100: The Mysterious Female Returns to Truth, Manifesting the Wondrous Dharma King's Radiance, Blood Battle, Demon-Slaying Pill

"Boom—!!!"

A deafening explosion tore through the heavy air of the Secret Realm. A massive impact erupted violently from a single point, and a visible wave of Qi, carrying debris and dust, instantly swallowed a large area.

Wang Yao's pupils shrank suddenly. The moment his body sensed danger, he instinctively retreated backward at high speed.

In this environment where Divine Sense was obstructed, he could not clearly judge what exactly had happened at the center of the explosion.

But that sudden surge of violent Aura, a mixture of Demonic Qi and blood, was like an ice pick stabbing into his spinal cord, making him absolutely certain.

That artificial Half-Demon had undergone some extremely bad, even horrifying, transformation.

His eyes were like torches, locked onto the churning smoke and dust ahead. The power within his body circulated faster, and his muscles tensed, ready to respond to a surprise attack at any moment.

The dust slowly settled, and his vision gradually cleared.

However, the expected figure of the enemy did not appear; there was only a mess of sunken, shattered ground.

A vicious wind swept in from the left without warning.

Without thinking, Wang Yao twisted his waist and hips, throwing his right punch to the left with full force, accompanied by the sound of breaking air!

His reaction was fast, but the attacker's speed was even faster!

"Bang!"

A massive force, far exceeding his estimation, slammed into his ribs, and his bones let out a tooth-aching groan.

Wang Yao was sent flying uncontrollably off the ground, his vision spinning.

He rolled more than a dozen times on the ground until his back slammed heavily against a hard wall before stopping.

"Cough..." His internal organs were severely shaken, and a mouthful of blood surged up his throat, which Wang Yao forcibly swallowed back down.

He struggled to get up and looked in the direction the attack had come from.

The dust had completely dissipated, revealing the enemy's figure.

It was no longer the previous thin, somewhat mismatched form that was half-human and half-Sea Horse.

Now, his torso and limbs were covered in a layer of Azure Armor.

Most striking was his right hand, which had completely mutated into a massive, deep-azure Crab Claw.

At the same moment Wang Yao saw the other's transformation, the eyes hidden under the armor locked onto him.

Old Ma moved!

Without an afterimage or a sound, he appeared in front of Wang Yao as if teleporting.

That massive Crab Claw, carrying immense weight and moving at an unavoidable speed, precisely and ruthlessly clamped onto Wang Yao's neck.

A sense of suffocation instantly arrived, and his neck bones let out an overburdened creak under the terrifying pressure.

Wang Yao's feet were lifted off the ground, kicking and thrashing in vain.

"Originally... I wanted to use this perfect form to face Zhou Yan."

Old Ma's voice came through the faceplate, carrying unconcealable regret and irritation.

"I didn't expect that I would be forced to use it early on a nobody like you."

The Crab Claw tightened slightly, and Wang Yao's face turned from red to purple.

"I remember, you seem to be... Zhou Yan's Junior Brother?"

Old Ma seemed to recall for a moment but then lost interest.

"It doesn't matter."

His time was limited; this forcibly boosted power was burning his remaining Lifespan every second, and he couldn't waste any more.

Killing Intent surged!

The Crab Claw suddenly exerted force, intending to completely snap Wang Yao's neck!

However, at this life-or-death moment.

"Crunch!"

A crisp sound, as if something hard were being bitten through, came from between Wang Yao's tightly closed teeth.

Next came a clear swallowing sound.

As if a forbidden switch had been flipped, Wang Yao's previously weakened blood Qi suddenly surged like ice being thrown into boiling oil!

A wild, chaotic, yet incredibly vast power erupted from within him!

"What!" Caught off guard, Old Ma felt a massive repulsive force coming from the arm he was using to restrain Wang Yao.

Wang Yao's clamped body suddenly twisted. Using his core strength, his left foot whipped out like a steel lash, carrying the sound of whistling wind, and accurately kicked the junction of Old Ma's chest and abdomen covered in Azure Armor!

"Thump!" A dull impact sounded.

Old Ma was kicked back several steps by this sudden and heavy blow, and the Crab Claw clamping Wang Yao's neck involuntarily loosened.

