Chapter 244: The Clone Descends

“What happened—”

The Longevity Physique raised by the Heavenly Lion Clan suddenly displayed the Realm fluctuation of the Void Profound Realm, directly astonishing the Heavenly Lion Clan and their guests. They couldn’t believe it, not understanding what had happened to her.

Let alone these people, even Lin Jing, who personally taught the Heavenly Demon Body secret technique to her, found it hard to believe.

How long had it been since he taught the Heavenly Demon Body to this Longevity Physique? Half an hour? Not at all!

The Heavenly Demon Body, which he had been deducing for so long with his Potential Dragon Luck and still hadn’t mastered, was cultivated by her in just a moment?

Lin Jing was a bit puzzled. Had he overlooked something that caused his prolonged inability to Cultivate it?

He was still painstakingly searching for exotic flames to increase his chances of Cultivating the Heavenly Demon Body. How could the gap between people be so vast?

However, there was one more thing he didn’t understand. This Longevity Physique’s basic Realm was only Golden Core Stage. Even if she burned all her Lifespan, reaching the Void Profound Realm seemed a bit exaggerated, a bit outrageous.

“The Heavenly Demon Body has too many secrets. I haven’t even Cultivated it myself, so I don’t know its specific details. If there’s a chance, I can ask her!”

At that moment, after the astonishing change occurred to the Sky Lion Saintess, her magical power permeated, and countless Sky Lions were captured by her and sealed within a magic orb. At the same time, she flew to Lin Jing’s side, grabbed Lin Jing, and was about to tear open space, taking Lin Jing with her to leave the Sky Lion Clan’s Secret Realm.

But this shocking change ultimately alarmed the Heavenly Lion Ancestor, who was in seclusion deep within the Secret Realm.

A terrifying aura permeated the Secret Realm, and the sky cracked open. The Heavenly Lion Ancestor’s enormous head emerged from the alternate space. When it saw the changes in its clan’s Longevity Physique, it was equally astonished. It instinctively stretched out its massive claw, trying to seize the Longevity Physique who was escaping with Lin Jing.

At this moment, everyone understood the Sky Lion Saintess’s intention in capturing countless Sky Lions.

“If you make another move, they will all die.”

The Longevity Physique’s cold voice rang out, and the invisible magical power fluctuations intensified on the dozens of Sky Lions, nearly deforming their bodies.

“Old Ancestor, save us!!”

“Old Ancestor, help us!!”

“We don’t want to die!”

These Sky Lions usually grew up by eating Chang Sheng meat and drinking Longevity Blood. How could they have imagined that the Longevity Physique, who was once merely food, now held their lives and deaths in her hands?

And having been in the Heavenly Lion Clan for many years, the Longevity Physique was also very clear that although the Heavenly Lion Ancestor could transform outsiders into Sky Lion Clan members, the transformed clansmen were not pure-blooded.

Only a small number of pure-blooded Sky Lions were core members of the Sky Lion Clan, and only this group of Sky Lions could consume her flesh and blood on a daily basis.

Each of these Sky Lions was the Heavenly Lion Ancestor’s beloved, as it was extremely difficult for Sky Lions to reproduce pure-blooded offspring. “Release them, and I will let you leave.” The Heavenly Lion Ancestor spoke in a calm voice, but beneath the deathly calm, boundless rage was contained.

With hostages in hand, the Heavenly Lion Ancestor’s movements ceased. Its gaze was cold and cruel, glaring malevolently at the Longevity Physique, whose strength had greatly changed, and Lin Jing, who was with her.

“Alright—.”

The Longevity Physique seemed to agree to the plan, but the Sky Lions she threw out were still encased in spheres with highly erratic magical power fluctuations. These magic orbs seemed ready to explode at any moment, causing the Sky Lions inside to shriek in terror.

The Heavenly Lion Ancestor roared, immediately gathering the magic orbs with its Yao Beast power to suppress them. Meanwhile, the Longevity Physique had already torn open the Secret Realm space and fled directly with Lin Jing.

However, despite its utmost efforts to suppress the violent fluctuations of these magic orbs, a moment later, each magic orb ultimately exploded directly. The exploding magic orbs did not cause substantial external damage to the Sky Lions, but their life fluctuations rapidly dissipated at that moment, leaving the Heavenly Lion Ancestor stunned for a moment before it roared in anger, its voice shaking heaven and earth.

In an instant, over eighty percent of the Sky Lion Clan members died tragically on the spot.

Amidst its roar, the Heavenly Lion Ancestor pursued. At this moment, the entire Beast God Path vibrated, and two astonishing Kong Xuan Qi auras streaked across the Beast God Path’s sky, causing countless powerful Yao Beasts and Cultivators to emerge from seclusion, wanting to see what had caused two Void Profound experts to battle.

“That aura is the Heavenly Lion Ancestor of the Sky Lion Clan—”

“Shouldn’t today be the Heavenly Lion Clan’s Ancestral Ritual Ceremony? What exactly happened—”

“I don’t recognize the other aura, but it actually has Peak Kong Xuan cultivation. Who is it? Is there such a powerful expert in Qingzhou?” The Beast God Path continued to tremble.

Meanwhile.

The Longevity Physique, flying with Lin Jing, coughed up a mouthful of blood. She wiped the corner of her mouth and continued flying.

“Hey—” Lin Jing, held in her hand, was speechless: “You—”

“What exactly happened? Even if you Cultivated the Heavenly Demon Body—your increase in strength is—”

“It seems you taught it to me, but you haven’t successfully Cultivated it yourself—” The Longevity Physique slowly spoke.

“The power of the Heavenly Demon Body can be freely controlled—”

“What do you mean?” Lin Jing didn’t understand.

“I burned almost all of my Lifespan, leaving myself only ten years—”

“And the strength gained by burning Lifespan, its intensity depends on how long one wants to maintain that strength. Based on the Golden Core Realm, the strength gained by burning twenty thousand years of Lifespan, if one wants to maintain it for ten thousand years, it might only be able to increase to the Nascent Soul Stage.”

“If one only wants to maintain it for a thousand years, then the strength might be able to increase to the Soul Transformation Stage.”

“Then you have now raised your strength to the Void Profound Realm. How long can you maintain this Realm? A hundred years? Ten years?” Lin Jing was startled, not expecting the rules of the Heavenly Demon Body to be like this. The lower the temporarily elevated Realm, the longer the maintenance time for that Realm.

The more exaggerated the elevated Realm, the shorter the maintenance time!

“Less than a day. I burned twenty thousand years of Lifespan, raising my Realm to Peak Kong Xuan, and can only maintain it for less than a day.” The Longevity Physique said, “Within a day, if we cannot escape the Heavenly Lion Ancestor, then everything will…”

Lin Jing was stunned.

“So, after one day, you will fall back to Golden Core, with only ten years of Lifespan left?”

“Yes, but being able to get out of that place and kill dozens of Sky Lions, it’s all worth it.” In a short time, the Longevity Physique’s eyes had regained their brilliance, filled with the hope of “life.”

“Don’t worry, I will definitely take you to escape. I won’t let you fall into the hands of the Heavenly Lion Clan and repeat my fate.”

After a moment of silence, Lin Jing said, “Wait a moment. I’m not an idiot. How could my true body go to the Heavenly Lion Clan? This is my Clone. If you hadn’t made a move, I would have already prepared to self-destruct. Why don’t you leave me as bait and run away quickly yourself?”

“Although your Realm has increased, you don’t have corresponding Spells and experience, so you probably won’t be a match for the Heavenly Lion Ancestor.”

“Sigh.”

The Longevity Physique stopped speaking.