All of the protagonist's Daoist partners are mine!

"Not good!" Yu Xiaoyao intervened to intercept the short sword.

This is her cave dwelling, which has been carefully set up by her over the years with multiple layers of restrictions. Ordinary Mahayana cultivators would find it difficult to discover, let alone break into, which is why they were careless and did not notice this attack.

She clapped her hands, intending to knock the flying sword down.

Unexpectedly, the short sword had a strange quality; it actually passed through her attack and further shredded the body that Ge Zhangang had just acquired and hadn't even warmed up yet.

"It's actually a killing technique that follows bloodlines; such a technique is truly rare in the lower realms."

In the upper realm, attacks that follow causal lines and timelines are not uncommon, but this is the first time she has encountered one in the lower realm.

This moment of stunned silence caused Ge Zhan's physical body to explode once again.

"Stop!" Yu Xiaoyao had no choice but to save Ge Zhan's primordial spirit and then, with a wave of his hand, sealed off all his bloodline connections.

Unable to sense its target, the short sword lost its direction and, maintaining its momentum, plunged into the stone wall, turning into fragments of spiritual energy that gradually dissipated.

"Hmm?" Yu Xiaoyao sensed a gaze within the fading sword.

Xing Moxie sealed a wisp of her consciousness within the sword, observing the scene through it.

"Tsk tsk tsk. Seriously, these chosen ones are just too... something else. They're always surrounded by either old men or beautiful women. They've got all the beauties in the world. How are the other losers supposed to survive?" Xing Moxie, who was sitting cross-legged in his secluded cultivation room, shook his head and sighed.

At the same time, he also sighed that this young chosen one was truly difficult to kill; even in such a state, his primordial spirit was still saved.

Well, it's too late to finish them off now. I guess I'll have to wait until another day... huh?

Just as Xing Moxie was about to sever the connection between her consciousness and the short sword, an unexpected scene unfolded.

He saw Yu Xiaoyao's expression change in the scene, and a spatial fluctuation appeared in the cave. The space in front of Yu Xiaoyao suddenly shattered, shooting out a beam of ancient black light.

Damn it!

It was a cross-dimensional sneak attack!

Someone is using the spatial passage she previously created.

Yu Xiaoyao was shocked and simultaneously struck the black light with all her might. Although the black light was knocked away, she also felt a sharp pain in her palm, and several cracks appeared as if jade had been shattered.

"The Void-Piercing Arrow?!" After seeing clearly what the hidden weapon that attacked him was, Yu Xiaoyao dared not be careless and immediately stood up from the jade bed.

She had been wondering when her own cave dwelling had become like a public toilet, accessible at will.

Are all those restrictions outside just for show? Some of them are even used to seal off separate spaces.

But it's not surprising to see the Void-Breaking Arrow.

This thing is a Dao weapon used in the Upper Realm to ambush, finish off, and launch surprise attacks for a one-hit kill; it's specifically designed to break through restrictions and barriers. Although the arrow in front of us is damaged, tracing the spatial fluctuations it left behind isn't difficult.

If the arrow that struck her had been a complete Void-Piercing Arrow, she would probably be missing an arm by now.

The next second, a powerful burst of spiritual energy emanated from the space shattered by the Void-Breaking Arrow. The spiritual energy condensed into a pair of large hands, which forcefully tore open and expanded the spatial passage.

Upon seeing the Mahayana stage man take a step forward, Yu Xiaoyao felt as if he were facing a formidable enemy.

"Damn it, this person has such cultivation and is also surrounded by great fortune. Could he be someone favored by the Heavenly Dao?" Yu Xiaoyao couldn't understand how the person he had chosen had offended such a freak.

Generally speaking, one's luck diminishes with cultivation. Even cultivation geniuses should have very little luck left after reaching the Mahayana stage. Otherwise, wouldn't everyone be able to ascend to immortality through luck alone?

Through the sword, Xing Moxie saw Xiao Fan appear and was overjoyed.

"Awesome! As expected of my good senior brother. I knew you old cunning bastard had other tricks up your sleeve besides the Nine Clans Elimination Game."

How can one be called the chosen one if they don't hold back some trump cards?

When you thought he had only reached the Foundation Establishment stage, he had actually already reached the Nascent Soul stage. When you thought he only had one low-grade magic weapon, he actually possessed ten high-grade ones. When you thought he couldn't find you, he suddenly appeared before you.

What's this dog called? The Chosen One!

Ge Zhan's primordial spirit and soul were mostly destroyed by the Nine Clans Elimination Game. Now, he has only four out of his three souls and seven spirits remaining, which is even worse than when he first arrived.

Seeing someone chasing after him through the spatial passage he had come from, he instinctively assumed that this powerful figure was in cahoots with Xing Moxie. His Dao heart, which had been on the verge of collapse several times, finally gave way and completely crumbled.

"Damn it, damn it! You bunch of bastards are trying to drive me to the brink of despair! I'm going to kill you all, kill you all—!" A black and red aura composed of blood and negative energy rose from his soul.

