táo wù dèng dà le yǎn jīng 。
梼杌瞪大了眼睛。
Tiaomu's eyes widened in shock.
zuò wèi cóng shàng gǔ shí qī jiù cún zài de zhēn líng ， yǎn qián de mì shù tā bù zhǐ shú xī ， zài shàng yī cì sān jiè dà zhàn de shí hòu ， shèn zhì hái qīn shēn jīng lì 。
做为从上古时期就存在的真灵，眼前的秘术他不止熟悉，在上一次三界大战的时候，甚至还亲身经历。
As a true spirit existing since the ancient times, he was not only familiar with this secret technique; during the last Three Realms War, he had even personally experienced it.
jiǎ rú zhè yī cì jiàng lín dào líng jiè de shì tā de běn tǐ ， qū qū liú xīng huǒ yǔ bù zú wèi jù ， píng jiè lǐng yù ， tā kě yǐ qīng sōng yì cháng de huà jiě yǎn qián de wēi jī 。
假如这一次降临到灵界的是它的本体，区区流星火雨不足为惧，凭借领域，它可以轻松异常的化解眼前的危机。
If its main body were to descend upon the Spirit Realm now, a mere meteor fire rain would be nothing to fear. With his domain, he could easily neutralize the current threat.
rán ér tā zhè cì lái de bú shì běn tǐ ， huà shēn de xiū wèi bù guò dù jié chū qī ， zhè yàng de jìng jiè bù kě néng yōng yǒu lǐng yù 。
然而它这次来的不是本体，化身的修为不过渡劫初期，这样的境界不可能拥有领域。
However, this time, it wasn't the main body; the avatar's cultivation was only at the early stage of tribulation breakthrough, making it impossible for him to possess a domain.
nà liú xīng huǒ yǔ jiù shì bù róng xiǎo qiáo dì 。
那流星火雨就是不容小瞧地。
That meteor fire rain couldn't be underestimated.
zuò wéi wǔ xíng fǎ shù zhōng zuì kě pà de mì zhòu zhī yī ， yǐ shì néng gòu wēi xié dào tā zhè jù huà shēn cún zài dì 。
作为五行法术中最可怕的密咒之一，已是能够威胁到他这具化身存在地。
As one of the most terrifying secret techniques among the Five Elements spells, it already posed a threat to his current avatar existence.
zhè lín xiǎo zi jiū jìng hái yào dài gěi zì jǐ duō shǎo “ jīng xǐ ” ne ， qū qū yī fēn shén zhōng qī de cún zài ， jū rán néng shùn fā shàng gǔ dà wēi lì de mì shù ， nán dào shì jiè zhù tā shēn qián nà xiǎo dǐng xíng zhuàng de bǎo wù ？
这林小子究竟还要带给自己多少“惊喜”呢，区区一分神中期的存在，居然能瞬发上古大威力的秘术，难道是借助他身前那小鼎形状的宝物？
How many "surprises" was this Lin boy going to bring? A mere mid-stage distraction could actually instantly cast an ancient powerful secret technique. Could it be that he was using that small鼎-shaped treasure in front of him?
táo wù è hěn hěn de xiǎng zhe 。
梼杌恶狠狠的想着。
Tiaomu thought viciously.
zhēn líng de shòu mìng kě shì bù xùn yú rén lèi xiū xiān zhě ， màn cháng de shòu mìng gèng ràng tā men jiàn shí guǎng bó ， jiù fǎng fú yī zhī shí yuān bó de xué zhě 。
真灵的寿命可是不逊于人类修仙者，漫长的寿命更让他们见识广博，就仿佛一知识渊博的学者。
True spirits' lifespans were no less than those of human cultivators, and their extensive experiences made them akin to knowledgeable scholars.
huà shēn méi yǒu lǐng yù ， liú xīng huǒ yǔ jiāng gěi tā dài lái mò dà de wēi jī 。
化身没有领域，流星火雨将给他带来莫大的危机。
Without a domain, the meteor fire rain would bring significant danger.
piān piān zhè fǎ shù hái jù yǒu qì jī suǒ dìng de xiào guǒ ， dāng rán ， bèi suǒ dìng hòu yě bú shì shuō ， jiù wán quán duǒ bù guò ， dàn nán dù huì chéng bèi de tí gāo xǔ duō 。
偏偏这法术还具有气机锁定的效果，当然，被锁定后也不是说，就完全躲不过，但难度会成倍的提高许多。
Moreover, this spell had an effect that locked its target's qi mechanism; while it wasn't impossible to avoid once locked, the difficulty would be greatly increased.
