Cultivation of Immortality: Start by Improving Spiritual Root Qualifications

Chapter 960 So what if you've reached the Void Refinement stage? I, Zhou Xun, will fight you!

"Good! Very good!"

Lu Xinghai, enraged, laughed coldly. His body blazed with crimson light as he abruptly turned to look at Xuan Gui Tianjun, his tone domineering and unquestionable:

"Open the ban!"

Nine Thunder Heavenly Lord's heart skipped a beat. So it really was for Wang Lin! He steeled himself, stepped forward, and cupped his hands in greeting:
"Senior Lu, please calm down! I wonder how Lord Lei Yu offended you? Is there some misunderstanding...?"

"Go away!"

Lu Xinghai rudely interrupted him, his eyes flashing with murderous intent.
Seeing that Xuan Gui Tianjun seemed to be still hesitating about whether to activate the great formation, Lu Xinghai completely lost his patience.

"Since you won't open it, then I'll do it myself!"

He roared and slammed his right hand forward!
Boom!

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth converged wildly, and a giant crimson hand that blotted out the sky instantly took shape!
Carrying a terrifying force capable of scorching the heavens and boiling the seas, and shattering the stars, it slammed down fiercely towards the protective light barrier of Tian Shu City!

The Void Refinement expert unleashed a furious attack, its power capable of destroying the heavens and the earth!

Xuan Gui Tianjun's expression changed drastically!

He had no doubt that if this palm strike were allowed to land, even if the protective array of Tian Shu City could withstand it, its spiritual light would be greatly diminished, consuming a massive amount of spirit stones, and it might even affect the low-level cultivators in the city, causing countless casualties!

"Stop, senior!"

He was filled with shock and anger, but he had no choice but to immediately cast a spell and shout sharply, "Activate the formation!"

Om-!
The enormous light curtain quickly cracked open.

The moment the light screen opened, the terrifying crimson giant hand had already pressed down!

It didn't bombard the light barrier, but instead followed the crack.
Like a world-destroying meteorite, it roared and exerted boundless pressure, precisely crushing towards Dingcui Mountain in the west of the city!

Where the giant hand passed, the air was completely ignited, leaving a scorched vacuum trail. The terrifying pressure caused countless cultivators in the city below to collapse to the ground, their faces filled with despair!
All eyes followed the gigantic, destructive hand in terror toward Dingcui Peak.

Thunder Prison Heavenly Lord, you are in grave danger!
Inside the cultivation room of Dingcui Peak Cave.

Zhou Xun sat cross-legged, his mind sinking into his Purple Mansion, nurturing his natal Thunder Pool, and carefully comprehending the true meaning of that wisp of tribulation lightning.

suddenly!

An indescribable, terrifying pressure descended suddenly, like the Milky Way pouring down from the heavens!
Zhou Xun suddenly opened his eyes.

"A Void Refinement Grandmaster!" he thought in shock.

He rushed out of the cultivation room in an instant, and as soon as he arrived in the courtyard outside the cave, he looked up—

The sky was now completely filled with crimson!
An unimaginably enormous fiery hand, blotting out the sky and seemingly replacing the entire heavens, was crushing down on Dingcui Peak, where he stood, with a terrifying aura of annihilation!

Before the giant hand had even truly landed, the terrifying wind pressure it brought had already arrived first.

Zhou Xun felt as if the entire sky had collapsed, about to crush him and the mountain into the ground!
The bones creaked, a tearing pain shot through the skin, and breathing became extremely difficult!
This is the true power of heaven and earth! It is the destructive force of a powerful cultivator at the Void Refinement stage, unleashing a furious attack!
At the critical moment of life and death, Zhou Xun's mind remained unusually calm.

A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and he slapped the storage bag without hesitation!

Five specially made jade boxes covered with numerous talismans flew out instantly.

The lid popped open, revealing five goose egg-sized Thunderfire Pearls, each shimmering with purple, gold, and white colors and radiating a heart-pounding energy!

