Chapter 94: Divine Fury Unleashed
by xennovelThe razor-sharp, bloodstained spear had already pierced Old Master Xu’s body, forcefully pinning him to the ground!
It plunged into his crown, piercing completely in an instant!
Its penetrating power was so immense that it etched spiderweb-like cracks into the blue brick floor, with the spear tip embedded deeply.
“You, Ogre, have come to kill people!”
At that moment, a thunderous roar echoed through the hall, and countless candles trembled before being swept out by violent gusts.
Xu Nanming’s eyes flared with fury, while Xu Helil’s hairs stood on end!
The scene was as heated and turbulent as boiling water.
Clutching his Bone-Cleaving Knife, Xu Helil found that the sudden turn of events wiped away every scrap of his inner conflict and fear!
“Ogre——!”
Xu Helil shouted out in shock and rage!
“No… how is it that this guy hasn’t even left the city yet?!”
Everyone now knew exactly who Ogre was.
But hasn’t Li Che’s family already moved out of the city today?
Bang, bang——
Xu Nanming’s and Xu Helil’s divine auras suddenly erupted, two torrents as mighty as rivers surging around them like coiling serpents.
Yet both felt an inexplicable chill run through their bodies.
Ogre’s appearance… was far too sudden!
When had he slipped into the Xu Family hall?
And he struck from the darkness so abruptly that even within ten paces of Old Master Xu, he went unnoticed!
Had it not been for the burst of vital energy that alerted Old Master Xu in time, Ogre might have already severed their heads before they could react.
“So devious, so venomous! To think he’d launch such a surprise attack! Demon! Demon!”
Xu Nanming’s eyes burned with rage; in that moment, he had lost all the composure of a family head.
Above all, he was humiliated and enraged at having his misdeeds exposed.
A wild gust swept through the hall as Ogre’s brow furrowed; the Liuxue Stun Spear that had pierced Old Master Xu didn’t bring death as expected…
Something was off with Old Master Xu!
“There’s no blood…”
Li Che’s eyes behind his mask flashed with sudden understanding.
“A decoy?”
He couldn’t help but recall the wooden carving—imbued with divine aura and capable of speech—that he had seen when meeting Old Master Xu.
Divine Secret Technique!
Sure enough, as the Liuxue Stun Spear pierced ‘Old Master Xu,’ the divine aura within him erupted, transforming him into nothing more than a clothed wooden carving.
Li Che’s trembling fingers sent out indistinct silver threads; in an instant, the wooden effigy of Old Master Xu exploded into countless splinters.
Entangled in Thousand Spider Silk, the Liuxue Stun Spear arced sharply, hurtling toward the nearest Xu Nanming.
Whoosh—
Bound by Thousand Spider Silk, the Liuxue Stun Spear sliced through the air, its hollow, whistling sound echoing like a blood serpent coiling in fury!
Xu Nanming’s hairs stood on end as he felt the threat of death closing in!
Li Che’s divine foundation did not resonate with the Stun Spear, but…
Even without invoking divine aura, using the spear purely as a weapon, its resilience was remarkably impressive!
Too fast!
Everything was happening too quickly!
With a clenched fist and enveloped in divine aura, Xu Nanming unleashed a sword-like shout in shimmering light that surged from his grip to strike ferociously!
Then—!
The clash of metal resounded like an explosion!
Xu Nanming’s face flushed as he realized that a terrifying, colossal force was surging from the bloodstained spear.
In disbelief, he raised his head, choking on the overwhelming force, and met the dazzling gaze beneath Ogre’s mask—radiant as a blazing sun!
The sword… shattered in an instant!
How could an ordinary fine-iron sword possibly withstand a Nine Luminary Divine Weapon!
After just one clash, Xu Nanming’s martial body, honed to the Qi Vein stage, trembled under the unmatched, fearsome might!
The arm that gripped his long sword to attack the Stun Spear was shattered, muscles and bones exploding apart!
Thick mists of blood erupted from his arm!
