Chapter 103: Life‑Risking Battle

Seeing the number of outer disciple casualties surging beside him, Li Mu knew that if he continued to hide here, there would be no way out!

Song Haolin suddenly withdrew and betrayed his teammates, causing the outer disciples' support to collapse!

In the vast square, only Li Mu remained alone!

From now on, the battle would be borne solely by Li Mu himself!

"Huff..."

"Has it finally come to this moment?"

Li Mu let out a long breath; his originally somewhat wavering gaze instantly became resolute!

The upcoming battle!

If Li Mu does not act, then so be it.

Once he acts, he will unleash all his trump cards, exerting his full strength!

He does not want to die at the hands of this Blackscale Evil Flood Dragon before he has even used his full power!

If there is no battle, then so be it.

Once battle is joined, give it everything!

The blade's edge is icy and overbearing!

The power's momentum is vast!

Even when Li Mu was still at the peak of the Ten Grade Lian Qi Realm, upon entering the Forbidden Realm: Ninth Forbidden, his physical strength had already broken through to the terrifying level of one million kilograms!

Nowadays!

Having reached the third-grade Concentration Realm, Li Mu can unleash at least two million kilograms of physical strength with every move!

On this base, he further adds the Reverse Opening Eight Gates Classic, the Seven Kill Grand Form, and so on!

This lets Li Mu, in each subsequent slash, unleash a force of nearly ten million kilograms of thunderous power!

"Swift as Dust!"

Purple-black arcs of electricity coiled beneath Li Mu's feet, his figure almost like thunder and lightning!

In the blink of an eye, he arrived directly above the Blackscale Evil Flood Dragon's head!

Because most of the Blackscale Evil Flood Dragon's massive body was suppressed by the Zhu Tian Shen Mo Ta, even if it wanted to dodge, it could do nothing.

It could only watch helplessly as Li Mu's Revenge Blade spat forth terrifying red-black blade qi.

With the force of a thunderbolt, he swung straight at the Blackscale Evil Flood Dragon's huge head.

"Boom—"

The enormous roar burst forth like a muffled thunderclap!

The Revenge Blade struck heavily upon the Blackscale Evil Flood Dragon's skull.

The Blackscale Evil Flood Dragon, shaken by the Seven Absolute Blade Qi, shed scales like rain!

They scattered everywhere!

Li Mu's slash!

It directly split the Blackscale Evil Flood Dragon's crown, flesh tearing open!

The Blackscale Evil Flood Dragon, in pain, opened its blood‑filled maw and roared to the heavens!

A foul black wind spewed from its mouth, making Li Mu dizzy!

This Blackscale Evil Flood Dragon contains deadly poison!

With each breath, it exhales poisonous gas!

When the poison entered his body, Li Mu's heart startled, and he thought to himself:

"Damn it!"

"The Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll still hasn't awakened!"

"Otherwise, this kind of deadly poison would not have had time to take effect before the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll transferred it onto those sacrificial pawns."

Although the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll currently cannot exert its effect!

It cannot make unfavorable events that happened in a period of time never have occurred; it can only turn favorable things into reality.

But Li Mu's physique has long since changed; having entered the Forbidden Realm: Ninth Forbidden, this already signifies that his bodily foundation has slightly touched the realm of immortals!

Furthermore,

After overcoming a major bottleneck, his cultivation broke through to the Concentration Realm!

This further signifies that Li Mu has forged the Eight Meridians into One, with jade tendons and iron bones!

It can be said that, in a very short time, Li Mu's body has undergone two earth‑shaking transformations, thereby elevating his physique directly!

Perhaps to others, the poisonous mist exhaled by the Blackscale Evil Flood Dragon is undoubtedly a deadly toxin that turns faces pale at mention and kills on contact!

But for Li Mu's current physique, this lethal toxin inflicts little harm, merely causing his body to feel numb and his movements to become noticeably sluggish.

Taking this opportunity,

The Blackscale Evil Flood Dragon fiercely swung its huge head, ramming straight at Li Mu.

The sharp horn atop its head is even sharper than many divine weapons, terrifying, possessing tremendous penetrating power!

Purple lightning coils around the horn, cold light flashing, stabbing straight toward Li Mu's heart!

But before Li Mu's eyes lay a haze of poisonous mist, so dim that with the naked eye he could not possibly catch the Blackscale Evil Flood Dragon's attack.

He could only hold his breath, focus his spirit, and judge position by sound.

"Huff..."

Feeling a fierce wind rush toward him, Li Mu stepped back repeatedly.

The purple‑black arcs of electricity instantly appeared beneath his feet!

"Wind‑Chasing Lightning!"

Immediately following.

