Chapter Thirty-Four: Nine Turns of the Limitless

  By the side of Huayuan Pool, Jian Wucheng suddenly burst out with a strong momentum, using his powerful strength to make a swift and fierce strike, dispersing that gloomy soul in one move, only escaping with a wisp of divine consciousness. Standing aloof in mid-air, Jian Wucheng's body shone with purple light, an aura of dominance spreading throughout the entire Xiu Luo Lin, shocking all the masters present. With a cold smile, Jian Wucheng's figure shot straight towards Liu Xingyun, his Tianling Sword accompanied by an air of majesty, hundreds of sword lights surrounding the enemy in a five-colored sword shadow.

  At the same time, Zi Yang Zhen Ren, with Yun Feng's help, had also pushed the enemy to a dead end and was about to win. In this way, one side had already completely occupied all positions and began to enter the final stage of annihilation. Bi Tian and the other three let out a sigh of relief and shifted their gaze to Lu Yun and Gui Zun, who were engaged in the most mysterious and intriguing battle.

  At this time, Lu Yun's entire body was flashing with a cyan and red glow, and the thick true yuan was densely packed in layers outside his body, forming a strong defensive cover. In his eyes, a faint seven-colored light flickered, and at this moment, Lu Yun had already raised the frequency of his mind wave to an extremely high stage of 360,000 times, carefully analyzing the mysterious and unpredictable nine-turns of Wuji, and quickly considering how to crack it.

  "Seventh Turn of the Soul!" In a cold and shrill voice, Gui Zun had already begun to activate the seventh turn. The previous six turns had continuously dispersed Lu Yun's seventeen layers of protective true energy. At this moment, an even more ferocious aura gathered the power of the previous six turns, once again subjecting the trapped Lu Yun to a destructive compression, intending to annihilate him in one go. This so-called Seventh Turn of the Soul referred to the fact that the terrifying power within this turn was enough to destroy a person's soul, making their death certain.

  The power of endurance was already close to its limit, and the shock in Lu Yun's heart could not be described. This Ghost Emperor's overbearingness was still something that Lu Yun had encountered since he started cultivating, but it was the strongest enemy he had ever met. Although his cultivation was not as good as that of the Undead Heavenly Master he had met between life and death, the destructive power produced by this mysterious and overbearing Nine Turns of the Extreme was enough to destroy gods and immortals, and there was no way to defend against it.

  Looking around at the flickering ghostly shadows, Lu Yun's heart was already afraid to drag on any longer. If he dragged on any longer, he feared that in the end, there would be no turning back. With a movement of his mind, he took a look at everyone's situation and saw that their battle results were brilliant, which made Lu Yun feel somewhat relieved. Taking a deep breath, Lu Yun's entire body tensed up, the true yuan inside him accelerating its circulation, as layer upon layer of rolling blood waves began to spread out around him. The fierce true yuan from the Black Domain Secret Realm burst forth tenfold at this moment, powerful and scorching hot airwaves transforming into dancing blood lotuses that swirled around Lu Yun's feet. On his head, the As-You-Like-It Heart-Soul Sword's flame flashed, layers of fierce flames emitted from the sword, forming a red light shield around Lu Yun that rotated and flowed.

  The true energy was released, and the scorching air waves were driven by Lu Yun's full force, colliding violently with Gui Zun's seven-turn power. The gloomy ghostly aura and the extremely yang and fierce fire true yuan, two completely different powers, rubbed against each other in rejection, instantly bursting out a powerful destructive force, violently shaking Lu Yun and Gui Zun's bodies. As the red light weakened, Lu Yun's body trembled, his face turning pale in an instant. The incredibly powerful fire true yuan was swallowed up by more than half under the impact of Gui Zun's seven-turn power.

  Hmph, with a cold smile, Gui Zun shouted: "Now you think of counterattacking, but everything is too late! Under the ninth turn, both gods and demons will be destroyed! Now prepare to bid farewell to the world, Eighth Turn Deity!" His black body sprang up, using an aerial somersaulting technique, rolling around Lu Yun Cheng in a circular motion. As he flipped through the air, Gui Zun's hands moved along a strange trajectory, quickly forming a black Bagua diagram. The moment the black Bagua appeared, a fierce and violent external force shot out from its center. At the same time, an incredibly powerful attractive force erupted around the Bagua, sucking in everything.

  Lu Yun's eyes changed, and at this time, the strong rotating airflow around him had completely fixed his body. Except for being able to move within a three-foot defensive range, he was unable to make large-scale evasions. Feeling an ominous sign rising in his heart, Lu Yun's mind turned rapidly as he thought about how to respond. He knew that at this moment, if there were no outsiders around, he would have several ways to cope with the situation. Unfortunately, in front of everyone, he had to keep certain secrets safe, or else the consequences would be very severe later on.

