39: Chapter 39 A desperate strike! The weakness in the heart!
Chapter 39: A Desperate Strike! The Heart's Flaw!
When that blood-red energy, carrying an aura of destruction, erupted from Wang Xiaotian's body, the air in the entire martial arts arena became thick and oppressive.
This was a desperate strike from a Demon Rank Expert, fueled by the burning of his life essence!
I saw Wang Xiaotian’s already aged face wither and shrivel at a speed visible to the naked eye.
His full head of white hair became like withered grass.
He converted all of his life force into the energy for this final blow.
His eyes, consumed by madness and malice, were locked firmly onto Lin Qingzhi.
All of his attacks, power, and hatred converged into a single point.
A point of pure death, capable of destroying everything in its path!
"Blood Sacrifice Pagoda!"
With the last of his strength, he roared the name of the forbidden technique.
That blood-red energy transformed into a miniature pagoda radiating an endless, malevolent aura. Ignoring the distance in space, it instantly appeared before Lin Qingzhi and came crashing down to suppress her!
It was too fast!
So fast that Lin Qingzhi had no time to make any effective dodge!
Her beautiful face, which had remained cold and calm until now, finally showed a hint of gravity.
She knew that this strike was unavoidable.
She could only take it head-on!
"Ice Phoenix · Guardian!"
Lin Qingzhi mobilized all the remaining Ice Phoenix True Essence in her body without reservation.
Before her, a lifelike Ice Crystal Phoenix materialized, its wings spread as if ready to take flight!
The Ice Crystal Phoenix let out a silent cry to the heavens, using its noble yet fragile body to meet the descending blood-red pagoda filled with the aura of death!
And I, at this critical moment, finally found the one thing I had been waiting for... the flaw!
At the very moment Wang Xiaotian burned his essence blood to launch his desperate strike, in order to concentrate all his energy on the attack, the rest of his body—including his heart—fell into an unprecedented, brief state of being "defenseless"!
His protective Demonic Power was so weak at that moment it was almost negligible!
Now!
Without the slightest hesitation, I concentrated all the Demonic Power accumulated in my body, along with the dozens of evolution points I had just absorbed, into my proboscis, which was now harder than diamond!
The tip of my proboscis flickered with a point of deathly light, nearly invisible to the naked eye, capable of annihilating everything!
Life-Risking Sting!
I transformed into a black, supersonic phantom, ignoring the violent energy aftershocks, and with a posture of absolute determination, I lunged and stabbed fiercely at Wang Xiaotian's heart, which was beating violently from the burning of his essence blood!
"Boom—!"
The blood-red pagoda and the Ice Crystal Phoenix collided violently.
An unspeakable energy storm, capable of destroying everything, erupted with a roar!
The Ice Crystal Phoenix lasted for less than a second before it shattered inch by inch amidst a crisp, sorrowful cry, turning into a sky full of ice crystals.
Lin Qingzhi’s figure, like a porcelain doll struck by a giant hammer, spat out a tragic spray of blood and was sent flying back, crashing hard into the wall at the edge of the arena.
The solid wall was smashed into a large human-shaped indentation; her fate was unknown.
At the same time, my proboscis accurately and ruthlessly pierced the intended target.
*Puchi!*
An extremely faint yet incredibly clear sound of a sharp blade piercing a heart.
From my poison glands, I injected the most violent toxins—a mixture of [Deep Paralysis] and [Elementary Hallucinogenic Toxin]—into his heart like a bursting flood!
"Ugh..."
On Wang Xiaotian's completely distorted face, all expressions froze instantly.
He slowly and stiffly lowered his head, looking at the insignificant little red dot on his chest—as if he had been bitten by a mosquito—his eyes filled with endless confusion and bewilderment.
He felt his life force draining away at an incredible speed.
That powerful, Demon Rank heart was being rapidly eroded, paralyzed, and necrotized by a cold, eerie power.
His power dissipated rapidly like a punctured balloon.
His final consciousness looked toward the girl in white, lying in a pool of blood, who had driven him into this corner.
And then it seemed to pierce through space, seeing that inconspicuous... mosquito, currently pulling its tiny proboscis out of his heart.
His eyes were filled with endless resentment, malice, and... a deep sense of absurdity.
He, a dignified Demon Rank Expert, the ancestor of the Wang Family, a lackey of the [Xuantian Alliance]...
Actually...
Died at the hands of... a bug?
With a thud.
His withered body, having lost all signs of life, fell straight backward, kicking up a cloud of dust.
The battle was over.
The entire martial arts arena was dead silent, save for the whistling sound of the wind blowing through the ruins.
My body felt completely hollowed out; I didn't even have the strength to vibrate my wings once.
But within my core consciousness, an unprecedented, exhilarating urge to evolve surged!
I, a mosquito, had leapfrogged... to slay a Demon Rank Expert!
Without a moment's delay, I forced my exhausted body to fly onto Wang Xiaotian's still-warm corpse and plunged my proboscis deep into his carotid artery.
Unprecedented, pure, and majestic Demon Rank essence blood rushed into my body like a surging river!
While enjoying the fruits of victory, I cast my thoughts to the other side of the arena—to that blood-stained figure lying in the indentation of the wall.
Her life force field was like a candle in the wind.
Faint, but... not yet extinguished.