plumnovel Chapter 73 Causal Deception and Logical Deadlock
Chapter 73 Causal Deception and Logical Deadlock
The black blood dripped down and vanished upon contact with the ground, as if wiped away.
Yu Liang's mind was buzzing, the pain disappeared, and only the emptiness of being stripped away remained.
Just now, he used himself as bait, defining himself as "illusion," so that Xiao Wufeng's sure-kill sword would lose its causal point.
The bet was won.
"That's interesting."
Xiao Wufeng's surprise vanished in an instant, replaced by a surge of greed in his eyes.
Can't kill him? Then take his sword.
The original owner of the divine weapon died after it was refined.
He formed a claw with his five fingers and gripped the broken sword: "Give it to me!"
puff!
He spat a mouthful of blood onto the sword.
The vast killing intent surged into the sword like a bursting dam.
Om-!
The rusty sword trembled, and the rust crumbled away, revealing a chilling sharpness that could change the very fabric of the world.
The myriad swords fell silent, as if surrendering to the blood-red figure.
Xiao Wufeng's momentum continued to rise; he was forcibly seizing this opportunity that did not belong to him.
"So...so strong..."
Not far away, Bai Lian'er saw this, her resentment turning into infatuation. She straightened her tattered skirt and murmured, "I knew it... Senior Brother Xiao was so resolute before because he wanted to break the deadlock. Those who achieve great things don't concern themselves with trifles."
Qian Duoduo paused, clutching the jade bead tightly, thinking to herself: Is this momentum about to lead to Nascent Soul formation? What a potential star!
She pumped her fist and shouted, "Go, Senior Brother Xiao! Get those assets back!"
Taiqing Hall, in front of the water mirror.
Tianjizi leaned back, his taut spine relaxing.
He picked up his teacup, a faint smile playing on his lips, a smile that suggested he was in complete control.
Despite some setbacks, the overall situation is now settled.
"Wu Feng is decisive, going straight to the source. He forcibly refined the 'variable' into the 'constant.' As for Yu Liang, he's nothing more than someone responsible for delivering the sword..."
Click.
The teacup cracked.
In the water mirror, Yu Liang looked up, his face covered in blood and his smile twisted in a sinister grin.
In the field of vision, Xiao Wufeng and the broken sword were connected by a thick golden thread.
It's connected now.
"Forced sale?"
Yu Liang's voice was hoarse as he raised his missing left hand and made a scissor-like cut at the golden thread in the air. "Senior brother, this sword is 'Heavenly Dao's Troublesome Debt.' Without the creditor settling accounts, it will have to bear my debts."
【Causal Deception & Logical Deadlock】
[Definition: This sword is not a treasure, but a "flaw in the Way of Heaven".]
[Tampering: Those who touch the sword will bear the full karmic consequences and be immediately held accountable!]
Snapped.
It was as if an invisible string had snapped in the void.
Xiao Wufeng, who was frantically absorbing the essence of swordsmanship and about to reach the top, suddenly stiffened.
The feeling was not one of gaining abundant power, but rather like a mortal trying to carry Mount Tai on his back.
He thought he was opening the door to immortality, but little did he know that what surged out from behind that door was a terrifying karmic force powerful enough to crush the heavens.
That was a flaw that even the Heavenly Dao couldn't patch up; how could a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator like him withstand it?
"puff--!!!"
Xiao Wufeng's face turned from red to purple, and then to ashen.
A mouthful of black blood mixed with fragments of internal organs gushed out. The blood mist exploded, a gruesome and glaring sight.
This is not a backlash, this is a collapse.
His supposedly superior cultivation level was not even enough to cover the interest payments in the face of the overwhelming karma behind this sword.
It was as if he had been hit head-on by an invisible giant hammer; even his scream was stuck in his throat as he flew backward.
boom!
The dragon-shaped stone pillar was smashed to pieces, and dust billowed everywhere.
The entire room fell silent.
The wind stopped, and the malevolent aura solidified.
"Senior Brother Xiao—!!"
Two piercing screams rang out almost simultaneously, breaking the deathly silence.
Bai Lian'er rushed into the smoke and dust as if she had gone mad, disregarding her image.
She knelt beside the ruins, looking at Xiao Wufeng, who was covered in blood and whose life was unknown, and tears streamed down her face like broken beads.
"How could this happen... how could this happen..."
Her hands trembled as she tried to wipe the blood from Xiao Wufeng's mouth, but the more she wiped, the more blood appeared. She turned and screamed hysterically at Yu Liang, "Yu Liang! You despicable scoundrel! What kind of sorcery did you use on Senior Brother Xiao?!"
Qian Duoduo rushed over and saw that her once aloof and ethereal senior brother Xiao was now lying in the pile of rubble like a rag doll, and her heart ached.
With a determined look, she pulled out a "Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Pill" from her bosom—a precious treasure she had been saving to save her life.
"That's 30,000 spirit stones..."
Qian Duoduo's face trembled with pain, but she still closed her eyes and shoved the pill into Xiao Wufeng's mouth. Then, with red eyes, she glared at Yu Liang, "You, Yu! You're finished! You injured Senior Brother Xiao like this, Tianjian Peak won't let you get away with it! You have to pay compensation! You absolutely have to pay compensation! Even your life wouldn't be enough to cover the principal and interest!"
