Chapter 19: This Is My Last Qi and Blood!

"Don't say it's just the back; even if you got the front, what would that change?"

The man watched Chen Shicheng's wildly darting eyes without caring, "Just because those police can kill at a glance, what can they do to me?"

"Then why are you wearing a mask? If you have the guts, take it off and let me see your face," Chen Shicheng said disdainfully.

"No need to rush. When I find you in the real world, before I kill you, I'll let you see what I look like."

The man decided not to continue toying with Chen Shicheng, sheathed his sword, held up his right middle and index fingers, and quickly muttered an incantation toward Chen Shicheng with a single finger.

A flash of fire flickered at his fingertip, and the moment it left his finger it became a massive fireball about a person tall, surging with overwhelming force straight at Chen Shicheng.

Before the fireball could close in, Chen Shicheng felt a pressing wave of heat rush toward him; he gritted his teeth and hurled the La Tiao in his arms into the forest behind him.

He can resurrect after death, but a native La Tiao doesn't get that privilege.

"Run, go back and wait for me!"

After speaking, he ignored whether La Tiao heard him, turned, stared at the incoming fireball without moving, and began channeling all his Qi into the Tang Sword.

"Damn! You want to kill me? Even in death I'll bite off a piece of you!"

The La Tiao he tossed spun lightly in the air and landed steadily on the ground; after a quick glance at the Chen Shicheng about to be engulfed by the fireball, it hesitated briefly, then decisively circled around and stealthily approached the man opposite.

Its black fur gave it great concealment in the night, and neither Chen Shicheng nor the man noticed its rapid movement across the ground.

The man also read Chen Shicheng's intention; instead of fearing a slip, he flashed a Taunt smile.

Although he is only Level 11, equivalent to the sixth tier of the Qi Cultivation Realm, since acquiring this Dao technique six months into the game he has trained for two and a half years, reaching Mastery level.

That fireball alone could melt gold and forge iron, its power nearly matching a Level 15 Qi Cultivation pinnacle master's full-force strike.

Want to swap wounds before death? Where do you still have the Lifespan to swing that blade!

In the next instant, the fireball struck Chen Shicheng hard.

He expected a wave of scorching pain, but there was no charred flesh as imagined, nor the burnt smell of seared skin.

"Buzz"

As the plain Cloud Bat pattern armor he had forgotten on his body emitted a tremor, a thin pale blue light barrier materialized out of nowhere.

The seemingly fragile light barrier stubbornly withstood the massive attack; the fireball's explosion produced flames that surged outward like floodwaters hitting a dam, spraying from his center to both sides and carving two charred trenches in the ground behind him.

"Impossible!"

The man stared at the unscathed Chen Shicheng, and both saw a flash of astonishment in each other's eyes.

Suppressing the lingering doubt, the man quickly prepared another fireball, but before his hand could rise, La Tiao burst from behind a nearby mound and pounced on his face, its sharp claws flailing up and down.

In an instant, a dozen flesh wounds flared on his face; before the man could react, La Tiao's hind claw happened to strike his left eye.

"Seeking death!"

The man, wincing, clutched his left eye; blood mixed with tears streamed down the gaps between his fingers, looking gruesome in the flickering firelight. He forced himself to endure the searing pain, grabbed the thrashing La Tiao with his left hand, hurled it to the ground, and raised his right foot to stomp down.

At the critical moment, Chen Shicheng's voice came from across, "Who gave you permission to harm my pet?"

"Oh no!"

The man looked up, meeting Chen Shicheng's blazing eyes and the Tang Sword already emitting a faint white glow.

Blade Aura!!! This can't be!

Even a top Level 15 veteran at this stage of the game couldn't cultivate Blade Aura; at most they could slash out Blade Qi or Sword Qi via a Skill, which costs huge resources and its power is rather mediocre.

Yet this newcomer clearly only at Level 1 can wield Blade Aura, and his stance is far from beginner's! What on earth is his Ancient Relic that has such tremendous effect?

Thinking that, a indescribable greed flashed in the man's eyes as he stared fixedly at Chen Shicheng, as if wanting to carve his form into his soul.

"Bye!"

As Chen Shicheng finished speaking, a massive arcing Blade Aura two people tall swept across the gap between them at lightning speed, slashing hard into the sword the man held before him.

The next second, the sword shattered, and the Blade Aura, unimpeded, sliced upward from the man's body, then, retaining its momentum, flew dozens of meters before dissipating point by point in the air.

"I will find you in the real world."

A vertical bloodstain appeared on the man's face; as his mouth opened and closed, his face began to shift, and with increasing distortion it finally split into two pieces that fell to the ground.

"hetui!"

Seeing the sewage and blood spattered on the ground, Chen Shicheng spat, waved at the La Tiao still hopping madly beside the corpse, signaling it to follow, then turned and rushed into the dark forest.

He shouldn't linger here; if that man were to revive on the spot by draining ten years of Lifespan, it would be disastrous.

He no longer has that Qi to swing now.

Ensuring La Tiao stayed behind him, Chen Shicheng didn't look back, ignored the branches striking him, and ran headlong for a full half hour.

Only after he lost track of where he had run did he dare stop, lean against a tree trunk to rest briefly, and glance at the panel he hadn't checked earlier.

【Kill Level 11 Yu Wei (player), overlevel kill grants double Experience Points, gain 40 Experience Points, obtain Ancient Relic: Eye of Bai Ze (bone ring) ×1.】

【Kill Level 11 Yu Wei (player), punish evil and promote good, Stealing Heaven Pendant effect activated, extract 107 Merit Points this time? (Remaining uses: 3/3)】

I'm going!

Staring at the string of prompts on the panel, Chen Shicheng was dumbfounded; it was still a massive drop! Surviving death was already a thrill, but an even bigger surprise followed—he had caused the opponent's Ancient Relic to burst out. Was it his own luck, or was the man's luck poor?

Moreover, the Merit Points haul was enormous, reaching three digits directly! It seems the pendant's effect hint was spot on; this person truly is a thoroughly wicked fellow.

But exactly how many people did he kill, how much sin did he commit, to reap such a bounty?

(End of Chapter)