Chapter 766: Xu Xiaoshou after the Release of Imprisonment... Half-Saint Experience Card

Bang bang bang!

The heavy rain poured down relentlessly.

The entire night sky over Dongtian Wangcheng was shrouded in a curtain of rain, making everything hazy and indistinct.

The downpour continued like a symphony from the heavens, starting with a lingering prelude before building to a crescendo.

Pitter-patter—

On the long street,

The little girl in Xu Xiaoshou's arms gazed at the straw hat that had suddenly appeared, heard the eerie sounds whispering in her ear, and felt Xu Xiaoshou's body growing increasingly hot...

He sensed something was wrong immediately.

"Big brother, I suddenly don't want you to hold me anymore..."

No sooner had she spoken than

The little girl's hand, still clutching the stick of candied haws with only the wooden skewer left, shot out abruptly.

In an instant, it pierced straight through Xu Xiaoshou's chest.

Splat!

Blood sprayed everywhere.

But in a flash, the rain washed it all away.

At the same time,

"Affected by bewitchment, passive value: 1."

"Affected by scrutiny, passive value: 1."

"Affected by attack, passive value: 1."

These pop-up notifications suddenly flooded into Xu Xiaoshou's mind, pulling him out of the Taixu world and snapping him free from the bewitched state, back to reality.

His eyes flew open in anger.

The pain made him acutely aware of what was real.

On the rainy long street, as his eyes opened, two dazzling beams of white light burst forth.

Pitter-patter—

With a soft sound,

The torrential rain was instantly vaporized by an overwhelming wave of heat, as if the sky and sea were being scorched.

"This is..."

The little girl's pupils contracted.

She could sense that in a radius of several li around them, including the air above, not a single raindrop could penetrate.

A brand-new domain!

And it seemed this young man before her was the one responsible?

Wasn't he just an innate cultivator?

In her bewilderment, the little girl tried to pull back her hand and escape the danger.

But in that moment, she felt an immense force gripping her forearm.

It was Xu Xiaoshou's hands clamping down with unyielding strength.

"Sorry, brother here suddenly doesn't want to take you to buy candied haws anymore..."

Xu Xiaoshou murmured softly, and his boundary force field expanded violently.

Whoosh!

Ripples of air waves erupted outward.

The little girl in his grasp, as if shredded by endless forces, disintegrated into dust on the spot.

"Taixu..."

Gazing at his empty arms and the bloody hole in his chest,

Xu Xiaoshou knew it wasn't that simple.

The little girl couldn't possibly be dead.

She must have used some indescribable power to break free and vanish from his hold.

Hiss—

Inappropriately, he shivered.

Xu Xiaoshou's eyes nearly rolled back as he felt an intense, exhilarating change surging through his body.

The "everlasting vitality" healing was working well.

But it wasn't effective enough to heal his physical wounds the moment she withdrew her hand.

Inside his body, every cell seemed to absorb rich, pure energy, expanding and sighing in comfort...

This state was utterly unprecedented.

"Shengxue!"

Xu Xiaoshou realized this was the effect of the Shengxue given to him by Sang Qiye.

Upon returning from the Taixu world, Xu Xiaoshou hadn't gained any tangible items.

The thoughtful Sang Qiye had already converted everything substantial into Taixu energy and stored it in his conscious realm.

With a single thought,

He could access it.

And this first drop of Shengxue entering his body was clearly because Sang Qiye knew his disciple might be weakened to the point of not even being able to perform the simple act of taking out and drinking the Shengxue when triggering the Taixu world.

So, it activated automatically.

Roar—

The moment his qi sea's spiritual energy and physical strength completed their transformation, Xu Xiaoshou let out a low roar and began to levitate, his body feathering upward.

White flames burned,

Turning his forehead, hair, clothes... everything into a holy, pristine hue.

In the rainy night, this dazzling white light descended like a divine miracle upon the still-dark Dongtian Wangcheng.

"Shengli?"

At the far end of the long street,

The little girl who had escaped the attack stood in a daze, watching Xu Xiaoshou undergo this inexplicable, earth-shattering change.

"What's going on..."

At that moment, she was still struggling to process it.

In her sense of time, Xu Xiaoshou had merely picked her up, run a few steps, paused, and then a straw hat appeared on his head.

After that, he transformed completely!

And then...

Shengli!

"Where did you get Shengli from?"

The little girl exclaimed in shock, though she was far away, her curiosity compelled her to ask.

Because if he had Shengli protecting him earlier, Xu Xiaoshou never would have fallen under her bewitchment, letting her control his body.

But now...

All of this inconceivable change happened after that straw hat appeared!

"Sang Qiye?"

Without waiting for a response, the little girl had already guessed the answer.

At this point, Xu Xiaoshou hovered in mid-air, his entire body convulsing as he forcibly adapted, then let out a heavy sigh.

"Hah."

