83: Broken Hand Change

Li Jinyi's eyes blazed with towering fury, and ultimately that fury once again shone into reality, into the depths of the earth, incinerating the entire land into lava, burning everything away.

However, this boundless fury had no effect whatsoever on the Five Elements Dao Soldiers; on the contrary, within this lava, the Five Elements Dao Soldiers' Earthly Fiend Dragon Slaying Art seemed to grow even stronger, as the Fire Element power was easily manipulated by the Five Elements Dao Soldiers and turned to their own use.

"Boom!"

Without a sound, another Five Elements Dao Soldier quietly emerged from behind Li Jinyi, and with a fierce punch, it pierced through Li Jinyi's head, completely killing Li Jinyi on the spot while he was still in his rage and still focused on the Five Elements Dao Soldier in front of him.

Throughout the entire process, Li Jinyi didn't even have room to react; it wasn't that he wasn't wary of Lu Chen's second Five Elements Dao Soldier, nor that Li Jinyi didn't know Lu Chen had deployed two Five Elements Dao Soldiers, but rather that with Li Jinyi's strength, being able to resist one Five Elements Dao Soldier was already his limit.

Moreover, this limit was only for a short period; once the battle time was extended, Li Jinyi, this newly advanced Dao Embryo who had just entered the Dao Infant Realm, was simply no match for the Five Elements Dao Soldiers.

Therefore, the moment the second Five Elements Dao Soldier appeared, Li Jinyi's death was already a foregone conclusion.

He himself also knew he couldn't block it.

Furthermore, Lu Chen always remembered that in this world there was still the 'Art of Resurrection', which could bring the dead back to life, but the prerequisite was that the head could not be completely smashed and the soul still had remnants.

Therefore, Lu Chen's target was the head.

It doesn't matter if you are in the Xuan Fa Realm or the Dao Infant Realm, it doesn't matter how condensed and real your soul cultivated in the ancestral aperture between your brows is; as long as you haven't achieved Yin God, one punch to smash your brain means you have to obediently die.

Oh, right, the Dao Embryo must be smashed too!

Lu Chen was just about to have the Five Elements Dao Soldiers strike again to smash the Dao Embryo in Li Jinyi's Qi Sea, but after thinking about it, he suddenly stopped this thought.

"Throw him into the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin and give it a try!"

After all, he's a Dao Infant Realm expert; completely destroying him would be a waste!

Oh, right, I also need to search the corpse.

This Li Jinyi is, after all, the Sword Fighting Peak Lord, a registered Disciple of the Third Elder, and now a Dao Infant Realm expert; his wealth is likely considerable, so it shouldn't be wasted either.

As soon as the thought arose, the two Five Elements Dao Soldiers had already dragged Li Jinyi's corpse back before Lu Chen.

After quickly searching and finding Li Jinyi's Storage Ring and a small qiankun bag he kept close to his body, Lu Chen then put them into the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin.

"I wonder if Dao Infant Realm cultivators can nurture Dao Soldiers!" Lu Chen was somewhat expectant.

Previously, the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin couldn't use Human Race cultivators as seeds to nurture Dao Soldiers, but those were ordinary cultivators; Li Jinyi is different, he is in the Dao Infant Realm, and even within the Dongming Sect Yezhou Main Sect, he is at the level of a Peak Lord or Elder.

He is a significant figure, so he naturally cannot be compared with cultivators of ordinary strength; there should be some difference.

Filled with anticipation, Lu Chen's consciousness also entered the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin.

However, one breath passed, two breaths passed, ten breaths passed, and Li Jinyi's Physical Body still showed no reaction.

"Useless thing!" Lu Chen was annoyed.

Although Lu Chen's Dao Soldiers have now reached their limit and he cannot nurture new Dao Soldiers, if Li Jinyi could also be used as a Dao Soldier seed, as the master of the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin, Lu Chen would be able to sense it.

But it was clear that Human Race cultivators still could not be used as seeds for Dao Soldiers.

