Chapter 213: Chapter 192: Killing Le Mingcheng

"Go!"

Lu Zhao flicked his finger. The deep blue Water Arrow shot silently from the Magic Disc, moving so fast it left only a faint blue afterimage as it flew straight toward the center of Le Mingcheng’s back!

Le Mingcheng felt the deadly, sharp Qi Mechanism lock onto him from behind, and despair flooded his heart. ’I can’t dodge this!’ he knew.

’I only have one Tier Two Water Escape Talisman! My other Defense Talismans are like paper against an attack of this level!’

"I’ll risk it all!" A glint of madness flashed in Le Mingcheng’s eyes. He spun around abruptly, his hands forming a seal. The Magical Power in his body surged like a bursting dam, frantically pouring into the Water Jade Bell floating above his head!

BUZZ!

The Water Jade Bell erupted in a dazzling, azure radiance. The body of the bell trembled violently, emitting a chime that pierced straight through to one’s Spiritual Soul!

This chime was no simple sound; it contained a powerful sonic attack!

Pale blue ripples of sound, visible to the naked eye, spread out violently in a ring from the Water Jade Bell!

Pushed to its limits, the Water Jade Bell displayed its true power as a top-tier Tier Two Lower Grade Magical Artifact!

The chime was sharp and piercing, as if it could penetrate one’s eardrums and strike the depths of their soul. Even Lu Zhao, controlling the Corpse Puppets from a distance, felt his Divine Sense stagnate for a moment, his Heart Spirit taking a slight blow.

The spreading sonic ripples carried an immense concussive force. Wherever they passed, the air distorted, the surfaces of the rocks below were instantly covered in fine cracks, and the vegetation was blasted to dust!

This sonic attack was both a defense and a counterattack! Le Mingcheng was trying to use it to interfere with Lu Zhao’s Divine Sense Manipulation, weaken the deadly Water Arrow’s power, and perhaps even shatter it completely!

Just as the ring of pale blue sonic ripples expanded to its maximum, about to meet the incoming deep blue Water Arrow—

HISS!

The violent collision and roar he expected never came. Faced with the surging soundwaves, the impossibly condensed, deep blue Water Arrow was like a red-hot poker piercing through butter, emitting a grating HISS-HISS sound!

A cold glint at the Water Arrow’s tip suddenly flared, and a terrifying piercing power erupted! The pale blue sonic ripples were split down the middle as if by an invisible blade, distorting violently before collapsing!

Although the soundwaves did manage to neutralize and weaken some of the Water Element Spiritual Power on the arrow’s exterior, dimming its light slightly, the core piercing power was not completely dissipated!

In the next instant, the deep blue Water Arrow, carrying an unstoppable momentum, slammed viciously into the body of the Water Jade Bell, which was radiating azure light!

CLANG!

A tremendous Clashing of Gold and Iron, far duller and more soul-shaking than the previous chime, exploded outward! A berserk shockwave of energy swept out in a ring, sending all the rocks and vegetation within a radius of dozens of yards flying and crushing them to pieces!

The azure brilliance on the surface of the Water Jade Bell flickered violently, its light wavering. The defensive Runes engraved on the bell’s body flowed frantically, trying to resist the terrifying piercing power. The bell itself trembled at a high frequency visible to the naked eye, emitting a mournful BUZZ-BUZZ as if groaning under an unbearable weight!

The stalemate lasted for only a single breath!

CRACK!

A faint but clear cracking sound was heard! On the surface of the Water Jade Bell, a tiny fissure had appeared!

Immediately after, a series of CRACK-CRACK sounds followed! The fissure spread rapidly like a spiderweb!

PFFT!

As if struck by a heavy blow, Le Mingcheng’s face instantly went from pale to red. He violently spat out a large mouthful of crimson blood, his aura deflating rapidly like a punctured ball!

His Heart Spirit-linked Magical Artifact had suffered heavy damage, and the backlash struck his Spiritual Soul directly!

BANG!

Finally, the azure radiance on the Water Jade Bell’s surface was completely extinguished. It let out a mournful cry and was sent flying by the residual force of the Water Arrow, tumbling like a kite with a snapped string. It slammed into a distant mountain wall and embedded itself deep within, its Spirit Light gone. It was clearly heavily damaged and would be unusable for some time.

As for the deep blue Water Arrow, after knocking away the Water Jade Bell, it too finally exhausted the last of its power, dissipating into motes of blue light in the air.

With his Magical Artifact destroyed and suffering from the backlash, Le Mingcheng felt as if all his strength had been drained. His vision went black, and his body flew backward uncontrollably, blood staining the front of his robes.

However, the instinct to survive overrode everything!

Just as his body was about to crash to the ground, a trace of hysterical madness and unwillingness flashed in Le Mingcheng’s eyes!

He bit his tongue hard. Spurred on by the sharp pain, he forcibly mustered his last dregs of Magical Power, his hands forming seals at a frantic, almost self-mutilating speed!

"Blood Burning Technique! Activate!"

An unhealthy, extremely abnormal flush instantly appeared on Le Mingcheng’s face, as if all the blood in his body had rushed to his head.