Wang Yao's body hit the ground, and without stopping, he performed a clean kip-up to stand instantly.

At the same time, he grabbed his head, which was twisted at a bizarre angle, with both hands. His arm muscles bulged as he wrenched it back with force!

"Crack!" With a hair-raising snap, his dislocated neck bones were forcibly reset.

But he wasn't done yet.

Wang Yao's hands made a gesture in the air, and in the next moment, at least twenty or thirty Medicinal Pills of various colors and rich Spiritual Qi appeared out of thin air.

Without looking, he grabbed all these incredibly precious Medicinal Pills and stuffed them into his mouth, swallowing them like he was chewing beans.

The vast medicinal power instantly exploded within him, turning into a rolling torrent that nourished his damaged body and further fueled that wild blood Qi.

Old Ma stabilized himself and felt the Aura rising from Wang Yao—an Aura that even carried an ominous undertone. Alarm bells rang in his heart.

"I can't let him continue!"

He made an instant judgment, his body turning into a streak of azure lightning again. He charged forward, his massive Crab Claw raised high, aiming for Wang Yao's head; he wanted to interrupt the process!

Unfortunately, the Medicinal Pills took effect even faster than he anticipated!

Just as the Crab Claw was about to strike his head, Wang Yao suddenly raised his arms in a cross-block.

"Clang!!!"

The Crab Claw collided with Wang Yao's arms, producing a piercing explosion.

The serrated edges of the Crab Claw embedded themselves deeply into the bones of Wang Yao's arms, but they failed to sever them completely.

A fierce glint flashed in Old Ma's eyes as he suddenly increased the pressure of the claw!

"Splat!"

Blood splattered! Wang Yao's arms were brutally sheared off at the forearms, and the two severed hands fell powerlessly toward the ground.

However, this tragic scene did not cause Wang Yao to show the slightest hint of pain; instead, his gaze became even colder.

Almost at the same instant his arms were severed, at the site of the horrific wounds, bones began to grow and extend at a visible speed. Blood vessels coiled and climbed like spirit snakes, and new muscle fibers were rapidly woven together, covered by fair skin.

The entire process was faster than logic could dictate.

It was so fast that before the two severed hands could hit the ground, they were caught firmly by Wang Yao's new, perfectly intact hands.

Immediately after, scorching flames erupted from his palms, instantly enveloping the two severed hands.

The severed hands rapidly shriveled and blackened under the high temperature, finally melting into two puddles of dark-red viscous liquid.

The liquid writhed, condensed, and took shape rapidly in his palms.

In the blink of an eye, the liquid transformed into two short blades with bizarre curves and dark-red glimmers flowing along their edges.

The moment the short blades formed, Wang Yao leaned forward, and the twin blades became two blood-colored shadows, slashing crosswise toward Old Ma's neck.

Old Ma was horrified and hastily retreated, using his Crab Claw to protect himself.

"Clang! Clang!"

Sparks flew.

Relying on his Core Formation Stage dao body and reactions, Old Ma narrowly avoided his vital points, but the sharp blades still left two clear, white-marked gashes on the Azure Armor on his chest!

The two sides pulled apart once more.

Old Ma looked down at the white marks on his chest armor, then suddenly looked up at the young man opposite him, whose arms had fully recovered and who held the bizarre Blood Blades. He was covered in blood, yet his Aura was as fierce as a primordial beast.

A strong sense of wariness welled up in Old Ma's heart.

If he had been suppressed by Wang Yao earlier when his body was only at the strength of Foundation Establishment Perfection after sealing his cultivation, it could still be explained.

After all, there were always monsters who could crush those of the same rank.

But now, he had already undergone Fusion with his Yao Core and temporarily possessed a Late Stage Core Formation Stage dao body that exceeded his own Peak. How could he still be wounded by a kid at the Foundation Establishment Stage?

It was simply absurd!

Unreasonable!

He was enduring the suppression of the Secret Realm's rules, as well as the double backlash from the incomplete fit between the Yao Core and himself, burning his already meager Lifespan to obtain this power!

"You damn... monster!"

