Battle Through the Heavens: The Holy Sun Immortal Venerable

Chapter 176 Devouring Lin Ran! Breaking Through to Half-Saint!

"If you want to satisfy the pure Yang power of the three of us brothers at the same time, you must at least reach the Dou Zun realm. So from the beginning, I had you cultivate the Joyful Zen Bliss Technique and let you absorb the furnace from a young age, trying to raise you to the Dou Zun realm in the shortest possible time."

"In fact, at the very beginning, my second and third brothers and I intended to raise you as a furnace."

Scorpio's calm voice rang in Lin Ran's ears, each word like a sharp blade, constantly piercing Lin Ran's heart.

His body was trembling.

The sealing spell only restricted his fighting spirit and physique, and would not cause much damage to his physical body. The only thing that might cause some problems was the wound in his abdomen where a scorpion had pierced through it.

At this moment, Lin Ran's trembling was not only physical, but also mental!

"Unfortunately, the limitations of the Pure Yang Body's realm are amplified infinitely under the effect of the Joyful Zen Bliss Technique. The 'Three Realms of Pure Yang,' which should only limit your main realm, have actually affected your physique, blood and qi, and even your potential to a certain extent."

"While such restrictions could be addressed to some extent by forcibly instilling them through elixirs, the cautionary tale of the Joyful Zen Bliss Technique, along with the pursuit and restrictions imposed on us by various forces in the Central Plains, ultimately led us to decide to try other methods."

"Therefore, we have decided that we can give you a certain degree of freedom."

Earth Scorpion sneered and continued Sky Scorpion's words.

According to ancient records.

"Those who possess a Pure Yang Body not only have an extremely strong and yang physical constitution and an inexhaustible source of fighting energy, but they are also born with great fortune!"

May your happiness be as boundless as the Eastern Sea and your good fortune as limitless as the heavens!

"Instead of feeding you with lots of pills and wasting your pure yang aptitude, we might as well release your luck in this area, let you grow on your own and make your own progress. Maybe you can bring us some unexpected surprises."

"Clearly, we succeeded, and you did not disappoint us at all."

"The great fortune of the Pure Yang Body has been perfectly displayed on you. In just two or three years, you not only refined the Heavenly Spirit Dragon Blood Pill and completed the replenishment of your blood energy, breaking through the limitations of the Pure Yang Body Blood Realm, but also broke through the Dou Zun realm, raising your strength to this level."

"A four-star Dou Zun, you are now fully capable of meeting the needs of the three of us brothers. In fact, you've brought us such a pleasant surprise!"

A fiery glint appeared in the scorpion's eyes, and with a slight movement of his palm, Lin Ran felt a sharp pain in his lower abdomen.

Under his incredulous gaze, a wisp of the Holy Golden Meteor Heart Flame was forcibly extracted from the sealing spell, quietly swaying at the Scorpion's fingertips.

"What a dazzling strange fire! This is at least in the top ten of the Strange Fire Ranking... no, it's in the top five!"

The scorpion licked its lips: "Such a treasure is something most people would never even see in their entire lives, yet you acquired it in just two or three years. Such luck truly befits someone clearly marked as a 'person of great fortune' in ancient texts!"

"Alright, third brother, it's time to send Xiao Linzi on his way."

Earth Scorpion said in a deep voice, "Let our eldest brother break through to the Dou Sheng realm first, so that those guys like the Heavenly Demon Phoenix won't come knocking on our door again. Without a Dou Sheng, we probably won't be able to keep them in check."

The Heavenly Phoenix Clan is extremely powerful, and even the Three Demon Scorpion Demons are quite wary of them.

In this battle, the enemy only sent three elders, yet they were severely injured. If it weren't for the sect's protective formation, and the fact that the enemy didn't fight them to the death, the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts would probably have been wiped out by now.

Breaking through to the Dou Sheng realm is of utmost urgency!

"Let's go."

Scorpion calmly walked up to Lin Ran, and with his thin, eagle-claw-like hand, he grabbed at the air, lifting Lin Ran's body with spatial power and moving him towards the array eye in the main hall where Scorpion had been sitting cross-legged.

As the young sect leader of the Cloud Rain Sect, Lin Ran was naturally familiar with the sect's protective formation, but at this moment, the formation was completely unfamiliar to him.