"go with!"

Zhou Xun's divine sense surged wildly, instantly tearing away all the sealing talismans, and he pushed upwards with both hands!
call out! call out! call out! call out! call out!
Five streaks of light, like meteors rising against the heavens, trailing dazzling yet dangerous tails, crashed headlong into the crushing crimson giant hand!

At the same time, he shouted sternly into the cave, "Xiao Jia! Take Yuan Xuan to the left stone chamber and activate the teleportation array! Quickly!"

Xiao Jia, who had been standing nearby, trembling with fear from the oppressive aura, jolted awake and immediately pulled up Sun Yuanxuan, whose face was equally pale.

Transforming into a streak of light, it desperately rushed towards the stone chamber deep within the cave, which was equipped with a long-distance teleportation array!
at this time,

High above, Lu Xinghai's divine sense had already locked onto Zhou Xun.

Seeing that he didn't run away, but instead threw out five inconspicuous beads to try to block her, a cruel and contemptuous sneer appeared on her face.

"Like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, it's courting death!"

He sneered inwardly, "A mere Nascent Soul cultivator thinks he can stop my 'Heaven-Burning Palm'? Wishful thinking!"

He didn't even bother to change his move; his giant palm continued to press down relentlessly with unstoppable force!

He wanted to watch with his own eyes as the suspected murderer of his beloved son, along with his dojo, was crushed to ashes!

The Nine Thunder Heavenly Lord, watching helplessly as the destructive giant hand descended upon Dingcui Peak, felt as if his heart was being torn apart!
His fists were clenched so tightly that his nails dug deep into his palms, and his eyes were filled with resentment and anger!
"Heaven is unjust! Heaven is jealous of talent!"

He felt a deep sense of powerlessness and desolation. Faced with the absolute power of a Void Refinement Grandmaster, even he was powerless to stop it.

Lu Xingyun's feelings were extremely complicated at this moment.

On one hand, he revered the authority of his ancestor and hoped to find the real culprit to avenge Lu Qingya.

On the other hand, he felt sorry for Lei Yutianjun and even a little guilty.

If he hadn't sent back that letter, the patriarch might not have been so enraged as to storm their door...

He instinctively turned his head away, unable to bear watching the impending tragedy of a genius's downfall.

"What a pity... Thunder Prison Heavenly Monarch Wang Lin, if you had time to grow, your future achievements would have been limitless. Alas, alas..."

Xuan Gui Tianjun sighed deeply, his face filled with endless regret and sorrow.

He knew that under the full force of a Void Refinement expert's attack, a Nascent Soul cultivator would have no chance of survival.

He suddenly realized that now was not the time for regret!
The aftershocks of a collision between cultivators at the Void Refinement level were enough to raze half of Tian Shu City to the ground!
He immediately channeled his magical power, his voice booming like a bell, resounding in the ears of all the Nascent Soul cultivators: "All Heavenly Lords, heed my command! Join me in attacking, form an array, and do everything in your power to block the aftershocks and protect the Immortal City!"

At the command, dozens of Nascent Soul Heavenly Lords immediately responded, each forming hand seals, and boundless spiritual power surged into the sky.

In the air, they intertwined to form an incredibly thick spiritual barrier, like thousands of mountains stacked together, stretching across the space between Dingcui Peak and the main city!
Just at this time,

The five Thunderfire Pearls finally collided with the sky-covering, sun-obscuring crimson flame giant hand!

Boom boom boom boom——! ! !
Five earth-shattering explosions rang out almost simultaneously!
That was no ordinary explosion, but a massive burst of destructive power containing a trace of the true meaning of heavenly tribulation lightning and the top-level spiritual fire of the Nascent Soul stage!
Five enormous, colorful spheres of energy suddenly expanded!
A giant hand of flames tore through!

The terrifying energy shockwave spread outwards like a tsunami, instantly leveling several meters of the surrounding mountains!

