Chapter 590: Nemesis

Following a furious shout from True Person Qingyu, sword Qi like a torrential rain simultaneously enveloped Lu Wenxing and the others.

Li Fei's seven clones took the initiative to block in front of the five Dao Foundation-stage officials, including Lu Wenxing, shielding them from the sword Qi, while those five retreated without hesitation, fleeing in different directions.

This was also what Li Fei had agreed upon with them beforehand: as long as they successfully destroyed the car True Person Qingyu was riding in, their mission would be complete, and they were to retreat immediately.

The rain-like sword Qi instantly blasted the seven clones to pieces!

Just as True Person Qingyu intended to control his flying sword to slaughter these people, Li Fei, taking advantage of the "rain momentum" impacting him weakening slightly, leaped out from the dirt pit.

True Person Qingyu's flying sword supernatural ability was primarily targeted at the spirit and was also of the spell-casting variety, so it failed to control Li Fei.

Clad in the Primordial Star Armor, he advanced instead of retreating, charging toward the car that had already turned into a pile of scrap metal!

True Person Qingyu let out a cold snort, and the flying sword in the air dropped straight down, stabbing toward the crown of Li Fei's head.

Clang—

Li Fei raised the Ghost Severing Blade, blocking this strike above his head.

The blade of the Ghost Severing Blade bent downward into a visible arc, and Li Fei, as if pressed by a mountain descending from the sky, sank violently, being smashed into the ground once again!

Subsequently, the sword Qi erupted, and another large pit appeared on the ground.

What True Person Qingyu could not understand was, how was Li Fei still not dead?

And why had the flying sword's supernatural ability also failed to take effect?

Inside the pit, Li Fei was bathed in blood, his body covered in dozens of wounds pierced by the sword Qi!

He had done this intentionally; otherwise, it would be too difficult to explain how he had only suffered minor injuries after a battle with a contemporary True Person.

The flying sword tore through the air, stabbing toward the center of Li Fei's brow.

At the same time, a "Sword Imprisonment Technique" was triggered from the flying sword, hitting Li Fei.

This was a spell that used sword intent to sever a martial artist's mind, capable of forming a cage within the martial artist's mind, rendering them unable to control their own body and strength for a time.

Combined with the flying sword's supernatural ability, the effect of this spell was enhanced nearly tenfold over its original base!

This was True Person Qingyu's strongest control method!

Let alone a Dao Foundation-stage martial artist, even ordinary Martial Arts Masters would be affected.

This was a fatal blow!

Swish—

The flying sword pierced through Li Fei's Primordial Star Armor like a hot knife through butter, striking the center of his brow.

Li Fei was completely unaffected by the "Sword Imprisonment Technique," his movements showing not the slightest hesitation; he had begun to raise his hand the moment the flying sword struck, and as it pierced him, he grabbed the flying sword with his bare hand!

True Person Qingyu was astonished, feeling that Li Fei was insane; if a Martial Arts Master did not have a special supernatural ability, they would not dare to grab his flying sword with their bare hands!

The flying sword shook wildly in Li Fei's palm, like an angry flood dragon, wanting to overturn rivers and seas!

Fresh blood flowed down from the center of Li Fei's brow, his gaze calm as his five fingers gripped the flying sword in his hand tightly.

The terrifying power failed to cripple his left hand, only cutting through his skin and flesh, constantly slicing at his hand bones.

The flying sword failed to break free from Li Fei's hand!

"How is this possible?!"

True Person Qingyu was shocked and pale.

When Li Fei had gone to raid the execution ground back then, he had also shown off his "grabbing a flying sword with bare hands" trick.

If the flying sword struck the Ghost Severing Blade in his hand, or struck his body directly, there was a portion of the impact force he could not negate, because that portion of the impact did not cause him direct damage.

But when the flying sword was in his hand, every movement and every bit of power from the flying sword caused direct damage to his hand, so 99% of the power was transferred away by the Myriad Blood Bead.

The remaining 1% of the power was no longer enough to escape his palm!

It was just that with the flying sword in his hand, every second consumed over 60 of his Blood Souls.

Under these circumstances, Li Fei did not dare to hold on for too long.

