Lu Jun silently comprehended the sword strike from just now. His control over the Metal Element rose sharply, faintly showing signs of condensing Transcendent Power.
Soon. Not far away. With the blessing of the Metal Element Calamity Talent Taiyi Golden Radiance, if he simply sat down here and cultivated for a short while, he would be able to form it.
However, Lu Jun still had one matter left unfinished.
He looked down at the boundless grassland below. The originally lush green grass had transformed into a vast stretch of blood-glazed hardened crystal, covering a radius of a hundred miles.
Within that hundred-mile radius, blood light surged toward the heavens, concealing a massive and astonishing killing aura.
Lu Jun's sword strike had instantly destroyed the pyramid while also drawing in the metallic calamity qi of the world. Combined with Nether radiance, it had formed this special Nether-power metal ore vein.
He estimated that the ore vein was at least over ten meters deep and covered a hundred miles in area. In a few years, a town centered around mining might very well arise here out of nothing.
"Taiyi Golden Radiance, turning stone into gold, pointing to the earth to form steel… what a terrifying ability."
Joy rose within Lu Jun's heart. The Metal Element Calamity was indeed the most lethal talent, faintly connected to the origin of the Metal Element.
Now he possessed Calamity Talents in four elements along with various Heaven-Seed methods, approaching perfection. This was basically the peak template a Super Tier mage could achieve throughout history.
"Only my cultivation is slightly lacking. The Super Tier Level Two effects of the Psychic and Curse Elements urgently need to be developed."
A thought flashed through Lu Jun's mind. Instead of leaving, he slowly descended and sat cross-legged upon the blood-colored glazed metal ground that stretched for a hundred miles.
He could sense that the immense blood-killing aura lingering in every direction would prevent living creatures from appearing here for at least a hundred years.
If one looked down from high above, the vast land would appear like layers of concentric circles. At the center lay the blood-red circle, outside it a gray-white circle, and beyond that the green grassland.
"This power cannot be allowed to dissipate. I should make use of it while it's still fresh."
Lu Jun thought silently, operating the Metal Element Taiyi Golden Radiance and suddenly pointing toward the blood-red metal ground.
Rumble—!
In an instant, the blood-red metal ore vein trembled. Without any fire, it melted into drops of blood-colored molten metal. They converged and rose, forging themselves into a blood-red metal altar.
After condensing the Metal Element Calamity Talent, Lu Jun's control over the metal element had become increasingly skilled and natural.
Next, he stood upon the altar, took out the hair and personal belongings of the Red Cardinal Nine Infant, and silently entered meditation.
Within his spiritual universe, the black-red and azure star seas faintly glowed as the mighty powers of the Curse and Psychic Elements merged together.
At the center of the Psychic Star Sea, the Li Fan Flower imprint blossomed. Its thirty-six petals were filled with Imaginary Force, nearly half of which originated from Leng Jue's evil power of faith.
Soon, Lu Jun drew upon this vast portion of sinister power. Petal after petal of the Li Fan Flower lotus throne withered and closed as surging evil light soared toward the sky and flowed into the adjacent Curse Star Sea.
Buzz—buzz—buzz!
Seven black arrowheads forged from Sin Stones floated in the center of the star sea and trembled. Nourished by the surging evil power, threads of blood-red patterns spread across their pitch-black surfaces, and their power rose drastically out of thin air.
Psychic Evil Power, Seven Arrows of Nailhead!
And it was not over yet.
Lu Jun's heterochromatic eyes shone brilliantly. His figure grew even more majestic as the aura of a Supreme Monarch surged into the sky, the White Tiger Ascension state!
With the various Transcendent Powers he had cultivated, along with numerous cultivation methods, six realms of Blood And Qi energy, and eight realms of spirit, he had long ceased to resemble an ordinary human. Activating Ascension no longer produced drastic visible changes.
Perhaps one day, when he broke through to Forbidden Curse in all elements or mastered Fusion Magic, the Ascension form would become permanent, similar to Mo Fan's Evil Sacred King form.
Buzz—buzz—buzz!
Vast spiritual power surged from the center of his brow as he controlled the star particles. Behind him, the heavens were immediately covered by blood-ink rosy radiance while rolling black Nether power surged.
