Chapter Sixteen: Black Domain Dragon Soul
In the dark cave, Lu Yun forcibly displayed the Buddhist "Mahesvara Eye", using the Buddhist supreme martial art's "Heart Zen Immortal Technique" to wield his sword with all his might and finally broke open a tiny gap in the black light pillar. His entire body transformed into a golden light, entering the black light pillar.
As soon as he entered, the golden light that Lu Yun had transformed into burst forth in an instant, and his true form was revealed once again. He carefully observed his surroundings, and Lu Yun's face changed greatly - it was completely different from what he had imagined, truly wondrous. Originally, in Lu Yun's imagination, this black light pillar, viewed from the outside, was only about a foot or so in size, so inside shouldn't be too big either; after entering, he probably would have to appear in his divine spirit form.
Who would have known, at this moment in time, that I've discovered a particularly special space. Although this space is incomparable to the one my ancestors created, it's also quite wondrous. There are no glittering star clouds here, but the surroundings seem especially vast, as if there were no boundaries. The countless faint breezes around me carry a hint of chilliness, and in mid-air, all sorts of strange spirits abound, each ignoring the others, freely floating about.
Lu Yun's body burst forth with golden light, illuminating the surrounding space within a three-meter radius. As he carefully observed his surroundings, it was as if he were standing in a space without front or back, left or right, up or down - he couldn't discern any specific direction at all. The feeling was truly strange and made him feel somewhat uncomfortable. His eyes flickered slightly, and Lu Yun began to emit his unique mental waves, sending out nine different frequency mental waves that instantly spread rapidly in all directions.
In mid-air, Lu Yun's entire body shone with a golden light. The fifth level of "Tian Di Wu Ji", "Wan Yuan Gui Yi", was instantly unleashed, and the seven-colored radiance was like the scorching sun in the sky, illuminating a vast expanse of the heavens. The golden light on Lu Yun's body was gradually suppressed by the seven-colored radiance, and the countless dark red spiritual energies around him slowly flew towards him at high speed.
Lu Yun's eyes were calm and collected as he muttered to himself, "The spiritual energy in this place is tinged with a hint of cold yin energy, which would be beneficial for the cultivation of these heterodox spirits and yin souls. However, it would be of no use to ordinary cultivators who practice yang-based techniques." He continued, "Fortunately, my Heavenly Void contains both yin and yang, as well as the five elements, and is all-encompassing."
As he spoke, Lu Yun quickly absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy. In a short while, the dark red spiritual energy around him was completely absorbed, and Lu Yun began to move his body in a random direction.
Suddenly, Lu Yun's body came to an abrupt halt as he turned back to look at what was behind him. There, his mental divine sense had already detected a powerful and wild aura that seemed unmatched. The aura was extremely fierce, but it was difficult to discern what exactly it was.
Lu Yun stopped in his tracks, and nine of his mental divine senses returned, having found nothing. The remaining five senses were currently only able to detect a strong aura with one sense, which made Lu Yun feel a hint of vigilance.
This space was extremely mysterious, as if it had been specially designed or sealed for something, hiding many secrets unknown to the world.
Lu Yun's body flashed with a green light, and he once again employed the Yi Tian Fa Jue of the Yi Garden, his sword flying in that direction. In the dark space, only a green light was seen streaking across the sky, disappearing from view in an instant. Lu Yun judged the direction based on his own mental waves, quickly arriving at the place he had thought of. Lu Yun halted ten zhang away, carefully gazing at the flickering ball of light, feeling a strange sensation in his heart, as if something within the ball of light was beckoning him.
Just as Lu Yun was sizing up the light ball, the aura within the light ball had already sensed Lu Yun's presence. The light ball suddenly changed from a size of one zhang to ten zhang in an instant and appeared right before Lu Yun's eyes, startling him so much that he hastily retreated ten zhang, his face filled with shock as he stared at the light ball.
