Immortal of the Ages

Chapter 630: Supreme Eternal Thunder Execution!

An Yao had just finished his verse when the fox demon Wuqing defeated her opponent and broke into the semifinals of the Immortal Tournament.

Reaching the semifinals offered a three in four chance to achieve the title of champion, second place, or third in the Celestial Court!

An Yao and Wuqing had already secured two of those spots!

Time flew swiftly, and the Immortal Tournament neared its climax, arriving at its most thrilling moment!

Who would seize the last two spots in the semifinals?

The announcement was imminent!

"Lu Yao, Zhao Yuanbao, to battle!"

The Longevity Immortal took two jade slips from the hands of Empress Zhao and called out their names.

This pairing sparked a murmur of regret around the fighting platform.

Clearly, after the early eliminations of Jian Chi and Nine Kites, the crowd believed it more fitting for both Lu Yao and Zhao Yuanbao to advance together rather than just one.

Yet, the rules of the Immortal Tournament were ancient and unyielding. Once matched, they had to fight; and if defeated, they had to accept their fate!

In the gaze of the masses, Yun Xiao stepped onto the fighting platform with the young master of the Imperial Treasury.

"Empress Zhao sending her nephew to me in front of everyone is clearly to show that she's not manipulating the fight," Yun Xiao mused.

Back at the Taisui Sigil Palace, Zhao Yuanbao had helped Yun Xiao, and now they met again on the platform, neither harboring any hostility.

Zhao Yuanbao bowed with a smile, saying, "The path of immortality is vast, and to meet here is fate. Brother Lu's divine demeanor is indeed my honor."

Yun Xiao nodded and smiled back. "Brother Zhao, please."

The Thunder Department and the Imperial Treasury had always been on good terms, and this pairing was perhaps the most harmonious yet in the contest.

In the eyes of the audience, Yun Xiao appeared more like a secret super elite cultivated by the Thunder Department, sharing their breath and glory.

Was he truly one of the Thunder Department or part of the Great Dao Celestial Army?

The Immortals waited for this answer!

Before the answer was revealed, none grew too close to Yun Xiao, nor too distant.

"If Lu Yao can consecutively surpass divine talents like Jian Chi and Zhao Yuanbao, he indeed has the credentials to challenge An Yao for supremacy."

“Look!” the young man exclaimed.

The two young men did not keep the onlookers waiting long. Zhao Yuanbao had barely finished speaking when he leapt into the air!

He was an Inscription Cultivator.

A golden radiance enveloped him, converging at the center of his forehead into a Life Sigil shaped like a golden ingot. Though small, it bore the immense weight of a vast golden mountain, distorting the space around it.

Twelve golden Rune Prisons encircled the Golden Ingot Sigil, each a small world onto itself, like a mobile celestial array.

The quality of this Life Sigil was unmistakably in the Divine Heaven grade.

Possessing a Life Sigil of such superior quality, surpassing even the Dao Heaven grade, earned him the title of a divine prodigy.

After all, the quality of a Life Sigil represented potential and future, not the present. The greater the talent, the higher the quality—far surpassing any celestial technique they might employ.

In terms of talent, Zhao Yuanbao was a match for Jian Chi, who possessed Twin Sword Souls.

As the young master of the Imperial Treasury, his strength naturally lay in celestial treasures.

Bathed in the light of the Golden Ingot Sigil, Zhao Yuanbao laughed and called out, “Don’t blame me for overwhelming you with numbers.”

“No complaints here. Give me all you've got!” Yun Xiao smirked.

In that moment, Zhao Yuanbao consecutively deployed six celestial treasures, each ringing out with a deafening roar as they surrounded him, their presence earth-shattering.

Each treasure was almost a match for the Violet Lightning Weapons Chart of Nine Kites!

Although the Violet Lightning Weapons Chart derived nine major weapons, it was but a single celestial treasure, whereas Zhao Yuanbao wielded six.

If Yun Xiao was right, all six were Dao Heaven grade celestial treasures!

Each of these six, a cauldron, a fan, a chain, a seal, a bell, and a drum, shimmered in golden light. Together with the Golden Ingot Sigil at their core, they formed a dazzling golden battlefield.

A glance revealed a world saturated with the essence of wealth...

This was what Zhao Yuanbao meant by overwhelming Yun Xiao with numbers.

The path of an Inscription Cultivator was paved with gold.

As the main branch of the Imperial Treasury, the Zhao Family controlled the vast resources of the Great Dao Celestial Realm!

Zhao Yuanbo was not merely born with a golden spoon. He was a true elite of celestial heritage. He was carefully nurtured since childhood to surpass his peers across the heavens.

“Brother Lu, draw your sword!” Zhao Yuanbao, commanding the six celestial treasures, bore down like a mountain of gold, his voice resonant as clashing bells and drums.

“Sorry, but I don't plan to draw my sword in this battle," Yun Xiao said, smiling lightly against Zhao Yuanbao's golden brilliance.

"Oh?" Zhao Yuanbao raised an eyebrow and said, "I heard you have a Life Sigil too? It seems far inferior to your Sword Soul..."

Suddenly, a nine headed violet dragon wrapped in dense lightning appeared at the center of Yun Xiao's forehead. It let out a deafening roar that drowned out the clash of Zhao Yuanbao's six celestial treasures!

With a thunderous roar, the Prison Warden Sigil shook in the air, bursts of violet lightning flashing, creating a tempest of lightning that swept across the fighting platform.

