As the astonishing fluctuations of spiritual energy subsided, the scene on the arena, resembling a hellish hell, slowly faded away.
The streaks of lightning dissipated, and the hazy blue light vanished into the world.
In the shadows, a somewhat hunched figure could be seen, seemingly unsteady on its feet, its body swaying precariously. Its robes were mostly torn, revealing charred skin and bright red flesh, giving the impression of being covered in blood, with blood dripping continuously from its sleeves.
Around him, strands of mysterious armor-like talismans turned to ashes and fell to the ground. At his feet, a layer of black powder had already accumulated.
Before him lay a golden mirror, slowly shattering into fragments that dissipated into the air, gleaming with a dim golden light and carrying an inexplicable sense of decay.
But then, Lin Xiuyuan looked ahead, and in that instant, the Golden Mirror Secret Technique in front of him finally couldn't hold on any longer and shattered completely, turning into specks of dim golden light that dissipated into the air!
Thus, one can clearly see those piercing eyes, bright and dazzling, yet inexplicably terrifying, seemingly radiating a sharp light and exuding a sense of awe!
At this moment, Lin Xiuyuan's face was as white as paper, devoid of any color, but his eyes were bright and spirited, like a small grass breaking through the soil in the morning sun, tenacious and unyielding.
"Do you have a second one? If not... then it seems I've won."
Lin Xiuyuan's eyes flashed with a cold light, and a strong, chilling killing intent flickered within them.
Although he had anticipated that Xu Hua had a trump card waiting for him, he never expected it to be this kind of method...
This is a Heavenly Thunder Pearl, made primarily from the collection and refinement of heaven and earth's thunder!
Both the materials and the refining environment are extremely demanding, making success very difficult. Even Nascent Soul cultivators cannot guarantee a 10% success rate, demonstrating just how rare this item is.
Moreover, basically only Golden Core stage cultivators can take advantage of the favorable timing to attempt to refine it.
The success rate is ridiculously low, and it also requires extremely rare spiritual materials to refine. Therefore, this item is basically only found in legends, or it only appears in the world during major battles in the cultivation world.
Unexpectedly, Xu Hua actually possessed such an item, and was even willing to use it on him... This truly shows how much they hate him and wish to kill him!
For this reason, Lin Xiuyuan thought a lot at the beginning, wondering what Xu Hua was so confident in killing him under the nose of a Purple Mansion stage expert during the competition.
They speculated that Xu Hua might possess some powerful ancient treasure, or perhaps one-time-use demonic artifacts.
That's alright. Lin Xiuyuan has made thorough preparations for this competition. He has a large number of Xuanjia spirit talismans for protection, as well as the Golden Mirror secret technique, which is enough to protect him.
But I never expected it to be the Heavenly Thunder Pearl.
This gave Lin Xiuyuan a lingering fear. Fortunately, the Heavenly Thunder Pearl seemed to be of low quality, probably a defective product. Otherwise, his life or death would have been uncertain.
Even a low-grade Heavenly Thunder Pearl is powerful enough to inflict serious injury on a mid-stage Purple Mansion expert.
A top-grade Heavenly Thunder Pearl can even threaten a Nascent Soul cultivator!
This demonstrates the formidable power of this object.
It's just too flawed now, giving him a chance to fight back...
Upon seeing Xu Hua take out the Heavenly Thunder Pearl, Lin Xiuyuan immediately considered leaving the arena.
But feeling that power, Lin Xiuyuan saw an opportunity and finally gritted his teeth and resisted!
The Xuanjia Spirit Talisman was continuously activated, and the power of the Heavenly Thunder Pearl was weakened by the Spirit Armor Technique. Then, the Golden Mirror Secret Technique was used to absorb it.
Because the power of the Heavenly Thunder Pearl far exceeded the upper limit of the Golden Mirror Secret Technique, it could only continuously activate talismans to resist first, and then cleverly use the Golden Mirror Secret Technique to absorb it.
He continuously utilized the Golden Mirror Secret Technique, seemingly without end, absorbing the power of the Heavenly Thunder Pearl. However, this was only a portion; the rest he could only withstand by brute force. The layer of grayish-black powder beneath Lin Xiuyuan's feet revealed the use of an extremely large quantity of Xuanjia Spirit Talismans…
No matter how flawed it was, it was still a Heavenly Thunder Pearl! Its power was terrifying and sharp. It had kept Lin Xiuyuan constantly teetering on the edge of life and death, and he was already severely injured.
If it weren't for the Golden Mirror Secret Technique, which served as the final barrier, continuously absorbing the power of the Heavenly Thunder Pearl and resisting it, Lin Xiuyuan would probably have lost the courage to persevere long ago.
In this way, he barely managed to withstand the attack, having exhausted all the Xuanjia Spirit Talismans on his body... a full hundred of them!!
Despite the huge cost, he won his gamble.
Next, advancing to become a main lineage disciple should not be a big problem. This will smooth out the path of cultivation in the near future, and the future looks promising!
Although he was seriously injured at the moment, it wouldn't be a problem for him to subdue Xu Hua...
With a wave of his hand, Lin Xiuyuan unleashed a streak of red light, which gradually transformed into a massive, vibrant serpentine body over ten zhang in size.
After Huo Yun appeared, she did not hesitate at all and immediately activated her Black Fire Eye, hovering in the air.
All eyes were already focused on him, filled with shock, and the revelation of the Black Flame Eyes only intensified that shock.
But before Huo Yun could be activated, Xu Hua, with an ugly expression, decisively jumped off the stage!
She had personally witnessed the power of the Blackfire Eyes; even that late-stage Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator was threatened and restrained by it, let alone her.
Even though Lin Xiuyuan was seriously injured at this moment, with the spirit beast Huo Yun activating this ancient treasure, she was still powerless to fight back!
At this moment, Xu Hua's face was so gloomy that it seemed as if water could drip from it, and there was a hint of disbelief in his eyes.
"He can even withstand the Heavenly Thunder Pearl?! Although it's a defective product, even an ordinary late-stage Foundation Establishment expert probably wouldn't last three breaths, yet he actually..."
Xu Hua was incredulous and shocked by this.
I thought that with the Thunder Pearl, killing Lin Xiuyuan was a sure thing!
But unexpectedly... even this couldn't kill it?
This filled Xu Hua with disbelief and intense resentment.
At the same time, a sense of unspeakable fear also arose in Xu Hua's heart.
If even the Heavenly Thunder Pearl couldn't kill Lin Xiuyuan, then... what other methods could she possibly have?
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