Chapter 369 - 288: Another Golden Core Slain, Profound Light in Peril!
Chapter 369: Chapter 288: Another Golden Core Slain, Profound Light in Peril!
"What kind of artifact is this?!"
"Did you obtain it from that secret realm?"
The barefoot youth intended to hide his mana and the traces of his Dharma Seal, but the light from the treasure mirror was like the great sun, illuminating everything within a hundred feet as if it were broad daylight.
Every hidden path was rendered utterly exposed.
The barefoot youth felt as if he were stark naked, standing before Gu Yuan, facing him in battle.
Gu Yuan did not respond; he just looked toward the barefoot youth.
This was also his first time using the Truth Revealing Treasure Mirror in battle, and he couldn’t help but admire its capabilities.
He saw the young man’s abdomen become illusory and transparent, vaguely visible there was a large space inside, with a golden pill continually revolving within it, its 450 strands of gold-attribute mana shining brilliantly.
"Such abundant mana, no wonder that witch pitted this person against me!"
Gu Yuan sighed inwardly.
Around the youth’s golden core, dozens of Dharma Seals circled continuously, their contours and Dao Seals faintly discernible. Just a glance was enough for Gu Yuan to roughly grasp the capabilities of the opponent’s seals.
Moreover, the spiritual light from the two artifacts in the youth’s sleeves was also unobscured, the patterns on them clear as candle flames in the night.
"450 strands of gold-attribute mana, ten Tier Three Dharma Seals, two middle-grade artifacts, you really are quite wealthy!"
Gu Yuan’s eyes shifted, taking stock of the opponent’s strength, and he couldn’t help but laugh.
The barefoot youth’s face grew grim, a murderous intent flickering in his eyes.
Exposed like this in battle with someone, it was still his first time. The anger in his heart could not be contained as he coldly retorted:
"So what if you reveal my Dharma Seal? Today you must still die!"
With that said, he waved his sleeve, and from his dantian, a Red Gold Seal suddenly surged out.
Demon Realm Golden Seal!
He originally intended to hide some tricks and take his time fighting Gu Yuan.
But unexpectedly, Gu Yuan had such a treasure that could reveal his entire cultivation essence.
Since that was the case, there was no need to hold back!
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
As soon as the seal emerged, a fierce wind erupted atop the cloud platform, black clouds rolled, and strands of black qi spiraled forth, transforming into a black wall of clouds, shrouding all around.
The void trembled slightly, as if ripples were spreading out.
Gu Yuan did not move, but in an instant, he felt himself being pulled into a strange world.
In this world, all spiritual mechanisms were filthy and corrupt, and everywhere he looked, there were black demon clouds, countless vengeful spirits, evil ghosts, and demon skulls hidden within, ready to devour anyone they could seize.
Demon Realm Seal!
The unique seal of Qingyang Temple, although not extraordinarily magical by itself, it required skillful refinement over time.
This seal, just recently completed, could conjure a Demon Realm about a square foot in size. Within the Demon Realm, the spiritual mechanism was corrupted, allowing any cultivator other than the master of the realm to only use ninety-eight percent of their mana.
But as this seal is cultivated longer, its ability to corrupt and suppress spiritual mechanisms becomes increasingly formidable, and the Demon Realm continues to grow.
Fifty years, a ten square foot Demon Realm, suppressing ninety percent of the spiritual mechanism.
A hundred years, a twenty square foot Demon Realm, suppressing eighty percent of the spiritual mechanism.
Two hundred years, a fifty square foot Demon Realm, suppressing seventy percent of the spiritual mechanism.
And the barefoot youth refined this seal into a Golden Seal, aided by heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
Currently, this Demon Realm could already expand a hundred square feet, suppressing sixty percent of the spiritual mechanism.
This meant that any cultivator, as long as their realm did not exceed his, could only use sixty percent of their mana within his Demon Realm.
All Dharma Seals were also limited to sixty percent of their power!
He did not believe that, with his tricks, he couldn’t fight against Gu Yuan at only sixty percent of his strength!
This was also the reason Senior Brother Heiyan dared to entrust him with avenging Junior Sister Xin.
"Gu Yuan, this Demon Realm, meticulously refined over two hundred years, even if revealed by your treasure mirror, so what?"
"How could you break my Demon Realm?"
Within the Demon Realm, others only felt nauseated and dizzy, their mana constantly corrupted, but he thrived like a fish in water, unable to resist standing up and laughing toward Gu Yuan.
Though he was a cultivator of Qingyang Temple, he did not favor the one-hit kill technique. On the contrary, he loved these drawn-out methods, meditating and diligently cultivating, comprehending over a century, and then astonishing the world in a single battle.
Because of this, his Dharma Seals were solid and stable, unless confronted with incredibly profound and mysterious Dharma Seals, it was nearly impossible to escape his Demon Realm.
"No need to break the realm, killing you will suffice!"
Gu Yuan smiled faintly, and then from his sleeve, a silver-golden light instantly flew out, slashing toward the youth.
After refining the Dual Gold Technique Pill, he already possessed four hundred strands of mana, exceedingly abundant.
The key point was, he practiced the Dragon Essence Golden Core Skill, one strand of mana equaled three strands for an ordinary cultivator!
Although the quality of early-stage Golden Core mana differs from that of mid to late-stage, and cannot be simply compared by quantity alone.
But within the early-stage Golden Core, having a large amount absolutely equals victory!
At this moment, if Gu Yuan released all his mana, it would be equivalent to a thousand strands, fighting as if three early-stage Golden Core cultivators joined forces!
This Demon Realm Seal of the barefoot youth, while an incredible mysterious technique to ordinary cultivators, was nothing more than a chicken rib to Gu Yuan!
Even suppressed by sixty percent, he still had seven hundred strands of mana of an ordinary cultivator!
Enough to crush any early-stage Golden Core cultivator!
"Zeng!!"
The sword light twisted abruptly in the air, splitting into two, then into three, and finally into twenty!
As his mana advanced, the number of sword lights Gu Yuan could divide rapidly increased.
In the blink of an eye, twenty radiant sword lights were already slashing toward the barefoot youth.
Each sword light was swift as lightning, carrying extremely abundant mana, incomparably sharp, piercing through the air with formidable might!