Chapter 799 Charm Demon Technique, A Fate Worse Than Death

After Yin Tianchou clashed with Shen Lang and was defeated, Duan Chenfeng finally prepared to attack Shen Lang, using his superior status to bully someone weaker.

The immense pressure of an Emperor Martial Realm Eighth Heaven expert instantly enveloped Shen Lang, rendering him unable to move a single step.

However, the very next moment, just as the stone beneath Shen Lang’s feet began to shatter…

Duan Chenfeng’s ferocious pressure vanished without a trace, replaced by an endless aura of death.

Duanmu Xie, a towering figure standing thirty feet tall and clad in full armor, appeared at Shen Lang’s side!

It was his power that had completely swept away Duan Chenfeng’s pressure.

“I had barely closed my eyes to cultivate for a moment, and someone already dares to move against my lord? And you want to steal my things? I am very angry. The consequences will be severe!”

Duanmu Xie’s voice, like a demonic incantation, echoed across the second-level platform. It was so terrifying that it even stopped a group of powerful experts in their tracks as they were rushing up from halfway down the mountain.

“Fall back!”

Sensing Duanmu Xie’s formidable aura, Duan Chenfeng and Yin Tianchou instantly retreated over a hundred meters.

Monk Bu Se, shouldering his sign, also fled into the distance along with the mysterious woman.

Once an expert of the Emperor Martial Realm made a move, there would likely be no safe place left on the entire platform.

“Senior Brother… this zombie…” Yin Tianchou’s expression wavered as he gritted his teeth.

Shen Lang might be capable, but with Duan Chenfeng present, killing him should have been as easy as flipping a palm.

Besides, Shen Lang had already been struck by his self-created secret skill. Now, it was just a matter of waiting for the Black Crow Witchcraft to fully activate within his body.

But now, the appearance of this zombie had caused even Duan Chenfeng’s expression to change drastically. This newcomer was clearly hostile.

He had seen Duanmu Xie take the Heaven-Slaying Trident earlier when he used the Qi Gathering White Flag Formation, but that vision hadn’t revealed just how formidable Duanmu Xie truly was.

The moment the zombie appeared, a deathly pressure more than twice as powerful as Duan Chenfeng’s own enveloped the entire area, making it hard for Yin Tianchou to breathe and causing cold sweat to stream down his face.

The thought that the Heaven-Slaying Trident, which had been within his grasp, might slip away again made Yin Tianchou feel like he was about to lose his mind.

Duan Chenfeng naturally knew what Yin Tianchou wanted to ask.

His expression turned grave. “I never expected this zombie to be so powerful. To deal with him, I’m afraid I’ll have to use the item Master gave me…”

Yin Tianchou’s spirits lifted. “With that item, Senior Brother, what are your chances of winning?”

“Chances?” Duan Chenfeng gave a sinister laugh. “If I’m the one to activate that item, no one below the Quasi-Emperor Martial Realm will be left alive!”

“However, once I use it, my Primordial Qi will be severely damaged. It will probably take me several hundred years to recover…”

A joyful expression appeared on Yin Tianchou’s face. “Senior Brother, please, do what you must. As long as you can kill him and seize the artifact… I, Tianchou, will never forget your great kindness for the rest of my life!”

At that moment, Duanmu Xie’s temper flared. “Are you two morons done with your endless chattering? Get over here and die!”

Duanmu Xie had been holding it in for a long time…

He had overheard Shen Lang’s previous conversation with Lu Qianqiu, as well as the exchange with these two just now.

He knew, of course, that they were after the Heaven-Slaying Trident.

They had dared to disrespect Shen Lang, constantly threatening to kill him. That alone was enough to make Duanmu Xie’s rage boil over.

On top of that, they wanted to steal the Heaven-Slaying Trident, an item that was already his!

And their pursuit of the trident had put Shen Lang in danger…

This was absolutely intolerable!

Now that Shen Lang had finally released him from the Heaven-Sealing Cauldron, Duanmu Xie was itching to rush forward and tear them to pieces.

“My Lord, leave these two animals to me. I’ll take care of them.”

Duanmu Xie opened his massive maw, black gas hissing from between his teeth as he spoke. His body shrank significantly.

Yet, his monstrous power didn’t weaken. Instead, it surged dramatically, becoming even stronger!

Shen Lang said calmly, “You take the strong one. I’ll handle the weak one.”

On the other side, Duan Chenfeng sent a voice transmission to Yin Tianchou. “Activating this item takes time. Junior Brother, you must buy me a little. Otherwise, if I get into a fight with this zombie, I might not get another chance to use it…”

“Don’t worry, Senior Brother. Leave it to me,” Yin Tianchou said with a cold smirk.

With that, a smug look appeared in Yin Tianchou’s eyes. He took two steps forward and sneered at Shen Lang, “From the looks of you, you still want to fight me? Do you really think you have any strength left?”

Yin Tianchou let out a malevolent laugh. “I have to admit, you’re pretty capable. To take a hit from my Demon Dragon Heart-Shattering Palm and still be able to talk, to still be this spirited… not bad. Not bad at all!”

“But forget about fighting me. Even if I don’t lift a finger, you won’t live much longer!”

“Take a good look inside your own body! Hasn’t the Black Crow Witchcraft already invaded your heart meridian, occupied all your Mystic Gates, and locked your Nascent Soul? You can’t even circulate your Spiritual Power, can you? This is my very own creation, the Demon Dragon Heart-Shattering Palm! HAHAHAHA!”

As Shen Lang listened to Yin Tianchou, the malevolent aura in his eyes grew even more intense.

Strangely, however, he remained silent. Ever since taking that palm strike, he had been focused on neutralizing Yin Tianchou’s Demon Dragon Heart-Shattering Palm.

