Chapter 280: The Appearance of the Altar
The ground was full of cracks, trees split in half, and debris scattered everywhere. All of this was caused by the spiritual swords falling from the sky, hundreds of them piercing the ground, leaving deep sword marks that seemed endless.
In the sky, a giant nine-colored serpent loomed overhead, with a figure on each side. These figures were Lin Yan and Xiaocai. Below them, Lin Dong and Xiao Yan stood on the almost ruined ground, looking up at the sky, but they were so astonished that they couldn't articulate a word.
After a while, Xiao Yan finally managed to say something complete: "So, these are Brother Lin Yan and Sister Xiaocai, how terrifying their power is!"
"Their power is really strong. I thought that reaching the Two Nirvana state could bring me closer to Brother Lin Yan, but it seems like I'm drifting further away. Both... they're really amazing!" Lin Dong was stunned as he watched the scene, taking a long time to speak.
However, the fight in the sky didn't end when Lin Dong and Xiao Yan finished their practice. On the contrary, it became more intense.
The giant serpent coiled in the sky, deflecting the thousands of spiritual swords. Seeing this, Lin Yan began to form hand seals and launched a powerful attack, dispersing the serpent into numerous smaller snakes.
These snakes lunged at Xiaocai, but she transformed into her serpent form and easily dodged the attack. Then, she counterattacked with her tail, striking Lin Yan with great force.
Lin Yan summoned a gigantic blade from his spatial ring, but he was struck by Xiaocai's tail before he could defend himself. Despite the resulting explosion and smoke covering his body, Lin Yan didn't suffer any injuries, but his weapon bore a scar-like mark.
After an intense battle, both were evenly matched. Meanwhile, Lin Dong and Xiao Yan, watching from below, were completely stunned and took a long time to react.
Just as they were amazed, Xiao Diao's voice echoed from within Lin Yan: "Their current strength can already be compared to warriors of Seven and Eight Nirvana. Moreover, they're clearly restraining their power. They might even be holding back a trump card."
Upon hearing these words, surprise spread across Lin Dong's face even more. Meanwhile, Lin Yan, after blocking the attack, waved the gigantic blade in his hand, sending a huge wave of fire towards Xiaocai.
As the wave advanced, the air quickly heated up. Any ordinary person might have been instantly burned, but Xiaocai, instead of dodging, began reciting words in a language incomprehensible to everyone. Then, her body started to glow with a golden light.
"Nine-Colored Devourer's Art," she announced. With the golden glow intensifying, her body expanded into a several meters long giant serpent. The golden light enveloped her even more intensely.
With a resounding roar, the wave of fire engulfed the giant serpent. Then, it gradually dissipated, leaving Xiaocai unscathed as she charged towards Lin Yan.
Seeing this, Lin Yan summoned the Black Thunder Altar, filling the sky with thunder and lightning that struck Xiaocai's body. The golden glow on her body dimmed under the assault of the Black Thunder.
As the glow diminished, Xiaocai quickly swung her tail towards Lin Yan, who had already fully concentrated his energy and transformed into an energy shield in front of him, blocking the attack.
Although he blocked the attack, Lin Yan was pushed back several tens of steps before stabilizing, while Xiaocai, under the bombardment of the Black Thunder, reverted to her human form.
Seeing this, Lin Yan withdrew the Black Thunder Altar and stopped the attack, smiling: "That's enough. With your current strength, you can already compete with experts in the Eight Nirvana."
"The master is also very strong. He has defeated me several times, forcing me to use more powerful techniques, but I still couldn't defeat you. This time, I have lost," said Xiaocai with a soft chuckle.
"Not only do you have these techniques. The Thousand Swords Grand Formation isn't your strongest technique. You still have a move, the Buddha's Wrath Lotus, which is several times stronger than that formation," said Xiaocai, with a coquettish look in her eyes, addressing Lin Yan.
"Although that's true, how could Xiaocai not have a trump card? Perhaps the ace you're holding is even more powerful than my current Buddha's Wrath Lotus," said Lin Yan, squinting his eyes and smiling.
As Lin Yan and Xiaocai conversed, the sky became brighter with the rising sun. Along with the sun, an extremely dazzling ray of light soared into the sky. Lin Yan and the others' eyes focused on the ray of light, which soon revealed an extremely powerful energy spreading rapidly from within.
As this energy grew more intense, a giant altar rose from the ground, breaking the surface and rising thousands of meters away from Lin Yan and the others.
Seeing the altar appear, the two keys inside Lin Yan's spatial ring trembled violently and shot out of the ring, pointing towards the altar.
Seeing this, Lin Yan murmured softly: "Is... the altar that opens the ancient treasure finally appearing?"
(End of the chapter)
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