Chapter 358
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Chapter 358: Golden Light Breaks the Five Elements
Elder Seven’s eyes flashed with icy blue light as he tried to peer through the golden radiance surrounding Sage Huo Yun, but his vision blurred painfully.
Su Hao faced the same frustration – his straining eyes couldn’t penetrate the glare.
"Sage Huo Yun remains completely unharmed," Shui Qingxuan’s calm voice cut through the air.
The crowd murmured disbelief. How could a cultivation-less mortal like Shui Qingxuan see what even Elder Seven couldn’t?
Ye Yun understood better. As a Spirit Demon Race descendant, Shui Qingxuan possessed innate vision that pierced through Foundation Establishment stage cultivators’ secrets, though Golden Core stage mysteries remained uncertain.
Su Hao and Elder Seven exchanged troubled glances. They knew Shui Qingxuan’s talents well enough to trust her assessment. Surviving the five divine rainbows’ combined strike meant Sage Huo Yun’s power exceeded all expectations.
The two masters retreated slightly. Ye Yun recognized their intent – this might be their last chance to flee Tian Shen Peak before Sage Huo Yun and Bi Hao’s conflict concluded.
If Bi Hao captured Su Ling and Shui Qingxuan, he’d force-activate their Demon Race Bloodline through spiritual power infusion. Their enhanced bodies could then withstand Golden Core energy transfers for the Li Dai Tao Jiang method, turning them into living shields against heavenly tribulation.
Escape seemed impossible with Tian Shen Peak sealed. Yet Sect Leader Yan Changchun, who’d secretly protected Su Ling despite his neutral facade, might let them pass. The true obstacles were the two supreme experts – whichever prevailed would hunt them across continents unless both fell wounded.
Elder Seven and Su Hao hesitated until Ye Yun whispered, "Trying costs nothing."
Understanding flashed between them. Staying brought certain doom while attempting escape changed little. None would abandon Su Ling anyway.
As the group edged toward the mountain’s edge with Su Ling and Su Yinxue, a thunderous crash erupted. Golden light flooded the sky, sucking surrounding spiritual energy into swirling vortices.
They whirled to see Sage Huo Yun floating serenely in the radiant storm, absorbing the chaotic energies. His voice boomed:
"Boundless cosmos, Golden Light Technique!"
The blazing radiance coalesced into a fist-sized orb in his palm. With a flick, it shot through Elder Jin’s hovering deity projection, pierced Jiang Chong’s apparition, then sequentially shattered the remaining three divine figures before dissipating like mist.
The five ethereal figures of the divine statues remained towering in the void, radiating an intimidating presence that was hard to look at directly.
Suddenly, countless hair-thin golden threads appeared across the statues’ surfaces. These golden filaments abruptly expanded, covering the entire ethereal figures before violently bursting outward.
In that instant, the five statues erupted with dazzling golden radiance. With a thunderous roar, they disintegrated into wisps of smoke.
The mighty Five Elements Subduing Demons Array had been completely destroyed by a single small golden orb.
Bi Hao and his companions clutched their chests in agony, blood spraying from their mouths like crimson blossoms raining down from the sky.
The five cultivators staggered mid-air, trembling as they retreated dozens of feet before regaining balance.
Disbelief painted Bi Hao’s face. They’d clearly witnessed their divine rainbow attack pierce Sage Huo Yun’s body, golden light erupting from his wounds – injuries that should’ve been fatal.
Yet how had that golden light suddenly returned to Sage Huo Yun’s grasp, forming a void-piercing orb that shattered their array so effortlessly?
The five exchanged terrified glances, their shock crashing through them like tidal waves.
"Trying to flee, little rats? You can’t escape." Sage Huo Yun’s voice carried across the battlefield, his gaze fixed on Ye Yun’s group rather than Bi Hao’s faction.
Ye Yun and Elder Seven froze mid-retreat, compelled to turn and face the sage.
"Who’s fleeing?" Ye Yun retorted boldly. "Observing Golden Core stage combat is rare enlightenment. We’re merely seeking better vantage."
A faint smile played on the sage’s lips. "Good. Saves me the irritation of spirit perception sweeps."
Ye Yun’s face darkened. Shui Qingxuan had been right – Sage Huo Yun had already marked them with his consciousness. Their eyes flicked to the non-cultivator from Spirit Demon Race, astonished she’d detected the sage’s spiritual probes.
"More reinforcements?" Sage Huo Yun finally addressed Bi Hao. "I warned your flawed array couldn’t manifest true power. Convinced now?"
Bi Hao’s expression turned glacial. Despite being incomplete, their combined assault through the statues should’ve overwhelmed any foe below Nascent Soul stage. Yet the sage had dismantled it like child’s play.
This defied all logic. Ancient texts stated seventh-level Golden Core cultivators only gained moderate soul refinement and true qi enhancement after surviving heavenly tribulation. Nothing explained this overwhelming power.
"Common seventh-level Golden Core?" The sage chuckled. "Frogs in wells can’t comprehend true cultivation mysteries. If heavenly tribulation merely prepared for pill-break rebirth, it wouldn’t be called great tribulation."
Bi Hao remained unconvinced, as did Duan Yan and Jiang Chong. Meanwhile, Ye Yun’s brow furrowed as a voice emanated from Soul Turning Tower:
"He speaks truth. Underestimating heavenly tribulation is folly."
Ye Yun whispered mentally, "Ancestor, what now? He’s clearly winning."
If Sage Huo Yun finished Bi Hao’s group, Su Ling and Shui Qingxuan would be next. Against such power, Ye Yun’s faction stood no chance.
"Acting tough," scoffed the Ancestor of Sword Path’s voice. "That attack drained much true qi and Soul Power. Victory won’t come easily."
Ye Yun’s gaze sharpened as he studied the seemingly invincible sage.
