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Chapter 112: Battle with Sect Master

The pitch-black night is like the gaping mouth of a blood demon, making people feel terrified.

Corpses hung on branches that looked like broken arms, swaying in the wind. A strange and cold aura echoed around them.

The trees were filled with corpses, numbering over a thousand.

Each corpse was different, some were old, some were young, some were male, and some were female.

There was a hint of coldness on the face of each corpse.

Some of the bodies even had horrific wounds on them.

"Thousands of them, which match the corpses of the corpse driver." Shen Bai narrowed his eyes, picked up Han Yue in his hand, and gently patted Amber with his other hand.

Amber understood what he meant, meowed, fell to the ground, and turned into the size of a tiger.

"I'm here. Is this how you welcome guests?" Shen Bai slowly approached and looked around.

As soon as these words were spoken, the cold wind around them began to gradually intensify, as if someone was stirring up the wind and clouds nearby, and the surrounding environment suddenly became much colder.

Shen Bai sneered and said, "It seems that the Shang E'men is just a bunch of rats. Since the guests are here, let me, the guest, come and see what the banquet is about."

As soon as these words came out, Shen Bai waved the Hanyue in his hand.

The next moment, countless blood-red sword auras burst out from Shen Bai's cold moon.

Each blood-red sword energy carries a brilliant sense of righteousness, and is like a blood moon in the sky, which is chilling.

After the second qualitative change, the magical power that was promoted to the Demon-Breaking Blood Sword Dance became different again.

Hundreds of sword energies autonomously split into sixteen parts.

Each part performs different moves.

And every move carries the color of brilliant righteousness and blood moon.

"Go."

Shen Bai flicked his finger.

Hundreds of blood-red sword energies, with sixteen different moves, like spirits, followed by Shen Bai's guidance, swept towards the woods ahead.

The sword energy is like a blood moon, and the righteous energy is like the scorching sun.

Under the interplay of light and shadow, the forest ahead, along with the corpses, turned into countless dust in an instant.

The corpse belonged to the corpse driver, but Shen Bai had no need to keep it.

This time, the correct answer is to kill the evil one and put an end to all the previous grudges.

As for the corpse, Shen Bai would not leave anything that was harmful to him. Killing Shang'emen and eliminating the great harm to Fenglin State was far more important than the corpse.

In front, hundreds of sword energies swept across, forming an open space.

Looking at the open space, Shen Bai narrowed his eyes.

Even though thousands of corpses had disappeared, the chilling chill that made one's heart palpitate still remained like a maggot on the tarsal bone.

In addition, there were hundreds of people sitting cross-legged on the open space.

These people seem to be sitting on the ground randomly, but in fact, each person's position has its own rules.

If you look closely, you will find that the positions where these people are sitting seem to form the word "death".

"Formation?" Shen Bai smiled.

With the Hunyuan Formation Breaking Technique in his hands, Shen Bai could tell at a glance that the other party was using an extremely advanced formation.

"Sir Shen, we have been waiting here for a long time."

At the front, several elders, led by Elder Huo, slowly stood up from the ground and saluted Shen Bai.

Shen Bai waved his sleeves and said, "We are mortal enemies, yet you are still so polite. I almost want to leave you with an intact corpse later."

After the words were spoken, the scene fell into silence.

The showdowns between people in the martial arts world are actually quite interesting.

For example, now, the level of prestige is so full.

But Shen Bai's words immediately ruined the atmosphere.

Elder Huo raised his hands, and iron sand surrounded his entire body. A fiery red flame burned the iron sand into pitch black.

"The method of fire poison, it seems that you are the Elder Fire who went to Sanhuo Temple to kill people." Shen Bai said lightly.

Elder Huo nodded, and just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by Shen Bai again.

Shen Bai looked around and said, "You are not even worthy of speaking to me. Where is your sect leader? Do you think I am going to watch you die at my hands?"

Elder Huo was stunned. After realizing what was happening, he angrily said, "You little brat, don't be rude. We treat you with respect as our enemies, yet you underestimate us!"

Shen Bai sighed and ran his fingers over the sword: "Then I'll give you etiquette."

Elder Huo frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

"I will try my best to leave your body intact, take it back to the Heavenly Guardian, and hang it on the city gate."

