Martial Saint with Passives

BOOM!!!

At this very moment, Jiang Che unleashed his ultimate trump card in human form, holding absolutely nothing back!

A destructive beam of light, as thick as an arm and as black as ink, erupted. It carried a terrifying aura that seemed capable of annihilating all things, and at a speed that surpassed the limits of vision, it instantly crossed several dozen yards, aiming with unparalleled precision for Ghost Hand Rakshasa’s heart!

Too fast!

So fast that even with his True Master Realm Divine Thought, Ghost Hand Rakshasa could only catch a fleeting sense of mortal danger!

His face paled. He instinctively tried to dodge, but the distance was simply too short—it was already too late!

At the last possible moment, he could only frantically channel all his True Qi while pulling a small, palm-sized black shield carved with an Evil Ghost Totem from his clothes and holding it in front of his chest!

The small shield grew as it met the air, instantly expanding to the size of a pot lid.

On the shield’s surface, the Evil Ghost Totem seemed to come to life. It let out a silent roar, its cavernous mouth gaping open as it attempted to swallow the beam of destruction!

The next moment, the pitch-black beam slammed into the black Ghost-faced Shield!

CLANG—BZZZZZ!!!

A violent hum that seemed capable of shattering one’s Divine Soul rang out!

That Ghost-faced Shield had actually blocked Jiang Che’s terrifying attack!

"Heh, is that all..." Ghost Hand Rakshasa didn’t even finish his sentence before he sensed something was amiss.

He looked down.

There, a gruesome, bowl-sized hole had been blasted clean through his body!

The pitch-black power of annihilation was still raging madly at the edges of the wound, preventing the flesh from healing!

Blood and shattered organs, mixed with charred, corroded clots, were gushing out!

As it turned out, because the Ghost-faced Shield was only the size of a pot lid and had been deployed in haste, it had only protected the vitals in Ghost Hand Rakshasa’s chest.

The moment the destructive beam was blocked, a portion of its energy scattered from the edge, scraped past the shield’s rim, and slammed squarely into his lower abdomen—his Dantian!

"AHHH!!!"

A blood-curdling scream, so shrill it barely sounded human, finally erupted from his mouth!

He could never have imagined that he, a mighty True Master Realm expert, after deploying a Protective Magical Treasure, would actually...

...still be so grievously wounded by a mere insect from the Refining Organ Realm!

However, the Life Energy of a True Master Realm expert was far beyond that of someone in the Refining Organ Realm!

With a furious roar, his vast black True Qi surged wildly, forcibly sealing the blood vessels and meridians around the wound, temporarily staunching the fatal injury!

He raised his head. The eyes hidden beneath his hood were already crimson, filled with boundless venom and killing intent!

"To think... I would be wounded... by an insect like you!"

"Do you think this is enough to kill me? How naive!!"

"Next, I’ll let you witness... the true power... of the True Master Realm!"

He suddenly clasped his hands together, and an aura far more terrifying and evil than any before erupted from him!

"Secret Skill: Night Parade of Hundred Demons!"

The shadows behind him seemed to come alive, transforming into countless twisted, wailing black resentful souls that blotted out the sky and swept toward Jiang Che!

Jiang Che looked at the terrifying scene, one that would be enough to shatter the Divine Soul of any Refining Organ Realm Martial Artist, and simply shook his head calmly.

He slowly rose from the ground and swallowed a Divine Crane Pill.

"It seems... those of the True Master Realm are indeed hard to kill."

He muttered softly to himself, and then the human emotions in his eyes rapidly faded away.

In their place was a cold, indifferent, dark crimson.

"In that case..."

"I’ll just use a monster’s methods to deal with a monster."

BOOM!!!

An aura even more violent, more savage, and more terrifyingly heart-pounding than Ghost Hand Rakshasa’s erupted from within Jiang Che’s body!

Ferocious Black Armor once again covered his entire body!

"What... is this thing?!"

Ghost Hand Rakshasa stared at the Black-armored Giant that had instantly swelled to over three meters tall before him, looking like a Demon God descended upon the world. He was so shocked his eyes were about to pop out of their sockets!

But he could sense that although his opponent’s aura had magnified countlessfold...

...it wasn’t True Qi. It was still just Strength!

Not the True Master Realm!

"Petty tricks and cheap theatrics!"

He let out a vicious sneer. Though his heart was filled with shock and doubt, he still possessed absolute confidence in his power at the True Master Realm!

However, this time, he was not as careless as before.

He clearly remembered that strange Finger Technique from a moment ago, the one that had pierced through his Dantian!

He spurred on the sky-filling resentful souls, sending them sweeping toward Jiang Che like a tidal wave.

While doing so, his figure flickered about, always maintaining a subtle distance from Jiang Che, guarding against another earth-shattering, fatal blow.

Seeing this, Jiang Che’s heart sank.

He realized that after suffering such a major blow, his opponent had become exceptionally cautious.

True Qi constantly protected his vital points, giving him no opportunity to launch a sneak attack with "Azure Dragon Annihilation" again!

’Looks like... I’ll have to fight him head-on!’

Facing the Night Parade of Hundred Demons, which was powerful enough to tear the Divine Soul, the Black-armored Giant neither dodged nor evaded. He allowed the countless twisted souls to slam into his hard Armor, emitting a series of ear-piercing screeches like the wailing of ghosts and howling of wolves!

He withstood the impact on his Divine Soul, and with a powerful push from his huge body, the rock beneath his feet shattered. He shot forward like a black meteorite, charging fearlessly toward Ghost Hand Rakshasa!

"You’re courting death!"

Seeing him dare to withstand the Divine Soul Attack and actively close the distance, Ghost Hand Rakshasa’s eyes flared with killing intent!

On his withered palm, dense black True Qi gathered once more, forming an even more condensed and evil ghostly claw that viciously struck at Jiang Che’s chest!

BANG!!!

The ghost claw and the Black Armor collided with a thunderous crash!

Jiang Che felt a sinisterly cold, venomous, and corrosive True Qi instantly penetrate the Black Armor defense he was so proud of and invade his body!

His massive body was sent stumbling back. On the chestplate of his Black Armor, a sizzling Palm Seal had been corroded into the surface, emitting black smoke!

An excruciating pain shot from the wound! What shocked him even more was that the powerful passive healing Ability of his [True: Infinite Battle Armor] was completely suppressed upon contact with that bizarre True Qi, causing his wound to heal at an abnormally slow rate!

However, the shock in Ghost Hand Rakshasa’s heart was even greater than Jiang Che’s!

This move of his, the "Heart-Eroding Bone-Devouring Claw," was one of his ultimate techniques. The True Qi within it contained the Yin Poison Power he had cultivated for many years. Even a True Master Realm expert of the same level who took the hit directly would suffer from chaotic True Qi and be severely injured!

But this monster before him...

...had only broken its skin?!

’What... in the world is this monster?! How could its physical body... be this tough?!’

The two fought back and forth for several more rounds, the scene heart-stoppingly intense!