Nine Yang Divine Skill

Fang Gang sat cross-legged on the hard plank bed, his blood and energy surging like a furnace.

He opened his left hand, and on his palm lay the incomplete talisman Ling Shuang had given him – a dark yellow paper, the cinnabar runes missing a significant portion, its spiritual light dim, like a candle in the wind.

"Use the body as the talisman..." Fang Gang muttered to himself, his eyes flashing with madness and determination.

The defense of the perfected Vajra Indestructible Divine Art was robust, but it lacked explosive counter-attack capabilities.

If the lightning power contained within this incomplete talisman could be integrated into his own body...

He no longer hesitated. With his right hand, he formed a blade with his fingers, a dark golden sheen covering his fingertips, and with a fierce stab, he plunged them into the thickest part of the muscle on the outer side of his left arm!

His fingertips easily tore through the tough skin and burrowed into the muscle! The powerful recovery brought by his physique meant the wound barely bled.

Fang Gang didn't even flinch. He precisely and forcefully pressed the incomplete lightning talisman into the muscle fibers of his own arm!

Hummm—!!!

The moment the talisman entered his body, a drastic change occurred!

As if finding its home, the incomplete talisman instantly erupted with a blinding purple-white lightning!

The berserk lightning power, like a runaway wild horse, violently assaulted Fang Gang's flesh, bones, and sinews! The pain was like being pierced by countless steel needles!

"Hmph!" Fang Gang grunted, veins bulging on his forehead! But his gaze was fierce as a wolf's, and not only did he not retreat, he instead fully circulated the True Vajra Indestructible Divine Art (Completed Remnant Version)!

The Indestructible Golden Body was pushed to its limit! A dark golden sheen instantly covered his entire left arm, his muscles becoming like the toughest alloy chains, tightly coiling and restraining that rampant lightning!

At the same time, the nascent Nine Yang Inner Breath in his dantian was furiously ignited! The golden-red supreme yang energy, like molten lava, surged through his meridians into his left arm, forcibly enveloping and refining the rampaging lightning!

Crackle! Crackle!

Golden-red and purple-white furiously intertwined, clashed, and annihilated within Fang Gang's arm!

It was like two archenemies locked in a death struggle within a confined space! Beneath the skin of his left arm, golden light flared at times, and lightning snakes danced at others, his muscles expanding and contracting violently, emitting bone-chilling creaking sounds!

The intense pain surged through Fang Gang's nerves like a tide! But his will was like iron, he guarded his mind fiercely, guiding and integrating with all his might!

The defense of the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art served as the cage, and the supreme yang of the Nine Yang Inner Breath acted as the furnace!

After an unknown amount of time, which felt as long as a century.

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

The purple-white lightning did not vanish but was instead dyed with a faint golden-red, like a docile stream, ultimately being forcefully compressed and branded deep within the bones of Fang Gang's left arm!

Forming an extremely faint, yet truly existing, phantom of a purple-gold lightning rune!

The pain receded like a tide.

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

His skin was completely unharmed, the dark golden sheen still present, but deep within his muscles and bones, a new, berserk yet contained power lay dormant!

That was... the forcefully tamed lightning power! Though weak, it was as if it were part of him, responding to his will!

It was done!

With a thought, he attempted to rouse the dormant lightning.

Zzzt!

Beneath the skin on the outside of his left forearm, a small purple-golden arc of electricity flashed and vanished!

A faint smell of scorching and a robust aura of lightning permeated the air!

[Ding! Host successfully melted and refined the incomplete lightning talisman with his physical body! Acquired temporary skill: Golden Body Protection (Pseudo)!]

[Effect: Consumes a large amount of blood and energy to instantly activate the lightning power contained within the left arm, forming a one-time supreme yang lightning barrier shield (intensity is directly proportional to blood and energy consumed). It can withstand Grade B attacks or inflict a powerful backlash on Yin-evil entities! Cooldown: 12 hours.]

A one-time shield! A life-saving trump card for critical moments! Fang Gang's eyes shot out with brilliance! It was worth it!

Just then, his phone rang with a piercing alarm! An emergency push notification from the Special Affairs Bureau popped up on the screen:

"Large-scale abnormal energy reaction detected at the abandoned textile factory in the old industrial zone of the East City! Strong corpse energy and soul fluctuations detected! Danger level: B+! Residents in the vicinity are requested to evacuate immediately! Repeat..."

Textile factory? Massive corpse energy?

Fang Gang leaped to his feet! Evolution points! A large amount of evolution points! Moreover, a place like this... might just have traces of the Nightmare Holy Cult!

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

Deep within his left arm, the newly formed lightning rune pulsed slightly.

He kicked open the door and charged out like a tiger descending the mountain, carrying his halberd!

East City, abandoned textile factory.

The area was already shrouded in a dense, almost tangible, gray-black corpse energy, like a colossal graveyard.

