Chapter 185 - 117: Cracking the Case and Earning Merit, Rooting Out All Evil

Chapter 185: Chapter 117: Cracking the Case and Earning Merit, Rooting Out All Evil

Before the words had even faded, the Bloodthirsty Black Wolf, which had been ignored for far too long, finally lost its patience.

A piercing howl rang out as a visible, crimson soundwave erupted from the wolf’s mouth. It carried a soul-shaking spiritual assault that instantly swept through the entire temple!

Demon Technique—Blood Wolf Howl!

The few team members inside the temple who hadn’t yet passed out felt a searing pain rip through their minds, as if they’d been struck by a sledgehammer. They collapsed one by one, screaming and clutching their heads as blood streamed from their eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.

Even Wang Sanshui, a Third-Layer Qi Cultivator, turned deathly pale. His Sea of Consciousness roiled violently, and he lacked the strength to even climb back to his feet.

Yet Chu Bai, standing at the epicenter of the sonic blast, remained completely unaffected. His clothes billowed, but his expression didn’t so much as twitch.

Within his Sea of Consciousness, that wisp of Divine Thought, as resilient as a candle flame in the wind, flickered gently and easily neutralized the spiritual assault.

’A spiritual attack? Utterly amateurish.’

Chu Bai sneered inwardly.

Thanks to his cultivation of the Guardian Scripture, the strength of his Divine Soul was his greatest asset.

The moment the soundwave dissipated, the black wolf sprang into action.

It didn’t pounce directly. Instead, it spewed a ball of corrosive, ink-black Demon Fire, cutting off all of Chu Bai’s escape routes. Under the cover of the flames, its claws glinted with a deadly light as it lunged for Chu Bai’s throat!

It was a vicious and insidious sequence of attacks. An ordinary Third-Layer Qi Cultivator, still reeling from the sonic blast, could do nothing but close their eyes and wait for death.

But for Chu Bai, the world looked entirely different.

He pushed the Guardian Scripture to its limits, and his Divine Thought spread out like flowing mercury, blanketing his surroundings.

Under the perception of his Divine Thought, the wolf’s seemingly unstoppable lunge was broken down with absolute clarity. The preparatory motion for every action, the trajectory of every wisp of Demon Power—it was all laid bare in his mind.

’The Demon Fire is unstable, its power impure.’

’Its left flank is undefended. The attack pattern is simplistic.’

As these thoughts flashed through Chu Bai’s mind, his feet were already moving.

Fire Step Ascension!

A flash of red light erupted. Instead of retreating, his body moved like a phoenix soaring through flames. At the last possible second, he slipped through a gap in the black Demon Fire at an impossibly acute angle.

A few strands of his hair sizzled and curled from the heat, but he had already pressed in close to the black wolf’s flank.

Formless Cloud Hand!

Chu Bai lifted his hands, and Cloud Qi began to swirl in his palms. The motion appeared gentle, almost weak, but it concealed a ceaseless torrent of Water Spiritual Power.

As the wolf’s claws swiped at him, his hands moved like a pair of gliding fish, gently making contact with its thick forelimbs.

That single touch not only neutralized thousands of pounds of force, but a gentle, insidious Spiritual Power simultaneously invaded the wolf’s meridians, instantly numbing one side of its body.

"Up!"

With a low shout, Chu Bai used the principle of Borrowing Force to Strike, redirecting the wolf’s momentum with a fluid pull.

BAM!

The enormous Demon Beast’s center of gravity was completely shifted by that seemingly fragile pair of hands. It was sent tumbling like a gourd and slammed violently into a nearby altar!

With a deafening CRASH, the altar exploded into splinters, and the idol toppled to the ground.

The black wolf was completely disoriented from the impact. It scrambled to its feet, howling in a mixture of bewilderment and rage.

It couldn’t understand how this human’s Magic Techniques were so bizarre. Their Spiritual Power was clearly on the same level, yet he had dismantled its assault with such ease.

In utter disbelief, it roared and charged once more. Demon Power exploded from its entire body, and its swiping claws conjured blades of wind that shredded the nearby walls.

But to Chu Bai, whose perception was enhanced by his Divine Thought, it was all futile.

Chu Bai’s movements were ephemeral. He weaved through the storm of wind blades as if he were taking a leisurely stroll through a garden.

’Too slow.’

He casually conjured a Water Shield, precisely intercepting a wind blade in his path, then followed up with a backhanded Cloud Hand strike to the wolf’s flank.

AROOO!

The black wolf shrieked in pain, its form stumbling.

’Too many openings.’

Chu Bai shook his head, a flicker of boredom in his eyes.

He had already achieved his goal of testing his skills. This beast fought on pure instinct; even with a slightly higher Realm, it was nothing more than a moving target for someone like him, armed with Divine Thought and exquisite Magic Techniques.

’Time to end this.’

As the black wolf opened its great maw for one last, desperate attack, Chu Bai did not evade.

His gaze hardened. He brought the index and middle fingers of his right hand together. The Water Spiritual Power inside him compressed at a frantic rate, then converted into impossibly sharp Innate Geng Metal Qi.

Five Elements Transformation. Metal generates Water, but Water can also transform into Metal!

Spirit Water Needle at the Perfection Realm—Geng Metal Armor-piercing!

"Go!"

A point of brilliant, dazzling golden light flared at his fingertips.

This was no longer a gentle current of water, but an indestructible, all-piercing blade!

PFFT!

A faint, muffled sound, yet it somehow drowned out the whistling wind.

The golden light, as fine as a silk thread yet sharpened to the extreme, passed through the wolf’s prized Protective Demon Qi without the slightest resistance. It pierced its tough skull, entering between the eyes and exiting through the back of the head, taking a spray of red and white with it.

The wolf’s charging body froze mid-lunge, the vicious light in its eyes rapidly fading.

BOOM!

The massive wolf carcass slid several feet from its momentum before collapsing at Chu Bai’s feet, raising a cloud of dust.

Blood slowly pooled out, staining the grey flagstones red.

Chu Bai lowered his hand as the Spiritual Power coursing through him slowly subsided. He gave his sleeve a light flick, shaking off the dust that had settled on it.

The temple fell into a dead silence.

Only the tireless howling of the wind outside the temple broke the silence.

Wang Sanshui, still sprawled on the ground, gaped in disbelief. His jaw had nearly hit the floor.

He knew what he was seeing.

And precisely because he was a Cultivator, he understood better than anyone just how terrifying that display had been.

That was a Magic Technique at the Perfection Realm! Not only that, but it was also the exceedingly rare Five Elements Transformation!