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First of all, Li Fan wasn't acting out of anger or resentment, and he wasn't turning on people to kill them. He was simply testing his new skills under various extreme conditions.

Unfortunately, the flying sword on the membrane failed this time. Of course, it wasn't a complete failure, but rather that the effect was poor. The Divine Cult Protector was a beat too slow, and even the top-tier escape technique, Blood Shadow Godly Movement, couldn't escape this move, but this time the opponent actually managed to escape.

Of course, Li Fan had already calculated the impact of this chess game and the surrounding formations in advance, taking into account the lead time, and even conservatively deciding to kill the stronger Chijin Godly Monarch first. However, this new move was unrefined, and could only be calculated to be unexpected, but it was not invincible or unsolvable.

This time, the attack was countered. The Black Hole Sword failed to deliver a critical hit and instantly kill. The moment the Chijin Godly Monarch realized Li Fan's origins, he used a strange move similar to mitosis, splitting a person in two—front and back halves. The front half remained seated at the chessboard, facing a fatal clash, and was shredded into blood and gore by Li Fan's Black Hole Sword. The back half, however, escaped unscathed, flying away and turning into a bloody shadow without looking back!

Pingyangzi also raised his hand and flipped the chessboard over, smashing it directly at Li Fan's head. At the same time, lightning flashed in his eyes and mouth, and he shouted "Zha!" Then he struck out with a thunder palm, aiming straight for Li Fan's abdomen.

The chessboard and pieces that came crashing down on him were mixed with the true qi of two divine lords, their cultivation terrifying. Li Fan was naturally unable to withstand them head-on. His head, face, and chest were smashed by one blow, and he was then hit by a thunderous palm strike. In one move, he was blasted into dust by Pingyangzi.

But he didn't care. As dust gathered and dispersed, and clouds rolled and unrolled, he reshaped his true form in the blink of an eye. He immediately wrapped the Tai Sha Star Core, which had devoured half of the Chijin Godly Monarch's body, back into his body and stored it away.

"Blazing Blood Palm!"

At this moment, the Chijin Godly Monarch had just escaped a move, finished casting and ignited the remaining essence of his body, transforming it into a burning blood hand that slammed straight towards Li Fan's back!

Li Fan also made a gesture with his hand, and the Blood God Child's avatar, Wan Hua, transformed into a blood-red hand, clashing with the Chijin Godly Monarch's palm! Their Daoist powers collided! "Boom!" A deafening roar erupted! The sky instantly exploded, revealing a blood-red light curtain! The Blood Talisman God Sect's blood energy clashed and blossomed! For a moment, heaven and earth seemed shrouded in a red veil, blood energy soaring into the sky! Daoist power roared! It was as if heaven and earth were about to be torn apart!

Pingyangzi also seized the opportunity, inhaling and exhaling to return a breath of Qi. He immediately gathered his Dao power and spat out a Qi talisman from his mouth! It swept towards Li Fan's divine court like a blade of light!

Li Fan couldn't help but exclaim inwardly, "Damn it! These two are working together like brothers! Weren't they just gambling with their lives?"

This Qi talisman is heading straight for the Divine Court. It might be some kind of primordial mystery technique. If it manages to seal someone as a god, causing the Black Hole Dao Body to go out of control, that would be a disaster!

Li Fan dared not rely on the Tai Su technique to directly block the attack, so he immediately used his true skills. He opened his mouth and exhaled the Qiankun Twin Dragons, a White Dragon that tore apart the Qi talisman and swept straight towards Pingyangzi's body!

Unexpectedly, Pingyangzi had just spat out a talisman, seemingly exhausting his true energy, yet he suddenly regained it with a "Ha!" and used his escape technique, transforming into a streak of green light and escaping into the void! The Twin Dragons of Heaven and Earth swept out from Pingyangzi's afterimage, blasting the entire chessboard formation apart and shattering it into pieces, but the green light also took the opportunity to escape!

Li Fan was also stunned for a moment, then immediately realized that the Qi talisman was probably just a simple illusion! Pingyangzi had planned his escape, tricked him into revealing his move, and then immediately fled!

