Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 143: Golden Core Attack, Golden Core Perishes (Part 2)

In the heart of Mount Muxia, rising water vapor soaks and stains the neatly arranged low-grade spirit stones.

Inside the pool, a human and a dragon-snake nestled together, continuously absorbing the spiritual energy from the surrounding spirit stones.

Lin Le internally observed his three secret realms expanding continuously until they reached their limit, a process that took him two days.

Two days later, all three secret realms reached 600 zhang. Lin Le's mind was immersed in the towering pillar. Looking ahead, he saw another majestic city gate.

Lin Le took a step forward, and the pressure began to increase. This pressure was heavier than before; before, it was like cotton, but now it felt like ordinary wood.

However, this did not hinder Lin Le. He moved forward at a steady pace and soon arrived at the fourth city gate.

With a single punch, accompanied by a deafening sound like a bronze bell, the city gate creaked open to both sides.

A burst of red flames surged from within the city gate and entered Lin Le's body.

It scattered into billions of red stars that fell into every particle (i.e., cell) in Lin Le's body, and then they began to "come alive".

The fourth stage of Foundation Establishment is called Food. Food means eating. After opening this stage, the human body no longer needs water and food, and can maintain its existence for a long time with just spiritual energy.

This is also a stage in which the foundation's lifespan undergoes the greatest change.

One can live for 300 years by passing the first city gate in the Foundation Establishment Realm. After that, each city gate increases one's lifespan by 60 years. Once the fourth city gate is passed, one can increase one's lifespan by 200 years.

Including the other three breakthroughs, he can extend his lifespan by a total of five Jiazi (60 years), living another three hundred years.

Lin Le didn't care about the increase in lifespan, after all, he was still too young and really had no concept of the current lifespan of more than 500 years.

He only cares about his own strength now.

After opening the gates of the remaining two great secret realms in turn, Lin Le felt his strength and divine sense increasing.

The power of the seven symbols increased to the nine symbols, and the divine sense also increased from 108 zhang at the Three City Pass to 324 zhang.

Lin Le prepared to continue his cultivation, as the resources of the entire prefecture were sufficient for him and Qing Li to cultivate to the point of perfection at the Fifth City Pass.

But he hadn't been cultivating for long when he suddenly frowned, because he sensed that one of the Dao soldiers had been completely killed.

Lin Le got up and rushed outside.

In the prefectural government office of Kuzhu City, two men dressed differently watched Guan Wenzhong, Bai Piao, and the others who were trapped.

"Tell me, where did that butcher go?" the man in the Taoist robe asked.

"Who are you?" Guan Wenzhong asked instead of answering.

"Huo Yunzi from Xuanling Temple, invited by Prefectural Commandant Chi Xinghan," the man in the Taoist robe said, glancing at the man in the Confucian robe beside him.

"Zhou Wensu, the patron of the Liu family, came at the invitation of Prefect Liu Zhixing." Zhou Wensu looked at Guan Wenzhong and the other spirit generals. "Judging from your appearance, Prefect Liu must have already been murdered."

"Yes." Guan Wenzhong nodded. "Are you two Golden Core cultivators?"

Huo Yunzi frowned: "We're asking you, not you asking us. Be honest."

"It seems so." Guan Wenzhong nodded, then suddenly raised his sword and slashed at Huo Yunzi.

Bai Piao and the brothers Li Zheng and Li Qi charged towards Zhou Wensu together.

"You're courting death!" Huo Yunzi frowned, raised his hand and squeezed, sending a fire dragon rushing towards Guan Wenzhong.

Guan Wenzhong was directly blasted away by the fire dragon.

On the other side, Zhou Wensu took out a brush and drew three characters to suppress Bai Piao and the Li Zheng brothers.

"It seems you two are indeed Golden Core cultivators." Guan Wenzhong stood up, radiating a blood-red aura.

Huo Yunzi and Zhou Wensu frowned in unison. They hadn't noticed anything before, but now they were certain that Guan Wenzhong and the others were not human.

"Who are you, the butcher?" Huo Yunzi sized up Guan Wenzhong, a hint of greed in his eyes.

