Lei Xiao did not know that in the Primordial World, Daluo Golden Immortals and those below them might as well have been two entirely different species.
A Golden Immortal might still have a chance of overcoming a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, but for a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal to challenge a Daluo Golden Immortal was nothing more than delivering himself on a platter.
The fact that Lei Xiao, with Golden Immortal cultivation, had managed to injure the Innate Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon at the Daluo Golden Immortal realm was already unimaginable.
Of course, this was also related to the Innate Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon having its origin damaged in its earlier battle with Zhunti. Although it had not fallen from the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, only twenty to thirty percent of its strength remained.
But even with only twenty to thirty percent left, it was more than enough to deal with beings below the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
"An ant dares to injure me!"
The Innate Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon spoke, its voice hoarse and deep, like rusty iron scraping against itself. Bloodlight flared in its eyes. "Since you have delivered yourself to my door, I shall devour you first!"
It opened its enormous maw. Black-and-white Killing Intent spun madly within its mouth, forming a massive vortex whose powerful suction dragged everything around it toward its jaws.
Lei Xiao only felt his body lighten before he flew uncontrollably toward the flood dragon.
At the same time, innate Killing Intent had already enveloped Lei Xiao, surging wildly into his body.
"If you had recalled your innate spiritual treasure sooner to resist the innate Killing Intent, you might have had a sliver of hope. But now..."
The Innate Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon shook its head slightly, looking at Lei Xiao as though he were already dead. A mere Golden Immortal had been invaded by so much innate Killing Intent; even if it did nothing, he would surely die.
Boom—
To the Innate Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon's surprise, the Innate Fire Spirit Pearl transformed into a sun once more and came crashing down. This time, it struck the Innate Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon squarely on the head.
A world-shaking explosion erupted through the void.
The blazing sun formed by the Innate Fire Spirit Pearl carried the tyrannical laws of utmost yang and utmost hardness as it smashed solidly into the flood dragon's massive head. Blazing firelight instantly swallowed its upper body, while the terrifying heat burned the surrounding black-red Killing Intent until it gave piercing shrieks.
"Roar—!!!"
The Innate Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon let out an incomparably miserable scream, its enormous body abruptly stiffening. It had never imagined that this ant could still spare attention to control a top-grade innate spiritual treasure and deal it such a vicious blow while being devoured!
The Innate Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon's massive head was knocked sharply aside. The Killing Intent vortex in its mouth instantly spun out of control, and black-red Killing Intent scattered in every direction, blasting countless enormous craters into the surrounding sea.
The damage from this blow was slight, but the humiliation was immense.
At the same time, the moment the Killing Intent vortex lost control, Lei Xiao immediately felt that suction weaken drastically.
Without hesitation, Lei Xiao transformed into a streak of lightning and fled in the direction opposite from where the Three Xiao were, not forgetting to taunt it as he did so.
"Big fellow, is that all you can do? Zhunti's dog really isn't very smart."
Lei Xiao's voice echoed through the void, carrying undisguised contempt and mockery.
The Innate Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon was enraged beyond measure.
It had long harbored deep resentment over being enslaved by Zhunti, and the words "Zhunti's dog" struck precisely at its deepest wound.
"You seek death—!"
A roar filled with boundless venom and fury rang out between heaven and earth.
The Innate Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon completely lost its reason. It abandoned the nearby Three Xiao, its blood-red vertical pupils locking tightly onto that streak of purple lightning. Its enormous body suddenly surged forward, stirring up monstrous tidal waves as it crazily pursued Lei Xiao like a burning black-red meteor.
"Roar—! I will pull out your tendons, flay your skin, then use innate Killing Intent to slowly grind your Primordial Spirit into nothing!"
Seeing that the Innate Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon had indeed been provoked and lured away as he had expected, Lei Xiao secretly let out a breath of relief, though cold sweat had already soaked his robes.
Truthfully, Lei Xiao was terrified at this moment as well.
No matter what, the Innate Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon was a Daluo Golden Immortal. The pressure it released alone was enough to render an ordinary Golden Immortal incapable of resistance.
