Karma shifted, heaven and earth emitted killing intent.
This culprit, who once caused Lu Yang great suffering and even directly led to him resetting his life, was actually just like that when laid bare.
It was nothing more than using a Dao Fruit Treasure to pry the Dao Fruit, then using the Dao Fruit to temporarily represent the might of heaven and earth. Bluntly put, this was something specifically used to trap lower cultivators. For a Golden Core Perfected Lord, it wasn't worth mentioning at all. Therefore, [Sky-Shrouding] wouldn't take such a petty trick that couldn't make it to the main stage seriously.
"Interesting, Hong Yun's methods."
[Sky-Shrouding] raised his eyebrows to observe the sky. His true eyes were like torches, directly seeing the [Overturned Lamp Flame] acting on his body. A trace of a smile couldn't help but appear in his eyes.
In this body, he had taken over Perfected One Xiaohai, whose cultivation was merely at the early Foundation Establishment stage.
Although over the past twenty years, he had nothing better to do and found a Heavenly Spirit Earthly Fiend to raise it to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, it made no difference regarding the Dao Fruit.
In other words, he had actually fallen for it.
[Sky-Shrouding] formed a hand seal and calculated karma. He could clearly sense that he and someone far away on the horizon were linked together by the killing intent of heaven and earth.
To break it, unless he increased his output.
To him, this naturally didn't matter. But Perfected One Xiaohai's body had limited strength and probably couldn't withstand more of his mighty power.
"Yuan Tu died at the hands of Perfected One Xiaohai?"
Soon, [Sky-Shrouding] calculated the content of the heaven and earth killing intent. He instantly raised his eyebrows slightly, and an indescribable astonishment surfaced in his heart again.
Because this single sentence revealed at least three pieces of information.
First, the person behind the scenes probably understood him very well, at least knowing about the Li family's affairs. Otherwise, it would be impossible to lock onto the name Perfected One Xiaohai directly.
Second, the person behind the scenes wanted to kill this cultivator with the Daoist title Yuan Tu.
Finally, the implication of this sentence: Since they knew his identity, why ask him to kill an unknown nobody?
There was only one answer.
[Sky-Shrouding] judged others by himself and guessed: Asking me to kill someone is probably just a front. In reality, they want to use this heaven and earth killing intent to hook me over there!
Although he thought this, an unprecedented curiosity arose in his heart. It was because the person behind the scenes acted too obviously. In his view, there was no intention to conceal anything at all. Rather than trying to trap him, it was more like issuing a letter of challenge, using this method to invite him for a meeting.
This was very interesting.
Able to see through my Knowledge-Perception Barrier and daring to provoke me like this... Eighty percent chance they have a dispute with me on the Dao path. Which Saint Sect colleague is it?
What kind of figure was [Sky-Shrouding]? With a little thought, he figured out the key:
This person started with Hong Yun, meaning their intention lies in [Overturned Lamp Flame]?
With this thought, his expression gradually became serious. After all, [Overturned Lamp Flame] was something he was determined to obtain, and he absolutely would not allow outsiders to meddle.
Immediately after, he returned his attention to the heaven and earth killing intent.
"Yuan Tu, what kind of person is he?"
[Sky-Shrouding] pinched his fingers to calculate, and much intelligence regarding Yuan Tu immediately flooded his mind: "Saint Sect Perfected One, early Foundation Establishment, a newly advanced member of the younger generation."
"Hmm... about to head overseas?"
"Dao Foundation he cultivated is [City Rampart Earth], preparing to go overseas to find a [Wu Earth]. The destination should be... Oh? It's actually the Emerald Sun Cultivation World?"
Calculating up to here, [Sky-Shrouding] suddenly raised his eyebrows.
He had a deep impression of the Emerald Sun Cultivation World, simply because Perfected One Primordial Mu Changsheng failed to obtain [Eternal Flowing Water] and the Dao Sin transformed from his death was in this place.
What does this mean?
Want to tell me that he already knows the secret of [Chen Earth]?
[Eternal Flowing Water] Dao Sin... this is extremely useful to me. With a little refining, I can turn it into an incarnation at Foundation Establishment Perfection.
Thoughts raced in [Sky-Shrouding]'s mind.
But soon, he regained his calm. In any case, generals block soldiers, and water covers earth. With his cultivation, what in the world could stop him?
Thinking of this, he had already made a decision: Yuan Tu... since Hong Yun and that mastermind want to kill this Saint Sect junior, then I will protect him. I also want that [Eternal Flowing Water] Dao Sin. No matter what means that mastermind has laid down, as long as he wants to stop me, he will inevitably expose his methods.
And as long as the opponent revealed a single clue, he had ways to deal with it.
This was [Sky-Shrouding]'s confidence. Roaming the world for tens of thousands of years, hiding in the Netherworld, seeking the Nascent Soul Dao—he actually rarely laid out schemes against others anymore.
So-called wisdom and schemes are merely supplements when martial power is insufficient.
In the past, when his cultivation was insufficient, his Dao comprehension lacking, and he was burdened with heavy karma, he had no choice but to be cautious, laying out plans to seek merit and fruit.
But now it was different.
Now he was at the late Golden Core stage, with the Five Elements complete. Reaching this stage, unless a Dao Lord set up a trap, he could bulldoze through even the biggest pit.
"[Sky-Shrouding] must be thinking like this right now."
Lu Yang, who had studied him for several lifetimes, knew [Sky-Shrouding]'s thoughts clearly.
And precisely because he calculated [Sky-Shrouding]'s confidence and arrogance as a Golden Core Grand Perfected Lord, he dared to be certain that the opponent would definitely follow his script.
Inside the dense forest, Lu Yang sat cross-legged, his fingers constantly making calculations, almost rubbing out sparks. In his mind, he constantly reviewed his plan this time.
He never underestimated the function of martial power.
After all, if something could be bulldozed, why bother planning painstakingly? People who underestimated martial power because of wisdom were just a group of thinking fools.
So his goal this time was simple.
That was to reduce [Sky-Shrouding]'s martial power, force him to act, consume his trump cards, and make it difficult for him to interfere with Hong Yun's action to regain control of [Overturned Lamp Flame].
[Sky-Shrouding] has two Perfected Lord-level trump cards.
One is that [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] in the Pure Land, and the other is a Perfected Lord-level incarnation. Resolving them is equivalent to cutting off his arms.
No need to worry about the latter. When Martial Uncle Chong Guang seeks golden core, he will naturally use it. The key lies in the former. That is his bottom-line method, which can snatch [White Wax Gold] and [Silted Sand Earth] for him at critical moments to maintain the late Golden Core realm. And if I can cripple it...
Thinking of this, Lu Yang's heart pounded.
Is there hope?
Of course there is hope! Because at this moment, the Pure Land is staring at Yuan Tu. He could totally use Yuan Tu's hand to transmit intelligence unknowingly.
The vast Pure Land, with the World Honored One above—how could they allow [Sky-Shrouding] to place a piece?
Not to mention [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] is a Perfected Lord. If the Pure Land didn't know, fine, but once they know, they will definitely find a way to deal with it!
After all, [Sky-Shrouding] was originally an enemy of the whole world.
The reason he succeeded in the previous life was mainly because he launched a blitzkrieg, catching everyone off guard. In this life, Lu Yang wouldn't give him another chance.
This is the function of intelligence.
As long as the intelligence he mastered was important enough, even a Great Perfected Lord like [Sky-Shrouding] could still be toyed with in the palm of his hand!