I Became the Alchemy Master by Picking Up Trash-Chapter 296 - 294: The Final Battle (Part 1)

Chu Yunyi’s expression was cold and stern, his gaze towards Mingzhen full of disgust: "Are you the mastermind who abducted Yun You eighteen years ago?"

Mingzhen extended his bandaged forefinger and shook it: "That was merely a small transaction between your father and Xue Han, not worthy of my intervention. But later, as you pursued Xue Han relentlessly, he became scared and sent me a distress signal, so I reluctantly intervened a little."

Chu Yunyi stepped forward, releasing a formidable Evil Qi from his entire being: "It seems I guessed right; it was you who attacked me from behind!"

"Hahaha, it was me!"

Mingzhen raised his hand and stroked his face; Lin Zhian’s handsome body performed such a feminine and seductive motion, looking quite eerie.

"I didn’t intend to spare your life, but at that time, I had just switched to Lin Zhian’s shell and wasn’t quite accustomed to it, so my attack was slightly light."

"Luckily, my attack was light and didn’t injure your vitals, otherwise, I might have regretted it immensely. Because from your blood I sensed an earth-shattering secret; you possess an extremely rare Innate Holy Body in the cultivation world, and if I use your body as a shell, my abilities would be exponentially enhanced."

"Fortunately, although you were severely injured and on the brink of death, you held on until rescue arrived, and amidst the chaos, I took Xue Han away."

"Since then, I’ve been observing you secretly; your Spirit Sea was left with a serious hidden threat after that, but as long as your physical body is intact, the rest is just clouds to me."

"The heavens bestowed upon me the most perfect furnace, and today it has finally arrived for use, not in vain I waited in this trash shell for eighteen years!"

Mingzhen’s shameless visage utterly enraged Li Xing, her fingers formed seals consecutively, and a dome-shaped barrier with circles outside and squares inside suddenly rose from the plaza’s ground, enclosing the three of them inside. Worried about the barrier not being strong enough, Li Xing took out several Vajra Talismans and adhered them to the surface for reinforcement.

"Ugly monster, if you want to target him, you better ask me first!"

Li Xing finished speaking, and eighteen emerald Glazed Pearls shot up from the ground, weaving into a net in the air, with dense fog rising around Mingzhen, engulfing him in an instant.

Chu Yunyi threw dozens of Wind Blades into the array, while Li Xing’s hand seals were incessantly pressed, and, through replication and enhancement by the Thousand Leaves Killing Array, the Wind Blades transformed into thousands of terrifying attacks, pressing upon Mingzhen from all directions.

Mingzhen sneered, his wicked voice penetrating the fog and reaching Li Xing’s ears.

"Just a small array, what can it do to me?"

Suddenly, Mingzhen’s mouth opened wide, exaggeratedly drooping his jaw to his chest. The muscles on both cheeks appeared torn and only a few strings of flesh and tendons connected the upper and lower jaws, transforming Lin Zhian’s originally handsome face into one as terrifying as a ghost.

With a mighty inhale, countless Wind Blades were sucked in like blue smoke into his stomach, and the foggy array instantly settled down.

Although Chu Yunyi could not see inside the array, he could sense the connection with the Wind Blades had severed.

"What’s going on?"

"The Wind Blades were swallowed by Mingzhen!"

Li Xing threw another dozen fireballs inside, which were similarly absorbed by Mingzhen.

Since Elemental Power attacks were ineffective, she could only use the Glazed Pearls themselves against him. Li Xing’s hand seals altered, and the Glazed Pearls transformed into countless sharp blades surrounding Mingzhen.

Within the array, Mingzhen’s figure moved like a phantom, continuously dodging and maneuvering to avoid the attacks from the Glazed Blades, but since Lin Zhian’s body was already ravaged, controlling it was not very dexterous, and his knees were successively pierced by the blades.

With injured knees, although Mingzhen felt no pain, the integrity of the shell was further compromised, and his mobility slowed considerably, with increasingly more Glazed Blades charging towards Mingzhen.

"Hmph! I never expected you could maneuver the Thousand Leaves Killing Array to such an extent. If you weren’t set on opposing me, I might be reluctant to kill you!"

