Li Yang was somewhat surprised, squinting at the thing in Ishii Hideaki's hand. It was a knife, a blood-red long knife, a knife that exuded an astonishing bloody and murderous aura. The hilt was decorated with a wolf's head, and the two wolf eyes emitted a faint green light. Just looking at it gave one the feeling of having their soul sucked away.
Li Yang sensed the painful groans of countless souls above, as well as an evil and ferocious power, but it seemed to be suppressed by a righteous and powerful force. Only a small portion of the power could be exerted, but even this small portion was something Li Yang felt he could not handle.
"What is that?" Li Yang stared at the blood-red, churning longsword. The wolf head and wolf eyes seemed familiar, but he couldn't quite place it.
"What is this? Hahaha... This thing will kill you! If I can use my Divine Blade today, it'll be worth it for you to die~" Ishii Hideaki stared at Li Yang with a sinister look and cackled, extremely smug and arrogant, as if Li Yang was already doomed.
Li Yang was indeed somewhat nervous. This was the most dangerous situation he had ever encountered since his debut. In the past, his battles were all between people, and even when he encountered a master, he still had a way to win. But this thing was far too bizarre.
His expression turned cold, and he swiftly threw several throwing knives, willow-leaf knives, straight at Ishii Hideaki's vital neck.
"Clang, clang, clang..."
The eerie blood-red blade seemed to have eyes; with a few flashes, it completely intercepted Li Yang's thrown knives, slicing them into pieces. Li Yang's throwing knives were all made of fine steel, yet this blade could easily cut them to pieces, demonstrating its extreme sharpness.
Chapter 781: Fighting desperately, spitting blood
"What kind of knife is that?" Li Yang was genuinely shocked this time. Could it also be something legendary? His own throwing knife was extremely hard; he guessed it couldn't cut through the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm's body, but what was the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm? An ancient ferocious creature! But this guy casually picked up a broken knife with a wolf's head on it and chopped his throwing knife into pieces? Wait, a wolf's head? Holy crap! That's the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Knife? How could something like that be in the mortal realm? And still with the Japanese? What on earth is going on?
"Hahaha... Kid, now you know how powerful I am, right? Are you scared? But it's too late, today is your death day!" Ishii Hideaki laughed wildly, pointing the tip of his knife at Li Yang's nose and cursing.
"Is that so? Then come and chase me!" Li Yang said, turning and running away. Damn it, he actually used the word "chase," how despicable! I'm not gay! Li Yang despised himself a few times, then turned and ran, heading straight for the open space outside the factory gate. There was a strangely placed stone there, but Ishii Hideaki was too lazy to pay attention to such things. He was basically in a berserk, crazy, and arrogant state, brandishing the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Blade in his hand, chasing after Li Yang with bared teeth and claws.
Li Yang glanced back, somewhat surprised. Why were this guy's glasses green too? And glowing red? Had they been corrupted by the malevolent energy of the Heavenly Blood-Transforming Divine Blade? Were they showing signs of going berserk and going insane?
"I'm going to kill you to consecrate my sword—" Ishii Hideaki roared as he chased after him. The Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Sword in his hand emitted a strong bloody smell, the blade trembled, and the wolf head on the hilt seemed to come alive, its wolf eyes flashing with a ghostly green light, as if it were about to break free from Ishii Hideaki's control at any moment, soar into the air, and cut Li Yang into eighteen pieces with one strike!
"Come and kill me!" Li Yang ran into the middle of the rocks, turning back to look at Ishii Hideaki provocatively.
"Die—" Ishii Hideaki roared and charged inside. Li Yang retreated, dodging the stones' movement. After Ishii Hideaki entered the space where the stones were placed, Li Yang immediately shouted, "Seven Stars Demon-Suppressing—"
The seven stones around him, which he had imbued with strange talismans and arranged according to the Seven Star Demon-Suppressing Array, trembled instantly. The jade pieces placed beneath the stones emitted a faint light. The Big Dipper, commanded by the Xuan Tian Zhen Wu Emperor in the sky, trembled simultaneously, and seven faint rays of starlight fell down. It was simply that Li Yang's magic power was too weak, and the jade pieces that formed the foundation of the array were of too low a grade, so he could only summon such a faint ray of starlight.
With a "hum," the Seven Star Demon-Suppressing Array was activated, emitting a faint starlight. After the seven stars were summoned down by the seven stones, they converged at the center, becoming much brighter and thicker. The starlight also instantly became much thicker, turning into a beam of light that slammed head-on into Ishii Hideaki, who was still confused about what was happening!
