The Path of the Martial Arts BOSS

"Next time, you won't be so lucky!"

Blood Shadow suddenly disappeared from sight, leaving only a blood-colored afterimage in everyone's eyes.

In terms of pure speed, Blood Shadow was at the top of the True Pill Realm, with few in the Earth Rankings able to match. If he wanted to escape, there was no one present who could stop him.

However, Blood Shadow's departure also signaled that the people of Purgatory Peak had been abandoned.

With a "thump," Chi Xiao, who had earlier proclaimed that the Yin Demon Sect would pay a price, knelt down, grovelling yet attempting to project strength from within, "You can't kill me, you can't kill me, my father is the Peak Master of Purgatory Peak, you can't kill me..."

The people of Purgatory Peak were all ones whose lives (themselves) were more important than anything, and their unique living environment had shaped their distinctive character.

However, while they would go to any lengths for their lives, the people of Purgatory Peak were all of resilient mind and character. Otherwise, they wouldn't have survived in the hellish Purgatory Valley.

Yet this Third Young Master of Purgatory Peak lacked such resilience entirely. His status had allowed him to live a much more comfortable life than ordinary people outside, even amidst the harsh environment of Purgatory Valley.

The generous life had failed to forge the character that Chi Xiao should have developed but had simply given him a facade of strength concealing an inner weakness. He still had the strength to fight, but his will had been so shaken that he couldn't muster the thought to resist.

Yun Wuyue glanced indifferently at Chi Xiao, whose eyes exuded a cold detachment that made Chi Xiao tense like a cicada in winter, afraid to speak further.

"Young Sect Master, how should he be dealt with?" Hua Baimei came over and asked quietly.

After all, Chi Xiao was the Third Young Master of Purgatory Peak; whether to kill or capture, the decision had to come from Yun Wuyue, the Young Sect Master himself.

"The price of betrayal..."

A cold light suddenly flashed, and the kneeling Chi Xiao's body evenly split in two, the cross-section entirely devoid of frost, but the blood entirely congealed, preventing it from flowing out.

"Kill them all."

Yun Wuyue turned away indifferently, and the numerous pursuing experts swiftly encircled the remaining people of Purgatory Peak.

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Qing Yu did not pay much attention to the pursuit and killing of the people of Purgatory Peak.

During his time in seclusion, aside from that instance when he was granted the Xuanyin Sword Energy, Qing Yu had no contact with the outside world and devoted himself entirely to cultivation.

Time flew by quickly, and before he knew it, Qing Yu had already been in seclusion for two and a half months.

On this cold night, with snowflakes the size of goose feathers drifting through the night sky, fireworks suddenly burst forth, heralding the arrival of a new year.

The time had come again to the first day of the Lunar New Year, a new year, and also the time when Qing Yu once again had the opportunity to draw a random Character Card.

"Ding, it has been detected that the host has one opportunity to draw a random Character Card, would you like to use it?"

The system's mechanical voice caused Qing Yu to slowly open his eyes. The continuous training did not make Qing Yu feel the slightest bit tired, and even the legs which he had crossed while sitting were not at all numb.

As his strength gradually improved, Qing Yu was becoming more and more superhuman; he had even forgotten how long it had been since he last had a good night's sleep.

His strong spiritual power and vigorous physique ensured his abundant energy; unless after a great battle, Qing Yu did not feel fatigued.

And his superior mental state allowed Qing Yu to fully embrace all of his daily experiences without suffering from mental exhaustion, no matter how much he went through.

Overall, Qing Yu had already become vastly different from a normal person.

"It's time again to draw a Character Card..."

Qing Yu released the suppression with his left hand, allowing the Dragon Essence and Xuanyin Sword Energy he was in contact with to separate.

During this period, Qing Yu, apart from practicing Martial Arts, had completely stripped the Xuanyin Sword Energy from his body, because the path he was advancing on did not allow for the existence of foreign objects within him.

Reaching the Divinity Realm required the complete fusion of various energies within the body, including the True Pill, to forge a harmonious and compliant form. Only such a body could accomplish miracles like regenerating limbs and surviving a shattered heart.

Although Qing Yu had refined all the Xuanyin Sword Energy during this time, the process of refinement signified his control over the Sword Qi, but he was unable to fully digest it.

The incredibly high essence meant that only Divine Communication Realm warriors could completely digest Xuanyin Sword Energy. And when breaking through to the Divinity Realm, one could not allow such indigestible energies to remain within the body.

Therefore, Qing Yu had no choice but to strip it away.

This action caused Qing Yu's combat strength to slide, no longer allowing him to engage with Divine Communication Realm warriors as he had before, but this was a necessary process as well.

"Although the Xuanyin Sword Energy has been stripped away, with the help of that power and the Dragon Essence, my Golden Core Eighth Transition has been completed. Compared to before, my strength hasn't just increased explosively, but it has also become much stronger."

The Taiji Diagram appeared in Qing Yu's eyes, and his aura formed the shape of Yin Yang Fish around his body.

His aura, now more harmonious than in the past, radiated outward but did not leak out in the slightest, merely forming the shape of a Taiji around his body.

The "Nine Heavens Scripture" provided Qing Yu with immense enhancements; this Martial Arts technique, a collection of a lifetime of insights from the Taoist great master Zhang Sanfeng, opened up an even broader path ahead for Qing Yu.

Above the Nine Heavens Nine Chapters, there were four realms: "Two Forms Returning Elements," "Taiji Return," "Ultimate Unity," and "Infinite Returning to Truth." Qing Yu had reached the peak in "Two Forms Returning Elements," possessing complete control over his True Qi and not a hint of impatience.

Even when absorbing the fierce energies of both the Dragon Essence and Xuanyin Sword Energy, he could control them with ease, all thanks to the "Nine Heavens Scripture."

"System, draw a Character Card," Qing Yu retracted his thoughts and said to the system in his mind.

"Random Character Card, drawing..."

"Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a Four and a half stars Character Card: Qilin Demon Nie Feng."

Name: Qilin Demon Nie Feng

Realm: True Pill Realm

Item: Snow Blade, Qilin Demon Blood

Martial Arts: "Demon Sword," "Wind God Leg," "Step Wind Foot Shadow," "Ice Heart Technique" (PS: Qilin Demon Nie Feng, possessed by demonic nature, has forgotten his past Martial Arts, retaining only the "Wind God Leg," which has become instinctive, and the "Ice Heart Technique" he continuously recites in his heart)

Evaluation: Forsaking divinity and Buddha, deviating from the scriptures and the Dao.

Qing Yu looked at the Character Card in front of him, shimmering with a pale golden light, estimating that this should be Nie Feng during his Qilin Demon phase, not his entire life.

Martial Arts like the "Six Skills of Arrogant Cold" practiced before his demonic possession, and the later "True Skill of Xuanwu," were not recorded on the Character Card.

As the PS mentioned, except for the "Wind God Leg" and the "Ice Heart Technique," other Martial Arts were overshadowed by his demonic nature. As for "Step Wind Foot Shadow," it evolved from the "Wind God Leg," the first move to capture wind and shadow. Nie Feng's fate was extraordinary, and his mastery of the "Wind God Leg" far surpassed his master Xiong Ba.

Of course, even his current strength far surpassed Xiong Ba.

According to the illustration on the Character Card, this was the comic version of Qilin Demon Nie Feng, stronger than the TV drama version, and also more powerful than the anime version of Xiong Ba that Qing Yu had defeated before.