Chapter 102: Substituted Death Device

Ding!

A slash that was ten‑out‑of‑nine sure landed only the clanging of gold and iron.

Yu Wei's angry attack was seized by a hand wrapped in golden light; the sharp blade seemed to hit something extremely hard and caused no damage at all.

This can't be!

Yu Wei, unable to believe it, stared at the dazzlingly golden Chen Shicheng and shouted.

In the previous few encounters, he thought he had already figured out Chen Shicheng's details; apart from the Attack Power‑strong Blade Fang, he had no other usable skills.

His movement speed and Defense Power were a mess; otherwise he couldn't have had an arm sliced off by his own sword.

He learned from the earlier lessons and deliberately studied a close‑combat sword technique, intending to surprise Chen Shicheng at the crucial moment.

But after the real clash, he realized the surprise was actually for him!

At this moment, Chen Shicheng was also a bit surprised; he had expected Yu Wei to, as before, rely on a defensive shield and fight him, having already planned to wear down the Turtle Shell and then slay Yu Wei.

But Yu Wei gave him a surprise! This guy has no idea what's in his head; after tossing three Fire Talismans, he actually tried to melee, colliding head‑on! Take a look at the max‑level Golden Light Divine Spell! Yu Wei jerked the sword twice with force, but the blade wouldn't budge, as if it had grown onto Chen Shicheng's hand.

Without time to think, he let go of the sword and kicked his right leg at Chen Shicheng's abdomen, intending to use the momentum to retreat.

But as his leg was only halfway raised, Chen Shicheng struck first, kicking his shin bone head‑on.

The refined Attribute empowered by the Golden Light Divine Spell had reached 58.1, rounding up to nearly the level of a 20th‑rank Body‑Refining cultivator; the massive force snapped Yu Wei's lower leg, the pale bone fragment piercing the skin and hanging in the air.

Before Yu Wei could cry out in pain, Chen Shicheng casually caught the falling sword and swung it back.

A crescent of cold light slashed across Yu Wei's neck, accompanied by blood soaring upward, and a bewildered head spun and flew away.

On the other side, Shuigu Tang, whose skills all leaned toward agility, handled the defensively‑oriented Yellow Turban Strongman with ease; even though she couldn't deal much damage, the Strongman was no match for her.

With the help of Evil Ghost Pill, she was even more relaxed, so she had idle moments to occasionally watch the battle on Chen Shicheng's side.

But when she turned around, Yu Wei's floating head left her dumbfounded; in her daze she almost got slapped in the face by the Yellow Turban Strongman's Demon‑Subduing Palm.

What the heck? She had expected that Chen Shicheng, locked in a tough stalemate with Yu Wei, would be waiting for her to finish him off or shake off the Strongman, then the two would team up to kill Yu Wei.

Anyway, summoned beings like the Yellow Turban Strongman vanish immediately after their master dies, so there's no need to confront them head‑on.

But what is she seeing now??

This is clearly a no‑holds‑barred kill—within a few dozen seconds, Yu Wei was beheaded, Chen Shicheng sustained no injuries, not even a torn garment.

More importantly, what is that golden aura on his body? The Golden Light Divine Spell?

Are the Eight Great Divine Spells of the Daoist sect really that powerful, letting a novice gain such a massive boost right after initiation? Should she look for one to learn? A flood of chaotic thoughts flashed through her mind, slowing her movements; if Evil Ghost Pill hadn't risked injury to shield her a few times, perhaps Shuigu Tang would have perished together with Yu Wei.

Chen Shicheng watched Shuigu Tang, who was flustered from her daze, and his eyebrows gradually knit.

Logically, after Yu Wei was killed, the Yellow Turban Strongman should have vanished, so what is happening now? He quickly considered a possibility and snapped his head toward a nearby headless corpse. Sure enough, where Yu Wei had died, the body had vanished, replaced by a palm‑sized headless straw man.

Not far away, a figure gently touching his neck, still trembling, slowly materialized—it was the Yu Wei he had just beheaded.

"Is this a death‑substitution tool? MD, leaning on a big organization, sure has it—so rare stuff!"

Chen Shicheng muttered under his breath and immediately activated Plum Blossom Triple, preparing to finish Yu Wei once more.

But before he could step forward, a Buddhist chant rang from behind.

"Amitabha!"

An invisible ripple swept over his body, catching him off guard; Chen Shicheng involuntarily felt a thought of taking refuge, his body instinctively turned toward the charging Yellow Turban Strongman, and he raised both hands as if to bow in prayer.

Damn!

Fortunately, he is a Spirit‑Refining cultivator, and the Strongman's Divine Attribute is only 1 point; in an instant he shook off the bizarre mental influence.

But Yu Wei seized the chance, ignoring both Chen Shicheng and the Strongman, and rushed toward Shuigu Tang without a second thought.

"The organization's primary target is that woman; personal grudges must not disrupt the plan!"

Of course, that's just Yu Wei's outward claim; deep down he refuses to admit that he's somewhat fearful of the man before him.

When they first met, he was clearly a newcomer yet managed to kill him unexpectedly; with each subsequent encounter, the man has been rapidly growing.

From cheating to direct confrontation, and now slaying him as if grinding a low‑level foe, it's been less than two months.

He even feels he's not facing a newcomer but an ancient deity who has been in the game for three years.

Shuigu Tang hadn't expected Yu Wei to possess a death‑substitution device; momentarily panicked, she quickly acted to stop him from getting closer.

Two broken blades, controlled by fine iron chains, reflected cold light and darted agilely toward the advancing Yu Wei, while their bases kept shifting toward Chen Shicheng.

Although Yu Wei no longer wielded a sword, he still had talisman papers; the erupting Flame instantly disrupted the broken blades' rhythm, and they continued to fly toward Shuigu Tang unabated.

She quickly performed a side flip, evading the burst Flame, but that brief pause caused the distance between them to close rapidly, and Evil Ghost Pill, which was blocking Yu Wei's path, was easily slipped past.

After all, this gear originally belonged to Yu Wei; how could he not know Evil Ghost Pill's power?

Everything still sailed toward the worst direction! Although Shuigu Tang lacks appraisal skills, she can discern during combat that the Yellow Turban Strongman's level is definitely high and that it's a defensive summon.

Even Chen Shicheng couldn't resolve it in a short time! She grew impatient, wanting to sprint to Chen Shicheng for help as fast as possible.

However, Yu Wei wasn't a pacifist; he ignored the Evil Ghost Pill and Shuigu Tang's twin blades behind him, willing to risk injury to charge forward, clearly aiming for a swift decisive battle.

(End of Chapter)