xymnovel Chapter 406 Life-or-Death Crisis
Chapter 406 Life-or-Death Crisis
Lin Chen tried to dodge, but the hand was too big, covering an area of a thousand feet.
There was nowhere to hide; the only option was to take it head-on.
Lin Chen took a deep breath, his chest bulging out like an inflating balloon.
Lin Chen drew out all the true essence from his dantian, leaving not a trace.
The golden true essence surged out of the dantian like a tide, flowing into the meridians and into the limbs and bones.
The golden lines on the skin's surface became even brighter, almost blindingly so.
Lin Chen formed hand seals in front of him, his movements so fast that only afterimages could be seen.
Each handprint corresponds to a rune, and each rune contains a power.
In an instant, Lin Chen formed one hundred and eight hand seals, and one hundred and eight runes appeared in the air, arranged into a complex three-dimensional pattern, like a miniature universe.
The runes combined to form a golden shield of light.
It was the Demon-Suppressing Seal that I had learned from that old man.
The light shield hovered in front of Lin Chen, with a diameter of ten zhang and a thickness of three chi.
The surface is covered with intricate runes, each one flashing with a dazzling light.
Tiny bolts of lightning crackled and popped along the edge of the light shield.
At the center of the light shield is a huge swastika, which slowly rotates. With each rotation, the brightness of the light shield increases by one point.
The ancient demon corpse's hand slammed into the light shield.
"boom--"
The sound was louder than ever before.
The damage was so severe that even Zhao Zilong's protective shield developed cracks, and Lin Chen's ears were bleeding.
The light shield cracked, like glass, with countless cracks spreading outwards from the center.
The cracks multiplied and became increasingly dense until the light shield shattered into countless pieces, scattering in the air like a golden snowfall.
The ancient demon corpse's hand continued forward, passing through the fragments of the light shield, and reaching for Lin Chen.
Lin Chen instantly retreated a thousand feet.
He used the shockwave generated when the light shield shattered to propel himself backward.
The ancient demon corpse's hand grasped at empty air.
When the five fingers come together, a muffled "bang" is made, and the air is compressed into a white sphere that is visible to the naked eye.
Then it exploded, creating a gust of wind.
Lin Chen steadied himself and, without taking a breath, formed another hand seal.
This time it's not a light shield, it's a sword.
A golden sword, a hundred feet long, hovered above his head, its tip pointing directly at the ancient demon corpse.
The sword was covered with runes, each one pulsating as if it were burning.
At the hilt of the sword, there is also a huge swastika, exactly the same as the one on the light shield, but larger, brighter, and more powerful.
"go!"
Lin Chen let out a loud shout.
The golden giant sword roared out.
The sound was like something tearing through the air, sharp and piercing, making one's eardrums ache.
The greatsword was so fast that it was only visible as a golden streak, trailing a long tail, like a comet.
The giant sword pierced the palm of the ancient demon corpse.
The sword tip collided with the palm, unleashing a blinding flash of light.
The light lasted for three seconds, then gradually faded away.
A large hole was pierced through the palm of the ancient demon corpse.
The cave was a full ten feet in diameter, its edges were charred black, and it was emitting white smoke.
Black blood gushed from the wound, cascading down like a waterfall, splashing on the ground, on the mountain, and on the chains.
Where the blood fell, everything was corroded; trees turned to ash, rocks to powder, and even the air hissed.
The ancient demon corpse let out an angry roar.
This sound was louder, fiercer, and more ruthless than before.
His voice was filled with pain, anger, and an emotion he had never felt in millennia.
It was actually hurt by what it considered an ant.
This is unreasonable, impossible, and should not be.
Its other hand also stretched out from the mountain.
Two hands emerged from the cracks in the mountain, like two towers rising from the ground.
They spread out in the air, their ten fingers spread wide, blotting out the sky and the sun.
The sunlight was blocked, plunging the area within a hundred miles into darkness.
Only a dark red light shone through the cracks, making everything look eerie.
With both hands clasped together, he slapped Lin Chen with a double-peaked ear strike.
This shot was incredibly fast and incredibly powerful.
Ten black cracks extended from the fingertips, intertwining to form a huge net.
The net descended upon Lin Chen, its mesh so fine that there was nowhere to escape.
Lin Chen's pupils suddenly contracted.
He couldn't catch that shot.
His Celestial Peak Experience Card lasted less than twenty seconds, but his body had already reached its limit.
The force of this strike exceeded the tolerance range of a peak Celestial Immortal.
But Lin Chen didn't dodge.
It's not that you can't avoid it, it's that you can't avoid it.
Behind him are Zhao Zilong, Jubei City, and countless people of Dayan.
Although Lin Chen did not consider himself a saint, he was not someone who was afraid of death.
He gritted his teeth and frantically circulated his internal energy.
He forced out the last bit of true energy from his dantian, pushed the Dragon God Technique to its limit, and squeezed out every last bit of potential from his body.
Changes began to appear on my body; the golden lines on my skin became brighter and denser.
Finally, they merged into one, and the whole person transformed into a golden light being.
Even the eyes were no longer golden, but had turned into a purer, more primal white.
That's the manifestation of pushing one's strength to the limit and overdrawing one's potential.
At this moment, the ancient demon corpse slammed down with both hands.
Lin Chen raised his hands and took the hit head-on.
"boom--"
Another earth-shattering roar.
The earth collapsed, and the ground within a radius of a hundred miles sank several feet.
The ground looked like a giant biscuit, with someone stepping on it from the middle, causing the edges to rise and the center to sink in.
Smoke and dust billowed into the sky, obscuring the sun and turning the whole world a grayish-white.
Zhao Zilong was once again thrown away by the shockwave.
Fortunately, they were far enough away this time that they were not hurt. They quickly regained their footing and looked at the place where Lin Chen had just been with a worried expression.
A huge crater appeared on the ground, a thousand feet wide and a hundred feet deep.
Lin Chen stood at the bottom of the pit.
His hands braced against the palms of the ancient demon corpse, his entire body bent over like a bow.
His knees were embedded in the ground; he wasn't kneeling, he was standing, but his entire body below the knees was sunk into the rock.
Blood seeped from the corner of his mouth, and bright red blood dripped down his chin onto the ground, drop by drop.
His arms were trembling. The power of the ancient demon corpse was too great, so great that even he, at the peak of the Celestial Immortal realm, could not withstand it.
But Lin Chen did not let go; he knew what the consequences would be.
The ancient demon corpse's hands continued to press down.
Lin Chen bent his waist even lower, like a fully drawn bow.
His knees were completely submerged in the ground, and his thighs were halfway in as well.
The blood at the corner of his mouth turned into a stream of blood, dripping down his chin and pooling on the ground.
On his arms, the veins bulged out, like little snakes crawling under his skin.
That's the manifestation of true qi reaching its limit in the meridians.
Every vein bulged with terrifying power.
At this moment, the system's voice rang in Lin Chen's mind.
[Peak Celestial Realm Experience Card, remaining time: 40 seconds.]