Chapter 245: The Fall of Xu Fu
Xu Fu swung his Dragon Claw directly, using the Flying Dragon in the Sky, and sent Wuming flying away with a single strike.
Xu Fu knew the purpose of Wuming and the others, and he cackled:
"Now let's see who else can stop me from killing Duan Fengyun, hahahaha!"
Nie Feng and the others looked at Xu Fu with unwillingness, but none of them had the strength to stand up anymore.
Was it fated that they would lose to Xu Fu today!
Xu Fu walked in front of Duan Fengyun and said:
"Duan Fengyun, farewell!"
Just as Xu Fu raised his Dragon Claw, preparing to tear Duan Fengyun limb from limb once more, Duan Fengyun finally opened his eyes.
He had to be grateful to Qin Shuang and the others; if not for the time they bought by stalling Xu Fu, Duan Fengyun would have had no way to complete the fusion of the energy within his body.
Just a moment ago, at the most critical juncture, the four strands of energy within him had finally fused.
Duan Fengyun leaped to his feet, then gave a long, deep stretch.
He now felt his body to be extraordinarily light, and he felt completely comfortable from the inside out.
Then, his entire head of black hair suddenly turned completely white.
What shocked Xu Fu was that as Duan Fengyun stood before him, he could not sense Duan Fengyun's presence at all.
Duan Fengyun seemed to have merged with nature itself; if not for his eyes seeing Duan Fengyun, he would not have been able to sense Duan Fengyun's existence through his senses alone.
Duan Fengyun touched his white hair and muttered to himself:
"Am I now like one of those enlightened masters?"
Xu Fu could only sense the change in Duan Fengyun's aura, while Duan Fengyun himself was most surprised by the changes in his own body.
After the Reversing Universe reached the third Circulation, his body underwent a qualitative change.
The Reversing Universe, Dragon Essence, Dragon Vein, and Qilin Blood—these four divine objects had thoroughly remade his body; now, his body was like white jade, without a single flaw.
And most importantly, after undergoing this transformation, Duan Fengyun felt that the thoughts of the Demonic Blade in his mind had vanished.
This meant he could use the Demonic Blade as he pleased.
Xu Fu said in disbelief:
"How is this possible?
Duan Fengyun, how could you have changed so much all of a sudden?"
Duan Fengyun teased:
"When I was resurrected from the dead, your old master, Qin Shi Huang, suddenly found me.
He said you are a rebellious subject and a traitor, and he bestowed upon me the power of the True Dragon, ordering me to eliminate a wolf-hearted, ambitious fellow like you on his behalf."
Xu Fu roared angrily:
"A mouth full of nonsense!
No matter what changes you have undergone today, you cannot escape death!"
The matter of Qin Shi Huang had always been a thorn in Xu Fu's heart.
He feared nothing more than others calling him a rebellious subject and a traitor; hearing Duan Fengyun address him this way, Xu Fu was thoroughly enraged.
Xu Fu's claws reached directly for Duan Fengyun's throat, wanting to stop Duan Fengyun from speaking further.
Duan Fengyun drew the Xuanyuan Sword and immediately unleashed the strongest technique of the Demonic Blade—the Blood Blade Demonic Art.
Suddenly, a monstrous sea of blood surged toward Xu Fu along with the Xuanyuan Sword; this was a sea of blood that Duan Fengyun had manifested based on all those Xu Fu had killed.
But who was Xu Fu!
With a mind like a demon and long since devoid of emotion, he felt absolutely nothing toward Duan Fengyun's monstrous sea of blood.
His Longzhua Shou gripped the Xuanyuan Sword tightly just as it was about to pierce his chest.
Yet, once the Demonic Blade was unsheathed, how could it return without success?
Duan Fengyun retracted the Demonic Blade, then slashed at Xu Fu with an even more violent offensive.
In an instant, Sword Qi crisscrossed, and a giant sword slashed down directly onto Xu Fu's head.
