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Chapter 77: Marrow Refiner

Strength cannot last forever.

Experienced practitioners will try their best to avoid such a situation in battle.

That is, one is always on the offensive, aggressive in momentum, brave and advanced in moves, and it seems that one is suppressing the opponent, leaving him with only the ability to defend himself and no power to fight back.

Even if you let an old woman who doesn't understand cultivation make the judgment, she can tell who has the absolute upper hand.

But unfortunately, I just can’t defeat the opponent!
If this situation lasts for more than ten moves, the attacker should not continue to launch additional attacks and maintain absolute suppression, but should actively slow down the somewhat out-of-control offensive rhythm.

If you are unable to handle the situation smoothly during a fight and are worried that doing so will allow your opponent to exploit your weakness, you can simply retreat, forcibly interrupt the fight, and start a new one!

Master Peng fell into this trap.

The difference in their personalities was one aspect, but the more important reason was that his father's tablet was destroyed in front of him.

If something like this happens to anyone, it would be hard not to get emotional at that moment.

Master Peng got excited on the spot.

He then used all his tricks and tried his best.

At that time, he was almost out of his mind. He just wanted to use his strongest strength and tear Duan Zuoguan to pieces as quickly as possible.

As a result, Duan Zuoguan, who was already stronger than him, withstood his fierce attacks and seemed to be in danger, but he never fell.

Instead, I was dealing with him back and forth.

After a long period of unsuccessful attacks and with the intense emotions gradually fading away and reason gradually returning to his brain, Master Peng wanted to make a change, but found that he had been placed on a leash.

Apart from continuing to grit his teeth and hold on, barely maintaining his offensive advantage, he had no other choice.

Even if he wanted to retreat, it was no longer possible.

He was sure that if he relaxed even a little, Duan Zuoguan would immediately wrap himself around him like a poisonous snake.

This is the opportunity he has been waiting for!
Master Peng could only grit his teeth and hold on.

But power has its limits.

In fact, before the offensive of both sides reversed in an instant and Duan Tianpeng immediately "bite back", Master Peng had already shown symptoms such as poor qi flow, uncoordinated breathing, and incoherent moves many times.

But perhaps he was worried that this was a trap set by him and deliberately exposed the flaw.

Or maybe it was because Master Duan had the patience to wait for a more secure opportunity, and he let go of chance after chance.

This time, when Master Peng suffered from poor qi flow, uncoordinated breathing, and irregular steps after another round of fruitless attacks, Master Duan, who had been fighting with him for a long time but only defended but not attacked, finally made a move.

With a series of lightning-fast moves, Master Peng's feet were blasted off the ground and he flew high into the sky.

These are just superficial phenomena. The real damage is that Master Peng's lumbar vertebrae were directly shattered.

It was at this moment that Duan Tianpeng immediately stopped, and Master Peng spent the rest of his life paralyzed in bed, unable to take care of himself.

It was obvious that after waiting for such a long time to inflict such a fatal blow on Master Peng, Duan Tianpeng would never stop there.

Master Peng fell to the ground with a thud and tried to stand up several times, but all in vain.

Looking at Duan Tianpeng who was approaching step by step with an expressionless face, Master Peng felt despair and sorrow in his heart.

He no longer had the will to resist and just waited for Duan Tianpeng to approach so that he could end his life with one blow.

Duan Tianpeng walked up to Master Peng and looked down at him.

Facing this "colleague" with whom he had worked for many years, he had no interest in saying a word. Master Peng, who had already closed his eyes and was waiting to die, also had no interest in speaking.

Both parties seemed eager to complete this final process and did not want to waste time.

But at this moment, Duan Tianpeng felt a stinging pain in his knees, lower back and back of his neck, like being bitten by a mosquito.

Four flying knives with tricky force have already pierced his skin, which has a defense better than iron, and are continuing to drill deeper.

Faced with this sudden sneak attack, Duan Tianpeng was not too worried.

For a strong man in the Marrow Refining Realm, a sneak attack with a hidden weapon is just a harassment method like mosquitoes and flies. Its biggest effect is to distract people and make them feel annoyed.

It can only play a role of restraining the enemy from the side and creating more favorable offensive or defensive conditions for the main attacker.

It is wishful thinking to want to kill a strong man in the Marrow Refining Realm with a hidden weapon.