Li Fan immediately reacted, his Dao power surged, and the giant hand transformed from the Blood God Child grabbed like a blood claw! Instantly crushing the Blazing Blood Divine Palm! As expected, the Chijin Godly Monarch did not seize this opportunity and launched a series of attacks.

Li Fan frowned and did some calculations.

Sure enough! This guy escaped too! He sacrificed half his life to block the Black Hole Sword, and another half to distract Li Fan, preventing him from instantly killing Pingyangzi. He probably only had a tiny bit of Blood God Child left. Seeing Pingyangzi escape, he seized the opportunity to run away at the same time!

Those two operators are so cunning...

The moment the fight started, Li Fan thought they were going to fight to the death, but it turned out to be a ruse; they were actually trying to escape together!

It has to be said that running together gives you a much better chance of survival than just thinking about your own escape!

After all, the two divine lords had been locked in combat for a long time, exhausting their mental and spiritual Dao Breath. If Li Fan were to focus solely on killing one and then pursuing the other, the remaining one could only escape for a short time, and once caught, there would be no chance of victory.

But now that the two of them have fled together, Li Fan really needs to figure out which one to chase first.

These old masters certainly have a lot of experience in the martial arts world; I've learned a lot from them...

Well, Li Fan has really lost out this time. He really didn't expect that these two test subjects could slip away from him. If he really wanted to chase them, he could have caught one of them and killed him by biting the escape light. As for the other one, he could have taken care of him by jumping over the membrane once he figured out his location.

However, there's no need to be so ruthless. After all, Li Fan isn't some kind of demon, and these two don't have any deep-seated hatred for him. To put it bluntly, they just bumped into a random stranger in the wild, and they could have a casual PvP match. There's no need to camp at the graveyard and kill him until he quits the game.

So Li Fan manipulated the Blood God Child, absorbing the Dao Body and Dao Blood abandoned by the Chijin Godly Monarch, thus leveling up the Blood God Child. Of course, he also had to retrieve the chessboard pieces that Pingyangzi threw at him. A chessboard capable of supporting two Gods playing against each other was naturally a magic weapon of the Divine Transformation Realm. Although he didn't get a kill, it wasn't a wasted effort.

Then Li Fan did some more calculations and flew off to the next event.

You know what, Kunlun is really full of immortal encounters, there are plots everywhere. Before he had even flown over two mountain peaks, Li Fan encountered three cultivators fighting monsters.

These three cultivators weren't at a high level, only at the peak of the Nascent Soul Stage. They were probably a team searching for treasure in the mountains, a classic squad of a warrior, a Daoist, and an archer. Their opponent was a large white ape monster, or perhaps a snow monster or a snowman, it was unclear. Its physique was also at the Transformation Stage, with thick skin and flesh. The nearby snow mountain caves were its dwelling place, and it seemed to have battlefield bonuses and spiritual energy resistance, able to withstand the magical and physical damage attacks from the Daoist and archer, and even beat up the guardians blocking its way.

Li Fan didn't hold back. With a flick of his thumb, he sent the Blood God Child flying, shattering the white ape's left eyeball. The Blood God Child then burrowed into the ape's body and wreaked havoc. The snow ape screamed and howled in agony, then jumped twice toward the cave, but failed to enter. It collapsed at the cave entrance, its flesh and bones rotting away in an instant. Its internal flesh and fat turned into pus and blood, overflowing from its mouth and nose, which the Blood God Child sucked clean.

"Ah! The Blood God Child Great Law!" "It's the Demonic Cult!"

The three monster hunters were shocked and, no longer daring to complain about stealing their monsters, turned and ran.

Li Fan locked onto them with his Divine Sense and calculated with his fingers that these three were former cultivators of the Kun Country, patriarchs of certain families, generals of the Kun Country, elders of sects, and worshippers of the Immortal Palace. They had only fled to Kunlun to cultivate because of the invasion of the Divine Sect, the destruction of their families and kingdoms, the loss of their cultivation grounds, and the pursuit of others. They probably thought that once they had mastered their divine skills, they would come out to take revenge.

