I Can Merge Techniques

Chu Fan’s speed suddenly surged. He appeared like a phantom beside the opening Zhao Qingyan had just created in the barrier.

His face was expressionless as he charged straight out, meeting Zhang Ling’Er’s terrified gaze. He unleashed a powerful, heavy kick, aiming it squarely at her!

THUD!

A muffled impact.

Unable to activate her Profound Cyan Shield in time, Zhang Ling’Er screamed. Both she and the corpse in her arms were sent flying like a discarded sack.

She tumbled across the ground for dozens of yards, coming to a stop covered in dirt and grass.

If not for the fact that her Battle Armor was an Ancient Treasure, that single kick would have been enough to kill her!

Pressing his advantage, Chu Fan leaped into the air. His Black Abyss Soward trailed a bloody crimson arc as he slashed straight down!

"You bastard—!"

Seething with rage, Zhang Ling’Er activated the Profound Cyan Shield once more.

The Profound Cyan Shield materialized out of thin air, blocking Chu Fan’s strike.

CLANG! A terrifying burst of force erupted, and Chu Fan’s body was sent flying back like a falling leaf.

Seeing her chance, Zhang Ling’Er thrust her left hand toward Chu Fan, once again using the same technique that had trapped the Witch.

CRACK!

An immense amount of Cold Qi converged on Chu Fan. His body was frozen in mid-air, encased in a sphere of spontaneously formed ice, left floating in place!

Seeing this, Zhang Ling’Er didn’t dare linger to deliver a finishing blow. She scrambled to her feet, grabbed the corpse, and vanished wretchedly into the night.

When she arrived, she had declared that everyone here was trash and that she would use the Witch for her Trial Sword—how proud and full of spirit she had been.

But as she fled, she was like a beaten dog, routed and utterly pathetic.

Sheng Yang, Gang Leader of the Fiery Sun Gang, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. ’This Chu Fan... he’s a real menace,’ he thought.

He felt increasingly fortunate for the choice he had made back then.

BOOM!

The moment Sheng Yang had that thought, the sphere of ice encasing Chu Fan exploded!

Amidst a shower of ice shards, Chu Fan landed steadily on his feet, his expression serene.

At that moment, another crisp cracking sound came from within the barrier.

The sphere of ice trapping the Mutated Witch had also been shattered by a blast of berserk black qi!

A cold glint flashed in Chu Fan’s eyes. Without a moment’s hesitation, he turned and stepped back into the barrier.

"ROAR—!"

The Witch’s eyes were blood-red, and an ominous black qi emanated from her body. Seeing Chu Fan return, the madness in her eyes grew even more intense.

Her body slowly levitated as her hands rapidly formed a series of Seal Techniques in front of her chest. The black qi around her roiled like boiling ink, sweeping out in all directions.

The terrifying pressure made even Zhao Qingyan and the others outside the barrier feel as if they were suffocating.

"Chu Fan, be careful! That woman’s gone insane!" Zhao Qingyan shouted urgently.

But Chu Fan advanced instead of retreating.

With a flick of his wrist, the Black Abyss Soward flew from his grasp. It transformed into a streak of black light, letting out a piercing shriek as it shot straight toward the airborne Witch.

The Witch reacted with incredible speed. Forming her right hand into a claw, she snatched the incoming Long Saber from the air with a sharp CRACK!

But the instant she caught the blade, her pupils constricted violently.

Chu Fan, who had been on the ground, was nowhere to be seen.

The next moment, she felt a powerful tug on her ankle!

Using the thrown saber as a diversion, Chu Fan had used a Body Technique to appear directly beneath her. His large hand, like an iron pincer, clamped down hard on her ankle.

Then, putting all the strength of his core into it, he swung her through the air like the Powerful Slash of Hua Mountain and slammed the levitating Witch violently into the ground!

BOOM!

The ground trembled violently. Rubble went flying and dust billowed into the air.

The Magic Technique the Witch had been casting was brutally interrupted, and the swirling black qi around her instantly dissipated.

Before she could even recover from the intense pain, Chu Fan, showing no mercy, slammed a heavy fist straight down onto her head!

POW!

The punch was simple and unadorned, yet it carried the force of a falling mountain.

The Witch’s head was driven straight into the earth. Half her body sank into the ground, and she passed out on the spot without so much as a grunt.

...

If the crowd had been shocked before, they were now utterly, deathly silent.

The way everyone looked at Chu Fan—from the Demon Suppression Guards to the experts from Six Gates—had changed.

From the earlier skirmish, they already knew Chu Fan was strong—far stronger than Zhang Ling’Er, even.

But they never imagined that Chu Fan would be so much stronger than the woman, even after her complete mutation and massive power increase!

The fight had been so fluid, so devastating...

Just one throw and one punch!

That was all it took to end the fight!

This meant that when he was fighting Zhang Ling’Er and her guards earlier, he hadn’t even been using his full strength!

CLANK CLANK CLANK!

Chu Fan stood up. The Demon-locking Chain in his hand flew out, expertly binding the unconscious Witch. He then slapped a Sealing Talisman onto her.

After doing all this, he didn’t leave immediately. Instead, he squatted in front of the Witch and studied her with a solemn gaze.

This wasn’t the first "polluted" person he had seen.

Xiao Ziye of the Demon Suppression Bureau had been the first.

But Xiao Ziye had only been driven mad. The polluting power was suppressed within her body, and she looked no different from an ordinary person on the outside.

The woman before him now, however, exuded an aura that felt like the purest form of evil and darkness.

This woman had originally been at the Third Heaven of the Acupoint Realm. After being polluted, her power had soared past the Fourth Heaven, nearly reaching the Fifth Heaven of the Acupoint Realm!

If she hadn’t been delirious, her techniques riddled with openings, he feared it would have taken a lot more effort to subdue her.

Just then, Zhao Qingyan and the other two dismantled the crumbling barrier and walked over, their faces filled with admiration.

"I can’t believe it. You solved a case on your very first day that even Lord Nangong couldn’t crack," Zhao Qingyan remarked with a sigh.

The other two looked at Chu Fan, the way they saw him now completely transformed.

However, disaster struck in that very instant!

Chu Fan suddenly snapped his head up!

From the darkness behind a decorative rockery, a black figure shot out like a hawk diving for a rabbit.

With a soft SWISH, the cold glint of a weapon’s tip was already rushing toward his face!

The spear thrust was as swift as a fleeting shadow and as powerful as a thunderclap, aimed directly at Chu Fan’s throat!

"Look out!"

The expressions on Zhao Qingyan and the others changed drastically as they moved in unison to intercept the attack.

"Get lost!"

The black-clad figure let out a low snarl. The long spear trembled, and an immense, irresistible force blasted outward in all directions.