Chapter 187: Force Like Ghosts and Gods, None Can Block

The Dao Foundation clone, which should have completely lost its ability to move following Zhao Yu's death, suddenly "came back to life"!

"It's not over yet. Kill her, and we still win!"

This clone roared in a voice filled with resentment.

Zhao Yu himself was indeed dead, but he had used this Dao Foundation clone to live again!

The 【Corpse Cluster】 implant has two major extraordinary abilities: one is controlling corpses, and the other is strengthening them.

After Zhao Yu stepped into the Possession Realm with the help of 【Corpse Cluster】, he unlocked its third extraordinary ability—Borrowing a Corpse to Return the Soul.

This ability allows him to transfer all his consciousness to a clone after his original body dies, thereby continuing to survive.

But the price for doing this is extremely heavy!

First, the clone is not the original body after all; Zhao Yu's consciousness dwelling within it is like a slowly burning candle that will eventually burn out completely!

This means Zhao Yu's lifespan has suddenly been cut by decades, and from now on, he must consume a large amount of spell materials every day to maintain this body.

If maintained well, he can live for about ten years.

Secondly, once "Borrowing a Corpse to Return the Soul" is used, Zhao Yu's spell cultivation realm can no longer break through; he will be stuck at the early stage of the Possession Realm for the rest of his life.

Such a heavy price naturally filled Zhao Yu with resentment, making him even less willing to give up just like that.

"That Green-Faced Ghost must be left for me to deal with!"

The Dao Foundation clone, or rather, Zhao Yu, roared.

He wanted to capture the Green-Faced Ghost alive and then torture her severely!

On the other side, Li Fei tossed aside Zhao Yu's head and strode toward the battlefield where the four Dao Foundation experts were clashing.

He had already made all the calculations and plans he could; that Zhao Yu's clone could still fight was indeed beyond his expectations, but he had not given up.

Everything that needed to be done next was on the blade!

"Stop him."

Seeing the Green-Faced Ghost charging this way, Yu Hu gave the order directly.

As his voice fell, two of the three official martial artists from the Stop-Conflict Academy, who had been guarding the perimeter of the battlefield ready to strike at any time, immediately charged toward the Green-Faced Ghost.

These two were Hong Jing and Dai Huaxing, both official martial artists cultivated by the Tiger Blade Gang.

Seeing this, Yan Yichen's expression shifted, but he said nothing and continued his assault on Shangguan Xiao.

Pale-faced and looking malnourished, Hong Jing charged the fastest; the broadsword in his hand was wrapped in a mass of greenish flames, emitting an eerie aura that caused the temperature of the surrounding air to drop significantly.

His implant was the fire-attribute 【Ice-Flame Claw】, the innate Qi he practiced was Ding Fire Evil Qi, and his force was Ice-Flame Force.

Ding Fire is an yin-attribute flame, and the Evil Qi is also somewhat sinister and treacherous, so although Ice-Flame Force is a fire-attribute force, its nature is extremely cold and gloomy—a rare "cold flame."

Hong Jing slashed at the charging Li Fei, and the Ice-Flame Force transformed into a large wave of green flames surging toward Li Fei.

The next second, a streak of dark golden blade light broke through the wave and slashed toward Hong Jing!

At this moment, the Ghost-Slaying Blade in Li Fei's hand had changed its appearance, becoming a straight-edged blade with a uniform width, narrower and longer than the original version.

"Hmm?"

Hong Jing was somewhat shocked.

He could tell at a glance that what was attached to the Ghost-Slaying Blade was only innate Qi, not force, but this energy was so pure and sharp that it could actually break through his Ice-Flame Force directly.

"Geng Metal True Qi?!"

A guess flashed through Hong Jing's mind as he swung his blade to collide fiercely with the incoming Ghost-Slaying Blade.

Clang—

A small notch was cut into Hong Jing's broadsword, and he retreated two steps, his arm feeling somewhat numb.

"Such strong power!"

Hong Jing's surprise grew even greater.

He had polished his skills for many years in the mid-stage of Qi Transformation; even though 【Ice-Flame Claw】 and Ice-Flame Force were not known for power, his strength far exceeded that of ordinary martial artists, yet he had not expected to be crushed by Li Fei!

He looked at Li Fei before him; the opponent had broken through that wave of flames just now and had some flames on his body.

These green flames instantly burned through Li Fei's black robe and began to scorch the level-three protective suit underneath.

