Proving Immortality Starting with Hextech Runes

Chapter 204 Crisis Resolved

The Nascent Soul cultivator before me is actually the ancestor of the Ning family!?

Chen Xu was filled with doubt and unease. He hadn't expected that killing Ning Wenxin that day would still leave behind a hidden danger.

At this moment, the Ning family patriarch made his move once again.

He didn't bother to give Chen Xu any more chance to explain or delay; the dignity of a Nascent Soul cultivator could not be desecrated by an ant.

He casually raised his right hand, spread his five fingers, and pressed them against the empty space where Chen Xu was.

"A prison in the vast ocean..."

Boom!!!

The seawater within a hundred feet of Chen Xu suddenly became violent, transforming into countless chains shimmering with dark blue runes, which abruptly contracted towards Chen Xu from all directions.

Each chain contained immense water elemental power, freezing the space as if it were frozen. The terrifying binding force made it difficult for Chen Xu to even breathe.

The circulation of spiritual energy within the body instantly stagnates, as if one is trapped in a quagmire at the bottom of a deep sea!

Almost simultaneously, Chen Xu communicated with the Beast Taming Space and summoned Qing Ling.

hum...

The space rippled almost imperceptibly, and a cold, aloof figure instantly appeared beside Chen Xu.

As soon as it was summoned, Qingling's clear eyes suddenly turned sharp as ice, locking onto the scaled figure on the sea surface that exuded a terrifying pressure.

Qingling's mind raced, and the fur of the illusory little cloud in her arms instantly bristled, emitting a silent shriek.

[Ghost Domain Suppressing Spirit Emblem], activated!

boom!!!

Centered on Qingling, the bluish-gray energy surged and spread like a world-destroying tide.

Wherever it passed, light was swallowed up, sound was blocked, and even the surging, violent seawater instantly froze and hung upside down.

The Ghost Domain, moving at a speed far exceeding that of the water chain's strangulation, crashed headlong into the Vast Ocean Prison of the Ning Family Ancestor.

chi chi chi...

As the ear-piercing sound of erosion rang out, the water chain containing the power of the Nascent Soul touched the bluish-gray air wave at the edge of the Ghost Domain.

It trembled and collapsed violently. The Yin Sha death energy and suppressive power that permeated the Ghost Realm had an extremely strong corrosive effect on all forms of life and energy.

"What?!" The contempt on the face of the Ning family patriarch froze instantly, replaced by disbelief and horror.

The surging early-stage Nascent Soul spiritual pressure surrounding the Ning family patriarch weakened visibly, as if it had been pressed down by an invisible giant hand.

He clearly felt that his cultivation level had been forcibly suppressed, causing him to fall back to the late stage of Core Formation...

"A domain?! A domain that suppresses cultivation?! How is this possible?!" The Ning family patriarch exclaimed in shock.

He never expected that the ghost cultivator summoned by the other party, whose aura was only at the late stage of Core Formation, would possess such heaven-defying domain techniques.

Qingling stood in the center of the ghost realm, her green robe fluttering in the eerie wind.

Her beautiful face was expressionless; she simply raised her fair hand slowly.

Clang!

A single, powerful melody, capable of shattering metal and splitting stone, resounded without warning throughout the ghost realm.

This was not the plucking of physical strings, but a killing sound condensed purely from yin energy and musical magic.

The sound waves transformed into visible bluish-gray ripples, ignoring spatial distance, and instantly bombarded the soul of the Ning family patriarch, whose mind was in turmoil.

"Ugh!"

The Ning family patriarch groaned, his body swayed violently, and stars flashed before his eyes.

Although the power of this sonic attack was insufficient to severely damage the Nascent Soul's divine soul.

However, even with his cultivation suppressed, the Ning family patriarch still suffered a brief period of dizziness and excruciating pain.

Taking advantage of this brief respite, Chen Xu felt a sudden reduction in pressure and darted behind Qing Ling.

After all, with the [Ultimate Ascension] Hextech rune, Qingling only needs to wait another fifteen breaths to possess the strength of the early Nascent Soul stage.

Dealing with the Ning family patriarch whose cultivation has been suppressed should be more than enough.

"You mere ghost, how dare you be so insolent before me! Break!"

But the Ning family patriarch was, after all, a Nascent Soul cultivator, whose soul was far more resilient than imagined.

The dizziness lasted for less than a breath before being forcibly suppressed.

His eyes flashed with a dark light, and he suddenly turned away.

"puff!"

Without warning, a mouthful of blood spurted from the mouth of the Ning family patriarch.

The moment his essence and blood left his body, the dark blue scales covering his entire body suddenly dimmed, as if some of their brilliance had been drained away, and his aura became somewhat weak.

Chen Xu's mind went blank; this was definitely not an attack posture.

When a Nascent Soul cultivator is forced to release his essence and blood, he either has to fight to the death or... use a secret escape technique.

"Qingling, stop him!" Chen Xu's telepathic message was sent almost the instant the Ning family patriarch coughed up blood.

