parentshiftbook Chapter 329 Medusa, Eight Trigrams Seal
Chapter 329 Medusa, Eight Trigrams Seal
Chapter 329 Medusa, Bagua Seal
Li Xijun and Su Nianying walked through the desolate sacred path and entered a huge garden filled with a sense of ruin and mythology, surrounded by frozen destruction and eternal silence.
His divine sense, like an invisible spider web, tightly covered the path ahead.
However, a "stone statue" in front of him, almost integrated with the broken archway, was completely devoid of his senses, as its soul had been destroyed and its vitality completely suppressed.
The moment the two stepped into its attack range, "Boom!"
The stone slab shattered, and debris flew everywhere!
The "stone statue" seemed to have been activated by some fixed program, suddenly coming to life and revealing its hideous true form as a human body with a snake tail, its head full of venomous snake hair hissing and dancing wildly.
Her face was disfigured, her eyes were closed, and she appeared to have an empty soul.
However, the wild, desolate yet boundless aura emanating from her body made her seem like a ferocious beast that had been sleeping for thousands of years suddenly awakened, and her energy level had reached the perfect Golden Core stage!
This sudden attack was aimed directly at Su Nianying, who appeared to be a Golden Core martial artist.
Countless snake hairs, like poisonous spears containing the dual power of venom and death, tore through the air, carrying a decaying aura that could freeze spiritual energy and stiffen flesh, arriving in an instant!
Li Xijun was startled the moment the stone statue moved. A glint flashed in his eyes as he was amazed at how perfectly it was concealed, managing to deceive his divine sense.
His reaction was as fast as lightning. With a slight thought, his immense spiritual power surged out like an invisible tide, arriving first after being delayed, and setting up layers upon layers of invisible barriers in front of Su Nianying.
However, as a prodigy who has condensed a first-grade golden core, Su Nianying's combat instincts and reaction speed are beyond ordinary people.
Almost at the same moment that Li Xijun's mental barrier was formed, she let out a delicate shout, and the thunder blade at her waist seemed to have its own spirit, transforming into a dazzling bolt of lightning that tore through the darkness!
"A thunderclap!"
The blade flashed like lightning from the heavens, surging upwards at a speed beyond comprehension, and precisely slashing into the densest part of the snake's hair!
"Clang!"
"Hiss hiss hiss—!"
The sounds of thunder and the strange noises of energy erosion erupted simultaneously.
The dazzling lightning and the ashen petrifying power clashed and annihilated each other, blasting large swaths of snake hair into dust.
However, the Gorgon's power was truly formidable, and more than a dozen strands of her condensed, almost tangible snake hair still managed to penetrate the barrier of lightning, the strange power attached to them sweeping across Su Nianying's protective armor.
Su Nianying's body trembled slightly, her face turned pale, and the sleeve of her right arm holding the knife instantly turned to ashes. A thin layer of stone gray appeared on her arm. Although it was immediately shattered by her incomparably powerful first-grade golden core, her blood and qi still surged violently, and she suffered a minor injury.
Her beautiful eyes were filled with solemnity. With just one collision, she knew that this monster's strength far exceeded that of ordinary mythical creatures at the Golden Core level.
"hope Jun, be careful! Her strength is incredibly great and unpredictable. Don't try to fight her head-on!" Su Nianying warned urgently, her tone filled with unprecedented vigilance.
Before she finished speaking, the Gorgon's enormous snake tail swept across the land like a collapsing mountain, carrying a terrifying force capable of crushing everything in its path.
The air was compressed into a solid white wave of air, and the deafening sonic boom was deafening.
At the same time, she stretched out her arms, her fingernails suddenly growing into jet-black blades that tore through the void. Combined with the wildly growing snake hair that seemed to spread across the sky, it enveloped the two of them from all directions, sealing off all angles of evasion.
Faced with this furious attack from a Golden Core cultivator at the peak of his cultivation, Li Xijun remained calm and composed.
The 365 main acupoints in his body vibrated simultaneously, echoing the stars in the inner universe. Although the phantom of the Purple Star Emperor's Dharma Image had not fully manifested, the supreme imperial might that ruled the starry sea had already blessed him.
Instead of confronting it head-on, he moved with ghostly grace, his footwork mysterious, as if treading on the trajectory of stars, and at the last second, he avoided the most violent frontal impact of the snake's tail.
At the same time, the starlight at his fingertips was extremely concentrated, as if a whole star field had been condensed.
With a flick of the finger, it did not attack the main body of the snake's tail, but transformed into hundreds of fine, rain-like star-like sword energies. As if they had a life of their own, they skillfully bypassed the point of strongest power and shot with unparalleled precision into the gaps and joints of the snake's tail scales.
At the same time, he struck out with his left palm, the palm wind fierce and violent, carrying the newly enhanced Vermilion Bird Burning Heaven Martial Dao True Meaning, and fiercely met the sharp claws and snake hair raging from the side.
"Hiss hiss hiss hiss—!"
"Bang!"
The starlight sword energy struck the snake's tail scales, creating a burst of sparks. Although it failed to break through its formidable defense, it clung to its weak points like a persistent ailment, causing its terrifying momentum to falter.
The powerful palm strike clashed violently with the claws and snake hair, producing a dull thud. The energy rippled outwards, burning away much of the snake hair once more.
Su Nianying was not to be outdone. She suppressed her injuries and swung her Thunder Blade, transforming it into a dense net of lightning blades to protect her body and cut off and repel the continuous attacks.
One of them was agile, his fingers and palms containing the power of stars and the essence of martial arts, restraining and neutralizing; the other's swordsmanship was fierce, his lightning domineering, confronting them head-on.
