Chapter 106: Between Life and Death

The mana accumulated at his brow was decreasing bit by bit.

The Primordial Classic is infinitely profound; according to Lao Tie, it is a 'perfect' cultivation method.

But where in the world is there truly a 'perfect' thing?

The so-called perfection is the promising cultivation prospect of the Primordial Classic.

Before reaching the goal of 'perfection', this is not a smooth sailing highway to the heavens.

Breaking into the Perceiving Mystery Realm, he drives the Wind and Cloud Banner with mana, flying tracelessly at extreme speed. However, the mana consumption is equally astonishing.

Moreover, each time he cultivates, Wu Tie can only accumulate a thread of mana seed; the vast majority of the mana produced from cultivation merges into his whole body, seeping into the microscopic level that Wu Tie currently cannot perceive.

After fleeing over a hundred li, Wu Tie's mana was left with only an insignificant trifle.

The two streaks of Blood Light behind him, however, were getting faster; in a sudden 'whoosh', the two streaks of Blood Light passed Wu Tie and blocked his front.

A roar sounded; a mass of Blood Light suddenly became blazing and viscous; within the Blood Light, a jet-black human figure flickered, that figure wriggling eerily, and in the snap of a finger transformed into a towering monster with a crimson body, wolf head, and human torso.

This guy looks similar to a wolf warrior, but his wolf head sprouts a sharp horn; his teeth are especially sharp and elongated, the tips slightly curved, resembling a poisonous snake's fangs at first glance.

Behind him, moreover, a pair of blood-colored bat-like flesh wings spread open; the thin wings flapped rapidly, emitting a huge 'bang bang' sound.

With the rapid waving of the flesh wings, this guy gave a low, sinister laugh, waving two serrated long blades, ghost-like and unpredictable as he lunged at Wu Tie.

This guy's speed is extremely fast; in the blink of an eye before Wu Tie, the two curved blades were already before him.

One curved blade thrust straight at the heart, the other swept horizontally at the neck; this guy attacked viciously, the blade light flashing, Wu Tie even felt the faint sting of blade touching skin.

Wu Tie glared angrily, let out a low roar, retracted the Wind and Cloud Banner, gripped tightly the White Tiger Spear whose white tiger head was concealed, and thrust forward a simple, straightforward spear.

No parrying, no dodging, fighting life for life, wound for wound.

The White Tiger Spear, weighing 108,000 catties, emitted an extremely muffled tearing-through-air sound, like a great mountain soaring through the sky, raising an extremely tragic, unstoppable battlefield killing aura, straight thrust at that guy's throat.

Fast, fast to the extreme.

Lao Tie only taught Wu Tie two spear techniques: one 'Straight', one 'Round'.

When Wu Tie practiced in private, he thrust forward countless times, and straight-thrust toward any point in all directions as he pleased.

This extremely tragic spear gathered all of Wu Tie's strength, gathered all of his spiritual will.

Wu Tie seemed to have returned to the day he obtained the White Tiger Spear, as if when he first grasped the White Tiger Spear, the phantoms that had once appeared reappeared.

Countless fireballs fell from the sky; huge stones from the sky smashed down with terrifying roar.

Countless heavily armored warriors, wielding uniform White Tiger Spears, roared and thrust in unison toward the sky, unleashing a heaven-shattering spear.

'Kill!' A mass of hot air surged in Wu Tie's chest; his whole body's blood seemed to be burning; he bellowed with all his might.

The Changsheng Sect expert transformed into a wolf-headed, human-bodied figure with twin wings had his pupils suddenly contract; he seemed to see countless tiger-like fierce warriors standing in the sky-filling sandstorm, holding spears, crossing time and space to simultaneously thrust a deadly spear at him.

Wu Tie was merely at the Perceiving Mystery Realm cultivation, while this Changsheng Sect expert was already a Chonglou Realm expert.

Yet Wu Tie's spear gave him the illusion that it could not be blocked, that it must not be blocked.

The great roar exploded beside his ears, like a thunderclap blasting straight into his mind.

Golden stars flashed before his eyes; the Changsheng Sect expert's courage plummeted to freezing point, the originally surging killing intent all over his body shaken into fragments.

He shouted angrily; the two curved blades that had already touched Wu Tie's skin snapped back, viciously chopping onto the shaft of the White Tiger Spear.

A 'ding' sound; the two curved blades burst forth countless sparks.

The Changsheng Sect expert widened his eyes, looking in terror and despair at the White Tiger Spear charging straight in, as if encountering no obstruction.

The two curved blades seemed to have struck a mountain ten thousand ren high; the White Tiger Spear remained unmoved, a tremendous force that made one despair rebounded back, the two exquisitely forged 'Primordial Weapon' curved blades were shaken to a ninety-degree bend, then suddenly exploded.

A 'puchi' sound.

The White Tiger Spear pierced the half-inch-thick armor plate before the Changsheng Sect expert's throat, penetrated his neck, and from the back of his neck protruded the pure-white spear tip.

