Me and countless me.

Chapter 528 Murong Bo and Xiao Yuanshan

Dozens of dragon-shaped palm strikes swept in from all directions, accompanied by a hidden sword light, creating a seemingly flawless attack. Ninety-nine percent of the martial arts masters in the entire world would be defeated in a single move.

His skill level could even be said to far surpass that of Qiao Feng, the leader of the Qiao Clan. However, Li Ke clearly saw that the dragon head released by the man in black did not have the grandeur of Qiao Feng's Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms. Even the dragon scales and claws gave people a sense of imitation. Even the dragon horns were not clearly visible, giving people a ridiculous feeling of a vicious snake imitating a dragon!
Even so, a top-tier master like Kumārajīva would absolutely not be able to withstand it!

But this is not the case for Li Ke!
"Your Dragon Subduing Palm technique lacks the grandeur and magnificence of Qiao Feng's! It's nothing more than a clumsy imitation!"

With a flick of his longsword, Li Ke unleashed a flurry of sword phantoms that flew precisely toward the attacking dragons. The sword shadows, moving at a speed that left the men in black no time to react, rained down like arrows and pierced the heads of the dragons one by one!
The sword shadows instantly pierced through the heads of these evil dragons and continued to penetrate and destroy their bodies, while Li Ke's own sword collided directly with the black-clad man's sword!
The sword tips were pointed at each other, and terrifying internal energy continuously formed streams of light around the two of them. The result of the collision between the five-colored true energy and the true energy that emitted the light of the Big Dipper was that a seven-colored nebula formed around the two of them, making them feel as if they were in the Milky Way and colorful clouds in the sky!

But just as Li Ke and the man in black were locked in a power struggle, the celestial giant behind the man in black suddenly grew larger, and its internal energy continuously formed a sword engraved with seven stars on it, which then slashed down at Li Ke!

The three stars in the black-clad man's eyes spun rapidly, almost as if they were joined together, and he roared out!
"Since the Dragon Subduing Palm can't kill you, then let me show you the ultimate techniques of the Murong school!"

The massive sword tore through the air and cleaved straight down toward Li Ke's head. However, Li Ke merely glanced up and then sighed in the same tone as Tang Sanzang.

"What a helpless situation!"

He didn't want to disappoint the beauty, which is why he hadn't made any changes to the Star River Martial Arts Manual. Unfortunately, the Star River Martial Arts Manual had many problems. Whenever it wasn't used by him, it would immediately turn into a second-rate internal skill. So at this moment, if he wanted to increase its output and other effects, he could only make a complete change to it.

Therefore, to the astonishment of the man in black, he sensed that Li Ke's internal energy was running wildly, and the circulation path, breathing method, and even the nature of the internal energy were changing!

This is practically impossible. The two of them are currently clashing with each other's internal energy and sword energy, and the other party is able to change his mental cultivation method in the process. The difficulty of this is basically equivalent to giving birth while fighting and writing something at the same time!
Therefore, the man in black could only think of one thing: Li Ke's internal energy cultivation method was unusually peculiar!
"What kind of internal energy is that?!"

As he exclaimed in surprise, Li Ke had already completed the evolution of the Star River Martial Codex. Seven-colored light and countless stars shimmered around him, making him seem like a star river!
"Star River Martial Arts Manual!"

The next moment, the phantom emitted by his cosmic sword technique was also tinged with countless starlight. The starlight on the black-clad man became extremely weak in the face of his starlight, which was like the Milky Way. When the black-clad man felt as if he were fighting against the bright moon with the light of a firefly, he was filled with despair and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"With a Duke like you in the Great Song Dynasty, how can my Murong family possibly restore our kingdom?!"

Murong Bo saw no hope of winning!

Even if the father and son attacked Li Ke together, he didn't think he could win! Although the Star Shift technique could transfer all attacks, it consumed a tremendous amount of energy. Li Ke's power at this moment far exceeded the combined power of the two of them, so even if they fought one-on-one, they would definitely not be a match for him!
But when he thought of his son Murong Fu, Murong Bo immediately thought of a secret of the Murong family, a secret that only the head of the family could know!
That is, if two people cultivate the Murong Heart Sutra to its peak, and one of them transplants all of their power and eyes to the other, then although the person who loses their power and eyes will die, the other person will be able to use the Murong family's third power forever without any side effects! This will reveal the true nature of this power!

However, there are serious limitations: their ages cannot differ too much, and their skill levels must be the same!