A smile appeared on Hong Jing's face.

His Ice-Flame Force was pervasive and specialized in countering protective suits; moreover, the characteristic of this force was that it was sinister, soft, and persistent, making it extremely difficult to purge. Once contaminated, one would be continuously affected.

Those hit by Ice-Flame Force would not only find their muscles and bones gradually stiffening, but even the implants within their bodies would gradually lose their activity!

Whoosh—

Li Fei shattered the stone slab beneath his feet, leaving an afterimage behind, and charged toward Hong Jing again at extreme speed, slashing vertically with his blade.

Hong Jing raised his blade to block, but was struck by such a massive force that the webbing between his thumb and index finger split, and his broadsword nearly fell from his hand!

While retreating to dissipate the force, he once again erupted with Ice-Flame Force, which transformed into a wave and swept toward Li Fei.

At the same time, two short blades attached to two iron chains struck toward Li Fei from the side like poisonous snakes.

The official martial artist Dai Huaxing had also arrived to kill.

Clang! Clang!

Li Fei turned and swung his blade, knocking away the two incoming short blades, while simultaneously leaping to the left to dodge the surging wave of flames.

The iron chains tied to the two short blades suddenly vibrated; the two knocked-away blades seemed to be endowed with a certain vitality, immediately changing direction in mid-air and rapidly circling Li Fei twice with the chains.

The two iron chains circled around Li Fei like two pythons wrapping their bodies around him in the center!

The next second, the two short blades, like snake heads, bit down from the air toward Li Fei, causing the chains around him to contract rapidly, intending to bind him.

This was Dai Huaxing's killing move—Twin Snake Binding Kill!

Many invisible transparent filaments were attached to the two iron chains; these were secretions from Dai Huaxing's implant, allowing him to control the chains better.

Besides this, the characteristic of the Profound Water Force he practiced was softness and versatility; his extraordinary ability combined with his force allowed him to control weapons from a distance with the chains, as if he had grown two incredibly flexible tentacles.

Seeing Li Fei trapped by Dai Huaxing's "Twin Snake Binding Kill," Hong Jing seized the opportunity to rush over and slash at Li Fei's neck.

The two coordinated perfectly, having used this move to kill countless experts!

Li Fei stood calmly in place, letting the two short blades strike toward him from the air, and suddenly swung his blade to slash at the incoming chains.

This time, the blade he swung was no longer dark golden, but blood-red.

As the Ghost-Slaying Blade struck the chains, a mass of blood-red energy exploded!

The blood-red energy contaminated the rapidly contracting chains; in an instant, those transparent filaments attached to the chains withered one after another, and the two chains seemed to lose their vitality instantly, turning from giant pythons into dead snakes, their power greatly diminished!

Both Hong Jing and Dai Huaxing, as official martial artists, had left behind many combat records, and Li Fei had long since collected and carefully studied these records through Shangguan Xiao.

Therefore, Li Fei's strikes were extremely targeted, using the Blood Evil Qi to deal with the implants attached to the chains.

After temporarily disabling Dai Huaxing's weapon, Li Fei created an opportunity for a one-on-one fight with Hong Jing; he turned his head to look at the charging Hong Jing, and their eyes met.

Hong Jing's mind shook; he felt as if he were suddenly plunged into a sea of blood, and an intense sense of suffocation and fear washed over him.

However, he was not the "watered-down" force-practicing martial artist from before; his mental strength and willpower were much stronger, and he was not affected by 【Blood Might】 for too long.

By the time he regained his senses, the Ghost-Slaying Blade was already thrusting toward his chest!

At the critical moment, Hong Jing managed to raise his left arm to block his chest.

The Ghost-Slaying Blade broke through the protective force and protective suit on his left arm with unstoppable force, then pierced his muscles and bones, finally exiting from the other side of his left arm before being blocked by the protective suit on his chest.

Hong Jing let out a cry of pain, and before he could react further, a condensed burst of Blood Evil Qi erupted from the Ghost-Slaying Blade and surged into his body.

Hong Jing felt a sharp, twisting pain in his chest, as if someone had plunged a knife into his heart!

"Thump... thump... thump..."

His heart beat slower and slower, and his consciousness became increasingly blurred.

Hong Jing finally felt the world spinning, as if he were flipping in the air.

The last thing he saw in this life was his own headless corpse slowly falling.

