Chapter 356: Wen Fa (Requesting Monthly Tickets)

My lord's Dharma name is "Wen Fa".

This Dharma is quite popular among the sons of great surnames.

As long as one can capture a sufficiently powerful anomaly, bind it within oneself through spellcasting, one can obtain immense combat power.

Moreover, one can combine different anomalies to ensure one's combat power has no weaknesses.

Great surname families have sufficient ability to capture various anomalies for their sons.

But this Dharma carries significant hidden dangers.

When too many anomalies are bound within the body, it easily leads to anomaly transformation.

Furthermore, since this Dharma is ultimately a "shortcut," its reputation among the great aristocratic families of Huangming is not good.

Sons who choose this Dharma are considered to lack ambition.

Generally, the legitimate eldest sons of a family would never choose this Dharma.

For instance, Fu Jingyu and Miao Yu would absolutely never cultivate this Dharma.

My lord cultivates this Dharma and does not need a True Seed, but he requires Ghost-Need Wood.

If "Thousand Changes and Ten Thousand Transformations" and "Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell" could be tattooed onto his body, it would cause his strength to skyrocket.

Moreover, he has already sold this True Seed in advance.

The price left him very satisfied.

The Quicksand Monster was indeed an anomaly he specifically purchased at great cost to counter Rank Dan Xiu.

The sword pills of Rank Dan Xiu are completely ineffective against this anomaly.

The damage Fu Zhong Huo can inflict is also very limited.

The quicksand had already reached Xu Yuan's feet and was about to swarm up.

Xu Yuan stamped his feet, and a fire wheel rose, carrying him high into the air.

That quicksand let out a "Whoosh!" and followed, soaring into the sky, transforming into a storm of wind and sand.

Xu Yuan, with a heavy face, rushed swiftly toward the Rank Dan Xiu.

Forget everything else for now; you dared to hit my goose, so I'll kill you first!

The Rank Dan Xiu also spat out his sword pill, blocking a few times in the air, before Xu Yuan's sword pill sliced it to pieces.

He then released a Longzhu Waidan, which transformed into a great cauldron, and he hid inside it.

The sword pill struck the great cauldron several times, carving deep marks upon it.

With just a few more strikes, it would split this great cauldron open.

The Rank Dan Xiu trembled violently and cried out in alarm, "My lord, save me!"

Meanwhile, the Wu Xiu nearby, giving his all, roared, "My lord, save me!"

He had taken the medicinal pill given by the Rank Dan Xiu, but it had not the slightest effect.

At this moment, his entire body was covered in foul sores.

He coughed incessantly, spitting out mouthfuls of black blood.

His whole body was scalding hot, as if being burned by fire.

My lord gritted his teeth and gently rubbed another tattoo on his body.

A thick black mist surged out from the tattoo.

Within the black mist, three bloody red ghost eyes floated up and down, opening and closing intermittently.

The black mist let out a "Whoosh!" and wrapped around the Rank Dan Xiu and the great cauldron.

Xu Yuan's sword pill pierced in, immediately feeling an immense heaviness; fierce yin qi attacked violently, attempting to corrupt the sword pill.

Xu Yuan had already arrived swiftly; he opened his mouth, "Hoo—"

Six-Stream Fu Zhong Huo rolled out.

That black mist let out a "Squeal!" of agony.

Fu Zhong Huo was too effective against it.

Moreover, Xu Yuan's Fu Zhong Huo concealed three hairpins.

The three hairpins each pierced one of the ghost eyes.

Thick black blood flowed from the ghost eyes, and the black mist immediately shrank into a ball.

Seizing this opportunity, the sword pill pierced through the great cauldron with a single strike, and with a "Plop!" it pierced straight through the Rank Dan Xiu's brow!

The instant the Rank Dan Xiu died, the great cauldron clattered to the ground.

Da Fu was not far away; he jumped up happily, his two large webbed feet slapping "Slap-slap-slap!" in the air.

Fan Zhezi did a good job!

My lord flew into a rage: "You dare kill my man!"

He swiped his right hand over a spot on his left arm, and from a tattoo on the outer side of his left arm, a pitch-black anomaly thorn extended!

The anomaly thorn was ferocious; like a living creature, it wrapped around his entire right arm.

Spikes grew out one by one along the arm.

In front of his palm, a sword-thorn extending a full zhang in length spread out.

This was the strongest anomaly he had bound within his entire body.

It had already reached the standard of Five-Stream.

He generally dared not use it.

Although he was a Five-Stream Dharma cultivator, his Dharma relied entirely on anomalies for combat.

Using too many anomalies would cause the risk of anomaly transformation to surge.

A single Five-Stream anomaly thorn was already his limit.

If the battle dragged on, the sinister dagger would crawl upward along its arm, eventually swallowing his entire head.

Xu Yuan killed the Rank Dan Xiu, venting the bitterness in his chest, then turned and spat a burst of fire at the swirling sandstorm.

The Sixth Flow's abdominal fire made the sandstorm hesitate.

Xu Yuan landed back on the ground, secretly clutching the Dog Head Gold.

