“Fifty-Fifty with Anyone” was a Great Dao rule skill.
Even the underlying code of Honghuang's Heavenly Dao fell beneath the Great Dao.
Once activated, Fifty-Fifty with Anyone adjusted Xuanjian's combat power to balance perfectly with his opponent's.
In other words, though Xuanjian's cultivation appeared to be only at the late stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, his combat power had reached the early stage of a Daluo Golden Immortal.
Matching the green-robed old man's realm.
Sensing the surging power inside him, Xuanjian curled his lips into a confident smile, his gaze full of disdain and pride: “Old geezer, today I shall slay your Daluo Dao body with my Taiyi form!”
“Arrogant fool!”
The green-robed old man erupted in rage.
He had taken form at the end of the Dragon-Han era and traversed hundreds to thousands of yuanhui before finally achieving the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
How could he endure being looked down upon by a mere Taiyi ant now?
“I will grind your bones to dust and scatter your ashes!”
The green-robed old man roared furiously and summoned another treasure.
It was an entire grove of green bamboo.
It possessed the abilities to suppress targets, drain life force, and devour magic power.
However, compared to his previous Mid-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Green Bamboo Grove resting in his palm was merely a Mid-Grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure.
In Honghuang, there was no massive gap in power between Innate Spiritual Treasures and Acquired Spiritual Treasures.
Both belonged to the classification of spiritual treasures.
However, Innate Spiritual Treasures were birthed and nurtured by Heaven and Earth before creation, possessing innate restrictions and carrying an innate fundamental Dao. Just as Xuanjian was the manifestation of the Luobao Gold Coin born alongside the Great Dao of Commerce, that Dao was his fundamental Dao, the one most compatible with him.
Not only that, but Innate Spiritual Treasures contained Innate Indestructible Divine Light. Even if damaged during combat, they could rapidly repair themselves under the nourishment of that divine light.
Acquired Spiritual Treasures were forged after creation, and their internal restrictions were acquired restrictions.
Without the nourishment of Innate Indestructible Divine Light, any damage meant one had to find matching innate divine objects and employ exquisite artifact-forging techniques to restore them.
Such was the distinction between Innate and Acquired.
The Green Bamboo Grove erupted with brilliant green rays as the green-robed old man poured his Daluo magic power into it without restraint. In an instant, laws of green light danced wildly, transforming into tens of thousands of green bamboo shadows that shot toward Xuanjian from all directions.
“A trivial trick, not worth mentioning.”
Xuanjian's lips curved slightly. Facing the full-power strike of a Daluo Golden Immortal, he did not panic in the slightest.
A faint layer of protective golden light surfaced on his skin, shimmering as it enveloped him completely.
Yes.
Protective golden light.
It was merely the simplest protective golden light technique—one that anyone could cast.
Seeing this, the green-robed old man sneered with disdain: “A mere Taiyi ant dares to think he can block my full-power blow with a spell that doesn't even qualify as a divine ability?”
“Foolish daydreaming!”
Although the green-robed old man did not understand how this Taiyi ant had matched him during their first clash, he had not gone all out back then.
This time!
His opponent...
...could never survive!
The vast sea of bamboo shadows rained down.
Every single one slammed into Xuanjian's protective golden light.
In an instant, a storm of green spiritual qi swept across heaven and earth as terrifying Daluo might overwhelmed the entire battlefield!
The green-robed old man smiled confidently: “Ant.”
“Though there were a few twists and turns, obtaining two Innate Spiritual Treasures makes it all worthwhile. With three Innate Spiritual Treasures to my name, I will have far greater confidence when I go to Zixiao Palace to listen to the sermon.”
“Still, for a mere Taiyi ant to possess two Innate Spiritual Treasures, his fortune was certainly extraordinary.”
The green-robed old man was already daydreaming about how glorious he would look wielding three Innate Spiritual Treasures.
Right at that moment—
A flash of wind and thunder!
A sudden chill ran down the green-robed old man's spine.
He spun around in haste, hurling the Green Bamboo Grove outward.
His speed erupted to its absolute limit!
Clang!
The Green Bamboo Grove collided with the Qingming Sword.
“How can you be completely unscathed?!”
“Impossible! Absolutely impossible!”
Seeing Xuanjian completely unharmed, the green-robed old man gasped in shock before roaring, “You aren't a Taiyi! You're a Daluo Golden Immortal too!”
