The instant that streak of black light flashed past, an indescribable Fierce Aura spread out from Dingguang Xian.
In an instant, this suffocating Fierce Aura enveloped more than half of Golden Ao Island.
The many Jie Sect Disciples who had been celebrating Lu Changsheng's victory all changed expressions, overcome with shock and fear.
Everyone sensed an intense unease and threat from this Fierce Aura.
Streams of magical power burst forth.
They all urged their magical power, trying to shield themselves.
But the vast majority of the disciples lacked the cultivation to withstand this Killing Intent.
Under its corrosive assault, their magical power was dissolving at an astonishing rate.
Even Zhao Gongming, a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, had a drastic change of expression.
He stared at Dingguang Xian with a grim look.
At the very center of the black light, the faint shadow of a triangular banner flickered in and out of view.
Though he had never seen it before, throughout Honghuang, there was no mistaking a banner-shaped magic treasure that could wield such Fierce Aura.
The Six Souls Banner!
This Heavenly Dao Fierce Fiend Exotic Treasure had been entrusted to Dingguang Xian to look after by Tongtian.
"Dingguang Xian, have you gone mad?!"
Zhao Gongming roared.
He knew Dingguang Xian was unwilling to accept his defeat to Lu Changsheng, but he hadn't expected things to come to this...
Who could have imagined that this duel would take such a turn?
"Chang Er, you dare!"
An anxious shout rang out like an explosion.
Yunxiao stepped forward, her delicate face full of urgency.
How could Dingguang Xian—or how dare he—bring out the Six Souls Banner?
Wasn't he afraid of being punished by Master?
But even if Master punished Dingguang Xian, they first had to deal with the crisis at hand.
Lu Changsheng was her Dao Companion, and she had proposed this challenge.
No matter what, nothing could happen to Lu Changsheng!
Yunxiao swept out her jade hand, and a streak of golden light suddenly blossomed from her sleeve.
The moment the golden light appeared, the terrifying Fierce Aura around them actually weakened.
The Supreme Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Primordial Chaos Golden Dou!
At Yunxiao's command, the Primordial Chaos Golden Dou transformed into a golden rainbow and hurtled straight toward Dingguang Xian.
As long as she could incapacitate Dingguang Xian, she could stop him.
But would she make it in time?
Dingguang Xian was already surrounded by Killing Intent.
He spat blood and laughed aloud.
"What wouldn't I dare do?!"
He knew he couldn't stop the Primordial Chaos Golden Dou, but before it struck him, he would kill Lu Changsheng first!
He poured every last bit of his remaining magical power into the Six Souls Banner.
In an instant, the banner's streamers whipped about, and Killing Intent surged skyward!
The Six Souls Banner's true power lay in writing people's names on its streamers and bowing to it morning and night. Once the ritual was complete, even a Heavenly Dao Saint could be erased.
Dingguang Xian could certainly not do that now.
He couldn't even bring out one ten-thousandth of the Six Souls Banner's power.
But even so, the Fierce Aura he stirred up was enough to kill someone at the Mysterious Immortal Peak.
"Lu Changsheng, what can you possibly use to beat me?!"
The terrifying Fierce Aura transformed into a Fiend Dragon and charged straight at Lu Changsheng.
As the Fiend Dragon rapidly closed in, Lu Changsheng's heart sank.
Dingguang Xian really was a piece of work. Was his mental fortitude that weak?
He'd only lost one duel, yet he'd actually brought out the Six Souls Banner.
"Dingguang Xian, you really are naive. Do you think bringing out the Six Souls Banner means you can beat me?"
Those words struck Dingguang Xian like a physical blow.
The simple fact that he couldn't defeat Lu Changsheng wasn't enough to make him so unhinged.
What had truly broken him was Lu Changsheng's calm, indifferent attitude.
It was as if Lu Changsheng had never taken him, Dingguang Xian, seriously.
He admitted that he had underestimated Lu Changsheng before.
But why should a Golden Immortal like him give a mere Earth Immortal—or True Immortal—a second glance?
Even if he could do it all over again, he still wouldn't take Lu Changsheng seriously.
But Lu Changsheng had lower cultivation and lower status than he did. What gave him the right to disregard Dingguang Xian so completely, to treat him like he was nothing?
"I'd like to see what you can use to stop the Six Souls Banner!"
Dingguang Xian bellowed.
The Primordial Chaos Golden Dou was about to hit Dingguang Xian, but at the same time, the terrifying Fiend Dragon was about to swallow Lu Changsheng whole.
A look of despair crept onto Yunxiao's face.
But just then, everything around them seemed to freeze. The Fierce Aura enveloping more than half of Golden Ao Island seemed to have been paused as well.
Lu Changsheng's lips curved upward.
He knew he'd made the right bet!
Dingguang Xian had brought out the Six Souls Banner on Golden Ao Island. How could Tongtian not know?
As long as Tongtian knew, he would never let Dingguang Xian act recklessly.
Of course, there had been some risk involved.
If Tongtian wasn't on Golden Ao Island, or if something truly kept him from intervening,
then Lu Changsheng still had one last Trump Card.
The Spirit Capturing Pearl!
Ever since his battle with Huanglong Zhenren in the East Sea, the Spirit Capturing Pearl had been absorbing and storing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.
It hadn't been very long, but the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy stored inside was more than enough to keep Lu Changsheng alive.
Fortunately, Tongtian intervened.
The Primordial Chaos Golden Dou shot back into Yunxiao's hand, while the Fiend Dragon abruptly disintegrated.
A deep voice rang out above Golden Ao Island.
"Chang Er..."
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