A voice came out of the light ball: "What are you, and why have you appeared here? This is a unique black domain secret realm in the world, no living thing can come in, how did you get in?" The voice was majestic and powerful, full of overbearing aura.
Lu Yun's entire body shone with a brilliant blue light, carefully defending himself. Looking at the ball of light, Lu Yun said in a deep voice: "I am a cultivator from the Cultivation Realm, what kind of evil spirit are you? Why can't I sense any demonic energy on you, but instead feel an aura of extreme dominance and strength? What exactly are you?"
The moment Lu Yun spoke, a red aura burst out of the light sphere and struck him. The voice was cold and wild: "A cultivator from the Cultivation Realm? Hmph, I didn't think that after 3,000 years, I would meet another human today. You despicable humans are all untrustworthy scum, and today I'll eat you to take back some interest for all these years. Haha, haha, hahaha." The voice erupted into maniacal laughter.
Lu Yun swung his long sword, and a green sword aura instantly met the red true energy wave. The two powerful energies collided head-on, producing an explosion that emitted dazzling light, canceling each other out. Lu Yun coldly gazed at the towering strange light mass, his voice low: "What are you, why are you here, what is this place, and why do you harbor hatred towards humans?" As soon as he finished speaking, a black glow flashed around him, and he instantly moved fifteen zhang away, avoiding the opponent's attack.
In mid-air, Lu Yun's body flickered with an eerie and ominous aura. A black light halo emitted a bewitching glow, flashing on and off mysteriously. At this moment, Lu Yun deployed the Ghost Sect's "Soul Transformation Great Technique", his entire body enveloped by the black star clouds, gradually disappearing into thin air.
In the glowing red orb, a faint voice of surprise was heard. The voice from within the orb said: "I didn't expect you to possess both the Taoist and Ghost Sect's techniques in one body, how interesting. Today is a rare opportunity for me to have someone to play with, so I'll accompany you well and see what kind of skills you have. As for this place, I've already told you, it's the Black Domain Secret Realm. This secret realm was actually created by your despicable human race. Back then, three untrustworthy humans deceived me into coming here and created this Black Domain Secret Realm, trapping me for three thousand years. I hate it, if I get out, I will definitely kill all of humanity."
Lu Yun's body disappeared into thin air, and at this time his voice came from all directions, making it impossible to pinpoint his exact location. "Why did humans trap you here? What was their purpose in doing so? Was it because of your past crimes that the high-ranking officials of the Xiu Zhen Realm imprisoned you here?"
"Fart, those three despicable humans back then, forged a broken copper and iron sword, wanting to seal me into that sword as a sword spirit. So they tried every means to deceive me into coming here, wanting me to submit. Unfortunately for them, although I lost my original body, with the power of my dragon soul, I am not something they can handle. Back then, those three people were here, and we had an all-out battle. As a result, two of them died and one was injured, leaving behind that broken iron sword and fleeing in disarray, truly shameless things. Originally, I wanted to destroy that broken iron sword, but I didn't know what kind of thing it was forged from, and I couldn't destroy it, which really infuriated me. Although I couldn't destroy that thing, killing you today is still very easy. Receive your death, human!" As soon as the words were spoken, a red light ball instantly transformed into a tens-of-zhang-long fire dragon, opening its mouth wide, with an earth-shaking and heaven-moving momentum, its power was extremely astonishing.
The dragon soul transformed into a divine dragon, and although the scales were not visible, the dragon claws and tail were all truly revealed in mid-air. The dragon soul's eyes shot out red light, its body wildly flailing, opening its mouth to spew out a fierce flame that rolled out over ten feet. As the flames passed, Lu Yun's body appeared under the red glow. He was seen not dodging or avoiding, his entire body surrounded by a thick black aura, making him look eerie and strange. Layer upon layer of icy white mist rapidly swept away the fiery red flames. The two different air currents came into contact in an instant, producing a fierce friction sound and dense explosion sounds, flashing beautiful and strange colors in mid-air.