It had to be said that Xu Fu's Iron Head Technique was truly well-practiced; his head had actually remained unscathed after taking a strike from the Demonic Blade.
Duan Fengyun gave a thumbs-up and praised:
"Good head!"
Xu Fu sneered:
"Duan Fengyun, you actually dare to use the Demonic Blade again; are you not afraid of falling into demonic obsession once more?"
But just as he finished his sneer, he felt that something was wrong.
His head was indeed unscathed, but his torso had exploded directly.
After gathering his body back together, Xu Fu looked at Duan Fengyun cautiously.
"How did this guy suddenly change so much?"
After sensing that something was wrong, Xu Fu finally decided to use his ultimate killing move against Duan Fengyun.
Xu Fu roared continuously, his aura growing stronger and stronger, and then, after a bestial roar, Xu Fu transformed into a giant dragon.
This giant dragon was exactly the same as the divine dragon they had slaughtered that day.
Seeing this, Duan Fengyun smiled and said:
"I can do this move too."
Duan Fengyun channeled his personal aura and also transformed into a giant dragon.
Now that his energy had fully fused, the giant dragon Duan Fengyun transformed into was exactly the same as the divine dragon passed down in the legends of the Human Realm.
The same golden skin, the same five claws—this was the change after fusing with the Dragon Vein.
Xu Fu had not expected that Duan Fengyun would also have the ability to dragon-morph, but he had no time to think and opened his blood-red maw to bite at Duan Fengyun.
The giant dragon transformed from Duan Fengyun gave Xu Fu a dragon tail whip directly, leaving Xu Fu dizzy and disoriented.
Immediately, Duan Fengyun flew straight into the sky; now that both he and Xu Fu had undergone dragon transformation, he worried that the ensuing battle would implicate Youruo and the others, so he had to lure Xu Fu away.
Seeing this, Xu Fu immediately chased after Duan Fengyun into the sky.
The giant dragons transformed from the two men clawed and bit at each other incessantly in the air.
The backs of both giant dragons were covered in bloody gashes, but the giant dragon transformed from Xu Fu was clearly more severely injured.
Dragon claws represent the degree of a dragon's nobility, and as a five-clawed golden dragon, Duan Fengyun was clearly much stronger than Xu Fu's three-clawed dragon.
Seeing that he was no match, Xu Fu wanted to leave.
But at this point, how could Duan Fengyun possibly let him go?
The five-clawed golden dragon reached out its two claws to pin down the tail of the three-clawed green dragon, then opened its bloody maw and began to bite.
The excruciating pain caused the three-clawed green dragon to scream incessantly in front.
Subsequently, the five-clawed golden dragon sat directly on the three-clawed green dragon and slowly flew down to the ground.
Seeing the three-clawed green dragon subdued by the five-clawed golden dragon, everyone felt a wave of joy.
After returning to the ground, the five-clawed golden dragon transformed back into Duan Fengyun.
Duan Fengyun summoned the Xuanyuan Sword with one hand; he wanted to verify a conjecture from his past life.
In his past life, after seeing Duan Lang transform into a dragon, he had always wondered if the giant dragon transformed from Duan Lang would also possess something like a Dragon Pearl.
Today, he would use Xu Fu to verify his conjecture.
He raised the Xuanyuan Sword and sliced a large opening in the abdomen of the three-clawed green dragon with one strike.
Duan Fengyun looked carefully; inside, apart from the normal internal organs, there was nothing at all. It seemed his previous conjecture was indeed whimsical.
However, after observing carefully, Duan Fengyun still made a new discovery.
Inside the body of the three-clawed green dragon, there was an extremely tiny bead, and Duan Fengyun sensed that the bead contained immense energy.
With his intense curiosity, Duan Fengyun took action and removed the bead.
And the moment the bead left the three-clawed green dragon, the three-clawed green dragon transformed back into Xu Fu.