Although the four flying knives that attacked him at the same time contained far more powerful power than any hidden weapons he had seen before and broke the first layer of his body's defense, Duan Tianpeng still didn't take it seriously.

He didn't even think of turning around to look for the attacker.

No matter what, the top priority right now is to get rid of Master Peng in front of him.

He took a deep breath, and the blood in his body surged. A huge force emerged from deep within his body and split into two.

Most of it poured into the high-raised right palm. With this palm strike, Master Peng would live to see the end.

The remaining small part poured into the body like a tide, with a clear goal of breaking through the skin's defense and heading towards the four flying knives that wanted to continue going deeper inside.

“Ding, ding, ding, ding—”

In an instant, four flying knives flew out of his body and landed on the ground several steps in front of him.

Duan Tianpeng, who easily withstood the sneak attack from a hidden weapon, was not happy.

The originally relaxed and happy mood due to defeating a powerful enemy instantly melted away, and a chill rose from the bottom of my heart.

Just because he didn't feel any pain!

He didn't even feel any of the injuries on his skin all over his back!
There could only be one reason for such an anomaly.

There is poison on the flying knife!
He is poisoned!

At that moment, Duan Tianpeng felt as if a bottomless abyss appeared out of nowhere in front of him.

Poison is the most unreasonable thing for practitioners.

With the right poison, a weak child can kill a strong man.

The moment he realized that he was poisoned, Duan Tianpeng's "first priority" immediately changed.

His right palm, which had been raised high and was about to bestow the "grand ending" on Master Peng, could no longer strike down.

Not only did the strength in the whole body gather towards the four injured and poisoned areas, but even the vital energy hidden in the blood, bones, bone marrow, and brain marrow was mobilized without cost and gathered towards the injured and poisoned areas behind the body.

At this moment, Duan Tianpeng finally exerted all his strength.

Even when he was fighting against Master Peng, he had never fought so hard.

Then, Duan Tianpeng, who was still frightened, found out that it was just a false alarm.

The poison he was infected with was not serious. With his full efforts, the poison not only did not spread, but was also rapidly approaching the wound areas.

Soon, the poison will be forced out of his body.

While feeling relieved, the bone-chilling chill turned into genuine anger.

He turned his head and looked for the person who had thrown the flying knife and attacked.

He shouted angrily:
"You bastard, you actually dared to put poison on your knife? Unfortunately, your thing is too weak, it can't hurt me!"

He certainly has reason to be angry.

In that brief moment just now, he had even thought of the horror of death, an experience that Pavilion Master Peng could not give him even when he displayed his strongest attack form.

But at this moment, as if in mockery, four more flying knives flew out from behind a pillar and shot towards him.

Seeing this scene, Duan Tianpeng was so angry that he almost laughed.

The scene in front of him was not very offensive, but it was definitely insulting.

What's the difference between this and spitting in his face?
He was already prepared to pull out the sneak attacker who was hiding behind the pillar and was not aware of his own safety. Anyway, Master Peng, who had become a paralyzed man, no longer posed any threat to him, so it would make no difference whether he dealt with him earlier or later.

But just as he was about to take action, he felt his shoulders suddenly sink.

A weight of at least 100 to 200 kilograms was pressed tightly against his back, and two arms were tightly wrapped around his shoulders, making him unable to move.

Not to mention dealing with the attacker, he couldn't even make any effective move to block the four flying knives that had already shot in front of him. He could only watch helplessly as they pierced into his skin one by one, injecting the weak poison into his body.

"Mr. Peng, you are looking for death!"

Realizing that Master Peng, who had been waiting to die with his eyes closed, had taken advantage of his negligence and directly stuck onto his back, Duan Tianpeng became so angry that his three corpse gods jumped into a rage.

Master Peng leaned close to Duan Tianpeng's ear and his voice sounded as sweet as orchid, with unspeakable joy in it.

"Duan, haven't you always looked down on me?... How do you feel now?... Junior brother, just go ahead and don't worry about me, hahahaha..."

At this moment, another four flying knives flew out from behind the corridor column and stabbed Duan Tianpeng.

Geng Xuan had already walked out from behind the pillar and was slowly approaching the two of them.

One after another, the poisonous flying knives pierced Duan Tianpeng's skin, injected a weak poison into his body, and then fell to the ground with a clang. This poison was not fatal to the Blood Refining Realm, so it would naturally do less harm to Duan Tianpeng in the Marrow Refining Realm.

