Chapter 75: Storms of Fate
by xennovelPitter-patter!
Heavy rain pounded the ground, whipped by wild winds that sent white, rolling waves surging along Bluestone Street.
Within the blurred curtain of rain.
Two figures in child masks stood on rain-polished, slippery black roof tiles, their umbrellas held high.
Raindrops slammed against the umbrellas, bursting into explosive mists.
“Hahaha, it looks like… hahaha… it’s over, isn’t it?”
A figure wearing a laughing girl mask laughed uncontrollably, yet the eyes beneath the mask, fixed on the Divine Cultivation Institute shrouded in relentless rain, revealed little mirth and even hinted at gravitas.
Beside him stood a burly figure, brows furrowed, with a sharp long knife strapped at his waist.
“Did you hear that?”
“The sound of explosions…”
“Just like that fateful night.”
A figure wearing a fearsome boy mask exhaled a murky breath, his voice rising above the pounding rain and drowning out the laughter nearby.
“And… I smell the scent of fear…”
The figure in the fear mask whispered softly as he took a deep sniff.
Fear… intermingled with the stench of death.
It was overwhelmingly potent.
“Are you saying… Ogre?”
No sooner had the words left his mouth,
both their gazes narrowed.
They looked toward Long Street, shrouded by a curtain of rain.
Thunderclouds loomed as lightning snakes danced across the sky.
They illuminated an immensely imposing silhouette.
Muscles bulged beneath his snug black attire, each taut sinew like a coiled dragon as he raised his head and let out a long, roaring cry.
The Cute Cow Mask he wore, despite its adorable appearance, betrayed an aura of bone-chilling terror.
“As expected, it’s him!”
Both were struck with shock.
Their eyes fell on a little girl seated on Ogre’s shoulder, delicately holding a small oil-paper umbrella that carved out a clear patch amid the downpour; every droplet sliding off its brim evaporated instantly upon contact with Ogre’s seething energy.
Behind this unlikely pair,
a drenched boy with Nezha-style braids silently followed.
This bizarre trio exuded an inexplicable, chilling aura.
“Lingying Sect…”
Li Che looked upward, his eyes cold beneath his mask.
“They all deserve to die.”
That’s all.
A thousand crows cried out together!
Nanmu Gatling Muduya fired immediately!
Metal pipes flashed as they spun rapidly, ejecting bursts of flame that blossomed into a fire lotus!
Each Muduya screamed as it burst forth like an arrow loosed from a drawn bow, its blazing tail lashing toward the two figures on the roof!
However, due to the distance—and unlike Yang Kaihe—the duo’s surging life force shattered the rain curtain, evaporating layers of water vapor and allowing them to dodge the Muduya barrage.
“In the end, our speed just wasn’t fast enough…”
“At greater distances, they have time to react—but if we were fast enough, they wouldn’t even register the attack.”
Li Che frowned, silently assessing their shortcomings.
These were all aspects that needed improvement.
Even a top-notch, flawless mechanism required fine-tuning.
As the swirling heat faded and the torrential rain persisted, the two figures had already vanished.
Sensing the lingering divine aura in the air…
“Fear Inducing Radiance and Chaos of Joy and Confusion… are those Zhang Xiangyang and Zhou Ruoguan among the three great divine inspectors?”
Li Che’s eyes gleamed.
The Pure Heart Dao Fruit within him pulsed erratically, instantly revealing the origins of both divine auras.
“The aura of fear… and that of joy—the remaining two of the seven emotions…”
Li Che felt his heart race.
“Divine inspectors… the Government… Lingying Sect…”
“How utterly ridiculous…”
Ogre tilted his head upward, his mask drenched by rain, and set aside the Nanmu Gatling Muduya. With a fan-like hand, he supported XiXi, who held her umbrella tightly.
“Girl, sit tight.”
XiXi’s face flushed bright red; it was her first time experiencing something like this, and instead of fear, she brimmed with boundless excitement.
