Chapter 265: Dharma Aspect Contention

With the Corpse Refining Sect elder dead, the Black Armored Combat Corpse faltered for a moment. A sliver of white appeared in its once pitch-black pupils, and it froze on the spot.

Once the master of a Combat Corpse dies, the refined creature becomes an ownerless object, reverting to a mindless, dead body.

Bai Chuchu saw her chance. She suddenly darted forward, snatched the Storage Pouch from the Black Armored Combat Corpse’s waist with one hand, and tucked it into her robes.

At the same time, she pressed in close, reached out with both hands to grab the horns on the Black Armored Combat Corpse’s helmet, and began to rip at them with all her might.

Chen Shihu caught sight of this and was secretly dumbfounded.

The Combat Corpse was clad in imposing, ferocious black Armor, its frame tall and large. The young woman, however, was small and slender. Her entire body was pressed against the Black Armored Combat Corpse, her fair, delicate hands unable to even get a full grip on the thick horns.

For some reason, the young woman was using this bizarre method, completely disregarding her own image. It seemed like she was trying to rip the Combat Corpse’s head clean off!

Although the young woman was a Nvba, Chen Shihu didn’t feel much aversion to her.

If she hadn’t kept this Combat Corpse busy underground and contended with that Corpse Refining Sect elder, Yue Qianshan and the others might not have held out for so long.

Within the mountain peak, lava boiled, leaving the Corpse Refining Sect Cultivators with nowhere to hide.

Some were swallowed by the scalding lava, annihilated without a trace.

Others were forced out of hiding and tried to flee, only to be cut down and instantly killed by flashes of a saber that appeared from nowhere!

Just then, something unexpected happened!

The Black Armored Combat Corpse suddenly sprang to life. It grabbed the back of Bai Chuchu’s clothes with one hand, balled its other into a fist, and smashed it into her chest!

They were too close, and the change happened without any warning.

Caught completely off guard, Bai Chuchu took the full force of the Black Armored Combat Corpse’s punch. A tyrannical, unmatched power, accompanied by endless Evil Qi, surged into her body.

BANG!

Bai Chuchu was blown to smithereens by the Black Armored Combat Corpse’s strike, exploding into a cloud of blood mist!

“Hm?”

Chen Shihu didn’t have time to intervene. His expression changed at the sight, and he raised and swung his saber.

In an instant, the sky was filled with a curtain of saber light!

CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG!

A series of sparks flew from the Combat Corpse’s body, accompanied by the shriek of clashing metal.

The countless saber strikes landed on its body but were utterly unable to pierce the Taisui Battle Armor!

Chen Shihu’s gaze narrowed.

Meanwhile, the Black Armored Combat Corpse slowly turned its head, its movements still somewhat stiff.

Its pupils, now showing slivers of white, stared intently at Chen Shihu, but its eyes held a bizarre mix of emotions.

There was confusion, doubt, and a hint of hostility.

That was a look that should never appear in the eyes of a Combat Corpse.

‘What’s going on?’

‘The old man from the Corpse Refining Sect is dead, so how did this Combat Corpse gain consciousness of its own?’

Chen Shihu frowned, focusing his senses and remaining on high alert.

The two stared at each other from a distance, their auras steadily rising, ready to clash at any moment.

Suddenly, both of their gazes shifted, landing on the cloud of blood mist that hung between them.

Bai Chuchu had been blown apart by the Black Armored Combat Corpse’s punch, turning into a blood mist.

But this cloud of blood mist hadn’t dispersed. Instead, a strange power was surging within it.

Within a few breaths, the blood mist rapidly coalesced, reforming into the figure of Bai Chuchu, looking exactly as she had before!

‘What kind of technique is this?’

A flicker of doubt passed through Chen Shihu’s mind.

‘A mere Nvba shouldn’t be able to cultivate to this level.’

After Bai Chuchu’s form manifested, she was still whole in flesh and blood, but her face was several shades paler. Her figure had become somewhat blurry and translucent, a clear sign she had suffered a significant blow.

‘What on earth is she?’

Chen Shihu was secretly alarmed.

After reforming her body, Bai Chuchu stared at the Black Armored Combat Corpse, a flicker of rage in her eyes. She let out a sudden, piercing shriek and lunged at the Black Armored Combat Corpse once more!