It can even be said that as long as he is given time to react, even just a few breaths, the damage caused by this poison will be almost zero.

But Duan Tianpeng didn't have much time to breathe.

Master Peng stuck closely behind him, his arms tightly around his shoulders, which did more than just restrict his movements.

Waves of powerful energy flowed out of his body like crazy, pouring into Duan Tianpeng's body as if burning his life.

If Duan Tianpeng ignores it, the force will enter his brain and kill him instantly.

He could only cope.

This made him, in Geng Xuan's eyes, become a wooden stake that did not move, did not dodge, did not defend, and allowed him to attack.

Master Peng used the "Wanjun Power" to refine his marrow, and after this power rushed into Duan Tianpeng's body, it also had some special effects.

Every time the two sides collided with each other, it was like he was swinging a hammer and hitting Duan Tianpeng hard on the head.

Duan Tianpeng's feet sank a little towards the ground.

The strength of both sides collided and impacted again and again, and Duan Tianpeng's feet sank into the ground little by little, like a human-shaped nail that was constantly hammering into the earth.

Duan Tianpeng was also trying his best to free himself from the predicament, and used his elbow, which was still barely movable, to hit Master Peng in the chest.

Every bombardment was accompanied by a dull thud.

Master Peng's body, starting from the chest where he was hit by the elbow, began to shake like violent waves.

Any blow would at least cause serious damage to his body, or even be fatal.

But his hands were tightly clasped around Duan Tianpeng's shoulders and he refused to let go.

I will never let go even if I die!
From Duan Tianpeng's words, one can clearly feel that his emotions are quickly changing from anger to panic.

"Crazy... Crazy..."

“Let go…let go…”

"Let me go now..."

His voice became weaker and weaker, and the force of his attacks became weaker and weaker.

This was not only due to the severe consumption caused by Master Peng's burning life, but also the flying knives thrown by Geng Xuan, which were slightly toxic and did not cause much damage, but also played an important role in number.

In fact, because Duan Tianpeng was unable to handle the situation, his body was quickly consumed in the tug-of-war with Master Peng.

Each flying knife penetrated deeper into his body and caused greater direct damage.

Poisons of the same quality and dosage would have a cumulative effect on him.

Making his reactions increasingly slow.

The reason why Geng Xuan was just throwing flying knives at the side was that he pretended to be just harassing the enemy while the attack was still mainly directed at Master Peng.

Because he knew that he only had one chance to take action!
Although there seems to be only one realm difference between the Marrow Refining Realm and the Bone Refining Realm, the difference in strength is like heaven and earth.

How strong is the Marrow Refining Realm?
With the body's powerful defense and strong vitality, even a cultivator at the same Marrow Refining Realm would find it difficult to completely kill another cultivator at the Marrow Refining Realm in a short period of time!
Unless you can kill with one blow, behead with one sword, or blow off the head with one hammer, otherwise, you have to grind slowly and consume it bit by bit!
Otherwise, why did Master Peng and Duan Tianpeng fight to the death without using weapons, but instead used the most primitive boxing and kicking skills? Did swords become less effective at this time?
This is because ordinary sword techniques are not enough to cause fatal damage to the Marrow Refining Realm.

As for the "strategic-level skills" that can cause fatal damage to the Marrow Refining Realm, not only do they not have it, but even the entire Kang Le Group does not have it.

And the magical weapons in the general sense are also consumables that are very easily damaged in the battles in the Marrow Refining Realm.

A few slashes and it will be shattered to pieces!
Therefore, at this time, Geng Xuan only showed his talent in the art of hidden weapons. With his cultivation level of the Bone Refining Realm, he participated in the life-and-death confrontation between two people in the Marrow Refining Realm. This was already an extraordinary performance.

It would not arouse Duan Tianpeng's further vigilance.

But if he showed the ability to pose a fatal threat to him in other aspects, but failed to actually kill him.

Duan Tianpeng's first target will most likely shift from Master Peng to himself.

After all, now that his body and internal organs have been basically blown to pieces and Master Peng is hanging on with only one breath left, he has become a "futures dead man".

If Geng Xuan posed a greater threat, Duan Tianpeng would naturally choose to deal with himself first.

Therefore, Geng Xuan just stood by and threw poisoned flying knives, silently playing the role of a "secondary role" to assist in the battle.