A nearly substantive killing aura surged from the White Tiger Spear; a low, ferocious, extraordinarily brutal tiger roar echoed in the Changsheng Sect expert's mind.

A tiger roar, the soul shattered.

Wu Tie flicked his wrist; the immense brute force combined with the terrifying weight of the White Tiger Spear was like a boulder smashing an egg; the Changsheng Sect expert's lower half of his body exploded violently, turning into a blood mist that sprayed tens of meters backward.

All of this happened in an extremely short time.

The Changsheng Sect's unnamed expert made a move, then was counter-killed by Wu Tie's extremely fierce spear thrust straight through.

At the same time, another Changsheng Sect expert who had come to pursue formed hand seals; a ball of blood-colored lightning the size of a human head sizzled forth from his palm.

Just as Wu Tie's spear killed the enemy, this Changsheng Sect expert's palm lightning burst forth, a bowl-thick bolt of blood-colored lightning howling out and viciously striking Wu Tie's chest.

Immense force struck; countless fine threads of lightning covered Wu Tie's entire body.

Wu Tie was blown backward hundreds of meters, his head slamming into a stalactite hanging from the passage ceiling; the stalactite, about a meter thick, was shattered.

Wu Tie's five viscera and six bowels were violently shaken; a mouthful of blood spurted far away.

The blood-colored lightning rapidly drilled into Wu Tie's body; wherever it passed, large areas of blood plasma boiled and burned, then exploded uncontrollably.

Wu Tie's upper torso bulged with five or six egg-sized lumps of flesh; then with a 'papa' sound, these lumps exploded, splattering blobs of blood, leaving Wu Tie with five or six bowl-sized wounds exposing bone.

Intense pain surged; blood spattered; his body felt waves of weakness.

Wu Tie widened his eyes; his bloodshot eyes stared fixedly at the Changsheng Sect expert whose hands again condensed a mass of blood-colored lightning.

That Changsheng Sect expert, after making his move, only then saw his companion turned into a blood mist by Wu Tie's spear thrust.

He also couldn't help but widen his eyes, shouting at Wu Tie: 'You little beast… you… you…'

In the midst of the roar, a second bolt of blood-colored lightning howled forth, instantly reaching Wu Tie's chest.

Wu Tie let out a long cry, then forcefully struck the Brocade Carp Soft Sword coiled at his waist; with a 'swish-swish' tearing-through-air sound, twelve azure, lively little carp fish shot out, rapidly swirling and dancing before Wu Tie, transforming into a sheet of luminous sword light that blocked the blood lightning.

The Brocade Carp Sword vibrated intensely, water rippled, countless ripples arose; the twelve tiny Brocade Carp flew and slashed through the air, forcibly splitting that bolt of blood lightning into countless stray fine electric lights.

That Changsheng Sect expert was shocked and moved; a blatant greed flashed in his eyes.

He saw Wu Tie's cultivation: a mere Perceiving Mystery Realm novice; moreover, from the mana fluctuations Wu Tie emitted, it was clear this kid's mana cultivation was extremely shallow, evidently just having stepped into the Perceiving Mystery Realm.

And he himself had broken through to the Chonglou Realm decades ago.

Decades of massive accumulation; his released blood lightning could easily severely wound a novice Chonglou Realm expert.

Wu Tie could block his blood thunder…… this is absolutely not something a minor character in the Sensing Mystery Realm should be capable of.

"Ancient treasure! What a wonderful ancient treasure…… this treasure, I seem to have heard of it?" The Changsheng Sect expert stared greedily at Wu Tie, and once again condensed a blood thunder in his palm.

Wu Tie gripped White Tiger Split tightly, twelve azure koi spirits darted lively before him, flying and weaving, he landed heavily, stomping his feet hard on the ground, amidst a booming roar, the ground within a radius of several meters cracked with countless fine fissures.

With a burst of million-catty physical brute force, Wu Tie was like a shell fired from a barrel, his body tearing through the air, raising a white air wave, he thrust his spear with brutal ferocity at the Changsheng Sect expert.

Fast, fast, it had reached its limit.

Wu Tie charged forward with all his strength, the million-catty brute force erupting fully, the skin on his feet split open, leaving two striking bloody footprints on the ground.

"Kill!" Wu Tie let out another loud roar, his roar like thunder, like a tiger's howl in the mountains, exploding beside the Changsheng Sect expert's ear.

The Changsheng Sect expert's finger twitched slightly, the already-formed blood thunder nearly scattered.

With a shout of shock and anger, the Changsheng Sect expert flicked both hands, the blood thunder whistled shrilly as it blasted out, slamming hard into Wu Tie's chest.

The koi sword darted and leapt, the twelve azure little koi brought forth chilling light about a chi long, rapidly circling and slashing through the blood thunder, gradually dissolving it.

