539: Chapter 537 I Will Not Die!

Bang!

As soon as the words were spoken, the blood shadow that looked exactly like Chu Xuan was struck between the brows by Sect Leader Zhihua's fingertip. It shuddered violently, appearing as if it were about to shatter and disperse.

But after a few breaths, the blood shadow condensed once again.

"Hmm?"

Sect Leader Zhihua's expression changed slightly. "It failed..."

"What happened?" The swelling on the Second Elder's face still hadn't subsided, making him look like a pig's head. He asked in a heavy voice, "Is there a problem?"

The Man in Green's eyes showed surprise. "I sensed that person's life aura from up close. Although he has many tricks and is quite strange, he should only be at the Guiyuan Realm, or at most the Diyuan Realm. How could a curse-kill performed at your Realm fail?"

"Normally, of course, it wouldn't. My Thousand-Mile Curse-Kill has never failed, unless... he is already more than a thousand miles away," Sect Leader Zhihua said expressionlessly.

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

The two Grand Elders of the Cangyun Sect looked unwilling, especially the pig-headed Second Elder, who was so angry his teeth itched.

"Given the speed of that flying treasure, it's reasonable that he has escaped a thousand miles away by now." The Man in Green shook his head. "It seems we can only issue an execution order."

The Second Elder said hatefully, "With that treasure that can travel a thousand miles in an instant, even if we issue an execution order, who could catch up to him? Don't forget, among those who came from that world to participate in the Seed Project, there are still a few remnants who escaped to the Land of Gods Fall. If they regroup, they might all escape!"

"Then immediately dispatch experts to wait at that entrance. Ordinary Guiyuan Realm practitioners probably won't do; it must be at least Diyuan... or even a Tianyuan Martial Artist!" The Grand Elder made a prompt decision.

"These people grow too fast. If they regroup and return to their own world, our plan to plunder the world's Origin might be hindered..."

At that moment, Sect Leader Zhihua suddenly spoke: "My curse-kill technique has not yet reached Perfection and can only reach a thousand miles. But if I pay a certain price, a Ten-Thousand-Mile Curse-Kill is not impossible."

"Oh?"

The Second Elder's expression darkened slightly. "In that case, why haven't you acted immediately?"

"Second Elder, please calm down. As I just said, this technique is not yet at Perfection. Performing a Ten-Thousand-Mile Curse-Kill requires paying a price," Sect Leader Zhihua sighed.

The Second Elder gave a cold snort. "Speak, what do you want?"

"Twenty slots!" Sect Leader Zhihua held up two fingers. "I want to send twenty Blood Shadow Sect Disciples in the next batch of teleportation, and all of them must be in the Guiyuan Realm!"

"Twenty Guiyuan Realm practitioners? Are you planning to send all the pillars of your Blood Shadow Sect over?"

The Second Elder laughed out of anger. "Do you not know that the more powerful the lifeform, the greater the cost of teleportation? At most, I will let the Blood Shadow Sect send fifteen people first, with only five in the Guiyuan Realm, and they can only be at the Renyuan level!"

"The cost of the Teleportation Array is drawn by all of us from the world; it's just some external resources." Sect Leader Zhihua sighed softly. "But the price I must pay to use my Natal Divine Ability is my own essence blood!"

The Second Elder's hair and beard bristled with rage.

"Enough, say no more!"

The Grand Elder waved his hand and said directly, "I will give you twenty slots, but only ten can be in the Guiyuan Realm, and among them, there can be at most one Diyuan Martial Artist!"

Before Sect Leader Zhihua could speak again, the Grand Elder suddenly said in a cold voice, "This grand plan of plundering the world's Origin concerns all our futures. You are not just doing this for my Cangyun Sect, but for yourself as well! Sect Leader Zhihua, do you understand?"

"Since the Grand Elder has put it that way, I naturally have no choice but to obey."

The corners of Sect Leader Zhihua's mouth curled up.

Then, she slightly parted her red lips, and a drop of blood emitting a dazzling light slowly flew out of her mouth. When it landed on her fingertip, her entire finger turned blood-red.

She pointed forward once more.

Bang!!

The blood shadow shattered and collapsed!

Meanwhile, in the clouds a thousand miles away.

Chu Xuan let Gaga Chicken operate the white emperor fighter while he himself meditated, using the "Regeneration" trait to slowly recover his health points.

By now, he had dispersed the body maintained by the Fire of Nirvana.

His heavily damaged flesh and bones were slowly self-repairing. He had manually dug out the bone fragments from his chest, abdomen, and legs.

Chu Xuan didn't even frown, though the cockpit was filled with the smell of blood.

As the bleeding soon stopped and new flesh began to slowly wiggle, Chu Xuan frowned slightly and looked at the stump where his arm had been severed at the shoulder.

New flesh had grown here, and even a skin membrane had formed, showing signs of scabbing, but the severed bone had not grown back.