Yu Xiaoyao felt a sense of foreboding and quickly channeled his consciousness into the situation: "Disciple, stabilize your Dao heart! You are about to suffer a cultivation deviation and develop a demonic inner demon."

Inner demons? Upon hearing this, Ge Zhan's primordial spirit was not flustered at all, but instead overjoyed.

That's great!

He had heard that becoming a demon could greatly increase one's strength, and he used to scoff at it, but now all he wanted was power.

Power, power, and more power!

Rumble! The sky outside the cave turned from clear to dark clouds, with lightning flashing and thunder roaring wildly.

Although the will of Heaven was dormant, it instinctively roared in fury upon sensing that the young chosen one of Heaven was showing signs of falling into demonic possession.

"Hmm?" Xiao Fan looked at the wisp of broken primordial spirit: "Such a strong aura of inner demons, actually triggering strange phenomena in heaven and earth. It seems that the Star Gazing Saintess's divination was not wrong at all. You really are a demon star. If you are allowed to grow up, I'm afraid you will become the second Xing Moxie."

"Wait! He's just—" Yu Xiaoyao wanted to explain further.

But Ge Zhan was already arrogant and disdainful of everything: "With inner demons afflicting me, the Great Dao leaves no trace! If I become a demon, there will be no Buddhas in the world! Hah—"

Xing Moxie almost burst out laughing when he saw this scene through the sword: "The Little Chosen One has gone mad? Even in his madness, he still remembers to recite rhymes, damn it, the Innate Examination Saint Body, is that it?"

Xiao Fan snorted coldly, his killing intent surging forth.

He didn't make a move as soon as he appeared because he couldn't sense any causal relationship between himself and Ge Zhan, and thought there might be some misunderstanding.

But this bastard only has half a primordial spirit left, yet he still dares to succumb to demonic possession right in front of him. He really doesn't take him, the Xuan Tian Holy Son who conquered the Demon Palace and killed the Demon Lord, seriously at all.

"I'll make you fall into demonic possession, die!" Xiao Fan punched Ge Zhan's remnant soul.

Yu Xiaoyao naturally couldn't let him kill the person he had been waiting for all these years: "Stop!"

She raised her finger and unleashed "Spiritual Connection," sending a beam of spiritual light towards Xiao Fan. Although it was only the spiritual power of the Integration Stage, the technique was of extremely high grade, enough to kill a Mahayana early-stage cultivator from the lower realm.

"Hundred Battles Overlord Fist!"

boom!

Xiao Fan unleashed his Yin and Yang energies, combining them with his physical constitution to shatter her finger shadow with a single punch.

"You! You actually possess both the Primordial War God Body and the Yin-Yang War Body!?"

Even Yu Xiaoyao, who came from the upper realm, was cursing inwardly. "Damn it, what kind of monster is this?"

Chapter 157: 74 Crushing the Little Chosen One

Xing Moxie watched their fight, leisurely taking out two bottles of soda and melon seeds from his storage ring, and sighed, "Sigh. Little beauty, you have the means of the upper realm to kill enemies across realms, but isn't your opponent also blessed with good fortune and invincible within the same realm?"

Of course, his words wouldn't reach the other side.

Upon seeing that the other party possessed two constitutions that were extremely rare even in the Upper Realm, Yu Xiaoyao's sense of foreboding grew stronger.

Xiao Fan naturally sensed that the opponent's true level was quite impressive, but it seemed that due to some uncontrollable factor, he could only use the power of the Fusion Stage.

Originally, he didn't intend to take advantage of someone's misfortune and destroy the flower, but Yu Xiaoyao's methods made him dare not hold back: "Five Spirit Dharma Forms, open!"

A phantom image composed of the five elements of spiritual energy appeared behind him, which was extremely mysterious.

This is a super killing move that he created after he replenished all five elements of spiritual roots to the highest grade and comprehended the Yin and Yang principles, using the unknown-grade cultivation technique "Great Yin Yang Five Elements Heart Method".

"Shock!" The phantom struck down with a palm, or rather, it intended to shatter Ge Zhan's primordial spirit in Yu Xiaoyao's hand.

"You dare?" Yu Xiaoyao gritted his teeth and made his decision. He formed a hand seal, causing the entire blessed land to tremble.

When she first escaped to the lower realm, she still possessed the strength of a late-stage Mahayana cultivator. Unfortunately, her primordial spirit injuries worsened day by day, and over the years her power plummeted to the level of a Nascent Soul cultivator. Otherwise, she wouldn't have needed to resort to this ultimate method!

She was going to detonate this grotto-heaven that could suppress injuries to the primordial spirit! She activated the killing array she had set up in the grotto-heaven, using the spiritual power accumulated over the years to suppress and kill Xiao Fan.

"Hidden Origin Annihilation Formation! Kill!"

Rumble!

The cave, at least the size of two football fields, trembled violently, then the world fell silent, and then the space rapidly contracted and collapsed towards Xiao Fan.

