Dapeng's Time Travel Life

Chapter 413 Battle of the Ruins and the Awakening of Power

Within the mysterious ruins, the black-robed leader's black spiritual energy surged like a raging tide, carrying an aura of destruction, and rushed towards Zhang Peng and his companions. Zhang Peng's expression was cold and stern, his early-stage Nascent Soul spiritual energy surging and turbulent around him. The spiritual spear in his hand flashed with a sharp light, colliding fiercely with the black spiritual energy. In an instant, light flickered within the ruins, the powerful impact of spiritual energy distorting and deforming the surrounding air, and the gems on the walls flickered, seemingly on the verge of extinguishing.

"Hmph, you think you can stop me with your early Nascent Soul stage strength?" The black-robed leader showed a hint of disdain on his face, and swung his black staff even more swiftly. A hideous ghost face faintly emerged from the black spiritual power, emitting a shrill howl, trying to disturb everyone's mind.

Zhang Peng snorted coldly, his gaze as firm as iron: "Your arrogance will cost you today!" He circulated his spiritual power and unleashed a unique spiritual attack technique for those at the Nascent Soul stage—"Spiritual Sense Piercing." The spiritual spear instantly split into countless tiny spiritual spikes, shooting towards the black-robed leader like a rain of pear blossom needles.

The black-robed leader's expression changed slightly; he clearly hadn't expected Zhang Peng's spiritual attack to be so fierce. He quickly waved his staff, forming a black spiritual energy shield in front of him to block the spiritual spikes. However, the impact of the spiritual spikes was extremely strong, and the shield trembled under the attack, cracking in various places.

Seeing this, Murong Yu immediately unleashed the advanced technique of the "Chaotic Breeze Sword," "Breath-Splitting Slash." His figure moved like a ghost among the black-robed crowd, his longsword flashing, creating streaks of sharp sword energy. Each sword energy contained his profound understanding of the laws of chaos; the crisscrossing sword energies repelled the approaching black-robed figures.

"You evil bastards, today is your doomsday!" Murong Yu roared, his eyes burning with fury, his longsword flashing incessantly, the swordplay growing ever more fierce.

Not to be outdone, Liu Ruoli placed her jade flute to her lips and played an enhanced version of the "Chaos Pearl Sound Annihilation" sonic spell—"Sonic Purgatory." The melodious flute music instantly transformed into a terrifying sonic storm, the sound waves carrying the power of chaotic laws and the spiritual energy of the mysterious pearl, like invisible blades raging through the black-robed crowd. Hearing the sound waves, the black-robed figures covered their ears, writhing in agony on the ground, their spiritual energy thrown into chaos by the impact of the sound waves.

Pan Liwei and Cao Long unleashed the "Dark Vortex" attack form of their "Chaotic Dark Guardian" technique. They clasped their hands together, gathering dark spiritual energy in their palms to form a massive black vortex. Purple lightning crackled within the vortex, emanating a powerful suction that drew in the surrounding black-robed figures. The figures struggled desperately within the vortex, unable to escape, constantly eroded by the dark spiritual energy and lightning, emitting screams of agony.

Under the combined attack of the group, the black-robed men's ranks gradually fell into disarray. However, their leader, being a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, quickly regained his footing. He waved his staff, chanting incantations, and suddenly, a black pillar of light descended from the sky, enveloping him. Empowered by the light, his strength instantly increased, and his aura became even more terrifying.

"You think you can defeat me like this? How naive!" The black-robed leader laughed wildly, waving his staff again. A giant black dragon of spiritual energy flew from the tip of the staff and pounced towards Zhang Peng. The dragon bared its fangs and claws, tearing black cracks in the space wherever it went.

Zhang Peng felt the immense pressure of the attack and dared not slacken in the slightest. He concentrated his mind, perfectly fusing his spiritual power and consciousness, and unleashed the ultimate move of the "Chaotic Law Sword Technique," "Chaotic Myriad Phenomena Break." The spiritual spear in his hand instantly transformed into a gigantic chaotic sword, its blade shimmering with multicolored light, each ray containing a powerful force of law.

