Chapter 29: The Initial Formation of the Heart of Annihilation
Feeling the terrifying power on Lu Yun's body rapidly surging, the Ghost Emperor let out a shocked and angry cry. The layers of bloody aura around him grew denser, taking advantage of Lu Yun's rising strength to launch an all-out attack. He hoped to crush Lu Yun's counterattack before it began. The blood shadow flashed like rolling waves, constantly rising and falling on Lu Yun's body. That evil aura desperately tried to penetrate Lu Yun's defenses, devouring his flesh.
His eyes gleamed with a cold light, and Lu Yun's handsome face wore an evil and mysterious smile as he absorbed the blood aura around him. Outside his body, the light of the eight trigrams of yin and yang flashed with two mysterious colors, red and black, forming two whirlpools that pulled at the body of the Wandering Soul Master. On his head, the divine sword's light grew brighter, and as Lu Yun absorbed more blood aura, the Thousand Shadow Blood Demon became clearer. On his chest, the rotating Wishful Thinking Mirror stopped at his chest, emitting a five-colored light that shot straight into the layer of bloody fog outside.
With a loud roar, the bloody aura surrounding Lu Yun's body violently shook under the attack of the colorful light. In the shadow of blood, the Lord of the Dead Soul was extremely angry and shocked, and under that sacred colorful light, the bloody aura on his body rapidly weakened. Feeling danger approaching, the Lord of the Dead Soul suddenly withdrew the bloody fog, transformed into a ball of flames, and flashed outwards.
Yin Sen smiled, and the blood-colored Bagua on Lu Yun's chest burst out with a red glow, shooting out countless blood curses. The blood curses formed a bloody sky canopy in mid-air, covering the Wandering Soul Master who was about to escape. Immediately, the magical Ruyi Observation Mirror flew back to Lu Yun's chest, embedded in the center of the blood-colored Bagua. The surface of the treasure mirror flashed with light, and the mysterious flower pattern automatically opened, suddenly shooting out a dazzling five-color strange light that heavily struck the Wandering Soul Master who had recovered his true body.
In mid-air, only Lu Yun's body was seen with red and black light flashing all over, the eight trigrams on his chest emitting a terrifying blood color, the eight trigrams on his back emitting a mysterious black color, matching the mysterious five-colored light, forming a strange and eerie scene. In front of him, a cluster of blood-red flames were frantically colliding and piercing in a bloody net, trying to escape. The terrified ghostly wails echoed with an extremely gloomy atmosphere, permeating the entire space.
"You detestable creature, Lu Yun! I will kill you, this abominable guy. I won't let you off, you're not someone who can be killed, you just wait for me to deal with you." Amidst the furious roar, the Blood-red eyes of the Wraith Lord flashed with hateful gaze, staring at Lu Yun as if he was going to devour him.
A cold smile, at this moment Lu Yun's whole body was shrouded in a dense aura of evil, making him appear sinister and mysterious. Looking at the Wraith Lord in front of him, Lu Yun said in an icy voice: "Kill me? Unfortunately, you no longer have the chance, I won't give you another way out. Now, watch closely as I destroy you, Soul Annihilation, Ghosts and Gods Exterminated!" With both hands clasped together in a seal on his chest, Lu Yun's body flickered with an evil dark red glow, as a powerful and boundless wild aura burst forth from within him, capable of destroying the heavens and annihilating the earth.
Feeling the danger approaching, a strange and changing glow flickered in the evil eyes of the Wraith Lord. Looking at Lu Yun in front of him, the Wraith Lord knew that time was running out and there was no more time to consider his choices. With a fierce gaze, a burst of explosive killing intent filled its eyes, and at this moment, when danger was most imminent, the Wraith Lord still made the most evil decision.
A faint glimmer of discontent flashed across the eyes of the Wraith Lord, and in an instant, his gaze turned extremely cruel. His entire body was engulfed in flames as he suddenly transformed into a blood-red lotus flower. The petals of this red lotus were deep crimson, while its stamen was pitch black, radiating an aura of extreme malevolence. A red shadow flickered, and the evil blood lotus jumped up and down, rolling around within the bloody shroud, occasionally changing direction. Due to its speed, the blood lotus left behind countless afterimages within the shroud, forming a bizarre barrier that isolated itself from the outside world. Just as this barrier was fully formed, the red lotus's light flashed once, and its entire figure suddenly vanished.
