Way of the Devil - Chapter 180

Chapter 180
Scarlet District Mistress, now on her feet again, had recovered her peak strength almost instantaneously . In fact, she seemed even stronger to boot .



Unlike previously, Lu Sheng was using all his arms and legs now, even the spikes on his elbows and knees .

His sabers had exploded in that collision a moment earlier .

"BAM!"

Struck by the saber, Lu Sheng smashed into the cliff once again .

Despite blocking the saber with both his arms, the massive force contained in the saber was still too great to defuse .

A giant boulder, about ten meters wide, fell down from above him .

Lu Sheng sucked in a deep breath of air, ignoring the cracks covering his armor . Suddenly, he pulled himself out of the cliff and climbed up the pencil-straight cliff like a lizard, stepping on the rock wall, and headed for the large recess in the face of the cliff .

SLASH!

A long saber covered in a scarlet glow slashed across the spot where he had been .

Scarlet District Mistress glared at Lu Sheng above her, scarlet tongues of flame rising up from her body . She leapt into the air and dashed after Lu Sheng .

SLASH SLASH SLASH SLASH!!

Large boulders and rocks kept tumbling down the cliffs around the two of them .

Even the entire cliff began trembling .

"Phantom Spirit Five Slashes!!" Scarlet District Mistress used her killing move again .

Presently, she seemed to be filled with endless strength . The scarlet glow about her rapidly compressed, then exploded outwards violently .

"KABOOM!!"

The saber missed, sliding dangerously close by Lu Sheng's skin and gouging a huge hole out of the waist of the cliff .

Huge tumbling sounds rang out .

Finally having taken too much damage, half the cliff on the left began collapsing, sliding into the river and cutting the river into two halves .

The mist in the air thickened till it almost blotted out all visibility .

"Are you dead?" Scarlet District Mistress' senses were cut off by the collapse of the cliff . The aura on her burned intensely . Her strength had not come from nowhere; she was exchanging this last burst of power from the Scarlet Dragon Tribulation shard at the cost of the burning of her entire self .

"Like I said . . . I'M THE STRONGEST!!" Two streaks of pale light, one red and the other blue, lit up from within the storm of falling rocks . A low but mad-sounding voice rang out from behind her .

Followed closely by that was a streak of light formed by the intermingling of the red and blue lights . Carrying an indomitable aura, it charged at her, smashing all boulders and rocks in its path .

"Yin Yang—DIVINE MIGHT!!"



"Phantom Spirit FIVE SLASHES!" Scarlet District Mistress hurriedly raised her saber and mustered all her power .

"BOOM!!!"

But she was still a tad too late . In the moment the massive force struck her, it riddled her with over a dozen fist-sized pits .

The two of them shot across the surface of the river and crash landed on the shore .

Everywhere, Nine Beauty Flower petals rained .

The two of them traded blows madly . Under the effects of Scarlet Dragon Tribulation, Scarlet District Mistress' injuries did not hamper her combat strength .

This was the power that she had given her all in exchange for . How could she fall here!?

"I'M NOT DYING HERE! ABSOLUTELY NOT!!" In the flames, her countenance turned a shade more savage .

"DIE!!!"

Finally unable to endure the terrifying heat, the long saber burst apart . However, the Scarlet Dragon Tribulation shard immediately generated a longer, wider blade of flames out of thin air .

The saber made of flame, about seven to eight meters long, came crashing down towards Lu Sheng .

"Phantom Spirit—INFINITE SLASH!!!"

"HAHAHAH!!! THAT'S RIGHT, JUST LIKE THIS!!"

Lu Sheng laughed madly . One of his arms red while the other blue, he detonated the liquefied Qi for both Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill and Yin Yang Jade Crane Aquarius Qi .

Red and blue fused, condensing into a small colorless orb in front of him .

"Yin and Yang becomes one: PRIME RAGE!!"

"KABOOM!!"

Before the saber made of flame and the orb made contact, they already exploded .

Flames distorted and mingled with waves of chaos, bursting into countless explosions and ripping rifts in the ground everywhere .

Power at the realm of the Black Snake was extremely compact and potent to begin with . The extent of collateral damage that resulted from their fight was catastrophic .

