This time False Holding Golden Stature, Lu Yang's feeling was completely different from his previous life.
Although he also False Held [Overturned Lamp Flame] in his previous life, no matter how weak [Perfected Lord Chengtian Zhengde] who fought him was, he was still an orthodox Perfected Lord.
So from beginning to end, he was actually being suppressed and beaten.
If not for [Perfected Lord Chengtian Zhengde] having little lifespan left and burning his Grotto-Heaven, plus him having the [A Few Tricks Up Your Sleeve] talent as a safety net, he would probably have been beaten to death long ago.
But this time, his opponent became [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow], an Unorthodox Dao Perfected Lord. The feeling was completely different. They belonged to truly evenly matched opponents. This instead allowed Lu Yang to let go of his restraints. At this moment, he stretched his Dharmaody to the fullest, eyes widening. Bright seal scripts instantly lit up in the depths of his eyes:
[Manifesting Yang Emperor's Radiance Register]!
At this moment, just as both sides were staring at each other, Lu Yang executed the art unexpectedly. Golden light dazzled the eyes, cutting off divine sense, instantly causing [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow]'s vision to go black.
Seeing this, Lu Yang was even more overjoyed:
It really works.
At the Perfected Lord level, most dao arts learned at the Foundation Establishment level were already useless, just as great divine abilities mastered during Qi Refining were useless against Foundation Establishment.
Between Perfected Lords, Dao Fruit was everything.
Various means relied on the Dao Fruit's concept. Other dao arts, even if blessed by the Perfected Lord stature, were just minor tricks that didn't itch or hurt.
But the premise was—the opponent had an orthodox origin.
If [Perfected Lord Chengtian Zhengde] were here, the [Manifesting Yang Emperor's Radiance Register] would naturally not have the slightest effect; using it would only make people laugh.
But for [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow], this move was quite effective. Although it was also weakened a lot, it could already cause damage. While Lu Yang was overjoyed, he also understood more and more why Unorthodox Dao Perfected Lords were looked down upon by orthodox Perfected Lords. The gap was indeed not small.
Lu Yang pondered in his heart, but his movements were not slow at all.
Seeing [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] fall for the trick, he immediately changed hand seals, spitting out a streak of blazing fire from between his lips and teeth. Light was born within the fire, illuminating mountains and rivers:
[Upper Bright Golden Lamp Jade Light]!
Not only that, countless soldiers in armor emerged within the surging sea of fire. Wrapped in shouting and killing sounds that soared to the sky, they rushed forward, throwing themselves into the slaughter wave after wave.
[Beacon Fire Sun Scripture]!
The next second, [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] put his palms together. Buddhist light slowly spread out behind him, instantly transforming into thousands of arms.
The arms stretched freely, just like the round light behind his head. At this moment, each palm was making a different movement. Thousands of hand seals were formed by [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow]. In the end, these arms all returned to one, overlapping with his right hand, five fingers clenched into a fist.
Rumble!
Although just a simple clenching of five fingers, [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow]'s aura climbed frantically at this moment, as if gripping a world.
At the same time, his lips slowly opened:
"Prajñā Pāramitā!"
Blessed by the dharma mantra, the wisdom reaching the other shore blessed onto the fist and palm became power sufficient to dominate the present. A punch blasted out, instantly exploding the sea of fire!
With one punch thrown, [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] immediately retreated.
"Hehe." Lu Yang chuckled upon seeing this.
Although his movements were fast, and Buddhist light surged on the punching palm covering up all anomalies, Lu Yang still discovered the clue.
That Buddhist palm which exploded the sea of fire clearly had an extra touch of scorched blackness.
"You are injured!"
Although the injury was restored by [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] the next second, for a perfect and flawless golden body to be injured already showed his distress.
The same means had no effect in front of [Perfected Lord Chengtian Zhengde] in the previous life, but now [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] could only cope with it in a sorry state.
