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Chapter 64: The Wrathful Cry of a Hundred Ghosts, the Ox Demon Returns
Chapter 64: The Wrathful Cry of a Hundred Ghosts, the Ox Demon Returns
Snowflakes danced in the sky, creating a mesmerizing scene.
Li Che's mind transformed into a chessboard, covering the area centered around the small courtyard. His Pure Heart Divinity slowly consumed, but Li Che clearly sensed Zhao Xuanhai's presence as he stepped into the alley.
Zhao Xuanhai's appearance here confirmed Li Che's suspicion that the Xu family had sold him out.
He had been sold to the City Governor's Mansion, and Zhao Xuanhai had represented the City Governor back then. He wanted to mobilize Li Che to carve wooden statues, but Xu Heli had stopped him.
Now, shortly after Li Che revealed his identity as a Master of Divine Sculpture, Zhao Xuanhai had arrived at his Independent Workshop.
Was this a coincidence?
It didn't matter, and Li Che didn't care either.
In fact, Li Che had anticipated Zhao Xuanhai's arrival to some extent.
After all, one must always prepare for the best and worst scenarios in this world, especially with the Xu family's unusual behavior today...
Li Che had his plans and was on guard, raising his vigilance.
And now, Zhao Xuanhai had indeed arrived.
Li Che looked up, feeling the chilling cold of the world. In the cold winter of the twelfth month, the air was bone-chilling and deadly.
Raising his head, he saw the fluttering snowflakes falling from the sky and landing on the chessboard woven by the Chess Sage's Dao Fruit, which was enveloped in his Divine Essence.
Like charcoal in a furnace, the snowflakes instantly evaporated!
"The Xu family... our relationship is over."
Li Che spoke softly.
With the Chess Sage's Dao Fruit activated, every move Zhao Xuanhai made was under Li Che's control.
"Zhao Xuanhai, a Cultivating Nature River Divine Cultivator, has yet to step into the Divine Foundation... Can we have a battle?"
Li Che murmured softly.
Since Zhao Xuanhai had come, he would stay. As a master of the Spirit Infancy Sect, Li Che would show no mercy. This was a perfect opportunity...
If he didn't eliminate him now, Zhao Xuanhai would become a big threat to Xi Xi in the future.
"Can I keep him here?" Li Che looked down as if observing the chess pieces on the board from above.
No, he must be kept here...
If all else fails, he would use the 6,000 rounds of Wooden Raven Namu Gatling he had stockpiled over the past six months to blast him to death!
As for the trouble that would follow after keeping Zhao Xuanhai here...
Perhaps someone with a keen mind would realize the connection between the Ox Demon and Li Che.
But what of it? As long as Zhao Xuanhai couldn't enter this courtyard or open its door, he was separated from Li Che by a door and the heavens.
With a door between them, they were worlds apart.
Whether Zhao Xuanhai lived or died had nothing to do with Li Che.
The one who would kill him...
Was the Ox Demon.
Li Che took out a cute and adorable Ox Demon mask he had prepared earlier and gently placed it over his face.
A sense of familiarity and reassurance washed over him.
Looking up, his black hair flying wildly, his eyes filled with boundless killing intent.
"Zhao Xuanhai..."
"Your Ox Demon Grandpa is here again."
...
...
Creak.
Zhao Xuanhai's heavy footsteps on the soft, snow-covered blue stone ground of the alley produced a faint creaking sound.
"Li Che, born with weak legs, has practiced martial arts for three years and has now reached Bone Tempering Completion. Very impressive, a martial arts genius, and also a woodcarving prodigy..."
"But Bone Tempering Completion is nothing to be afraid of. Becoming a Master of Divine Sculpture may grant him some understanding of Divinity, but according to Xu Beihu's intelligence, Li Che hasn't cultivated Xuji's Suspended Thought Flowing Sword. Therefore, his Cultivating Nature is not at the Lamp Realm."
"Still, nothing to be afraid of."
