Nine Yang Divine Skill

Fang Gang sat cross-legged on the hard wooden bed, his blood and qi surging around him like a furnace.

His left palm lay open, holding the incomplete talisman Ling Shuang had given him—dark yellow talisman paper, cinnabar runes missing nearly half their pattern, its spiritual glow dim like a candle flickering in the wind.

"Using the body as a talisman..." Fang Gang muttered, madness and resolve flashing in his eyes.

The Vajra Indestructible Body's perfected defense was tough enough, but it lacked an explosive means of counterattack.

If he could fuse the lightning power contained within this incomplete talisman into his body...

He hesitated no longer. He brought the fingers of his right hand together like a blade, dark gold covering his fingertips, and stabbed fiercely into the thickest muscle on the outside of his left arm!

His fingertips easily pierced his resilient skin and sank deep into the muscle! The powerful regenerative ability granted by his physique meant the wound barely bled.

Fang Gang did not even furrow his brow as he precisely forced the incomplete lightning talisman into the muscle fibers of his arm!

Bzzz—!!!

The instant the talisman entered his body, a sudden change occurred!

The incomplete talisman seemed to have found its home, erupting at once with blinding violet-white lightning!

The violent lightning power rampaged through Fang Gang's flesh, bones, and tendons like a wild horse breaking loose! The agony was like billions of steel needles stabbing into him!

"Hmph!" Fang Gang let out a muffled grunt, veins bulging on his forehead! But his eyes were as fierce as a wolf's. Not only did he not retreat, he fully activated the complete version of the incomplete True Vajra Indestructible Divine Art!

The Indestructible Golden Body was pushed to its limit! A dark golden glow instantly covered his entire left arm, its muscles like the toughest alloy chains, tightly binding and imprisoning the violent lightning!

At the same time, the newly born Nine Yang Inner Breath in his dantian was frantically drawn forth! Golden-red supreme yang power surged like molten lava through his meridians into his left arm, forcibly wrapping around and refining the rampaging lightning!

Crackle! Crackle!

Gold-red and violet-white crazily intertwined, collided, and annihilated each other within Fang Gang's arm!

It was like two mortal enemies fighting to the death in a cramped space! Beneath the skin of his left arm, golden light flared one moment and lightning serpents danced the next. His muscles violently swelled and contracted, producing teeth-grinding creaks!

The extreme pain crashed against Fang Gang's nerves like waves! But his will was iron, and he tightly guarded his mind as he guided and fused the energies with all his strength!

The Vajra Indestructible Body's defense served as a cage, while the supreme yang of the Nine Yang Inner Breath served as a furnace!

Who knew how long passed? It felt as though an entire century had gone by.

The violent lightning power in his left arm was finally completely suppressed and refined by the Nine Yang Inner Breath!

The violet-white lightning did not disappear. Instead, like a docile stream, it was dyed with a faint golden-red hue before being forcibly compressed and branded deep into Fang Gang's left arm bones!

It formed an extremely faint yet genuinely existing phantom of a violet-gold lightning rune!

The pain receded like the tide.

Fang Gang slowly opened his eyes, sweat soaking through his undershirt. He lowered his head and looked at his left arm.

Its skin was completely unharmed, its dark golden sheen unchanged, but deep within its muscles, tendons, and bones lurked a brand-new power—violent, yet restrained!

That was... lightning power forcibly tamed by him! Though weak, it obeyed his will as easily as an arm or finger!

It worked!

With a thought, he tried to draw upon the dormant lightning.

Crackle!

A tiny violet-gold arc flashed beneath the skin on the outside of his left forearm!

A faint burnt smell and a vigorous lightning aura spread through the air!

Ding! The host has successfully refined an incomplete lightning talisman with his physical body! Temporary skill obtained: Golden Body Protection (Pseudo)!

Effect: Consumes a large amount of blood and qi to instantly activate the lightning power within the left arm, forming a one-time supreme yang lightning shield (strength is proportional to blood and qi consumed). Can withstand Grade B attacks or inflict powerful backlash on yin and evil entities! Cooldown: 12 hours.

