Chapter 142: Tides of Fury
by xennovelThat is… corpse aura!
Xu Jiuying’s body emitted the distinctive corpse aura exclusive to the evildoers of the Corpse God Sect!
In that instant, Nan Lihuo understood everything.
Elder Xu Jiuying of the Enforcement Hall of the Jin Guang Branch of the Qianyuan Divine Sect…
…is none other than the high-ranking evildoer from the Corpse God Sect hidden within the Divine Sect!
The villain who dared to strike his cherished true-disciple!
How outrageous!
Absolutely despicable!
Nan Lihuo’s eyes ignited like golden fireworks, his fury surging like a tidal wave.
He was truly… furious!
It was an unimaginable humiliation.
If it were anyone else, Nan Lihuo wouldn’t have been this enraged, but Xu Jiuying… he is an Enforcement Hall Elder!
He represents the authority of the Divine Sect’s judgment!
Now that authority…
has been completely tainted!
Nan Lihuo’s face turned ice-cold as golden flames began dancing beneath his skin.
One flame, two flames, three flames…
First small sparks, then countless flames merged into a blazing celestial fire!
Taking a step forward, Nan Lihuo transformed into a flash of light, hurtling toward Flowing Sword Peak.
Meanwhile,
after Nan Lihuo sensed the corpse aura on Xu Jiuying’s body,
other elders atop their peaks unleashed powerful divine visions and perceptions, sweeping in forcefully!
Zhang Qingzheng, clad in a tattered scholarly robe atop Two Sleeves Peak, furrowed his brows; his grim, foul face was contorted in raging fury!
“Damn Xu Jiuying!”
“What nerve!”
On Hongyun Peak, Zhu Hongdou ignited his fiery divine vision, his eyes blazing red as he gripped his spear and leaped into action.
On Nanshan Peak, an aged man leaning on his cane shook his head.
“Earlier, everyone doubted me—kept me too scared to speak… Now, things have truly escalated.”
Weng Wuyou smiled helplessly.
He didn’t care much; after all, he was nearly finished anyway.
He slammed his peach-wood cane down and stepped forward as a mighty aura burst forth.
It surged toward Flowing Sword Peak!
That guy who had long burdened him with suspicion must pay the price!
He simply had to pay!
…
At Zheng Lei Peak.
Li Qingshan had just returned to the temple and entered a state of divine vision observation, though his perception still extended outward.
The overwhelming energy erupting from Flowing Sword Peak was impossible to ignore.
He immediately understood what was unfolding.
“Damn!”
“That kid Li Che… hogging all the glory!”
“Why didn’t you call me to capture the traitor of the Corpse God Sect?”
Li Qingshan pounded his chest and wailed in anguish.
Such a monumental matter—and he had missed out!
Yet there was nothing he could do; he simply couldn’t keep his composure any longer.
Feeling the tumult of divine vision, he forced himself to remain calm, refusing to let his emotions spiral out of control.
Observing the divine vision was paramount!
…
…
“Ogre?!”
Gazing at the swirling winds around that Cute Cow Mask!
Xu Jiuying instantly recognized it—this was the mark of Ogre, the cute cow mask!
But beneath that adorable guise lay a brutally savage face, capable of toppling the entire Fisher Gang single-handedly!
Clutching the divine sword nurtured in his hand, Xu Jiuying’s mind roiled like a storm.
He was now convinced that Li Qingshan had uncovered his true identity—a member of the Corpse God Sect!
So he had hired Ogre and Ma Mian—two notorious thugs rising in infamy within Jingguang Mansion—acting simultaneously!
Damn it!
Xu Jiuying was incensed beyond measure!
Li Qingshan—!
With Ogre’s arrival, Xu Jiuying felt little apprehension.
Compared to Ma Mian—a ghostlike archer operating from afar with terrifying techniques—
Ogre, a straightforward martial brute, was far easier to handle.
After all, Xu Jiuying possessed a cursed copper corpse body as indestructible as Vajra!
Li Che gazed at Xu Jiuying with cold indifference.
Boom!
In a heartbeat, the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit within him was unleashed!
