I Am Immortal in Great Yu

Chapter 255: Chapter 102: Dragon Pearl, Part 2

After sending the Yin Corpse flying once more.

”Break!”

Fang Rui bellowed, unleashing all his True Essence. He channeled it through his Perfection Level Grandmaster Saber Technique to slash out a massive wave of Saber Qi three zhang long.

A three-zhang-long wave of Saber Qi—what did that mean?

Nearly ten meters!

BOOM!

The Yin Corpse had just scrambled to its feet when the Saber Qi struck. The semicircular shield it hastily condensed from extreme Yin Qi shattered in an instant, and the wave of energy slashed straight down.

The terrifying energy surged into the ground. A shockwave radiated out from the point of impact, tearing up the red stone ground and sending layers of it crumbling into the air.

After a full seven or eight breaths.

CLATTER!

The rain of shattered rock and the lingering shockwave finally subsided.

’Did I get it?!’

Fang Rui remained vigilant, inching forward to look at the Yin Corpse, which had been smashed into the ground like a gopher.

Just as he was about to get close to the large crater ahead—

SWISH!

A flash of dark gold shot toward him, but he was ready and sent it flying back with a single slash.

’Hm?’

Fang Rui focused his gaze.

The flash of dark gold was, to his surprise, the Yin Corpse. His last slash had sheared away the roiling black aura on its surface, revealing a suit of dark gold Armor it wore underneath.

But that wasn’t the most shocking part. The Yin Corpse’s head was gone—blown clean off by the three-zhang-long wave of Saber Qi—yet it could still move and attack as if nothing had happened.

Can a corpse live without a head?

Answer: Yes!

’It must have been this Armor that saved it from being blown to bits just now.’

’This is tricky. Its body is already like steel, and now it’s wearing a turtle shell on top. It looks like I’ll have to try *that* move.’

Fang Rui plunged his saber into the ground. With his hands now acting as blades, his True Essence surged. He suddenly clasped his palms together, then pushed them forward.

SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH!

Seven or eight blades of pale-cyan Saber Qi, each as thin as a cicada’s wing, swirled in mid-air. They accelerated, accelerated, and accelerated again, until they were nearly invisible to the naked eye as they sliced toward the Yin Corpse from all directions.

—That’s right. This was Fang Rui’s strongest move, a fusion of his Perfect Grandmaster Level Saber Technique and his Great Success Master Level ”Thirteen Throws of the Flying Swallow”: Helical Blade Qi!

At this moment, the Yin Corpse sensed an unprecedented mortal danger. It instinctively threw up its Yin Qi shield again, but the Helical Blade Qi pierced through it instantly, shattering the barrier like glass before mercilessly slicing down.

The dark gold Armor on its body wasn’t as tough as Fang Rui had imagined. Sliced from all sides by the supremely sharp Helical Blade Qi, it exploded outright.

Without the protection of the dark gold Armor, the Yin Corpse’s steel-like body was directly exposed to the Helical Blade Qi. It was sliced apart as easily as tofu, then detonated by the True Essence infused in the attack.

BOOM!

The Yin Corpse’s shattered limbs flew in all directions. The dense Yin Qi and extreme resentment contained within them sizzled and hissed as they were eroded by the vast, pure energy in the air, giving off plumes of black smoke.

And at this very moment—

Suddenly, a shrill shriek tore through the air. A blood-red flash of light shot out from within the Yin Corpse’s remains, radiating an overwhelming and extreme resentment. A roiling black gas instantly filled the entire Space, temporarily suppressing even that vast, majestic energy.

It looked extremely intimidating!

’A final counterattack? A technique similar to Celestial Demon Dissolution?’

’Ah, I remember Daoist Ge saying this. When a Yin Corpse is shattered, a Blood Soul emerges! This is it: a Blood Soul, a mixture of the Zheng Family ancestor’s remnants, the lingering consciousness of countless people tortured to death, and extreme resentment.’

”Bring it on!”

Fang Rui’s expression was incredibly grave. True Essence surged within him, forming a barrier in front of his body.

’I just blew the Yin Corpse’s main body to pieces. How much trouble could a mere Blood Soul possibly cause?’

’Perhaps an Upper Grade Spirit Master would be better suited for dealing with this Blood Soul, but a Second Grade Martial Artist’s True Essence is an Extraordinary Energy no weaker than an Upper Grade Spirit Master’s Spiritual Power. It’s not to be underestimated!’

But just as he stood ready and waiting, his opponent refused to play by the book.

SWOOSH!

The Blood Soul didn’t charge at Fang Rui. Instead, it shot toward the Dragon Pearl. A large part of its body was annihilated in the process, but it pressed on without a shred of hesitation.

By the time it passed through the Dragon Pearl and emerged from the other side, less than one percent of it remained. But it had managed to carry out a tiny clump of Dragon Pearl Essence, and in a flash, it burrowed into the red cliff face nearby.

For the sake of caution, Fang Rui had set up multiple barriers of True Essence in front of himself. By the time he saw the Blood Soul trying to flee, dismantled his barriers, and prepared to strike, it had already vanished.

’Chase it?’

’The Blood Soul is incorporeal; it can pass through stone and earth. But I can’t!’

”Wait a minute, aren’t Yin Corpses supposed to be mindless? Why did it run away?!”

To be honest, Fang Rui was still a little baffled.

But after a moment of careful thought, he understood. ’A Yin Corpse may be mindless, but it’s not a complete idiot. It still has instincts. That’s why it sensed the danger at the very beginning and launched a preemptive attack.’

’After that, after I repeatedly thrashed it, even a dog would have known to run. The fact that it foolishly fought until now just shows how slow its reactions are.’

’Also, when the Yin Corpse was shattered and became a Blood Soul, the interference from the Yin Qi was reduced. Maybe it became a bit more clear-headed?’

”Sigh. No matter the circumstances, you can never underestimate an opponent—even if it’s just a Yin Corpse.”

Fang Rui shook his head. ”Still, with the Yin Corpse destroyed, only the Blood Soul is left, and it’s already been knocked out of the Upper Three Grades. During its suicidal charge at the Dragon Pearl, most of its Soul Body was annihilated. Its threat level has dropped drastically.”

If it were to run into Ge Changgeng now, it would be utterly slaughtered.

”The only regrettable part is that it got away with a small portion of the Dragon Pearl Essence—a minuscule portion, really... Oh well. It was just a fraction of the whole.”

”Time to claim my prize!”

Fang Rui looked at the Dragon Pearl, suspended in mid-air, spinning round and round.

The aftershocks from his fierce battle with the Yin Corpse were enough to severely injure a Third Grade Martial Artist, or even annihilate an entire team of Fourth Grade Martial Artists.