What terrifying power! It was as if the world was about to coalesce into a singularity.

The power accumulated over hundreds of years in this blessed land transformed into a pure wave of destruction, threatening to crush and flatten everything. Xiao Fan's Five Elemental Dharma Images also disintegrated in this terrifying power, and his true body was condensed within it by powerful spiritual energy.

Powerful and strong, so powerful!

"Break!" Yu Xiaoyao shouted softly.

Click! Bang!

My God, cracks appeared in the space that bound Xiao Fan, and then Xiao Fan vanished and disappeared from his physical body to his primordial spirit right before her eyes.

During the collapse of the blessed land, the sword that carried a wisp of Xing Moxie's consciousness was also destroyed.

In his last glance before the visual transmission was interrupted, Xing Moxie saw Xiao Fan being shattered.

"Hmm, what a powerful formation. If I were trapped in it now, I'm afraid I would not escape death." He opened the door of his secluded cultivation room with a nonchalant air, put his hands behind his back, and went to play with Linglong and the others: "It's just a pity that our chosen one is not so easy to kill."

……

"Ha..." Yu Xiaoyao sat in the collapsed cave, his face pale and panting heavily.

The Hidden Origin Annihilation Array consumed too much of her spiritual power, even aggravating the Dao injury on her primordial spirit, causing her cultivation level to plummet from the Integration stage to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul stage.

Furthermore, without the grotto-heaven, it will likely perish within a hundred years.

Fortunately, the person who was meant to be saved was saved.

“I have some rare and precious materials hidden elsewhere. As long as I use them to rebuild this kid’s physical body and then nurture him to the Golden Core stage, it will help me suppress my Dao injury. I hope I can still retain my Golden Core cultivation by then… It’s just that this inner demon will be a bit troublesome.”

Yu Xiaoyao watched the black and red aura gradually enveloping Ge Zhan's primordial spirit and couldn't help but feel worried.

She began to regret saving Ge Zhan across space, not only losing a Dao weapon but also losing her grotto-heaven and a vast collection of medicines.

If I had known I would pay such a heavy price, I should have kept quiet and waited another thousand years for the next destined person.

But the rescue has already been carried out, and the sunk costs are getting bigger and bigger, so there is no room for giving up halfway.

But just then, a hand suddenly reached out and snatched Ge Zhan's soul away.

"What?! Who is this?!" Yu Xiaoyao exclaimed, looking ahead in a huff.

Are there more experts out there? Is this ever going to end?

The giant hand was connected to countless translucent points of light and fragments that were rapidly coalescing into a human shape.

"A killing formation that sacrifices a blessed land is truly remarkable in its boldness and methods."

"What? You!?"

Yu Xiaoyao was dumbfounded. Wasn't this the man she had just beaten to a pulp?

She looked at Xiao Fan in astonishment: "Impossible! My Hidden Yuan Annihilation Array obliterated every wisp of your primordial spirit and every drop of your blood. Even if you have the constitution and means to regenerate from a drop of blood, it's impossible for you to recover!"

"Hmph. How could a mere body and soul be destroyed, possibly harm me?" Xiao Fan held Ge Zhan's primordial spirit in one hand and placed the other behind his back, exuding the aura of an emperor.

That's so domineering, so powerful!

Yu Xiaoyao's mentality collapsed. What does "utterly annihilated, body and soul" even mean? A normal person would die if even one part of their body was destroyed, okay? Even the strongest cultivator would be gone if their body and soul were completely destroyed.

Yu Xiaoyao noticed that his physical body and primordial spirit were gradually recovering under the interference of two faint causal lines.

"Rebirth through cause and effect? ​​You, you've actually mastered the Three Bodies Technique!?"

The Three Bodies of Wonder: Past Body, Present Body, and Future Body. One can borrow supreme power from the Future Body to strengthen oneself, and borrow a sliver of life from the Past Body to achieve immortality.

Simply put, once the Three Bodies Technique is mastered, as long as one has existed in the past, one will not be killed in the present.

This is insane, absolutely insane. Such a supreme technique is so powerful that even in the Upper Realm, very few can master it. How could a mere Mahayana cultivator in the Lower Realm possibly achieve it?

Yu Xiaoyao had lost the will to fight. Since her opponent possessed the Three Bodies Technique, even at her peak, she could only overwhelm him, not kill him.

Not to mention that his cultivation level has now dropped by a whole grade.

Although Xiao Fan appeared confident and composed, he was actually relieved—damn, thank goodness this woman's trump card was a killing formation. If it had been a seal, I would have been doomed.

The Three Bodies Mystic Technique only grants immortality; it does not mean it cannot be sealed or suppressed.

"The future demon star, annihilated!"

"No!"

"Croak—Eat up!"

Xiao Fan squeezed hard, crushing Ge Zhan's primordial spirit into a bloody mess.

What does it mean to be utterly annihilated? This is what you call utterly annihilated!

A string in Yu Xiaoyao's heart snapped with a bang.