Chapter 453 - 423: Forceful Slaying, the Dagger is Revealed
This filled Lie Lin’s eyes with terror.
His terror was justified.
HUM.
The next moment, the shadow doorway behind Lie Lin suddenly rippled.
A figure in a black robe with a profound aura strode out from within.
SWISH!
The shadows flickered. Crossing a distance of several hundred feet in an instant, an exquisitely embroidered black-and-gold boot landed squarely on Lie Lin’s head!
There was no great commotion. As if stepping on modeling clay, Lie Lin’s skull shattered. His entire head caved in, crushed into his chest cavity by Su Ye’s terrifying physical strength!
His deceptively slender frame contained a terrifying power, enough to crush a dragon-man!
CRACK!
The sound of breaking bones rang out!
At the same time, an indescribable noise echoed in the air—like a juicy tomato being instantly flattened by a heavy hammer, its contents splattering everywhere!
It was enough to make one’s teeth ache.
THUMP!
Lie Lin’s life force instantly grew incredibly faint!
His grievously wounded body plummeted toward the ground like a broken ragdoll!
’That strength...’ Watching this, Xuetu’s eyelid twitched. ’What kind of monster could do this with physical strength alone?!’
"Who is it?"
His gaze was grave as he looked at the young man in the black robe. When he saw his face clearly, his pupils constricted slightly.
’Yehai, Su Ye, the Flame Alliance’s newly promoted Golden Core... What the hell kind of ’newly promoted’ is this?’
Xuetu wanted to curse. To suppress Lie Lin with pure physical strength, his Body Refining level had to be at least Tier Four Mid Stage, or even... Tier Four Late Stage?!
’Such a foundation!’
’No wonder he could kill Chu Wunian...’
But even so, Xuetu gritted his teeth, his expression turning sharp as he formed a hand seal to cast a spell.
"Blood Skull Curse!"
HUM!
His Storage Ring flashed. A skull appeared in his hand and he tossed it into the air!
Blood Fiend Qi swirled and condensed around the skull, forming a massive, sinister, blood-colored cranium. Its jaw snapped open and shut as it lunged toward Su Ye!
It was a diversion to save his ally.
He had to save Lie Lin.
Xuetu looked down on the stupid dragon-man hybrid.
But if Lie Lin died, he would have to face two Golden Cores, Su Ye and Lin Yinxiu, all by himself. The mere thought made Xuetu’s scalp tingle with dread!
As for Yingshi... Xuetu couldn’t be sure if Yingshi was present.
After all, this Golden Core from Candle Python Cave was known for her mysterious movements and expertise in Concealment.
With her Divine Techniques, if she was determined to hide on this chaotic battlefield, Xuetu would never find a trace of her as long as she didn’t activate her Magical Power!
"A parlor trick."
Glancing past the blood-colored skull, Su Ye’s ice-silver eyes locked onto Xuetu. An invisible force of Divine Sense, channeled through his Pupil Technique, surged forth!
’Damn it! Is that the spiritual might of a Great Cultivator?!’
Xuetu instantly let out a muffled groan, his face turning deathly pale.
The menacing, blood-colored skull also weakened considerably.
SHHIIING!
The frost-silver Moon Blade Halberd swung, tearing through the air with a sound like a thousand shrieking birds. A highly condensed Moon Arc Slash, over a hundred feet high, exploded outward!
BOOM!
As if slicing a watermelon, the entire blood-colored skull was cleaved in two!
A mist of blood burst forth. The skull artifact, its spiritual light now dim, fell from the sky, its surface covered in cracks.
Moreover, after dissipating the Blood Skull, the Moon Arc’s momentum was not spent. The frost-cold arc of light flickered, changed its angle, and shot toward Xuetu at several times the speed of sound!
"Not good!"
Xuetu’s eyelids twitched violently as he threw up a protective barrier.
However, in the face of the Moon Arc Slash, this protective barrier was like paper!
SHIICK!
The Moon Arc flew past! Xuetu was sliced in half at the waist, leaving only his lower body bizarrely suspended in mid-air.
But...
Su Ye raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.
SQUELCH.
From Xuetu’s lower half, tentacle-like buds of flesh grew frantically, forming a twisted tumor that then morphed into Xuetu’s upper body!
In just a few breaths, his injuries had completely healed.
’This regenerative ability is hard to match, even for me... Blood Dao cultivators are truly difficult to kill,’ Su Ye thought.
Su Ye reflected that unless he used a Divine Technique—eroding him with the deathly intent of the End of Tracing Origin—it would be very difficult to kill Xuetu with conventional methods.
