365: Chapter 364 Killing Li Tairen, Confronting Yan Guofa

As he pointed his finger, the Slashes within Chu Xuan's body continued to condense.

At this moment, the forty-fifth Slash had already appeared.

Immediately following was the forty-sixth.

This was the strongest power Chu Xuan could exert through his conventional frontal means to date.

Its essence did not lie in the sheer power of the Slashes, but in the true damage brought by the attached Fire of Nirvana.

At the same time, Yan Guofa seemed to sense something. His gaze grew deep as he took a long look at Chu Xuan and sighed softly.

“It seems there is nothing left to discuss. I thought we would be on the same path, but unfortunately... in the end, you only care for a moment of satisfaction and disregard the big picture.”

Chu Xuan’s laughter did not stop. “Since you care so much about the big picture, why don't you walk the same path as me? To make an enemy of me for the sake of such a scourge—where exactly is your sense of the big picture?”

The forty-seventh and forty-eighth Slashes were generated one after another!

As he spoke, an even stronger light burst from Chu Xuan's eyes.

The skill Heart Bewitchment was instantly activated, targeting Li Tairen.

Li Tairen, who was being held by Yan Guofa's withered hand, suddenly looked dazed and murmured:

“I... I am not a scourge. I was only following the guidance of the Revelation, using the rules to interfere with Chu Xuan...”

Just as he said this, Li Tairen seemed to want to continue, but his voice came to an abrupt halt.

Not just Li Tairen, but everyone present was frozen in a state of stasis at that moment.

Even the air seemed to solidify.

An invisible field expanded outward with Yan Guofa as the center.

In the national live broadcast, people clearly saw a bird frozen in mid-air dozens of meters away.

It neither flew away nor fell from the sky.

Everyone thought the live stream might have lagged.

“Very well, then let me see just how much you are worth...”

However, Yan Guofa's aged voice continued to echo eerily in the broadcast, making many Transcendents watching realize that things were likely not that simple.

And the one bearing the brunt of it was Chu Xuan.

He instantly felt himself bound by an invisible force.

Unlike his first encounter with Yan Guofa, where he felt about seventy percent of his strength was restricted.

This time, even though his various attributes had increased, he felt that over ninety percent of his power was being suppressed.

Attempting to move, Chu Xuan felt a massive sense of resistance.

“As expected, this old fellow didn't use his full strength against me before...”

Chu Xuan’s eyes flickered. He had suspected this ever since he used the ring with Sealing Power that the other man had secretly sent him.

Now that it was verified, Chu Xuan didn't panic in the slightest.

In that flash of thought, the fiftieth Slash within his body had already condensed.

In an instant, Chu Xuan did not hold back at all.

A loud metallic ring sounded as fifty meter-long Slashes surged forth.

The Slashes, which had always been invincible and reached their target instantly, now looked as if someone had pressed the slow-motion button.

They were actually much slower than an arrow fired by an ordinary person, wobbling as they traveled. As the distance increased, they scattered slightly, unable to stay concentrated.

The Black Flame attached to each Slash burned intensely, appearing even more vivid at this moment, like blossoming fireworks.

“If not for the Fire of Nirvana being attached, these Slashes would probably have been completely frozen... and the power of the Fire of Nirvana seems to weaken as the distance increases...”

As this thought crossed Chu Xuan's mind, the surging Slashes had already reached fifty meters away.

To Chu Xuan's surprise, Yan Guofa didn't even try to dodge, though a circle of grayish-white light shields appeared around him.

Amidst the booming vibrations, the light shields dimmed and shattered in an instant.

A few Slashes missed.

However, the majority of the Slashes still covered Yan Guofa and Li Tairen within their range.

Initially, a look of joy flashed in Li Tairen's eyes, thinking he was saved. But as the light shields shattered, he was hit by one of the Slashes, and more than half of his arm was instantly severed.

The severed arm seemed frozen in space and did not fall, but Black Flame flared up and burned at the wound.

