Chapter 586
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Chapter 586 Same Tactics!
The Immortal Master Yu Liu’s face was unprecedentedly grave.
He knew his remaining choices were few.
Fang Yu’s physical body had reached a level of strength that could no longer be countered by mere flesh and blood.
He must spiritualize!
Only after spiritualization could he use his enhanced physical form to barely contend with Fang Yu, and during the confrontation, find an opportunity to use techniques to kill him!
But he was well aware of spiritualization’s side effects.
Once choosing to spiritualize, the spiritual beast essence within his body would be greatly consumed, which also meant his lifespan would continuously decrease.
Because of these side effects, no Source Devourer would willingly spiritualize unless facing a life-or-death moment.
But now, Master Yu Liu had no choice.
Master Yu Liu raised his left hand, placed his wrist before his mouth, and bit down hard.
Blood immediately flowed from the pulse point on his wrist.
At this moment, Master Yu Liu closed his eyes and began chanting an incantation.
“Boom!”
A powerful aura erupted from within his body.
Simultaneously, a vast spiritual energy burst forth from him.
Master Yu Liu’s body began to transform at a visible speed!
The exposed skin on his body grew patches of brown scales, appearing small yet hard.
Soon, scales appeared on his face as well, and his eyes glowed red.
On his head, two sharp and pointed curved horns appeared, looking just like those of a bull.
Master Yu Liu’s aura was now more than twice as powerful as before!
The aura of the Divine Realm made everyone present feel immense pressure!
“Those horns… and the scales on his body. The spiritual beast this Yu Liu absorbed is…” Fang Yu narrowed his eyes, pondering.
“Mastiff Bull, this should be the appearance of the spiritual beast Mastiff Bull.” At this moment, Lin Batian’s voice reached Fang Yu’s ears.
At some point, Lin Batian had appeared behind the group of martial artists, becoming one of the spectators.
Those martial artists, being too focused on the confrontation between Fang Yu and Master Yu Liu, didn’t notice that one of the wanted criminals was standing right beside them.
Compared to the Phoenix clan, the Mastiff Bull species of spiritual beasts was considerably inferior.
The Mastiff Bull’s greatest strength lay in its pair of horns.
These horns were said to be extremely hard, capable of piercing through anything in the world.
As for the Mastiff Bull’s other characteristics, Fang Yu wasn’t very familiar with them.
The aura around Master Yu Liu continued to rise.
At this point, he no longer looked like a human, nor did he resemble a Mastiff Bull; he simply looked like a monster.
He stared at Fang Yu, the red glow in his eyes filled with a beast’s bloodthirsty aura.
He growled and flung his flute toward Fang Yu.
The flute spun like a wheel of fire, igniting flames in the air as it flew toward Fang Yu.
Fang Yu charged forward, extended his right hand, and swatted the flute away with a single palm.
By then, Master Yu Liu had appeared beside Fang Yu.
He lowered his head, exposing his two bull horns, and charged toward Fang Yu’s chest!
“Really acting like a bull now.”
A hint of mockery curled at the corner of Fang Yu’s mouth as he extended both hands, each gripping one of the horns.
“Bang!”
Both were extremely powerful, and this collision of forces was too much for space to bear, erupting in a tremendous sound.
In a pure contest of strength, the victor was naturally Fang Yu.
Gripping the horns, Fang Yu plunged downward at high speed.
“Boom!”
Master Yu Liu’s entire body was slammed heavily into the ground.
“Rumble…”
The immense force caused the entire ground to shake.
From the ceiling of the hall above, stone fragments rained down!
“Retreat! Retreat! Leave this building!” Qi Rongdao shouted with an ashen face.
Regardless of today’s battle outcome, this Martial Arts Association building could not remain intact!
The martial artists came to their senses and continuously retreated.
“Slow down, slow down, people are getting trampled in the back!” Lin Batian shouted from among them, seemingly delighting in the chaos.
Due to the chaotic situation, still no one noticed Lin Batian’s presence.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
Fang Yu gripped Master Yu Liu’s two horns, repeatedly and forcefully slamming him into the ground.
Master Yu Liu roared in anger trying to resist, but despite his utmost efforts, he couldn’t break free from Fang Yu’s hands and could only endure the brutal beating!