This meant that they were no longer using merely power that they had fully mastered, but also power that they had not yet been able to fully control .

The red flames lit the woods and sea of flowers around them ablaze . A raging fire roared and spread, producing thick black smoke which billowed into the air .

"Crack . "

By the raging fire, Lu Sheng stepped on a broken twig and stood before Scarlet District Mistress .



"Looks like I won in the end, . Lu Sheng stared at the Scarlet Dragon Tribulation shard in the saber hilt, now completely dim . He raised his arm slowly .

Scarlet District Mistress sat on the ground without an ounce of strength left in her, holding the broken saber in her hand . Wisps of black smoke wafted into the air from her body; they came out of her orifices .

"Is there a feud between us?" She lifted her eyes at Lu Sheng's uplifted arm and asked suddenly .

Lu Sheng paused in surprise .

"No . "

"So it's just for the shard?" Scarlet District Mistress seemed to come to some misunderstanding .

Lu Sheng fell into silence . Then, he laughed . "Yeah . . . it's just for the shard . "

Without warning, his palm struck downwards .

"NO!!!"

A red shadow charged at him and came ramming towards him suddenly .

"BAM!!"

With a twist of his palm, Lu Sheng struck the umbrella girl who was flying towards him precisely .

But as he was presently still in detonated liquefied Qi and Yin Yang fusion mode, even a casual strike of the palm commanded might that was far beyond what umbrella girl could resist .

Just then, Scarlet District Mistress jumped in front of umbrella girl .

The two of them embraced each other right in front of Lu Sheng .

"BOOM!!"

The Yin and Yang inner Qi penetrated their bodies, ravaging through them .

"Bam!!!"

The two of them landed and tumbled on the ground .

"SIS!" Yingying rapidly crawled over and rushed to Scarlet District Mistress' side, her tears falling like rain .

Scarlet District Mistress spat out a mouthful of black blood and grimaced as she looked at umbrella girl, a weak smile on her face .

" . . . This isn't your fault . . . Yingying . . . " The black smoke emitting from Scarlet District Mistress was growing thicker .

The fusion of Yin Yang inner Qi brought with it terrifyingly penetrative power .

It was not just her—Yingying was riddled with fist-sized holes all over her body as well . That was the effect of Yin Yang inner Qi's horrifying explosive power .

"That year, I shouldn't have turned you into . . . a Prey Ghost…" [1]

Scarlet District Mistress' pupils dilated . Thick black smoke streamed out of her . Some parts of her arms and legs were beginning to revert to their original form; astonishingly, they were turning into tiger paws covered in white fur!

At the sight of the scene, Lu Sheng's excitement and frenzy began to die down . Although he was moved by Yingying and Scarlet District Mistress' feelings for each other, that was no reason for him to let them go .

Yingying had murdered so many Crimson Whale Sect disciples and Scarlet District Mistress was even prepared to hurt Chen Yunxi . The conflict between them had come to an irremediable stage .

But Lu Sheng no longer needed to finish the job . Although Scarlet District Mistress had had taken that last blow for umbrella girl, the penetrative force had still struck the latter . Lu Sheng's strength could not be overcome by a Three-Vein like her .

The huge fire slowly spread towards them . Lu Sheng stared at the two of them as they embraced each other . Umbrella girl sobbed as she held on to Scarlet District Mistress, who was no longer moving . Bit by bit, she dragged her away from him .

Unaware that she herself would not live much longer, she tried to get Scarlet District Mistress away from Lu Sheng .

Lu Sheng ignored her . Instead, he picked up the broken saber with the Scarlet Dragon Tribulation shard, then glanced at the other sites on which they fought .

His original intention in joining this fight was to get rid of all who knew about his power . And now, it was time for him to reap the spoils .

'Let's see what I can reap from the Wandering Heart Society's lone-eyed titan, Ye Moling's corpse, and Scarlet District Mistress . These are all Snake realm beings . '

Lu Sheng relaxed his body and quickly turned back into his default Yin Extreme Mode, which was under two meters tall .

This mode boasted the greatest recuperative abilities; it was the best mode for recovery and healing . After all, he too had sustained injuries in the fight with Scarlet District Mistress .

