Chapter 59: Bone-Eroding Demonic Flame
Demonic Disintegration was an even more powerful life-risking technique than Self-Detonation of the Spiritual Aperture.
Once used, it signaled the start of a life’s countdown.
But in return, it granted combat power far exceeding one’s own.
Kong Lianbin opened his eyes completely, his bloodthirsty black pupils fixated on Luo Xue.
A sea of blood seemed to surge around him, and a familiar aura assaulted Luo Xue, causing a strange expression to appear on her face.
“Heh… A disciple of an immortal sect, within the poisonous domain of my Temple of the Nether Spirit, how much strength can you still muster?”
Kong Lianbin sneered, lunging towards Luo Xue with a ferocious expression.
“No one will come to save you now!”
His Daoist robe fluttered, and the long sword in his hand seemed to carry a bone-chilling Yin Poison. A single touch would be fatal to a mortal.
Kong Lianbin attacked without reservation, and Luo Xue was finally able to sense his approximate strength.
“Late-stage Innate Realm…”
At the Mind Strengthening Realm, he had already developed Divine Sense.
This was the most obvious chasm between mortals and immortals. Only by cultivating immortal techniques could one cross this chasm. Even mortals who reached the peak of martial arts couldn’t reach this realm.
Moreover, after activating Demonic Disintegration, Kong Lianbin’s aura had vaguely reached the peak of the Innate Realm, forcibly condensing a faint spiritual aperture.
Fortunately, he used most of his power to maintain the surrounding poisonous domain. After all, using the environment of the Demon Abyss to restrict the techniques of immortal sect disciples was the safest approach.
Unfortunately, Luo Xue was immune to Yin Poison.
The concentration of Yin Poison within Mount Fengyin was a hundred times greater than here. Even Foundation Establishment cultivators didn’t dare to touch it casually, yet Luo Xue could move freely within it.
It could even be said that she was…
“Like a fish in water.”
Luo Xue sighed and took out her short sword.
As Kong Lianbin’s sword slashed towards her, she shifted slightly, directly blocking the blow with her right arm.
With a muffled groan, Luo Xue’s blood surged, and purplish-red blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.
Kong Lianbin was slightly stunned. He didn’t expect Luo Xue to actively block his sword, disrupting his follow-up attacks.
Just then, Luo Xue raised her short sword and swung it towards Kong Lianbin with a childish and clumsy technique.
At such close range, although Luo Xue’s swordsmanship was clumsy, it was very effective.
Kong Lianbin couldn’t dodge in time. Although he reacted quickly, his left arm was still struck by Luo Xue’s sword.
However… it wasn’t a deep wound, just a minor injury.
The price Kong Lianbin paid for injuring her was a serious injury to himself.
“Cough…”
Luo Xue retreated a few steps, coughing up blood, which landed on her short sword.
“Heh, quite a ruthless character, willing to trade injuries in this situation.” Kong Lianbin narrowed his eyes slightly. “Unfortunately, your realm is too low, and your techniques are too poor… My injury is nothing.”
Kong Lianbin didn’t suspect Luo Xue of cheating. Firstly, cheating was rare in immortal sect assessments, and moreover, two Peak Masters were present. If she cheated, she would have been caught immediately.
Little did he know… those two Peak Masters were the masterminds behind the cheating.
On the contrary, Luo Xue’s fighting style further convinced Kong Lianbin of her status as a peerless genius.
He had to… eliminate her!
At this moment, Luo Xue, who should have been on the verge of death, smiled. She looked up at Kong Lianbin, a smile appearing on her lips.
“No, I’m not trading injuries for injuries… I’m trading an injury for your life.”
“You’re right, my realm is too low, and my techniques are too poor. I’m indeed not good at one-on-one combat…”
“But I’m good at fighting desperately, fighting to the death.”
In an instant, Luo Xue’s blood flow calmed down, and even her pale face regained some color.
Kong Lianbin looked at her in shock.
“…Instant healing?”
His sword had almost cut Luo Xue in half. Even if he didn’t attack again, she should have been dead.
But… what was going on?
Luo Xue didn’t say a word and raised her short sword again.
[Improved Physical Condition: Survival Points -15]
[Remaining Survival Points: 290]
As long as she had survival points, and her health bar didn’t instantly disappear, Luo Xue could recover to full health.
However, Luo Xue didn’t dare to use this one-time consumption of survival points lightly.
Now, she had no choice. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to contend with Kong Lianbin.
As for her Innate Realm cultivation, she didn’t dare to use it recklessly.
Now, within the Peerless Summit Sect, if she was caught using demonic cultivation, not only would she be punished by the sect, but she might also implicate Senior Sister.
Fortunately, her monstrous strength played a significant role. In close combat, her Post-Heaven cultivation could rival that of an Innate Realm cultivator.
“Damn it… As expected of an immortal sect prodigy, she has quite a few life-saving methods.”
Kong Lianbin gritted his teeth and charged towards Luo Xue.
The Demonic Disintegration technique had given him overwhelming strength. Earlier, it was just that Luo Xue had caught him off guard. Now… he wouldn’t give her another chance to strike.
“I’d like to see how many times you can use such methods!”
“Clang…”
Unexpectedly, Kong Lianbin’s raised sword didn’t block Luo Xue’s attack.
Even though her attack was like a child playing with a sword, without any technique.
Because…
Kong Lianbin turned his head and saw that his left arm had somehow been severed, and the long sword in his hand had fallen to the ground.
Luo Xue slashed again, and Kong Lianbin instinctively dodged, but he still couldn’t avoid it completely.
The sword mark grazed his left shoulder and went straight down to his thigh.
It wasn’t painful.
But it was terrifying.
Because Kong Lianbin saw the sword mark squirming, corroding.
“Your short sword… is poisonous!”
“Yes.”
Luo Xue replied matter-of-factly.
She spat out another mouthful of blood onto the blade.
“A disciple of an immortal sect, claiming to be upright and just, would actually use such a sinister trick…”
Kong Lianbin struggled to stand up, looking at the young girl before him, an inexplicable fear rising within him.
Was this… a true prodigy?
Her cultivation wasn’t even at the Innate Realm, yet she could make him so miserable.
Actually, Luo Xue wasn’t feeling well either.
Although she could use survival points to heal, she couldn’t do it for every single injury, could she?
Therefore, in these few exchanges with Kong Lianbin, Luo Xue’s internal organs had been severely injured.
Even the blood she coughed up now contained fragments of her internal organs.
“Hehe…”
“Hehehehe…”
Kong Lianbin suddenly started laughing, a desolate laughter.
All along, he had thought his cultivation was enough to crush her.
But a moment of carelessness had led to him being poisoned by Luo Xue.
At this point, Kong Lianbin had lost his chance to kill Luo Xue.
Because in a few moments, the outside world would break the contaminated formation and rescue Luo Xue.
At that time… he would be the one facing certain death.
“I, Blood Evil!” Kong Lianbin’s eyes widened, and he let out a demonic cry, his voice trembling. “With a lone soul as the candle, and fate as the flame!”
“I beseech the Holy Maiden of the Nether Spirit… to light the Heavenly Lantern!”
As his voice fell, black, bone-eroding demonic flames ignited on Kong Lianbin’s body, burning his flesh, his soul, and even his ethereal fate.
“Aaargh!!!”
The next moment, he let out a bloodcurdling scream, as if experiencing the endless pain of purgatory, the terror contained within it making even Luo Xue shudder.
In an instant, the bone-eroding demonic flames incinerated everything that was Kong Lianbin, or rather, Blood Evil.
Then…
The bone-eroding demonic flames targeted Luo Xue.
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