Desolate Devouring Art

Chapter 518 - A Series of Combos

The appearance of the Sky Yin Ancestor made Liu Wuxie narrow his eyes. He was curious how this person had found them because they had secretly killed the Sky Yin Sect's disciples, and hardly anyone knew about it.

"Junior Brother Liu, find an opportunity to escape with Sister Rouyan. The Sky Yin Ancestor is strong, and you're not his match." Jian Xing'er felt despair, with thoughts of committing suicide rising in her mind.

She was prepared to sacrifice herself to create an opportunity for Liu Wuxie and Chen Rouyan to escape. After all, the Sky Yin Ancestor was in the Astral River Realm.

Jian Xing'er wasn't aware that Liu Wuxie could kill someone in the Astral River Realm because everything that had happened in the Blood Sea Abyssal Island was a mystery.

Liu Wuxie remained silent with his gaze fixed on the Sky Yin Ancestor in the first-level Astral River Realm. However, someone like him was considered an expert in Azure Mountain City.

"You two step back!" Liu Wuxie sneered. He was currently stuck at the pinnacle of the fourth level of Heavenly Phase Realm. If he could refine the energies of someone in the first-level Astral River Realm, he could reach the fifth level.

Jian Xing'er and Chen Ruoyan exchanged a look before they quickly retreated. They were in the Heavenly Dipper Realm and could only fly relying on spiritual treasures. Thus, there was no way they could compete with those in the Astral River Realm in speed. Their hope of escaping was slim against the Sky Yin Ancestor.

"A child like you wants to stop me?" The Sky Yin Ancestor sneered when he landed ten meters away from Liu Wuxie. Judging from Liu Wuxie's aura, he was only in the Heavenly Phase Realm.

"I want to know who sent you to hunt us down," Liu Wuxie asked curiously. It made no sense for the Sky Yin Ancestor to appear here without a reason, and he was confident someone must've notified the latter.

"You're smart, but it's a pity you don't have the opportunity to find out." The Sky Yin Ancestor couldn't be bothered to waste words with Liu Wuxie and struck with his palm. After all, he planned to capture the two women and turn them into his cauldrons to absorb their essence.

"I'll make you speak whether you like it or not!" Liu Wuxie didn't bring out the Earth Binding Chains and charged with the Heretic Blade, unleashing a powerful blade aura.

He hadn't made a breakthrough in his cultivation after returning from the Blood Sea Abyssal Island, and instead, he had spent his time comprehending dao techniques. This had drastically transformed the Primordial Astral Fist, Frost Finger, and blade techniques.

His attacks became sharper and more unpredictable. When he attacked with the Heretic Blade, the Sky Yin Ancestor narrowed his eyes and was shocked by the incoming attack.

This didn't look like the power of someone in the fourth-level Heavenly Phase Realm. The power released was comparable to the pinnacle Heavenly Phase Realm, making Sky Yin Ancestor feel threatened.

However, how could the Sky Yin Ancestor give up with such beauties before him?

The Fatality Blade Art's sixth form carried an unparalleled crushing force, causing thunderous rumbles to echo in the valley. The blade aura tore through the air and appeared before the Sky Yin Ancestor.

The blade aura ripped apart the incoming palm strike, and the only thought in the Sky Yin Ancestor's mind was the terrifying power of Liu Wuxie's attack.

"You have given me quite the surprise, child." The Sky Yin Ancestor had lived over a hundred years and encountered countless experts in his lifetime. However, he felt pressure coming from Liu Wuxie.

Liu Wuxie ignored the Sky Yin Ancestor and continued his assault with the Heretic Blade. He kept swinging his blade and gave the Sky Yin Ancestor no time to catch his breath. He sought to kill the Sky Yin Ancestor without resorting to the Earth Binding Chains.

Each of Liu Wuxie's attacks was targeted at the Sky Yin Ancestor's vitals, forcing him to defend himself. The situation became a one-sided battle, with Liu Wuxie suppressing the Sky Yin Ancestor.

Jian Xing'er and Chen Ruoyan stood at a distance. They exchanged a look and saw the amazement and shock in each other's eyes. The Sky Yin Ancestor was forced back a few hundred steps under Liu Wuxie's Fatality Blade Art, and he had already retreated out of the valley.

“You’ve gone too far!” the Sky Yin Ancestor bellowed in fury. Hovering in the air, he pulled out a bizarre weapon—a three-pronged fork, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. What made it truly horrifying was the skull mounted on its tip, with two snakes slithering from the eye sockets.

Liu Wuxie had never seen such a strange weapon before, but instinct told him not to be careless. He leaped backward, knowing that engaging in close combat might be dangerous.

He executed the Frost Finger through his ten fingers, unleashing a suffocating chill across thousands of meters, which made the Sky Yin Ancestor roar in frustration.

Earlier, when Liu Wuxie had forced him into close combat, he had no choice but to focus on defending himself. Now that he drew his weapon, Liu Wuxie switched to long-ranged combat.

This proved that it was easy to be disadvantaged if the martial techniques were too limited. Ice arrows no less potent than the Heretic Blade formed into sword auras that ripped through the air and reached the Sky Yin Ancestor.

"Damn it! Damn it!" the Sky Yin Ancestor roared in frustration.

The Frost Finger was a dao technique with no fixed moves, meaning it was highly versatile and could change shape at Liu Wuxie's will. It differed from the Fatality Blade Art, which had a set of fixed moves, but dao techniques couldn't be rushed and needed accumulation.

