Chapter 196 - 171: Never Seen Such a Shameless Person_1

"Liu Zhenshuo, sure enough you are a Martial Spirit Practitioner, be careful, he has activated the power of the Martial Spirit."

Li Xingyuan cried out a warning and sprang up. His sword radiance soared brilliantly, tearing the night sky and slashing towards Liu Zhenshuo.

Clash!

Unleashing the power of his Martial Spirit, Liu Zhenshuo’s strength noticeably increased greatly. The Grandmaster of the Li Family tried to hinder him but was sent flying tens of meters back by a palm from Liu Zhenshuo.

Next, Liu Zhenshuo maneuvered around both sides, evading Li Xingyuan’s Sword Light, and then sprinted forward.

Li Xingyuan chased relentlessly from behind.

Whoosh!

Just as Liu Zhenshuo hit the rooftop of a house, a blade’s light suddenly rushed upwards from below. From bottom to top, it struck towards Liu Zhenshuo.

The power of this blade light was in no way weaker than Li Xingyuan’s three-foot-long Sword Light.

This strike was extremely sudden and the timing was perfect. It was done at the moment when Liu Zhenshuo landed, as his old power had faded and new power had not yet emerged.

Liu Zhenshuo could not dodge it.

At this critical moment, tendrils sprouted from Liu Zhenshuo’s body, each several meters long, which wrapped around him.

With a ripping sound.

The blade light hit the tendrils, and several tendrils were ripped off and flew outwards.

Liu Zhenshuo utilized this and moved horizontally more than ten meters, creating some distance from his opponent.

One could see that although Liu Zhenshuo used his tendrils to block the blade light, he was still injured. A hideous slash wound appeared on his stomach, nearly cutting him in half.

However, his wound was continuously writhing. It was rapidly healing.

"Liu Zhenshuo, did you use this ability to kill my ancestor of the Wei Clan? Today, you will pay with your life."

An old man stood in front of Liu Zhenshuo. The man was towering and buff, carrying a two-meter-long large blade. He urged his inner strength and swung his blade at Liu Zhenshuo.

From behind, Li Xingyuan also arrived with his sword. He shook his War Sword, transforming it into more than a dozen Sword Lights that poured down towards Liu Zhenshuo.

Liu Zhenshuo’s face was incredibly grotesque, he let out a low roar, his eyes doubled in size and a crimson tendril protruded out of his mouth.

Even more tendrils sprouted from his abdomen and his back, as many as a dozen.

Facing two top-notch experts of the Second-rank Master, Liu Zhenshuo was fighting with all he had.

The three figures clashed intensely. Where they passed, houses collapsed, and the ground exploded.

Hearing the disturbance, the nearby citizens were already scared and fled to a distant place.

Lu Yan left the Sanjue Martial Arts Hall and stood on the rooftop of a three-story building, watching from a distance.

Liu Zhenshuo was obviously being suppressed.

After ten moves, he had already been stabbed with one sword and two blades.

If it weren’t for his Martial Spirit’s strong vitality, he would have already died by now.

"This Liu Zhenshuo’s strength seems ordinary, not too strong," Lu Yan speculated.

Initially, back at the Blood Land Vein of the Zhao Clan in Lingwang City, Lu Yan had come across a Martial Spirit just one ranking higher than him, but his strength was incredibly strong, almost on par with his.

That Martial Spirit back then was only Martial Marquis Level Four, but was far stronger than a typical Martial Marquis Level Five.

But observing Liu Zhenshuo’s performance now, even if he was facing one second level master, he wasn’t a match for him. He was significantly weaker.

"It seems that not every Martial Spirit possesses extremely strong combat abilities. The strength is still based on individual attributes. The higher the individual talent, the stronger the Martial Spirit."

Lu Yan analyzed in his mind.

The difference between the levels of a Master is indeed larger than a Martial Marquis, but it’s more because Liu Zhenshuo himself is not strong.

