Chapter 54: Ox Demon Ox Demon! Killing Divinity in the Rain!

Boom—

Electric snakes wandered, roaring across the heavens!

Dark clouds suddenly revealed azure lightning like a spider's web, dense as the great tendons bulging on an ultimate martial artist's skin!

Heavy rain poured down, shrouding the entire Fēiléichéng in haze.

The incident erupting from the Golden Splendor Pavilion was too abrupt; almost the whole Nei Cheng fell into stagnation in an instant.

Those unaware among the various forces all dared not breathe, let alone act rashly.

Nei Cheng's Xu Family Manor.

Divine Cultivation Academy.

Xu You, who had been sitting under the eaves reading the 《Dàjǐng Chronicles》, was suddenly startled awake by the thunder from the firmament, drenched in cold sweat; he glanced toward the Golden Splendor Pavilion, his pupils narrowing slightly.

Despite the great distance, the four immense, sun-like Divine Foundations still blazed with ultimate radiance!

Any Divinity cultivator would sense it; Xu You's Divinity cultivation was modest, and at twenty‑four he had barely reached the stage of 'nurturing nature like a stream'.

Although he had stepped into the second stage of nurturing nature, he had already lost any chance of assaulting the Divine Foundation.

Unlike his elder brother Xu Helie, whose talent was peerless, rated one of the Three Young Masters of Fēiléichéng, he had already cultivated his family's Suspended Thought Flow Sword's Divine Foundation Divinity to the level of 'nurturing nature like a river', not far from forging a Divine Foundation.

"Divine Foundation War?"

Xu You felt as if struck by lightning, instantly realizing that Fēiléichéng was about to undergo a major event.

He didn't dwell on what exactly it was.

He swiftly turned his gaze into the Divine Cultivation Academy, scanning the spirit children quietly nurturing their nature; when his eyes fell upon the well‑behaved Xixi, his heart eased.

In fact, it wasn't only Xu You who noticed.

Within the Divine Cultivation Academy, an elderly lady of the Xu family walked slowly forward—she was the senior Xu family Divinity cultivator tasked with teaching the spirit children, a powerful one who had reached 'nurturing nature like a river'.

"Ah You, lock the gate of the Divine Cultivation Academy; no one may enter. When you return, stay with me to guard this place and keep the children safe."

The old lady gripped a phoenix‑head cane, her face like withered bark utterly stern.

Xu You hastily nodded, agreeing.

"I wonder how Ah Che is faring in the workshop… I hope he stays put, not curious enough to go watch the commotion."

"A clash between Divine Foundation cultivators, even a slight aftershock, could kill a Bone Tempering cultivator, leaving no chance of recovery from myriad calamities."

Xu You shook his head, suppressing his worries.

"Xixi, come to Uncle Xu You's side."

Xu You waved at Xixi.

Xixi was very obedient, immediately running to Xu You's side.

Yet behind Xixi, a big‑headed boy promptly followed.

"Chizai, hurry up and follow behind my Uncle Xu You; we'll be safe!" Xixi stretched her neck and beckoned.

Xu You glanced at the big‑headed boy trailing behind Xixi.

The boy wore a Nezha braid; with his large head, he was quite eye‑catching.

He couldn't help but glance again.

"Granny Mu, this spirit child… whose is it?" Xu You couldn't help but ask.

Granny Mu, leaning on her phoenix‑head cane, glanced at the Nezha‑braid boy and gave a cold smile.

"An acquaintance entrusted…"

……

……

Bang——

Terrifying qi and blood, like a venomous serpent spewing its forked tongue, spread in all directions.

Li Che wore a bamboo hat, his face covered by a cute ox mask, his eyes bright and furious; the tight elastic clothing on his body seemed to outline every writhing tendon and tensed muscle into arcs!

He stamped down with a heavy foot!

Qi and blood surged like angry thunder!

It was as if a bomb had suddenly exploded!

The standing water beneath his feet instantly drained, like a boulder thrown into a lake, sending up a water‑wall of ripples several feet high; as the blue‑stone pavement cracked with a clack, it became riddled with fissures and deeply sunken.

