The Blood Tiger gave Kong Wu an intense sense of pressure.
He even felt that this Blood Tiger was a point stronger than Blood Spirit himself.
But just as he was wondering how difficult this thing would be to deal with, the Evil-Slaying Saber in his hand began to tremble faintly.
It seemed eager to try its edge.
Thus, Kong Wu did not hesitate in the slightest and swung his saber straight at it.
The instant the Evil-Slaying Saber touched the Blood Tiger, it sliced through it as smoothly as a red-hot iron block cutting through butter.
After easily chopping a Blood Tiger to death, Kong Wu looked at the Evil-Slaying Saber in his hand.
The runes on the blade glowed faintly, as if it had just swallowed some great tonic.
Evil-Slaying Saber: A Zhanmadao imbued with special attribute points and granted the "Evil-Slaying" attribute. It can be strengthened by slaying evil beings. Special attributes: Evil-Slaying (Deals greater damage to evil beings. Slaying evil beings grants Evil-Slaying Value; the higher the Evil-Slaying Value, the greater the additional damage.)/Hardness (As the Evil-Slaying Value increases, the blade's toughness increases as well.) Evil-Slaying Value: 15 points
Originally, after the Evil-Slaying Saber had slain those Corpse Hags at White Cloud Temple, it had possessed ten points of Evil-Slaying Value.
Yet after slaying Zhu Yin Sheng, its Evil-Slaying Value had not increased in the slightest.
Perhaps cultivators like Zhu Yin Sheng did not count as evil beings.
But just now, after killing the Blood Tiger, its Evil-Slaying Value had increased by five points in one go.
So this thing was naturally countered by the Evil-Slaying Saber?
Kong Wu thoughtfully looked toward the two remaining Blood Tigers. They had completely lost their former ferocity and were now staring warily at the Evil-Slaying Saber in his hand, crouching low as they retreated again and again.
Kong Wu shook his head speechlessly, dragged the Evil-Slaying Saber along, and charged at the two remaining Blood Tigers.
Blood Spirit stared blankly as Kong Wu dispatched all three Blood Tigers in three swift blows, his heart churning like a raging sea.
The most powerful talisman he could wield was as docile as a kitten before Kong Wu.
That sight left him unable to recover for a long time.
Clang—
A crisp sound dragged his thoughts back.
Kong Wu had already arrived before him and brought his saber down on the light barrier.
Several more fine cracks appeared.
No!
If this continued, I would definitely die here.
Blood Spirit made his decision in an instant. He pulled an Ascension Talisman from his robes and was just about to activate it and flee when he saw the blood-colored dome overhead.
The Blood Realm he had set up earlier to prevent Kong Wu from escaping had now become his own cage.
With a boom, another saber strike that came cleaving across his waist sent Blood Spirit flying once more.
Blood Spirit climbed to his feet, glared fiercely at the sky, and put away the Ascension Talisman.
"Wait! Brother, let's—"
Before he could finish, Kong Wu sent him flying again with another saber strike.
"This thing's pretty tough!"
Kong Wu muttered, then led with his saber and walked toward Blood Spirit once more.
It was obvious that Blood Spirit no longer had any fighting power. Compared to before, his aura was now faint and his expression listless. Clearly, he had nearly exhausted the True Qi in his body.
Kong Wu shook his head, feeling that this was the one thing wrong with cultivators.
They could only rely on the True Qi in their bodies during battle. Once it was used up, they were practically lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
Unlike him, as his Strength attribute increased, not only did his power rise, but his stamina also became completely different from before.
He felt that even if he ran at full speed for several hours now, he would not become exhausted.
"Do you really intend to drive this matter to the bitter end? Our Blood Talisman Sect isn't some ordinary minor sect!"
Blood Spirit's face darkened as he still tried to persuade Kong Wu, but all he received in reply was another saber strike.
At this moment, the pale-red light barrier covering his body was riddled with cracks. It might shatter with the next strike.
Watching Kong Wu slowly approach, Blood Spirit understood that he no longer cared about his identity.
The Blood Realm Talisman could last for one shichen.
Yet from the beginning of the battle until now, not even the time it took to burn a single incense stick had passed.
The tottering Blood Shield Talisman could not hold out that long.
Moreover, because he lacked materials, Blood Spirit had not made any extra Blood Shield Talismans before descending the mountain.
And the True Qi remaining in his body was insufficient for him to draw another Blood Shield Talisman.
A hopeless situation...?
Blood Spirit shook his head with a grim laugh and took out a red pill.
He gave Kong Wu one last vicious look, then tilted his head back and swallowed the pill.
The pill was called a Blood Spirit Pill. It could provide a massive amount of spiritual power for a breakthrough.
It was a spirit pill used by the disciples of the Blood Talisman Sect to break through the Foundation Establishment bottleneck.
Originally, Blood Spirit had intended to use it to break through the threshold from the middle stage of Foundation Establishment to the late stage.
But now, he could only use it to save his life.
Aside from helping with breakthroughs, the Blood Spirit Pill had another effect: it could temporarily raise one's cultivation by a level.
However, because the violent spiritual power would not be carefully regulated, it would place a tremendous burden on the meridians. In severe cases, it could even affect one's Dao Path.
But Blood Spirit had no choice left.
The instant he swallowed the pill, another saber strike came crashing down.
Crack!
As Blood Spirit's body slammed into the wall, the light barrier of the Blood Shield Talisman shattered.
"Whew! This tortoise shell was pretty hard to break."
Kong Wu had just finished speaking when he sensed that something was wrong and stopped in his tracks.
Blood Spirit slowly rose to his feet. Violent True Qi swirled around him like a volcano on the verge of eruption.
"You... will... die!!!"
Suppressing the violent True Qi within his body, Blood Spirit gritted his teeth and forced out those words before pulling a string of linked talisman papers from his robes.
As he poured True Qi into them, the talisman papers intertwined and straightened in an instant, transforming into a longsword.
Then Blood Spirit raised the talisman sword and charged toward Kong Wu.
As a talisman cultivator, his swordsmanship was actually abysmal.
But after the Blood Spirit Pill forcibly raised his cultivation by one level, he could no longer properly control the violent True Qi in his body.
And the most important thing when inscribing talismans was control over the intensity of one's True Qi.
Thus, he could no longer use talismans to attack. He could only rely on a body reinforced by True Qi and clash head-on with Kong Wu.
Although he was not proficient in swordsmanship, with the enhancement of second-level Foundation Establishment cultivation, he was several notches stronger than before.
After the talisman sword collided with the Evil-Slaying Saber, it actually suppressed Kong Wu by force, forcing him to retreat several steps.
Kong Wu looked at Blood Spirit's twisted face as his Attribute Panel appeared in his field of vision.
Blood Spirit Life: 236 Strength: 35 Skills: Sha Blood Talisman General Outline, Blood Talisman Heart Method, Qi Drawing into Talisman Method.
At this moment, Blood Spirit's Strength attribute was even higher than Kong Wu's.
"So you want to awaken your bloodline, huh?"
Kong Wu grinned and shouted, "Come!"
In the next instant, his muscles swelled, and blood mist burst from his body.
The veins on his forearms bulged as all his strength bore down on the Evil-Slaying Saber.
Kong Wu (Blood Burst State) Life: 102 Strength: 36.96 Skills: Blood Burst Technique Lv1 (0/10) Free Attribute Points: None Special Attribute Points: None
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