Chapter 55

Killing, searching corpses, he fled immediately.

Li Che's series of moves flowed like clouds and water, extremely practiced.

The speed reached its extreme, from erupting to killing Simu Bai in roughly ten breaths.

But this brief exchange was extremely perilous; if Li Che could not endure Simu Bai's divine assault on his spirit, he would be the one lying on the ground now.

The only thing Li Che regretted was that Simu Bai's corpse held few valuables.

The imagined divine cultivation techniques, superior internal arts, etc., left no trace—not even a single gold leaf!

Unreasonable!

This shouldn't be how a proud young master from an aristocratic family appears when setting out!

Boom!!!

Li Che gathered his spirit, slammed his foot onto the ground; instantaneously the pooled water exploded upward like a wall of rain, while his figure had already shot out like a cannonball.

The 'Sleeping Dragon Elephant' was also driven to its extreme by him, his whole body seeming to have erased its aura from the mortal realm.

Stop!!!

A tearing, screeching sound burst forth from the Jinhuang Pavilion in an instant!

Three streaking figures, shocked and angry, split the rain curtain and hurriedly pursued; the rain veil was instantly torn apart!

A mighty divine will spread across heaven and earth, stirring wind and rain!

They each wore tiger, leopard, and goat masks……

Beneath the rain, they appeared exceptionally ferocious!

Vast divine will intertwined, as if forming a mighty, river-like phenomenon around them!

Li Che lowered his bamboo hat, not responding with even half a word.

Like a black shadow, he moved swiftly along the wall corner in the raging storm.

Squeak squeak squeak squeak……

His steps were extremely light; each footfall did not even cause a ripple in the rain.

Yet despite this, Li Che still felt the three figures drawing ever closer!

Not only that, from the direction of Wai Cheng came an equally scorching and terrifying divine aura sweeping in oppressively.

He was like a conspicuous lamp, impossible to hide.

Even if he pushed the Sleeping Dragon Elephant technique to its utmost……

"I have been exposed all along…… even the Sleeping Dragon Elephant's breath-concealing, bone-hiding cannot free me……"

Li Che immediately thought of the jade pendant he had obtained from searching corpses, hidden in his bosom.

It must be that jade pendant……

It exposed his whereabouts!

Yet these people actually abandoned Simu Bai's corpse and came straight for him……

This undoubtedly released a signal.

Jade pendant……

Good stuff!

……

……

At this moment, the rain pouring from the heavens seemed utterly twisted!

Thud!

He stomped a step, his body carving a large circle in the rain curtain.

The pooled water surged forward in a wall before him, everything seeming to freeze.

"Hahaha…… it's the Ox Demon…… hahaha…… there's something……"

A figure wearing a child's mask of open-mouthed laughter, bearing a long spear, the heavenly rain parting above his head like a canopy.

The intense divine aura spread around, unexpectedly bringing an inexplicable joyous emotion; each raindrop seemed mixed with happiness and delight, making one... unable to resist wanting to burst into laughter.

Li Che's brows furrowed, his eyes icy cold, yet under the corruption of divinity he couldn't help wanting to open his mouth and emit laughter.

The rain seemed to have frozen.

The torrential rain suddenly congealed in midair, manipulated by powerful divinity.

Besides the silhouette of the girl's mask, there were two other figures, standing left and right, blocking his escape route.

The remaining two both wore knives at their waists; one was burly like a bear, eyes glaring, his divinity seeming to set the rain ablaze!

Li Che had already recognized this person...

One of the Three Divine Constables……【Wrathful Maitreya】 Zhao Xuanhai!

And the other two...

Li Che's eyes shifted beneath the bovine calf mask, glancing at the two.

These two must be the other two of the Three Divine Constables.

【Awe‑Struck Chasing Light】 Zhang Xiangyang, 【Chaotic Joy Deluding Divinity】 Zhou Ruoguan!

Xu You had once explained to Li Che the divine foundations mastered by the Three Divine Constables; their traits were so obvious that they could easily be distinguished.

【Wrathful Maitreya】, 【Awe‑Struck Chasing Light】, 【Chaotic Joy Deluding Divinity】!

The sequence of the Three Divine Foundations is a divine law transmitted by the imperial court!

At this moment they unleashed their divinity, utterly uncaring and no longer concealing it.

"The Three Divine Constables…… all possess the identities of the Spirit Infant Sect; this Spirit Infant Sect……" Li Che's face beneath the mask was extremely grim.

This city…… is utterly rotten!

Heaven and earth were windless and rainless, divided by divinity.

It seemed as if three torrential rivers lay across his path, obstructing him.