On Lu Yun's body, the crimson blood curse continued to spew outwards. At this moment, the color gradually changed from red to black, and finally transformed into a deep, dark black. Suddenly, a black light flashed, and Lu Yun's entire body was enveloped by a layer of black talismans. At the same time, from the Baihui acupoint on his head, a three-inch-long black dagger shot out. As soon as the dagger appeared, the surrounding air currents immediately transformed into black, and an icy, destructive aura filled the entire space.
This time, Lu Yun finally unleashed the Soul Extinguishing Knife in his anger. The Soul Extinguishing Knife shot out a black light pillar, striking down at the trapped Wraith King. Just as the destructive black light pillar was about to strike the evil Red Lotus, it suddenly disappeared. Lu Yun's heart skipped a beat as he couldn't believe that this Wraith King was so cunning, and under his powerful attack, it could still suddenly disappear from sight.
As his mind stirred, Lu Yun began to search for the hidden and obscure Wraith Lord. Just as he did so, a flash of light appeared three inches in front of him, and a blood-red lotus flower, an inch in diameter, suddenly materialized before his eyes. With a cold smile, the voice of the Wraith Lord was filled with evil, shouting: "You little brat, this is what you've forced me to do! I'll make sure you never have a moment's peace for the rest of your life. I'll forever reside in your body, controlling you, tormenting you, and you'll never be able to escape. Hahahaha!"
As soon as the words fell, taking advantage of Lu Yun's surprise, the evil red lotus transformed into a beam of light and shot straight at Lu Yun's Tianling. With a huge shock in his heart, Lu Yun was too late to attack and could only defend himself with all his might. He saw that his whole body flashed with golden light as he once again deployed the Buddhist supreme technique, firmly protecting his own body. However, what made Lu Yun terrified was that this incredible, able-to-block-all-evil Buddhist Great True Qi was actually unable to stop the blood lotus, which easily entered his own body.
At the critical moment, Lu Yun suddenly withdrew his Soul-Extinguishing Knife and sat cross-legged, using all his might to resist the vengeful spirit's attack. He wanted to force it out of his body.
Lu Yun's entire body shone with a kaleidoscope of colors as he rapidly circulated different techniques to counterattack the evil Blood Lotus. First, he used the Buddhist "Heart Meditation Unbroken Technique" to protect his heart meridian. Then, he employed the Taoist "Tai Xuan Lietian Dao" as the main technique, starting to block the evil energy in his entire body's meridians.
Next, Lu Yun executed the Confucian "Hao Ran Tian Gang" technique with all his might, beginning to force out the vengeful spirit. Among all the techniques he had learned, the "Hao Ran Tian Gang" was the most accomplished and had reached the realm of Great Completion. This technique was the purest and most masculine, containing the orthodox energy of Heaven and Earth, which could repel all evil.
In Lu Yun's body, as soon as the Wandering Soul Master entered it, he thought of occupying his original spirit to control his physical will. However, ordinary people have three souls and seven spirits, which can cultivate three original spirits, but Lu Yun was very peculiar, with a congenital deficiency of one soul and one spirit, making his body different from others. When the Wandering Soul Master entered Lu Yun's brain, he immediately felt two powerful and destructive auras firmly residing in the depths of Lu Yun's mind. The Wandering Soul Master had an unconscious fear of these two auras and did not dare to approach them.
Avoiding the two auras, the Wraith Lord began to advance towards Lu Yun's other two primordial spirits, intending to occupy them. The remaining two primordial spirits, one was Lu Yun's original primary primordial spirit, in charge of all important matters. And the other was the secondary primordial spirit, in charge of joy and anger, good and evil, right and wrong. The Wraith Lord, due to his jealousy towards Lu Yun, directly chose to attack the primary primordial spirit, wanting to control his mind. Because the Wraith Lord's entire body was filled with ominous energy, carrying a dark and evil side, once he occupied Lu Yun's main primordial spirit, from then on Lu Yun would fall into becoming an evil demon, forever unable to escape its control.