Sure enough, bullying the weak feels the best!
For a time, Lu Yang felt carefree and joyous. This was the opponent he should fight!
Moreover, if I remember correctly, this person also has a great connection with [Sky-Shrouding]. Beating him up counts as beating up [Sky-Shrouding] too...
Thinking of this, Lu Yang was even more motivated, urging the sea of fire again.
However, on the other side, [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] was not in a good mood. He cupped his hands in a lotus shape, activating an object:
[Yang-Bearing Scripture]!
That object was a scripture book. Pages turned, swallowing all the soldiers and sea of fire Lu Yang urged by combining dao arts with Dao Fruit concepts.
This was a treasure specially refined by [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] in the past to attain [Silted Sand Earth]. Helplessly, it borrowed the power of his own Unorthodox Dao Fruit, not an orthodox Dao Fruit, so it couldn't be considered a true treasure. At most, it was a treasure embryo, but it also had a few points of the wondrous concept of [Silted Sand Earth].
What is [Silted Sand Earth]?
[Silted Sand Earth] upholds yang qi, representing the changing land of hills and valleys, the palace where dragons and snakes coil and hide. Its concept lies in "change," possessing billions of transformational aspects.
Of course, [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] couldn't achieve this point.
But the unorthodox Dao Fruit he attained was named [Myriad Transformations]. As the name suggested, it had the ability of infinite changes. At this moment, changing immediately, the sound of surging water rang out...
It was Water Element concept!
Inside that [Yang-Bearing Scripture], monstrous giant waves were raised. Rolling Heavenly River Water transformed out, concepts intertwining, instantly extinguishing the soldiers and sea of fire.
Seeing this scene, [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] felt slightly settled in his heart.
Relying on the ability of transformation, his combat power might not be strong, but he won in stability, having no flaws. Facing any means, he could bring out subtle method to counter the opponent.
As long as I drag this out for a moment, making his false holding cut off and unable to maintain, I will win without fighting!
I won!
On the other side, Lu Yang frowned slightly upon seeing this.
After all, it was false holding, unable to utilize the fundamental wonders of the Dao Fruit. Although he could still suppress and beat the unorthodox Dao Perfected Lord, he ultimately lacked a decisive means to settle the matter.
Unless—
Thinking of this, Lu Yang grinned. Not only did he not panic at all, but he also showed a bit of eagerness to try. Looking up at the sky, he saw that above the boundless heven, besides [Overturned Lamp Flame] lit up by his false holding golden stature, there was another bright star light. It was exactly [Heavenly Fire] favoring him!
The next second, Lu Yang formed hand seals and chanted mantras, operating the art.
[Kan-Li Correct Position Phase Shift True Technique]!
At this moment, the [Yama Hall] which should have been hanging on [Overturned Lamp Flame] moved boomingly. It actually detached from [Overturned Lamp Flame] and gradually changed position!
The most difficult point of this True Technique is nothing other than finding the [Kan-Li Correct Position]...
After all, the [Kan-Li Correct Position] is exclusive to [Heavenly Fire] and changes frequently. To Foundation Establishment cultivators, it is unfathomable and hard to lock onto completely.
But I am different!
Of the five regions under heaven, I have obtained four, only lacking Jiangxi. [Heavenly Fire] favors me; finding the [Kan-Li Correct Position] has absolutely no difficulty for me!
In an instant, in the five regions under heaven, mortals and cultivators all looked up, only to see that the Dao Fruit star ignited by Lu Yang was actually slowly shifting position at this moment. It gradually merged with that [Heavenly Fire] hanging high silently like the sun and moon, overlooking the world. Finally, it burst out blinding radiance!
...Done!
With the [Immortal Kingdom Dao Laws], after obtaining this True Technique from Chong Guang, Lu Yang had long deduced it countless times. Naturally, there was no hindrance at this moment.
Everything followed naturally.
False Holding [Heavenly Fire]!