Volume 1 Volume 6 Chapter 54

Volume 6 Chapter 54: Hard Battle, Displaying Power (Part 1)

Seeing that the Zhong family’s Eleventh Brother’s attack was effective, the Zhong family’s Fourth Brother also took action.

The Eleventh Brother of the Zhong family is skilled in the "Dark" technique among the five great methods of the Zhong family. Although this technique is silent and difficult to defend against when it attacks, its downside is that it takes time to show effects, and its initial power is not strong.

However, the Fourth Brother of the Zhong family does not expect the Eleventh Brother to defeat Xu Qingfan with one strike. He only needs Xu Qingfan to focus on defending against the Eleventh Brother’s "Dark" technique, leaving him unable to disrupt his attack and giving him time to prepare.

Xu Qingfan possesses a sacred object of the Zhong family and is also very powerful himself, so the Fourth Brother of the Zhong family values Xu Qingfan greatly. Although he appears calm, when he strikes, he uses his most skilled and powerful technique, the "Ritual."

More than ten black flags floated around the battlefield, all exuding a heavy aura of death, and cries of ghosts echoed faintly from the black mist, responding to each other, with waves of death energy resonating softly.

As time passed, a faint black mist began to spread across the battlefield, adding an eerie feeling to the scene.

When the black mist first started to spread, Xu Qingfan worried that it might be a powerful attack. He remained on guard for a long time, but was surprised to find that the black mist seemed to have no effect, just floating aimlessly in the battlefield without attack or energy fluctuations. It was so ordinary that it made Xu Qingfan’s sense of caution even stronger.

Despite his vigilance, as the Fourth Brother of the Zhong family expected, Xu Qingfan was busy dealing with the sudden pain and injuries in his body, struggling to control the "Five Spirit Bell" to protect himself, while the "Rainbow Ruler" attack had already been retracted, leaving him unable to stop anything.

At that moment, it felt as if a flame was burning in the position of Xu Qingfan’s organs, causing intense heat and pain. As the pain and heat continued, a feeling of numbness gradually appeared in Xu Qingfan’s chest and began to spread throughout his body.

He guessed that the attack from the Eleventh Brother of the Zhong family was likely using features of death energy and corpse poison; the longer it dragged on, the more troublesome it would be. So, although the situation was not in his favor, Xu Qingfan still forced himself to calm down, gathered his Spirit Qi, and slowly circulated it between his chest and abdomen, trying to find out the cause of his sudden injury.

After all, being in the battlefield, Xu Qingfan initially felt a little anxious. Although Spirit Qi flowed through his body four or five times, he still couldn’t find any problems.

Later, after calming down, Spirit Qi moved even slower, and his search became more careful. Finally, he discovered something unusual inside him.

It turned out that, at some unknown time, a faint black energy had attached itself to the key connections between the organs in Xu Qingfan’s chest and abdomen. This black energy was made up of dead energy and corpse poison, gradually corroding and poisoning these essential connections. The dead energy and corpse poison were weak and hard to detect, but because the organs represented the balance of the five elements in his body, their corrosion disrupted Xu Qingfan’s balance, causing the power of the five elements to harm Xu Qingfan’s body, and this damage was even greater than the simple attack of the dead energy and corpse poison.

Thankfully, Xu Qingfan noticed it early; otherwise, if he had waited a bit longer, the balance of the five elements in his body would have been completely shattered, leading to Xu Qingfan’s total collapse without any hope of recovery.

Although he was the one affected, Xu Qingfan couldn’t help but sigh at the cleverness of this mystical technique and the skillful method behind it.

While he admired it, Xu Qingfan didn’t dare to waste any time. He gathered the "Flourish Qi" in his body, moving it through the connections between the organs to quickly refine and remove the dead energy and corpse poison.

The "Flourish Qi" was like a nemesis to the corpse poison, and it worked quickly against it, but Xu Qingfan still felt it was too slow.

While Xu Qingfan was trying to remove the corpse poison from his body, the Zhong family members didn’t remain idle and launched new attacks.

Although Zhong Ling held the title of master and the position of family leader, at this moment, even though his close combat skills improved with the ongoing battle and his strong body caused increasing damage, he posed the least threat to Xu Qingfan.

On the other side, the Fourth Brother of the Zhong family once again formed hand signs. The black mist in front of him grew thicker. After about the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, over a hundred tall green-haired zombies suddenly appeared. These zombies were called "Copper Poison Corpses." Although they were only as strong as the early stage of a Fake Golden Core cultivator, they were incredibly powerful in strength, large in number, and their blood was very poisonous. If killed, the poison would spray everywhere, causing a lot of trouble.

After these zombies appeared, they showed no hesitation and rushed towards Xu Qingfan. Although Little Black, Xu Ying, and Xu Zhiyuan worked hard to stop them, the defense was already very shaky.

