Chapter 1055: Certain of His Victory!
After exchanging the second blow, Lu Zhou felt he had underestimated Lan Xihe. Moreover, she had a special weapon. Based on her words, she did not seem to think the Sun, Moon, and Stars Wheel was a fusion-grade weapon. However, in his opinion, even if it was not a fusion-grade weapon, it was not much inferior to a fusion-grade weapon. After all, when Lu Zhou attacked earlier, the Sun, Moon, and Star Wheel managed to nullify the ice-sealing ability from the Purple Glazed Ceramic.
Since the second round was a draw, Lu Zhou decided not to give Lan Xihe another chance. He discovered this woman who had lived for a long time had many more tricks compared to other experts. Soon enough, a Thunderblast card appeared in his hand. Whether she lived or died, it would depend on her fate.
Lan Xihe could tell Lu Zhou had grown serious now. He did not even show this expression when he was at the Black Tower Council. Her expression turned solemn as well as her long blue hair that fluttered in the air seemed to lighten. She wondered to herself, ‘Is he going to use his blue lotus now?’
Lan Xihe’s robes seemed to emit Primal Qi as well as they fluttered in the wind. She raised her arm, and the weapon in her hand began to gather the Primal Qi in the surroundings.
“I thought Pavilion Master Lu has grasped the power of the Great Void since the energy is as blue as the sky… As it turns out, I was wrong…” Lan Xihe said as the Sun, Moon, and Star Wheel in her hand shone with a light that made the sun look dim in comparison.
Meanwhile, the cultivators from the White Tower Council were in awe of the magnificent scene in front of them. They were surprised Lan Xihe would use such a powerful move; they had never seen her use such a powerful move before.
“Is this Tower Master Lan’s ability after pa.s.sing the second Birth Trial?”
Lan Xihe’s weapon continued to s.h.i.+ne with the light of the sun, the moon, and the stars as her astrolabe appeared. Her white astrolabe that was equally as dazzling as her weapon, began to spin. The 36 distinct patterns on it began to rotate as well, forming a vortex of energy. In just a second, all the Primal Qi was sucked into the astrolabe.
“This…” Si Wuya frowned upon seeing this. “She’s not only absorbing Primal Qi in the surroundings; she can absorb all the Primal Qi in the world! This ability is even more terrifying than the combined power of the 13 Birth Charts!”
Yu Zhenghai asked, “Junior Brother, in your opinion, can master withstand her attack?”
Si Wuya said with a grim expression, “It’s hard to say. After all, she’s the strongest opponent master has faced so far…”
“The strongest opponent master has faced?”
In the past, the strongest person in the golden lotus domain only had eight leaves. Although the ancient books mentioned the Thousand Realms Whirling, everyone dismissed it as a myth.
When Yu Zhenghai recalled what Si Wuya had said in the hall earlier, he asked, “The ancient books also mentioned the Myriad Supreme. Logically speaking, shouldn’t supreme beings exist?”
Si Wuya replied, “That’s possible, especially with the existence of the Four Great Uncharted Lands. Master once said that Eighth Junior Brother is in the yellow lotus domain. It can be seen that the world as a whole was divided into different domains by places like the Endless Ocean and the fierce beasts and has different limitations. There’s also the mysterious Great Void.”
Yu Zhenghai nodded before he said with a sigh, “In that case, do you think what Jiang Wenxu did back then was right?”
“Jiang Wenxu did everything for his own benefit. No matter what, there would always be calamities; they’re unavoidable. The greater the disaster, the more humans would advance. Humans grow through hards.h.i.+ps. If there were no disasters or hards.h.i.+ps at all, if one day disaster were to land, humans would surely die. For this reason, I support continuous human advancement and progress. It’s the only way to survive,” Si Wuya said.
Yu Zhenghai praised Si Wuya directly. “Junior Brother, you’re truly insightful…”
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At this moment, an impenetrable barrier of light from the Sun, Moon, and Star Wheel had formed around Lan Xihe. At the same time, the vortex’s force grew stronger and stronger. The Primal Qi in a radius of 10,000 meters were all absorbed by the vortex.
When the astrolabe’s radiance reached an unprecedented brightness, it felt like Lan Xihe had absorbed all the Primal Qi available. The speed of absorption was too heaven-defying. The Primal Qi was absorbed before it could replenish itself.
Everyone felt it was difficult to breathe as they watched.
At this time, the astrolabe stopped spinning. The 36 distinct triangles on the Birth Palace stopped moving as well as the 13 Birth Charts on the astrolabe lit up. Clearly, Lan Xihe was ready to attack. She met Lu Zhou’s gaze from afar.
When their eyes met, Lu Zhou shook his head and said, “How ostentatious…”
Lu Zhou flicked his sleeve and shattered the card in his hand. A lightning bolt flashed before a golden palm seal shot out. Its size was not too big; it was just ten times the size of an ordinary palm seal. The script for ‘Lightning’ could be seen in the center of the golden palm seal. Soon enough, lightning bolts began to flash around the palm seal. When the script for ‘Lightning’ touched the dark clouds in the sky, a huge bolt of lightning struck down from the heavens!
The Sun, Moon, and Star Wheel in Lan Xihe’s hand and her astrolabe exploded with an unimaginable force.
Boom!
The lightning bolt struck, causing the air around Lan Xihe to ripple and distort.
Boom!
Following that, an ear-piercing louder than the one before rang in the air. It was so loud that those who were present felt their eardrums ache.
An explosion of light shrouded the entire place, causing everyone to lose visibility. They could see nothing and hear nothing but a ringing noise in their ears. Fortunately, the backlash from the collision of attacks did not affect the white tower like earlier.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Lan Xihe looked up at the sky in surprise. Purple lightning bolts flashed in the heavens, striking down. She found Lu Zhou’s power hard to understand.
“Withdraw!”
Lan Xihe’s astrolabe dimmed as she withdrew it. At the same time, the Sun, Moon, and Star Wheel shot up. She felt as though a huge mountain was pressing down on her.
At this moment, the golden palm seal was not far from her. The script for ‘Lightning’ in the center of the palm seal seemed to resonate with and attract the purple lightning bolts in the sky.
Every time the purple lightning bolts struck, she would be pushed down 100 meters.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Sun, Moon, and Star Wheel lost its brilliance at this moment.
“Rise!” Lan Xihe’s expression grew determined. A burst of energy exploded from her Dantian’s sea of Qi to resist the lightning bolts. However, just as she rose about a few dozen meters high, the golden palm seal suddenly accelerated and landed on her chest.
Boom!
With that, Lan Xihe’s hair returned to its original color. The power surging out from her Dantian’s sea of Qi, her Sun, Moon, and Star Wheel, her astrolabe, and her Primal Qi were all extinguished by the palm strike! She fell rapidly from the sky.
The process only lasted a few breaths.
The bright light vanished, and Primal Qi began to flow in the air again. The oppressive feeling disappeared, making it easier for everyone to breathe again. With this, everyone’s hearing and sight soon returned to them. All of them looked at the scene before them eagerly, trying to figure out what happened.
At this moment, Lu Zhou was still hovering in the air. He placed one hand on his back while the other hand was stroking his beard.
An ominous feeling rose in the white-clad cultivators’ hearts when they could not even see Lan Xihe’s shadow. When they looked down…
“Tower Master Lan!”
They saw Lan Xihe’s figure lying on the snow-covered ground. She looked small and vulnerable as she clutched her chest with her right hand. She was half-hunched in pain as her shoulder trembled. Fresh blood trickled out from the corner of her lips and fell on the white snow. The blood looked like blooming red plum blossoms, enchanting and beautiful.