He decisively consumed 80 Blood Souls to unleash 【Blood Fiend】, then poured all the powerful baleful energy converted from it onto the flying sword!

Blood Fiend energy only had strong lethality against living organisms; it had little effect on physical objects or energy.

Normally, this Blood Fiend energy would have no effect on a sword.

But from the Possession stage onward, sorcerers would integrate implants into objects, thereby refining them into magic tools.

True Person Qingyu's flying sword contained over ten types of implants, and these implants were not dead objects but living existences that would be countered by Blood Fiend energy.

Therefore, this flying sword, which had integrated implants, would likewise be affected by the Blood Fiend energy!

As the powerful Blood Fiend energy washed over the flying sword, Li Fei seemed to hear a mournful cry, and the shaking of the sword body immediately weakened significantly.

A flash of inspiration struck him, and suddenly thinking of something, a mass of black flames surged from his palm.

He exerted his full strength to activate his newly unlocked core-level extraordinary ability—Heart Fire!

The next second, the mournful cry emanating from the flying sword grew even louder.

Inside the car, True Person Qingyu first let out a muffled groan, then his spirit became dazed for a moment.

From the Possession stage to the True Spirit Realm, the most critical point lay in nurturing a "True Spirit" within the magic tool, allowing the magic tool to possess spirituality and thereby give birth to supernatural abilities.

A portion of one's own true soul would be integrated into this "True Spirit," which is why such a magic tool was called a life-bound magic tool.

To a certain extent, the life-bound magic tool could be regarded as the True Person's second consciousness.

Since it was a consciousness, could it also be affected by "Heart Fire"?

This was a point Li Fei had suddenly thought of, and he had decisively tried it, not expecting it to actually work!

Not only was the flying sword's True Spirit affected, but True Person Qingyu himself was also affected!

After unleashing "Heart Fire," Li Fei then struck the flying sword in his hand with a maximum-power 【Blood Might God】.

This time, the flying sword finally stopped moving!

Pfft—

Inside the car, True Person Qingyu suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, nearly fainting away.

He had been severely injured at the Great Luo Sect previously, and the True Spirit of his life-bound flying sword was already damaged; now, being heavily struck by Li Fei using various methods, the life-bound flying sword could no longer withstand it!

Li Fei took the opportunity to jump out of the pit and slashed his blade toward the already totaled car.

The Jade Ruyi floating above the car roof once again triggered a pale green light barrier, blocking the blade radiance Li Fei had slashed out.

Li Fei rushed up, his Ghost Severing Blade slashing crazily at the light barrier!

True Person Qingyu walked out from the car, his face pale, looking at Li Fei with the eyes of someone looking at a monster.

The True Spirit contained within his life-bound flying sword had suffered heavy damage and would need to be nurtured for a period of time before it could be used again.

Under these circumstances, he could only pinch sword seals with both hands, using his true power to drive waves of sword Qi toward Li Fei.

First, he used the sword Qi to knock Li Fei back, then he controlled the Jade Ruyi above his head to carry his body, transforming into a clear rainbow that shot into the sky!

While flying in the air, at least he didn't have to worry about being slashed by Li Fei's blade.

This was also the reason Li Fei had not let Lu Wenxing and the others stay to help.

He could at least use 【Blood Might God】 to attack the opponent, but if Lu Wenxing and the others had stayed, they would only have been live targets.

Next, True Person Qingyu continuously fired sword Qi and unleashed spells at Li Fei from the air.

But without the flying sword, True Person Qingyu's killing power was greatly reduced.

Li Fei dodged with all his might, occasionally being hit by a few streaks of sword Qi.

During this process, True Person Qingyu attempted various spells, none of which took effect on Li Fei.

And Li Fei suddenly unleashed another full-power 【Blood Might God】, nearly causing True Person Qingyu to fall from the sky!

True Person Qingyu gritted his teeth, took a bottle of elixirs from his bosom and swallowed it, and his entire aura suddenly surged!

He looked at Li Fei below, reached out a finger, and a surging amount of true power poured into his own life-bound flying sword.