  Lu Yun thought quickly and laid down twelve layers of defense around his body, while a bright blue glow burst forth from him. He suddenly unleashed the sixth move of the Yi Tian Fa Jue, "Moving Heaven and Changing Moon". At this moment, under the pressure of having no other choice, Lu Yun was able to fully unleash the most overbearing move in the Yi Tian Fa Jue, hoping to use it to counter that terrifying attack. Lu Yun's body was now surrounded by a wild fluctuation of his true yuan, with rolling waves of air combining with the sword on top of his head to form a dark blue, heaven-piercing sword pillar. The powerful aura and dazzling glow were all testaments to the might and overbearing nature of this sword.

  With a loud explosion, Lu Yun suddenly launched an attack. A shocking long rainbow tore through the sky, directly striking the black eight trigrams in the dark sky. As he attacked, Lu Yun's body shook violently and was instantly sucked in by the powerful suction force, flying towards the black eight trigrams. Immediately, a fierce and violent force struck Lu Yun's chest, ceaselessly ravaging his body as if trying to shatter his heart.

  The light flashed and disappeared, the black eight trigrams shook a few times under Lu Yun's powerful sword, but quickly returned to normal. The massive impact force and fierce suction power continued to pull at Lu Yun's body, eroding his primordial spirit. His body trembled, and Lu Yun's aura suddenly weakened greatly. In this precarious situation, Lu Yun was severely injured by Gui Zun's consecutive eight-turns of power, his internal organs shaken, his true yuan in disarray, fresh blood streaming from the corner of his mouth, his eyes dimming instantly.

  With a cold smile, Gui Zun's eyes turned icy and he shouted, "It's over, Nine Turns of Fate!" As soon as the words left his mouth, Gui Zun's black figure moved at an incredible speed, instantly forming nine black light pillars around Lu Yun. These nine black light pillars flashed with destructive power, spinning and intersecting in a whirlwind that swept up a storm of annihilation. In the midst of it all, Lu Yun's body was engulfed by the swirling black vortex, completely invisible from the outside. At this moment, the surrounding winds howled furiously, icy air piercing to the bone, and amidst the deafening roar, the cries of Yun Feng and others could be heard.

  Within the circle, Lu Yun felt the approach of death, and his eyes suddenly burst out with a brilliant divine light. With a cold gaze at the crazy power that was rapidly approaching at ten times the speed, Lu Yun made a very strange decision in an instant when he was isolated from the outside world. It was seen that Lu Yun suddenly withdrew his powerful protective true energy, and his whole body flashed with seven-colored light, "Tian Di Wu Ji" fully activated, while rapidly analyzing this most overbearing nine-turn fate, he also performed the "Wan Yuan Gui Yi" technique, his whole body was like a vortex, frantically devouring everything around him.

  A nine-fold rotating black light pillar, intertwined with the power to tear everything apart, twisted space-time to produce a destructive force that would suffocate the air outside Lu Yun's body in an instant. Then, its powerful strangulation directly eroded Lu Yun's physical body. A seven-colored glow flashed, and a vortex centered on Lu Yun was spinning faster and faster, desperately absorbing the surrounding destructive force.

  Outside, all the fighting stopped at this moment, and the eyes of all the masters gathered on the battle between Lu Yun and Gui Zun. Looking at that black light column that rose into the sky, with a diameter of more than 15 meters, everyone was shocked in their hearts, completely not expecting Gui Zun to be so overbearing. Concern appeared in the minds of Yi Yuan and Feng Huang Academy people at this moment. Because they couldn't see Lu Yun's figure, almost everyone had a sense of horror in their hearts, fearing that Lu Yun might not be able to withstand this time.

  A powerful grip suddenly converged, and the strong suction of Luyu Cloud was like a river bursting its banks. One charged forward while the other retreated, and it all came down to who had the faster speed. Due to Gui Zun's nine consecutive turns, his power had accumulated to its highest point, and this explosion was fierce and unstoppable. On the other hand, Luyu Cloud was just getting started, and although his suction was strong, his momentum was far from matching Gui Zun's nine-turns-of-no-boundaries. The outcome of their encounter was naturally self-evident.

  A strange, thunderous roar shook the air as a massive energy vortex erupted, sweeping across the land like an avalanche. A black column of light transformed from nine paths to three, then merged into one, gathering into a single, destructive force that shattered Lu Yun's full-power attack in an instant. The residual energy, still carrying immense destructive power, sliced through Lu Yun's body layer by layer, tearing his skin and muscles apart in the blink of an eye, ravaging his meridians.