Tiny Blood Beads even began to seep from the pores all over his body as a violent, chaotic, and self-destructive fluctuation of Magical Power erupted from him!

A Life-or-Death Secret Technique! He was burning his Essence Blood, possibly even damaging his Dao Foundation, in exchange for a momentary burst of power!

WHOOSH!

Le Mingcheng’s figure left a faint afterimage as he vanished in an instant! When he reappeared, he was already over a hundred yards away! His speed was even a sliver faster than Lu Zhao’s earlier Thousand Waters Spirit Transformation Escape!

He had narrowly dodged another attack Lu Zhao had launched right after the Water Arrow!

"Hmph! A desperate struggle!" Lu Zhao’s eyes were cold, showing no surprise. ’Which Foundation Establishment Cultivator doesn’t have a trump card or two for saving their life or staking it all?’

He had anticipated this.

Almost at the same instant Le Mingcheng vanished using the Blood-Burning Escape, Lu Zhao’s thoughts raced. The four Corpse Puppets that had been lying in ambush, ready to strike, moved! freewⅇbnovel.com

ROAR!

The Tier Two Strong Demon Ape Corpse Puppet let out a muffled roar and was the first to lunge, becoming a Dark Gold afterimage! The three Strong Iron Ape Corpse Puppets followed close behind, fanning out in a pincer formation, their speed as fast as the wind!

Although they had no Escape Techniques or Divine Abilities, with their formidable Flesh Body strength and Lu Zhao’s precise Divine Sense Manipulation, they instantly sealed off all possible escape routes Le Mingcheng might take after activating the Blood Burning Technique!

Le Mingcheng had just reappeared from the Blood Burning Technique’s instantaneous movement. Before he could activate his Escape Light again, he felt four ferocious, overwhelming waves of Evil Qi lock onto him from all directions!

Four tall, hideous figures, reeking of death, bore down on him like four great mountains!

The last shred of crazed hope in his eyes quickly faded, replaced by endless despair.

The excruciating pain from the Secret Technique’s backlash washed over him like a tide. His meridians felt as if they were being scorched by fire, and his Dantian Qi Sea was empty and on the verge of shattering. Faced with the siege of four Corpse Puppets that felt no pain, feared no death, and had astonishing Defense Power, he had no way to escape and no strength left to fight!

"No!" Le Mingcheng let out a final, unwilling roar filled with venomous hatred and terror.

What met him were four giant fists, each carrying a gigantic force and wrapped in dense Corpse Evil Qi!

BAM! CRACK! SQUELCH!

The dull thud of impact, the crisp sound of a breaking Skeleton, and the sickening squelch of torn flesh all mixed together!

Le Mingcheng’s Protective Spiritual Light shattered instantly like a soap bubble. The arm he hastily raised to block was directly broken by the giant fist of an Iron Ape Corpse Puppet!

The sharp claws of another Corpse Puppet viciously tore into his ribs!

The Strong Demon Ape Corpse Puppet’s millstone-like fist, carrying a force that could end everything, smashed heavily into his chest!

Le Mingcheng’s body, like a worn-out burlap sack, was simultaneously torn and battered by several gigantic forces, and it instantly collapsed!

Blood mixed with chunks of internal organs sprayed out violently!

The light in his eyes quickly dimmed, and his last shred of Vitality was utterly annihilated by the rampant Corpse Evil Qi!

「Half a quarter-hour later.」

The violent Spiritual Qi fluctuations subsided, and the lingering dust and smoke slowly dispersed.

Lu Zhao stood in the center of the ravaged battlefield. He looked at Le Mingcheng’s body on the ground, which was mangled almost beyond recognition and completely devoid of aura, before slowly recalling the four Corpse Puppets still seething with Evil Qi.

His face was expressionless, but a hard-to-detect gravity flickered in the depths of his eyes.

"Foundation Establishment Cultivators... are truly hard to kill," Lu Zhao muttered to himself, his voice carrying a hint of weakness from using the Blood Shadow Escape, as well as a sincere sigh.

To kill Le Mingcheng, a cultivator of the same rank, he had used the Thousand Waters Spirit Transformation Escape, the Blood Shadow Escape, the Hundred Waters Magic Disc, and a siege with a Tier Two Corpse Puppet Battle Formation.

But his opponent still managed to use a Life-or-Death Secret Technique and almost escaped.

’If my Divine Sense weren’t so strong, if I didn’t have so many methods and an endless supply of trump cards, an ordinary Early-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, or even a Mid-stage one, probably wouldn’t have been able to handle this slippery Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the Le Family.’

He walked forward and skillfully retrieved Le Mingcheng’s Storage Bag and his mangled corpse. He then collected the Water Jade Bell, which had been sent flying into the mountain wall, its Spirit Light now dim.

After scanning the surroundings to confirm he hadn’t missed any other valuable items, Lu Zhao lingered no longer. With a flicker, he transformed into a streak of Escape Light and swiftly left the valley, which was thick with the stench of blood and death.

’This matter is concluded; a Foundation Establishment Cultivator of the Le Family is dead. Next, I’ll perform a Soul Search on Le Mingcheng’s remnant Soul. Then, it’s time to exterminate the entire Le Family and rescue that little girl from his memories who called me Uncle Lu.’

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