These are not ghost soldiers forged from evil magical artifacts like the Hundred Ghost Banner; they are legitimate Dao soldiers forged using the methods of the Xuanmen (mystical sect) and the Qi (vital energy).

Such a magical artifact would be considered at least a spiritual weapon in the Xuanmen (Taoist sect).

He never expected that the butcher named Lin Le would have such good fortune.

"Your subordinate," Guan Wenzhong suppressed the escaping bloodlust, "please wait a moment, my master is on his way."

"Come and take your lives!"

"What arrogance!" Huo Yunzi sneered. "Do you know what stage of the Golden Core realm I am? Second stage! So what if that Human Butcher has Golden Core combat power? He's only at the first stage at most!"

Zhou Wensu remained silent, but with a stroke of his pen, he also suppressed Guan Wenzhong, and said in a calm tone, "Then let's see how your master died a tragic death."

"A miserable death, with just the two of you?" A cold laugh came from the sky.

Huo Yunzi and Zhou Wensu turned around and looked up, only to see a handsome young man riding on fire wheels looking at them with a gun, his eyes looking at them as if they were a delicious meal.

"Go outside the city and fight, or I won't mind using this to suppress you." Lin Le raised the official seal in his hand, and the overwhelming imperial aura pressed down on the two Golden Core cultivators.

Huo Yunzi's pupils contracted, as if he had realized something, and he roared angrily, "You actually dare to gather imperial aura!"

"Why wouldn't you dare?" Lin Le glanced at Huo Yunzi, then looked at his Taoist robe. His tone was one of sudden realization. "So that's why you're a Taoist priest from Xuanling Temple. You've brought disaster to several counties for your own selfish reasons. You truly deserve to die."

"How dare you, a demon, interfere in my grand undertaking!" Huo Yunzi roared, as if something sore spot had been touched.

"Tch!" Lin Le curled his lip, too lazy to argue with Huo Yunzi, "Leave the city."

As he spoke, the fire wheels beneath his feet spun, carrying him towards the outside of the city.

A red cloud rose from beneath Huo Yunzi's feet, chasing after Lin Le, while a white cloud appeared beneath Zhou Wensu's feet, carrying him out of the city.

Outside the city, Lin Le landed, and Huo Yunzi had already caught up. He attacked Lin Le first, shouting, "You scoundrel, take this!"

With a quick hand seal, spiritual energy surged within a hundred feet, transforming into hundreds of fire crows that charged towards Lin Le.

Lin Le brandished his spear, and the golden crow of the setting sun soared, destroying the fire crows along the way and charging towards Huo Yunzi.

Huo Yunzi frowned and said, "He does have some skill."

With a change of hand seal, a fire dragon suddenly burst forth from the fiery cloud beneath his feet, its tail lashing out.

Boom!

The fire dragon and the golden crow vanished instantly.

Huo Yunzi's expression changed drastically: "Perfect state!"

Lin Le's expression also showed some dissatisfaction, and his perfect momentum was no longer enough.

However, the battle was not a good time for enlightenment, so Lin Le had to suppress his desire to use his merits.

Seeing Zhou Wensu arrive, Lin Le made a hand seal with his left hand: "Sleepy!"

Three thousand six hundred and fifty stars appeared, enveloping Huo Yunzi and Zhou Wensu.

Zhou Wensu glanced at the star formation and felt a sense of unease. He said to Huo Yunzi, "Let's finish this quickly!"

"Alright!" Huo Yunzi nodded, but in Zhou Wensu's eyes, it looked like Huo Yunzi made a hand seal and another fire dragon came biting at him.

Zhou Wensu was startled and subconsciously swung his brush, creating a mountain of earth that pressed down on the fire dragon, unaware that he was smashing it down on Huo Yunzi.

Huo Yunzi sensed the surge of spiritual energy beside him and instinctively urged Huo Yun to move aside.

