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Chapter 614: Killing Bei Mingxin
Chapter 614: Killing Bei Mingxin
Fortunately, his throat was spared, but the intense corrosive slime around him also made Bei Mingxin suffer greatly.
His entire body was in tatters.
One of his left arms was gone, and after the powerful explosion, the monster's body instinctively contracted, almost crushing Bei Mingxin alive.
He desperately rushed downward because he felt a sense of openness with reduced pressure below. He knew that the monster's belly must have been blown open by the explosion!
That was his only chance of survival.
All sacrifices were made for this opening! Bei Mingxin frantically charged forward, but as the monster suffered, its flesh and organs kept contracting, making his journey extremely difficult, and he was being corroded as he moved.
Just as he was about to despair... the monster rushed to this bend, and its speed suddenly dropped.
Then Bei Mingxin knew this was his last chance, and he desperately rushed out.
Finally free from the monster's body, but Bei Mingxin's life was hanging by a thread, with nine-tenths of it gone.
His severed left hand had lost even the spatial ring. Fortunately, the longsword was still in his right hand, and the divine metal wrapped in golden silk on his back remained.
Bei Mingxin couldn't hold his breath underwater any longer.
He opened his mouth and took a gulp of black water, but there was no oxygen in the black water, so Bei Mingxin had no choice but to desperately slash the water with his longsword and rush upwards.
As long as he broke through to the surface, he would be alive.
At this moment, he didn't have time to mourn the self-detonation and deaths of his five brothers.
If he couldn't reach the surface, he would die here too. His current spiritual energy was almost depleted, his body severely disabled, covered in wounds, and his internal organs severely damaged...
It was too tragic! This trip was truly devastating!
Fang Che and the Golden Horned Dragon watched from the side.
They witnessed Bei Mingxin desperately fighting for his life.
Fang Che immediately activated his water control power, moving silently and swiftly underwater.
In the black water, nothing of Nether World could be seen.
He flew towards Bei Mingxin like a meteor.
In Fang Che's eyes, there was a glimmer of excitement, reaching its peak.
A heaven-sent opportunity!
This time, it was truly a heaven-sent opportunity. Such an encounter, such an environment, and Bei Mingxin, who had been weakened to the extreme!
Bei Mingxin slashed the water desperately, his body rising higher and higher.
He didn't know how far he was from the surface, so he dared not use his last bit of dantian energy.
He could only hold it in. If he moved, he would have to explode his essence. But once his essence exploded, he couldn't recover, and he might never make any progress again in his lifetime. He might even become a cripple...
After struggling to rise dozens of zhang...
Suddenly.
Bei Mingxin felt a sharp pain in his back.
A loud boom.
A sharp object suddenly pierced through his chest!
Bei Mingxin couldn't help but let out a roar... but he ended up gulping down two mouthfuls of black water instead.
The last bit of dantian energy and the power of his life essence exploded, and at this critical moment, he didn't care about anything else.
He swung his sword viciously towards his back.
His internal organs ached.
The sharp object was pulled out of his body, and with a clang, it clashed with his longsword.
The sound of golden iron resonating filled the air.
This was a spiritual energy attack! This was a weapon attack! At this moment, Bei Mingxin was utterly bewildered!
A person?
Someone?
How could there be a person in this black water river? This was truly a bizarre tale!
Bei Mingxin couldn't understand how humans could survive in such a place, but the attack from behind was clearly from a human.
Moreover, he had suffered a penetrating injury.
It should still be a human.
This was utterly absurd!
Bei Mingxin thought he was having a nightmare.
Based on the collision just now, the other party's strength was far inferior to his own, and their cultivation was at least several levels lower!
This was when he was almost dying. If he were normal, he could crush such a weakling with just two fingers!
But now, in the black water river, it was the other party's home field, and he himself was severely injured.
A tiger falling flat could be bullied by a dog! Bei Mingxin couldn't see anything in the black water river, but by using his essence power, he managed to make himself feel a little better.
At least he could maintain internal circulation for a while.
No more choking on water.
At this critical moment, he didn't have the mood to consider how far he was from the surface.
He just wanted to escape.
Behind him, Fang Che's Nether World and Bei Mingxin's sword clashed, and the person and the spear were knocked dozens of zhang away in the water!
He couldn't help but feel shocked.
At the end of his rope, Bei Mingxin still had such power!
Watching Bei Mingxin start slashing the water again to rise, a thought flashed through his mind.
The Golden Horned Dragon immediately rushed up, entering a soul body state, and two invisible claws grabbed Bei Mingxin's feet.
It pulled Bei Mingxin, who was trying to float up, down with a swish.
"There's a ghost!"
Bei Mingxin's soul left his body.
He wildly swung his sword at his feet, but he couldn't hit anything. However, the two hands gripping his feet were clearly felt in his senses!