For the first time, fervor appeared in Mo Yuan's empty eyes.
This is the one and only copy of the book she's been looking for!
This absurd feeling of manipulating the rules of heaven and earth... it's just too perfect!
In the center of the field.
Yu Liang swayed unsteadily.
The gray and white lines receded like the tide, and color returned to the world.
What followed was a severe dizziness from the complete loss of "presence".
Life is like a withered blade of grass thrown into a furnace, quickly curling up and turning black.
It must not be tilted.
If you fall, you will fall from being a "chess player" back to being a "consumable".
Yu Liang bit his tongue, blinked frantically, and forcibly suppressed the feeling of emptiness.
He looked at the two women who had almost been fed insects by Xiao Wufeng just moments before, but were now crying their eyes out and protecting the scumbag. A deep sadness and mockery flashed in his eyes.
"Ha... In this world, it seems that simps never get a good death, while scumbags live to a ripe old age."
He adopted an expression more wronged than Dou E and let out a shrill scream like a duck:
"Hey! Senior sisters, don't jump to conclusions!"
"He still tried to steal my sword, even though it was rusted like this? He couldn't even take it and was coughing up blood? How can you blame me for that?"
"Look everyone! He insisted on absorbing my sword, and I'm not reimbursing his medical expenses! He reaped what he sowed!"
"puff--"
In the ruins, Xiao Wufeng, who was barely holding on thanks to the power of the Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Pill, opened his eyes to hear this sophistry that turned black into white. Seeing the two women beside him who were "unwavering in their devotion," he felt a tremendous sense of absurdity impacting his Dao heart.
Even if one calculates all the secrets of heaven, one cannot fathom the baseness of human nature, much less outwit the mouth of a rogue.
In a fit of rage, his Dao heart cracked open with a snap.
His eyes rolled back, and he completely lost consciousness.
"Senior Brother Xiao!!"
Bai Lian'er and Qian Duoduo cried even louder, protecting the unconscious Xiao Wufeng on either side, their eyes glaring at Yu Liang as if they wanted to devour him.
The entire venue remained deathly silent, with only Yu Liang's sleazy voice echoing through the air.
in the corner.
Pig Lord, who had been pretending to be dead, had every single pink hair on his body standing on end.
In Green Bean's eyes, there was only terror from the depths of her soul.
That's the smell of "great terror".
The Heavenly Dao has sensed something amiss and is carrying out a purge!
"Hmph..."
The pig trembled and shrank back, its hooves digging deep furrows.
run!
Must run!
This plague god has turned himself into an "anomaly of the heavens," and if he doesn't run away soon, he'll be wiped out by association!
However, the next second.
Pig Grandpa froze.
It saw Yu Liang's left hand disappearing.
The fingertips are gone, leaving only a blurry outline.
Then came the palms, wrists... that "erasure of existence" was spreading wildly up the arms and down the torso.
Yu Liang seemed to have noticed it as well.
He turned his head and looked at Pig Grandpa.
The smug smile was still on his face, but deep in his eyes, there was a childlike bewilderment.
That was the instinctive fear of being rejected by the laws of heaven and earth as an "outsider".
"Lord Pig... save... save me..."
"I still owe you a meal... braised pork..."
The sound was as faint as smoke; it dissipated with a gust of wind.
His legs began to blur, and his entire being resembled a faded ancient painting, disappearing completely from this world.
No one noticed this scene except for the pig.
"Hmph!!!"
Piglet let out a mournful howl.
It's all about heartache and anger.
What the hell are you running for!
If this long-term meal ticket is gone, where will it find such delicious "Taoist waste" to eat?
That braised pork dish still hasn't been served!
Those are its assets!
That's its karmic debt!
Ignoring the nauseating, forbidden smell, Pig King pounced on Yu Liang with a burst of pink lightning as it stomped its four hooves on the ground.
He bit down hard on the trouser leg that was about to disappear.
hum!
A vast, pure, primordial life force, imbued with the aura of ancient times, poured wildly into the pig's mouth.
That was its hard-earned "secret stash" that it had saved up to restore its cultivation.
At this moment, it can only serve as a "real-world anchor," forcefully pulling Yu Liang back from the void.
As the source was injected, Yu Liang's ethereal body stopped dissipating and solidified again.
But he looked unnaturally pale.
His skin was covered with black cracks resembling "divine punishment marks," like a piece of porcelain that had been forcibly repaired and was full of cracks.
……
Taiqing Hall.
"Snapped!"
A crisp sound.
Without warning, the thousand-year-old Xuan Turtle Armor in Tianjizi's hand exploded into dust, and white powder slipped through his fingers.
The all-knowing master of Tianjian Peak suddenly stood up and stared intently at the water mirror.
Those eyes, which were always full of calculation, now held only one emotion.
Horrified.
"How could this be...?"
Tianjizi's voice trembled, and the movements of his fingertips calculating were so fast that they were just afterimages.
No results found.
Blank.
Just a moment ago, his prized divination technique failed.
On the compass of cause and effect, the line of fate concerning Yu Liang has completely disappeared.
It is neither dead nor hidden.
Rather... within the laws governing the workings of Heaven, he is no longer a "person".
"Beyond the Three Realms and outside the Five Elements... this variable has spiraled out of control."
Tianjizi's face was as pale as paper, and a trace of bright red blood oozed from the corner of his mouth.