Though it was just a light exhale,

The next second,

Boom rumble—

The long street sank three feet, buildings collapsed, and the ground shook violently.

Space rippled and shattered, black voids emerging.

Even areas ten li away were obliterated into darkness and nothingness by this Shengli pressure.

Yet, the illusion couldn't conceal the truth beneath the Shengli.

Xu Xiaoshou scanned his surroundings and realized he was trapped in the enemy's domain.

"Quick reaction, as expected of a Taixu..."

Pausing briefly, Xu Xiaoshou's gaze, enhanced by Shengli, pierced through the illusions and locked onto the little girl at the end of the long street.

"State your name!"

Xu Xiaoshou demanded sternly: "Who exactly are you?"

With his words,

Crack!

The domain force was breached.

As Xu Xiaoshou's eyes, blazing with white flames, fixed on her, the little girl's knees buckled slightly, emitting a cracking sound.

"How fun..."

Instead of fear, she seemed delighted, marveling at the power bursting from Xu Xiaoshou.

"The leader of the Yi Department, I am Yi."

The little girl, Yi, countered: "And you? Can you tell me how you achieved this change... from your master?"

Xu Xiaoshou didn't reply; he just burst into laughter.

The longer it went on, the more powerful he felt his internal energy becoming.

The Shengxue from Jin Zhao Bansheng was incredibly strong!

Like lightning bolts racing through his muscles and veins, stimulating his core energy and unleashing infinite effects...

It was simply extraordinary!

As Sang Qiye had said, this was a drop of Shengxue specially refined by an alchemist.

When Xu Xiaoshou consumed it, he didn't feel even a hint of violence or pain.

The only clear feedback was raw power.

Unrivaled, as if he could slay gods and Buddhas alike.

"Drink one drop of blood, learn one spiritual technique, slay one Taixu!"

Without further words,

Xu Xiaoshou declared and unleashed his Shengli fully.

He didn't use the illusion left by Sang Qiye.

With the Shengxue consumed,

He would act as that day's Bansheng!

"Nine Dragons Incineration Ancestor, activate!"

Xu Xiaoshou shouted lowly.

He hunched his back, then straightened his chest, standing tall as a spear.

Then,

With a thunderous boom, a thick, scorching white flame, accompanied by surging Shengli, erupted from his body, shattering the domain and soaring to the nine heavens.

At its peak, the Shengli white flames bloomed like fireworks in the rainy night sky, scattering across the heavens.

The world fell completely silent in that instant.

Clouds dispersed, rain ceased.

That radiant, holy silhouette enveloped in white flames became an eternal fixture in the night, the most dazzling stroke against the darkness!

Yi was stunned.

She could feel the Shengli on Xu Xiaoshou,

But she never imagined its amplification could be this rapid!

Wasn't he just a mere innate cultivator?

Unleashing Shengli on this scale—didn't he fear exploding from the strain?

At the same time,

Nearly everyone in Dongtian Wangcheng noticed this white flame ritual.

At the trade fair site,

Rao Yao Yao and Gui Shou Wuxia, who were confronting each other mid-air, couldn't help but turn their heads in surprise toward the massive changes in the central district.

"Shengli again?"

Below, in red and white robes,

Including the crowd at the trade fair site, whose barriers had been shattered, allowing them to see outside, all were equally shocked.

"Shengli?"

"Has Shengshen Hall deployed a Bansheng this time?"

"With one of the Seven Sword Immortals, Rao Yao Yao, already here, who is this Bansheng targeting?"

At the central district battlefield,

The storyteller, suppressed by Teng Shanhai, seized the moment to break free.

Almost simultaneously, the two separated and looked up in horror.

"Shengli?"

One of them thought that tonight's enemy actually had someone wielding Bansheng power—surely only Rao Yao Yao could handle that?

The other wondered if, to deal with the Sheng slaves, Shengshen Hall had brought out even a Bansheng?

This explosive surge of Shengli happened in an instant.

Having witnessed Shengli before, neither of them realized this was merely the unfolding of a sheng image.

Elsewhere, far from the long street confrontation,

Mei Si Ren halted his steps.

Gazing at the Shengli, he suddenly chuckled.

"Xu Xiaoshou..."

It turned out all his concerns were self-imposed.

Xu Xiaoshou was indeed just an innate cultivator, overtaken by Taixu control.

But as the heir to Yu Tu's will and the destined one of the Eight Venerables, how could he truly be helpless without countermeasures?

That young man might look like just a youth,

But the stakes placed on him by many key players were immense.

Even without his intervention, it seemed unlikely Xu Xiaoshou would fall into Shengshen Hall's hands so easily.

Mei Si Ren held his folding fan, pondered for a moment, and continued forward.

He was one of the few who knew the truth behind this white flame ritual.

Naturally, he also knew

Xu Xiaoshou could use the sheng image to counter Taixu.