In fact, this wasn’t the first time Shen Lang had encountered the Demon Dragon Heart-Shattering Palm.

He had first seen its effects on Zhuge Xian’Er.

A vicious, sinister technique that fused Black Crow Witchcraft with the cultivation techniques and restrictions of the Thousand Soul Hall, putting its victims in a state between life and death.

Shen Lang had witnessed this very thing when he was expelling the poison from Zhuge Xian’Er.

He never expected to run into the culprit so soon, let alone have the very same technique used on him.

Unfortunately for Yin Tianchou, the Shen Lang of today was not the same as before. In order to heal Zhuge Xian’Er, he had long ago absorbed the Black Crow Witchcraft into his own body, then used the Tai Chi Diagram to completely analyze and refine it.

Just because he could neutralize it didn’t mean he could forgive it.

‘Such a vicious and evil person… Not only is he gifted, but he uses the power of the War God Hall to swagger around, torturing and killing the weak. Whether it’s for Xian’Er’s revenge or for all his other victims, this man must die!’

At this moment, Shen Lang’s eyes surged with killing intent, his malevolent aura soaring to the heavens.

This expression even gave Duanmu Xie, who was standing at his side, a moment of pause.

In the past, Shen Lang had rarely been this enraged.

He’d certainly never been provoked to the point of madness.

‘For my Lord to show such undisguised killing intent… It seems these two must die!’

As Duanmu Xie made his decision, the mysterious woman and Monk Bu Se, who were watching from a distance, both grew anxious.

They had heard every word Yin Tianchou said.

“Black Crow Witchcraft!”

The Black Crow Witchcraft was one of the Ten Extremes Poisons! Even Emperor Martial Realm experts would give it a wide berth.

Once invaded by this poison, even an expert at the Initial Tier of the Emperor Martial Realm would be left… if not dead, then crippled!

That Yin Tianchou was so vicious! In the instant his Profound Artifact was destroyed, he had exchanged a palm strike with Shen Lang and blasted the Black Crow Witchcraft into his body.

Amid this strange atmosphere…

Shen Lang, his killing intent for Yin Tianchou already solidified, shifted his gaze slightly. A flicker of red light flashed deep within his pupils and was gone.

“Charm Demon Technique!”

At this moment, Shen Lang unleashed a mind-bewitching demon art he had almost never used before.

It was a Pupil Technique that could be used on Martial Artists whose cultivation was no more than three heavens apart.

Against someone with a slightly higher cultivation, it could affect their mind, causing them to make a mistake or reveal an opening.

Against someone with lower cultivation, it could cause them to lose their senses, or even allow the caster to control their mind for a short time.

In the War Emperor’s memories, there were at least eight or ten similar cultivation techniques or pupil techniques.

It was just that Shen Lang disdained to use such techniques.

Ever since he had merged with the War Emperor’s soul and awakened his memories, Shen Lang had frequently killed powerful enemies whose cultivation levels far surpassed his own.

A technique that took a long time to cast and wasn’t very effective against opponents of a much higher tier was, to Shen Lang, completely useless.

But this time was different. He had discovered that Yin Tianchou was the one who had poisoned Zhuge Xian’Er for centuries. He knew this man had combined Black Crow Witchcraft with Thousand Soul Hall techniques to create such a vile and evil magic, and then used his War God Hall background to swagger about…

Shen Lang didn’t want to just cut the man down.

Killing him with a single blow would be letting him off too easily.

He had to crush his confidence, destroy his mind, and finally, let him taste the feeling of having his soul scattered.

Even if, by some one-in-a-thousand chance, Yin Tianchou managed to escape, the shadow of this encounter would haunt his future cultivation, forever preventing him from taking another step forward on the path of Martial Arts.

‘You like to make others wish they were dead? Then I’ll make you wish *you* were dead!’

While Shen Lang was casting the Charm Demon Technique, Duan Chenfeng’s attention was fixed entirely on Duanmu Xie. He was desperately gathering power to activate the Exotic Treasure that Bai Luobing had given him and failed to notice Shen Lang’s subtle actions.

Meanwhile, Yin Tianchou’s cultivation was significantly weaker than Shen Lang’s. Furthermore, because Shen Lang had stolen his fated opportunity, he was in a half-crazed state, his gaze locked on Shen Lang…

As the Charm Demon Technique took effect, the completely unguarded Yin Tianchou was struck head-on.

Seeing Yin Tianchou’s eyes glaze over for a moment, his mind growing even more unsettled, Shen Lang sneered internally and began to prod him.

Shen Lang let out a cold laugh, his voice slow and magnetic. “You fuse the Black Crow Witchcraft with a Martial Soul. Then, you use the Black Crow Witchcraft as a foundation for Spiritual Lines to lay out a Heaven-locking Earth-locking Array using the restrictions of the Thousand Soul Hall. Finally, you activate it with the Heart-Shattering Palm from the White Banner of the Five-Colored Flag Lineage, blasting it into an enemy’s body. It not only corrodes the meridians but even locks their Divine Soul…”

“Such a sinister, overbearing technique!”

“So, it was you, Yin Tianchou, who did that to Xian’Er.”

“Xian’Er is brilliant, gentle, and kind. I really want to know… how could you bring yourself to attack a girl like that, one with whom you had no deep-seated hatred? What kind of heart do you even have?”

Yin Tianchou had been immensely pleased with himself, but upon hearing Shen Lang’s words, a look of utter horror appeared on his face. “Zhuge Xian’Er? How do you know about her? And my secret skill… how do you know the details so clearly? Where did you learn my name?!”

His rapid-fire questions were filled with urgency, disbelief, and a growing sense of fear.