Soul Emperor Martial God

Chapter 84: Chapter 83: Killing White Impermanence

Xiao Yi’s hands suddenly conjured a glove, instantly surrounded by flames with an astonishing aura.

”Spiritual Artifact.” Black and White Impermanence, Heavenly Defect, and Earth Defect, all four were surprised.

Xiao Yi’s face grew cold and serious, ”All four of you are Half-step Cave Profound Martial Artists, I naturally have to take this seriously.”

Xiao Yi had once felt the intensity of a Half-step Cave Profound’s aura and naturally recognized the cultivation level of these four.

”Indeed, it is a Spiritual Artifact.” Greed flickered in the bloodthirsty gaze of Heavenly Defect and Earth Defect.

”I knew it,” said one, ”just a mere youth, however high his talent might be, it’s impossible for him to possess such strength to sweep through all major bandit gangs, so it turns out it’s because of the Spiritual Artifact.”

”A mere Innate Realm, not worthy of possessing a Spiritual Artifact, you should hand it over to us.”

Black and White Impermanence laughed coldly.

”If you’re capable, just try to take it.” Xiao Yi retorted, unfazed.

”Hmph, boy, you still dare to speak tough, you won’t even know how you die later,” Black and White Impermanence coldly snorted.

No sooner had the words fallen than a strange aura suddenly appeared under Xiao Yi’s feet.

”Ghost Vine?” Xiao Yi furrowed his brow and immediately reacted, jumping up fiercely.

Beneath him, a bunch of sinister-looking vines suddenly appeared, binding towards his feet.

The vines were black with thorns, distinctly Ghost Vines.

At the same time, a chilling arrow cut through the air.

Xiao Yi had just jumped up, evading the Ghost Vines, when caught mid-air, he couldn’t dodge in time and had to quickly conjure a Fire Blade to strike.

The Fire Blade collided with the cold arrow, exploding with a bang, sparks flying everywhere; the Fire Blade dissipated while the cold arrow also lost much of its potency and was forcibly deflected slightly.

Hiss, the deflected cold arrow grazed past his shoulder, leaving a trail of blood.

The wound was not severe, but the cold arrow seemed to carry a mysterious force that caused his mind to reel, briefly disorienting him.

”Damn, it’s a Soul-shattering Arrow.” Xiao Yi realized the situation and silently cursed.

Indeed, in the moment of his distraction, a sinister iron chain appeared out of nowhere and bound him.

”Cold Ice Iron Chain?” Xiao Yi was slightly shocked and struggled to break free from the iron chain.

However, the chain was extremely sturdy and carried a cold force that froze him, significantly reducing his strength, making it impossible to break free.

”Boy, die.” Earth Defect sneered, leaping on one foot, and the other crippled leg unexpectedly conjured a sharp curved scythe, attacking Xiao Yi directly.

The curved scythe flickered with black wind, ominously cold, evidently no ordinary thing.

”Black Wind Blood Scythe.” Xiao Yi’s pupils shrank as he watched Earth Defect’s approaching steps and subtly frowned.

”Boy, you’re bound by the Cold Ice Iron Chain, unable to move or dodge; let’s see how you take this strike. I’ll take your head.”

Earth Defect sneered again, and the Black Wind Blood Scythe on his foot swept toward Xiao Yi’s head.

Xiao Yi remained unfazed, watching the approaching Earth Defect coldly and thought to himself, ”So that’s it.”

Having been out for nearly three months, his experiences had greatly sharpened his senses; he recognized at a glance the Martial Souls of Heavenly Defect, Earth Defect, and Black and White Impermanence, and discerned their tactics.

Black Impermanence, Half-step Cave Profound Cultivation, Yellow Peak Martial Soul, Ghost Vine, capable of silently appearing from any part of the ground and eerily binding people.

Once bound, the thorns on the Ghost Vine would automatically attack, puncturing the body with numerous holes, causing a miserable bleeding death.

White Impermanence, Half-step Cave Profund Cultivation, Yellow Peak Martial Soul, Soul-shattering Arrow, never missing its mark, arriving instantly.

The arrow has a special effect that automatically chases based on the Martial Artist’s Martial Soul aura, can shock the Martial Artist’s spirit, causing momentary disorientation.

Heavenly Defect, Yellow Peak Martial Soul, Cold Ice Iron Chain.

Cold Ice Iron Chain, exceptionally sturdy; once a martial artist is bound, the cold aura on the chain will freeze them stiff, significantly diminishing their strength.

Earth Defect, Yellow Peak Martial Soul, Black Wind Blood Scythe.

A hit from the Black Wind Blood Scythe, even a minor scratch, would cause unstoppable bleeding, extremely troublesome.

Heavenly Defect and Earth Defect, Black and White Impermanence, were already two teams.

Heavenly Defect trapped, Earth Defect killed; Black Impermanence trapped, White Impermanence killed.

A trapping and a killing, clever and perfectly in sync.

Being bound like this, unable to dodge, once hit by the Black Wind Blood Scythe, death was inevitable.

At this moment, a thought flashed through Xiao Yi’s mind, and the Flame Gloves in his hands burst forth with flames.

