What do you mean by saying that the corpses I sew are all ominous creatures?

"BOOM—!!!"

The black blade of light slashed fiercely at the incredibly thick wall of lava fire with overwhelming force.

Two completely different, yet equally violent forces collided violently in mid-air.

A piercing hissing sound filled the air as large plumes of white steam mixed with black, malevolent smoke exploded, filling the entire space.

The wall of fire was utterly ineffective against this thunderous strike that I had poured most of my power into.

The jet-black blade light was like a red-hot razor cutting through butter, directly blasting a huge gap more than a meter wide into the towering wall of fire.

Upon impact, lava splattered everywhere, falling into the lava river below.

This formation itself has a powerful self-repairing ability.

The moment the breach appeared, the surrounding fire-attribute earth energy and magma immediately surged and rolled in, trying to fill the breach again.

However, the intense bloodthirsty aura contained within that black blade of light clung to the edge of the gap like a bone-deep infection.

The extremely yin evil energy and the extremely yang fire energy eroded and canceled each other out, producing a "sizzling" sound, which prevented the fire wall from closing in a short time.

Seeing this, I didn't stop moving at all.

Using the brief opening created by the blast, I suddenly burst out of the fiery cage and leaped into a relatively cool atmosphere.

But I know now is not the time to relax.

As soon as my feet touched the ground, I didn't even bother to adjust my breathing.

I suddenly exerted force in my waist, driving my arms to forcefully twist my waist in mid-air.

Then, he slashed at Shi Cuishan, who was standing at the entrance of the mine tunnel, with his sword.

Another huge black blade of light roared out, heading straight for Shi Cuishan's face.

These two consecutive slashes depleted nearly half of my body's reserves of malevolent energy.

The instantaneous consumption of a large amount of malevolent energy caused a series of empty sensations in my dantian, but I had no time to pay attention to it.

As I unleashed that blade of light, my footwork continued relentlessly.

After landing, I picked up my black knife and followed closely behind the black blade of light, charging towards Shi Cuishan.

At the same time, I pushed my mental power to its limit, and also unleashed the full power of my Qi control technique.

"Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!"

With four crisp metallic clangs, the four willow-leaf knives that I had been keeping at my lower back were instantly drawn from their sheaths.

Under the precise control of mental power, the four willow-leaf blades drew four independent arcs in mid-air.

They transformed into four silver streaks of light from four different angles—left, right, top, and bottom—and, together with the black blade aura in front, formed a comprehensive, three-dimensional blockade of Shi Cui Mountain.

This is not finished.

The black bone needle that was originally stuck in the rock wall, under my secret control, moved silently around a large circle, close to the dark corner of the ground.

Suppressive blade strikes from the front, close-quarters combat charges, flanking maneuvers with willow-leaf blades, and sneak attacks from behind with bone needles.

This is the strongest and most concentrated combo attack I can unleash in my current state.

Despite my aggressive, multi-dimensional attack, Shi Cuishan, standing on high ground, did not show any change in expression.

His gaze remained cold, and he didn't even furrow his brow.

"Interesting, but not enough."

Shi Cuishan gave a brief comment.

Just as the massive black blade of light was about to strike him, his hands suddenly shot out from behind him.

Upon seeing this, my pupils contracted slightly.

On his hands, one could see that a pair of dark red metal gauntlets had appeared at some point.

These boxing gloves are made of neither gold nor wood, and their surface is covered with traces of time and erosion.

It was also engraved with complex fire-attribute array patterns, exuding a fierce aura that made people's hearts tremble.

At the same time, Shi Cuishan's coarse cloth clothes began to move without any wind.

Immediately afterwards, an extremely dense red light suddenly burst forth from his body.

He did not retreat even a step when faced with the oncoming blade of light.

Instead, he slightly bent his knees, exerted force from his waist, and simultaneously bulged his right arm muscles, delivering a simple and straightforward punch to meet the black blade of light slashing down from above.

"break!"

With a low shout, a bright red light shone from Shi Cuishan's fist.

The dark red metal gauntlets seemed to come alive, emitting a deep roar as well.

The violent fist wind, mixed with scorching internal energy, collided fiercely with the black blade light I unleashed, which contained bloodthirsty energy.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a wave of energy annihilating each other emanating from it.

Shi Cuishan's punch actually shattered the huge black blade of light into pieces from the middle!

Black fragments of malevolent energy flew in all directions, only to be evaporated by the intense red light in mid-air.

After shattering the blade's aura with a single punch, Shi Cuishan's movements did not pause for a moment.

Facing the four willow-leaf blades that followed closely behind and attacked from four different angles, he snorted coldly, turned his left fist into a palm, and swung it sharply in front of him.

A semi-circular red wall of energy instantly formed in front of him.

"Jingle bells—!"

Four incomparably sharp willow-leaf blades, capable of piercing gold and splitting stone under the control of qi, stabbed fiercely into the red qi wall.

Then a series of dazzling sparks erupted, accompanied by a crisp metallic clanging sound.

Immediately afterwards, Shi Cuishan's right hand, clad in a boxing glove, became a blur as he swung it four times in mid-air.

The violent force of the punch burst forth from his body, slamming directly into the blades of the four willow-leaf knives.

The powerful impact instantly severed the mental connection I had attached to the blades, sending the four throwing knives flying far away and embedding them deeply into the rock walls on either side.

At the very moment he knocked the willow-leaf dagger away, the black bone needle that had silently circled around to his back launched a deadly attack, piercing straight for his Fengchi acupoint at the back of his head.

However, Shi Cuishan seemed to have been prepared all along.

The dense protective red light around him suddenly shrank back, becoming almost tangible.

The bone needle pierced the red light, producing an extremely faint muffled sound.

That bone needle, which could easily pierce even steel, was actually stopped for half a second by his powerful true energy.

Taking advantage of that half-second gap, Shi Cuishan tilted his head slightly, and the bone needle flew past his scalp without causing him any harm.

And at the very moment he neutralized all my ranged attacks, my men had already rushed in front of him.

"die!"

I gripped the black knife tightly with both hands, and using the momentum of the charge, I twisted my waist.

Using the strength of my entire body, I delivered a powerful horizontal slash, slashing fiercely at Shi Cuishan's waist and abdomen.

The blade tore through the air, emitting a chilling shriek.