"Ah—" Ishii Hideaki's personal cultivation level was not high, and his knowledge was not high enough. Although he came from a very high family and had a very high status, otherwise he would not have been able to obtain something like the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Blade. Therefore, he did not understand what kind of formation Li Yang had set up, but he knew that it must be something that was detrimental to him.
"Kill—" Ishii Hideaki roared, and the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Blade rang out sharply, a beam of blood-red light shooting out from the blade and meeting the starlight in the sky.
"puff--"
Although the starlight was not small, it was still somewhat weak in the face of the blood-red light and was swallowed up in one gulp.
"Hahaha... You're doomed today! What can you do to me with such a piece of trash?" After unleashing this attack, Ishii Hideaki went even more insane. His hair was disheveled, his eyes were bloodshot, and his entire face was crimson. His magical power was not high, and this time he was forcibly wielding the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Blade, which would invite the backlash of the demonic blade. Every time he used it, it would consume a portion of his own essence and true energy, truly a case of hurting the enemy a thousand while losing eight hundred of his own.
Meanwhile, the Heavenly Net Blood-Transforming Divine Blade contains the "Twelve Degrees of Heavenly Gods and Demons Grand Array," a malevolent array specifically designed to absorb the malevolent energy of all kinds of wronged souls. Although it was defeated by the Seven Treasures Tree Staff, greatly diminishing its power, with most of its strength used to suppress the righteous energy left within the Seven Treasures Tree Staff, it still continues to absorb various malevolent souls and demonic energy. Moreover, without the array's refinement and suppression, this malevolent energy accumulates within the blade, eventually developing a trace of self-awareness. This is extremely strange, considering that even the most precious treasures of heaven and earth—the Eastern Emperor Bell, the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, the Seven Treasures Tree Staff, and the Five Elements Flags (Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag, Eastern Azure Lotus Flag, Southern Earth-Leaving Flame Flag, Western Plain Cloud Flag, and Northern Profound Origin Water-Controlling Flag)—were formed from the primordial five elements before Pangu created the world, and their defensive power would undoubtedly rank among the top three in the prehistoric continent. None of them possessed self-awareness.
This blade had indeed experienced many incredible things. Li Yang was naturally unaware of these things. He saw that the starlight he had painstakingly summoned had failed to achieve its purpose, and that Ishii Hideaki was not only unharmed but had become even more frenzied, raising the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Blade to charge out of the formation and slash at him.
Seeing that the spiritual energy in the jade piece was about to be exhausted and the power of the spirit-gathering array was also weakening, Li Yang became anxious. Suddenly, he angrily shook his dantian, and the drop of Chi You's essence blood was immediately dispersed. A pure and extremely powerful force surged out, domineering and tyrannical, and exploded in his dantian, shooting out in all directions and rampaging through his meridians.
"Ah—" Li Yang coughed up a mouthful of blood, his eyes turning bloodshot. He muttered incantations, uttering a profound spell, and his fingers cast a series of powerful hand seals, one after another, a total of seven, striking the seven jade pieces that formed the Seven Star Demon-Suppressing Array. The jade pieces immediately trembled and burst forth with dazzling blood-red light. The seven stones trembled in response, and the Big Dipper also immediately sensed this, trembling as well. Seven beams of starlight, several times stronger than before, suddenly descended, landing on the seven stones and jade pieces, bursting forth with dazzling starlight. They converged at the center, descending with a sharp beam of starlight as thick as a bowl, heading straight for Ishii Hideaki.
"Hmph!" Ishii Hideaki immediately sensed the danger, and a ferocious look flashed across his face. He roared and spat out a mouthful of blood essence onto the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Blade. The divine blade let out a sharp cry, as if it had come alive, broke free from Ishii Hideaki's hand, and turned into a blood-red light that slashed at the starlight descending from the sky.
However, this time the starlight was summoned by Li Yang at great risk, and it was a drop of Chi You's essence blood that erupted. Although he did not fully absorb and release it, and some of it was still raging in his body, the power of the descending starlight was still astonishing. Although the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Blade was miraculous, it was already injured beforehand, and it was used by a good-for-nothing, so it could not exert much of its strength.
