Chapter 773 - 758: Crippled and Sealed

The Grand Array formed by the nine Spirit Pattern Pillars was certainly powerful, but its might was limited by the strength of those controlling the pillars.

Shen Lang had previously considered having the Five War Wolf Commanders, after they advanced to the King Martial Realm, join Yuan Bupu and the others to make a group of nine to control these Spirit Pattern Pillars.

Without powerhouses of sufficient caliber like Yuan Bupu and You Yue Evil Song controlling one of the pillars, the Grand Array’s operation would be incomplete. Its power wouldn’t be enough to kill an expert at the level of the Demonized Mu Feng, a Half-Step Emperor Martial Realm cultivator.

Shen Lang hadn’t summoned the nine Spirit Pattern Pillars with the intention of using the array to trap Mu Feng to death.

He merely wanted to use the Grand Array to corner Mu Feng and compensate for his own lack of speed.

Shen Lang, who had been a great distance away, instantly appeared above Mu Feng’s head—a perfect example of the Grand Array’s wondrous function!

The Grand Array formed by the nine Spirit Pattern Pillars created its own independent space that could be moved at will.

Simply put, Shen Lang hadn’t moved; the array had.

The array had teleported the entire area where Mu Feng was located over to him!

It was precisely by leveraging this wondrous property of the nine Spirit Pattern Pillars that Shen Lang could freely appear anywhere within the Grand Array, as if he had multiple clones.

Just as the power within Mu Feng’s body became entangled with the power of the Water Demon Saber...

Shen Lang suddenly appeared above him. A Death God Nail, emitting a faint glow, emerged from his right palm, which he then slammed down toward Mu Feng’s Baihui Acupoint!

By the time Mu Feng sensed the danger, how could he possibly have had time to dodge?

As far as Mu Feng was concerned, Shen Lang’s speed, even with the aid of the Grand Array, wasn’t enough to pose a threat to him.

But the Death God Nail was not only indestructible, its speed was also utterly inconceivable. Moreover, Mu Feng hadn’t yet had time to neutralize the power of the Water Demon Saber!

With a SHLICK, the Death God Nail pierced Mu Feng’s Baihui Acupoint, leaving less than an inch of its length exposed!

BANG!

The Baihui Acupoint is on the Du Meridian, a convergence point for the three yang meridians of the hands and feet and the Du Meridian itself. The moment the Death God Nail entered Mu Feng’s Baihui Acupoint, the Demon Power spreading across his body burst and instantly dissipated.

The sinister, domineering power of the Death God Nail, combined with the Netherworld Qi, instantly trapped all of Mu Feng’s meridians, completely suppressing him!

Once the Demon Power inside Mu Feng was suppressed, the power of the Water Demon Saber was no longer held in check. It immediately tore open his abdomen, blasting away most of the Abyss Demon Power!

From the shocking, enormous gash in his abdomen, a dark green liquid continuously seeped out.

Had this been an ordinary Human Race expert, such a horrific injury would have long since destroyed their body.

Yet this Demonized Mu Feng, though now immobilized with his evil aura dispersed, still had his eyeballs... rolling around wildly!

At that moment, Shen Lang descended. With the Yellow Springs Sword in his left hand, he stabbed SHLICK SHLICK SHLICK into one hundred and eight of Mu Feng’s vital Mystic Gates.

Each strike pierced through Mu Feng’s body, leaving behind a strand of Netherworld Qi within the Mystic Gate it hit!

Afterward, the Yellow Springs Sword moved swiftly across Mu Feng’s body, carving a profound and unfathomable Spirit Array Map.

POW!

Shen Lang slammed his right palm into the center of the Spirit Array Map, driving the Array Map into Mu Feng’s body.

The one hundred and eight strands of Netherworld Qi, activated by this Restriction, were instantly set in motion. They linked together one by one, forming a Heaven and Earth Net inside Mu Feng’s body that locked him down completely!

