Blood Burning Demonic Pill

The red-gold blade-light and the fierce force of the punch crashed together!

"Boom—!"

The force exploded like tangible ripples, sending dust billowing across the ground.

The faint, crisp sound of bones slipping out of place rang out.

A figure staggered back seven steps, each footfall leaving a one-inch-deep print in the bluestone floor. It was Wang Xiong!

The skin on his right fist had split open, blood dripping through his fingers. His entire right arm trembled unnaturally, the color draining from his face as it filled with incredulous horror.

Lin Feng's slash had not only forcibly cleaved apart his punch with the peerlessly sharp Geng Metal True Essence, but had also unleashed a heavy, tenacious rebound force like solid rock, surging backward along the meridians of his arm.

It shook his internal organs until they ached faintly, sending his qi and blood roiling without end. He had nearly spat out a mouthful.

Lin Feng, by contrast, stood with his blade in hand, his aura steady as a mountain, utterly unmoving.

His bronze-colored skin gleamed with a cold, metallic hardness beneath the setting sun. He had just met the full-force strike of a Sixth Rank Perfection expert head-on, yet it seemed unable to shake him in the slightest.

The "Pebble True Skill," having reached the realm of Unity of Man and Heaven, brought more than a defense as formidable as metal and iron.

It also made the true essence within his body more condensed than ever. Every slash carried the force of a thousand jun, massive and heavy.

"Old dog, it seems your Radiance of the Bright Moon is nothing special after all."

Lin Feng's tone was icy, without the slightest ripple.

He began walking forward, advancing toward Wang Xiong neither hurriedly nor slowly. Every step seemed to fall in rhythm with Wang Xiong's heartbeat, creating immense pressure.

He had to seize this fleeting opportunity and kill Wang Xiong completely. The 7,500 Slaughter Points were crucial.

Wang Xiong was shocked and furious. He tried to forcibly suppress his roiling qi and blood and activate his true essence to resist.

But Lin Feng's blade momentum had risen again. The red-gold blade-light burned even brighter than before, firmly locking onto the aura around him.

Combined with the newly broken-through Sixth Rank Early Stage true essence, which was extraordinarily pure, it formed an absolute suppression like a mountain bearing down on his head.

Even breathing became difficult for him, let alone organizing an effective counterattack.

The shadow of death descended in an instant.

"No—I can't die here!" Wang Xiong roared in despair and unwillingness, fear finally surfacing in his eyes.

Just as the red-gold blade was about to fall and sever every last chance of survival—

"Lin Feng! Stop! Look who I have here!"

A sharp whistle rang out from the side, breaking the balance of the battle.

Wang Family steward Wang Fu came rushing out through the side gate, holding a man drenched in blood and barely breathing.

The man's clothes were in tatters, with multiple wounds deep enough to expose bone. It was none other than Chief Banner Officer Zhou Gang!

A gleaming steel blade was pressed tightly against Zhou Gang's neck. Its sharp edge had already sunk into the flesh, and the blood seeping out had stained his collar red.

"My lord... don't mind me... leave quickly..." Zhou Gang struggled to raise his head and called out weakly, his eyes full of anxiety.

Seeing this, the vicious grin on Wang Fu's face grew wider. As if he had seized a straw that could save his life, he shouted harshly.

"Lin Feng! Keep your eyes open! Make one more move and I'll cut off his head at once!

"If you know what's good for you, cripple your own martial arts and kneel to beg for mercy! Otherwise, wait to collect this trash's corpse!"

He was certain that Lin Feng valued loyalty and righteousness and would never dare disregard Zhou Gang's life. His tone was dripping with mockery.

"Hmph, just a newly appointed Northern Commander, a brat who appeared from who-knows-where, and you dare run wild on my Wang Family's territory? You truly don't know how high the heavens are or how deep the earth is!"

The situation reversed in an instant.

The Wang Family members, who had been panicking after their patriarch's retreat, settled down somewhat. Their gazes toward Lin Feng once again held amusement and the expression of people waiting for a good show, as if anticipating the difficult choice he would make.

Taking advantage of the opening, Wang Xiong sucked in a deep breath and hurriedly slid several yards backward, disregarding his dignity. He hastily circulated his true essence and desperately tried to calm the chaos within his body, fighting for this precious chance to breathe.

Lin Feng's advancing footsteps stopped at once.

His gaze swept over Zhou Gang's miserable appearance before finally landing on Wang Fu's smug face, the latter believing he had control of the entire situation. The killing intent in Lin Feng's eyes instantly turned bone-chillingly cold, like ten-thousand-year-old black ice.

Mission triggered: Kill Wang Family steward Wang Fu. Reward: 3,500 Slaughter Points.

The system's cold, emotionless notification sounded in his mind at exactly the right moment.

"Cripple my martial arts? Kneel?" Lin Feng's voice was terrifyingly calm, as silent as the stillness before a storm. "Do you think you're worthy?"

Before the final note of "worthy" had completely faded—

Before his words had even finished, the wrist of the hand he held behind his back trembled ever so slightly, almost imperceptibly!

A streak of black light, swift as lightning, tore through the air with almost no sound, shooting straight for the vital point of Wang Fu's throat!

It was the vicious hidden weapon, the "Shadowless Needle," obtained from Wang Teng's storage ring!

All of Wang Fu's attention was focused on the long blade that might descend from Lin Feng's hand, his mind taut with tension.

He had never imagined that, while at such a disadvantage because of the hostage, Lin Feng would dare use a hidden weapon without hesitation!