"Ox Demon, oh Ox Demon…"

"Never imagined that Si Mubai would actually die at your hands…"

"Fei Lei Three Young Masters, hahaha, died so miserably… torn apart by five horses, cut into countless pieces of flesh… hahaha, nicely done!"

The figure wearing a laughing girl's mask stared at Li Che.

"Ox Demon… you specialize in killing members of the Spirit Infant Sect? We are the three chief incense masters of the Spirit Infant Sect, you…"

"Come on, kill us then!"

The burly figure wearing an angry boy's mask, Zhao Xuanhai, coldly sneered and provoked.

There was also a figure wearing a fearful boy's mask, who said nothing, lifted his head, and gazed into the distance.

Tigers, leopards, and goats… all arrived.

Six divinity cultivators, all of the sort who nurture their nature like rivers; in an instant, it was as if six great rivers had sealed off the surroundings.

They faced off against each other; at this moment, the Ox Demon… seemed no longer of concern to them.

To those six divinity cultivators, a martial brute like the Ox Demon could be wiped out with a flip of the palm.

The reason Si Mubai died was largely because he already had injuries, then, in his haste to flee, he suffered a sneak attack mid-escape and was also struck by hidden weapons…

He was outright killed by the Ox Demon.

But they would not, for that is their absolute confidence in themselves.

"Suspended Thought Flowing Sword, Heart Shocked and Strong, Hundred Turns Worrying Dream… the Xu, Yang, and An families…"

"Xu Helì, An Ruosu, you and Si Mubai are both among the Three Young Masters of Fei Lei; to act so hastily against your sworn brother, do you feel no shame?"

……

……

Although Li Che erupted with the Dragon-Elephant Golden Vigor, his aura pressing close to that of a meridian martial artist, under the six powerful divinity presences, it became utterly insignificant.

At this moment, he was overlooked…

Although he was the infamous Ox Demon.

But these people obviously never regarded him.

This is truly…

Great.

Li Che liked that they ignored him; obviously they were facing off, and if anyone struck first to seize the jade pendant of Si Mubai from his hand, it would surely break the current stalemate.

But Li Che disliked feeling controlled by others.

He clenched his five fingers, gripping the jade pendant.

He hesitated whether to discard the jade pendant, for as long as he carried it, he would surely be discovered and unable to escape.

Just as Li Che was agonizing over this thought.

Within his chest…

The 【Immaculate Heart】 Dao fruit suddenly began to throb violently, as if it were about to burst out of his chest.

Li Che startled, then felt the divinity nurtured for so long within the 【Immaculate Heart】 erupt explosively, forcefully pouring into the jade pendant.

The divinity aura inside the jade pendant vanished in an instant.

And the entire jade pendant disappeared directly from Li Che's hand…

Huh?

At this moment.

Not only Li Che.

Even the six facing off were equally shocked.

Their gazes locked onto the Ox Demon at the same time, yet they could not sense the aura of Si Mubai's jade pendant at all.

"The Kunlun Jade is gone, the aura of the Si family elder's divine foundation fragment… has vanished into thin air!"

The faces beneath several masks all changed dramatically!

"Ox Demon… what did you do?"

At this moment, they finally redirected their attention onto Li Che.

A divine foundation fragment from a divine foundation cultivator is precisely the key for them to comprehend and touch the divine foundation!

This is a tremendous opportunity, and also one of the goals each household has in targeting the Si family this time.

The Si family elder, whose divine foundation is damaged, will inevitably, before death, split off a divine foundation fragment to continue the Si family line.

And only Si Mubai of the Si family could obtain that divine foundation fragment, the junior most likely to forge a divine foundation.

Li Che's lips beneath the ox calf mask couldn't help but curl up slightly.

The aura of the divine foundation fragment has disappeared?

Which means… the locator has vanished?

He fiercely smashed the big load on his back onto the ground, causing the murky pooled water to splash up.

His burly body surged with qi and blood like a flood dragon, his major tendons trembling and roaring…

Li Che looked around at those divinity cultivators who completely disregarded him…

"Everyone, I'll give you a big surprise!"

"Feel it well… the art of explosion."

Li Che lowered his voice, deep and filled with madness.

The black cloth was lifted, Li Che single-handedly shouldering the enhanced version of the 【Wooden Ferry Crow】…

Yet I saw the cylindrical belly made of top-grade black wood, with five pitch-black metal tubes rising from it, its interior filled with thumb-sized Wood Ferry Crows, neatly arranged.

The Ox Demon's major tendons in both arms trembled; the mighty qi and blood and internal strength throughout his body furiously poured into the raised odd mechanism aimed at them...

You have divinity...

I've got firepower!

"Immortal Artificer·Namu Gatling·Wood Ferry Crow!"

"Everyone..."

"Please enjoy a fireworks show!"

(End of chapter)