Chapter 315: Flesh-Born Monster! Rejected by Heaven and Earth! The Dead Revived!

Boom!

A shadow burst forth from the ground. Its hair was in disarray, and it was crawling on all fours. Its eyes were a lifeless gray as it had clawed its way out of the earth by brute force.

Li Yanchu, using the Wallbreaker, also surged up from the soil. Staring at this abomination, his expression turned grim. That slash just now... hadn’t even pierced its defense.

Then, a tide of overwhelming malice erupted from the monster’s body! Stones and dust flew, and the skies darkened, thereafter the earth quaked and split apart. This immense corpse pressed down with suffocating dread. It was a

jiangshi

, one that escapes the wheel of reincarnation, a being Heaven and Earth would not tolerate.

“Daoist Bichen actually refined such a monstrosity in secret?” Li Yanchu’s brows furrowed. Yet in his eyes, battle intent surged like fire.

“A creature of pure brute force, knowing only slaughter? Perfect, I’ll use you to hone my Marital Dao!”

Behind him, a massive phantom emerged, and its movements mirrored his own. With a slash, he used the Martial Dao Manifestation!

Boom!

Though the corpse-monster wasn’t slain, it was still blasted away by the strike. Li Yanchu’s saber will was ferocious. It was crushingly strong and unstoppable, like a storm tearing through rotted wood.

He strode forward in great steps, relentlessly pursuing it.

Boom!

Boom!

Every clash between the two unleashed explosive power, blowing apart mound after mound of graves. His battle spirit grew ever fiercer, and the tempering of his martial body neared perfection!

When he was knocked back by the monster’s blow, his gaze turned razor-sharp, like a hunting falcon.

“Again!” Li Yanchu roared, each slash cleaving forth with unstoppable momentum!

This place had once been a barren graveyard and a paupers’ cemetery, but now, under the tyrannical force of his saber qi, it had been ripped apart into a colossal battlefield.

Zhao Youwei, long since carrying Cao Xing far away, still trembled at the sight from the distance.

“This... this must be one of those legendary powerhouses, a man who enters the Dao through martial arts!” His heart surged with awe, but he turned and ran. Even now, he was still far too close!

The monster was crawling on all fours when its gray-white eyes suddenly turned and locked onto Li Yanchu. Then, its limbs exploded with thunderous force.

Bang, bang, bang!

Boom!

As it charged at him with terrifying speed, the ground erupted with a deafening tremor. The monster’s two massive arms blasted out like cannon fire, pummeling violently toward Li Yanchu.

In an instant, ear-splitting and unending explosions thundered across the clearing! The surrounding trees snapped like twigs under the shockwaves, leaving a desolate wasteland behind.

The corpse-qi–tainted monster struck madly, and every punch shattered the air itself, blasting out shockwave after shockwave. One after another, the airwaves stacked, mushrooming like thunderclouds of destruction.

Crack!

Crack!

Jagged fissures split open across the ground. The sheer physical power born from this corpse-qi was terrifying, and it seemed to grow stronger the longer it fought as though some inner force was awakening!

This mindless flesh-born abomination hurled blow after blow at Li Yanchu, without care for its own body. But Li Yanchu’s explosive muscles blazed with golden radiance, and his blood and qi roared like a storm. He faced the monstrosity without fear, meeting its strikes head-on!

The Daoist talismanic armor he wore sparked with pure yang lightning-fire, shielding his body and allowing him to unleash his strength with no restraint.

The flesh-born creature grew stronger as the battle raged, but so did Li Yanchu. His body brimmed with rich vital essence, which was constantly nourishing and reforging his flesh.

A powerful cycle unfolded: a stronger body fed back into a stronger spirit. That vast essence came from the countless rare elixirs and pills he had consumed.

Some had long been absorbed, but much of their potency remained dormant in his bloodline, and now, through the brutal clash with this monstrous corpse, that power was being forged into his very body.

