Overdraw the future and become a peerless martial god

Chapter 134 Defying Fate at the Bottom of the Cliff
The Soul-Locking Banner shook violently.

Black energy burst forth from the banner, and countless souls howled in agony, coalescing into a soul-devouring black mist that swept across the heavens and earth, engulfing Chu Ning in an instant.

The black mist had no physical form, yet it sealed off ears and eyes, devoured souls and confused consciousness. In an instant, Chu Ning felt as if all five senses were lost, the world became empty, and even his heartbeat seemed to have been hollowed out.

He was already severely injured, and now his energy was unstable, his mind was in turmoil, and his sword strike lost its initiative.

The next moment, a palm strike, as close as a shadow, flashed by.

Qin Wuye moved like a ghost, suddenly appearing behind the black mist. He unleashed a palm strike, the Yin Talisman in his palm flashing, the chill penetrating straight to his bones.

"puff."

Chu Ning was struck in the chest by a palm strike, and was sent flying backward through the air, spitting out a large cloud of blood mist. His internal energy was instantly cut off.

"fall."

Qin Wuye sneered.

Chu Ning's body fell like a kite with a broken string, curving in an arc at the edge of the ice cliff before crashing heavily into the ice valley hundreds of feet below.

……

Beneath the icy valley, a frigid tide rages, and icefalls roar wildly.

Chu Ning crashed heavily into the solid ice at the bottom of the valley with a loud bang. Ice shards flew up several feet high, and amidst the swirling snow dust, the chill was like a knife piercing into the bone marrow and stabbing into the heart.

His whole body trembled violently, and his consciousness was like a candle flickering in the wind, almost extinguished.

But at that very moment, when life and death were at stake, Lei Xi, pushed to his limit, suddenly went berserk.

"boom!"

A bolt of lightning shot out from his chest and into the sky, piercing the icy dome, causing the heavens and earth to tremble.

Thunder rumbled and roared, like ten thousand drums striking the sky.

His bones crackled and reshaped amidst the tremors, his skin shattered, and his flesh charred, yet they healed rapidly under the sweeping lightning, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, reforging his lightning body.

But this time, it's different from before.

Not only were the Thunder Bones resounding, but the meridians between the bones also surged with the lightning. Purple-gold lightning patterns appeared on the meridians, like golden threads weaving the guide of heaven and earth, slowly extending to the limbs and bones. Between the chest and abdomen, it was as if divine chains intertwined, engraving the immortal thunder veins.

Thunder patterns flowed, veins roared, connecting the skeleton and running through the five internal organs and six bowels.

Primordial True Body - Thunder Tendon, initially formed.

At that moment, Chu Ning was like a divine body forged by the fire and thunder of the earth, reaching to the heavens and penetrating to the bone, with lightning illuminating the world.

"Roar!!"

With a low roar, lightning burst from his body, and he soared up with the fury of billions of volts, causing the entire ice valley to explode at that moment.

Ice walls crumbled like collapsing rocks, snow and rock fragments flowed upstream, and lightning flashed like knives, tearing through the wind and snow.

He raised the Snow-Breaking Blade high, his entire arm pulsating with lightning veins like a dragon, the blade's light gathering lightning energy, causing the sky to collapse and the earth to split.

"The world is extinguished."

The lightning pattern transformed into a dragon in an instant, slashing through the sky with rolling thunder and raging flames.

This same move, however, is no longer as powerful as it once was.

Thunder bones run through the body, and thunder tendons form chains.

With a single slash, the heavens collapsed and lightning struck, annihilating the world.

"Boom."

The entire ice valley was as if struck by divine lightning, instantly cracking open a giant fissure, causing the hundred-foot-high ice walls to collapse, the snow waterfall to cascade back, and the glacier to turn to dust.

The snow line above crumbled inch by inch, and the snow waves surged and rolled like a tsunami rushing towards the sky.

Qin Wuye's eyes changed drastically. He raised an eyebrow and retreated rapidly. As his robes billowed, a cold spirit shield condensed in his left palm. He shook the Soul-Locking Banner and pulled it back, barely managing to stabilize himself and narrowly avoid the lightning surge.

The other five guards were already terrified, staggering as if they were about to fall off the cliff, their eyes filled with fear.

"He... he's gotten stronger again?"

"This child cannot be kept!"

