Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 461 Breaking Through the Sandstorm
The wind howled in the sea of ​​sand. Faced with the sudden downpour, the evil spirit roared, causing many tornadoes to change shape. All the smaller tornadoes merged into the largest one. In an instant, the tornado became incredibly powerful, even showing signs of reaching the sky and connecting with the earth.

As it rotated, a terrifying suction force erupted, actually beginning to devour the dense moisture in the air. With each movement, the clouds in the sky were shattered, and for a time, a scene appeared near Lanque Mountain where half the sky was pouring rain and the other half was clear and extremely dry.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Chen's gaze shifted.

"The true meaning is revealed and hidden, and the mystery arises spontaneously. The power of heaven and earth is truly not to be underestimated."

Having discerned the changes in the sandstorm, Jiang Chen's face took on a solemn expression.

Although the Nine Abyss Returning Flow Cup is miraculous, it is ultimately not a Purple Mansion that has cultivated the true meaning of water. In a place like the Western Regions, it is difficult to directly resist the power of heaven and earth with the power of this low-grade treasure. It must be said that the evil spirits naturally occupy the advantage of the terrain here.

"It's impossible to quell the sandstorm directly with the Nine Abyss Returning Flow Lamp, but weakening it is still possible. After all, none of those evil spirits are true Purple Mansions."

With a sudden thought, Jiang Chen activated the Nine Abyss Returning Flow Lamp once more.

At this moment, the physical form of the Nine Abyss Returning Flow Lamp dissipated, transforming into nine beams of spiritual light that almost simultaneously merged into the illusory image of the nine dragons.

With a roar, empowered by the spiritual light, the nine dragons grew claws and teeth, their momentum intensifying. They opened their mouths wide, swallowing the mist in one gulp, condensing a long, illusory river around them, stretching across the sky. After doing all this, following the guidance of the unseen, the nine dragons, carrying the momentum of the river, crashed into the sea of ​​sand as if the Milky Way had fallen.

In an instant, the sand sea churned, and the power of the water veins hidden deep in the earth was also activated, further amplifying the power of the Nine Dragons.

Even when it fell into the depths of the sand sea, the aura of the Nine Dragons did not weaken at all. On the contrary, it thrived in the sand sea, stirring up the sand sea at will. In an instant, the underground river surged, and nine huge water columns shot into the sky, turning into cages that trapped the raging sandstorm inside.

With a deafening roar, the violent sandstorm collided with the flowing water, the two forces locked in a fierce struggle, neither able to gain the upper hand for a time. However, due to the restriction imposed by the Nine Abyss Returning to Flow, the power of the sandstorm was somewhat diminished.

A moment later, the power of the Nine Abyss Returning to Flow was insufficient, and the evolved cage showed signs of collapsing. At this moment, Jiang Chen, who had taken in all the changes, made his move.

"Spring thunder brings forth the blessings."

Seizing that slight opening, Jiang Chen mustered all his strength and activated his divine power once more.

With a deafening roar, spring thunder roared, and azure lightning, like a sharp sword, tore through the sky, falling from the heavens and slashing directly at the sandstorm.

At this moment, the entire world was shrouded in a terrifying thunderous aura, and all things fell silent. Sensing this terrifying power, the evil spirit hidden deep within the sandstorm suddenly let out a scream. Unlike other ordinary evil spirits, it possessed a higher level of spirituality.

Faced with the spring thunder that came with the might of heaven and earth, he sensed the scent of death, and he was afraid.

With a buzzing sound, the sandstorm changed again under the pull of the evil spirit, trying to annihilate the spring thunder. However, it was useless. Because of the Nine Abyss Returning Flow Lamp, the sandstorm's long-accumulated power had already been mostly released, and it could not unleash enough power at this time.

Under the horrified gaze of the evil spirit, lightning, like a sword, cleaved the entire sandstorm from top to bottom with unstoppable force.

With a whoosh, the tornado disintegrated, sand fell like rain, and terrifying dust billowed outwards like a tidal wave, instantly obscuring an area of ​​thousands of miles.

Everyone on Lanque Mountain was stunned by what they saw.

The sandstorm was already almost unstoppable in their eyes. In their original plan, the best outcome would be for Jiang Chen to use his extraordinary abilities to weaken the sandstorm as much as possible, causing it to deviate from its original trajectory and giving them a chance to survive.

They never expected that Jiang Chen would shatter the sandstorm with absolute power. Such methods seemed comparable to those of a true Purple Mansion cultivator. "Has Senior Brother Jiang already broken through to the Purple Mansion realm?"

"With such amazing supernatural powers, you are sure to succeed in this true inheritance trial."

"I'm suddenly looking forward to the day when Senior Brother Jiang becomes a true disciple. With Senior Brother Jiang's strength, he's probably not weak even among the true disciples."

Having witnessed Jiang Chen's power firsthand, everyone was filled with excitement, and at that moment, all their apprehension and unease were swept away.

While everyone was marveling at this, Jiang Chen, with his powerful divine sense, noticed something subtle and unusual.

"Still want to run?"

With his keen eyesight, Jiang Chen saw a blurry figure through the swirling dust. The figure blended into the sand and dust, silently moving through it, trying to bypass the blockade of the Nine Abyss Returning Flow and escape into the desert.

Although the spring thunder just now extinguished the sandstorm and killed many evil spirits, there were still some that escaped.

“A demon that is about to break through to the third rank is still very valuable. Most importantly, this thing has already developed a certain level of intelligence. If it escapes today, it may very well come back after breaking through to the third rank in the future.”

Knowing the principle that "if you don't cut the weeds at the root, they will grow back in the spring breeze," Jiang Chen suppressed his weakness and separated his Yin spirit from the Spring God statue. He then activated his supernatural power twice in succession, as the incense power accumulated inside the Spring God statue had been almost exhausted.

With a hum, the Yin spirit returned to its true form. Without hesitation, Jiang Chen took out the treasure artifact, the Primordial Chaos Banner.

"Primordial Qi".

The primordial embryo vibrated, connecting with the Primordial Qi Banner, and Jiang Chen simultaneously activated the Six Paths Spiritual Techniques.

In the next instant, the six qi evolved, and wisps of primordial qi were born.

"You can't leave."

Jiang Chen reached out and grabbed the evil spirit that had escaped using the sandstorm.

The moment the Primordial Chaos Great Handprint descended from the sky, terrifying pressure erupted, everything froze, the originally flowing sandstorm suddenly stopped, and a strange figure was forcibly pulled out of the sandstorm.

Its form resembled a mass of black mist, intertwined with ghostly and malevolent energy, its aura both strange and powerful—it was a malevolent ghost that had lost its physical form.

Using sand to escape is a specialty of the evil ghost. Since it is inseparable from the sand and dust, ordinary methods cannot catch it. However, Jiang Chen's Hunyuan Qi, which suppresses all kinds of changes, just happens to break its methods.

The sound was like that of an infant. Enveloped by the Hunyuan Qi Great Handprint, the evil ghost was still unwilling and wanted to struggle, but at this time its power was greatly reduced and without the support of the sandstorm, it was powerless to break free from the restraint.

In the next instant, his five fingers came together, and the primordial energy surged into him, sealing the power of the evil ghost and leaving it with no room to struggle.

(End of this chapter)