Chapter 43: The Four Palaces Enraged, the Bull Demon Has Backing!
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Boom!
Boom!
Heavy footsteps, like the tolling of a bell or the beating of a drum, approached from afar.
The thick snow on the ground, mixed with rain, surged like a rippling quilt, spreading out from a distance and crashing onto the stone steps in front of Xu's Wood Carving Shop, sending waves of snow like surging tides.
Wave after wave, as if each step caused such a ripple.
A mournful wailing echoed continuously, traveling from one end of the long street to the other.
As if the gates of hell had been opened, the wailing ghosts...
Wailed and howled, roaming through the night!
In the alleyway.
The old man listened to the approaching footsteps, feeling the extremely intense Divine Essence mixed in the footsteps, and gently patted the child, Lv Chi, beside him.
"Go on, foolish child."
"A Divine Essence cultivator interfering in a Martial Warrior's battle... is going too far."
The old man said softly.
Upon hearing this, Lv Chi's eyes showed no fear; instead, they seemed to burn like a raging fire, fierce and intense.
"Master, leave it to me!"
"Consider it a surprise for the little junior sister who hasn't even crossed the threshold yet!"
Lv Chi grinned, tilting his head, and showed a radiant smile.
In the next moment, he pulled out a thumb-sized wooden carving from his pocket. Despite its small size, the carving vividly depicted a child holding a red-tasseled spear, with a bun-like hairstyle, wearing a red bellyband, and surrounded by red silk ribbons. It was clearly the work of a master.
Wide-eyed, fierce, and domineering...
Lv Chi pressed the thumb-sized wooden carving against his forehead, and instantly, particles of light floated and dispersed from within the carving, which contained Divine Essence.
All of it was absorbed into Lv Chi's forehead, and when the carving turned into residue and sand, it slipped through his chubby fingers.
Lv Chi's forehead glowed red, his eyes wide with fury!
"My little junior sister who hasn't even crossed the threshold is about to die!"
"Ah! I am so angry!"
"Prince, help me!"
Lv Chi shouted, his fury surging, his eyes blazing with fire, and his aura rising steadily.
The old man smiled, flicking his finger, and instantly, red silk ribbons floated out and wrapped around Lv Chi.
Lv Chi's face was obscured by the fiery Divine Essence that was overflowing!
The swirling wind and snow enveloped him, the red silk ribbons swirling around him, as if he were standing on a tornado, creating a terrifying presence!
The old man stroked his beard and smiled, nodding slightly.
Angry Divine Essence.
[Third Prince of Wrath]!
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...
The winter rain, mixed with snowflakes, pattered down from the sky, bouncing like marbles on the oiled paper umbrella.
Under the umbrella, a figure in white, more radiant than the snow, with a handsome and otherworldly face, eyes filled with melancholy, and a tear mole at the corner of his eye, seemed to be about to burst into tears.
His forehead's hair strands fluttered slightly, revealing Si Mu Bai's face, on the verge of tears.
Holding the umbrella in one hand, he walked, each step causing the snow on the ground to roll forward, clearing a clean path for him to walk.
He strolled leisurely toward Xu's Wood Carving Shop.
Regardless of the situation inside the wood carving shop, no matter how intense and urgent it was.
Whether it was Zhao Chuanxiong being decapitated by the Bull Demon, or the four Blood Change Martial Warriors circling and hunting the Bull Demon...
None of it made his steady steps falter in the slightest.
"Zhao Chuanxiong is dead."
Si Mu Bai pursed his lips, the tear mole appearing even more sorrowful, his voice filled with grief.
"What a pity... he's dead, and I'm so afraid, so afraid that Zhao Xuanhai will come after me..."
"Divine Capturer, the one who killed me, I'm so afraid, so sad... sniff, sniff..."
Si Mu Bai was enveloped in sorrow, cultivating his Divine Essence, the Seven Emotions Divine Essence... using emotions as a medium to draw out Divine Essence, and cultivating the right emotions before battle could make the Divine Essence more active, enhancing his combat power.
Cultivating emotions was a necessary skill for every Divine Essence cultivator.
Under the guise of sorrow, his eyes were clear and sharp.
Si Mu Bai looked at Xu's Wood Carving Shop in the snowy night, his sorrow tinged with a dark expression. The Bull Demon... had appeared.
Zhao Chuanxiong had brazenly taken Chen Dabao away in broad daylight and caused a commotion outside Xu's Wood Carving Shop, and indeed, it had provoked the Bull Demon's attack.
But even Si Mu Bai had underestimated the speed at which the Bull Demon's strength had improved.
