Blazing Fire Old Ancestor's shock was beyond words as he watched Li Mu not only avoid being swallowed by the fire array but also move like a fish in water within it, thanks to his Fire Dao Principles.
"Who exactly are you...? How did you manage this?" Blazing Fire Old Ancestor's voice trembled as he questioned in disbelief.
"The Dao is vast, and all things are interdependent. Fellow Daoist, though your mastery of Fire Dao Principles is profound, it has not yet reached its peak. We have already exchanged blows; how about we cease fighting now?" Li Mu casually played with a ball of Dao Fire suspended in the air. The Dao Fire danced on his fingertips, yet it couldn't harm him in the slightest; instead, it appeared unusually docile.
"Cease fighting now? Hmph, you make it sound easy!" Blazing Fire Old Ancestor's expression flickered between dark and light. He had cultivated Fire Dao Principles his entire life and had never encountered such a setback. How could he be willing to give up?
Moreover, the sacred artifact of the Fire Dragon Clan was stolen, and this person was undoubtedly involved; he absolutely couldn't be let go easily!
Blazing Fire Old Ancestor's gaze gradually turned cold. Suppressing the raging anger in his heart, he angrily said, "Cease fighting? Yes, but you must return the sacred artifact of the Fire Dragon Clan to me. Otherwise, this Old Ancestor will fight you to the death!"
Li Mu sighed helplessly, losing his patience, and angrily said, "Your clan's sacred artifact has nothing to do with me. If you continue to be unreasonable, don't blame me for being merciless!"
With that, Li Mu's Aura suddenly changed. The originally docile Dao Fire circling his fingertips instantly became violent, like an enraged beast, releasing heart-pounding heat and light.
"Good, good, arrogant brat, bring forth whatever moves you have!" Blazing Fire Old Ancestor's eyes seethed with killing intent, laughing in extreme anger. He abruptly waved his hands, and the surrounding air seemed to ignite. Raging flames instantly surged up, transforming into fiery Dragons that roared as they lunged towards Li Mu.
Li Mu snorted coldly, advancing instead of retreating. In an instant, he summoned a Five Elements Dao Sword from his tianxuan ring. The violent flames surrounding him instantly condensed into a giant flaming longsword, its tip pointing directly at the attacking fiery Dragons. With a crisp sword hum, the flaming longsword sliced through the sky, colliding with the fiery Dragons, erupting in dazzling light and deafening roars.
The clash of flames ignited the entire space, with heatwaves rolling, making it difficult for anyone to approach. However, amidst this intense collision, Li Mu's flaming longsword cut through those fiery Dragons one by one as easily as slicing tofu, reducing them to nothingness.
"Fire Dragon Burning Heaven!" Blazing Fire Old Ancestor roared, his entire Aura instantly surging. The surrounding flames seemed to respond to his call, converging behind him to form a massive illusory fiery Dragon. It opened its enormous mouth, spewing forth raging flames that swept towards Li Mu.
"Five Elements Intergrowth, Water Heavenly Curtain!"
Facing the overwhelming torrent of flames, Li Mu's expression remained unchanged. He softly chanted, and the Five Elements Dao Sword in his hand sharply swung down.
In an instant, Li Mu's Five Elements Law Domain underwent a drastic change. Fire generated earth, earth generated metal, and metal generated water. The originally violent fire element miraculously transformed into clear water essence in a mere moment, rapidly condensing above his head into a vast, azure water curtain, blocking all of the overwhelming fiery torrent.
"Bang, bang, bang!" Flames crashed against the water curtain, producing a series of explosions, yet it was like pebbles falling into the ocean, unable to stir up even a ripple. The water curtain not only remained unpierced by the flames but also, leveraging the natural advantage of water overcoming fire, gradually absorbed the power within the flames, causing the illusory fiery Dragon's radiance to dim.
Blazing Fire Old Ancestor's expression changed drastically. He had never imagined that this young man's application of the Five Elements' intergrowth and mutual restraint had reached such a masterful level.
"Very good!" Blazing Fire Old Ancestor laughed in extreme anger, a look of determination flashing in his eyes, as if he had made some major decision. His figure twisted, and the flames surging around him suddenly became unusually violent.
"Brat, today I'll let you witness the true power of my Fire Dragon Clan!" Blazing Fire Old Ancestor's voice echoed within the flames, carrying boundless majesty and fury.
As his words fell, the surrounding flames seemed to respond to his summons, converging towards him. His figure gradually blurred within this torrent of flames, finally transforming into a dazzling fiery light that shot straight into the sky.
When the fiery light dissipated, a magnificent Eighth-Order fiery Dragon appeared before Li Mu's eyes. Its body was enormous, nearly a thousand zhang in size, its scales shimmering with dazzling red light, containing boundless Fire Power. Its eyes were like two burning flames, revealing majesty and dominance, making one feel awestruck.
The appearance of the Eighth-Order fiery Dragon caused the entire area to tremble, and even the air became intensely hot. Its Dragon roar was deafening, and its immense Dragon might pressed down on Li Mu.
