Chapter 318: Infinite Brightness Fire

Li Fei leaped up from the pit, holding his blade as he charged toward Yu Longqing.

Yu Longqing turned to flee, simultaneously driving a surge of Earth-Hidden Hidden Dragon Force into the ground, hoping to repeat his previous tactic.

In truth, this type of force was indeed highly conducive to escaping in this terrain, which was one of the reasons he chose to ambush Li Fei here.

But this time, before he could channel his force to hollow out the ground, his mind shook, and he was plunged into a boundless sea of blood!

Yu Longqing was a 3. -tier Dao Foundation realm cultivator, and his core-level extraordinary ability was "Psychic Connection," which was the foundation of his beast taming.

Setting aside this ability, his combat power was actually inferior to Zhang Shan's, nor did he possess Zhang Shan's "Dragon Might" to enhance resistance against techniques, so after being struck by this full-power 【Blood Might】, he stood stunned in place for a full second.

This amount of time was enough for Li Fei to leap out of the large pit, land, pursue, and rush behind Yu Longqing.

Shua—

Li Fei swung his blade calmly; the Ghost-Slaying Blade shattered Yu Longqing's protective force and then severed his neck.

Yu Longqing's head flew high into the air.

Six gone, three remaining.

The "Beast King," who had shaken the martial world of Datong Prefecture for decades—dead!

Seeing Yu Longqing's head being severed, Ouyang Cheng turned and fled without the slightest hesitation.

The direction he chose was quite cunning; he was running toward the two exotic beasts.

"Moo!!!"

"Roar—"

The Lightning-Light Snow Leopard and the Demon-Scale Horned Tiger let out earth-shattering roars of rage.

They had sensed Yu Longqing's death.

These two exotic beasts had been found and adopted by Yu Longqing during their infancy, and they had spent decades together.

Compared to humans, the minds of beasts are simpler and their emotions purer, so upon sensing Yu Longqing's death, both exotic beasts were plunged into immense grief!

And then, into unprecedented fury!

Li Fei sensed two gazes, as tangible as reality, fixed upon him; the two powerful killing intents transformed into two pillars of essence-smoke on the wilderness, shooting straight into the sky.

Taking a deep breath, Li Fei did not pursue the fleeing Ouyang Cheng, focusing all his attention on preparing to deal with the frantic retaliation of the two exotic beasts.

He glanced at the Ten-Thousand Blood Bead and the "Blood Spring" within his body.

There were 9. blood souls left in the Ten-Thousand Blood Bead, and 88. left in the "Blood Spring."

His chips were running low.

Boom—

The two exotic beasts leaped over the large pit in front of them one after the other, pouncing toward Li Fei.

Boom—

A bolt of lightning struck Li Fei first, shattering the True Blood Force on the surface of his body.

Amidst the blood mist, Li Fei first unleashed the Vajra Seal: Roc, then the Vajra Seal: Dragon-Elephant.

The damage caused to him by this over-limit power cost him over 5 blood souls at once, so such power could not be used indefinitely.

The Lightning-Light Snow Leopard was faster and arrived first; the wind generated by its sharp claws dispersed the blood mist, and then the claws slammed heavily into the ground, crushing the stones, dust, and grass stalks into powder!

Li Fei had already vanished from his original spot, appearing like a ghost on the outer side of the Lightning-Light Snow Leopard's hind leg.

He held his blade with both hands, twisted his torso, and used all his strength to swing the Ghost-Slaying Blade in a horizontal slash!

Shua—

Blood flashed, and a massive gash was cut into the Lightning-Light Snow Leopard's hind leg!

It immediately jumped sideways, and the Demon-Scale Horned Tiger behind it kicked a whip-leg toward Li Fei.

Li Fei vanished from his spot again, dodging the whip-leg while chasing after the Lightning-Light Snow Leopard's wounded leg to strike another blow.

Bang—

A sound of metal clashing rang out.

This time, Li Fei struck the opponent's leg bone, severing it directly!

Just like that, the Lightning-Light Snow Leopard lost a hind leg.

Its greatest strengths lay in lightning attacks and its tail-whip; as it turned out, the lightning attack was ineffective against Li Fei, and the tail-whip had been crippled at the start, so it no longer posed much of a threat to him.

After crippling one of the opponent's legs, Li Fei unleashed the Vajra Seal: Dragon-Elephant once more and charged toward the Demon-Scale Horned Tiger.

The exotic beast furiously swung its right fist at Li Fei.

Just as the fist was about to reach him, Li Fei suddenly sidestepped to the left, simultaneously holding his blade with both hands and swinging it upward in a vertical slash.

The Vajra Blade Force collided with the scales on the Demon-Scale Horned Tiger's right fist first; even the indestructible Vajra Force could only leave a deep mark on the scales, failing to shatter them directly.

Normally, as long as the force could not break the defense, a martial artist would have no choice but to retreat.

But Li Fei's true attack had only just begun—

The brilliant blade radiance shattered, followed by the blade edge itself cutting in; the immense force pushed the blade forward, following the cut made by the radiance, breaking through the scales, slicing through flesh and blood, severing tendons, and finally snapping the bone!

