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Chapter 484 Zhang Yuanzhu: I won! Jade Sun Temple (4000)

The old man from the Jade Sun Temple gazed at the jade spear that had merged into the boundless sea of ​​light, his eyes filled with hope.

Sizzle~ Roar~
The moment the jade spear touched the crimson dragon, its scales tore apart and its blade energy dissipated.

The jade spear pierced through the skull, managing to block the attack.

At this moment, the boundless sea of ​​light surged up, covering the crimson dragon and the mountain of knives, constantly eroding each other.

A smile appeared on the old man's wrinkled face, and then...
bang~
The body disintegrated, drifting like smoke and dust.

How can one survive by exploiting one's body, using one's most valuable resources, and interfering in the battles of the Golden Core stage?

"Great Elder!"

The cultivators cried out in grief, and the sacred sea of ​​light burned ever brighter, desperately trying to extinguish the blade's gleam.

It is unknown how much time has passed—whether it was an instant or eternity—the radiance faded, the sword light vanished, revealing the pitch-black void.

True Monarch Mu Luan gazed at the crimson figure with a solemn expression. The opponent was no weaker than an ordinary Golden Core True Monarch and was a true threat to the Boundless Palace, even surpassing the Azure Sun Sect.

Most importantly, the injuries he sustained during the conquest of the God-Controlling Plains have not yet fully healed, making it impossible for him to fight at full strength.

Zhang Yuanzhu's lips curled into a wide, unrestrained, and arrogant grin.
"If that's all, then stay here today."

The young man leaned forward and took a step.

Click~click~
The void cracked open, revealing a chaotic color, and the Great Desolate Halberd in his hand trembled slightly, bursting forth with extreme sharpness.

He raised his arm and brought it down again.

kill!

Like a thunderbolt flashing through the eternal darkness of night, tearing through the darkness and illuminating the world.

At this moment, no one could look directly at the sharp edge of the halberd.

Though invisible to all, its sharpness was unprecedentedly powerful, and in an instant, it slashed towards True Monarch Mu Luan with an even more explosive and overwhelming force.

Like a god wielding a halberd to slay the disobedient, or an emperor taking action to quell the rebellion!
Extremely domineering!

At the same moment, he raised his left arm and pulled down the willow wood cauldron above his head.

With five fingers gripping the cauldron's walls, carrying immense force, it smashed forward.

Boom~
As if the sky were collapsing and the earth were being overturned, even the void trembled wildly, creating ripples.

"kill!"

True Monarch Mu Luan looked up to the sky and roared, raising his arms and his five fingers changing as he cast a series of hand seals.

Strands of azure light emanated from his body, instantly filling every tiny corner of the void with brilliance and mystery.

These azure lights leaped and darted through the void, intertwining and converging to create various vibrant scenes: growing grass and trees, frolicking birds and beasts, and surging rivers, captivating and enchanting all living beings.

The various strange lights and wonders in the void disappeared as the last magic seal was cast.

hum~
The azure light shifted and the scene dissipated, transforming into a blue phoenix spreading its wings and soaring through the void.

The feathers are lifelike, and the pair of beastly eyes reveal elegance and nobility as they gaze upon the sharp blades that are about to strike.

"Taoist Technique - Azure Phoenix World-Suppressing Seal, kill."

The blue phoenix cried out, soaring upwards with the void on its back, and swung its battle halberd horizontally.

The two attacks approached each other at lightning speed, and in less than a breath, they collided violently.

Rumble~
Amidst a deafening roar that shook the void, the halberd and the azure phoenix clashed repeatedly, feathers falling in all directions, and the halberd trembling slightly.

However, to everyone's astonishment, the crimson cauldron bypassed the halberd and Taoist magic, and smashed towards the back of True Monarch Mu Luan.

"Zhang Yuanzhu, you despicable man."

"You wicked demon, kill!"

"Use our resources to destroy the cauldron."

One after another, the True Immortals of the Condensed Fiend roared, unleashing streams of light of various colors that shot towards the heavens, attempting to block the great cauldron.