Above the Life Sigil, 22 Sacred Dragon Rune Prisons emerged, unfolding like 22 celestial formations.

"Huh?!"

The Immortals above and Zhao Yuanbao before Yun Xiao stared wide-eyed, utterly incredulous at the sight before them.

Such a large number of Rune Prisons was only possible for the top Heavenly Officers of the Celestial Court!

Before the age of 30 years, surpassing 15 Sword or Rune Prisons was already unparalleled in the world!

"What in the world..."

The most shocked among them were two women.

The first was Gu Suwan, who had brought Yun Xiao to form his first Rune Prison. The second was Nine Kites, who had taken him to the Taisui Sigil Palace.

Standing together, their expressions mirrored each other perfectly as their mouths gaped open, each large enough to fit two eggs.

Even their gestures of rubbing their eyes in disbelief were in perfect sync!

Besides them, astonished murmurs came from the Immortals above, clearly finding it hard to believe.

Four Sword Prisons might be reasonable, but 22 Rune Prisons?

"Does this have something to do with you?" the Dragon Tiger Sovereign asked, glancing at the Taisui Sage beside him.

"How could it? I just met the boy today," the Taisui Sage replied, then suddenly recalling his pristine Rune Lake, his eyes widened, his mouth agape as if to swallow eggs whole.

"Impossible, impossible..." The Taisui Sage shook his head vigorously, denying his own thoughts.

Yet, the reality before everyone could not be altered!

Yun Xiao's Rune Prisons were not only numerous but also demonstrated formidable power in an instant.

"Break!" Zhao Yuanbao was shocked but not immobilized by fear; he quickly regrouped, utilizing his Golden Ingot Sigil to command his six celestial treasures. They attacked Yun Xiao from six directions—front, back, left, right, above, and below!

A cauldron, a fan, a chain, a seal, a bell, and a drum—all weapons of suppression, acted in unison like a rolling barrage to restrict Yun Xiao's movements, their deadly force staggering.

Any normal adversary, even when bound by golden chains, would dodge to avoid the brunt of the attack.

But Yun Xiao did not. As the celestial treasures bore down, he hovered in the air, transforming his Life Sigil into an umbrella with nine dragon heads as its ribs.

The youth stood suspended, umbrella in hand, unfazed.

As the golden tide crashed towards him, he casually flicked the umbrella forward to shield himself.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Under the protection of the 22 Rune Prisons, Zhao Yuanbao’s six celestial treasures were repelled and sent flying away!

None of the six waves of attacks could even ruffle a hair on Yun Xiao.

This violet Runic Umbrella, seemingly as flimsy as a paper umbrella at a glance, became an impregnable wall in Zhao Yuanbao's eyes.

"Damn it!" Zhao Yuanbao staggered, his blood boiling, bewildered by the turn of events.

"My turn now."

Even more daunting was that after deflecting the attack, Yun Xiao absorbed the umbrella back into his body. Immediately, countless violet dragon patterns appeared on him, making him appear both demonic and imperious, like a true dragon!

BUZZ! Empowered by the Dao Dragon form, Yun Xiao suddenly ascended, his hair exploding upwards as electrical dragons burst from his body. A deafening peal of thunder echoed through the heavens, and countless bolts of lightning formed a violet dragon around him.

Under the amplification of the 22 Rune Prisons, a vast celestial formation of thunder, centered on his body, appeared above!

This was, in essence, a miniaturized version of the Thunder Immortal Formation!

It stretched across the arena, a curtain between the assembly of Immortals and the fighting platform, obscuring vast territories. Upon it, numerous thunder dragons roared furiously, and the immense visage of the Creator Immortal emerged over this sea of thunder and lightning, fixing its gaze on the stunned Zhao Yuanbao.

At that moment, Zhao Yuanbao could only recall an old saying, "Why use a cleaver to kill a chicken?"

Underneath this electric tempest, Gu Suwan numbly recited, "The Ten Great Dao Heaven Arts, the Supreme Eternal Thunder Execution..."

Indeed, this was a part of the Thunder Immortal Formation, a legendary technique passed down through the Myriad Divine Thunder Bureau!

First came the Judgment of a Thousand Daos, and now this grand display of the Supreme Eternal Thunder Execution. Gu Suwan felt numb many times over after witnessing this technique unleashed.

"What is this thing?"

Her question echoed the bewilderment of many who were overwhelmed.

How terrifying was this technique?

Even the Dragon Tiger Sovereign stood up, moved by the spectacle!

His concern said it all!

Targeted by the colossal thunderous face, Zhao Yuanbao, as if electrified, raised his hands and shouted, "Stop, I concede!"

Just as Zhao Yuanbao announced his surrender, the vast ocean of thunder instantly dissipated. All that was left behind was a young man in white, who smoothly retracted the Prison Warden Sigil.

Yun Xiao courteously bowed. "Thank you for the concession."

This scene caused the Taisui Sage to slap his chair in admiration, exclaiming, "The difficulty lies not in unleashing the thunder formation, but in controlling it at will. This young man’s mastery of the technique is at its peak. I refuse to believe he hasn’t practiced this Supreme Eternal Thunder Execution for over 500 years!"

"Truly remarkable," the Dragon Tiger Sovereign murmured as he calmed himself and sat back down.

Beside him, the Longevity Immortal, upon witnessing the event, suppressed his own shock. He glanced once more at the smiling Empress Zhao watching Yun Xiao, and publicly declared, "Lu Yao wins this battle and advances to the semifinals!"

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