This abomination was nothing more than a soulless corpse and a violation of Heaven’s order. And clearly, the refining had failed, or else it would not be so mindless. The one who crafted such a thing... was a lunatic!

Li Yanchu’s battle spirit surged, and his qi and blood rose like a pillar of smoke into the heavens.

The colossal phantom behind him mirrored his every move. He brought his saber crashing down with all his might, and a dazzling arc of swordlight flashed. The flesh-born monster was hacked backward ten full zhang, and its shoulder was split open. The wound was so deep it exposed bare bones! Though no blood spilled out, this was still the very first time since the battle began that Li Yanchu’s saber had broken through the flesh-born monster’s defenses.

“Come!” he barked coldly, striding forward in great steps.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Explosions thundered once again, and stones flew in every direction. This soulless, spiritless corpse-abomination was a violation of Heaven’s order, the kind that most easily invited Heaven’s wrath!

Rumble...

Dark clouds churned across the sky, and lightning and fire rolled within. It was the awe-inspiring majesty of Heaven itself and the will of the heavens to kill.

Just as demons and beasts of great cultivation would be struck by lightning, these soulless

jiangshi

drew divine punishment even more easily.

Truly, there was destiny at work in the unseen. At times, Heaven’s strike was not lightning alone, but an interruption at a critical moment or the sudden arrival of a mighty Daoist or monk to slay the abomination. This was the will of men echoing the will of Heaven!

“

Roooar

!”

The monster unleashed a mindless, bestial bellow. Its aura was savage and violent,and its roar shook the skies.

Those gray-white eyes locked onto Li Yanchu, radiating feral terror and bloodlust. But Li Yanchu’s gaze was icy, and his towering qi and blood blazed like a noonday sun. He was utterly fearless!

CRACK! BOOM!

A massive lightning bolt split the heavens, crashing down from the sea of clouds. It struck the flesh-born monster with merciless force. For an instant, the world turned bright as day. Within several li, wandering ghosts and stray spirits were obliterated in a flash and reduced to ash.

And yet, the monster still stood! Its flesh was split and torn, and its body erupted with a torrent of corpse-qi surging into the sky. Its ferocious aura surged once more!

Boom!

Another bolt of Heaven’s lightning struck down. A dazzling white radiance burst forth, so blinding that no eyes could remain open. Even the soul itself felt a stabbing pain!

Zhao Youwei’s whole body went dizzy and sluggish; his very spirit had been shaken! The majesty of Heaven and Earth was simply too terrifying!

And yet... this flesh-born abomination, tempered who knows how many times with precious treasures, actually staggered back to its feet again.

Above, the sea of clouds rolled violently, lightning tribulation brewing once more.

Suddenly, an invisible power surged into being as though cutting this place off from Heaven and Earth.

The lightning above lost its target, and gradually... it dispersed into nothingness. Li Yanchu stepped forward once more, and the ground shook and mountains trembled! Not only had his surging, masculine qi and blood remained untouched by the lightning just now, it had instead been tempered by its lightning-fire!

His flesh and soul refined in unison, and his primordial spirit was infused with even greater yang force.

Another step forward, and his body underwent yet another transformation. With a single slash, his saber carved a horrific wound into the flesh-born monster. The Jiaoslayer left wounds that could not heal, which was a bane against all those flashy recovery tricks.

Where Dao thrived, demons perished. After enduring Heaven’s thunderbolts, the flesh-born monster now faced Li Yanchu’s edge with clearly weakened resistance. Its defeat was only a matter of time!

Boom!

As the two clashed again, their collision shook heaven and earth. Meanwhile, from behind a massive tree in the distance, an unremarkable grave suddenly cracked open. Out stretched a pale, slender arm... Then, a figure slowly struggled out of the tomb stiffly and awkwardly, as though not yet used to this new body.

But soon, its motions grew smoother and more flexible, and life began to return to its frame.