Chapter 26: The Battle of Tongtian and Hongjun 2

  Tongtian no longer left any time for Hongjun to consider these unknown problems. After hearing Tongtian's voice saying "收" (gather), Hongjun's figure was nowhere to be seen. Laozi and Yuanshi were also shocked, their mouths wide open as if they could swallow an egg. They thought that even if their third brother's cultivation was strong, it wouldn't surpass their own master's. The two of them had already prepared themselves to plead for their third brother with their master, but unexpectedly the situation turned out to be the opposite.

  Tongtian looked at the Hongjun in his palm, which was constantly using the Pangu flag to attack the crystal wall of the world in Tongtian's palm. The attacking power of this Pangu flag was indeed very strong, and the crystal wall of the world in Tongtian's palm began to show signs of fragmentation. However, Tongtian would not give Hongjun time to continue its attack. Suddenly, dark clouds filled the sky in the world within Tongtian's palm, and numerous divine thunderbolts descended upon Hongjun. These divine thunderbolts were the Upper Clear Divine Thunder that Tongtian had researched himself, and their power increased with his cultivation level. At present, the power of the Upper Clear Divine Thunder released by Tongtian at the middle stage of his law was comparable to that of the Jiuxiao Divine Thunder! This Jiuxiao Divine Thunder was a thunderbolt that even the Mixed Yuan Daluo Golden Immortal would find troublesome.

  Hong Jun looked at the heavenly thunder filling the sky and felt a chill run down his spine as he thought about being struck by it. He had tried the taste of this heavenly thunder before, and it was not a good feeling. His heart was filled with resentment, thinking that if he had the Primordial Treasure, the Taiji Diagram, in his hand now, he could use it to fix some of the heavenly thunder and escape. Even if it couldn't last for long, it could still be used as a defensive treasure! However, he couldn't think about it anymore, and Hong Jun said one word "out", and a wheel-shaped spirit treasure appeared on top of his head.

  It's worth mentioning the Causal Jade Butterfly Fragment when talking about this wheel. In fact, Hong Jun obtained a divine artifact called the Dao Wheel, which is a treasure that can devour other treasures. When Hong Jun first got this treasure, it was only a high-quality pre-heavenly treasure. However, after feeding the Causal Jade Butterfly Fragment to the Dao Wheel, it has become a treasure equivalent to a pre-heavenly supreme treasure. Moreover, the Dao Wheel contains the Great Way principles within the Causal Jade Butterfly Fragment. Therefore, Hong Jun made this treasure his life-bound treasure, and under normal circumstances, he would not take it out to fight with enemies.

  After all, if this life-bound spirit treasure is damaged, it will also have a significant impact on one's own cultivation. This is also the reason why many people do not casually refine their life-bound spirit treasures. If it is not a promising spirit treasure, refining a life-bound spirit treasure may affect your future cultivation due to the spirit treasure's rank. However, there are also benefits to having a life-bound spirit treasure. For example, if the spirit treasure advances in rank, you as its master will also greatly benefit, and sometimes can even directly break through. Just like Shi Zhong, he refined his own body's chaotic world into his life-bound spirit treasure. Although it sounds ridiculous to say this out loud, Shi Zhong really did so. Moreover, he benefited greatly from it.

  Hongjun took out his life-bound spiritual treasure, the Dao Wheel, to resist the attack of the Upper Clear Divine Thunder. The Dao Wheel above Hongjun's head continuously emitted golden light, and under the effect of the golden light, the Upper Clear Divine Thunder suddenly changed direction and attacked elsewhere. For a moment, the Upper Clear Divine Thunder was unable to do anything to Hongjun, but as Tongtian continued to increase the power of the Upper Clear Divine Thunder, attacking Hongjun, the light emitted by the Dao Wheel seemed to be slightly afraid of such a powerful divine thunder. It resisted part of it, but still, some of the divine thunder hit Hongjun's body, causing him to suffer a small injury.

  Hong Jun didn't mind the blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, what he had to do now was to think of a way to break through the crystal wall that surrounded the world. Otherwise, if things went on like this, he would likely suffer even more severe injuries. Hong Jun seemed to be using all his strength, and under the continuous infusion of his magic power, the Pangu flag became filled with the aura of the Hunyuan sword, covering the entire Pangu flag.

  "Hong Jun let out a loud shout, and the Pangu flag emitted an astonishing Hunyuan sword energy towards the Zhutian Palm world. The world seemed to be on the verge of shattering after Hong Jun's Hunyuan sword energy was released."

  A loud "crack" rang out.