What else could these be if not ghosts?
Bei Mingxin's heart panicked as he was pulled down, and he couldn't help but open his mouth and gulp down several mouthfuls of black water.
This black water was like drinking black oil, indescribably sticky and nauseating. When it entered his body, it felt like his insides were churning.
Bei Mingxin once again unleashed his spiritual energy, causing a tremor throughout his body. The spiritual power erupted, and the Golden Horned Dragon was instantly shaken back. Bei Mingxin was now burning with rage, his five viscera on fire.
Below, not only were there people, but also ghosts! What kind of world was this? He was completely flustered, desperately wanting to break through the surface and take a breath.
He unleashed his spiritual power without regard for the cost, and with the explosion of his essence power, his strength increased significantly.
Ignoring the blood flowing from his front and back, he slashed with his longsword, kicked with both feet, and shot upwards like an arrow, reaching a hundred zhang.
But Fang Che wouldn't let him escape so easily.
Taking advantage of his weakness, Fang Che aimed to take his life.
Nine Sovereign Techniques, First Style!
Swish! In the black water, Bei Mingxin transformed into a bolt of lightning, using his divine perception to monitor and sense attacks, while his longsword desperately blocked.
Clang, clang, clang...
Taking advantage of the shock, Bei Mingxin endured several more holes in his body, determined to accelerate upwards.
Fang Che was shaken back again.
The Golden Horned Dragon charged upwards again, grabbing Bei Mingxin's ankle with two claws and pulling him down forcefully!
Swish! He was pulled down another fifty zhang!
Bei Mingxin was truly going insane.
In this eerie black water river, there were not only people but also ghosts, and they were working together to deal with him!
But Bei Mingxin, the veteran demon of the Only I Orthodox, was indeed a top-ranking figure on the Cloud Rankings, ranked around 30 to 40.
Fang Che and the Golden Horned Dragon launched repeated sneak attacks, inflicting at least thirty to forty wounds on Bei Mingxin, yet he still managed to hold on, continuously floating upwards.
Although he was pulled down after reaching the surface, he had made significant progress, and the number of times he reached the surface far exceeded the number of times he was pulled down.
Fang Che's heart was filled with urgency.
Despite the opponent's apparent weakness, he couldn't kill him! Were all these Cloud Ranking experts so difficult to deal with? Bei Mingxin was now only protecting a few parts of his body: his right hand, head, neck, heart, and lower body.
Anywhere else, they could stab as they pleased, and he could use the force to propel himself upwards.
But these areas were off-limits!
Cloud Ranking experts were ruthless when dealing with opponents several levels below them.
Moreover, Bei Mingxin's most frustrating situation was that he had lost his spatial ring along with his severed arm. If he still had his spatial ring, he would have recovery pills inside.
If that were the case, even in the depths of the black water river, with the help of water control power and the Golden Horned Dragon's assistance, Bei Mingxin could have counter-killed Fang Che!
At the Saint Rank, there were no taboos.
This was the truth!
Moreover, this Saint Rank expert was fighting with his essence power! After a prolonged battle, Fang Che had already consumed several pills, and with the Netherworld in hand, he continued to fight silently, thrusting his spear into Bei Mingxin's thigh without making a sound.
But he deliberately stalled for a moment.
As expected, Bei Mingxin's sword arrived, and with a clang, it slashed onto the Netherworld.
Fang Che allowed the spear to pierce Bei Mingxin's thigh, pushing it forward forcefully.
Bei Mingxin held his sword with one hand, desperately hacking at the Netherworld's spear shaft, and using the rebounding force from this heart-wrenching clash, he shot upwards like lightning.
His speed was as swift as a bolt of lightning, even dragging Fang Che upwards with him.
Bei Mingxin saw hope.
This human in the water was at most a Lord Rank. The gap between such a person and his Saint Rank was too vast!
He didn't know that at the Saint Rank, there were no taboos.
He didn't need much; he only needed to take a breath. Although he was exhausted, as long as he could reach the surface and take a breath, he could immediately counter-kill Fang Che without any effort.
While Bei Mingxin was excitedly hacking at the Netherworld, Fang Che's other hand revealed the Nether King's Blade.
Fang Che slashed fiercely.
Bei Mingxin's sword-wielding right hand was severed at the elbow by Fang Che!
The severed hand, still holding the sword, fell gracefully.
Fang Che caught it with one hand and immediately stored it in his spatial ring.
Bei Mingxin, who was on the verge of escaping and filled with excitement, suddenly felt his body go numb.
His arm, hand, and sword were gone!
Bei Mingxin felt a deep sense of despair. The opponent... had another divine weapon, a blade!
