Chapter 339: 197: No Rule Breaking

“Looking for death!”

Ling Yusheng, seeing the young man he wanted to kill daring to take the initiative to strike at him, quickly dodged to one side with a flicker of his body.

With the strength of a Galaxy 6-dan Peak, he should have been able to easily avoid an attack from someone at Galaxy 3-dan. But just as he had taken a step, his face suddenly darkened.

It seemed the other party had predicted his movements in advance, and the blade edge appeared once more in front of his neck.

Unable to dodge, Ling Yusheng tried to mobilize his zhenqi to form a barrier for defense. However, he felt an intense pain inside his body, and under the searing of the inferno, his strength dissipated, unable to summon even a third of his cultivation.

Although this assailant was only at Galaxy 3-dan, his understanding of Mo Dao was extremely high. Even an average Galaxy 5-dan Early Stage would find it difficult to defeat him, let alone when he couldn’t utilize one-third of his strength!

Thkch!

The Mo Dao slashed down, and Ling Yusheng’s eyes bulged out as he watched incredulously as his body and head became completely separated.

Thud!

His body fell heavily to the ground.@@novelbin@@

Zhang Xuan hurried over, took the Ice Cold Fruit, and the storage rings into his palm. Only after doing these did he let out a sigh of relief.

To kill and rob storage rings, only to end up being slain and robbed himself.

“You…” Mo Baiye felt a chill in his body.

The reason he hadn’t acted just now, allowing the other to strike, was because he feared triggering the rules. Now, it seemed that was indeed the case.

He had already broken the rules twice. If he did it again and encountered the ordeal of water and fire, he probably wouldn’t be able to contend with his opponent.

“Come on! Hurry over and kill me… I’m waiting!”

Seeing it as he had speculated, Zhang Xuan looked over with a smile.

“You…”

Mo Baiye trembled with anger, but didn’t dare to move anymore. As for Mu Hongtao and “Brother Du”, having witnessed their companion’s death, they were also apprehensive and didn’t dare to act rashly.

“Even if I can’t kill you, do you dare come and kill me?” Mo Baiye yelled.

He was clear that for the time being, he definitely couldn’t take action. Mo Baiye had also roughly figured out the operating rules of the Heaven Mandate Domain.

He was in the process of becoming a disciple, and acting hastily to kill would certainly be frowned upon by the “teacher”, resulting in a violation. But if the other party rushed over to kill him, they should similarly be punished by the rules.

Heavenly Destiny of Ceremony had many rules, but if used properly, could also serve as protection.

“Why would I want to kill you… You have so many debts yet to be repaid! Killing you would only be doing you a favor…”

Zhang Xuan waved his hand dismissively.

If the other party could figure it out, he naturally understood as well.

Running over to kill and then being punished by the rules… Insane!

Besides, for him currently, being alive was obviously better than being dead.

“You…”

Hearing about the debts, Mo Baiye almost exploded with rage.

Impersonating me, borrowing money all over the place, and now you damn well want me to pay it back… Is this even human?

“Is there anyone else who wants to kill me?”

Tired of dealing with him, Zhang Xuan turned to the remaining few.

Everyone fell silent.

“How about you?”

Zhang Xuan looked at “Brother Du”, the most powerful among them.

He was the one Zhang Xuan was most wary of.

Even if punished by the ordeal of water and fire, it would be difficult to handle.

“This is a grudge between you and Mo Baiye, I won’t interfere…” “Brother Du” shook his head.

He also didn’t want to break the rules by taking revenge for others.

“Since none of you are taking action, I won’t waste any more time with idle chatter…” Zhang Xuan stopped talking and turned to walk towards the direction of the pool.

Seeing his actions, everyone was completely baffled and did not understand why.

“Could he be planning to directly absorb the Heavenly Mandate Vitality?”

“Has he gone mad? While the Yuan Power is pure and without attribute, trying to absorb it without comprehending the Heavenly Destiny of Ceremony is definitely against the rules!”

“It’s his own funeral, nobody else is to blame!”

Watching his actions, everyone could guess what was happening and looked over as if they were staring at a fool.

Ignoring their gazes, Zhang Xuan arrived at the edge of the pool, looking at the pure water-like Heavenly Mandate Vitality before him with excitement.

“Breaking the rules is breaking the rules!”

Muttering to himself, he stretched out his hand, the Library of Heaven’s Path vibrated, ready to absorb.

Hum!

Just then, a special force bearing down came flooding in, invading his mind. It must be the regulative constraint of this Heaven Mandate Domain.

Zhang Xuan was about to endure it when suddenly, the Youqing Destiny within the Library shook slightly.

The next moment, the so-called regulatory constraints trembled as if they were suppressed, no longer daring to move.

“What’s going on?”

Zhang Xuan was startled.

After listening to Empyrean Kong’s explanations, he had always been extremely careful, afraid of breaking the rules. This time, for so much Heavenly Mandate Vitality, he decided to risk it all, but you’re telling me now… that these restrictions are afraid of the Youqing Destiny… Is that even possible?

Could it be that higher-level fragments of the heavens can suppress lower-level ones?

That shouldn’t be the case. If it were, then anyone who comprehended Second-level Heavenly Destiny or Third Level Destiny could clear out all the Heaven Mandate Domains on the mainland…

The most terrifying thing in a god domain are these life-annihilating constraints. If one could disregard them, then any god domain could be stormed through with impunity, which would be quite formidable.

“Let’s try again!”

With confusion in his heart and to test his theory, Zhang Xuan pondered the known constraints and could not help shouting out loud.

The voice was incredibly resonant, echoing throughout the entire cave.

Indeed, following his words, another force surged into his brain. However, upon seeing the Youqing Destiny, it too trembled and prostrated, no longer daring to move.

“It really is so…”

Zhang Xuan was filled with excitement.

If only he had known that the Youqing Destiny could suppress the rules, he wouldn’t have had to be so cautious!

While he shouted and made his way to the pool, Mo Baiye and the others were completely clueless.

Is this not breaking the rules?

Why isn’t there any punishment?

Just as they were full of wonder, they saw the young man approach the last sculpture and kicked it over.

Bang!

The sculpture shattered, but the perpetrator seemed unaffected, still not breaking the rules.

“This…”

Elder Bai Ye’s face turned pale and he trembled involuntarily, “With the sculpture destroyed, we won’t be able to carry out the ceremony to the end. He’s not breaking the rules, but we definitely will now…”

The twelve sculptures represented twelve etiquettes. They had only conducted the third one. Completing all would signify successful apprenticeship and garner the full inheritance. Now that one was destroyed, did it not mean that no matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t finish?

Not completing the ceremony signifies a lack of respect, which will inevitably lead to punishment by the rules!

In other words… with the destruction of this sculpture, no matter how well they performed afterward, they would inevitably be punished. And now, abandoning the practice midway would also constitute breaking the rules…

Must it be this treacherous…

In an instant, everyone’s gaze turned to Zhang Xuan once again, filled with anger.

With just one kick, he plunged them all into an uncontrollable life and death situation. What was this guy thinking?

Most crucially… why is he not breaking the rules with such actions? What on earth did he do?