latelenovela Chapter 1130: The scene flashed back as if in rewind.
Chapter 1130: The scene flashed back as if in rewind.
"Brother, let me help you!"
Su Xiaoya's voice rang out, and arcs of electricity surged around her. The pale purple lightning transformed into bolts of lightning, roaring as they charged toward the other two elders.
The Great Dao of Lightning is primarily for judgment and purification, and is most effective at suppressing evil forces. The cultivation techniques of the two worshippers contained a trace of the cunning of demonic cultivators. When they encountered lightning, they were like snow meeting the scorching sun, screaming in agony.
Su Xiaoya's lightning magic is not an ordinary lightning-summoning technique, but rather contains the power of the Dao principles of the Heavenly Dao order.
This is also why the Nangong family, who clearly practiced lightning-based techniques, fell into demonic possession, which made Su Xiaoya feel extremely frustrated and as if a ball of fire was burning in her chest. Therefore, she followed her heart and directly switched to lightning-based Dao techniques to fight the enemy.
Who told her to have all ten elemental roots!
That's just how capricious I am!
Lightning crackled at Su Xiaoya's fingertips, and each arc of electricity struck precisely the two enshrined magical artifacts, cleansing them of all demonic energy.
Without the enhancement of demonic energy, the magical artifact's power was greatly reduced, and it was quickly torn apart by the thunder dragon.
The two worshippers were terrified and turned to flee, but were caught up by the thunder dragon. They collapsed to the ground, convulsing, and their clothes were instantly charred black.
Upon seeing this, Nangong Mo was both shocked and furious. He hadn't expected these three youths to be so powerful: one was at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, one was a cultivator of the Dao of Annihilation, and the other was a genius of the lightning element. Even a cultivator in the late stage of the Divine Transformation stage would have to think twice before encountering such a combination.
He gritted his teeth, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes, and suddenly pressed his palm onto his dantian, chanting incantations.
"Oh no, he's going to self-destruct his nascent soul!" Yu Shuheng's expression changed, and his life force surged forth, condensing into a huge jade barrier in front of him.
Su Mingyi's eyes narrowed, and he pushed the power of the Annihilation Domain to its limit. The gray mist contracted like a black hole, tightly imprisoning Nangong Mo's body.
Su Xiaoya unleashed the full power of the Thunder Dao, condensing countless purple arcs of electricity into a thunder sword that pointed directly at Nangong Mo's sea of consciousness.
Nangong Mo's body trembled violently, and his nascent soul throbbed wildly in his dantian, but it was suppressed by the Domain of Annihilation and could not break out at all.
His eyes were filled with despair. Finally, with a "poof," he spat out blood and collapsed to the ground, his nascent soul already shattered by the power of annihilation.
Nangong Lie was so frightened by the scene before him that he collapsed to the ground, his body soaked with sweat.
Su Xiaoya walked slowly to him, purple arcs of electricity dancing on her fingertips, her eyes icy: "The Nangong family, what a show of power. Tell me, has your Nangong family colluded with demonic cultivators?"
Nangong Lie trembled and shook his head repeatedly: "No...no! Don't make false accusations!"
"Slanderous accusations?" Su Xiaoya sneered, and the arc of electricity at her fingertips suddenly surged. "The cultivation techniques of those two retainers just now were filled with dense demonic energy. If they weren't colluding with demonic cultivators, where would they have gotten their demonic techniques?"
Nangong Lie's eyes flickered, and he stammered, unable to speak.
Upon seeing this, a fierce glint flashed in Su Xiaoya's eyes, and a ball of golden flame suddenly rose from her palm. The flame contained an extremely yang and pure power, which was the True Fire of the Sun.
The True Fire of the Sun is one of the purest flames in the world, dedicated to burning away evil and forcing out the truth from a cultivator's heart.
She brought the True Fire of the Sun close to Nangong Lie's face; the golden flames scorched his skin, sending a piercing pain through him.
Nangong Lie screamed in agony, unable to hold back any longer, and cried out, "I'll talk! I'll talk! It's Second Master! It's my Nangong family's Second Master, Nangong Yuan! He secretly made deals with the demonic cultivators in the Demon Realm Rift, exchanging rare and precious materials from the cultivation world for the demonic cultivators' cultivation techniques and magical artifacts!"
Su Xiaoya's eyes turned cold: "The demonic cultivators from the Demon Realm Rift? Weren't they sealed away by righteous cultivators? How did Nangong Yuan manage to contact them?"
"I...I don't know either," Nangong Lie said, crying. "Second Master said this is an opportunity for the Nangong family to rise. As long as we can get the support of the demonic cultivators, it won't be long before the Nangong family becomes a top force in the cultivation world..."
"Ignorant!" Su Xiaoya roared, her True Sun Fire suddenly receding. "The demonic cultivators are wolves in sheep's clothing. To collude with them is no different from asking a tiger for its skin! Today I warn you, go back and tell Nangong Yuan that if you dare to collude with the demonic cultivators again, I, Su Xiaoya, will raze the Nangong family to the ground and leave no one alive!"
Nangong Lie felt as if he had been granted a pardon, and he scrambled away from the Chamber of Commerce without even daring to look back.
