Chapter 76: Reversing Spirit Shatters Infant

  "This Instrument Repair Union will eventually become a scourge in the hands of this old devil, and those poor instrument makers are being exploited." Tianyi seemed to understand something after hearing Xuehai's explanation, but he didn't get as angry as Xuehai had imagined. Instead, he appeared unexpectedly calm. Elder Tianyi turned his head to say to Elder Tianhuo beside him.

  "Heavenly Fire, how many years have we been cultivating?" Heavenly Fire was also confused by Heaven One's question at this time. The great war was imminent, with nine deaths and one life, or it could be said that there were ten deaths and no lives. His own master brother actually asked such an irrelevant question.

  "It's been over a thousand years, I suppose." Tianyi thought for a moment before responding.

  "It's been over a thousand years, and of the hundreds of fellow disciples who joined our sect at the same time as us, some have died, some have ascended to immortality, and only a few of us remain. I never thought that today we would also be forced to kill him. A thousand years ago, during the Great War between good and evil, countless equipment refinement masters from our Qiling Sect were assassinated by the dark forces of the demonic path. Just among our own Tianzi generation disciples, there were over a hundred casualties. Our former fellow disciple, Tianxue, was as talented as Lingming is today, but unfortunately fell in battle against the demonic forces. And now that our Qiling Sect has finally produced another exceptionally gifted disciple, he too will fall into the hands of the demonic path. I, Lao Fu, will fight this old demon to the death, even if it means certain defeat." As Tianyi Elder spoke his final words, his demeanor suddenly turned fierce, and despite being on a small, impoverished planet with thin air, his Daoist robes still fluttered up slightly.

  "Enough nonsense, let's get started." The old master of the Blood Sea seemed to be slightly annoyed by Tianyi's actions, and impatiently waved his hand at Tianyi and Tianhuo, "You two can come over now."

  The Immortal and the Demon are two completely different concepts. If a Cultivator were to confront them, it could be said that even a Mahayana period cultivator would have little effect on them, because although the Immortal and the Demon both carry the character "dispersed", they are after all already Immortals and Demons, and their fundamentally different natures will not be overwhelmed by numbers.

  Tianyi's attacks were all blocked by Xuehai with a seemingly effortless and carefree posture, after all the gap between Jiu Jie San Mo and a combined body phase cultivator was no different from that of an adult and a child.

  The Heavenly One elder also seemed dissatisfied with this attack, as the futile consumption of his true yuan force did not yield any significant effect, and for a moment, the speed of his attacking spells slowed down.

  "Why don't you fight anymore? Ah, the two of you might as well surrender now. I, Blood Sea, really don't want to kill equipment refiners, especially ones like you two who may reach the Grandmaster realm in the future. I truly can't bear to do it." Blood Sea laughed unscrupulously, just like a cat that had caught a mouse and was playing with it before eating it.

  "Tian Huo, Brother Tianyi has gone ahead first. You bring these children and leave quickly, Brother will hold back this old demon for a while." Tianyi transmitted the sound to Tianhuo.

  A thread of unbearable slowness crawled onto the face of Tian Huo Zhen Ren. It was clear that with this departure, he would never see his senior brother Tian Yi again, and the emotions of over a thousand years as fellow disciples made it impossible for Tian Huo to let go.

  "Senior brother, I'll just drag this old demon along, you take the disciples and go first."

  "You two, stop talking. Neither of you can leave. I've been waiting for you here for a long time, and I won't make such low-level mistakes. If I let Tianyun escape, I'd lose face in front of Lan Ye. This time, if you try to escape again, my ninth tribulation as a loose immortal will be ruined. I've already set up an array on this small planet, so don't think about escaping." Xue Hai said with satisfaction, having overheard the private transmission between Tianyi and Tianhuo.

  Tianyi and Tianhuo seemed to have aged several decades in an instant upon hearing this sentence. After all, their own deaths were not regrettable, but if they allowed the hope of their sect to be destroyed by their own hands, that would make them sinners of the sect. Thinking of this, the expressions of the two suddenly became exceptionally stern, with a resolute look appearing on their faces. The two exchanged a glance, and their expressions suddenly became exceptionally calm, but in fact, the aura around them had begun to surge violently.

  At this point, Sun Ming's eyes became moist, and a drop of tears flowed out from the corner of his eyes. He recognized the technique, he recognized the technique that the two elders were using at this moment.

  "The Inverse Spirit Shattering Infant" technique, a forbidden art within the realm of cultivation's taboos. Although it was developed by cultivators, it has never been recognized by the world because it also goes by another name: "The Certain Death Technique". As the name suggests, any cultivator above the infant stage can learn this technique, but as soon as they use it, certain death is inevitable. When using the Inverse Spirit Shattering Infant technique, one must reverse the flow of spiritual energy throughout their body, thereby producing an instantaneously overwhelming power. However, the effect of doing so is that the power will continue to increase until the cultivator's infant stage is shattered and dispersed into the heavens, leaving not a single cloud behind.

