Chapter 592
Chapter 592
?Chapter 592: Chapter 592: The Blossom of Slaughter_1 Chapter 592: Chapter 592: The Blossom of Slaughter_1 “Hmm?”
Upon hearing the words, Shuten-doji was momentarily stunned and couldn’t help but regret having said too much.
Xu Fan was already walking in midair around him.
With every step he took in the void, he left a spot of light behind.
Seven steps were taken, creating seven spots of light.
Shuten-doji’s gaze followed Xu Fan’s figure with confusion, and when he noticed these seven spots of light, he suddenly realized with surprise…
were these the positions of the Big Dipper?
“Big Dipper Seven-Array Formation, immobilize!”
Before Shuten-doji could fully comprehend, Xu Fan let out a deep shout.
Instantly, the seven spots of light were connected by a series of lines, with energy extending along them, producing a translucent curtain of water that enveloped Shuten-doji, then quickly contracted inward as if a transparent prison was surrounding him.
Looking at the water curtain three inches from his body, Shuten-doji felt an odd force covering him, rendering him unable to move.
In desperation, he crazily mobilized his internal energy, trying to break free from its hold over him.
However, each time he tried to escape, the seven spots of light that made up the Big Dipper Seven-Array Formation would flash brightly, suppressing the energy he used in his attempt to free himself.
The Big Dipper Seven-Array Formation was a mysterious formation Xu Fan had learned from the “Chaos Genesis Technique.” The seven spots of light corresponded to the seven stars of the Big Dipper in the sky; once activated, they could continually absorb the power of the Big Dipper’s stars, immobilizing the target within the formation.
Therefore, Shuten-doji would not be breaking free from it anytime soon.
After all, the formation was attuned to the “Chaos Genesis Technique;” how could a mere Divine Ninja Realm little demon contest its power?
Soon, Shuten-doji’s complexion began to look ugly.
He found that not only was his body immobilized, but even the energy within felt mired, its circulation becoming extremely difficult and, of course, exceedingly slow.
“Damn it, what kind of nefarious magic is this?”
Shuten-doji was furiously frustrated, glaring at Xu Fan with a pair of blood-red eyes and hissing venomously, “People of Yan Country, I advise you to recognize the situation.
You cannot kill me.
We, the nine great beings, possess immortal bodies.
Even if you can immobilize me temporarily, what’s the use?
Once I break free, won’t you still end up dead?”
“Do I need your concern?
Do I need you to teach me what to do?”
Xu Fan retorted coldly, “Since you claim to be immortal, then I shall kill you twenty or thirty times to see whether you live or die.”
No sooner had he spoken than the Sword Control Finger released a golden small sword, shooting forth and piercing through Shuten-doji’s head.
This was an absolutely fatal wound; even Xu Fan, had he suffered such a blow, would likely not have escaped death.
However, Shuten-doji didn’t die; the bloody hole drilled through his head healed rapidly from the inside out, as if returning to its original state.
Xu Fan watched with a trace of astonishment and said calmly, “It’s a shame, with such a miraculous physique, that you met me; you’re just unlucky.
Just endure it for a while; I am curious to see how many times you can hold up.”
After speaking, Xu Fan once again performed the Sword Control Finger, and the golden small sword plunged into Shuten-doji’s chest this time, blasting his heart to pieces.
Staring coldly at Xu Fan, Shuten-doji’s lips curled into a sinister smile, and after a short while, he fully recovered once again.
Were it not for the ripped clothing on his chest and the splattered blood, it would seem as if nothing had happened at all.
“That was the third time…”
Xu Fan’s amazement grew; Shuten-doji seemed to have an endless vitality, continually supporting his recovery.
After all, each recovery would consume a vast amount of vitality, and once vitality began to wane, one’s spirit would flag, but there was still no sign of weariness in Shuten-doji.
“The fourth time!”
Xu Fan’s expression darkened.
This time, it was the opponent’s spine that was blasted open by the golden small sword, and yet, the opponent still recovered rapidly as before.
It seemed no matter the severity of the fatal wound, he could recover completely.
Xu Fan was inwardly shocked, his expression growing grimmer.
And Shuten-doji, although he appeared rampant and untamed, was also beginning to panic inside.
Because the Big Dipper Seven-Array Formation had taken control of his body and the circulation of his energy, he could only stand stiffly in place, passively taking hits, watching helplessly as his opponent attacked him relentlessly as if dissecting a lab rabbit, each strike inflicting mortal injuries and stirring a growing fear within him.
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One thousand years prior, when everyone thought he had been beheaded and died, Shuten-doji unexpectedly awakened this immortal physique.
After fleeing abroad, he spent time recovering from his injuries while testing and exploring.
Gradually, he came to understand the wondrous aspect of his physique: not only did it possess an extraordinary self-healing ability, but it could also regenerate severed limbs.
He had been exhilarated for a long time, for with this physique, it seemed difficult for him to be killed.
But now, he couldn’t help but become anxious, would there be a problem if he was killed over and over again by Xu Fan?
He had died so many times in a row, and as his vitality continued to be drained, he was unsure if he could still come back to life.
He grew impatient, feeling that he could no longer be a living target, determined to escape this cage at any cost.
However, he tried all his methods in vain and couldn’t help but let out an angry roar.
The seventh time.
The eighth time.
The ninth time.
…
Xu Fan’s attacks landed on the vital parts of Shuten-doji, inflicting lethal wounds, but the opponent always recovered quickly.
As a result, the surprise in his heart diminished, while interest increased.
Gradually, Xu Fan’s interest grew even stronger.
“Bastard!”
Shuten-doji cursed furiously.
Then, his neck was sliced off, hanging by a thread of skin, his head tilting backward, but it slowly grew back.
In the end, his head was securely reattached to his neck.
The fourteenth time!
Xu Fan’s eyes twitched, equally shocked, but when he made his move again, the opponent could no longer bear it.
“Roar!”
He looked up to the sky and let out a wild roar, an incredibly strange sound that caused the heavens to change, the winds to rise, the clouds to churn, shrouding the sky and covering the moon.
His hair turned crimson as blood and swiftly grew about twenty centimeters.
Blood-red hair fluttered in the wind, and his eyeballs and lips were covered with blood, too; even his entire body surface was enveloped in a mist of blood, condensing and wrapping around his body, with nails elongating like little knives, dark red like a blood moon.
This blood mist was highly corrosive, producing black smoke upon contact with the layer of water, rapidly corroding holes into it.
For a moment, the sizzling sound was incessant.
Seeing the Big Dipper Seven-Array Formation suddenly break, Xu Fan couldn’t help but retreat swiftly.
And Shuten-doji broke free from the cage, soared into the sky, and stood at an even higher point in the void.
“People of Yan Country, you have driven me to desperation.
I never thought I would one day use this move against an early-stage Heavenly Venerable ancient martial artist.
So, you should feel honored to die by this strike,” he said.
Shuten-doji lowered his head to look down at his opponent, his voice laden with extreme anger.
He truly hated Xu Fan, for once this move was deployed, it would come at great cost; he feared it would delay his plans to unify the monsters of Island Country for several years.
Xu Fan was to blame for all of this.
Thus, he wished for nothing more than to use this strike immediately to slay Xu Fan into shreds.
Suddenly, Shuten-doji grasped at the void with his right hand, drawing the surrounding spiritual energy of several hundred meters towards him, as if commanded by his will.