Chapter 249: Chapter 250: Heavenly Concealing Hand

"How did you get stronger again? That’s impossible!"

Glancing at the healing wounds on his body, Liu Yifei shook his head in disbelief. He had thought he could slaughter Ye Wushuang, but instead, he was slashed twice the moment they clashed.

This meant that Ye Wushuang’s strength could now contend with his.

"Only two slashes, and you’re already in pain?" Ye Wushuang said coldly, his eyes devoid of expression.

"Pain!" Liu Yifei’s expression was savage. "Ye Wushuang, don’t get cocky. You’re strong, but do you really think I can’t kill you? In my eyes, you’re still nothing but trash."

As Liu Yifei spoke, the blood cloud enveloping him began to shrink and fade like mist, getting absorbed into his body.

At that moment, a humanoid monster appeared before everyone.

Its skin looked like a thin membrane encasing blood, making its entire body a grotesque, unsettling red. All of its hair had fallen out.

A gruesome gash marred his shoulder, where flesh writhed and spilled out, coated in a viscous, paste-like layer of blood. The sight was utterly nauseating.

Staring at the grotesque Liu Yifei, the two women at the side felt so nauseated they nearly threw up.

’A monster, neither human nor ghost!’

Ye Wushuang smirked and taunted, "You want to make me suffer? I’m afraid you’re the one in the most pain right now!"

"This is all your fault! I’ll make you suffer a fate far more painful than this."

His expression was a mask of pure savagery.

"My fault?"

Ye Wushuang found it laughable. ’If others don’t try to kill me, why would I kill them?’

’Previously, Liu Yifei had hunted him down, striking with vicious intent. Was he supposed to just bow his head and accept his execution, waiting for Liu Yifei to lop off his head?’

’How ridiculous! Absolutely ridiculous!’

’Even an ant will struggle to survive!’

’If I didn’t kill Liu Yifei, how could I, Ye Wushuang, survive? And if Liu Yifei hadn’t tried to kill me, how would he have ended up in such a miserable state?’

"Kill!"

Liu Yifei flew into a frenzy. His body devoured the surrounding blood cloud, growing taller and stronger. His back writhed as blood-red, fleshy spines erupted from his skin.

His power began to skyrocket, and a bloodthirsty energy spread out in all directions. The thick, gory stench it produced finally made the two women unable to hold it in and vomit.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!

A sinister, ghostly aura erupted from his body, causing the very space around him to tremble violently.

The faces of the three onlookers immediately filled with horror.

"Xiaoshuang, get back!"

Ye Rou’s expression changed, and she cried out urgently. ’That power is already comparable to the Spiritual Spring Realm! How could we possibly stand against it?’

"Sister, he still owes me one hundred thirty-eight slashes. He can’t do anything to me," Ye Wushuang said, turning to give Ye Rou a reassuring smile.

The smile made Ye Rou’s nose tingle as her eyes welled up. ’This feeling of being protected... it’s such a blessing!’

"Arrogant!"

Liu Yifei let out a savage roar as his body blazed with crimson light. The blood-red, fleshy spines on his back gathered into orbs of bloody light, which shot into the air and converged above his head into a single, massive sphere of blood.

The blood-red sphere suddenly expanded, resembling a crimson star as it hurtled down toward Ye Wushuang. Its vast energy swept out in all directions, making the very space tremble.

Ye Wushuang’s brow furrowed; he too could feel the terrifying power contained within it.

World Destruction!

With a low shout, Ye Wushuang unleashed the first form of his World-Destroying Slash, meeting the attack head-on.

A crimson curtain of light shot upward before him and, under Liu Yifei’s incredulous gaze, tore the blood-red sphere asunder.

The terrifying energy within dissipated, spiraling out of control and surging into the firmament!

The chilling World-Destroying Saber Aura, however, continued to spread outward.

Liu Yifei was aghast. His body shot backward, dodging like a streak of crimson light.

BOOM!

Even as he dodged, his body moved with incredible agility. Muscles flexing, he charged at Ye Wushuang. His claw seemed to tear through space itself as it descended, wrapped in a devastating Power of Destruction.

