Chapter 399: Chapter 262: Life Star Realm 4

Yuan Wudi forcefully stomped on the handle of the long halberd, abandoning the weapon and leaping directly onto Slaughter Mountain, looking eye to eye with Qin Yuesheng over the sea of a million corpses.

"Let me show you my strongest skills!" Yuan Wudi shouted, and those skeletal soldiers at the foot of the mountain uncontrollably floated up as if drawn by a magnet, fusing into a colossal bone giant. It was clad in remnants of armor, wielding a battle knife, with deep red flames flickering in its right eye socket, charging at Qin Yuesheng with powerful strides, swinging its blade down ferociously.

Despite the bone giant’s massive size, its movements were not clumsy at all. Qin Yuesheng immediately shouted the word ’Danger,’ using sound waves to resist.

Countless bone shards flew across the surface of the giant’s bone knife, slowing its descent significantly.

Crack, crack, crack!

Two forces fiercely tugged at each other in the air, with Qin Yuesheng yelling the word ’Death’ once more, thick black mist serpentine emerged from Qin Yuesheng’s mouth, morphing into a silhouette embracing the bone giant’s battle knife.

In an instant, the entire battle knife suffered severe corrosion, bending visibly.

Yuan Wudi’s expression changed abruptly, for the person before him seemed to possess endless tricks, despite having been wounded moments ago, seemingly reduced to mere breaths. Not even an Immortal descending from the heavens could reverse this fate, yet, inexplicably, he exhibited a newfound, explosive battle strength.

Despite not forcing out the opponent’s Life Star Realm, Yuan Wudi had already revealed his cards, feeling a profound sense of defeat.

This person... How many hidden cards did they have?

However, adhering to a soldier’s steely determination and fighting spirit, Yuan Wudi instantly cast aside the feeling of defeat.

Without overthinking, his duty was to fight to the utmost, until exhaustion claimed him, as this was the endpoint he ought to persist toward.

Responding to the emperor’s order, Yuan Wudi headed south with two palace eunuchs to capture the Ninth Princess, determined to eliminate any obstruction for completing the task.

Yuan Wudi leapt, diving headfirst into the bone giant.

Instantly, the other eye socket of the bone giant also erupted with scarlet red light, appearing more agile than ever before.

"War Frenzy Earth-Sundering Saber!"

The crooked bone saber whistled as it chopped down, the Red Crystal Land below began to fracture. Even before the blade arrived, the blade energy had already stirred up chaos.

Qin Yuesheng continuously chanted five-word mantras, yet his physique was strained, forcing him to grip the Celestial Demon Evil Blade tightly and boldly slash upwards against the colossal bone saber.

Instantaneously, blood rain splattered everywhere, even the rain’s intensity heightened considerably.

Under the crimson light of the blood stars, Qin Yuesheng appeared minuscule like an ant, forming a stark contrast with the towering bone giant.

At this critical moment, in the sky, Qin Yuesheng’s Gemini Life Star suddenly stirred.

A golden light shot down, enveloping Qin Yuesheng. Behind him emerged a dazzling figure akin to fiery flames, throwing a punch towards the bone giant as it substituted for Qin Yuesheng. Instantly, a golden fist shadow crashed onto the bone giant’s saber before Qin Yuesheng.

Without any pause, the entire bone saber split in the middle, shattered by the golden fist shadow with one strike, before the golden fist shadow surged onwards, piercing fiercely through the bone giant’s abdomen.

"Ugh!"

From within the bone giant, a muffled sound echoed. The blood-red glow enveloping the Iron Blood Massacre Prison significantly dimmed.

Having lost its battle knife, Qin Yuesheng effortlessly struck the bone giant’s abdomen with numerous Divine Skills in succession, directly severing the seven to eight feet tall entity into two halves. Its upper body was flung up, uncontrollably crashing down to the ground.

Yuan Wudi stood at the break of the bone giant’s lower body center, drenched in blood, with the Celestial Demon Evil Blade, the Dragon-Slaying Sword, and the Black Dragon Sword hovering around his neck in a triangular formation, trapping his neck. If Qin Yuesheng moved, this man’s head would be decapitated at once.

"Who exactly are you? Never have I seen anyone like you, possessing as many Divine Skills as to match me in sheer quantity," Yuan Wudi said, looking at Qin Yuesheng.

"Just an ordinary person," Qin Yuesheng replied, "Even if the Third Prince conspired against the Crown Prince and attempted to seize the throne, sending a master of your caliber to hunt down a princess seems excessive. Unless the Ninth Princess hides secrets that even the emperor wishes to keep undisclosed."

"I’m merely following orders; I know nothing else," Yuan Wudi’s eyes gradually dulled, utterly lost their luster.

"Hmm?" Qin Yuesheng hurriedly placed his hand on Yuan Wudi’s shoulder, discovering his bone structure already shattered beyond recognition. This injury wasn’t inflicted by Qin Yuesheng, possibly related to the golden fist shadow just now.

A single strike capable of fragmenting such a formidable master, imagine the terrifying power.

With Yuan Wudi’s demise, the sky-bound ’Iron Blood Massacre Prison’ dissipated instantaneously, transforming into energy entirely absorbed by Qin Yuesheng’s Gemini Life Star.

Thus, the brilliance emitted by the Gemini Life Star became increasingly radiant and dazzling.

Slaughter Mountain, bone giant, Red Crystal Land, blood rain... All vanished upon Yuan Wudi’s death, like mirages.

However, the buildings and streets impacted by Qin Yuesheng’s battle remained irreparable.

Grabbing Yuan Wudi’s corpse, Qin Yuesheng immediately commenced disassembly.

First, the most significant quantity ever: twenty Inner Strength Pills, with these, Qin Yuesheng estimated he could confidently advance to the Seventh Layer of the Internal Power Realm.

Besides the basic Inner Strength Pills, he disassembled ’Basic Halberd Skills’ and the fist techniques Yuan Wudi employed previously, including the Eight Desolations Earth Splitting Halberd Skill, all of which were his signature martial arts.

"Life Star Realm, this person always seemed certain I possessed a Life Star Realm, what exactly is that?" Pondering this question, Qin Yuesheng returned to the ruins of the devastated estate.

The two eunuchs from the Wu Gen Sect had already been subdued by Huang Ting, laying unconscious side by side on the ground.

Ah Jiu appeared like a little cat, her hair and dress dirty, standing beside Dong Zhou. Seeing Qin Yuesheng return, she immediately ran barefoot to him, "Are, are you alright?"

Qin Yuesheng glanced at the Great Tang’s Ninth Princess, realizing the court’s willingness to dispatch a master like Yuan Wudi for pursuit indicated Ah Jiu harbored some extraordinary secret.

"I’m fine," Qin Yuesheng replied casually, proceeding towards Huang Ting.

Ah Jiu didn’t mind his cold attitude, instantly attaching herself like a little tail, closely following Qin Yuesheng, lacking any royal demeanor of the Great Tang’s Ninth Princess.

"Daoist, what brings you to Cyan Yang City tonight," Qin Yuesheng greeted with a smile.

Huang Ting replied, "I observed the stars at night and felt Cyan Yang City might face bloodshed, thus coming to inspect. Unexpectedly, I encountered this affair."

"Daoist’s foresight is remarkable. If not for your intervention, I might not have been able to protect this young lady tonight."

Huang Ting pondered briefly, expressing somewhat puzzlement as he asked, "Young Master Qin, during your encounter, why did you not unleash your Life Star Realm?"