Immortal Path to Heaven c1-725

by Heaven's White Crane

  Needless to say, based on his current strength, an ordinary wild boar would be unable to make him feel rich in Qi and blood. Hence, he fixed his eyes on his next prey.

  In just 15 minutes, Ou Yangming had recovered his lost Qi and blood by going deeper into the deep forest.

  He finally had the time to observe his waist sash’s condition by using his consciousness.

  His waist sash was still undamaged, but one of the gems embedded in it had become unusual.

  The black human-shaped core in the middle of the Substitution Gem showed signs of disintegration.

  Ou Yangming came to a sudden realization. ‘No wonder I was able to recover in an instant when I clearly felt my arms break. It turns out that the gem has borne the injury.’

  His heart could not help but ache when he looked at the slightly disintegrated black human shape in the Substitution Gem.

  He finally understood why Zhang Yinli looked so distressed when he resisted the explosive arrow’s attack by releasing a white light.

  ‘When an extremely useful piece of equipment is damaged, it’s actually so upsetting.’

  Despite that, Ou Yangming did not dwell on it. He quickly shut down that thought and looked deeply behind him, then transformed into a blood light and disappeared.

  Chapter 94 - Fierce Battle In The Forest

  The Blood Flight Art. Ou Yangming actually performed the Blood Flight Art in the dense force.

  One would definitely be courting death by doing the same thing, but Ou Yangming’s consciousness was suddenly lifted and merged with the art when Ou Yangming activated it. At the same time, his eyes underwent a huge change where almost a third of his eyeballs were in a frightening blood red color.

  Following that, there was also a significant change in the Blood Flight’s speed, but it became much slower instead.

  Yes, Ou Yangming attempted to have complete control over the Blood Flight Art’s power as he wanted to control the speed as he wished.

  Needless to say, it was not an easy step. Even when Ou Yangming had given his all, the speed did not decrease as much as he wanted to.

  Ou Yangming flew past eight big trees by continuously shifting his body. It was worth noting that it was difficult to achieve that at such a high speed in such a narrow space. Without his powerful mental power to support him, this was definitely unachievable.

  Nonetheless, this was also his current limit. The blood light disappeared all of a sudden, and Ou Yangming was about to crash into the ninth big tree. If he had not stopped by putting his arms between the tree and his body, perhaps he would have really crashed into it.

  Ou Yangming’s heart was pounding. It was true that he could efficiently advance the Blood Flight Art to a greater height by practicing it here because his body would be smashed if he was careless. Under the circumstances, he must not be distracted, which allowed him to grasp the art more quickly.

  That said, the downside of this method was it was too, too dangerous.

  Ou Yangming was struck with an idea so he gritted his teeth and removed his waist sash, then employed the Military Fire on it.

  He wanted to see if he could restore the Substitution Gem.

  The instant the fire burned the gem, Ou Yangming’s face changed because he sensed that it was yearning for something.

  When Ou Yangming figured out what it was, he reached his hand out to press the gem.

  Sure enough, at the next moment, the Qi and blood that he had replenished for his body flushed into the gem like surges of waves. With that, the human shape in the gem was quickly restored.

  Ou Yangming exhaled deeply. He finally found the way to repair the Substitution Gem.

  Besides, the method was not energy-consuming for him at all.

  Of course, the situation would be different if someone else had carried it out.

  The restoration of the Substitution Gem required energy from Qi and blood, but a person could only produce a limited amount of them. Moreover, once a person lost Qi and blood such that they were emptied, the process to compensate for the loss would be such a pain be it the difficulty or the speed.

  On the contrary, Ou Yangming who had the Devouring ability only needed flesh and blood to absorb Qi and blood.

  When nearly half of Ou Yangming’s Qi and blood were consumed, the Substitution Gem was completely restored. He laughed for a long time, then put on the waist sash again. Next, he shifted his direction to advance deeper into the dense forest and absorbed the blood and flesh of animals that he stumbled upon along the way to recover what he had lost.