  However, Hong Jun broke through Tong Tian's Palm of the World, and Tong Tian did not expect to use this divine ability to subdue Hong Jun. After all, Hong Jun was also a strong man in the realm of laws. If this divine ability were used against a Daluo Jinxian cultivator, it would be easy to capture, but if used against a strong man like Hong Jun, it was clearly not enough.

  Hong Jun finally broke through the palm world of Tong Tian, and as soon as he came out, he could see that Hong Jun didn't have a bit of the demeanor of a high-ranking Daoist. At this time, Hong Jun's upper body was bare, and even his lower body's clothes were torn to shreds by the divine lightning, and his disheveled hair made him look like an escaped lunatic. There was still a trace of blood on the corner of Hong Jun's mouth, but he couldn't bear to wipe it away as another sword aura came towards him. This was Tong Tian and Shi Zhongxue's principle of taking advantage of someone when they're down, not giving their opponent any chance to catch their breath.

  Hong Jun was not prepared when Tong Tian's sword energy arrived, so he could only take out the Taoist wheel to defend against the sword energy.

  "Bang!" A loud noise, even more fully demonstrating the enormous power of this collision, the ruthlessness of Tongtian's move. In fact, just now Tongtian had indeed used 100% of his magical powers. That's why Hongjun couldn't help but take out the Taoist wheel to defend himself again.

  After a loud noise, there was another sound, but this sound was not a powerful and mighty heavenly shaking.

  It was just a "crack" sound, and a small crack appeared on the Taoist wheel on Hong Jun's head. However, this small crack was not small for Hong Jun at all. Because after the Taoist wheel cracked open, Hong Jun suddenly spat out a large mouthful of golden red blood. This showed that Hong Jun had already suffered serious injuries. After seeing his own life-bound treasure being severely damaged, Hong Jun looked at Tong Tian with anger in his heart.

  If eyes could kill, Tongtian would have been killed by Hongjun countless times. Hongjun's mind is now filled with resentment and helplessness. The reason for the resentment is that Tongtian caused his own Benming treasure to be severely damaged. You know, one's Benming treasure is not just any ordinary treasure! This is related to one's cultivation path! One's future achievements are also tied to this. Now that such damage has been done, who knows how many more spiritual treasures will need to be absorbed in order to recover to the original level?

  Unfortunately, I am no longer a match for Tongtian now. It's all because of my own carelessness and negligence that I fell into his trap. As a result, I've suffered severe injuries and can only exert about half of my peak strength. So, while Hongjun wants to take revenge, reality tells him that if he were to confront Tongtian now, it would be nothing but seeking humiliation.

  Just as Hong Jun's heart was filled with contradictions, Lao Zi hurried over to plead with Tong Tian, saying "Third brother, this is the fault of our master, Big Brother wants you to forgive him, so please let it go and spare Master a punishment!" Now, Hong Jun felt even more ashamed after hearing Lao Zi's words, he couldn't even win the fight himself and now his own disciple had to come and plead for mercy on his behalf.

  At this time, Yuanshi was still shocked by Tongtian's means, but he woke up in Laozi's voice and walked over to beg for mercy: "Third brother, second brother has never asked you for anything, now second brother will rely on you once, please let go of the master this time!" The current Hongjun is already ashamed to the point where he can't see Jiangdong's parents. If there was a sword in his hand now, he would probably cut himself off immediately.

  Tongtian looked at his two brothers pleading with him and felt very embarrassed. After all, the cause and effect of today had already been established. If he didn't cut off this cause and effect today, he was afraid that his future cultivation would be difficult to improve. But his two brothers were asking him like this, which made it even more difficult for him.

  After thinking for a while, Tongtian also thought of a solution, so he said to Hongyuan, "The troubles today are all caused by you alone. If you can swear to owe two causes and effects to me, the disaster today will be as if it never happened."

  Hongjun looked at Tongtian, and suddenly felt like crying in his heart. The two causes and effects were not something that could be sworn to casually. If they were sworn to, it would mean that one of the causes and effects would have to be repaid in the future. This cause and effect was not trivial, and even if Tongtian wanted his most precious treasure, he would have to give it up. So for a moment, Hongjun really didn't know how to respond.

  But thinking of the current situation, Hong Jun also suppressed his dissatisfaction and vowed to Heaven: "I, Hong Jun, now vow to Heaven that I will owe Tongtian a cause and effect to end today's cause and effect. If I violate this oath, my cultivation will not be preserved, this oath is witnessed by Heaven!" As soon as Hong Jun finished speaking, a thunderclap was heard in the sky, as if witnessing what Hong Jun had said.