It activated!
Angry Gaze Vajra!
Immediately, his already inhuman, colossal frame expanded further, twisting like malleable clay before bursting outward!
Veins surfaced from his skin, pulsating like a roaring, enraged dragon!
His eyes shone with divine brilliance as wisps of golden, incense-like smoke curled forth!
Tower Ascension!
Suddenly, his hair sprouted wildly, cascading down to his waist like a billowing cloak in a fierce gale!
Clenching his fingers, he shattered the divine essence of the Spirit Infant Temple Spirit of the Three-Eyed Furious True Lord!
The temple spirit’s divine nature dissolved into smoke, instantly absorbed by Li Che in his Tower Ascension state!
Then, the Furnace of Qi and Blood erupted!
In that moment, the true technique Dragon Elephant True Might smashed forth, crashing toward Xu Jiuying’s head with a burst of lingering light as if set to shatter it in an instant!
It aimed to blow his skull apart in a single strike!
When—
A horrifying, ear-splitting impact exploded!
Scalding flesh collided with frigid corpse!
Xu Jiuying spun around, using his ancient, copper-hued cursed corpse palm to block Ogre’s ferocious Dragon Elephant True Might punch!
A formidable, terrifying force surged from the ethereal Dragon Elephant silhouette behind Ogre—a force combining the power of a dragon and an elephant!
In an instant, that force infused Ogre’s punch with unstoppable might!
Ogre struck with immense power!
Bang—!
The earth trembled violently, as if a land dragon had rolled over; the ground beneath Xu Jiuying cracked open like hidden gunpowder suddenly ignited, erupting in clouds of dust and shards!
In an instant, countless fragments of stone and brick were blasted outward by the tremendous impact!
Xu Jiuying’s eyes narrowed…
He was hit like a cannonball by an incomparable force, the blows against his cursed copper corpse echoing like the toll of a mighty bell!
Bang—!
The building’s walls burst open in every direction!
Before the astonished eyes of Flowing Sword Peak’s disciples, Xu Jiuying, enveloped in a dense, coppery aura and heavy with corpse qi, burst forth!
He ripped through the grand plaza, carving a staggering chasm!
“Furnace?!”
“Furnace!”
This Ogre is actually a Furnace Master!
Such formidable power…
Xu Jiuying steadied himself and glanced at the dent in his chest where he’d been struck; his mature cursed copper corpse body had been marred!
“Only through Divine Meridian Nine Transformations can one become a Furnace Master…”
“Inconceivable!”
Xu Jiuying stood tall, his long figure unwavering, his eyes glittering with astonishment.
But as soon as he finished his praise,
a suffocating aura exploded from the collapsing building.
In his Tower Ascension state, Ogre suddenly broke out, roaring like a tempest, and unleashed his Dragon Elephant True Might punch—a blend of Eight Dragons Overturning the River and Canglei Body—that was peerlessly domineering!
To every disciple on Flowing Sword Peak, that punch seemed like a mountain surge or an inverted meteor!
It carried the terrifying roars of dragons and elephants, with gusts of wind that resonated like a dragon’s charge!
It pounded down with merciless brutality!
Many disciples turned pale; a single glance left them as if their very souls were snatched away, nearly causing them to choke on blood in agony!
But at that moment…
Xu Jiuying completely unleashed himself!
A massive, vivid divine vision materialized behind him—a sword-immortal’s aura with an edge as sharp as a blade.
The divine vision slowly drew its sword, unleashing countless surges of sword aura across the Flowing Sword Peak plaza!
Xu Jiuying blocked Ogre’s terrifying punch.
That Ogre, almost like a frenzied bull, was simply terrifying—the punch carried far too much portent!
But what truly bothered Xu Jiuying was…
His divine vision’s rank did not suppress Ogre at all!
Instead, he even sensed a slight oppressive aura emanating from Ogre.
“Temple Spirit?!”
Xu Jiuying’s pupils constricted as he sensed something amiss.
Bang—!
It was as if the earth split and mountains crumbled; countless flurries of snow surged upward like an inverted curtain!