  With a loud roar, Lu Yun's figure rapidly flashed and dodged in mid-air at an extremely strange frequency. At this moment, Lu Yun's mental wave had already analyzed all the information of the Nine Turns of the Extreme, but the result was that he could not dodge, and could only fight back with his life on the line. At this critical moment, Lu Yun suddenly remembered the three-inch jade wall in his arms, which was obtained from the Yin Corpse's Sealed King Platform. On it was recorded a very mysterious text, including a very strange mantra that could suppress all evil energies in the world. It was also because of this that Lu Yun recovered from the demonic transformation when he was invaded by the Wraith Lord.

  At this moment, the trajectory that Lu Yun dodged was a strange cloud map on the mysterious jade wall. The things on it were very mysterious, and Lu Yun had been exploring since he got it, until now suddenly realized one of its secrets. Along the line of the strange cloud map, Lu Yun surprisingly discovered that it contained subtle mysteries, which could actually resist the powerful destructive power of Gui Zun.

  The ghostly figure flashed rapidly, letting out a triumphant laugh as it finally pushed Lu Yun to the brink of despair. As long as Lu Yun died, the remaining three divine swords would be nothing to it. Because at this point, the only one who could make its heart tremble was Lu Yun alone; once Lu Yun died, no one else could stop it. As for Jian Wucheng, although the ghostly figure vaguely sensed something strange about him, it didn't care in the least.

  Looking at the black light pillar with concern, Ao Xue and Cang Yue grasped their divine swords tightly, with a hint of blessing in their eyes. Although they were worried about Lu Yun, they also knew that he was mysterious and unpredictable, even in the treacherous Soul Locking Well, he could emerge unscathed. They believed that this time would be no exception. On the side, Zi Yang True Person and Yun Feng's faces were filled with worry, because they all clearly felt that if this powerful force were to be infused into themselves, they would absolutely not be able to withstand it.

  Jian Wucheng and Liu Xinghun exchanged a glance from afar, their eyes flashing with complex emotions. At this moment, the two men's thoughts were contradictory, hoping that Lu Yun would die in this battle, yet understanding that the current situation was volatile, and if Lu Yun died, their own actions would become even more perilous, so they didn't want him to die either. Around them, the Ling Bao Zun and other Gui Domain experts naturally hoped for Gui Zun's victory, so that they could turn defeat into victory.

  In the black light column, Lu Yun's eyes gradually revealed a brilliant glow, and his entire body's aura slowly rose. A powerful breath of air strongly broke through all obstacles, clearly spreading throughout the entire Soul Pool. Looking at the surrounding black light columns, Lu Yun swung his hands left and right, two strong forces forming a rotating shape, driving Lu Yun's body to rotate at high speed.

  With a raise of both hands, a whirlwind like an angry dragon shot straight up into the sky. The whirlwind carried with it a powerful force that lifted the entire black air column that was attacking Lu Yun upwards in an instant, sending it flying into the air. As Guī Zūn's eyes bulged out in shock, Lu Yun suddenly let out a strange and eerie laugh, his mouth shouting "One turn of the body!" At the same time, his body rapidly spun around Guī Zūn in a blur of motion.

  His expression changed, Gui Zun roared in anger: "This is impossible, no, I don't believe it! This is my exclusive secret, how did you know, speak quickly?" As soon as the words were spoken, his body began to rotate again, launching the Nine Turns of the Extreme Limit once more.

  Rotating, Lu Yun said coldly: "Now, you'll see me use the same Nine Turns of the Extreme to capture you, and let you experience that feeling for yourself. As for whether my Nine Turns of the Extreme is authentic or not, take a good look. Second turn!" A powerful aura, mixed with strange whistling sounds, formed a black light shield within three feet in diameter, tightly enclosing the Ghost Venerable inside.

  Furious and unwilling to yield, Gui Zun unleashed the full power of his Nine Turns of the Extreme Art, wanting to seize the initiative before Lu Yun could react. He knew that this Nine Turns of the Extreme Art was a rare technique in the world, one that could annihilate even gods and demons beneath its nine turns, leaving no room for escape. Even if he himself were to encounter it, there would be no other outcome but death. At this moment, his only hope lay in Lu Yun's incomplete mastery of the art, which might give him a chance to counterattack, or perhaps complete his own technique first and have Lu Yun succumb to the overwhelming power that would rebound upon him.