He didn't have anyone like that to help him back then, but his son did!
He could easily pass on his power to his daughter, Murong Guang, and then have his son, Murong Fu, absorb his daughter's eyes and power, thus gaining unlimited access to the "Star Shift" technique! Therefore, he must kill or severely injure Li Ke here to allow himself time to escape, pass on his power to his daughter, and give his son, Murong Fu, the information and secret technique.

Therefore, his life was no longer important; he had to use his own life and his daughter's life to pave a path for his son, Murong Fu!
Thinking of this, Murong Bo couldn't help but cover his cheeks. His endless obsession made him drain his life and strength, and then he roared out.

"I want to create one—"

The moment Murong Bo roared, his power surged abnormally, and at that moment, a dense network of true energy formed around him, gradually enveloping his body and the giant behind him. Then, a pair of huge arms suddenly appeared and smashed a large crater into the spot where Li Ke had been standing!
"—A world with the Yan Kingdom!"

Li Ke, who was attacked, immediately retreated, but at that moment, a gust of wind suddenly erupted from Murong Bo's body, forcing Li Ke to grab onto a tree trunk. In the midst of this storm, a tall, armored giant rose from the ground, reaching a height of over ten zhang! It had three heads and six arms, a blue face and fangs. What was comical was that each of these three-headed, six-armed giants wore a crown with tassels and a dragon robe, making it all the more ridiculous!
But the most ridiculous thing is that Murong Bo was inside a huge jade seal, held up by the giant's hand, completely wasting the fighting power of the giant's one arm.

"You've really gone mad with your ambition to be emperor! It seems that when you attacked me with the Dragon Subduing Palm, you were trying to kill me and then frame Qiao Feng, weren't you?!"

Li Ke asked the question, while Murong Bo covered his eyes and looked at Li Ke, completely ignoring the blood and tears streaming down his face, and instead spoke with a cold smile.

"Since you already know, then I might as well tell you. It is indeed the case. Once you tie Qiao Feng to the Song Dynasty's war chariot and promote the idea of ​​peaceful coexistence between the Khitan and Song residents, how can my Great Yan restore its kingdom? Therefore, I must kill you, and I must make Qiao Feng kill you. Only in this way can Qiao Feng completely lose his position in the Song Dynasty and cause the Song court to wage war against the Liao Dynasty!"

He paused, then chuckled dismissively, before speaking in a disdainful tone.

"It's just a pity that the previous leader of the Beggars' Sect, Wang Jiantong, was really incompetent! His Dragon Subduing Palm was completely useless in defeating the enemy, it's laughable! It's a waste that I memorized his moves and mental techniques for more than ten years!"

Hearing these words, Li Ke was speechless. "Then you really overestimate the courage of these Song Dynasty officials and emperors. So, your whole plan is not only pathetic and laughable, but also brainless! You are nothing but a self-proclaimed clever, third-rate schemer! Moreover, how could a treacherous villain like you, Murong Bo, possibly use such a grand and majestic martial art as the Dragon Subduing Palm!"

Despite this, Li Ke knew that the so-called Dragon Subduing Palm was probably just the Snake Subduing Palm, which just happened to correspond to the Dog Beating Stick Technique. However, in the hands of Qiao Feng and Guo Jing, it was the real Dragon Subduing Palm. Therefore, Murong Bo thought that his Dragon Subduing Palm could pose a threat to Li Ke because he knew that Qiao Feng could stand up to him with the Dragon Subduing Palm. This was really arrogant and ridiculous!

So, instead of growing to enormous size or manipulating trees to perform a wooden puppet technique, he raised his sword high, and a beam of light shot straight into the sky from his sword!
"What kind of martial art is this?!"

Murong Bo felt threatened again, so he immediately used the Star Shifting Dharma Form, and his five arms smashed down towards Li Ke without hesitation, wanting to seriously injure and kill Li Ke in one go, so as to buy himself time to escape.

But Li Ke slashed down with his sword!
There were no move names, no fancy moves, only the supreme sword energy aimed at Murong Bo's head!
To save his own life, Murong Bo had no choice but to use his full strength to withstand Li Ke's sword strike. He combined five weapons, but they were no match for Li Ke's cosmic sword technique!
Because Li Ke's sword strike was not a simple strike, but rather the transformation of his internal energy into the purest energy weapon! It was the most authentic particle jet!
The jet of superheated particles instantly dissolved the five arms and weapons, then slammed directly down towards Murong Bo's head! Murong Bo's eyes widened rapidly as he tried to analyze Li Ke's move and then reconstruct it!

The Murong family's Star Eye spun to its limit, but he could only watch helplessly as the beam of light smashed down on his forehead. But just at this critical moment!

