Although he had cursed countless times in his heart, [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] still hadn't given up. He still had a last bit of hope.
False Holding... definitely has a time limit!
A Perfected Lord wasn't so easily killed, even an Unorthodox Dao Perfected Lord. So as long as he persisted, at worst outlasting Lu Yang, he would still be the winner.
However, the next second, his expression changed slightly.
Because at the same time, Lu Yang, who had just dodged his Dao Fruit collision move, had already floated over, gently brushing his hand over his Dao Fruit.
Not good!
In an instant, [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] only felt a strong gravitational force transmit over. The mighty power of his entire body seemed to fall into a bottomless abyss.
Fortunately, his reaction was fast enough. With a single thought, he instantly recalled his [Myriad Transformations] Dao Fruit, but watched with heartache as the misty fog transformed from that Dao Fruit was missing a corner. The "myriad transformations" contained within also lost hundreds of variations out of thin air, all falling into Lu Yang's hands!
"Hmm... still a bit lacking."
Looking at the thin mist in his hand, Lu Yang felt somewhat regretful. After all, it was False Holding, unable to truly utilize the wonder of [Heavenly Fire], which allowed the opponent to run away.
Otherwise, with that move just now, the [Myriad Transformations] Dao Fruit would have already fallen into his hands.
After all, directly deploying the Dao Fruit to kill the enemy was inherently a very dangerous thing, even more so for an Unorthodox Dao Perfected Lord. Injury meant a flaw in the Dao.
Mine!
Lu Yang tossed it casually, throwing this corner of the Unorthodox Dao Fruit into the [Myriad Spirits Banner], then feeding it to the [Sword Dao Fruit]. This counted as making the best use of everything.
However, on the other side, [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow]'s expression became increasingly ugly, simply because he could no longer sense that lost corner of his Dao Fruit. This kind of loss made him hate to the point of madness, but reason still made him retreat decisively, intending to take this opportunity to escape from Lu Yang's sight.
After all, the rule prohibiting escape was gone!
If my guess isn't wrong, he should also need time to condense rules. Otherwise, with several rules coming out together, wouldn't I be finished?
This guess hit the mark.
The rules Lu Yang set relying on the [Heavenly Fire] concept indeed had several restrictions: First, the rules themselves absolutely couldn't conflict with each other.
Second, rules needed time to formulate, but the more rules, the faster the formulation speed.
Third, a maximum of three rules could exist at the same time.
Its mainly because I lack the fundamental wonder of [Heavenly Fire]. Otherwise, there shouldn't be a limit on the number of rules. This point is truly a pity.
Lu Yang sighed, then pointed with his finger.
Fire light exploded, dispersing all rules. Then a new rule emerged:
[Those who flee before battle shall suffer heavy punishment]
The next second, [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow], who was originally flying away, stopped his movements. Clearly prepared long ago, he didn't trigger the punishment of burning by heavenly fire.
Lu Yang immediately chased after him with a streak of light. However, [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] had also become smarter. He didn't run away but fought while retreating. While engaging Lu Yang, he continued to back away, maintaining distance from Lu Yang, obviously exploiting a loophole in the rules, wanting to tangle until Lu Yang fell from the Perfected Lord stature.
He had to admit, this was a very correct tactic.
A moment later, Lu Yang focused his mind and breath. The second rule was written out:
[Those who see the ruler and do not welcome him shall suffer heavy punishment]
Boom!
Heavenly fire descended again. After all, [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] avoided Lu Yang at all cost; how could he possibly come to welcome him? He could only take this heavenly fire head-on.
However, even while burned by heavenly fire and screaming in agony, he still maintained distance from Lu Yang, having no intention of fighting Lu Yang properly again.
Because he knew very well that as long as Lu Yang fell from the Perfected Lord stature, even if he was dying at the end, as long as he wasn't dead, killing a Foundation Establishment would still be as easy as turning over his hand!
Hold on! Holding on to the end means I win!