Mu Feng’s eyes immediately bulged out, losing their previous liveliness. It seemed even rotating his eyeballs had become extremely difficult!

The Demon Power of an Abyss Lord was certainly terrifying, but even an Abyss Lord himself would probably not dare to touch this supremely yin and evil Netherworld Qi lightly.

This was the purest evil qi from the Nine Netherworld Prison!

Shen Lang took a breath and circled Mu Feng three times, then dismissed his Vermilion Bird Divine Fire Armor and Thunder Battle Armor.

Then, with a wave of his hand, he retracted the nine Spirit Pattern Pillars.

THUMP!

Shen Lang pulled a chair out of his Sumeru Ring and sank into it, exhausted.

He then popped two Withered Wood Revives Spring Pills into his mouth and began to regulate his breathing with his eyes closed.

This battle seemed simple in the telling, but in reality, it was far more difficult than killing Yuwen Huaji had been.

Shen Lang had practically played all his trump cards, fusing all the powers within his body and unleashing them at once.

The Vermilion Bird Divine Fire, the Netherworld Qi, the Supreme Yang and Firmness of the Thunder Power, and the power of his Chaos Divine Body—any one of these powers was terrifying on its own.

To fuse so many types of tyrannical and violent powers was a feat as difficult as ascending to the heavens!

It was not only difficult, but also dangerous to the extreme!

If he could achieve a perfect fusion, or even a brief perfect fusion, then killing someone like Mu Feng would truly take fewer than ten moves, just as it had now.

If the fusion was incomplete, it would be like the first form of the Nine Revolutions of Life and Death Mysterious Technique that Shen Lang had created, "Netherworld Demon Tribulation." Countless energies would converge, clash, and then release a world-ending power!

It could be said that if Shen Lang hadn’t used the Tai Chi Diagram to comprehend Yin Yang Fusion, and if he didn’t possess the War Emperor’s subtle and precise control over power, achieving such a thing before reaching Emperor Martial Realm Cultivation would be nearly impossible.

...

On the other side, Duanmu Xie, Nangong Wan, and the others, who had been nervously watching the nine Spirit Pattern Pillars, were all stunned when the pillars suddenly vanished and Shen Lang and Mu Feng appeared together.

Sensing that Shen Lang’s aura had weakened to an extreme degree, Duanmu Xie immediately flew into a rage.

Black qi surged through the passageway as Duanmu Xie’s giant hand shot out, grabbing for the head of the motionless Mu Feng!

Given Duanmu Xie’s strength, if this grab connected, he could definitely crush Mu Feng’s head!

"That’s enough. Save your strength. I’ve already crippled him."

Shen Lang spoke without opening his eyes, just as Duanmu Xie began to move.

Duanmu Xie’s hand froze instantly in front of Mu Feng. He sniffed the air and said, "My Lord, are you alright? How did you get so badly injured!"

Duanmu Xie was an extremely powerful Zombie, and his sensitivity to the scent of blood was off the charts.

He was also very familiar with Shen Lang. He hardly needed his eyes or Divine Thought to know; just by smelling the blood flowing from Shen Lang, he could tell that this time had been incredibly arduous for him.

Duanmu Xie glanced at the ground and, sure enough, saw that the nearby area was covered in blood!

All of it was Shen Lang’s!

As for the dark green liquid flowing from Mu Feng, an ordinary person wouldn’t be able to tell if it was Mu Feng’s blood or some other substance from a Demon’s body... In any case, it corroded the ground on contact before most of it dissipated into the air.

"What happened? Did you win?"

At that moment, a terrified Nangong Wan and the other three ran over.

Their eyes were wide as they looked from Shen Lang to the now aura-less Mu Feng, still unable to fully process what had happened.

But Shen Lang’s aura was weak, and the smell of blood was overwhelming. With their abilities, they could sense this clearly.

"Of course he won! Otherwise, would my Lord still be sitting here talking?" Duanmu Xie snapped.