The air was filled with a nauseating stench of decay and a cacophony of noise pollution formed by the weeping of countless vengeful souls.

Three figures weaved through the corpse energy like specters, their speed so fast they left afterimages!

They were clad in identical pitch-black combat attire, their faces covered by pale, blank masks, etched with the distorted patterns of crying faces – outer killers of the Nightmare Holy Cult!

In their hands, they wielded a peculiar weapon – the Hundred Soul Wailing Halberd!

The black body of the halberd was assembled from countless small bone segments, and its tip was embedded with a fist-sized, wailing skull of a vengeful soul that emitted piercing shrieks!

With every swing, it stirred up vast swathes of chilling winds and ghostly wails, forming a mental impact!

"The intel was correct! The bald guy really showed up!" the leader of the black-clad figures rasped, his eyes beneath the mask fixed intently on the direction of the textile factory entrance.

There, a dark golden figure shouldering a Bronze Battle Halberd was tearing through the corpse qi, striding in!

"Kill him! Lord Blood Sacrifice has a reward!" another black-clad figure shrieked, fiercely pointing the wailing halberd in his hand at Fang Gang!

The skull of vengeful spirits at the tip let out a piercing shrieking sonic wave, like an invisible drill, fiercely stabbing towards Fang Gang's mind!

"Move out!" the third person, acting in perfect coordination, flanked from the side. The wailing halberd stirred up a gust of chilling wind, sweeping directly at Fang Gang's lower body! The halberd's shadow was heavy, filled with ghostly cries and howls!

The moment Fang Gang stepped into the factory area, the piercing sonic wave and the chilling winds and ghostly wails assaulted him! Any ordinary cultivator would have been suffering from a splitting headache and lost control of their mind by now!

But he merely furrowed his brow. The Vajra Indestructible Divine Art, combined with his Vajra cultivation method, circulated, his blood like mercury, and his spirit steadfast!

This mental impact felt like a gentle breeze against his face! A fierce glint flashed in his eyes. He completely ignored the sonic attack and the halberd's shadow from the side!

Facing the wailing halberd thrusting at him head-on, Fang Gang didn't dodge. Instead, he accelerated his charge!

He raised the heavy Bronze Battle Halberd with his right hand, swinging it like a fire poker, carrying the terrifying Savage Elephant Power, and smashed it down fiercely at the wailing halberd of the leading black-clad figure!

Might overcomes technique! One strength defeats ten skills!

Clang—!!!!

A piercing metallic explosion resounded! The Bronze Battle Halberd and the Hundred Soul Wailing Halberd collided fiercely!

Crack!

The halberd's body instantly became covered in web-like cracks!

The vengeful spirit skull at the tip let out a shrill, distorted cry, then exploded with a "puff"! Countless vengeful spirit fragments scattered everywhere!

"Pfft!" The leading black-clad figure was struck as if by lightning. His tiger's mouth split open, blood gushing out!

He was sent flying backward by the terrifying immense force, crashing violently into a pile of discarded textile machinery, his fate unknown!

[Ding! Critically damaged Nightmare Cultist (Grade C)! Gained Evolution Points +15!]

At the same time, the wailing halberd sweeping from the side also ruthlessly struck Fang Gang's ribs!

With a dull thud, dense chilling winds and ghostly qi wrapped around him like maggots on a bone, attempting to corrupt him!

However, Fang Gang's defenses instantly activated!

The chilling wind and ghostly qi, sufficient to freeze the soul, crashed into the Indestructible Golden Body, emitting a violent corrosive "hissing" sound, rising in large clouds of green smoke. But it was like hitting a bronze wall, unable to advance an inch!

It didn't even manage to tear Fang Gang's clothes!

"How is this possible?!"

The eyes of the attacking black-clad figure beneath his mask widened, filled with disbelief! His Hundred Soul Wailing Halberd couldn't even break through the bald guy's defense?!

"My turn!"

A cold voice like the pronouncement of death!

Fang Gang's left hand shot out like lightning, his five fingers like dragon claws forged from dark gold, grabbing the body of the wailing halberd still stuck to his waist!

Crack!

A bone-chilling sound of cracking! The wailing halberd was crushed by him with sheer force! At the same time, his right hand swung the Bronze Battle Halberd in a horizontal sweep!

Whoosh—!

The heavy halberd blade tore through the air, carrying the power to crush everything!

Swoosh!

The attacking black-clad figure couldn't even scream before his upper body, along with the pale mask on his face, was cleanly severed at the waist by the ferocious halberd blade! Foul blood and internal organs sprayed violently!

[Ding! Killed Nightmare Cultist (Grade C)! Gained Evolution Points +20!]

Seeing this, the last remaining black-clad figure was terrified! He didn't dare to linger any longer!