  Once he was abundant in Qi and blood again, he activated the Blood Flight Art to practice how to control it in the extreme environment.

  Although there was an obvious improvement after every practice, various issues arose due to restrictions from the environment. Consequently, Ou Yangming had crashed into trees multiple times.

  Nevertheless, due to his super-powerful consciousness, he was never fatally injured no matter how serious the crashes were. Even when he was severely injured, the Substitution Gem was utilized.

  Whenever Ou Yangming consumed too much Qi and blood to activate the Blood Flight Art and to restore the Substitution Gem, he hunted the animals in the forest to recover them.

  With that, he went deeper and deeper inside.

  Zhang Yinli was also searching in the dense forest with a gloomy face.

  Ou Yangming had been cultivating while moving around in the dense forest without covering his tracks. It was notable that Zhang Yinli was a great tracker, where he could always deduce a prey’s whereabouts even if there were little clues, hence he was able to track Ou Yangming. While he had not caught up to the young man yet, at least he had not lost him.

  However, Zhang Yinli was feeling regretful when he was tracking Ou Yangming.

  ‘I was being too confident.’ He initially thought since the ten soldiers were unable to escape from him, there was no need for him to disguise his identity when he attacked Ou Yangming.

  In actuality, perhaps because Ou Yangming had killed his only son, he subconsciously wanted to reveal his identity to make Ou Yangming regret what he had done.

  Despite that, Ou Yangming had slipped through Zhang Yinli’s fingers, and Zhang Yinli needed to find Ou Yangming as soon as possible. He had to capture him or kill him right away, and the thought of it gave him a splitting headache.

  The Fire-absorbing Badge. He had to retrieve the Fire-absorbing Badge.

  At that moment, the only thing Zhang Yinli was glad about was Ou Yangming seemed to be out of his mind. Instead of returning to the military camp, the blacksmith had entered the dense forest.

  Zhang Yinli would obviously be at a loss if Ou Yangming had fled back to the camp by relying on the strange Blood Light Art. He could only abandon his revenge and escape far away if that was the case, but since Ou Yangming had entered the dense forest, the young fellow was courting death.

  Based on Zhang Yinli’s rich battle experiences, even though he had only seen the blood light one, he could already tell that it was a miraculous method that could be used to escape in an open area. The skill could be used in the dense forest, but its effect would certainly drop.

  Therefore, Zhang Yinli’s only hope was to catch up to Ou Yangming in the forest, capture him, and interrogate him about the Fire-absorbing Badge’s whereabouts.

  After taking a look behind him, Zhang Yinli confirmed that he had erased his tracks as much as he could, but was not confident about keeping it a secret from the next pursuer. ‘Hopefully, luck will be on my side this time.’

  As if his prayer was heard, the next morning after Zhang Yinli entered the dense forest, he suddenly stopped. He was shocked and elated when he saw Ou Yangming who was wearing

  armor.

  Zhang Yinli had been worrying about how long it would take for him to get to Ou Yangming, so he was not expecting the young fellow to show up in front of him.

  When he looked at Ou Yangming, who was fully armored and was holding a m
ilitary saber, he could not help but laugh. “Why? Do you want to exchange blows with me?” As he said that, he charged at Ou Yangming without any hesitation.

  He was determined not to repeat his mistake. This time, he could not let Ou Yangming escape through the blood light.

  Nonetheless, Ou Yangming took a step forward and slashed with his saber.

  Zhang Yinli was taken aback. He suddenly realized that his forward path seemed to have been completely sealed by Ou Yangming’s slash, and he could not evade the attack no matter how he dodged.

  However, he could not be bothered to dodge it anyway. He scoffed and flapped his sleeve, which clashed with the saber.

  Although his sleeves seemed soft, they were actually a unique Qimen Weapon. An attack from his sleeve was not inferior to Ou Yangming’s military saber at all be it its sharpness or toughness.

  “Ding…”

  After a soft voice was heard, Zhang Yinli’s face took on a ghastly expression. He was exasperated when his body kept moving backward.

