Chapter 264: Overlord Saber

This Combat Corpse was clad in Taisui Battle Armor, its Evil Qi soaring to the sky, yet the young woman in the phoenix crown and wedding veil was actually able to fight it to a standstill!

‘Something’s not right.’

The corner of Chen Shihu’s eye twitched.

That young woman didn’t seem like a Martial Artist or a Cultivator, but more like a being that cultivated the Nether Dao!

She had cultivated into a Nvba!

The next step would be a Corpse King or Ghost King, on par with an Integration Great Power of the Human Race, or even a Corpse Ancestor, on par with a Celestial Human Ancestor!

The young woman’s appearance clearly didn’t belong to the type of Combat Corpse refined by the Corpse Refining Sect, yet for some reason, she was fighting them.

Chen Shihu didn’t dwell on it. First, he would eliminate the surrounding group of Corpse Refining Sect Cultivators!

WHOOSH!

Chen Shihu spun the Long Saber in his hand and swung it downward.

It looked like a single slash, but in an instant, countless beams of saber light descended from all directions, enveloping the area and setting the entire hollowed-out heart of the mountain ablaze!

The flames were incredibly hot. The dense tide of corpses was instantly engulfed in a sea of fire, turning into individual fireballs.

Some Low Tier Combat Corpses couldn’t withstand it at all; within two or three breaths, they were burned to ashes.

Even some Corpse Ghosts on par with Nascent Soul True Monarchs couldn’t resist, at most lasting only a few moments longer.

The many Corpse Refining Sect Cultivators hiding in the shadows were aghast.

Their Combat Corpses, refined with various Secret Techniques and medicines, had long been impervious to blades, spears, water, and fire. They could even withstand the Treasure Artifacts and Magical Treasures of Martial Cultivators.

Yet the flames from a single casual slash from the man in the air had incinerated all the Combat Corpses in the mountain!

This meant that this person’s combat power far exceeded their own!

The numerous Corpse Refining Sect Cultivators were originally hiding in the shadows, but as the great fire spread, it not only incinerated the Combat Corpses but also melted the surrounding mountain rock, forming a vast expanse of crimson magma!

The magma boiled and splattered everywhere.

What was originally an ordinary mountain housing a large tomb had been turned into a massive volcano by a single slash from Chen Shihu!

The scalding magma flowed everywhere, seeping into every crack and crevice, forcing the many Corpse Refining Sect Cultivators to reveal themselves.

Some of the Corpse Refining Sect Cultivators were hiding in coffins.

But the magma was extremely hot. Once engulfed, it wouldn’t be long before their coffins melted, leaving them with no chance to escape!

SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH!

A faint sound came from mid-air as the Corpse Refining Sect elder waved his sleeve, sending several streaks of black light shooting toward Chen Shihu.

A Magical Treasure of the Corpse Refining Sect, the Soul-Loss Nail!

He could tell that Chen Shihu’s Cultivation had reached at least the Returning Void Realm.

Cultivators who reached this Realm had already condensed a Primordial Spirit.

Even if their physical body was severely injured, or even if their heart was destroyed, as long as the Primordial Spirit remained intact, they would not truly die.

The Primordial Spirit was both a powerful tool and the greatest weakness.

These Soul-Loss Nails were created by soaking them day and night in the Corpse Oil of Combat Corpses, infusing them with numerous vengeful souls, and Refining them using a Magic Technique from the Corpse Refining Sect’s supreme Demon Technique, the Corpse Demon Secret Manual.

A single hit from one of these nails, regardless of where it struck the body, would directly attack the Primordial Spirit, making them extremely formidable!

At the same time, the Corpse Refining Sect elder tossed something with his right hand. A round, fist-sized bead flew out, its surface dim and radiating a gloomy Yin Qi.

The Yin Evil Pearl!

It was condensed from a massive amount of Yin Qi and Evil Qi. It was hollow inside, containing Corpse Poison and Corpse Oil.

Even if an opponent could block the pearl, getting tainted by the Corpse Poison would, at best, result in a loss of combat power. At worst, it meant certain death.

If tainted by the Corpse Oil, which clung tenaciously, it could be ignited with Ghost Fire to severely injure them as well!

