Divine Root Bone

With a slight condensation at his fingertips, he forcefully activated the last remaining trace of his spiritual energy, attempting to unleash the first move of his finger technique.

But in the next instant, a deep-seated, utterly cold despair overwhelmed his entire being!

[Spiritual energy... completely empty!]

Zhang Yang was deeply shaken, and his soul trembled violently.

He clearly looked inward at his own dantian—the originally solid, round, crystal clear, and solidified Foundation Establishment Level 6 spiritual liquid had been completely depleted after the previous extreme battle, constantly resisting the pressure of the Golden Core, and continuously breaking through the death energy attack.

The dantian was empty, and the remaining spiritual fluid was less than one-tenth of its full strength.

He could barely even activate the most basic Qingyun Sect sword technique, let alone unleash the ancient forbidden technique with its terrifyingly high threshold!

Zhang Yang roared inwardly, his mind shattered by extreme anxiety and helplessness.

He knew all too well the hard and fast rules of this move!

Zhang Yang estimated that even a simple finger strike of the first move of the technique would require at least two-thirds of the solid spiritual liquid reserves of a Foundation Establishment Stage 6 cultivator at their peak!

Even a fraction less spiritual power will cause your finger strength to falter and your killing move to collapse!

But now he is low on health, low on spirit, severely injured, and exhausted!

Let alone two-thirds of his full spiritual power, he couldn't even muster one-tenth!

"Not enough...not nearly enough!!"

Zhang Yang clenched his teeth so tightly that blood seeped from between them, his mind racing as he considered ways to break the deadlock.

As the torrent of death energy drew ever closer to Lin Wanqing, her slender figure was about to be swallowed up by the overwhelming death energy, her lifespan stolen, her soul corroded, and her body and soul extinguished!

The last trace of hesitation in Zhang Yang's eyes was completely crushed!

Save people!

Protect your fellow disciples!

Bao Wanqing!

The next moment, an unprecedentedly crazy and resolute look exploded in his eyes!

"My dantian's spiritual fluid is insufficient... then I will! Overdraw my divine-grade innate talent!!"

Boom! ...

A silent roar from the depths of the soul exploded!

The divine bone within him, one in ten thousand that permeated the very foundation of his life, was forcibly squeezed, overdrawn, and forced out of its source by his supreme willpower!

Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!

An unimaginable, excruciating pain instantly swept through my limbs and bones!

It felt as if every bone in my body was being crushed inch by inch, my meridians were being torn apart, and my foundation of Dao was being forcibly stripped away!

Threads of brilliant, pure, golden essence of the root bone erupted wildly from the depths of the bone marrow, the bones, and the blood vessels!

This is the foundation of his cultivation, the source of his lifelong talent, and the basis for his future path!

At this moment, they were all forcibly extracted!

As the divine-grade root bone's essence erupted, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a hundred feet instantly descended into a super chaos!

The wind howled, the air roared, the mountains and forests trembled violently, and rocks floated in the air!

All the spiritual energy that was floating in the world, regardless of its quality or attribute, was forcibly devoured and frantically absorbed by Zhang Yang's depleted dantian!

Splash!

A visible white river of spiritual energy roared and converged from all directions, frantically pouring into Zhang Yang's body!

The depleted dantian was replenished at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The dried-up spiritual liquid quickly condensed, solidified, and piled up!

The missing spiritual energy foundation is being forcibly replenished at the cost of overdrawing the lifespan and potential of the divine-grade root bone!

One moment! Two moments! Three moments!

Absorbing the essence for a full three breaths!

Two-thirds of the solidified spiritual liquid foundation of the sixth level of Foundation Establishment at its peak has been completely replenished!

The spiritual energy filled my dantian, thick, solid, and abundant—that was enough.

Finally, there's enough energy to activate this finger!

Zhang Yang steadied his mind, slowly raised his fingertips, and officially began the first move of the power-gathering technique. The unique celestial phenomena of this technique suddenly unfolded from the void.

Within a thousand feet, the air instantly froze, the flowing clouds, flying dust, and spells flying through the air all came to a standstill, the light of heaven and earth suddenly darkened, and fine golden time-series cracks spread outward from the ground. A layer of light blue sky dome appeared on the horizon and slowly pressed down. The evil avatar that was about to make a move in the air to cruelly torture and kill Lin Wanqing suddenly fell and crashed to the ground, its internal energy temporarily imprisoned.

At the same time.

The vast and heavy pressure of the Heavenly Dao enveloped all directions, making it difficult for all cultivators to breathe.

The transformation of users occurred simultaneously.

Zhang Yang was enveloped in a burst of light, stunning the entire audience!

My shoulder-length black hair has grown out of control! It's grown incredibly long!

His long black hair reached down to his waist, its overall color a pale gold galaxy hue, with stardust-like light points shimmering slowly along the strands of hair. His eyes turned into light gold vertical pupils, and a thin layer of pale blue sky light surrounded him, exuding an aura of unparalleled dominance!

Endless golden star patterns flow across the surface of the body, shimmering with starlight and circulating throughout the heavens!

His eyes have completely transformed into gilded, vertical pupils of time, cold, vast, overlooking all things, and piercing through evil!