  ‘How does this fella have such immense

  power?’

  During the clash earlier, Zhang Yinli originally thought that he could defeat Ou Yangming even though Ou Yangming had the angle advantage of having attacked first. It was only when the saber and his sleeve clashed that he sensed the power on the military saber that was not inferior to his power at all.

  ‘How can a Force Grade martial artist be able to contend with me with mere power… No, it seems like the mere power from the saber was superior to mine.’

  Zhang Yinli’s face changed again, and he dared not underestimate his opponent anymore. He pounced on Ou Yangming again and shook his wrist to attack with an urumi[1] that was like a venomous snake.

  It could be considered a sneak attack.

  Zhang Yinli had always valued his status very much, or he would not have stopped the soldiers on the main road and killed them without any disguise. The fact that he had put down his ego to sneak an attack was enough to make Ou Yangming feel proud.

  Nevertheless, Zhang Yinli came to a shocking realization when Ou Yangming attacked with his saber again because the saber’s angle and timing were impeccable.

  It was a simple slash without fancy tricks, but the uncomplicated slash had once again put him in a difficult position.

  Zhang Yinli’s sneak attack was not effective at all. Instead, he made himself look like a clown because Ou Yangming suppressed him with just one slash.

  Subsequently, Zhang Yinli gritted his teeth then roared. His urumi straightened at that moment, then he whipped it without hesitation at Ou Yangming’s saber-light.

  He would not have done this if their strengths were on par with each other, but Ou Yangming was still a Force Grade martial artist even though his power had increased. This was why Zhang Yinli dared to break through the situation by adopting such an outrageous

  move.

  A massive amount of essential Qi surged like stormy waves as the urumi was whipped on the saber-light thrice. Each attack was accompanied by formidable essential Qi that could not be resisted by ordinary Force Grade martial artists.

  That being said, Ou Yangming’s body began swaying at that moment.

  His body seemed to have merged with his surroundings, and the way his body swayed made the entire dense forest sway as well. In fact, the branches and plants around were swaying slightly as though they were following his body.

  Zhang Yinli instantly felt that his power had been removed from him. His power was easily stripped off by the mysterious power that became one with nature.

  There was a split second when he experienced a misconception of being terrified.

  It was not a human in Force Grade boundary who exchanged blows with him earlier, but the whole world.

  Zhang Yinlin staggered backward with a terrible look on his face as he uttered, “The integration of Heaven and man!”

  [1] A sword with a flexible, whip-like blade

  Chapter 95 - Bring Him Back, Dead Or Alive!

  At that moment, Zhang Yinli suddenly felt like he had seen a ghost.

  ‘The integration of Heaven and man. Yes, I definitely sensed the integration of Heaven and man.

  ‘But how can a state like that appear on a Force Grade martial artist? Isn’t that state desired by even martial artists at the peak of Extreme Grade? Why does this world feel messed up? Is this world even the world that I used to know?’

  Zhang Yinli’s face turned green. He felt like things were going out of his control again.

  He had initially thought that Ou Yangming could not perform the Blood Flight Art in the dense forest, so if they met here, Ou Yangming would be a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. There was no way the young man could escape from him.

  However, after witnessing the integration of Heaven and man, Zhang Yinli knew perhaps the situation was going to go against his will once more.

  No matter what, he was already left with no choice. As tough as it would be, he must not let Ou Yangming go.

  Afterward, Zhang Yinli roared and stepped forward with the urumi in his hand.

  He would be humiliating himself in front of Ou Yangming, who was in the state of the integration of Heaven and man, if he was still thinking of using petty tricks or unique skills. Therefore, the only thing Zhang Yinli could do now was to suppress his opponent’s boundary with absolute power.

  If his power was mighty enough, he could naturally defeat skill with power.

  “Ding…”

  The saber and the sword clashed again, but Ou Yangming was the one who moved backward this time.

  He was equipped with armor, a helmet, a military saber, arm guards, and greaves, which gave him 11 points of Power in total.

