Chapter 0353 A Rare Victory

Chapter 0353 A Rare Victory

As the Dao Pill exploded, Qin Yun quickly released the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron, enveloping himself with the cauldron and hiding behind it.

Boom!

The Dao Pill exploded, leveling a vast stretch of the forest!

The scariest part was that it woke the dragon in the distance!

The loud noise caused by the explosion of the Dao Pill attracted the dragon, which was the most deadly!

Jian Xuanzi was left bloodied and battered, but after all, he was a warrior of the Xuan Martial realm, with bones of remarkable strength.

As long as his bones held up, he could keep charging after Qin Yun!

Qin Yun, using the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron for protection, was blown away.

Though shaken to his core, he wasn't seriously hurt, and the defensive power of the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron also satisfied him.

Just as he was holding the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron, the artifact spirit from the Mingyang Dao Pill also emerged from his body and entered the cauldron!

Now, the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron was whole and at the peak of its power!

"No need for further refinement?"

Qin Yun instantly established a connection with the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron, able to connect with it mind-to-mind.

Just as joy surged through him, he felt Jian Xuanzi closing in.

He quickly put away the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron and started running wildly using the Star Profound Steps!

"Kid, stop running! I’ll devour you alive!" Jian Xuanzi shouted madly.

He, a respected Xuan Martial realm warrior and sect leader of Jian Xuan Mountain, was being toyed with by some brat!

If word got out, he’d be utterly humiliated.

Qin Yun also didn't expect that he could torment Jian Xuanzi to this extent.

"It seems my heavenly lion bloodline attracted that dragon! Does the heavenly lion bloodline come with dragon-summoning powers?"

Qin Yun mused as he sprinted.

Jian Xuanzi, chasing from behind, although severely injured, was not slower than Qin Yun and was even gaining on him.

Qin Yun, closely pursued and unsure of Jian Xuanzi’s state, dared not act recklessly. He kept running, biding his time to strike.

The two raced madly for over a day, utterly spent.

Qin Yun hurriedly summoned the Spirit Lion King.

Guided by Qin Yun, the Spirit Lion King lunged at Jian Xuanzi!

Jian Xuanzi was caught off guard by the Spirit Lion King, never expecting Qin Yun to wield such a puppet!

"This thing’s no match for me!" Jian Xuanzi sneered, striking the Spirit Lion King with a palm strike.

With a resounding crack!

The Spirit Lion King was cracked open by a palm strike but could still move, tangling with Jian Xuanzi!

Qin Yun hurriedly threw out various spirit talismans, hurling them all at Jian Xuanzi.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Jian Xuanzi was hit by the various spirit talismans, leaving him in an utterly disheveled state.

"Damn it, if it weren't for the injuries from that dragon! You little bastard would definitely be torn to shreds by me!"

Jian Xuanzi's injuries worsened, mainly because he was directly hit by the explosion of the Spirit Martial realm's Dao Core.

Qin Yun also knew very well that if he continued to be pursued, he would inevitably be overtaken, and by then, he would also be exhausted.

Jian Xuanzi, being in the Xuan Martial realm, had an extremely robust physique. Even without using inner energy, he could take on Martial Dao realm opponents.

"I'm going to slice you to pieces!" Jian Xuanzi, covered in soot and looking very disheveled, didn't resemble a person at all but more like a ghost.

After taking down the Spirit Lion King, he charged at Qin Yun, swinging his heavy sword with ferocity towards him!

Qin Yun quickly took out the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron, using it as a shield.

Clang!

The heavy sword struck the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron, creating a powerful shockwave that sent Qin Yun and the cauldron flying.

"He, his strength is still so terrifying!"

Qin Yun also knew that the Xuan Martial realm he was facing was among the elite.

Seeing how well Qin Yun controlled the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron, Jian Xuanzi became even more jealous and obsessed, convinced that it was all due to the heavenly lion bloodline!

And by consuming Qin Yun, he could obtain such a bloodline!

The totem on Qin Yun's Heavenly Lion arm suddenly shone, syncing with the totem on the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron!

Jian Xuanzi, seeing the Heavenly Lion totem on Qin Yun's arm, was both stunned and envious!

"Kid, you actually have a totem tattoo..."

Jian Xuanzi, consumed by envy, also felt ecstatic, believing that Qin Yun would surely be killed by him today.

Seeing his Heavenly Lion totem sync with the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron, Qin Yun, in his surprise, quickly hurled the cauldron forward!

After flying out, the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron suddenly grew as large as a mountain, its opening facing the ground, bearing down on Jian Xuanzi!

Jian Xuanzi hadn't expected the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron to become so huge, and as it pressed down, it could trap him within!

"Little brat, I'm going to bite off your flesh piece by piece!" Jian Xuanzi, inside the cauldron, shrieked in fury.

Qin Yun quickly controlled the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron to shrink, then approached the cauldron, swiftly infusing his Ming Yang Purple Flame into it.

The strength of the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron stemmed from its power to enhance flames! After absorbing the Ming Yang Purple Flame, it became even stronger!

"Ahhh... what kind of flame is this? Ming Yang Flame, you actually have a Ming Yang Martial Soul..." Jian Xuanzi, inside the cauldron, let out a blood-curdling scream.

"Old fool, you didn't expect this, did you!" Qin Yun sneered, finally allowing himself a moment of relief.

"Don't get too full of yourself!" Jian Xuanzi roared furiously.

