Immortal Reincarnation Tribulation

Chapter 322 Fragments of Magical Items

When the sound wave struck the cyan rune, the invisible sound wave instantly transformed into a tangible ripple, creating a layer of waves in the void that instantly submerged the cyan rune and swept straight towards Liao Mingyu behind it.

Liao Mingyu's pupils contracted slightly upon seeing this, but he remained motionless and uttered the word "break".

The cyan rune immediately flashed with light, spun rapidly in the air, and then quickly shrank, shrinking to the size of a thumb in the blink of an eye. Originally, the rune was light cyan, but at this moment, it turned purplish-black, seemingly having reached its limit of condensation, with an extremely terrifying energy storm brewing wildly within it.

As the echo of the word "break" reverberated, the thumb-sized purplish-black rune immediately exploded open, instantly creating a thunderous roar, like a spring thunderclap. At the same time, an indescribable energy storm spread wildly in all directions from the rune as its center, instantly surpassing all the sound waves generated by the golden fist cloud, and swallowing it up completely.

The sonic ripples that traveled the furthest actually formed an arc shape and remained fixed in mid-air a few inches in front of Liao Mingyu.

The sound waves were originally formless, but now they took on a solid form, with a pale purple color, crystal clear, and exceptionally smooth, resembling a purple ice sculpture, truly an exquisite work of art.

However, it's difficult to say whether this artwork is a masterpiece of nature or a work of art.

Liao Mingyu remained expressionless, snapped his fingers, and with a crisp "bang," the ice sculpture formed by the sound wave shattered, returning to nothingness in an instant.

"Bang! Bang! Bang..." A series of crisp sounds rang out, and in the blink of an eye, all the purple ice sculptures within a radius of several feet turned into dust. Then, after a flash of purple light, they all vanished into nothingness.

Du Fan's heart skipped a beat. He was completely shocked by what he saw. For the first time, he had witnessed firsthand that tangible and intangible things could be transformed into one another.

In that instant, he suddenly had an epiphany: perhaps everything in the world has a most fundamental root, that root can become everything in heaven and earth, and everything in heaven and earth is also that fundamental root.

Whether it's solid or liquid, even wind, thunder, or air—whatever can be seen or unseen—it's all a manifestation of the fundamental source. If you grasp that source, perhaps… you can grasp everything in the world!

However, this thought only flashed through Du Fan's mind for a moment before he stopped thinking about it. He knew very well that even if that root truly existed between heaven and earth, it was beyond his current reach. There were more important things to solve right now.

Du Fan's eyes suddenly flashed with a sharp light. With a wave of his arm, golden auspicious clouds burst forth in front of him, rolling and surging towards Liao Mingyu with a roar. In an instant, a gale howled and descended.

Seeing this, Liao Mingyu frowned, stomped one foot on the ground, and shot backward again. At the same time, he quickly made hand seals and chanted incantations. Suddenly, a ball of crimson flames appeared in the void in front of him, and after swaying in the wind, it transformed into a giant hand that was three zhang long.

With a split of its five fingers, the giant fiery hand instantly met the rolling golden fist cloud, grabbed it, and squeezed it hard. The golden fist cloud immediately let out a groan, as if it were about to collapse.

Under the combined force of the giant fiery hand's burning power and immense pressure, the golden fist cloud only lasted for three breaths before wisps of pale golden smoke rose and evaporated. Before long, the entire fist cloud vanished completely.

Du Fan already knew when the opponent used fire-attribute magic that his invincible Golden Fist Cloud had probably met its match. This method would not gain any advantage under the opponent's targeted attack.

At this moment, Du Fan had already appeared behind Liao Mingyu using the Earth Escape Technique. Without saying a word, he swung the dagger in his hand, and immediately twelve black and blue water blades shot out. He didn't care about the result of this attack. In a flash, he moved to Liao Mingyu's other side, raised his arm, and threw a punch.

But the next moment, both the twelve black and blue water blades and the huge golden fist shadow passed through Liao Mingyu's body without any hindrance, striking the wall behind him and the gray stone floor respectively. Amidst the flying stones, a deafening roar was heard.

Liao Mingyu's figure vanished into thin air, like a fleeting shadow.

What happened next almost made Du Fan's eyes pop out.

Liao Mingyu appeared behind Du Fan at some point, and with a wave of his hand, twelve black and blue water blades rushed towards Du Fan. At the same time, Liao Mingyu himself appeared in an instant, like a body cultivator, and punched Du Fan in the left rib.

Liao Mingyu's series of attacks, except for the absence of golden light surrounding his fists, were exactly the same as Du Fan's previous attacks, as if they were copied, which was extremely strange.

Du Fan's eyes twitched violently. He didn't have time to think about anything at the moment. He stomped his feet on the ground and his body instantly rose into the air.

