Read Novel Full Chapter 784: The Flow of Cause and Effect
Chapter 784: The Flow of Cause and Effect
A five-meter gap between Lin Yu and A-Yin was nothing more than a "single step," a distance either could cross in a single breath.
But even that single breath and single step were enough for both to accomplish a great deal.
As the one who had actively pulled back to create distance, A-Yin naturally had his own purpose.
Five meters away, A-Yin's left hand shifted through spell seals while his right hand, after biting it open, used blood as ink to trace talismans in the air.
The blood congealed in the air without dispersing, floating there before A-Yin.
He wrote with incredible speed, his wrist blurring as it flickered with afterimages.
Soon, a large array of blood-formed talismans appeared, faintly radiating a terrifying might.
"The Hundred Calamity Forbidden Art," the Comedian frowned. Even someone like him, whose foundation wasn't rooted in the Prison Mountain Realm, could sense the aura of those blood talismans. "A Second Tier can use the Hundred Calamity Forbidden Art?"
He wasn't surprised that A-Yin had mastered it. With the items and techniques this guy had shown, plus his ability to invoke the gods on a whim, he was likely a prodigy among the eleventh-generation disciples of the Hunyuan Dao Palace. Even if he hadn't known the technique, it wouldn't be surprising if a Hunyuan Dao Palace founder had casually slipped him a move during a divine invocation.
What truly piqued the Comedian's curiosity was that, even as a Second Tier, how long could he have cultivated to sustain such a technique?
Old Zhou stared intently before speaking. "It's probably a watered-down version... But which specific move is it?"
He had dealt more with martial artists in the Prison Mountain Realm; though he knew something of the Daoist sect, it wasn't enough to recognize the specific technique.
However, someone among the Marauders did recognize it.
"The Blood-Sealed Soul-Chaining Art," the Diviner said as he crossed his legs. "Among the Daoist sect's methods, this is considered a particularly vicious one..."
"What does it do?"
Fish asked again.
"It uses one's own essence blood mixed with true energy to form talismans, directly merging blood with blood. By anchoring through bloodlines, it locks onto the target's soul and annihilates it. It's usually used to cleanse extremely powerful demons or rogue esoteric practitioners," the Diviner mused. "In simpler terms, this is the Prison Mountain Realm version of Avada Kedavra. Its function is point-to-point annihilation. And if the user is ruthless enough, it can even 'exterminate nine generations'—anyone with blood ties to the target will be affected. The power is reduced, but it's still no easy thing to endure."
"This is to prevent demons from leaving behind blood descendants to continue wreaking havoc."
"Right now, his version is incomplete. It only has about half the power, and the chain-kill function is missing... More importantly, it's much slower than when experts use it. This should be an instantaneous move."
As the Diviner remarked, the "Hundred Calamity Forbidden Art: Blood-Sealed Soul-Chaining Art" on the field had already been unleashed!
The blood talismans lunged toward Lin Yu.
Lin Yu didn't dodge; he let the blood symbols slam into him.
"Got it!"
Feeling the blood symbols land on Lin Yu, A-Yin immediately activated the "Blood-Sealed Soul-Chaining Art."
But...
It missed.
"What? Does she not have a soul?"
A-Yin thought in shock, then saw the figure of the young girl before him "melt" away.
A pool of ink splattered onto the ground, and behind that ink, Lin Yu burst through it, charging at A-Yin.
"Well done, Hannah!"
"Croak!"
At the same time, Old Zheng's voice rang out.
"Forty seconds, my friend!"
"Got it!"
Lin Yu took the initiative, swinging the Fear Torch in a wide arc toward A-Yin.
"Boom!"
A-Yin staggered back, then quickly adjusted his mindset, ready to launch another fierce attack.
Though the "Hundred Calamity Forbidden Art" had missed, A-Yin wasn't discouraged.
Even if that had been a "killer move" that would end the duel if it connected, he wasn't the type to rely solely on such moves.
With the divine invocation still active, he still held a massive advantage.
The two immediately clashed, alternating between the Demon-Subduing Nineteen Forms and the Nine-Dipper Freehand. Slowly, A-Yin regained the upper hand.
But...
"Ten seconds left! The last ten seconds!"
Old Zheng's voice rang out, and in that final moment, Lin Yu didn't hesitate. He pulled a silver-white canister from his pocket.
"Boom!"
After pulling out the canister, Lin Yu took a solid front kick from A-Yin straight to the chest.
Though the kick landed on the canister, the immense force still sent Lin Yu stumbling back two steps.
But that was all—just two steps!
His body swayed, but he managed to steady himself.
Regaining his balance, Lin Yu ignored A-Yin, who was ready to continue attacking.
He simply unscrewed the canister's valve and tossed it to the ground.
"Hiss—"
A rapid hissing of escaping gas sounded as Lin Yu quickly retreated while pulling out a gun.
Not his most-used One-Shot Revolver, but the Resentful Little Fish Launcher, which he had almost never used before!
And that leaking canister on the ground...
Was naturally the Unstable Phlogiston Gas Canister!
Lin Yu had heard about this thing's properties from Sleepless Sky Huo Xing back in the Sleepless City. Any alchemical fluctuation near it would cause an immediate...
Explosion!
"Boom!"
As the little fish flopped into the leaked phlogiston gas, being a purely alchemical lifeform, it instantly ignited the gas!
In an instant, a massive explosion erupted. The shockwave, over ten times more powerful than the earlier hurricane-force tornado, sent both A-Yin and Lin Yu flying in opposite directions!
But both Lin Yu and A-Yin quickly adjusted their posture midair, landing steadily on the ground.
"Boss... One minute is up!"
Old Zheng's voice rang out, and Lin Yu nodded slightly.
"Got it."
He had stalled long enough!
He looked to the other side. A-Yin's eyes still gleamed with light, his aura undiminished.
The divine invocation obviously wouldn't only last a minute—Lin Yu knew that all too well. For A-Yin, while the technique was taxing, it wouldn't exhaust him in just sixty seconds.
That countdown wasn't meant to track A-Yin's divine invocation duration.
Lin Yu's countdown was for someone else.
"Zhu Qiansi! My dear sister—time to 'close the net'!"
Lin Yu called out loudly, raising his right hand high.
A-Yin, who was nearly half the field away, heard this and had no time to react before he heard a dense, chaotic sound by his ear.
"Hiss hiss hiss..."
Like a viper flicking its tongue, tens of thousands of snow-white spider silks emerged from beneath the field, surrounding him from all directions!
From the very start—Lin Yu had been timing it for Zhu Qiansi!
A-Yin's face shifted slightly. He hurriedly activated Li Fire in an attempt to ignite the spider silks, but... it was too slow, too late.
And the hastily prepared flames were far too feeble against those silks!
His landing point was almost right in the densest area of the spider silks.
Instantly, Zhu Qiansi's threads coiled around him, burrowing into his skin.
"Damn it...!"
A-Yin cursed under his breath, finally completing the Fire Control Art. His Li Fire surged violently, forming a barrier that pushed back all the spider silks.
After all, Zhu Qiansi's thousand years of cultivation had been completely wasted. Now, her spider silks no longer possessed any real physical power.
However...
Lin Yu had saved this move for the critical moment, never intending to end things with "physical" damage.
The Causality Silk divine ability was suddenly activated!
A-Yin instantly fell into his own past.
And at the same time, both he and Zhu Qiansi entered A-Yin's past together!