However, it was still too late.

The blood essence did not dissipate; it instantly transformed into a deep blue vortex that twisted and spun continuously.

A hint of pain flashed across the face of the Ning family patriarch, but he stepped into the deep blue vortex without hesitation.

"Damn it! That ghost cultivator's methods are too bizarre. If we continue fighting, I might not be able to gain the upper hand under his suppression!"

"That kid has too many secrets, and he even has such a powerful ghost cultivator protecting him. We must break free first..."

Qingling's reaction was incredibly fast; as soon as Chen Xu transmitted his voice, her delicate hand had already made a move.

A condensed, bluish-gray wind, like a sigh from the deepest abyss, instantly swept towards the Ning family patriarch who was about to use his escape technique.

However, the patriarch of the Ning family endured the excruciating pain and the stinging sensation of his soul being eroded by the yin wind.

Using the force of the impact, his figure advanced instead of retreating, transforming into a dazzling blood rainbow, his speed suddenly increasing several times over.

The moment he left the Ghost Domain, a vast and powerful Nascent Soul aura suddenly erupted.

His cultivation level, which had been suppressed to the late stage of Core Formation, instantly returned.

"Damn it..."

The Ning family patriarch roared, turning his head sharply. His cold, vertical pupils locked onto the two figures in the center of the ghost realm, and he pondered:

"Although I am now free, my left arm has been eroded by the power of that yin wind, and my essence and blood have also been depleted. I am not in peak condition."

"This ghost cultivator's methods are unpredictable and her domain suppression is too domineering. If we are also enveloped by her ghost domain, the outcome will be uncertain."

"I will remember this humiliation! Once I have investigated your background and recovered from your injuries, I will surely tear your souls apart and refine them!"

In the blink of an eye, the Ning family patriarch did not hesitate at all, nor did he have any thought of counterattacking just because he had recovered his Nascent Soul cultivation.

He knew that Qingling posed a far greater threat than her cultivation level, especially her strange domain and the elusive two-tailed cloud fox in his arms, which made him feel extremely dangerous.

The Ning family patriarch glared venomously at Chen Xu and Qing Ling one last time, then flashed with bloody light again and hurtled towards the horizon of the outer sea.

The speed was far greater than before, clearly indicating that some extremely costly life-saving escape technique was used, with the sole aim of escaping the battlefield as quickly as possible and fleeing thousands of miles away.

"Such a fast reaction!" Qingling was also startled when she saw that the Ning family patriarch had forcibly increased his speed at the cost of injury.

Although the gust of cold wind she unleashed struck her opponent, it clearly failed to inflict a fatal wound.

Qingling frowned slightly; she was not without means to pursue.

However, the opponent is a Nascent Soul cultivator, focused on escaping, and has already created distance, making a forced pursuit extremely risky.

Thinking of this, the surging Yin energy around Qingling slowly subsided.

The little cloud in her arms also tidied its bristling fur and let out a low whimper, seemingly somewhat unwilling to let its prey escape.

She gently stroked Xiaoyun's head, then turned her gaze to Chen Xu with a hint of concern:

"Don't pursue a cornered enemy; our senior brother's safety is paramount. This man has already been injured and should not dare to come again anytime soon."

She paused, her gaze fixed on the horizon where the Ning family patriarch had disappeared, where only rolling clouds and surging waves remained.

"But... that person's last look was filled with extreme resentment and malice; he will surely become a great threat in the future."

Chen Xu's mind raced. He thought he had done a clean job of killing Ning Wenxin in Wutan City, but he never expected that the Ning family would have such a strange bloodline tracking technique.

What was even more unexpected was that a conflict at an auction led to the other party's patriarch personally pursuing and killing them, thus sealing the grudge completely.

"This place is not safe to stay any longer," Chen Xu said decisively.

"The methods of Nascent Soul cultivators are unpredictable. We should return to our cave in Meteor City immediately."

Without further hesitation, Chen Xu retrieved Qing Ling into his beast-taming space, transforming it into a streak of light and speeding towards Meteor City at top speed.

Chen Xu extended his divine sense to its fullest extent, and no abnormal fluctuation of spiritual energy in the surroundings could escape his perception.

Fortunately, there were no further incidents along the way.

The Ning family patriarch seemed to be truly intimidated by Qingling's strange domain.

Or perhaps the cost of the Blood Essence Escape Technique was too high, requiring the patient to find a place to heal, and thus they did not reappear to intercept.

Only when the familiar, massive outline of Meteor City appeared on the horizon did Chen Xu's tense nerves relax slightly.

The sea breeze still carried a salty, fishy smell, caressing his slightly pale cheeks.

The dried blood at the corner of his mouth silently testified to the danger he had just encountered.

A casual strike from a Nascent Soul cultivator would have been impossible without the third level of the Profound Bone True Demon Art, the buffer of the Profound Water Shield, and the protection of a full set of Brightness equipment.

He is probably a cold corpse floating on the sea right now.