Incredibly, the crimson palm, powerful enough to shatter stars, suddenly halted its downward thrust!
Although it was only paused for less than a breath, it was indeed blocked! A one-time use treasure refined by a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator was forcibly stopped for a moment!

At this moment, all was silent, as if time itself had frozen.

Nine Thunder Heavenly Lord's eyes widened in disbelief!
"It blocked it! It actually blocked it!" A ridiculously incredible sense of luck and hope surged through his heart in an instant.
"Could it be... could it be that he really has a way..."

But this glimmer of hope was ruthlessly extinguished by reason.

So what if it blocked the way for a moment?

How could an attack from a Void Refinement expert be so easily neutralized? Lu Xinghai only needed to think about it...

His heart sank again; that brief moment of resistance had perhaps only delayed his death by a single breath.

The surprise on Xuan Gui Tianjun's face deepened, then turned into a deeper and more intense sorrow!

"Genius! This is a true peerless genius!"

"But the more talented a person is, the more heartbreaking it is when they fall from grace!"

He felt his heart was bleeding, filled with immense regret and anger, yet utterly helpless.

High in the air, Lu Xinghai's face instantly turned ashen!

He felt utterly insulted! A mere Nascent Soul cultivator had actually used such unorthodox methods to momentarily block his fatal blow?!

"Insects! Struggling in their death throes!"

He was furious and felt utterly humiliated, so he slammed his right hand down hard!
hum!
The giant crimson palm, which had paused for a moment, seemed to be infused with new power, its might even intensifying as it pressed down once more!

Upon seeing this, Zhou Xun felt a chill in his heart, and all hope vanished!

With a hardened heart,
The storage bag flashed with light, and four beams of spiritual energy flew out!

Nine Luminaries True Gourd, Landscape Folding Fan, Mysterious Ice Claw, and Bone Whip!
Four spiritual treasures in total.

Four streaks of light, carrying a vast spiritual pressure and aura of destruction far exceeding that of the Thunderfire Pearl, rushed headlong into destruction like moths to a flame!

This is not enough!

Zhou Xun made a hand seal and stomped his foot!

"Nine Palaces Profound Origin, arise!"

Om-!
The entire Dingcui Peak trembled violently, and a huge, incredibly sturdy light screen, imbued with the mysteries of the Nine Palaces, suddenly lit up, enveloping the core area of ​​the mountain!

At the same time, five ferocious and roaring phantom images of demonic souls condensed on the light screen—these were the five fifth-order demonic souls condensed by the formation "Demon Spirit Transformation"!

They let out a silent roar, carrying the enormous spiritual power drawn from the formation, and fearlessly soared into the sky, launching a suicidal charge towards the giant hand!

After playing all their cards without holding back,
Without even looking at the result, Zhou Xun's internal magic power burned wildly, transforming into a streak of purple lightning, and shot towards the left-hand stone chamber in the cave at the fastest speed he had ever seen!

The moment he rushed into the stone chamber, the teleportation array was activated by Xiao Jia. Complex runes lit up in circles, spatial fluctuations rippled violently, and a white teleportation beam was rapidly taking shape!
Sun Yuanxuan stood pale-faced in the center of the formation, while Xiao Jia anxiously stood guard beside her.

At the same moment Zhou Xun rushed into the stone chamber—

High in the sky, four low-grade spiritual treasures exploded almost simultaneously!
The power of the self-destruction of the spiritual treasure far exceeded that of the Thunderfire Pearl, and was almost equivalent to the simultaneous self-destruction of the nascent souls of four mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators!
Add to that the suicidal attack of five fifth-tier demon souls...

At that moment, it was as if nine suns were exploding simultaneously above Dingcui Peak!

A terrifying energy storm instantly engulfed everything!
The mighty crimson flame giant hand could no longer maintain its complete form under the combined and devastating impact of the explosion!
The giant hand trembled violently, and the crimson flames were torn apart and annihilated by the violent energy... The enormous palm shadow became illusory and dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The terrifying aftershocks, like a destructive tide, spread wildly in all directions!

