I Am Immortal in Great Yu

The most treacherous part was that the flesh-and-blood giant was unnervingly bizarre. During the fight, it continuously released a spiritual pollution that assaulted the mind.

Fang Rui's mind was firm, and he maintained his inner focus. He wasn't afraid, but... he found it grating.

It was like trying to take an advanced calculus exam while a loudspeaker blared static right next to his ear.

'Fortunately, with the enhancements from my Spirit Master path, I can still suppress it. This fight is still winnable!'

'I'll sever an arm this time, a leg the next. If I keep wearing it down like this, it won't be long before I can finish it off for good.'

Fang Rui thought to himself as he prepared to strike again.

But just then—

A lingering, unending Taoist chant suddenly echoed through the air: "The valley spirit never dies; It is the cosmic mother. Her gateway is the root of heaven and earth. It is like a veil, barely seen. Use it, and it will never be exhausted..."

The sound of the Taoist Scripture was like a shriek, a weep, and a shout all at once, layered and circling in the air.

Amidst this sound, the vortex above White Bone Mountain suddenly spun faster. An endless torrent of black qi was drawn from the void, and within it, faint scenes began to appear: Spirit Medicine being cultivated in human urns; young boys and girls being slaughtered for their heart's blood; a Divine Medicine maturing in a lake of blood and a sea of flesh...

'Are these... scenes from the outside world, of humanity being devoured?! Is it channeling the aberrant aura of the world itself?'

Fang Rui's pupils contracted, and his mind reeled in shock.

The surging black qi washed over the flesh-and-blood giant that Bao Sichun had become. It instantly regrew its severed arm and began absorbing the flesh of the Alternate Space, its body rapidly expanding.

330 feet!

363 feet!

396 feet!

...

Among Super Grade existences, it was generally held that size equated to dignity, beauty, and strength!

'I can't let it keep powering up!'

Even as countless speculations and connections flooded his mind, leaving him unspeakably horrified, Fang Rui was ultimately able to prioritize. He shot forward to interrupt the creature's transformation.

GURGLE!

Several huge chunks of flesh rolled off the body of the giant that had been Bao Sichun. SWOOSH! They transformed into three smaller, one-hundred-and-ten-foot-tall flesh-and-blood giants, which roared and charged at Fang Rui to tie him down.

Slash! Slash! Slash!

With one slash for each, Fang Rui shattered the smaller giants blocking his path and arrived before the main creature.

By now, the giant that was once Bao Sichun had swelled to a massive four hundred and forty feet tall. Seeing Fang Rui approach, its hands transformed into a great millstone of flesh, spinning in opposite directions before smashing viciously forward.

BOOM!

The Spiritual Light around Fang Rui's Martial Arts Saint Body flashed violently as countless layers of magical enhancements shattered. He was sent flying backward, his feet scraping against the fleshy ground with a harsh SCCCCRRRRAAAPE, carving deep gouges in his wake.

"Cough, cough!"

Even in his true body, he felt his qi and blood roil, and he couldn't stop coughing.

'Motherfucker, this is just unfair!'

'This thing seems to be in some state of metamorphosis and ascension. Its power level is incredibly flexible, and this Alternate Space is its home turf. It's getting powered up while I'm getting suppressed...'

'This is an impossible fight!'

Fang Rui guessed that it was precisely Bao Sichun's special state of metamorphosis that had caused the aura of this Alternate Space to leak, condensing into the black cloud outside and creating the Black Beasts.

'I can't drag this out. Time to play my trump card and go for an all-or-nothing attack. If that doesn't work... I'm getting out of here!'

With this in mind, Fang Rui no longer tried to advance. Instead, he gathered his power from a distance. He charged his Chaos Dragon Pearl Origin, his Spiritual Essence erupting in a raging torrent as he pushed his Limit-Breaking Level Swordsmanship to its absolute extreme.

Light!

Blinding light!

The raised hands of his Martial Arts Saint Body seemed to grasp two miniature suns. He suddenly clapped them together and slashed down at Bao Sichun, forming a massive, four-hundred-and-forty-foot-long Cyan Jade Light Saber.

—That's right, a full four hundred and forty feet. If it didn't break the current Realm's limit of three hundred and thirty feet, how could this Swordsmanship possibly be called 'Limit-Breaking'?!

BOOM!

The flesh-and-blood giant that was once Bao Sichun swung up its great fleshy millstone to block the blow, holding firm against the blade with a world-shaking crash.

Although it was slowly being forced to its knees, it had actually blocked the attack!

'Damn, this thing is tough! But it's not over yet!'

"Explode!"

Fang Rui roared.

The four-hundred-and-forty-foot light saber instantly shattered, transforming into a sky-filling storm of Sword Qi. Supremely sharp, it swirled and swept forth, shattering the very fabric of the Alternate Space and opening a dense web of tiny spatial cracks as it began to slice the flesh-and-blood giant to pieces.

'Time to press my advantage and end this!'

"Go!"

With a flick of his sleeve, a square, bright yellow imperial edict flew out. Inscribed upon it were four words: 'Exterminate Evil, Punish Wickedness.' It erupted in a brilliant golden light as a Qi Fortune Golden Dragon rose from it.

—This was the trump card he had specifically requested from Zhou Changfa before his mission. Bao Sichun had once been an Imperial Spirit Master, and his foundation was built upon that connection. Even in his current aberrant state, he should still be susceptible to the Qi Fortune of the Great Yu Court.

His intention had been to simply suppress the creature, but he never expected...

"ROAR!"

The Qi Fortune Golden Dragon from the edict soared into the sky, seemingly breaking through the ceiling of the Alternate Space itself. It drew down a magnificent pillar of light infused with Qi Fortune, which shone down upon the storm of Sword Qi. The flesh-and-blood giant being shredded within howled in agony, emitting puffs of black smoke as if it were being seared.

From the outside, the originally cyan tornado of Sword Qi suddenly flared, turning a brilliant cyan-gold.

'The edict I requested has major restrictions—it can only be used to "Exterminate Evil, Punish Wickedness," and the amount of the Great Yu Court's Qi Fortune it contains is limited. How can it possibly have such a massive effect?'

'Damn, it's directly channeling a massive amount of Qi Fortune from the outside world to form a golden pillar?! Are these aberrant creatures something the Great Yu Court despises and is determined to destroy?'

'Seems like there's a huge secret behind all of this!'

Fang Rui mused, but he had no time to ponder it further.

Because his Divine Technique, Godslaying Spirit Shattering, had just been triggered. It was ready to be used.

'It's reached the kill threshold.'

'Slay the spirit, not the body. To take a life is to save life!'

"Go!"

He powered the ability with his own Spiritual Essence and the Chaos Dragon Pearl Origin, activating the Godslaying Spirit Shattering Divine Technique and unleashing a colorless slash.