Chapter 115: Poisonous Lime and Divine Crystal Dust, Ascending Dragon Elephant

Chapter 115: Poisonous Lime and Divine Crystal Dust, Ascending Dragon Elephant

Thunder roared in the vast sky, and the flashing electric light illuminated the mortal realm.

A cute ox mask, drenched in raindrops, stared intently with eyes that seemed to see right through things.

Liu Jinsong's hair stood on end, and in that instant, he felt as if his blood had frozen within him!

Devil Ox?

Devil Ox!!!

How dare he?!

Liu Jinsong's eyes narrowed, his gaze turning as fierce as ink, and from his pupils, a powerful surge of malice and murderous intent erupted.

A potent wave of resentment and killing intent burst forth from Liu Jinsong's body! A sense of absurdity and ridicule arose in his heart.

Had Liu Jinsong fallen so low?

A mere Illusory Form Cultivator, and this Devil Ox dared to come alone to hunt him down?

A reckless fool!

Liu Jinsong's murderous intent towards the Devil Ox was stronger than ever before. If not for this Devil Ox, how could he have fallen to such a state?

Every time he tried to capture the Devil Ox, it would use its unique teleportation technique to escape. This guy was not only cunning and vicious but also incredibly slippery.

With its mastery of teleportation, it was incredibly difficult to deal with.

However, the Devil Ox had never dared to confront Liu Jinsong directly because its strength was not that formidable. It was only capable of killing some of the Fishermen's Gang's subordinates.

Now, the Devil Ox actually wanted to take advantage of his injuries to gain an upper hand?

Truly...

A fool who didn't value his life!

Boom!

Liu Jinsong roared in anger, as if insulted, and his Grandmaster's true energy erupted from his mouth, capable of piercing gold and shattering stones. The surge of energy accelerated the generation of new blood within him.

The illusory Divine Image that had been shattered by Li Qingshan's strike was now struggling to re-condense, filled with cracks, and its power greatly diminished.

But it was still an Illusory Form!

Countless streams of energy rippled, and the rain was shattered by the divine power, exploding into countless raindrops!

Dense divine crystals seemed to awaken from their slumber, and the blurry streams of energy merged with the divinity, slowly condensing!

Could Liu Jinsong not even defeat the Devil Ox, let alone Li Qingshan?

A cowardly and despicable fellow who hid his tail between his legs!

Boom!

The ground exploded, and countless fragments of stone were crushed into powder by the terrifying pressure of the Illusory Form, sending dust flying into the air.

Although Liu Jinsong was injured, he showed no fear.

The Devil Ox...

So what? It was a perfect opportunity for him to deliver its death.

Liu Jinsong had never feared the Devil Ox. Compared to Li Qingshan, the Devil Ox excelled in cunning and slipperiness, and its teleportation technique that made it vanish into thin air was particularly annoying.

However, in a direct confrontation, ten Devil Oxen couldn't match the threat posed by a single Li Qingshan.

Suddenly, Liu Jinsong's eyes narrowed, and he saw the Devil Ox's sturdy body suddenly lurch forward.

In an instant, six black, crow-like objects fell, accompanied by six booming explosions.

Countless fine dust particles, ground from divine crystals, filled the air around Liu Jinsong.

"What's this?"

Divine crystal dust?!

Liu Jinsong's eyes narrowed, and he instantly recognized the substance swirling around him, a sense of foreboding filling his heart.

He stomped down heavily, and with a roar, his palm struck towards the Devil Ox.

The surging energy howled, scattering countless raindrops, aiming to knock down all the dust!

"The dust of Eight Extremes Divine Crystals... My divinity... is immobilized!"

His heart sank into the depths of despair.

Liu Jinsong felt his incomplete Divine Image, formed by his concentrated anger, twist and distort, unable to maintain its connection with the divine energy within the Niwan Palace.

In an instant, the Illusory Form completely collapsed!

Well done, Devil Ox!

Knowing that the divinity of the Illusory Form was too challenging to handle, so it sought out the Eight Extremes Divine Crystals, ground into powder, and exploded to restrict the area of divine power!

This was a plan to bring the two to the same level, a battle of brute strength and vitality?

A clever move!

