She was dying. Whether planned or not, her death seemed inevitable. He could not tell if this was due to an incomplete reincarnation or her body being incompatible with her existence. What mattered was that she was dying, and her request made sense if she was truly on his side. She appeared to know that Liu Xing needed to kill an abomination to turn the tide of the battle. By letting him kill her before she naturally died, she could help him gain the potent qi that came from killing a Core Splitting abomination.

"Why? Why do you want me to kill you?" Liu Xing tried to summon his shield so he could move freely in her purple world, but he felt his qi was locked and refused to move. So, he moved his hands and feet, swimming through the purple void. When an abomination was close enough, he kicked off of it, using it as a stepping stone.

The woman looked at him with a blank expression, as if he were not worthy of an answer. The purple glow around her diminished steadily, like a fire in a dying hearth. Qi began to move around her, and her form, which had been crumbling, now slowed its decay, as if she tried to hold on a bit longer so he could kill her.

Liu Xing kicked the abominations around him until he floated several meters in front of the woman. Up close and without any distractions, he noticed her towering height. She stood at about two and a half meters tall. Beneath her stone clothing, he thought her body might be slender like a typical female cultivator's. Yet, instead of being delicate like a flower, she resembled a boulder—strong, steady, and calm.

Her right arm, which she had severed, came floating toward him.

"A gift for you," she said. Her voice was melodious yet firm, like that of a queen giving a command.

The floating arm settled on his right side and began to transform at its base. The severed arm blade now had a handle. It was long and slightly curved. Though it looked like stone, the gleaming edge revealed to Liu Xing that this blade was a powerful treasure.

He looked at her and wanted to ask again why she wished to die, why she gave her arm to him? But he knew this question would not be answered. Instead, he looked around. The abominations frozen in this purple world now had their snake limbs and heads twitching, as if trying to break free from the force that held them. He knew that this technique, and her form, would not hold for long. So, he came to a conclusion.

He would kill this woman.

It was the most logical action in this situation.

As if the woman could read his mind, she nodded, then repeated her request. "Kill me."

Liu Xing reached for his gun with both hands. Then, he spread his legs and aimed. "What's your name?"

She heard his question, but she didn't answer. He repeated the question twice more, desperately wanting to know her name. After all, she was a powerful being who could freeze thousands of abominations with one technique, and also a woman who gave her life to save Liu Xing and offered him a chance to win the battle. At the very least, he wanted her name so he could properly express his gratitude. Yet she would not answer his questions.

Gritting his teeth and feeling conflicted, he inhaled deeply and steadied his hands.

"Thank you," Liu Xing said.

The woman did not react to his words, and since he knew she would not answer, he pulled the trigger.

An almost transparent bullet shot from his gun directly toward her forehead. This was his most basic bullet. Usually, such a projectile would not harm a strong being like her or the snake abominations around him. Yet, he had a feeling this bullet was sufficient.

When it struck her head, her head jerked slightly, a small hole appearing in her forehead.

She nodded, as if satisfied with his action, then smiled.

When she smiled, he felt the world suddenly light up, as if a moment before it had been covered by thunderstorms, and the sun had abruptly dispersed the storm, caressing him with warmth. It made his heart beat faster, as if he had just fallen in love. Then, she exploded into brilliant purple dust, and the purple world around him vanished, releasing thousands of abominations from their individual prisons. They collided with each other. Their attacks struck where he had floated, and the area erupted in a myriad of explosions.

Liu Xing ignored the commotion and glanced at the side of his gun. Six glowing green stripes appeared, and he pressed his lips together. Then, he turned his head toward where she had stood. A little purple dust still circled there. The sight made Liu Xing's heart grow heavy. It was almost like when Nui had disappeared, or when he had heard Mamat died, though not quite as profound. Even so, he felt she was one of the most significant figures to appear in his new life—a strange thought, logically, since he had never truly interacted with her.

"Still, I will not forget her," he muttered.

While her appearance and disappearance were abrupt, the purple light and her purple world etched themselves into his mind, as if she had actually tried to teach him that technique. It was probably just his imagination, but he decided to believe it.

Liu Xing then raised his head. Thousands of abominations had stopped in their places, either on the ground, standing atop floating platforms, or simply flying. Not a single laugh or cackle sounded, and each abomination wore a serious face, as if the clown attraction was over and they needed to deal with him seriously. But their eyes were not fully fixed on him, no, they focused on the stone blade hovering beside him.

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Liu Xing grabbed the blade with his right hand, swallowed the Ethereal Pearl, and sent potent qi into it. He then let his gun float in the air and formed a lightning blade on his left arm.

With six bullets' worth of potent qi from his latest kill, he had enough power to turn the tide of battle. Now, he was no longer prey, but a hunter.

He remembered he could not rampage and kill them all—after all, they were precious resources for fighting Sun Refining abominations later—but resentment had taken root in his heart, and he decided to kill some of them before heading to the castle to meet Prince Yang Jinyan and other Yang clan members.

Liu Xing reactivated his Lightning Cloak technique and pointed his new blade toward the foremost abomination. Coincidentally, it was the one that had almost killed him in the white bone forest. Its black skin, golden snake limbs, and coconut ears were unmistakable.

"I'll kill you," Liu Xing said simply. And as if his words were a starting pistol, every abomination rushed towards him.