"The Ning family..." Chen Xu's eyes were icy, and his heart was filled with murderous intent.

He secretly realized that he needed to be more meticulous in his actions in the future.

Upon returning to his floating island cave, Chen Xu immediately went to the Spirit Gathering Array.

Nan Longyue lay quietly on the jade bed, her face as pale as snow, her breathing so faint it was almost imperceptible.

In half a month, her condition did not improve at all; on the contrary, she became more vulnerable due to the loss of her vital energy.

Chen Xu carefully took out a warm jade lotus platform.

On the lotus platform, the six-and-a-half-petaled golden lotus, enhanced by the [Dual Purpose], transformed into a complete seven-petaled golden lotus.

Seven golden lotus leaves, shimmering with liquid-like light, instantly filled the entire quiet room with a boundless and powerful life force.

Just one breath of this emanating vitality made Chen Xu feel invigorated, and the turbulent blood and qi in his body calmed down a bit.

Chen Xu dared not be negligent in the slightest. He sat cross-legged beside Nan Longyue, his hands forming a mudra.

The pure Xuan Shui spiritual power within his body slowly surged out, carefully enveloping the seven-leaf golden lotus.

"lead!"

With a low shout, Jinlian trembled slightly, and a wisp of pure medicinal power, like a gentle stream, slowly flowed towards Nanlongyue's tightly closed lips.

As the medicine took effect, Nan Longyue, who was in a coma, suddenly trembled and let out a painful groan.

An unnatural flush instantly rose on her pale face, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

The immense life-giving medicinal power surged like a raging torrent into her nearly depleted meridians, rushing towards the menacing crack in her dantian.

boom……

A muffled rumble seemed to echo within Nan Longyue's body.

The golden torrent of medicinal power crashed violently against the cracked golden elixir.

"Ugh!" Nan Longyue let out a suppressed cry of pain, her body convulsing violently.

Seeing this, Chen Xu did not stop guiding him. He knew that this was a process of destruction before construction, a painful process that the healing elixir had to go through.

He separated a wisp of his divine consciousness and carefully probed into Nan Longyue's body, guiding the violent medicinal power to repair the most fatal crack on the golden core bit by bit.

The Xuan Shui spiritual power also surged in at the right time, gently enveloping Nan Longyue's golden core and helping to stabilize its form.

Time passed slowly, and only Nan Longyue's suppressed groans of pain and Chen Xu's steady and powerful breathing remained in the quiet room.

Sweat beaded on his forehead. He had to precisely control the output of the Golden Lotus medicine while using the Xuan Shui spiritual power to protect Nan Longyue's fragile meridians and golden core, which was extremely taxing.

As the medicinal power was continuously extracted, the light on the floating seven-leafed golden lotus dimmed at a visible speed.

hum...

As the last bit of golden light entered, the violent life force within Nan Longyue's body gradually became docile, flowing slowly along the cracks on the golden core.

Fine golden lines began to grow at a visible speed along the edge of the jagged crack, gradually covering it.

The pain on Nan Longyue's face gradually subsided, her furrowed brows slowly relaxed, and her breathing became long and steady.

Seeing this, Chen Xu breathed a long sigh of relief, finally relaxing his tense nerves.

Although the process was perilous and painful, the fatal crack on the Southern Moon Golden Elixir was finally successfully repaired by this rare divine medicine, and its essence was stabilized. All that remained was to rest and recover.

After a moment, Nan Longyue's long eyelashes trembled a few times, and she slowly opened them.

Her gaze was somewhat unfocused, lingering for a moment on the faint spiritual light of the restriction flowing at the top of the cave before slowly focusing and finally landing on Chen Xu sitting to the side.

"Senior..." Her voice was barely audible, hoarse from not speaking for a long time.

"How do you feel?" Chen Xu's voice was low.

Nan Longyue struggled to sit up, but felt weak and powerless all over, as if all her strength had been drained.

Chen Xu reached out to support her, and a gentle stream of Xuan Shui spiritual energy brushed against her back, helping her to sit steadily.

"Much better..." Nan Longyue felt grateful as she examined her body.

"Thank you for your help, senior."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xu nodded slightly: "Although your origin is stable, your golden core is severely damaged and your spiritual power is depleted. You still need to rest and recuperate."

"Let's take care of the fishpond after the recuperation is over."

After saying that, he went into a quiet room by himself. The door of the quiet room closed silently, completely isolating him from the outside world.

Chen Xu sat cross-legged on the futon, the pure spiritual energy flowing slowly within the cave. He took a deep breath and began to tally the proceeds from the Wanbao Palace auction.

The first thing that appeared before him was two Nine-Turn Divine Forging Pills, each the size of a longan.

Under the effect of the "Dual Purpose" effect, the Nine-Turn Divine Forging Pill became two pills, which was exactly what Chen Xu wanted.

After breaking through to the mid-stage of Core Formation, there will still be one Nine-Turn Divine Forging Pill left, which can be used later.