Moonlight Wheel!

Chen Fusheng's body was wreathed in Blood Mist as he strode coldly through the dense star-cloud world.

There was no emotion in his eyes. The beauty of the past no longer existed; he had seen reality clearly at last.

His mood was somewhat low, though he did not know why. He simply felt the desolation of a Household shattered and its people dead.

But what filled his body and mind even more was madness and killing intent. He yearned to tear open the vast starry sky!

He did not know whether he could escape the Black River, nor had he ever regretted setting foot on the Forbidden Path. In short, Chen Fusheng wanted to kill them all!

Of course, activating the Star Cloud Bag required an enormous amount of qi-sea energy, and the maze barrier could not be maintained for long.

Chen Fusheng needed to rely on his physical advantages, sense of smell, and hearing to pick them off one by one in a short time. As for the Vajra Talisman, he did not want to waste it here.

Chen Fusheng did not know what trump card the Star Palace had prepared to capture him, but only one path lay before him: use the Vajra Talisman to flee far through the Black River and break out of the encirclement!

Chen Fusheng identified the direction through sound. With a side kick, he broke through the sound barrier. The sonic boom was terrifying; the attackers' eardrums were shattered, and their bodies exploded in midair!

The more viciously Chen Fusheng killed, the more frightened the enforcers became. They had all begun lying in pools of blood and pretending to be dead.

"Bang!"

He walked over coldly and crushed the enforcer pretending to be dead beneath his foot, blowing his skull apart.

Forget pretending to be dead—even the sound of blood flowing could not escape his detection.

Yuan Lin was always a step slower. Wearing heavy armor, he could not run fast, and Chen Fusheng's covert hunting gave him an even greater sense of crisis.

Seeing that the enforcers were about to be wiped out, Ling Yao nearly broke down. He shouted, "Yuan Lin, you and I will work together. If you have trump cards, bring them out—stop holding back! I swear on my soul that afterward, I only want thirty percent of the credit!"

To have risen to the position of captain within the Star Palace Enforcement Team, Yuan Lin was by no means a minor figure.

"Heh heh, Ling Yao, I look forward to your performance."

A silver talisman flew out of Yuan Lin's storage pouch. It was a Third Rank Natal Star Talisman, a resource he had prepared for breaking through a bottleneck, worth nearly forty thousand star stones!

Yuan Lin crushed it without the slightest hesitation. Chen Fusheng's value was dozens, perhaps even hundreds, of times greater!

"Boom!"

The star talisman erupted with blinding light. In an instant, it pierced the heavens and resonated with a star in the sky.

That star brightened somewhat, scattering vast streams of starlight and illuminating the star-cloud maze.

The bloody scene aboard the treasure ship was nauseating. Bone fragments and scraps of flesh lay everywhere. Of the roughly twenty enforcers, only four remained.

The survivors lay on the ground in despair, for they realized that even if they captured Chen Fusheng alive, they would probably still be silenced!

One enforcer climbed to his feet and leaped toward the Black River, fleeing for his life.

"Retreating in the face of battle—execute him!"

Yuan Lin kicked up the sword embryo from the pool of blood. With a clank, it pierced through the enforcer's chest.

"Time is limited. The Star Palace Squad will soon be able to follow the starlight and lock onto this area. We don't have much time left to sweep away the obstacles."

"And you few as well—I won't shortchange you afterward. I can swear an oath on my soul, too."

Yuan Lin twisted his neck and smiled brutally. His superior special physique awakened, and the heavy armor covering him became comparable to that of a giant beast as he trampled forward with killing intent.

His strength was truly frightening. His fists drove great explosions of air as they smashed toward Chen Fusheng.

"You think you've already won? You filthy crawling insects—let me cleanse the world's sins!"

Chen Fusheng swung his fist. The impact was enormous, and ripples surged across the river region.

Chen Fusheng went berserk for a moment, his blood-red robes billowing as every punch drew blood and the pent-up fury in his chest poured out.

For a time, they fought with utter frenzy. Every punch unleashed the strongest force his body could muster as he traded blows with Yuan Lin, yet even so, he still could not damage the heavy armor.

"You think hiding inside that tortoise shell means I can't do anything to you?"

All the Life Essence Blood in Chen Fusheng's body began to burn. Flames erupted from his skin, and every punch struck with his utmost battle power, making the heavy armor ring and clang.

"This beast!" Yuan Lin's face twisted viciously. He looked completely unharmed, but inside the heavy armor was filled with blood, and bone fragments sprayed from his pores!

It was the aftershock of the counterforce. The blows had driven him toward despair. He discovered that Chen Fusheng was practically a monster, every punch able to lock onto his weak point and attack it.

Obviously, relying on his bodily senses, Chen Fusheng bombarded his chest with his fists. The counterforce made blood seep from Yuan Lin's mouth and nose, and he seemed ready to collapse at any moment.

A starry pill flew out of Yuan Lin's storage pouch. He opened his mouth and swallowed it, and the energy surging from his qi sea became violently stronger.

"Star Pill!"

Chen Fusheng's pupils contracted slightly. This was a low-grade star pill, a treasure for breaking through the Three Realms!

Its primary effect was to expand qi-sea energy severalfold. Thus, the energy storm erupting from Yuan Lin forced Chen Fusheng's feet to stagger backward.