Before Liu Zhenshuo became a Martial Spirit, he was just an ordinary Martial Marquis. Even after becoming a Martial Spirit, he surpasses the same level Martial Cultivators, but he apparently can’t break the boundaries to go beyond his rank.

A few moves later, Liu Zhenshuo was chopped once again by the ancestor of the Wei Clan. His head was almost cut off.

The two Grandmasters from the Li Family had also arrived and assisted from the side. Liu Zhenshuo became even more passive.

Roar!

Liu Zhenshuo let out a low roar, looking even more ferocious. The fog on his body thickened and a black shadow emerged.

This black shadow was extremely weird in shape, like a fleshy ball but its body was covered in tendrils. It screamed shrilly, piercing the eardrums.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

The tendrils extended rapidly, each reaching over thirty meters, whipping like steel whips, striking the four masters.

The two Grandmasters from the Li family were the first to fall and were thrown out.

Even Li Xingyuan and the Ancestor of Wei Clan were forced to continually step back.

Liu Zhenshuo took this opportunity to try to break through the encirclement and escape, but Li Xingyuan and the Ancestor of the Wei Clan immediately steadied their figures, came back for Liu Zhenshuo, and unleashed their fullest combat capability.

With a ripping sound!

Several tendrils of the black shadow were sliced off by the two great experts, but instantly regrew.

However, the aura of the black shadow was noticeably fading.

While the black shadow was strong, it was not invincible.

"This black shadow, maybe it’s the Martial Spirit? It seems that the strength of this black shadow is linked to the Martial Spirit Practitioner himself. The stronger the Practitioner, the stronger this black shadow."

Lu Yan continued analyzing, recalling the Martial Spirit he had encountered in Lingwang City.

When that Martial Spirit used the black shadow, Lu Yan felt a fatal crisis.

But no matter how strong it was, it didn’t reach the Master Level.

But the black shadow of Liu Zhenshuo could compete with a Second-rank Master like Li Xingyuan.

As he thought, a figure not far from Lu Yan, holding a large bow, silently approached the battlefield.

This figure was also an avatar of Lu Yan, the Chasing Star Arrow Avatar.

The Chasing Star Arrow avatar lurked not far from the battlefield, hiding in a corner, looking for an opportunity to strike.

Roar!

Liu Zhenshuo continued to roar, disregarding his own defense, and fiercely launched at the Ancestor of the Wei Clan.

Which master would fight like this? The Ancestor of the Wei Clan was shocked and kept retreating to avoid his ferocity.

But Liu Zhenshuo continued to charge at the Ancestor of the Wei Clan. The Ancestor could only retreat further, swinging his sword in the process. Although he did strike Liu Zhenshuo, the latter continued his aggressive charge, taking advantage of his powerful recovery ability.

If it weren’t for the timely intervention of the two masters of the Li Family, Liu Zhenshuo almost broke out of the encirclement.

"Liu Zhenshuo, you were going to kill me. I’m right here, safe and sound, why aren’t you coming to kill me?"

At this moment, Lu Yan shouted from the rooftop.

Roar!

Liu Zhenshuo looked in Lu Yan’s direction and roared, his murderous intent chilling. However, he was not completely irrational. He continued his defenseless charge at the encirclement formed by Li Xingyuan and others.

Even though the number of wounds on him continued to increase, the encirclement formed by four people including Li Xingyuan and the Ancestor of Wei Clan was under tremendous pressure and could collapse at any time, allowing Liu Zhenshuo to break out.

"Liu Zhenshuo, you old immortal, hurry up and come to kill me, I am waiting for you. Do you have the guts? You waste."

Lu Yan continued to curse, trying to destabilize his opponent’s mind.

"Liu Zhenshuo, as the master of the Liu family, you are afraid of death. You chose the path of Martial Spirit to survive, pushing the Liu Family into the abyss. The achievements the Liu ancestors painstakingly obtained will be destroyed in your hands. Can you face the Liu ancestors and your parents?"

