Chapter 263 Battle of the Great Saint
Sun Hao's eyes sharpened, his heart trembling with shock, "Blood Coagulation Pill!"
He naturally recognized the secret medicine of Shadow Hall, the Blood Coagulation Pill, which could excavate the body's potential in a short period of time and significantly boost one's realm.
However, the side effects of this elixir were immense. If he were to take it, he feared his cultivation would stall at the beginning stage of the Holy Realm, with no further progress possible in this life.
Han Shan was locked in a struggle with Chen Baidao, and Chen Baidao, having a free hand, was only dealing with him, which put him under tremendous pressure.
Seeing that Sun Hao was staring at the Blood Coagulation Pill yet not taking it, not understanding what he was thinking, he shouted, "This crippled old man is at the early stage of the Great Saint, and with your cultivation at the beginning stage of the Holy Realm, harming him would be as difficult as ascending to the heavens."
As he spoke, several ghost heads on Chen Baidao's Heavenly Cripple's Azure Dragon were torn apart again, and even that tremblingly huge mother ghost head dimmed a bit, clearly unable to hold on much longer.
Immediately, Han Shan rebuked, "Take the pill quickly, otherwise both of us shall fall here."
Hearing this, Sun Hao's face hardened, and he thought, "So be it, so be it! Anyhow, my lifespan isn't long, and there is no hope of breaking through to a higher Great Saint. It's more important to deal with this crippled old man and obtain the Half-Step Supreme Dao Artifact."
Having made up his mind, he swallowed the pill immediately.
The Blood Coagulation Pill dissolved in his mouth, and his qi began to climb. In a short while, it reached the peak of the intermediate stage of the Holy Realm, just one step away from the late stage of the Holy Realm.
After taking the Blood Coagulation Pill, his broken arm was also repaired.
Sun Hao shouted loudly, swinging his fists fiercely towards Chen Baidao's face.
The boost from the Blood Coagulation Pill was enormous. Sun Hao shot up nearly two realms, from early to the peak of the intermediate stage of the Holy Realm. Chen Baidao felt the pressure double, and even after launching two Heavenly Cripple's Fists in succession, he couldn't repel Sun Hao.
Ghosts continued to pour out incessantly from the Gates of Hell, transforming into small ghost heads biting at the Azure Dragon.
No matter how the Azure Dragon flipped and turned in the void, those small ghost heads kept on pouncing relentlessly, and eventually, the Azure Dragon became increasingly illusory and looked about to dissipate.
"It is easy to meet King Yama, but hard to deal with his little ghosts," as the saying goes.
Observers from a distance were witnessing a battle that shook the heavens. By this point, they all knew that Han Shan and Sun Hao had gained the upper hand, and it seemed Chen Baidao would soon be defeated.
It was merely Sun Hao's temporary increase in realm that gave them the upper hand.
As soon as the effect of Sun Hao's Blood Coagulation Pill faded, it would only be a matter of time before Chen Baidao repelled both of them.
But Qinchuan knew that if Chen Baidao had no more tricks up his sleeve, at this rate, he would not be able to hold out until the pill's effects wore off and would be subdued by the two.
Considering this, Qin Changsheng spoke indifferently, "The Way of Heavenly Cripple is a path of heaven..."
When he created the Heavenly Cripple's Leg, he was comprehending the Heavenly Dao. Consequently, this divine skill unintentionally assimilated much of the fundamental truths of the Heavenly Dao, making it far more formidable than most Great Dao divine powers.
However, Chen Baidao's understanding of the Heavenly Dao was clearly not a significant breakthrough. This was also why his comprehension of the Heavenly Cripple's Leg had not reached the realm of perfection, merely arriving at the intricate realm, and currently, he was only manifesting a third of its potential power.
If Chen Baidao were to practice another divine skill, at the Great Saint stage he would be able to display far greater power than he currently could with the Heavenly Cripple's Leg.
It would not be until Chen Baidao continued to cultivate and comprehend the Heavenly Dao that this Heavenly Cripple's Leg would play a much stronger role, surpassing other divine skills by far.