Ye Wushuang clenched his free hand into a fist. Wreathed in golden light, his fist shot upward to meet the claw.

BOOM!

As fist and claw collided, the resulting shockwave sent both of them flying backward.

Slash!

Even as he was thrown back, Ye Wushuang swung his Dragon Blood Battle Saber through the air, and an arc of light from the blade struck Liu Yifei.

SQUELCH!

Blood sprayed through the air as another gash appeared on Liu Yifei’s body, leaving him both shocked and enraged. He began to roar uncontrollably.

"RAAAARGH!"

Liu Yifei froze in place, his eyes bloodshot, as the crimson light enveloping him blazed to a critical point.

"Ye Wushuang, just die! DIE!" Having failed to kill Ye Wushuang time and again, Liu Yifei knew he couldn’t drag this on any longer.

He raised his hands to the sky, his fingers a blur as they traced a series of profound hand seals in the air. One after another, blood-red imprints formed and vanished into the void.

"Heavenly Concealing Hand!"

With a thunderous roar, pillars of light erupted from the fleshy spines on his back, piercing the firmament.

BOOM!

The firmament roiled as storm clouds gathered and began to churn.

A blood-red curtain blotted out the sky, and within it, the phantoms of ghosts and gods flickered in and out of existence.

Abruptly, a colossal, blood-red hand tore through the crimson curtain. It descended from the firmament, stretching over a thousand feet wide.

It felt as though half the sky was collapsing as it descended, looming over not only Ye Wushuang but also Ye Rou, Qianling, and Qiu Mo.

The very space beneath the hand buckled under its immense pressure, shattering layer by layer like a mirror.

On the plains below, the ground itself began to sink, threatening to cave in.

Ye Rou and the other two turned deathly pale with terror. The massive, blood-red hand was like the hand of heaven itself; its aura locked them in place, making escape impossible.

"I bet you never expected this, Ye Wushuang! When I fell from that cliff, not only did I survive, but I actually obtained the Saint-Level Lower-Grade Combat Skill, the Heavenly Concealing Hand!"

"A Saint-Level Combat Skill! Its power is beyond anything you can imagine, and I saved it just for you. What hope do you have of stopping it this time?"

"Hahaha!"

Liu Yifei laughed wildly, his face a mask of savage triumph.

’The Heavenly Concealing Hand, a Saint-Level Combat Skill... This is something even the Sect might not possess, yet I was the one to find it. It’s more than enough to kill Ye Wushuang.’

Saint-Level Lower-Grade Combat Skill: Heavenly Concealing Hand!

This was the first time Ye Wushuang had ever heard of a tier above Spirit-Level Combat Skills—the terrifying Saint-Level Combat Skills!

’I wonder what level my World-Destroying Slash and Supreme Transformation True Demon are?’

’The Breaking Realm Demon Monarch mentioned before that they were both Sacred Secrets... right?’

’Could that mean they’re Saint-Level Combat Skills?’

However, this was no time to ponder such things. If he couldn’t block this attack, then Ye Rou and the other two, already injured, would die here.

’To let them die right in front of him.’

That was something he absolutely refused to witness!

Gazing up at the descending Heavenly Concealing Hand, a cold glint flashed in Ye Wushuang’s eyes as he roared, "Supreme Transformation True Demon!"

BOOM!

He instantly unleashed the Supreme Transformation True Demon, a power he had kept in reserve until now.

The Supreme Transformation True Demon could instantly raise his strength by three layers. In a flash, Ye Wushuang’s Cultivation shot up like a rocket, soaring through the levels.

True Essence Sixth Layer Peak!

True Essence Seventh Layer!

True Essence Eighth Layer!

True Essence Ninth Layer!

In a mere instant, he had leaped across three layers, a sight that nearly made Liu Yifei’s eyes pop out of their sockets.

Ye Wushuang’s body grew taller, bathed in a brilliant golden light, making him look like an invincible War God!

Such a technique left the despairing Ye Rou and the other two completely stunned. They clearly had no idea that Ye Wushuang had been hiding this much of his true strength.

Instantly, a glimmer of hope ignited in their eyes.