A Head (continued)

This move, named "Saber Snake Phantom," uses a visible sword to attract the opponent's attention before launching a surprise attack with hidden force. It is extremely difficult to defend against, and only those at the Spirit Transformation Grandmaster can detect the concealed power. Moreover, they can only become alert at extremely close range. Below the Spirit Transformation, no one can detect it. Countless people have died from this move. As the saying goes, "one trick is all you need," and the Crimson Shadow King used this move to kill countless mission targets.

However, Si Ming seemed to have known this secret all along. While blocking the Crimson Blood Divine Blade with his sword, he rubbed his left hand into a blade and unleashed a True Yang Vermilion Blaze Saber, neutralizing the hidden force.

"How could this be!"

Before the Crimson Shadow King could react, Si Ming suddenly spun around, and the wings of the Vermilion Bird Profound Armor swept across him. These wings were made of individual sword blades, extremely sharp. He hurriedly retreated, but was still struck by the sword feathers that cut through his True Qi, leaving a bloody mark on his face.

"Hey, all you can do is hide like a mouse?"

Si Ming returned the words verbatim, causing the Crimson Shadow King's face to flush red. But before the Crimson Shadow King could respond, he said, "I know what questions you have. I'll just tell you the answer directly. Before, I was only gathering information about you. Now that the information is complete, I have seen through all your fighting methods."

Si Ming's original talent allowed him to analyze the opponent's martial arts. Combined with the Tower Observatory Sword Art, which allowed him to anticipate the enemy's moves and predict their movements, he was able to analyze the opponent's fighting style and attack habits.

Such a thing defies common sense, even the Anomalies cannot accomplish it, so the Crimson Shadow King naturally didn't believe it. "Is that so? Then you try to break this move, Wolf Shadow Thousand Kills!"

He immediately channeled his True Essence, his sword energy transforming into wolf shadows, instantly cleaving through thousands of waves to strike directly at Si Ming's spirit. The violent sword energy was like a raging storm, sweeping forward like a raging torrent with the Crimson Shadow King's advance, crushing everything in its path, unstoppable. Each strike was filled with immense power, like an invincible pack of mad wolves, any creature that dared to stand in its way would face a ferocious tearing.

Faced with the overwhelming ultimate move, Si Ming, as promised, stopped dodging and held his sword upright in front of his chest. The sword's edge spread out to both sides like Peacock Spreads Its Tail, forming a wall of sword shadows.

"Thousand Crags Sword Wall!"

Si Ming charged forward with his sword, unleashing countless Sword Qi energies. Though seemingly chaotic, One Sword was meticulously calculated, following a predetermined sequence and trajectory to strike the point of impact of each blade shadow, using three parts of his strength to offset ten parts, thus breaking the ultimate move head-on.

"This is impossible!"

The shadow of the Crimson Shadow King suddenly left the ground, entangled the Crimson Blood Divine Blade, turning the blade energy pitch black and adding to its murderous aura; moreover, it expanded tenfold in an instant.

"Crimson Pole Star Shadow Howling Void Astral Qi!"

This move is not a secret technique from the "Void Shadow Killing Technique," but a new move created by the Crimson Shadow King by combining his own Anomalies abilities. He had possessed the Crimson Shadow King a long time ago and was already inseparable from this body, so he had plenty of time to study martial arts. Moreover, he had an extremely outstanding talent in this area, surpassing his master.

The blade energy, now infused with the shadows, surged forth, causing cracks to appear in the ground around the Crimson Shadow King. Waves of energy emanated from him, spreading out in a ring. The onlookers, whether members of the Crimson Eye Society or the Lu Lineage, all stopped fighting under the invisible pressure and turned to watch the unfolding events.

The crimson-black blade energy spread out in patches, cleaving through the void and piercing through everything, as if a god of death had descended, transforming into a pitch-black storm that swept furiously toward its prey.

Si Ming showed no fear. The existence of the Vermilion Bird Profound Armor largely made up for the gap between his cultivation and that of Spirit Transformation expert. He immediately drew the True Qi stored in the miniature Spiritual Origin Crystal and channeled it into the Vermilion Flame Sword, causing the sword to hum and emit a strong sword Sword Intent that soared to the heavens.

"The sword shatters the void and soars into the abyss!"

Louguan's ultimate move erupted, like a splendid light sweeping across the clear sky, bursting forth with countless rays of light, which converged into a torrent of Sword Qi energy that pierced into the pressing, dark, raging tide. Instantly, it was like lightning piercing through the dark clouds, or like an aurora breaking through the clouds to reveal the sun, striking precisely the weakest point of the opponent's ultimate move. It was a single-point breakthrough, directly piercing through the Crimson Shadow King's body, causing blood to bloom on his back, and forcing him to retreat with severe injuries.

However, due to the difference in cultivation level, even though the core of the Crimson Shadow King's ultimate move was broken, it did not completely collapse. The remaining force of the blade energy swept over and hit Si Ming's body. Like a thunderbolt, it blasted him into the mountain wall, where he was buried by the rubble.