“Ah——!”
Xu Nanming’s spirit quivered as the Liuxue Stun Spear smashed his sword, shattered his arm, and then slammed into his chest.
His entire body was flung sideways, with shredded, broken flesh from his chest scattering everywhere!
A blizzard of blood mist swirled and filled the hall.
“I… can’t even parry a single move?”
Suspended in mid-air, Xu Nanming’s mind was overwhelmed by that very thought.
Although he hadn’t clashed with anyone for a long time and his mind was set on family affairs, he was still a cultivator who had once challenged the divine foundation!
In the prime of his life, his divine aura remained robust and his vital energy peaked…
Yet he was overwhelmed by a single move from Ogre!
The echoes of shattering flesh and broken iron swords still lingered!
Ogre’s massive frame clutched the blood-soaked, dazzling Liuxue Stun Spear—a divine weapon that had suddenly grown in size, perfectly adapting to him.
The spear’s shaft became thick and massive, adorned with grotesque, bloody patterns!
Ogre’s physique… was overwhelmingly brutal!
Aiming for a one-hit kill, Li Che activated Angry Gaze Vajra along with Unmatched Transverse Refining and reached the pinnacle of his Qi Veins—able to subdue even an ordinary Qi Vein!
With such power, how could Xu Nanming possibly withstand it?
Without wasting a word, the moment Ogre decided to strike, he had only one thought in mind.
Kill!
Kill everything!
Outside, flashes of sword light roared along with furious shouts as they rolled in!
The divine foundation aura of Suspended Thought Sword spread like a dome over everything!
“Abomination!”
“Do you dare?!”
That was the true form of Old Master Xu—he had never imagined that Ogre would dare commit such a brutal act in the Xu Family Compound, displaying such outrageous audacity!
Hum——
A divine foundation surged upward like a towering millstone!
The pinnacle of the initial stage of divine foundation!
Having long since solidified his divine foundation and pushed it to perfection, he was ready to use the Thousand Buddha Carved Feast to ascend to the mid realm!
A trembling patterned-steel sword, imbued with Old Master Xu’s Suspended Thought Sword aura, tore through the air like a divine flying sword aimed at decapitation!
Li Che glanced briefly.
The imposing rank of Suspended Thought Sword’s divine foundation descended forcefully, attempting to restrict his movements!
But Li Che paid it no heed; his spear jerked and, with a sharp crack, he stabbed at the flying patterned-steel sword speeding toward him.
With a crisp ‘ding,’ the patterned-steel sword was blasted sideways!
“This…”
Old Master Xu’s eyes narrowed in shock; his heart skipped a beat, and in the next moment, his hairs stood on end!
Impossible!
Why did this Ogre ignore his divine foundation rank?
Rumor had it that Ogre possessed an extraordinarily high aptitude in the martial art of qi and blood, achieving a breakthrough to the Qi Vein stage in just three years—even though his divine aura was said to be average.
A mere Qi Vein cultivator, under the pressure of divine foundation rank, couldn’t even circulate his qi and blood properly.
Unless he was a Qi Blood Master!
Judging by the overwhelming force of Ogre’s qi, his martial prowess was peerless—but he wasn’t a master…
Does that mean Ogre might be a divine foundation cultivator?
How could that be!
With one thrust, Li Che blasted Old Master Xu’s flying sword aside and, ignoring the glaring divine foundation around him, took a giant step forward as if the ground itself shrank beneath his feet!
A massive, mountainous figure with rippling muscles, like a coiled dragon, had now emerged before Xu Helil, who gripped his Bone-Cleaving Knife.
Xu Helil felt an overwhelming sense of suffocation.
He wanted to move…
But… he simply couldn’t; even summoning his divine aura was utterly impossible.
It was as if a small stream in the dead of winter had frozen solid!
That feeling…
“You…”
Xu Helil trembled all over, whispering, ‘How could it… how could it be…’
How could Ogre be a divine foundation cultivator?!
