Top-level Qi Luck: Leading My Clan to Cultivate-Chapter 1281 - 666: A Failed Attempt to Steal a Chicken Leads to Losing Rice_2

Chapter 1281: Chapter 666: A Failed Attempt to Steal a Chicken Leads to Losing Rice_2

Seeing this situation, Lin Tianming’s eyes flashed with brilliance, and his expression revealed a hint of distortion.

Immediately after, the Ice Spear began to tremble even more violently.

However, Lin Tianming’s invisible giant hand firmly grasped the Ice Spear, no matter how it struggled, it couldn’t break free.

And so, this stalemate continued for a few breaths of time.

In the end, the Ice Spear seemed unable to withstand Lin Tianming’s brute force and started to slowly fragment.

In less than two breaths, the Ice Spear had already disappeared, and the invisible giant hand similarly vanished without a trace.

Seeing this, Yang Yinghai’s expression grew heavy.

He knew in his heart that Lin Tianming was once again leveraging his terrifying physical strength.

Only someone with such a robust physique could achieve this level of ease, effortlessly neutralizing his attack.

Faced with this, Yang Yinghai felt helpless, and his inner sense of dread deepened further.

At this moment, the round of attacks between the two ended, and the sky temporarily returned to calm.

On the surface, the two seemed evenly matched, neither side gaining the upper hand.

But in reality, Lin Tianming’s physical strength was overwhelming, and his True Yuan, mana, and Divine Sense were all stronger than Yang Yinghai’s by a margin.

Building on this foundation, Lin Tianming multitasked: while dealing with Yang Yinghai, the Earth Fiend Sword Formation continued to shrink its perimeter.

By now, the Earth Fiend Sword Formation had narrowed to a range of over two hundred zhang, and the entire Sword Array Barricade had developed significant resistance.

If this continued, it might only take a few more exchanges before the Sword Formation’s range was restricted to a hundred zhang.

By then, the Earth Fiend Sword Formation would truly become impregnable.

Even with Yang Yinghai’s cultivation and strength, even employing significant techniques, breaking the Earth Fiend Sword Formation wouldn’t be easy.

At this point, Lin Tianming had already partly anticipated this result, his reaction and movements grew even faster.

Thus, he struck again, showing no signs of pause.

At that moment, Lin Tianming’s Tiangang Sword flashed with light and instantly transformed into a roaring dragon.

In the blink of an eye, the dragon crossed several dozen zhang of distance, arriving not far in front of Yang Yinghai.

Seeing this, sensing the aura emanating from the dragon and the overpowering momentum rushing toward him, Yang Yinghai’s expression turned extremely grim.

Next, Yang Yinghai steadied his mind and began his counterattack.

In an instant, Yang Yinghai waved his sleeve, and a silver-white bead appeared in the palm of his hand.

Upon seeing this item, Yang Yinghai’s face revealed a hint of reluctance.

Still, he quickly threw it, targeting Lin Tianming.

At this time, Lin Tianming also noticed Yang Yinghai’s sequence of actions.

The moment he saw the white bead appear, Lin Tianming’s expression underwent a significant change, clearly showing his apprehension towards this bead.

Indeed, his reaction was well-founded.

Because this bead, called the ’Starlight Bead,’ had a remarkable origin; it was a Third-Order consumable item.

Unlike other consumable treasures of the same order, the Starlight Bead was said to be the inner core of a Starlight Beast.

And a mature Starlight Beast was a Fourth Order Demonic Beast with an unfathomably strange Innate Divine Ability and extraordinary power.

There was another critical point: the Starlight Beast’s inner core was typically massive, and its self-detonation unleashed terrifying power.

At the very least, its explosive force was several times stronger than the self-detonation of inner cores from beasts of the same order.

Judging from the aura of Yang Yinghai’s Starlight Bead, Lin Tianming estimated that this bead came from the inner core of a late-stage Third-Order Starlight Beast.

Moreover, it had likely reached the near-maximum level of the Third-Order.

If such a Starlight Beast’s inner core were to self-detonate, its power would nearly rival that of a cultivator on the brink of breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage self-detonating their Golden Core.

Understanding this, Lin Tianming’s expression grew heavy, and he hastily retreated.