ér rú jīn ， shí jiān jǐn pò ， tā yě jī hū bù huì yǒu shí jiān duǒ ！
而如今，时间紧迫，他也几乎不会有时间躲！
Given the urgency of time, he wouldn't have much time to dodge!
yìng káng chéng le wéi yī de xuǎn zé ！
硬扛成了唯一的选择！
The only choice was to endure it head-on!
jù dà de hǒu shēng chuán rù ěr duǒ 。
巨大的吼声传入耳朵。
The immense roar entered his ears.
táo wù de yǎn jīng zài yī shùn jiān ， wán quán biàn chéng le xuè hóng zhī sè ， hún shēn shàng xià ， lì qì pēn bó， tā de shēn qū ， gèng shì yǐ bù kě sī yì de sù dù kuò dà le 。
梼杌的眼睛在一瞬间，完全变成了血红之色，浑身上下，戾气喷bó，他的身躯，更是以不可思议的速度扩大了。
In an instant, Tiaomu's eyes turned completely blood red. His aura surged, and his body expanded at an unbelievable speed.
yuán běn táo wù de shēn qū zhǎng bù guò shù shí zhàng yǒu yú ， cǐ shí cǐ kè ， jū rán biàn dà le shí bèi hái duō ， biàn chéng le yī jiē jìn qiān zhàng zhī zhǎng de guài wù 。
原本梼杌的身躯长不过数十丈有余，此时此刻，居然变大了十倍还多，变成了一接近千丈之长的怪物。
Originally, Tiaomu’s body was no more than dozens of feet long, but now it had grown ten times larger, transforming into a monster over nine hundred feet in length.
yuǎn yuǎn wàng qù ， jiù yǔ yī zuò qí qū guài dàn de shān fēng xiāng chà fǎng fú 。
远远望去，就与一座崎岖怪诞的山峰相差仿佛。
From afar, he resembled a rugged mountain peak.
lín xuān yě suàn dòu fǎ jīng yàn fēng fù ， zhè yí mù luò zài yǎn lǐ ， chú le chà yì hái shì chà yì 。
林轩也算斗法经验丰富，这一幕落在眼里，除了诧异还是诧异。
Lin Xuan, despite his combat experience, was still surprised by this transformation.
biàn dà yǒu shén me yì yì ？
变大有什么意义？
What was the point of getting bigger?
tā kàn bú jiàn fēn háo de hǎo chù ， xiàng tā men zhè zhǒng děng jiē de cún zài ， shí lì qiáng ruò yǔ shēn qū dà xiǎo shì méi yǒu fēn háo guān xì de 。
他看不见分毫的好处，像他们这种等阶的存在，实力强弱与身躯大小是没有分毫关系的。
He couldn't see any benefit to it; for beings like them, strength wasn’t related to body size. In fact, growing larger would only make him an even more obvious target in such a situation.
tè bié shì zài rú jīn zhè zhǒng qíng xíng xià ， biàn dà zhǐ huì chéng wéi gèng dà de biāo bǎ 。
特别是在如今这种情形下，变大只会成为更大的标靶。
Had Tiaomu’s head been broken?
nán dào táo wù de nǎo dài huài diào le ？
难道梼杌的脑袋坏掉了？
The thought flashed through his mind before he shook his head, dismissing it.
zhè ge niàn tou jǐn jǐn yī shǎn ér guò ， lín xuān jiù yáo yáo tóu fǒu le 。
这个念头仅仅一闪而过，林轩就摇摇头否了。
Who was Tiaomu?
táo wù shì shén me ？
梼杌是什么？
One of the Four Fiends of the Demon Realm.
mó jiè sì xiōng zhī yī 。
魔界四凶之一。
A true spirit that had lived for over a million years.
huó le shàng bǎi wàn nián de zhēn líng 。
活了上百万年的真灵。
His combat experience compared to Lin Xuan's wasn't weaker; how could this seemingly foolish act make sense?