Just burn him to ashes.

Lu Chen was about to turn Li Jinyi into dust...

But at this moment, within the void of the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin, a pale severed hand suddenly appeared; with just a gentle pat, Li Jinyi's Physical Body instantly disintegrated and dissolved without a sound, turning into dust.

What left Lu Chen even more dumbfounded was that he clearly saw a miniature Li Jinyi trying to rush out from within Li Jinyi's disintegrating Physical Body; he opened his mouth wide, wanting to scream and shout, but couldn't make any sound, and finally, along with his Physical Body, he was annihilated, turning into a faint light that completely merged into the severed hand and disappeared.

Immediately afterward, the severed hand sank back into the depths of the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin, showing no further movement, remaining like a dead object, just as it was at the very beginning.

"Li Jinyi's Dao Embryo!" Lu Chen's gaze was solemn; fortunately, fortunately he hadn't intended to leave Li Jinyi's corpse intact from the start.

This dog indeed had a trick up his sleeve; a part of his soul must have been transferred into the Dao Embryo beforehand, so that if Lu Chen had overlooked the step of 'destroying the corpse and eliminating traces', Li Jinyi's Dao Embryo could have escaped and, relying on the Art of Resurrection, he would still have had a chance to revive.

However, this little trick was clearly ineffective in front of Lu Chen.

If it weren't for wanting to test whether Li Jinyi could be used as a Dao Soldier seed to nurture Dao Soldiers, the moment Li Jinyi's head was smashed by the Five Elements Dao Soldier, the Five Elements Dao Soldier might have already controlled the Fire Element power to incinerate Li Jinyi into ashes.

The method he wanted to rely on to escape using his Dao Embryo was completely ineffective against Lu Chen.

Finally, a hint of surprise and doubt appeared in Lu Chen's eyes: "That Female Immortal's severed hand..."

It's alive?!

Since when?

I remember when I first got this severed hand, it had no life aura at all; even if it wasn't completely dead, it wasn't far from it!

Could it be that the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin revived this Female Immortal's hand?

This shouldn't be a question, but an affirmation.

Because this Female Immortal's severed hand only 'came alive' after being put into the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin by Lu Chen.

However, the Female Immortal's severed hand 'coming alive' wasn't the most surprising thing to Lu Chen; what puzzled Lu Chen even more was that Li Jinyi's Physical Body seemed to have...

Been 'absorbed' by this Female Immortal's hand!

It was definitely absorbed, and not even a single hair was left.

"The owner of this severed hand must have been terrifyingly strong in her prime!"

Even though only a severed hand remained, and even though it had been buried deep underground for who knows how long, after its recovery, it could still, in the instant it was gently lifted and lowered, turn the Physical Body of Li Jinyi, a Dao Infant Realm existence, into dust!

What kind of strength is this?

Although Li Jinyi is not a Body Refinement cultivator, the Dao Infant Realm is the Dao Infant Realm; his Physical Body, nourished by magic power, is still very strong. To turn it into a faint light with a single palm strike is something even the Five Elements Dao Soldiers couldn't do.

In other words, this severed hand has only just recovered, yet its strength has already surpassed his Five Elements Dao Soldiers?!

This Female Immortal's hand is this awesome?!

Lu Chen suddenly felt a bit creeped out!

This hand won't smash and 'eat' his Dao Soldiers someday, will it?

Hmm, it shouldn't!

Right now, there are still dozens of Xuan Fa Realm Monster Corpses placed in the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin!

That Female Immortal's severed hand had no intention of touching them at all, and earlier, when Li Jinyi's Physical Body was just put into the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin, the severed hand also showed no movement until Lu Chen confirmed that Li Jinyi's Physical Body simply couldn't be used as a Dao Soldier seed; only then did the severed hand appear and turn Li Jinyi's Physical Body into a faint light!

So...

Could it be...

Hiss, could it be that this Female Immortal's hand is also connected to me mentally?

What is this, an alternative Dao Soldier?!