Simultaneously, the Corpse Refining Sect elder waved the Bone Banner in his hand. A constant stream of Corpse Qi gathered upon it, and the shadow of a Combat Corpse gradually materialized on its surface.

The next moment, this Combat Corpse’s shadow stepped out of the Bone Banner and merged into another Combat Corpse.

This Combat Corpse’s aura surged. It roared at Chen Shihu, and with a WHOOSH, its entire body erupted in green Ghost Fire as it charged forward like a madman.

The Corpse Refining Sect elder didn’t dare to be careless, unleashing all of his trump cards.

‘What vile, unorthodox techniques!’

Chen Shihu sneered. Without retreating or dodging, he took a sharp, deep breath.

The Soul-Loss Nails were incredibly fast. Just as the pitch-black nails were about to strike, Chen Shihu suddenly opened his mouth and let out a long roar!

“ROAR!”

This was different from Lu Bai’s roar, which could shake the forests and mountains.

Chen Shihu’s roar was like that of a majestic lion perched on a mountaintop, looking down upon all living things, filled with a great power that was fearless, valiant, and sacred!

The Soul-Loss Nails instantly plummeted.

The approaching Yin Evil Pearl also froze in mid-air, and cracks suddenly appeared all over its surface.

The next moment, it exploded, splattering thick, purple smoke and dust mixed with viscous, putrid Corpse Oil everywhere.

However, it was too far from Chen Shihu to harm him in the slightest.

Even the charging Combat Corpse was stunned by the lion’s roar, its steps faltering.

The Corpse Refining Sect elder frowned, a pained expression on his face.

At that very moment, he felt an intense sense of crisis, as if imminent doom was about to befall him!

With a flicker of his Divine Thought, a massive Bronze Coffin suddenly appeared before the elder.

Among the Magical Treasures of Corpse Refining Sect Cultivators, besides the Corpse Heart Bell, the most common was the Corpse Nourishing Coffin.

Besides their usual purpose of nourishing and refining corpses, these coffins had another use: to serve as defensive Magical Treasures.

Under the force of the lion’s roar, only the Combat Corpse in the Taisui Battle Armor and the young woman in the phoenix crown and wedding veil were unaffected. The two continued their fierce battle, fighting with ever-increasing ferocity, as if they shared some deep-seated hatred!

In the brief moment that Combat Corpse had paused, a flash of light seemed to pass by.

Chen Shihu was not seen to lift a hand. He simply strode through the air, closing in on the Corpse Refining Sect elder and brushing past the Combat Corpse that had been burning with Ghost Fire just moments before.

The Combat Corpse stood motionless, as if under an Immobilization Spell.

After Chen Shihu passed it, countless, densely packed bloody lines suddenly appeared all over its body.

The next moment, the Combat Corpse suddenly disintegrated into neatly cut chunks of flesh that scattered across the ground!

The Corpse Refining Sect elder had already recovered his senses. His pupils contracted at the sight.

Before he could react, the Bronze Coffin protecting him let out a piercing metallic screech and suddenly exploded into countless fragments!

PFFT PFFT PFFT!

In an instant, innumerable bronze fragments embedded themselves in his body.

‘Such a fast blade!’

The Corpse Refining Sect elder was horrified beyond measure.

From start to finish, he hadn’t even seen Chen Shihu attack.

His Combat Corpse had been diced into pieces.

If it weren’t for the Bronze Coffin’s protection, he would already be dead by the blade!

“You’re a Dharma Aspect…”

The Corpse Refining Sect elder didn’t dare to linger. He turned to flee, but after uttering just four words, he seemed to realize something.

He had already cultivated to the Returning Void Realm and condensed a Primordial Spirit.

Even though his body had been grievously wounded by the fragments of the Bronze Coffin, he wouldn’t die immediately and could still maintain his life force.

He was just about to use the power of his Primordial Spirit to drag his broken body away from this place when he suddenly plummeted from the sky.

The many bronze fragments embedded in his body were laced with an incomparably sharp Sword Qi.

This Sword Qi converged, rushed straight into his Sea of Consciousness, and began to shred his Primordial Spirit!

“Such a tyrannical blade…”

The light faded from the Corpse Refining Sect elder’s eyes. He uttered his last few words, and his head lolled to one side. His Primordial Spirit was extinguished—body and soul annihilated!