Moreover, it must be made of divine metal or stellar metal to be effective. Otherwise, it wouldn't harm him, and it would have shattered long ago under his longsword's slashes! For someone of such low cultivation to possess such an extraordinary spear was indeed unexpected.
The Demise of a Dark Lord
To his surprise, the opponent wielded a sharp, cleaving knife!
Bei Mingxin's body stiffened, suspended in the water.
He knew he was close to the surface.
However, he also knew he couldn't ascend.
His leg, severed in the monster's belly, had been pierced multiple times by the enemy's gun and had sunk to unknown depths.
His left hand was long gone, the stump riddled with bullet holes like a beehive.
The other leg, too, was severely damaged, barely functional.
His sole remaining limb, his right hand, had just been severed.
Now, he had no body part left to launch an attack.
Was he to resort to biting with his teeth?
Whoosh.
Bei Mingxin felt the gun withdraw from his leg.
Yet, he had already succumbed to despair.
Having sacrificed five brothers, he still couldn't escape.
Bei Mingxin closed his eyes in defeat, his heart cold as ash.
The irony!
Bei Mingxin, the once-feared, would meet his end without even knowing at whose hand.
A fleeting glint of steel, and the knife's icy edge reached his neck.
Bei Mingxin remained motionless.
Resistance was futile!
Plop!
His head detached, floating up in the dark water.
Fang Che's gun and knife simultaneously unleashed all their spiritual energy, resonating through the water to shatter any remaining essence of Bei Mingxin's soul.
The Golden Horned Dragon opened its massive maw.
Before the soul's energy could dissipate, the Golden Horned Dragon devoured it entirely.
Fang Che retrieved a package from Bei Mingxin's back.
Its weight hinted at something extraordinary.
Upon opening it, his eyes widened in astonishment.
It was a piece of Divine Metal, perfect for forging a sword.
Fang Che's joy was short-lived, however, as he realized the implications.
Bei Mingxin's sword, also made from Divine Metal, lay in his spatial ring. Now, he possessed two?
No...
Fang Che hastily retrieved Bei Mingxin's arm and sword from the ring.
As he gazed at the sword, its blade suddenly shattered with a series of cracking sounds.
The once-renowned, heaven-shaking sword disintegrated into powder, drifting away in the dark water.
Its spiritual glow flickered, then vanished.
The Nether Lord, Nether World, and Tiny Saber appeared in unison, paying silent respects to the spot where the sword's essence dissipated.
Fang Che let out a long, melancholic sigh.
This Divine Metal... truly embodied the principle: "As the person perishes, so does the sword." Not even a sliver of opportunity remained for anyone else.
"Bei Mingxin, with such a divine sword accompanying you in death, your life was not in vain."
Bei Mingxin's severed head and body, carried by the dark water, floated downstream.
Soon, several demonic beasts emerged, tearing into the remains, which then disappeared into the depths.
A dark lord's era had finally come to a close.
Fang Che stored the package, attempting to place it in his spatial ring, but it wouldn't fit, so he strapped it to his back. With his gun and knife stowed, he silently ascended towards the surface.
As he broke through the water's surface, countless figures seemed to materialize before him, cheering and rejoicing.
What left a deep impression on Fang Che, however, was the sight of White Cloud Continent's thousands of ordinary civilians.
He recalled the day Bei Mingxin and Dong Changfeng clashed in White Cloud Continent's market, resulting in the sudden, brutal demise of thousands of innocent lives.
Fang Che had visited the site afterward, witnessing the massive crater, the silent, shattered ruins, and the lingering, dry bloodstains...
Though unaware of the full extent of Bei Mingxin's evil deeds, Fang Che knew of this one atrocity, which was enough to render Bei Mingxin unforgivable.
With closed eyes, Fang Che whispered, "Your tormentor is dead."
"His body and soul, annihilated. Not even reincarnation is possible."
"You can rest easy now. You can be at peace! Though this news won't spread, and no one will know how Bei Mingxin met his end, your spirits in the afterlife are aware."
"The devil has been vanquished!"
With a splash, Fang Che emerged from the water.
Before him, a radiant light.
Though the landscape remained desolate, Fang Che felt an overwhelming sense of wonder, drinking in the scenery.
"Finally, I've escaped! This journey... a maelstrom of emotions!"
Fang Che strode onto the shore, gasping for air, his body disheveled, hair dripping with water.
"This treasure hunt will be etched in my memory forever... Calculating the close calls, I'd say I narrowly escaped death two, maybe three times. I've truly danced with the gates of the underworld!"
Fang Che realized, however, that lingering by the riverbank was perilous – too conspicuous, with the risk of more aquatic beasts emerging.
So Fang Che didn't even bother to check his harvest, he took a few breaths to rest, and then rushed across the mudflats like lightning, disappearing into the dense forest like a ghost.
Finally, he reached a safe area.