Holding this thought, even with his mind blurred by the burning heavenly fire, [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] still gritted his teeth and persisted, giving Lu Yang no chance to get close.
Until the third rule emerged:
[The end of the heaven and earth shall be reached in one step]
Looking at this rule, [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] was stunned: Huh? What is this?
The next second, a bone-chilling coldness swept through his whole body, simply because he saw Lu Yang slowly taking a step forward under the blessing of this rule.
Thud!
It was simply too fast. As if he wasn't walking, but time flowing beneath his feet, mountains, rivers, sun, and moon all pushing him forward. As soon as [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] heard the footstep, his vision was covered by a large hand. Five fingers like hooks gripped his throat!
At this moment, only one thought remained in his mind:
What the hell, it can do this too!?
Not just heavily punishing violators but also usable to bless oneself? How could such an unreasonable concept appear on a Dao Fruit?
At the critical juncture of life and death, [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow]'s thoughts raced, seeking a countermeasure...
[Yang-Bearing Scripture]... forget it. His own Life-Bound Treasure had already defected. Deploying it wouldn't save him; he feared it would attack him in turn!
Deploy the Dao Fruit again?
No, deploying the Dao Fruit at such such close range would be suicide. If his Dao Fruit were taken, he would truly die without a burial place.
The plan for now was only—
Boom!
The next second, [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] didn't hesitate to explode his body, using the golden cicada shedding shell method again, exploding his golden body to seek a way out.
However, he soon realized something was wrong.
Because his body below the neck exploded in response to his thought, but the head above the neck had no reaction, only streaks of flowing fire passing through.
Taken away!?
[Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] opened his mouth, spitting out rolling fire qi, which also contained a streak of light. He abandoned his head without hesitation!
The soul transformed into light and escaped, but this met the rule of [Those who flee before battle shall suffer heavy punishment]. Heavenly fire erupted from within, burning his soul inside and out. Even more deadly, as an Unorthodox Dao Perfected Lord, he didn't have Golden Nature protection. With his soul burned like this, it showed signs of collapse!
Alas!
[Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] lamented in his heart. But just then, the originally imposing Lu Yang suddenly stagnated, the light around his body dimming along with it.
Just this one change reignited hope in [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow].
"Hmm? Could it be..."
Strong surprise and joy woke him up from his somewhat blurred consciousness. He saw Lu Yang's aura starting to fall, about to lose the Perfected Lord stature!
My chance has come!
Although he abandoned his golden body and only his soul remained, he was a Perfected Lord after all. Even with only a soul, slapping a mere Foundation Establishment to death was just a matter of flipping a palm!
But the next second, he was stunned.
Because he saw Lu Yang open his palm, floating in his palm, were five golden nature, originating from the Five Dharma Aspect!
Each Dharma Aspect possessed a golden nature.
After Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon killed the five Dharma Aspects, these golden natures naturally fell into Lu Yang's hands. However, what he regretted was that these golden natures were very special.
Because their nature seemed indistinguishable, just like the Dharma Aspect golden nature once settled by [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes], so they couldn't be settled a second time. At that time, it almost angered Lu Yang to death. He had only kept them out of a desire not to waste them. Now, however, they had a perfect use.
Thinking of this, Lu Yang pointed immediately.
[Deprivation]!
The five golden natures were removed away by Lu Yang, then merged into the [Daoist Hong Yun] golden nature within the [Yama Hall], smelted using the concept of [Heavenly Fire]—
Then the light on Lu Yang's body became bright again.
The [Daoist Hong Yun] golden nature and the Dharma Aspect golden natures, which should have been incompatible like fire and water, were forcibly merged under the influence of [Heavenly Fire]'s mighty power, replenishing the consumption of false holding!
"Looks like I can persist a while longer."
After doing all this, Lu Yang looked at [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow], whose face already showed despair, smiling and revealing a mouthful of ghastly white teeth:
"Why doesn't Senior run anymore?"
"Is it because you don't want to?"