"Severed limbs cannot self-recover..." Chu Xuan lowered his eyes slightly but wasn't overly worried. He took out the [super life recovery potion] he had obtained from completing the hospital mission.

"This treasure, which cost 1,000 Contribution Points to exchange, should be able to regenerate flesh and bone, right?" Chu Xuan murmured to himself, feeling a bit reluctant. This was effectively an extra life in a critical moment.

After thinking it over, he decided to wait until he returned and find a Transcendent with relevant skills to help him. At most, he would spend more spirituality value as compensation.

As for now, forming a new arm through the Fire of Nirvana, while not his original arm, wouldn't affect his combat power too much.

With this thought, Chu Xuan was about to put away the [super life recovery potion].

Suddenly, his heart throbbed violently, his scalp tingled, and an intense sense of death instantly enveloped him. Immediately following that, a shrill cry rang out.

A paper effigy jumped out from Chu Xuan's body.

"Aah!!"

The paper effigy ran around frantically like a headless fly, its eerie face full of terror. Then, its body flipped over and it simply fell apart.

"What happened?" Gaga Chicken, who was operating the fighter, was startled and quickly turned to look over.

"The death-substitution item took effect; someone is trying to kill me!" Chu Xuan's expression shifted. "Could it be some Art of Karma, killing from a vast distance?"

Chu Xuan instantly thought of the blood and bone fragments he had left behind from his injuries earlier. Given the conditions then, there had been no time to clean them up.

Gaga Chicken cried out in alarm, "Then what should we do? If they couldn't kill you once, there might be a second time!"

"Then let them kill me once!" Chu Xuan's eyes darkened as he pulled out a resurrection crystal, but he didn't crush it immediately.

Gaga Chicken stared with wide, cross-eyed eyes and asked in confusion, "Boss Chu, why aren't you crushing it yet?"

Chu Xuan's face was calm. "A skill like that shouldn't be without a price. Besides, the opponent might not realize I'm not dead yet. This way, I can save a resurrection item. Although the possibility is slim, it's worth a try."

"You're gambling with your life! What if you really die?" Gaga Chicken looked anxious.

"I can survive one more time!" A trace of ruthlessness appeared on Chu Xuan's calm face.

"Killing a target multiple times from a distance shouldn't be without a price! Since I have to use a resurrection item, I'll maximize the effect. If I'm having a hard time, I won't let the person striking from the shadows have it easy either!"

...

"It actually failed to kill him?" Sect Leader Zhihua gasped. Looking at the collapsed flesh and blood in front of her, it had actually reconsolidated into the human-shaped blood shadow. Her eyes were full of disbelief.

"Then another curse-kill it is!"

A flash of ruthlessness appeared in Sect Leader Zhihua's expression. She suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, which condensed in her palm to form a rune. Then, she raised her hand and slammed it down onto the blood shadow's head.

A strange power echoed out, and the blood shadow's entire body trembled incessantly.

...

Inside the white emperor fighter's cockpit, Chu Xuan once again felt an intense sense of death. In the next instant, a sharp, twisting pain radiated through his entire body.

[You have been cursed-killed.]

[Your health points have been depleted...]

[Your Exclusive Skill "I Will Not Die" has been triggered. Your spirituality value -1,000. Your health points remain at 5.]

[Warning! You are in a near-death state. Your current health points cannot maintain bodily functions. In your current state, you will die within 3-5 minutes.]

Chu Xuan leaned back in the seat.

His consciousness was dazed, his vision blurred. His entire body was incredibly weak, and his strength was rapidly vanishing.

"When health points are below 10%, the effect of 'Regeneration' cannot be triggered..." Chu Xuan's eyes narrowed. He still had quite a few health recovery potions, but there was no need to waste them now. Using his remaining strength, he clenched his fist.

Gaga Chicken was pale with fright. "Boss Chu, why are you suddenly about to kick the bucket?"

Crack!

The resurrection crystal shattered.

Chu Xuan spoke calmly, "Don't worry, I Will Not Die."

After speaking, he gave a light chuckle. "The super life recovery potion can be saved after all..."

...

"Still not dead?"

Looking at the blood shadow that had once again condensed, this time it wasn't just Sect Leader Zhihua; the others were also full of disbelief.

They believed it was absolutely impossible that Sect Leader Zhihua's curse-kill technique was inadequate.

Then there was only one possibility...

"This boy must not be allowed to live!"

This time, without the two Grand Elders of the Cangyun Sect needing to promise any further price, Sect Leader Zhihua was already full of killing intent. She spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood.

This blood did not disperse but instead condensed into a blood sword.

"I don't believe you still won't die!" Sect Leader Zhihua's body swayed, her face pale and bloodless. She suddenly gripped the blood sword and swung it fiercely.

Bang!

The blood shadow exploded!

...

Bang!

On the white emperor fighter, Chu Xuan also exploded.