Chapter 45: Furious Vajra, resenting heaven and earth for lacking a ring
The huge skull shot up into the sky, its black hair strands soaked with rain, rolling rapidly and splashing water.
Those angry eyes could never close!
Guo Zhan, a Blood Exchange Perfection martial artist, though his age was too great and his qi and blood beginning to weaken, had little hope in this life of reaching the Meridian Opening Realm, yet never imagined he would die in such a way!
Originally, when Niu Mo and he were exchanging crossbow bolts, they thought it would be a showdown between mechanical crossbows and a divine archer, with the two fighting until they exhausted their last arrow.
But they never expected Niu Mo to have absolutely no martial virtue.
That suddenly erupting terrifying hidden weapon, even though he was a Blood Exchange Perfection martial artist, suffering the bombardment at close range cost him half his life; scorching flames radiated high heat, burning his whole body, and in the instant the surface moisture evaporated, it directly seared his skin.
Moreover, the shockwave triggered by the explosion permeated his body, striking his five viscera and six bowels, which he had never tempered, causing him to suffer grave injuries,
Before everything had ended, came poison-coated poison needles……
The combo of hidden weapons and poison was too seamless; Guo Zhan could only feel resentful as he fell into Niu Mo's relentless assault, ultimately being beheaded by a silken blade.
The cold corpse lay on the ground, its severed neck sputtering blood, but the blood would eventually finish spraying.
Guo Zhan was dead beyond any possibility of revival.
A Blood Exchange martial artist's qi and blood may be vigorous, but he is ultimately just a mortal; beheading him leaves no chance of survival.
Li Che's burly frame swirled with silver threads, he cast a complicated glance at the fallen Blood Exchange martial artist.
His heart surged with myriad emotions, and he grew ever more vigilant.
In such a chaotic, disordered world, even the strongest martial artist faces the possibility of dying.
In fighting others, one must consider more and guard against all kinds of dark, vicious tactics.
In martial artists' slaughter, Li Che came to a deep realization……
Only I can be dark and vicious toward you, while you cannot be dark and vicious toward me…… that is the way to victory.
The rain in the sky seemed to have turned cold again, beginning to condense into frost and snow.
Perhaps the scorching heat source in the city had ceased its frantic release of light and heat.
Rainwater gathered and condensed into snowflakes, drifting down softly.
As if perfectly sealing and preserving the intensely bloody scent of a Blood Exchange Perfection martial artist, it nearly made one want to vomit.
In the corner of the Xu family estate, it fell into a deathlike silence, only the rustling of snow falling to the ground remained.
Three Blood Exchange experts of the Spirit Infant Sect halted their steps, pupils wide beneath their masks, staring at the deceased Guo Zhan.
In just a moment, in the flash of lightning and sparks…… had Guo Zhan already died?
Too fast!
Too ruthless!
A chill rose in the three men's hearts; they never imagined that the famed heroic Niu Mo of Fēiléichéng, spoken of far and wide, was actually such a vicious villain!
Hidden weapons, poisoned blades, sneak attacks…… all kinds of means kept emerging!
What kind of hero is that?!
"Guo Zhan is also dead; Si Mu Bai's side will be hard to explain now!"
The three Spirit Infant Sect experts' temples instantly bulged, their brains nearly bursting.
Zhao Chuanxiong served as ox fodder, being devoured clean; Guo Zhan, this divine archer, was also beheaded by Niu Mo right before their eyes……
Behind each of them stood a divine cultivator.
"Attack!"
"Only by killing Niu Mo!"
The three Spirit Infant Sect experts shouted angrily: "Block his hidden weapons, engage him in close combat, beware his poison and that strange fire bird!"
Guo Zhan's death was not due to lack of strength; it was entirely because Niu Mo killed him by treachery.
If they faced him head-on, how could a single Blood Exchange Niu Mo oppose three Blood Exchange experts?
Boom!!!
On the ground, the accumulated water that had frozen due to the dropping temperature exploded with a roar.
The three Blood Exchange martial artists of the Spirit Infant Sect charged forward angrily, one wielding a spear, one a blade, one a chain-sword, swinging and lashing, their edges wailing.
Their speed increased further, cutting off all of Niu Mo's escape routes, giving him no chance to hide his tracks!
But at this very moment, Li Che, who had killed Guo Zhan, felt only that the Dao Fruit【Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra】in his chest throbbed like a heart after intense exercise, beating nonstop.
Each beat sounded as if bells and drums were exploding and roaring in his eardrums!
Before him, on the vast expanse of land, the ancient trees that rose from the ground violently shook their branches and leaves, as if emitting a wave-like sound.
【Dao Fruit: Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra (lv1, 98%)】
Li Che stared blankly.
"Indeed, I'm still a bit short…… those so-called breakthroughs in battle are just lies in novels."