Old Ma squeezed these words through his teeth. His eyes turned completely blood-red, and a viscous Killing Intent that felt almost physical spread out, making the surrounding air turn bone-chillingly cold.

He no longer held anything back and charged again with a roar!

During the dash, two solid Blood Shadow Clones that were almost identical to his main body separated from his left and right. They formed a triangle and slashed at Wang Yao with a certain-kill momentum!

Facing the three-way pincer attack, Wang Yao's expression remained unchanged as he slammed the two blood-colored short blades together.

"Bang!"

The short blades shattered upon impact, turning into dozens of blood-colored throwing darts that were as thin as a cicada's wing and sharp at the edges.

With a wave of his arms, these blood-colored darts seemed to be given life, rapidly shooting toward the two Blood Shadow Clones on his left and right.

"Puff puff puff puff—!"

A series of dense piercing sounds rang out.

The blood-colored darts and the Blood Shadow Clones perished together, exploding into two clouds of red mist in the air.

Wang Yao's main body, however, did not dodge. He charged straight ahead against Old Ma's main body attack!

"Tear—!"

Old Ma's Crab Claw struck Wang Yao squarely.

A longitudinal wound extended from his right shoulder all the way to his lower left abdomen. It was deep enough to see the bone, and his internal organs were faintly visible; the strike had almost sliced Wang Yao in half diagonally.

However, when the Crab Claw reached Wang Yao's abdomen, it was firmly caught by suddenly contracting tough muscle and bone, unable to advance another inch.

Even more horrifyingly, the meat buds on both sides of that terrifying gash were interweaving and healing at a frantic speed, attempting to seal the embedded Crab Claw directly within his flesh.

The claw was stuck; it couldn't be pulled out, nor could it cut further!

Wang Yao seized this fleeting opportunity. As if he couldn't feel the intense pain, he clenched his free left fist, and the wild power and Medicinal Pill energy within his body gathered at his knuckles.

One punch! Two punches! Three punches! Like a blacksmith at work, he violently smashed the Crab Claw joint where Old Ma's right arm connected to his body!

"Crack! Crack! Bang!"

The thick crab armor covering the joint finally could not withstand this concentrated, frantic beating and shattered, revealing the relatively thin Sea Horse body underneath.

A fierce light exploded in Wang Yao's eyes. Without hesitation, he followed the opening in the armor and slammed a punch deep inside!

"Ugh!" Old Ma let out a muffled groan of pain.

Wang Yao did not let up.

"Rip—!"

Accompanied by a tooth-aching tearing sound, he actually tore his own entire right arm off from the shoulder and left it inside Old Ma's body!

In the next moment, intense firelight emerged again, enveloping that severed arm.

The severed arm rapidly deformed and extended within the flames, turning into a broadsword.

Wang Yao pressed down with his remaining left hand, and that broadsword, formed from his own arm, slashed down violently through the opening in Old Ma's torso, seemingly about to cut Old Ma in half at the waist.

At this life-or-death moment, Old Ma was also pushed to his limits. He imitated Wang Yao, his left arm muscles bulging as he gave a sudden wrench!

"Puff!"

He also tore his own arm off from the shoulder.

In exchange, he gained a sliver of space to dodge, narrowly avoiding the fate of being cut in half, though a massive wound was still carved into his body by the broadsword, and blue blood sprayed out.

At this point, Old Ma's crab armor was severely damaged, his right arm was gone from the shoulder, his abdomen was wounded, and his Aura was in complete disarray.

If not for the "Primordial Unity" characteristic inherent to a Core Formation dao body, which gave him vitality far beyond the Foundation Establishment Stage, he would have already perished from such heavy injuries.

He panted as he looked at Wang Yao opposite him.

After undergoing a series of tragic actions like severing his own arm, being disemboweled, and self-mutilation, Wang Yao's face was as pale as paper, and startling blood seeped from his seven orifices. Clearly, he had also paid a massive price.

But with another flip of his hand, a bunch of unknown Medicinal Pills appeared, and he stuffed them into his mouth without a second thought.

As the pills entered his stomach, his flagging Aura was forcibly boosted again like a final burst of life. At his severed right shoulder, bone and flesh writhed, and a pristine new arm grew out at a visible speed.