Isn’t Ogre Li Che?
How could Li Che possess a divine foundation?!
“Move—!” Xu Helil growled.
He plunged his Bone-Cleaving Knife viciously into his own thigh, hoping that the pain might break the oppressive grip of his divine foundation rank.
Who are you fooling?
Li Che shot him a glance, silent and unreadable, as his trembling spear suddenly targeted Xu Helil—with a burst reminiscent of a peacock displaying its plumage, a dazzling spear shadow erupted forth.
The airflow let out a sullen whine, bursting with the sound of exploding energy as it was pierced apart!
In an instant, Xu Helil—the one whose thigh had just been pierced—was engulfed, and before he could even cry out, he was riddled with wounds!
Every thrust passed cleanly through him, trailing a plume of blood mist!
When the spear was finally withdrawn, droplets of blood fell onto the ground.
Xu Helil collapsed into a heap of rotting flesh, and his Bone-Cleaving Knife slid far away.
“Helil—!”
Old Master Xu, who had rushed into the hall, was beside himself with fury.
He had been the most promising candidate from the Xu Family to reach the divine foundation!
And now… he met a gruesome death right before his eyes!
“Ogre—you are so venomous, so despicable!”
Old Master Xu’s eyes burned an intense red as his emotions spiraled out of control, nearly causing his divine aura to go haywire.
Thankfully, he snapped back to his senses and forcefully subdued his agitated divine aura, his fingers clawing down like hooks.
The patterned-steel sword blasted away by Li Che suddenly rocketed back and landed firmly in his grasp.
“Despicable? Me, despicable?”
“You all feast on people…”
Li Che, gripping the Liuxue Stun Spear at an angle, muttered beneath his mask.
“You sharpen your knives, ready to devour others, yet you call the evil-smiting Ogre despicable?”
Old Master Xu ignored Ogre completely, fuming that people were always double-standard—children and grandchildren slaughtered by Ogre, and now he dares to label Ogre despicable?!
With a face etched in sorrow, he glanced at the blood-soaked hall before bolting out without hesitation.
This Ogre… turns out to be a divine foundation cultivator!
No fighting!
First, escape!
Once he reaps all the benefits of the Thousand Buddha Carved Feast and fully digests it—after he breaks into mid divine foundation!
Then, a thousand cuts on that Ogre!
Since Li Che had already struck, he wouldn’t let Old Master Xu slip away!
With a powerful stomp, the entire hall’s floor sank instantly, countless blue bricks twisting and shattering, sending up a burst of fierce dust.
And Li Che’s burly frame propelled him outward, his blood boiling under the Angry Gaze Vajra, his body refined in combat and his strength unmatched!
He flung both arms out like a soaring hawk!
The nimble divine skill honed from the Yang Family Treasury…
Cloud Yao’s Nimbus Leap!
His vital energy swirled like mist, condensing beneath his feet as if blood clouds had gathered, propelling his body upward.
His speed surged as he chased after Old Master Xu!
Boom!
The divine foundation that had just coalesced on his back suddenly emerged!
The Three-Eyed Wrathful True Lord divine foundation!
Top-Tier Eight Extremes!
As the divine foundation burst forth, wrapped in sword light, it shot out of Xu Ji Courtyard, and Old Master Xu, hastily retreating, felt a crushing dread.
He turned back for a glance, utterly shocked!
“This divine foundation… this divine foundation… [Three-Eyed Wrathful True Lord]?”
“Cao Guang?!”
Old Master Xu growled!
Could it be that Ogre is Cao Guang?
In all of Feilei City, only Cao Guang had acquired such a divine foundation method from the Bizarre Temple!
“No…”
Suddenly, Old Master Xu was jolted awake—something about the rank pressure was off…
Ogre’s divine foundation rank pressure was even stronger, fiercer, and more imposing than Cao Guang’s!
Bang——!
In that brief lapse of time…
Ogre had already caught up, and Old Master Xu knew there was no escape, his speed hindered by the suppression of Ogre’s divine foundation rank!