“After my last encounter with Fu Yunhe, I realized the key to defeating you Source Devourers,” Fang Yu said while continuously smashing Master Yu Liu. “I don’t need to beat you to death, I just need to injure you severely. With your spiritual beast’s self-healing ability, you’ll quickly deplete the essence within your body…”
Hearing these words, Master Yu Liu felt as if his heart had sunk into an abyss, his entire body turning ice-cold!
For Source Devourers like them, this was indeed the most tragic and torturous way to die!
Letting the spiritual beast’s physical self-healing ability forcibly drain the essence, causing their lifespan to rapidly diminish!
Master Yu Liu would rather be beaten to death directly than suffer such torture!
Realizing what Fang Yu intended to do, Master Yu Liu gritted his teeth and extended both hands.
The flute that had fallen to the ground in the distance immediately flew back to his hands.
Master Yu Liu grabbed the flute and, as Fang Yu lifted him up to slam him down again, blew into it.
“Sword Flow… Second Stage!”
“Boom!”
Around Fang Yu’s body, over a hundred sharp sword energies appeared out of thin air!
These sword energies all flew toward Fang Yu’s body!
“Are you trying to harm yourself?” Fang Yu’s lips curled into a cold smile as he grabbed the horns on Master Yu Liu’s head and flung him forward as a shield.
“No…”
Dozens of sharp sword energies pierced through Master Yu Liu’s body without hesitation, making chilling ‘slash’ sounds of penetration.
The sword energies that came afterward struck Fang Yu’s back directly.
“Clang! Clang! Clang!”
But these sword energies only made sounds of hitting metal, not leaving even a single bloody mark before dissipating.
“Puff!”
Master Yu Liu, with dozens of extremely deep wounds on his body, spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes wide open.
At this moment, pain radiated throughout his entire body.
The spiritual beast essence within him was being massively consumed to repair his wounds.
This was an instinct imprinted in the spiritual beast’s genes, and as a human who had spiritualized himself through techniques, he was powerless to stop it.
Fang Yu released Master Yu Liu’s horns and pushed him forward.
Master Yu Liu fell face-down on the ground, his body slightly convulsing, with a large amount of blood flowing out from beneath him.
“So why bother? For a bit of extended life, you’ve made yourself neither one thing nor the other,” Fang Yu said indifferently.
The self-healing ability of spiritual beasts was based on their ability to replenish their own essence. But for Source Devourers like Master Yu Liu and Fu Yunhe, the spiritual beast essence within them was absorbed from elsewhere and therefore limited.
Thus, after spiritualization, they had this fatal flaw.
Of course, most of the time, they wouldn’t spiritualize.
And after spiritualization, they would rarely get injured in the vast majority of cases.
Because spiritualization truly provided a tremendous enhancement to the physical body!
The reason both Fu Yunhe and Master Yu Liu found themselves in such dire straits was because their opponent was Fang Yu.
Fang Yu could effortlessly inflict severe injuries on them even after spiritualization, an outcome neither of them had anticipated before spiritualizing.
Master Yu Liu lay prone on the ground, motionless for a long time.
His physical body was continuously repairing itself.
But because there were so many wounds on his body, the spiritual beast essence within him was being depleted extremely rapidly.
In recent years, spiritual beast populations had been greatly reduced.
These Source Devourers, once they selected a type of spiritual beast, could only absorb the same species afterward.
And the Mastiff Bull species seemed to have gone extinct.
The last time Master Yu Liu had captured a Mastiff Bull was one hundred and fifty years ago.
Most of the essence within him now came from that absorption, and it was already nearly depleted.
This wasn’t just Master Yu Liu’s individual situation; it was the reality for other Source Devourers as well.
As time passed, spiritual beasts became increasingly difficult to find, making it harder and harder for them to extend their lifespans and improve their cultivation.
Regarding this issue, Master Yu Liu had once asked Immortal Dao Kong, and received the answer:
“Endure for a while longer. Before long, those spiritual beasts will return. The era we’ve been waiting for is about to arrive.”
Master Yu Liu never doubted Immortal Dao Kong’s words.
Therefore, he waited patiently, and to avoid excessive consumption of his internal essence, he spent most of his time in seclusion.
This time he took action, apart from a message about spiritual beasts, was also to avenge Fu Yunhe who had died violently some time ago.
He never imagined he would fall today.