"I'm here to help you!"

A figure in a gray robe and mask suddenly appeared! Murong Bo was overjoyed! This gray-robed man was someone he had encountered during his years of secretly learning martial arts while hiding in the Shaolin Temple. Although he didn't know the man's identity, his martial arts skills were in no way inferior to his own! Now, although he didn't understand why the man was helping Li Ke, there was no doubt that he was saved!
With renewed divine power, blood and tears streamed from Murong Bo's eyes. Finally, at the last moment, he swung his arm violently, condensing Li Ke's Cosmic Sword Technique on it! It collided with Li Ke's genuine Cosmic Sword Technique, but in that instant, his arm was completely burned away by the high-heat particle stream he had imitated, and his internal energy was almost completely drained in one breath!

"Oh!!"

He screamed and fled quickly. The gray-robed man was shocked, but he was already in front of Li Ke and had no time to change his move.

Li Ke did not directly use the Cosmic Sword Technique against the gray-robed man because he felt that this person should be Qiao Feng's biological father, Xiao Yuanshan, the most innocent but also the least intelligent person in the entire Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils!
The reason is that the other party was a kind and benevolent person in the first half of his life, but in the second half of his life, he became mentally unstable. In the original story, when Qiao Feng was in the midst of a struggle, he killed Qiao Feng's master and adoptive parents. The reason was that they took away his opportunity to raise Qiao Feng. This made it difficult for Qiao Feng to avenge his adoptive parents. He was also in a dilemma. In addition, with the death of A'Zhu, he became completely disillusioned with life.

So he stretched out a palm and smashed it directly at the gray-robed man!

What baffled Li Ke was why this person was looking for her now that he had nothing better to do. Was he like that dim-witted Murong Bo, trying to kill her to frame Qiao Feng, so that Qiao Feng would completely break with the Song Dynasty and become a Khitan himself?!
Although Li Ke didn't think the other party was that stupid, given Murong Bo's example, she wouldn't be surprised if Xiao Yuanshan really thought that way.

Therefore, Li Ke decided to capture him and hand him over to Qiao Feng before he made a serious mistake!

So his sure-kill palm strike changed his cultivation method, transforming it into a method specifically designed to cripple people's cultivation and martial arts!

"You'd better shut up for a bit, go see Qiao Feng, see your son, and then go and enjoy your retirement!"

All things return to one, the final stage of returning to the mortal realm!

The stars around Li Ke instantly formed a black hole, and his palm struck the gray-clad man's palms directly!
Xiao Yuanshan felt as if he had crashed into a bull. Although not indestructible, he felt an extremely strange internal force flowing from his palm through his limbs and bones! In that instant, the internal force in his meridians was drained like a whale sucking water. And as the internal force in his meridians disappeared, all his fighting skills, martial arts knowledge, and even his desire to fight vanished under this palm strike!
Everything has vanished into thin air!
He landed on the ground, his expression dazed. He knelt down, the hatred and prejudice in his heart vanishing along with his martial arts skills. In his dazed state, he could only think of his son, Qiao Feng. He thought he was doomed, so at this moment, all that remained in his heart was the regret of not being able to recognize Qiao Feng, hold his grandson, and spend the rest of his life with him. Thus, he let out a sigh.

"Feng'er! Where are you!"

After he shouted, he collapsed to the ground and fainted. Li Ke also felt his own internal energy and Xiao Yuanshan's internal energy and martial arts knowledge dissipate together, leaving only his physical strength, which was enough to smash Taihu Lake into a basin with one punch and destroy the Himalayas into a plain with one palm. He turned back into the young master who had no martial arts skills.

Therefore, Li Ke felt a pang of sorrow, because he had ultimately betrayed the two sisters by altering the Star River Martial Arts Manual beyond recognition, thus disappointing their feelings. Li Ke felt that he was an unjust person and had to make amends.

"Sigh, it looks like I'll need three minutes to recover my internal strength. But I shouldn't break the contract again this time. I'll stick to cultivating the Star River Martial Scripture. If internal strength isn't enough in a fight, I'll just use my physical strength."

At the same time, Murong Bo also came to Murong Guang's side.

The moment he landed, he coughed up blood, but before Murong Guang, who was holding Li Ke's portrait, could do anything, he grabbed Murong Guang's arm, whose expression had changed drastically, and spoke ferociously.

"My good son! Father is no longer useful. Father is going to pass on his power to you. Sit down and receive the power!"

Yes, in Murong Bo's eyes, Murong Guang is also his son!

(End of this chapter)