Countless black-red streaks of light flashed, traced, and intertwined. One brilliant constellation after another condensed. Seven constellations merged into an immense, continuous Star Palace.
Super Tier Book of Life and Death · Nailhead Seven Arrows Scripture!
In an instant, the many items before Lu Jun rose with a mysterious and profound aura, condensing into a vague human figure that took the form of the Red Cardinal Nine Infant.
In a daze, Lu Jun felt as if his soul had left his body, traveling beyond the void. In a single breath he crossed thousands of miles, descending upon the coastal sea entrance of Liaodi along the Bohai Sea.
A scene slowly unfolded before his eyes…
Within a frozen city harbor under icy skies, a middle-aged man with a sinister expression stood upon the frozen sea, draped in a red robe. It was none other than Nine Infant.
On the other side, a man wearing a general's uniform stepped forward. Beneath the frozen sea surface, several slender female silhouettes were reflected.
Seeing this scene, Lu Jun's gaze sharpened. He sneered and said, "Zheng Wu, the Demon Trench Sea Ghosts—as expected, it's those two."
Zheng Wu was one of the main military members who had volunteered to pursue the fleeing Nine Infant, the southern guardian Bai Xu.
Earlier, when he looked through the lists of subordinates from each department that Pang Lai had given him, he had not examined them carefully. Now he suddenly remembered.
Military Strategist Zheng Wu possessed upper-tier Super Tier cultivation. He was one of the high-ranking officials of the Nine Provinces controlled by the Pacific Empire's Prophet. It was he who constantly transmitted false intelligence, misleading the strategic decisions of the Nine Provinces.
In the future of the original timeline, during the Dragon King Ant incident, he had nearly induced humanity to use Forbidden Curse power to destroy a massive undersea ore vein deep within the Bohai Sea.
That ore vein blocked the passage of a submarine undercurrent. Once destroyed, the undersea current channel would become completely unobstructed, allowing the Pacific Empire to continuously dispatch troops into the Bohai Sea through it.
At that time, the relocation of the capital of the Nine Provinces would become inevitable. The state would tremble, and chaos across the land would not be far away.
Fortunately, Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou had stopped it in time.
"Since you're all here, then you can die together."
Lu Jun's expression was calm. He did not care to investigate the complicated schemes behind it. With a thought, seven black-and-red arrowheads shot out from the center of his brow, silently slipping into the void and descending upon the other side!
Buzz—buzz—buzz!
Along the Bohai coast, the Red Cardinal Nine Infant revealed a smile and was just about to speak when his expression suddenly changed drastically. He sensed a great terror descending from the unseen, as if he had fallen into a life-and-death predicament.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
One black arrow after another sliced through the void and descended, producing sharp tearing sounds as they shot straight toward Nine Infant.
"Damn it! Who is cursing me?!"
Nine Infant roared in fury, his face filled with terror. He erupted with his most brilliant magical energy, condensing a ghostly aura Crescent Blade, attempting to stop the Nailhead Seven Arrows Scripture.
Unfortunately, the Nailhead Seven Arrows Scripture, enhanced through multiple methods layered together, was far beyond what an ordinary fully cultivated Super Tier mage could resist.
Moreover, although Lu Jun had not yet condensed the Level Two effect of his Curse Element Super Tier, the power of the Nailhead Seven Arrows Scripture still firmly stood at the second-tier level.
Buzz!
Nine Infant swung his blade only to strike empty air. The black arrows passed through as if they existed in an illusory state.
Then, under the Red Cardinal's face filled with despair, the seven black arrows successively nailed themselves into the vital points of his body.
In an instant, Nine Infant's life aura rapidly withered away. Like a corpse nailed in midair, when the wind blew, he crumbled into ashes.
Beside him, Zheng Wu's expression changed drastically as he turned to flee.
Yet in the next moment, the seven pitch-black arrows with blood-red patterns on their surfaces shot out from the drifting ashes like scattered celestial blossoms, each piercing through Zheng Wu and several Demon Trench Sea Ghosts.
The mental storm stirred by the sea demons' sharp howls could not resist at all. It was cut off halfway through its activation.
In the span of a single breath, several gray-white statues appeared upon the sea surface. Soon after, they crumbled inch by inch into powder, and with a single wave of the sea, they vanished without a trace.
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