Boom!
Huo Yunzi looked at the small mountain that was hurtling towards him, his face dark, and said to Zhou Wensu, "Well, so you're actually in cahoots with that kid!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Zhou Wensu shouted angrily after clearly hearing those words again, "You were the one who attacked me first!"

"You're talking nonsense! When did I ever attack you!" Huo Yunzi roared in anger, but Zhou Wensu heard an extra sentence: "Wait, that kid tricked us and used illusion magic on us!"

Zhou Wensu frowned and said, "How is that possible?!"

They were both Golden Core cultivators, their divine senses could extend more than 300 feet outwards. If they could use illusions on them, then Lin Le's divine senses could also extend at least 300 feet outwards.

Then he saw Huo Yunzi reveal a sly smile: "Just kidding!"

Then Zhou Wensu saw three fire dragons rushing towards him.

Zhou Wensu was startled. He swung his brush and unleashed three water swords at the fire dragon.

At that moment, in Huo Yunzi's eyes, Lin Le pointed his spear, and several balls of flame rushed towards him and Zhou Wensu.

Huo Yunzi clapped his hands, and a fiery cloud surged forth, attempting to engulf the flames. But out of the corner of his eye, he saw three water swords slashing towards him.

"How dare you!" Huo Yunzi was completely enraged. He no longer cared about Zhou Wensu's situation; he would just kill him and be done with it.

Huo Yunzi flipped his hand, and another fiery cloud burned towards Zhou Wensu.

After burning the water sword, he rushed directly at Zhou Wensu.

Zhou Wensu frowned, his brush moving swiftly, the numbers forming a landscape of mountains and rivers washing over fiery clouds.

The two of them abandoned Lin Le and started fighting.

Lin Le leaned on his gun, watching coldly.

The Starry Illusion Array is a formation that Lin Le has been researching these past few days to amplify divine sense and spells, so even though these two are Golden Core cultivators, they cannot escape his illusionary technique.

However, while the two were fighting back and forth, they kept a close eye on Lin Le, because neither of them trusted him.

However, while Lin Le was seen as occasionally teaming up with the other side to deal with them, they never actually caused him any trouble.

In their view, dealing with Lin Le would be an easy task, and the other side should be more careful.

After a long and fierce battle, both of them had exhausted more than half of their magical power and stopped fighting at the same time. After fighting for so long, they also noticed something strange: Lin Le's attacks were not painful at all.

They seemed to be attacking the enemy's weak points, but they retreated as soon as they touched them, as if they were deliberately trying to deplete their magical power.

Seeing the two people stop, Lin Le took a sip of water from the gourd.

The water entered his stomach and intestines, but was instantly digested and then fed back into Lin Le's sea of ​​consciousness.

With his mind becoming clearer, Lin Le drew his gun: "Alright, it's time for you to come and meet your deaths!"

He didn't use illusion magic to conceal himself; instead, a fiery wheel rose beneath his feet and suddenly erupted.

boom!
A sonic boom echoed through the air, and Lin Le flew to Zhou Wensu's side in the blink of an eye, then slashed down with his spear.

Sunset!

Zhou Wensu was startled when he saw the spear coming at him. The talismans on his body spontaneously combusted, and then layer upon layer of mountain-shaped patterns appeared on his body.

Boom!

As the flames swept across the land, a crater several meters deep was created in the ground.

At the bottom of the pit, Zhou Wensu couldn't help but let a trickle of blood spill from the corner of his mouth. Even with the protection of the talisman, the powerful backlash still injured his internal organs.

call out!
A piercing sound rang out, and just as Zhou Wensu was reacting, he saw Lin Le reappear above him, his sharp spear falling like a meteor.

Point out the stars!

Before Zhou Wensu could react, the spear pierced through the dim talisman defense and into his flesh.

With a flick of the spear tip, crimson flames erupted from Zhou Wensu's seven orifices, extinguishing his life force.

From the moment Lin Le launched his attack to the moment Zhou Wensu died, only a single breath had passed.

Huo Yunzi frowned as he watched this scene unfold, instantly realizing what was happening, and exclaimed, "Illusion!"

Break through the sky!