With a strange cry, he turned and fled desperately towards the depths of the factory, where the corpse qi was densest and the machinery most concentrated!

How could Fang Gang let him escape? A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and he was about to pursue.

Suddenly!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

From the depths of the factory, three massive refrigerated containers covered in green slime were violently smashed open from the inside!

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

Fierce green light flickered in their eyes, and they spewed out poisonous green mist from their mouths. Their speed was greater than Purple Zombies, and their strength was stronger—Green Zombies (Grade C)!

Even more terrifyingly, they weren't empty-handed!

In the hands of each Green Zombie, they dragged a rusty executioner's guillotined blade entwined with filthy iron chains!

The heavy blade edges dragged on the ground, emitting a piercing scraping sound, exuding a strong bloody and malevolent aura!

Three armed Green Zombies!

Arranged in a triangular formation, carrying a dense corpse poison domain, they charged towards Fang Gang like three runaway tanks!

The heavy Executioner's Axe was raised high, stirring up a fierce wind that tore through the air!

The last fleeing black-clothed figure took the opportunity to hide behind a massive spinning machine, letting out a venomous roar: "Kill him! Tear this bald guy apart!"

Facing this sudden three-pronged attack, Fang Gang's eyes were as cold as iron. Instead of retreating, he forcefully planted the Bronze Battle Halberd into the ground!

"Perfect, time to test out something new!"

He took a deep breath, and the Savage Elephant Power within him surged madly!

Following the introductory method of the "True Two Forms Push Hand," his blood and energy instantly formed a peculiar spiral force field around his arms!

The muscles in his dark golden arms slightly bulged, and it seemed as if airflow was rapidly rotating beneath his skin!

He didn't retreat but advanced, actively charging towards the Green Zombie rushing at him head-on!

At the very instant the heavy Executioner's Axe was about to chop down, his body slid half a step to the left like a phantom, narrowly grazing the cold blade!

Simultaneously, his left hand shot out like lightning. Instead of a direct confrontation, his five fingers formed a claw, carrying a strange, guiding soft strength. It accurately latched onto the Green Zombie's right arm joint, which was holding the axe!

"Unload!"

With a low shout, the spiraling soft strength erupted!

The Green Zombie's powerful downward chop was guided by this soft strength, its force instantly diverted!

With a "clang," the heavy Executioner's Axe fiercely struck the concrete floor by Fang Gang's feet, creating a deep pit and sending gravel flying!

The Green Zombie's body lurched from the force, leaving its center wide open!

"Die!"

A malevolent light flashed in Fang Gang's eyes! His right fist was already charged!

The dark golden fist, infused with Nine Yang Inner Breath, carrying a low roar, blasted like a cannonball into the exposed chest of the off-balance Green Zombie!

BOOM—!!!

A terrifying muffled sound! The Green Zombie's tough chest instantly caved in! A large hole exploded through its back!

Crimson-golden Yang flame blood and energy pierced through its body! Its massive frame flew backward like a tattered sack, crashing through a row of discarded spinning machines!

[Ding! Killed Green Zombie (Grade C)! Gained Evolution Points +10!]

One strike, one kill! The Two Forms Push Hand showed its power early on!

The executioner's axes of the other two Green Zombies were already sweeping in from the left and right with a vicious wind!

Fang Gang's body felt as weightless as catkins, his footwork evasive and strange, precisely the basic evasion granted by the introductory stage of the "True Lingbo Micro-step"!

It allowed him to narrowly slip through the gap between the two sweeping axes!

He casually picked up the Bronze Battle Halberd planted in the ground, pouring Savage Elephant Power into it! The heavy halberd felt weightless in his hands, transforming into a dark streak of light that tore through the corpse energy, carrying the force of lightning. With a mighty horizontal sweep!

CLANG! SQUELCH!

The left Green Zombie's Executioner's Axe was forcefully knocked away by the halberd! The blade's momentum did not diminish, and it sliced fiercely into its neck! A head covered in green fur flew towards the sky!

The right Green Zombie's axe was dodged by Fang Gang as he sidestepped, the blade deeply embedding itself into the nearby machinery!

As it tried to pull the axe free, a fist covered in dark golden luster, with tiny arcs of electricity crackling, had already slammed into its temple with the roar of death!

Like a bursting watermelon!

[Ding! Killed Green Zombie (Grade C)… Gained Evolution Points +10… +10!]

[Available Evolution Points: 55!]

In just over ten seconds, all three armed Green Zombies were annihilated!

Fang Gang flicked the blood off the halberd's blade, his cold gaze sweeping over the shadows behind the spinning machines like a searchlight. "Your turn."

The last black-clothed figure was so terrified that his liver and gall ruptured. He turned to flee!

Fang Gang stomped his foot, the ground cracking! His body shot out like an arrow released from a bow! His speed far surpassed the other party's!