  At first, this technique was banned by the Holy Alliance when it was created, but later during the Great War between Taoism and Demonology, countless disciples of Taoism were killed or injured, so this technique was brought out again to be taught to those who participated in the war. The Demonic Cult even developed a special technique called "Tianmo Jieti Dafa" to counter it. Unfortunately, all the participating disciples later became Golden Elixir stage cultivators, and this technique gradually faded out of the history of the cultivation world. Sun Ming once accidentally discovered this "Inversal Spirit Fetus Breaking" technique in the library of his sect's classics, and at that time, he was furious about it, saying that such a harmful technique still existed in the cultivation world, which was unreasonable. Unexpectedly, today he saw two senior fellow disciples using this technique right in front of him.

  "Tomorrow, mourn for them, you two seniors of the sect seem to have more disasters than blessings, and your cultivation has actually reached the level of ordinary immortals. It seems that this technique can no longer be stopped." Yun Zhongzi said with regret.

  "Master, did the elders really just leave like that?" Sun Ming's heart seemed to be somewhat unbelieving, after all, Tian Yi elder was one of the best elders to him aside from his own master Yun Zhongzi and Master Xuan Kong.

  "This technique is the ultimate of the Overbearing Dao, and I only sensed it for a moment. Your two masters have no chance of survival now. As my current Yuan Shen body, if I were to fight forcefully, my soul would scatter." Yun Zhongzi's words had a hint of helplessness, after all, someone who was once close to the quasi-Saint level was now unable to do anything about a Ninth-Trial Loose Immortal, which was truly ironic.

  And this was accompanied by the sudden rise of Tianyi and Tianhuo, originally with a relaxed face, Xuehai Old Demon finally became slightly serious, but still with a relaxed face.

  "Hmm, this is interesting, it won't be so boring after all." As soon as he finished speaking, the old Blood Sea Dao took out a soul-summoning flag-like artifact from his storage treasure. Suddenly, a bloody aura spread across the surface of this not-so-small small planet, and Sun Ming almost vomited.

  "Embracing the origin and guarding the one, calm your breath and concentrate your spirit. Your current cultivation is too low, you can't even participate in this kind of fight, it's better not to disturb your two masters." Yun Zhongzi reminded.

  Sun Ming immediately walked behind a large stone and sat down with his knees crossed, holding his breath and quietly watching the three people fighting in the distance. Suddenly, he discovered that he had overlooked one thing - he seemed to have never seen Ling Xing and Ling Yu.

  "Your two senior brothers and sisters seem to have some problems, they actually both fainted, they are already in the Yuan Ying period of cultivation, this little pressure should be bearable, yet they both fainted over there, there's something fishy going on here." Yun Zhongzi reminded, indeed Sun Ming saw Ling Xing and Ling Yu who were fainting extremely naturally on one side of the Dingxing disk. Although Sun Ming felt a bit suspicious in his heart, he just thought about it briefly and shifted his gaze back to the battle between Tianyi, Tianhuo and the two elders from the Blood Sea.

  Tianyi and Tianhuo, as the elders of Qilingzong, although their cultivation in alchemy is extraordinary, they are also quite formidable in terms of magic spells. After all, with so many magic spells in the library, there must be one or two sets that suit them.

  "This filthy and evil thing, you actually refined it, this is madness!" Tianyi elder saw countless demonic heads flying out of the soul banner and angrily said. After all, he had participated in that great war a thousand years ago and knew where these things came from. The large hand, which was used to refine equipment, appeared in front of him with the spiritual fire. Due to the rapid progress of his realm, the level of the spiritual fire also changed from the spiritual fire of the Xiuzhen world to heavenly fire. For a moment, the demonic heads that were originally swarming towards him seemed to have seen the heavens and earth, and they scattered in all directions.

  "Demons are just demons, they can't withstand the true flames." Tianyi's expression suddenly turned bright and cheerful, speeding up the casting of his spell. The fire dragons devoured the demon heads one by one, and Sun Ming watched in amazement as he saw a hint of relief and gratitude on the faces of those demon heads that were about to dissipate under the heavenly flames.

  "These demon heads were all made by refining the living souls of those who were brutally killed by this Blood Sea Demon, and they are attached to this Soul-Calling Banner. They do not enter the cycle of reincarnation and have no consciousness of their own, only knowing how to follow the orders of the master of the treasure to devour flesh and blood. They can be said to be the most miserable group in the world. The demon heads that were just dispersed by the heavenly fire appeared with an expression of relief because they were able to rush into reincarnation under the burning of the heavenly fire." Yun Zhongzi explained.

  "Master, how are you so familiar with these?" Sun Ming was somewhat puzzled, after all, his master was a Taoist who should not have come into contact with this demonic treasure.

  "Compared to Bian Ji's ghostly white bone banner back then, this Blood Sea Old Devil's soul-summoning banner-like treasure is still far from being a beginner."