However, the bead moved swiftly, its trajectory almost imperceptible even to Lin Tianming’s Eye of Five Colors.

In almost an instant, the Starlight Bead collided with Lin Tianming’s Tiangang Sword.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A series of deafening explosions erupted, followed by the emergence of a massive mushroom cloud rising into the air.

Soon, shockwaves radiated outward from the point of impact, sweeping across the area in all directions.

Prior to this, Lin Tianming had already seen everything happening within the sea of fire.

In his view, the Tiangang Sword was forcibly blasted away by the immense force, eventually landing in one corner of the Sword Formation.

Meanwhile, the Starlight Bead’s self-detonation unleashed energy so overwhelming that the resulting shockwaves swept through and completely engulfed the internal space of the Sword Formation.

During this time, even though Lin Tianming retreated rapidly, he couldn’t escape the range of the Sword Formation’s coverage in time.

As a result, Lin Tianming had to endure the full force of the shockwave.

When the shockwave struck, Lin Tianming felt as though his body had been slammed by a mountain.

Adding to this, as the shockwave surged in, the Earth Fiend Sword Formation trembled violently, teetering on the verge of collapse.

If not for Lin Tianming’s timely response—maintaining a tight connection with the Sword Formation, guarding his mind fervently, and channeling his full focus to stabilize its operation—

The Earth Fiend Sword Formation might have crumbled entirely under this single blow.

Fortunately, such a scenario didn’t come to pass, leaving Lin Tianming still with certain control.

But that was only the situation with the Sword Formation; the force Lin Tianming endured on a personal level was no less intense.

When the shockwave struck, his body was flung uncontrollably backward, ultimately slamming into the Sword Array Barricade.

For a moment, Lin Tianming’s Qi-Blood churned feverishly, and his meridians nearly twisted out of order.

When Lin Tianming regained his composure, his face instantly turned pale, and his aura weakened noticeably.

Moreover, he couldn’t suppress a mouthful of blood from spurting out, staining the front of his robe red.

After struggling to subdue the discomfort in his body, Lin Tianming’s eyes took on a reddish hue, and his killing intent intensified dramatically.

Meanwhile, Yang Yinghai—positioned opposite him—was also in dire straits.

After all, the Starlight Bead’s self-detonation created a nondiscriminatory explosion.

The sole distinction was that, as the user of the Starlight Bead, Yang Yinghai was fully aware of its explosion’s potency and had prepared countermeasures in advance.

Thus, Yang Yinghai first activated his Defense Treasure, utilizing its unique features to absorb and deflect much of the impact.

However, the explosion’s intensity was too overwhelming, so both sides had to endure the brunt of its power.

Although Yang Yinghai only needed to withstand a portion of the force, when the shockwave struck, he still felt its immense presence.

At that moment, the tremors coursing through his blood caused it to boil on its own.

Additionally, several of his meridians quivered intensely, showing clear signs of taking extensive damage.

Faced with this impact, Yang Yinghai lacked the physical resilience that Lin Tianming possessed.

As a result, even the smaller fraction of power severely impacted Yang Yinghai, forcing him to cough up multiple mouthfuls of fresh blood.

By this point, Yang Yinghai began to regret his rashness—not only had he expended a high-value consumable treasure like the Starlight Bead, losing a useful trump card—

But he had also subjected himself to substantial pain, suffering injuries that only further exacerbated his already disadvantaged state.

Especially when he saw Lin Tianming rise from the ground, noticing his relatively composed expression and mostly steady breathing.

It seemed that Lin Tianming’s injuries were not severe.

At the very least, Lin Tianming’s condition remained near peak, evidently far better than Yang Yinghai, who had deployed the Starlight Bead.

This scenario went entirely against Yang Yinghai’s initial expectations.

Looking at himself, he realized that after paying such a hefty price, he hadn’t heavily wounded his opponent.

Instead, he had inflicted even greater harm upon himself.

Hence, Yang Yinghai’s gambit had utterly backfired, leaving him in deeper peril.

The outcome was truly a case of trying to steal the chicken and ending up losing the rice.

Once Yang Yinghai comprehended the dire situation, his resolve wavered as he looked at Lin Tianming again, and his battle intent sharply plummeted.

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