Chapter 475 – Su Xing’s Trump Card: Yin-Yang Five Elements Immortal Burst!
by spirapiraChapter 475 – Su Xing’s Trump Card: Yin-Yang Five Elements Immortal Burst!
In this moment, Red Moon panicked!
It remembered this human before it.
Half a year ago, this ant-like human had come to its Abyss and slaughtered quite a few red-eyed aliens.
But at the time, this human hadn’t even warranted Red Moon’s attention…
The only impression left behind was — he ran really fast!
So fast that Red Moon had even been outmaneuvered!
Even so, Red Moon hadn’t taken it to heart, merely issuing a casual order for its subordinates to kill this human if possible.
But now…
In just a little over half a year.
The ant it had once looked down upon could actually stand against it as an equal?
“This… this is impossible!”
“Could it be… you’re also a Great Firmament Golden Immortal reborn?”
Red Moon wasn’t actually afraid of Su Xing’s strength — it was terrified by Su Xing’s rate of growth!
“A little over half a year ago… you clearly only had the strength of a Golden Immortal by your human race’s standards…”
“Yet now, you already possess combat power surpassing an ordinary Supreme Unity Golden Immortal?!”
Looking up at Red Moon hovering in the sky, clearly shaken, Su Xing smiled without a word. His expression grew even more inscrutable, as if he had everything firmly under control.
“What you see is half a year, but what I’ve experienced… is over a hundred thousand years of cultivation!”
Su Xing thought silently to himself.
And so, seizing this rare opportunity, he launched attack after attack at Red Moon!
One sword, two swords… a thousand swords, ten thousand swords!
Amidst the sky full of sword light, Su Xing and Red Moon exchanged several hundred blows in the blink of an eye…
After the initial panic and disbelief, Red Moon quickly regained its composure.
In its long existence, there had been almost no moment where it had lost its composure like that.
At the same time, it had never seen a being like Su Xing — whose strength had undergone such an earth-shattering transformation in just half a year!
“So… what exactly happened to you?”
“What astonishing secret are you hiding?”
Red light filled the sky like countless spears symbolizing death, assailing Su Xing from all directions, shooting toward him without pause.
In the sky above, within that enormous red pupil, a flash of excitement seemed to flicker.
Red Moon was eager to uncover this human’s secret!
Below, Su Xing would leap a hundred li (50 km) in a single bound, his figure nimbly weaving through the red light.
Or he would wrap himself tightly in his Protective Sword Aura, doing his best to resist the erosion of the red light.
His slightly labored breathing revealed that Su Xing’s current situation was far from easy…
“It’s slaughter!”
“The Law of Slaughter!”
Su Xing was certain. After prolonged close-range contact, he had finally identified the source of this red light!
“Peak sixth realm Law of Slaughter… combined with Red Moon’s terrifying psychic power, and the innate talent of the Redeyed Clan?”
Su Xing dodged the red light’s attacks while rapidly analyzing the situation.
Each beam of red light carried devastating power!
If Su Xing were struck without any defenses, he would likely be critically wounded in an instant!
Though the battle was grueling, Su Xing’s heart had not sunk into despair.
“However… I’m not entirely without the power to fight back!”
“The gap between Red Moon and me… is shrinking step by step!”
“It’s only the Peak sixth realm Law of Slaughter… which means Red Moon is still a considerable distance from recovering its full strength!”
Su Xing murmured.
Red Moon — the foremost of the Seven Deadly Sins, the Lord of Slaughter who embodied killing itself!
At its peak, its mastery of the Law of Slaughter had absolutely been at the Peak of the seventh realm!
But tens of millions of years had passed…
Whether because it hadn’t fully revived, or because of the principle that “the same law cannot be cultivated by two”!
The emergence of a new Lord of Slaughter had perhaps weakened Red Moon’s command over the Law of Slaughter.
“Not enough… my offensive methods are still too limited!”
“Red beams of light that freeze one’s thoughts, trap one in illusions and despair!”
“Psychic power for blocking powerful single-target attacks… plus wide-area defensive light beams for group coverage!”
“And on top of that… the materialization of the Law of Slaughter!”
Su Xing silently tallied things up. After hours of combat and over a thousand exchanges—
Red Moon had only displayed a handful of different abilities…
“Were abilities lost in the Long River of time?”
“Or… has my probing not gone far enough?”
Su Xing furrowed his brow slightly. Although these four methods already formed a seamless combination of offense and defense, leaving Su Xing feeling like he had no opening to exploit—
He still had a nagging premonition… that the current Red Moon had not yet used its full power!
