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Does that boy… have such audacity?
Even dare to kill the Illusory Phase Realm cultivator?
What if, isn’t he afraid that what if… he gets counter-killed by the Illusory Phase?
That is a being in the Illusory Phase Realm, only half a step away from the true power of the Divine Minister rank!
After a long time, Li Qingshan let out a complex breath of turbid air.
“This Bull Demon…”
He could only sigh like this.
Others do not know who the Bull Demon is, could he be ignorant about it?
A year ago, that Bull Demon was merely a Blood Exchange Warrior.
Even before arriving at Mansion City, he had barely stepped into the realm of Qi Channels.
Now, he actually killed an Illusory Phase, even if it was just finishing off a critically wounded foe…
But an Illusory Phase, even critically wounded, also has far thicker blood than someone at the Qi Channels level!
“Impressive…”
Li Qingshan suddenly smiled, feeling that he might have really misjudged him.
This Li Che, might have potential not inferior to that of his daughter, the Supreme Spiritual Child.
Li Qingshan now felt an urge, the urge to immediately meet someone…
However, tonight’s events have not yet concluded, the storm has just begun, Li Qingshan could only suppress his anticipation and curiosity.
“Let’s go, dead clean, didn’t leave a thing for this old man.”
“What’s so exciting about a rotten corpse?”
“The Fishing Gang is done for, let’s settle accounts, the bad things they’ve done over the years, now they have to pay with their lives.”
Li Qingshan chuckled.
“Mansion City… there’s someone who hates evil even more than this Old Li.”
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Inside the study, the candle flickered gently.
Li Che slowly opened his eyes, returning the chess piece in his grasp to the chessboard Dao Fruit.
Taking off his hood, putting away his mask and black robe, Li Che withdrew the Lin Da Divine General from his Thoughtful Willow Wood Body into the Pure Heart Dao Fruit.
Li Che exhaled, sitting in the Taishi Chair, gazing absent-mindedly at the flickering candlelight, the smile at the corner of his mouth no longer containable.
Liu Jinsong deserved to be an Illusory Phase Realm cultivator, giving Li Che tremendous pressure, even though he had already been hammered into a critical state by Li Qingshan.
Still, he was not someone ordinary, the pressure brought on by the imposing presence of the Illusory Phase was immense, although not as great as the true Divine Minister rank, it was enough to reduce Li Che’s combat power by two to three tenths.
Therefore, Li Che immediately used the powder of the Eight Extremes Divine Crystal he had drained, only such powder could restrain the Divinity of the Illusory Phase Realm.
Moreover, it was done in two phases, the first time he used a raven grenade to blast the dust and smoke, the second time using poison, lime mixed with Divine Crystal Powder, to ensure Liu Jinsong indeed could not utilize his Divinity.
It was at this moment, he activated the Ascending Stance.
After breaking through to the Divine Vein in his cultivation, the boost from activating the Ascending Stance was immense, even awaking the power of one dragon and one elephant!
With full force, he shattered Liu Jinsong’s bones and muscles, and then came his furious and wild onslaught with finishing blows.
“If Liu Jinsong wasn’t injured, I would fear another intense battle…”
“Ambushes always offer the best cost-effectiveness ratio.”
“So people, should not be easily injured… otherwise, it’s too easy to be attacked, it’s better to be the attacker rather than the one being attacked.”
Reflection, summarizing, innovating, learning from the lessons of enemies beaten to death.
Li Che conducted a post-battle review.
After the review, he adjusted his breathing, exhaled a breath of turbid air, calming the turbulence in his heart.
Li Che’s eyelids drooped as he began to deal with the loot, taking an inventory of his gains.
The proceeds of an Illusory Phase Realm Cultivator were enough to make Li Che’s heart skip a beat, filled with anticipation!
Although he was only the deputy leader of the Fishing Gang, he was still a master of the Illusory Phase!
In the eyes of Mansion City, those of the Illusory Phase are considered first-class experts!
His wealth, no doubt, wouldn’t be shabby.
Moreover, masters of such a level as the Illusory Phase would definitely carry their treasures on themselves, which is safer than hiding them away.
Therefore, Li Che was quite looking forward to the loot from this endeavour.
The first thing Li Che eyed was the Divine Crystal.
There were two Nine Luminaries Divine Crystals, and then twenty Ten Cities Divine Crystals.
The gains are too great to declare!
Li Che was still rather excited and thrilled, the feeling of sudden wealth always made him reminisce and linger.
However, what made Li Che slightly regretful was that Liu Jinsong’s collection did not have the Eight Extremes Divine Crystal.
Indeed, the Eight Extremes Divine Crystal is rare and precious, even if Liu Jinsong had them, he would have used them for his own cultivation at first opportunity.
How could he let Li Che take advantage of that?
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After confirming the Divine Crystal, Li Che’s excitement subsided, and he began to continue tallying his gains.
A Divine Weapon, a Nine Luminaries Superior-grade long saber, which was quite valuable.
What surprised Li Che were the elixirs: the Corpse God Cult’s Ninth Rank Superior martial pills, the Corpse God Thousand Ghosts Death Qi Condensing Martial Pills, in great quantity—three bottles, nine pills each.