A one-time shield! A lifesaving trump card for critical moments! A sharp gleam burst from Fang Gang's eyes! It was worth it!

Just then, his phone sounded a piercing alarm! An emergency push notification from the Special Affairs Bureau appeared on the screen:

"Large-scale abnormal energy reactions have occurred at the abandoned textile factory in the old industrial district east of the city! Strong corpse qi and ghostly soul fluctuations detected! Danger level: B+! Nearby residents, evacuate immediately! Repeat..."

A textile factory? Massive corpse qi?

Fang Gang sprang to his feet! Evolution Points! A huge number of Evolution Points! And in a place like this... there might even be traces of the Nightmare Holy Cult!

He grabbed the Bronze Battle Halberd leaning against the wall, his dark golden bald head reflecting a cold gleam in the dim room.

Deep within his left arm, the newly formed lightning rune faintly trembled.

He slammed open the door and rushed out with the halberd over his shoulder like a tiger descending the mountain!

East of the city, abandoned textile factory.

The place had long been shrouded in gray-black corpse qi so dense it could not disperse, like a massive graveyard.

The air was filled with nauseating rot and the noise pollution of countless resentful souls sobbing.

Three figures darted through the corpse qi like ghosts, moving so quickly they left afterimages behind!

They wore matching black combat outfits and pale, featureless masks carved with twisted crying faces—the outer-circle assassins of the Nightmare Holy Cult!

Each held a strange weapon—the Hundred Soul Wailing Halberd!

The black halberd shafts were pieced together from countless tiny joints of bone, each topped with a fist-sized skull containing a resentful soul that endlessly emitted shrill wails!

Every swing stirred up gusts of yin wind and ghostly howls, producing mental assaults!

"The intelligence was right! That bald man really came!" The leading man in black spoke hoarsely, his eyes beneath the mask fixed tightly on the textile factory entrance.

There, a dark golden figure carrying a Bronze Battle Halberd was tearing through the corpse qi and striding inside!

"Kill him! The blood sacrifice lord will reward us greatly!" another black-clad man shrieked, fiercely pointing his Wailing Halberd at Fang Gang!

The resentful soul skull at its tip released a piercing sonic shriek that shot into Fang Gang's mind like an invisible awl!

"Move!" The third man coordinated perfectly, circling from the side. His Wailing Halberd swept toward Fang Gang's legs in a blast of yin wind! Halberd shadows overlapped as ghosts wailed!

The moment Fang Gang stepped into the factory grounds, the piercing sonic assault and ghostly yin wind came crashing toward him! An ordinary cultivator would already have been suffering splitting headaches and a shattered focus!

But Fang Gang merely frowned. The Indestructible Golden Body worked in concert with his Vajra cultivation art, his blood and qi flowing like mercury and his mind utterly stable!

This little mental assault was no more than a breeze brushing his face! A fierce glint flashed in his eyes as he completely ignored the sonic attack and the yin wind halberd shadow from the side!

Facing the Wailing Halberd stabbing at him from the front, Fang Gang neither dodged nor retreated. Instead, he accelerated forward!

He swung the heavy Bronze Battle Halberd with his right hand as though it were a fire poker, smashing it at the leading man in black's Wailing Halberd with the terrifying Savage Elephant Power!

Breaking skill with strength! One force overcame ten techniques!

Clang—!!!!

A piercing metallic explosion rang out! The Bronze Battle Halberd and the Hundred Soul Wailing Halberd collided violently!

Crack!

The halberd shaft was instantly covered in spiderweb-like fractures!

The resentful soul skull at the tip emitted a shriek so miserable it changed pitch, then burst apart with a pop! Countless fragments of resentful souls scattered in every direction!

"Pfft!" The leading man in black seemed to have been struck by lightning. His tiger's mouth split open, and blood sprayed wildly!

