Chapter 416: Spare My Life

After watching for a moment, Luo Ying couldn't help but nod. "Mm, not bad! Not bad at all! Truly a fine body."

Beside him, Pan Cheng gave Shen Daoxing a faint glance, his expression still indifferent, revealing nothing. "Luo Ying, hurry it up. Don't waste time."

As he spoke, Pan Cheng suddenly rose to his feet. Without sparing Shen Daoxing another glance, he prepared to leave.

"Hehehehe! Good! Good! Good! What a truly fine body."

Luo Ying, however, couldn't help but praise Shen Daoxing. Then he spoke indifferently, "Demon Blood, make your move. Rip his limbs and head off for me."

The moment Luo Ying finished speaking...

"BOOM!"

With a tremendous crash, a terrifying figure with eight arms and four heads suddenly smashed down without any warning, landing right in front of Shen Daoxing.

It raised its eight long arms high, its four heads splitting into ferocious smiles, like a demon from ancient times. With just a few of its arms, it reached out and casually snatched Shen Daoxing, lifting him up as if he were a toy.

Then...

...there was no further movement.

"Hm?"

Luo Ying stared, stunned, and looked in confusion at the Blood Fiend Demon Puppet.

"Demon Blood, what are you doing? Why haven't you ripped off his limbs and head yet?"

But in the next moment...

Four round objects suddenly flew into the sky, tracing graceful arcs through the air.

THUD! THUD! THUD! THUD!

They landed in front of Luo Ying.

But these were not Shen Daoxing's head and limbs. They were the four heads of the Blood Fiend Demon Puppet, arranged neatly before Luo Ying.

???

"Huh?"

Luo Ying's eyes slowly widened.

And at that very moment...

"BANG!"

With a loud explosion, the body of the Blood Fiend Demon Puppet holding Shen Daoxing suddenly shattered into countless pieces.

Luo Ying was instantly horrified. "My precious! My little baby! You... you dared to kill it!"

Immediately, Luo Ying flew into a rage. A gleaming long saber appeared in his hand, and he remained completely oblivious as to how a Demon Puppet in the Earth Profound Realm could die at the hands of someone at the Ninth Layer of the Spirit Transformation realm.

"Blood-Drinking Demon Saber!"

Luo Ying shouted, and the long saber in his hand shot into the sky. A rolling, red mist surged from the great saber, shockingly forming a blood-colored Sword Gang over a hundred feet long.

With just a light swipe across the sky, it slashed out horizontally.

"CRACK!"

"CRACK!"

"CRACK!"

...

Over a dozen towering ancient trees were easily sliced in two.

Then, the hundred-foot-long blood-colored Sword Gang continued its horizontal slash, aiming straight for Shen Daoxing's waist, intending to cut him in half.

However...

Just as the hundred-foot-long blood-colored Sword Gang was about to strike Shen Daoxing...

He simply extended two fingers.

"CLANG!"

A sound like a striking bronze bell rang out.

The hundred-foot-long blood-colored Sword Gang suddenly stopped dead against Shen Daoxing's fingers.

Then, Shen Daoxing pinched the Sword Gang lightly between his thumb and forefinger. With just a slight exertion of force, black arcs of electricity flashed.

The entire hundred-foot-long blood-colored Sword Gang instantly shattered.

"Huh???"

Luo Ying froze, suddenly realizing something was terribly wrong.

"Heaven and Earth!"

In the next moment, rolling red, bloody qi surged from his body as he swelled up, rapidly growing larger.

However...

Luo Ying had just begun to use Heaven and Earth when Shen Daoxing merely pressed down on the empty air with his hand.

In the next instant, a massive Dharma Seal suddenly appeared above Luo Ying's head. Like Mount Tai crashing down, it descended with a deafening rumble.

"CRACK! CRACKLE!"

Instantly, Luo Ying's Golden Dharma Aspect cracked. The fissures quickly spread across its surface before it shattered completely.

Luo Ying's entire blood-red body was sent flying backward like an arrow loosed from a bow.

"BOOM!"

He smashed heavily into the ground.

Luo Ying struggled miserably, trying to get up.

At that moment, Shen Daoxing strode forward and planted a foot on his chest.

Luo Ying was instantly pinned, unable to move.

'Even with my strength at the Ninth Layer of the Earth Profound Realm, I can't break free from his power.'

"You... who in the world are you?"

Luo Ying's eyes were wide with utter disbelief. The young man before him appeared to have a cultivation base at only the Ninth Layer of the Spirit Transformation realm, but his actual strength was terrifyingly high.

'To have such strength at such a young age… he must either be the reincarnation of someone from an Immortal Family or the disciple or son of some great figure.'

However, Shen Daoxing ignored Luo Ying. He simply looked down at him, his indifferent voice slowly ringing out. "What was it you said you were going to do just now? You said you were going to make a move against Wan Hai?"

But he didn't wait for an answer.

Shen Daoxing's foot on his chest suddenly pressed down hard.

"Aargh!"

Luo Ying cried out and spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood.

"You said you were going to pull off my limbs and my head?"

Shen Daoxing's cold, merciless voice sounded again.

And once again, he didn't wait for an answer.

Shen Daoxing reached out, grabbed one of Luo Ying's arms, and with a "CRUNCH," ripped it right off.

A crimson Blood Arrow shot high into the air.

Luo Ying screamed, howling in pain.

"You said you were going to make me into your Demon Puppet?"

Shen Daoxing, however, completely ignored him, his expression merciless as he spoke again with cold indifference.

This time, before Shen Daoxing could even finish speaking, Luo Ying was already screaming, "No! No! No! No! Junior Brother Shen, spare me! Junior Brother Shen, you are a magnanimous person! What I said just now was all a joke, it doesn't count! Junior Brother Shen, spare my life!"

But Shen Daoxing seemed not to hear Luo Ying's words at all and still reached out with his large hand.

"CRUNCH!"

"CRUNCH!"

"CRUNCH!"

Three consecutive, sharp snaps of breaking bone rang out.

"Aaaargh..."

To the sound of Luo Ying's miserable screams, his other arm and both legs were torn off by Shen Daoxing while he was still alive.

But Shen Daoxing didn't stop there. He reached out his large hand and slowly closed it around Luo Ying's neck.

Seeing this, Luo Ying was utterly terrified and shrieked, "No! No! No! No! Junior Brother Shen, spare me! Junior Brother Shen, I was wrong! It was my fault! I shouldn't have had designs on you! Junior Brother Shen, for the sake of our fellowship as disciples of the same sect, please spare my life!"

But Shen Daoxing acted as if he hadn't heard Luo Ying's words and continued to slowly lower his large hand.

However, just as Shen Daoxing's hand was about to seize Luo Ying's neck...

A sudden burst of light flared before Shen Daoxing's eyes, followed by a huge, dazzling blade of light slashing toward him. Shen Daoxing paused, quickly released Luo Ying, and leaped back.

Looking ahead, Pan Cheng had already used Heaven and Earth, transforming into a massive Golden Body Dharma Aspect that now stood before Shen Daoxing.

In its hand, it held a longsword that glittered with golden light, which it had just slashed out horizontally.