Volume 1, Chapter 111 – Samsara: Seize

Though every remaining disciple of Yaochi Immortal Palace was wounded and flagging, the moment Liu Ruyan finished speaking, their eyes blazed with determination and hatred!

The disciples who had nearly died moments earlier, in particular, channeled all their fury and lingering fear into action!

“Kill!”

Zhang Yuan let out a hoarse roar and lunged at the nearest immobilized Xuanming Sect disciple!

Abject terror filled the Xuanming Sect disciple’s eyes. His pupils dilated as he watched the sword’s edge loom ever larger before him.

Yet he could neither raise an arm nor summon even a trace of spiritual power!

“Shnk!”

The blade pierced his throat without resistance!

Before the blood could spray, the omnipresent force of “slowing” arrested it in midair, creating a scene both grisly and bizarre.

Gritting her teeth against the excruciating pain of her festering arm, Sun Qiao thrust her trembling shortsword into another enemy.

Zhao Ling’er, Wang Zhaojun, and the other Yaochi disciples who had just arrived also sprang into action!

Sword light, blade radiance, and the faint glow of spells flared throughout the imprisoned area.

Every flash marked the end of another enemy’s life!

There was no resistance. No screaming.

Only the dull sound of weapons sinking into flesh, and the despair and disbelief fading from the eyes of those held captive.

It was a silent, utterly one-sided execution!

Huo Wushuang, the Golden Core youth from Ten Thousand Poisons Ridge, and the Golden Core youth from the Xuanming Sect watched with eyes nearly splitting from rage!

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They could clearly “see” their disciples being mown down like grass.

They could feel the icy killing intent spreading toward them like a tangible tide!

They desperately drove their Golden Cores, attempting to break free from this strange imprisonment.

However, Liu Ruyan’s “Samsara: Imprisonment” was a divine ability from the Samsara Dao Scripture, one that only Spirit Transformation cultivators could master.

How could ordinary Golden Core cultivators possibly break free so easily?

Their struggles were doomed to fail.

Liu Ruyan’s face grew increasingly pale, and fine beads of sweat appeared along her brow.

Forcibly using a divine ability beyond her cultivation realm to simultaneously imprison three Golden Core cultivators and dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators placed an immense strain on her.

But her gaze remained cold. Her eyes locked on Huo Wushuang as she slowly raised one hand.

A strange rune began swirling rapidly in her palm.

Huo Wushuang sensed a mortal threat!

“No… You can’t kill me!”

His hoarse shout was distorted by overwhelming terror.

“I’m the young valley master of Heavenly Fire Valley! My father is the valley master! My grandfather is a Tribulation Transcendence powerhouse!”

“If you kill me, Heavenly Fire Valley and Yaochi Immortal Palace will become mortal enemies!”

His only answer was the deepening chill in Liu Ruyan’s eyes and the hand she slowly pressed downward.

“You humiliated my immortal palace and harmed my fellow disciples. You should have been prepared to pay the price.”

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“Even if your grandfather had reached Immortal Ascension, let alone Tribulation Transcendence, he still couldn’t save you today.”

The instant her words fell…

“Samsara Draw!”

The rune in Liu Ruyan’s palm suddenly erupted with dazzling light!

“Aaaagh!”

Huo Wushuang let out an agonized shriek that scarcely sounded human!

To his horror, he felt his vitality and cultivation…

being torn from him, stripped away by an irresistible force!

His face aged at a speed visible to the naked eye. His smooth, youthful skin lost its luster, and wrinkles appeared.

His flamboyant short hair rapidly turned gray and brittle.

The radiance of the scorching Golden Core within him dimmed at an alarming rate, and tiny cracks even began to spread across its surface!

“No! My cultivation! My lifespan! Stop! Stop it now!”

Huo Wushuang screamed and begged frantically, his eyes filled with boundless terror and despair.

The sight made the souls of the two remaining Golden Core youths from Ten Thousand Poisons Ridge and the Xuanming Sect tremble!

What kind of demonic art was this?!

It could directly strip away a person’s lifespan and cultivation?!

What realm had Liu Ruyan reached?

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Just what kind of monster had Yaochi Immortal Palace raised?!

After absorbing Huo Wushuang’s cultivation and lifespan, the pallor of Liu Ruyan’s face…

began to recede at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Her palm remained firmly pressed against Huo Wushuang’s head. No matter how he wailed or struggled, she did not waver in the slightest.

In the space of just a few breaths, Huo Wushuang, who moments earlier had been as arrogant and overbearing as a blazing sun…

had become a gray-haired old man with a withered face and unfocused eyes!

At last, the shriveled husk, now utterly devoid of life, crumpled to the ground with a thud like an emptied sack.

The mighty young valley master of Heavenly Fire Valley, a genius blessed with the Scarlet Flame Spirit Body, had been stripped of his entire lifespan and cultivation in just a few breaths.

He had perished within this secret realm in a manner both horrifying and humiliating.

A deathly silence fell over the entire area.

Only the eerie, heart-stopping fluctuations that stripped away life continued to ripple slowly through the air.

“D-Demoness!”

The Golden Core youth from Ten Thousand Poisons Ridge spoke in a trembling voice, his eyes filled with utter terror.

He exchanged a look with the stern-faced Xuanming Sect youth. Each saw the same thought in the other’s eyes: escape!

Run now! Get as far away from this woman as possible!

Yet the terrifying power of “Samsara: Imprisonment” still held their bodies fast. Even the slightest movement was unbearably difficult, let alone escaping.

After absorbing Huo Wushuang’s cultivation and lifespan, Liu Ruyan’s complexion had improved considerably.

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A faint, lustrous jade glow even suffused her skin, while her aura began climbing at an inconceivable speed!

Early-stage Golden Core… peak of early-stage Golden Core!

A surge of spiritual power, even vaster and more refined than before, erupted from Liu Ruyan!

After absorbing part of the cultivation and life essence of Huo Wushuang, a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, her own cultivation had advanced considerably.

She closed her eyes briefly, sensing the spiritual energy coursing through her body. Then she opened them and calmly swept her gaze over the only two enemy Golden Core cultivators still alive.

Her gaze remained gentle, yet it made the youths from Ten Thousand Poisons Ridge and the Xuanming Sect feel as though they had plunged into an icy abyss!

“No… Please…”

“Fellow Daoist Liu! Immortal Maiden Liu! Spare us! We were wrong!”

“We’re willing to hand over all our treasures and swear a heart demon oath never to oppose Yaochi Immortal Palace again!”

No longer caring about their dignity, the two men begged hoarsely, their voices brimming with despair.

Liu Ruyan looked at them and gently shook her head.

“The moment you chose to kill, you should have been prepared to be killed.”

As her words fell, she raised her hand once more.

This time, she did not target just one person.

“Samsara Draw!”

Two currents of deprivation simultaneously engulfed the Golden Core cultivators from Ten Thousand Poisons Ridge and the Xuanming Sect!