“You… have the aura of the Temple Spirit on you?!”
Impossible!
To harness the power of the Temple Spirit…
one must first perform a proper sacrificial ceremony!
This Ogre never conducted any ceremony!
Xu Jiuying’s cursed copper corpse shimmered with brilliant copper light; in a resonant, bell-like strike, it roared out.
Yet it managed to block Ogre’s overwhelming assault!
The terrifying, massive force pounded down like a collapsing mountain; even Xu Jiuying, with his advanced cursed copper corpse, felt the strain!
Thud, thud, thud—
Xu Jiuying’s face twisted in agony, his hair flying wildly.
A cultivator at the Divine Vision realm and a late-stage martial master,
he had been suppressed from the moment Ma Mian’s Dragon Tooth Bullet began flying—continuously overpowered.
The combined assault of Ma Mian and Ogre, like an incessant tide, left him gasping for air!
Xu Jiuying’s anger reached its peak.
Yet his heart turned a shade cold.
Ogre simply couldn’t kill him!
Ogre’s power was indeed formidable—considering that without an almost indestructible cursed copper corpse, being attacked simultaneously by Ogre and Ma Mian might have already rendered Xu Jiuying a corpse!
Originally, Ogre’s aim was probably to kill him.
But when he found he couldn’t, he sought instead to create a grand spectacle!
Thud, thud, thud, thud—
Terrifying fists, like relentless tides, battered him repeatedly!
Ogre, with his imposing physique and a devilish face, crashed forward with each heavy step, colliding with Xu Jiuying.
They traded brutal blows in close-quarters combat!
Xu Jiuying was horrified; his indestructible cursed copper corpse was beginning to falter under the onslaught…
It was starting to crack under the pressure!
In the end…
Who truly possessed the indestructible cursed copper corpse?!
How could Ogre’s flesh be so terrifying?!
It was forged purely from blood and Qi into an unbreakable, indomitable body!
Boom—!
They clashed in brutal melee once more!
The resounding impact, like ancient thick bells colliding, reverberated with shockwaves!
It was as if thunder shattered the snowy plaza, with dirt and snow swirling in a raging tempest!
Xu Jiuying was filled with unbridled rage!
“Ah—my Qian Kun Jade!”
“Argh! You shameless sons of bitches!”
Another devastating collision!
Xu Jiuying finally realized his Qian Kun Jade had been snatched by Ogre amidst the melee!
How could he be such a bastard?!
Enraged beyond measure, Xu Jiuying unleashed the majestic divine nature of his Divine Vision realm. The sword-immortal divine vision drew its sword, slashing out with terrifying sword light!
Ogre’s eyes, hidden behind his mask, remained as calm as a still pond. Without hesitation, Ogre immediately retreated!
Cloud Yao’s Nimbus Leap—like a soaring hawk landing on its toes—created distance!
But Xu Jiuying’s sword wasn’t aimed at Ogre at all!
His heart pounded with anxiety; though his Qian Kun Jade had been stolen and he was deeply humiliated, he refused to tangle further with Ogre.
He already sensed an extremely fearsome aura rapidly approaching, as if the very skies were converging!
The overwhelming pressure made his body go stiff!
“Nan Lihuo!”
A deep roar erupted from his throat!
Hair flying wildly, the sword-immortal divine vision withdrew, its eyes now blazing a fierce crimson.
The intense miasma of death and corpse aura intermingled on his face!
Brutal, savage, murderous, horrifying…
A myriad of divine emotions, like a raging storm, surged toward every disciple on Flowing Sword Peak.
Nearly all the disciples on Flowing Sword Peak were engulfed by this divine wrath.
One after another, they appeared delirious, their eyes bloodshot; even some weaker cultivators were overwhelmed, coughing up blood and passing out.
“How dare you!”
Nan Lihuo’s voice thundered out!
No sooner had his voice sounded than Nan Lihuo himself surged forward.
“Nan Lihuo, stand still!”
“If you dare set foot on Flowing Sword Peak, I’ll kill every single disciple here!”