The Sky Yin Ancestor spun his fork rapidly, shattering all the incoming ice arrows, and he approached Liu Wuxie. A highly poisonous black mist was released from the skull.

"Retreat!" Liu Wuxie roared, asking Jian Xing'er and Chen Ruoyan to retreat. He had no fear of poison with the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron, but it was a different story for the two women.

The Sky Yin Ancestor's poison was more potent than the Six Desires Powder, and one would lose consciousness if they inhaled it.

Chen Ruoyan was prepared this time and retreated with Jian Xing'er when the Sky Yin Ancestor released the poison. The poison mist swiftly covered the valley and enveloped Liu Wuxie in it.

"Hahaha! You will die at my hands regardless of your strength!" The Sky Yin Ancestor burst into sinister laughter and thrust his fork at Liu Wuxie's neck after dodging incoming ice arrows.

"You want to kill me with this little poison?" Liu Wuxie's voice echoed from within the poisonous mist, and he soared to the sky. Without releasing the toxic mist, Liu Wuxie would have no way to approach the Sky Yin Ancestor, who would simply maintain his distance and wear him down.

However, the situation had changed. The Sky Yin Ancestor was now overconfident, certain that his poison would be enough to kill Liu Wuxie. What he didn’t know was that Liu Wuxie was immune to all poison, even those that could incapacitate Astral River Realm experts.

Even if the Sky Yin Ancestor's poison was deadly, there was no way it could compete with the Netherspirit Flower. The Netherspirit Flower was so fatal that even immortals would avoid it.

Using their distance, Liu Wuxie soared into the sky and unleashed Soul Spear because he needed this attack to be fatal.

An Astral River Realm expert’s soul energy was powerful, and the Soul Spear could only disrupt and not kill the Sky Yin Ancestor.

"What is this attack? ARGH!" The Sky Yin Ancestor clutched his head and screamed. It felt as though a needle had pierced into his primordial spirit, and the pain was unbearable.

The ancient star's power began gushing out. Liu Wuxie had performed the Primordial Astral Fist when the Sky Yin Ancestor's primordial spirit was attacked, and terrifying astral energy crushed down like a massive mountain.

Spatial rifts began to appear under the pressure of the ancient star, and the entire valley began to sink. The nearby mountains started to crumble, and even the mountain Chen Ruoyan stood on was covered in countless cracks.

"What kind of power is that?" The Sky Yin Ancestor finally felt his life threatened and ignored the pain from his soul sea, charging at Liu Wuxie with the fork.

"You think you can kill me with a pitiful attack?" A powerful ice wall appeared before Liu Wuxie when he clasped his hands, freezing it in mid-air while the ancient star descended.

"This can't be! How can someone like you, who's in the Heavenly Phase Realm, possibly unleash such power?!" The Heavenly Yin Ancestor panicked because the power released by Liu Wuxie was comparable to the second level of the Astral River Realm. This made no sense to him.

“Damn you, Teng Wanqiu! You've doomed me!" the Sky Yin Ancestor roared in fury.

"Teng Wanqiu?" Liu Wuxie memorized the name. This person must be closely related to the Teng Clan. In other words, the Teng Clan had disclosed his identity along with Jian Xing'er and Chen Ruoyan's portraits to the Sky Yin Sect to lure the Sky Yin Ancestor into pursuing them. He had figured everything out in just one breath.

The Sky Yin Ancestor had no choice but to take this attack head-on. When the ancient star descended, it felt as though the apocalypse had arrived with catastrophic destruction to the surroundings.

The surrounding flowers, trees, and grass had turned into dust. They were lucky that the impact took place far from the valley's center, or the grave of Jian Xing'er's mother would be destroyed.

The power released by the ancient star continued to increase because the desolate world in Liu Wuxie's dantian had formed a cycle between the five elements. Unless the Sky Yin Ancestor could erase an element, the power released by the ancient star would continue to increase.

Then again, that was under the condition that the Sky Yin Ancestor's true essence could keep up. If his true essence couldn't keep up, the Primordial Astral Fist would exhaust all his true essence and turn him into a disabled person.

The Sky Yin Ancestor continued to descend until he fell to the ground. Everything in his surroundings had cracked, spreading like a dense spider web. The power contained in this punch could destroy heaven and earth.

"Sky Yin Palm!" The Sky Yin Ancestor howled and clasped his hands together to form a barrier, planning to withstand this strike. However, the pain from his primordial spirit was increasing, and his soul sea became heavily damaged to execute the Sky Yin Palm forcibly. The Soul Spear was still shuttling around in his soul sea, damaging everything in the path.

"What pitiful attempts to put up a resistance. Let me see how long you can last!" Liu Wuxie remained indifferent and allowed the Sky Yin Ancestor to execute the Sky Yin Palm.

The opposing forces approached, and the ancient star manifested into a palm resembling a five-fingered mountain. The ground exploded when the ancient star descended, creating a massive crater that reached ten meters deep.

The Sky Yin Ancestor staggered and was sent flying by the descending giant palm.

The shockwave formed into waves surging to the surroundings with a ripple effect, and the impact could easily kill someone in the pinnacle Heavenly Phase Realm.

"This is impossible!" The Sky Yin Ancestor spewed blood and couldn't accept this outcome.