A flash of blue lightning, and Lin Le had already rushed in front of Huo Yunzi, a sinister smile on his face: "You guessed right!"

Sunset!

The tip of the spear, as if carrying a sun, hurtled towards Huo Yunzi.

A towering wave of fire swept across the area, then quickly coalesced into a red lotus.

Red Lotus is enraged!
"open!"

Huo Yunzi shouted loudly from within the red lotus, and the next second, the red lotus was blasted apart.

Huo Yunzi held a small red banner in his hand and looked at Lin Le with a gloomy expression.

A magical artifact?!
Lin Le raised an eyebrow as he looked at the small banner in Huo Yunzi's hand. As expected of someone from a powerful family, he was much wealthier than Zhou Wensu, whose Golden Core cultivation was of unknown origin.

But that's not enough!

A change occurred in the heavens, isolating the spiritual energy.

After a brief exchange, Lin Le had already discerned that Huo Yunzi was a cultivator following the Yellow Court Path, whose physical strength was only at the Six Symbols level, far inferior to his own.

To defeat the strong with the weak is to defeat the weak with the strong!
Sensing the disappearance of spiritual energy, Huo Yunzi's expression changed. He raised the small banner in his hand, and a fire dragon, even thicker than before, rose up and crashed into the star barrier.

Break through the sky!

With a flash of lightning, Lin Le pierced the fire dragon with a single shot.

Avici!

In the blink of an eye, Lin Le reappeared in front of Huo Yunzi.

Damn, how could it be so fast!
Huo Yunzi was startled, and a fireball shot out from the small banner, hurtling towards Lin Le.

Between life and death!
With a slash of the spear, he cleaved the fire cloud seed and the fireball apart.

The flames dissipated, and Huo Yunzi was seen to have arrived on the other side.

He had just used a spell similar to a substitution technique to dodge Lin Le's attack.

Avici!

Lin Le reappeared in front of Huo Yunzi in the blink of an eye. Huo Yunzi finally figured out the trick and exclaimed in astonishment, "Spatial Dao Technique!"

"Wrong answer!"

Lin Le swung his spear down, but the tip of the spear gleamed with a golden light.

Sunset!

Seeing the massive sun hurtling towards them, Huo Yunzi raised his small banner, and three fire dragons appeared, heading straight at the sun.

Boom!

The fire dragon and the sun exploded together, but a golden light shot out, heading straight for the leader of the Fire Cloud Clan.

Huo Yunzi felt a chill run down his spine as a jade talisman around his neck flashed.

A nimble and lifelike fire dragon rushed out and crashed into the incoming golden light.

boom!
The golden circlet fluttered, only to be suddenly caught by the red ribbon.

Huo Yunzi dared not linger in the battle. With a flick of his small banner, the fire dragon charged towards the Star Array once more.

With a flick of the spear, the fire dragon vanished.

Huo Yunzi looked at Lin Le, who had suddenly reappeared, with fear in his eyes and roared, "My master is Chi Lingzi, a seventh-level Golden Core cultivator! If you dare to kill me, my master will definitely kill you!"

Lin Le ignored him and continued his attack on Huo Yunzi.

The golden circle displays myriad laws, the red silk possesses boundless power.

After the Universe Ring and the Hun Tian Ling joined the battle, Huo Yunzi was utterly defeated.

In particular, the Yin-Yang Twin Swords constantly blocked the flow of spiritual energy, making Huo Yunzi's spells increasingly weak.

Before long, Huo Yunzi was already fleeing in a sorry state, and Lin Le finally found an opportunity to kill him with a single blow.

Dragon and Tiger Fight!
The thunder dragon roared, and the fire tiger pounced, piercing through Huo Yunzi's chest with its spear.

Huo Yunzi, blood trickling from his mouth, stared at Lin Le, who was so close at hand, and said unwillingly, "My master, Chi Lingzi, will not let you go!"

"Chi Lingzi?" Lin Le raised an eyebrow. "Is his name Chi Shi?"

"you--!"

Upon hearing this, Huo Yunzi's eyes widened, and then he breathed his last.

(End of this chapter)