In a contest of divine power, the Devil Ox would undoubtedly lose to Liu Jinsong. The Devil Ox could never condense a Six Palaces Divine Foundation like Li Qingshan's, let alone surpass the divinity of the Illusory Form.

Li Qingshan's strength wasn't limited to the Six Palaces Divine Foundation; he had also cultivated the Supreme Art of the Divine Sect, "Eight Serpents Tornado Technique"!

This was Li Qingshan's true strength.

So, what right did the Devil Ox have?

Even without divinity, it still possessed the true energy of a Grandmaster!

The Devil Ox showed no signs of true energy fluctuations, clearly not a Grandmaster warrior, how could it be a match?

With a finger snap and a grab, Liu Jinsong drew a longsword from the Heaven and Earth Jade and slashed towards the Devil Ox.

The vast true energy gathered in that strike, brilliant as the sun, instantly tearing through the sky. The swirling, torn streams of energy let out a mournful cry before being shattered by the blow!

A Grandmaster's strike, and the Devil Ox met its end!

Liu Jinsong's lips curled upwards, and with a single strike, he sliced into the Devil Ox's body. The Devil Ox mask shattered into four pieces, and from its shoulder, Liu Jinsong cleaved it in two with his power!

Such an easy victory, the strike was like cutting through a melon or chopping vegetables...

But the Devil Ox was more than that!

However, Liu Jinsong soon sensed something amiss, as there was no blood!

No scent of blood!

The strike had split the Devil Ox, but there was no blood splatter!

Liu Jinsong's eyes narrowed, and a foreboding feeling arose in his heart.

The Devil Ox, cleaved by his power, exploded, and colorful dust burst forth from its shattered body!

Liu Jinsong, with his Grandmaster's body, breathed like a whale, inhaling and exhaling with immense force.

As he inhaled the stream of energy mixed with dust, Liu Jinsong's expression changed drastically, his face turning green!

"Lime? No... lime mixed with divine crystal dust and poison!"

"It's poisonous!"

"Despicable!"

Liu Jinsong roared in anger, quickly sealing his mouth and nose, expelling the poison he had just inhaled.

With a heavy stomp and a roar, Liu Jinsong brandished his longsword, the blade's light filling the air, the howling streams of energy clearing the surrounding air, preventing the poisonous dust from approaching!

But suddenly, a pressure that made Liu Jinsong's scalp tingle and his hair stand on end, a pressure of rank, erupted from behind him!

"Boom!" It was the sound of a body breaking free from its restraints, explosively expanding.

Liu Jinsong turned, and there, he saw a figure whose silhouette he couldn't forget.

Brilliant gold burst from his eyes, and from his pupils, a mist of golden smoke spread.

Countless black, robust strands of hair, like a wild, black cape, flew in the wind!

Veins, thick as giant pythons, writhed beneath his reddish skin!

Indestructible Vajra Body, a perfect manifestation!

The Incipient Divine Ability, Dragon Elephant Vajra · Ascend!

The Devil Ox stomped down heavily, and a black Temple God Chess Piece was suddenly crushed!

The exploding black dust shot upwards, surging into the Devil Ox's nose!

Its inner energy seemed to be tinged with red, as if burning and boiling!

The Devil Ox unleashed a strike of the White Tiger Chaotic Wind!

After reaching the Divine Vein Realm, Li Che once again ascended, his body expanding with power!

And indeed, the Dragon Elephant power was born!

The power of the Dao Fruit, a dragon and an elephant!

A punch was thrown, like an ancient elephant swinging its trunk, causing Liu Jinsong's muscles and blood to tremble and freeze, an unstoppable force pushing and smashing downwards!

It seemed slow, but its speed was at its extreme, crushing the streams of energy, and slamming into Liu Jinsong's chest!

The next moment...

Liu Jinsong's Grandmaster body felt an incredibly powerful force.

As if the power of a coiling dragon and a primeval giant elephant merged into one, it infused his inner qi, trampling and lashing at his body.

This... is inner qi?!

Liu Jinsong's eyes widened in fury, his skin turning crimson, yet powerless to stop the inner qi from shattering his Grandmaster's true qi, his pythons, tiger bones, and even his circulating meridians!