Despite the frenzied attacks of this Golden Core Perfection monster, it defended flawlessly, even occasionally launching counterattacks. Sword energy and blade light swept past, leaving faint white marks on the snake's body, which was harder than refined gold.
Su Nianying grew increasingly alarmed as the battle progressed.
She knew that Li Xijun was exceptionally talented and his combat strength far exceeded his cultivation level, but seeing him with his own eyes, with his current peak cultivation level of the Outer Realm, under the terrifying pressure of the Golden Core Perfection Realm, not only did he not fall into a disadvantageous position, but he was also able to exert exquisite control with such ease. The power, speed and grasp of the battle situation he displayed were simply unbelievable.
This is completely beyond her understanding of "challenging those above her level".
Every move he made seemed to be meticulously calculated, achieving the greatest effect with the least amount of effort. His effortless demeanor even made her, a first-grade Golden Core cultivator, feel a sense of dread.
The Gorgon, though lacking intelligence, became increasingly agitated and violent due to her battle instincts, which she could not overcome after a long siege.
She suddenly let out a silent shriek that seemed to tear at the soul, her snake-like hair danced wildly as if she were in a frenzy, and her previously tightly closed, chaotic, gray-white eyes suddenly snapped open!
My innate divine power—the Eye of Tranquility that Returns All Things to Stillness!
There was no light, no sound, but an invisible yet vast ultimate petrifying power instantly enveloped the surrounding area like a domain unfolding.
Space seemed to have been thrown into an eternally still river, instantly frozen in time!
The ground, ruins, air, and even light and sound rapidly lost all vitality and color, covered with cold, hard, grayish-white stone. This petrification effect was spreading wildly towards Li Xijun and Su Nianying at a speed beyond comprehension.
This is not a physical petrification attack, but a petrification and annihilation that directly targets the essence of existence.
Ordinary Golden Core martial artists, if their understanding of the true meaning of heaven and earth is slightly inferior or their Golden Core grade is low, will be completely transformed into lifeless statues from their physical body to their Golden Core, from reality to their soul, and will be forever condemned if they are swept by this gaze!
Su Nianying's expression changed drastically as she felt her golden core's circulation become sluggish, and the invisible force felt like billions of cold needles trying to penetrate her.
She let out a delicate shout and pushed her first-grade golden core to its limit. The thunder blade burst out with unprecedentedly brilliant light, condensing into a thick cocoon of lightning to protect herself. However, fine gray and white spots began to appear on the surface of the cocoon, indicating that it was struggling to hold on!
"Destroy!"
At this critical moment, Li Xijun seemed to see a vision of the creation and destruction of the universe flash through his eyes.
His aura suddenly changed drastically, transforming from the majesty of a star emperor into that of a ruler who governs the evolution of civilization and the order of heaven and earth.
The phantom image of the Great Emperor Gouchen clearly appeared in his inner universe, holding the Eight Trigrams of the Primordial Era in his palm, with runes flowing, encompassing all things, and deducing the birth and death of all things!
Faced with this deadly divine power that could even cause the death of a Golden Core cultivator, Li Xijun slowly moved his hands, the trajectory of which was mysterious and unpredictable, as if he were depicting the trajectory of the Great Dao since the beginning of time.
The eight trigrams were born, lived, changed, and perished at his fingertips, ultimately returning to a state of "Wuji" that encompassed all things yet ended everything.
"The eight trigrams revolve, returning to nothingness and annihilation!"
A Bagua seal!
He pushed out his palm flatly.
This palm strike was devoid of any trace of fire or violent energy burst; it possessed only a profound, seemingly all-encompassing "emptiness" Daoist charm that could dissolve all laws of heaven and earth.
Wherever the palm strike reached, the formless yet terrifying petrification, like ice and snow under the scorching sun, crumbled and dissipated, forcibly pushed back from "existence" to "nothingness".
The spreading grayish-white hue quickly faded and vanished in front of Li Xijun's palm, as if it had been completely erased from the level of rules by an invisible hand!
No matter how powerful or unparalleled you are, I return to the void of the Eight Trigrams, for all laws are empty!
"puff--!"
The Gorgon's body shuddered violently, as if struck by an invisible blow. The backlash from the forced destruction of her innate divine power caused her movements to freeze instantly. The fierce aura around her receded like a tide, becoming chaotic and disordered. Even her hideous snake hair withered considerably.
When Li Xijun used this technique, his expression remained calm, but his eyes became increasingly deep and sharp, as if they contained a starry sea.
His breathing was long and deep, indicating that although he had expended a lot of energy, it was far from affecting his fundamental health.
He was about to seize this opportunity to join forces with Su Nianying to deliver a fatal blow to the monster when suddenly a thought struck him. His divine sense detected several powerful auras approaching at lightning speed from afar. One of them was as blazing as a thunder pool in the heavens, full of aggression and hostility—it was none other than Thor Garnard!
"A formidable enemy is approaching; it's not wise to linger. Let's go!"
He made a quick decision and shouted at Su Nianying.
Su Nianying instantly understood and suppressed the shock she felt at Li Xijun's astonishing palm strike.
The two figures transformed into two blurry streaks of light, ignoring the Gorgon who was temporarily injured and frozen in place. Taking advantage of the gap when the petrification field was broken and the opponent's aura was disordered, they rushed across this dangerous area at an astonishing speed and instantly disappeared into the shadow of the even deeper and more majestic divine palace complex at the end of the divine path.
The Gorgon stood still, letting out a silent, resentful, and violent hiss, but seemingly bound by some rule or her injuries, she did not pursue, but instead slowly crawled back into the shadow of the broken archway.
All that remained was a scene of utter devastation, a lingering trace of petrifying power, and the approaching Anagardian army led by Thor Garnard.