I Can Devour Spirits

Chapter 96: Chapter 96: The Life-and-Death Game (Part 2)

Duan Rong barely dodged that strike, his body technique pushed to its limits. At this moment, his body was already showing signs of fatigue, his feet slightly off the ground, as the dart was launched unexpectedly just inches away!

The timing was flawless!

Truly a deadly move!

Duan Rong’s right hand, hanging by his pants, waved in the faint light of the oil lamp, seemingly blooming into a vague plum blossom shadow by his hand!

A poison needle, with a ding sound, struck against the dart!

Jie Lei’s Thousand-Handed Arhat was only at the Entry Level, and Duan Rong had already devoured and absorbed the Thousand-Handed Arhat at the Entry Level!

His Hidden Weapon Technique also incorporated the Plum Blossom Needle Technique!

This Plum Blossom Needle Technique was created by a master of hidden weapons a hundred years ago, and the plum blossom shadow in the Plum Blossom Needle Technique is an extremely sophisticated hidden weapon technique!

Moreover, the Plum Blossom Needle Technique devoured by Duan Rong was at the Master Level.

At this moment, standing between life and death, Duan Rong suddenly realized!

His original method was to take the Thousand-Handed Arhat as the main foundation, fusing in some techniques from the Plum Blossom Needle Technique, as he believed the Thousand-Handed Arhat was the hidden weapon technique, while the Plum Blossom Needle was merely a skill for acupuncture!

But at that moment, Duan Rong used the Plum Blossom Needle Technique as the main foundation to shoot that needle!

He used the Thousand-Handed Arhat as a stepping stone, and through the tempering of life and death, he instantly comprehended the true Plum Blossom Needle!

It was not an acupuncture skill, but a truly profound hidden weapon technique!

Like a ghostly shadow in the dark, silently taking lives like a life-taking ghost shadow!

Duan Rong’s single Plum Blossom Needle hit the dart’s blade, causing it to slightly turn, almost grazing Duan Rong’s neck as it shot into the earthen wall behind him!

Duan Rong steadied himself, his face still reflecting fear as he reached to touch his neck, where there was still a lingering coolness from the dart’s glide!

Duan Rong had just brushed past the Ghost Gate, and in that moment, cold sweat had soaked his back!

Jie Lei stood with his back against the earthen wall, looking at Duan Rong with a hint of disappointment in his eyes, as he took down the Cow Tail Saber that Duan Rong had left in his chest and threw it to the ground with a clang!

Duan Rong’s eyes showed slight surprise, as Jie Lei’s previously empty left arm sleeve now hung properly with his left hand intact.

”Is this some evil technique?”

Seeing that Duan Rong was unarmed and standing there empty-handed, Jie Lei wanted to attack with his saber again!

But as soon as he moved, he suddenly stumbled to the ground with a thud!

He had pretended to stumble before to lure Duan Rong, but now that he had fallen, his eyes suddenly went dizzy!

Without realizing it, his face had turned a deep shade of blue!

Jie Lei reached to his neck and felt a handful of skin, bleeding black with pus and blood!

He looked at Duan Rong in hatred, but saw that Duan Rong suddenly moved with a flicker, his right hand swiftly waving twice, two shadows blooming like plum flowers!

A flash of cold light, two poison needles, immediately shot into his eyeballs!

Jie Lei’s body was protected by Inner Breath, and the Plum Blossom Needle infused with Inner Breath did not burst his eyeballs!

But his eyes were already dizzy, and when the poison needle penetrated, his vision instantly went black, turning the dimly lit crypt into a pitch-black chamber!

Seeing the success of the poison needle, Duan Rong was ready to shoot again!

Suddenly, he saw Jie Lei on the ground twitching a few times, then unexpectedly transforming into a round, ball-like mass of flesh, rolling around rapidly in the crypt!

Duan Rong was shocked and immediately retreated!

Standing at the passage’s entrance, he looked into the crypt!

The scene before him was incredibly bizarre! Duan Rong involuntarily drew in a breath of cold air!

The flesh ball that Jie Lei had become continued to bounce around like a marble in the cramped crypt!