The shrunken Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron was suddenly knocked away.

Qin Yun's cultivation was still too weak to fully unleash the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron's power!

However, after the cauldron flew away, it quickly returned, smashing toward Jian Xuanzi, who was engulfed in black flames!

Crash!

Jian Xuanzi's head was struck fiercely, unleashing a terrifying burst of explosive energy!

"Ah—" Jian Xuanzi's head was smashed, blood gushing out.

Qin Yun quickly took control of the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron, relentlessly smashing it into Jian Xuanzi. In just a few strikes, Jian Xuanzi was beaten to the ground.

"You old monster, you’re hard to kill!" Qin Yun quickly approached, placing his palm on Jian Xuanzi's abdomen and using the soul-extraction technique.

Jian Xuanzi, powerless to resist, screamed in agony: "You're extracting my martial soul... This is the soul-extraction technique... Ahhh—"

"If you’d just listened to Old Lady Du and not made me a sacrifice, none of this would’ve happened!" Qin Yun sneered, extracting Jian Xuanzi's martial soul, which revealed to be a dragon sword martial soul.

A small dragon coiled around the sword—a truly formidable martial soul, almost divine in nature!

"My martial soul... it’s gone..." Jian Xuanzi wailed.

"Your martial soul belongs to me now!" Qin Yun said with a grin.

Jian Xuanzi shuddered at Qin Yun’s grin, a wave of terror washing over him.

Qin Yun, who was only at the Martial Realm, suddenly filled him with immense terror!

He couldn’t fathom how Qin Yun had the heavenly lion bloodline, the Nether Sun martial soul, and even the soul-extraction technique. Such things were unheard of, even in ancient times!

And yet, here they were, all in one person!

Qin Yun placed Jian Xuanzi into the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron, releasing the Nether Sun’s Purple Flames to begin burning him, while also pouring in a large amount of beast oil.

In his final moments, Jian Xuanzi’s resentment burned fiercely. He died in disgrace—a Xuan Martial realm warrior, denied a dignified death and tortured to the end!

What enraged him most was being killed by a mere novice in the Martial Realm!

Qin Yun, assured of Jian Xuanzi's death, lay back on the ground, letting out a long sigh of relief!

As he thought back on the dangers he’d faced, a lingering fear crept over him.

The area was a mess, the surrounding trees reduced to splinters.

The earlier chaos had drawn too much attention; staying here was risky.

After recovering somewhat, he secured the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron, picked up the broken Spirit Lion King, and hurriedly left the area!

...

Qin Yun found a large tree with a hollow and hid inside.

To his amazement, he found that the Nine Sun Divine Soul and the Tree Totem allowed him to merge with the tree in a unique way, enabling him to absorb Nine Sun spiritual energy through the tree!

It was worth noting that the massive tree, with its countless leaves on the canopy, allowed the leaves to be fully exposed to sunlight.

Through this miraculous fusion, Qin Yun absorbed Nine Sun spiritual energy—the essence of vegetation—rapidly healing his wounds!

Qin Yun didn't know much about the abilities of the Tree Totem either. Mo Mo only knew how to evolve the totem and wasn't clear about its specific uses.

He would have to uncover this bit by bit himself!

In two days, Qin Yun's injuries had completely healed, and he cheerfully emerged from the tree hollow.

He changed into black clothes, picked a direction, and continued toward Wuhuang!

Traveling from the edge of the land through Wuhuang took a long time. Even for someone in the Spirit Martial realm, the fastest round trip took two to three months.

Qin Yun had to run alone, constantly avoiding beasts.

He noticed that as he moved away from Yunlong River, he encountered fewer and fewer Demon Beasts.

In this area, there were mostly Demon Beasts!

He was amazed that many Demon Beasts didn't attack him; sometimes they even passed by without incident!

"If the Demon Beasts don't attack me, I won't attack them!" Qin Yun remembered a teacher's instruction.

Among the Demon Beasts, there were also many powerful ones, like spirit-level Demon Beasts, called Spirit Beasts, with strength equivalent to the Martial Body realm.

These Spirit Beasts were more intelligent.

They had a peculiar sense; if they sensed humans had no intention of attacking, they wouldn't attack.

As Qin Yun ventured deeper into the Yunlong Mountains, he began to feel more at ease.

He had initially thought he'd have to deal with many powerful Demon Beasts.

"Brother Yun, it might be because of your heavenly lion bloodline that the Demon Beasts don't attack you!" Mo Mo suddenly said, relieved that Qin Yun was safe and sound.

Over the past few days, she had been anxious, worried something might happen to Qin Yun.

Qin Yun laughed, "Is that so? The heavenly lion bloodline sure has its perks!"

The mountain forest was cool, and the trees here were ancient, thousands of years old. Despite their age, they absorbed Nine Sun spiritual energy quickly.

The trees absorbed vast amounts of Nine Sun spiritual energy and released rich plant essence.

Both humans and Demon Beasts could quickly regain strength by absorbing it!

Qin Yun felt very relaxed as he ran along the way.

"It seems there are many Demon Beasts only near Yunlong River!" Qin Yun said. "Those Demon Beasts are quite detestable, wanting to eat people on sight!"

He also remembered Jian Xuanzi, who had previously wanted to eat him, just like a Demon Beast!

"Mo Mo, do you have a way to hide the heavenly lion totem mark on my arm?" Qin Yun suddenly thought of this problem and quickly asked.