Berserk

The moment she stepped into the deepest part of the mist, upon seeing the scene before her, the middle-aged woman immediately understood why Fatty Zhou, a cultivator at the Mortal Shedding Realm, was so wary that he was willing to disobey orders.

Even with a century of experience, the bizarre scene before her eyes still left the middle-aged beauty stunned for a moment.

Xu Changtian's body, which had been nearly cleaved in two by a single strike, was now enveloped by countless wriggling, gelatinous fungal carpets, which were spreading outwards from him.

On the opposite side was a headless body.

Fatty Zhou is right.

Old Tian's head was indeed in Xu Changtian's hand, and the location of the two figures, the direction of the blood splatter on the ground, and many other details all pointed to one fact—

Xu Changtian is now capable of instantly killing a Mortal Shedding Realm cultivator.

Her heartbeat quickened slightly, and the soft sword in the middle-aged woman's hand glowed with a faint light as she infused it with Source Qi, illuminating the surrounding mist.

clatter.

clatter.

clatter.

The footsteps were light, the boots making a sticky, eerie sound as they stepped on the fungal carpet, like walking on blood plasma.

After taking a few more steps forward, the middle-aged woman suddenly stopped.

Her Qi was already able to reach the two motionless corpses despite the interference of the mist.

Then,

The middle-aged woman suddenly realized, through her perception of Qi, that Old Tian was not completely dead!

Both the head and body still possess immense vitality, with the vast Source Qi belonging to the Mortal Shedding Realm continuously surging forth.

Strangely, the surging Source Qi did not spread, but was confined to within one zhang (approximately 3.3 meters) of the two corpses, and then dissipated completely beyond that.

The middle-aged woman narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly, her gaze sweeping across the room before finally settling on the wooden sword connecting the two bodies.

When she fought the withered old man, she experienced the terror of this wooden sword firsthand. After being struck by it just once, she could barely suppress the mad killing intent rising within her.

At that moment, several willow branches, each as thick as a thumb, sprouted from the surface of the ominous blade, one end embedded in Old Tian's headless corpse, the other end connected to Xu Changtian's flesh.

Upon closer inspection, several willow twigs also sprouted from the hand that Xu Changtian used to hold Old Tian's head, embedding themselves into Old Tian's head.

What is this?

Old Tian is afflicted with that strange plague, yet Xu Changtian still dares to share a blood relationship with him?

The moment doubt arose in her mind, the middle-aged woman's pupils contracted.

This is a great calamity that cannot be predicted by common sense. Xu Changtian is currently absorbing and devouring Old Tian's Source Qi and Will Soul!

The moment she grasped the situation, the middle-aged beauty's soft hand suddenly sparked with inspiration, instantly creating a mysterious sword flower in the air.

In an instant,

The Source Qi is disturbed, and mist rises!

An invisible canopy instantly formed in mid-air, radiating light that dispelled the mist within a hundred feet in radius, and descended upon Xu Changtian at the center!

Upon seeing this, the middle-aged woman felt a sense of relief.

This fog that suppressed perception could indeed be dispelled by the Dao Domain!

For a Qi cultivator like her, the greatest fear is being limited in her perception.

The smaller the perception range, the less time is left to react when attacked.

Judging from Xu Changtian's ability to instantly rip off Old Tian's head, if she were to fight him within her perception range of less than ten feet, she would have virtually no room for error.

One moment of carelessness, and her fate will be the same as that of the withered old man.

But things are different now. The middle-aged beauty, who has cultivated to the pinnacle Mortal Shedding, is also proud of her own strength.

Now that the great calamity has not yet occurred and the bindings on her senses have been removed, she believes she has the strength to fight it.

But before that, she needs to create some distance!

A thought flashed through her mind, and the middle-aged woman suddenly stomped her foot, intending to leap backward.

"Whoosh!"

With a muffled thud, a heavy restraint came from her ankles, making it impossible for her to move.

The middle-aged woman looked down and was startled.

Several thin willow twigs, along with those eerie fungal carpets, had somehow quietly clung to her left ankle, binding her to the ground and preventing her from moving.

broken.

In the instant the unexpected happened, the middle-aged woman raised her eyes without hesitation and looked at Xu Yuan, who had remained motionless.

Then,

She met a pair of empty, lifeless eyes.

The other person raised their head, which had been hanging low. Their eyes were dark and expressionless, without any whites.