Furthermore,
this Blood Path Golden Core might also have mastered True Techniques like Reversing Destiny and Returning to Life.
Meanwhile, Lie Lin, who he had knocked to the ground, was already sneaking toward the edge of the battlefield. With the terrifying life force of a Tier Four dragon-man, a mere shattered skull was nothing!
Lie Lin could still move.
If Xuetu was determined to delay him, Lie Lin had at least a twenty percent chance of escaping with his life!
’However,’
’why should I kill you?’
Su Ye smiled. His primary target was to kill Lie Lin and claim that huge bag of EXP!
’As for Xuetu?’
’Someone else can deal with him... Don’t forget, I have a teammate!’
BOOM!
"Fiend, die!"
In the distance, above the winding river of blood, more than a dozen purplish-red tentacles had been utterly destroyed at some point!
Lin Yinxiu clenched her fists, her Purple Thunder Bracelet flashing with blinding lightning. Dressed in a moon-white sleeveless qipao, her expression was stern as she charged in for the kill, her body moving like a thunderbolt!
"Hold him off, Shenxiao! I’ll go kill that dragon-man!"
Su Ye nodded, his body transforming into an Ice Silver Escape Light. Like a falling star, he shot toward the fleeing Lie Lin on the battlefield below!
SHHIIING!
The Ice Silver Escape Light shot out, plunging into the battlefield on the ground!
A terrifying Golden Core Realm swept out. Everywhere it passed, the ground turned to frozen earth, and magical techniques stagnated into frost. As for the insect swarm, their bodies stiffened and turned into ice sculptures, regardless of their tier!
WHOOSH!
As Su Ye flew, a straight line of frozen, frosted earth stretching for miles appeared within the dense, dark tide of the insect army!
He turned hundreds of thousands of insect beasts into ice sculptures, and the environmental impact caused a cold current to sweep across the entire Yu Lan Island battlefield, making the temperature plummet!
The battlefield, which had been in a precarious, losing position, was instantly revitalized after Su Ye made his move. It was like a shot of adrenaline, and the tilting scales of battle were balanced once more!
With his power alone, he had changed the very environment and reversed the tide of battle!
"This is the great power of a Golden Core!"
"Yehai!"
Gazing at the distinct, eye-catching path of ice-silver on the battlefield!
The cultivators of the Flame Alliance camp cheered, their spirits soaring with excitement!
"Kill!"
"Take back our positions!"
In an instant, the entire battlefield erupted with renewed vigor!
...
Meanwhile, at the edge of the battlefield.
Lie Lin turned his regenerated head to look back, only to see a streak of ice-silver not far away, charging toward him amidst a flurry of snow, carrying an endless, bone-deep chill!
Instantly!
Lie Lin’s soul nearly fled his body in terror!
"Damn it!"
"Does this person have a blood feud with me?!"
Lie Lin was horrified.
He couldn’t help but feel a phantom pain in his head; the agony of having his skull crushed was something he would never forget!
And at this moment, a powerful sense of crisis suddenly welled up in his heart!
WHOOSH!
Behind Lie Lin, the shadows stirred. Su Ye had used Shadow Flash again, suddenly striding out to appear right behind him!
He raised the Moonfall Halberd high and brought it crashing down in a devastating chop!
"ROAR!"
A life-or-death crisis! Lie Lin’s vertical pupils turned bloodshot as the madness of his hybrid bloodline erupted!
He raised a draconic claw wreathed in blazing fire, gathered all his strength, and threw a punch behind him!
BOOM!
It was like trying to stop a dump truck with a bare-fisted punch!
The physical body Lie Lin was so proud of offered no advantage whatsoever!
Lie Lin’s entire body convulsed. The incomparably terrifying power condensed on the Moonfall Halberd washed over him, crushing him with unstoppable force!
BANG!
His only remaining left arm exploded into a mist of blood!
Immediately after,
under the immense force and the cutting edge of the Moonfall Halberd, Lie Lin was violently torn apart. His entire body burst, scattering bits of flesh and broken scales, and dissolved into a cloud of bloody mist!
Slain!
Lie Lin was dead!
The monster that had devoured countless people had finally met its end!
A panel of information popped up.
[Killed Hybrid. +13,902 EXP for ’Pastor of the Sea’.]
Su Ye stowed his Moonfall Halberd.
However, just then, something unexpected happened!
Beside Su Ye, an incredibly eerie, dark blade edge suddenly appeared, tearing through the void!