Lu Yun's entire body surged with power, his five-colored aura changing and shifting colors constantly, shrouded in mystery. Lu Yun's eyes widened as he released a burst of spiritual energy at an astonishing speed of 37,600 times per second, launching a frenzied attack directly at the dragon soul's brain. At the same time, the black true energy surrounding his body suddenly exploded tenfold, instantly refining the crimson flames into nothingness.
The dragon's soul was surrounded by a brilliant aura, and Lu Yun's incredibly powerful mental wave instantly struck the dragon's protective qi. The two forces, which were fundamentally different in nature, suddenly burst forth with an overwhelmingly fierce and tyrannical power. Suddenly, the dragon's enormous body, dozens of feet long, began to shake violently, and a deafening roar shook the air, as if it was about to tear apart heaven and earth. The dragon's soul rapidly contracted its body, shrinking down to a much smaller size, and stared at Lu Yun with eyes wide with shock.
"Human, what kind of technique was that power you used just now? Why have I never heard of it before? Why is this power so ferocious, specifically destroying my brain nerves and killing me?"
Lu Yun coldly smiled and said: "You don't need to know that, just bring out your true abilities, let's have a good fight and see who wins or loses. After learning so many years of martial arts, I've never fully exerted my strength before, today I'll use you as a test subject to see the extent of my cultivation. Watch closely, receive my Soul Transformation Great Technique full force strike!"
In mid-air, Lu Yun's body was hidden in the black gas, and the surrounding black gas slowly formed a massive web that covered the sky, heading towards Longhuan. Longhuan's entire body shone with a brilliant light, and his body shrunk again to about ten zhang. His fierce eyes stared at the black web, feeling the terrifying power of devouring everything on it, and Longhuan's body rapidly descended.
It fell, and Lu Yun's body also descended with it, not a bit slower than him. At this moment, Lu Yun had been slowly revealing his strong psychology since he entered the cave of the Absolute Yin Valley. As a rebellious youth from childhood, he hated the world, so at this moment he wanted to let the world know that he had already grasped absolute strength and could start fighting against heaven.
I don't know how long it took, but Lu Yun finally felt something below him, as if a faintly scorching breath was transmitted. Slowly, the further down he went, the hotter it became, and that dragon soul seemed to be getting more spirited. Finally, Lu Yun discovered a fiery red glow below, which turned out to be the mouth of a volcano, with raging flames and surging magma below. No wonder it was so hot.
Lu Yun's mental waves carefully explored the situation below, but unfortunately, there was no sign of life fluctuation, and it was clear that any life could not survive. At this time, Lu Yun had already understood the dragon soul's intentions, but unfortunately, it was too late to stop it. Looking at this dragon, its true body must be a fire dragon, so it would like these flames so much. Lu Yun had already felt the dragon soul's power begin to surge, and his heart was slightly shocked.
Here, his own dark and eerie Ghost Soul Great Method had lost its power under the extremely hot flames and couldn't be used at all. And as for Yi Garden's Easy Heaven Method, it seemed to have little effect on the Dragon Soul either. It seems that only the Confucian "Hao Ran Tian Gang" method can be used, this is a very yang and strong method, which can also increase its power here.
Lu Yun suddenly stopped descending, and a red light burst out from his body in an instant. A strong and powerful aura, like the scorching sun in the sky, was overwhelming and intimidating. Quietly looking at the dragon soul below, Lu Yun suddenly discovered something reflective. Taking a closer look, the light was too strong, making it hard to open his eyes, and he couldn't see clearly. However, in Lu Yun's mind, the appearance of that thing appeared clearly - it was an ancient long sword, inserted into the hard stone wall, with only half of its body exposed, shining with a beautiful red light.
Lu Yun's heart skipped a beat, could this sword be the treasure sword forged by the three masters 3,000 years ago as mentioned by Long Hun? At that moment, Long Hun below was dancing in the flames, his body rapidly growing stronger and his power increasing swiftly. A wild aura burst forth, instantly breaking through the three layers of true energy shields set up by Lu Yun, suppressing his originally powerful aura.
