Whether it was because most of the people had fled or because it felt it was strong enough, a giant skeletal claw reached out towards Xu Le, its claw shrouded in black aura, whipping up gusts of cold wind as it swung through the air.
Xu Le also wanted to test his strength, so he clenched his fist and clashed his fist and claw together, making a "humming" sound.
The powerful impact blasted the two apart. Xu Le's fist went numb, and a red mark appeared on his knuckles. Xu Le deactivated the levitation effect of the chicken talisman, his feet firmly planted on the ground. He activated the power of the bull talisman, and a giant bull, looking down at the world, appeared behind him, letting out a low roar.
Moo!
Xu Le dodged the giant skeletal claw that was grabbing again, grabbed the masked monster's arm, and with a burst of strength, lifted the skeletal monster off the ground, swung it around several times, and sent it flying dozens of meters.
The masked monster rolled several times on the ground, its once golden bones now covered in dirt. Xu Le, in high-speed mode, gave it no time to react, instantly striking its mask with a punch and a kick, sending it flying once more.
In the world of martial arts, speed is the only way to break through!
Before the monster even landed, Xu Le, accelerated by the chicken talisman, unleashed over a hundred punches in an instant, each one hitting its mask.
After being brutally beaten and falling to the ground, the masked monster stood up and roared a few times. A crack appeared on the mask, revealing a viscous darkness within, like a quagmire.
Xu Le had no intention of letting him off so easily. His eyes flashed with lightning, and beams of laser light shot up, striking the skeleton of the white bone monster and creating tiny holes.
The masked monster howled incessantly, and the cracks on its mask multiplied, soon covering the entire mask. Then, the crystal-like mask began to fall away, revealing a dark shadow. After the mask completely fell off, the shadow wrapped up the bones and prepared to escape.
But Xu Le, who was already on guard, was not about to let him go. His spiritual power, enhanced by the chicken talisman, transformed into a massive mental force that enveloped an area of a thousand meters in radius. The mental force constructed a square box, an invisible wall that blocked the black shadow that wanted to escape.
The shadowy figure slammed into the invisible wall in front of it, but to no avail. The wall of psychic energy was incredibly hard and extremely resilient. Its frantic impact was absorbed by the entire wall as soon as it hit it. As long as its power could not shatter the entire wall, it would never be able to escape.
Whether it tries to escape through the sky or into the earth, a barrier of psychic energy always stands in its way.
After several attempts, the shadowy figure found itself unable to escape the cage. The black mist enveloped the rebels who were also trapped at the edge of the cage, instantly draining their flesh and blood. The previously weakened black mist began to regain its strength.
Not satisfied with just this little bit of flesh and blood, the shadow spread out again, wanting to drain the remaining rebels dry and gain enough power to resist Xu Le.
On the battlefield, the trapped rebels continued to flee. This war was unforgettable for them. Under such divine and demonic power, mortals were just a piece of meat on a chopping board, at the mercy of others.
A fire dragon roared through the black mist, and the shadow roared again, but Xu Le was not going to let it go. The fire dragon flew in the air and pierced into the shadow again and again. Golden lightning bolts were thrown out from Xu Le's hands. The extremely strong and yang power evaporated the demonic energy of the shadow. In the end, the shadow that originally stretched for more than ten meters was evaporated to only the size of a fist.
A frenzied roar came from within the shadows, and half of the remaining shadows dissipated, revealing a skeletal body with only a dark shadow covering its head. However, because it was so small, it looked like a toy figurine; the tiny skeletal body supporting the dark shadow head was strangely cute.
Xu Le slowly floated over, using his mental power to create a cage to capture the small skeletal monster in his hand, and began to examine it carefully.
Suddenly, a mental wave entered his mind; it was the monster begging for mercy.
"Let...let me go."
Amidst the monster's chaotic mental fluctuations, its pleading could be heard.
Xu Le sneered, his hand crackling with electricity. Arcs of electricity crackled and popped as he approached the tiny monster, the golden lightning shattering its remaining black mist. The wisps of black mist slowly transformed into a cloud of black vapor under the intense power of the lightning, dissipating into the heavens and earth.