“No good… as I am now, I have absolutely no chance of slaying Red Moon!”
“If this drags on, not only will this raid yield nothing, but I’ll have exposed myself in the simulation for nothing…”
“I must force out more of Red Moon’s abilities — force out Red Moon’s trump cards!”
With this thought, Su Xing gradually abandoned his defense and threw himself into a more frenzied, all-out offensive!
Beams of red light pierced through Su Xing’s body.
Through his chest and abdomen, through his thighs…
Even his neck — a vital point — was punctured clean through.
But under his terrifying power of qi and blood and regenerative ability, these wounds that should have been crippling healed rapidly!
Feeling his qi and blood draining rapidly, Su Xing held nothing back either.
Protective Sword Aura, Void Slash, Five Elements Spirit Burst!
Every offensive technique he had, he hurled at Red Moon with reckless abandon.
Completely disregarding the consumption of his magical power and Dao comprehension!
Under this relentless high-intensity barrage, Red Moon’s near-perfect defense finally began to show cracks.
The enormous red eye hung in the air above, existing as if between the illusory and the corporeal — like a “flower reflected in a mirror, the moon upon water”!
This was not the “physical body” Su Xing had been fighting against all along.
It wouldn’t even bleed, nor did it feel pain from attacks the way living beings did.
The only thing Su Xing could gauge was that Red Moon’s aura seemed somewhat weaker than when the battle had begun.
The entire deepest layer of the Abyss was suffused with the rules and emotions of “slaughter” and “rage.”
One day… two days… three days!
This battle lasted a full three days!
The deepest and most fortified layer of the Abyss had been shattered beyond recognition.
And the spatial fluctuations generated by their battle had nearly annihilated every living thing and every layer of space below the seven hundredth floor of the Abyss!
Yes — in just three days of fighting, the Abyss had shrunk by roughly one-third!
This was the scale of battle between Supreme Unity Golden Immortals!
As the battle raged on, Su Xing’s physical body was critically wounded hundreds of times over just three days!
That terrifying Law of Slaughter relentlessly devoured Su Xing’s flesh and qi and blood, while simultaneously slowing his recovery rate.
“The Law of Slaughter… tsk tsk, truly a terrifying law!”
Su Xing deftly dodged another beam of red light and assessed his condition.
“The qi and blood within my body… roughly one-fifth has been depleted!”
“Most of that was devoured by the Law of Slaughter!”
“And the Law of Slaughter has slowed my wound recovery to about one-tenth of its normal speed…”
Three days and three nights of battle had left Su Xing feeling the strain.
Any law at the Peak of the sixth realm was terrifying for a cultivator, let alone a supreme law like Slaughter.
After his Great Shaman Body Forging Art advanced to the seventh layer, Su Xing’s regenerative ability had approached that of the ancient Wu Clan!
Injuries like a severed arm or leg, or even a hole thirty centimeters wide punched through his chest — as long as he was willing to spend the qi and blood, such “minor wounds” could heal in just two or three breaths!
But under the Peak sixth realm Law of Slaughter, that recovery speed was slowed to twenty or thirty breaths.
“The Power of Laws truly is fundamental… if this Law of Slaughter reached the seventh realm, my wound recovery would probably grind to a near halt…”
“At that point, Red Moon would completely crush me!”
Su Xing’s mind churned continuously. After three consecutive days of battle, he had gained a rough understanding of Red Moon’s strength.
Using the four tiers of Supreme Unity to classify it:
The first tier comprised the most ordinary Supreme Unity Golden Immortals — those ranked below fiftieth on the Prodigy List.
In concrete terms: late-stage Supreme Unity Golden Immortal cultivation, with mastery of a given Dao below the Peak of the sixth realm.
Currently, with both Body Tempering and Qi Refining dual cultivation, ten coexisting Daos, top-tier supernatural arts and other means at his disposal, Su Xing’s strength placed him roughly at the peak of this first tier.
The second tier: Supreme Unity True Master. Cultivation at Peak Supreme Unity Golden Immortal, with at least one Dao reaching the Peak of the sixth realm, along with mastery of multiple top-tier supernatural arts and techniques.
Supreme Unity Golden Immortals ranked between twentieth and fiftieth on the Prodigy List generally fell within this tier.
The third tier: Supreme Unity True Sovereign!
At least one Dao advanced into the seventh realm, capable of ranking in the top twenty on the Prodigy List.
