The fury in Lu Siye's eyes was on the verge of bursting out. He gritted his teeth as he stared at the figure in the distance, hidden beneath the black mist.
He was exactly the same as the person Lu Siye had seen in the Longevity Lock scenario.
He circulated the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill, forcibly calming the surging blood and qi in his body to keep his anger from clouding his judgment.
Lu Siye shifted his feet slightly, ready to use Lingbo Microstep at any moment to avoid another sneak attack.
"Beast? Heh heh heh!" A chilling laugh came from beneath the black mist.
"I like that title, Star Lord. As a reward, I'll leave your corpse intact, then turn you into a puppet."
As soon as he finished speaking, the black mist beneath the streetlight gradually dispersed. There was nothing inside.
"Your price for destroying my Twin Ghost Infants." Suddenly, the chilling voice sounded behind Lu Siye.
Without hesitation, Lu Siye used Lingbo Microstep in an instant, dodging the blue-black palm that struck from beneath the mist.
After dodging the blow, Lu Siye drew his blade and slashed back at the other man's wrist.
His blade struck empty air. Lu Siye pressed forward instead of retreating, changing his move into a horizontal sweep. This time, his blade struck the Black Mist Man squarely in the chest.
Clang~
The sound of metal striking metal came from behind him. The figure beneath the mist snorted, completely unprepared for the force behind the blow, and was sent flying backward.
Lu Siye retreated immediately after the strike instead of pressing his advantage.
That was because the blow hadn't felt like it had struck a human body. It had felt more like hitting steel.
"Star Lord? Are you with the Netherworld?" Once they had put some distance between them, Lu Siye furrowed his brow.
After learning about the evil organization Netherworld from Wang Wenjing, he had gone back and looked up information about it on the Town Watch APP.
Netherworld's ranks didn't match those of the Town Demon Suppression Division. They had only three levels, named after the sun, moon, and stars.
A Sun Lord was equivalent to a Grandmaster in the Town Demon Suppression Division, a Moon Lord to a Day Wanderer Envoy, and a Star Lord to a Night Wanderer Envoy.
In other words, if this Black Mist Man wasn't bluffing, then he was a Night Wanderer Envoy, one rank above Lu Siye.
"Oh! You actually know about Netherworld. You're no cultivator from some minor family, then. Are you with the Town Demon Suppression Division?"
The Black Mist Man stopped in the distance. The black mist around him churned as his chilling voice came from within it.
Whether he had been frightened by the force behind Lu Siye's blow or had some other reason, he didn't immediately charge forward.
"So what if I am? And what if I'm not? Any beast who uses babies to make ghosts deserves to die."
Lu Siye couldn't help remembering the scene of that family of three being torn apart beneath the flash of a blade.
"You dare bring that up? I spent eight years searching through hundreds of babies before I managed to create two pairs of Twin Ghost Infants. And you destroyed one pair!"
The Black Mist Man let out a long howl, turned into a streak of shadow, and charged at Lu Siye.
"You deserve to die!" Lu Siye's eyes blazed with fury.
Hundreds of lives—and that didn't even include the babies' families. How could he have the nerve to say that out loud?
Faced with a powerful enemy, Lu Siye pressed forward instead of retreating. He gripped the Blazing Blood Blade and brought it down on the Black Mist Man.
Clang~
Although the Black Mist Man raised his hand to block the blade, the immense impact forced him to stop.
Lu Siye pressed his advantage, bringing down blow after blow and sealing off every avenue around his opponent until he had no choice but to meet the blade head-on.
The immense strength granted by Three Dragon Elephant Strength meant the Black Mist Man had to retreat several steps with every blow to absorb the force.
Lu Siye used Lingbo Microstep to stay close on his heels, leaving the Black Mist Man with no choice but to take the beating.
The advanced Five Tiger Soul Severing Blade Technique prized sheer force and relentless ferocity. To shatter an enemy's courage, one first had to hone one's own.
Gradually, Lu Siye found his blade flowing more and more smoothly, and his strikes came faster and faster. What had begun as a running battle turned into a one-sided beating.
Gao Song was shocked and enraged. Damn it! Was this thing some kind of freak? Fear Points +123!