Just as he was about to grab the black-clothed figure—

Deep within his left arm, the phantom image of the refined lightning rune suddenly flickered! A strong sense of alarm washed over him like ice water!

BOOM!!!

A massive energy beam, as thick as a bucket, glowing a sickly green tinged with foul bloody light, erupted without warning from the deepest part of the factory, where the corpse energy was most concentrated!

Carrying an aura of utter destruction, it tore through layers of machinery and instantly blasted towards Fang Gang!

The 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 silently in his heart! The purplish-golden lightning rune on his left arm instantly ignited! The dormant lightning power, mixed with his immense blood and energy, surged out frantically!

SHZZZZ—!!!

A purplish-golden lightning shield, less than a foot in diameter and condensed to its extreme, instantly formed in front of Fang Gang's chest! Countless tiny arcs of electricity leaped wildly across the shield's surface, emitting a terrifying aura of utmost yang and extreme hardness, capable of destroying evil spirits!

Boom—!!!!

The ghastly green blood beam cannon struck the lightning shield fiercely!

An indescribable explosion occurred instantly! Blinding light devoured everything! A furious shockwave erupted in a circular blast!

It sent all the discarded machinery within tens of meters flying and tearing apart! The entire factory building shook violently!

Amidst the dust and chaotic energy flows, Fang Gang's figure was blasted out fiercely! But while still in mid-air, he forcefully twisted his body!

Swoosh!

The Bronze Battle Halberd was thrown from his hand, transforming into a deadly streak of dark light. It accurately pierced the back of the fleeing black-clothed man, pinning him firmly to a broken brick wall!

[Ding! Eliminated Nightmare Cultist (Grade C)! Gained +20 Evolution Points!]

[Available Evolution Points: 75!]

Fang Gang landed heavily, his feet carving two deep trenches in the concrete floor!

His chest heaved violently, and his left arm throbbed with a tearing pain and a sense of emptiness. This was the side effect of his Qi and blood, along with the lightning energy, being instantly drained!

The clothes on his chest were scorched and torn, revealing his dark golden skin beneath. On his skin, a burning red mark was clearly visible! But it was just a red mark! His skin hadn't even broken!

He had blocked it! Using the one-time Golden Body Protection, he had endured the surprise cannon fire that was enough to heavily injure a Grade B expert!

He abruptly raised his head, his cold gaze piercing through the lingering dust, locking onto the core area deep within the factory where the corpse energy surged!

There, a blurry figure in a dark red robe was slowly retracting a withered hand. In front of the palm, a ghastly green energy array formed from countless resentful souls was slowly dissipating.

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

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

The dark red figure seemed to let out a sound of surprise, clearly not expecting Fang Gang to survive the blow.

The figure flickered and merged into the surging corpse energy, vanishing instantly.

"Running?" Fang Gang's eyes blazed like blood. He remembered this aura! It was even more potent with the scent of blood than that rat controlling the flute!

He didn't pursue immediately. The opponent was clearly prepared, and their methods were bizarre.

He walked over to the impaled black-clothed man and pulled out the Bronze Battle Halberd.

From within the man's tattered clothes, he felt out a blood-stained metal token engraved with a twisted, crying face pattern.

[Ding! Detected Nightmare Holy Cult Outer Killer Token (Crying Face). Do you want to spend 1 Evolution Point to analyze the internal data?]

"Analyze!"

[Evolution Points -1!]

[Analyzing...]

[Information Fragment: ...Target "Baldy"...Dangerous...Reported to Blood Sacrifice...Coordinates...Linjiang University...Old Dormitory...]

Linjiang University? The old dormitory building?

Fang Gang's eyes narrowed. This Holy Cult was truly persistent!

He shouldered the halberd and walked out of the messy battlefield, carrying the smoky scent and killing intent.

As soon as he returned to the apartment building, Old Zhao poked his head out, holding a delivery bag, his expression a little 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 with its even heavier killing aura.

Fang Gang took the delivery bag and tore it open.

A booklet thicker than before slid out. The cover was a fiery red, emblazoned with nine burning suns!

"Nine Yang Divine Skill (Complete Mastered Edition)"

A line of small text beside it read: Nine Yangs United, Burning All Directions! (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 throbbing left arm. The fire burning in his eyes not only didn't diminish but became even more intense!

His defense had reached a new breakthrough.

His offense had gained new methods.

Now, the complete Nine Yang Divine Skill had also arrived!

Nightmare Holy Cult? Blood Sacrifice Priest?

The old dormitory building?

Just you wait!

I'm coming, using the Nine Yang True Fire... to disinfect you all!

He picked up his phone, and on the screen, Chen Tao's messages flashed frantically:

"Brother Fang! Are you okay?! The energy reaction at the textile factory disappeared! The surveillance saw you come out! Oh my god! That explosion just now..."

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