Chapter 732: Use Your Brain to Kill the Enemy

That pair of gray, misty cow eyes seemed like an endless abyss.

Merely locking eyes with them evoked a deep sense of dread.

Fang Yue paused for a moment; when he came to his senses, his left hand had already formed an Ice Blade, which he swung straight at the Cow Seat's head.

Huh-huh-huh—

This slash cut through the air with a whistling wind.

Yet what sent chills down the spine was that, within the 【Still World】, the cow's head on Cow Seat's chest, those eyes, moved in tandem with the blade's trajectory.

It… could keep up with his movements even within the Still World!

Clenching his teeth, Fang Yue accelerated the Ice Blade's path.

No matter what changes Cow Seat had undergone, without a head, no technique could save him!

The Ice Blade, swift as lightning, struck Cow Seat's neck and kept moving, cleanly severing his head.

As the head flew upward, the bowl-sized wound at the neck had already been frozen solid by extreme ice.

Only when Cow Seat's head hit the ground did Fang Yue stare blankly at his blood-stained Ice Blade.

Was that… already over?

Looking at the headless corpse before him, and the cow's head upon it, its calm eyes fixed on him, Fang Yue felt perplexed.

Most importantly… the system prompt had not sounded.

Fang Yue was about to deliver another strike.

Crack!

His neck suddenly exploded with intense pain, as if struck by a heavy fist.

Twisting violently, Fang Yue was flung several meters sideways by that Supernatural Strength.

561!

After rolling several times on the ground, when Fang Yue rose, he saw nothing.

He had no idea where the attack had come from or how it had been delivered.

Staring uncertainly at Cow Seat's headless corpse, Fang Yue forcibly twisted his crooked neck back into place.

With the crack of bones realigning, a two-digit self-inflicted damage value appeared above Fang Yue's head, instantly healed by Night Breath.

"Just what was that…?"

The Still World retracted; Fang Yue watched the headless corpse from afar.

"Lord Cow Seat!"

"No! How could it…?"

"Dead? Lord Cow Seat is dead?!"

The others of the Phoenix Organization finally cried out in shock, having witnessed this scene.

It was no wonder—in the 【Still World】, except for true experts, ordinary people could barely sense even the slowing of time.

While they were distracted, Yang Diandian and her group launched coordinated attacks, instantly gaining the upper hand.

Amidst the battle cries, fingers emerged from the ground, poking up slightly, like onlookers peering in, rising and falling around the battlefield.

The Nuomian Gui who hadn't been fully destroyed lay hidden nearby, instantly burrowing into any fallen body to devour it and quietly restore their strength.

This variable was soon noticed by both sides; Yang Diandian diverted attention to deal with the Nuomian Gui, and the situation once again stalled.

Meanwhile, on the main battlefield, Fang Yue had calmed down.

Just now, he was certain: Cow Seat's headless corpse had made no movement whatsoever.

That meant another presence, somewhere in the vicinity, had attacked him.

But… he hadn't sensed a thing!

Boom—

Thunder cracked overhead; the 【Night Rain】 fell even faster.

Fang Yue furrowed his brow and slowly closed his eyes.

The sound of rain, roars, battle cries…

All these noises faded from his mind; his entire focus concentrated on sensing his internal energy.

Yet… he detected nothing.

He repeatedly scanned with his internal energy, then reluctantly opened his eyes.

No one. No third party existed.

The only conclusion: Cow Seat's corpse had used some method he couldn't perceive to attack him.

Black threads of shadow spread from his body, coiling around the Ice Blade and his legs; Fang Yue activated Shadow Step and surged straight to Cow Seat's severed head, slashing it apart into pieces—yet the headless corpse showed no reaction whatsoever.

His brow furrowed…

"Frozen Heart Method!"

Frost erupted from Fang Yue, spreading instantly to a radius of roughly a hundred meters.

The ground layered with frost, transforming into an icy realm.

Fang Yue had abandoned intense Frozen power, instead using wide-area coverage as his primary detection method.

And this time, he finally got results.

As Fang Yue prepared to charge again toward the headless corpse, aiming for the cow's head on its chest…

Thud!

A deep, human-shaped footprint suddenly appeared before Cow Seat's corpse, the ice shattered beneath it—impossible to ignore.

"What is that?!"

Fang Yue froze for a moment, then immediately felt a sense of familiarity.

That invisible thing… it was as if…

Before Fang Yue could think deeper, the frost-covered ground before the headless Ox Seat suddenly exploded.

Amid flying shards of ice, Fang Yue had no time to react—the whistling punch was already slamming toward his face.

Though invisible to the naked eye, every movement altered the airflow and environment, and he could sense every change.

In some sense, this thing was merely wearing an invisible skin…

Not the same… not like that thing!

Fang Yue snapped back to awareness, stepped half a pace back, and slashed backward with a single stroke.

It felt as if he had cut through air—he hesitated, then swiftly retreated, creating distance.

As he retreated, the Ice Blade shattered, transforming into Ice Feather, densely covering the spot where it had been.

The wide-range attack struck the ground, triggering a series of cracking sounds, shattering the frost-covered earth.

Though invisible, it truly was intangible…

But what if…

Fang Yue narrowed his eyes, his body surged forward, and threads of black qi coiled around the Ice Blade as he slashed.

This strike was subtly different from before!

Fang Yue felt it… a sense of resistance!

Very faint—so faint it was nearly imperceptible.

But it was real!

That meant, the Ice Blade coated with 【Gui Value】 could indeed make contact with that thing.

Definitely not 【Yin Cha】!

Fang Yue immediately confirmed it.

Though he didn't know how the Ox Seat had acquired this eerie entity resembling Yin Cha—or made it obey.

But in the end, it was merely a counterfeit imitation.

Fang Yue clearly remembered: no matter what method he used, he could never touch Yin Cha, not even once; to even see Yin Cha, he needed 【Night Rain】.

Yet this one—merely by coating the Ice Blade with 【Gui Value】, he could interact with it.

As long as enough 【Gui Value】 was applied to the Ice Blade, he could definitely kill this eerie entity.

But… he didn't seem to need to fight this "eerie entity" to the death!

With a flash of movement, Fang Yue rushed before the headless Ox Seat.

In an instant's pause, he unleashed over a dozen strikes, frantically hacking at the headless corpse of the Ox Seat!

Tomorrow: extra chapter

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