162: Chapter 162 Phoenix Rebirth: The Unkillable Monster

"Talk nicely?"

Soul Fiend looked at the youth before him, covered in dragon scales and bathed in saint blood, his lips twitching violently.

He was the dignified Vice Hall Master of the Soul Hall, a peerless expert at the Peak Saint Realm; when had he ever been cornered like a dead dog and questioned?

"Xu Chen... do not push people too far!"

Soul Fiend abruptly looked up, his eyes that originally flickered with eerie green ghost fire had now turned into two swirling pools of crimson blood.

"Do you really think that just because you have an Imperial Weapon and this monstrous strength, you can truly kill me?"

"This seat has dominated the Central State for three thousand years, relying on more than just numbers!"

"Ten Thousand Soul Sacrifice! Asura Body!"

Following Soul Fiend's shrill roar, countless wisps of eerie black smoke suddenly rose from the corpses of the Soul Hall elders scattered around—those who had been beaten half-to-death or turned into minced meat by Xu Chen.

Those were their souls.

The Soul Hall's cultivation methods had always been cruel; not only were they ruthless to enemies, they were even more ruthless to their own. The moment they entered the hall, a restriction was planted in the soul origin of every elder.

"Vice Hall Master! No!"

"I'm still alive! Don't sacrifice me!"

Several elders who were only heavily injured and unconscious were forcibly awakened, letting out screams of despair. But Soul Fiend's eyes were already bloodshot with rage; why would he care about the life or death of these cannon fodder?

"To be able to die for this seat is your honor!"

Whoosh—!

Dozens of Saint-level souls were forcibly inhaled into Soul Fiend's body.

His body instantly expanded. His originally withered and small frame transformed in the blink of an eye into a hundred-zhang-tall Asura demon with green skin and sharp fangs. The terrifying fluctuations of soul power actually faintly broke through the limits of a Saint, touching upon that sliver of... the Great Saint threshold!

"Jie jie jie..."

"Power! This is power!"

Soul Fiend felt the terrifying energy within his body that felt like it was about to explode, and the fear in his eyes vanished. He looked down at Xu Chen from a height, as if looking at an ant.

"Kid, to force this seat to use this move, you have enough to be proud of."

"Now, go to hell for this seat!"

Boom!

Soul Fiend's massive ghost claw swung down violently.

This claw was no longer a simple physical attack, but a soul shock containing the resentment of dozens of Saints. Where the claw wind passed, even space was corroded into pitch-black cracks, emitting a tooth-aching "sizzle" sound.

"Watch out!"

Below, Liu Hanyan's expression changed drastically.

She could feel the terror of this strike; it was a devastating blow aimed at the divine soul. No matter how strong the physical body was, if the divine soul was destroyed, it would be nothing but an empty shell.

"Husband! Quickly dodge!" Xiao Yu was even more anxious, about to rush up.

Facing this terrifying offensive that was nearly the strike of a Great Saint, Xu Chen stood in place, motionless.

He even found the time to turn back and blow a kiss to the two women.

"Dodge? Why dodge?"

"I'll just use him to test the limits of this body of mine."

Before his voice finished, the terrifying ghost claw had already crashed down, completely submerging Xu Chen's tiny figure.

"Rumble—!!!"

A storm of black soul power instantly swept across the entire sky.

The earth cracked, and mountain peaks collapsed.

Xu Chen, at the center of the explosion, was like a small boat swallowed by a giant wave.

"A hit!"

Soul Fiend was ecstatic.

He clearly felt his sharp claws tear through the opponent's hard dragon scales, piercing into his flesh, and even that corrosive soul poison had invaded his internal organs.

"Hahaha! So what if you're the Young Master of the Imperial Clan? So what if you have the Hongmeng Body?"

"Having been struck by this seat's Ten Thousand Soul Corpse Poison, even a Great Luo Immortal couldn't save you!"

Soul Fiend laughed maniacally, wanting to pull back his claw and rip out Xu Chen's heart while he was at it.

But.

In the next second, his laughter came to an abrupt halt.

Because he found that his claw... could not be pulled out.

The dust settled.

The Asura ghost claw had pierced deeply into Xu Chen's chest; it was bloody, and one could even see the beating golden heart through the wound.

For any normal person, suffering such a fatal injury would mean they were as dead as could be.

But Xu Chen acted as if nothing had happened.

Not only did he not fall, but he also reached out with both hands and firmly grabbed the finger of Soul Fiend that had pierced his body.

He slowly raised his head, and within those originally cold vertical pupils, a cluster of... extremely brilliant seven-colored flames ignited.

"That's it?"

Xu Chen grinned, his smile revealing a madness that made Soul Fiend's scalp tingle.

"The strength is alright, but this poison... is a bit stale."

"True Phoenix Treasure Technique: Rebirth!"

Li—!!!

A clear and spirited phoenix cry rang out from within Xu Chen's body without any warning.

Then, under Soul Fiend's terrified gaze, a cluster of sacred, noble, and infinitely vibrant seven-colored divine fire erupted from Xu Chen's wound.

That was no ordinary fire.

That was the legendary origin fire that only the Undying Divine Phoenix clan could master—the Rebirth Divine Fire!