Amidst the wind and snow, Chu Ning stood proudly against the frosty sky, his body draped in lightning like wings, his lightning tendons exposed and his lightning bones resonating, surrounded by lingering snow.

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, Tun Yuan's laughter rose like a raging storm.

"Trying to extend the combustion life? Hahaha, you idiot, you're going to make me laugh to death!"

"Forcing your way to the next level will cost you ten years of your lifespan for every breath you maintain! Are you really going to... gamble your entire life for a few ants?"

Chu Ning gritted his teeth and did not answer.

Blood trickled from the corner of his lips, but he sealed his mouth with lightning breath.

"Didn't you say..." he coldly replied in his heart, "Thunder is the blade of a gambler."

"Then I'll show them what it means to defy fate." "You can choose to let go." Tun Yuan's tone turned cold. "I can borrow one of your origin fingers to sever their entire souls."

"What's the price?"

"I can spare your life, but you have to let me out."

Chu Ning sneered: "Get lost."

Tun Yuan's voice faltered, his laughter subsided, but he did not press the matter further.

"Then you'll have to tough it out yourself."

Chu Ning did not respond further, but tightened his grip on the knife.

But right now.

"puff!"

A sharp pain suddenly struck.

A cold light pierced through his body, penetrating below his right knee.

The Soul-Locking Banner descended from the sky like an arrow, piercing his right leg and pinning him to the ice wall.

Blood flowed from the cracks in the lightning pattern, leaving a crimson lightning bolt on the ice wall.

Qin Wuye looked down from the top of the cliff, his eyes filled with a coldness as heavy as the night.

"You think... a mere ninth rank can defy destiny?"

"In this world, all bloodlines, soul vessels, and those who defy fate—all must be transformed into vessels in this furnace."

The wind and snow howled.

Chu Ning hung on the ice wall, his blood dripping like rain.

The lightning had not yet died down, and his eyes remained bright.

He was pinned to the icy cliff face by the Soul-Locking Banner, his lightning armor shattered, and blood flowed down his right leg, staining the entire rock face red. Yet he remained defiant, his gaze like lightning blades, fixed on the dark figure atop the cliff.

Qin Wuye descended slowly from the height, his steps elegant, but his eyes were as cold as an abyss.

He walked up to Chu Ning and, without hesitation, stomped down on Chu Ning's head.

"Xie Chengjun's dog is nothing special."

“You rebellious people always try to break free from fate, but your lives have always been tools of others.”

Chu Ning's head nearly split open, his bones cracked, his soul trembled, and even his thunder bones emitted an unstable creaking sound.

"Activate the formation."

At Qin Wuye's command, four guards quickly formed hand seals and arranged a blood-red array around Chu Ning.

The formation is called the "Blood Refining Formation". Once activated, a blazing blood mark instantly appeared on Chu Ning's chest. His essence blood was forcibly drawn from his meridians and flew into the blood curse in the air like a red thread, where it was refined into a soul essence guide.

"Uh-huh——"

The excruciating pain felt like a thousand needles piercing his heart. Chu Ning roared with his head thrown back, feeling as if his entire being had been drained dry.

His pupils contracted violently under intense pressure, teetering on the brink of collapse.

At that moment, Chu Ning let out a sudden roar, as if the last string in the depths of his soul had snapped.

"Swallow the Abyss!"

"Give me strength!"

The world instantly lost its color.

Chu Ning's pupils turned into deep red blood-red eyes in that instant, his left arm trembled violently, and beneath his flesh, a sinister ancient rune emerged, winding like a dragon or snake, traversing from his palm to his shoulder blade.

"boom!"

The evil power surged like a tide, erupting from the depths of the sea of ​​consciousness.

In an instant, the soul of the Devouring Abyss took over Chu Ning's left arm. The muscles of that arm twisted and swelled, the joints cracked, and lightning and blood patterns intertwined, resembling the claw of a god or demon.

"Blood Prison - Thunderstorm".

Swallowing the Abyss whispers.

With a raised left arm and a clenched fist, the entire Blood Refining Array was instantly torn to shreds. The array patterns collapsed, and the blood curse backfired. The two closest of the four guards didn't even have time to scream before they were shredded into a cloud of blood mist by the lightning and blood threads.

"Boom!!"

Blood and flesh flew everywhere, and the cold snow swirled upside down.

The other two guards fled in panic, utterly terrified.

(End of this chapter)