dòu fǎ jīng yàn yǔ zì jǐ xiāng bǐ ， zhǐ qiáng bù ruò ， tā zěn me huì gàn zhè zhǒng mào sì yú chǔn de shǎ shì ne ？
斗法经验与自己相比，只强不弱，它怎么会干这种貌似愚蠢的傻事呢？
There must be some meaning behind this move.
duì fāng cǐ jǔ ， yí dìng shì yǒu yì yì 。
对方此举，一定是有意义。
Although Lin Xuan didn’t know, his instincts sensed danger.
lín xuān suī bù qīng chǔ ， dàn běn néng ， què xiù dào le jǐ fēn wēi xiǎn de qì xī 。
林轩虽不清楚，但本能，却嗅到了几分危险的气息。
However, he didn’t have time to think further and couldn’t change his tactics either. He poured more magical power into the Spirit Refinement Cauldron, making the meteor fire rain even stronger.
rán ér rú jīn ， tā méi yǒu shí jiān duō zuò sī suǒ ， yě tóng yàng lái bù jí biàn zhāo shén me ， tā zhǐ néng jiāng gèng duō de fǎ lì ， zhù rù líng jué dǐng lǐ ， ràng liú xīng huǒ yǔ ， yōng yǒu gèng jiā qiáng dà de wēi lì 。
然而如今，他没有时间多做思索，也同样来不及变招什么，他只能将更多的法力，注入灵诀鼎里，让流星火雨，拥有更加强大的威力。
The outcome was now in the balance!
shèng bài zài cǐ yī jǔ ！
胜败在此一举！
Indeed, saying so might be a bit exaggerated, but Lin Xuan had placed too much hope on this treasure. With no other effective means to counter Tiaomu, he could only rely on it.
ń ， zhè me shuō ， huò xǔ shāo xián kuā zhāng le xiē ， rán ér lín xuān duì yú cǐ bǎo ， què shí jì yǔ le tài dà de qī xǔ ， chú cǐ yǐ wài ， tā bìng méi yǒu tài hǎo de shǒu duàn duì kàng yǎn qián de táo wù 。
嗯，这么说，或许稍嫌夸张了些，然而林轩对于此宝，确实寄予了太大的期许，除此以外，他并没有太好的手段对抗眼前的梼杌。
After all, Tiaomu was at the tribulation breakthrough stage; even if he summoned Little Furball, its flawed domain wouldn’t be of much use.
duì fāng kě shì dù jié qī jí bié de ， jiù suàn jiāng xiǎo máo qiú huàn chū ， tā nà yǒu xiá cī de lǐng yù yě bú huì yǒu tài dà de yòng tú 。
对方可是渡劫期级别的，就算将小毛球唤出，它那有瑕疵的领域也不会有太大的用途。
Instead, it might expose his little companion, and Lin Xuan harbored doubts about Little Furball’s true nature. It was best not to reveal him in public, as doing so could bring great danger.
fǎn ér yǒu kě néng jiāng xiǎo jiā huo bào lù ， duì yú xiǎo máo qiú ， lín xuān xīn zhōng shǐ zhōng dài zhe jǐ fēn yí huò ， xiǎo jiā huo tài shén mì le ， zuì hǎo hái shì bú yào xiàn shēn yú rén qián ， fǒu zé ， yǒu kě néng zhāo lái jí dà de wēi xiǎn 。
反而有可能将小家伙暴露，对于小毛球，林轩心中始终带着几分疑惑，小家伙太神秘了，最好还是不要现身于人前，否则，有可能招来极大的危险。
All this happened in the blink of an eye.
zhè suǒ yǒu de yī qiè dōu fā shēng zài diàn guāng huǒ shí zhī jiān 。
这所有的一切都发生在电光火石之间。
Tiaomu opened his blood-red maw, spewing out several light balls each seven or eight feet wide.
zhī jiān táo wù zhāng kāi le xuè pén dà kǒu 。
之间梼杌张开了血盆大口。
These light balls grew rapidly upon encountering the wind.
cóng tā zuǐ bā zhōng pēn chū le shù gè zhí jìng qī bā zhàng dà xiǎo de guāng qiú 。
从他嘴巴中喷出了数个直径七八丈大小的光球。
Their color was pitch black with red electric arcs swirling around them.
yíng fēng yī shǎn ， zhè xiē guāng qiú xùn sù biàn dà le qǐ lái 。
迎风一闪，这些光球迅速变大了起来。
A fierce and ominous aura emanated from them.