He found a huge tree hollow, and as usual, he reached in and grabbed a black-eyed white bear. He sliced it with his sword and found a place to happily roast and eat the meat.
"Delicious! Let's first satisfy my stomach, and everything else can wait until I calm down."
Fang Che sighed in satisfaction.
After a satisfying meal, he threw the leftovers into his spatial ring.
He cleaned up the traces.
Then he created the illusion that someone had once rested in this tree hollow but had hidden it again.
Next, Fang Che found another deep tree hollow, grabbed the bears inside, and beat them up, sending them running all over the mountains to cry for justice...
Then he lay down, feeling extremely exhausted, unable to even open his eyes. He closed his eyes, rested his head on Bai Mingxin's bundle, and fell into a comfortable sleep.
Fang Che was asleep.
But outside, the situation had turned upside down.
The Night Demon was gone.
At this critical moment, the people from the Celestial Palace who were chasing him had disappeared.
Sun Wutian couldn't care less about the stench that had lingered on his body for almost two days, he rushed out of the Southeast Headquarters and headed towards the Ten Thousand Spirits Forest.
Meanwhile, Yan Nan kept trying to contact Bai Mingxin.
"Bai Mingxin, have you seen the Night Demon?"
"Bai Mingxin? Answer me!"
"Bai Mingxin???"
A loud boom sounded.
Yan Nan slammed the table in anger.
"Damn it, Bai Mingxin!"
She was pretending to be dead and not answering! I know you don't want to save the Night Demon, but who gave you the guts not to answer me? What do you think you are, Bai Mingxin?
That damn Dream Demon is the same! Now, even little Bai Mingxin dares to act like this!
Yan Nan was furious.
Could it be that my authority as the Vice Supreme Leader is so worthless now that people dare to disrespect me?
He asked Sun Wutian, "Have you found the Night Demon?"
Sun Wutian replied, "Not yet, which direction did he go?"
"The valley with the Blood Dragon Ginseng is in..."
Yan Nan pointed in a direction.
Sun Wutian rushed off like a flying arrow.
But he was destined not to find him. Even if he followed that direction all the way to the forbidden land, he wouldn't be able to find him.
Because Fang Che had traveled downstream for over ten thousand miles.
Sun Wutian found the sword marks left by Fang Che and the Star Lord's battle nearby, and followed the direction of the sword marks, sensing the past energy fluctuations with his supreme divine skill.
He continued forward, chasing all the way to the Black Water River mudflats.
Here, he found some traces of battle.
They were the Star Lord's marks from killing demonic beasts.
But when he tried to track further, there was no direction to follow!
Sun Wutian couldn't believe it, could there be someone in this world that he couldn't track?
But searching up and down and scanning the air, he found no traces.
During his search, a demonic beast emerged from the water, and Sun Wutian fought it, injuring and driving it away.
Although he wanted its inner core, he wisely refrained from jumping into the Black Water River.
Besides, there were more important things to do, so Sun Wutian soared into the sky, searching in all four directions.
The more he searched, the more agitated he became.
He couldn't help but ask Yan Nan, "Where's Bai Mingxin?"
Yan Nan replied, "No news, the last message said he was on Bright Peak. There's been no response since then."
Sun Wutian was anxious and frustrated, "This bastard better not have been eaten by demonic beasts! With his strength, how dare he go to Bright Peak?! Is he delivering food to the beasts because he's afraid they'll go hungry?"
Yan Nan said, "You can teach him a lesson for me when you see him."
"That's a must!"
Sun Wutian muttered, "I'll keep searching."
"Tell me as soon as you find him."
Yan Nan reminded him.
"I'm more anxious than you," Sun Wutian said.
He then cut off the communication.
Looking at the communication jade in his hand, Yan Nan couldn't help but sigh and mutter, "You don't understand... I'm more anxious than you! So anxious..."
He sighed, "This Night Demon is truly unlucky, going out to receive a benefit but facing a life-and-death crisis..."
...
Deep in the night.
Inside the tree hollow.
Fang Che shivered and woke up.
It was autumn, a bit chilly, but this chill couldn't dampen the intense excitement in the Night Demon's heart.
His cultivation hadn't progressed much, still at the fourth level of the Sovereign Rank, but he had reached the intermediate stage. With a bit more effort, he should be able to break through further.
In the short time at the bottom of the Black Water River, Fang Che found that his spiritual power had increased significantly.
"Could there be spiritual energy here? I don't sense anything."
Fang Che pondered for a long time, concluding that his potential had burst forth a little due to the crisis and pressure.
It's safe to say that Fang Che's guess was correct.
Next came the much-anticipated moment of checking his harvest.
Fang Che happily opened Bai Mingxin's bundle.
"Let me see, aside from the divine metal, what other good things are there... I'm so excited."
(End of Chapter)
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