"They cannot rest in peace after death and their souls cannot find rest. All of this is your doing. After you die, you will go to hell."

Lu Yan continued to shout.

Roar Roar...

Liu Zhenshuo roared like a beast, his face showing a struggle. From time to time, he would glance towards Lu Yan, seemingly wanting to charge at and kill him.

But his rationality told him that he needed to break through the encirclement and escape.

As he hesitated and struggled, Li Xingyuan and others readjusted their approach and, after a series of moves, hit the shadowy figure resembling a meatball.

The shadow continuously grew weaker.

"Liu Zhenshuo, if I were you, I would buy a slab of tofu and smash my own head with it. Shamelessly living in this world. I have never seen a man as brazen as you..."

Lu Yan continued to yell.

At this point, Liu Zhenshuo had his Martial Spirit added to him and was on the verge of a violent transformation. His mind had become greatly affected, his sanity was being swallowed up, and he was like a powder keg, ready to explode at the slightest spark.

After being continuously provoked by Lu Yan, he could no longer bear it and roared. He charged towards Li Xingyuan and the shadowy figure resembling a meatball flew out. A dozen tentacles lashed out at Li Xingyuan.

Li Xingyuan quickly retreated, launching more than a dozen sword strikes to block the tentacles.

Whooosh!

At this moment, three arrows flew out of the darkness.

The three arrows targeted Liu Zhenshuo’s head, heart, and abdomen.

The archer, naturally, was Lu Yan’s Chasing Star Arrow avatar.

The power of the avatar was only six-tenths of that of Lu Yan’s body.

But as Lu Yan had broken through to Martial Marquis Level Five, even this reduced power was formidable.

However, the Chasing Star Arrow avatar’s most potent skill was not its power, but its archery skills.

The bow and arrows in his hand had been carefully selected and purchased by Lu Yan recently.

It was a divine weapon.

This was a bull horn bow.

The body of the bow was made chiefly from the horn of a second-rank Variant Beast King, with the bowstring made from the tendon of a second-rank Purple Gold Python. The arrows were crafted from an incredibly hard metal called Black Shine Iron that was ten times harder than ordinary steel, and there were only nine of them in total.

This set of bow and arrows cost Lu Yan 30,000 silvers.

But they were most suitable for use by the Chasing Star Arrow avatar.

Archery was the martial art with the greatest attacking power.

When the avatar shot an arrow with all its might, the attack was as powerful as Lu Yan throwing a full-strength punch himself.

Thud Thud Thud!

All three arrows hit Liu Zhenshuo.

Liu Zhenshuo’s body instantly exploded into fragments, with flesh and blood flying everywhere.

The shadowy figure, resembling a meatball, immediately screamed and flew back into Liu Zhenshuo’s damaged body. The shadow fragmented into strips of black lines, connecting the scattered flesh together. With the shadow’s help, the scattered flesh grouped together and kept squirming, as if trying to regrow.

But it was apparent that the shadow had weakened significantly.

Liu Zhenshuo’s injuries also affected the strength of the shadow.

Li Xingyuan and the Ancestor of Wei Clan would naturally not miss this opportunity, they attacked with all their might.

Sword lights crisscrossed to shred Liu Zhenshuo into pieces again, even the shadow was split into two halves but quickly came together again.

Liu Zhenshuo’s flesh was still wriggling, with solid pieces of flesh growing new buds and entwining together.

Even Li Xingyuan, who had lived for more than two hundred years, felt his skin crawl at the sight.

"What a monster, such a bizarre creature should not exist in this world."

Li Xingyuan mobilized his inner strength, and the radiant sword light was incredibly brilliant, killing Liu Zhenshuo.

But at this moment, he suddenly sensed a threat and quickly retreated.

Clang!

A spear dropped from the sky and landed where Li Xingyuan had just been standing.