However, after careful calculation, Li Fan realized that some of them seemed to have some grudge against Asha, probably enemies from the Kun Country in the past. So he didn't bother to calculate it further. Before the three of them could make talismans and chant incantations to escape, he raised his hand and unleashed three palm strikes, turning them into minced meat. He considered it a casual way of settling some karmic debts for Asha.

This time, they captured the White Ape Demon. The Blood God Child absorbed all its flesh and blood, leaving behind a mess of fur and bones. He then used the Tai Sha Star Core to devour them. Now, Li Fan no longer needs to swallow them whole; he can simply throw them into the Star Core, which is convenient, clean, and hygienic.

In addition, Li Fan also found two baby apes in the White Ape Cave. Although they were called "baby" apes, they were already at the Golden Core stage. Living in a place like Kunlun, they had grown much larger than the Thunder Monkeys.

Of course, he casually smashed and dissolved these little apes. Li Fan explored the depths of the ape's nest and found a set of immortal skeletons, a jade box, many elixirs, magic robes, and junk magic treasures.

Then, after some calculations, I realized that this immortal was Divine Transformation from some ancient Xuanmen mountain, probably a neighbor of Emei or something. In any case, this guy couldn't comprehend the Dao and didn't want to waste the sect's resources, so he entered Kunlun Mountain to cultivate and pass away there.

After opening the jade box, there were three Nascent Soul Stage cultivation Cultivation Method for Transformation Stage, along with a letter stating that the white ape was his spirit pet and he hoped that a destined person would inherit his Cultivation Method and treat it well.

... Why didn't you say so earlier? The flesh has already melted, how can you treat it kindly...?

However, Li Fan glanced at this guy's Cultivation Method and found it to be quite rubbish. It was clearly not a first-rate Qi Refinement Stage technique, and probably not some kind of esoteric method. At most, it was something from the Ink Bamboo Mountain Academy, and reaching the Divine Transformation would be the maximum achievement. So he simply threw it away.

Since the monkey wasn't treated well anyway, not passing on the teachings means we haven't accepted the karmic consequences.

Okay, let's continue! Next plot point!

This time, the fortuitous opportunity was a wild, Heavenly Treasure: some fungi growing on the cliff, also known as rock tripe, which Li Fan vaguely remembered could also be used in medicine. If he used Si Nan to find it, this kind of thing wouldn't be something he could just pick up anywhere.

This time, there's also a storyline: two powerful demons, a snow leopard and a goat, are guarding the stone ear. In addition, a heavily injured Xuanmen deity is also hiding underground, presumably needing the stone ear to heal.

Li Fan did some more calculations.

Realizing that these people and beasts had nothing to do with him, he flew over, picked the stone ear fungus, and left.

The snow leopard and the goat were furious!

It was nothing but an uncultivated beast; it couldn't even transform into a human. It rushed at him and offered itself up. In this way, Li Fan obtained a leopard skin and a goat skin.

The Xuanmen cultivator was much more cunning, stubbornly remaining hidden underground. Upon closer inspection, Li Fan discovered she was a female cultivator, though he couldn't tell her age or appearance. However, Li Fan's priority was arithmetic, and the current weather wasn't suitable for dual cultivation or similar tasks.

Since the other party didn't dare to show their face and try to snatch it, Li Fan didn't expose her and simply left.

After all, it would only take one move to kill the Blood God Child if he were thrown down. But one should be kind; there's no need to be so ruthless if someone doesn't intentionally die.

Then Li Fan calculated the ruins of a celestial cave.

The immortal ruins are located on the surface of the valley. The cave has long been breached by previous generations, and its secrets have probably been looted. However, it is clear that there is a fight going on inside. Li Fan can also figure out that members of the Xuanmen Allied Forces have fled into the cave for refuge, while members of the Divine Sect have followed and are chasing after them.

Although all the magical treasures inside the ruins had been looted, many of the ancient cave's formations and restrictions remained, making it impossible to detect the situation inside using Divine Sense from the outside.

Li Fan wasn't in a hurry. He leisurely slipped into the ruins, calculating formations as he went deeper, exploring the underground city as he went. After passing through the restrictions of the immortal ruins, he soon arrived at the depths of the ruins, which was originally a secret chamber where Cultivation Method were stored.