Chapter 782: Mysterious Reappearance, Dragon Group
With a mournful cry, the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Blade was knocked to the ground. At the same time, a drop of Li Yang's essence blood landed on the hilt of the blade. The wolf's eyes trembled and emitted a faint green light. Li Yang immediately sat down cross-legged, chanted a profound incantation, and with a single hand gesture, he narrowly managed to send a wisp of divine thought into the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Blade. In just an instant, Li Yang grasped a trace of the profound mystery of the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation. At the same time, he recklessly absorbed a portion of the pure soul power within it, which was then drawn back into his body.
Li Yang was immediately in high spirits. He never thought he would have such a day. Many of the things he didn't understand about the formations before were easily solved because he had glimpsed a trace of the mystery of the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation. He made great progress.
Just as Li Yang was gaining considerable benefits and making significant progress, the rampant Chi You essence blood within his body was also being rapidly devoured and absorbed by the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm, driven by Li Yang himself. At the same time, he was also rapidly absorbing and refining it. Looking up, he saw Ishii Hideaki, his hair disheveled, writhing within the Seven Star Demon-Suppressing Array, screaming in agony—a truly terrifying sight.
It turned out that when Li Yang knocked the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Blade down, he absorbed a portion of the pure soul power within the blade, and even absorbed a portion of Ishii Hideaki's soul in the process. At the same time, he also suffered a backlash when the blood blade was knocked down, and was seriously injured and in great pain.
"Go to hell!" Strike while the iron is hot! Li Yang leaped up, his remaining strength surging, and slapped Ishii Hideaki on the head. Blood splattered everywhere, white and red blood all over the ground.
Li Yang leaped up to dodge the filthy creature, landing outside the formation. He sat cross-legged and immediately began refining the pure spirit and power, fusing it with his second primordial spirit, the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm.
After an unknown amount of time, the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm, aided by the power of Chi You's blood essence and that pure spiritual energy, made further progress. The previously blurry head became clearly visible. With a crack, the silkworm's head shattered, giving birth to a head with the exact same facial features and expression as Li Yang's—undoubtedly Li Yang's head, though the human brain and insect body looked rather comical. However, Li Yang was overjoyed, for this marked another significant advancement in his second primordial spirit. Once its entire insect body transformed into a human form, Li Yang's second primordial spirit would be fully refined. How could Li Yang not be happy?
With the help of the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Blade, Li Yang was confident that he could cultivate his second primordial spirit within one or two months. He leaped up and looked at the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Blade, which was still trembling in the Seven Star Demon-Suppressing Array. He was overjoyed and hurriedly rushed in to retrieve the demonic weapon. However, after being knocked down by the starlight, it was injured once again, and the wisp of self-awareness that had just been condensed was also scattered. The blade body was suddenly shrunk to the size of a palm, and it did not seem to be its original form.
Even so, Li Yang was extremely happy. Although the night was fraught with danger, the gains were enormous. He used the Seven Star Demon-Suppressing Array, the Spirit-Gathering Array, and the Southern Bright Fire Array to eliminate some suspicious traces on the ground. A Fire talisman burned Ishii Hideaki's body to ashes. A gust of wind blew, and the world became quiet, as if these Japanese devils had never existed.
Meanwhile, Maria Takagi was still unconscious in the factory. Li Yang took a look and, disregarding the taboo between men and women, picked her up. He immediately felt a soft, warm body in his arms and enjoyed it very much!
Back in Li Yang's room, Takagi Maria seemed to have suffered considerable injury and remained unconscious. Li Yang quickly drew a Wood Spirit Talisman and cast it into Takagi Maria's body. Takagi Maria groaned and woke up.
"You're awake!" Li Yang said happily. Not because Takagi Maria had woken up, but because his appendix had worked. It seemed his skill in drawing talismans was quite good.
"You saved me?" Maria Takagi was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood what had happened.
"Hmm~" Li Yang nodded in response without any modesty or pretension.
"Where are they?" Maria Takagi asked nervously.
"Dead," Li Yang said casually.
"Dead?" Maria Takagi's eyes widened. They had such terrifying strength, yet they were dead. Killed by Li Yang?
"You killed him?" Maria Takagi was shocked. Just how terrifying must Li Yang's strength be?
“Yes. How can we save you if we don’t kill them?” Li Yang said. At this moment, he was not injured or weakened by spitting out blood essence; on the contrary, he was full of energy.
Although he spat out a mouthful of blood essence, he and the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm absorbed a drop of Chi You's blood essence, which was a great tonic. Li Yang not only felt his blood essence was abundant, but his strength also improved considerably.