Starting as dockworkers, they swept through Chongqing.

Xilun felt a chill run down his spine. He had originally thought that with his expert-level "Bone Forging Iron Armor Ascetic Method," he could already achieve absolute physical domination in the first tier.

But now, facing Li Desak, he truly understood the terrifying level of subtlety in the application of power by a seasoned second-tier expert.

Worse still, the Blood Seal's greatest threat lies in its unexpected sneak attacks.

Now that the opponent is on guard and has covered their weaknesses tightly, it is now extremely difficult to kill them with a single blow using the Blood Seal.

"You think you can be so arrogant with that little strength? Die!"

Li Desak, not one to back down, used the recoil to flick his wrist, and his longsword drew a dazzling silver arc in mid-air, slashing at Xilun's neck once more like a persistent leech.

Before the blade even arrived, the biting coldness had already sent shivers down Xilun's spine.

Xilun dared not take the attack head-on, and with a sudden push of his foot, he dodged to the side like a fish swimming.

"Sizzle—"

The missed silver blade struck the ground, instantly obliterating the hard basalt as easily as fragile tofu.

A terrifying knife mark, several meters long and seemingly bottomless, appeared on the ground, sending debris flying everywhere in a horrifying display.

This terrifying destructive power is absolutely not something that ordinary extraordinary individuals could cause!

"Hide? Let's see how long you can hide!"

Li Desak pressed forward relentlessly, his longsword transforming into an impenetrable silver net, the raging blade energy completely enveloping Xilun.

Xilun gritted his teeth, his spear flashing up and down, barely managing to deflect the deadly attacks.

However, Li Desak's swordsmanship was too meticulous and ruthless. After dozens of rounds of fighting, he eventually made a mistake.

"Sizzle!"

Several sharp blade energies pierced through the gun shadow's defenses, grazing Xilun's arms and chest.

Even with the combined enhancements of "Coiled Dragon" and "Forged Iron Armor," Xilun's flesh was still ripped open, and blood instantly seeped out, staining his black combat uniform red.

The intense pain made Xiren's breathing heavy, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

The prolonged high-intensity bursts of energy had greatly depleted his physical strength, making it increasingly difficult for him to cope.

"Your death is nigh!"

Li Desak keenly sensed Xiren's decline. His expression turned solemn, a glint of fanaticism flashed in his eyes, and suddenly he let out a long roar to the sky.

He gripped the hilt with both hands, channeling all the remaining strength in his body into the longsword. A dazzling silver light suddenly erupted from the blade, and a terrifying aura, chilling to the bone, surged forth like a tsunami.

This was not only an explosion of power, but also a deadly strike containing decades of Li Desak's swordsmanship will!

Xilun's eyes suddenly turned icy cold. He knew that if he couldn't withstand this blow, he would die here today.

At the critical moment of life and death, Xilun did not back down, but instead unleashed an unprecedented ferocity.

He frantically squeezed every cell in his body, pushing the "Great Sea Whale Guiding Technique" to its limit of overload operation.

"The water supply has stopped!"

With a roar, all the spear lights condensed into a single point in an instant.

With a piercing sonic boom, the alloy spear, like an enraged black dragon, fearlessly charged towards the silver waterfall that cleaved the heavens and earth.

"Boom—!"

The spear tip and the blade collided violently, bursting forth with a blinding flash of light.

A violent shockwave swept in all directions, instantly evaporating the surrounding water vapor.

Xilun felt an overwhelming force surge into his arms through the spear, instantly splitting his tiger's mouth and splattering blood.

His body could no longer withstand the immense force, and his feet slid backward seven or eight steps before he could barely regain his balance.

The spear groaned under its strain in his hands, almost slipping from his grasp.

Although Li Desak was also knocked back two steps, he was bathed in silver light, like an invincible war god.

He took a step forward, preparing to deliver the final, fatal blow, severing Xilun's lifeline once and for all.

At this critical moment!

A cunning glint flashed in Xilun's eyes. He knew he had no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation, so he didn't hesitate to use his trump card.

The blood mark that had been hovering beside him, waiting for its chance to strike, suddenly shone brightly.

It rapidly enlarged, transforming into a dark red seal the size of a door panel, and with the force of Mount Tai pressing down, it descended from the sky and slammed down heavily on Li Desak's head!

"A trivial skill!"

Li Desak's expression turned cold. He was prepared and did not give Blood Seal a chance to launch a sneak attack.

He decisively abandoned the pursuit of Xilun, flipped his wrist, and swung his longsword upwards, the back of the blade firmly blocking the descending seal.