The command came from a man standing upright, his body imbued with a copper hue and wild red hair billowing—it was Xu Jiuying shouting.
Half his long-practiced sword was already drawn from its sheath.
A fierce torrent of sword energy erupted across the plaza.
The crazed disciples could only feel their blood gushing as the sword energy sliced through them with ruthless brutality!
Xu Jiuying’s sword energy…
It intertwined with every disciple on Flowing Sword Peak!
He wasn’t channeling sword energy at all!
He was siphoning the very lives of thousands of disciples from Flowing Sword Peak!
Diabolical!
Brutal!
Boom—!
A scorching explosion detonated mid-air!
Nan Lihuo was engulfed in brilliant, searing golden flames.
Then he crashed down with a resounding impact!
Without hesitation, he landed on the grand plaza, where the terrifying golden divine fire instantly evaporated all the snow!
Xu Jiuying’s eyes narrowed…
He hadn’t expected Nan Lihuo to disregard his threat!
These were the lives of thousands of disciples on Flowing Sword Peak!
And you, as the Sect Leader…
how can you be so heartless?!
Nan Lihuo’s eyes burned with golden fire as he glared coldly at Xu Jiuying. With a sweeping motion of his sleeve, he stepped three paces from behind onto the plaza.
His white hair billowed—as if with just three steps he appeared right next to Xu Jiuying.
Spreading his fingers, he slammed a palm down!
Xu Jiuying’s indestructible cursed copper corpse was instantly ignited from within by searing golden flames.
“You…”
Xu Jiuying glared in terror and fury!
No longer holding back, he drew his sword in a sudden, desperate move!
Immediately…
Every disciple on Flowing Sword Peak within the plaza was viciously slashed by his sword energy, spewing blood and anguished cries!
Nan Lihuo’s gaze grew even sterner!
A palm had struck Xu Jiuying’s chest—his indestructible cursed copper corpse melted away, pierced through his body.
His organs burned away into nothingness.
Xu Jiuying maintained his sword-drawn stance…
“Fine, fine… Nan Lihuo… you truly are heartless!”
Xu Jiuying coughed up fresh blood with a bitter, wretched smile.
“You, a traitor who joined the Corpse God Sect, have no right to call me heartless!”
Nan Lihuo remained cold and unyielding.
Xu Jiuying couldn’t stop coughing up copper-colored blood: “Don’t you know why I joined the Corpse God Sect…?”
“Don’t you understand my reasons?!”
Xu Jiuying glared fixedly at Nan Lihuo, grinning fiercely.
“Because… I know the truth!”
Xu Jiuying’s expression even turned ferocious!
“For an Enforcement Hall Elder to join the Corpse God Sect is a disgrace—a colossal humiliation for our Jin Guang Branch!”
Nan Lihuo was cold.
“You deserve to die!”
Nan Lihuo withdrew his hand; not a trace of blood stained his fingers as five tiny, claw-like flames danced forth.
They surged toward the mud pellet resting on Xu Jiuying’s brow!
Xu Jiuying stared at Nan Lihuo in silence, a faint smile playing on his lips.
Bang!
His head exploded.
A torrent of dense death aura and corpse qi erupted upward into the sky, accompanied by billowing, inky black smoke twisting madly!
From Xu Jiuying’s shattered mind, death aura and corpse qi burst into a figure shrouded in swirling black smoke.
The figure’s eyes blazed red, intermittently revealing the form of the Seven-Gen Corpse Curse Seal.
The crimson figure hovered high above, glaring fixedly at Nan Lihuo before shifting its gaze to the barely noticeable Ogre in the distance.
“Ogre… you harbor a huge secret…”
“You can so flawlessly harness the power of the Temple Spirit…”
“Ogre!”
“I shall lead you to ultimate bliss!”
“I need you for my cult!”
The hoarse voice of the crimson figure resounded.
Then it strode toward the swirling black smoke.
Nan Lihuo transformed into a burst of golden light and vanished, as countless golden flames coalesced into a terrifying flaming giant hand, suffused with overwhelming suppressive power!
A Primordial Divine Strike!
It aimed to burst the massive black smoke vortex!