Just moments ago, the old man's full-power blow and Xuanjian's protective golden light had both shattered at the exact same time.
Perfectly matched.
Neither could do a thing to the other.
Meanwhile, taking advantage of the dust cloud (the green spiritual qi storm), Xuanjian activated his Wind-Thunder Cloud-Treading Boots. Wind and thunder surged as one, teleporting him right behind the green-robed old man.
“Heh, you dare display a spiritual treasure in front of me again? Mine now!”
Xuanjian let out a wicked laugh and reached out his other hand. Golden light flared brilliantly from his palm as treasure-dropping rules flickered into existence: “Treasure-Dropping Formless Hand!”
Xuanjian grabbed a corner of the Green Bamboo Grove, forcibly erasing the Primordial Spirit imprint and refined restrictions belonging to the old man!
In an instant, Xuanjian refined one acquired restriction within the Green Bamboo Grove.
With that, this Mid-Grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure belonged entirely to Xuanjian now.
Xuanjian channeled his energy into the Green Bamboo Grove.
The Green Bamboo Grove began violently resisting the green-robed old man. Combined with Xuanjian's "Taiyi" magic power, another of the old man's spiritual treasures was snatched away.
The green-robed old man was shocked beyond measure, but even more than that, he felt deeply humiliated!
This guy...
This guy's methods were far too bizarre!
He could directly wipe out his Primordial Spirit imprint and refined restrictions inside a spiritual treasure!
Though he was an Innate Divine Being, his assets weren't abundant to begin with!
Having two spiritual treasures stolen filled the green-robed old man with rage and humiliation, but he no longer had any will to fight.
Even with spiritual treasures, he was no match for him, let alone without them.
“Bastard! For today's karma, I shall gather a few close friends in the future and beat you to death!”
Throwing down a harsh threat, the old man transformed into a streak of green light and fled into the distance.
But now that he wanted to leave, how could Xuanjian let him off?
Since karma had been established, it ought to be settled right on the spot.
The Wind-Thunder Cloud-Treading Boots flashed with blinding thunder. Soaring on the wind, the power of wind and thunder empowered Xuanjian as heaven and earth suddenly dimmed. A bolt of lightning accompanied by roaring wind tore through the darkened realm!
Xuanjian's combat power was already equal to the old man's, and with the boost from a speed-type Innate Spiritual Treasure, he caught up with him within a few breaths.
Xuanjian summoned another treasure!
It was a pitch-black oil lamp.
A Low-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure—the Soul-Falling Lamp!
“Another Innate Spiritual Treasure?!”
The green-robed old man was thoroughly stunned.
Just what was this kid's background?
To carry three Innate Spiritual Treasures!
His luck was simply too good!
Both of us are Innate Divine Beings, both at the Daluo Golden Immortal realm—why is your luck so absurdly heaven-defying?!
The pitch-black oil lamp ignited without any fire.
A wisp of eerie blue flame flickered into life.
Haven and earth were bathed in an eerie blue hue.
This was the soul-falling domain of the Soul-Falling Lamp!
Any living being caught within this blue hue would have their soul struck down by the Soul-Falling Lamp.
Standing so close to Xuanjian, the green-robed old man naturally could not escape.
His Primordial Spirit quivered and swayed, showing signs of separating from his Dao body.
Horrified, the green-robed old man grit his teeth and strained with all his might to resist.
However...
...this was already enough.
Sword light flashed, piercing through the sky and locking onto the green-robed old man. The Qingming Sword slashed down, carrying fierce killing intent as it thrust toward his head.
“Deactivate Fifty-Fifty!”
Pfft!
The blade of the Qingming Sword plunged into the back of the old man's skull, its tip protruding from between his eyebrows.
This strike was clean and decisive, obliterating the old man's Primordial Spirit.
Yet, just as Xuanjian thought he had slain the green-robed old man...
Swish!
The old man's Dao body blurred and dissolved.
As if he had never existed between heaven and earth.
Fluctuations of time expanded, and ripples stirred across the void as another figure of the green-robed old man emerged from thin air.
“Hahahahaha! So you aren't a Daluo Golden Immortal after all! Only a Daluo can kill a Daluo! A mere Taiyi ant dares to think he can put a Daluo to death?!”
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