His entire body was launched backward by the horrifying force, crashing into a pile of abandoned textile machinery. Whether he lived or died was unknown!

Ding! Nightmare Cultist (Grade C) heavily injured! Evolution Points +15!

At the same time, the Wailing Halberd sweeping in from the side slammed heavily into Fang Gang's waist and ribs!

With a dull impact, thick yin wind and ghostly qi coiled around him like maggots on bone, trying to corrode him!

However, Fang Gang's defense activated instantly!

The yin wind and ghostly qi, enough to freeze a soul, collided with the Indestructible Golden Body and hissed violently as they corroded it. Great clouds of green smoke rose, but it was like striking a copper wall and iron barrier—they could not advance even an inch!

They could not even tear his clothes!

"How is that possible?!"

The eyes beneath the ambushing man's mask widened in disbelief! His Hundred Soul Wailing Halberd could not break through this bald man's defense?!

"My turn!"

The cold voice was like a declaration from the god of death!

Fang Gang's left hand shot out like lightning, its five fingers like dragon claws cast from dark gold, seizing the shaft of the Wailing Halberd still pressed against his waist!

Crack!

A bone-breaking sound that made teeth ache! He crushed the Wailing Halberd with brute force! At the same time, his Bronze Battle Halberd followed through with a sweeping strike!

Whoosh—!

The heavy halberd blade tore through the air, carrying crushing power!

Splat!

The ambushing man in black did not even have time to scream before his upper body, along with the pale mask on his face, was severed at the waist by the violent halberd blade! Foul blood and organs sprayed everywhere!

Ding! Nightmare Cultist (Grade C) killed! Evolution Points +20!

When the last remaining man in black saw this, his soul nearly fled his body! How could he dare remain?

With a strange cry, he turned and fled desperately toward the deepest part of the factory, where the corpse qi was thickest and the machines most densely packed!

How could Fang Gang let him escape? A fierce gleam flashed in his eyes as he prepared to pursue.

Suddenly!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Deep within the factory, three enormous refrigerated containers covered in green slime were violently smashed open from the inside!

Three zombies with dark green skin covered in short, stiff green fur roared as they charged out!

Violent green light flickered in their eyes, and they spewed pale green toxic mist from their mouths. They were faster and stronger than Purple Zombies—Green Zombies, Grade C!

Even more terrifyingly, they were not barehanded!

Each Green Zombie dragged a rusty executioner's blade wrapped in filthy iron chains!

The heavy blades scraped along the ground with piercing screeches, radiating a dense stench of blood and baleful energy!

Three armed Green Zombies!

They formed a triangular formation, carrying a dense domain of corpse poison as they charged toward Fang Gang like three out-of-control tanks!

The heavy executioner's blades rose high, stirring foul winds that tore through the air!

The last fleeing man in black took the opportunity to hide behind an enormous spinning machine and shrieked resentfully, "Kill him! Tear that bald man apart!"

Facing the sudden three-sided assault, Fang Gang's gaze was cold as iron. Not only did he not retreat, he violently drove the Bronze Battle Halberd into the ground!

"Perfect. Time to try something new!"

He took a deep breath as Savage Elephant Power surged wildly through his body!

Following the introductory method of the True Two Forms Push Hand, his blood and qi instantly formed a strange spiraling force field around both arms!

The muscles of his dark golden arms swelled slightly, as though currents of air were spinning rapidly beneath his skin!

Rather than retreating, he advanced and actively met the Green Zombie charging straight at him!

At the instant the heavy executioner's blade was about to fall, his body slid half a step to the left like a ghost, narrowly brushing past the cold blade!

At the same time, his left hand shot out like lightning. Instead of meeting the attack head-on, his five fingers curled into a claw, carrying a strange, gentle pulling force as they accurately landed on the joint of the Green Zombie's blade-wielding right arm!

"Redirect!"

With that low shout, the spiraling soft force erupted!

The Green Zombie's powerful downward strike was pulled aside by that gentle force, its momentum instantly diverted!

