Chapter 648: Jade Slip The Dharma Body Nascent Soul (Thanks to the leader 'No Evil Demon')

Pure Nine Lotus Lanterns

The mighty ringing of the bell sounded like a formidable wall of bronze and iron, blocking all of Yan Fusheng's proud spiritual sense dark wind attacks.

"Your vital artifact isn't a sword?" Yan Fusheng's expression changed to one of surprise and doubt as he saw the large bell floating above Chen Mobai's head.

One must know that for a sword cultivator, the presence or absence of a synchronized flying sword significantly impacts their combat strength. Even though many sword cultivators feel the need to compensate for weaknesses other than their attacks, they always use other methods, never their vital artifact, for this purpose.

"Ah, right, you possess a fourth-tier sword artifact from the Longevity Sect, which might be sufficient for your use, leading you to choose this vital artifact..."

But Yan Fusheng quickly reacted. The icy blue light in his eyes faded, turning into a deep, inky black. With a gentle pat to the storage bag at his waist, a scorpion-shaped puppet flew out. The scorpion puppet wielded its tail-hook, striking heavily towards the Morning Bell above Chen Mobai's head.

However, vibrant multi-colored smoke and cloud energy emerged, using softness to counter hardness, momentarily freezing and blocking the puppet's piercing attack. The tail-hook then immediately retracted, accumulated power again, and, flashing with a faint cold light, struck repeatedly, causing bursts of sonic booms.

*Crackle!*

Chen Mobai clearly understood that facing someone of Yan Fusheng's caliber required going all out. He immediately drew his Violet Lightning Sword from his inner domain! Amidst the roar of violet lightning, the scorpion puppet was caught off guard; its striking tail-hook was severed. Then, a sword light, swift as thunder, struck the puppet's back, splitting it into two.

"What a fine sword! Too bad it will be my spoils of war after this battle!" Seeing the Violet Lightning Sword, a fourth-tier sword artifact, Yan Fusheng's eyes gleamed, showing no fear whatsoever.

Chen Mobai, naturally, remained expressionless. He surged the Pure Yang spiritual power from his Dantian Qi Sea, unleashing the Violet Lightning Sword's full power to its utmost controllable limit, and swung it heavily towards Yan Fusheng. Amidst the thunderous roar, a purple heavenly lightning bolt seemed to strike the desert, creating a terrifying phenomenon.

However, a cultivator, tall as a ghost god, controlled a giant puppet hand, covered with swirling yellow sand and a dark fabric. This hand seized the descending Violet Lightning Sword's lightning. With a dull explosion, a massive sandstorm erupted and spread from the center of their clash! As yellow sand billowed everywhere, a dragon-like streak of violet lightning continuously struck and collided with the tall, dark ghost-like figure. The terrifying and vast spiritual energy fluctuations caused the sandstorm to grow larger and larger, obscuring the surrounding land and sky.

After four consecutive exchanges, the Violet Lightning Sword's brilliance suddenly erupted to its maximum, tearing a gap in the dark ghost-like figure. However, it was also grasped by the giant puppet hand and redirected. The Violet Lightning Sword light broke free, but it also lost control, bursting outwards into the sweeping and spreading sandstorm! Yet, the seemingly terrifying sandstorm surrounding them was abruptly cleaved open by the Violet Lightning Sword light, revealing the two combatants within.

Amidst Yan Fusheng's laughter, he relied on his abundant spiritual power to block each of the Violet Lightning Sword's fiercest attacks. The dark fabric covering his giant sandy hand, an artifact of unknown grade, showed no visible spiritual light, yet even a top-grade fourth-tier sword artifact could not pierce or cut through it.

Chen Mobai's expression became slightly solemn, recognizing that this opponent was the strongest he had encountered since arriving in the Eastern Wastelands. One should know that even Granny Ming's Moon Splendor Blade would constantly wail in distress when facing the Violet Lightning Sword. But the stronger his opponent, the calmer Chen Mobai became. Golden lines proliferated in his pupils, gradually sketching out half of Yan Fusheng's silhouette. After fully entering the Square Inch Scroll state, his mind was devoid of all distracting thoughts, save for the single goal of killing his opponent.

"Die!" Seeing Chen Mobai's pale face, Yan Fusheng knew his opponent's spiritual power was depleted. He immediately switched from defense to offense, unleashing the giant puppet hand, which descended like a massive black curtain covering the sky, pressing down on Chen Mobai. However, within him, he also marveled that Chen Mobai was indeed a sword cultivation genius, capable of wielding a fourth-tier sword artifact to unleash as many as four slashes. Had he not possessed the precious dark banner from the Six Armor Mountain's legacy, he might not have been able to block them without sustaining damage.

Yet, Chen Mobai faced such an attack with an impassive expression. Feeling his Dantian Qi Sea empty once more, he silently drew stored Pure Yang spiritual power from the second vertebra of his Ten Thousand Dharma Body. He then released the Violet Lightning Sword from his grasp, sending it soaring into the sky!