A massive burst of blood mist lingered in the air, and Liu Jinsong's entire body was smashed thirty zhang away!

His body fell heavily, like a thousand-jin weight, causing the ground to sink, and a circle of dust rose like a rehearsed firework display!

Liu Jinsong lay sprawled on the ground, a dazed look in his eyes.

How could he be so strong?

How could the Devil Ox be this powerful?!

The inner qi tore through his true qi, muscles, and meridians!

Is this pulse connection?!

This was Liu Jinsong's final thought.

Because after the Devil Ox punched, shattering his resistance, he moved like a black abyss, a towering mountain.

A long spear, crimson and dazzling, unleashed divine essence pressure, and in the instant it quivered and pointed, it was like a peacock spreading its tail, countless spear shadows piercing his body.

It snuffed out his last breath!

As the dust settled, on the edge of the ruins, Li Che stood tall, his dark hair dancing wildly like a cloak, his stature as imposing as a mountain. His eyes glowed with golden smoke, making him appear incredibly mystical amidst the howling dark clouds.

Gazing at Liu Jinsong's punctured corpse in the pit, Li Che's Devil Ox mask seemed to speak.

"Bind Spirit..."

"Bow to me."

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...

Countless raindrops were torn apart, and a figure shot forward like a cannonball, shaking the air and creating ripples that spread in waves.

Shen Xing's power intertwined behind him, distorting his divine image into a blur.

A graceful and voluptuous figure, her head bowed so low that her feet were hidden, Gong Yunli furrowed her brows, her eunuch's robe fluttering in the rain and wind.

"I'm late."

Beside her, Gong Yang Liancheng's face also turned solemn, and he stroked his beard.

Reaching the edge of the pit, they saw the mangled flesh in the ruins, and his eyes twitched involuntarily.

He narrowed his eyes, and in an instant, a qi stream gathered into a ball in the palm of his outstretched hand.

His consciousness spread, sensing the materials and auras within the qi ball, and his expression became peculiar.

"Arsenic, cyanide, strychnine, lime... and divine essence crystal dust. Such vicious methods, and the divine essence of the Three-Eyed Wrathful Vajra..."

"The attacker is undoubtedly the Devil Ox."

Gong Yang Liancheng analyzed.

"The Devil Ox? How dare he kill a cultivator in the Illusory Form Realm?" Gong Yunli exclaimed, covering her mouth in astonishment.

"A crippled Illusory Form cultivator," Gong Yang Liancheng added solemnly.

With a hammer strike, Li Qingshan shattered Liu Jinsong's illusory form, and the divine essence power was only able to exert less than three-tenths of its strength. Even Li Qingshan's hammering caused Liu Jinsong's physical body to cough up blood.

In every aspect, Liu Jinsong was not at his peak, and it's not an exaggeration to say he was crippled.

"But for the Devil Ox to do this is also impressive! To dare to launch a sneak attack when the Fishermen's Gang had set up a net to capture him..." Gong Yunli praised.

A qi stream shot out, and Li Qingshan appeared, wearing a cat-faced mask with a sheep horn hammer hidden in his sleeve.

Looking at Liu Jinsong's lifeless body in the pit, Li Qingshan's expression beneath the mask was almost twisted with shock.

Could that kid be so bold?

Dare to kill even an Illusory Form cultivator not be afraid of being counter-killed?!

After all, an Illusory Form cultivator is just half a step away from the true Divine Image Realm! After a long while, Li Qingshan sighed with a complex expression.

"This Devil Ox..."

That was all he could say.

Others might not know who the Devil Ox was, but he certainly did.

A year ago, the Devil Ox was just a blood-exchange martial artist.

Even when he arrived at the City Lord Mansion, he had barely stepped into the realm of the Qi Meridian.

Now, he had killed an Illusory Form cultivator, even if it was a crippled one...

But even a crippled Illusory Form cultivator has more blood than a Qi Meridian cultivator!

"Impressive..."

Li Qingshan suddenly laughed, feeling he might have underestimated Li Che.

This Li Che's potential might not be inferior to his own daughter, the exceptional Spirit Child.

Li Qingshan felt an urge to meet someone immediately...