The dragon's soul let out a loud roar, and at this moment its body had already reached over 150 meters in length and several dozen meters in thickness. It looked like a divine object from the sky, shocking to the extreme. The dragon's soul gazed up at Lu Yun on top of its head, letting out a fierce cry. With a wave of its claws, a hundred-meter-long flame suddenly shot up into the air, rolling towards Lu Yun. The fierce flames filled the air, and in an instant, a several dozen meters wide sea of fire surrounded Lu Yun. In the dragon's soul's enormous eyes, a pleased expression flashed, and its body suddenly flew up. Its fiery giant tail struck down at Lu Yun, who was trapped by the flames, clearly wanting to destroy him in one blow and not give him any chance to escape.
Lu Yun's eyes gleamed with a fiery red light, and his hands formed a seal as he once again unleashed the "Wanyuan Return to One" technique. At the same time, the "Hao Ran Tian Gang" true energy around his body suddenly burst forth, and a faint, strange glow flickered within the flames. The underground fire contained an extremely scorching Yang True Essence that was highly beneficial for the Confucian "Hao Ran Tian Gang" technique. Lu Yun absorbed the thick Yang True Essence from all directions with all his might, rapidly replenishing his powers in preparation to face Long Hun.
Lu Yun, being in the midst of the fiery flames, couldn't see Dragon Soul's figure at all, but he was extremely familiar with its every move. Although Lu Yun's eyes couldn't see, his mental divine sense clearly presented everything about Dragon Soul's actions in his mind. Lu Yun sneered coldly in his heart, and the long sword in his hand trembled, as 1,300 powerful true yuan instantly slashed out, meeting Dragon Soul's giant tail. At the same time, he also instantly moved away from a distance of eighty zhang, avoiding Dragon Soul's tail.
Standing still in the void, Lu Yun's body flickered with a crimson glow as he gazed coldly at the dragon soul before him. "I didn't expect your true form to be that of a fire dragon," Lu Yun said. "No wonder you've been fleeing here all along. But even here, you won't be able to escape my grasp."
The dragon's soul opened its huge mouth and roared: "Human, you dare not speak nonsense. Since you came here, don't think about leaving alive. Here, everything is my domain, I do what I want, no one can stop me. The fierce fire fills the sky, the dragon's soul is unbreakable, no one can kill me, you'd better surrender to death." The dragon's soul stretched out its body, and its claws danced in the air. Countless flames suddenly rose from the ground, forming a fierce fire array that surrounded Lu Yun. The dragon's huge mouth opened wide, and the dragon flames wildly wrapped around Lu Yun, with an aura that shocked people to the extreme!
Lu Yun's eyes revealed a hint of solemnity, the scorching heat around him could melt everything in an instant, and he was no exception, his body covered in sweat. Lu Yun had set up nine layers of true energy waves around his body, protecting himself thoroughly. Through his mental probe, he discovered that Long Hun's power had increased by at least sevenfold compared to before, a terrifying prospect. Lu Yun was extremely cautious, although he had already entered the "Indestructible" realm, encountering this fierce Fire Dragon here still required extraordinary care.
Feeling the dragon soul's attack, Lu Yun's long sword automatically rose into the air, rapidly spinning and dancing around him. Layer upon layer of crimson Confucian aura valiantly resisted the dragon soul's flames that carried a destructive breath. Lu Yun stood in the midst of the blazing array, his body tense, his hands slightly outstretched. His left hand held a crimson light ball flashing with flames, while his right hand grasped a black light ball shimmering with eerie, mysterious black mist. Gazing at the enormous dragon soul illusion, Lu Yun smiled coldly and suddenly clasped his hands together. The two vastly different powerful true essences collided, instantly producing an intense, violent explosion.