*Rumble!*

The sword artifact, supplied with his spiritual power, brazenly unleashed its magnificent and ferocious might. Streaks of heavenly lightning condensed in mid-air, confronting the black sky-curtain formed by the giant puppet hand.

"Hahahaha, you fell for it! Without this fourth-tier sword artifact, how will you face me?" In Yan Fusheng's laughter, he activated the power of the Six Armor Mountain's supreme treasure. The black mist rapidly expanded, trapping the Violet Lightning Sword. Then, he moved his true body, drawing a dark yellow talisman from his storage bag once more, and rushed towards Chen Mobai.

Yan Fusheng very confidently pressed the talisman in his hand onto the Morning Bell, certain that he could suppress Chen Mobai's vital artifact, which was a low-grade third-tier item. And without his sword and bell, how could a mere early-stage Core Formation cultivator be his opponent?

"Next life, remember not to be my opponent!" Yan Fusheng stood proudly and confidently before Chen Mobai, speaking. His right hand's five fingers spread open, and he suddenly lunged to grip the neck of the refined young man before him. Just as he was about to twist his opponent's neck, an ancient bronze mirror with a wooden frame suddenly appeared, blocking his right hand.

Another third-tier artifact! This kid truly has a rich family background! This thought flashed through Yan Fusheng's mind, but he had immense confidence in his physique and cultivation. As long as it wasn't a fourth-tier artifact, he feared nothing! Then, his right hand directly gripped the surface of the Haotian Mirror. Just as he was about to exert force to crush the mirror along with Chen Mobai's neck, a pure white flame with a faint golden hue surged from the mirror's surface.

Golden Flame? Seeing the Pure Yang Fire, Yan Fusheng's mind recalled a unique skill of the Primal Chaos Patriarch who once dominated the Eastern Wastelands, and he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow slightly. He thought to himself, "This kid's talent in sword cultivation is indeed astonishing; he's even mastered this!"

But at that moment, Yan Fusheng suddenly felt a piercing pain emanate from the five fingers of his right hand. He assumed it was due to the Golden Flame's excessively potent and domineering temperature, so he surged all the Yellow Springs spiritual power from his Dantian Qi Sea. Extreme Yang and Extreme Yin spiritual powers mutually restrain each other. As long as his Yellow Springs spiritual power surpassed his opponent's Scarlet Flame spiritual power, he could extinguish the Golden Flame completely!

With this thought, Yan Fusheng confidently unleashed all of his spiritual power! He intended to crush Chen Mobai, the most talented sword cultivator in the Eastern Wastelands for a thousand years, in a direct and honorable clash of spiritual powers!

Then, the Pure Yang Fire, stimulated by the Yellow Springs spiritual power, suddenly erupted to its maximum intensity!

"No... this isn't Golden Flame... Argh..." Yan Fusheng let out a horrific shriek. With wide eyes, he abruptly severed his own right hand, attempting to prevent the Pure Yang Fire from spreading throughout his body! But Chen Mobai had already amplified the Haotian Mirror's power. Streaks of Pure Yang Fire surged from the mirror's surface, forming a fiery net along Yan Fusheng's retreat path.

And at this moment, the golden lines in Chen Mobai's left eye had fully outlined Yan Fusheng's silhouette. As the Pure Yang fire net enveloped Yan Fusheng's back, thick black smoke, accompanied by his screams, billowed from the wounds where the fire lines had cut in. In just a few breaths, this grand master of the demonic path collapsed onto the sand dune, completely devoid of his initial power.

"What... is this... flame?" Yan Fusheng's eyes were wide, and he asked with his last breath.

His answer was Chen Mobai's Violet Lightning Sword, plunged down. The sword blade pierced directly into Yan Fusheng's glabella, completely obliterating the last trace of vitality from his demon infant soul.

After completing all of this, Chen Mobai exited the Square Inch Scroll state. He felt an unprecedented wave of weakness wash over him! To set up this final close-quarters Pure Yang Fire killing blow, he had repeatedly unleashed the Violet Lightning Sword in skirmishes with Yan Fusheng, making the latter believe he had truly exhausted all his means. Although spiritual power could be drawn from his Ten Thousand Dharma Body at any time, his physical body could not continuously withstand repeated full-power spiritual energy outputs. Fortunately, after mastering the "Vermilion Phoenix Facing the Sun Diagram," his spiritual sense had become much stronger, which also elevated his Square Inch Scroll to a new level. Ultimately, he perfectly executed his initial combat plan. After all, given the properties of Pure Yang Fire, if it hadn't been a fatal blow and Yan Fusheng had learned about it, there would certainly not have been a second chance. This old demon, indeed, was formidable!