She was so thrilled, on the verge of going mad with excitement…
This exhilarating event must never reach my dad; he’d surely forbid such fun.
Li Che’s vision shimmered with fleeting light.
【Dao Fruit: Dragon Elephant Vajra (LV2 75%)】
Ever since his cultivation had broken through the meridians,
his Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit’s maturity had skyrocketed…
Li Che gauged that advancing Dragon Elephant Vajra to LV3 would likely require unlocking a divine meridian, thereby triggering the birth of his nascent divine abilities.
Boom—!!
Li Che activated ‘Angry Gaze Vajra’, and in an instant his life force erupted in a furious roar. With the unmatched enhancement of his embodied refinement, his inner energy multiplied severalfold!
It spread around him like roaring smoke, wrapping his entire body!
At that moment, Li Che sensed that his embodied cultivation had roughly reached the Mystic Meridian level.
Countless raindrops exploded.
With a forceful step, his hefty form burst forth like an arrow released from a bow.
In a heartbeat, he vaulted onto the roof, stomping amid exploding rain, and charged after the divine inspector Zhou Ruoguan, who wore a laughing mask.
Zhou Ruoguan darted across the rooftops like a soaring hawk, evading capture!
Suddenly, scorching life force, as hot as the blazing sun, surged forward.
Everything went black before his eyes!
He then saw a fearsome, massive figure—like a mountain of flesh—blocking his path.
Burning streams of energy pounded at him like tidal waves!
“Hahaha… it’s you!”
Zhou Ruoguan was utterly terrified.
How could it be so fast?!
No…
He had split off from Zhang Xiangyang to escape… so why, Ogre, are you pursuing him?
Do you reckon Zhou Ruoguan is an easy target?!
At that moment, Zhou Ruoguan felt deeply humiliated!
“Hahaha… Ogre! Do you think, hahahaha, that I’m weak?!”
His roar mingled with maniacal laughter.
Zhou Ruoguan erupted into a furious laugh as his life force burst forth, releasing an intense surge of divine aura.
Zhou Ruoguan, one of the three great divine inspectors and a martial powerhouse skilled in Yangxing Ruhe, let his energy surge forth!
Does Ogre take him for a nobody like Zhao Xuanhai?!
If it weren’t for that fearsome mechanism and those explosive black crows, Zhou Ruoguan wouldn’t dare be intimidated by Ogre, who had only recently reached the Blood Exchange stage!
Moreover, given the circumstances, Zhou Ruoguan had no choice but to counterattack!
He gave it his all!
The tumultuous divine aura of Chaos of Joy and Confusion erupted as Zhou Ruoguan clapped his hands, churning the storm into a massive, laughing visage formed from swirling raindrops!
A cacophony of chaotic laughter, battering his ears and mind, drowned out the pounding rain as it echoed from every corner, threatening to engulf his senses!
“Divine Secret Technique: Happy Flying Head Bash!”
However…
Just as Zhou Ruoguan had gathered his Divine Secret Technique, Happy Flying Head Bash, Ogre’s claw-like fist clutched it, popping it like a balloon!
A chill ran over Zhou Ruoguan’s body.
Ogre harbored a divine aura far beyond his rank!
Even the rain tumbling from the heavens evaporated before touching Ogre, seared by his scorching energy. His fearsome life force, like blazing fireworks warping the very air, left Zhou Ruoguan nearly breathless!
How could Ogre be this strong?!
“Such overwhelming life force… such raw embodied power…”
“Mystic Meridians?!”
In that moment, Zhou Ruoguan suddenly understood what had doomed Zhao Xuanhai.
Ogre is a monster!
“Hahaha, it’s over, hahahaha… I’m doomed!”
The next moment,
the laughter abruptly ceased.
Ogre’s massive fist, enveloped in scorching energy…
struck down!
It shattered the laughing girl mask, crushed Zhou Ruoguan’s nasal bones, and shattered his skull…
and then…
his entire head exploded like a smashed watermelon!
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