Currently, the combat power Red Moon displayed was roughly at the peak of Supreme Unity True Master, approaching the level of a Supreme Unity True Sovereign…
After all, this was a chief god who had lived for countless years. Though it had once died, its accumulated depth was simply too profound.
Su Xing even suspected that Red Moon was not far from re-entering the seventh layer of the Great Dao of Slaughter and reaching the level of Supreme Unity True Sovereign…
Of course, this was merely a classification of power within the human race’s cultivation system.
Whether it was accurate for alien races, Su Xing had no idea.
He could only say that after several days of fierce battle, Su Xing had roughly determined Red Moon’s combat power to be at this level.
The premise being… that Red Moon hadn’t hidden too many of its methods.
And the classifications in actual combat were never that absolute either!
For instance, if Su Xing activated “Time Stop Between Breaths” combined with “Five Elements Spirit Burst” and his “No Martial Virtue” talent—
He could, within a short span of time, threaten or even kill a Supreme Unity True Master!
After all, the time-stop talent was simply too unreasonable.
But this kind of method could only be used once by Su Xing.
Similarly, Su Xing’s “One More Shot” talent gave him more confidence when facing Supreme Unity True Master-level powerhouses.
After all, it was “two lives against one life”!
“Tsk tsk… what a troublesome enemy indeed!”
“Red Moon… truly isn’t a paper tiger!”
Su Xing took advantage of a lull in the battle, drank a large mouthful of immortal liquid, and after recovering a bit of his magical power, estimated his current condition.
“My power of qi and blood still has more than half remaining… but my Great Dao comprehension is being rapidly consumed…”
“The consumption of magical power can still be replenished, but recovering Great Dao comprehension requires time…”
Su Xing made his estimates. Given his current state, once the comprehension of any single Great Dao was completely exhausted—
It would take at least three months to fully recover!
After all, this was the Great Dao at the sixth realm. Even recovery was no easy feat…
Of course, Su Xing had also discovered that the Dao-Hearing Pill could accelerate the recovery speed of Great Dao comprehension to a certain degree.
“At this rate… I should be able to hold out for at least another week?”
“Provided… I don’t use those two trump cards…”
Su Xing quickly adjusted his condition, preparing to take advantage of this rare opportunity to exchange more blows with Red Moon.
After all, this was one of the few chances to face Red Moon directly!
And so, the fierce battle between Su Xing and Red Moon continued for another full seven days!
Over ten consecutive days of sleepless, restless combat was not difficult for Su Xing in itself.
But with the enemy being Red Moon, it was anything but easy.
Especially since, over these ten days, Su Xing had practically abandoned defense, unleashing powerful techniques like Protective Sword Aura, Void Slash, and Five Elements Spirit Burst with every strike.
This only accelerated Su Xing’s consumption…
In ordinary battles between Supreme Unity Golden Immortals, clashes could last years or even decades—how could anyone fight so recklessly without holding anything back?
Of course, it was precisely because of Su Xing’s suicidal offensive style that Red Moon’s defense also showed openings multiple times, forcing it to reveal more of its trump cards.
Over the ten days of combat, Red Moon had used more than a dozen different abilities.
The Power of Laws it had employed numbered no fewer than five!
All at the peak of the sixth realm!
Of course, the ones used most frequently were still the initial four eerie abilities.
The group defense “Blood-Red Light Curtain”, and the “Absolute Counter” that could reverse a single attack!
The “Red Beam” that stripped away thought and rapidly aged living beings, and the “Blood Rain” suffused with the Law of Slaughter!
These were the names Su Xing had given them himself.
And as the fighting stretched beyond ten days, a vague conjecture began to form in Su Xing’s mind.
“Red Moon seems… different from ordinary members of the Redeyed Clan!”
“No, perhaps it’s more accurate to say that the Red Moon of the past was of the Redeyed Clan!”
“But now, on the path between life and death… Red Moon seems to have walked a different road!”
Su Xing narrowed his eyes, gazing at the enormous red eyeball high in the sky, the premonition in his heart growing ever stronger.
Su Xing called this path “Merging Body with Law”!
Hmm, it was somewhat similar to the “Saint merging with the Heavenly Dao” that was spoken of in the cultivation world, yet entirely different!
The current Red Moon seemed to have abandoned part of its “physical flesh,” transforming instead into a part of the Law of Slaughter or the Law of Death itself!
This meant that the majority of physical attacks were useless against it!