To sever Xu Jiuying’s final escape route!
But the black smoke figure let out a piercing scream; from within the swirling vortex emerged an enormous face, like a compressed balloon, smashing forth!
The dense death aura and corpse qi clashed with Nan Lihuo’s golden flames.
A huge nose, like a colossal hammer, swept in—the impact summoned tempests with each breath!
Boom—
This was a true duel of Primordial Divine cultivators!
What a terrifying display of might—it erupted from the heavens, turning night into day!
“Pilun Xiang Corpse God!”
Nan Lihuo’s eyes narrowed!
But then…
He clenched a treasured seal in his hand, and in an instant a phantom pagoda appeared, slamming down and colliding with the fearsome aura of the Pilun Xiang Corpse God emerging from the black vortex!
Xu Jiuying’s soul merged with the Corpse Curse Seal, ensuring that even if he departed, he could eventually reincarnate!
Thus, Nan Lihuo was determined not to let his Corpse Curse Seal escape peacefully!
And as Nan Lihuo battled the Pilun Xiang Corpse God of the Corpse God Sect,
Zhang Qingzheng and Weng Wuyou, two elders of divine vision, had already descended onto the Flowing Sword Peak plaza.
Zhang Qingzheng’s face was contorted with ferocious intensity, exuding murderous intent.
Beside him, Weng Wuyou sighed, “What a sin…”
The two exchanged glances as their divine nature burst forth like a gentle breeze over the hills, stabilizing the injured disciples.
“The Sect Leader truly places his trust in us—if we fail to save them, thousands of lives hang in the balance…”
Weng Wuyou gripped his peach-wood cane and took a deep breath.
Zhang Qingzheng, scowling, paid him no heed.
If they couldn’t be saved, then too bad—it was none of Zhang Qingzheng’s concern if they were a lost cause!
Meanwhile, high above in the sky,
the battle, as spectacular as it was, seemed to approach its conclusion.
Nan Lihuo’s combat prowess was terrifying; that treasured pagoda seal struck again and again, forcing the Pilun Xiang Corpse God to retreat step by step—its enormous nose nearly shattered!
Nan Lihuo clenched his five fingers and his flaming hand reached for Xu Jiuying’s Corpse Curse Seal.
He sought to shatter it completely, erasing his corpse soul!
But then…
Just as his claw extended, a fearsome sonic roar burst forth!
As soon as the roar sounded, a dazzling, crimson arrow of light had already sped toward Nan Lihuo’s palm!
It aimed to pierce through Nan Lihuo’s hand!
Nan Lihuo’s palm, originally meant for Xu Jiuying, was forced to redirect, colliding with that fearsome, sky-splitting divine arrow!
Boom!
Boom—!
A magnificent explosion erupted in the night!
Nan Lihuo’s five fingers clamped down and shattered the divine arrow, his eyes flaring with searing flames.
He then turned and looked toward the City Lord’s Residence.
It was as if he had seen a cultured youth in elegant attire seated in a pavilion, delicately holding a porcelain cup.
Beside him, an archer with a curved bow slowly lowered his resplendent divine bow.
“Su Huai Li!”
Nan Lihuo’s cold, sharp voice rang out.
And amid all this delay…
Xu Jiuying’s corpse soul, entwined within the Seven-Gen Corpse Curse Seal, had long vanished into the black vortex.
The black smoke vortex suddenly exploded, and the enormous Pilun Xiang Corpse God divine vision disappeared without a trace.
The night returned to eerie silence.
The heavens and earth turned ice cold!
Chilly winds blew as snowflakes the size of hands drifted down.
The flames on Nan Lihuo’s body receded, his white hair billowing as his cloak fluttered behind him.
He stared in the direction of the City Lord’s Residence.
His eyes were filled with cold determination and unmasked killing intent.
City Lord Su Huai Li!
Nan Lihuo hadn’t expected Su Huai Li to make a move at this moment, inadvertently allowing Xu Jiuying’s corpse soul within the Corpse Curse Seal to escape!
The cultured youth in the pavilion smiled softly.
