Chapter 324: Going Against Xie Luo of The Four Spatial Calamities, Testing Might of Dao Fruit! (4)

Chapter 324: Chapter 323: Going Against Xie Luo of The Four Spatial Calamities, Testing Might of Dao Fruit! (4)

Lin Yuan moved his fingers.

The rain resumed.

But the venomous droplets no longer followed the same circulation.

Instead, the contaminated energy was drawn away from the surrounding spiritual Qi, gathering into several thin streams that twisted through the air like dark serpents.

Xie Luo’s expression changed dramatically.

He attempted to redirect the venom.

It did not respond.

The streams continued moving according to the circulation Lin Yuan had established.

Then Lin Yuan clenched his fist.

The golden-purple thunder descended.

It did not strike the venom directly.

Instead, it struck the points where the contaminated streams connected to Xie Luo’s demonic energy.

A series of sharp explosions rang through the clearing.

Xie Luo staggered.

His body trembled as the venomous energy was severed from the circulation that allowed him to control it.

The streams collapsed.

The dark droplets fell harmlessly to the ground, where Lin Yuan’s rain carried them into a shallow depression far from the main battlefield.

Xie Luo stared at him in disbelief.

His venom was one of his most dangerous weapons.

It had allowed him to kill cultivators whose defenses were stronger than his own. Even those who could resist its immediate effects often suffered lingering damage that weakened them over time.

Yet Lin Yuan had not merely blocked it.

He had separated the venom from the circulation that gave it purpose.

The technique had been dismantled before it could achieve its intended effect.

A cold feeling spread through Xie Luo’s heart.

He had begun to understand why the reports concerning Lin Yuan had caused such alarm.

The man’s greatest strength was not a single powerful technique.

It was the way he understood his opponents.

Every ability Xie Luo revealed became another structure Lin Yuan could examine.

Every attack created another opportunity for him to perceive the underlying principles.

If the battle continued, Xie Luo feared that he would gradually lose every advantage he possessed.

He could not allow that to happen.

With a furious roar, he lunged forward.

His enormous pincers swept across the clearing, while his tail struck from above. At the same time, his six legs moved in different directions, causing the ground beneath Lin Yuan to split into a network of cracks.

The attack was more direct than his previous techniques.

Xie Luo intended to overwhelm Lin Yuan with the strength of his transformed body.

Lin Yuan’s expression remained calm.

He stepped forward.

The golden-purple thunder gathered around his right arm, while silver-blue rain coiled around his left.

The principle of Three Rebirths circulated through both techniques, connecting their movements into a single rhythm.

When the first pincer descended, Lin Yuan struck its inner edge with his right palm.

Boom!

The collision produced a thunderous impact.

The enormous pincer was forced away from its original trajectory, and Xie Luo’s body tilted slightly.

Before he could regain his balance, Lin Yuan turned his left hand and guided the second pincer aside with a flowing movement.

It was not a contest of raw strength.

Lin Yuan had redirected the force at the point where the pincer changed direction, allowing Xie Luo’s own momentum to carry the attack away from him.

The tail descended.

Lin Yuan’s body blurred.

Immortal Cloud Step carried him through the narrow gap between the stinger and the demon’s armored torso.

He appeared beneath Xie Luo’s raised body.

For an instant, the two figures were separated by only a few feet.

Xie Luo’s compound eyes widened.

Lin Yuan raised his palm, and performed a Palmstrike.

A vast pressure erupted from his hand.

The attack carried the weight of a technique that had been refined through countless insights into the relationship between spiritual energy and the laws governing the body.

Golden-purple thunder spread across the surface of his palm, while silver-blue rain gathered around the edges. The faint principle of Three Rebirths connected the destructive force of the strike to the structure of Xie Luo’s body, allowing Lin Yuan to direct the impact toward the joints and energy pathways beneath the demon’s armor.

The palm struck.

Boom!

The entire clearing shook.

Xie Luo’s enormous body was lifted from the ground and hurled backward. His six legs scraped across the earth, carving deep trenches through the soil before he finally managed to stabilize himself.

Cracks spread across the chitin covering his chest.

Dark green blood spilled from the damaged armor.

For a moment, Xie Luo could only stare at Lin Yuan.

He had used his true form, unleashed his spatial domain, and deployed his venomous origin.

Yet he was losing.

Worse, he was losing more quickly than he could adapt.

Lin Yuan stood calmly in the clearing, the rain falling around his body without wetting his robes.

The golden-purple light in his eyes had not faded.

“Your physical body is strong,” Lin Yuan said. “Your spatial techniques are also well developed, and your venomous origin is more dangerous than ordinary poison.”

He took one step forward.

“But you rely too heavily on the assumption that your opponent will be unable to understand your methods before you kill them.”

Xie Luo’s mandibles moved.

A low, furious sound escaped his throat.

“You think you have already won?”

Lin Yuan did not answer.

He merely raised his hand.

The rain began to gather.

Xie Luo’s eyes widened.

He could feel the surrounding laws changing again, and the faint pressure of the Dao Fruit began to spread through the clearing.

He had seen enough.

If he continued fighting in this manner, he would die.

He needed to escape.

His tail suddenly slammed against the ground.

The impact released a violent surge of venomous energy, filling the clearing with dark green mist.

At the same time, his spatial energy exploded outward.

A narrow fissure appeared behind him.

Xie Luo intended to force his way through the damaged spatial layers and escape to a different region before Lin Yuan could interfere.

But the moment the fissure appeared, a golden Buddhist light spread across the clearing.

Ku Ming moved.

The monk had remained at the edge of the battlefield, observing the exchange and waiting for the right moment to intervene.

Now, his hands formed a Buddhist seal.

The Indestructible Karmic Wheel behind his Primordial Spirit rotated, releasing a stream of golden light that swept across the spatial fissure.

“Benefactor Lin, I shall hold the passage!”

The golden light struck the edges of the fissure.

The opening trembled.

Xie Luo’s expression changed.

He had underestimated the monk.

Ku Ming’s cultivation was formidable, but his true strength lay in the stability of his karmic foundation. The Indestructible Karmic Wheel allowed him to anchor himself against disturbances that would destabilize ordinary cultivators.

When his Buddhist light spread across the fissure, it did not attempt to overpower the spatial laws directly.

Instead, it established a stable relationship between the passage and the surrounding world.

The fissure could no longer expand freely.

Ku Ming’s golden eyes flashed.

“Your spatial passage is not as stable as you believe.”

He pressed his palms together.

“All phenomena arise through causes and conditions. A passage without a stable relationship to the world cannot remain open forever.”

The golden light intensified.

Xie Luo roared and poured more energy into the fissure.

The two forces collided.

The opening trembled violently, but it did not widen.

Lin Yuan looked toward Ku Ming.

“Thank you, Master Ku.”

He then turned back toward the Demon King.

“Now, let us finish this.”