An unprecedented terrifying force erupted at this moment.

The air raged and surged amidst the water waves violently pushed aside!

A figure shrieked as it shot forth; a clump of half‑transparent water thrown up twisted into a blurred humanoid shape, violent Divinity fluctuations intertwining to materialize a form!

Si Mu Bai was soaked through, like a drowned chicken, having long lost his earlier composure when facing Li Che.

With his mind fixed solely on fleeing, about to dash out of the city……

He never expected that halfway, such terrifying qi and blood would suddenly burst forth!

Meridian Opening Realm!

A Meridian Opening martial artist…… was lying in wait for him beforehand?!

Whose family does he belong to?

Wrong…… how could a Meridian Opening martial artist detect the trace of his evasion technique activated by a Divinity secret art?!

This secret art was passed down by the Divine Foundation elder; under favorable timing and terrain, a non‑Divine Foundation cultivator…… could not possibly track his trail during the evasion!

Rattle……

Si Mu Bai slipped backward several meters in the standing water of the long street, half‑kneeling on the ground, he gasped heavily, rainwater twisting as it scraped across his cheeks.

He stared fixedly at that burly figure.

Black‑trembling thick tendons, like molten magma, his crimson qi and blood!

A pure and powerful horizontal cultivation qi came rushing at his face!

"Niú——mó——!!!"

Sīmùbái stared at that mighty, vast aura, like flames burning the sky's rainwater, steaming up a hazy heat; the killing intent in his eyes was unrestrained and rampant!

But his eyes were full of sorrow, countless tears rolling down from his eyes.

Sīmùbái never expected……

Appearing to block him…… it turned out to be Niúmó!

A villain who claimed to be a hero, someone he should have easily cut down!

How dare someone come to block him…… a 'nurturing nature like a river' divine cultivator?

Although sensing Niúmó's aura, it had reached the utmost strong level of a martial artist's Meridian Opening.

But a nurturing cultivator who has reached the basin level can rival a Meridian Opening martial artist; reaching the stream or river level, they can easily suppress a Meridian Opening martial artist!

Now Niúmó's aura is merely the Qi Meridian level within Meridian Opening, belonging to the initial stage of Meridian Opening……

He, Sīmùbái, even though his divine nature has been diminished, still possesses the consummate level of nurturing nature like a stream!

"Wuu…… Niúmó…… how dare you……?"

Sīmùbái's tears rolled down one by one, mixing with the rainwater, dripping into the water.

"Rainy days go even better with sorrow……"

"You can't tell whether it's the heavens' rain or my tears!"

Sīmùbái dared not delay; Niúmó's reckless attack came at just the right moment……

He had long wanted to kill Niúmó!

As Sīmùbái released his divine nature, countless raindrops falling from the sky seemed to condense in midair.

Sīmùbái sobbed, spreading his five fingers, yet aiming them at Li Che's head.

From tens of meters away, countless divine forces were manipulated; the Resentful Cry Ghost-Suppressing divine nature, carrying madness-inducing sorrow and tear-jerking emotional manipulation, surged violently toward Li Che!

Like countless sharp, invisible needles, they spanned tens of meters and stabbed fiercely into his mind.

Li Che's nose tingled, his head felt like it would split, his face seeming about to weep sorrowfully; facing a divine cultivator's all-out attack for the first time, the opponent's divine nature directly assaulted his spirit.

The extreme of external tempering cannot train the spirit; therefore…… a martial artist naturally falls short when facing a divine cultivator!

However……

Li Che did not panic; he completely lost the initiative.

His arm…… suddenly blazed hot!

A jade-colored mist slowly twined upward, drifting gently.

Instantly, like a great rain meeting sweet dew……

The mental sting in his mind vanished instantly, like a whale swallowing, all flowing into his arm……

The incipient form of a divine ability, Immortal Craft·Thousand-Split Hand!

His whole hand…… seemed at this moment to no longer belong to himself, terrifying divine nature, nearly uncontrollable.

The anger-fueled divine nature originally residing there was instantly suppressed……

But because too much divine nature was absorbed!