The intense flames countered the Cold Ice Aura, restoring the normal condition of his body.

Then, his internal True Qi surged out, combined with his physical strength, he violently broke free, easily shattering the Cold Ice Iron Chain.

At this moment, the lame leg of Earth Defect had already slashed down.

Xiao Yi reacted extremely quickly, ducking his head and swaying his body to narrowly avoid the slicing attack of the Black Wind Blood Scythe.

Then with a burst of speed, he leaped back.

”Hmm? He actually broke free from the Cold Ice Iron Chains and dodged my attack,” Earth Defect slightly marveled.

Given the sturdiness of the Cold Ice Iron Chains, an ordinary Innate Ninth Layer Martial Artist would definitely not be able to break free.

But Xiao Yi, with the first level consummation of Asura Battle Body, possessed physical strength comparable to the body of an Innate Ninth Layer demon beast and, combined with True Qi, naturally managed to break free.

Black and White Impermanence scoffed disdainfully, ”Kid, weren’t you quite arrogant? The fight has just begun, and you’re already in such disarray, what chance do you still have?”

In fact, the two usually did not strike together, mostly undertaking missions separately.

But this time, joining forces, they put Xiao Yi at a disadvantage in just an encounter and almost killed him.

Heavenly Defect, Earth Defect, Black and White Impermanence— the four great Assassins indeed lived up to their reputation.

If it were any other Martial Artist below the Mysterious Profundity Realm, none would likely escape their joint assassination.

Xiao Yi smiled faintly and retorted, ”As Martial Artists, you possess some skills, but as Assassins, your methods are nothing impressive.”

He had merely been caught off guard by their strange Martial Souls; now that he had seen their techniques, dealing with them was not difficult.

At least, he had enough confidence to handle them.

”Still daring to speak recklessly. Since you’re looking for a quick end, we don’t need to waste more words on you; let’s take him down together and finish the mission early.”

”Tsks, this time we’ve got an additional Spiritual Artifact, the rewards are bound to be substantial.”

Black and White Impermanence and Heavenly Defect and Earth Defect sneered together.

Black Impermanence and Heavenly Defect moved together to surround Xiao Yi, one conjuring Ghost Vines and the other releasing the Cold Ice Iron Chains.

White Impermanence stood in place, shooting out a Soul-shattering Arrow.

Earth Defect also stood still, the Black Wind Blood Scythe poised to strike.

Black Impermanence and Heavenly Defect trapped their target, while White Impermanence and Earth Defect prepared for the kill, the four once again cleverly coordinating together.

Xiao Yi remained unafraid, his body suddenly enveloped in flames, vanishing from the spot mysteriously.

He had used Rising Dragon.

Both the Ghost Vine and the Cold Ice Iron Chain missed.

Black Impermanence and Heavenly Defect instantly panicked, ”Not good, how did that kid’s speed suddenly increase so much?”

On the scene, only the Soul-shattering Arrow was flying around, searching for its target and suddenly shooting out towards the direction of White Impermanence.

”The direction of the Soul-shattering Arrow’s pursuit is that kid’s direction, not good, White Impermanence, he’s by you!” Black Impermanence exclaimed in alert.

Sure enough, with a swoosh, Xiao Yi appeared out of nowhere beside White Impermanence.

Xiao Yi struck out with a palm and coldly said, ”The one using the arrow specializes in long-range attacks and is poor at close combat and defense; I’ll strike you first.”

”How fast,” White Impermanence’s pupils contracted, unable to keep up with Xiao Yi’s speed.

In his eyes, Xiao Yi suddenly became a flame panther as swift as the wind.

That palm, carrying intense hot flames, hammered towards White Impermanence’s heart.

”Puh.” White Impermanence forcefully spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and was directly knocked away, his chest scorched black.

Xiao Yi’s actions were swift, with a flurry of attacks executed in a flash.

At this moment, Earth Defect finally reacted, sweeping a lone leg sideways.

”Scram.” Xiao Yi coldly shouted. Eighty Fire Devouring Hundred Blades struck simultaneously, instantly repelling Earth Defect.

Now, he could release thirty Fire Devouring Hundred Blades just with his True Qi.

With the amplification of the Spiritual Artifact, it directly reached a terrifying eighty blades.

Rebuffed, Black Impermanence and Heavenly Defect immediately reacted, preparing to turn back to assist White Impermanence, but their speed could not match Xiao Yi’s.

Xiao Yi disappeared from the spot again and reappeared beside the stricken White Impermanence.

”Fire Devouring Hundred Blades.”

Another eighty fearsome fire blades shot out.

White Impermanence, already injured and inherently slower than Xiao Yi, couldn’t dodge at all.

Boom... Boom... Boom...

A succession of explosions erupted.

The flames completely engulfed him; amidst the explosive sounds, muffled moans and spurts of fresh blood emerged.

When the explosion sounds ceased, his body fell powerlessly from mid-air, still burning, but he, was already devoid of life.

The formidable White Impermanence, one of the famed assassins of Shadow Tower, a Half-step Cave Profound Cultivation Warrior, was killed by Xiao Yi within a few exchanges.