The Heart

"I'm not human anymore!"

'My darling!! You bitch, stop!!!'

Li Fan never expected that Lu Zhihui, this idiot, would actually abandon all humanity! She even willingly took out the True Yang Heart, the core of the Blood Demon Great Path Body's power source, and destroyed it!!

Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. It's just that Li Fan himself is determined to become human, while others don't care. If conditions allowed, it would be best for Lu Zhihui to use the Blood Demon Great Path Body to gradually Divine Transformation and comprehend the Dao, but the current deadlock doesn't allow it, so they have to go all out!

Possessed by demonic possession!

The Tai Su Dao Ancestor has descended!!

Ahhh! There's no time to keep nagging and waiting for an opportunity!

'The Tai Sha Sword Rainbow!'

He poured all his remaining magical power and primordial spirit into the Tai Sha Sword Embryo, charging all the way to the True Yang Heart, intending to use what might be his only chance to unleash the Tai Sha Sword Rainbow to annihilate the Wisdom Dharma King's primordial spirit! This was Li Fan's plan!

But it failed!

Faced with the world-ending crisis of a Dao Ancestor descending, Li Fan could not afford the risk of his body Non-Thing. With almost no room for hesitation, he used his only chance to unleash the Sword Rainbow! He charged forward with lightning speed, piercing straight into the Wisdom Dharma King's brow with his sword! He initiated the possession!

The black sword pierced the blood-man's divine court! The surging sword force instantly blasted away the blood-man's face and skull!

However, at the same time, from the depths of the blood-soaked man's skull, a burst of purple light erupted, and a deep purple sphere of light bloomed from the inside out, directly annihilating and evaporating most of his body!

This is clearly not a transformation of the Dao Ancestor!

Li Fan never expected this new trick! He suddenly realized that he had been tricked and hurriedly withdrew his sword, but he was still caught by the sudden gravity. For a moment, the sword embryo fell along the ball of light, lost its direction, and was pulled around the ball of light, flying straight towards the core!

Fortunately, Li Fan managed to change direction and accelerate in an emergency, using his sword rainbow to escape and avoid being caught in the blast! However, even the indestructible sword rainbow was pulled by a powerful gravitational force! The Sword Light was actually restrained!

He actually sealed his sword rainbow with a single move!

From the perspective of the third party (Kun), at the moment Li Fan stabbed him with his sword, the head, face and body of the blood man suddenly expanded and exploded, and the flesh and blood sublimated into countless forms!

Its body's essence and blood were completely drained, its skin and flesh dried up like withered wood, transforming into a blood-red, human-shaped withered tree. From a distance, it resembled a blood coral tree, its right hand, holding the True Yang Heart high, as if supporting a branch. On its shoulder and face, it held a purple sphere the size of a human head, trapping the Tai Sha Sword Embryo that had invaded its skull within it!

'Holy crap! Vacuum Home Sword Rainbow! To actually use a move like that is just too ridiculous!!'

Li Fan was shocked! He instantly realized that this exchange of moves had put him right into his opponent's trap, placing him at a complete disadvantage!

Clearly, the Wisdom Dharma King Lu Ya had also devised a countermeasure against the Tai Sha Sword Rainbow!

After all, this guy had been hiding in the shadows from beginning to end, and he knew perfectly well how Li Fan usually killed Divine Lords with one or two sword strikes! Therefore, he also knew that even if he awakened his pre-heaven soul first and relied on various primordial spirit techniques and the Great Dao Body to achieve rapid progress, even if he suppressed Li Fan by a realm, it would actually be of little use.

In a direct confrontation, those who haven't attained enlightenment will die the moment the Tai Sha Sword Rainbow is unleashed.

So his trick of pretending to be inhuman was just to catch Li Fan's invincible first sword strike!

Yes! In fact, Li Fan himself had seen this Luo Sect secret technique, 'Vacuum Home,' many times.

The Gui Xu Dao Yi Emptiness that the system had drawn had a skill that could be actively triggered, producing a spherical gravitational field. However, this skill consumed an enormous amount of mana, which could be exhausted in just a few seconds, destroying the Daoist body. Moreover, its range was limited, and the benefits were too low, so Li Fan immediately put it out of his mind.

But this very trick was developed by Lu Zhihui and became Tai Sha Sword Rainbow's countermeasure!