He could only turn and fight for his life!
Ogre’s divine foundation must have just been forged, not yet solidified; if one could seize the chance to shatter it, it might be turned against him!
Li Che’s face remained cold, though he clearly understood what Old Master Xu was thinking.
His divine foundation was not yet fully cultivated—a clear weakness.
But that wasn’t a major problem…
Because Li Che had never intended to use divine aura to kill him in the first place!
It must be said that Old Master Xu of the Xu Family was far harder to kill than the Yang Family’s divine foundation or even that of the Horse-Faced One.
Clutching the Liuxue Stun Spear, Li Che felt a surge of vital energy roaring through his meridians.
Within his chest, the Dao Fruit [Dragon Elephant Vajra] pulsed violently… pulsing…
Thump, thump… thump, thump——!
Without hesitation, Li Che stimulated the [Dragon Elephant Vajra] Dao Fruit!
The embryonic form of his divine technique…
Dragon Elephant Vajra: Ascend the Tower!
In an instant!
Li Che felt as if the blood within him had come alive, transforming into countless boiling fish, striving to leap over the fleshly barrier like a dragon gate and scale a towering peak!
[Boiling Divine Aura, Ascending Fleshly Heights, Perfect Refinement, Let the Gods Witness Me]
That was Ascend the Tower!
Boom——!
Under his Cute Cow Mask, Li Che’s eyes suddenly erupted in brilliant gold—a golden, smoky haze oozed from his pupils, drifting gracefully with every movement.
His jet-black hair began to grow wildly, cascading down to his waist like a heavy black cloak billowing in a stormy wind!
Tear—
His limbs swelled, with thick, serpentine tendons writhing beneath his near-reddish skin; yet his physique remained refined and resilient, as if forged into an indestructible diamond through relentless honing!
All the while, his vital energy grew even more savage and fearsome, circulating at triple its former speed!
Even his inner qi seemed cloaked in a fiery crimson, burning and boiling as it flowed!
I’m getting stronger——
Li Che’s mind was crystal clear—almost unnaturally calm—as he knew that unleashing such a violent embryonic divine technique did not cloud his will or turn him into a slave of power.
Rather, it sharpened his awareness beyond all he had known, as if his divine perception had grown mightier.
Truly incredible strength…
Li Che felt that now, he could crush anyone who dared come at him!
Yet a powerful desire burst forth from his vibrant heart.
The impeccably clear and calm Li Che clenched his fist tightly.
The Dao Fruit [Divine Chessboard] trembled slightly.
It then expelled a divine chess piece as dark as ink.
It was none other than the divine chess piece derived from [Three-Eyed Wrathful True Lord, Spirit Infant Temple Spirit]!
“I need this chess piece…”
“No—it’s not me, it’s the ‘Ascend the Tower’ state that needs this chess piece.”
Li Che mused thoughtfully.
“I think I’ll have one to try it out.”
He spread his fingers as crimson inner qi erupted from his body, forming an almost air-twisting, burning armor around him.
The black chess piece hovered in his palm.
Then his fingers clenched tightly.
In an instant, it exploded into a ball of black mist—that was divine aura boiling to its extreme, transforming into divine gaseous mist!
In a heartbeat, the mist merged completely back into his body.
Li Che suddenly looked upward, his jet-black hair cascading down to his waist, swirling wildly like a cloak behind him.
In that instant.
Li Che felt as if a vivid scene flashed before his eyes.
Within that scene…
The Three-Eyed Wrathful True Lord Spirit Infant Temple Spirit from that Bizarre Temple seemed to come alive, casting a piercing gaze, while Li Che’s eyes lowered as if surveying from on high.
In a flash, the Spirit Infant Temple Spirit screamed, its face contorted with rage yet tinged with a hint of terror!
The scene vanished in an instant.
Cold rain and snow pelted down in torrents.
Li Che’s awareness returned—it had all happened in just a few breaths.