However, the night's events were not yet concluded, and the storm had just begun. Li Qingshan could only suppress his expectations and curiosity.

"Let's go. He's dead and clean, leaving nothing behind."

"What's the point of a mangled corpse?"

"The Fishermen's Gang is finished. It's time to settle scores for all the wrongs they've committed over the years."

Li Qingshan chuckled.

"The City Lord Mansion has welcomed someone even more ruthless than me."

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...

In the study, candlelight flickered.

Li Che slowly opened his eyes, returning the captured chess pieces to the Dao Fruit of the Divine Willow Body.

Removing his straw hat and putting away his mask and black robe, Li Che retrieved the Divine General from the Divine Willow Body and placed it back into the Pure Heart Dao Fruit.

Li Che exhaled, sitting in the grandmaster's chair, staring at the flickering candlelight, unable to suppress the smile on his lips.

Liu Jinsong, as an Illusory Form cultivator, had indeed put immense pressure on Li Che, even though he was already crippled by Li Qingshan.

But he was no ordinary opponent, and the pressure from the Illusory Form's divine essence was overwhelming, albeit not as powerful as a true Divine Image Realm's pressure. Yet, it was enough to weaken Li Che's combat strength by two or threefold.

Therefore, Li Che immediately used the powder of the Eight Extremes Divine Essence Crystal he had drained, as only this powder could restrain the divine essence of an Illusory Form cultivator.

And then, in two stages, the first time using a crow hand grenade to create a smokescreen, and the second time using poisoned medicine mixed with quicklime and Divine Essence Crystal to ensure that Liu Jinsong was indeed unable to utilize his divine essence.

At this moment, the Ascension State was activated once more.

After breaking through to the Divine Vein, the amplification of the Ascension State was immense, and it even awakened the power of one dragon and one elephant! With all his might, he managed to shatter Liu Jinsong's bones and muscles, and then proceeded to finish him off with a barrage of attacks.

"If Liu Jinsong wasn't injured, it might have been a tough battle..."

"Surprise attacks are still the most cost-effective."

"So, people, don't get injured easily... Otherwise, you become too vulnerable to attacks. It's better to be the attacker than the attacked."

Reflecting, summarizing, and innovating, learning from the enemy's defeat.

Li Che begins to review the battle.

After the review, he adjusts his breathing, exhales a turbid breath, and calms his inner turmoil.

Li Che, with his eyes lowered, begins to take inventory of his spoils of war.

The harvest from a Phantom Form Cultivator is enough to make Li Che's heart flutter with excitement and anticipation! As the vice-guild master of the Fishermen's Gang, he is indeed a top-notch Phantom Form expert!

Looking around the city, Phantom Form is also a top-notch expert!

His collection and wealth are certainly not to be underestimated.

Moreover, as a top-tier Phantom Form expert, he would definitely carry valuable items with him, and it's safer to have them on his person than to hide them elsewhere.

Therefore, Li Che is quite excited about this harvest.

The first thing Li Che focuses on is the Divine Essence Crystal.

He has two Nine Luminary Divine Essence Crystals and twenty Ten-Town Divine Essence Crystals.

The harvest is indeed significant! Li Che is both excited and thrilled, feeling a sense of sudden wealth that makes him savor and linger over the experience.

However, what makes Li Che a bit disappointed is that Liu Jinsong's collection does not include the Octagonal Divine Essence Crystal.

Indeed, the Octagonal Divine Essence Crystal is rare and precious, and even if Liu Jinsong had it, he would have used it for cultivation first.

How could it be so easy for Li Che? After confirming the Divine Essence Crystal, Li Che's excitement subsides, and he continues to take inventory of his spoils.

Among the Divine Armaments, he finds a superior Nine Luminary longsword, which is quite valuable.

The pills that surprise Li Che are the Nine-Rank Superior Martial Pills of the Corpse Deity Sect, the Corpse God Ten Thousand Ghosts Death Qi Condensing Martial Pills, with a large quantity of three bottles, each containing nine pills.

"This Liu Jinsong has completely sided with the Corpse Deity Sect and gained significant benefits, planning to cultivate the Corpse Deity Body!"