Lu Yun's whole body shook, and he suddenly realized the intention of the Wraith Lord. His heart was shocked and frightened, and he immediately launched a full-force counterattack. Due to Lu Yun's cultivation of the Demon Sect's "Heart Desire Without Trace" technique, his spiritual power was far more resilient than that of ordinary people, and with the extraordinary effect of "Heaven and Earth Without Bounds", his spiritual power was among the rarest in the world. Therefore, his counterattack was extremely fierce. With his energy concentrated, Lu Yun's thoughts fully countered the Wraith Lord, forcing it to a standstill in just an instant, making it impossible for it to advance again.
Time passed unknowingly in the midst of their all-out confrontation. Between life and death, Lu Yun's body sat on the ground, but due to his full-force gathering of true essence, it floated in mid-air, surrounded by a beautiful glow. At this moment, Lu Yun was completely immersed in an empty and spiritual state, with no other thoughts except for the intention to force out the Wandering Soul Master. The two sides had already begun to show their strengths and weaknesses after countless rounds of tug-of-war, and Lu Yun relied on his powerful spiritual strength to forcibly drive out the unwilling Wandering Soul Master from his mind, bringing it to the surface of his Heavenly Spirit.
From a distance, Lu Yun looked very strange at this moment. On his handsome face, a blood-red lotus flower floated above his crown, clearly visible through his skin. The lotus was about an inch in size, crystal clear and translucent, with blood-red petals and black stamens, looking extremely evil. At this moment, the blood-colored lotus was flashing with an eerie glow, fully resisting Lu Yun's powerful attack.
In the air, the angry roar of the vengeful spirit lord came: "Despicable! Despicable! You little brat, I won't let you get away with it, I'll definitely make you pay. Just wait and see, just wait and see." As soon as these words fell, Lu Yun's face twisted, his whole body trembling, his body constantly spinning in mid-air.
As he rotated, Lu Yun was desperately resisting the vengeful spirit's attack, and the immense pain made him feel as if he had fallen into hell, his entire body violently trembling. At this moment, Lu Yun's body happened to be facing the mysterious blood pool. Perhaps it was fate, when Lu Yun faced the blood pool, the three blood lotuses floating above it suddenly accelerated their rotation. Above, the blood sphere flashing with eerie light suddenly shone brightly, a blood-colored beam shot out and hit Lu Yun's evil red lotus on his forehead.
With the help of this bloody aura, the Lord of the Dead suddenly doubled his strength and instantly destroyed Lu Yun's attack. Laughing maniacally, the Lord of the Dead took advantage of his victory to launch a counterattack, directly piercing into Lu Yun's mind once again, and launching another assault on his dwelling spirit. Lu Yun's entire body shone with brilliant colors as he desperately defended himself, pinning it down at the entrance.
Once again, both sides entered a stalemate, neither giving in to the other. It's unknown how long it lasted, but the Wraith Lord saw that he couldn't break through Lü Yun's defenses no matter how hard he tried, and knew that forcing his way into Lü Yun's dwelling spirit was impossible. With a change of heart, the Wraith Lord had an evil thought, suddenly withdrawing his attack and launching a fierce assault on Lü Yun's secondary spirit. Due to the unexpected turn of events, Lü Yun had put all his energy into defending his primary spirit, so this time he was easily broken through by the Wraith Lord, who entered within.
Letting out a loud roar, Lu Yun's heart was filled with unprecedented anger, and he immediately turned his head to force out the Wraith Master. However, this time due to losing the initiative, coupled with the Wraith Master's formidable strength, Lu Yun couldn't force it out no matter what. In the depths of his mind, the Wraith Master let out a triumphant maniacal laugh, deeply provoking Lu Yun's soul.