Down below.
Old Master Xu was drenched by the rain as he collapsed to the ground, trembling uncontrollably.
He watched helplessly as Ogre transformed, becoming… even more terrifying, with an overwhelming divine aura and a fearsome rank…
It left this ordinary cultivator, with only a Tendo divine foundation, with no courage to flee.
His divine foundation… was trembling!
His divine aura… was filled with terror!
The icy rain soaked him, lashing his face.
He struggled to raise his head.
It was as if he were beholding a Temple Spirit.
His face contorted in bitterness as he parted his lips.
Uttering his final words in this mortal realm,
“You kill chickens…”
“Why use a bull’s knife?”
…
…
In front of the City Lord’s Residence.
The ground was awash in blood…
Scattered, ragged corpses lay on the ground, blooming like blood-red plum blossoms amid the falling rain.
Li Qingshan, wearing a cat-face mask, stood upright clutching his ram’s horn hammer, exuding a unique vigor and spirit.
The ram’s horn hammer still dripped with blood mixed with rainwater.
Beneath the cat-face mask, his piercing eyes fixed on the City Lord’s Residence.
They held a look of disdain, as if bored.
As if to say, ‘Is that all you’ve got?’
On the octagonal, multi-eaved building, City Lord Cao Guang’s figure had long disappeared.
But Li Qingshan didn’t care.
His target was there—enter, hammer Cao Guang to death, and his mission would be complete.
As for Cao Guang being an Imperial official, getting hammered would only have him tangled with the Temple Guardian Division and cursed with bad luck, right?
Li Qingshan cared even less; he was in the right.
This Cao Guang—sacrificing thousands of Spirit Infants and hosting a Thousand Infant Carved Feast—such a scumbag, how could he then dare to bring disgrace upon the Imperial Court?
Cao Guang shook his head and took a heavy step down.
In an instant, countless raindrops surged outward like crashing tidal waves, barreling toward the City Lord’s Residence.
Suddenly.
Cao Guang squinted.
He saw three figures emerging around the City Lord’s Residence, each distinct and wearing bizarre masks.
Their peculiarity lay in the exaggerated features carved into their masks.
Enormous noses, enormous eyes.
Their proportions were completely off, giving the illusion that their noses were swollen and their eyes bloated.
Another wore a smiling Spirit Infant mask, small in stature and draped in a crimson robe.
The other two were immensely burly, exuding a dense, gray-black corpse aura that even the torrential rain couldn’t wash away.
“Interesting… the Corpse God Sect’s influence has indeed reached Jingguang Prefecture—so much so that even a city lord is beguiled by you.”
“And you… you must be the Spirit Infant Cult Leader, right?”
Li Qingshan gripped his ram’s horn hammer, his eyes beneath the cat-face mask deep and enigmatic.
The True Child, wearing a smiling child mask, tilted his head as an androgynous voice resounded.
“Li Qingshan… I’ve heard much about you.”
Li Qingshan squinted, “I originally thought Lingying Sect was merely an excuse concocted by Cao Guang to harvest Spirit Infants, but now… it seems that’s not the case…”
“A newly developed sect? It appears they have deep ties with the Corpse God Sect…”
Li Qingshan twirled his ram’s horn hammer, then stepped forward abruptly, ready to strike.
Suddenly.
Not only Li Qingshan, but the Spirit Infant Cult Leader and the two burly figures, steeped in intertwining corpse aura, all lifted their masked faces to gaze into the distance.
Their expressions shifted subtly.
“Temple Spirit?”
But soon, one by one, they turned to look toward the octagonal, multi-eaved City Lord’s Residence.
A wild blast of force lashed out, intertwining like writhing snakes—a torrent of unbridled fury!
Among the five facing off in the torrential rain, the expressions behind the masks shifted in an instant.
Because, inside that octagonal, multi-eaved building…
Another surge of Temple Spirit aura was rising.
“Huh?!”
“Two Temple Spirits?”
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