A thick, pale blue aura of divine light surrounded him, emanating an overwhelming aura of immortality and awe-inspiring holy power!

Although he was still at the sixth level of Foundation Establishment, the aura, celestial phenomena, and Dao power he displayed at this moment completely overwhelmed ordinary Golden Core cultivators at the first level!

Just as the evil clone was about to deliver the final blow to Lin Wanqing in mid-air, its body suddenly stiffened, and its empty ghostly eyes widened to their limit!

Extreme terror, horror, absurdity, and disbelief instantly filled its broken soul!

"No—!! Impossible!!"

"Foundation Establishment cultivator! A person whose spiritual energy is depleted!!"

"By what right do you incite the Celestial Domain! By what right do you trigger the eternal celestial phenomena?!"

"Your hair! Your pupils! Your facial features! What kind of sinister and forbidden technique is this?! I have never seen anything like it before!!"

It panicked completely! It completely collapsed!

The already unstable illusory body trembled violently, and the incomplete golden core cried out and cracked and spread within the dantian!

Its core was severely damaged, its protective shield was completely shattered, and its body was no longer protected!

At this moment, it is completely naked!

Faced with this deadly finger strike that swept across the entire sky, there was no way out, no chance of survival!

It wants to escape! It wants to collapse! It wants to flee and reassemble!

But the countless Dao patterns in the sky locked the void! Imprisoned by the power of time.

It was unable to move! It could only wait in despair for death!

At this moment, all the cultivators present were completely stunned and utterly shocked!

Countless rogue cultivators were stiff all over, their scalps flared, and their minds went completely blank!

"What kind of celestial phenomenon is that?! The heavens are adorned with celestial patterns! The breath of time has ceased!!"

"My hair instantly grew three feet long!! I've never heard of such a technique in my hundred years of cultivation!!"

"This is definitely not a Qingyun Sect technique! This is an ancient, forbidden divine power!!"

The twelve Qingyun inner disciples, who were seriously injured and vomiting blood, completely forgot their pain. Their pupils dilated as they stared intently at that extraordinary figure, their faces filled with fanaticism and awe!

Su Qingyao, who was lying on the ground, was shocked. Her beautiful eyes were filled with turbulent waves. All her knowledge and ancient books in her life were overturned by what she saw today!

In the center of the crowd, Lin Wanqing stared blankly at the young man who was fighting against the heavens for her in the eye of the storm. Her delicate body trembled slightly, her eyes filled with shock, emotion, and disbelief.

The entire audience was stunned and terrified—

Zhang Yang's fingertip completely condensed the ultimate cyan-gold finger power!

One finger to shape!

All laws submit! Demons are annihilated!

Zhang Yang's golden vertical pupils gazed indifferently at the evil clone, his heart no longer stirred, only filled with the will to absolutely kill.

"Sky Finger".

With a single word, the heavens crumbled!

Boom! ...

A dazzling, azure-gold time-series finger beam, spanning thousands of feet, piercing through heaven and earth, and imbued with a profound and boundless aura, burst forth from the sky!

Wherever the fingertip passed, the space collapsed layer by layer, the airflow was completely annihilated, and the death energy evaporated instantly!

There are no unnecessary frills, only the ultimate, pure, and all-crushing destruction!

next second!

The fingertip pierced precisely through the core of the evil clone's chest!

Snap! Bang!

The first thing to shatter was its broken golden core!

With a resounding crash! Cracked inch by inch! Instantly shattered into a shower of golden ash!

Immediately afterwards, its ethereal body was completely torn apart, crushed, and dissolved by the power of time!

The life-stealing death energy that had accumulated over ten thousand years was instantly burned away by the Dao patterns in the sky!

Its broken divine soul essence, clone imprints, and evil foundation were completely annihilated, uprooted, and reduced to ashes under this one finger!

Even a complete scream couldn't be sustained!

Not even a single fragment of a soul could escape!

Not even a trace of tobacco residue remained!

One second!

Just one second!

The terrifying evil clone at the first level of the Golden Core realm that had just overwhelmed the entire field and remained undefeated!

Utterly annihilated! Instantly wiped out! Annihilated! Completely wiped out!!

The dark aura dissipated completely, and sunlight once again bathed the mountains and forests.

The terrifying celestial phenomenon slowly subsided, the Dao patterns disappeared into the void, and the world returned to normal.

After Zhang Yang's recovery, his long hair slowly receded, returning to shoulder length. The gilded vertical pupils lost their unusual color, restoring their usual dark and deep appearance. The star-like patterns all disappeared into his body.

The oppressive force of heaven and earth dissipated.

Everything has come to an end.

At the center of the storm, Zhang Yang suffered a terrifying backlash from overdrawing his divine-grade physique!

His entire body was throbbing with pain, his Dao foundation was tingling, and his dantian was completely empty, with no spiritual energy remaining.

His body went limp, and he could no longer support himself. He fell heavily to one knee, spitting out a mouthful of scalding blood that stained the ground in front of him.

He was disheveled and exhausted.

It exhausts spiritual power, depletes the body's essence, and damages the foundation.

worth it.

A desperate battle, reaching the sixth level of Foundation Establishment.

A direct confrontation with the Golden Core!

One finger! A decisive blow!!