The next moment, to Liao Mingyu's astonishment, Du Fan leaped seven or eight zhang high into the air, then paused in mid-air, floating there. With a wave of his hands, a sword and six blades instantly took shape, and with a burst of golden light, they hurtled downwards.

Liao Mingyu's usual calm expression vanished instantly. He opened his mouth wide and stared incredulously at Du Fan in the air. Only when the Mother-Child Sword Technique was about to strike did he remember to activate the spell and blast it away.

Du Fan spread his arms in mid-air and glided in a certain direction. The whole movement was like a bird, graceful, light and extremely elegant.

Liao Mingyu quickly regained his composure. A strange light flashed in his eyes, and he took a step forward. He made hand seals with both hands, about to use a spell to force the opponent to use the same move again. But suddenly his expression changed drastically, and he realized something was wrong!

A white light swirled behind him, revealing a human-sized skeleton. Its entire body was covered in white bones, looking extremely ferocious. Two green flames flickered slowly in its eyes, like will-o'-the-wisps, exuding an eerie aura.

This is one of Du Fan's trump cards: the white bone skull!

After obtaining the remains of the Guo family ancestor from the cave at the bottom of Ten Mile Lake, he explored the method of controlling them through the Spirit Transfer Technique, and now he can use them as an assistant.

After the skeleton appeared, it immediately transformed its hand into a blade and, without a sound or a sound, with lightning speed, sliced ​​down on Liao Mingyu's neck. Its movements were as fast as lightning, catching everyone off guard.

Just then, a golden round shield about half a foot in size appeared out of thin air. With a metallic clang, it actually blocked the tricky attack from the white skeleton.

The skeletal figure seemed to have been struck a heavy blow. Its entire skeleton trembled, and it staggered back more than ten steps before finally managing to steady itself by kneeling on one knee.

What startled Du Fan from afar was that the golden round shield was floating in the air like a rock, completely unmoved. The lightning strike from the white skeleton was clearly not on the same level as this round shield and could not break through its defenses at all.

Liao Mingyu took a deep breath, glanced at the white skeleton behind him, then turned to look at Du Fan, a complex look in his eyes.

After a long while, Liao Mingyu sighed, flicked his sleeve, and the giant fiery hand not far away immediately disappeared.

Then he waved his hand at Du Fan and said with a wry smile, "Fellow Daoist Du, stop. I was too arrogant earlier and actually said I was using only 50% of my strength. I'm sorry you had to laugh at me. In this battle... I admit defeat."

Du Fan hadn't recovered from the shock when he heard the other party say something that greatly surprised him. Taken aback, he could only clasp his hands and say, "Fellow Daoist Liao, what do you mean by that? To be fair, I am definitely no match for you."

"Although I didn't lose directly to you, given the current situation, I, Liao, have indeed lost." Liao Mingyu shook his head, then raised his hand and pointed to the golden shield radiating light in the air, saying, "Fellow Daoist Du, do you know what this is?"

"This... should be a defensive magic weapon."

However, what's strange is that magical weapons only have offensive capabilities and no defensive ones. Even defensive magical weapons forcibly crafted through special methods are still counterfeit. But the magical weapon that Fellow Daoist Liao has summoned is different. Its power is incredible and it is definitely not as simple as a counterfeit magical weapon." Du Fan hesitated.

"Hehe, if this round shield were a fake magic weapon, I would have been seriously injured even if I hadn't died on the spot," Liao Mingyu chuckled and shook his head.

With a single gesture, Du Fan sent the distant skeleton flying back in a streak of white light, which he then stored in his storage bag. At the same time, the skeleton returned to its original position. Du Fan then clasped his hands in a fist salute to Liao Mingyu and said, "Forgive my ignorance, but I really can't guess it. Please enlighten me, Fellow Daoist Liao."

"Fellow Daoist Du, have you ever heard of magic treasures?" Liao Mingyu also flicked his hand and put away the golden round shield.

"A magic weapon...that golden round shield is a magic weapon!" Du Fan was shocked, his expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed in disbelief.

"It is naturally not a real magic weapon, but a fragment of a magic weapon that possesses one-tenth of the power of the original magic weapon."

"If it were a true magic weapon, I'm afraid that the moment I used it, all my vital energy would be drained, leaving me a dried-up corpse." Liao Mingyu said with a slight smile.

"Fragments of magical artifacts... Hmm, that makes sense."

However, I have heard that only Foundation Establishment experts can activate magic weapon fragments. It is truly unbelievable that Fellow Daoist Liao can unleash them with only Qi Refining stage cultivation. I admire you! A strange light appeared in Du Fan's eyes. The words he spoke at this moment were sincere.