Infinite Professions

Chapter 192 - 96: Magic Prohibition

Several escape beams shot into the hall, and a few people stood in cold confrontation.

"Tang Jue!"

Among them, one young man directly said as he stepped forward, "As long as I, Li Rubi, am here, I won’t allow your arrogance."

"Hmph!"

Tang Jue coldly laughed at this: "You all can come at me together if you want!"

After speaking, he exercised his magical power, unleashing the Demon Skill, causing black flames to blaze up around him, transforming into several Black Flame Demon Dragons, rushing toward Li Rubi and the surrounding Mystic Sect disciples.

"Six-Flame Demon Fire!"

Seeing the fierce might of this demon fire, Li Rubi dared not be careless, immediately applying Mystic Sect Sword Formulas to summon his Lifebound Flying Sword. The three-foot sword light flew up like a True Dragon and poured down like a heavenly river, fiercely battling against the Six-Flame Demon Fire.

It was the true legacy of South Sea Golden Turtle Island—Cloud Dragon Sword Technique!

The two clashed sharply, and the surrounding Mystic Sect disciples and Demon Sect cultivators were drawn into the battle, where Profound Techniques and Demon Skills clashed brilliantly.

"Watch out!"

Qio Qing’Er’s eyes narrowed in concentration, immediately summoning the Shennong Cauldron to protect herself and Zhong Yuxiu, preparing to retreat from the hall.

Unexpectedly, before she could retreat, the Profound Void Palace suddenly rumbled, and array patterns appeared in the void, forming restrictions that locked the palace in all directions, making entry and exit impossible.

"This..."

Qio Qing’Er’s expression changed, and she shouted sternly: "This is the palace cave of Profound Void True Monarch; it’s not a place for your reckless battles. The restrictions have been activated, and if you continue this chaos, the grand array will launch, and not just those at Foundation Establishment, even Nascent Soul Divinity Transformation will face extermination."

These words were indeed intimidating, and those involved in the chaos quickly halted their actions.

Only Tang Jue was indifferent, further driving the Six-Flame Demon Fire, aggressively attacking Li Rubi.

"Tang Jue!"

"Do you want to burn both jade and stone together?"

Seeing Tang Jue’s actions, Li Rubi was filled with both shock and anger, forced to raise his sword in defense.

"I’m not afraid to die; how about burning jade and stone together?"

"Hahaha!"

Tang Jue laughed manically, urging the Six-Flame Demon Fire further, as several Black Flame Demon Dragons rampaged through the hall, completely ignoring the grand array restrictions.

"You...!"

"Fine, let’s burn jade and stone together!"

Pressed by his actions, Li Rubi became ruthless, and the Cloud Dragon sword light surged forward, clashing with him once more.

"This lunatic!"

The surrounding Mystic Sect disciples and Demonic Cultivators were helpless; Tang Jue drove the Six-Flame Demon Fire toward them, while Li Rubi pushed the Cloud Dragon sword light toward the others, ensuring no one could remain uninvolved.

Qio Qing’Er looked on helplessly too, expanding the Shennong Cauldron and pulling Zhong Yuxiu into it, retreating to a corner of the hall, trying to shield themselves against the Six-Flame Poison Fire and the Cloud Dragon sword light.

This Shennong Cauldron was extraordinary, being a Tier Seven treasure. Though newly acquired and not deeply refined, it was quite capable of shielding against some Six-Flame Demon Fire and Cloud Dragon sword light.

Qio Qing’Er and Zhong Yuxiu huddled inside the cauldron, cautiously observing the battle. Tang Jue and Li Rubi, leading both the righteous and demonic cultivators, fought fiercely with no clear victor in sight.

"This Tang Jue, truly worthy of being the demon progeny from the West Sea Black Demon Sect; he has refined the Six-Flame Demon Fire to such an extent, probably infusing it with forty-five layers of Earthly Fiend Restriction?"

Qio Qing’Er’s expression was serious as she watched Tang Jue, with his overwhelming demon flames, and Li Rubi, with his soaring Cloud Dragon Sword light, contemplating a way to break the impasse.

"Earthly Fiend Restriction?"

Listening to her words, Zhong Yuxiu was curious: "What is Earthly Fiend Restriction?"

"You don’t even know about Earthly Fiend Restriction?"

Qio Qing’Er glanced at her: "Didn’t your master teach you?"

"No."

Zhong Yuxiu shook her head, seemingly unfazed.

Qio Qing’Er secretly frowned: "Not knowing Earthly Fiend Restriction, could it be her master belongs to the Heterodox Sect? No, even Heterodox cultivators wouldn’t be ignorant of this. It must be the inland cultivation realm’s minor sect that hasn’t achieved Golden Core status, perhaps?"

Qio Qing’Er was puzzled internally but showed nothing outwardly, starting to explain to Zhong Yuxiu: "Cultivators, aside from upgrading their realm cultivation through fundamental techniques, must also refine various Dao Protection Skills, which can be Magic and Divine Techniques or Talisman Treasure Artifacts."

"These Dao Protection Skills can be enhanced just like realm cultivation. Hence, in the cultivation realm, there is talk of refining techniques and artifacts, sacrificial talisman arrays."

"The standards for measuring Dao Protection Skills include not only rank but also the cultivator’s prohibition refinement. Thirty-six Celestial Spirits, seventy-two Earthly Fiends, one hundred and eight layers of Magic Prohibition."

"Cultivators use magical power to refine, coordinated with various spiritual objects, infusing prohibitions in magical techniques and divine techniques, or talismans and spiritual artifacts. The more prohibitions, the stronger the power."

Qio Qing’Er glanced outside the cauldron and gestured toward Tang Jue with overwhelming demon flames: "Like this Tang Jue, he’s the demon heir of the West Sea Black Demon Sect, specializing in refining the Black Demon Sect’s Six-Flame Demon Fire."

"The Six-Flame Demon Fire is the peak divine technique of the Black Demon Sect, reaching Tier Twelve directly into the Immortal Demon Realm. Tang Jue refines this divine technique within himself using his own magical power, while collecting various flame seeds, not only attaining Tier Five rank with the Six-Flame Demon Fire but infusing forty-five layers of Earthly Fiend Restriction within it."

"Therefore, despite only Foundation Establishment cultivation, with the forty-five layers of Earthly Fiend Restriction on the Six-Flame Demon Fire, even ordinary Core Formation wouldn’t stand a chance against him."

"Only Li Rubi, as the true legacy of South Sea Golden Turtle Island, having refined Cloud Dragon Sword and Cloud Dragon Sword Technique with thirty or forty layers of Earthly Fiend Restriction, can stand evenly matched against Tang Jue’s Six-Flame Demon Fire."

"This..."

Zhong Yuxiu was amazed: "I don’t quite understand."

"..."

Qio Qing’Er was silent for a moment, then continued explaining: "If we consider a cultivator’s combat strength in three parts, the first is the cultivator’s own realm cultivation, such as Golden Core Nascent Soul. The second is the magical techniques and divine techniques, talismans, treasure artifacts the cultivator holds, and the third is the Celestial Spirits and Earthly Fiends’ Technique Prohibition!"