Zhao Xuanhai's tall and sturdy body carried a heavy sword at his waist, weighing eight hundred jin. The sheer force of his blood and flesh wielding the sword was incredibly powerful.
Zhao Xuanhai was not only strong in Divine Cultivation but also in martial arts. He had the cultivation of an initial Pulse Connection realm, with a body of snake tendons and tiger bones, making him extraordinary.
He came to suppress and capture Li Che, who had just reached Bone Tempering Completion, an easy task.
Even if Li Che was a martial arts genius, he was still only at Bone Tempering Completion, and there was no chance of failure.
Suddenly, Zhao Xuanhai took a heavy step, and the snow in the entire alley exploded, creating ripples that slammed into the walls and tiles, shattering into countless snowflakes.
Zhao Xuanhai wore an Angry Boy Mask, his black, coarse hair standing on end like needles piercing the air.
Beneath the mask, his eyes scanned the surroundings with a crazed gaze...
In his Niwan Inner Vision, his Divinity trembled wildly, as if being stared down by a terrifying venomous snake! Every hair on his body stood on end!
Creak...
His ears twitched, and his pupils contracted like a snake's, as he heard an extremely faint sound, as if coming from a great distance...
Yet, it also seemed so close.
That was...
The sound of a bowstring being drawn! As if a divine archer had drawn the bow to the full moon, locking onto Zhao Xuanhai from all directions, blocking off all his escape routes...
He had nowhere to hide, completely exposed to the divine archer's aim!
As the arrow and bowstring rubbed against each other, a faint friction sound echoed like thunder in Zhao Xuanhai's ears.
"Who?!"
Zhao Xuanhai roared, his blood and energy erupting from his body. His Wrathful Maitreya Divinity burst forth in that instant!
However, in the next moment...
The falling snowflakes were pierced and turned into powder.
A dark-colored light, like the roar of a fighter jet, enveloped the sound of wind and thunder, resembling a dark thunderbolt, tore through the end of the alley at an extreme speed.
Zhao Xuanhai's angry gaze locked onto the incoming arrow!
"This is..."
"The Wrathful Cry of a Hundred Ghosts, Thunder Arrow!"
"A remnant of the Si Family?"
"Hmph!"
Zhao Xuanhai, with his vast experience, instantly recognized the 【Crying Wrath Ghost Cry】 Divinity within the wind and thunder arrows and knew who the attacker was.
The Si Family... The Si Family's surviving Divine Cultivator!
In this very moment, they're trying to assassinate me?
"The Si Family... in league with the Xu Family? Attempting to assassinate me?! No... that's not right, the Xu Family wouldn't do such a thing. The Si Family must have taken action after their destruction!"
Zhao Xuanhai's mind raced with thoughts in that brief moment.
If not for this, who would have known... that he would come to this lane?
Without time to think further, the arrows were already upon him. The wailing of a hundred ghosts, their cries of wrath and resentment, enveloped the arrows, and countless ghostly shadows danced around them. Zhao Xuanhai roared and took a step back, his entire body's blood and Divinity igniting like oil set ablaze.
Divinity...
【Wrathful Maitreya】!
A massive Maitreya statue, seemingly forged by raging flames, emerged around him, forming a protective bell-like shield.
Ding!
A crisp sound rang out, like an ancient bell being struck after a thousand years of slumber.
The metal arrowhead seemed to freeze in midair, spinning rapidly. As it rubbed against the Maitreya Divinity statue, countless sparks flew out.
Zhao Xuanhai's eyes blazed, his left hand turning crimson like a hot iron, and his entire arm twisted and coiled like a braided rope, resembling an angry dragon snake, blocking the arrow in front of him.
"The Crying Hundred Ghosts Thunder Arrow... containing the 【Crying Wrath Ghost Cry】 Divinity, it must be from the Si Family's direct lineage..."
"However, this arrow technique is only barely passable, and the Divinity it contains is merely at the level of Temperament Cultivation like a Lamp."