Meanwhile, the Eleventh Brother of the Zhong family seemed to be floating in mid-air, not moving at all. However, his hands occasionally rose slightly, and thin black mist appeared in front of him only to disappear quickly again. He was likely casting continuous curses on Xu Qingfan. Fortunately, Xu Qingfan was well prepared for this. The three defensive magic items, "Five Spirit Bell," "Tianyu Robe," and "Ice Spirit Jade Pendant," were all activated to their fullest. A rainbow of light surrounded Xu Qingfan, with white spiritual light flickering constantly. Occasionally, black mist appeared and then vanished, successfully blocking the Eleventh Brother’s mysterious "dark" spells, now that he had taken precautions.

However, even so, Xu Qingfan still felt a bit scared. Curses were extremely strange and hard to defend against. Although he had blocked countless curses, he still did not know if he had received any new curses. He focused on removing the original curses while circulating Spirit Qi, carefully checking any changes in his body.

However, because he had to defend against the Eleventh Brother of the Zhong family, the removal and refining of the corpse poison in his body slowed down considerably.

At that moment, the seemingly harmless Fourth Brother of the Zhong family finally revealed his powerful abilities.

In fact, during this time, after the black mist enveloped the entire battlefield, the Fourth Brother of the Zhong family had not paused at all. He continued to form hand signs, and there was no change in the battlefield, which puzzled Xu Qingfan greatly.

"Gather!"

The Fourth Brother of the Zhong family shouted.

As the shout sounded, the black mist on the battlefield suddenly stirred with strong waves, then rushed towards the three members of the Zhong family and countless zombies. After these cultivators and zombies absorbed the black mist, their strength increased greatly, with the zombies’ attack power more than doubling. The Fourth Brother of the Zhong family became even more skilled at controlling the zombies, and the Eleventh Brother’s cursing speed also grew much faster. The black mist that was repeatedly dispersed around Xu Qingfan actually wrapped around him.

"Boom…"

A loud roar suddenly echoed as the now stronger Zhong Ling charged in front of Xu Ying and threw a punch. Xu Ying met him with a punch of his own. When their fists collided, the normally powerful Xu Ying was surprisingly pushed back by Zhong Ling’s blow, while Zhong Ling merely paused for a moment before charging at Xu Qingfan with a roar.

Behind Zhong Ling were six or seven "Ecstasy Corpses" and nearly a hundred "Copper Poison Corpses."

Although Little Black and Xu Zhiyuan fought with all their might, fiercely attacking Zhong Ling and the zombies, since the beginning of the battle, they had already defeated nearly ten "Ecstasy Corpses" and dozens of "Copper Poison Corpses," yet the overall situation remained unchanged.

On the other side, seeing this scene, the Eleventh Brother of the Zhong family coldly smiled, continuously forming hand signs to cast the "Dark" spell again. However, this time, the preparation took longer than any time before, clearly indicating its power far surpassed that of previous lower-level curses.

At this moment, Xu Qingfan still could not completely rid himself of the curse within him.

"Indeed, I was overconfident."

As Xu Qingfan looked at the endless swarm of zombies rushing towards him, he let out a small sigh in his heart.

Although he was trying hard to dodge the attacks from many zombies, the speed had greatly decreased while trying to remove the curse from his body. Even with the help of "Flying Yellow Satin," he avoided most of the attacks, but still, several zombies reached Xu Qingfan, among them, Zhong Ling, a "zombie" with strength equal to the late stage of the Golden Core Stage.

"Boom…"

"Boom…"

"Boom…"

The continuous sounds of explosions echoed as the sky and the earth changed color. Zhong Ling and a few "Ecstasy Corpses" attacked, but were blocked by the "Five Spirit Bell" around Xu Qingfan. The colorful shield shook violently, and Xu Qingfan’s "Celestial Robe" and "Ice Spirit Jade Pendant" suddenly shone with a dazzling white light.

Although there were three powerful defensive treasures to cushion the impact, Xu Qingfan still felt his body tremble. The Spirit Qi in his body became chaotic, nearly rebounding.

But at that moment, as the Spirit Qi surged within him, the curse was finally removed.

Zhong Ling and the other zombies, who were ready to continue attacking, suddenly saw a bright light flash in Xu Qingfan’s eyes. He quickly pointed his finger, and black and white swirling light shot towards them, filling the sky.

After the "Life and Death Finger," there was a rainbow of seven colors, combining into a wide seven-colored beam that shot directly at Zhong Ling.

At the same time, Xu Qingfan behind him had already taken out the "Holy Spirit Buddhist Relic" from his sleeve, and the holy golden-white light was faintly seeping through Xu Qingfan’s fingers.

Seeing Xu Qingfan’s sudden and powerful counterattack, the distant Fourth Brother of the Zhong family was also surprised, narrowing his eyes; he changed his hand signs, and noticed a subtle change in the faint black mist on the battlefield and the black flagpole outside the battlefield.