Chapter 150

Chapter 150: Six Layers of Book Mountain

Lou Yun was shockingly wrapped inside a book!

Though Lou Yun had loved reading books since childhood and knew ancient verses like "The book has a golden house" and "The book has a beautiful woman," he had probably never imagined that one day he would be trapped inside a book – especially one without a single word, a magical weapon book!

However, restraint of this level was no real problem for Lou Yun. In a short while, he blasted the book into pieces from the inside and freed himself.

In just that brief moment, nine books were already floating around Han Rui’s body, and he had stopped his conjuring effort. Combined with the book Lou Yun had shattered, that meant he had conjured ten books in total – ten magical weapons!

Though Lou Yun could also conjure magical weapons this way, he sighed inwardly, knowing he absolutely couldn’t match Han Rui’s speed!

Seeing Lou Yun break free from the book, a sly grin appeared on Han Rui’s face. Without another word, he extended his hand, and the nine books flew towards Lou Yunfei one after another. Each book also grew larger during flight, far surpassing the size of the book that had trapped Lou Yun moments ago.

Just as Lou Yun watched these nine book mountains descending overhead, puzzling over their exact purpose, he suddenly heard Han Rui’s voice: "Lou, today I’ll show you what a Kun-level weapon technique really is: Nine Layers of Book Mountains!”

The moment Han Rui’s words fell, a gigantic book plunged downward, its target naturally Lou Yun below!

Seeing this magical weapon book, now enlarged like a small mountain, Lou Yun naturally didn’t want to bear its crushing weight. He swiftly activated his movement technique to escape the area it covered. Yet, at that moment, he discovered he couldn’t escape. No matter how he moved, that book overhead followed him like a shadow.

What was going on?

Lou Yun felt that despite his injured right hand, it didn’t affect his movement technique; his speed was already very fast. So why couldn’t he shake off Han Rui’s magical weapon book?

At this moment, Chang Xiang finally offered an explanation: “You heard what he said earlier, right? This is a Kun-level weapon technique. Remember: Qian, Kun, Ri, Yue, Xing. Starting from Kun-level weapon techniques, the techniques not only have their intrinsic power but also form a connection with the energy of the universe. The technique he’s using now actually harnesses universal energy to lock onto your energy signature. Wherever you go, as long as it can sense you, it will instantly follow your trail. So, you absolutely cannot flee!”

Though Lou Yun didn’t yet fully grasp the potency of a Kun-level weapon technique, he knew that any technique involving universal energy must possess considerable power.

As for locking onto his energy signature, that was easier to understand. Whether one used ordinary spiritual energy or weapon spirit power, it all had some connection, more or less, to universal energy. Of course, this was fundamentally different from actually controlling universal energy. Thus, Lou Yun understood that any action he performed using spiritual energy – be it movement techniques or attacks – would have his signature locked onto, making escape impossible.

Since escape was futile, Lou Yun simply stopped running. Facing near-certain death today, he decided to give it a try and see just how formidable this Kun-level weapon technique really was!

Though Lou Yun had resigned himself to fate, he couldn’t let Xiao Huo die with him. He grabbed the creature perched on his shoulder and threw it outward with all his strength, shouting, “Run! Go!”

Xiao Huo, having fought alongside Lou Yun for over two years, through countless battles large and small, and even helped him escape death several times, was quite battle-experienced. Upon being thrown, it understood the situation immediately. Though unwilling to flee, Elder Han, witnessing this, mistakenly believed Lou Yun was sending Xiao Huo to find reinforcements. He hastily yelled, “Stop it! Don’t let it escape!”

Immediately, four Han Family members dashed out, pursuing Xiao Huo’s flight path. Xiao Huo, which had initially considered returning, saw the pursuers and used the momentum of Lou Yun’s throw. It tore across the ground like the wind, escaping desperately.

Lou Yun’s throw had delivered immense force, moving with lightning speed. Combined with Xiao Huo’s natural talent for running, it disappeared in the blink of an eye. The four Han Family members had no choice but to give chase. Though they likely knew catching it was hopeless, they gritted their teeth and followed.

At this moment, Elder Han’s face darkened considerably. He snapped at Han Rui, “Han Rui! No more games! Finish this quickly! Eliminate him now! Then we need to leave here immediately.”