Li Mu's body swayed, and he already appeared in an open space a hundred meters away.

After mastering the Landmine Dao Technique, Li Mu could no longer mobilize merely ordinary thunder-attribute spiritual energy!

Instead, it was pure landmine power, which not only allowed Li Mu's Purple Thunder Sword Technique to directly break through great perfection and reach the Extreme Realm.

Meanwhile, by utilizing the characteristics of the Purple Thunder Sword Technique and combining it with the Landmine Dao Technique.

This granted Li Mu, within the area covered by the Landmine Dao Technique, speed and agility not inferior to any Xuan Tier high-level, even Earth Tier movement techniques.

He gained a brief opportunity to catch his breath.

Li Mu hurriedly mobilized the Samadhi True Fire to purify the flood-dragon toxin within his body!

The Samadhi True Fire blazed fiercely!

The deep-rooted, pervasive poison that had infected Li Mu's limbs and organs, in the face of the Samadhi True Fire capable of purifying some worldly evil and impurity,

Like snow under the scorching sun, it rapidly melted and dissolved; soon the toxin was completely purified, and his disordered qi and blood, as well as his true qi, returned to calm.

Hum!

But Li Mu had barely steadied himself after landing when a point of cold light came first, stabbing straight toward his head.

This was the horn of the Mystic Scale Evil Flood Dragon!

Hiss!

This Mystic Scale Evil Flood Dragon was like a bone-attached maggot, giving Li Mu no chance to catch his breath at all.

Moreover, Li Mu had just used the Samadhi True Fire to purify the severe toxin in his body; in such a short time he simply couldn't unleash a second Purple Thunder Sword Technique!

Now!

Li Mu was already unable to avoid it!

That sharp horn, entwined with purple-black arcs of electricity, would surely pierce Li Mu!

In this brief moment of life and death!

Li Mu instinctively placed his Vengeance Blade horizontally before his chest, hoping to rely on brute force to block the incoming sharp horn.

Clang!

Accompanied by a tremendous metallic clang, Li Mu raised both hands, holding the Vengeance Blade level, and placed the blade horizontally before his chest.

And the horn of the Mystic Scale Evil Flood Dragon heavily struck the blade of the Vengeance Blade; the immense, terrifying force actually dented the blade inward, bending it.

Waves of red-black blade qi rippled across the blade of the Vengeance Blade.

But just as Li Mu felt he could barely hold on, his eyes turned blood-red, and he gritted his teeth, letting out a low roar from his throat: 'Break Pot and Sink Ship!'

Puchi!

Instantly!

Accompanied by a crisp sound of a blade piercing flesh, the short blade on the hilt of the Vengeance Blade instantly pierced Li Mu's right palm.

Bright red blood gushed forth, instantly absorbed by the Vengeance Blade!

Instantly, Li Mu's whole body was suffused with a great red light!

Like an Asura descending into the world!

Boom!

Seven Kill Grand Form!

Slash!

Dang!

In the state of having activated Break Pot and Sink Ship, Li Mu's attack doubled directly; he twisted the blade with force, released the power, and used his shoulder to block that thrust!

Puchi!

A dull sound of the sharp horn piercing flesh came!

Blood arrows shot forth!

But Li Mu seemed to feel no excruciating pain in his left chest at all!

He glared with angry eyes, and the black-red Seven Absolute Blade Qi from his Vengeance Blade continuously spewed forth, striking the horn of the Mystic Scale Evil Flood Dragon with the force of ten thousand jun, producing the sound of metal weapons clashing.

He chopped down with a single blade!

Crack, crack, crack...

The horn atop the Mystic Scale Evil Flood Dragon's head, like fragile porcelain unable to bear weight, began to crack and crumble, tiny fragments drifting on the wind, indeed showing signs of imminent shattering.

Roar, roar, roar!

The Mystic Scale Evil Flood Dragon raised its head and roared, the orange-yellow vertical pupils revealing a remarkably human-like look of surprise; it hastily withdrew, actually maintaining a safe distance from Li Mu on its own.

However, although the Mystic Scale Evil Flood Dragon had been frightened by Li Mu's desperate fighting style,

but at this moment, Li Mu was also faring poorly.

His left chest had been pierced deep by the horn of the Mystic Scale Evil Flood Dragon, creating a blood-filled cavity, his entire torso pierced through.

Even with his true qi intentionally sealing the wound, a steady stream of blood still flowed from that massive cavity, dyeing more than half of his body completely red.

Although Li Mu's fleshly body had entered the Forbidden Realm: Ninth Ban, hard as profound-steel adamant!

But the horn on the head of the Mystic Scale Evil Flood Dragon was sharp enough to rival a supreme divine artifact, incredibly sharp!