In just a moment, Si Ming rushed out again, looking extremely disheveled and covered in dust. Even his magnificent black Profound Armor was now covered in dust. However, his injuries were not serious, at least much lighter than those of the Crimson Shadow King.

Even though he didn't care about the physical injuries, the remaining Sword Intent had damaged the Crimson Shadow King's essence, which terrified him. What terrified him even more was that his opponent hadn't lied and had truly seen through his moves, rather than simply breaking the "Void Shadow Killing Technique." Otherwise, he would have been absolutely unable to deal with the self-created ultimate move that the opponent had just used.

Is it possible to completely analyze an opponent's combat intelligence and even anticipate their hidden trump cards based on less than fifteen minutes of combat?

Before tonight, the Crimson Shadow King would never have believed such nonsense. There had never been a similar case, whether as Anomalies past or as the possession of the Crimson Shadow King's memories. But no matter how unwilling he was to believe it, it was useless, because the facts were right in front of him—continuing to fight would likely result in defeat.

The dignified leader of the Crimson Eye Society, the king of assassins, actually lost to a young martial artist who wasn't even at the Nascent Spirit Transformation!

Having possessed the body for many years, the Crimson Shadow King had long regarded himself as a true human martial artist, and therefore felt deeply humiliated. He turned his gaze to the wings behind Si Ming. If it weren't for this Profound Armor, the situation wouldn't be so bad. Even if his moves were seen through, as long as he had the speed advantage, he wouldn't be afraid of revealing any flaws.

However, even knowing this, he was helpless. He couldn't very well ask his opponent to take off his Profound Armor and fight him fair and square, could he? His opponent wasn't stupid.

During the battle just now, the Crimson Shadow King tried to destroy the Profound Armor several times, but Si Ming dodged them all. When he couldn't dodge anymore, he took the blows with his body, since his body was tougher than the Profound Armor anyway.

"It's time to end this. You will be the first Spirit Transformation expert to die by my hand."

Si Ming shook his body, showing no signs of injury. He had exhausted the True Qi stored in the Vermilion Bird Profound Armor and could only use the True Qi within his body. Fortunately, his Internal Cultivation had been raised to level seven, which would allow him to hold out for a while, but he still had to finish the battle quickly.

Just as Si Ming was about to set off, the Crimson Shadow King turned around first and transformed into a black shadow, speeding away.

"Trying to escape? It's no use. I'm faster than you, and I can fly, unaffected by terrain. You can't escape... This aura... it's Hongdou! Oh no!"

Si Ming's aura sensing range was much smaller than that of the Crimson Shadow King. He still managed to detect Hongdou's aura using the Heaven-Howling Art. The direction the Crimson Shadow King turned to flee was exactly where Hongdou was. Therefore, he immediately understood the other party's plan and quickly gave chase at full speed.

"This girl has an aura similar to that of the Illusion Ji; she must be Illusion Ji daughter. If I can capture her as a hostage, I might still have a chance to turn the tide of this battle."

With his mind racing, Crimson Shadow King locked onto Hongdou's aura and unleashed the speed of the King of Assassins. In less than ten seconds, he spotted his target and, judging from the way she walked, deduced that she was completely unskilled in martial arts. He immediately gathered his True Qi and extended a claw, intending to capture her alive.

Unexpectedly, the claw, which seemed destined to succeed, inexplicably veered to the side and landed in empty space just as it approached Hongdou's body.

Before the Crimson Shadow King could figure out the reason, he saw Hongdou clumsily strike out with a palm towards his chest. The Crimson Shadow King tried to dodge, but felt as if his body was being squeezed by a huge air pressure, and he was unable to move. He could only watch helplessly as the other party's palm struck his chest, blocked by his True Qi.

The next moment, space trembled, and half of the Crimson Shadow King's body exploded, blood and flesh splattering out. He was thrown away in surprise and confusion.

Hongdou said, "This slap was for my mother."

A fair amount of blood splattered on her, causing her to frown slightly.

Just then, Si Ming arrived and was also extremely surprised by what he saw. When did this girl become so strong? Even if she had consumed heavenly materials and earthly treasures, it wouldn't have worked so quickly. Could it be that she had received some kind of ancient demon's power transfer to her?

Suddenly he remembered something else important.

"Ah, my first victory against Spirit Transformation cultivator..."

Despite all his calculations, Si Ming never expected that it would be Hongdou who stole his life.

"How could I fall here? I've been planning this for nearly twenty years, and I was so close to achieving it..."

The Crimson Shadow King dragged his half-crippled body, walking with difficulty. Even as Anomalies, such injuries were extremely serious. Once the body he was inhabiting died completely, he would have to leave with his origin. However, leaving his origin in front of a martial artist with the strength of a Nascent Spirit Transformation cultivator would be tantamount to courting death.

Si Ming, "Although I don't know what you were planning, it's all over now."

"I am the chief warrior under the Purple-Pupiled Spirit King, burdened with the mission of opening the passage between the two realms. How can I fall here!"