"Now, I will stir up the evil thoughts in your heart and lead you into the demonic path. At that time, when you return to the mortal world, you will become the enemy of all people, and by then, you will have lost everything. Haha, Lu Yun, your life is over, haha——!" Amidst the maniacal laughter, the Wraith Lord's evil blood aura poured into Lu Yun's mind, causing his thoughts to begin changing.
Feeling the heart trembling, a thread of evil thoughts was rising, Lu Yun used all his might to guard his mind with Buddhist techniques, trying his best to maintain a calm mood. However, at this moment, in Lu Yun's meridians, the hidden Blood Evil energy, triggered by the Wandering Soul Master, suddenly broke through Lu Yun's previous suppression and burst out wildly. Only to see Lu Yun's whole body flash red, a strong and evil aura filled the air, spreading all around. In the flashing red light, the Ghost King Battle Armor representing bloodthirsty evil was fully displayed, its brilliance flowing with layers of red light under the dark mysterious aura, transforming into a dark red color. The divine sword in his hand, Thousand Shadow Blood Demon, let out a joyful and stern whistle, appearing extremely excited.
His face twisted, Lu Yun had supported himself with all his might for a while, but was finally occupied by that evil thought in his mind, making him turn into a demon at this moment. His eyes were wide open, two evil eyes, one red and one black, flashing with gloomy and terrifying gaze. His hands were raised high, shouting loudly towards the sky, his strong true yuan suddenly bursting out, instantly destroying the blood pool. In the midst of his mad roar, Lu Yun's body spun around, destroying everything in sight, looking like a lunatic, his appearance terrifying.
When Lu Yun arrived in front of the strange stone statue, his right palm chopped down on the black heart of the statue, intending to destroy this strange and ugly thing. Perhaps unintentionally, or perhaps by fate, when the Wraith Lord realized his actions and shouted to stop him, it was too late. All that could be seen was Lu Yun in a rage, his palm striking the black heart, and the powerful True Essence energy easily shattering it.
"No, don't move it!" However, it was already too late. Amidst the terrified cry, the fierce ghost carved on the stone statue suddenly came back to life, and with a swing of its massive fork in its right hand, Lu Yun was instantly sent flying. The immense pain from the powerful impact made Lu Yun slightly regain consciousness, but he was soon overwhelmed by evil hatred. With an angry glare at the fierce ghost, Lu Yun charged forward.
In the blink of an eye, Lu Yun ceaselessly battled the fierce ghost, discovering that it was almost invulnerable to his attacks. What's more terrifying was its three eyes, radiating red, green, and blue glows with three different kinds of fearsome powers, each capable of inflicting harm. After a prolonged battle without victory, Lu Yun, trapped in evil, burst into furious rage. At this moment, he suddenly stopped dodging, his divine sword flashing with the aura of Thousand Shadows Blood Demon's evil energy, fiercely launching a head-on assault on the fierce ghost.
With a loud shout, the fierce ghost's giant fork counterattacked with all its might, and both sides immediately fell into intense combat. Gradually, Lu Yun, in his explosive rage, forced the fierce ghost back, step by step, pushing it to the brink of death. As if sensing danger, at this moment, the fierce ghost's right hand held up Lu Yun's divine sword with its giant fork, while its left hand silently and stealthily pressed the half black jade symbol onto Lu Yun's chest.
"Hurry, hurry, don't let that thing touch you, hurry!" At this moment, the Ghost King suddenly let out a fearful whistle, urging Lu Yun to dodge quickly. However, at this time, Lu Yun, although wanting to dodge, was firmly sucked in by the fierce ghost's right hand and couldn't avoid it at all.
A black light flashed, and the half-sectioned jade symbol was fiercely imprinted on Lu Yun's chest. Lu Yun's whole body shook, and a fierce devouring force suddenly sucked him in, feeling as if it would suck away his soul, extremely terrifying. Lowering his head, looking at the black jade symbol on his chest, he found that it was now flashing with eerie light, exerting its full force to devour him. With all his might, Lu Yun's blood-red eyes flashed with a hateful gaze, glaring fiercely at the fierce ghost, his right hand pressing down with all his strength.