It can be said that whether he rises or falls is all thanks to the Heavenly Cripple's Leg!
Seeing that Chen Baidao couldn't withstand the two, Qinchuan finally started to give pointers.
The fundamental truths of the Heavenly Dao contained within the Heavenly Cripple's Leg emerged from his mouth, materializing as solid Dao patterns.
Qinchuan's words clearly reached everyone's ears on the field.
Those from afar, not having entered the Dao, could not comprehend the essence of the Heavenly Dao, but they heard Qinchuan's first sentence about the Heavenly Cripple's Leg and showed puzzled expressions.
"What is he doing?"
"Isn't the Heavenly Cripple's Leg the divine skill used by that Great Saint powerhouse?"
"Could it be that the youngster is 'instructing' a Great Saint?"
"Dream on, would a Great Saint really need pointers from a Meridian Opening Realm Cultivator?"
Han Shan and Sun Hao, although they had a vague concept of the Heavenly Dao, could roughly discern that the words Qinchuan spoke related to the Heavenly Dao; however, they had never come into contact with the Heavenly Cripple's Leg and were mostly perplexed by it.
Only upon hearing this did Chen Baidao's entire body shake as if thunder had exploded inside his head.
"This... this Heavenly Cripple's Leg actually harbors this path..."
"So that's how it is..."
"No wonder I could never grasp the essence; it turns out that this Heavenly Cripple's Leg actually contains such profound Heavenly Dao truths!"
Chen Baidao looked at Qinchuan with a surprised and skeptical expression.
He also became more certain that Qinchuan must be extraordinarily connected to that person from the past.
Then, withdrawing his Divine Sense, he followed Qinchuan's instructions and once again executed the Heavenly Cripple's Leg with his right leg.
"Boom!"
This kick, sweeping out, caused the Azure Dragon that was about to dissipate to suddenly let out a long cry, with a Dragon Roar Piercing the Sky.
Surrounded by the rolling dragon might, the Azure Dragon continued to traverse the void, and the attached demons instantly dissipated by half.
After circling above the city for a while, the Azure Dragon suddenly transformed into dark clouds that filled the sky.
This layer of dark clouds shrouded the sun and instantly covered the sky above Northern Desolate City, and within the clouds, faint dragon roars could still be heard.
"Putting on airs, scatter for me!"
Then, he was seen enveloped by billowing ghostly qi, making a Seal Gesture with his hands, and a gigantic ghost gate slowly emerged in front of him.
The ghost gate appeared solemn and heavy, about twenty zhang wide and more than thirty zhang high, with the doorframe built of piles of chilling white bones, and at the very center hung a giant skull with empty eye sockets oozing endless ghostly qi, truly horrifying.
From within the skull, waves of black ghostly qi surged and roiled, obscuring the scene within the gate, but a cold and sinister chanting could be faintly heard from inside.
"Open!"
With Han Shan's low shout, the ghostly qi within the gate gradually dispersed, and then one could see fierce ghosts with towering horns and sharp fangs emerging from the gate.
"One..."
"Two..."
"Three..."
...
After stepping out of the ghost gate, these fanged ghosts clawed their way toward Chen Baidao, baring their teeth ready to fight.
Chen Baidao threw a punch to clear away the relentless Sun Hao and bellowed, "Protect!"
No sooner had his words faded than a dragon's chant and a long roar came from the dark clouds that originally covered the sky above Northern Desolate City.
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"Whoosh!"
Next, the Azure Dragon was seen once again surging out from the clouds, with Dragon Breath spewing from its nostrils. The blue Dragon Breath howled downward, scattering several fierce ghosts like a flood.
"This... His Heavenly Cripple's Leg seems stronger now?"
By this time, some had begun to notice and harbor doubts.
"Could it be... what that young man said just now was indeed beneficial to him?"
"How could that be possible? He is just a Meridian Opening Realm Cultivator, after all!"
As if to confirm the suspicions of the crowd, the dark clouds once again tumbled and immediately after, an Azure Dragon burst through the clouds, circling in the sky above Northern Desolate City.