"Stop it!" Xuan Gui Tianjun roared angrily, his hair and beard bristling.

Dozens of Nascent Soul Celestial Lords, who had been waiting in full battle array, simultaneously poured their magical power into the formation without reservation.
The thick spiritual energy barrier emitted a heavy hum and shone brightly, as if a real mountain range had materialized!

boom--! ! !
The devastating shockwave slammed into the spiritual energy barrier!
Click... click...

In an instant, the outermost dozens of light shields shattered like glass! The entire spiritual energy barrier twisted and caved in violently, as if it would collapse at any moment!

All the Nascent Soul cultivators trembled violently, their faces turned pale, and some of the weaker cultivators even had blood spilling from the corners of their mouths!

But they ultimately pulled through together!
They firmly blocked the aftershocks, which could have destroyed a small city, outside the Dingcui Peak area, protecting the countless low-level cultivators behind them.

Just as the giant hand was blasted apart,

A crimson palm print, less than a tenth the size of the original, was mixed in with the chaotic energy flow.

It slammed down hard onto the light screen activated by the Nine Palaces Profound Origin Array!

boom--! ! !
A loud bang that was extremely dull!
The light screen flickered violently, emitting a teeth-grinding groan! Its surface was instantly covered with dense, spiderweb-like cracks!
The light dimmed rapidly, as if it were about to shatter completely at any moment!
But it held on in the end!
The power of the remaining palm print, after being weakened by the Thunderfire Pearl, the self-destruction of the Four Spiritual Treasures, and the self-destruction of the Five Demon Souls, was finally exhausted to its limit.
Just as it was about to completely shatter the light barrier, its energy was exhausted, it flickered a few times, and then completely dissipated into nothingness.

The light curtain of the Nine Palaces Profound Origin Array was covered with cracks, and its spiritual light was extremely dim. It was teetering on the brink of collapse, but in the end, it did not break!

Just a hair's breadth away!
"Young man!!!"

High in the sky, Lu Xinghai let out a deafening roar!

He never expected that his furious attack would be weakened layer by layer by a junior Nascent Soul cultivator in such a frenzied manner.
In the end, they couldn't even completely break through the opponent's defensive light barrier!

What a shame!
He moved instantly, appearing above Dingcui Peak. Looking at the cracked light screen, he flicked his finger without thinking!
A highly condensed crimson spiritual light shot out like an arrow, easily piercing through the already exhausted light barrier!

Click!

The Nine Palaces Profound Origin Array shattered completely, turning into countless points of light that dissipated.

At this moment, Lu Xinghai's divine sense also saw the scene inside the stone chamber.

Zhou Xun stood within the blazing white pillar of light, his figure beginning to blur.
Zhou Xun also saw Lu Xinghai.

Their eyes met fiercely.
In Zhou Xun's eyes, there was no fear, no pleading, only coldness, killing intent, and... a hint of mockery.
The next moment, the intense white light completely engulfed Zhou Xun, Xiao Jia, and Sun Yuanxuan.

A violent spatial fluctuation flashed by!
hum!
The stone chamber was instantly empty, leaving only a teleportation array that gradually dimmed.

Lu Xinghai watched all of this unfold, but due to the momentary obstruction of the array's light barrier, he was ultimately a step too late!
He arrived in a rage, full of menace, determined to crush this ant, but in the end... the other party managed to escape right under his nose!
"You brat, I swear I will kill you—"

I swear I will kill you!!!

Above Dingcui Peak, only the furious and enraged roar of the Lu Clan Ancestor could be heard, rolling like thunder, shaking the entire Tian Shu City.

All the cultivators who witnessed this scene fell into a deathly silence, their hearts filled with endless shock and disbelief.

Lei Yutianjun... actually managed to escape from a furious mid-stage Void Refinement expert!
(End of this chapter)