Su Mingyi slowly withdrew the Annihilation Domain, and the power of annihilation in the air gradually dissipated, allowing spiritual energy to flow again.
Yu Shuheng frowned and said in a deep voice, "The collusion between the Nangong family and the demonic cultivators is no small matter. The seal on the Demon Realm Rift is already on the verge of collapse. If the demonic cultivators obtain the resources of the cultivation world, the consequences will be unimaginable."
Su Xiaoya nodded and was about to speak when a series of noisy footsteps suddenly came from outside the Chamber of Commerce. Immediately afterwards, countless powerful auras surrounded the entire Chamber of Commerce.
The three exchanged a glance, their hearts sinking – the newcomer was up to no good.
The chamber of commerce's doors were kicked open, and the person in the lead was a middle-aged man in a brocade robe. His face bore a resemblance to Nangong Lie, and his brows carried a sinister air. He was none other than Nangong Yuan, the younger brother of the Nangong family head.
Behind him followed dozens of cultivators from the Nangong family, each with a fierce aura and eyes flashing with malice. Some of them even exuded a strong demonic aura.
Nangong Yuan sneered, his gaze sweeping over Su Xiaoya and the other two with a hint of mockery: "Not bad, not bad, these three little kids do have some skill, managing to scare Lie'er so much that he wet himself."
Su Mingyi's eyes narrowed: "You're Nangong Yuan?"
“Exactly.” Nangong Yuan stood with his hands behind his back, a disdainful sneer curling at the corner of his mouth. “You think Lie’er was really scared out of his wits to confess? Let me tell you the truth, all of this was deliberately arranged by me. I wanted him to lure you into a trap and trap you here to die!”
Before he could finish speaking, Nangong Yuan suddenly waved his hand: "Attack! Kill them!"
Dozens of Nangong family cultivators responded to the call like hungry tigers pouncing on their prey. Various magical artifacts flashed with light, and sword energy, blade energy, fireballs, and ice spikes rained down on the three of them like a swarm of locusts.
None of these people used lightning-based techniques.
Su Xiaoya couldn't help but frown and ponder deeply—could it be that, in order to cultivate magic, they deliberately abandoned the lightning-based techniques passed down in the Nangong family?
Or perhaps these people simply didn't possess lightning-type spiritual roots to begin with?
A glimpse into the whole picture—meaning that the number of cultivators with the lightning spirit root in the Nangong family is decreasing, and the Nangong family is worried about the extinction of their lineage, which is why they have no choice but to…
However, no matter how helpless I feel, I must not destroy my Daoist heart!
Su Xiaoya suppressed the surging emotions in her heart, her eyes becoming increasingly resolute. She stood back-to-back with Yu Shuheng and Su Mingyi, forming an unbreakable defensive line. Each of them activated their cultivation techniques, like three fierce tigers, to meet the attack that surged forth like a flood bursting its banks.
Su Mingyi's Domain of Annihilation unfolded once more, the gray mist resembling a rock-solid barrier that firmly blocked all attacks.
Yu Shuheng's life essence was like a group of lively little elves, transforming into countless vines that tightly wrapped around the cultivators who were at the forefront.
These vines contain an endless source of life force, yet they can instantly drain the spiritual energy from a cultivator's body like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey.
Su Xiaoya's lightning-based Dao was even more radiant, with purple lightning like divine punishment from the heavens, causing the Nangong family cultivators to cry out in despair.
Those cultivators carrying demonic energy were struck by lightning and turned as black as charcoal, their demonic energy scattering and fleeing like startled rabbits.
The battle intensified, the walls of the guild were shattered as if cleaved by a sharp axe, and the ground was blasted into deep craters by lightning and fire, like wounds on the earth, a shocking sight.
The screams of the Nangong family cultivators rose and fell, like a tragic symphony.
The demonic energy emanating from those cultivators was also exposed during the battle. Even the most foolish person could see that there were countless connections between the Nangong family and the demonic cultivators, like lotus roots that were connected even when severed.
While fighting fiercely, Su Xiaoya and the other two kept an eye on Nangong Yuan's every move, but their hearts were filled with doubts—since Nangong Yuan had set a trap, why didn't he send out his strongest forces from the beginning?
Why deliberately make Nangong Lie confess and reveal to the world that the Nangong family was colluding with demonic cultivators?
Just then, the cycle of illusions came to a sudden halt, like a machine that had gotten stuck.
The scene before them shattered like a broken mirror. Nangong Yuan's cold smile froze on his face as if time had been frozen. The attacks of the Nangong family cultivators stopped in mid-air as if they had been frozen in place. Even the spiritual energy in the air seemed to have been paused, ceasing to flow.
Immediately afterwards, the scene rewound as if on a tape.
As Nangong Lie scrambled away, his figure disappeared, the doors of the Chamber of Commerce closed again, the fragments of the Chaos Pearl in the jade tray returned to their original state, and Su Xiaoya and her companions returned to their initial positions.
Su Xiaoya bent down to examine the fragments, Yu Shuheng stood to the side, and Su Mingyi leaned against the pillar, closing his eyes to rest.