Chapter 267: Chapter 266: Qilin Saintess (First Update, Please Subscribe)
Feeling the rise in bodily limits, Lu Xuanji was overjoyed in his heart.
The Pure Yang Dao Body, a top-tier physique among the Human Race.
Among various physiques, it ranks high, with only a few physiques ranked above the Pure Yang Dao Body.
Though those physiques surpass the Pure Yang Dao Body, their superiority is limited.
The Pure Yang Dao Body is extremely powerful, a huge advantage, but any further enhancement is extremely difficult.
It’s like elevating a student’s score from 60 to 80, not too challenging; but raising it from 90 to 95 is nearly impossible.
However, with the aid of the Nine Transformations of Fish and Dragon, after refining several strands of essence blood, the limit was forcibly increased by a considerable margin, from 90 to 95.
Whoosh!
Leaving the martial training room, he happened to encounter True Monarch Qinglian.
"You’ve improved significantly!"
True Monarch Qinglian frowned, sensing the immense change in Lu Xuanji, his aura becoming much stronger, like that of a pure-blooded Divine Beast.
"It’s just luck, now I can compete with the geniuses of the Demon Race, and even if I meet a half-step Demon Pill expert, I have no fear!" Lu Xuanji said confidently.
"Confidence is a good thing, but don’t end up dead in there!"
True Monarch Qinglian said.
"No worries, I won’t die there!"
Lu Xuanji laughed.
The two walked side by side, leaving Purple Sun Mountain, appearing near the arena.
Whoosh!
In the next moment, Lu Xuanji transformed into a stream of light, ascending onto the arena, wearing black battle armor, exuding a mighty aura like a War God, loudly shouting, "Who dares to challenge me? Those ranked beyond tenth on the Demon Monarch List, don’t bother; it’s asking for death. Where is the first on the Demon Monarch List, Stone Emperor? Where is the second, Black Dragon Demon Monarch? Where is the third, Qilin Saintess?"
"Demon Race, are you afraid of my name, Ye Fan?"
Lu Xuanji started to taunt, issuing challenges with abandon.
"Human Slave, courting death!"
At that moment, accompanied by a woman’s voice, a woman in a golden palace dress ascended onto the arena. Her figure was graceful, eyes like swords, with long golden hair, her whole body exuding a powerful aura, like a supreme emperor, radiating auspicious energy.
It was the Qilin Saintess, ranked third on the Demon Monarch List.
"Human Slave, kneel down and atone for your sins!"
Qilin Saintess looked at Lu Xuanji, her tone carrying an air of supreme command.
Like a princess looking at a humble slave.
She is a pureblood Qilin, her noble bloodline and formidable combat power far surpassing those mixed-blood Demon Beasts, accustomed to a regal demeanor from long habit.
Though only at the half-step Demon Pill cultivation, her combat prowess was formidable, having once suppressed and killed a Golden Core Demon Beast, seemingly omnipotent, her words laced with unspeakable arrogance.
Yet, those listening felt it was only natural.
"Qilin Saintess, is there only one brave enough to step forward? Where are the other two!" Lu Xuanji said, "Are they afraid to die, unwilling to come and fight?"
"I’ve already noticed, your battle armor is somewhat unique, able to amplify your cultivation, increasing your magical power to the Early Stage of the Golden Core; quite a decent Magical Treasure. But for us geniuses, it poses little threat.
The top three on the Demon Monarch List are all pure-blooded Demon Beasts, with powerful bloodlines, and have refined formidable Lifebound Divine Techniques, each having cases of slaying Golden Cores. Not something you can match with a mere Magical Treasure!"
Qilin Saintess said leisurely, "So kneeling now, serving as my slave, is not humiliation, but supreme glory. I am a pure-blooded Qilin, an auspicious sign of Heaven and Earth, and I shall bestow blessings upon you. Follow me, becoming a Golden Core is just the beginning, even becoming a Nascent Soul isn’t hard!"
As she spoke, her voice was calm, displaying immense confidence, extraordinary grace, and invincible charm.
"So, yet again wishing to make me a human slave!"
Lu Xuanji, hearing this, was not angry, "Very well, very well. However, I do not enjoy having a pure-blooded Qilin as a mount, better to just kill it!"
"Hahaha, hahaha!" The Qilin Saintess laughed heartily, extremely relaxed, "Little one, a newborn calf doesn’t fear the tiger, you’re very strong, capable of opposing a half-step Demon Pill. But you must know, even half-step Demon Pills have grades from ninth down to third. Sometimes, ten ordinary half-step Demon Pills can’t defeat one extraordinary half-step Demon Pill."
"I hope you stay arrogant, even when I’m about to kill you!" Lu Xuanji said calmly, "Back then, Ao Guang was also arrogant in front of me, but in the end, I still killed him. At that time, he kept begging me for mercy. I hope you, this Qilin, won’t beg for mercy later."
Whoosh!
In the next instant, Lu Xuanji took a step forward, blasting out a punch.
"Qilin Cross!"
The Qilin Saintess stepped forward, aura surging, behind her appeared a Qilin, body as white as jade, treading on colorful clouds, auspicious energy swirling behind.
With each step taken, her aura climbed, like a female War God descending upon the world, blasting out a punch, the surrounding Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi bowing down, as if welcoming a supreme emperor; conversely, the Primordial Qi around her was repelled, suppressed.
The speed at which Spiritual Qi was absorbed from the outside world decreased by fifty percent.
The connection with the Heaven and Earth’s energy also diminished.
It seems that when facing the Qilin Saintess, one would be abandoned by Heaven and Earth, suppressed and oppressed by Heaven and Earth.
A pure-blooded Qilin, an auspicious sign of Heaven and Earth, opposing it is akin to opposing Heaven and Earth itself.
"What of Heavenly suppression? We cultivators, which among us does not have a rebellious heart? If not, why cultivate immortality?" Lu Xuanji laughed heartily, his fist intent brimming with defiance, rising up, charging forward, symbolizing human struggle and indomitability.
If following Heaven benefits him, he will choose to follow.
If defying Heaven benefits him, he will choose to defy.
Cultivators value the changes of Heaven and Earth, the rise and fall of Destiny, but they care little, having the spirit of defiance deep down.
If accepting one’s fate, with his Three Spirit Roots talent, he should have long given up, thinking Foundation Establishment his limit; but by defying fate, he reached the eighth layer of the Purple Mansion, hopeful for Golden Core.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The two clashed together.
The Qilin Saintess remained unmoving, but Lu Xuanji took a step back.
"Good, to actually withstand my punch, you are qualified to fight me. Even if you lose this battle, you will be famed for eternity."
The Qilin Saintess said with delight.
"We who cultivate immortality seek nothing but eternal life." Lu Xuanji said, "Beyond immortality, all is illusion."
"Indeed, we who cultivate immortality, pursue eternal life." The Qilin Saintess said, "After today, there will be one less companion on the eternal life path."
"Kill!"
Lu Xuanji’s eyes turned cold, his body unexpectedly transforming into a blade light, slashing towards the Qilin Saintess’s head.
"Good!" The Qilin Saintess stepped forward, blasting out, simplifying complexity, with a simple punch, unleashing immense power.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In an instant, the two engaged in a fierce clash, quickly moving their bodies, rapidly confronting each other.
They were too fast, so fast that ordinary cultivators couldn’t even catch a trace.