The reason Lei Xiao was unaffected by the pressure of its realm was thanks to his cultivation of the Nine-Turn Primordial Essence Art to the completion of the First Turn, allowing him to form a fourth-grade lotus platform that protected his Primordial Spirit.
But while the lotus platform could withstand pressure, it could not block genuine attacks.
If he were struck by even a casual attack from the Innate Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon, even if he did not die, he would lose half his life.
From time to time, Lei Xiao used the Innate Fire Spirit Pearl to deal the Innate Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon another vicious blow, disrupting it.
This also made Lei Xiao realize the advantages of having a powerful Primordial Spirit. It was precisely because his Primordial Spirit was powerful that he could catch the Innate Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon's attacks and counterattack in time.
Of course, that was not the most important thing.
"Why are you unaffected by innate Killing Intent?" the Innate Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon roared in bewildered fury as it pursued him madly.
It had taken form from the origin of innate Yin-Yang Sha Qi. The innate Killing Intent it wielded was the nemesis of all beings in the Primordial World, corroding cultivation foundations, melting immortal power, tainting divine souls—nothing could withstand it.
Even another Daluo Golden Immortal, once invaded by its innate Killing Intent, would have to immediately force it out or destroy it.
No matter how hard it thought, it could not understand how a mere Golden Immortal, after having its innate Killing Intent corrode his body for so long, could still flee around so energetically. He even had spare strength to control the Innate Fire Spirit Pearl and counterattack.
This utterly defied all reason—in its understanding, even a Daluo Golden Immortal who came into contact with such dense innate Killing Intent should have had their cultivation collapse and their Primordial Spirit wither, even if they did not die on the spot.
Hearing this, Lei Xiao's lips curled slightly upward.
It was not that he was unaffected by innate Killing Intent. He completely ignored this so-called innate Killing Intent.
Lei Xiao possessed the Purple Firmament Origin Divine Thunder within his body, so his immortal power naturally contained threads of Purple Firmament Origin Divine Thunder as well.
Innate Sha Qi could use the immortal power of others as nourishment to strengthen itself, but Lei Xiao's immortal power could devour innate Killing Intent to perfect and strengthen itself.
In the brief time he had been hunted by the Innate Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon, all the innate Killing Intent that had entered Lei Xiao's body had become nourishment for his immortal power, vastly improving its quality.
Naturally, the Innate Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon did not know this. Otherwise, it would surely have been angered to the point of vomiting blood.
"Want to know?"
Lei Xiao glanced back at the enraged flood dragon, a meaningful curve lifting at the corner of his lips. "Catch me first, then I'll tell you."
Before his words had even faded, he transformed into lightning, his speed increasing once more as he left trails of purple afterimages through the void.
"Hmph! I refuse to believe you are truly completely unaffected by innate Killing Intent. The amount of innate Killing Intent that has invaded your body must simply not be enough yet."
As the Innate Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon spoke, a strange ripple spread outward from its body. The innate spiritual qi within three million li was transformed into innate Killing Intent, which surged into Lei Xiao's body like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea.
How could it know that Lei Xiao, rather than being tortured into misery by the innate Killing Intent, was instead enjoying an unprecedented stroke of fortune?
Of course, throughout this process, he had to desperately evade the Innate Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon's attacks. Given the gap between him and the Innate Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon, if he were struck head-on even once, his soul would inevitably be scattered.
Lei Xiao's current feeling was like walking along a blade's edge while feasting at a banquet.
Every wisp of innate Killing Intent that entered his body was refined and purified by the Purple Firmament Origin Divine Thunder, transformed into the purest origin power, and fed back into his immortal power and fleshly body.
Feeling his fleshly body rapidly grow stronger, Lei Xiao somewhat understood why the Witch Clan absorbed Killing Intent to cultivate.
Setting aside the flaw that Killing Intent and the Primordial Spirit could not coexist, Killing Intent was indeed the finest nourishment for cultivating the fleshly body.
With the Purple Firmament Origin Divine Thunder acting as an intermediary, Lei Xiao perfectly avoided the fatal flaw of conflict between Killing Intent and the Primordial Spirit.
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