It was as if he were truly a moving corpse.

Fortunately, the strange Xu Changtian did not attack her immediately, but simply stood there quietly watching her.

But the next moment,

The middle-aged woman then saw Xu Yuan's body lean forward as if by instinct, preparing to charge forward in a running posture.

Is he mentally unstable?

The scene before her eyes brought a sense of relief to the middle-aged woman once again.

Monsters without reason are not scary.

If her opponent is only fighting on instinct, her chances of winning seem even greater.

Thinking to herself, the middle-aged beauty slightly raised her jade-like hand and aimed it at Xu Yuan over there.

In an instant, the Source Qi surged, and the Dao Domain trembled!

"Buzz--"

With a buzzing sound, dozens of fluorescent chains suddenly emerged from the air around Xu Yuan Xu Yuan, shooting directly towards him and wrapping around him!

At the same time, the middle-aged beauty was not idle with her other hand. While using her soft sword to remove the willow branches binding her ankles, she coldly watched to see if her spell could hit its mark.

Xu Changtian is clearly out of his mind right now. If he doesn't dodge, this spell combined with Daoist essence will be enough to bind him to the spot and prevent him from moving!

And as she expected, Xu Yuan simply maintained that forward-leaning posture without dodging or avoiding it.

"Boom!!!"

A deafening roar followed, and the immense power attached to the chains tore apart the ground's fungal carpet, sending dust billowing up from the ruins below!

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Once the dust had settled, the middle-aged woman frowned slightly as she looked at the figure that had appeared in the center of the spell.

The man standing in the pit remained in the same position as before, while dozens of fluorescent chains that emerged from the void were connected like a spider web, firmly locking his limbs and torso in the pit!

Strangely, Xu Changtian's face remained expressionless, as if he didn't take the spell seriously at all.

The middle-aged woman frowned slightly, and quickened the pace at which she used her soft sword to slice through the willow branches.

She wouldn't underestimate her opponent; even if the opponent was already restrained, she needed to create distance as quickly as possible.

The middle-aged beauty's gaze remained fixed on the young man who was tightly bound by iron chains, as one after another, the sturdy willow branches were snapped by the soft sword infused with Source Qi.

Five

Three

One.

Just as the bindings around her ankles were about to be completely removed, the aura of death instantly enveloped the middle-aged beauty.

In the middle-aged woman's perception, all the dozens of chains that were wrapped around Xu Yuan broke in an instant.

Everything in the middle-aged woman's field of vision slowed down.

No sound came through, because the other party's speed far exceeded the transmission of sound.

She could sense it.

The only things that caught my eye were the ground that cracked and sank the moment the opponent stepped on it, the starlight that filled the sky when the chains formed by the Source Qi and the Dao Domain shattered, and the young man's figure that rapidly enlarged before my eyes.

"Whoosh!"

The middle-aged beauty also moved.

Without any hesitation, she severed her bound left foot with a single sword strike, retreating while brandishing her soft sword.

Countless fluorescent chains instantly formed in front of her, striking the rapidly approaching figure, while a fluorescent Source Qi shield simultaneously formed in front of her.

"Boom!!!!"

A deafening roar echoed through the sky, and the shockwave swept across an area of hundreds of feet.

The middle-aged woman, who had lost a leg, stood in mid-air, staring at the huge crater below, created by a single punch, and the young man standing in the center of the crater, her eyes filled with disbelief.

In that instant of contact, she could sense that the other person's physical body was not strong; what was powerful was the unknown energy surrounding the other person.

That energy could reverse-erode the Source Qi of her spells, causing it to collapse into Source Qi the instant it came into contact with the opponent's body.

In just a fleeting exchange, the middle-aged beauty, with her Mortal Shedding insight, noticed the strangeness in Xu Changtian's demeanor.

His mind raced with ideas for dealing with the enemy, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't come up with a way to deal with the current situation.

The reason is simple.

This strange energy lingered around Xu Changtian.

She couldn't break through his defenses.

Unless she runs off to engage in close- Xu Changtian, but the problem is...

Thinking of this, the middle-aged woman glanced down at the deep crater below, which had been created by the opponent's punch and was dozens of feet in diameter.

As a Qi cultivator, wouldn't it be suicide for her to go down and engage in hand-to-hand combat?

What will she do now?

Ranged spells are ineffective, and melee combat will kill me with a single punch. How can I fight this?