"You... you... what kind of monster are you!!"

Old Ma hissed and roared, his voice full of disbelief and a hint of collapse.

This kind of opponent who couldn't be killed or smashed, who could constantly take pills to recover, and even use his own body parts as weapons and fuel, simply overturned his understanding.

Wang Yao, covered in blood and with his robes in tatters, was exceptionally cold at this moment. He shook his new arm, his voice raspy but carrying a bone-chilling coldness.

"To achieve such a Yao Body, how many people did you refine? How many souls did you swallow? Does someone like you... still have the right to call others monsters!"

Before his voice had even faded, Wang Yao's figure blurred. When he reappeared, he was already right in front of Old Ma!

The two instantly clashed. Every collision of fists, palms, and legs erupted with a dull roar and scattered energy impacts.

Old Ma's combat awareness and fine control over power were indeed far superior to Wang Yao's.

Relying on his superior Core Formation dao body, he gradually stabilized his footing in the frontal collision and even began to counterattack.

Aside from the slash and severed arm injuries caused by Wang Yao's earlier life-risking gamble, he did not suffer any new serious wounds.

In contrast, Wang Yao's fighting style was completely suicidal, hurting himself ten thousand times to kill a thousand enemies.

But it was precisely this disregard for cost and the madness of mutual destruction, combined with that bizarrely powerful recovery ability and seemingly endless supply of Medicinal Pills, that gave Old Ma an absurd feeling.

This Foundation Establishment Stage kid might really be able to grind him to death using this shameless method!

His Lifespan and the time he could ignore the backlash were not much!

"Old Ma! Don't be a fool! Retreat now! We can open the gate and pull you back soon!"

An anxious transmission entered Old Ma's mind, which was almost filled with slaughter.

It was Old Bat.

Old Ma's crimson eyes cleared slightly, but then a complex and indecipherable expression flashed through them. He transmitted back.

"It doesn't matter... Back then, it seemed to be a similar scene."

"That time, facing a Prodigy of the Yao Race, he didn't retreat, and I... I didn't retreat either."

"This time, it's my turn to stand on the opposite side of the Human Race... I, too, have no reason to retreat."

Before the veil, Old Bat was jumping with anxiety.

"That damn Old Ma! Why is he reminiscing about the past at a time like this!"

"Old Shrimp, can't you be any faster!"

"I'm working on it! I'm working on it! The Spirit Stones are almost all burned up!" Old Shrimp was also covered in sweat. His hands moved so fast they created afterimages as he constantly threw large handfuls of Spirit Stones into the running core of the Formation, trying to forcibly stabilize and reopen the passage to the Third Floor.

Within the Third Floor, the Killing Intent in Old Ma's eyes gradually faded, replaced by a nearly calm determination.

He shouted at Wang Yao.

"Kid!"

Wang Yao's offensive slowed slightly as he looked at him coldly.

"Unfortunately, I can't tell you my true name."

Old Ma's voice regained some of its human quality, carrying a hint of weariness.

"But you can call me 'Old Ma'."

"Although I eat people and swallow souls to Cultivate evil arts, the people I used for my cultivation were all the most wicked and evil, people who deserved to die!"

"I say this not to beg for your forgiveness or sympathy, but only in the hope that when you look back on today's battle in the future, you can remember that I was... an opponent worthy of your battle."

"Of course, it's also possible that I'll be the one remembering you, you troublesome brat!"

He added one last sentence with a desperate sense of heroism.

Wang Yao was silent for a moment, rarely restraining the resentment in his eyes, and answered calmly.

"First City Under Heaven, Wang Yao."

"First City Under Heaven..." Old Ma's eyes flickered slightly, as if he recalled some distant rumor. He murmured, "No wonder then."

These words seemed to ignite the final fuse.

"Boom!"

The Aura on both of them erupted without reservation once again, climbing to the highest Peak since the start of the battle!

Without hesitation, Wang Yao once again pulled out a large handful of Medicinal Pills and stuffed them into his mouth.

This time, his vitality did not significantly increase, but the energy fluctuations radiating from his body became extremely unstable and dangerous, like a volcano about to erupt.

Both sides had finished gathering their power, ready to use their final means to decide life and death!