397: Chapter 397 Lu Li's Acting Skills

"The stronger the prey, the more violently it struggles, and the more interesting the hunt becomes! Lu Yuan's son... as long as I capture you alive, I will not only achieve the top merit for the Sect, but I can also drain your Chaos Body Origin to nourish my Heavenly Wolf Bloodline!"

"Your life is mine, Hua Yunfei's!"

Hua Yunfei's body swayed slightly, and he instantly transformed into an incorporeal black shadow, merging completely into the darkness of the forest. Silent yet swift as the wind, he pursued Lu Li into the Poisonous Miasma Valley.

Deep within the Poisonous Miasma Valley, colorful toxic mists permeated the surroundings. These mists could even slowly corrode the protective spiritual light of a Void Immortal, making a "sizzling" sound. The ground was littered with the skeletal remains of immortal birds and exotic beasts that had strayed into this place.

Lu Li was putting on a show, propping up a "faltering" spiritual power shield. He was "struggling" to resist the poisonous gas eroding from all sides, his steps appearing increasingly heavy and slow.

Suddenly.

Screech—!

A piercing explosion, as if the very fabric of space was being torn apart, detonated without warning in the poisonous mist behind Lu Li!

A pitch-black claw shadow, dozens of feet long, carrying a terrifying sharp Qi that could tear through the Void Realm and destroy anything, and accompanied by a nauseatingly thick smell of blood, lunged out from the rolling colored mist. With lightning speed, it aimed straight for the vital point at the back of Lu Li's heart!

Contained within this claw shadow was a violent, bloodthirsty Primeval Fierce Beast Law.

The power it erupted with had completely crossed the barrier of a Profound Immortal, reaching the terrifying level of a Half-step Golden Immortal!

"Finally willing to come out! This game of hide-and-seek was getting really boring!"

Lu Li was secretly delighted, but his face instantly switched to a perfect expression of shock and utter terror.

"Who is it?"

He let out a "panic-stricken" shout. In his haste, as if frightened out of his wits by this sudden sneak attack, he could only turn around in a flurry and cross his fair arms in front of his chest in a desperate attempt at a final resistance.

Bang—!

A dull, thunderous boom echoed through the valley.

That terrifying black claw shadow, containing the power of a Half-step Golden Immortal, slammed heavily and solidly against Lu Li's crossed arms.

“Ugh!”

Lu Li cooperatively let out a muffled groan of "pain." To make the acting even more realistic, he even deliberately suppressed the automatic protective rebound force of his Chaos Body and voluntarily relaxed his muscles.

Under the massive force of impact, Lu Li was sent flying backward like a kite with its string cut.

He smashed heavily onto the ground covered in poisonous stones, carving out a deep trench hundreds of feet long. Along the way, he shattered countless hard boulders and withered bones. For a moment, dust flew and the poisonous mist rolled.

“Cough, cough... cough, cough, cough...”

Accompanied by a few weak coughs, Lu Li struggled to roll over amidst the ruins. Supporting himself with his hands on the ground, he slowly climbed up.

He bit his lip tightly, and a trail of crimson blood flowed "with great difficulty" from the corner of his mouth. His originally neat green robes were now torn in many places and covered in mud. He looked as if he had suffered extremely severe internal injuries and was in a wretched state.

“Cough... only capable of hiding in the dark to launch sneak attacks. So you're just a cowardly turtle hiding its head.”

Lu Li raised the back of his hand to wipe away the "blood" from the corner of his mouth. His bright eyes stared coldly at the rolling poisonous mist in front of him. His voice trembled slightly due to "weakness." As a breeze blew past, the poisonous mist slowly dispersed to both sides.

Hua Yunfei's figure, dressed in black and gold robes with a sinister and smug expression, gradually revealed itself.

At this moment, his hands were no longer human palms, but had transformed into a pair of fierce beast claws covered in barbs and cold black scales! His fingernails were several feet long, shimmering with a ghostly green cold light, and foul-smelling blood that corroded the ground dripped from them.

“Hahaha! Your alertness is decent, and your Physical Body is indeed as Prodigy-like as the legends say.”

Hua Yunfei looked down from above at the "heavily injured and blood-spitting" Lu Li, his lips curling into a cruel and contemptuous smile.

“However, for you to survive a direct hit from my Heavenly Wolf Sky-Rending Claw, which is fused with the Heavenly Wolf Bloodline, while only in the Void Immortal realm, you already have enough to be proud of. You'll even have something to brag about when you reach the underworld.”

Hua Yunfei approached step by step, his Half-step Golden Immortal pressure pressing down on Lu Li like a tide. His tone was full of the playfulness of a cat toying with a mouse:

“Lu Li, stop your futile struggling. In your current state, you can't even exert ten percent of your usual strength.

Surrender peacefully and follow me back to the Taiyi Immortal Sect. If I'm in a good mood, I might plead with the Sect Master to give you a quick death, sparing you the torture of Soul Searching and Spirit Refining!”

Lu Li knelt on one knee on the ground, his head bowed. Listening to Hua Yunfei's overbearing clamor, he was already frantically complaining in his heart.

“This is it? This is called a Half-step Golden Immortal's attack? This strength, damn it, isn't even as much as when my old man tests my cultivation and whips my butt with a willow branch! If it weren't for cooperating with my dad's script, that block just now would have directly shattered those dog claws of yours!”

In his heart, Lu Li held utter contempt for Hua Yunfei. However, since he was currently a "stubborn youth heavily injured and waiting to be slaughtered," he naturally had to play the scene to the end, and the emotions had to be full!

“Bah! You want to kill me? Use me to threaten my father? Keep dreaming!”

Lu Li suddenly looked up, his eyes slightly red with anger and despair. He let out a hysterical roar, like a young lion driven into a corner.

“Even if I, Lu Li, die in battle, I will never let you despicable people succeed! Die!”

Accompanied by a roar, Lu Li recklessly forced himself to gather the "remaining" Dharma power in his body. Chaos Qi circulated around him, but the light appeared flickering and dim, giving an illusion of being strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

Wielding his fists, he once again threw himself into a fierce battle with Hua Yunfei like a moth to a flame.

“Boom! Bang! Rumble!”

Intense sounds of Dharma power collisions suddenly erupted within the valley.

The poisonous mist was shredded by the violent air currents, and the surrounding rock walls constantly collapsed during their exchange.

However, as the battle continued, Hua Yunfei felt more and more that something was wrong, and the shock in his heart grew deeper.

He had originally thought that Lu Li was at the end of his rope and that he could completely suppress and capture him alive with a few casual moves.

But he discovered with horror that this kid was simply like an unkillable monster!

Clearly, with every collision, Lu Li would be sent flying by his violent Heavenly Wolf power, deep claw marks that showed bone would be left on his body, and he would spit out large mouthfuls of blood.

He looked like he was "retreating step by step" and was "covered in wounds," as if he would take his last breath in the next second.

But no matter how hard he struck, no matter how vicious the Divine Ability he used, this kid just wouldn't die.

His abnormal Chaos Physical Body recovery power could actually force most of those fatal wounds to heal within a breath! Then he would pounce back like a madman to take a bite out of him!