With a bang, the heavy executioner's blade chopped into the concrete beside Fang Gang's feet, blasting out a deep pit and scattering shattered stones!

The Green Zombie staggered from the pull, leaving its center wide open!

"Die!"

A savage light burst from Fang Gang's eyes! His right fist had long been charged!

His dark golden fist, fused with Nine Yang Inner Breath, roared deeply as it smashed into the Green Zombie's exposed chest like a cannonball leaving its barrel!

Bang—!!!

A horrifying dull impact! The Green Zombie's tough chest instantly caved in! A huge hole exploded through its back!

Golden-red flaming blood and qi burst through its body! Its enormous form flew backward like a torn sack, crashing through a row of abandoned spindles!

Ding! Green Zombie (Grade C) killed! Evolution Points +10!

One strike killed the enemy! The Two Forms Push Hand had revealed its initial might!

The executioner's blades of the other two Green Zombies had already swept in from both sides with foul winds!

Fang Gang's body became as weightless as a willow catkin, his footwork shifting unpredictably. It was the basic evasion brought by the introductory True Lingbo Micro-step!

It allowed him to narrowly slip through the gap between the two executioner's blades!

He smoothly grabbed the Bronze Battle Halberd embedded in the ground, pouring Savage Elephant Power into it! The heavy halberd became weightless in his hands, transforming into a black streak that tore through the corpse qi as he unleashed a sweeping strike with the force of thunder!

Clang! Splat!

The executioner's blade of the Green Zombie on the left was violently knocked away by the battle halberd! The halberd blade continued without losing momentum, viciously cutting into its neck! A green-furred head flew into the air!

Fang Gang sidestepped the executioner's blade of the Green Zombie on the right, and its edge chopped deeply into a nearby machine!

Just as it tried to pull its blade free, a fist covered in dark golden light, with faint arcs of electricity dancing over it, had already slammed into its temple with a deathly howl!

Like a watermelon bursting!

Ding! Green Zombie (Grade C) killed... Evolution Points +10... +10!

Available Evolution Points: 55!

In barely a dozen seconds, all three armed Green Zombies had been wiped out!

Fang Gang shook the foul blood from his halberd blade, his cold gaze sweeping through the shadows behind the spinning machine like a searchlight. "Your turn."

The last man in black was terrified out of his wits and turned to run!

Fang Gang kicked off the ground, shattering it beneath his feet! His body shot out like an arrow loosed from a bow! He was far faster than his opponent!

Just as he was about to grab the man in black—

The phantom lightning rune deep within his left arm suddenly throbbed! A powerful warning surged over him like ice water dumped on his head!

Boom!!!

A massive energy beam as thick as a water barrel, pale green mixed with filthy blood-red light, suddenly blasted from the deepest, corpse qi-dense part of the factory!

Carrying an aura that could destroy everything, it tore through layer upon layer of machinery and struck Fang Gang in an instant!

Its target was his heart!

Too fast! Too sudden! There was no time to dodge!

It was a trap!

At the brink of life and death!

"Golden Body Protection!" Fang Gang roared inwardly! The violet-gold lightning rune on his left arm ignited instantly! The dormant lightning power mixed with his immense blood and qi, surging out madly!

Crackle—!!!

A violet-gold lightning shield less than a foot in diameter, condensed to the extreme, instantly formed before Fang Gang's chest! Countless tiny electric arcs danced madly across its surface, radiating a terrifying aura of supreme yang, supreme hardness, and evil-destroying power!

BOOM—!!!!

The ghastly green blood-light cannonball slammed viciously into the lightning shield!

An indescribable explosion erupted in an instant! Blinding light devoured everything! A violent shockwave burst outward in a ring!

All the abandoned machinery within dozens of meters was sent flying and torn apart! The entire factory building shook violently!

Amid the dust and turbulent energy currents, Fang Gang was blasted away! But while still in midair, he forcibly twisted his body around!

SPLURT!