Sizzle sizzle sizzle!

The poisonous black qi that had invaded Xu Chen's body, upon encountering this divine fire, was like snow meeting a blazing sun, instantly purified completely.

And even more terrifying—

The terrifying bloody hole in Xu Chen's chest that went straight through began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye under the envelopment of the flames.

Granulation tissue wriggled, bones regenerated, and dragon scales covered it.

In just the time of a single breath.

That fatal wound, which was enough to make a Saint perish, had actually... healed!

Not even a scar was left behind!

"What?!"

Soul Fiend's eyes were about to pop out; he felt his worldview shatter into pieces.

"The Rebirth technique of the Undying Divine Phoenix?! Are you a human or a demon?!"

"How can you possibly possess the inheritance of both the True Dragon and the True Phoenix?! This isn't scientific! This doesn't conform to the rules of the Heavenly Dao!"

In this world, Dragon and Phoenix were mutually exclusive, and humans and demons walked different paths.

How could a human have a physical body as strong as a True Dragon and recovery power comparable to a True Phoenix?

What kind of monster is this?!

"Scientific?"

Xu Chen cracked his neck, making a crisp sound of bones popping.

Holding Soul Fiend's finger, the seven-colored phoenix fire burned fiercely on his palm, spreading all the way up the ghost claw.

"In my, Xu Chen's, presence, I am the rules."

"Now, it's my turn."

A cold light flashed in Xu Chen's eyes.

"Break for me!"

Crack!

He exerted force abruptly, actually snapping Soul Fiend's massive finger by brute force!

"Aow—!!!"

Soul Fiend let out a heart-piercing scream, his massive Asura Body stumbling back.

But Xu Chen followed like a shadow, his figure flashing as he instantly appeared above Soul Fiend's head.

"Don't you like to fight? Come on! Continue!"

Xu Chen threw a punch.

Bang!

Half of Soul Fiend's head was directly blown apart, black qi dissipating everywhere.

But for a soul body, this wasn't a fatal wound, and Soul Fiend desperately mobilized soul power to try and repair it.

But Xu Chen gave him no chance to breathe at all.

"Repairing, are you? Let's see if you can repair faster than I can dismantle!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Xu Chen turned into a streak of purple-gold lightning, frantically outputting attacks around Soul Fiend's massive body.

With every punch that fell, a large patch of black mist exploded.

Soul Fiend's arm was broken; just as it had grown back halfway, it was shattered again by Xu Chen's kick.

His chest was blasted through; just as he condensed a new soul body, it was torn open again by Xu Chen.

Soul Fiend became increasingly desperate as the fight went on.

His soul power was finite; every repair consumed his origin.

And what about the monster in front of him?

Xu Chen was completely a tireless perpetual motion machine!

Sometimes Soul Fiend would counterattack desperately, managing to leave a deep, bone-deep wound on Xu Chen, only for the seven-colored flames to flash in the next second and the wound to be healed!

"Monster... you're a monster..."

"I'm not fighting anymore! I surrender! I admit defeat!"

Soul Fiend finally broke down.

His massive Asura Body had already been beaten until it shrunk by more than half, from a hundred zhang tall down to a dozen zhang.

He, a dignified Peak Saint expert, had been beaten to tears.

This was just too much bullying!

He couldn't win the fight, he couldn't kill him, and he couldn't outlast him.

How the hell was he supposed to play this?

"Surrender?"

Xu Chen stopped his movements, hovering in mid-air, panting slightly.

Although the Rebirth Divine Fire could restore his injuries, such high-intensity output was indeed quite tiring. However, the thrill of every punch hitting home had also made the hot blood in his body boil completely.

He looked at the Soul Fiend below, curled into a ball and trembling, a cruel smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

"Sorry, I don't accept surrenders."

"I gave you a chance to talk nicely just now, and you didn't cherish it."

"Now..."

Xu Chen looked up in the direction of the Medicine Spirit Abyss, where Liu Hanyan was guarding that Void Pill Cauldron that hadn't completely extinguished its fire yet.

A crazy and bold idea emerged in his mind.

"Since your Soul Hall loves using living souls to refine pills and weapons most, I'll let you taste that flavor as well."

"Coincidentally, although my Nine Revolutions Replenishing Heaven Pill is finished, it's still missing one last 'sacrifice' for the consecration."

Xu Chen reached out, and in his palm, the zhu xian sword embryo emerged again, emitting a hum of bloodlust.

"You filthy souls, although you're a bit smelly, to be used as fuel for a divine pill..."

"You're barely qualified."

Hearing this, Soul Fiend shuddered violently, a chill rushing straight to his crown.

"You... what do you want to do?!"

"Madman! You madman! The Dan Tower strictly forbids refining pills with souls! This is falling into demonhood!"

"Falling into demonhood?"

Xu Chen sneered, and the phantoms of the True Dragon and True Phoenix behind him intertwined, transforming into a soul-stirring image of the Dragon and Phoenix in Auspicious Harmony.

"To save my wife, never mind falling into demonhood."

"Even if I have to poke a hole in the heavens, I wouldn't hesitate!"

"Total Annihilation · Zhu Xian Array, rise!"