He secretly sighed in his heart.
Having killed Zhao Chuanxiong and then a Blood Exchange Perfection martial artist, he still could not push the maturity of the【Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra】to lv2……
It's truly a pity, but it's not a big problem.
Li Che had already prepared himself for failure.
With a stir of mind and spirit, another Dao Fruit【Immaculate Heart】began to tremble.
As if an invisible hand had clenched it tightly.
Then, in a moment of contraction and release, a rich divine essence spewed forth, being devoured by the【Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra】Dao Fruit.
Then, the final push was completed……
Boom——!
Wearing a bamboo hat, Li Che stood silently beside Guo Zhan's corpse, only feeling a roaring sound reach his ears.
As if something terrifying within his fleshly body had shattered its bonds and broken free of its shackles!
A scorching surge of heat suddenly rose from the surface of the skin membrane.
【Dao Fruit: Dragon Elephant Vajra (lv2,, 0%)】
Click click click……
Upon active activation, in an instant, it was as if the shackles of the flesh burst apart with a boom; the scorching, boiling power instantly surged from the nine thick tendons rising along the spine, from the bones forged like tiger bone, from the spine where an angry dragon seemed to roar heavenward…… erupting forth!
Originally reaching a height of 1.9 meters, his stature…… rose again!
Muscles twisted like braids nonstop, the elastic clothing was stretched to its limit and burst apart, revealing the perfect muscles of the lower body, dense with coiling dragons; even a slight movement could drive countless muscle fibers, like an ultra-precise machine!
Two meters, two point one……
Two point two meters!
The second Vajra transformation caused Li Che's body to rise again; boundless power spread from his tendons and bones, as if pushing all his previous processes of tempering the skin, opening the meridians, and forging the bones to perfection.
The perfected body forged thus!
Every inch of muscle harbors terrifying Dragon Elephant power!
But Li Che only felt a surging rage burst forth from his mind; although angry, it did not affect his thoughts, plunging him into utter calm.
Beneath the cute ox mask, a pair of eyes brimmed with fury!
This feeling…… is it divinity?
"This state…… shall be called the 'Wrathful Eyes Vajra,' right"
Li Che murmured softly.
From Vajra transformation to Wrathful Eyes Vajra……
A transcendental leap in the horizontal cultivation layer!
Li Che only felt, as he is now……
He hates heaven for having no ring, hates earth for having no grip!
The wind and snow were bleak, the chill piercing!
Three Blood-Exchange Martial Artists of the Infant Spirit Sect, assuming an encirclement, surrounded the Ox Demon, hoping to join forces and slay him!
Upon seeing the Ox Demon standing with hands at his sides beside Guo Zhan's corpse, they couldn't help but feel delighted, thinking the Ox Demon had exhausted his strength after killing Guo Zhan.
They thus thought to seize this rare opportunity and exterminate this vicious villain!
But, as they watched helplessly, the Ox Demon's body swelled—his abdomen, chest, and back bulging high, muscles coiling like braided dragons, tendons twitching like frenzied pythons……
All three men flashed a look of terror in their eyes!
The pressure of qi and blood came like a great river's waves slamming upon them, scorching hot, and there was also a terrifying power akin to wrathful divinity that shook their consciousness……
"This is……"
The three Blood-Exchange Martial Artists were shocked to the core!
But the Ox Demon at last raised his head; beneath the cute ox mask, a pair of angry eyes shone like a night lamp, blazing like the sun!
Like a demon, like a god!
……
……
Zhao Xuan gritted her teeth, braving the wind and snow, and crept closer.
The Ox Demon…… was her hero; tonight…… she finally realized that it was actually a trap set by the Infant Spirit Sect to kill the heroic Ox Demon!
When the Ox Demon clashed with the Infant Spirit Sect's experts, the erupting qi and blood scattered in all directions, making it impossible for her even to approach.
Now, the qi and blood have finally retracted.
Her longing for the hero…… made Zhao Xuan unable to hold back any longer; she gathered her courage and moved toward the battlefield.
Her heart inexplicably felt a touch of sorrow.
The encirclement by the four Blood-Exchange Martial Artists……
The heroic Ox Demon…… is probably…… going to die miserably, right?
She could only come to collect the Ox Demon's corpse……
Suddenly.
The wind and snow sweeping the sky were parted; in the secluded corner of the Xu Ji Manor, countless bricks and stones shattered, and spiderweb-like cracks spread everywhere.
Zhao Xuan stood on her long legs, dazed in the snow, like a wooden chicken staring at the shattered battlefield before her.
Where was there any corpse of the Ox Demon?
There was only a corpse of Guo Zhan beheaded, and……
Three explosive blasts on the snow, stained with scattered flesh, formed bloody blossoms!
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