Only Geng Xuan himself knew that none of the flying knives he threw were thrown without purpose.

They all have intentions.

Especially at the moment when Duan Tianpeng was fighting against Master Peng at the risk of his life, he had no time to clean the poisoned area on his body.

The flying knives pierced Duan Tianpeng's chest, shoulders, neck, waist and abdomen. It seemed messy and disorganized, but in fact it contained Geng Xuan's careful design.

Every time the flying knife stabbed, a weak poison lurked near the wound, making it impossible for him to mobilize his strength in this area smoothly.

It was like pieces of stones were thrown into a river that was originally clear and unobstructed.

When Geng Xuan threw out the last poisoned flying knife in his arms, he whispered in his heart:
"It's now."

He reached for his waist again, pretending to take out the throwing knife again.

But he was originally not far away when his body suddenly became extremely light and he came to Duan Tianpeng in one step.

The moment he got close to Duan Tianpeng, the cutting knife was already placed on his neck, cutting in quickly like a hot knife into butter.

Duan Tianpeng, who was originally making a final stand against Master Peng's exhausted strength, suddenly opened his eyes wide with anger, and the strength in his body instantly changed direction, rushing towards his neck.

However, the powerful force that should have arrived as soon as the thought was spoken came to a brief halt when it passed through the wound areas that were slightly toxic.

This prevented them from arriving in the first place, and reinforced Duan Tianpeng's neck into a "copper and iron" line of defense.

Geng Xuan took advantage of this brief gap and successfully cut off the head of a Marrow Refining Realm expert.

Although the process went smoothly, Geng Xuan still felt a lingering fear in his heart when he saw the powerful force that arrived later, carrying Duan Tianpeng's blood, lifting his lonely head high into the sky like a fountain, and landing in the grass dozens of steps away.

Because just as the dissection knife cut into the skin on Duan Tianpeng's neck, he felt as if the blade was "bitten".

The skin and muscles around the dissecting knife seemed to come alive.

Geng Xuan relied on the master-level cutting technique "Entering the Gap from the Void" to find the flaw before the power from his entire body arrived, and successfully cut Duan Tianpeng's head off his neck.

Master Peng, whose body had rotted away like a piece of rag and was barely breathing, smiled as he saw this scene, the corners of his blood-stained mouth slightly curved.

"Junior brother, well done!"

Geng Xuan, who had already decided to run away immediately, saw that Master Peng was still alive. Without thinking too much, he grabbed him in his hand and walked out quickly.

As soon as he walked out the door, he was startled.

Master Fan was rushing towards him quickly.

Although Master Peng's senior sister was harassing and trying to stop him, Geng Xuan ran away without hesitation.

Fortunately, I had done enough homework beforehand and soon arrived at the nearest tunnel entrance.

When Geng Xuan jumped into the stone pavilion, kicked the central stone table away, and jumped into the dark well, his heart settled quietly.

"Oh!"

His feet landed on the ground, and with a low sound, Geng Xuan quickly entered a tunnel on the side and rushed forward for a distance.

He stopped at a fork in the road and did not continue to run forward.

Here, Geng Xuan has the confidence to deal with even a strong man like Master Fan.

Moreover, from here you can see the entrance to the stone pavilion, and there are many tunnels intersecting around it, which makes it an ideal place for observation.

No matter which direction Master Fan came from, he could escape calmly.

This is actually safer than just choosing a tunnel to drill into.

Geng Xuan gently put down Master Peng in his hand and said softly, "Senior Brother, Senior Brother?"

Master Peng had closed his eyes and stopped breathing, or rather, his body below the neck was basically rotten.

But Geng Xuan was sure that he was not completely dead, because the red name above his head was still there and had not disappeared.

Geng Xuan thought about it, then stretched out his hand and pressed it on Master Peng’s forehead. A force neither light nor heavy surged out from his palm and "pierced" into his brain.

The next moment, Master Peng's eyeballs moved slightly under his eyelids and he opened his eyes.

I don't know whether he saw it or not. He opened his eyes for a moment, then closed them again. He said with a weak breath, "Junior brother? Am I not dead yet?"

"Ah."

"Then please help me. Waiting to die is really uncomfortable. The sooner it ends, the better."

Geng Xuan couldn't tell what emotions were in his heart when he said this, because the sounds he made were not normal speaking sounds, just his mouth opening and closing, exhaling air.

(End of this chapter)