Jiang Chengwei was not able to hit Zhang Yinli with his body. Though he had put his life on the line, which was truly unexpected, his path was blocked by the white light.
After the shards fell on the ground, the furious Zhang Yinli went over to Jiang Chengwei’s corpse.
The corpse was already covered in holes, and was completely disfigured by the countless shards.
Even then, Zhang Yinli gritted his teeth and took a step forward to kick Jiang Chengwei’s neck. The kick was as fast as lightning, and as sharp as a saber, by which Jiang Chengwei’s head was kicked off at once.
Subsequently, Zhang Yinli proceeded to kick Jiang Chengwei’s dead body, which was sent flying away as a result and was nowhere to be found. He then tipped his toe and shifted to Ou Yangming’s side.
Zhang Yinli’s face finally looked hideous. The white light earlier was stimulated from his most powerful defensive treasure, which he had cherished very much because it could only be used once.
Who knew, the precious opportunity was wasted on an ant that he thought of as unimportant, thus his resentment toward Jiang Chengwei was not at all lesser than his grudge toward Ou Yangming.
“Young fella, quickly tell me where the Fire-absorbing Badge is, or I’ll make sure you end up like him. Not only will you die, but your family will suffer too!” Zhang Yinli shouted fiercely.
Ou Yangming looked fearful and was in disbelief when he looked at the head in front of him.
It was as if a ten-thousand-feet tall wave had surged inside him, and the fluctuating yet painful emotion that he felt at the moment was indescribable.
Even though Ou Yangming had not interacted much with Jiang Chengwei, a few moments flashed before his eyes at that instant; moments where the squad leader made things difficult for him in the past, and when the leader eventually respected him and fawned over him in every way possible.
“I applied for home leave as I’m visiting my younger sister in the prefecture!”
The words were still ringing in Ou Yangming’s ears, but the person who said it could not see his younger sister anymore.
Ou Yangming’s lips trembled a little. He was neither afraid nor having a heartache because he did not share such a relationship with Jiang Chengwei.
Nevertheless, he was full of rage at that moment; a rage that could burn everything down including him.
The more infuriated he was, the calmer and clearer his mind was.
In particular, along with his mental power, the purple light in his head rose to a new height.
Ou Yangming observed Zhang Yinli’s every move. While he could not resist the man in terms of power, he had transcended himself in terms of mental state.
Instead of looking angry, Ou Yangming began to calm down.
Zhang Yinli furrowed his eyebrows. He quickly looked around him but did not find anything unusual.
He wondered, ‘I actually became fussy and overly suspicious after that ant sneaked an attack on me.’
As he was comforting himself, he did not notice the mental power in the void that existed in an incomprehensible way.
Ou Yangming closed his eyes and asked slowly, “How do you know that the Fire-absorbing Badge isn’t with me now?”
Zhang Yinli scoffed. “I have another Fire-absorbing Badge with me now. If two badges are present in the same area, they naturally produce an induction. Since nothing is coming from your body, it proves that the badge isn’t with you now.”
“If that’s the case, you’ve searched my residence too?” Ou Yangming questioned.
“Not only your residence but your smithing workshop and even Old Craftsman’s place were also searched.” Zhang Yinli sneered.
Ou Yangming suddenly looked up at him. “Old Craftsman?”
Zhang Yinli curled his lips. “That’s right. If you refuse to realize your mistake and insist on keeping the Fire-absorbing Badge for yourself, Old Craftsman will also die because of you!”
“You… You’re really going to eliminate everyone!” Ou Yangming nodded slowly.
“Hmph!” Zhang Yinli stared at him with indifference. “Ou Yangming, you don’t have to play any tricks, it’s useless even if you try to drag this any longer. They’re all dead, your arms are broken, and so are your breast bones, so are you still going to try to escape? Besides, I didn’t even torture you. Isn’t that enough to prove that I’ll keep my word?”