Shen Bai smiled coldly, like a villain: "Let the people of Maple Forest State see what happens if they go against me."

The blood-red sword energy bloomed above Shen Bai's cold moon, like a flower of death, yet full of righteousness.

The golden Dharma body stood behind Shen Bai, with his hands clasped together, as if the Buddha had descended to the world.

The light is as white as jade and as flawless as white jade.

Dao Wen and the shadows ran side by side, surrounding Shen Bai.

Qi began to arrange itself rapidly, forming a formation within Shen Bai's body.

"Come, take my sword and see if you can survive."

Shen Bai swung a sword.

At the same time, the left fist burst out with energy.

Beside him, Amber roared angrily, and rushed towards the crowd with a sinister aura all over her body.

The battle was triggered in an instant, so fast that it was unimaginable.

When the fist force as heavy as a mountain and the sword energy as red as the moon approached, the expressions of Elder Huo and others suddenly changed.

"Defend the enemy!"

Elder Huo roared.

The next moment, a red mole was flashing between the eyebrows of every member of the Shang'e Sect.

Various auras continued to intertwine, flowing through the members of the Shang'e Sect, and finally converging on the many elders.

Led by Elder Huo, many elders each used their own methods.

Fire poison, cold wind, weapons...

Several attacks merged with Shen Bai's attack, and the huge roar, accompanied by the residual power, began to spread gradually.

Deep cracks appeared on the ground, and it began to tremble violently at a terrifying frequency.

"Meow!"

Amber growled and swung out a claw with sinister energy.

The earth-shattering and hissing yin energy, hidden behind Shen Bai's many attacks, surged towards him.

"boom!"

The roars came one after another, like raging waves, never stopping for a moment.

Smoke and dust rose up, filling the eyes.

In the smoke and dust, the faces of many elders turned extremely pale.

Just one encounter was enough to make them feel powerless.

"How can it be!"

Elder Huo was the first to express his disbelief: "Why is your strength so much stronger than that of Shengyun County?"

"Even the world's top genius can't do it!"

Initially, Elder Huo thought that he could fight against Shen Bai.

Later, Elder Huo felt that if all seven elders came out, combined with the ancestral formation of the Shang'e Sect and the blessing of the sect master's life and death pearl, they could kill Shen Bai.

But now, Elder Huo suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart.

Not only them, but other disciples of Shang'e Sect are the same.

Some of those with weaker strength are even on the verge of collapse.

At this moment, a voice sounded.

"Array?"

Shen Bai stepped forward slowly: "Not bad, very clever."

Everyone's eyes were cast on Shen Bai, and they felt cold all over.

Especially the hundreds of sword energies behind Shen Bai, surrounded by sixteen kinds of sword moves, and a three-meter-tall golden body of Dharma standing there.

Plus the Tao text, shadows, and white light.

All these magical powers combined together made everyone feel as if they were facing a terrifying monster.

Shen Bai shook his head and said, "What a pity, I also know how to use formations."

After saying that, Shen Bai swung his sword again.

This time, it was a light sword.

Just a casual stroke of blood-red sword energy landed on one of the members of Shang'e Sect.

Originally, this sword move was very simple, but the disciple's expression suddenly changed.

The blood-red sword energy passed through the chest of this Shang'emen member as if it had no hindrance.

"Uh..." The member of Shang'emen lowered his head, the life in his eyes gradually fading.

Shen Bai said calmly, "This is the weakest spot. What a pity! You could have taken my sword strike."

With the death of this member of the Shang'e Sect, a loophole appeared in the formation.

The members of the Shang'e Clan around them seemed to have suddenly lost all their strength and collapsed to the ground powerlessly.

At this moment, an emotion called despair emerged in the hearts of many members.

"What kind of enemy are we facing?"

The terror is so great that one dares not look directly at it.

It seemed as if in the next second, it would turn into something terrifying and weird.

Elder Huo opened his mouth and yelled, "Master, help us! We can't hold on any longer!"

There was silence all around, and no one responded to Elder Huo's words.

Shen Bai took a few steps forward, and Han Yue dragged him on the ground, leaving a trail. "It seems that no one can save you."

