Lord Shenxiu
Chapter 185 Black Wind (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 185: Chapter 185 Black Wind (Please Subscribe)

Jile Immortal fixated on Zhong Shenxiu standing atop the city tower, his expression had become extremely grave.

After all, his opponent was also a Grandmaster.

And previously, an attack that scarcely showed any sign of effort had annihilated all his disciples, reducing him to a lone figure.

Such use of poison techniques—even within the Five Poison Sect, there weren’t many who could compare, right?

At this moment, in Jile Immortal’s eyes, every action of this formidable enemy seemed to merge with the world around him, with this city gate, filled with an intention to protect.

That ancient gate had been built primarily for defense.

It could be said its existence condensed the protective beliefs of countless people!

And now, Zhong Shenxiu, standing here, preventing disaster from entering the city, seemed to align with this invisible ideal, receiving an augmented momentum.

Under this momentum, he had pushed his Grandmaster-level integration with heaven and earth to some sort of extreme, making even Jile Immortal sense a hint of danger.

That sort of complete eruption of life’s essence, a thorough unearthliness, indicated that the opponent had not merely ascended to Grandmaster status but had taken solid steps within this realm, shedding any labels like ’newly advanced’ or ’freshly promoted’, and is undeniably a formidable adversary!

On another side, those hiding at a distance to observe the battle, such as Wei Baizhu and the others, were almost stunned.

Wei Baizhu, from afar, almost ripped out his beard, bewilderedly asking those around him, "Since when did Liu Yi become a Grandmaster?"

Wei Hongyao was just as clueless, not knowing what to say.

On the contrary, it was Han Nuo, an outsider to these circumstances, who, although equally astonished, was more delighted, "If Hero Xun has advanced to Grandmaster, perhaps we can survive this calamity, and Little Mountain City might be saved..."

Even he had to admit that Xun Liuyi’s achievements were now far above his own, even surpassing the level he could envy, leaving him with nothing but admiration.

"This... is hard to say, after all, Liu Yi is just a newly advanced Grandmaster, while his opponent is a renowned figure on the Earth Ranking!"

Wei Baizhu looked toward the direction of the city tower, filled with anxiety.

Atop the city gate tower, Zhong Shenxiu looked at his pale hands, equally astonished.

He had merely executed a casual move earlier, allowing the minute gu of the Ten Thousand Gu Hand to disperse and sweep away his enemies, but he hadn’t anticipated causing such a ghastly scene—without barely lifting a finger, members of the Jile Sect laid almost entirely dead or injured?

Only Jile Immortal, relying on his Grandmaster physique, had withstood it.

"The power of the Ten Thousand Gu Hand is more than I had imagined..."

With a thought, Zhong Shenxiu prepared to thoroughly test the Ten Thousand Gu Hand’s might during this real battle.

He lightly leapt down from the city gate tower and, with a high-pitched shout, proclaimed, "Jile Immortal, you have committed many injustices; today you shall die here!"

"The imperial hound barks quite boldly!" Jile Immortal snorted coldly, under his clothes it seemed as though small mice were scurrying around, stirring up all his Inner Strength.

Though he appeared dismissive on the surface, he had already braced himself with utmost vigilance.

Zhong Shenxiu’s palm strike seemed light and effortless, as if the power was exceedingly ordinary, yet in reality, it blended the Yin Yang Two Forms and Qi along with the Heaven and Earth Five Elements Power—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth were each taking their turn in the cycle.

A palm that overturns the heavens, a palm that forges destiny!

Furthermore, he had taken the integration with heaven and earth to the ultimate, leaping down from the high elevation, employing the geographical advantage of the city gate, making Jile Immortal feel as if the entire gate was collapsing upon him.

He dared not meet the strike head-on; with a light tap of his black wooden walking stick, he flew back a good dozen yards, escaping the reach of the enveloping palm wind.

As a seasoned Grandmaster, Jile Immortal naturally had a deep understanding of the strategic exchanges between Grandmasters.

His retreat was just right, an exquisite and masterful move.

Though it seemed like a retreat, it drained much of Zhong Shenxiu’s previously accumulated momentum and mood, leaving him without his former power.

Next was sure to be a counterattack with the most ruthless of moves.

However, just as the Jile Immortal was about to make his move, he was horrified to feel an itch on his body.

He looked at his arm and saw red pustules sprouting on his skin, almost ready to burst open pus-filled, bringing intense pain.

Just now, although he had dodged the palm wind, he hadn’t entirely escaped the force of the tiny "gu."

At this moment, he had contracted the power of the Heavenly Flower Palm.

Not only that, under his armpits, two black, egg-sized tumors began to rapidly grow, emitting a nauseating odor, symptomatic of the Black Death Palm.

Furthermore, the Jile Immortal felt increasingly dizzy, and even his lungs seemed to burn as if he was going to cough or vomit, as if he had contracted typhoid fever.

The power of the Ten Thousand Gu Hand had suddenly erupted within him.

With one palm strike, all diseases erupted!

Such was the ability of the Ten Thousand Gu Hand!

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"Cough cough...such a wickedly peculiar martial art!"

Jile Immortal coughed violently as if trying to cough out his lungs, but even so, he had not lost his combat strength.

The Cultivation Technique he had practiced was the self-created ’Jile Chang Chun Skill,’ also derived from the supreme secret scriptures of the Demon Path — "The Heavenly Silkworm Secret!"

This secret record could be understood but not conveyed in words; many experts of the Demon Sect had gained enlightenment from it, each comprehending martial arts unique to themselves, generally related to the cultivation of the human life force.

Life was, in essence, a miracle.

And when this life force was cultivated to the extreme, it was the Undying Evil Emperor’s ’Nine Lives Evil Technique!’

Originally, Jile Immortal was a disciple of the Evil King Sect, even standing out among his peers, able to create his own martial arts. Starting from the path of yin and yang, of male and female, he established the Jile Chang Chun Skill.

This technique could prolong life and maintain youth, also first-rate in injury healing and life preservation.

Despite being afflicted with numerous diseases at the moment, he relied on the robust life force he had plundered from others, forcibly suppressing various ailments, waving his black wooden staff.

He knew his Jile Chang Chun Skill was not adept at fighting, and so he had complemented it with the ’Black Wind Thirty-Six Killings!’

This staff technique had no methods for the cultivation of Inner Strength, but rather, it was a Grandmaster level series of pure combat moves; mastering the first twelve forms rendered one invincible in the human rankings.

The middle twelve forms, once mastered, were enough to fight for a place in the earth rankings.

Aside from his Jile Chang Chun Skill, Jile Immortal had devoted his lifetime’s efforts to the Black Wind Thirty-Six Killings, now marvelously achieving the complete series of thirty-six killing techniques!

With these at his disposal, he was confident he could escape with his life even under the pursuit of martial artists ranked highly on the earth rankings.

Now facing the formidable opponent Zhong Shenxiu, he didn’t hesitate to unleash the last twelve forms.

Whoosh!

The black wooden staff became like a black dragon, stirring up dust and stones, darkening the skies.

Zhong Shenxiu even saw a dense darkness continually flowing like a tide, ready to sweep over his Spiritual Sense.

’A Grandmaster duel, where Inner Strength and physical prowess are inferior, mood and even Spiritual Sense clashing are what truly matter!’

A sudden epiphany arose within him.

And just at that moment, a black wooden staff had suddenly torn through the darkness, descending before his eyes!