"Do they think a single arrow can kill me?"
Zhao Xuanhai's nose emitted a burst of hot air, and his five fingers curled into a hook-like grip. In an instant, the arrow exploded, sending wood splinters flying in all directions. Zhao Xuanhai was startled.
Within the shattered arrow, he saw...
A pure white, flawless Divinity chess piece, like the brightest star in the universe, floating amidst the debris.
"What kind of Divinity is this?"
It wasn't 【Crying Wrath Ghost Cry】, nor 【Suspended Thought Flowing Sword】!
It didn't even belong to the Seven Emotions!
So pure!
For a fleeting moment, Zhao Xuanhai was captivated.
But the next instant, the white Divinity chess piece vanished, replaced by...
A cute bull mask, and beneath it... a pair of dark, calm eyes like a deep well.
Zhao Xuanhai was startled, as if he had been admiring a peerless beauty that suddenly transformed into a nose-picking hulk, almost giving him a heart attack!
The Divinity chess piece that had entranced him suddenly turned into the Ox Demon that had once bombarded him, causing his nerves to almost seize up!
"Where's my Divinity chess piece?!"
Zhao Xuanhai let out an involuntary roar.
Li Che glanced at Zhao Xuanhai in confusion, unsure why he had such a ridiculous misconception.
Without wasting words, Li Che clenched his fist, and the 【Purifying Heart】 Dao Fruit's Heaven Earth Space spat out a high-quality iron spear. 【Lion Elephant Vajra】 directly activated its second stage, the Angry Vajra!
In an instant, his blood energy erupted!
With the Blood Replacement Nine Transmutations cultivation, the "Angry Vajra" unleashed, pushing Li Che's combat power to the peak of the Qi Pulse Realm!
Using the wind and thunder arrows to conceal the chess piece, and then employing the 【Chess Sage】's Move at Will ability, Li Che appeared right in front of Zhao Xuanhai.
For a Divine Cultivator, close combat is the best opportunity!
Li Che gripped the spear, and with a shake, the spearhead exploded into countless wind and snow, initiating the Xu Family's Eight-Linked Bone Shattering Spear!
Countless spear shadows pierced through the heavens and earth!
Transcendent Martial Skill!
Zhao Xuanhai's hair stood on end. The 【Wrathful Maitreya】 Divinity, woven into a Bodhisattva Golden Body, was shattered by this Transcendent Realm spear!
Only Transcendent Realm martial skills can counter Divinity!
The Ox Demon before him had mastered another Transcendent Realm martial skill!
As the Bodhisattva Golden Body was broken, Li Che's instant peak Qi Pulse Realm martial prowess unleashed a suffocating pressure, causing Zhao Xuanhai's temples to throb and his face to turn crimson.
Desiring to unleash the grand Divinity of Cultivating Nature River, Zhao Xuanhai attempted to break free from the ferocious Ox Demon and create some distance.
Li Che had anticipated this. Beneath the mask, his expression remained calm.
Holding the spear in one hand and clenching his fist with the other, the 【Crying Wrath Ghost Cry】 Divinity, extracted from the Thousand Analysis Hand and infused with the Divine Foundation Fragment, merged with this Transcendent Realm punch!
The Divine Foundation Level Divinity... irresistibly shattered his 【Wrathful Maitreya】 Divinity!
The Divinity of a Divine Foundation Cultivator inherently surpassed his own, imposing a birthright level of suppression...
One move after another, each seamlessly connected...
Like a Supreme Chess Player, each step was calculated with precision, as if he had already foreseen the next several dozen moves...
Oppressive, suffocating, leaving no room to breathe!
This Ox Demon... had become even more terrifying!
"Damn it!"
"I'm done for..."
Zhao Xuanhai muttered.
Boom!
In the next instant, the sky exploded, and countless blood and flesh splattered everywhere.
Even the fluttering snowflakes were dyed crimson.
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