The quicksand followed, hissing and rushing toward Xu Yuan once more from the ground.

After entering the "stall"'s range, it suddenly could not gather together.

The quicksand flowed around Xu Yuan, yet always avoided him.

Like a fly without a head.

Xu Yuan gripped the Yin-Yang Guillotine, opened his Yin-Yang Eyes to inspect the quicksand monster—and suddenly felt a stir in his heart; his Pi Dan instantly shot out and spread open behind his head.

A jet-black sinister dagger materialized out of thin air.

Straight for Xu Yuan's occiput.

The sinister dagger was blocked by the Pi Dan.

The dagger kept thrusting; though it failed to pierce the Pi Dan, it sank two feet deep into it.

Xu Yuan pulled back, and the Pi Dan retreated with him.

The sinister dagger vanished into the void.

My lord's face darkened, his eyes locked on Xu Yuan; suddenly he raised his hand again.

The sinister dagger suddenly erupted from Xu Yuan's left waist.

Xu Yuan wrapped the Pi Dan around his entire body; though this thrust was blocked, it still wounded Lord Xu.

Xu Yuan gritted his teeth, peeled the Pi Dan off his body, and wrapped it backward around the sinister dagger.

Xu Yuan seized the sinister dagger!

My lord pulled hard—the sinister dagger vanished.

The quicksand swirled endlessly around Xu Yuan.

The wind and sand howled, obscuring Xu Yuan's vision.

The sinister dagger kept thrusting from the flying sand; Xu Yuan could only once again wrap himself in the Pi Dan, defending passively.

Xu Yuan held the Yin-Yang Guillotine, his vision splitting in two.

He closed his left eye, ignoring all things of the Yang world.

The wind and sand could no longer obscure his vision.

Too bad the Tiger Head Guillotine could not sever my lord's demonic entities.

These demonic entities, in a certain sense, were already my lord's "Yin Soldiers."

In his other hand, Xu Yuan toyed with the tortoise shell, gently exhaling a breath of fire.

The abdominal fire scorched the tortoise shell.

Divination: Today is auspicious!

Da Fu crept stealthily behind my lord.

Suddenly he spat.

Then he turned and ran!

He spread his wings and flew low, instantly covering hundreds of zhang, landing on a tree, and turning back to watch the battlefield.

My lord's body was speckled with a few droplets of saliva; instantly he felt weak and feverish all over.

"Damn it!" my lord cursed inwardly—this goose was an auspicious creature! How could it spread disease?!

Xu Yuan put away the tortoise shell, now playing with three hairpins.

He gently shook them—ding ling ling…

My lord instantly felt his soul being hooked by iron claws, dragged from his body.

He staggered involuntarily, his head searing with pain; in a daze, he thrust blindly at Xu Yuan.

The sinister dagger suddenly dropped from directly above Xu Yuan's head.

The wind and sand here were at their fiercest.

But Xu Yuan was no longer affected by the wind and sand; after blocking it with the Pi Dan, he easily dodged aside.

The three hairpins suddenly shot out, the Fifth Flow artifact slicing across my lord's neck.

His neck was covered in tattoos.

Suddenly a thick layer of scales surfaced.

The three hairpins scraped past, sparking a trail of fire.

Xu Yuan moved swiftly, constantly shifting position, denying the sinister dagger any opening.

The three hairpins struck again and again.

All aimed at my lord's vital points.

Neck, third eye, chest, and more.

My lord had scales protecting all these vital points.

Xu Yuan changed position again, soon leaving a series of wounds on his legs and abdomen!

"Ghost Physician Steals Life" activated immediately!

My lord grew extremely weak.

But Xu Yuan suddenly flashed aside, bringing down the Yin-Yang Guillotine—severing the Wu Xiu's head!

The Wu Xiu was already on the brink of death.

Yet before dying, he let out a final scream.

This utterly enraged my lord.

He lunged at Xu Yuan with reckless abandon, swinging the sinister dagger repeatedly—

Xu Yuan shook the silver bell and sidestepped with ease.

My lord now had no technique left.

In truth, as long as he held out, my lord's illness would slowly erupt, and victory would surely belong to Xu Yuan.

But Xu Yuan intended to enrage him, to make him rush in and fight to the death—to kill the Wu Xiu was the goal.

This fellow was a Fifth-Rank, and if he suddenly regained his wits and fled, Xu Yuan might not be able to catch him.

He held a high official rank and came from an illustrious background; if he escaped, the consequences would be endless!

My lord roared: "I'll kill you! What are you, to dare kill my men…"

He charged and struck wildly; Xu Yuan grew even calmer, quietly winding the beast-tendon rope around my lord's ankles.

"Got him!" Xu Yuan thought, then unleashed all his strength—a tally stick shot forth.

A clatter and flurry of movement disrupted my lord's vision.

Suddenly, three hairpins surged from the chaos, piercing straight into my lord's both eyes!

Hss—

They emerged from the back of his skull.

My lord froze, all strength draining away, collapsing like a pile of rotting meat.

(End of Chapter)