The shriek sounded like the wail of a newborn, yet it contained a mysterious and eerie power.

Chen Shihu wasn’t close, but upon hearing the cry, his mind went into a slight daze.

‘It seems this woman is also skilled in Sound Strike Secret Techniques.’

As the thought crossed his mind, Chen Shihu suddenly felt something warm on his cheek and subconsciously reached up to touch it.

His fingertips came away wet.

Without realizing it, he had begun to cry, two streams of tears running down his face!

A chill ran down Chen Shihu’s spine. He quickly collected his Heart and Spirit, Entering the Divine State to look within.

There, in his Sea of Consciousness, a faint wisp of mist had appeared. It coalesced into a grotesque crying face and was drifting toward his Primordial Spirit!

Chen Shihu hurriedly focused his Primordial Spirit and unleashed a Primordial Spirit Secret Technique.

His tyrannical Divine Sense condensed into a flash of light like a saber’s edge. It swept out, slicing the grotesque crying face in two, which then gradually faded and disappeared.

Chen Shihu was secretly alarmed, a wave of lingering fear washing over him.

The young woman’s techniques were truly bizarre, completely unheard of.

If he hadn’t been prepared, even if that attack hadn’t killed him, his Primordial Spirit would have been gravely wounded!

Moreover, she hadn’t even been intentionally attacking him just now.

He was only attacked because he had heard her cry.

It was an indiscriminate attack!

Inside the mountain, the remaining Corpse Refining Sect Cultivators were all frozen in place.

Even as the lava crept past their ankles and up their legs, they seemed to feel no pain. Silently, with tears streaming down their faces, their expressions were filled with sorrow and their eyes were lifeless. They simply toppled over, stiff as boards, into the lava.

These Corpse Refining Sect Cultivators were already dead before the lava even consumed them.

Yet the Black Armored Combat Corpse, which was closest to the young woman, was not significantly affected. Its eyes only reddened slightly before it quickly recovered.

In that split second, Bai Chuchu charged forward again. Her hands clamped onto the horns in a death grip, and she planted her feet on the Black Armored Combat Corpse’s shoulders. With stubborn resolve, she was still trying to tear off its head!

BOOM!

Suddenly, a tyrannical and unmatched power erupted from within the Black Armored Combat Corpse! A terrifying figure, tens of feet tall, rose up, radiating dense Corpse Qi and a rampant, oppressive might. The shockwave alone was enough to tear Bai Chuchu to shreds!

“A Corpse Body Dharma Aspect!”

Chen Shihu’s expression grew solemn. “Fellow Daoist, fall back!” he shouted.

Before his words had even faded, Chen Shihu activated his Primordial Spirit. A Blood Qi Dharma Aspect tens of feet tall rose up behind him. It bore his exact likeness, with eyes like torches and an imposing aura, and it gripped a Long Saber.

This Dharma Aspect radiated an ancient, primeval aura, as if a Fierce Beast had suddenly awakened!

As the Blood Qi of his Dharma Aspect surged, the image of a strange Demon Beast with the body of a tiger and nine tails appeared, merging with the Dharma Aspect and flickering in and out of sight!

At that very moment, a massive black shadow rose from the churning mist behind Bai Chuchu. It climbed higher and higher, its features indistinct. Eerie gusts of Yin Qi swirled around it, creating a hellish atmosphere. The boiling, scalding lava below instantly froze over and was extinguished!

Three Dharma Aspects manifested at once, and Heaven and Earth trembled!

Unable to withstand the power of the three Dharma Aspects, the mountain peak collapsed completely. Countless boulders tumbled down as clouds of dust billowed into the air.

The black shadow behind Bai Chuchu stretched out a pair of massive hands dripping with Yin Qi, grabbed the helmet on the Black Armored Combat Corpse’s Dharma Aspect, and began to tear at it with all its might!

Even after summoning her Dharma Aspect, Bai Chuchu still chose to use this bizarre method.

Chen Shihu raised his hand again, and the towering Dharma Aspect behind him mirrored the motion.

It raised its hand and swung the saber!

This time, there wasn’t a sky full of dazzling lights.

There was only a single flash of the blade, slashing down toward the neck of the Black Armored Combat Corpse!