Lu Yun's hands pointed outward, targeting the Dragon Soul. A dark red light pillar, accompanied by a destructive aura, instantly struck the Dragon Soul's body. The Dragon Soul let out a deafening roar as its body was shattered and fell to the ground in an instant. The flames surrounding Lu Yun also vanished without a trace. Watching the fallen Dragon Soul, Lu Yun knew it wouldn't die so easily. Although this strike had destroyed its illusory body, it wouldn't be a fatal blow. Lu Yun's mental wave clearly sensed the Dragon Soul's still-formidable power rapidly recovering.
Lu Yun was extremely shocked and his mind was racing. According to the dragon soul's words, three thousand years ago, three powerful cultivators had destroyed its divine dragon body but none of them could kill it. In the end, they were left with one dead and two injured, only managing to trap it here. It seemed that killing its soul would not be easy either. Lu Yun's knowledge was vast, but when it came to destroying the soul, the top method was the Ghost Sect's "Soul Annihilation Technique", unfortunately, the special geographical conditions here made it impossible to use. As for other methods, they were generally useless against a soul without a physical body.
It seems that the only way now is to exert one's own spiritual wave, with that high-speed fluctuating spiritual wave, to destroy the soul of this dragon soul. From the experience just now, this method is very useful. Hopefully, it can be used to eliminate the dragon soul.
A loud roar, and Longhun's body soared into the air once again. In just a moment, it had recovered its original strength. Truly an undying monster. Longhun roared: "Human, it seems I underestimated you. Unexpectedly, apart from knowing Daoist and Ghost Sect techniques, you also know the techniques of the Confucian School of old. What a surprise! I wonder what else you can do, bring it all out. I've said before that in this place, no one can kill me, including gods. Now let's see what else you have, I don't believe you won't get tired. When your true energy is exhausted, that will be the moment of your death." Longhun's body was surrounded by a fierce blaze, extremely bewitching, just like a Fire God Beast, full of mystery.
Lu Yun said coldly, "Whether you can be killed or not, you'll find out in a moment. Be careful." As soon as he finished speaking, the long sword in his hand shone brightly, and a sword aura dozens of feet long, carrying an air that could tear everything apart, descended vertically, as if it was going to split mountains and crack the earth, striking directly at Long Hun's massive body.
The dragon soul swung its claws, and a dragon-shaped aura met Lu Yun's sword aura. At the same time, the dragon soul's huge mouth slightly opened, and a green flame like a spirit snake stretched out, coiling around Lu Yun. Lu Yun's eyes turned cold, and a white, eerie ghostly energy condensed in his right palm, slapping towards the green flame. As soon as he slapped it out, Lu Yun's body instantly shifted, appearing above the dragon soul's head.
Only to see Lu Yun's entire body radiating a magnificent light, seven-colored halos instantly spreading throughout the space, the flames around him were instantly suppressed by his overbearing aura. Lu Yun's eyes burst forth with seven-colored lights, his mental waves instantly emitted at an extremely high frequency of 180,000 times per second, crazily destroying the dragon soul's brain nerves. Lu Yun's entire being instantly exuded a fierce and unparalleled aura, at this moment, the entire space was filled with his overbearing and unrestrained presence. His eyes fixed on the dragon soul, Lu Yun's eyes flashed with a cold and ruthless expression, as if he were a demon god, looking down on the world with disdain.
The dragon's body soared, its eyes flashing with fierce gaze, mouth open in anger, extremely majestic. Just as it was about to sweep across the land, a high-density mysterious power suddenly broke through its thirteen layers of protective dragon energy, instantly striking its central nervous system and crazily destroying its brain nerves. The dragon's body shook violently, a mournful and eerie roar filled the entire space, the sound of which was extremely tragic and shocking. Its body suddenly exploded automatically, then immediately restored to a cluster of red gas, constantly flashing with bright and dim light.