He raised his cup.
“Oh, Lord Lihuo, I’m terribly sorry…”
“Our Mansion Leader had just stepped out and, upon sighting a formidable master of the Corpse God Sect, was so incensed that he ordered his accompanying archer to eliminate the evildoer…”
“But alas, our archer’s aim was off—he missed the mark.”
The youth spoke in a gentle, apologetic tone, filled with sincere regret.
Nan Lihuo’s eyes turned cold and empty.
Li Che slowly closed his eyes and then opened them again.
“Thank you, Mansion Leader. Although the archer’s aim was terribly off, he certainly needs more practice.”
Nan Lihuo replied coolly.
Once his words fell silent,
the archer by the cultured youth’s side lifted his divine bow once more, eyes shining fervently.
Mansion Leader Su Huai Li then stood up, silencing the archer and lowering his divine bow.
“How dare you aim your divine arrow at Lord Lihuo! Get down and have your salary docked by ten taels; go find the General and accept your punishment!”
Su Huai Li barked out his command.
The divine archer bowed and obeyed, his golden armor clanging as he departed.
Then Su Huai Li smiled and saluted toward the Divine Sect’s direction before turning, his expression growing cold.
“Old Fox, you really can endure.”
Nan Lihuo closed his eyes.
Docking ten taels…
what a humiliating disgrace indeed.
Nan Lihuo rolled up his long sleeves and gracefully landed on the grand plaza, his primordial aura slowly ebbing away.
His gaze swept sharply, landing on that Ogre seemingly merged with the darkness.
Then an immensely powerful, almost transcendent divine perception swept over him.
It sensed, at the foot of Flowing Sword Peak, an old tree upon whose trunk stood a figure wearing a Ma Mian mask.
Ma Mian, aiming a peculiar gadget at the black vortex in the sky, set it down with a trace of regret.
This Ma Mian was clearly a clone manifested by Li Che using the Painted Immortal technique!
Primarily, he employed Namo Celestial Craft Barrett for long-range fire support.
Nan Lihuo’s eyes narrowed slightly.
“Ogre… Ma Mian…”
His heart tightened as he recalled their reputations.
Ogre—a hero from Feilei City—carried an air of heroism even in the Capital,
determined to wipe out hidden members of the Corpse God Sect within the Fisher Gang!
Truly, a righteous vendetta!
And Ma Mian, working with Li Qingshan and Lin Xiu, had slain Shangguan Zhengheng of the Corpse God Sect.
That archer’s skill was as formidable as the divine archer hired by Su Huai Li from the State City Divine Guard Army!
And Ogre…
with unparalleled physical prowess, even overpowered Xu Jiuying—who had reached the great state of the cursed copper corpse!
Undoubtedly, his divine vision combat strength was formidable!
After all, Ogre could even draw on the power of the Temple Spirit to ignore the suppressive aura of divine vision!
What a miraculous duo Ogre and Ma Mian are.
Originally, Nan Lihuo had speculated that Ogre and Ma Mian might be one and the same.
Back when the Qin Family caused a big uproar, even the Temple Guardian Division got involved in the investigation.
But now…
the truth is clear!
Ogre and Ma Mian are indeed two separate individuals!
These two… hail from the same organization!
What force?
What organization?
With so many factions in Jingguang Mansion nowadays, soon even Daocheng and various state capitals will send their forces.
It’s a chaotic mix!
So Nan Lihuo wasn’t overly concerned about the origins of Ogre and Ma Mian.
His eyes flickered as he recalled the archer by Su Huai Li’s side…
Ogre, hidden in the darkness, seemed to feel Nan Lihuo’s gaze—his skin prickling with sweat.
Xu Jiuying, of the Divine Vision realm, couldn’t even defeat him,
while Nan Lihuo, in the Primordial Divine domain, was simply beyond Li Che’s reach!
Without hesitation, Li Che intended to summon a Feilei Chess Piece to teleport away.
But…
Nan Lihuo seemed to recall Ogre’s elusive teleportation techniques. He quickly raised his hand and spoke.
“Ogre, my friend… please hold on!”
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