Having finished off Hong Jing with one strike, Li Fei strode toward Dai Huaxing.

Dai Huaxing had already re-attached new filaments to the chains, and the two chains had "come back to life" once more, transforming into giant pythons and winding toward Li Fei.

This time, Dai Huaxing spared no effort in consuming a large amount of force, coating the two chains with a layer of Profound Water Force, as if giving the two pythons an extra layer of armor.

The Twin Snake Binding Kill reappeared!

Li Fei allowed the two chains to wrap around him and let the two short blades pierce his body.

He suddenly reached out and grabbed one of the chains, then yanked it violently toward himself!

A tremendous force traveled from the chain; Dai Huaxing stood his ground and erupted with Profound Water Force, trying to contest the strength with Li Fei, but the next second he was forcibly dragged toward Li Fei.

After stepping into the Qi Transformation Realm, Li Fei's physical endurance had further increased, and the upper limit of 【Blood Rage】 had changed from 7 to 11. Not only that, but innate Qi could also amplify strength, so his full-burst power was now even stronger than many force-practicing martial artists!

Dai Huaxing was shocked and immediately manipulated the two short blades to slash at Li Fei's neck.

Just then, he met Li Fei's gaze and seemed to see an boundless sea of blood within it!

Dai Huaxing's mind was shaken, and the two short blades paused for a moment, while Li Fei seized the opportunity to slash over.

This time, Li Fei chose to use the maximum limit of 【Blood Might】, consuming 16. Blood Souls in one go!

So, it was not until he slashed off Dai Huaxing's head that Dai Huaxing finally regained his senses.

"Why were my moves ineffective against him?"

This was the last thought in Dai Huaxing's life.

His two short blades had clearly hit Li Fei, and the chains had bound him; the killing move "Twin Snake Binding Kill," formed by Profound Water Force combined with his extraordinary ability, could render people immobile, and even if they resisted with force, they would be forcibly controlled for a few seconds.

Yet Li Fei was completely unaffected.

In the short time it took to kill three force-practicing martial artists in succession, the price Li Fei paid was actually not small.

From the very beginning, he had consumed 11 Blood Souls to activate 【Blood Rage】.

Before that, when killing the demonic martial artist, he had consumed 10 Blood Souls to activate 【Blood Might】.

Next was the killing of Hong Jing and Dai Huaxing.

First, he exhausted all the accumulated blood-evil Qi in his body to destroy the implant on Dai Huaxing's iron chain, then consumed 10 Blood Souls to unleash 【Blood Might】, and finally consumed 7 Blood Souls to unleash 【Blood Evil】 to thoroughly finish off Hong Jing.

When he finally killed Dai Huaxing, he consumed 16. Blood Souls to unleash 【Blood Might】 at its maximum power.

Calculating the total, plus the damage he blocked, Li Fei had already consumed over 65 Blood Souls!

He now had over 95 Blood Souls remaining, and was still 15 Blood Souls short of meeting the requirement to activate the transformation technique 【Blood Demon】.

Li Fei continued to charge toward the place where the four Dao Foundation realm experts were fighting.

Along the way, members of the Tiger Blade Gang instinctively opened fire on him, but he ignored them all.

A martial artist raised a broken streetlamp post and swept it horizontally toward him.

Dark golden blade light flashed repeatedly, and the steel lamp post was cut into several pieces; subsequently, this Tiger Blade Gang martial artist didn't even see the blade light clearly before being sliced vertically from the head in one stroke, his body split into two halves!

Then Li Fei sped past several more Tiger Blade Gang members, casually slashing at them; regardless of whether they raised their weapons to block or tried to dodge, none could escape this fatal blade.

All were cut in two with a single stroke!

Wherever the Green-Faced Ghost passed, weapons, severed limbs, blood, and internal organs were strewn all over the ground.

At this moment, this figure wearing a fierce ghost mask seemed truly like a ghost-god who had killed his way out of hell—

Unstoppable!

Li Fei killed his way all the way to the battlefield where the four Dao Foundation realm experts were fighting.

Guarding the perimeter was a registered martial master from the Zhige Academy named Nie Yang, a famous swordsmanship expert and also Yan Yichen's true confidant.

Originally, Nie Yang intended to step forward to block Li Fei, but Yan Yichen gave him a look from a distance, and he silently retreated.

Just like that, on this battlefield that belonged only to Dao Foundation realm experts—

The Green-Faced Ghost officially joined the battle!

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