When the Elder gave a direct order, Han Rui naturally dared not disobey. He nodded, simultaneously forming a series of rapid hand gestures in the air. Lou Yun, recognizing these gestures as somewhat similar to the seals he formed when forging weapons, instantly understood: Han Rui was forming hand seals to activate his Kun-level weapon technique, leveraging universal energy!

Simultaneously, Lou Yun sensed a strange fluctuation of energy begin to stir in the surrounding air as Han Rui formed his seals. This should be the sensation caused by a significant release of universal energy. It wasn’t something an ordinary person could perceive; only someone like Lou Yun, with his keen spiritual sense and prior encounters with universal energy leading to a faint comprehension, could detect it.

Strangely enough, as Lou Yun watched Han Rui’s hand seals and the surrounding energy fluctuation grew increasingly vivid to his senses, he gradually froze in place, standing motionless, as if suddenly immobilized by a locking spell.

Everyone assumed that Lou Yun had abandoned resistance in that moment. Immediately after, Han Rui completed his seals, let out a violent shout, and the immense book mountain came crashing down.

Boom!

With a thunderous roar, Lou Yun was crushed beneath the book mountain.

Han Rui, however, had no intention of letting Lou Yun off easily. Moving his hands again, another colossal book mountain, already hovering in the air, slammed down.

The book mountains weren’t piled atop each other; they overlapped. The second mountain merged onto the first, the third merged onto the first and second, and so on. So no matter how many were stacked, they appeared as a single mountain to onlookers. But the person underneath, of course, felt the weight multiply drastically with each layer!

Han Rui piled on a fifth enormous book mountain. Sweat, beaded like large peas, had already formed on his forehead, and he temporarily ceased his efforts to summon more.

Despite the name "Nine Layers of Book Mountains," Han Rui’s current strength only allowed him to control six layers. And in his estimation, five layers ought to be enough to restrain Lou Yun!

However, Elder Han didn’t share this view. Seeing Han Rui stop, he icily commanded, “Six layers!”

Six layers was Han Rui’s absolute limit. Activating the Book Mountain of Six Layers would drain him so much that he would collapse from exhaustion after consuming too much spiritual energy. Besides initial testing, he had never truly deployed Six Layers of Book Mountain in actual combat.

No one dared disobey the Elder’s command. So, despite his reluctance, Han Rui clenched his jaw, kept his hands tightly locked in the required configuration, pointed forcefully towards another colossal book mountain in the air, and bellowed, “Six layers!”

Boom!

The sixth book mountain descended noticeably slower, but still crashed down onto the prior five, merging completely with them as one mass.

Han Rui’s body swayed violently. He staggered on his feet. Two Han Family members immediately rushed forward to support him, one on each side. He couldn’t refuse their aid, as he didn’t even have the strength to stand steady any longer.

Elder Han cast a cold glance at him. With a flick of his hand, a spark of white light sailed through the air in a gentle arc and landed in Han Rui’s grasp.

Han Rui looked down – it was a second-grade spiritual crystal!

“Restore your spiritual energy quickly! This Lou kid might not be securely restrained yet!”

An initial wave of joy swept over Han Rui at the sight of the spiritual crystal. Even within the esteemed Han Family, one of the Nine Clans, spiritual crystals were rare treasures. Ordinary clan members could never obtain one casually. Yet, the Elder had just bestowed upon him a second-grade spiritual crystal!

But the Elder’s next words nearly made Han Rui spit blood. The sole purpose of giving him the crystal was to restore some energy so he could maintain control over Lou Yun. It meant he gained zero actual benefit from this!

Despite the resentment simmering inside, Han Rui didn’t dare defy the order, nor even voice his displeasure. What was the implication of Six Layers of Book Mountain? It represented the crushing weight equivalent to six real mountains – an unimaginable force bearing down upon a single person. Even if that person survived, how could they possibly muster the strength to resist?

Han Rui urgently clutched the spiritual crystal and began absorbing its energy greedily.

At that moment, the gaze of everyone on the field was riveted on the towering, merged Book Mountain of Six Layers dominating the center, crushing Lou Yun beneath it.

The Six Layers Book Mountain had struck some time ago. There was still no reaction whatsoever. Had Lou Yun already been crushed to death?