Amid the unending flashes of blades, the Black Mist Man grew more and more alarmed. This mere Night Patrol Envoy seemed like a zombie, his strength terrifying.
His blood and qi had also reached the peak of a Night Patrol Envoy's limits. He could be considered a Half-Step Night Wanderer Envoy.
And when this man was at full strength, he was no weaker than a First Realm Night Wanderer Envoy.
If he hadn't fused with a Twin Ghost Infant half a year ago, leaving him no longer entirely human, his hand would have been chopped off by now.
Even so, his palm was already covered in blade marks, its blue-black flesh split open and hanging in ragged strips.
The Black Mist Man's gaze turned sinister. He knew he couldn't keep this up!
Martial artists had astonishing stamina. Lu Siye might not be able to do anything to him, but if this dragged on until reinforcements from the Town Demon Suppression Division arrived, he'd be in trouble.
A man with bulging muscles, built like an iron tower, came to mind. A chill crept into the Black Mist Man's heart.
"Ahh!"
The Black Mist Man let out a long howl. Taking a blow to the chest, he forced his way out of the range of Lu Siye's blade.
Whoosh~
Lu Siye failed to stop his blade in time and slashed it straight into the ground. He panted heavily.
The Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill was circulating at its limit, turning his skin bright red. The air around him wavered from the heat as the blood and qi within him surged and boiled.
So close!
He'd nearly lost control of his boiling blood and qi and exploded.
Without the Northern Darkness Divine Art to balance yin and yang and help calm his blood and qi, he couldn't have held out this long.
But he couldn't let the other man find that out. Otherwise, he might not make it out of this alive.
Pulling the Blazing Blood Blade from the ground, Lu Siye stood leaning on it and looked at the Black Mist Man expressionlessly.
Standing in the distance, the Black Mist Man couldn't help touching the deep gash across his chest. Strangely, despite how severe the wound was, he still hadn't shed a single drop of blood.
Damn it! When had the Town Demon Suppression Division gotten a Night Patrol Envoy who could go toe-to-toe with a Night Wanderer Envoy?
On the street, the Black Mist Man and Lu Siye warily watched one another. The standoff had reached an impasse.
The Black Mist Man looked up at the sky. The pitch-black barrier that had completely cut them off from the outside world had grown somewhat transparent.
The Ghost Wall had been set up by another Evil Ghost he controlled. During the fight, it had been struck by accident several times, and now it would probably last only another ten minutes or so.
Once the Ghost Wall disappeared, his presence would no longer be concealed, and the Town Demon Suppression Division's experts would be able to sense him. He couldn't let this drag on.
The Black Mist Man let out a long howl. Black mist billowed out from his body, crashing toward Lu Siye like an avalanche.
Facing the mist, Lu Siye held the Blazing Blood Blade with its tip lowered. The Northern Darkness Divine Art and Lingbo Microstep surged to their limits, and he charged straight in.
"A mere Night Patrol Envoy dares to enter my Resentful Ghost Mist? Are you that eager to die?"
The Black Mist Man's voice came from all directions, making it impossible to tell where he was.
Lu Siye didn't answer. He stood still, heightening his senses as much as he could and allowing the Resentful Ghost Mist to seep into his body.
"Hahaha! Once the Resentful Ghost Mist enters your body, no matter how strong you are, it'll slowly corrode you until you freeze into a statue, helpless at my mercy."
"Shut up!" Lu Siye warily watched his surroundings but still didn't move.
After waiting a while, the Black Mist Man still didn't attack. It seemed he was waiting for Lu Siye to succumb to the Resentful Ghost Mist before delivering the killing blow.
What he didn't know was that the moment the Resentful Ghost Mist entered Lu Siye's body, the Northern Darkness Divine Art had already absorbed and transformed it.
During their earlier fight, Lu Siye had secretly absorbed some of the black mist from the Black Mist Man. He knew the Northern Darkness Divine Art could counter it, which was why he had charged inside.
It was true that he was furious, but that didn't mean he had lost his reason.
The other man was stalling. So why couldn't Lu Siye stall too?
The longer he dragged things out, the more Northern Darkness inner force would build up in his Dantian.
Then the outcome would be anyone's guess!
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