"Bang!"

A dull thud rang out, and Li Desak took the full force of the blow.

He groaned, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. His legs were slightly bent, but thanks to his strong physique, he did not suffer any real damage.

"Looks like that's all the underwhelming tricks you have." Li Desak sneered, his eyes full of mockery as he looked at Xilun.

Xilun's chest heaved violently as he gasped for breath.

He had to admit that he had underestimated this man.

Li Desak's strength is probably a notch above that of Dean from the Shudalk family.

Even if it's not at the second-tier extreme realm, it's still a monster honed to a terrifying level.

With the Blood Seal unable to be used for surprise attacks, it would be difficult for him to overpower him head-on.

After only a few breaths of fighting, Xilun already had five horrific knife wounds on his body, deep enough to expose the bone.

Blood flowed down his thigh, pooling on the ground in a horrifying sight.

"Even though I can only use a meager amount of baptismal power here, I can still crush trash like you!"

Li Desak's voice was like rolling thunder. He carried the long sword that gleamed with a cold light and, like a leisurely lion, slowly approached the heavily wounded Xiren.

He only had two or three abrasions, giving him a completely overwhelming advantage.

Xilun did not reply; his gaze quickly swept over the surrounding environment.

Beneath his feet was a muddy bank, behind him was a long, heavy river churning with terrifying pressure, and in the distance, Li An was hiding behind a stone platform.

An extremely bold tactic instantly took shape in Xilun's mind.

Suddenly, the air in front of Xilun distorted, and the large seal rapidly condensed, transforming back into a delicate blood seal the size of a card, hovering in mid-air.

Li Desak stopped, examined the bloodstain, and sneered thoughtfully:

"This seems to be an extremely unorthodox and evil method that can devour the life essence."

It's unbelievable that someone your age possesses such skill and expertise.

However, it's all in vain; your energy and blood can't keep up!

He gripped the knife hilt with both hands, assuming a perfect defensive stance, ready to meet Xilun's final, desperate struggle.

However, the next moment!

"call out!"

The blood seal did not attack Li Desak as he had expected. Instead, it transformed into a streak of crimson lightning, drawing a strange arc in mid-air and bypassing him. It then shot towards Li An behind the stone platform in the distance at an extremely terrifying speed!

Li Desak was taken aback at first, then his expression changed drastically.

"No way! You dare!"

He cursed himself for being stupid; how could he have forgotten the burden behind him!

Li An was a promising talent that his family was grooming. If he died here, he would have no way to explain it back to his family.

Torn between family honor and personal rationality, Li Desak reacted almost instinctively.

He abandoned the perfect opportunity to kill Xilun, his body suddenly turning backward, and he frantically lunged towards Li An.

"Get down!!!" Li Desak roared furiously, his eyes bloodshot.

Feeling the approaching deadly threat, Li An's face was contorted with extreme fear. His legs went weak, and he collapsed onto the stone platform, losing even the strength to dodge.

"boom!"

Li Desak finally caught up with the bloodstain at the last second.

He roared and slashed fiercely at the crimson light with his sword.

Just as the blade was about to touch the bloodstain, a cold, calculating glint flashed in Xilun's eyes.

"burst!"

The bloodstain, the size of a card, suddenly dispersed in mid-air, expanding instantly like an inflated balloon, and transformed back into that heavy, dark red seal.

But this time, the goal of the big seal is not to smash, but to pat!

"Boom!"

The seal, carrying terrifying momentum, slammed into the unsuspecting Li Desak from the side.

The force was far greater than he had imagined.

Li Desak only had time to let out a muffled thud before he was hit head-on by a heavy steam train, his feet leaving the ground and flying uncontrollably toward the churning, heavy river!

"Slap! Slap!"

He barely managed to stop himself on the muddy bank by touching the ground with his toes, but under the continued pressure of the bloody imprint, he still staggered back two large steps, with one foot already on the edge of the heavy river.

How could Xilun let such a golden opportunity slip by!

He endured the excruciating pain that felt like his body was being torn apart, and leaped out like a cheetah.

He gripped the gun tightly with both hands, without any fancy moves, just the purest and most violent continuous smashing!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Shot after shot rained down on Li Desak's longsword like a storm of pear blossoms.

Li Desak could only defend passively at this moment. His feet kept sliding backward in the slippery mud, and the enormous pressure did not even give him a chance to catch his breath.

Just at that moment when his old strength was exhausted and his new strength had not yet arisen.