This guy actually used his primordial spirit to visualize and his Dao body to transform, using the immense gravity of the Vacuum Home to bind the Sword Light, so much so that even the escape light and sword rainbow of the Tai Sha Sword Embryo could not escape!

However, the Dao Breath power of the True Yang Technique is boundless! It was actually able to support this secret technique for a short time, trapping the Tai Sha Sword Embryo within the field!

Yes! The Blood Demon's fingers had dug into the True Yang Heart, tearing it to shreds! But it wasn't completely destroyed yet!

At this moment, in that withered, blood-red palm resembling a dead tree branch, a small portion of the heart muscle was still throbbing weakly, continuing to transform endless Dao power, squeezing out the blood demon's blood to irrigate this blood tree! Providing energy for this Vacuum Home!

Under the astonishing gravitational field, the Tai Sha Sword Light gradually shifted and fell, about to be pulled into the core of the black hole and collapse!

This guy is cheating!

He wasn't trying to become a demon!

It's a trick to lure him into drawing his sword!

I'm betting he'll definitely draw his sword!

'You idiot, you tricked me! Ahhh! Ah Kun!'

Kun! Inhale like a whirlwind!!

Using the suction force of the Kun's mouth, the Tai Sha Sword Embryo twisted violently and leaped into the wind tunnel that the Kun was sucking in, trying little by little to escape the gravitational pull!

Thank goodness! This 'hometown' is only big in number and weak in its stance. As long as we escape some distance and break free from its constraints, Lu Zhihui has already expended a lot of magical power, so the chances of victory are still there...

Kun coughs.

The sword embryo was almost sucked into the black hole in a flash.

'Holy crap, holy crap, Kun! Kun--!!'

Kun, "Sorry for choking... I'll inhale again in a whirlwind!!"

So the black hole was behind them, and the Kun, with its bulging eyes, was sucking in from the outside, while the sword embryo struggled to swim outwards from the middle, resulting in a delicate balance...

Although the main body of the Blood Demon, holding the True Yang Heart aloft, used its extraordinary power to create a black hole that trapped the Tai Sha Sword Embryo, it also consumed a great deal of energy. However, some flesh and blood still stood up on the outer ring and slowly coalesced to form a new Blood Demon clone.

"Well, I won. How about surrendering? Hand over the sword embryo."

Li Fan, "Hmph! You're really greedy! You really are eyeing the Tai Sha Sword Embryo! You want to take all my good stuff, don't you!"

Pah!

Lu Ya laughed, "Not at all, you can keep this salted fish."

Kun, 'Pah!'

Li Fan, "Kun! Ahhh!"

Kun sweated profusely, "Inhale the storm again!!"

Lu Ya didn't mind. While Li Fan and Kun were both under control, he quickly drew hundreds of blood-red runes in the void with his fingers stained with blood. They were layered like a magic array to surround the area.

"It can't save you this time, can it? Well then, let's begin."

Lu Ya snapped his fingers.

Li Fan's vision suddenly went dark, and he found himself suddenly plunged into a void and a dim abyss.

It's like being in a lucid dream. Although you are awake, no amount of magic, flying swords, or skills are of any use. You have no way to resist. Not long ago, Li Fan was skinned and dismembered and had his Dao body taken away in this deep, void dream.

At this moment, what appeared before Li Fan was no longer a blood-soaked man, but a man who had grown a face and vaguely resembled Lu Family.

This must be the primordial spirit of the Wisdom Dharma King Lu Ya.

He's probably been affected by the cult's primordial spirit technique, and has been absorbed into a deeper level of his subconscious, beyond the primordial spirit level...

Before Li Fan could react, his opponent had already thrust a sword at him, piercing through his heart and lungs!

"Damn it! Didn't they have at least two lines of dialogue for the final battle?!"

Li Fan was stabbed by a sword, and he shuddered in pain, but he had no strength to resist. He could only feel his life force rapidly draining away with the blood gushing from the sword wound.

It flows into the other person's body.

Lu Ya smiled and stroked the Blood Talisman Sword in his hand, which was drinking blood. He raised his index finger to make a 'shh' gesture, then flicked his wrist and beheaded Li Fan with a single stroke.

I suddenly opened my eyes.

Before Li Fan could even scream and howl, Lu Ya appeared from the void again, thrusting his sword at him!

Li Fan quickly covered his head and rolled away to dodge the deadly sword strike.