All of this happened in an instant; Li Fei's strength was actually not enough to contend with the Demon-Scale Horned Tiger head-on, but he had transferred most of the impact to the Ten-Thousand Blood Bead, which was why he could stand his ground and keep his grip on the blade.

Meanwhile, half of the Demon-Scale Horned Tiger's fist was severed by the blade edge, and blood gushed out like a waterfall!

Li Fei seized the opportunity to leap up, stepping heavily onto the Demon-Scale Horned Tiger's arm to vault into the air, while simultaneously unleashing the Vajra Seal: Dragon-Elephant again.

The Demon-Scale Horned Tiger tried to swat Li Fei away with its left hand, but it suddenly lost focus for a split second.

Li Fei leaped to the top of the Demon-Scale Horned Tiger's head, gripped the Ghost-Slaying Blade with both hands in a reverse hold, and plunged it fiercely into the beast's skull!

Qiang—

The five-meter-tall Demon-Scale Horned Tiger was hunched over, its right hand still in the motion of punching, while between the two curved horns on its head, the figure wearing the ghost mask held the blade with both hands, driving the blade body into its skull.

"ROAR!!!!!!"

The Demon-Scale Horned Tiger suddenly stood upright and let out a long howl toward the sky.

Rumble—

Another bolt of charged lightning struck Li Fei, who was still standing on the Demon-Scale Horned Tiger's head.

The lightning shattered Li Fei's protective Vajra Force and punched another hole through his level-four protective suit.

Li Fei didn't even sway; he pulled the blade out of the Demon-Scale Horned Tiger's skull, landed on the ground, and charged toward the Lightning-Light Snow Leopard without looking back.

Behind him, the Demon-Scale Horned Tiger shook its head and took a step, intending to continue the pursuit.

But just after taking one step, its tall body began to sway, and blood gushed from its eyes, ears, nose, and mouth!

Rumble—

As Li Fei reached the front of the Lightning-Light Snow Leopard, the sound of a heavy object hitting the ground came from behind him.

After plunging the blade into the opponent's skull just now, Li Fei had converted 10 blood souls into Blood Fiend Qi and driven it into the opponent's brain.

Even though an exotic beast's vitality is ten times stronger than a martial artist of the same level, suffering such an attack to the brain meant it was finished immediately.

Blood Fiend Qi is the bane of living organisms!

Six gone, four remaining.

The fifth-grade superior exotic beast, the Demon-Scale Horned Tiger—dead!

Li Fei charged toward the Lightning-Light Snow Leopard.

Just now, he had used his over-limit power three more times, used one full-power 【Blood Might】, and endured two attacks.

There were 28. blood souls left in the "Blood Spring," and still 9. in the Ten-Thousand Blood Bead.

A flicker of sorrow flashed in the Lightning-Light Snow Leopard's eyes, as if it had already foreseen its own end.

The lack of a hind leg greatly reduced its agility, allowing Li Fei to easily flank it.

This time, Li Fei did not choose to attack the opponent's head, but instead thrust his blade into its abdomen!

"Moo—"

The Lightning-Light Snow Leopard let out a painful wail, and bolts of brilliant electric light exploded within its body.

It seemed to transform into a ball of lightning, with bolts of electricity continuously striking Li Fei!

Li Fei's body was protected by his Vajra Force; after the Ghost-Slaying Blade pierced the Lightning-Light Snow Leopard's abdomen, he immediately consumed 15 blood souls to convert them into Blood Fiend Qi, which surged into the opponent's body.

Because this time he hadn't directly injured a vital organ, the Blood Fiend Qi Li Fei chose to unleash was of higher quality.

After the Blood Fiend Qi was injected, the lightning erupted from the Lightning-Light Snow Leopard lasted only a second before stopping.

Li Fei's protective Vajra Force was broken, and he lost over 5 more blood souls.

There were 8. blood souls left in the "Blood Spring," and 9. in the Ten-Thousand Blood Bead.

This amount of blood was barely more than that of an ordinary person!

Just as Li Fei prepared to pull out his blade, the air more than thirty meters away suddenly twisted.

Then, a blurred sword light appeared out of thin air in front of Li Fei!

Li Fei's expression remained calm.

He had been waiting for this assassin, who was likely sent by the "Shadow King," to make a move on him.

The opponent had had many opportunities to strike before, such as when Li Fei was knocked into the air and was being "focused-fired" by the group.

Or when Li Fei fell into the pit and was about to be pounced upon by the two exotic beasts.

But this assassin had not made a move, enduring until now.

The opponent seemed to have concluded that this was the moment Li Fei was at his weakest!

In fact, he had guessed correctly; at this moment, Li Fei's blood soul count had dropped to an extremely dangerous level.

This assassin used a sword; a flicker of sword light stabbed toward Li Fei, and even with his "Danger Perception," Li Fei could not accurately judge the landing point of this strike.

Most importantly, the opponent was fast enough! And stealthy enough!

From the sudden disturbance to the strike against Li Fei, the entire process was as fast as lightning, leaving not a single trace behind, not even a silhouette or the sound of air being pierced.

