Bang! Sizzle!
As the Corpse Puppet flew in, Chu Xuanao clenched his right fist and struck the center of its back. The baleful purple flames of the Great Sun Yang Hand burned oil from the Corpse Puppet's back, producing an incessant sizzle.
The smell that rose along with the flames made Chu Xuanao frown. It was overwhelmingly foul, the kind of stench beyond description.
As the Corpse Puppet's Corpse Qi surged, cold light flashed from its fingertips. It spun around and jabbed at Chu Xuanao.
Raising his hands, Chu Xuanao caught the Corpse Puppet's claws with nothing but his bare hands. When the cold gleam at its fingertips struck the purple crystal on his palms, it rang out with a series of dings, as though it had hit metal.
"A Corpse Puppet of the Ascension Realm really is different!"
Streams of black smoke rose from Chu Xuanao's hands as he gripped the Corpse Puppet. Amid the surging yang flames, his true qi was unable to completely burn away the Corpse Qi of an Ascension Realm Corpse Puppet in an instant.
It was not as clean and decisive as when he had dealt with Manifestation Realm Corpse Puppets in a single move.
A deep, muffled roar suddenly rang out. The Corpse Puppet had opened its mouth and let out an enraged howl, spewing black Corpse Qi that spread in all directions like roaring, churning waves!
The overwhelming Corpse Qi engulfed both Chu Xuanao and the Corpse Puppet, yet Chu Xuanao did not retreat. Instead, he stepped forward into that terrifying Corpse Qi.
The blood and qi throughout his body were like a furnace, burning the Corpse Qi with a sizzling sound.
Chu Xuanao pressed together two fingers of his right hand, like a razor-sharp sword. More astonishingly, his fingertips were wrapped