Hum, hum, hum—

The flying sword, which had originally gone silent, began to vibrate violently once again, and it emitted a terrifying aura of destruction, as if it were about to explode!

Sensing the danger, Li Fei hurriedly let go and retreated rapidly.

Swish—

The sword light shot into the sky, flying back into True Person Qingyu's hand.

Li Fei looked up at this scene, though he didn't feel he had been tricked.

If he hadn't let go just now, True Person Qingyu might have really let his life-bound flying sword self-destruct!

In the air, True Person Qingyu took a deep look at Li Fei, then transformed into a rainbow light and flew toward the distance.

He chose to retreat!

Although he had regained his flying sword, this life-bound magic tool had indeed suffered heavy damage, and continuing to fight would be more trouble than it was worth.

Watching the rainbow light disappear into the distance, Li Fei breathed a sigh of relief.

In annihilating the "Twelve Owls," although he had been crushing his opponents from start to finish, he had also consumed over 200 Blood Souls.

Before engaging with True Person Qingyu, creating 10 clones had consumed 100 Blood Souls.

He only had 368 Blood Souls left in his Myriad Blood Bead, and 652 Blood Souls in his Blood Spring.

But in just these few minutes of fighting True Person Qingyu, he had already consumed 685 Blood Souls!

Li Fei only had 300-plus Blood Souls left to use.

His trump card was the newly unlocked soul skill 【Blood Breath】.

At this moment, there was only 1 Blood Soul left in his Myriad Blood Bead, which had already triggered the new Blood Soul skill 【Blood Breath】, recovering 5% of his total Blood Soul volume every minute until the Blood Soul volume reached 30%.

Besides this, his biggest trump card was that the Myriad Blood Bead was not far from leveling up.

The energy provided by True Person Qingyu was all high-quality; if he fought for a while longer, Li Fei would be able to complete the upgrade!

This was his greatest confidence in daring to come and intercept a True Person.

"Facing a True Person-level powerhouse, even if the methods are counter-effective and the opponent was injured beforehand, there is still some power lacking."

Li Fei summarized this battle.

However, he was in a very joyful mood, as he had after all forced back a True Person of the current age!

"My lord, are you alright?"

The voice of Lu Wen suddenly came from the woods.

Li Fei turned his head to look and saw Lu Wen rushing out from the woods.

He had not run far just now; seeing True Person Qingyu transform into a rainbow and depart, he had returned at the first opportunity to check on Li Fei's condition.

Seeing that Li Fei was still alive, he could not help but be overjoyed.

"My lord, this is an elixir for healing wounds; please take it quickly!"

Lu Wen rushed to Li Fei's side at high speed and handed over a bottle of elixir with a look of concern.

At this moment, Li Fei had turned into a bloody mess; the level six protective garment, the Cloud Dream Golden Thread Garment, was nearly ruined, and there were wounds all over his body, making his injuries look extremely severe!

Li Fei took the elixir and consumed it.

"My lord is truly a god-like man!"

Lu Wen looked at Li Fei and exclaimed with heartfelt admiration.

To be able to survive under the sword of a True Person of the current age—and a sword cultivator at that—with only a Dao Foundation realm cultivation base was truly incredible!

A smile appeared on Li Fei's face.

He discovered that he was actually very effective at countering sword cultivators; not only could he catch flying swords with his bare hands, but he also had two major killing moves, the Blood Fiend Qi and Heart Fire, that could take effect on flying swords.

Finally, when combined with the 【Blood Might God】, even a True Person's natal flying sword could not withstand it!

"From now on, I am not just a sorcerer killer, but also a bane to sword cultivators."

Li Fei thought to himself.

"My lord, there is no need for us to risk our lives any further, right?"

Lu Wen asked, full of hope.

Li Fei nodded: "Mm, first report to the Great Luo Sect and say that we are no longer able to fight, then we will head directly to the Great Luo Sect."

After encountering the 'Twelve Owls', he did not intend to lead the team back himself, but was prepared to go find the Imperial Preceptor Yunshu, report the assassination attempt to him, and finally return to Lanling City with him to report the mission.

Very quickly, the news of Li Fei forcing back True Person Qingyu spread back to the Great Luo Sect.

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