"I have given everything I have. Now it is time for you to leave your life behind!"

Yuan Lin launched a berserk counterattack. Relying on his physical advantages, Chen Fusheng dodged, his emotions turning cold as well. He did not want to waste any more time and prepared to activate the Vajra Talisman to finish things.

Just as that thought arose, a searing heat suddenly flared behind him. Sensing that something was wrong, Chen Fusheng's limbs abruptly became supple. Like a spirit serpent, he slithered along the ground with a whoosh.

"Pfft!"

The area he had left was swallowed and scorched by vast flames. Ling Yao was holding a Three-Colored Treasure Fan, and with a wave, he sprayed out flames meant to burn Chen Fusheng to death.

Ling Yao's heart was bleeding as well. This treasure fan had been woven from the natal feathers of a Four Realms demon beast, and he had refined it for many years. Given enough time to accumulate sufficient foundations, it could transform into a star artifact!

Now he had no choice but to unleash its foundations. Material energy surged and raged, accompanied by howling winds.

"Ah..."

The attacks of the Three-Colored Treasure Fan were repeatedly avoided by Chen Fusheng, but several weakened enforcers suffered terribly. The cabin was already on fire, and they leaped into the Black River with flames covering their bodies.

Yet the flames did not go out upon touching the water. They continued burning their flesh, and soon there was no further sound from them.

"Excellent. All the future trouble has been dealt with!"

Yuan Lin sneered and seized an opportunity to launch a fierce assault. With raging flames behind him and vicious beasts before and behind, the two joined forces to encircle and slaughter Chen Fusheng.

Just as Chen Fusheng was about to activate the Vajra Talisman, the bright moon high in the heavens withdrew, and in the instant before the Sun Star emerged, he discerned the momentary change in the starry sky.

In a single instant, the stars and moon withdrew, as though vast rules were undergoing a transformation.

Chen Fusheng's thoughts were as vast as the sea. Amid the two powerful foes pouncing to kill him, he calmly turned and gazed at the bright moon about to withdraw. An image surfaced in his mind.

When the Swallowing Moon came into his hands, the Ink Jade Scimitar flickered with brilliant points of moonlight, projecting onto the ground and forming the Moon Disc Manifestation.

Chen Fusheng wielded the scimitar and swept it across the sky. No silver radiance poured down from the heavens; only the sky grew gloomy.

On the eve of the moon star's complete withdrawal, that star scattered a beautiful beam of moonlight. It enveloped Chen Fusheng and coiled around the scimitar.

"Boom!"

In an instant, Swallowing Moon erupted with blinding light, and the energy it formed transformed into a material blade of light!

"Swallowing Moon, opening stance—Moonlight Wheel!"

Chen Fusheng roared in a low voice, his emotions heavy, as the scimitar began to whirl violently in his palm. With a single strike, blade light boiled forth and formed a colossal wheel of light!

The Moonlight Wheel was the first state of Swallowing Moon. It surged with unparalleled force, brilliant and dazzling, tearing apart the night sky!

Yuan Lin's mind began to go blank. He saw a gigantic full moon projected toward him, majestic and immense, as though it had existed for billions upon billions of years.

Then, within his mental world, the violently spinning Moonlight Wheel was like a colossal meat grinder, causing even his soul to explode.

This was not a mental attack. His body and mind simply could not withstand the Moonlight Wheel's form, and he suffered brain death.

"Bang..."

Yuan Lin was torn to pieces and dissolved into Blood Mist. The Moonlight Wheel rumbled back into Chen Fusheng's palm before gradually dimming.

"What happened?"

Ling Yao was bewildered as well. Swallowing Moon had not targeted him just now, but from the side, it seemed as though he had arrived in outer space and was gazing at a gigantic moon star. Then the moon star transformed into a wheel of light and began spinning violently.

When Ling Yao finally recovered from his daze, he saw Chen Fusheng kneeling on one knee on the ground. His entire body was drenched in blood, his breathing was labored, and his spirit was exhausted. Had he been completely drained of everything?

"Does that mean the credit is mine?"

Ling Yao was so excited he nearly went mad. He lunged forward in a single stride, unleashing a massive burst of qi-sea energy to suppress Chen Fusheng.

Boom!

Golden radiance shone from Chen Fusheng's entire body. Beneath the night sky, he looked even more like an enraged Buddha, his black hair standing on end and his presence terrifying beyond measure.

"This is... a Fourth Rank Vajra Talisman!" Ling Yao despaired. The energy he unleashed was completely blocked by the radiance of the Vajra Talisman.

"Pfft! Pfft!"

Chen Fusheng raised his head. His bloodstained hand clamped around Ling Yao's neck, while the Fire Scale Sword pierced into his abdomen and slowly twisted.

"Hhk..."

Ling Yao trembled. His qi sea was ruined and his organs were shattered. Even until death, he could not understand why Chen Fusheng possessed a Fourth Rank Talisman, or why he had not used it just now.

Chen Fusheng took Ling Yao down, then hauled himself to his feet somewhat unsteadily, carrying the Fire Scale Sword dripping with blood.

Whoever wanted Yuan Lin's character, come and collect his death notice.