Well, this scene is a bit ugly, but to be honest, he originally wanted to fly and teleport, but he didn't expect that there really was nothing in this space. There was no Dao Breath, no baleful aura. This seemed to be a subconscious constructed by the Yuan Shen method, a pure dream. So Li Fan stepped on his right foot with his left foot and naturally couldn't fly. Instead, he tripped himself and rolled away, just in time to avoid the sword move.

Unfortunately, despite his several tumbling and rolling dodges, he ultimately couldn't escape. Although Li Fan's powerful physical body, refined using the Tai Su Dao Body, was useless in this primordial spirit space, his speed and strength were no different from those of an ordinary person.

But Lu Ya is clearly cheating! His sword speed is at least at the level of Foundation Establishment cultivator or a martial arts master with the Body Domination Technique!

What's the point of fighting?! Let's just hang him up and beat him up!

In fact, Li Fan had anticipated this before he arrived. Since he had been tricked by this tactic last time, he would most likely encounter the same situation again this time. In such a rush, he didn't have any good solutions and could only rely on his imagination.

Yes, imagination, this must be some kind of dream, right?

In Li Fan previous life... or even his previous life before that, before he transmigrated, Li Fan remembered watching some kind of movie called "Stealth Space." It was something like that, a dream within a dream, a deep dream or something.

In this situation, the 'dream' at this moment is probably woven by Lu Ya using his primordial spirit technique. Does he intend to kill Li Fan here until he suffers a mental breakdown, destroy his Dao heart, and seize his body?

The Divine Cult's method of possession is quite profound! But don't worry! It's just a technical adjustment! After all, if you can use the Primordial Spirit Technique, so can Li Fan!

Killed again, Li Fan opened his eyes, looked at Lu Ya was flying towards him with a sword in hand, and roared.

"Beichen Zhu Mo Sword Intent!"

Then nothing happened. Even though I forcibly remembered the talisman the other party had drawn earlier, nothing still occurred.

Lu Ya smiled, as if everything was exactly as he had expected, as if everything was within his calculations, and with a single sword stroke, he severed Li Fan's neck.

Then came the fourth, the fifth, the sixth...

Lu Ya relentlessly and swiftly slashed at Li Fan's primordial spirit!

Every time Li Fan opens his eyes and is resurrected, he can still feel the phantom pain of being ripped out of his heart, disemboweled, and beheaded last time.

Each time, he shouted out the Exorcism Sword Intent, but nothing and no one responded to his voice in the endless void.

In the void, only the crimson shadow of the Blood Talisman Sword whistled like the wind.

The seventh, the eighth, the ninth...

The thirteenth, the fourteenth, the fifteenth...

You must be kidding...

Is it really over...?

Did he perish in this calamity...?

So inexplicably, completely outmaneuvered, and they lost...?

"Master... Emei's Internal Martial Arts are too difficult. I really can't learn the Pifeng Biyue Palm... Could you teach me a few simpler moves?"

What do you want to learn?

"I've heard that your swordsmanship is the best in the world. Could you teach me?"

"You can't even execute a simple 'Pifeng Biyue Palm' properly, and you want to learn swordsmanship?"

"No, Master! I've been diligent enough! I run laps around the Yin-Yang Dust Array every day, study on my own, and practice body exercises with my fellow disciples. But honestly, Internal Martial Arts aren't suitable for me! You have to breathe and circulate energy, and you have to exhale and release power—who the hell can remember so many meridians and acupoints!"

"And I've practiced this crappy palm technique for so many years, and Fourth Department I've gotten is gasping for breath. It's not even as powerful as just throwing a punch. Are those instructors deliberately messing with me?"

"That's because you are a demon child incarnate. Every night, your body is filled with evil energy, and your meridians and energy points are often blocked by it. Once you solidify your foundation and open up your eight extraordinary meridians, your skill will naturally improve."

Don't be so ambitious. Do you think that using a sword means you don't need to regulate your breathing or use Dao Qi?

"But I think their flying swords are pretty cool, they can do it with just a flick of their fingers, so I'll just casually learn that."

"Oh, so you're envious of other people's flying swords, huh? Don't count on it, maybe in your next life. If you save up three coins a day like this, you'll be able to afford one in your next life."

"..."

"Don't think I'm stingy. A sword immortal not only needs to have the sharpness to overcome all obstacles, but also can't be too rigid in his thinking. If he just memorizes and imitates the sword moves passed down by his predecessors, he will suffer one day if he encounters someone who knows him well and knows his weaknesses."

