Chapter 255: Chapter 255: Detonating the Spirit Seed

"ROAR!"

Suddenly, the black monster let out a furious roar, and a monstrous wave of black gas erupted from its body!

"You... must... die!"

A stiff, murderous voice came from the black monster’s mouth, and the very air in the space seemed to freeze solid!

"SHING!" The black monster’s broken Bone Spikes shot out from its elbows once more, now even longer than before. Their sharp, Powerful Qi could be felt even from a great distance!

In the next moment, the black monster’s figure flickered and vanished on the spot. It moved so fast that Shen Haoran couldn’t track its movements at all!

"BANG!"

With a muffled thud, the black monster abruptly appeared in front of Shen Haoran. It drove its knee straight into his chin, launching him into the air. It then spun around and delivered a sweeping kick, unleashing its terrifying force upon Shen Haoran’s body. He was sent flying, smashing hard against the hall’s wall and becoming embedded within it!

"PFFT..." Embedded in the wall, Shen Haoran coughed up a mouthful of blood. The qi and blood inside him churned violently. After just two hits, he felt as if his organs had been shattered. At least four or five of his ribs were broken. He couldn’t muster a shred of strength, and his mouth was filled with the taste of blood. The black monster’s attack was terrifyingly powerful!

"WHOOSH..."

Before Shen Haoran could even catch his breath, the black monster appeared before him again. It clung to the wall with one hand, then ruthlessly thrust the Bone Spike from its other elbow toward Shen Haoran’s shoulder. The spike pierced him as easily as cutting through tofu, pinning his body to the wall!

"GAAH..." The excruciating pain from his shoulder made Shen Haoran spit out another mouthful of blood. His face turned deathly pale, completely drained of color.

Black gas coiled around the puncture wound, continuously eroding Shen Haoran’s body. The gas clung to his meridians, instantly blocking the flow of his Spiritual Power.

Warm blood splattered onto the black monster’s face. It stuck out its crimson tongue and licked the blood into its mouth, a hint of excitement showing on its face.

"Such delicious blood!" The black monster leaned forward, its green-tinged fangs less than a millimeter from the tip of Shen Haoran’s nose. Shen Haoran could even smell the foul stench coming from the monster’s body.

"I was going to keep you around to play with for a while. But you dared to get rough with this precious body of mine. How can I possibly tolerate that?" the black monster said grimly, licking its lips. As it spoke, the Bone Spike in its elbow extended again, driving deeper into Shen Haoran’s shoulder.

"HISS..."

The intense pain made Shen Haoran suck in a sharp breath, his face growing even paler. He glared coldly at the black monster, trying to break free of its hold, but the black gas rampaging through his body left him completely powerless.

Although Shen Haoran had the Fire Spirit Black Obsidian inside him, in his current state, he couldn’t unleash its power. The Fire Spirit Black Obsidian could only act on its own to protect its master, tightly guarding Shen Haoran’s Dantian to prevent the black gas from seeping in and damaging his Spirit Crystal.

Seeing Shen Haoran’s cold gaze, the black monster gave a cruel smile. It removed its other hand from the wall, and the Bone Spike at its elbow shot out, gleaming with a sharp light.

"In that case, you can just die!" the black monster shrieked sinisterly. The Bone Spike at its elbow transformed into a bolt of lightning, stabbing straight for Shen Haoran’s head.

"Brother Shen, the door is open! Hurry and go!" At that critical moment, Shui Ruolan shouted.

Hearing Shui Ruolan’s cry, the light in Shen Haoran’s previously dim eyes suddenly flared. Staring at the approaching Bone Spike, he yelled coldly, "If you want me dead, you’re not getting out of this alive either! Take this!"

Suddenly, a strange fluctuation emanated from within Shen Haoran’s body. Under this fluctuation, the black gas clinging to his meridians swiftly dissipated as if it had encountered its natural enemy. Freed from the black gas’s restraints, the Spiritual Power in Shen Haoran’s body began to flow once more.

"BUZZ..."

A soft hum echoed through the hall. Then, a speck of light erupted from Shen Haoran’s body and shot straight toward the center of the black monster’s brow. The powerful Energy fluctuation made the entire hall begin to shake!

’What is that...?’ Seeing the tiny speck of light, the black monster’s scalp went numb, and a powerful sense of crisis washed over it. It immediately ignored Shen Haoran and retreated explosively.

"Trying to run? Too late!" Shen Haoran gritted his teeth against the searing pain in his shoulder and formed a Sealing Technique with one hand. The tiny speck of light flickered and then vanished, hurtling toward the black monster!

This tiny speck of light was the Spirit Seed Shen Haoran had spent months condensing—a forged Heaven and Earth Spirit! And now, he had actually detonated it! Although it was only a forged Heaven and Earth Spirit, the Energy it contained was still absolutely terrifying. Moreover, the essence of this Spirit Seed was no different from a real Heaven and Earth Spirit. The Attack Power generated by its detonation was not something an ordinary person could withstand!

"Detonate!"

Watching the Spirit Seed instantly catch up to the black monster, Shen Haoran gritted his teeth and detonated it. In the next moment, a blinding light erupted in the center of the hall. A terrifying storm of Spiritual Power swept out, instantly engulfing the nearby black monster.

"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM..."

A series of earth-shattering explosions echoed through the air. The force of the Spirit Seed’s detonation ripped the entire hall apart. Countless shattered stones were pulverized into dust by the terrifying shockwave, and in a single instant, the entire hall was reduced to a pile of ruins!

Shen Haoran’s body was also sent flying. The Spirit Seed’s explosion didn’t distinguish between friend or foe, and he was caught in the inner circle of the blast. The powerful shockwave slammed into him. Already heavily injured, Shen Haoran was knocked unconscious immediately.

"Brother Shen!" Shui Ruolan shrieked, watching the ruins of the hall continue to collapse.

"Let’s go! We have to get out of here now!" Long Mo’s Heart Spirit was also shaken, but they had more important things to do.

"No! Brother Shen isn’t out yet! I’m not leaving! I’m going to wait for him!" Xuan Yi said, grief-stricken, staring at the chaotic storm that showed no signs of abating. ’With an explosion that massive, is there any way Shen Haoran could have escaped?’

"Stay here? Do you think Junior Shen risked his life to buy us a chance to escape just so you could stay here and mourn him? If you do that, you’ll be making his sacrifice meaningless! We have to leave and tell the Sect Leader what happened here! This isn’t the time for sentimentality! Let’s go!" Long Mo roared.

"But..." Long Zhen’s eyes were bloodshot, his face full of hesitation.

"Don’t worry. The boss is blessed by fortune; I don’t believe he’s dead. He’ll definitely make it out alive! Long Mo is right. We have to report this to the Sect’s upper echelons. Otherwise, we’d be letting down the boss, who fought so desperately to buy us this time!" Zi Mo said in a low voice, taking a deep breath to suppress his grief.

Hearing this, the group took one last, deep look at the massive Energy storm. They could only grit their teeth and quickly flee, rushing toward the outside of the Sect, leaving behind only the unrelenting storm of Spiritual Power...