May I seek good fortune and avoid misfortune, and live a long and prosperous life.

"They're here to take your dog's life!" Li Heng replied.

"It seems you are not a member of my Blood Lotus Sect. I wonder where you learned my Blood Lotus Sect's techniques. But it doesn't matter. Once I capture you, I'll naturally find a way to make you talk!"

Actually, Li Heng also knew this man in black.

He was Li Xiao, the former deputy leader of the Blood Lotus Sect's Yuncheng branch.

However, the former deputy leader has now become the leader of the Cloud City branch.

In recent years, the Blood Lotus Sect's Yuncheng branch has been besieged and suppressed by both the government and the righteous sects of the martial arts world, making its progress extremely difficult.

Now, even he is suffering from internal injuries due to fighting against several top-tier experts from the Six Doors, and can only exert 70% of his strength.

Therefore, he has been wandering around several towns and villages recently, looking for an opportunity to absorb the life essence of living people to help heal his wounds.

Unexpectedly, I ran into a tough opponent today while out for an activity.

His opponent's strength was by no means inferior to his own, and was even stronger than his own at his peak. You must know that he was a top expert at the late stage of the first rank, and there were few rivals in the world.

Therefore, he had already considered leaving.

However, we still have to say the tough words; we can't lose our momentum!

"Boy, if you surrender obediently, I might spare your life later. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

After Li Xiao finished speaking, he quickly used his lightness skill to prepare to flee far away.

Li Heng had been on guard against him for a long time.

Want to leave? You'll have to ask my fists if they'll allow it!

Over the years, Li Heng has been diligently practicing his lightness skill in order to improve his survival ability.

Moreover, the Blood Lotus Sect's quick success method also includes a corresponding light-body skill.

Of course, this lightness skill is also just as wicked. Cultivating it requires consuming one's lifespan, and not only does cultivating it consume lifespan, but each time one activates this lightness skill, it also consumes lifespan.

Even if you are a Grandmaster of the Innate Realm, you cannot withstand this kind of consumption. However, the advantage is that the speed of the lightness skill is extremely amazing, far exceeding the current top-level lightness skill.

The person who created this lightness skill originally intended it to be an explosive secret technique, only to be used in life-or-death situations, to greatly enhance one's survival ability in a short period of time.

Even the creator of this skill didn't know that it was tailor-made for Li Heng!

Li Heng used his lightness skill, and his speed immediately increased.

They caught up with Li Xiao in no time.

"Holy crap, how is he so fast? Oh no, he's going to catch up, what do we do?"

Li Xiao gritted his teeth.

"I'm afraid I'll have no choice but to use our sect's secret lightness skill. Although it will consume my lifespan, I can't worry about that now!"

Just as Li Heng's fist was about to strike Li Xiao, Li Xiao suddenly accelerated, and the two became evenly matched.

The two sides chased each other, maintaining a temporary balance.

Li Heng was not in a hurry.

He realized that the opponent's sudden increase in speed was probably due to the use of some kind of secret lightness skill. Li Xiao only used this kind of secret skill in critical moments, which meant that using the secret skill must have side effects and could not be maintained for a long time.

Now, as long as Li Heng keeps chasing him and wages a war of attrition, Li Xiao will definitely be worn down and killed.

This balance lasted for about an incense stick's time, after which Li Xiao's speed had already decreased.

"Damn it, how can this person maintain such incredible speed and move so effortlessly, as if he's unaffected?! It's truly bizarre!"

"No, I can't afford to waste any more of my lifespan. If I continue like this, I'm doomed. I have no choice but to fight him head-on!"

Li Xiao turned around and stood up, his eyes bloodshot.

He was preparing to unleash a powerful attack technique, but at the cost of consuming his lifespan.

He knew he might not be able to escape, and now he wanted to die together with the person who had driven him to this desperate situation!

"Boy, you're incredibly lucky to have me use our sect's core secret technique. Die!"

In an instant, Li Xiao's combat power rapidly increased, not only recovering to the late stage of the first rank, but also continuing to rise, almost infinitely close to the level of a master of the innate realm!