Snap~ Bang~
The treasure exploded, the powerful artifact turned to ash, like colorful fireworks bursting forth, dazzling yet tinged with despair.

Can't stop!
Although their foundation is formidable, they are too weak.

One by one, the powerful cultivators who had been condensing evil spirits turned into bloody mud amidst their roars, scattering down the ground.

Within a few breaths, the crimson cauldron pressed down, and all the True Immortals who had come to participate in the battle perished.

At that moment, the void fell silent for a brief silence, only to be instantly filled with an even more deafening roar.

The blue phoenix soared, colliding with the battle halberd time and time again, stirring up endless waves of energy that blew out spiritual energy, blood color, and everything tangible and intangible.

Boom~
With another deafening roar, as if the world were being created, the Azure Phoenix cried out in anguish and was utterly annihilated.

A bronze halberd sliced ​​through the air and cleaved down.

At the same time, Liu Muding struck horizontally, aiming at the middle-aged man's back.

Sizzle~ Bang~
Blood splattered, bones shattered, and a figure staggered backward.

As Mu Luan Zhenjun retreated, he glanced at the spot where the cultivators from the Jade Sun Temple had died, a hint of sadness flashing in his eyes.

He was at a disadvantage in both of their short encounters, and today's outcome is unlikely to be what he hoped for.

"Zhang Yuanzhu, what a fine Zhang Yuanzhu!"

The True Lord withdrew his gaze, his eyes becoming calm, and all distracting thoughts in his mind were cut off.

He can still fight!
With a thought, a jade ruyi flew out from the chest of the True Monarch Mu Luan, hovering above his head and emitting streaks of blue light.

In an instant, all his injuries healed.

He raised his arms and made hand seals, and streams of magical power, Dao principles, and blood flowed into the jade ruyi.

hum~
The jade ruyi trembled slightly, unleashing an astonishing aura that caused the void to crack, revealing a chaotic flow of energy.

As the incantation changed, it transformed into a beam of jade light, creating a narrow ravine in the void as it charged forward.

Zhang Yuanzhu's expression was solemn. He released his left palm, and the willow wood tripod rose up, swelling in the wind.

In less than a breath, it was already as large as the stars, blocking the way in front of him.

Dang~
Amidst the clanging of metal, a beam of jade light swept across the great cauldron, and crimson fragments rained down.

Despite the blow, Zhang Yuanzhu's expression remained unchanged. With his free hand, he joined his fingers like a brush and made a light stroke.

stab~
The void tore open, revealing a narrow and irregular crack, like an ancient mirror emerging. The mirror frame was engraved with mysterious patterns, and the mirror surface shimmered with white light, reflecting mountains, rivers, the sun and moon, stars and all things, and giving birth to endless vitality.

slap~
Press down with your five fingers, grip the frame tightly, and flip it over.

Mirror back facing forward
Dark!

Pitch black!!
It's still pitch black!!!

Only the deepest destruction and death symbolize the ultimate Yin.

This is the Yin-Yang Mirror!

Even though it is not yet fully perfect, it still unleashes tremendous power.

With fingertips firmly gripping the frame, a gentle tap.

Boom~
The world darkened, and a streak of dark light burst forth, causing everything in its path to die.

The spiritual energy is waning, life is fading, and even the void itself is decaying, wrinkling and churning.

In the blink of an eye, they had already collided with the jade ruyi.

There was no deafening roar, only the interplay of jade light and dark light, silently fading away.

After an unknown amount of time, the jade ruyi flew backward and landed in front of True Monarch Muluan.

The Yin-Yang Mirror also vanished completely.

A figure in crimson robes and an ancient Taoist robe faced each other across thousands of miles of void.

Zhang Yuanzhu recalled the pierced willow cauldron, which hovered above his head. He held the Great Wilderness Halberd in one hand, his expression indifferent.

"It's time to end this boring probing!"

The youth took a step forward.