The might of Scarlet Dragon Tribulation had exceeded his estimation . Scarlet District Mistress had been gravely wounded, poisoned, assaulted off-guard, fought to the death with the lone-eyed titan Chao Hu and even had her Black Snake membrane broken .

Yet with such a broken body, she had been able to combust herself under the empowerment of the shard and utilize such terrifying power .

Now he finally understood slightly why Noblemen and demons and ghosts so desperately sought these Divine Weapon and Devil Blade shards .

After returning to his usual body size, Lu Sheng took a step forward and floated to the spot where Chao Hu had been slain .

The massive single-eyed titan was floating on the surface of the water . Blood continued to seep out of his body into the river . From top to toe, especially that single eye on his head, he was still coated in a layer of golden light .

Lu Sheng sensed carefully as he patted him down . Before long, he dug out a black pouch from him . The titan had hidden it on the back of his waist . To his pity, however, he found no Yin Qi on the corpse .

He searched Chao Hu from top to toe . Finally, his gaze landed on the lone eye on his head .

'This thing shoots out golden beams . It's quite powerful, it should be the essence of this titan's body . '

Lu Sheng's right hand quickly turned black and his fingers hardened . Razor-sharp black blades grew out of his fingertips .

He stuck out his index finger and thumb, then pierced them into Chao Hu's eye socket accurately .

"Splat . "

Blood mixed with some yellow pus flowed out .

Lu Sheng gouged out the eyeball, with some blood-red vessels attached to it on its back . A diamond-shaped crystal floated within the eyeball .

'I guess I'll call this the Eye of the Titan . Maybe it's good stuff . ' Ever since achieving full mastery of his hard body skills and continuously inducing transformations in his body, Lu Sheng could now sense intuitively that certain things would benefit his body .

It was just like how humans would crave for particular foods from time to time . When it got hot, they would want to eat something cold to cool down . When it got cold, they would crave for something warm to warm themselves up . When it was salty, they would want to drink water . When they got hungry, they would crave for rice .

Lu Sheng kept the eyeball in a piece of rag carefully, then opened the black pouch .

With a gentle shake, three dried light gray fruits fell out from the pouch, They were unknown fruits that looked like ginkgo .

Lu Sheng placed the eyeball together with the fruits in the black pouch, then walked over to check the other corpses .

None of the three corpses possessed much Yin Qi . Moreover, these titans did not seem to rely much on external objects; hence, there wasn't much that he could find on them .

Lu Sheng gouged out all their eyeballs to keep in the black pouch .

There was also a lady with her face covered by a mask . The mask tore away to reveal a lone eye as well . But her height was that of an ordinary human .

'This is a complete race . ' Lu Sheng judged .

Without much gains, he quickly came to Ye Moling .

He dragged Ye Moling's corpse to the shore . His charred corpse had reverted to his original form—it was a black-haired, red-faced ape .

Lu Sheng found a book made of some special metal thread on him . A peculiar cultivation skill was recorded on it .

Despite being unable to read the language of the book, Lu Sheng could tell that it was a cultivation skill for demons, which had been created to exploit the potential of the demon body . As a human, it was of no use to Lu Sheng .

The composition of the human body was drastically different from that of a demon's . No matter how good the cultivation technique was, it could not be practiced by a human .

'But then again, aren't human skills designed to tap on the full potential of the human body to improve it, just like demon skills?' Lu Sheng mused . Feeling no Yin Qi in it as well, he kept it .

Then, he cut an ear off Ye Moling's body as his trophy .

With a toss, he threw Ye Moling's corpse together with the lone-eyed titan and burnt them to ashes . Only then did he return to look for umbrella girl and Scarlet District Mistress .

The corpses of the two women lay in a pile of ashes by the river . Only some black skin and bones were left on the ground, along with a pink love-knot .

From the shape of the ashes, Lu Sheng could roughly make out that Scarlet District Mistress was basically a white tiger of average size . Yingying, the umbrella girl, on the other hand, was of some humanoid species .

Like previously, Lu Sheng dug around the ashes and found a book in Scarlet District Mistress' remains .

It was an extremely small and intricate black booklet, about the size of a fingernail .

'This thing…' Lu Sheng's eyes narrowed and he quickly stuffed it into his black pouch .

This time, he did find Yin Qi on the book . And not just the usual level of density one would expect .