"Let me go...let me go..."
The monster wasn't very intelligent; it could only utter these three words, and everything else consisted of chaotic mental fluctuations.
Xu Le seemed not to hear its pleas for mercy. The lightning snake in his hand kept moving around its body, and amidst the monster's frantic howls, it completely dispersed the black mist.
After the black mist completely disappeared, a blue ball of light was revealed, a crystal-clear sphere of light. The sphere emitted a soft blue glow, sacred and beautiful. Who could have imagined that the true form of this evil monster was so beautiful and holy?
"Just as I thought, my idea was right." Xu Le laughed twice, grabbed the small thing with the blue light and white bone body, deactivated the psychic cage, ignored the rebels lying on the ground, and soared into the sky.
The blue light cluster's consciousness was momentarily confused, then a mental fluctuation emanated from it. Unlike the previous chaos, this mental fluctuation was very pure, and it timidly asked:
Why did you arrest me?
"Quiet!" Xu Le snorted coldly, startling the consciousness within the blue light cluster into trembling. The blue light it was emitting was withdrawn, and it curled up into a ball in grievance.
As Xu Le flew higher, the air became thinner and the air pressure lower. Fortunately, after advancing to the Qi Refining stage, his physical strength was not only reflected in his indestructible body, but also in his strong adaptability. As long as it was not an extreme climate, he could adapt quickly. This was the strength of a Qi Refiner, who cultivated the body, soul, and Qi simultaneously.
When the body can withstand the vacuum environment and radiation in the universe, even if the body has not evolved organs adapted to the universe, it can still traverse the starry sky by relying on the air of the inner world.
At an altitude of about 30,000 meters, the air was thin and there were no clouds or fog. The world in Xu Le's eyes was vast and empty.
Xu Le floated above the azure sky, glanced at the somewhat childish blue ball of light in his hand that was curled up in a ball of grievance, and said to the surroundings, "Come out, I already know your purpose!"
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Chapter Sixty-One: The Truth
The sound echoed, but no one appeared; it seemed that Xu Le was just talking to himself.
Xu Le wasn't angry. He sneered, pinched a bone on the blue light orb's skeletal body with two fingers, and slowly lifted it up.
The blue ball of light was still feeling aggrieved when it was suddenly lifted up, startling it so much that it flailed its arms and legs. Inside the ball of light, there seemed to be a pair of eyes looking around in a panic.
Life slowly gathered in Xu Le's hand, eventually turning into a ball of life water. Xu Le slowly poured the life water drop by drop onto the blue ball of light, but his gaze remained fixed on the empty sky.
The blue light, which had been struggling, felt the life-giving water dripping into its body and sensed its powerful life force. It began to greedily absorb it, and the light grew brighter and brighter after being nourished.
"Stop." A gentle, aged voice rang out from 30,000 meters in the air.
Xu Le looked in the direction of the voice and saw a kind old man in white robes with white hair and beard slowly walking over. His gaze was calm. He paused for a moment after seeing the blue ball of light in Xu Le's hand, and then focused his gaze on Xu Le.
Upon seeing the old man, the blue light cluster shrank back in fear, swaying as it moved closer to Xu Le to continue absorbing the water of life.
"How did you know?" the old man asked with a smile, as if speaking to his grandson with great affection.
Xu Le sized up the old man, absorbed the Water of Life in his hand into his inner world, ignored the dissatisfaction of the blue light ball in his hand, and said with a smile: "Not long ago, the incident with Da Niu made me a little suspicious, but the changes in Lang Teng this time have confirmed my suspicions, right, Jing Hongzi!"
This old man was none other than Jinghongzi, who had been killed by Xu Le's scheme earlier.
Jinghongzi was not surprised to hear Xu Le's address. He smiled and said, "I am Jinghongzi's good intention. I am truly grateful to you, fellow Daoist, for eliminating my evil intentions and the will of the evil god and protecting this world. Please accept my bow."