As soon as the words fell, an elder suddenly knelt on the ground. "I was wrong, Master Shen, please forgive me, I was forced to do this."

"Over the years, I have accumulated a lot of wealth, and I can give it all to you."

"I beg you……"

When a person is about to die, there are two possibilities.

The first is to resist with all your might, even if it means death.

The second type is begging for mercy after complete collapse.

Obviously, this elder is the second type.

After this situation occurred, it was like a chain reaction, and many members of the Shang'e Sect began to kneel on the ground, crying and begging for mercy.

If they had any backbone, they would not join the evil sect.

Shen Bai shook his head and said, "It's really boring."

He thought that this trip would be interesting, but he didn't expect that this group of people were so vulnerable.

Formation?

The Hunyuan Breaking Formation Technique is used to break the formation.

Shen Bai raised his sword, ready to kill the rat-like creatures in front of him, and then look for the trace of the sect leader.

But at this moment, a sense of crisis suddenly emerged in Shen Bai's heart.

The red moles between the eyebrows of the crying members of Shang'e Sect were flashing with light, becoming brighter and brighter at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Amber, come back." Shen Bai said.

Amber meowed and returned to Shen Bai's side in a flash.

The next moment, explosions rang out one after another.

The group of Shang'emen members in front of him exploded one after another.

"Life and Death Pearl."

Shen Bai narrowed his eyes, and the light of Hao Yuxie's body kept flickering, offsetting the aftermath of the explosion.

Elder Huo and the others were slightly stronger and tried their best to resist the Life and Death Pearl.

"Why? Didn't you say it was necessary for the formation? Why are you killing us?" an elder shouted.

A cold voice was heard from the distant darkness.

“Life is like a chessboard, and all beings are like chess pieces.”

"If you don't die, how can I live?"

Hearing this, Elder Huo said in agony, "All the members of the Shang'e Sect are dead. What's the point of you living alone? Tell me what's the point!"

The voice of the sect leader continued to be heard: "As long as I am alive, I will be on the evil sect. People can recruit me again, but I cannot die. You can go in peace. I will remember you in my heart."

As soon as the words fell, several elders could no longer control themselves and horrible cracks appeared on their bodies.

Explosions rang out again.

Shen Bai took a step back, reducing the aftermath of the explosion to a minimum, and looked at the darkness ahead with his eyes narrowed.

At the end of the darkness, there seems to be a river flowing.

On the river bank, a figure appeared and disappeared.

"Master Shen, come here. There will always be a battle between you and me. If you die, I can live. If I die, you can live."

The voice of the sect leader came slowly.

Shen Bai touched Amber's head, picked up Hanyue, turned into a shadow, and rushed towards the river bank.

Now that he is here, he wants the leader’s head.

……

river bank.

The leader of the sect was wearing a straw raincoat, his tall figure sitting on a rock, holding a fishing rod in his hand.

Next to it, there was a clean fish basket with a few small fish in it.

As if noticing Shen Bai's arrival, the sect leader turned around and smiled.

"I haven't fished for a long time. I almost forgot I was once a fisherman in Fenglin State." The sect leader pointed to the seat next to him and said, "Master Shen, would you like to sit down?"

Shen Bai looked around and said calmly, "I never thought that the leader of the famous Fenglin State is actually a fisherman."

The Sect Master shook his head and said, "Of course, I also had a happy family and lived a harmonious life. I worked hard every day to make a living. I was very busy, but I was also happy."

"such a pity……"

Shen Bai ran his fingers across the sword: "What a pity?"

The sect leader sighed, "What a pity! Someone took advantage of my family's status to rob my fishing boat. My family, young and old, suffered from hunger every day. In the end, my baby died."

"My wife and elderly mother, overcome by grief and prolonged hardship, followed in my footsteps."

"Tsk tsk tsk, I'm the only one who survived and became what I am now."

Shen Bai frowned and said, "What's the point of you telling me so much?"

The sect leader shook the fishing rod in his hand and said: "Ever since I entered the threshold of cultivation, I have always been thinking, since the world is unfair to me, why should I embrace it with virtue?"

"Founding the Shangwu Sect was the proudest thing I've ever done in my life, but it was ultimately destroyed by you. Actually, from a personal perspective, I admire you very much."

