Chapter 348 - Win-or-Die Battle (1/2)
The rest were astounded to see Xiao Chen’s cruel expression. They knew then that death would be out of Ling Fei’s reach today. Several Nirvana Realm cultivators charged at Xiao Chen upon seeing this, not to save Ling Fei but to put up an act in front of the Orthodox community.
With a loud howl, Guifeng summoned his Soul power to reinforce the Barrier. The Nirvana Realm cultivators might be durable, but they wouldn’t be able to break through his Devil Devourment Barrier so soon.
Xiao Chen spun around and peered indifferently at Ling Fei. Though encased in a layer of ice, Ling Fei could see everything outside. His eyes were filled with fear. He had no idea how Xiao Chen planned on torturing him. His sole desire now was death! He wanted to die and enter the Wheel of Reincarnation!
“Thump!”
Xiao Chen shattered the ice with a palm attack. Ling Fei immediately tried to commit deliverance as soon as he escaped his bind, wanting to drag Xiao Chen to hell with him.
“Absolute Domain!”
Following Xiao Chen’s cry, a spatial force materialized inside the Barrier, and Ling Fei found himself unable to move anymore. His shock was soon replaced by fury as he yelled, “Xiao Chen! Just end me with a single hack if you dare! Even if I become a ghost, I won’t let you off…” A hair-raising scream escaped his mouth before he could finish. Xiao Chen had pierced Ling Fei’s chest with his right hand and taken out his heart.
Xiao Chen’s hand and arm were drenched with blood while Ling Fei’s bloody heart remained beating in his palm. The people outside turned pale, and some female disciples even looked away. This was too cruel.
Unless their soul were destroyed, cultivators wouldn’t die so quickly. Ling Fei’s eyes widened to see Xiao Chen clutching his heart in the latter’s palm, speechless.
“No one has ever been able to hurt her…”
Black Qi was winding around Xiao Chen. His expression was twisted with cruelty. Once he finished speaking, he loudly crushed Ling Fei’s heart in front of him.
“Pff!” Blood sprayed from Ling Fei’s mouth. Before the others even digested what was going on, they heard another scream from him. This time, Xiao Chen pierced his elixir field with his left hand and fished out the gold elixir that was about to transform into a Nascent Soul.
“No one can hurt her!” Xiao Chen bellowed. With another thump, he pulverized the golden elixir. Ling Fei once again coughed up blood and started shaking.
His scream reverberated throughout the public square. A pale-faced Ling Ruoxu couldn’t stop trembling as he kept shouting, “Kill him! Please kill him!”
Xiao Chen’s evil energy was so dense that Yu Yifeng felt that he was falling deeper and deeper into the dark side. If this continued, Xiao Chen might very well become a demon. Then, he turned around with great difficulty and yelled, “Xiao Chen! Stop!”
Qingyu had long turned pale from fright. Tears streamed down her face as she cried in a trembling voice, “Junior Brother Xiao, please stop… You’ll become a demon… It’s not worth it, not worth it…”
There were many in the distance, including Perfected Immortal Qing Chen, Su Yue, and Xiaoyue, who looked stunned. Xiao Chen’s sneer never left his face. Then, out of the blue, he perforated Ling Fei’s eyes with two fingers.
“Arghhh!” Ling Fei’s heart-rendering screech filled the air. Now, he was left with two empty sockets that overflowed with blood. He was a frightening sight.
“Fiend… Fiend… You’re a fiend…”
Xiao Chen sneered and grabbed Ling Fei’s upper and lower jaw. Then, he forcefully tore down Ling Fei’s lower jaw along with his flesh and skin. This made his face look even more ghastly. Even the cultivators who had experienced numerous near-death scenarios couldn’t help feeling a chill down their spine.
Outside the Barrier, a storm was brewing. Master Xuanji and Monk Xu Gu closed their eyes and quietly chanted Buddhist mantras, “Amitabha, amitabha, amitabha…”
Far in the distance, many independent cultivators shivered. They could feel hair raising on their skin. An elderly man among them sighed. “When you fight demons for too long, you inevitably become a demon yourself…”
Ling Fei was half-dead by now as he lay there shaking. Without his lower jaw, he could eke out only barely intelligible words. “Kill me… Kill me…”
“Oh, but how could I grant your death so easily? I want you never to be able to reincarnate!”
Following Xiao Chen’s cry, he produced countless black Qi on the hollow of his palm and directed them at Ling Fei’s head. Moments later, a wisp of cyan smoke emerged out of Ling Fei’s midbrows. Xiao Chen swiftly cast a few spells and sealed the wisp of smoke in a talisman. The smoke was Ling Fei’s soul.
“Xiao Chen, you’ll die a horrible death. In my next life, I won’t let you off even if I become a ghost…” Ling Fei’s mournful cry erupted from the talisman and filled the public square. Coupled with the overcast sky, everyone felt a hair-raising chill.
Xiao Chen put the talisman away in his Divine Vessel and then looked at the devilish horse. With a neigh, the horse immediately walked over to him and hauled up Ling Fei’s body. It crushed the body in a few bites before swallowing it whole.
This was also when Guifeng’s Soul power had exhausted itself, and the Barrier gradually dissolved. No one said anything until Ling Ruoxu’s trembling voice resounded. “Xiao Chen… what are you planning to do to his soul?”
Xiao Chen scoffed. “Didn’t you hear me? I want him never to be able to reincarnate!”
Finally, Master Xuanji opened his eyes and said, “There is no end to the sea of suffering. Please return to the shore and repent. Benefactor Xiao, why bother being so attached to…”
Xiao Chen ignored him and turned to look at the people outside. He said frostily, “I’m going! Will any of you stop me?!”
His terrifying methods earlier had horrified numerous Orthodox disciples to the core. When they heard what he said, they immediately retreated. In the distance, Qi Heng of the Order of the Divine Fire stood tall with his hands clasped behind his back. He said, “Did you think you’ll be able to leave after killing so many people today?”