Chapter 479: Chapter 474: All Living Beings Are Equal

Du Youqian wasn’t staring at the withered old man because he was some dashing elder, and certainly not because a flower had suddenly bloomed upon his face.

It was because he was focusing all his attention on unleashing a Divine Ability.

It was the life-draining Divine Ability he had copied from the Nascent Soul Cultivator, Lu Yang Master, in his past life—one he had then spent a great deal of time comprehending.

Perhaps because he possessed a Cosmic Spirit Root in this life and cultivated the Cosmic Attribute technique, the *Golden Jade Flying Scripture of the Eight Realms of Truth*, his comprehension of it went exceptionally smoothly. Moreover, it was even stronger than Lu Yang Master’s original Divine Ability.

Much stronger.

Du Youqian had named it "All Living Beings Are Equal."

Its core principle was exactly that: all living beings are equal.

In the face of death, all living beings are equal.

In any case, whenever Du Youqian used this move, he did so with the intent to kill.

Otherwise, if word got out that he possessed a Divine Ability that could drain lifespans, every Cultivator in the world would be after his head.

As he focused his attention and gathered his body’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit, in the instant before unleashing the Divine Ability, he had already perceived the withered old man’s remaining lifespan.

A Nascent Soul Perfect Cultivator has a lifespan of 1,900 years. However, perhaps due to his Cultivation Technique or the frequent use of Burst Secret Techniques, this withered old man, who was clearly just over a thousand years old, had only about 210 years of life left.

The Divine Ability activated.

The withered old man’s remaining lifespan was instantly wiped away. Of course, this didn’t come without a cost to Du Youqian. To drain the lifespan of an opponent at the same tier, he had to expend roughly half the amount of life he took.

Du Youqian felt that if he didn’t cultivate a Cosmic Attribute technique and possess a Cosmic Attribute Spirit Root, he would likely have to pay a one-to-one cost to drain an opponent’s life.

But in the eyes of Ye Rui Master and Chen Hongbo, what unfolded was an exceptionally terrifying scene: Du Youqian merely glared at the withered old man, and the man immediately entered the Celestial Five Declines.

The Celestial Five Declines, which should have lasted for dozens of days,

reached its conclusion in a single, fleeting moment.

The withered old man’s physical body completely decayed, revealing his Nascent Soul.

To their horror, Ye Rui Master and Chen Hongbo discovered that even the withered old man’s Nascent Soul was decaying along with his body, leaving him absolutely no chance to escape with it!

For a Nascent Soul Cultivator, this was both incomprehensible and the most terrifying thing imaginable.

In the span of a single breath, the withered old man was annihilated, leaving only his soul, which was instantly dispersed by the winds of the Endless Desert Sea.

"Senior Brother!" Ye Rui shrieked.

Of course, her cry wasn’t born of sorrow.

It was born of terror.

Du Youqian reached out, snatching the withered old man’s Treasure and several Storage Treasure Pouches, and happily claimed them for himself.

"We can’t let him use that Divine Ability again!" Chen Hongbo roared. Disregarding his own safety, he surged forward, bringing the Small Pagoda Treasure crashing down toward Du Youqian’s head.

Ye Rui no longer held back, firing her Soul-Stabilizing Needle and Soul-Summoning Nail.

The vicious Magical Artifacts struck Du Youqian’s skin, which instantly flashed with a golden light, and failed to penetrate at all.

Ye Rui, however, used the opening to close the distance once more. She and Chen Hongbo were now both within fifty feet of Du Youqian.

Just then, the corner of Du Youqian’s mouth curved into a slight smirk as he activated the Array.

A Tier Three Middle Grade Quicksand Array could not possibly harm these two, who were top-tier experts, even among Nascent Soul Cultivators.

However, even if the Array only made them stumble for a moment or broke their concentration for an instant, that was enough to change the course of the battle.

Du Youqian did not waste the opportunity. He ignored Chen Hongbo completely, focusing his full attention on Ye Rui.

The Jinhuan sword hummed with a Sword Intent that seemed capable of severing anything. Though contained, it forced Ye Rui to be on high alert, not daring to relax for an instant. With her perception, she could naturally tell that if that sword strike landed, she’d be split in two. She would be lucky to escape with just her Nascent Soul intact.

This frustrated her. ’If I’d known this brat would be such a menace after reaching the Nascent Soul realm,’ she thought, ’I should have ignored the risk to my reputation for bullying a junior, and damn the Holy Blood Sect’s retaliation. I should have just killed Du Youqian in Huailai City back then.’

Seeing Du Youqian ignore him, Chen Hongbo was inwardly delighted. The Small Pagoda Treasure accelerated, plunging toward Du Youqian.

But at that exact moment, a nearby sand dune exploded. A streak of golden light shot out with the speed of a thunderclap, hurtling toward Chen Hongbo.

Judging by its momentum, he feared that if he failed to block it properly, half his body would be smashed to pieces.

In his haste, Chen Hongbo could only abandon his attack on Du Youqian, redirecting the Small Pagoda Treasure to defend himself.

BOOM! A dull thud echoed as the golden light slammed heavily into the Small Pagoda Treasure.

Chen Hongbo was knocked off balance, forced to retreat rapidly to disperse the impact.

Only then did he get a clear look at the small creature that had emerged from the sand dune: it was a monkey.

Judging from its size, the monkey wasn’t even fully grown.

What astonished him even more was that the Tier Three Demon Monkey’s aura was surging wildly, and the surrounding Spiritual Qi was converging on it like a vortex.

It was as if... it was breaking through to Tier Four!

Normally, the time it took for a Tier Three Demon King to break through to Tier Four was even longer than that of a Golden Core Perfect Cultivator breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm.

A Golden Core Perfect Cultivator’s breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm, whether successful or not, would typically take one to two years to complete.

Of course, someone like Du Youqian, who was experienced with his second Nascent Soul Formation, didn’t count.

A Tier Three Demon King breaking through to Tier Four, on the other hand, often required three to five years to complete its transformation.

So, seeing this Tier Three Demon Monkey attempting a breakthrough in the middle of a battle, Chen Hongbo thought to himself, ’Has it gone mad?’

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