  Not far away, everyone let out a sigh of relief and began to shift their gaze onto the enemy. Yun Feng shouted loudly: "Everyone, put in more effort! We will clean up these ghostly things and complete our mission. Take action!" A flash of silver light, the Wind Slashing Sword with its powerful sword energy, charged straight at the Ghost Domain expert opposite him. As soon as he made his move, everyone else also continued their attack, beginning the final annihilation battle.

  By the side of Huayuan Pool, a fierce battle was slowly approaching its end. At this time, except for Ao Xue and Cang Yue who were still fighting against that Ling Bao Zun, all the other high-ranking ghost domain experts had been eliminated. And between Lu Yun and that Gui Zun, it had also reached the most critical moment. "Eight Turns of God, Eight Turns of God." Two loud roars, one after another, closely linked together. The powerful momentum gathered into dazzling dark blue and black light columns, tightly intertwined with each other, rising and falling in turn.

  When the nine beams of light appeared, two loud whistles accompanied by different voices almost simultaneously shouted: "Nine Turns of Fate!" The tremendous power that shook people's hearts, under the impact of the two extremely powerful beams of light, sent everyone in the surroundings flying. Amidst several cries of surprise and shock, the crowd floated down while intently watching the battling duo, eager to know the final outcome.

  In the midst of thunderous roars, a powerful destructive force swept across the land, an aura of destruction permeating the entire Shura Forest. Above the Soul Transformation Pool, the swirling black clouds suddenly accelerated, intense black light radiating outward in waves, layer by layer.

  With a cold laugh, a blood-curdling scream of terror immediately followed. Lu Yun's figure stood still in mid-air, his eyes fixed on the Ghost Emperor being consumed by the dark blue light. Perhaps unwilling to accept defeat, the Ghost Emperor suddenly stopped struggling despite knowing he was doomed. His angry eyes locked onto Lu Yun as he asked in a stern voice, "Why? Why is this happening? In my entire life, since successfully cultivating, this is only the second time I've used the Nine Turns of the Limitless... In this world, including the Three Realms and Seven Domains, there absolutely won't be another person who can do it. How did you learn it? Tell me, or else I'll die with my eyes open."

  Looking at Gui Zun coldly, Lu Yun's eyes were indifferent as he said: "You can know if you want to, but you have to exchange the secret of breaking the Huahuan Pool with me. Otherwise, I won't tell you. You don't have much time left, think carefully."

  Guī Zūn heard the words and smiled miserably: "I'm almost dead, what else do I have to worry about? As for this Huà Hún Chí (Soul Transformation Pool), it's the most evil and mysterious place in Guǐ Yù (Ghost Domain), no less than the interval between life and death. Even if I tell you how to enter, going in would only be sending yourself to death, because whether you're human or ghost, as long as you enter, you'll definitely die without exception. Otherwise, this wouldn't be called Huà Hún Chí."

  "Coldly, Lu Yun said: 'This is our matter, you only need to say how to enter, and I will answer your question. Hurry up, otherwise you won't have time, this powerful destructive force has already swallowed up a third of your body and consciousness.'"

  The demon lord also understood the urgency of the situation at this moment, and hurriedly said: "Good, I hope you keep your promise and don't disappoint me. To enter the Soul Pool, it's not possible to force one's way in. Only when the Ghost Day arrives, will the mysterious patterns around here disappear for a minute. That is the only opportunity, there is no other way. Now, it's your turn to answer me."

  Looking at Gui Zun's eager eyes, Lu Yun said calmly: "I'm a person who keeps promises, since you asked, I'll tell you. My Nine Turns of the Extreme is actually learned from you, whether or not you believe it, but I just want to say that this sentence is absolutely true."

  "No, I don't believe it, I don't believe it! It took me 500 years to master this technique, 500 years! How can you possibly learn it in just one try? I don't believe it, I don't believe it, I don't believe it!" The extremely shocked and mournful cry of disbelief and unwillingness quickly disappeared. In the quiet Shura forest, there was a moment of silence. The eyes of the Spirit Leopard Master flickered with uncertainty, his terrified and uneasy expression clearly visible to everyone.

  He looked at Lu Yun with a glance, his gaze shifted back to the Ling Bao Zun body, and said in a cold voice: "We should end it here too, let's make one last bet." A purple light flashed, a sacred and powerful aura spread over the Ling Bao Zun body, firmly locking it. The shadow flickered, the Purple Shadow Sword swung hundreds of times in an instant, filling the sky with sword lights that formed a layer of dense purple light, trapping the Ling Bao Zun inside.