  In terms of power only, the fact that Ou Yangming also had the cultivation base of Force Grade Class Five made him superior to Zhang Yinli. Despite that, Zhang Yinli the Yang Grade powerhouse was clearly well-equipped too. Though he did not have as much as 11 points of Power, the addition of equipment on his original strength did not make him inferior at all.

  Of course, the main point was if Zhang Yinli used his essential Qi, the impact and destructive power from the explosive moment could not be matched by Ou Yangming.

  It was natural that the essential Qi of a Yang Grade martial artist was more powerful in a battle than those from a Force Grade powerhouse.

  Ou Yangming staggered two steps back, but quickly found his footing. Nonetheless, Zhang Yinli was not going to show mercy, so he made continuous attacks with his sword. Each time he attacked, he excluded all his skills and technique, where he only used his power stab after stab.

  On the other hand, Ou Yangming casually blocked the attacks. He constantly hit the weakest spot of Zhang Yinli’s sword force, but even then, he kept moving backward due to the mighty impact from his opponent.

  Moreover, Ou Yangming also felt his body tremble violently each time his saber clashed with the sword. Wave after wave of formidable essential Qi penetrated his weapon to crash his meridians, causing them to hurt.

  This was the effect when Zhang Yinli exerted all his force to attack by transferring his essential Qi. He was determined to make ou Yangming suffer internal injuries.

  If Ou Yangming was not abundant in Qi and blood, did not have the Substitution Gem to resist the attack, and did not have the unloading power from the integration of Heaven and man, he would not have withstood Zhang Yinli’s full-forced attack and would have been stabbed in his chest already.

  After fighting for another brief moment, Ou Yangming suddenly said, “What a nice move of breaking the situation with force. I can’t defeat you, so I’ll make a move first!”

  Zhang Yinli fixed his gaze on Ou Yangming and attacked faster with his sword. Given the circumstances, how could he let Ou Yangming escape his sword force’s zone?

  That said, Zhang Yinli saw a blood light at the next instant.

  Yes, it was the blood color that had frightened him before. Following that, Ou Yangming vanished from his si
ght.

  Zhang Yinli froze on the spot. He felt that his limbs were ice-cold as though he had fallen into a ten-thousand-year-old icehouse that had no warmth at all.

  ‘How could that fella perform the Blood Flight Art in this place?’

  Even though Zhang Yinli did not possess a similar ability, he had more or less heard of legends with some peculiar techniques. ‘But aren’t all Blood Flights uncontrollable and only have a straight flight path?

  ‘How can one find an unobstructed path if one performs the Blood Flight here?’

  Zhang Yinli’s face twitched hard at that moment. Next, he looked up the sky to let out an earth-shaking roar that was full of rage, then recollected himself to pursue the blood light.

  No matter how Ou Yangming escaped, he must not give up halfway.

  ‘Unless Ou Yangming comes across reinforcements that I can’t overcome, one of us would have to stay here forever.’

  Before they exchanged blows, Zhang Yinli had always thought that he would be the one leaving the dense forest alive. In spite of that, a shadow emerged and lingered in his head, which gave him an unbearable discomfort. Zhang Yinli had a strong hatred again, but it was directed at Zhang Yinfan instead of Ou Yangming

  ‘How could that fool offend such a powerful enemy? He really deserves to die!’

  Zhang Yinli would have never thought, but would also never admit how he reacted when he first saw Ou Yangming and confirmed that the young man had killed Zhang Hanyu. Back then. Zhang Yinli had also regarded Ou Yangming as an insignificant threat that could be easily eradicated. It was not Zhang Yinfan who chose to attack Ou Yangming halfway instead of actually seeking reconciliation. It was himself.

  People were all like that, after all. Nobody would care about unimportant people whom they regarded as insignificant. In their perspective, the unimportant people were born to serve them and to sacrifice for them.

  Nonetheless, one day, they would realize that the unimportant people would grow up too. The unimportant people would rise to be opponents who could resist them, and would become unreachable, important people who could pin them down…