. With a roar, its three heads and six arms suddenly swelled to a new size. All six hands simultaneously reached for Lu Xuan.
Lu Xuan neither dodged nor evaded, allowing the other to grab his body. The ancient demon roared, and a blood-red beam of light shot out from its mouth, aiming straight for Lu Xuan's face.
Lu Xuan snorted coldly and unleashed a mental strike face-to-face, instantly freezing the ancient demon and interrupting its spellcasting. In an instant, Lu Xuan had broken free from its opponent's control.
In mid-air, all that could be seen was a semi-transparent ripple, like water spreading out. Then, the ancient demon's enormous body plummeted from the sky like a shooting star.
Lu Xuan's body followed closely behind. The entire earth seemed to have been struck by a meteorite. The violent waves of spiritual energy and true demonic power caused the ground to ripple like ocean waves. The next second, this ripple was destroyed by an even more violent impact.
Lu Xuan's body soared into the air, with the ancient demon close behind. However, this time, Lu Xuan did not engage in a direct confrontation with his opponent while in mid-air.
Instead, he smiled slightly, a flash of lightning around him, and vanished before the ancient demon's eyes. The ancient demon instinctively sensed something was wrong, but it was too late.
The void was somehow enveloped by fine, hair-like golden lines. And behind these lines, there seemed to be some more complex fluctuations.
"An array!" The ancient demon's expression stiffened slightly. He had actually been paying close attention to the others' movements. However, the battle just now had been far too dangerous. He had even been at a disadvantage for a time. This caused him to lose his overall perspective during that period.
When he regained consciousness, Han Laomo's Great Geng Sword Formation and Hongxiu and Xin Ruyin's formation had already been quietly completed.
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Chapter 543 External Incarnation
How powerful is the Great Geng Sword Formation? Lu Xuan had tested it before. Even now, he wouldn't dare to directly confront the complete Great Geng Sword Formation. Before entering the valley, Old Demon Han had just completed the complete Great Geng Sword Formation with seventy-two flying swords.
Over the years, Han Laomo has served as an elder of the Hidden Immortal Sect. He has access to an inexhaustible supply of resources. His magical power is not only no less than that in the original story, but may even surpass it. He is already able to unleash the complete Great Geng Sword Formation in the mid-Nascent Soul stage.
However, Lu Xuan still felt uneasy and had Hongxiu and Xin Ruyin set up an additional triple formation around them to assist the Great Geng Sword Formation in trapping the enemy.
The ancient demon's expression finally changed drastically. He could sense that the golden threads gradually spreading around him contained a destructive power.
The true demonic power erupted at full force, protecting its entire body. The ancient demon's three-headed, six-armed avatar charged into the fray. But the next second, it returned to its original position. A slight wound appeared on its almost indestructible body.
Under the surge of true demonic power, the wounds healed rapidly. However, the ancient demon's expression grew increasingly grim. The reason it dared to face more than a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators was because it believed that there was no supernatural power in the mortal realm capable of trapping it. Even if there were methods that could threaten it, it would not have any problem breaking through the formation at any cost.
However, the sword formation before him was truly beyond his imagination.
Lu Xuan had to admit that Qing Yuanzi was indeed a genius. His self-created Qingyun Sword Technique was unparalleled in the world. Even in the Spirit Realm, it was still one of Han Laomo's trump cards.
The cultivation world of this world has developed for tens of thousands of years, with various cultivation techniques and supernatural abilities, and countless exceptionally talented individuals emerging. This gave Lu Xuan a wealth of choices, allowing his cultivation to progress rapidly and completely breaking free from the previous situation where it took hundreds of years to advance even a single step.
Old Demon Han activated the Great Geng Sword Formation, forcing the Ancient Demon into a corner. However, at this moment, he received a telepathic message from Lu Xuan. His expression changed slightly. Then, he slowed down his attacks.
However, the immense pressure still overwhelmed the ancient demon. It unleashed a variety of secret techniques, nearly breaking through the Great Geng Sword Formation several times. But behind the Great Geng Sword Formation lay multiple additional arrays, causing it to fail at the last moment.
After several attempts, the ancient demon suddenly realized. The opponent had done it on purpose, deliberately creating an opening to lure it into unleashing its true demonic power to force a breakout. Then, at the last moment, the opponent blocked its way again. By the time it realized what was happening, most of its true demonic energy had been depleted.
The previous battle with Lu Xuan had already depleted nearly half of its True Demon power. The forced breakout just now had further drained it. At this moment, the Ancient Demon's True Demon energy was more than 80% depleted. It finally understood Lu Xuan's meaning. The other party didn't want to kill it at all, but rather capture it alive. At least, they wanted to obtain its physical body.