The blood-stained mark, suspended in mid-air, seemed to possess sentience, precisely seizing this fleeting opening.

It quickly shrank, turning into a dull hammer blow that slammed into Lidescack's vulnerable abdomen!

"Wow!"

Li Desak coughed up a mouthful of blood and could no longer maintain his balance.

Under the combined blows of Xilun and Blood Seal, he let out a desperate roar of resentment, and his body fell completely backward.

"Thump!"

Heavy splashes of water rose.

Li Desak's body was completely submerged in that despairing river of heavy water.

boom!

The moment he fell into the water, a terrifying pressure, enough to crush steel into thin sheets, squeezed in from all directions, instantly engulfing Li Desak completely.

However, the vitality of second-tier powerhouses is extremely tenacious.

Beneath the heavy water, a blinding silver light suddenly burst forth.

Li Desak glared angrily underwater, his muscles bulging. He frantically squeezed every last drop of blood and energy from his body, transforming it into a thin silver shield to desperately resist the crushing force of the water.

He struggled violently underwater, painful bubbles escaping from his mouth and nose.

Even though the silver sheen on his body faded visibly under the pressure, and his surface was covered with spiderweb-like cracks, as if he would shatter at any moment, he still struggled to break free of the water little by little, like a trapped beast.

After more than a hundred breaths that left everyone breathless.

"Splash!"

The water broke open, and Li Desak, with superhuman willpower, barely managed to climb ashore.

He lay limp in the mud like a dying wild dog, vomiting large mouthfuls of black blood mixed with pieces of internal organs, his strength almost completely exhausted.

He managed to lift his head, only to witness a scene that plunged him into utter despair.

shore.

Xilun stood there expressionless.

In his hand, the blood-dripping alloy spear was slowly being pulled out of Li An's chest, which had been completely pierced.

Ang Lee's eyes were wide open as he fell into a pool of blood, dying with his eyes still open.

"No—!" Li Desak let out a mournful cry that was extremely shrill.

Xilun turned his head and looked at the barely breathing Li Desak as if he were trash. Without any hesitation, he picked up his big gun and walked over, delivering a merciless heavy blow to the head!

Driven by instinct, Li Desak trembled as he raised his already dulled silver knife in an attempt to parry.

However, at this moment, his vital energy was depleted, and his body was already on the verge of collapse under the ravages of the heavy water.

"clang!"

The long sword flew out of his hand.

Li Desak's body went limp and collapsed to the ground, the silver light on his body completely extinguished.

The next moment, a red light flashed in the air.

"Pfft."

A dark red blood needle, formed from extremely condensed essence blood, carrying a chilling aura of death, pierced precisely into Li Desak's brow, exiting through the back of his head and spraying a gruesome spray of blood.

Li Desak's body stiffened abruptly, the life in his eyes quickly faded, and he finally turned into a cold corpse.

"call--"

Having confirmed that the enemy was completely dead, Xilun finally let out a long breath, and his extremely tense nerves finally relaxed a little.

With a slight thought, the bloodstain in mid-air instantly transformed into two red vortexes, covering the corpses of Li An and Li Desak respectively.

As they frantically absorbed the nutrients, the two corpses quickly withered away.

In this fierce battle, Blood Seal consumed a great deal of his life essence reserves in order to constantly change his form to attack Li Desak.

Originally nearly two-thirds of its original color was jet black, but during the most intense part of the battle, it shrank and degenerated to only about a quarter of its original color.

But at this moment, with the extremely pure blood and qi of a second-tier powerhouse and an extreme genius being frantically injected, the color of the blood seal began to deepen rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

That deep black, representing destruction, is rapidly devouring the red parts.

When the two corpses had completely turned into skeletons, the blood seal was fully absorbed.

Xilun looked at the brand-new weapon beside him with satisfaction. At this moment, more than three-quarters of the surface of the Blood Seal had turned into a chilling pure black!

Xilun knew in his heart that as long as he encountered another ignorant second-tier extraordinary person, killed and absorbed him, he could completely cultivate this first blood seal to the Great Perfection realm!

At that moment, even without relying on the suppression of the field, he had a terrifying trump card to fight a second-tier expert head-on.

This battle was arguably the most brutal and thrilling one he fought in the snowy mountain wonderland.

The slightest misstep could send him tumbling into a deep, turbulent river, turning him into nothing but bones.

After completely relaxing, boundless fatigue and excruciating pain from the wounds surged up like a tide.

Xilun collapsed onto the blood-stained rock, panting heavily, wiping the mixture of sweat and blood from his cheeks.