ér qiě tā men de yán sè shì qī hēi sè ， biǎo miàn hái chán rào zhe xuè hóng sè de diàn hú 。
而且它们的颜色是漆黑色，表面还缠绕着血红色的电弧。
Then these light balls trembled slightly before shooting upwards with long trails of flame. At first glance, they resembled Lin Xuan's meteor fire rain.
yī gǔ xiōng lì zhī qì pèi rán ér chū 。
一股凶戾之气沛然而出。
What kind of spell was this?
suí hòu nà xiē guāng qiú wēi wēi chàn dǒu ， yóu xià zhì shàng de jī shè ér chū ， dài zhe cháng cháng de wěi yàn ， yī yǎn wàng qù ， yǔ lín xuān shī zhǎn de liú xīng huǒ yǔ jū rán yǒu jǐ fēn xiāng sì zhī chù 。
随后那些光球微微颤抖，由下至上的激射而出，带着长长的尾焰，一眼望去，与林轩施展的流星火雨居然有几分相似之处。
Lin Xuan was surprised; could Tiaomu be so powerful?
zhè shì shén me fǎ shù ？
这是什么法术？
However, he noticed that as Tiaomu cast this strange demonic technique, his eyes showed signs of fatigue, and his aura weakened significantly.
lín xuān lüè gǎn jīng è ， táo wù jū rán zhè me qiáng dà me ？
林轩略感惊愕，梼杌居然这么强大么？
It seemed this power couldn’t be used随意 by a tribulation breakthrough beast. If Lin Xuan’s guess was correct, it likely had some connection to its true essence.
bù guò tā yě zhù yì dào ， zài shī zhǎn chū zhè guǐ yì mó gōng de tóng shí ， táo wù de yǎn zhōng ， nán yǎn pí bèi zhī sè ， qì shì yě yī xià zi jiǎn ruò le xǔ duō 。
不过他也注意到，在施展出这诡异魔功的同时，梼杌的眼中，难掩疲惫之色，气势也一下子减弱了许多。
Before his thoughts could fully form, the earth shook with a loud explosion. The sound was so powerful that it defied description.
kàn lái zhè zhǒng shén tōng ， jí biàn shì dù jié qī de xiōng shòu ， yě bú shì xiǎng yòng jiù yòng ， ruò shì zì jǐ méi yǒu liào cuò ， qí zhōng duō bàn yǔ běn mìng zhēn yuán ， yǒu yī xiē guān lián qiān chě 。
看来这种神通，即便是渡劫期的凶兽，也不是想用就用，若是自己没有料错，其中多半与本命真元，有一些关联牵扯。
Space trembled violently; at that moment, the world seemed on the brink of collapse and destruction.
nǎo hǎi zhōng niàn tou shàng wèi zhuǎn guò 。
脑海中念头尚未转过。
Within a hundred miles, no, a thousand miles, everything was affected by the blast’s aftermath, like a destructive gale sweeping across, turning anything in its path to nothingness.
hōng lōng lóng de bào liè shēng jiù chuán rù ěr duǒ ， nà shēng yīn zhī biāo hàn páng bó ， yǐ jīng dào le nán yǐ yòng yán yǔ xíng róng de dì bù 。
轰隆隆的爆裂声就传入耳朵，那声音之彪悍磅礴，已经到了难以用言语形容的地步。
Lin Xuan and Tiaomu were exceptions. The fierce winds around them were intense, but they seemed oblivious to it all.
kōng jiān jù liè chàn dǒu ， tiān dì zài nà yī kè ， gěi rén de gǎn jué ， jiù fǎng fú yào bēng tā huǐ miè diào le 。
空间剧烈颤抖，天地在那一刻，给人的感觉，就仿佛要崩塌毁灭掉了。
Frustrated!