"I can give you one chance, you see this?"

In the sect leader’s left hand, there is a red bead that is constantly flashing red light.

"The Pearl of Life and Death, not only death, but also life."

"Their death in exchange for my life is the mystery."

As soon as he finished speaking, the beads in the sect leader's hand disappeared, and the sect leader's momentum continued to rise.

"I know you have the ability to overcome adversity and are considered one of the world's top geniuses, but I am no match for you right now."

"Look, I have already used the Life and Death Pearl to enter the Meridian Opening Realm. This is the watershed between the mortal and ordinary worlds. You can't win."

"So, I'll give you a chance."

The Sect Master slowly stood up, his aura becoming even more mysterious. "Take the Life and Death Pearl and become my inner supporter. I will help you get whatever you want in Maple Forest State."

"Otherwise, die."

The fishing rod broke into pieces, and the sect leader held a long spear in his hand.

Shen Bai narrowed his eyes and said, "I think you made a mistake."

The sect leader raised his eyebrows and said nothing.

Shen Bai said slowly: "First, I am in Fenglin State and I can get whatever I want."

"Second, I don't like being controlled."

"Finally, you are quite good. You have already aroused my fighting spirit."

"Everyone says I can overcome adversity. I'd like to give it a try. How can you, with your impulsive Tongmai realm, defeat me?"

The blood-red sword energy, the dazzling Buddha light, the jade-like white light, the holy Taoist text and the terrifying shadow, all floated around Shen Bai as he finished speaking.

The Qi in Shen Bai's body used the Hunyuan Breaking Formation Technique to form a formation within his body.

The next moment, Shen Bai's momentum began to increase rapidly.

"Amber, stand aside and scout the formation." Shen Bai said lightly.

"Meow!"

Amber screamed, moved to a nearby spot, and growled at the sect leader.

At this moment, although Shen Bai's cultivation level was only at the Five Organs Realm, his aura was gradually approaching that of the Sect Master.

The momentum between the two sides was constantly clashing, and neither side was willing to submit to the other. They were like two towering mountains, facing each other.

The sect leader held his spear upside down and sighed, "Well, let me show you my second ability."

As soon as he finished speaking, lines appeared on the sect leader's face.

After the patterns spread out, a mask actually appeared on the sect leader's face.

"I once taught the Master of Opera magic tricks, but he failed miserably. The Life and Death Pearl is merely a means for me to enhance and control it. Today, I will show you the true teachings I received from the Peach Opera House."

As the voice fell, the sect leader made a hand seal with his left hand.

“Ahhh!”

Along with this opera tune, the leader of the sect suddenly thrust forward with the spear in his hand.

There was no wind around, but when the spear came, waves arose from the flat ground.

The surface of the lake was seething, as if someone was burning a huge fire at the bottom of the lake.

Columns of water shot up into the sky, accompanied by the spear, and stabbed straight towards Shen Bai.

"trick?"

Shen Bai narrowed his eyes.

Although he didn't know who Tao Xiyuan was, he felt an inexplicable pressure from this shot.

"it is good!"

Shen Bai turned the Hanyue in his hand and punched out with his left hand.

The blood-red sword energy and the golden fist force intertwined with each other, and the three-meter-tall golden body of the Dharmakaya looked like a furious Vajra.

Water column, spear, sword, and fist.

Various attacks collided with each other in an instant.

"boom!"

The roar was endless at this moment, and the tranquil lake seemed to be disturbed from its sleep and became extremely lively.

The leader turned the spear in his hand, his face was covered by a mask, so his true appearance could not be seen, but there was a hint of astonishment in his eyes.

"You can actually block a shot from Tongmai Realm?"

Although he was trying to force his progress, he had just entered the Tongmai realm.

But the Tongmai Realm is a watershed in strength.

Throughout history, there have been people who have conquered adversity, but I have never heard of anyone who could conquer the state of having unblocked meridians by using his five internal organs.

Shen Bai took a step back and watched the lake water turn into drizzle and fall.

In the drizzle, a hazy feeling suddenly arises.

Shen Bai ran his fingers over the Hanyue Sword, his eyes blazing with an unprecedented fighting spirit: "Great! Come again!"

(End of this chapter)