Even less had he expected the hidden weapon to be so fast and its angle so vicious, completely exceeding the limits of his reaction!

"Ugh... you..." The vicious grin on Wang Fu's face instantly froze, transforming into utter bewilderment. A barely perceptible black light had already sunk into his throat.

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His eyes were filled with shock and disbelief. He still wanted to say something, but could only make a wheezing, leaking sound. The steel blade clenched in his hand fell to the ground with a clang.

Almost at the exact instant the black light shot out, Lin Feng moved!

Like a ghost skimming across a shadow, he brought up a faint breeze. Before Wang Fu's corpse had even gone limp, he had already closed in, caught the wavering Zhou Gang, and pushed off with his foot, rapidly retreating to a safe distance.

His movements were smooth as flowing clouds and running water, so fast they dazzled the eyes.

He quickly stuffed a fragrant healing pill into Zhou Gang's mouth.

"Uncle Zhou, hold on."

Wang Family steward Wang Fu successfully killed. Received 3,500 Slaughter Points.

A warm current seemed to merge into his body along with the notification. That feels amazing!

Lin Feng's heart settled. His Slaughter Points had filled out again, giving him greater confidence to face the changes ahead.

All of this had happened in the blink of an eye.

The people in the Wang Family's square had not even fully recovered from their anticipation of the steward seizing the hostage and reversing the situation.

They stared in horror as Wang Fu's throat spurted blood and he died on the spot, while the important hostage, Zhou Gang, was effortlessly rescued by the other party.

The scene fell silent for an instant before erupting into a tremendous uproar and commotion!

Wang Xiong had just managed to catch his breath, and his internal force had only begun circulating smoothly again, when he witnessed this sight. His rage nearly made his eyes split!

He had only just gained a moment to breathe when he saw his most loyal subordinate executed before him, while the greatest bargaining chip he had possessed for turning the tables was rescued by the enemy.

A powerful sense of humiliation and an unprecedented feeling of crisis scorched his reason like poisonous fire, plunging him completely into madness!

"You little beast! How dare you! I'll tear you limb from limb!"

Wang Xiong roared hoarsely, his eyes bloodshot. Within them flashed a trace of decisive, demonic red light.

He suddenly reached into his robes and pulled out an exquisite jade bottle. Without even looking, he crushed it in his bare hand!

The shards pierced his palm, yet he did not notice. He seized the dragon-eye-sized, entirely scarlet pill inside and stuffed it into his mouth without hesitation, swallowing it whole!

As the pill entered his stomach, it was like a spark falling into a sea of oil!

"Boom!"

A terrifying power, vast as a mountain flood bursting through a dam and carrying a dense, demonic aura, exploded through his limbs and bones in an instant, surging wildly!

A teeth-aching crackle came from within Wang Xiong's body, as though his muscles and bones were being reforged.

The muscles throughout his body bulged unnaturally. Veins like horned dragons protruded and writhed across the surface of his skin.

His eyes turned completely blood-red in an instant. All human emotion vanished, leaving only pure brutality and the desire to kill!

The aura radiating from his body rose and expanded at a terrifying speed, as if riding a rocket!

It instantly broke through the limits of Sixth Rank Perfection, and its momentum did not lessen as it surged without limit toward the even higher Fifth Rank realm!

"Roar—!"

He threw back his head and let out a roar utterly unlike a human's, filled with pain and the desire for destruction. Dense blood-colored mist spread around him, while his terrifying aura swept across the surrounding hundreds of miles like a tangible shockwave!

"It... it's the 'Blood Burning Demonic Pill'! The patriarch took a forbidden drug!"

A well-informed Wang Family elder cried out in shock. His voice was mixed with fear, yet deep in his eyes flickered the excitement of someone who had escaped certain death.

Wang Xiong's blood-red, beastlike eyes locked onto Lin Feng. His voice became hoarse and distorted, filled with cruel delight and boundless hatred.

"Lin Feng! You forced me to use this pill and damage my foundation. You have enough to be proud of!

"Now, I'll let you personally experience what true despair is!

"I'll break every bone in your body bit by bit and make you kneel like a dead dog before Teng'er's severed head and repent!"

Before his words had even finished, he stomped down!

"Crack!" The hard bluestone slab beneath his foot shattered and split with spreading cracks!

His figure transformed into a bloody, fetid wind, moving more than twice as fast as before!

Almost like teleportation, he shot forward amid a nauseating aura of blood and Baleful Intent!

A terrifying giant palm, covered in dense blood-colored true qi and nearly twice its former size, descended like a demonic claw from hell.

With a sharp whistle that tore through the air and a terrifying force capable of destroying everything, it blotted out the sky as it slammed down toward Lin Feng's head!

Before the palm wind even arrived, the blood stench so intense it reached its limit, along with the pressure capable of making an ordinary martial artist's heart and gall shatter, had already descended first, leaving people breathless!

Lin Feng's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of needles, every muscle in his body tensing in an instant!

He clearly sensed the deadly aura contained in this palm, far more dangerous than before!

The "Pebble True Skill" within his body automatically circulated at full force with unprecedented speed, while the bronze gleam on his skin flickered rapidly, bright one moment and dim the next.

Without hesitation, he held his blade horizontally before him and poured all the true essence of the Sixth Rank Early Stage into it. The red-gold blade-light flickered and surged as he stood ready for battle!

The giant palm hung in the air, blood-colored mist spreading as the shadow of death descended.

Could this palm shake the unyielding rock?