The [Wrathful Crying Ghost-Taming] Divine Essence he had left on Zhao Chuanxiong had transmitted back the information that the Bull Demon had already undergone Blood Change!
"So fast... this Bull Demon... who is he?"
Si Mu Bai was truly curious.
But no matter how hard he searched his mind, he could not find anyone who matched the Bull Demon.
Whether a Martial Warrior or a Divine Essence cultivator, there was no one who fit.
"This city... doesn't need heroes."
"Tonight."
"I will send this lone hero on his way."
Si Mu Bai held the oiled paper umbrella, the raindrops sliding off the edge of the umbrella like tears of sorrow.
But the thought of killing the Bull Demon, the hero, made Si Mu Bai's heart race with excitement, and his sorrow could not be contained, making him want to smile.
Crying and laughing, wailing like a ghost.
Suddenly.
Si Mu Bai's raised foot came down with a thud.
A dull thud!
The snow, like cotton, was kicked up in a wave, crashing toward the distance.
His stiff neck struggled to lift, his face, frozen in a sorrowful expression, remained rigid like a wooden carving.
The wave of snow, as it surged forward, began to melt, turning into a river, as if there was a blazing fire source ahead, melting the snow and ice along the entire street!
And there, on the crest of the wave.
A child with fiery eyes, his face blurred, surrounded by red silk ribbons like dancing dragons, his black hair swirling like seaweed.
His chubby fingers, plump from excess nutrients, clenched into fists, his face full of anger, staring at him.
The intense Divine Essence, like a red lotus, bloomed wildly.
Si Mu Bai's face, on the verge of tears, was filled with sorrow, his gaze fixed on the child like a red lotus, his hair standing on end.
"Such Divine Essence... Angry Divine Essence, Four Palaces Level... [Prince of Wrath]?"
The entire street...
In the high temperature, the rain and snow melted, the rain falling from the sky turned into a torrential downpour, splashing on the umbrella, drenching the elegant Si Mu Bai, the rainwater dripping from his forehead.
Si Mu Bai's face was abnormally flushed.
He coughed violently, the sorrow in his eyes dissipating, turning into a trace of fear.
"Four Palaces Level?"
"Impossible! How can Feilei City have a Four Palaces Level Divine Foundation?!"
"How is that possible?!"
"This Bull Demon... has backing!"
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Qi and blood raged like an angry python, the rain landing on the massive body instantly evaporating.
Li Che, wearing a Cute Ox Mask, felt the rain hitting his straw hat, wondering slightly why the snow had turned to rain.
But he had no time to ponder the change in the weather, as four fiery auras were closing in, trapping him in a circle.
His foot stomped heavily, the ground's blue bricks cracking, spider-web-like fissures spreading.
Li Che halted his massive, demonic figure, his eyes behind the mask as calm as ever.
Here, they were in a secluded area of Xu's Wood Carving Shop, far from his own courtyard, giving the four Blood Change Martial Warriors the illusion that he had no escape and was cornered.
Li Che did not retreat.
Three Blood Change experts from the Spirit Child Sect formed an array in front of him, blocking his three sides.
They wore children's masks, some crying, some laughing, some angry...
And in the distance, Si Mu Bai's Blood Change subordinate, Guo Zhan, stood like a sharp spear on the rooftop, drawing his bow, his eyes coldly watching Li Che, the rainwater dripping from his chin.
No matter how heavy the rain, it could not make the arrow he aimed at Li Che waver in the slightest.
"Run... Bull Demon, run..."
"You ate the fish bait, no, the ox bait... and you still want to run? Where is there such an easy thing?"
The three Blood Change experts from the Spirit Child Sect, their mask eyes coldly staring at Li Che.
"No way out, surrender... let us take a good look..."
"What kind of heroic face is behind that Bull Demon mask?"
A Blood Change Martial Warrior wearing a crying girl's mask sneered.
Li Che, wearing the straw hat, his elastic suit drenched by the rain, perfectly outlining his massive, muscular build.
He lowered his head.
Dead end? No way out?!
Indeed, the current situation... had driven him to a dead end.
[Dao Fruit: Dragon Elephant Vajra (Level 1, 90%)]
The Dao Fruit prompt appeared before his eyes.
Just a little more...
But, it's almost there.
Li Che suddenly raised his head, his eyes burning with battle spirit, the intense killing intent no longer hidden!
At this moment.
The hesitation and unease he had felt since crossing into this world, the anger and killing intent at the Spirit Child Sect's rampant brutality, no longer needed to be concealed!
All of it would be...
Completely unleashed in this battle!
I will...
Kill! All! Of! You!
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