The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 1079

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“Friend Shen, if you need any elixirs or magical treasures suitable for those at the Great Mahayana Stage of cultivation, you have but to ask and my Shouyang Mountain's Lecture Hall lineage will certainly do our utmost to fulfill your request.” Seeing there was room for negotiation, Zhao Tong immediately said with great joy.

“Great Mahayana Stage… It seems that in Daoist friend Zhao's eyes, his own life isn't worth much.” Shen Luo said with a smirk.

“No, no, no, I misspoke. What I meant was elixirs and items that can help break through the small realm bottlenecks within the Great Mahayana Stage. Friend Shen, just say the word, and we will undoubtedly present them to you.” Zhao Tong quickly corrected himself.

Upon hearing this, a hint of contemplation flashed across Shen Luo's face.

“Friend Shen, you also know how difficult it is to break through the small realm bottlenecks within the Great Mahayana Stage, right? The Snow Spirit Rhinoceros Pill that Master has prepared for me is meant to help me break through from the Mahayana Middle Stage to the later stage. I will be able to get it when I return to the sect, and at that time, I will hand them all over to Brother Shen without keeping a single one.” Seeing him deep in thought, Zhao Tong hurriedly added.

“Enough with the nonsense. Hand over the Blood Burning Technique you practice, and I will let you live,” Shen Luo said uninterestedly in the so-called Snow Spirit Rhinoceros Pill and transmitted his voice directly.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Tong's expression stiffened for a moment, and then he forcefully suppressed his rage and said:

“Brother Shen, this is a bit too much for anyone. The Blood Burning Technique is an inner sect secret manual of Shouyang Mountain. If I were to give it to you, it would be tantamount to betraying the sect. Even if you could let me leave, I would still be dealt with as a traitor by Master. And you, Brother Shen, would also be pursued by the sect and there would be no peace for you. Why bother with all this?”

“If you don't hand over the skill, you will surely die here and now. If you do hand it over, perhaps there will still be a sliver of hope for survival. As for what happens after leaving the Secret Realm, whether you live or die is none of my concern, and whether I get pursued is also none of your business,” Shen Luo transmitted back.

“Friend Shen, do not push people too hard. Killing me won't do you any good. You are just a branch of Little Straw Mountain, do you really think they will cover for you? To speak frankly, I am not only the Closed-door Disciple of the Great Elder of Shouyang Mountain's Lecture Hall, but I am also his bloodline descendant. Even if they are limited by the rules of the Martial Assembly and cannot act against you openly, there's an old saying – there's no perpetual burglar, but neither is there a perpetual guardian. Do you really think you can outlast Shouyang Mountain?” Zhao Tong said through gritted teeth.

“You are his bloodline descendant only while you're alive… Once you die, you're nothing but trash. Do you truly think that the people behind you would break the rules for a dead man? Do you honestly believe that your worth is enough for them to spend a hundred years pursuing vengeance against me? If so, you really think too highly of yourself, don't you? Having been sent into this Secret Realm to fight to the death for treasures, have you still not realized the role you play?” Shen Luo said, full of mockery.

Zhao Tong was stunned upon hearing this, and Immediately, cold sweat dripped down his forehead.

No wonder there were many within Shouyang Mountain who were of higher cultivation and had better aptitudes than him. Why, knowing they could be targeted by Little Straw Mountain, had they insisted on sending him here?

A bitter smile crept onto his face. Even if he realized this fact, what could he do? Since the beginning of his practice of the Blood Burning Technique, a prohibition had been placed upon him. If he even attempted to reveal it to another person, his blood would combust, turning him into ashes.

“Friend Shen, aside from that, I can agree to anything else,” Zhao Tong said gravely.

“Coincidentally, the only thing of interest to me from you is that very thing,” Shen Luo replied with a smile.

No sooner had Shen Luo finished speaking than his brow suddenly rose in alarm. He saw a determined look flash in Zhao Tong's eyes, followed by the sound of something being crushed between his teeth.

The next instant, Zhao Tong uttered a soft cry, and a scorching breath erupted from the corner of his mouth, accompanied by a plume of black smoke.

Shen Luo's heart tightened, and without being careless, he swung his sword. The Pure Yang Sword Embryo flared with light, and the sword edge immediately fell toward Zhao Tong's neck.

Zhao Tong's body was a completely crimson, as if his flesh and blood were aflame, charring his skin with lavlike cracked lines, emitting a strange scarlet glow.

His eyes had also been replaced by two flames, almost spewing out of the sockets.

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The Beast Skin Talisman covering the top of his head lit up as well, a layer of aqugreen radiance spreading out from above and drilling into the hole atop Zhao Tong's head, as if trying to suppress the flames igniting within him.

“Roar…”

Zhao Tong let out a howl like that of a wild beast, raising an arm to shield his neck and blocking Shen Luo's sword edge.

A powerful force exploded inside his body at the same instant, turning the Beast Skin Talisman to ashes, and astonishingly, billowing black smoke began to emerge from the hole in his head.

Shen Luo took some distance from him, while Huang Yi and Fu Donglai, shocked by this sudden change, came to Shen Luo's side.

“Shen Luo, you forced my hand, so let's die together,” Zhao Tong roared, his tone filled with unwillingness and resentment.

As he spoke, he took a step forward, brought his hands together, and a Scarlet Flame Fire Sword condensed in his palms surged forth, cleaving down towards the three of them.

Seeing this, Shen Luo raised his hand and waved, and the Bloodthirsty Flag unfolded with a “whoosh” into the air, like a large shield blocking overhead.

The Scarlet Flame Fire Sword was as red as blood, and extremely hot, it did not manage to pierce through the Bloodthirsty Flag, but the flag's surface was scorched deep red, with waves of heat continuously passing through the flag.

Shen Luo and his companions felt as if their blood was being drawn out, almost about to ignite.

Fu Donglai, seeing this, was about to take action but was stopped by Shen Luo.

“There's no hurry, he was not lightly injured beforehand, and this action now is just a dying bite, he can't hold on for long,” Shen Luo said, speaking easily.

And sure enough, as soon as Shen Luo's words fell, the scorching force from above weakened significantly.

Following that, a miserable howl was heard, and the flames above were completely extinguished.

Shen Luo withdrew the Bloodthirsty Flag, and only then could they clearly see Zhao Tong, whose body was no longer aflame, his skin completely burned through, and black smoke rising from all over his body as the surrounding air was filled with a burnt stench.

Upon closer inspection, they could see wisps of purplish-black smoke rising from Zhao Tong's charred corpse; the toxicity in the blood was only now beginning to evaporate completely.

“Shen Luo has killed Zhao Tong, accumulating five points.”

For some reason, although Zhao Tong had died from self-immolation, the two points on his person still accrued to Shen Luo.

He went forward to check and found that Zhao Tong's Storage Ring had also been burned to ashes by the raging fire, and naturally, the things hidden in the space within were no longer retrievable.

The stench of decay was truly unbearable, so although Shen Luo and his companions were not in a hurry to travel, they still moved away from there and found another place to rest.

“Brother Shen, I fear my injuries will not recover for a while, may I ask a favor of you?” Huang Yi spoke with his eyes slightly closed, seemingly in meditation, but in fact secretly sending a message to Shen Luo.