But at his core, he was still just an innate cultivator.

The opposing Taixu was renowned for ages.

Who could say what twists might still arise?

In the midst of battle,

Facing Xu Xiaoshou radiating surging Shengli, Yi was now pressed down so heavily she couldn't even lift her head.

A mortal body,

Even as Taixu, how could it withstand the might of a saint?

Yet Shengli wasn't solely Xu Xiaoshou's.

"I never thought that as the leader of the Yi Department, even capturing a junior would cost me a drop of Shengxue..."

Yi smiled bitterly.

Then, he took out a drop of golden Shengxue and consumed it.

In an instant, the same type of Shengli erupted, and the saintly pressure no longer affected him at all.

"Little one..."

Yi stepped forward slowly.

With that step, the little girl's form underwent a complete transformation.

This time, he took on Sang Qiye's appearance.

The straw hat, the rain cape, the dark circles under his eyes...

Except for the playful glint in those black-ringed eyes, which didn't match Sang Qiye's demeanor,

Yi's entire being exuded Sang Qiye's essence!

"Good disciple, are you going to slay your master?"

Yi's expression turned restrained, his gaze identical to Sang Qiye's, his voice laced with deep disappointment.

But now, his bewitching power couldn't influence Xu Xiaoshou, enhanced by Shengli.

In fact, not even the information bar popped up this time.

"Slay my master..."

Xu Xiaoshou, hovering in the sky, laughed upon hearing it.

Once, that was his sole dream of growing stronger!

"Jin Zhao Heaven Burn!"

Without delay, he roared.

The Jin Zhao origin power within him detonated fully.

This was a force even Sang Qiye marveled at—a power that, in terms of quality, surpassed Dao Severing, infused with tribulation energy, capable of threatening Dao Severing and Taixu without Shengli enhancement.

Xu Xiaoshou rarely detonated the Jin Zhao origin fully.

Because he couldn't handle it.

But with Shengxue fortifying his body and Shengli boosting him,

Why not?

From a distance, Xu Xiaoshou lowered his eyelids slightly, then flung them open wide.

In an instant, pitter-patter sounds filled the air endlessly.

White flames surged like tidal waves, overturning everything in all directions.

In a flash, they scorched the entire visible world.

Yi's domain, like something in a cauldron, was instantly engulfed and burned away by the white flames.

Xu Xiaoshou felt a resonance, recalling the scene in the Eight Palaces where Sang Qiye rose from the 100,000 Mountains, creating a world of white flames.

That was a power he had yearned for.

He hadn't dared to dream of it before...

But now, he dared to dream and to act!

"Dragon Fusion Realm!"

He raised his hands virtually, then pressed down.

Boom! The void shattered completely.

The originally chaotic five elements and six paths, along with the endless fragments spilling from the spatial rifts, were all assimilated into white in that moment.

Ten li of white flames.

A realm born anew!

"You're insane..."

On the other side, Yi was nearly driven mad by the sight.

He wasn't dazed from the fight.

He was stunned by this world-ending spectacle.

Despite repeatedly telling himself that the young man before him, even with Shengxue and sheng image, was still fundamentally an innate cultivator,

Who could explain how any innate cultivator could be this unreasonable?

What exactly was hidden in this guy's body—powers beyond just innate... no, beyond even Dao Severing?

That must be how he could unleash such techniques, normally threatening to Taixu, after shedding his cultivation restraints.

"Seriously, you're insane!" Yi muttered silently.

By now, he didn't even dare use his spiritual sense to touch the Dragon Fusion Realm that had engulfed his domain.

Because not just the domain,

His spiritual sense, Dao rhythm...

Even the powers and spiritual energy he controlled...

Exaggeratedly, his entire qi sea was ignited under Xu Xiaoshou's gaze!

"Clouds and rain dissipate, form!"

Yi formed seals with his hands, using Taixu power to annihilate all, first extinguishing the tribulation-infused white flames on himself.

Only then did he soar upward, intent on countering this increasingly oppressive foe.

He couldn't let this continue.

Otherwise, who knew what other moves might erupt.

But as he looked up, the figure who had been so flamboyantly radiant...

Was gone?

"What are you looking at? I'm right here!"

From behind, Xu Xiaoshou's voice suddenly emerged after dispelling his invisibility technique.

Yi whipped around at light speed, lunging forward instinctively.

Because behind him must be the enemy's accumulated attack.

"Take this punch!"

A punch was inevitable.

Yet, Xu Xiaoshou seemed to have anticipated Yi's move; even though they were several body lengths apart, he stepped forward as if ascending to heaven, reappearing...

With his fist already pressed against Yi's aged face.

This wasn't Yi's face.

It was the face in Xu Xiaoshou's mind—the one from E Lake who had force-fed him the seed, tormented him, and sworn vengeance upon.

"Passive Fist, break!"