This is not a sect-protecting formation!

"This is the bloodline stripping array I've been researching!"

Seemingly sensing Lin Ran's thoughts, Scorpion kindly explained, "Through this formation, I can completely devour the pure Yang energy within you. The process will be quick, though it will be a little painful."

"But don't worry, this process won't last too long. After all, you are the child I raised with my own hands. I would not be able to bear to let you suffer for a long time."

The child I raised myself...

Lin Ran closed his eyes in pain, unable to resist, he could only let the Scorpion place him on the center of the formation.

As soon as Lin Ran's body was placed on the stone platform, a gray light immediately emanated from it, completely enveloping Lin Ran's body. The next moment, the gray light revealed a blood-gold radiance.

Upon seeing the appearance of this blood-gold color, Scorpion was overjoyed and immediately sat cross-legged in front of Lin Ran. At the same time, Human Scorpion and Earth Scorpion also sat on the other two sides of Lin Ran, forming a triangle that enveloped Lin Ran.

The blood-gold color also split into three streams as the three scorpion demons sat cross-legged. The largest stream surged towards the Heavenly Scorpion, while the rest split into two, flowing towards the Earth Scorpion and the Human Scorpion.

The three of them held their breath and focused their energy, absorbing the blood-gold aura to the maximum extent. The moment the blood-gold aura appeared, their bodies trembled violently!

The changes in the earth scorpion and the human scorpion were not obvious, but the changes in the celestial scorpion, which had absorbed almost eight or nine tenths of the blood-gold energy, were much more significant.

In the blink of an eye, Scorpio's thin and withered body swelled up rapidly like an inflated balloon, and its shriveled skin began to turn red, with steam even emanating from it. Overall, Scorpio's entire body looked as if it had been cooked!

"This feeling! This power!"

Scorpio laughed heartily, his face beaming with ecstasy.

He could clearly feel a strong life force continuously flowing into his body. His old and frail body was now like barren land being nourished by spring rain, beginning to regain its vitality.

He's getting younger!

"It really works!"

Upon seeing the Scorpion's current appearance, both the Human Scorpion and the Earth Scorpion were overjoyed.

Although Scorpio's cultivation level had not changed at this moment, the two of them could clearly feel the vitality that was constantly rising within Scorpio's body!

Putting everything else aside, this vitality alone is enough to extend a Scorpio's lifespan by a hundred years!

If I continue to absorb this, breaking through to the Dou Sheng realm will be no problem at all!

The Earth Scorpion and the Human Scorpion exchanged a glance and hurriedly began to absorb the blood-gold power. Although this blood-gold power was pitifully small compared to that of the Heavenly Scorpion, it was still pure yang power.

Compared to the three scorpion demons, their faces glowing red and radiating the power of blood and gold, Lin Ran, who was currently trapped within the formation, appeared utterly pitiful.

As the formation activated, a deep, bone-chilling pain surged through Lin Ran, distorting his face completely.

of course.

If it were just physical pain, that would be fine.

What's truly serious is the loss of pure Yang energy!

Lin Ran's body was visibly shriveling up at a rapid pace. His jet-black hair began to turn gray from his temples, then pale, and his body, which was almost like a work of art, began to lose its luster, like the bark of a withered tree.

The three scorpion demons were like three vampires, constantly sucking and devouring everything on Lin Ran's body, turning it into their own!

As the pure yang energy was continuously drawn out, the gray array became increasingly blood-red. Eventually, the entire array even turned blood-gold, and a rich, bloody smell emanated from it. An extremely terrifying and strange power also slowly spread out and merged into the bodies of the three scorpion demons.

The three Scorpion Demons showed no discomfort whatsoever; in fact, they all wore expressions of intoxication.

Under this force, the blood in their bodies began to flow rapidly.

"Very good, the initial adaptation is complete. Next, we will extract the power of origin!"

Ten minutes later, Scorpion slowly opened his eyes and said, "Second and third brothers, protect me!"

"Yes, brother!"

"Yes, brother!"

The Earth Scorpion and the Human Scorpion reluctantly ended their absorption of the Blood Gold Power, then stood up and left the entire formation to the Sky Scorpion.

Scorpion took a deep breath, his hands forming a mudra. The blood-gold array immediately began to fluctuate violently. Thin strands of blood-gold energy, like needles, suddenly condensed on the array.