Ou Yangming flashed a smile at him. “Sir Zhang, I suppose you didn’t punish me right away not because you’re being kind, but because you’re afraid that you’ll kill me if you overdo it.”
Zhang Yinli’s face instantly froze. “Nonsense!”
He swayed his body and was about to approach Ou Yangming.
Ou Yangming quickly shouted, “If you take another step forward, I’ll kill myself now, and you’ll never find the Fire-absorbing Badge!”
Zhang Yinli halted. His face looked as gloomy as a rain-bearing cloud before a rainfall.
Just as Ou Yangming said, Zhang Yinli actually hated him so much that he was only giving excuses when he claimed that he would spare Ou Yangming and let Ou Yangming serve him because of his smithing art.
Zhang Yinli only wanted to find out that Fire-absorbing Badge’s whereabouts to acquire it.
Once he obtained the badge, he would torment Ou Yangming by executing every cruel punishment in the world on him to avenge Zhang Hanyu’s death.
Obviously, Zhang Yinli had not hurt Ou Yangming yet because he needed to get the Fire-absorbing Badge.
It was important to take revenge for his son, but the badge was more important at the moment. Although he had killed many soldiers earlier, he was rational enough to know the seriousness of this matter.
Ou Yangming smiled hideously and expressed, “There were more than ten soldiers, and they shouldn’t have died!”
Zhang Yinli narrowed his eyes. He could tell that Ou Yangming was very agitated, but he was delighted to see that. This was because it was easier to deal with someone who was on the verge of breaking down than someone who was composed.
Of course, the precondition was he had the ability to suppress that person.
Ou Yangming looked up and said, “Tell me what exactly is the Fire-absorbing Badge, and I’ll tell you where it is.”
The Devouring attribute in the Fire-absorbing Badge was the strangest and the most mysterious attribute that Ou Yangming had acquired. In fact, the attribute played the most important role in his current success because his martial power and mental power could not have achieved their respective height without it.
Therefore, he really wanted to know the badge’s background if he could.
Zhang Yinli hesitated before answering, “Okay, I’ll tell you. The Fire-absorbing Badge is the legacy of a Sky-devouring Devil God in ancient times and is said to contain the devil’s secret in devouring the sky. If someone is able to fathom it, that person will possess the devil’s Sky-devouring Ability.”
Ou Yangming asked, “Did anyone manage to fathom it?”
Zhang Yinli scoffed. “Why will the Fire-absorbing Badge still exist if someone has fathomed it?”
“The badge isn’t yours!” Ou Yangming suddenly uttered.
“You’re very smart, but overly smart people usually don’t get to live a long life.” Zhang Yinli frowned and looked deeply at Ou Yangming. He then sighed and paced toward the young blacksmith.
Ou Yangming smirked and asked, “Aren’t you afraid that I’ll commit suicide now so you’ll never find the Fire-absorbing Badge?”.
Zhang Yinli sniggered. “If you dare to do that, I’ll return to the military camp to kill Old Craftsman and bury him with you. What do you think?”
“You dare lay a finger on Old Craftsman?” Ou Yangming’s face instantly changed. He had a look of savage on his face and seemed like he was ready to perish together with his enemy.
“He’s just an old craftsman, so why would I not dare to? Hehe, I guarantee that I’ll kill him discreetly, and I’ll make sure he gets to meet you in hell
!” Zhang Yinli laughed out loud as he was slowly becoming at ease.
When he approached Ou Yangming step by step, his footsteps sounded like thunderous drum beats on Ou Yangming’s heart.
Seeing as Zhang Yinli was getting closer to him, Ou Yangming exhaled deeply. He reached out to Jiang Chengwei’s head with one hand and grabbed a huge bag with his other hand.
Zhang Yinli’s face suddenly changed and he exclaimed, “Your hands…”
Even though he had held back earlier to not kick Ou Yangming to his death, he had actually broken the young man’s arms.
Zhang Yinli was a hundred percent sure of that.
That being said, the young man had just stretched his arms easily and did not look injured at all.
