Necropolis Immortal

within the nine divine sects!

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“Please rest for now, junior brothers.
Allow me to vie for supremacy with this prince of Inception Palace!” One of the men in the arena brandished a silver spear and called forth watery ripples around him.
He was an expert of the water elemental sect.

Since the water elemental land had once been almost completely razed by Inception Palace, they were the first to jump out when Lu Yun came kicking in their doors.

The two looked at each other and departed together.

“Seniors of Inception Palace.” The water elemental sect disciple looked toward Inception Palace with a slight smile.
“A first generation sovereign from my sacred land once killed a creator of Inception Palace.
We were almost annihilated for it.
What might happen today if this junior accidentally kills the sacred prince?

“Ah, I’d forgotten.
Sacred palace disciples all have soul lamps, so it’s impossible for them to die.”

This disciple didn’t know about the marvelous uses of the Inception Spiritrial Arena.

“I’d actually forgotten before you brought it up,” Lu Yun sighed.
“I haven’t lit a soul lamp and my nascent spirit is inside my body.
If I die, I’m truly dead and won’t revive.”

Everyone around him frowned at the implications.

Lu Yun had withdrawn his nascent spirit into this body.
Only in this way could he release the immortal dao without reservation into the chaos.

“But, dying in an Inception Spiritrial Arena will not result in true death.
We will only undergo an experience of death,” he intoned.

Surreptitious sighs of relief at the further explanation sounded from the disciples of the water elemental sect.
Everyone was afraid of dying, especially the longer they lived.
Since they couldn’t die within the arena, then there wasn’t much to be concerned about.

That the Inception prince dared stand here and challenge all of the cultivators of the divine sects by himself was at least an indicator of him being an uncommon character, if nothing else.

“However—” Lu Yun looked up and stared at the water elemental disciple dead in the eye, baring his teeth in a mild leer.
“Since this junior brother has spoken, then let us determine both superiority and life and death in this battle!

“Your Majesty, please dismiss the limitations of the arena and allow the two of us to fight here in our true selves.
Let us fight to the death!”

“It shall be done as you wish.” Leize’s voice sounded while a dense turquoise light flashed through the arena.
The water elemental disciple felt his body sink before he appeared, in the flesh, in the Inception Spiritrial Arena.

He’d been overwhelmed by rage earlier and hadn’t paid attention to the changes of his body when he first ran into the arena.
The cold grip of fear wrapped around his heart when he registered the obvious change in circumstance.

He’d said all that to attack Lu Yun’s dao heart and find his weakness.
To think he’d sent himself down the path of no return instead!

Beneath the arena, those of the nine divine sects also watched with clenched teeth.

“If the prince falls in this battle, that is a result of his own inadequacy.
His death will be well deserved and I will not take revenge upon anyone,” came Leize’s voice again.

“DIE!!” Caught in a bind, the water elemental disciple didn’t even offer his name before charging Lu Yun.
A hundred million water ripples swirled around him as he moved, growing and decaying like worlds unto their own.

He was fully manifesting the power of water.

Lu Yun gravely regarded his opponent.
He’d sealed away every part of his past self and was battling with only the experience and combat arts of this life.
If he wanted to fully release himself, then his past self was too strong for the task.
Even an ultimate genius of Inception Palace could barely take one blow from his past self, much less someone of the nine divine sects.

Whoosh!

An ethereal sword shadow appeared in his hand and he struck out when his opponent was close at hand.

Dragonrise.