This fighting power cannot be maintained for long, only for sixty breaths. Once sixty breaths are up, his lifespan will be exhausted. If he cannot defeat his opponent within sixty breaths, then he himself will fall.

Therefore, Li Xiao immediately engaged Li Heng in a head-on battle, focusing solely on offense and neglecting defense.

Li Heng naturally did not want to fight him head-on. The combat power that Li Xiao was showing was much stronger than his, and very close to the strength of a master of innate realm.

Therefore, Li Heng brought the Blood Lotus Sect's lightness skill to its extreme and took advantage of his familiarity with the terrain to avoid Li Xiao's attacks.

Li Xiao's powerful attacks failed to hit his opponent, making him even more anxious.

"Coward, come and fight me if you dare!"

"What kind of hero hides and hides?"

Li Heng remained unmoved.

Li Xiao was furious. After using the Blood Lotus Sect's attack technique, he could no longer activate his lightness skill, otherwise he might instantly die from exhaustion.

Sixty breaths will soon be up.

Li Xiao's eyes were bloodshot with rage. He was too weak to pursue, so he simply sat cross-legged on the ground and laughed wildly:

"To think that I, Li Xiao, the dignified leader of the Blood Lotus Sect, would die at the hands of an insignificant nobody like you, truly is the way of Heaven, where retribution is swift and certain. May I reveal my name so that I may know who killed me!"

Li Heng immediately removed his veil and sneered, "Remember this well, my name is Li Heng! One of the victims you captured and brought into the Blood Lotus Cult back then!"

"You...it was you...no wonder..." Before Li Xiao could finish speaking, his head drooped, and he died.

The corpse instantly became extremely dry, like old tree bark.

This is the tragic scene of someone's lifespan being completely exhausted.

Li Heng walked over and turned him over completely.

In the end, they found three pieces of silk, several bottles of pills, and some loose silver on him.

"Sigh, the dignified leader of the Blood Lotus Sect is so poor." Li Heng shook his head.

……

Upon returning, Li Heng first went to Li Hui's house to comfort the mother and son, telling them that the thieves had left and they were safe.

Then, he returned home and took out the three pieces of silk he had obtained that day to study them.

One of the silk scrolls had the words "Overlord's Strength" written on it, followed by dense text and patterns.

"This Overlord Force must be the secret technique that Li Xiao used to rapidly increase his combat power just now."

Another silk scroll reads "Blood Lotus Curse and Suppression Methods".

"I never imagined that Li Xiao possessed such an extremely vicious curse. The person who created this curse probably never intended to develop a way to break it. Anyone caught in this curse can only suppress it; it's truly evil!"

"To break the curse, one must endure the consequences of the Blood Lotus Curse's eruption, which will cost ten years of one's lifespan."

"Although this fight was somewhat dangerous, the risks were manageable, and the gains were quite substantial. We should be more cautious next time and avoid fighting if possible."

"With the Overlord's Force now, my combat power will increase significantly. After all, not everyone can use forbidden techniques like a basic attack like I can!"

The last piece of silk was inscribed with "Death-Destroying Palm," and was also covered with densely packed text and patterns.

Li Heng examined it carefully.

After a long while, Li Heng's eyes lit up, and he said happily:

"This technique truly lives up to its name; it can destroy life! Although sacrificing one's own lifespan to shorten the enemy's is a case of hurting the enemy a thousand while losing eight hundred of one's own, for me, it couldn't be better. Now, my combat power will be greatly enhanced!"

A month later, Li Heng had successfully mastered the Overlord Force and the Life-Destroying Palm, and had also completely mastered the Blood Lotus Curse and its suppression techniques.

It can be said that although Li Heng is not a member of the Blood Lotus Cult, he is now more authentic than most members of the Blood Lotus Cult!

If he didn't know he wasn't a bad person, calling him a demonic sorcerer wouldn't be a problem at all.

The true lineage of the Blood Lotus Sect rests with Li Heng!