Within his dantian, the nine-layered spiritual platform trembled, bursting forth with streams of magical power and malevolent energy, like raging waves of a stormy sea, roaring and surging.

Within his body, his skin, flesh, bones, and internal organs trembled, unleashing powerful forces that empowered him, causing his blood and qi to surge forth and illuminate the vast void.

In the center of my mind, a nineteen-story glazed pagoda stood, its radiance flowing, and my spiritual consciousness flowed like a vast ocean.

At this moment, the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit are fully mobilized, bursting forth towards their peak state.

Mu Luan Zhenjun gazed at the crimson figure wielding a halberd and exhaled a breath of turbid air.

With all distracting thoughts clearing from my mind, only resolve remained. Since there was no way out, why hesitate to fight?
If you lose even when you try to bully the weak, then you might as well die.

boom! boom!
He ignited the golden core that he had cultivated for over seven hundred years without hesitation.

In this void, in this world, time and space are burning.

His injuries have been completely healed, and his strength is rising, surpassing even his former glory.

At this moment, he raised his palm and grabbed the jade ruyi, his fighting spirit burning fiercely like never before. A vast blue light illuminated the void, shining brightly alongside the youth's life force.

war!
Great battle!!
Fight to the death!!!

Sensing the fighting spirit emanating from his opponent, Zhang Yuanzhu's double pupils shone like two great suns, dazzling and brilliant.

He quickened his pace and approached her.

After taking a few steps, the two had cleared their minds of all distractions and began their life-or-death duel.

The two fought at an extremely fast pace; a single step could traverse thousands of miles of mountains and rivers.

Enveloped in blazing purple-gold blood energy and azure light, the two figures unleashed their full power.

Hundreds, even thousands, of moves are completed in a single instant, with a single swift motion, a single halberd strike.

A halberd against a jade scepter, fist against fist, hard against hard, and the Way against the Way.

The strong live, the weak die—it's that simple, that straightforward.

In the blink of an eye, the two had left the world and entered the void.

Even the cultivators of the Jade Sun Temple, who had been spying on this place through various means, could not see the battle between the two at this moment. They could only see streams of purple-gold blood energy burning in the void like raging flames.

Strands of azure light swept away countless void storms.

The two fought to the point of madness, blood splattering and white bones falling into the void.

In no time, bright red fragments and jade-colored shards flew out, calming the air currents.

boom!
Another sound, like a grand collision at the beginning of the universe.

The surging waves of air tore through countless spaces and annihilated countless void storms.

However, as the roar subsided, the two stood three feet apart, facing each other, and did not make a move again.

The fighting spirit in Mu Luan Zhenjun's eyes dissipated, and he returned to his usual peaceful state.

"Fellow Daoist, I have been defeated!"

He tilted his head slightly, gazing in the direction of the Jade Sun Temple, a hint of apology flashing in his eyes.

Click!Click!
From the inside out, cracks appeared on the golden core and the body, and then, under Zhang Yuanzhu's gaze, it turned into dust and vanished into nothingness.

Zhang Yuanzhu stood in the void, his red robe stained with blood, his fist revealing purple-gold bones, cracks appearing on the Great Desolate Halberd, and the Willow Wood Cauldron had collapsed somewhere unknown.

Ignoring his injuries, he savored the memory of the battle he had just fought.

The opponent burned his golden core, fighting with his life on the line, turning thousands of moves into a single punch and a wish-fulfilling gesture.

They fought a total of 134 moves.

Zhang Yuanzhu finally shattered the opponent's body and destroyed his golden core, thus ending the life of this adversary.

With a slight tremor of the hand, flesh and blood once again covered the fist.

"happy!"

The young man laughed loudly.

He himself didn't know how long it had been since he had encountered an opponent who required a life-or-death struggle.

He stretched out his palm, flicked his sleeve, and collected strands of blood, broken bones, and jade fragments.

He turned around and looked in the direction of the Jade Sun Temple. His laughter gradually stopped, and a coldness appeared in his eyes.

