Taiyi Dao Fruit

Flames burst forth, the red gold of the fire caught Jidou's eye, and as the scorching Essence Qi spread out, it caused a stream of black Qi to rise from Jidou's body.

"True Sun Fire?" Jidou's voice expressed surprise.

The swastika-shaped black seal converged at the same time, facing the flames as the two made contact.

"Boom!"

The swastika-shaped black seal instantly turned to flying ash, and as the flame light exploded, it transformed into black smoke that surged and gnawed at Jidou's body.

Though Jidou dodged in time, he still got grazed across the shoulder, immediately causing one of his arms to give off smoke as if charred.

Jiang Li had just absorbed the True Sun Fire, and to say he could fully reproduce the Golden Crow's flames was naturally impossible, but with Jiang Li's current power, even if he couldn't fully control the True Sun Fire, he could still rely on quantity and Qi Manipulation Technique to forcefully accumulate its might.

Upon their first clash, Jidou immediately suffered a heavy blow.

But in the next instant, the scorch marks on Jidou's body quickly faded, and even the wounds on his palms were rapidly regenerating, the speed and completeness of which were almost as if time itself was reversing.

'Jidou's Dao Fruit indeed contains Divine Skills related to immortality.'

Seeing this, Jiang Li was not surprised; he had already speculated this when he learned of his opponent's identity.

Moreover, Luo Hou, the Asura King, who had deep ties with Jidou and was known for his Undying Body, had once survived an ambush by four Bodhisattvas from Buddha Country and was rumored to have even lived through an attack from a third grade, filling to the maximum his resilience to survive.

After their initial clash and Jidou's retreat, the sound of a flute rose again, and its notes took form, the dark sharp sword pouring down like a furious waterfall, roaring endlessly, with its edge fully revealed.

It was Lou Shuangying's Moluo Sword Manual, with thoughts turning into swords.

As one retreated and the other advanced, Jiang Li stood still, and Innate Qi surged forth from him, the numerous sharp swords touching it disappeared like clay oxen entering the sea, leaving no trace.

Even the sharp swords formed from thought into substance were refined by the Innate Qi.

Jiang Li's current Three Elements Combined meant that Innate Qi was no longer just Qi, but also divine and physical entities could be refined; wherever Primordial Qi went, to say nothing was unrefinable would be an exaggeration, but anything inferior in quality, quantity, or variation to Innate Qi could potentially become a breakthrough point for refining.

It was like an upgraded version of Three Points Return to Primordial Qi.

Effortlessly blocking the two's assault without even moving, Jidou and Lou Shuangying simultaneously felt startled.

Although they hadn't used their full strength, it was even less likely that Jiang Li had given his all. Beneath his feet, after all, lay Five Finger Mountain and the Giant Snake Baqi, constantly being suppressed.

Amid their inexplicable astonishment, both of them also began entertaining more thoughts, desiring to make further moves.

However, before they could advance again, Jiang Li's counterattack arrived.

"It's my turn."

With his right palm flatly raised and then pressed down, a large expanse of golden red spread from below his feet, melting the peak's rocks into magma, and from it, streams of flames surged forth.

"Fire, Burn the Wilderness."

The magma formed a giant Li Trigram, instantly turning the surroundings into a magma purgatory, with pillars of flame flow sealing off Middle Finger Peak, cutting off the two Asura Kings' path.

The peaks of Five Finger Mountain were Petrified by the power of Buddhist Zhen Ru, and even fourth-rank could not destroy them. Even now, with the Great Brightness Mantra on the brink of collapse, these mountains remained intact under the onslaught of Giant Snake Baqi's malicious Qi, illustrating their hardness.

Yet even such mountains were melting beneath Jiang Li, who hadn't even used his full strength. These streams of flames even instilled a chilling fear in both Jidou and Lou Shuangying.

At this moment, black Qi started to emanate from Jidou's exposed palm, his skin changing to a bluish-black, showing an extremely strong sense of power.

Millions of Curse Seals converged in his hand, and with one strike of his palm, a giant handprint gathered ten thousand ominous portents, with a demon shadow looming within.

"Mahayana Demon Palm."

Upon the release of the Demon Palm, the flame flow naturally changed, influenced by the Qi Mechanism, a wave of flames arose, colliding with the Demon Palm, and the explosive Qi wave rolled up the magma, the flame light shooting to the sky.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Lou Shuangying's body displayed a Black Sky Armor, brazenly rising through the biting flames, visualizing with his thoughts, a mountain peak shot out like a sword from the vortex in front of him, thrusting downwards towards Jiang Li.

The pressure of the wind changed, and the wind force lifted by the mountain peak sword collided with the fire wind, causing Jiang Li's hair to fly wildly; he glanced sideways, a vertical light flickered on his forehead, Eight Trigrams spanned in his eyes, a Sword Light burst forth from his hand, swiftly expanded, transforming into Sky-reaching Sword Light, piercing the mountain peak.

"Boom!"

A sudden loud noise, and the mountain split in two, the Sword Light, with an unstoppable momentum, struck directly at Lou Shuangying, the impact of the Sword Intent and the backlash from the broken peak made Lou Shuangying's Divine Thought tremble, bloodshot eyes appearing in both eyes.

Yet the Black Sky Armor remained stable.

The strength of the Black Sky Armor was truly unexpected, even the Great Circle Sword could not break it apart. In Fire House Buddha Hell, besides its other attributes, this survivability alone seemed to be at its peak.

No wonder he had managed to deal with Buddha Country, which practiced the Summoning Technique, for many years without defeat. It's known that the Summoning Technique of Buddha Country allows a Cultivator to possess double the power, and it was only because they met Jiang Li, who dominated with strength, that they were at a disadvantage. Against most other Cultivators, Buddha Country practitioners hold the advantage in power within the same Realm.

One sword shattered the mountain, and that sense of being watched from the dark grew even more intense, like divine might bearing down upon both, causing Jidou and Lou Shuangying to sense a rising crisis in their hearts.

But they still had no intention to retreat.

For at the moment when Jiang Li's sword shattered the mountain, a serpent tail rose behind the peak, the ultimate sharpness splitting the air, tearing open pitch-black fissures, extending directly towards Jiang Li's back.

It was the Giant Snake Baqi.

This serpent, specialized in scheming, still had reserves of strength; it seemed to vehemently resist but secretly held back a portion of power, and now, using its tail to wield Divine Skills, the Giant Snake Baqi's most lethal skill—the Sky Cluster Cloud Sword—finally revealed its intent to kill.