The Sword of Chaos clashed violently with the black dragon of spiritual energy, producing a deafening roar. The powerful impact caused the entire ruin to shake violently, stones crumbled from the walls, and deep cracks appeared in the ground.

During the fierce battle, Zhang Peng suddenly felt a strange change in the spiritual energy within his body. He resonated with a certain power within the mysterious ruins, a power that seemed to be guiding him to break through his current realm.

"Could this be... the opportunity to break through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul realm?" Zhang Peng's heart stirred. He immediately seized this insight, circulated his spiritual power, and began to attempt to break through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

His spiritual energy surged wildly, forming a massive vortex. The vortex shimmered with multicolored light, each ray representing his understanding of a different law. His spiritual consciousness was also constantly evolving, becoming more acute and powerful.

However, breaking through to a higher realm requires a relatively quiet environment, but the battlefield was currently in complete chaos. The leader of the black-robed men sensed Zhang Peng's intention and immediately intensified his attacks, attempting to interrupt Zhang Peng's breakthrough.

"Want to break through to a higher realm? I won't let you succeed!" the black-robed leader roared. He unleashed a "Dark Forbidden Spell," and streaks of black runes flew from his hand, shooting towards Zhang Peng. Wherever the runes touched, the air was corroded, emitting a "sizzling" sound.

Upon seeing this, Murong Yu, Liu Ruoli, and the others immediately surrounded Zhang Peng, shielding him from the attacks of the black-robed man. Murong Yu unleashed the strongest defensive move of the "Chaos Breeze Sword," "Breeze Guardian," forming a sword energy shield around Zhang Peng; Liu Ruoli played "Sound Wave Barrier," the sound waves transforming into an invisible barrier that blocked the black runes; Pan Liwei and Cao Long unleashed "Dark Barrier," black spiritual energy forming a solid barrier around Zhang Peng.

With everyone's full protection, Zhang Peng finally entered the crucial moment of his breakthrough. His consciousness was immersed in chaos, and everything around him became blurred. He could only feel the spiritual power within his body constantly rising, and his understanding of the laws becoming increasingly profound.

Suddenly, a loud bang came from Zhang Peng's body, and he successfully broke through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm. He opened his eyes, which gleamed with wisdom, and his aura became more stable and powerful.

"I've broken through!" Zhang Peng shouted excitedly, his voice echoing through the ruins and causing a strong surge of spiritual energy.

The leader of the black-robed men's faces turned extremely ugly when he saw Zhang Peng break through. "How is this possible... You actually broke through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm in such a short time!" His eyes were filled with fear and resentment.

Zhang Peng sneered, "Now, it's your turn!" He unleashed the powerful mid-stage Nascent Soul realm spell, "Law Prison." His hands rapidly formed hand seals, and beams of multicolored light shot from them, forming a massive cage in the air. The cage contained powerful law energy, trapping the black-robed leader within.

The leader of the black-robed men struggled desperately, trying to break free of the cage. But the power of the laws within the cage was too strong, and every struggle he made was in vain.

"Die!" Zhang Peng roared, unleashing the strongest strike of his "Chaos Myriad Forms Break". The sword of chaos, carrying a world-destroying aura, slashed towards the black-robed leader.

The leader of the black-robed men stared in horror at the sword of chaos, knowing he could no longer withstand the attack. "No..." he cried out in despair.

With a deafening boom, the Sword of Chaos struck the leader of the black-robed men, instantly turning his body to ashes. With the leader's death, the other black-robed figures fled in terror.

Zhang Peng and the others breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed to the ground. After this fierce battle, they had finally achieved victory.

"We...successfully." Murong Yu said wearily, but a relieved smile appeared on his face.

Zhang Peng slowly stood up, gazing at the destroyed ruins, his heart filled with mixed emotions. He knew that although the battle was over, the crisis in the cultivation world was far from over. Moreover, during his breakthrough to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, he sensed that even more powerful forces awaited his exploration within the mysterious ruins.

“Let’s rest for a bit, then continue exploring the ruins. The secrets hidden within these ruins might be related to the future of the entire cultivation world,” Zhang Peng said.

The group nodded and began searching for a safe place to rest within the ruins. They knew the exploration ahead might be even more dangerous, but for the peace and tranquility of the cultivation world, they were determined to continue…