Yin Sen let out a sinister laugh, and the three eyes of the fierce ghost simultaneously shot out rays of light, heavily striking Lu Yun's body. Feeling the evil and terrifying aura entering his body, Lu Yun's face twisted in pain, and he let out a frantic roar. However, at this moment, Lu Yun was firmly stuck to the black jade symbol, unable to counterattack. At the same time, the Wandering Soul Master in Lu Yun's mind was also not doing well, it seemed to be extremely concerned about the black jade symbol, and was frantically rolling around in Lu Yun's mind, letting out mournful cries.
In the midst of danger, a flash of light suddenly appeared in Lu Yun's evil eyes, and the forgotten memories were recalled at this moment. With a twisted smile, Lu Yun's distorted face revealed a terrifying grin. His left hand flipped over, and his palm was imprinted on the fierce ghost. A silver light flashed, and the Soul-Sealing Charm shone with a mysterious glow, instantly transforming into two clear ancient seals that were imprinted on the ghost's heart. Letting out a scream, the ghost's entire body glowed with a brilliant light, and after struggling in vain for a moment, its whole body transformed into a black gas that flew away in escape.
The soul-repressing symbol emerged, and the evil spirits wailed. Any foreign object with a soul would be unable to withstand this powerful symbol, ultimately fleeing or being destroyed without exception. With a sudden jolt, Lu Yun's body shook off the evil black jade symbol, and he retreated two steps, staring at the symbol on the ground. As the blood light dissipated, Lu Yun suddenly regained his clarity for a brief moment, and countless memories flashed before his eyes.
His face changed, Lu Yun suddenly realized that he had been invaded by the Wraith Lord into his brain, and the whole person was trapped in demonization. His thoughts turned rapidly, Lu Yun suddenly thought of something, and hastily took out the mysterious jade wall from his bosom, which was obtained from the Yin Corpse. With his right hand grasping the jade wall tightly, Lu Yun stared straight at it, and with the help of this extremely cool air, his whole body's true yuan was suddenly activated. He felt a strong cool air flowing through his meridians, and wherever it passed, the bloody aura would flash away, instantly suppressed by this powerful cool air.
His legs crossed on the ground, Lu Yun's entire body's true yuan rapidly circulated, using all his might to suppress the evil energy in his meridians. After a long time, Lu Yun finally managed to use the mysterious jade wall to suppress the evil aura that had been rolling around his body. At this moment, Lu Yun began to deal with the vengeful spirit lord. The incredibly cool and refreshing air, combined with the Soul-Calming Symbol in Lu Yun's body, quickly approached his brain, surrounding the vengeful spirit lord.
At the first contact, Lu Yun clearly sensed that the Soul Master's strength had greatly decreased at this time, as if he had been seriously injured, and his breath was very weak. Lu Yun was overjoyed in his heart, taking advantage of the situation to launch a full-force attack, wanting to eliminate him. The powerful attacking force immediately forced the Soul Master to dodge continuously, completely at a disadvantage. Under the strong cool air and the Town Soul Symbol's attack, the Soul Master was quickly forced out of Lu Yun's brain by Lu Yun, pressed to the Tianling position on his face.
The mysterious cool air enveloped the Soul Master, and the surrounding soul-sealing symbols transformed into a silver net that slowly shrank and swallowed the Soul Master's soul. Feeling the Soul Master's breath growing weaker, Lu Yun finally let out a sigh of relief and sent out a thought: "Soul Master, it's all over. In the end, you still fell into my hands. This time, you will never be able to turn things around, and you will never be reborn again. Farewell, the game is over!"
Biting back a mournful cry, the vengeful spirit master trembled with rage and said: "How detestable! If I had known it would end like this, I wouldn't have bothered with you, that evil guy. I'm so regretful, I refuse to accept defeat, I am forever invincible, but why did I encounter you? If not for the black jade symbol earlier, I wouldn't be dead either. Haha, who would have thought that in the end, I still died under the Broken Jade Soul Severing Symbol? How ruthless!"
