The Path of the Martial Arts BOSS
Chapter 472 - 284: Pyrrhic Victory

Chapter 472: Chapter 284: Pyrrhic Victory

Undying Seven Illusions·Returning Illusion to Reality.

This move, although being the first of the Undying Seven Illusions, does not mean it is weaker than the other moves. Apart from the final move, Life to Destruction, the other six moves each have their unique uses and are hard to rank.

At least, this move, with a thousand Daoist energy Qi Rings stacked, could be said to be the most powerful among the first six.

Having dispersed the Three Thousand White Feathers that lifted his body into the sky, Qing Yu’s figure flickered and shot down like lightning, with his right hand formed like a blade, gathering the thousands of Qi Rings along the way onto his wrist, striking toward Pang Ban, who was struggling to recover from the paralysis caused by the Electric Force.

He indeed hadn’t died.

Meng Chixing, whose Martial Arts Power was inferior to Pang Ban, who had practiced the Dao Heart Demon Planting Great Method, hadn’t died, so how could Pang Ban possibly have died?

Not only had he not died, but the vitality within him was still vigorous; the Dao Heart Demon Planting Great Method continued to absorb Primordial Energy, healing the injuries within his body.

But Qing Yu would not give him time to recover.

"Freeze!"

Using his enemy’s tactic against him.

Earlier, Pang Ban had used the Tibetan Secret Wisdom Book to immobilize Qing Yu, hoping to end the battle with one punch.

Now, Qing Yu did the same.

Ten Thousand Rivers and Seas + Heart Like Still Water, one pushing and one pulling, the forces combined to immobilize Pang Ban once more just as he was about to regain mobility.

Despite Pang Ban’s vigorous absorption of Primordial Energy allowing him to break free from these restraints instantly, that brief moment was enough.

"——"

At the final moment, Qing Yu’s palm came into contact with Pang Ban’s raised right hand, and all was silent.

Then······

"Boom boom boom boom······"

The layers of Qi Rings on Qing Yu’s wrist exploded one after another, bombarding intensely, one wave after another, forcibly smashing Pang Ban’s right arm and striking his right chest.

Pang Ban’s right chest was blasted open, fracturing his rib cage, and one could vaguely see his lungs inside.

If he hadn’t managed to block it with his right palm in time, this move would have likely pierced right through his chest.

"Drip drip drip······"

The ground continuously received the drops of fresh blood falling from above; some from Pang Ban, and some from Qing Yu.

In a bid to strike fatally, Qing Yu had exerted himself to the maximum in a short period, wrapping around 1,400 Qi Rings around his wrist. This many Qi Rings exploding consecutively had indeed surpassed Qing Yu’s control limit.

While achieving the result of destroying Pang Ban’s right hand and chest, Qing Yu’s own right wrist was also blasted open, his hand pulverized.

Logically speaking, both of them should be bleeding profusely; however, both being at the peak of their spirit, they directly controlled their muscles to constrict, with True Qi sealing the wounds, such that despite such severe injuries, only droplets of fresh blood fell to the ground, rather than spurting out.

This meant that both still had fighting capacity.

Not just Qing Yu, but Pang Ban as well.

Therefore, another pursuit was needed.

Qing Yu’s figure burst forth, his left hand drawing out a curved blade from nowhere, A Night of Spring Rain in a Small Tower tracing a curved trajectory, casting a beam of moonlight on the overcast Lanjiang Island.

Divine Blade Slash.

With the Demon Sword wielded, all gods and ghosts despair, cleaving in two······

Well, it didn’t split him in two again.

Pang Ban, who seemed to have no breath left, burst forth again with a wave-like momentum, rapidly drawing endless Primordial Energy into his body. At this moment, Pang Ban completely released all limitations, his Taoist Embryo and Demon Body crazily absorbing the essence of Primordial Energy.