Gazing at the Eighth-Order fiery Dragon before him, a glint flashed in Li Mu's eyes. He could feel the powerful Aura emanating from this fiery Dragon, a sense of oppression originating from deep within its Bloodline, forcing him to take it seriously, no less than the Eighth-Order demonic Dragon he had previously slaughtered.
Li Mu had used the teeth, bones, and scales of that Eighth-Order Mahayana demonic Dragon's corpse to refine one thousand five hundred Seventh-Order Dao Swords. If he slaughters this fiery Dragon today, he should be able to refine a similar number of Dao Swords!
Thinking of this, Li Mu's killing intent surged.
Feeling Li Mu's killing intent, Blazing Fire Old Ancestor was furious beyond measure: "A mere Body Integration Cultivator dares to harbor killing intent towards this Old Ancestor? Today is your death day!"
The Eighth-Order fiery Dragon's massive body shook, and it opened its enormous mouth. A fierce torrent of fiery Dragon breath erupted from its maw, like a volcanic eruption, carrying an Aura that could destroy everything, sweeping directly towards Li Mu to engulf him.
Li Mu's mind stirred, and his Sea of Consciousness surged. A reddish-brown wooden staff appeared out of thin air, growing against the wind. The Spirit Banner unfurled, transforming into a Law Net that covered the sky and earth. Ancient and mysterious Chaos True Essence flowed upon it, emanating heart-pounding fluctuations.
The Chaos Spirit Banner, Li Mu's Lifebound Treasure, contained powerful Chaos Power and possessed numerous capabilities such as devouring all things, turning the tide, and forming a Chaotic Dao Domain. This battle was a perfect opportunity to practice and test its abilities.
"Chaos opens, all things return to tranquility!" Li Mu chanted softly, gripping the Chaos Spirit Banner tightly with both hands and activating all his spiritual power. The Chaos Net suddenly spread forward, meeting the fiery Dragon breath spewed by the Eighth-Order fiery Dragon.
The moment they touched, the fiery Dragon breath was like a mud ox entering the sea, rapidly devoured by the Chaos Net, without even a single spark splashing out. The spiritual patterns flowing on the Chaos Spirit Banner seemed to come alive; they revolved and entangled around the fiery Dragon breath, finally completely transforming it into Chaos Power and integrating it into the Chaos Spirit Banner.
"This... what kind of Magic Treasure is this?" Blazing Fire Old Ancestor's voice trembled slightly. He felt the ancient and mysterious power emanating from the Chaos Spirit Banner, and an unprecedented dread surged in his heart.
Li Mu smiled faintly, not answering, and continued to activate the Chaos Spirit Banner. The Chaos Net surged from the Chaos Spirit Banner, spreading forward to directly envelop Blazing Fire Old Ancestor.
Blazing Fire Old Ancestor dared not underestimate it. He spread his Dragon wings, abruptly accelerating in an attempt to evade the overwhelming Law Net. However, it seemed to possess a Divine Ability to lock onto targets; no matter how he dodged, the Law Net always followed like a shadow, pressing closer and closer.
"You want to trap me? Dream on!" Blazing Fire Old Ancestor roared, his entire body burning with raging flames. The Fire Dao Principles were pushed to their limit, and the space around his Dragon body twisted and deformed due to the high temperature. The next moment, he opened his mouth and spat out a fiery red Dragon Pearl, which shot out, carrying the might to burn the heavens and boil the seas, striking directly at the Chaos Net.
This Dragon Pearl was condensed by Blazing Fire Old Ancestor over countless Years with his pure Fire Qi, containing the essence of his lifelong cultivation and the ultimate Profound Truth of Fire Dao Principles. Its power was so immense that it could shatter mountains and rivers and dim the stars.
The moment the Dragon Pearl collided with the Chaos Net, it erupted in dazzling light, as if two stars were fiercely clashing in the air, releasing destructive energy fluctuations.
However, to Blazing Fire Old Ancestor's shock, although the Law Net showed some slight fluctuations on its surface after enduring the full force of the Dragon Pearl's attack, it was not pierced. Instead, in a peculiar way, it enveloped and devoured the Dragon Pearl's power.
In his great alarm, Blazing Fire Old Ancestor's killing intent towards Li Mu intensified. While the Spirit Banner Magic Treasure was restrained by his Origin Dragon Pearl, only by killing him could he reclaim the Dragon Pearl and preserve himself!
"Flaming Dragon Descent, World-Purifying Dragon Breath!"
Blazing Fire Old Ancestor's roar echoed between heaven and earth. As his words fell, the Eighth-Order fiery Dragon's body rapidly expanded, as if it would burst the limits of this space. In its eyes, two flames burned fiercely, revealing determination and madness.
"Die!"
The Eighth-Order fiery Dragon opened its enormous mouth, capable of devouring everything. An unprecedentedly terrifying flame surged out of its mouth. This flame was no longer merely the Fire Dao Principles; it was the ultimate fire, a Fusion of Blazing Fire Old Ancestor's entire will and power. It carried the Fire Dao Principles that purified all things, preparing to completely incinerate Li Mu in one fell swoop.