Then it fiercely stabbed at the scorpion's body, finally crashing into its pores with extreme brutality, and rushing wildly into its body.

"hiss!"

The sudden, sharp pain made Scorpio's face turn pale instantly, and he couldn't help but gasp. But the next moment, the look of wild joy on his face could no longer be concealed.

He could clearly feel that with the influx of this power, his bottleneck, which had remained unshaken for decades, finally began to loosen slightly at this moment!

"Hahaha, my good disciple, my good disciple!"

Scorpio was in excruciating pain from the energy surge, wincing in agony, but the ever-increasing energy within him only made his smile grow even wider.

Inside the formation, Lin Ran's face was now completely bloodless, and his jet-black hair had turned completely white.

Blood is flowing

The body is dissolving.

The battle aura is dissipating!

An extreme sense of weakness quickly spread from his body, and the combined effect of intense pain and extreme weakness caused Lin Ran's eyelids to droop uncontrollably.

He knew he was going to die.

To die at the hands of the person you respect and rely on most.

"How... ridiculous..."

Endless weakness was like a vortex leading to a quagmire of death, constantly swallowing him up. Lin Ran closed his eyes in despair, waiting for death to come.

He had given up resisting, and there was no way to resist; he had no choice but to wait for death.

Scorpio's aura grew stronger, while Lin Ran's aura grew weaker.

Until a certain limit was reached, the aura emanating from Scorpio suddenly underwent a dramatic change.

An immense aura erupted from Scorpio's body like a tidal wave.

A dazzling light spread and rose within this powerful aura. The earth scorpion and human scorpion guarding the side were somewhat stunned and exclaimed in disbelief.

"This! Could this be a Battle Saint?"

"Big brother, you've broken through to the Dou Sheng realm?!"

The earth scorpion and the human scorpion looked at the sky scorpion with great surprise. The sky scorpion slowly opened its eyes and shook its head.

"No, I'm only a half-saint now, not a true Dou Sheng yet. But that's not a big problem. I've already touched the threshold of Dou Sheng. As long as I absorb a portion more pure Yang power, I can break the shackles and become a true Dou Sheng!"

Half-saint!

These two simple words caused both the earth scorpion and the human scorpion to catch their breath, plunging them into an unspeakable ecstasy.

Half-Saint—this level might be extremely unfamiliar to others, but Earth Scorpion and Human Scorpion are quite familiar with it.

This level is also known as the abyss of despair for all peak Dou Zun experts. In the world, most experts who reach the peak of Dou Zun stop at the edge of this half-saint level. No matter how hard they try to cultivate, they still cannot truly step into this so-called half-saint level.

Only by reaching the level of a half-saint can one be qualified to reach the level of a fighting saint!

It could even be said that being a half-saint is the most important foundation before stepping into the Dou Sheng level. If one cannot step into the half-saint level, then one can never hope to become a true Dou Sheng powerhouse!

As the title of Dou Di gradually becomes a legendary memory existing only in history, the simple word "Saint" represents the pinnacle of this world.

A Dou Zun powerhouse can be considered one of the strongest on the continent, but being one of the strongest does not necessarily mean being at the peak. In this world, the peak belongs to those at an even higher level.

Similarly, this so-called semi-saint level is the realm that both Earth Scorpion and Human Scorpion dream of, and of course, it was once a luxury for Sky Scorpion as well.

However, they also understood in their hearts how difficult it was to reach this realm. Perhaps even if they exhausted their entire lives, they would not be able to truly achieve it. At this moment, their elder brother, Scorpion, was already a half-saint, and even had the opportunity to break through to become a true Dou Sheng. How could the two of them not be excited and thrilled?

"Big brother! Quickly absorb energy and break through to the Dou Sheng realm!"

"Yes, brother! Let's press our advantage and break through to the Dou Sheng realm in one fell swoop!"

Earth Scorpion and Human Scorpion spoke excitedly, and Sky Scorpion nodded in deep agreement. He took a deep breath, formed a hand seal, and continued to absorb pure Yang energy.

This time, however, before the Scorpion could absorb it for long, the array, which had turned completely blood gold, suddenly stopped.

"Um?"

Scorpio's expression changed slightly.

The next moment, to his astonishment, the blood-gold formation actually...

It's a disaster!

(End of this chapter)