For cultivators, their pure-blooded demonic body is more precious than any rare and precious treasure. If they could use the secret techniques of the demonic path to create a corpse demon puppet, they could gain an assistant worthy of a great cultivator. This is an irresistible temptation for any cultivator.
Thinking of this, a fierce glint flashed across the ancient demon's face. Its eyes gleamed with a blood-red light. It was truly filled with resentment. For tens of thousands of years, from the moment it gained consciousness to its eventual escape, it had endured a long and agonizing period. Originally, it had planned to sweep across the human realm after its escape, completing the great task that its original soul had failed to accomplish and gaining the Holy Ancestor's approval. But now, it feared it would perish here.
However, as an ancient demon, even in death, he would never allow his physical body to be turned into a puppet by humans. The last of his true demonic power gathered within him. A blood-red light began to emanate from the gaps in his dark golden scales.
"Heavenly Demon Disintegration..." The Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique is a secret art that the elite demon race must have mastered. It's designed to prevent defeat and capture. In the final moments, they burn all their demonic energy and blood essence, sacrificing themselves in the process.
However, just as the ancient demon was about to self-destruct, a cold snort suddenly appeared in its mind. Before it could react, the same cold snort appeared again.
Lu Xuan and Han Laomo simultaneously unleashed the Divine Thrust, like two sharp steel needles piercing straight into the ancient demon's consciousness. The ancient demon's consciousness wavered, and the secret technique he was performing was interrupted.
The next second, a flash of lightning appeared on Lu Xuan's body, and he appeared in front of the ancient demon. He spread his five fingers, and dozens of different colored runes flickered around his right hand.
Lu Xuan reached out his right hand and placed it on the ancient demon's chest. Countless runes, as if alive, flowed down Lu Xuan's arm and into the ancient demon's body.
The ancient demon felt a seemingly weak but actually resilient force flowing into every part of its body. The True Demon Power that was rapidly gathering was blocked by some kind of obstacle, its flow becoming sluggish. Before it could react, that obstacle penetrated deeper, even seeping into its flesh and blood.
The essence blood that was about to ignite began to stagnate. The ancient demon was shocked and was about to activate the secret technique prematurely, regardless of the consequences. But the next second, he found that even his thoughts were becoming sluggish.
Lu Xuan had made extensive preparations for obtaining the ancient demon's body. The most crucial aspect of acquiring a complete ancient demon body was preventing it from self-immolating. Therefore, he specifically developed a unique sealing technique.
This technique can completely slow down the enemy, from spiritual energy to flesh and blood to thought. The only drawback is that the prerequisites for its execution are too high.
However, this weakness was compensated for by the Great Evolution Technique cultivated by Lu Xuan and Han Laomo. The Divine Thrust, a special divine power derived from the Great Evolution Technique specifically designed to attack divine sense, perfectly made up for this deficiency.
The two joined forces to unleash the Divine Strike, first disrupting their opponent's mind and throwing them off balance. Then, Lu Xuan intervened, completing the seal. Given Lu Xuan and Han Laomo's skill level, there are probably few in the human realm who could withstand this process.
Before making his move, Lu Xuan engaged in a fierce battle with his opponent, then used the Great Geng Sword Formation to weaken him, consuming most of the true demonic power within him. He weakened his opponent to the extreme before launching his attack. Throughout this entire process, the ancient demon was completely powerless to retaliate. In fact, even without Han Laomo's assistance, Lu Xuan had a 70% chance of defeating his opponent if he fought to the bitter end.
After all, Lu Xuan was tacitly acknowledged by Xiang Zhili as a cultivator with the combat power of the Nascent Soul stage. However, in that case, his ancient demonic body would probably be lost.
Seeing that the seal was successful, Lu Xuan did not stop. Instead, with a thought, a small golden figure flew out from his body.
With his second Nascent Soul, Lu Xuan had compiled various secret techniques and supernatural abilities from numerous sects. He naturally understood the art of the second Nascent Soul. However, Lu Xuan was not satisfied with a simple second Nascent Soul. He wanted to prepare a sufficiently powerful body for it, making it an external avatar of himself.
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Chapter 544 Behind the Crack
Lu Xuan primarily cultivates Taoist techniques, supplemented by Buddhist techniques. Adding demonic techniques wouldn't be out of the question either, but it would require a significant amount of time to integrate and fuse these three. Lu Xuan might have enough time, but he has an inexplicable sense of urgency. Perhaps he should speed things up.
Lu Xuan didn't know the specific reason. However, as a cultivator, he still needed to pay attention to such sudden, unexpected sensations.