Zhang Yinli was finally feeling afraid. He slowly realized that he had lost control over the situation.
He raised his eyebrows and quickened his pace. While he did not know what Ou Yangming’s trump card was, capturing Ou Yangming was unquestionably his best move for now.
At the spur of the moment, a red light flashed in front of him.
Ou Yangming had vanished into thin air.
“Wh-what was that?” Zhang Yinli mumbled with a pale face and widened eyes.
Chapter 93 - Stay Alive, Kill Him!
As Ou Yangming’s body flashed into a blood light, he instantly flew 5 kilometers away.
This was the Blood Flight, the powerful skill contained in his mysterious waist sash. He had unleashed the skill to its greatest extent during the crucial moment.
Besides, Ou Yangming noticed something delightful when he used the Blood Flight; his mental power that had suddenly advanced to a new height due to the rage and fear somehow showed signs of having control over the skill.
He could feel a huge change in his speed during the flight, where he seemed to have slowed down a lot.
The scenery that initially moved backward like the wind became acceptable as he had a clearer view. Although he still could not move his body during the Blood Flight, his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose were in a normal state. The swift movement no longer disrupted his senses.
This was only the first step.
Seeing as he was about to enter the dense forest, Ou Yangming’s mental power that was boosted to the maximum attempted to control the Blood Flight.
The Blood Flight skill instantly crumbled when Ou Yangming tried it the first time, but now that his mental state was stimulated like never before, his flowing thoughts were more engaging by a few times than usual. He used his mental power to the extreme the instant the power came into contact with the skill.
As such, Ou Yangming’s consciousness and the Blood Flight merged at the next instant.
An intense light shot out from his eyes at once, and a vague blood red color was especially seen deep in his eyes. Additionally, there was a drastic change in his aura.
If someone who was familiar with him was present at that moment, that person could certainly not identify him through his aura.
Once Ou Yangming’s mental power and the Blood Flight merged, he clearly felt his Qi and blood flowing away at a high speed. It happened so shockingly fast that he might soon pass out due to the lack of Qi and blood.
Though he had escaped from Zhang Yinli, it did not mean that he was completely safe.
Since Zhang Yinli’s identity was exposed, there was no chance for a reconciliation between them. Zhang Yinli would definitely hunt for Ou Yangming, and would not give up unless one of them died.
Similarly, Ou Yangming was not going to surrender.
He had never hated someone so much.
Zhang Yinli killed eleven soldiers, whom he knew, in front of him, and even threatened to harm Old Craftsman.
When Zhang Yinli brought up the old man, he had totally rubbed Ou Yangming the wrong way.
‘Since you want to harm Old Craftsman, you’ll have to die!’
The blood red color in Ou Yangming’s eyes was becoming richer. It occupied a third of his eyes, which made him look fearsome.
Following that, his body that was moving backward at the speed of light took a sudden turn and formed an S-shaped path in the air.
Control. This was control over the Blood Flight Art, and it was the first time it was effective.
Before this when Ou Yangming activated the skill to escape, he could only travel in a fixed and direct path. In fact, the art would not bother if an obstacle appeared in his path.
As for now, it depended if his body was tough enough. If his body was weaker than the obstacle…
Okay, the uncontrollable Blood Flight had become past tense. Ou Yangming could finally control the Blood Flight Art if he went all out. Even though he had only managed to form an S-shaped path, it proved that change was possible.
The first S shape had appeared, after all, so how could the second one be very far away?
Before long, the dense forest was straight ahead, and the first big tree was becoming bigger through Ou Yangming’s view as though he would crash into it soon. However, his body strangely disappeared the instant he was about to hit the tree.
No, Ou Yangming did not disappear. He had actually moved so fast that he flashed past the tree and appeared behind it.
The unbelievable speed gave an illusion of disconnection as if his body went through the big tree.
Likewise, Ou Yangming’s current speed had surpassed an ordinary human’s limit, so after evading the first crisis of being crushed into pieces, he was welcomed with the second crisis.