"It's too late for regrets now, let me end this." Lu Yun said, his entire body's power surging up, his powerful attack increasing threefold, immediately causing the Wraith Lord to emit a terrified and desperate cry.
In the midst of angry roars, the deceased Lord shouted unwillingly: "Lu Yun, even if you kill me this time, I won't let you off. Although I'm dead, my soul's transformed Blood Desire Demon Lotus will remain in your body forever, following you always. Haha, as long as you become enraged, the hidden Blood Slaughter energy within your body will erupt, and on your crown, my lifelong curse - Blood Desire Demon Lotus! This demon lotus will slowly turn you into a devil, finally becoming a great demon king, haha, this life you'll never be able to shake off, because it's my lifelong curse, the most evil spirit curse in the ghost domain, haha, haha, I die but win!" The maniacal laughter gradually faded away, under Lu Yun's powerful attack, finally turning into a soft whisper, drifting in that bygone era.
Lu Yun's face changed dramatically, and after a moment of contemplation, he slowly withdrew his hand. Looking around, the scene was one of utter devastation, unbearable to behold. Finally, Lu Yun's gaze came to rest on the black, broken half of the jade symbol, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. He recalled that the deceased Spirit Master had mentioned it vaguely before his death - this object was called the Residual Jade Soul-Breaking Symbol; what secrets did it hold, really? Was it merely evil, or was there more to it than that?
Staring at the jade symbol on the ground, Lu Yun was thinking about how to deal with it. If he left it here unattended, it would be a very evil thing if some ghostly creature got hold of it in the future. But if he took it away with him, the evil aura inside his body might be triggered by this thing again, which would be dangerous. The more he thought about it, the more Lu Yun was at a loss.
After a long contemplation, Lu Yun finally decided to destroy the object, lest it leave behind future troubles. With both hands clasped together in front of his chest, Lu Yun began to activate the mysterious Soul Exterminating Knife within his body, using it to annihilate this evil thing. Suddenly, a black light flashed on top of Lu Yun's head, and the extraordinary Dominant Soul Exterminating Knife appeared in mid-air. Lu Yun's eyes were calm, exerting all his strength to control the Soul Exterminating Knife, causing it to emit a black light beam that directly cleaved the jade talisman on the ground.
A brilliant light flashed, and a powerful aura accompanied by a thick black light appeared on the black jade symbol, fiercely confronting the Soul Extinguishing Knife. In mid-air, two beams of the same color confronted each other, locked in a stalemate for a long time. Finally, the broken jade soul symbol was no match for the Soul Extinguishing Knife and was destroyed by it. After the destruction of the soul symbol, a layer of black gas floated uncertainly in mid-air, changing shape from time to time, extremely mysterious.
Lu Yun put away the Soul Slayer, his eyes fixed on the floating black gas with a strange gaze, unsure what it was. Just as he was puzzled, a cool air suddenly rose from his chest, quickly spreading throughout his body and extending outward. Lu Yun's heart skipped a beat, unsure why this was happening, and could only curiously watch the sky. As the cool air enveloped his entire body, the floating black gas in mid-air seemed to be attracted to it, swirling around Lu Yun as if exploring something.
Looking at the rotating black gas in amazement, Lu Yun's heart was filled with wonder. The world is so big, and there's nothing strange that won't happen. Just as he was thinking this, the black gas suddenly transformed into a transparent cloak, which automatically wrapped itself around his body. As soon as the cloak touched him, Lu Yun's heart skipped a beat, and he wanted to struggle free, but the cool air in his chest suddenly shook three times before silently disappearing. Lu Yun was stunned, unsure what the cool air was hinting at, but deep down, he knew that this cloak wouldn't harm him.
Withdrawn from distractions, Lu Yun looked at the cloak on his body and suddenly felt a strange sensation. At this moment, he clearly realized that his true yuan was under the cloak, without any fluctuations. Even when he used all his strength to urge his true yuan, he couldn't feel anything outside his body. With a surge of joy in his heart, Lu Yun couldn't believe how extraordinary this thing was, and from then on, he didn't need to hide anything anymore.
With a faint smile, Lu Yun took one last look around and vanished into thin air.