"Boom——"

His eyes, opened wide, emitted a palpable radiance. The spiritual-material conversion ability of the Tibetan Secret Wisdom Book allowed Pang Ban to exert his fullest strength solely with his spirit, even though his body had suffered severe injuries.

His gaze itself turned corporeal, unleashing a strength far beyond limits that sent "A Night of Spring Rain in a Small Tower" flying directly, the scimitar spinning in the air and with a "swoosh," embedding itself into the mountain wall.

Fortunately, Qing Yu didn’t rely solely on the Divine Blade Slash to deliver the final blow; otherwise, he wouldn’t have let "A Night of Spring Rain in a Small Tower" slip from his grasp.

Undying Seven Illusions·Life to Death.

This move could truly be described as a desperate gambit. It instantly squeezed out True Qi, stimulated potential, and released a power even mightier than that of the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique.

It was indeed an effect among the forbidden effects.

However, Shi Xie Wang didn’t create this move just to trade life for life. After performing Life to Death, leaning on the Undying Seal Technique’s ability to convert life and death, one could rapidly recover, transitioning from destruction back to life, turning the matter of life and death into an illusion. This was truly a culmination of all of Shi Zhixuan’s Martial Arts.

Despite the move causing considerable injuries afterward, they remained within a bearable range, even leaving some energy to continue fighting the enemy.

Just like the previous battle between Shi Zhixuan and Qing Yu—after executing Life to Death, he continued coping for quite some time. Had Qing Yu not seized the opportunity, Shi Zhixuan might have even managed to use Life to Death again.

As the energy of life and death surged dramatically, and then unified into one, the neither alive nor dead, ethereal and formless energy filled Qing Yu’s body, existing neither here nor on the other shore, nor in between.

At the same time, his aura burst forth wildly, the instant might surpassing all previous ones by countless times.

"Life to Death."

An absolute Extreme Move, aimed at Pang Ban who was continuously gathering Primordial Energy.

Facing Qing Yu’s Extreme Move, Pang Ban also struck with a punch, reproducing the previous punch that was both supremely simple and powerful.

Reaching the height of Mysterious Daoist energies, bridging the Dao and the demon.

A plain yet brilliant punch collided with Qing Yu’s neither alive nor dead move.

However, just as their final moves were about to collide, a sly glint flashed across the vacant eyes of Qing Yu.

"There is no ’me’ in the world, yet I am everywhere."

In the soft chant, the figure that was coming straight on suddenly vanished.

At this moment, Qing Yu combined the essence of Harmonizing Light with Dust and the Undying Seal Technique—existing neither in this world yet being everywhere.

His figure appeared behind Pang Ban, but now, instead of being as ethereal and hollow as before, it was indistinct yet intertwining the real and the illusory.

His still-present left hand reached out, pressing against Pang Ban’s returning punch.

Despite the change in mid-attack, this punch still possessed unmatched power, but when it struck Qing Yu’s hand, it was as though hitting nothing, futilely exerting force.

Yet, seeing the fresh blood continuously spilling from Qing Yu’s mouth, one could tell that the move had taken effect.

"It’s over."

A face smeared with blood wore an indescribable joy.

Qing Yu brushed Pang Ban’s fist away with his left hand, pressing a handprint onto his chest.

"Boom—"

The Primordial Energy Pang Ban had ceaselessly absorbed now also triggered an explosive eruption, blasting his body apart.

Dust and smoke blanketed the sky. A figure clad in a black robe, white-haired, burst forth from the center and fell heavily to the ground, continuing to scrape against the terrain until crashing into the rocks at the shallow edge of the island, gradually halting its momentum.

"Wow—"

The fresh blood he spit out, mixed with some fragments, dyed the lake water crimson. Qing Yu’s body also displayed streaks of blood; these were the wounds from the shattered Golden Bell Shield that weren’t visible externally.

"It really is quite tragic."

Suddenly, a heavy rain began to fall from the sky, droplets hitting Qing Yu’s face, washing away the blood.

"Still, in the end, he won."

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