fāng yuán bǎi lǐ ， bù ， shì fāng yuán qiān lǐ ， dōu shòu dào le yāng jí ， bào zhà de yú bō ， rú huǐ miè de gāng fēng yì bān sǎo guò ， suǒ guò zhī chù ， fán shì gǎn yú dǎng lù de dōng xī ， jiē huà wèi le xū wú 。
方圆百里，不，是方圆千里，都受到了殃及，爆炸的余波，如毁灭的罡风一般扫过，所过之处，凡是敢于挡路的东西，皆化为了虚无。
Lin Xuan's gaze fixed on Tiaomu.
lín xuān yǔ táo wù shì wéi yī de lì wài zhě ， liǎng rén de shēn biān gāng fēng měng è ， rán ér tā men què fǎng fú méi yǒu gǎn jué shì de 。
林轩与梼杌是唯一的例外者，两人的身边罡风猛恶，然而他们却仿佛没有感觉似的。
Despite the meteor fire rain not being completely blocked, he still managed to stop it.
kě wù ！
可恶！
Tiaomu’s expression was also tense; what mattered was the result. Regardless of how things unfolded, this secret technique had failed to achieve its intended effect.
lín xuān de yǎn shén ， sǐ sǐ de dīng zhe táo wù 。
林轩的眼神，死死的盯着梼杌。
Lin Xuan's face darkened to an extreme degree.
liú xīng huǒ yǔ ， shàng gǔ dà wēi lì mì shù ， jū rán bèi duì fāng dǎng xià lái le 。
流星火雨，上古大威力秘术，居然被对方挡下来了。
Tiaomu’s demeanor wasn’t much better.
jǐn guǎn táo wù de biǎo qíng yě bìng bù qīng sōng ， dàn tā yào de shì jié guǒ ， bù guǎn rú hé ， zhè mì shù dōu méi yǒu qǐ dào zì jǐ yù qī de xiào guǒ 。
尽管梼杌的表情也并不轻松，但他要的是结果，不管如何，这秘术都没有起到自己预期的效果。
To block the meteor fire rain, he had paid a significant price.
lín xuān liǎn sè yīn mái dào jí chù 。
林轩脸色阴霾到极处。
This damn little guy forced him into such a situation.
ér táo wù de shén qíng ， yě hǎo bù liǎo xǔ duō 。
而梼杌的神情，也好不了许多。
But now, he was at his last breath. He didn't know how Lin Xuan managed to cast the meteor fire rain, but daring to delve into ancient secrets at mid-stage distraction was too naive!
wèi le dǎng xià liú xīng huǒ yǔ ， tā suǒ fù chū de dài jià ， yě shì bù fēi de 。
为了挡下流星火雨，他所付出的代价，也是不菲的。
Or perhaps foolish.
zhè kě wù de xiǎo jiā huo ， jū rán jiāng zì jǐ bī dào rú cǐ dì bù 。
这可恶的小家伙，居然将自己逼到如此地步。
The effort of casting it left him with almost no magical power.
bù guò tā xiàn zài yě shì qiáng nǔ zhī mò ， bù xiǎo de liú xīng huǒ yǔ zhè lín xiǎo zi shì zěn me shī zhǎn de ， dàn qū qū fēn shén qī jiù gǎn shè liè shàng gǔ mì shù ， tā yǐ wéi píng tā de jìng jiè jiù kě zhǎng wò me ？
不过他现在也是强弩之末，不晓得流星火雨这林小子是怎么施展的，但区区分神期就敢涉猎上古秘术，他以为凭他的境界就可掌握么？
Without magic, cultivators were like beasts stripped of their claws, barely different from ordinary humans.
tài tiān zhēn le ！
太天真了！
Heaven’s wrath could be endured; self-inflicted punishment couldn’t. This Lin boy would become his plaything. He wouldn't let him die easily; he wanted to make him suffer before death. Only then could he erase the hatred in his heart.
huò zhě shuō yú chǔn 。
或者说愚蠢。
Tiaomu thought viciously, but suddenly, his eyes widened.
miǎn lì shī zhǎn de jié guǒ shì zhè yī xià ， tā de fǎ lì jiù suǒ shèng wú jǐ 。
勉励施展的结果是这一下，他的法力就所剩无几。
He saw Lin Xuan's sleeve glow with a spiritual light, and he now held an exquisite white jade bottle in his hand.