In this close-quarters clash, a direct hard collision, it could be said that both sides suffered mutual losses.

Howl...

This beast, its strength is far too great!

Even when I used the special technique Break Pot and Sink Ship, I couldn't gain any advantage from him.

Li Mu covered his left chest wound, then quickly leapt backward.

He arrived at a safe place a hundred meters away, stopped, and took deep, heavy breaths.

He stared at the dark‑scaled evil flood‑dragon's hard, scale‑armored body and found it especially troublesome.

At the beginning.

Before fighting this beast, Li Mu had already roughly estimated its peak as a ninth‑rank Demon General!

But now it seems!

My earlier estimate was ultimately a bit too optimistic.

This dark‑scaled evil flood‑dragon inherits the brute, sword‑drawing power of a python as well as the defensive strength of its scale armor.

Moreover, its body harbors an extremely domineering, instantly lethal toxin!

It can be said to be extremely hard to deal with; even if you get close, ordinary Slash attacks cannot seriously wound it.

Moreover!

The most headache‑inducing thing for Li Mu is the lone horn on the dark‑scaled evil flood‑dragon's head, which is absurdly sharp and hard!

Even Li Mu's flesh, which surpasses that of beasts, can easily pierce it!

Earlier, if it hadn't been at that hair‑breadth moment.

Li Mu pivoted at the crucial moment, causing the horn to pierce his own scapula.

Had that horn shifted down just an inch, it would have pierced Li Mu's heart!

Li Mu furrowed his brows, his thoughts racing like lightning.

"If I keep choosing to fight this beast head‑on, I definitely won't gain any advantage."

"Crucially, the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll, after devouring the Northern Dark Demon King, has fallen into a slumber."

"And we don't know when it will awaken; if we keep trading wounds like this, even though my flesh has already entered the Forbidden Realm: the Ninth Forbidden level."

"In the end, the one who gets exhausted to death will only be me…"

"Wait!"

"Exhausted to death?"

"Yeah!"

"Exhaust him to death!"

Suddenly, Li Mu's eyes brightened, and an idea instantly formed.

"Since I'm not a match for this beast in direct combat."

"Why not choose a ranged attrition, constantly kite it, wear it down?"

"Admittedly, this process is a bit slow!"

"But the Eight‑Nine Profound Art I've been cultivating has now reached level 17, successfully opening the seventeenth star acupoint!"

"My internal Qi reservoir is as deep as an abyss, far beyond that of ordinary Concentration Realm cultivators."

"Moreover, with the first gate of the Reverse‑Opening Eight Gates Scripture—Opening Gate—activated, my Qi recovery rate will be twice the normal."

"Of course, even if we take a step back."

"If even the Reverse‑Opening Eight Gates Scripture can't keep up with my Qi consumption, I have already refined many second‑grade Qi‑recovering Pills before descending the mountain!"

"And each of these Qi‑recovering Pills bears a unique seal, making them top‑grade."

"So, no matter how you look at it, if the battle turns into a war of attrition."

"That would be advantageous for me!"

"Clang!"

The next moment.

Li Mu once again drew the Earth‑Dragon Mountain‑Piercing Sword from his left side!

Left hand: Earth‑Dragon Mountain‑Piercing Sword; right hand: Revenge Blade!

After a long fight, this is Li Mu's first time wielding dual blades in combat!

The next moment.

Li Mu crossed his two blades before his chest, and a mighty, surging Qi flooded into them.

The Revenge Blade's blood‑red blade light, together with the Earth‑Dragon Mountain‑Piercing Sword's earth‑yellow blade light, rapidly expanded.

Blade aura surged!

Unmatched Blade Intent continuously rose within Li Mu.

In the vague moment.

Behind Li Mu, faint silhouettes of two blades seemed to appear on his left and right.

Blade Intent surged!

The last time Li Mu fought using two blades simultaneously.

It goes back to the life‑or‑death battle with Lin Zehong in the Yunshan Secret Realm!

Now, facing this dark‑scaled evil flood‑dragon!

Li Mu has no choice but to play his strongest trump card again.

Dual‑blade style!

At this moment, the dark‑scaled evil flood‑dragon also sensed Li Mu's surge of aura.

It slowly shifted its body, its orange‑yellow vertical pupils fixed on Li Mu!

The dark‑scaled evil flood‑dragon gaped its massive blood‑filled maw and roared toward the heavens.

Simultaneously.

The onyx‑colored light within its mouth continuously gathered and surged upward!

Clearly, the dark‑scaled evil flood‑dragon also sensed the danger!

It did not choose to wait for death but launched an attack, wielding its killer's hammer.