Trying to refine and transform it all at once seems difficult; the arm's muscles, bones, and flesh feel a tearing pain…… even the whole hand seems to have its own will, rather eerie.

But…… it did relieve Li Che's mental anguish!

Enough!

Li Che's gaze narrowed, his body lunged downward, slightly crouching, and he became like a patterned white tiger baring its fangs.

He stamped down hard; the blue stone slab trembled, boiling water burst forth around his foot, the water like swimming snakes, continually winding up his thick foot.

Leveraging the rebound force from his Furious-Eyed Vajra State, Li Che shattered countless exploding raindrops and shot outward.

As his body landed again, he had already closed the distance by tens of meters, appearing before Sīmùbái, whose five fingers were still spread, releasing divine nature.

And upon Li Che's burly form, countless raindrops had gathered into 'little ghosts,' as if crawling out of hell to merge with the rain, wailing loudly, clinging to his arms, thighs, shoulders, and head……

Crying while gnawing.

Beneath Li Che's cute bull mask, there was no expression.

His palm, like a palm-leaf fan, with fingers hooked like claws, gripping……

Transformation Realm Martial Technique!

White Tiger Raging Wind Fist!

His entire body resonated with restrained energy; qi and blood surged from his pores, and the countless little ghosts clinging to Li Che instantly exploded into mist.

And the mist…… together with Li Che's fist, the raging wind howled, intertwining hazily to form a patterned white tiger!

Sīmùbái was shocked to the point of despair!

Who would have thought, Niúmó, a mere martial artist, not even disturbed by his divine nature's provocation, could also unleash a Transformation Realm Martial Technique!

What kind of monster is this?

Growing…… too fast!

Just recently he had tempered his bones, then exchanged his blood, and now…… he had actually reached Meridian Opening!

And he had mastered a Transformation Realm Martial Technique!

With guidance from an unnamed master, could such a tiny Fēiléichéng produce a Meridian Opening martial artist who has mastered a Transformation Realm Martial Technique?!

Without supreme martial talent, without decades of relentless training, it's impossible to master a Transformation Realm Martial Technique!

This Niúmó…… what divine being is he?!

At the critical moment, Sīmùbái had no time to think further; countless divine forces piled upon his arm, each falling raindrop transforming into a wailing little ghost, stacking and lying upon his arm.

As if forming armor!

However...

The White Tiger's punch boomed down, striking Si Mubai's arm.

Countless little ghosts exploded, accompanied by Si Mubai's arm, whose flesh and bone shattered and burst, forming a thick blood mist!

Si Mubai's arm shattered, the terrifying residual force burst forth like a blown‑away ball, shooting him backward, yet he had not yet fallen to the ground.

The blood mist tore open, a cute cow mask came flying close, and both sleeves flicked.

Containing a sleeve‑crossbow wooden arrow freshly infused with divinity, a poison‑coated Goddess of Mercy blood lotus, and high‑speed tugged fine silver silk……

In the reflection of Si Mubai's horrified pupils……

It came smashing down, covering sky and earth!

Si Mubai had never experienced such vicious methods, his mind still unable to turn……

Poof poof poof!

His body was still flying in midair…… already pierced by arrows, poisoned and turning blue‑purple.

Before hitting the ground, he was sliced into eight pieces by the ultrafine, blade‑thin thousand‑spider silk……

Crackling like bait tossed into a pond and frenziedly devoured by hungry fish……

It fell all over the ground, dyeing the rainwater red.

Boom——!

Li Che landed in an instant, hefting the black‑wrapped bundle on his back—that was the upgraded version of the 【Wood Ferry Crow】 he had not yet used even to kill Si Mubai.

His bright eyes swept across the ground littered with flesh, maintaining the good habit of feeling corpses.

Amid the blood‑soaked ground he found only a faintly glowing jade pendant, its divine aura extremely rich; he didn't linger, grabbed it with muddy hands, and slipped it into his pocket.

He pressed down his straw hat, and amidst the electric snake's roar, he darted into the rain‑screen.

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