That flesh ball suddenly hit the earthen wall, causing the cracked soil to crumble and fall!

After a few strikes, the flesh ball suddenly expanded mid-air, opening up like a flower in bloom.

Jie Lei’s body unfolded and fell to the ground, limbs outstretched!

Duan Rong stood at the entrance, watching Jie Lei lying there, motionless!

Duan Rong’s eyes flickered as he walked inside, never taking his eyes off Jie Lei’s motionless body in the center!

Duan Rong circled along the wall, walking to the corner where he picked up his Cow Tail Saber!

Standing in the corner, Duan Rong suddenly raised his hand and threw, the Cow Tail Saber whistling through the air!

The saber stabbed Jie Lei in the face!

Thick blood, mixed with black threads, gushed out, but Jie Lei lay there without moving a muscle!

Duan Rong took a deep breath and sat down heavily on the ground!

He was drenched in sweat, partly cold sweat, part from the heat dissipating from the intense expenditure of his Inner Breath and Power.

After regaining some energy, Duan Rong swallowed a few times, managing to get back on his feet!

He walked to Jie Lei and carefully searched his entire body!

Finding a bundle of silver notes, Duan Rong didn’t even look at the denomination, setting them aside!

He also untied a pouch from Jie Lei’s waist, containing several darts!

He had set up such an elaborate scheme, risking his life, not for just this bit of silver coins!

Duan Rong carefully examined, finally drawing out something from within the inner pocket of Jie Lei’s undergarments!

It was a layer of yellow wax-like substance, seeming to be a very thin piece of human skin!

Duan Rong unfolded it, seeing that it was the size of two palms, covered densely with characters!

Under the faint light, Duan Rong read the first few lines, his heart suddenly trembling!

”It’s the Fetal Concealment Scripture! It’s finally in my hands!”

Duan Rong set the human skin aside, immediately taking off Xu Ruhu’s clothes and shoes that he was wearing, flashing to the corner of the wall!

That spot was just beneath the projection of the faint lamp’s shadow!

Duan Rong stood in the corner and began digging, quickly uncovering buried clothes, boots, a mask, and a headscarf!

In his swift digging, he accidentally unearthed half of Xu Ruhu’s corpse’s head nearby...

But the head was bald, covered in a layer of dirt, seemingly with the scalp already torn off...

Duan Rong swiftly donned his clothes, mask, and headscarf, stuffing the human skin secret manual and the bundle of silver notes into the inner pocket of his coat.

Patting the inner pocket through the cloth, Duan Rong finally felt slightly relieved!

Then, he walked over to pull the Cow Tail Saber from Jie Lei’s face, channeling his Inner Breath to shake the blade, causing droplets of blood to scatter before sheathing it!

At this moment, Duan Rong’s gaze flickered as he looked at the saber by the wall, a standard Barrier Saber issued to constables!

He went over and grasped the saber in his hand, silently saying, ”Read Artifact Spirit!”

Artifact: Barrier Saber

Artifact Spirit Tier: Tier One

Devouring Requirements: Host’s Spiritual Power Level 1 (Satisfied)

Devouring Effect: Mastery of the Wild Bull Saber Technique

”The Wild Bull Saber Technique, this saber technique is quite ferocious!”

Duan Rong’s gaze flickered, acknowledging that the saber technique Jie Lei used earlier was indeed formidable!

However, the devouring effect of this Barrier Saber’s Artifact Spirit only granted mastery of one saber technique at the Master Level!

Jie Lei clearly had some kind of evil technique!

Duan Rong glanced at the pouch of darts by his feet!

These darts and the evil technique must have been Jie Lei’s secret skills, which he rarely displayed in front of others!

”But...”

Suddenly, Duan Rong glanced at Jie Lei’s chest; during the search, he found a longevity lock there!

Duan Rong walked over to Jie Lei, bent down to grab the Longevity Copper Lock on his chest, silently saying, ”Read Artifact Spirit!”

Artifact: Longevity Lock

Artifact Spirit Tier: Tier One

Devouring Requirements: Host’s Spiritual Power Level 1 (Satisfied)

Devouring Effect: Mastery of the Bone Shrinking Technique