  Perhaps due to its weakened state, the Lingbao尊者 appeared to have lost all will to fight, rapidly dodging and weaving to avoid Aoxue's attacks. With a glance at Aoxue, Cangyue smiled faintly and suddenly appeared beside the Lingbao尊者, cutting off its retreat. A powerful sword aura formed a dazzling sword pillar that, under Cangyue's control, chopped down towards the Lingbao尊者. From behind, Aoxue's dense sword tips, accompanied by an ear-piercing whistle, formed a purple sword flower that flashed and flickered with purple light, closely following up.

  At the critical moment, the Lingbao Zunzhe's body rotated at high speed, trying to avoid the attack of the two women. However, it was too late. The powerful attack of the two women formed a strong force that firmly fixed its body, giving it no chance to dodge. The purple and golden lights were dazzling, and the two divine swords almost simultaneously pierced through the Lingbao Zunzhe's body. The strong and sacred aura instantly refined its evil body.

  A green shadow flashed, the Ling Bao Zun's primordial spirit escaped from his body, transformed into a strand of green light, and shot rapidly into the forest. Seeing it trying to escape, Yun Feng sneered, his body flashing nine times in mid-air, each time blocking its primordial spirit, not letting it escape. The green light suddenly rose up three feet, then quickly turned around, changing direction, shooting straight into the dark forest. Yun Feng was enraged, unexpectedly this thing was so cunning, and he chased after it with a flash of his body.

  Half empty, a figure flashed, Lu Yun grabbed Yun Feng with one hand and shouted loudly: "Everyone gather immediately, we are surrounded." Everyone was stunned, looking around without any movement, how could Lu Yun say that everyone was surrounded? This is too fast. Just eliminated a batch, so quickly another batch came, it's impossible.

  Falling among the crowd, Lu Yun's body circulated a stream of light, and the wounds on his body instantly emitted a magical five-colored glow, healing in an instant. Without having time to look at everyone's situation, Lu Yun stared straight ahead with his eyes, his gaze carrying a hint of vigilance. The information detected by Lu Yun's mental wave was very strange, unable to discern the opponent's numbers, only vaguely sensing that there was a black cloud, hiding many dark and evil things.

  There was no sound, and at this moment, the surroundings of Huayuan Pool were quiet, with everyone following Lu Yun's gaze to the front. At first, there was no feeling, but soon people realized a dark and evil aura appeared around them. The aura was very strong, containing many different kinds of evil true energy inside.

  A strange and eerie voice suddenly rose, the sound of calling, like clouds and fog, those strands of dark wind, lingering without leaving. It was as if a ghost was crying, as if an evil spirit was roaring, as if a dead soul was summoning, as if the god of death was beckoning. The bizarre and terrifying voice came from all directions, layered and dense, completely indistinguishable in origin.

  Just as everyone was amazed, Lu Yun spoke again: "Concentrate your spirit and guard your heart. This sound is very strange and has an evil effect of attracting the heart's spirit. Once you follow its melody, you will fall into confusion and be controlled by it."

  "Ah, everyone be careful, this seems to be the Soul-Locking Curse from the Ghost Domain Legend. Once you fall into it, you'll lose your mind and become spiritually deranged, with your soul locked in by it." Reminded by Lu Yun, Feng Yuanyang suddenly remembered this ghost domain legend and hastily warned everyone to be cautious and on guard.

  Everyone heard the words, each holding their breath and guarding their spirits, carefully defending themselves. Yun Feng looked at the forest and scolded: "What kind of despicable ghost thing is this, hiding its head and showing its tail? How hateful! If you have the guts, come out openly and honestly, stop pretending to be a god here, do you think we are afraid of you? Quickly roll out and see how I'll deal with you!"

  Everyone was silent, but he shouted alone. Xu Jie couldn't help but glance at him and said, "What are you shouting about? These things can't be seen by people anyway, where's the need to pretend? I think your nerves have short-circuited, not opening up." Yun Feng listened and thought it was true too, these were indeed ghosts.

  Hehe, with a smile, he scratched his head with his hand, Yun Feng looked at Xu Jie with embarrassment and said in a low voice: "I was too angry, so I misspoke for a moment, hehe, forgive me!" Xu Jie glared at him, then shifted her gaze to the front, carefully looking ahead.

  Furrowing his brow, Lu Yun couldn't figure out why the mysterious Mind Wave that had always been so effective was unable to detect the exact number of opponents. Was it because they had used some sort of treasure to conceal their auras? As he thought this, a glint flashed in Lu Yun's eyes and his entire aura vanished in an instant. In this moment, he deployed the mysterious cloak, completely concealing his own aura.

  At the same time as Lu Yun's breath disappeared, a surprised voice came, and the mysterious voices around also disappeared. A black cloud floated out of the forest, slowly moving towards the edge of the Soul Pool. What kind of person appeared, and why did they appear at this time?