At this moment, the bookshelves and treasure boxes in the secret chamber were empty, with nothing left. Only in the deepest part, on the wall of the white jade palace, were 108 murals, which seemed to be the transmission jade tablets of this sect. It was a forbidden area of the sect, but someone had used sword marks to erase all the images, meridians and Cultivation Method, leaving only a line of large characters.

'Fancy moves and ineffective techniques! Utter nonsense! Garbage Cultivation Method! Kunlun Sword Palace!'

The sword in the Sword Palace was also slashed off with a single stroke.

Although it wasn't signed, who else could have written it...?

Li Fan looked around, glanced at Xuan Tianliu's "I was here" signature, pondered for a while, thought about it, and calculated it, and roughly deduced it.

Xuan Tian probably didn't just scribble and vandalize other people's heritage.

They must be fighting with swords.

Generally speaking, if a cultivator doesn't value another's lineage, they can simply abandon it and not learn it; there's no need to destroy it. Conversely, the teachings are not passed on to just anyone; most immortal techniques and divine skills have certain thresholds to screen successors and are not given out casually.

However, there is one exception: sword immortals who prove their Dao through killing.

If Li Fan wasn't mistaken, the Kunlun Sword Palace's practice of engraving its own sword techniques directly on the jade disc was roughly the same as Xuan Tian's widespread dissemination of the Beichen Sword Technique to other mountains—it was all about proving one's Dao through swordplay.

When Xuan Tian arrived here, the Kunlun Sword Palace had already disappeared, leaving only these jade wall sword techniques. Xuan Tian learned the sword techniques from the murals, then broke them, completely defeating the Kunlun sword techniques. Therefore, with each move, he destroyed the human body sword technique meridian diagram on the jade wall completely.

However, Li Fan had received the true teachings of Xuan Tian, and by examining the sword marks on the jade disc from the perspective of magical power, he was able to deduce the truth.

Well, Kunlun's swordsmanship is indeed lacking.

Xuan Tian broke through all 108 moves on the jade wall, using only the Lightning Style.

If three lightning-fast sword strikes come at you and you can't even block one, then what kind of fancy footwork is that?

However, from the sword mark that shattered Kunlun with lightning speed, Li Fan was able to understand Xuan Tian's state of mind when he drew his sword.

Undeterred and invincible, there is nothing in the world that cannot be cut down with a single sword stroke.

If Li Fan's favorite of the five styles is the Gu Yingshi, then Xuan Tian's forte is probably the Lightning style. No wonder Profound Heaven Sword Intent was ultimately refined into that one point on the tip of the sword, an extremely sharp and pointed silver leaf.

There's no need for so many fancy tricks; it's just a single, focused thrust of the sword. If you can't stop it, you're dead.

This is the Lightning Style, the method to break through ten thousand swords.

Li Fan closed his eyes slightly, gazing at the sword mark on the jade wall. He visualized one hundred and eight Xuan Tians in his mind's eye, and simultaneously unleashed the Lightning Style, leaping forward and thrusting his sword...

He died.

If one is struck by 105 out of 108 swords, there is no doubt that death is inevitable.

Li Fan dodged the three sword strikes.

It can't be called 'dodging', but rather jumping away.

Just as Li Fan had planned, he used the flying sword on the membrane to leap and counterattack, dodging the sword thrusts while simultaneously killing his opponent.

Theoretically speaking, Li Fan has used the Lightning Style countless times, and all the calculations were input and simulated by himself. Theoretically, he should be able to dodge every sword strike.

However, for some reason, in Li Fan's divine court simulation, when he incorporated the sword intent remaining in the Xuan Body within the jade disc, Li Fan only had a 3 out of 108 chance of surviving the lightning-fast assassination when facing the Xuan Body's sword flash.

The arithmetic was perfectly correct...

He clearly knew all the moves by heart...

But it was just a little short.

It was just a little bit short.

There's just that little bit; there's no way to avoid it.

Is this what they mean by 'lacking a sword heart'...?

Damn it, it turns out he really isn't suited to using a sword...