If not for that flickering sword light, it would have been as if nothing had ever happened.

Events are like a spring dream, leaving no trace!

This is the "Shadow King's" Traceless Sword Art, a top-tier martial art that integrates concealment, breath-suppression, movement techniques, and swordsmanship into one.

Although the person who arrived is not that "Shadow King" who also made the Wind and Cloud List, they have clearly obtained the "Shadow King's" true teachings!

At this moment, the Ghost-Slaying Blade was still stuck in the belly of the Thunder-Light Snow Leopard Beast; Li Fei had no time to pull out the blade, nor time to dodge.

Even if he had enough Blood Soul count, he could not use 【Blood Might】 to buy himself time, because he could not even lock onto the enemy's specific location.

It looked like Li Fei had fallen into a desperate situation, but his gaze remained calm.

When that streak of sword light entered within three feet of him, a light bloomed from his body.

It was not the brilliant golden light of the Vajra Force, but a more pure light—colorless, yet seemingly containing all colors.

Then came the second, the third, the fourth...

In this instant, Li Fei shone with brilliant radiance!

Nearly infinite light bloomed from within his body.

Under the illumination of the light, the assassin who had never revealed their form appeared before Li Fei, their body struck by this immeasurable light.

Although their sword was fast, it was not faster than this light, so they were struck before Li Fei.

Under the illumination of the light, the assassin felt their entire body being pierced—skin, flesh, bones, internal organs, and implants.

Then, these places pierced and illuminated by the light instantly caught fire.

The assassin felt themselves being ignited from the inside out!

In this moment, they lost all perception of the outside world; in the entire world, there was only light, only fire...

Only their own self, burning!

In fact, the assassin was not truly ignited; everything was merely an illusion they had produced.

And what caused all of this was the ultimate technique Li Fei had practiced from the Red-Sound Fire Vajra Method, one of the Eight Vajra Sections—

Infinite Bright Fire!

Li Fei had discovered while practicing 【Illusion Leaf】 that the spiritual power of the Dao of Sorcery and the intent power of the Martial Dao were two sides of the same coin.

Spiritual power can be used to cast sorcery, and intent power can naturally cause similar spiritual attacks; for instance, Zhang Zongyang's "Dragon Might" is of this type.

Infinite Bright Fire goes a step further; it is a move that combines force with intent power.

A martial artist's Qi and blood and martial intent naturally suppress sorcery, just as sunlight does to white snow.

But if it is a spiritual attack driven by a martial artist's intent power, this problem does not exist, and it can have miraculous effects on other martial artists!

Li Fei felt that spiritual power and intent power might be like the Five Elements, both divided into Yin and Yang.

The spiritual power used for sorcery is "Yin," and the intent power of the Martial Dao is "Yang."

It is just that the former is external, while the latter is internal.

Therefore, the former is easier to control and can be evolved into many sorceries, while the latter is much, much harder to manifest externally.

Infinite Bright Fire is an ultimate technique that uses force as a carrier for intent power, allowing intent power to bloom to its fullest!

Li Fei only initially mastered this move after his realm broke through to the late stage of Qi Transformation.

He had kept it unused all along, just waiting for this assassin to appear.

Now that this assassin had been hit, the Traceless Sword Art was broken.

Li Fei calmly pulled the Ghost-Slaying Blade from the Thunder-Light Snow Leopard Beast's body, turned, swung the blade, and slashed at the assassin's neck.

Infinite Bright Fire does not only have spiritual-level attacks; the light just now contained Vajra Force, which had already riddled the assassin's protective force with holes, allowing it to be easily shattered by Li Fei's slash.

As the blade light arrived, the assassin also relied on their powerful will to break free from the illusion, attempting to protect themselves.

But just as they wanted to mobilize their force, their meridians felt a sharp pain, and their implants fell into chaos, as if they had truly been scorched by flames just moments ago!

This is the profound nature of the combination of force and intent power.

Illusory yet not illusory, half-true and half-false!

This delay cost the assassin their final chance at survival, and the blade light swept across their neck.

The next second, their head flew high into the air.

Li Fei stepped past the assassin.

Behind him, the Thunder-Light Snow Leopard Beast had already collapsed, its body twitching on the ground, black blood flowing continuously from the wound in its abdomen.

The Infinite Bright Fire from just moments ago had also caused severe damage to this exotic beast.

Soon, the Thunder-Light Snow Leopard Beast completely lost its life.

On the wasteland, a fierce wind kicked up sand and dust.

Two fifth-grade superior exotic beasts and four Dao Foundation realm experts had fallen forever.

Li Fei still stood tall.

After using Infinite Bright Fire, the Geng Metal True Qi in his body was completely exhausted, and he had truly entered his weakest state.

But the corpses surrounding him made him appear stronger than ever before!

In this battle, two exotic beasts with Dao Foundation combat power plus five Dao Foundation experts had surrounded and attacked Li Fei alone.

The final result was that one escaped, and six were killed by Li Fei in return!

PS: It's the beginning of the month, asking for base monthly votes.

Also, there will be two more updates this afternoon.

(End of chapter)