390 I Have a Stick That Could Expel Poison and Nourish the Skin (1/2)

The ancient stele at the royal tomb was recovering at an alarming rate. And along with the restoration of the stele, Yunkongjun's own suppression array resumed its operation.

A very gigantic traction field that went along the space and time converged on the stele. This moment, all the living things below and above the ground on the vast Cloud Country were summoned by the stele, releasing somewhere between dark and elusive mysterious power against the source of threat of all this.

”Yunkongjun, the reason why you came back from the dead lies in the misconduct of King Yunyang. If not, this stele that holds the fate of the country wouldn't have been easily damaged, and thus wouldn't have let you come back to life. A king losing his virtue is indeed the most serious evil conduct that harms the country. By ordering the slaughter of his own citizens, the sin King Yunyang is unforgivable even if he had to die a hundred times. Regardless of how he tried to compensate for it, it would not reverse the scar on the stele.”

”However, conversely, a king's holiness and virtue can lead the country to an unprecedented prosperity, and make up for any cracks… To be sure, King Yunyang, though wise but without holiness and virtue, his daughter, Princess Yunyue, do have moral excellence that is very hard to see in the royal family: sacrifice and devotion. She is willing to die to make up for the sin of her father, wishing to help all living things in Cloud Country with her own sacrifice. Although this wish is immature, but it's also sincere. Her moral character is worthy of a monarch. So, when I found out that she possessed this rarest qualification, I came up with a simple method. As long as the virtueless King Yunyang abdicate his throne, won't every difficulty be easily solved?”

”Of course, it is impossible to perform the normal abdication ritual in such a short period of time. However, there's also a tricky way to do this: when it comes to the survival of the country, with just the king, the successor, as well as a highly respected witness, the simplest abdication ritual can be done, as what you have just seen. That sachet is a modified mustard seed bag, and in it the imperial seal of the Cloud Country. When the imperial seal fell into the hands of Yunyue, it is tantamount to the common people in Cloud Country having a virtuous and holy king, and the stele restores to its original condition. Even the only hidden danger—the violent poison in Yunyue's body, has been personally removed by you, so that there is no oversight on the whole thing. Isn't that interesting?”

Wang Lu revealed a meaningful smile, which completely angered Yunkongjun.

”Kid, you actually dare to play such tricks in front of me!”

The voice in the royal tomb sounded like the simultaneous booming of a million thunder. It was soul-stirring. Sometimes, it resembled a billowing tide, there was soft within the hard. And amidst that hard and soft, fast and slow fiercely fluctuated that inevitably it became fantastically distorted.

Wang Lu firmly held up his Non-Phase Sword Defense. Regardless of the thousands of change on the outside, he firmly defended the three feet area around him. If someone has good eyesight, it was easy to see that he had used his innate vitality.

However, the biggest reason why Wang Lu was able to sustain his three feet sword defense was the sharp decline of Yunkongjun. As the stele continued to repair itself, his power continued to drop as well. Although his roaring sound did not diminish, it absolutely did not have the might to kill or dominate over somebody. If not, even if Wang Lu could save his own life, how could he protect the two mortals behind him?

After a moment of stalemate, the situation was finally slipping to one side. As Wang Lu's sword defense became more and more stable, Yunkongjun's roaring voice became angrier.

”Kid, I will make you miserable beyond recognition in your death! Under the torture of ten thousand species of strange ancient insects, you will be forever crying for your stupidity!

”You will receive new punishment every day, there will be endless cycles of death and rebirth! I will hack every person that you cherish before you into pieces!

”I curse you! Your clothes will become ragged, your hair drop, your sweat starched like pus, your smell stank and can't be rid off, and you will always be in a trance!”

Every roar and every curse of Yunkongjun not only has amazing sweeping power, it also came with brilliant and mysterious spells, all of which were directed at Wang Lu. Once Wang Lu slipped, his Non-Phase Sword Defense would collapse and he would be consumed by the crazy attack of Yunkongjun.

With the means of Peak Yuanying Stage cultivator, not only was the intensity of this attack astonishing, it was also strangely pervasive that it was difficult to guard. The power that could be wielded by a Yuanying Stage cultivator was far more brilliant than that of Xudan Stage. Properly speaking, no Xudan Stage cultivator could preserve its life under the all out attack of Yunkongjun.

However, the one that Yunkongjun met was Wang Lu, whose defensive prowess outclassed all the other Xudan Stage cultivators. Although Wang Lu only cultivated the Non-Phase Sword Art to the forty-fifth layer, far away from the one hundredth plus layer of his Master, he was actually able to resist the entire variation of attacks from Yunkongjun.

As far as Wang Lu was concerned, this was a valuable rare opportunity. Through Yunkongjun's various means of penetration and attack, his Non-Phase Sword Qi, Non-Phase Sword Bone… all parts of the system of Non-Phase Method was put in an unprecedented test. Was a Peak Yuanying Stage Cultivator a person that could be trifled with? Even with greatly weakened and suppressed power, the means that could be used by the other party were still far superior to his.

Every roar and every curse contained the magical dao of Yuanying Stage Cultivator and even the perception of the whole nature. The utilization of power was exquisite, and its efficiency much higher than a mere Xudan. The more frightening thing was that, it was as if he could not anticipate each attack from the opposite party, and could not imagine the target of the attack. Sometimes, even when he was nearly vanquished, he was still in a daze!

However, it was precisely at this time that the result of his one year of hard training showed its brilliance. Sometimes, by virtue of his powerful deductive ability to speculate, sometimes by relying on Non-Phase Immortal Heart to provide sharp intuition, and from time to time by relying on the engraved mark on his Jade Mansion and sword bone within the standard of Non-Phase… Wang Lu, at an astonishing speed, cracked the difficult problems flooded by Yunkongjun. Many of the know-hows that were really difficult for him to understand during his bitter training, at this time, came to him one by one, which opened a new shining door in front of Wang Lu.

Along with the rapid consumption of magical power, as well as innate vitality burning, Wang Lu felt his strength unexpectedly steadily rose, because with similar power output, he was able to display a higher efficiency. Although his confrontation with Yunkongjun only happened in a short period of time, it was as if he had experienced a long period of seclusion training, his profit was really abundant!

On the other side, Yunkongjun felt that it was difficult for him to sustain his attacks. Although he has used thousands of means, he was unable to break Wang Lu's Non-Phase Sword Defense, unable to kill Princess Yunyue who was sitting on the soft bed, and thus unable to lift the suppression on him from the stele! In time, he gradually realized that he had lost his chance to make a comeback.

However, he was still unwilling to give up. Since his strength was almost spent, why wouldn't the opponent not lose his strength too? Although Wang Lu's succinct advancement was clearly visible, his magical power consumption was also clearly visible. He was just a Xudan and not Jindan, so the magical power self-generation speed was not fast. Even if he was a Jindan Cultivator, it was impossible for him to sustain the magical power consumption of his Non-Phase Sword Defense. Thus, as long as he, Yunkongjun, could hold on for a moment, the opponent's magical power would be exhausted.