Wu Tie gripped White Tiger Split tightly with both hands and thrust his spear fiercely into the Changsheng Sect expert's chest.

As the Changsheng Sect expert released the blood thunder, his body instantly turned into a sheet of blood light, about to retreat in a flash.

Wu Tie's spear thrust out, but having charged from several hundred meters away, in that instant both Wu Tie and the Changsheng Sect expert realized that, given the speed of his thrust, his spear would surely come to nothing.

"You little beast…… obediently go die, your treasures, all of them……"

The Changsheng Sect expert gave a ferocious, smug smile.

Wu Tie shook his left hand, pouring his last trace of mana into the crescent moon blade hidden close to his body in his sleeve.

The half-foot-long exquisite curved blade suddenly tore through the air, a flash of cold light, moving at a speed so fast it was despair-inducing, flickered past the neck of the rapidly retreating Changsheng Sect expert.

A flash of cold light vanished, and the next moment the crescent moon blade had returned to Wu Tie's sleeve.

The blood light shattered, the Changsheng Sect expert's body flew backward and fell, a fine thread of blood silently appeared on his neck, then a large spray of blood mist burst forth, and the Changsheng Sect expert hit the ground hard, his corpse in two pieces.

Wu Tie, holding White Tiger Split, likewise landed heavily on the ground.

In the life-and-death battle, it took only two finger-snaps worth of time; in such a short span, Wu Tie slew two Chonglou Realm experts, while he himself had several wounds blasted open deep to the bone, his whole body dyed red with blood.

With a "wah" he spat out a mouthful of boiling blood, Wu Tie drew a deep breath, took out a packet of Shi Family's secret wound medicine from his cosmos bag, endured the heart-piercing pain, and sprinkled the powder onto his wounds.

The bleeding from the wounds quickly stopped, but as the powder contacted the wound flesh, the irritating powder made Wu Tie's muscles spasm all over, pain causing his vision to darken intermittently, nearly making him faint from the agony.

"Good thing…… it's not as painful as Lao Tie's lightning spray." Wu Tie gave a gurgling grin, baring his teeth, occasionally clenching his molars and producing a grinding "squeak-squeak" sound.

Behind him a surge of blood light rushed forward, the blood light illuminating a stretch of passageway over ten li long.

Zhu Zixi transformed into blood light and gave chase; at a glance he saw the corpse of his own subordinate lying on the ground, his normally composed and dignified visage instantly darkened, and he glared maliciously at Wu Tie.

His gaze suddenly locked onto the twelve little koi formed by the koi sword; he widened his eyes, incredulously looking at the twelve little koi, then at Wu Tie's youthful, immature face, and Zhu Zixi's body began to tremble violently.

"Trash, trash…… Jia Zhengfeng…… you were actually killed by such a yellow-haired brat?"

Zhu Zixi's lips turned white from rage, he bellowed hoarsely: "Trash, you were actually killed by such a country bumpkin brat…… if this gets back to the sect, how will I ever face anyone again?"

"Simply…… simply……"

Zhu Zixi screamed incoherently from anger.

He simply didn't know how to describe his feelings.

Jia Zhengfeng, his closed-door disciple, a mighty expert at the peak of the Chonglou Realm, the Third Vice Sect Master of the Changsheng Sect…… was actually killed by such a tiny little Sensing Mystery Realm brat!

Fortunately Zhu Zixi didn't know that when he sneakily attacked and killed Jia Zhengfeng, Wu Tie was only at Foundation Establishment level.

If he had known……

Zhu Zixi at this moment was already so enraged he was nearly going mad, he roared hoarsely, vast sheets of quasi-substantial blood light surged forth, he rushed toward Wu Tie, and when they were still three or five li apart, Zhu Zixi already pressed down with a palm.

Wu Tie only felt a sheet of glittering blood light descend before him; he didn't even see how Zhu Zixi moved or what technique he used, before feeling an unstoppable terrifying force crush down upon him.

With a tremendous boom, Wu Tie's body shot out countless fine blood arrows, his body torn to shreds like a rotten meat sack, flying backward hundreds of meters.

"Boom," Wu Tie slammed into a thick stone pillar, his whole body sinking deep into the pillar, blood continuously spraying from the large chunks of torn flesh on his body, and soon half the pillar was stained red with blood.

It's simply incomprehensible how Wu Tie could have so much blood flowing from within him.

Wu Tie merely stared wide-eyed, his vision a blanket of red, unable to see anything, nor hear anything.

His head buzzed, his whole body devoid of strength; as blood kept flowing out, Wu Tie only felt icy cold all over, with not a shred of strength left.

The koi sword whooshed back, rewinding itself around his waist.

Faced with Zhu Zixi's palm, the koi sword, deprived of mana support, was utterly powerless.

Zhu Zixi's hair stood on end strand by strand, he walked step by step, slow and resolute, toward Wu Tie.

"You little beast…… I will make you taste all thirty-six kinds of tortures of our sect, leaving you between life and death."