Nangong Wan and the other three instinctively flinched, and a GULP could be heard from their throats.

Even though the two experts from the Imperial Dragon Sect and Monk Bu Se knew Shen Lang was incredibly powerful, they still found it hard to believe that he had finished off Mu Feng in ten moves.

It was just that Mu Feng had been too strong...

And really, not much time had passed between the appearance and disappearance of the nine Spirit Pattern Pillars!

But they didn’t dare refute Duanmu Xie’s words.

"Amitabha. Martial Ancestor, are you seriously injured?"

Monk Bu Se asked with concern. He took two steps forward, swept his hands out, and a peaceful Buddha Light—something Duanmu Xie utterly loathed—immediately enveloped Shen Lang.

OMM!

As if drawn by this pure Buddha Power, the Star Moon Bodhi Prayer Beads inside Shen Lang’s body suddenly emerged from the top of his head.

The Buddhist Beads fused with the Buddha Power emitted by Monk Bu Se and began to pour into Shen Lang’s body.

Duanmu Xie let out a low growl and shifted more than twenty meters to the right before stopping.

The moment the Star Moon Bodhi Prayer Beads appeared, Duanmu Xie felt his internal qi stagnate, making him extremely uncomfortable. The Corpse Qi around his body was also melted away by the Buddha Light...

However, this Buddha Light, which was extraordinarily terrifying to a Zombie, was better than any Miracle Elixir for Shen Lang.

Once the pure and vast Buddha Power entered his body, it joined with his Life Spiritual Power and began to rapidly repair his riddled and wounded physique.

Shen Lang kept his eyes closed and said calmly, "My injuries are just from using a Forbidden Technique. My body’s strength couldn’t handle it, that’s all. It’s nothing serious."

"I see!" Nangong Wan and the others let out a collective sigh of relief.

Shen Lang wasn’t too concerned about the consumption of his internal power, as he had the Tai Chi Diagram to supply him.

The real damage and fatigue were mainly physical.

The face beneath his mask was now completely transformed, split by numerous gashes. The blood seeping from them had only just stopped when the Buddha Power entered him.

Nangong Wan and the others couldn’t see Shen Lang’s face, but they could clearly see... his neck was completely dyed red with blood, and that blood was still slowly trickling down.

Shen Lang didn’t need to say another word. Everyone understood just how difficult this battle had been for him!

’Just what is this guy thinking?’ Nangong Wan’s thoughts churned like a tidal wave as she watched Shen Lang gathering his energy to heal. ’He clearly could have let Duanmu Xie deal with Mu Feng. Why push himself to this extent?’

How could Nangong Wan and the others possibly understand...

The reason Shen Lang had sought a swift conclusion, even at the cost of grievous injuries, was not just to stimulate his own potential. There was another reason.

The Demon Power inside Mu Feng’s body was continuously eroding his physical form.

If he didn’t deal with Mu Feng quickly, it wouldn’t be long before the Abyss Lord’s Demon Power erupted completely and took full control of Mu Feng’s body.

At that point, Shen Lang wouldn’t be facing a Demonized Mu Feng, but a minor incarnation of an Abyss Lord!

So, his claim of finishing Mu Feng within ten moves wasn’t posturing or playing the fool... Shen Lang always acted after careful planning. Every move he made had a specific meaning or purpose.

At this moment, Shen Lang was an image of contradictions. The smell of blood emanated from him, his neck and hands were covered in it, and he still wore the Evil Ghost Mask, yet he was bathed in a serene and peaceful Buddha Light.

In this dark and deep passageway, the scene was bizarre to the extreme...

In the darkness, a red-haired youth deep beneath the Dragon Scale Divine Hall, and a terrifying demonic eye at the center of the Divine Hall’s upper level, both seemed to be piercing through layers of space to watch him quietly.

And Shen Lang, it seemed, was completely unaware...