The most powerful sword immortal in the world never focuses on sword techniques or routines. Rather, he has cultivated his skills for a hundred years, pouring them into every move during bloody battles. Therefore, whatever he wields is the most superior swordsmanship never seen before.

Faced with an opponent who seems to have no moves but is actually skilled in them, how could you possibly memorize every sword technique in the world and then find a way to counter it at the crucial moment? That's unrealistic!

Therefore, without a naturally clear sword heart or a first-rate talent like a martial arts prodigy, relying solely on rote memorization and arduous practice, even if one goes through countless battles and tribulations to hone their swordsmanship to the extreme, their achievement in the way of the sword will at most only Divine Transformation Realm.

Forget it, flying swords are nice, but the path of a sword immortal isn't suitable for you."

"No way, how can you be so discouraging to your apprentice! If this isn't good enough and that isn't good enough, then what am I supposed to train in?!"

"Hmm... Considering that you've managed to suppress your demonic nature over the years and refrain from harming others, I'll teach you a martial arts technique for self-defense in an emergency."

"What? Martial arts techniques?"

"Hehe, we martial artists live on the edge, there's no need to learn too many fancy tricks. Keep this dagger in your pocket. If you get slashed down in the future, just lie on the ground and pretend to be dead. When the other party comes to search the body, jump up and fight back. At that time, just stab them as hard as you can."

"... Is that all? Is that good enough?... Aren't there any better ones?"

"You want it to be even more intense, huh... Remember, aim for this spot, the inner side of the right ribcage in the upper abdomen, go under the fifth rib from the collarbone, yes, stab here, stab until he dies, don't stop."

Li Fan opened his eyes.

Lu Ya slashed with his sword, aiming straight for his throat.

Li Fan gripped the sword blade with his right hand.

Lu Ya his sword and severed five fingers from his hand.

However, Li Fan used his palm to pierce through the wall, using his right arm as a scabbard, and 'sheathed' the Blood Talisman Sword into the bone of his right arm!

Then he rushed into Lu Ya's arms and knocked him down. He pulled his left hand out of his pocket and plunged the sharp blade in his hand into Lu Ya's right abdomen!

"You..."

Lu Ya looked down in disbelief and saw that what was stuck in his waist was actually a rib!

Li Fan was bleeding profusely from his abdomen, clearly indicating that he had used one hand to break his ribs and pull them out on the spot!

"You..."

Without saying a word, Li Fan mustered all his strength and repeatedly inserted the broken rib blade into Lu Ya's right rib, into the internal organs under the fifth rib.

"You..."

Lu Ya's eyes widened, and he reached out to grab Li Fan's neck, but his hand could only weakly grip Li Fan's face.

How did you know... my Achilles' heel...?

Li Fan didn't answer, he just kept stabbing, he didn't know how many hundreds of times, he stabbed until the flesh of the Devil Form beneath him disintegrated and turned into pools of bloody mud, then he stopped, brushed his hair, wiped the blood and sweat from his face, and gasped for breath while clutching the bloody wound on his abdomen.

Ah, my right hand has grown back. It really must be a dream. But the pain is still real...

Speaking of this part, it seems to be the liver, the organ that produces blood...

Good heavens, for a member of the Blood Talisman God Sect, to blatantly place your core Mingmen here—isn't that a bit too audacious? Are you trying to make sure everyone guesses it?

Li Fan sat in the pool of blood, catching his breath for a while. He raised his eyes, his pupils like a wolf's, staring intently at the boy who emerged from the void... Hmm?

"Heh, heh heh heh cough cough cough, you bastard, what's wrong with you? How come you're acting like this after only dying once?"

The young Lu Ya was terrified, completely overwhelmed by Li Fan's blood and mud-covered appearance. He collapsed to the ground, crying out, "Where is this?! Who are you?! Help! Someone! There's an assassin! Mother! Mother! Ahhh! Ahhh!!"

Li Fan grinned, then jumped up, grabbed the young Lu Ya by the scalp and pulled him down. He plunged the bone blade in his hand into Lu Ya's neck and ripped it open. Amidst the sound of wind and blood, Li Fan took a deep breath, then plunged the blade into Lu Ya's liver.

Stab, stab, stab, keep stabbing, stab until he dies, don't stop...