Another big tree was in his path, and his body was charging at it very quickly.
His mental power was instantly boosted again when it originally could not be heightened anymore.
“Woosh -“
Ou Yangming’s body vanished, and he was already behind the tree when he reappeared.
The blood light that surrounded him was gone too.
It was true that the dangerous process was intense, but it was short-lived.
Nonetheless, Ou Yangming instantly sensed an extreme weakness when the Blood Flight Art was lifted. It was a strong feeling of having lost a considerable amount of Qi and blood, and as though his entire body had been emptied. Ou Yangming did not have the power to even move an inch.
He inhaled deeply and grimaced in pain while slowly getting up.
Ou Yangming knew that he seemed to be safe now, but was actually running out of time.
A 5-kilometer distance could not stall Zhang Yinli — a Yang Grade powerhouse — for long.
After putting the bag down, Ou Yangming put his hands on the saber that he had carried on his waist. As his Military Fire burned, the Devouring attribute was attached to the saber. Nevertheless, it was then when Ou Yangming’s heart throbbed because he realized that the military saber had weighed around 500 kilograms, and he could not wield it as he wished anymore.
He was finally conscious of how huge the consumption of his Qi and blood was.
If he could not even hold a saber, how would he hunt? How would he replenish his Qi and blood?
At the spur of the moment, Ou Yangming heard soft sounds. The sounds would not have drawn his attention under normal circumstances, but they were pleasing to his ear at the moment.
Ou Yangming noticed a small hare in a bush when he turned to look, and the hare stared at him cautiously. He curled his lips into a smile, then reached for a dagger at his waist to throw it at the hare.
The alert hare instantly flashed away to escape, but an explosion was heard at that moment. Its body was penetrated by at least ten steel shards, and as a result, it collapsed to the ground without being able to get back up anymore.
Ou Yangming gritted his teeth and approached it step by step while dragging his military saber. His breathing was rapid and heavy, and he was pale, but his steps were firm. Ou Yangming did not stop at all because he had stronger will power.
‘Stay alive!
‘Kill him!
‘Stay alive! Kill him!’
The hare was mercilessly stabbed, w
here its blood and flesh instantly turned into energy that flowed into Ou Yangming’s body.
Although a hare alone was not enough for Ou Yangming to regain the Qi and blood that he had lost, he gained some power and speed.
He underwent an enormous change from when he was exceptionally weak earlier.
Ou Yangming turned around with a cold face, then shook his bag upside down to pour out his helmet, armor, arm guards, and greaves. Subsequently, he put them on without wasting a single second.
As he channeled essential Qi into the equipment set, he instantly sensed powerful energy in his body as if he had transformed into someone else.
That said, Ou Yangming remained the same facial expression. The purple consciousness was still floating above his head, hence he was extremely calm.
In order not to waste the empty bag, he used it to keep Jiang Chengwei’s head, then left in a flash.
Ou Yangming searched for a rather obvious spot, and dug a deep hole to bury the head. He took a good look at this area to remember the terrain well, then turned to dash out of the dense forest.
With the Vision +1 attribute, he could see in advance danger and animals that were either far away or lurked in the dark.
Ou Yangming’s eyes lit up all of a sudden when he was running, and he took another turn to kick a big tree beside him, where he jumped strangely to the other side. Over there, an average-sized wild boar was rolling in the mud to give his body a mud treatment.
It seemed to have sensed danger all of a sudden as it quickly straightened its body.
However, a cold light had already appeared next to it, and penetrated its body ruthlessly.
A wild boar was one of the most valiant species in the forest. In particular, an injured wild boar would become so ferocious that a tiger — king of the forest — would feel troubled and would stay away from it.
Just as the wild boar suffered immense pain and wanted to struggle, its body became powerless, and it ended up collapsing to the ground.
The wild boar’s body shrunk at a speed visible to the naked eye and completely disappeared after a brief moment.
On the other hand, Ou Yangming had a much better complexion, and his Qi and blood levels were finally satisfactory.
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