The Bronze Battle Halberd flew from his hand, turning into a deadly black streak that precisely pierced through the back of the fleeing man in black! It pinned him firmly to a crumbling brick wall!

Ding! Killed a Nightmare Cult member (Grade C)! Evolution Points +20!

Available Evolution Points: 75!

Fang Gang crashed heavily to the ground, his feet carving two deep trenches into the concrete!

His chest heaved violently. His left arm throbbed with tearing pain and an empty weakness—the backlash of having his vitality and lightning power drained dry in an instant!

The clothes over his chest had been blasted black and shredded, exposing the dark golden skin beneath. A scorching red mark had been left on it! But it was only a red mark! His skin had not even been broken!

He had blocked it! With the one-use Golden Body Protection, he had endured a surprise cannon blast powerful enough to seriously injure a Grade B expert!

He suddenly raised his head, his icy gaze piercing through the thick smoke and locking onto the core area deep within the factory, where corpse energy surged!

There, a blurry figure in a dark crimson robe slowly withdrew a withered hand. Before that hand, a ghastly green energy array formed from countless vengeful souls was gradually fading away.

"Blood Sacrifice... Priest?" Fang Gang's voice carried cold killing intent, like a frigid wind from the underworld.

The searing pain in his left arm and chest completely ignited his ferocity!

The dark crimson figure seemed to let out a startled sound, clearly not expecting Fang Gang to withstand the attack without dying.

The figure flickered and merged into the surging corpse energy, disappearing in an instant.

"Running?" Blood-red ferocity flashed in Fang Gang's eyes. He had memorized that aura! It reeked of blood even more strongly than that rat controlling the flute!

He did not immediately give chase. The other side had clearly come prepared, and their methods were bizarre.

He walked over to the man in black pinned to the wall and pulled out the Bronze Battle Halberd.

Inside the man's shredded collar, he found a bloodstained metal token engraved with the pattern of a twisted crying face.

Ding! Nightmare Holy Cult outer assassin token detected (Crying Face). Spend 1 Evolution Point to analyze its encrypted internal information?

"Analyze!"

Evolution Points -1!

Analyzing...

Information fragments: ...target "Baldy"... dangerous... report to Blood Sacrifice... coordinates... Linjiang University... old dormitories...

Linjiang University? The old dormitory building?

Fang Gang's gaze hardened. This Holy Cult really was impossible to get rid of!

He shouldered the halberd and strode out of the devastated battlefield, covered in gunpowder smoke and killing intent.

The moment he returned to the bottom of his apartment building, Old Zhao poked his head out. He held a delivery package in his hand, his expression somewhat strange.

"Little Fang! Another one for you! This time... it looks like a thicker book?" Old Zhao's voice trembled as he looked at Fang Gang's scorched clothes and the ancient halberd radiating even stronger murderous energy.

Fang Gang took the package and tore it open.

A booklet thicker than any of the previous ones slid out. Its cover was blazing red, printed with nine burning suns!

"Nine Yang Divine Skill (Complete Detailed Explanation)"

A line of small print sat beside it: Nine Yang United as One, Burning Away the Eight Wastelands! (Includes Essence of Heaven and Earth Great Shift)

Fang Gang looked at the cover, then touched the scorching red mark on his chest and his faintly aching left arm. The flames burning in his eyes not only did not fade, but blazed even more fiercely!

His defense had made a new breakthrough.

His attacks had gained a new method.

And now, the complete "Nine Yang Divine Skill" had arrived as well!

Nightmare Holy Cult? Blood Sacrifice Priest?

The old dormitory building?

Just wait!

I'm coming right now, and I'll use Nine Yang True Fire... to disinfect you all!

He picked up his phone. Chen Tao's messages flashed wildly across the screen:

"Brother Fang! Are you okay?! The energy readings at the textile factory disappeared! The surveillance footage showed you coming out! My God! That explosion just now..."

"Something happened at the old dormitory building of Linjiang University! It's really sinister! Our people can't get in at all! Can you..."