In silence,

The middle-aged woman suddenly saw the ground in the deep pit crack and sink again. Xu Changtian gave her no chance to catch her breath, leaping off the ground and shooting towards her like an arrow once more.

Fortunately, the middle-aged woman was able to see the opponent's speed clearly; her dress fluttered as she instantly moved dozens of feet to one side.

But the next moment,

The middle-aged woman suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness. Xu Changtian's figure had vanished into thin air, and when he reappeared, he was already in front of her as if he had teleported.

The middle-aged woman tried to dodge, but felt a large hand grab her wrist.

Looking back, Xu Changtian's empty, lifeless, dark eyes came into view.

A sharp glint flashed in the middle-aged woman's eyes, and the soft sword in her hand glowed brightly as she slashed towards the other person's neck.

Xu Yuan glanced sideways, instinctively leaning back slightly, the blade narrowly missing his throat as it flew past.

Upon seeing this, the middle-aged woman's eyes lit up with joy.

Xu Changtian actually hid.

It seems that this physical attack can indeed inflict fatal damage on him.

And the next moment,

The joy that had just risen in her heart vanished as Xu Changtian grabbed her shoulder with his other hand.

The immense force brought a tearing sensation that made her momentarily disoriented.

"Sizzle!"

Blood and flesh splattered everywhere as the middle-aged woman's left arm, along with her sleeve, was ripped off by the other party.

Xu Yuan glanced silently at the severed arm in his hand with his dark eyes, then casually tossed it down from the air.

As the pale arm touched the ground and came into contact with the mutated Black Death Fungal Mat, it was immediately covered and swallowed up by countless fungal carpets.

After doing all this, Xu Yuan once again looked at the middle-aged beauty with an empty gaze. A hint of greed gradually emerged in his lifeless, dark eyes, and a strange smile unconsciously appeared on his lips.

The desire for its prey, the desire for the power within it, gradually caused a primal impulse to take over its actions.

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Upon seeing the change in the other person's eyes and expression at close range, the middle-aged woman felt a sudden chill. Enduring the excruciating pain in her left arm, she tried to escape, but the other person's hand was still gripping her shoulder, making it impossible for her to flee.

Driven by a survival instinct, she mustered all her strength and unleashed several more sword strikes at her opponent. The force of her sword strikes, Mortal Shedding Realm cultivator, left deep sword marks, each over ten feet long, on the ground.

But the monster before her effortlessly dodged her desperate sword strikes.

A sense of despair gradually spread throughout the middle-aged woman's body.

Then,

The middle-aged woman then felt a large hand press down on her face.

Peeking through her fingers at the twisted smile that gradually appeared on the other person's handsome face, the middle-aged woman bit her lip and made a hand seal.

Before she dies, she must at least pass on the intelligence information she has gathered.

The law is spreading.

A voice transmission pierced through the mist and spread outwards.

After doing all this, the middle-aged woman felt that familiar tearing sensation coming from her neck. At the same time, the strange fungal carpet seeped from the other person's palm, trying to burrow into her brain.

Ha, the same way Old Tian died.

A thought flashed through her mind, and a smile also appeared on the middle-aged woman's lips, which were being held down:

"Old Tian lost his mind to let you, you monster, have your way. If you want me Fu Qinggeng, to be your nourishment in your next life..."

As the words fell,

The sky, having dispelled the surrounding mist, began to tremble, and the Source Qi within it began to surge wildly.

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Xu Yuan subconsciously looked up and glanced at it.

Immediately, as if sensing danger, a sharp glint flashed in his dark eyes, and without the slightest hesitation, he tightened his grip with his five fingers.

"Crack!"

The middle-aged beauty's skull was crushed, her beautiful face instantly caved in, becoming hideous and terrifying, blood and brain matter dripping from Xu Yuan's palm toward the ground.

With the complete death of the middle-aged beauty, all the tremors around her instantly ceased.

After a few breaths,

The deep black mist surged back, gradually swallowing up the light, while the sky that had illuminated the entire space turned into specks of starlight and vanished into the horizon.

After everything turned to darkness,

Xu Yuan carried the middle-aged woman's corpse back to the ground, his dark eyes gradually becoming empty, and finally returning to his statue-like state.

However, this silence did not last long.

In just a few breaths,

Xu Yuan suddenly raised his eyes again and looked up at the sky.

There,

A woman appeared, a woman radiating dazzling light.