As Chen Mobai reflected, he took out a bottle of Longevity Dew and consumed it. For him, who cultivated the Longevity Dao Body, it was a miraculous elixir for recovery. Feeling the pure life force flowing through his body with the Longevity Dew, and his weakness slowly fading, Chen Mobai walked up to Yan Fusheng's corpse. Taking the storage bag from the corpse's waist, he waved his hand, conjuring a ball of Golden Flame and a streak of Pure Yang Fire! With the combined power of the two true fires, Yan Fusheng's body was quickly reduced to ashes.

"Huh?" After the burning, Chen Mobai found a strange object among the ashes. It was a white jade strip, its material unknown. If one didn't pay close attention, they might have mistaken it for a bone. But Yan Fusheng's bones could not possibly remain intact after being incinerated by Chen Mobai's two true fires.

"A jade slip!?" Chen Mobai immediately recalled the origin of such an item. His spiritual sense surged forth, and sure enough, he saw tiny, ant-like characters inscribed upon it. After reading just a portion of its content, an expression of pleasant surprise instantly flashed across his face. For this jade slip contained records of the Dharma Body Nascent Soul!

He never expected such a discovery to come so effortlessly! This way, Zhou Shengqing would only need the Spirit Water of Rejuvenation! In his delight, Chen Mobai waved his palm, manipulating the airflow to scatter Yan Fusheng's ashes, hoping to find if he had any more good luck. However, there were no further discoveries.

But he quickly remembered Yan Fusheng's dark fabric that could withstand the Violet Lightning Sword's edge. After losing its spiritual power supply, the item had long since fallen from the sky along with the yellow sand. Chen Mobai surveyed the vast, boundless surroundings but felt no urgency. He rested for a while, and after recovering some of his spiritual sense, he performed the Sky-Searching Earth-Tracing Technique. Approximately fifteen minutes later, he finally located the dark fabric deep within a sand dune.

Chen Mobai examined it closely and discovered it seemed to be part of a flag. He wondered what grade of artifact the complete flag was, to be able to block the Violet Lightning Sword with just a fragment. After exploring it using various methods with no further discoveries, Chen Mobai decided not to waste any more time and directly placed the dark fabric into his inner domain. He was keen to open the storage bag, but considering there was still another threat, Chen Mobai decided to deal with Six Armor Mountain first before doing so.

When Yu Changjian saw that it was Chen Mobai flying towards him, an expression of despair appeared on his face.

"All Foundation Establishment cultivators of your Six Armor Mountain are to commit suicide and open the formation. I will then preserve your lineage's heritage!" Chen Mobai spoke with an icy tone, but Yu Changjian clearly lacked the noble character to sacrifice himself to preserve his lineage. He immediately activated the full power of their fourth-tier mountain-protecting formation, intending to resist to the very end.

By this point, there was no longer any possibility of peace negotiations between the Divine Wood Sect and Six Armor Mountain. Chen Mobai sneered and single-handedly blocked the main gate of Six Armor Mountain in mid-air. Although he knew that with Six Armor Mountain's foundation, they surely possessed a teleportation array, and even if he guarded this spot, he couldn't prevent those inside from escaping. However, it was clear that Yu Changjian had no intention of abandoning this fourth-tier spirit vein until he was utterly cornered.

Chen Mobai sent a message to Yan Yuanhao, the guardian of the Rainbow Kingdom. Soon after, Divine Wood Sect cultivators from the three kingdoms of the Eastern Wastelands Plateau arrived under the leadership of Zhou Wangshen. The numbers were not large, only about five hundred people, fewer than Six Armor Mountain's forces. But half a month later, E Yun arrived with a thousand cultivators mobilized from various major clans across the three Eastern Wastelands kingdoms. Among them, the five great clans of the Rainbow Kingdom were the most proactive, almost coming out in full force. The five Foundation Establishment patriarchs even bitterly denounced Six Armor Mountain before Chen Mobai, claiming that Xu Shengbing and Yu Changjian had, in earlier years, relied on their Core Formation patriarchs to oppress their local clans, treating them as less than human. They declared it was truly a sight for the heavens to pity, that they had finally awaited the righteous army of the Divine Wood Sect...

After meeting the five individuals, Chen Mobai assigned them to the front lines of the assault on Six Armor Mountain. However, the power of the fourth-tier grand formation was indeed formidable. The allied army attacked for a full three months without making any progress. Chen Mobai, however, was not anxious about this in the least. Because Fu Zongjue had personally led the main army of the Divine Wood Sect's headquarters, and they had arrived!

A fourth-tier grand formation without a Core Formation cultivator overseeing it finally began to dim in spiritual light under the continuous bombardment of the Jiamu Dao Soldiers. Even so, their three thousand cultivators besieged it until the end of the year before they barely managed to break this fourth-tier grand formation. The moment the grand formation was breached, cultivators from the five great clans of the Rainbow Kingdom were sent in first.

Shortly after, the entire grand formation shattered with a mighty roar!