Li Mu felt the terror of this flame and knew that if this Dragon breath touched him, even he would find it difficult to withstand its power. Thus, with a thought, the Chaos Spirit Banner changed again. The originally sky-covering Law Net instantly contracted the Dragon Pearl, transforming into a tiny Chaos light that circled around his body, forming an invisible shield.
"Chaos Protection, nothing shall invade!"
Li Mu roared softly, concentrating all his Chaos magical power onto this Chaos shield.
The moment the World-Purifying Dragon Breath collided with the Chaos light, the entire heaven and earth instantly lit up. The destructive power and Chaos Power intertwined and clashed in the air, erupting in deafening roars and dazzling light.
However, what was astonishing was that the Chaos shield remained indestructible under the terrifying impact of the flames, like an eternal barrier, firmly protecting Li Mu within. No matter how the World-Purifying Dragon Breath raged, it could not break through in the slightest.
Seeing this, Blazing Fire Old Ancestor's eyes flashed with an expression of disbelief. He couldn't believe that his full-force attack couldn't shake the opponent in the slightest. This filled his heart with an unprecedented sense of frustration and deep fear.
"You... who exactly are you?" Blazing Fire Old Ancestor's voice trembled, no longer able to maintain his majesty.
Li Mu did not answer, merely stood quietly in the air, silently sensing the power of the Chaos Spirit Banner. The Chaos Spirit Banner was indeed an Eighth-Order Extreme Dao Artifact, its power extraordinarily remarkable. However, it also had obvious drawbacks.
Twice activating the Chaos Spirit Banner for offense and defense had consumed a large amount of his magical power and Divine Thought. Even though he cultivated the Chaotic Great Dao, and his True Essence was no less than that of a Mahayana Cultivator, Li Mu felt a hint of fatigue at this moment.
The battle was not yet over, and he had to maintain peak condition to deal with Blazing Fire Old Ancestor's subsequent attacks. Li Mu took a deep breath, put away the Chaos Spirit Banner, and summoned Myriad Swords Mountain from his tianxuan ring.
As Myriad Swords Mountain emerged, Sword Intent immediately soared into the sky, and the Sword Mountain's size rapidly expanded. Flying Swords flew out from the Sword Mountain.
Soon, ten thousand Flying Swords circled above Li Mu. One by one, Seventh-Order Dao Swords flew in front, releasing boundless Sword Intent, generating sharp Sword winds that tore through all obstacles.
Seeing this, a hint of astonishment flashed in Blazing Fire Old Ancestor's eyes. He naturally felt the immense Sword Intent and sharp killing intent contained within Myriad Swords Mountain, and immediately had thoughts of retreating. He opened his mouth and retracted his Origin Dragon Pearl, then spread his wings, intending to flee.
"Trying to escape? Too late!"
How could Li Mu give him this chance? He smiled coldly and lightly flicked his finger. The Flying Swords within Myriad Swords Mountain instantly seemed to receive an order, transforming into streaks of light and chasing after Blazing Fire Old Ancestor.
Blazing Fire Old Ancestor was extremely anxious in his heart. He hadn't expected another Eighth-Order Dao Artifact. He had truly kicked an iron plate. But as the Old Ancestor of the Fire Dragon Clan, how could he easily yield? He desperately flapped his wings, continuously casting escape techniques, attempting to shake off the relentlessly pursuing Flying Swords.
However, the Flying Swords from Myriad Swords Mountain seemed endless, and there were also a large number of Seventh-Order Dao Swords. No matter how he dodged, new Flying Swords would always attack from different directions.
"Swish! Swish!" Streaks of sharp Sword shadows constantly blocked his path.
Soon, one thousand five hundred Seventh-Order Dao Swords formed a Sword formation, trapping Blazing Fire Old Ancestor and drastically reducing his speed, making it difficult for him to escape the Sword circle.
"Profound Heaven Sword Formation, rise!"
Li Mu suddenly roared, and his entire body's Chaos True Essence surged into Myriad Swords Mountain. Myriad Swords Mountain glowed brightly.
The originally unordered ten thousand Spirit Swords seemed to receive a mysterious command, instantly arranging themselves according to a specific trajectory, forming a complex and profound grand Sword Formation.
Within the Sword Formation, Sword Intent soared to the heavens, filled with boundless Sword light. Ten thousand Spirit Swords rapidly darted and circled, weaving an impenetrable Sword Net that firmly trapped Blazing Fire Old Ancestor. The moment the Sword Formation activated, only the sharp Sword Intent and terrifying Sword roars remained between heaven and earth.
"This... this is the Profound Heaven Sword Formation! You... you actually mastered such a lost Sword Formation!" Blazing Fire Old Ancestor's voice was filled with despair and disbelief.
Li Mu's expression was solemn. He rapidly formed hand seals, his entire body's Chaos True Essence continuously pouring into Myriad Swords Mountain, and all his Divine Thought guided Myriad Swords Mountain, maintaining the operation of the Profound Heaven Sword Formation. Driving an Eighth-Order Extreme Dao Artifact to set up the Profound Heaven Sword Formation had immense power, but also consumed a great deal, so he had to finish the battle quickly. (End of chapter)
