Chapter 95: Severed Head
Chapter 95: Severed Head
A gloomy giant hand descended from the sky, like condensed smoke and clouds, drifting with a dense aura of death. It was unmistakably Infernal Magic—the Nether Hand!
“Hah!”
The wind and light stirred beneath his feet. Li Yi transformed into an afterimage, his true body already several meters away. Then he became an afterimage again. Repeating this three times, he retreated over twenty meters!
The Nether Hand could pursue life force, ignoring layers of illusions, clinging to its target like a shadow. It exploded right before him, its deathly aura wildly splattering. The gloomy energy transformed into turbulent streams, howling as it scattered in all directions!
Li Yi let out a light grunt, his expression disheveled. His feet glided as if treading on ice or water. With several dragging steps, he slid several meters across the ground, barely managing to stand firm.
“Weren’t you just very cocky a moment ago? Shouting loud enough to shake the heavens, but when it comes to actual fighting, you’re nothing but a complete weakling…” You Wucheng strolled leisurely, his tone playful. The arrogant air of a cat toying with a mouse was completely evident.
Li Yi’s fighting spirit was fierce. With the corner of his eye, he glanced at his right shoulder, thinking to himself: “Not enough yet…”
On his right shoulder, the aura of Purgatory rose and fell, resembling a drifting, shadowy river, shimmering with ominous energy.
Bloodline Ability—Lurking Abyss!
“Oh? Still refusing to admit defeat?” Little did he know, such an expression only made You Wucheng increasingly irritable. “It’s fine, I have plenty of time to grind you down…”
His hand gestures rose and fell sharply. Four Skeleton Soldiers stepped out from the Void, forming a pincer formation, encircling Li Yi from all sides.
Li Yi looked around. They were just ordinary Skeleton Soldiers, with rotten bones and decaying armor, incomparable to the fully Armed Equipment, tooth-and-nail-clad Skeleton Warriors that emerged from that black coffin.
“What trick are you playing?” Li Yi felt suspicious, raised an eyebrow, and said coldly.
“See for yourself…”
You Wucheng pointed a finger from a distance. The four Skeleton Soldiers’ eye sockets blazed with red light. Their soul fires instantly erupted into flames, their teeth chattering and their heads shaking wildly like they were insane!
It was as if they were four nodding dolls, but there was nothing cute or charming about them. Instead, they emitted wildly unstable, violent fluctuations, rising and falling dramatically!
These four Skeleton Soldiers had transformed into four bombs!
“What do you think? This spell is called Soul-Shattering Bone Blast!”
“Don’t look down on me!” Li Yi roared angrily. His foot stomped down like a Mammoth, a deep thunderous sound resonating. With a single flying step, he tried to break free.
Before his action could succeed, he was bound in place, unable to escape.
“What?”
Looking down, several skeletal hands grasped his ankles, rendering him immobile.
“Binding of the Dead!”
Li Yi recognized this spell, his heart sinking.
He clearly remembered that during their last fight, You Wucheng’s spell combinations weren’t particularly skillful.
This time, however, it was as if he had suddenly gained insight. Several spells of Infernal Magic coordinated perfectly, Seamless and flawless!
Naturally, he didn’t know it came from the instinct of the evil ghost “Zhuxie.”
“A little suffering might help your head clear up a bit…” You Wucheng suddenly clenched his fist, a strange, eerie smirk appearing at the corner of his lips.
“Bastard!” At this critical moment, Li Yi’s eyes turned sharp. A layer of Aura Armor floated up around him, and a Dragon-Man mask simultaneously appeared on his face.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The next moment, amidst continuous loud explosions, the Skeleton Soldiers transformed into flying bone fragments. Red light filled the air. Their frantic, violent energy erupted and overflowed wildly, like a surging tide sweeping through the entire cave!
Stones in the cave turned to dust, smoke and dust floating, obscuring vision.
“Oh no, I got carried away. Did I kill the kid?” You Wucheng’s expression changed slightly. The hot-blooded excitement instantly cooled. “Then I can’t account for it…”
“Is that… all you’ve got?”
Li Yi’s calm voice leisurely rang out from within the smoke and dust.
“What?”
Amidst the floating stone debris stood a ferocious, armored figure. His body suddenly shook, like a sea creature stirring the waters. The smoke and dust continuously spread outwards in all directions, revealing his form.
Li Yi’s body was now covered in dark, gloomy scales. A faint dragon’s aura lingered around him, majestic and unfathomable, domineering and at ease.
“Dragon? No, Dragon-Man?” You Wucheng was first stunned, then jealousy overflowed from his expression. “You actually have dragon bloodline in you? No wonder you can be a ‘main course’…”
As a child of a major clan, he naturally knew that true dragon bloodline, along with phoenix, nine-tails, kirin, and others, was one of the most supreme and rarest bloodlines in the land of the Nine Provinces!
“Main course? What do you mean?” Covered in scales, Li Yi’s face showed no expression, but his eyes revealed wariness.