Li Che's eyes flicker, understanding the reason behind Liu Jinsong's possession of so many Death Qi Pills. As for cultivation techniques, Li Che doesn't find much of significance.

The divine essence cultivated by Liu Jinsong is the Sorrow Divinity among the Seven Emotions Divinity, and it belongs to the Same Origin Divinity Technique with Li Che's cultivated Crying to Subdue Demons.

"What a pity... As one of the five major families and five major sects in the city, their treasury should be magnificent... I missed the chance to witness it."

Li Che feels a bit regretful, pounding his chest.

"You didn't give me time, I should have waited for me to become stronger."

Exhaling, Li Che takes a moment to reflect on his transformation and growth during the battle.

The light in his eyes flickers as he experiences the changes and improvements within himself.

[Dragon Elephant Vajra (Lv3, 20%), Pure Heart (Lv3, 5%), Chess Saint (Lv3, 68%)]



The Dragon Elephant Vajra's Fruit of the Way has significantly improved, and defeating a weakened Phantom Form opponent is considered a counter-attack, which reduces the pressure and transforms combat experience into the maturity of the Fruit of the Way, which is indeed impressive.

However, the most impressive is still the improvement of the Chess Saint's Fruit of the Way.

After all, absorbing Liu Jinsong's divine essence... directly increased the maturity of the Chess Saint's Fruit of the Way by 20%!

If he could absorb a few more Phantom Forms, he could directly reach Lv3!

Li Che's divine consciousness flows, and he feels a slight sting in his flesh, which is caused by the activation of the Ascension State and the release of the power of one dragon and one elephant, resulting in minor injuries.

"The power of one dragon and one elephant... Is it because I opened the Divine Vein?"

Li Che closes his eyes slightly, recalling the feeling of the power of one dragon and one elephant in the Ascension State.

He takes out a Furious Black Dragon Pill, and its powerful pill coating shatters, releasing a vast amount of medicinal power throughout his body.

Li Che, in his study, slowly practices the White Tiger Chaotic Wind Fist.

It's as if the roar of dragons and the cry of elephants echo in his body as his muscles tense and relax!

Suddenly opening his eyes, the candlelight flickers, and his eyes shine like the rising sun!

"The power of one dragon and one elephant... Is it a body-strengthening technique derived from the Fruit of the Way?"

[Dragon Elephant Vajra] Fruit of the Way, a technique derived from the Fruit of the Way.

The pressure of combat inspires him to create such a technique.

Li Che, with his exceptional martial arts talent, slowly sketches out the technique in his mind.

Gradually, he records an incomplete martial art derived from the Fruit of the Way.

"A technique derived from the Fruit of the Way, but it's incomplete. It needs to be perfected over time."

"So... let's call it Dragon Elephant True Intention... By cultivating qi, inner strength, and spirit, this intention can continuously enhance the upper limit of the Dragon Elephant Intention's explosive power."

"The body cultivates intention, and intention cultivates the body!"

"Now it's one dragon and one elephant, but can it reach ten dragons and ten elephants, a hundred dragons and a hundred elephants, or even a thousand dragons and a thousand elephants in the future?"

Li Che's eyes shine with anticipation.

Although Dragon Elephant True Intention is incomplete, Li Che feels that even in its initial stage, it is already comparable to a supreme art martial art.

And its upper limit is extremely high!

"I've heard that to break through to the Grandmaster level, one needs to master a True Intention supreme art... Isn't this an opportunity to reach the Grandmaster level?"

Li Che smiles.

He has obtained a Grandmaster-level technique.

The path to Grandmaster is right before him!

Although it's only an initial creation and not yet perfected.

Li Che still needs to innovate and improve.

If he can obtain a few supreme art martial arts and extract their essence to integrate into Dragon Elephant True Intention, it will be ideal.

This will ensure that in the future, Dragon Elephant True Intention can challenge the Grandmaster level without any unexpected issues.

"Supreme art martial arts are rarely seen, and even the Seven Elements Divine Carving Technique is a treasure cherished by various powers... I didn't get to witness it."

Li Che feels a bit regretful, and his gaze falls on Li Qingshan.

However, he quickly dismisses this thought.

"Never mind, never mind."

"It will all come in time."

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