Over these ten-plus days, Su Xing had found only two methods of attack that could actually harm Red Moon.
The first was primordial energy!
Primordial energy, after all, possessed the characteristic of “breaking all laws.” Even laws themselves could be destroyed, so long as one had sufficiently advanced and pure primordial energy!
The second was the power of the Great Dao!
Supernatural arts imbued with large quantities of the power of the Great Dao could also harm Red Moon’s true body!
At the very least, Su Xing could sense that the aura of that moon hanging in the sky had decreased by roughly one-tenth compared to ten days ago.
“Abandoning the physical body in the midst of death, becoming part of the laws themselves, huh?”
“In the end… you’ll still need to reclaim a physical body…”
Su Xing murmured.
Of course, compared to Red Moon having weakened by one-tenth—
Su Xing’s current combat power was only half of what it was at full strength.
“There’s no point dragging this out further… With my current strength, I’m not enough to force Red Moon to reveal more trump cards…”
“In that case, let’s go all out!”
Su Xing took a deep breath, drank an entire large bottle of immortal liquid, and did his best to regulate his aura.
He hadn’t used Five Elements Spirit Burst for an entire week!
By now, the Five Elements Dao had basically recovered to about eighty percent of its full potential.
That was enough to unleash that trump card!
With this thought, Su Xing defended with one hand while pouring all his effort into gathering the magical power within his body.
One-tenth… one-third… half!
Nearly half of all the magical power in Su Xing’s body converged in his hands, condensing into an invisible vortex of energy.
Gradually, a brilliant five-colored, seven-hued flower appeared in Su Xing’s palm.
This was the ultimate compression of magical power and Great Dao comprehension, laid bare for all to see!
Gold, green, blue, red, brown—black and white!
Seven colors in total, representing the ultimate Great Dao of metal, wood, water, fire, earth—yin and yang!
Su Xing called this technique the “Yin-Yang Five Elements Spirit Burst!”
It was also the most powerful supernatural art Su Xing had painstakingly developed over the past half year!
Its power even surpassed Void Slash and Protective Sword Aura!
After all, the essence of this supernatural art—the Five Elements and the Dao of Yin-Yang—Su Xing had achieved the sixth realm in all of them!
This was a supernatural art capable of grievously wounding or even instantly killing a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal!
But since it had only recently been developed, this supernatural art also had weaknesses.
The time needed to build up the technique was far too long, and the technique itself also required a certain amount of time to reach its target!
Therefore, during this window of time—
Su Xing could only defend as best he could. Gaping, bloody holes appeared one after another on his chest and abdomen, only to rapidly heal under his extreme life force.
Finally… after a quarter of an hour!
Su Xing felt his magical power nearly wrung dry within him as the seven-colored flower at last fully solidified!
The materialization of Great Dao laws! The hallmark of a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal!
After all, the sixth realm of the Great Dao was called… the True Realm of the Dao!
And with the appearance of this seven-colored flower, Red Moon high in the sky also displayed emotions resembling “agitation” and “panic”!
Su Xing sensed the faint emotional fluctuation, and the corners of his mouth curved upward.
“As I thought—you’re not invincible after all!”
“Even you… have moments of fear!”
Su Xing was very satisfied with Red Moon’s reaction.
If even his strongest technique couldn’t pose a threat to it, that would mean the gap between them was simply too vast!
But right now, Su Xing clearly already possessed the ability to threaten Red Moon!
With the appearance of the seven-colored flower, Su Xing could feel it—
Red Moon’s attacks became more frequent!
It even began unleashing wide-area “Red Beams,” trying to freeze Su Xing’s thoughts and drain his lifespan!
At the same time, the blood-red light curtain blanketed the entire sky, and even the supernatural art-reflecting “Absolute Counter” was firmly wrapped around Red Moon.
In this moment, Red Moon had pushed its defenses to the absolute limit!
“Heh heh… defense won’t help you!”
A glint of excitement and fervor shone in Su Xing’s eyes.
Then, Su Xing activated his talent—”Time Stop Between Breaths!”
His lips parted slightly, as if a soundless sigil escaped from his mouth!
The next second, the entire space fell silent!
At the deepest layer of the Abyss, not a single sound could be heard.
Supernatural arts and techniques hung frozen in the air, suspended in a state of motionless motion!
Even the “Red Beam” that embodied the Law of Slaughter hovered motionless in midair!
In the entire space, within a radius of ten thousand li (5,000 km), the only thing that could still move was Su Xing!
“Only… three seconds!”