Purification

From the moment the Wind Blade shattered to the Scarface died, it took no more than half a breath.

Cold rain poured into the dilapidated temple, stirring up dust and blood everywhere.

"Monster... what kind of monster are you?!"

The Skinny Monkey was so frightened that his lewdness and mockery vanished from his face, replaced by utter terror.

His hands trembled violently as he retreated in panic, simultaneously throwing out two fine steel willow-leaf knives hidden in his sleeves. A burst of blue light emanated from his fingertips, creating two intersecting, rotating Wind Blade barriers in front of him.

"Go to hell! Go to hell!"

Two willow-leaf blades traced eerie arcs in the air, piercing Chen Fan's throat and heart respectively.

Chen Fan's expression remained unchanged; his dark eyes were completely calm, like a god looking down upon ants.

He took a step forward, raised his right arm slightly, and drew a half-circle in front of him with his rusty Broken Saber.

The blade stirred up the raindrops in the air, briefly creating a slight vacuum.

Clang! Clang!

Two crisp sounds almost overlapped as the swiftly flying willow-leaf dagger was precisely struck by the side edge of the blade, spun off three inches by the airflow, grazed Chen Fan's ear, and embedded itself into the wooden altar behind him, its tail fins vibrating wildly.

As he deflected the flying knives, Chen Fan's figure moved with the wind, closing in on the Skinny Monkey.

Before the Wind Blade barrier in front of him could even rotate half a circle, Chen Fan's hand holding the knife had already pierced through the gaps in the Wind Blade's airflow as easily as taking something out of a bag.

The broken, chipped iron knife sliced unremarkably across the Skinny Monkey's throat.

Laugh!

The soft sound of flesh being cut mingled with the thunder, so faint as to be almost inaudible.

The Wind Blades suddenly dissipated, turning into a cold wind that scattered the rain curtain.

The Skinny Monkey stopped abruptly, his eyes frozen in terror. He clutched his throat with trembling hands, dark red foam gushing from between his fingers.

"A mortal... how could that be..."

Intermittent, hoarse breaths escaped from his trachea, and the Skinny Monkey's knees buckled, causing him to kneel heavily in the accumulated mud and water on the ground.

He looked up, staring intently at the gaunt boy who was even half a head shorter than him, his eyes filled with incomprehensible bewilderment.

Thump.

The body fell forward, splashing up a cloud of dirty mud.

Inside and outside the dilapidated temple, only the roar of torrential rain remained.

The blood spread from the two corpses, but was quickly diluted by the rainwater that flooded the hall, turning into a light pink stream that flowed down the steps into the wilderness.

Chen Fan lowered his hand holding the knife, the tip of the blade resting on the Bluestone Slab.

Despite killing two First Tier Esper, his breathing remained steady and long, only his face had become sickly pale.

This body was far too fragile. Forcibly activating the Hidden Force to shatter Scarface's heart meridian caused the muscles in his right rib, which had been locked up, to tear open again. The previously suppressed venom of the blue-ringed snake surged upwards along his blood vessels, bringing waves of dizziness.

"Too weak."

Chen Fan muttered to himself, shaking his head slightly.

Although the Divine Soul transcends all realms, if the physical body disintegrates, all worldly experiences will vanish into nothingness. The most important thing right now is to find a medicine to remove the snake venom as soon as possible, and then use the resources of this world to rebuild the body.

He turned around and walked towards Chen Xi, who was standing beside the haystack.

The girl, huddled in the tattered cotton quilt, stood frozen in place, her small mouth slightly open, tears still clinging to her eyelashes.

She looked at the two corpses lying in the rain, then at her brother's calm expression, her frail body trembling uncontrollably.

"Brother... you... you killed them?"

Chen Xi's voice was filled with barely suppressed sobs and confusion.

Children who grow up in the Black Street know better than anyone what First Tier awakened one represents. They are powerful beings who can kill several adult mortals with a flick of their wrist, an insurmountable sky pressing down on the heads of all the lowly people.

But now, the two vicious awakened individuals couldn't even withstand three moves from their severely injured and dying brother.

"They deserve to die."

Chen Fan walked up to her, his tone calm, and knelt down to pat the girl's messy hair. "It's alright, I'm here. No one can take you away."

A simple sentence caused Chen Xi's extremely tense state of mind to break down instantly.

Brother! Your injury!

The girl suddenly screamed, tears streaming down her face.

Under the intense force just now, the wound on Chen Fan's right rib, which had been forcibly closed, burst open again. Dark red poisonous blood dripped down the corner of his burlap clothes, staining the puddle on the ground black and emitting a foul stench.

Chen Fan's vision blurred slightly, and he stumbled half a step.

The neurotoxins had already invaded the lungs, and the vital signs of this Mortal Body were irreversibly declining.

Don't panic, you won't die.

Chen Fan sat down against the broken stone pillar behind him, about to tear off the strip of cloth and once again channel his energy to lock his Qi and Blood, when Chen Xi suddenly pounced on him and hugged his waist tightly with both hands.

"Don't die... don't leave me alone!"

The girl buried her face in Chen Fan's cold chest and cried out in heart-wrenching sobs.

Driven by his obsession to save his brother, Chen Xi's previously dormant Water-Type Superpower completely out of control.

Buzz!

A burst of pure, azure water gushed forth from the girl's dirty palm.

The water, almost tangible, carried a refreshing sweetness and vitality, instantly enveloping the bloody hole in Chen Fan's right rib.

Sizzle!

The highly toxic black blood clinging deep to the wound evaporated into wisps of white smoke the moment it came into contact with the blue light, just like the first snow meeting the sun.

The venom of the blue-ringed snake, deeply embedded in the bone crevices, was completely dissolved and decomposed the moment it came into contact with that wisp of azure water light, turning into gray-black dead skin that peeled off and fell to the ground.

Chen Fan lowered his head, a deep, unfathomable look appearing in the depths of his eyes.

He used his Divine Thought to introspect on himself.

What penetrated the texture was not ordinary water molecules as understood by this world, but a strange substance with a regular, rhythmic quality.

This force traveled through the withered flesh and blood, and wherever it passed, it not only cleansed away the venom of the blue-ringed snake, but also forcibly pulled out the radiation particles that had accumulated in the original owner's internal organs from years of consuming radioactive coarse grains and drinking inferior water.

The blockages that were originally within the meridians were washed away by this clear spring, revealing a flawless sense of clarity.

"Water-Type Superpowers? Only good for purifying sewage in the Black Street factories?"

Chen Fan sneered inwardly.

The inspectors in the Third Base City, sitting in high-rise buildings and using inferior instruments to test the talents of the poor, had such poor eyesight that it was laughable.

This is not water at all; it is the Pure World Origin Source that can directly reverse Genes mutations and cleanse the marrow and mortal body.

In the vast world of Immortal Dao, such Origin Source vitality would be enough to make Great Vehicle cultivators fight tooth and nail for it.

"Brother... I feel dizzy..."

Chen Xi's faint voice interrupted Chen Fan's thoughts.

The blue light in the girl's palm gradually dimmed and went out, her face turned ashen, and her eyelids drooped heavily.

She had just awakened, and the energy stored in her body was already negligible. Forcibly mobilizing her Origin Source to expel the potent toxins almost drained all her energy.