Then came the second and third; in the blink of an eye, he was hit by more than ten Slashes.

One Slash in particular hit his head, splitting it in two from the brow.

The joy in Li Tairen's eyes was instantly replaced by endless pain and despair.

He couldn't dodge, and he couldn't even scream. He could only see the System constantly notifying him that his health points and spirituality value were rapidly vanishing.

Under these circumstances, Li Tairen felt he should have died long ago, but a mysterious sealing force was actually slowing down the speed of his death.

Indescribable pain swept through his entire body, like being cut by a thousand knives or pierced by billions of steel needles. It felt as if even his Soul was being tormented.

The black fire continued to spread across his wounds like fire snakes.

Until his flesh melted away and his white bones stood exposed.

Only then did Li Tairen lose his last shred of consciousness, dying as a mere skeleton.

In the next instant, the bones were completely incinerated by the nearly extinguished Fire of Nirvana.

All of this took only a short ten seconds or so, but for the dying Li Tairen, it was an unspeakable torture.

And from start to finish, once Chu Xuan made his move, he never looked at Li Tairen again.

He was merely a pawn in the game between the two sides. Since he had taken the wrong path, death was the only outcome.

At the same time, Yan Guofa, who was standing with him, was hit by nearly twenty Slashes.

Faint wounds appeared without a single trace of blood, only wisps of rolling Black Flames.

[Your spirituality value +2]

[Your spirituality value +5]

[Your spirituality value +3]

[...]

As the System notifications flashed one after another, Chu Xuan discovered through the Eye of the Gloom that Yan Guofa’s health points, which only had a cap of 300, were disappearing at the same rate he was gaining spirituality value.

In the blink of an eye, he had lost nearly 100 health points.

But a moment later, Yan Guofa’s health points began to recover at a rate of about 1 point per second, and the wounds on his body began to self-repair.

Not only that, Yan Guofa even raised his hand and made a grasping motion toward Chu Xuan through the void.

[Your health points -10]

[Your health points -10]

[Your health points -10]

Chu Xuan found his health points beginning to decrease, while Yan Guofa’s health recovery speed increased to about 2 points per second.

Seeing this, Chu Xuan was not disappointed; instead, a sharp light flashed in his eyes.

“When you exert this level of Sealing Power, you seem unable to move...”

As the corners of Chu Xuan's mouth curled up, he stepped forward.

His speed was very slow, like a toddler learning to walk, but every 3 seconds...

When the cooldown of All-Cutting Slash ended, a new Slash would condense and then fly out directly, striking Yan Guofa's body.

With every hit, Yan Guofa gained another wound, and his health points dropped by 2-5 points.

In the first dozen seconds, Yan Guofa’s health points didn't continue to decrease; instead, they were recovering rapidly.

But as Chu Xuan gradually approached, the damage caused to the opponent by the Fire of Nirvana became more and more stable.

By the twentieth second, Yan Guofa lost a fixed 5 health points with every Slash he received.

When the twenty-fourth second passed, the distance between Chu Xuan and his opponent had closed to about thirty meters.

By now, Yan Guofa’s body looked even more decayed and aged, nothing but skin and bones.

The wounds from the Slashes began to deepen, and the health points lost reached 8 per hit.

At this point, Yan Guofa’s health recovery speed could no longer keep up with the rate of loss.

It dropped back down to 200 points.

Meanwhile, Chu Xuan’s health points still had 1805 remaining!

“In one more minute at most, I will be standing in front of you. I'll still have over 1000 health points left, but how much will you have left?”

Chu Xuan’s expression was cold. Under this intense restriction, he found his teleportation skill was being interfered with. To avoid any accidents, he didn't use that skill.

Instead, he chose the most reliable method, advancing step by step.

The pitch-black long blade had already materialized in his hand, and his tone was calm yet grim:

“When I reach you, let’s see how many of my strikes you can survive!”