“You’ll know when you experience it firsthand…” You Wucheng laughed, his laugh perverse. A Death’s Eye appeared in his right pupil. “Let’s see. Both physical defense and magic resistance are enhanced? Perfect, then I can go all out without holding back!”
Li Yi said nothing more. He just stood there imposingly. Around him, there was an aura as deep as an abyss and as steady as a mountain, with a mighty Dragon’s Aura.
“Come on! Come on! Come on!”
His arms flying, movements bizarre, two spell vortices appeared one after another before You Wucheng—one purplish-black, the other pale white.
They were Prison Arrow Technique and Bone Arrow, respectively!
“Hmm?” Li Yi’s eyes turned cold.
Prison Arrow Technique had a magic corrosion effect for direct damage.
And Bone Arrow, once it hit, could parasitize the body, sucking away life force. If not pulled out immediately, the person would eventually turn into a Skeleton Guardian.
“Go!”
Almost simultaneously, the two spells howled through the air, shooting out violently!
Li Yi’s eyes moved. He lightly flicked his fingers. Black ripples curved and turned, detonating the two spells from a distance. Then, under the residual spell effects, his body retreated several steps.
“Interesting, interesting!”
You Honghu’s killing intent surged abruptly. Both hands moved together, spells pouring out relentlessly. Relying on his abundant Mana, he unleashed a barrage of bombardment.
“Hah!”
Moving as if chasing the wind and sun, Li Yi dodged nimbly. After several steps, he became somewhat overwhelmed and hard-pressed. Seizing the opportunity, a series of spells assaulted him.
Even with the Air Shield Technique protecting him, combined with the robustness of his dragon body, he couldn’t withstand it, continuously retreating.
Taking advantage of the moment You Wucheng paused to catch his breath, Li Yi suddenly stood firm, his gaze shifting sideways to look at his right shoulder again.
At this moment, on his right shoulder, a deep, mysterious river of stars actually coiled and roiled. An aura of slaughter and destruction drifted within, like stars meandering, vaguely discernible.
“Using ‘Lurking Abyss’ in Dragon-Man form consumes a lot! Originally, the Dragon-Man form could last three minutes. Now, perhaps less than a minute remains!”
“How much time is left? Seven or eight seconds? That should be enough!”
With that thought, Li Yi smiled proudly. He sank his shoulder, bent his knees, curled his five fingers into a fist, and stimulated his Mana.
Instantly, the Stone Fist Gauntlets lit up. On the knuckles, a weight of immense pressure, a vast and mighty force, madly gathered!
Following that, that brilliant, deep, and mysterious river of stars also flowed towards his fist. Several forces surged together, interweaving and merging. The color deepened, transforming into the deepest, darkest black, like the pearl of a Black Dragon—silent and terrifying!
“This is…” His expression changed drastically. You Wucheng actually felt a faint trace of fear in his heart. His Mage’s Intuition screamed warnings wildly. “Never mind, defend first!”
His intuition told him the power on that fist posed a threat to his life!
His hands waved. Shadow Shield and Wall of Death Aura, two spells in succession, formed and connected before him.
In an instant, Li Yi’s fist, accompanied by the sound of a Black Dragon’s roar echoing in a ravine, was already before him!
One heavy punch, like a falling star, like collapsing the heavens. A fierce, overwhelming force erupted and poured forth. It shattered the Wall of Death Aura, broke the Shadow Shield, and grew from small to large before his eyes!
“How is this possible?” You Wucheng was terrified, crying out involuntarily!
Immediately after, the scene before him shattered, turning into boundless, profound darkness.
“I told you, I’m the opposite of you. I would kill you at the first chance!”
In the darkness, Li Yi’s voice, unhurried and calm, clearly rang out.
…
Boom!
A violent tremor shook the earth and mountains.
You Honghu’s expression changed slightly. He felt the entire small mountain seemed to shake for a moment.
“What… spell was that? The commotion is actually so huge?” He frowned, hesitated for a moment, but still decided to go check. “What is You Wucheng doing? If he killed that kid, I absolutely won’t let him get away with it!”
He would never have imagined that this commotion actually came from Li Yi.
In a flash, his body merged into the darkness.
Entering, his expression changed. He only saw a swaying figure, and that figure was not You Wucheng.
At this moment, the Dragon-Man form had long since receded. However, a fierce, predatory aura still lingered on Li Yi’s body, giving him a unique presence.
“Where’s You Wucheng? What did you do to him?” You Honghu demanded coldly. A bad feeling welled up in his heart.
“I know there are many strange and peculiar bloodline inheritances on the Nine Provinces land…” Li Yi didn’t answer directly but asked in return. “So, I want to ask, you people of the Black Rope You Clan, can you survive if your head is cut off?”
“Of course not.” You Honghu’s face was covered in black lines (an expression of exasperation).
“Oh, then that’s correct. I killed him!” Li Yi nodded, raised his hand, and tossed out a severed head.