ér méi yǒu le fǎ lì ， xiū xiān zhě jiù fǎng fú měng shòu bèi bá diào le zhǎo yá ， yǔ pǔ tōng de fán rén yě xiāng chā wú jǐ a ！
而没有了法力，修仙者就仿佛猛兽被拔掉了爪牙，与普通的凡人也相差无几啊！
It wasn't exactly a treasure; it was just a plain white jade bottle typically used to store elixirs of immortality.
tiān zuò niè ， yóu kě huó ， zì zuò niè ， bù kě huó ， zhè lín xiǎo zi ， jiāng biàn chéng zì jǐ de wán wù ， zì jǐ bú huì ràng tā nà me tòng kuài sǐ de ， lín sǐ qián ， yào ràng tā bǎo shòu zhé mó ， fǒu zé ， zěn me néng xiāo qù zì jǐ xīn tóu zhī hèn ne ？
天作孽，犹可活，自作孽，不可活，这林小子，将变成自己的玩物，自己不会让他那么痛快死的，临死前，要让他饱受折磨，否则，怎么能消去自己心头之恨呢？
Lin Xuan tilted his head back, swallowing a drop of refined ten-thousand-year-old spirit milk. His aura recovered visibly, and the nearly depleted magical power replenished instantly.
táo wù è hěn hěn de xiǎng zhe ， rán ér xià yī kè ， tā què dèng dà le yǎn zhū 。
梼杌恶狠狠的想着，然而下一刻，他却瞪大了眼珠。
"Too... too void spirit milk!"
zhǐ jiàn lín xuān xiù páo ， líng guāng shǎn guò ， shǒu zhōng yǐ jīng duō chū le yī jiàn bǎo wù 。
只见林轩袖袍，灵光闪过，手中已经多出了一件宝物。
Tiaomu's eyes widened in shock as he realized what Lin Xuan was doing. The change was so rapid that his expression became comically exaggerated.
yě bù néng shuō bǎo wù ， bù guò shì yī jié bái wú xiá de yù píng bà le 。
也不能说宝物，不过是一洁白无瑕的玉瓶罢了。
It wasn’t surprising; after using the meteor fire rain, Tiaomu thought Lin Xuan had trapped himself and was like a fish on a chopping block. However, he had underestimated him, allowing the cooked duck to fly away.
Tiaomu's eyes widened in shock.
As a true spirit existing since the ancient times, he was not only familiar with this secret technique; during the last Three Realms War, he had even personally experienced it.
If its main body were to descend upon the Spirit Realm now, a mere meteor fire rain would be nothing to fear. With his domain, he could easily neutralize the current threat.
However, this time, it wasn't the main body; the avatar's cultivation was only at the early stage of tribulation breakthrough, making it impossible for him to possess a domain.
That meteor fire rain couldn't be underestimated.
As one of the most terrifying secret techniques among the Five Elements spells, it already posed a threat to his current avatar existence.
Frustrated!
How many "surprises" was this Lin boy going to bring? A mere mid-stage distraction could actually instantly cast an ancient powerful secret technique. Could it be that he was using that small鼎-shaped treasure in front of him?
Tiaomu thought viciously.
True spirits' lifespans were no less than those of human cultivators, and their extensive experiences made them akin to knowledgeable scholars.
Without a domain, the meteor fire rain would bring significant danger.
Moreover, this spell had an effect that locked its target's qi mechanism; while it wasn't impossible to avoid once locked, the difficulty would be greatly increased.
Given the urgency of time, he wouldn't have much time to dodge!
The only choice was to endure it head-on!
Aaah!
The immense roar entered his ears.
In an instant, Tiaomu's eyes turned completely blood red. His aura surged, and his body expanded at an unbelievable speed.
Originally, Tiaomu’s body was no more than dozens of feet long, but now it had grown ten times larger, transforming into a monster over nine hundred feet in length.
From afar, he resembled a rugged mountain peak.
Lin Xuan, despite his combat experience, was still surprised by this transformation.
What was the point of getting bigger?
He couldn't see any benefit to it; for beings like them, strength wasn’t related to body size. In fact, growing larger would only make him an even more obvious target in such a situation.