Xu Fu lay on the ground, gasping his last breath, his abdominal wound chilling to the bone. Shockingly, even after a long time, Xu Fu had not recovered.
Duan Fengyun stared at the bead in his hand and conjectured:
"Could it be that a Dragon Pearl really formed inside Xu Fu? This bead seems to be the source of Xu Fu's ageless and immortal power; without this bead, Xu Fu has lost his immortality."
At this moment, everyone gathered around Duan Fengyun, and Bu Jingyun asked in confusion:
"Brother Duan, isn't Xu Fu an immortal being?
How could this happen?"
Duan Fengyun opened his hand to reveal the bead, inside which a dragon shadow swam incessantly.
Duan Fengyun stated his conjecture:
"After Xu Fu transformed into a dragon, something like a Dragon Pearl must have formed in his body.
This bead should be the source of Xu Fu's immortal power; now that this bead has left Xu Fu's body, he can no longer be immortal."
Upon hearing Duan Fengyun's words, Bu Jingyun raised the Peerless Sword and severed Xu Fu's head with one strike.
Everyone watched Xu Fu, now separated from his head, but there was no sign of movement for a long time; they knew Xu Fu must be dead.
However, just to be safe, Duan Fengyun lit a fire and burned Xu Fu's corpse.
Amidst the raging flames, Xu Fu, who had plagued the Human Realm for thousands of years, was finally eliminated by everyone.
Meanwhile, the Tai'e Sword on the side shattered with a sound, having lost its master.
Duan Fengyun said:
"I didn't expect that after Xu Fu died, he would still have a divine weapon to accompany him; it is truly a waste of this Tai'e Sword."
Duan Fengyun looked at the Dragon Pearl before him; he wanted to see the function of this Dragon Pearl.
Duan Fengyun saw a puppy nearby and grabbed it.
Duan Fengyun threw the Dragon Pearl into the puppy's mouth; he wanted to see what changes would occur in the puppy after swallowing the Dragon Pearl.
Not long after the Dragon Pearl entered its stomach, the puppy instantly became irritable.
Its eyes turned red, and it looked at Duan Fengyun with malice.
The puppy opened its mouth, wanting to bite Duan Fengyun.
Before Duan Fengyun could even act, the puppy suddenly stopped, and then with a 'bang', it exploded.
This scene gave Youruo and the others quite a scare, and Youruo stepped forward and said:
"Why is this bead so terrifying?"
Duan Fengyun said:
"This bead is filled with explosive energy and bestial nature; the puppy could not withstand this energy, so it exploded.
I will keep this bead safe; if it falls into the hands of others, I worry that something else might happen."
Duan Fengyun looked up at the sunny sky; he had finally removed the scourge that was Xu Fu.
Duan Fengyun picked up Xiao Wuyou and Xiao Ruoruo and said to Wen Chou Chou:
"Chouchou, notify the kitchen to prepare a banquet.
Today, this Sect Leader has eliminated Xu Fu, so we must drink and celebrate properly."
Wen Chou Chou laughed loudly:
"Understood, Sect Leader!"
Duan Fengyun said to Wuming, Jian Chen, and Huaikong:
"Thank you all for stepping in to help me block Xu Fu today.
I know you are leaving after eliminating Xu Fu, so let us drink to our hearts' content today."
Jian Chen and the other two nodded; getting rid of someone like Xu Fu was indeed a joyous and celebratory occasion, worthy of them drinking until they were thoroughly intoxicated.
The group walked back into Dragon Gate amidst laughter and cheers, and even the face of the usually cold and icy Bu Jingyun was brimming with a smile.
The culprit who had caused their families to be torn apart had finally been dealt with by them today.
Soon, the news that Xu Fu had been killed by Duan Fengyun spread throughout the entire martial arts world, and Duan Fengyun also became the number one person in the new generation of the martial arts world.
Brought to you by the great god Duan Fengyun's "Transmigrating Through the Heavens Starting from Wind and Cloud"
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