In the blink of an eye, his body transformed into rainbow light and vanished from the void.

In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, they appeared before a vast temple stretching for tens of thousands of miles.

The temple is ancient, covered by layers of grand formations, as bright as a great sun, radiating boundless brilliance.

But inside this magnificent temple, there was a sense of oppression and deathly silence, with figures sitting cross-legged, bowing to the statue in the center of the temple.

A deep voice echoed through the temple:

"The temple keeper of Yuyang Temple kowtows to Yuyang Zhenjun. Muluan Zhenjun has been defeated and killed, the twelve Ning Sha Zhenren have died, and the temple is about to be destroyed."

"Fortunately, the temple's disciples, along with its elite followers and important lineage, have all departed, awaiting future reconstruction."

"We are incompetent, which led to the destruction of the temple. We bid farewell to the True Lord here!"

"Ha~"

A soft laugh pierced through layers of formations and entered the hearts of the cultivators.

"Reconstruction? Farewell?"

"Why go to such trouble!"

A figure in crimson strode forward, bypassing layers of formations, and arrived before the statue.

Zhang Yuanzhu looked up, gazing at the more familiar face on the statue, a smile spreading across his face:

"Is this the scene you desire?"

"How could you possibly have bypassed the temple's great formation?"

Some cultivators stared blankly at the crimson figure, their expressions vacant.

How could the temple's formation be so easily bypassed? Even if the opponent was extremely proficient in formations, they shouldn't have done it this way.

Even if they could break through the formation in just a few moves, they wouldn't be so at a loss.

"Noisy!"

With a cold shout, the halberd swung backward.

Like a dragon in motion, fierce and sharp!

stab~
Blood and flesh flew everywhere, bones shattered, and the corpses of cultivators lay strewn on the ground.

With a single strike, almost all the cultivators inside the temple perished, turning it into a hellish realm.

Amidst the blood, flesh, and broken bones scattered on the ground, an old man in a Taoist robe leaned against a pillar, panting heavily, with drops of blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

"Zhang Yuanzhu, the four great temples of Wuliang Palace, and many other temples, will eventually become your burial place."

Zhang Yuanzhu slightly turned his body, looked at the old Taoist who had just received the attack, and sneered:
"Did he survive by sheer luck, relying on his Golden Core spiritual consciousness?"

He raised his arm, the Great Wilderness Halberd in his hand, and swung it down again.

stab~
The old Taoist priest and the stone pillar were instantly pulverized and died completely.

"The threat of ants feels noisy."

Turning around, facing the statue directly, a wide grin spread across his face as he uttered each word clearly:
"True Lord Yuyang, do you think what I said is correct?"

At this moment, a vast divine sense descended through a secret technique.

The statue, shrouded in divine light, looks down, its stone eyes as expressive as those of a living being.

"Zhang Yuanzhu, what happened today?"

bang~
With a single slash, the statue exploded, scattering incense and faith like a tidal wave sweeping across the land.

Zhang Yuanzhu took a step forward and stepped onto the statue's head:
"I hate it when my adversary looks down on me."

With a powerful push from the soles of his feet, cracks appeared on the stone skull.

The indifferent words, reflected clearly in the heart of True Lord Yuyang through the statue.

"Whether it's threats or angry words, tell me in person next time we meet."

bang~
The head collapsed, turning into stone chips that scattered on the ground.

Immediately, the nineteen-story glazed pagoda in Zhang Yuanzhu's mind trembled, and streams of spiritual consciousness surged out, scanning the temple.

His double pupils were deep and unfathomable, surveying all directions.

He strode forward, carefully examining every corner of the temple, ensuring that no matter where the monks hid, they would be found.

The halberd swung down intermittently, slaying living beings.

A mournful howl echoed within the temple.

He would occasionally collect jade slips, spiritual objects, or absorb some aura.

Time passed second by second, and the temples, which covered tens of thousands of miles, were thoroughly explored, with no living beings remaining.

(End of this chapter)