The dragon's soul was severely damaged at this time, its body shattered by the powerful and unparalleled mental wave, and the central nervous system of its brain was severely damaged. The entire space was filled with its terrifying screams, extremely frightening. Lu Yun's mental wave did not relax in the slightest, its frequency constantly increasing, tightly locking onto the dragon's soul. As the saying goes, "one drumbeat to start, two to weaken, three to exhaust". At this moment, Lu Yun wanted to use one breath to shatter the dragon's soul and achieve his goal of killing it.
The dragon soul had shrunk into a red light ball about ten feet in diameter, constantly flashing and dancing in mid-air, apparently trying to shake off Lu Yun's attack. Unfortunately, it didn't know that Lu Yun's mental wave was extraordinary, its attack transcended time and space, no matter how the body moved, it couldn't be avoided. The dragon soul shouted loudly while dodging, after a while, it seemed to understand too, that it was impossible to avoid this mysterious power's attack, everything was in vain.
The dragon soul spoke up and begged for mercy, its voice coming from the light ball: "Don't attack anymore, don't! Human, please don't, I know your strength now, I admit defeat, I acknowledge you are the strongest, I won't resist anymore." The voice was trembling with fear, showing that it had suffered enough.
Lu Yun's eyes narrowed, considering the dragon soul's words. Could they be true? After all, this was their first meeting, and no one could guarantee whether to believe them or not. So Lu Yun needed to think carefully. After a moment, Lu Yun withdrew his mental energy probe and gazed coldly at it: "I hope your words are true. I can stop attacking you, but if your words are false, you should understand that I won't let you off easily. Do you know that? You—" Lu Yun's words suddenly stopped as a red aura enveloped his body.
The dragon soul took advantage of his withdrawal of spiritual energy, suddenly appearing beside him, and instantly engulfing him in a red light ball. At this time, the voice of the dragon soul came: "Human, you are indeed very powerful, much more powerful than those three people back then. But I hate humans to the core, so I won't let you go. Now I'll send you to hell, let the fire of hell refine you completely, and see if you die or not?" After finishing speaking, several miserable cries were heard immediately.
Lu Yun's heart was filled with rage, and his mental energy wave was emitted once again. This time Lu Yun steeled himself, and the mental energy wave struck the dragon soul's brain nerve center at a frequency of 183,600 times per second, causing it to let out a deafening roar in agony. However, the dragon soul was also ruthless, no matter how Lu Yun attacked, it tightly wrapped itself around his body and refused to let go, rapidly falling downwards, and in an instant they plunged into the midst of raging flames.
Lu Yun had a great deal of admiration for Long Hun in his heart. Under the attack of his own high-frequency mental waves, it was surprising that he did not die. The strength of its spiritual power was truly rare in the world. In fact, Lu Yun didn't know this, but Long Hun was actually the soul of a divine dragon, and had been cultivating for thousands of years. If it had a physical body, it would have ascended to heaven long ago. Unfortunately, its physical body was destroyed by three powerful cultivators from the Cultivation Realm 3,000 years ago. However, its spiritual power was still hundreds of times stronger than that of humans, so even though it was attacked by Lu Yun's mental waves, it wasn't going to die easily.
Long Huan's entire body was submerged in the fierce flames, slowly absorbing the incredibly powerful true essence of the flames to recover from his injuries. Looking at Lu Yun amidst the flames, Long Huan burst out laughing: "Human, you are doomed! No one can survive in this place. Even I cannot stay here for too long, or else I would also be refined by the earth's core flames. Haha, you will finally meet your end after all! Haha, haha!"
The entire space was filled with bursts of hearty laughter, hiding everything within. The Dragon Soul let out a loud laugh, having destroyed its enemy despite being severely damaged itself - how could it not be thrilled? In mid-air, the dragon's body, dozens of meters long, proudly fluttered about. At this moment, it had once again restored its original state, freely soaring through the sky. It seemed that it was indeed an indestructible divine creature, for how else could it recover time and time again?
Down below, in the fiery flames, nothing could be seen clearly. Lu Yun's body had already been hidden within those flames, and no one knew whether he was dead or alive.
