novelraw Chapter 223 - 169: "Flood Dragon Gets Water" Fate Grid, Fuyao Walking on Water
Chapter 223 - 169: "Flood Dragon Gets Water" Fate Grid, Fuyao Walking on Water
’A Prince, confined to the Cold Palace to atone for his sins, is actually a peerless prodigy who has surpassed the Ninth Realm and can contend with a Demon Venerable?’
Absurd. Utterly absurd.
’It’s simply unbelievable. If the Emperor of Great Yan truly had such a son, why would he lock him away in the Cold Palace?’
’He should have made him heir to the throne long ago.’
Luo Qiufu felt like her eyes were playing tricks on her. The man these Cultivators were talking about was clearly a white-haired man wearing a demonic mask, with a black tattoo on his arm.
"Look! The aura of a Human Race Qi Cultivator has appeared in the sky!"
A Cultivator pointed to the sky and shouted with delight.
"It’s Fairy Ci Hang from the Celestial Master’s Mansion! We’re saved!"
Among the crowd, a Golden Core Great Cultivator from the Daoist Academy was incredibly excited.
"The National Preceptor of the Lion Frost Country, whose good fortune is legendary across the continent?"
Many people looked up at the white shuttle of light that appeared in the sky.
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「On the other side.」
Lu Mingyuan was still locked in battle with Lady Flower Venerate before him.
He had just used large-scale attacks to probe the limits of this Great Demon’s power.
His opponent never initiated close combat, nor did she attack with her main body. She kept using clones, trying to exhaust his strength.
An ordinary person would have been defeated long ago.
But Lu Mingyuan made a judgment based on these details. ’This Lady Flower Venerate hasn’t achieved true invincibility. If I can just raise my Realm a little higher, I’ll have enough power to slay her right here.’
’Every time she summons a clone, she has to move away from me. She must be secretly absorbing nutrients, transferring Demon Power through those massive floral vines.’
With this realization, Lu Mingyuan’s mind settled. He severed several massive vines that drew near, created distance between them, and paused his assault.
Seeing this from her high perch, Lady Flower Venerate assumed he was out of stamina and had depleted his Primordial Qi. She sneered, "As I understand it, a Martial Artist’s Dragon Transformation consumes a massive amount of Primordial Qi. Even you can’t possibly sustain it for this long. Surrender now, and I may spare your life. I’ll only devour your Flesh Body and imprison your Divine Soul, turning you into a slave under my command. How does that sound?"
Lu Mingyuan paid her no mind at all. Instead, his eyes lit up as he looked at the prompt that appeared before him.
[Trait "Martial Lord" triggered. Due to the exhilarating battle with the Demon Venerable, your Cultivation has temporarily increased significantly, advancing to the Basic Level of the Vajra Realm.]
[Azure Fate Grid - Saber Master, Refinement Level increased to 65%]
[Venerable Purple Fate Grid - Qilin Martial Lord, Refinement Level increased to 20%]
After a long period of accumulation, his Primordial Qi had already soared to celestial heights. It was like a boundless ocean, and he had even broken through his own limits.
He had temporarily stepped into the Tenth Realm.
BANG!
The moment he stepped into the Tenth Realm, the incredibly dense Qi and Blood Power within Lu Mingyuan’s body erupted, sending out a shockwave.
Lady Flower Venerate’s incredibly proud expression immediately turned grim.
In just a fleeting moment, she discovered that this man’s strength had skyrocketed by several levels.
’There could be nothing stranger.’
Her hundreds of roots grew rapidly, like countless hair-thin serpents, slithering through the yellow sand and spreading for dozens of miles.
HISS HISS.
All the roots pierced into the corpses of the Barbaric Beasts and Human Race Cultivators on the battlefield, absorbing the Qi and Blood Power and Essence from the remains.
Her clones and movements were not without cost.
On the contrary, the cost was immense.
Each clone consumed a massive amount of her accumulated Demon Power.
This human man had slain more than ten of her clones.
Now, her Demon Power was running low. She needed to absorb energy to replenish it, and the time it took to recover was growing longer and longer. If she still couldn’t defeat this man, she might have to retreat.
The keenly observant Lu Mingyuan noticed this.
’Lady Flower Venerate’s movements must also consume power. Especially with a body of that size, the Demon Power consumption is surely significant. The speed at which she summons each clone is getting slower and slower. There is clearly some underlying weakness.’