Had Tiaomu’s head been broken?
The thought flashed through his mind before he shook his head, dismissing it.
Who was Tiaomu?
One of the Four Fiends of the Demon Realm.
A true spirit that had lived for over a million years.
His combat experience compared to Lin Xuan's wasn't weaker; how could this seemingly foolish act make sense?
There must be some meaning behind this move.
Although Lin Xuan didn’t know, his instincts sensed danger.
However, he didn’t have time to think further and couldn’t change his tactics either. He poured more magical power into the Spirit Refinement Cauldron, making the meteor fire rain even stronger.
The outcome was now in the balance!
Indeed, saying so might be a bit exaggerated, but Lin Xuan had placed too much hope on this treasure. With no other effective means to counter Tiaomu, he could only rely on it.
After all, Tiaomu was at the tribulation breakthrough stage; even if he summoned Little Furball, its flawed domain wouldn’t be of much use.
Instead, it might expose his little companion, and Lin Xuan harbored doubts about Little Furball’s true nature. It was best not to reveal him in public, as doing so could bring great danger.
All this happened in the blink of an eye.
Tiaomu opened his blood-red maw, spewing out several light balls each seven or eight feet wide.
These light balls grew rapidly upon encountering the wind.
Their color was pitch black with red electric arcs swirling around them.
A fierce and ominous aura emanated from them.
Then these light balls trembled slightly before shooting upwards with long trails of flame. At first glance, they resembled Lin Xuan's meteor fire rain.
What kind of spell was this?
Lin Xuan was surprised; could Tiaomu be so powerful?
However, he noticed that as Tiaomu cast this strange demonic technique, his eyes showed signs of fatigue, and his aura weakened significantly.
It seemed this power couldn’t be used随意 by a tribulation breakthrough beast. If Lin Xuan’s guess was correct, it likely had some connection to its true essence.
Before his thoughts could fully form, the earth shook with a loud explosion. The sound was so powerful that it defied description.
Space trembled violently; at that moment, the world seemed on the brink of collapse and destruction.
Within a hundred miles, no, a thousand miles, everything was affected by the blast’s aftermath, like a destructive gale sweeping across, turning anything in its path to nothingness.
Lin Xuan and Tiaomu were exceptions. The fierce winds around them were intense, but they seemed oblivious to it all.
Frustrated!
Lin Xuan's gaze fixed on Tiaomu.
Despite the meteor fire rain not being completely blocked, he still managed to stop it.
Tiaomu’s expression was also tense; what mattered was the result. Regardless of how things unfolded, this secret technique had failed to achieve its intended effect.
Lin Xuan's face darkened to an extreme degree.
Tiaomu’s demeanor wasn’t much better.
To block the meteor fire rain, he had paid a significant price.
This damn little guy forced him into such a situation.
But now, he was at his last breath. He didn't know how Lin Xuan managed to cast the meteor fire rain, but daring to delve into ancient secrets at mid-stage distraction was too naive!
Or perhaps foolish.
The effort of casting it left him with almost no magical power.
Without magic, cultivators were like beasts stripped of their claws, barely different from ordinary humans.
Heaven’s wrath could be endured; self-inflicted punishment couldn’t. This Lin boy would become his plaything. He wouldn't let him die easily; he wanted to make him suffer before death. Only then could he erase the hatred in his heart.
Tiaomu thought viciously, but suddenly, his eyes widened.
He saw Lin Xuan's sleeve glow with a spiritual light, and he now held an exquisite white jade bottle in his hand.
It wasn't exactly a treasure; it was just a plain white jade bottle typically used to store elixirs of immortality.
Lin Xuan tilted his head back, swallowing a drop of refined ten-thousand-year-old spirit milk. His aura recovered visibly, and the nearly depleted magical power replenished instantly.
"Too... too void spirit milk!"
Tiaomu's eyes widened in shock as he realized what Lin Xuan was doing. The change was so rapid that his expression became comically exaggerated.
It wasn’t surprising; after using the meteor fire rain, Tiaomu thought Lin Xuan had trapped himself and was like a fish on a chopping block. However, he had underestimated him, allowing the cooked duck to fly away.