Chapter 629 - 175: Overwhelming Ferocious Might, Breaking a Myriad Arts with a Single Force

Chapter 629: Chapter 175: Overwhelming Ferocious Might, Breaking a Myriad Arts with a Single Force

"You little bastard! You should be proud for forcing me to use my trump card, the Five Ghosts Demon Puppet!"

"Now, savor their terror in utter despair!"

The black fog thinned slightly, revealing the Ghost Bone Elder’s shriveled face, twisted with rage and alarm.

He had spent a century of painstaking effort forging these five Demon Puppets.

They were created by smelting various rare metals with the bones of over a hundred formidable Martial Artists, then binding their Fierce Souls within using a Secret Technique.

The bones of each one were as hard as a Middle-Grade Profound Weapon!

Together, the five could form the Five Ghosts Soul-Locking Array—a formation so profound it could trap and kill even a peak Bright Heart Realm expert!

Just as Chu Fan’s Divine Sense began to probe them, something changed!

The five skeletal Demon Puppets shuddered, and the black Runes flowing across the surface of their bones suddenly flared to life.

With a WHOOSH, an eerie green fire erupted from every single bone!

The flames were silent, yet they radiated an extreme, soul-piercing cold!

When Chu Fan’s Divine Sense reached for the Demon Puppets, it felt as if a normal person had plunged their bare hand into a roaring fire. A sharp pain shot through him, causing his brow to furrow as he hastily withdrew his Divine Sense.

"My lord, be careful! That’s Soul-Burning Nether Fire! It burns the souls of the living—you must not probe it directly with your Divine Sense!"

Seeing this from a distance, Mo Yunzi immediately shouted an anxious warning.

She was the Ghost Bone Elder’s martial niece. While she didn’t know all of his venomous techniques, she recognized the Soul-Burning Nether Fire as one of his signatures.

"Meddling bitch!"

The black fog roiled violently as the Ghost Bone Elder’s venomous gaze shot toward Mo Yunzi’s hiding place.

"After I deal with this brat, I’ll rip your very soul from your body!"

"I’ll tear it to shreds alongside his and burn you both in the Nine Nether Soul Fire for a century!"

"I’ll make it so you can’t live, but you can’t die either!"

"Five Ghosts, tear him to shreds for me!"

The Ghost Bone Elder’s expression was savage as the Dharma Seal his hands formed suddenly shifted.

SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

The five Demon Puppets, wreathed in eerie green Ghost Fire, instantly blurred into five ghastly white Residual Images.

A foul wind blasted him as they closed in from above, below, left, right, and behind—five directions, like five nets of death, simultaneously sealing off all of Chu Fan’s escape routes!

Claws of stark White Bone, wreathed in Ghost Fire and sharper than daggers, thrust toward Chu Fan’s vital points with enough force to pierce metal and stone—his head, heart, Dantian, back, and the crooks of his knees!

In the distance, Tang Yu, who had been watching the battle from the shadows, donned a strange, aura-concealing mask. The Primordial Qi within her began to surge as she prepared to intervene.

Though she was only in the early stage of the Bright Heart Realm, she was a skilled assassin with trump cards of her own. She was confident she could stall one of the Demon Puppets, at least for a short time.

Stalling even one would be enough to break the Five Ghosts Soul-Locking Array.

When that happened, the Demon Puppets’ power would be drastically reduced!

But just as she began to move, a cool hand gently came to rest on her wrist.

It was Mo Yunzi.

Tang Yu turned her head in confusion, but Mo Yunzi wasn’t looking at her. Her gaze remained fixed on the upright figure at the center of the battlefield. She simply shook her head slightly and said softly, "My lord’s abilities don’t end here. There’s no need to worry."

Tang Yu froze, and the surging Primordial Qi in her body slowly subsided.

She fell silent.

Mo Yunzi’s power was far inferior to her own, but she had known Chu Fan for much longer. ’Naturally, she understands his true capabilities better than a subordinate like me, who was only subdued half a month ago.’

’There must be a reason Mo Yunzi stopped me. Perhaps this unfathomable master of mine truly doesn’t need me to interfere.’

...

At that moment, in the center of the battlefield, the crisis reached its apex!

The bone claw of one Demon Puppet, wreathed in Ghost Fire, tore through the air, about to strike the center of Chu Fan’s back!

In that split second—

VMMMM!

An incomparably sharp and indestructible aura erupted from within Chu Fan!

A dazzling Golden Gang burst forth, covering his entire body!

This was the Vajra Gang Qi, formed from Geng Metal Evil Qi!

Instead of retreating, Chu Fan advanced. He neither dodged nor evaded. The Qi and blood in his body roared like a great river, emitting a deep, thunderous sound.

Facing the Ghost Fire-wreathed bone claw that could shatter a Profound Weapon, he met it head-on with a simple, unadorned straight punch!

This was power in its purest form!

This was the tyranny to crush all opposition!

This was the confidence of one power to shatter ten thousand techniques!

Fist met claw!

CRACK—!

A crisp cracking sound, sharp enough to make one’s heart palpitate, rang out!

The moment the Demon Puppet’s claw—wreathed in Ghost Fire and as hard as a Middle-Grade Profound Weapon—made contact with Chu Fan’s fist, it was as if it had been struck by a meteor. Starting from the Finger Bones, it cracked inch by inch before completely disintegrating.

In an instant, it had been reduced to a cloud of fine bone dust, which was then scattered by the force of the punch!

The so-called Soul-Burning Nether Fire had failed to corrode even a trace of the Vajra Gang Qi!

The injured Demon Puppet faltered for a moment...

Pressing his advantage, Chu Fan’s right leg lashed out like a steel whip, viciously kicking the knee joint of the Demon Puppet’s supporting leg!

BANG!

The Demon Puppet’s leg was instantly shattered. The massive skeleton lost its balance and began to topple sideways with a crash...

But before its body could hit the ground, Chu Fan was already bending at the waist.

He drew his right fist to his hip, channeling power through his entire body as his muscles and bones hummed in unison. Like a Hidden Dragon Emerges from the Abyss, he viciously slammed his fist into its Ghost Fire-wreathed skull!

BOOM—!!!

A massive boom, like the tolling of a great bell, shook the entire mountain forest. The echoes rolled on and on, rumbling without end.

The skull of the Demon Puppet—whose bones were as hard as a Middle-Grade Profound Weapon—was struck by Chu Fan’s fist, which was wrapped in peerless Vajra Gang Qi. It instantly exploded like a watermelon smashed by immense force!

Countless dark-silver bone fragments, mixed with the scattered, eerie green Ghost Fire, flew in all directions like brilliant fireworks, showering the ground!

The Demon Puppet’s massive, headless body slammed heavily onto the ground, smashing a deep crater into the hard earth.

The Ghost Fire flickering on its bones quickly dimmed and went out, until finally, all was still.

"Impossible!"