’As long as I use this window of opportunity, cut down all the obscuring vines, and find the location of her demon essence, I can defeat her.’
"Damn you, human! Why must you be so stubborn and refuse to see reason? You must be at your limit by now. Your only destiny is to accept your death peacefully," Lady Flower Venerate continued to tempt him.
"Limit? I have no limits!"
Lu Mingyuan let out a cold laugh.
He poured all the Thunder Primordial Qi from his body’s Acupoints into the Famous Saber Yang Su. At the same time, an illusion of a Taotie Divine Being, wreathed in blood-red flames, appeared behind him.
After temporarily breaking into the Tenth Realm, the explosive surge of his Primordial Qi sent his Thunder Saber Qi soaring into the clouds. The crackling thunder sounded like a paean sung by a Celestial God.
For a moment, thunderclouds roiled in the void, and the heavens themselves seemed to tremble with might.
The immense Thunder Power brought a look of shock to Lady Flower Venerate’s face.
"How is this possible! How could you possibly have any Primordial Qi left?"
She had thought Lu Mingyuan was at the end of his rope, but she never expected him to be able to unleash such terrifying power!
Lu Mingyuan extended two fingers. Six Flying Sabers, imbued with Thunder Prison Saber Qi, drew down Celestial Thunder and slammed into every corner of the Inner City. Any vine that was struck instantly exploded. It was as if the entire Inner City was enveloped by a Grand Thunder Array.
He stood with his hand on his saber, then drew it.
Wielding a thunderous power, Lu Mingyuan delivered the strike.
He completely annihilated another of Lady Flower Venerate’s clones.
"It’s useless! You can’t kill all of my clones!"
An enraged echo reverberated all around.
Lu Mingyuan remained silent. He raised his saber to the sky, and suddenly, a bolt of thunder as thick as a dragon-serpent fell straight down.
Having absorbed the Thunder Power, the blade of Yang Su erupted with a terrifying iridescent light, as if it were fully charged.
"Die!"
Lu Mingyuan roared and swung the saber down.
This strike was monumental. The Saber Qi surged skyward, its momentum threatening to slice through all the plant life in the Inner City at its base.
Beneath the lightning, all the vines turned to ash, and all the flower buds instantly withered.
This time, Lady Flower Venerate had no chance to use her vines to draw power from the corpses, nor did another clone materialize.
Lu Mingyuan leaped up and landed in a corner of rubble. He picked up an object from the ground that looked like a Pill. It was a brilliant emerald green, emitting a faint glow and a considerable aura of power.
"This is the Flower Venerable’s Demon Pill."
Lu Mingyuan clenched the Demon Pill and stored it in the Jade Pendant linked to his Acupoints.
This item was incredibly precious, comparable to Arhat Relics. It contained over five hundred years of the Flower Venerable’s Dao Practice and was an exceptionally rare treasure.
[The Life Master has stalled for enough time. Human Race experts are rushing over from all directions, which is the key to turning the tide of battle.]
[Divination Complete: Moderately Auspicious]
[Congratulations to the Life Master for obtaining the Azure Fate Grid—Flood Dragon Gets Water]
At that moment, a prompt appeared before his eyes.
Lu Mingyuan immediately checked the effects of his new Fate Grid.
[Azure Life Chart (Flood Dragon Gets Water): As a bird soars in the high sky and a fish leaps in the wide sea, with Fuyao Walking on Water, a dragon soars and flies, able to escape any predicament.]
[Refinement Level reached 10%, unlocking Life Chart Trait - Walking on Water (Basic Level)]
[Walking on Water (Basic Level): When fighting an enemy of a higher Realm, there is a chance to perceive their fatal weakness.]
’Not bad. A combat-support type of Fate Grid.’
Lu Mingyuan was very satisfied.
With this Fate Grid, he would now have some confidence even when facing enemies stronger than himself in the future.
Just as he finished slaying the Demon Venerable, the heavens changed abruptly. A shocking bolt of thunder flashed, and numerous terrifying reflections appeared in the sky.
Lu Mingyuan looked toward the Human Race Cultivators in the city, who were still surrounded by numerous Demon Kings. He subconsciously wanted to move forward and investigate.
"Retreat at once. You are no match for the enemies to come."
A clear, cold voice transmitted into his ear, causing Lu Mingyuan to pause for a moment.
He saw a robed woman with a vermilion mark adorning the space between her eyebrows, who had descended from the sky by riding the wind and now hovered there as she issued her warning.
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