Boom!
A deafening explosion rang out across the silent night.
Immediately afterward, a series of thunderous booms continued to echo.
Liu Gu had been knocked off his feet by the shockwave and fell onto the ground.
Looking at the frenzied scene before him, he could not help swallowing.
Not far away, the enormous fox demon was being battered around in Kong Wu's hands like a torn sack.
Dust billowed into the air, and hardly any of the surrounding trees had survived. All of them had been snapped in half at the waist.
After a while, Kong Wu stopped and looked at the fox demon lying on the brink of death before him. He grinned, revealing a row of neat, white teeth.
"After eating, you still have to get some exercise. It helps with digestion."
As he spoke, he twisted his neck and walked over to the fox demon.
He wrapped both arms around the fox demon's neck, and the muscles throughout his body began to writhe.
The fox demon seemed to sense the approach of death as well. It struggled desperately, its enormous body rolling about without pause.
But Kong Wu remained unmoved. His arms around the fox demon's neck gradually tightened.
Crack~
With a crisp sound, the fox demon's body stiffened and it stopped struggling.
Its bright-red tongue lolled out, while the bloodlust gradually faded from its eyes.
"Congratulations, you have slain the 'Ancient Tomb Fox Demon' and obtained 8 free attribute points."
The system notification rang out. Kong Wu stood up, clapped his hands, and stretched lazily.
"Done!"
Kong Wu
Life: 102 Strength: 33.6 Skills: Blood Burst Technique Lv1 (0/10) Free Attribute Points: 18.6 Special Attribute Points: None
Looking at the full 18.6 free attribute points, Kong Wu threw his head back and laughed happily.
Beside the desolate ancient tomb, a figure resembling a god or devil stood next to the enormous fox corpse, laughing uproariously.
Seeing this scene, Liu Gu suddenly felt that Fox Immortal was rather pitiful.
The next moment, the laughter abruptly stopped.
The smile faded from Kong Wu's face as he looked to the side.
At some point, a Daoist priest in azure robes had suddenly appeared beneath the moonlight.
Following Kong Wu's gaze, Liu Gu saw the Daoist priest and immediately revealed a trace of delight.
"Daoist, you..."
Before he could finish speaking, Kong Wu's back suddenly appeared in front of him.
Then came a muffled impact, and Kong Wu staggered backward several steps.
Liu Gu hurried forward and discovered that Kong Wu, who had not suffered the slightest injury in the earlier battle, was now bleeding from the corner of his mouth, both arms trembling slightly.
Opposite them, a faint glow radiated from the Daoist priest's fingertip, which was pointed straight at the two of them.
"I never expected your luck to be so good. You actually found such powerful aid."
The Daoist priest spoke in a mild tone. He glanced at the fox demon's corpse and said regretfully, "What a pity."
"Daoist, what are you..."
Liu Gu's thoughts were in disarray. For a moment, he could not understand why this Daoist priest had attacked him.
"Ptui!"
Kong Wu spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva and said in a muffled voice, "Isn't it obvious? This Daoist is in league with that demon fox."
"Boundless Heavenly Venerate." The Daoist priest murmured the words before saying, "It only needed that Liu family young lady to form a demon core. You have ruined my great undertaking."
"Oh?" Kong Wu's expression remained calm as he asked, "What use is its demon core to you?"
The Daoist priest shook his head. "It no longer matters. A century of planning has come to nothing... sigh."
With a sigh, he turned around and pointed at Kong Wu again.
A black streak of light shot out and struck Kong Wu in an instant.
This time, Kong Wu failed to react in time, and a small hole was punched through his left shoulder.
"I have cultivated my qi for many years, and believed that I had already brought the seven emotions and six desires under control."
The Daoist priest's tone gradually quickened, and the impassive skin of his face began to twitch.
"But today, you succeeded in angering me."
Whoosh!
He pointed again. This time, a hole was punched through Kong Wu's thigh.
"I won't let you die quickly. I will make you suffer every torment and beg for death without being able to die."
As he spoke, another bloody hole was punched through Kong Wu's left hand.
"After letting you experience the cruelest punishments in this world, I will refine your soul into a magical artifact, so that even in death, you will suffer torment day and night."
By the time he finished speaking, the Daoist priest's face had twisted into a grimace, and his voice was filled with boundless, chilling malice.
Seeing that the previously unstoppable Kong Wu could not fight back in the slightest against this Daoist priest, Liu Gu hurriedly said, "Daoist, no matter what we have caused you to lose, the Liu family will certainly offer compensation that satisfies you. Could you please spare him?"
"Compensation?"
The Daoist priest turned his head and looked at Liu Gu with contempt. "You destroyed my Golden Core stage Dao Path. What could a tiny Liu family possibly offer as compensation?"
"So you needed that demon core to break through to the Golden Core stage?"
Kong Wu, whose body was riddled with holes, spoke casually, as though he could not feel the pain.
Seeing this, the Daoist priest was somewhat surprised. "You do have some insight."
"So you should be at the late Foundation Establishment stage."
Kong Wu spread the corners of his mouth into a grin and said, "Then I know where I currently stand on the food chain."
System, add points!
The instant the words left his mouth, Kong Wu assigned all his remaining free attribute points to Strength.
Boom!
A wild current of air erupted from his body, whipping up the dust around him.
Not good!
The Daoist priest's pupils contracted slightly. He pointed several times in succession, black streaks of light shooting into the dust cloud, yet not producing the slightest reaction.
Thud, thud, thud!
The sound of someone beating a leather drum came from within, as though some ferocious beast was awakening.
The Daoist priest frowned and shouted, "Playing tricks!"
He waved his sleeve, scattering the dust around Kong Wu and revealing his figure.
Kong Wu's upper garment was in tatters, and the muscles across his body writhed constantly.
As his muscles twisted, Kong Wu's body gradually contracted. Before long, he was a head shorter than before, and his originally burly body had shrunk by an entire circle.
If Kong Wu had previously been so burly that he scarcely looked human, then he was far less exaggerated now. Even some fierce generals in the army could reach this level.
Yet in the Daoist priest's eyes, Kong Wu now gave him an inexplicable sense of danger.
That body held power capable of threatening him.
At the same time, he noticed that the bloody holes he had previously made in Kong Wu's body had vanished without a trace.
What kind of secret art was this?
The Daoist priest grew vigilant.
Kong Wu clenched his fists and familiarized himself with his strength. Then he raised his head and smiled. "Now, let me return what you gave me."
Above the grim-faced Daoist priest's head, his Attribute Panel appeared.
Hu Qiying Life: 279 Strength: 51 Skills: Three Tribulation Finger, Sword Control Technique, Demon Taming Method, Soul Seizing Art.
His Strength attribute reached 51, making him the strongest person Kong Wu had seen so far.
Very strong!
Kong Wu felt that this man could be considered an expert even throughout the entirety of Qingzhou.
But fortunately...
He was not weak either!
Kong Wu
Life: 102 Strength: 52.2 Skills: Blood Burst Technique Lv1 (0/10) Free Attribute Points: None Special Attribute Points: None
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