“This Liu Jinsong has completely defected to the Corpse God Cult and obtained great benefits, planning to cultivate a Cursed Corpse Body!”
Li Che’s eyes flickered as he understood why Liu Jinsong had so many Death Qi Martial Pills.
As for cultivation techniques, Li Che did not gain much.
Liu Jinsong’s cultivated Divinity was the Divinity of Sadness among the Seven Emotions Divinity, which shared the same origin as Li Che’s “Angry Cry Town Ghost”.
Li Che wanted to forge the Seven Emotions Divine Base, still lacking the Divinity of Fear and Worry Divine Nature.
Therefore, the same origin Divine Methods did not mean much to him.
“It’s a pity… As a force under the Five Great Clans and Five Great Sects of Mansion City, how splendid their treasury must be… I’ve missed the chance to see it.”
Li Che felt a pang of regret, beating his chest and stamping his feet a little.
“They didn’t give me time, should have waited for me, waited until I became stronger.”
Sighing, Li Che put away his gains.
He began to feel the transformations and improvements in himself from this battle.
Before him, glimmering lights faintly twinkled past.
[Dragon Elephant Vajra (lv3,20%), Pure Heart (LV3,5%), Chess Saint (LV2,68%)]
The improvement of the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit was not small, killing a heavily wounded Illusory Phase, amounted to a counter-kill under great pressure, and the combat experience transformed into the maturity of the Dao Fruit, which was indeed substantial.
But even more substantial was the elevation of the Chess Saint’s Dao Fruit.
After all, he had siphoned off all of Liu Jinsong’s Divinity… directly raising the maturity of the Chess Saint’s Dao Fruit by 20%!
If he could absorb a few more Illusory Phase cultivators, he could directly advance to lv3!
Besides this.
Li Che’s Divine Sense circulated, feeling a slight sting in his flesh—this was due to some minor strains caused by the eruption of the Power of the Dragon Elephant while in Ascending Stance.
“Power of the Dragon Elephant… one dragon, one elephant, is it because I’ve opened my Divine Vein?”
Li Che closed his eyes slightly, recalling and savoring the sensation of the Power of the Dragon Elephant during Ascending Stance.
He took out an Angry Xuan Jiao Blood Martial Pill, the crush of his strong stomach walls pulverizing the pill coating, the potent medicinal power diffusing throughout his body.
Li Che practiced the White Tiger Chaotic Wind Fist slowly in his study.
It seemed as if the roars of dragons and trumpeting of elephants echoed amidst the snapping and popping of his sinews and bones!
Suddenly opening his eyes, the light of the candle flickered, his pupils shining as brilliantly as the rising sun!
“Power of the Dragon Elephant… is it a body tempering method derived during the lingering state of the Dao Fruit?”
The Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit derived a Dharma method.
Feeling the pressure of battle, he couldn’t help but form an initial impression of such a method.
Li Che, with his exceptionally high martial arts talent, slowly sketched it out in his mind.
Gradually, he documented an unpolished martial art derived from the Dao Fruit.
“The Dao Fruit gives birth to a method, but the method is not perfect, not complete, it needs to be gradually refined into completeness.”
“Creating a method from the Dao Fruit…”
Li Che’s eyes opened and closed with brilliance, and his emotions surged.
“Thus… let’s first call it ‘Dragon Elephant True Force’… Cultivating this force with blood and qi, Inner Strength, and spirit, constantly improving the burst ceiling of Dragon Elephant Power.”
“Man cultivates power, power cultivates man!”
“Now it’s one dragon, one elephant, but can it reach ten dragons and ten elephants, a hundred dragons and a hundred elephants, a thousand dragons and a thousand elephants in the future?!”
Li Che’s gaze was blazing.
Although “Dragon Elephant True Force” was not yet perfected, Li Che felt its starting point was already extraordinary, now comparable to Ultimate Skill level martial arts.
And its potential was incredibly high!
“I heard that to break through to Grandmaster, one needs to master a True Intent Ultimate Study, isn’t the Ultimate Study born from my Dao Fruit the opportunity for my future Grandmaster path?”
Li Che smiled.
The Dharma of a Grandmaster, he had it!
The path to Grandmaster was right before his eyes!
Even though it’s just the beginning of creating the method and not very complete.
Li Che still needed to continuously renew and improve, comparing it to regular Grandmaster methods, and if he could obtain a few Ultimate Study martial arts, integrating their essence into “Dragon Elephant True Force,” that would be excellent.
That way he could ensure that the future push to become a Grandmaster with “Dragon Elephant True Force” wouldn’t encounter any mishaps.
“Ultimate Skill level martial arts are very rare, even if they exist, they are the treasures of various forces… the ‘Eight Flood Dragons Overturning the Rivers’ Old Li displayed tonight seems to be an Ultimate Study from the Divine Sect, if I were to…”
Li Che’s eyes shone brilliantly, unable to help himself from setting his sights on Li Qingshan.
However, he quickly dismissed the thought.
“Forget it, there’s no rush.”
“Everything will come in time.”