Liu Xing kicked the ground and launched himself toward his target. Its face was serious as it punched the air with its snake arms. Golden orbs flew at him, and a golden tiger the size of a mansion materialized to strike. Liu Xing's heart beat faster at the sight. These attacks were powerful. As a Lock Opening cultivator, he would have died if he received such attacks, and even now, they could be deadly. But the blade in his right hand felt so powerful it made him dare to face the attacks head-on.

Liu Xing sent qi to his gun, reabsorbed it, and channeled it to his new blade. The stone blade instantly hummed with power. Its purple hue brightened, and it felt heavier than before.

Liu Xing shouted while swinging his new blade. Instantly, a purple condensation of qi leaped from his blade, a crescent of purple qi so high it towered over the giant golden tiger before him. When the purple qi hit the tiger, it easily cut its head in two, then exploded with brilliant purple light, creating a shockwave so strong it blew everything away.

Liu Xing summoned his shield and accelerated. His face was serious, his eyes locked onto the abomination he hated most. The sight of that abomination with coconut ears flailing in the sky was satisfying, and he thought it would be even more so when he successfully split its head in two and destroyed the pale arm jutting from its chest.

Abominations came at him from every side, ten of them, each with red skin and faces scrunched as if they had just tasted sour lemons. Each opened its mouth, revealing colorful snakes that shot toward him. Liu Xing summoned his turtle in front of him to absorb some of their impact, then kicked the statue, spun his body, and used the momentum to accelerate toward his target. Though many attacks began raining down on him, his gun pelted them, and those that came close he slashed with his new blade, which destroyed every attack that reached him.

The rhythm of this fight had changed. Liu Xing was now more confident, moving more swiftly. His gun fired so rapidly its sound resembled a machine gun more than a normal firearm, and his blade was so strong that each purple crescent he shot could wound the abominations.

He slashed rapidly around him, sending dozens of crescent purple qi in all directions. From above, it would have looked like a purple flower blooming across the battlefield.

Liu Xing slashed at a giant abomination in front of him, his purple crescent pushing it until it fell back. He deflected a punch with his blade, severing a green snake limb, then shot an Exploding Fist bullet right into an abomination's mouth. The head did not explode, but it certainly died, replenishing his gun with more potent qi.

Liu Xing summoned his turtle. With his control as a Core Splitting cultivator, he lifted the turtle and dropped it toward two abominations trying to shoot yellow and blue condensed qi at him. The attack did not kill them, but the resulting clash sent their attacks shooting into the sky like a fireworks display. A fiery abomination and a lightning-shrouded one came at him from front and back, their punches timed perfectly. Liu Xing ducked at the perfect moment—the two snakes collided, creating a shockwave. Then Liu Xing, while crouching, rotated his blade clockwise, splitting these two abominations cleanly from their waists up.

From here, he moved within the abomination army like a one-man army. The blade was incredibly powerful—sharp and capable of sending out formidable attacks. But after a full minute of fighting, he finally understood its drawback. The blade consumed his qi at an incredibly fast rate. Even when he did not unleash qi attacks, merely holding it absorbed his qi. Worse, it consumed his normal qi, though this could be offset by sending potent qi to it occasionally. Still, the drawback was not debilitating, after all it could be managed with good qi management and his gun.

Liu Xing slashed horizontally at the neck of an abomination before him. It was a white-skinned abomination, with a red nose like a drunkard and ears made from two yellow potatoes. His slash failed to sever the neck completely, but before it could react, he shot the rest of its neck with an Exploding Fist bullet. His gun now held six bullets again. Four of them went into his blade, one was used to unleash an Exploding Fist bullet at a gigantic abomination made of millions of white snakes still forming, and the rest he sent into the Ethereal Pearl.

Liu Xing scanned the area around him. The abomination with coconut ears stood only several meters away, its path to him clear. It shouted, "Disgusting arms! Disgusting arms!" repeatedly, like a chant to ward off a ghost, its face contorted into something resembling fear.

Though Liu Xing was hindered by numerous abominations, his trajectory remained constant. He always tried to move closer to this specific abomination. Thus, the deaths of other abominations occurred in front of this particular abomination, and it probably knew, deep within its ugly soul, that Liu Xing would come and kill it.

Cycling his qi faster and enhancing his Lightning Cloak technique, he summoned his shield and kicked it, launching himself at the abomination. Liu Xing thought it would begin sending tiger attacks, or even golden orbs at him. But to his surprise, the abomination turned and fled.

Liu Xing's eyes narrowed as he accelerated, and then, with a thought, he summoned his turtle directly in front of the abomination. It slammed into his turtle with a loud thud, its movement halting. It then turned to the side, but it was already within reach of his long stone blade.

Liu Xing swung his blade and severed its two snake feet.

"You cannot run!" Liu Xing shouted.

It twisted its falling body as if ready to punch, but Liu Xing swiped his blade again, severing its two snake arms. The abomination snarled at him. The pale arm from its chest reached out as if trying to strangle him. He thrust his stone blade directly at the hand and stabbed the golden eye in its palm. He kept thrusting until the blade protruded from the abomination's back. Then, he slashed his blade to the side, slicing the abomination in two. Its pale white hand twitched as its body began to melt. However, Liu Xing sent qi from his Ethereal Pearl into his gun and fired. An explosion bloomed before him, the wind rustling his hair. The glowing green stripes on his gun confirmed that he had killed the abomination.

Liu Xing jumped high into the sky, summoned his shield, and stood on it. The abominations rushed at him as if they were moths drawn to a bright light.

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