Li Xing was puzzled at heart, hearing his tone, it seemed he had witnessed the Thousand Leaves Killing Array before! Could it be Mo Fu had once confronted him?

But before she could ponder further, a sense of crisis arose in Li Xing’s heart, prompting her to command the Glazed Blades to flee in the opposite direction from Mingzhen. Unfortunately, she was a step too late.

Mingzhen’s aura surged within moments, and Lin Zhian’s physical body was instantly pulverized by the rampaging energy.

The surging aura did not diminish a fraction due to the impediment of the shell, rushing directly towards the Thousand Leaves Killing Array.

The misty space formed by the array could not withstand this violent energy wave, forcibly breaking from within.

The Glazed Blades immediately reverted to Glazed Pearls, scattered like artillery shells, showing varying degrees of cracks and flashing dimly a few times before scattering across the plaza.

At the moment of Mingzhen’s counterattack, Chu Yunyi timely deployed the Wind Array to shield Li Xing, nearby buildings were destroyed by the shockwave, but Li Xing and Chu Yunyi remained unscathed.

Fortunately, the Thousand Leaves Killing Array delayed for a moment, the energy leaked to the outside was limited, and the outer barrier remained intact.

At this moment, Mingzhen was already in his true form, openly standing before Li Xing and Chu Yunyi without any invisibility.

Unlike the typical insect-like appearance of the Three-Eyed Bug, Mingzhen’s physique was closer to a human—his face was dominated by two olive-shaped black eyes occupying two-thirds of the area, with a slightly smaller vertical eye on his forehead. His limbs were slender and long, with the upper limbs emanating dozens of tendrils from the elbow.

Thinking of his body coveted by such an ugly monster, Chu Yunyi’s fury became uncontrollable, and he drew the Leisurely Fan to attack Mingzhen. Li Xing also unsheathed the Heavenly Wolf Saber, joining the battle.

Faced with the two pinnacle forces of the Qianyuan Continent, Mingzhen was unperturbed, chuckling eerily while using his tendrils to fend off the attacks.

Mingzhen’s tendrils appeared as soft as seaweed but were extraordinarily resilient, Chu Yunyi’s Wind Blades sliced iron like mud but could only leave faint markings on his body.

Fortunately, Mingzhen did not wish to damage this precious body, thus he refrained from killing, instead deliberately toying, wrapping and harassing Chu Yunyi continuously with his tendrils.

Scratched once by Li Xing before, Mingzhen tried to avoid clashing with the Heavenly Wolf Saber directly. Moreover, with his rapid speed and sporadic invisibility skills, Li Xing repeatedly missed her strikes, feeling frustrated with no place to exert her strength.

Mingzhen was so elusive, Li Xing was unwilling to waste more time with him, summoning the Three Thousand Lotus, intending to incinerate him to ashes with the Abnormal Fire.

But to Li Xing’s much surprise, despite the intense burning of the Three Thousand Lotus, Mingzhen’s body remained completely undamaged, with his attack speed and intensity growing stronger instead.

While Li Xing was perplexed, Little Fatty’s complaint sounded in her mind: "Master, this ugly monster is absorbing my energy!"

Absorbing energy?

Li Xing immediately realized, Mingzhen must possess attributes similar to the Dark Elemental Spirit, capable of devouring energy.

Chu Yunyi’s Wind Blades, Little Fatty’s Abnormal Fire, fundamentally, were both energies, therefore their attacks were meaningless to Mingzhen, and instead unhelpfully replenishing him.

Li Xing’s attacks were physical, which Mingzhen couldn’t absorb, thus he particularly feared her, trying to avoid close combat with her.

Grasping this critical point, Li Xing retracted the Three Thousand Lotus and shouted to Chu Yunyi: "Don’t use Elemental Power, he can absorb it!"

Regrettably, at this moment, Chu Yunyi had reached his physical limit, a metallic taste surged to his throat, and his internal organs felt searing pain as if torn apart.

To avoid appearing compromised before Mingzhen, Chu Yunyi forcefully swallowed down the blood but stumbled inadvertently.

At that moment, Mingzhen suddenly vanished.

Li Xing extended her Divine Sense, witnessing Mingzhen liquefy and rapidly infiltrate Chu Yunyi’s body through his nostrils and ears.