Chapter 574: Close-Quarters Slaughter! A Martial Dao Immortal!? Memories of a Past Life! A Second Enormous Aura!

Clang!

A blade’s light streaked like a bolt of silk, slashing toward the back of Prince Qing’s heir.

The heir was horrified.

Why is this guy so fast? Could his escape technique be even stronger than mine?

However, he had no time to ponder further. Twisting around, he met the attack head-on. He then thrust out with his spear as swift as a startled swan.

Boom!

The ground heaved as a massive earthen dragon was torn free, like an earthquake erupting. With that, a dazzling white light burst forth from beneath the soil, and Prince Qing’s heir was driven deeper and deeper underground.

Immediately, Li Yanchu gripped his blade and followed closely behind. From time to time, he chopped out with a slash, forcing the heir to halt again and again.

Seeing that he couldn’t shake Li Yanchu no matter what, the heir turned and charged back toward the surface. But Li Yanchu grabbed him by the calf in a single motion!

“Get down here!” Li Yanchu shouted coldly.

He swung his blade and chopped straight toward the heir’s lower leg.

At this distance, if the Jiaoslayer severed his calf, then even with Prince Qing's heir’s demon immortal's inheritance, he wouldn’t be able to recover immediately.

Then, the Nightshock Spear in the heir’s hand erupted with a brilliant white radiance. Earlier, it was precisely this white light that had forced Murong Longcheng back; the radiance carried terrifying defensive power within it!

At this moment, the white radiance met the Jiaoslayer’s razor-sharp saber light head-on.

Boom!

Then, a thunderous explosion rang out, and the white light showed faint signs of shattering. But it still managed to block the strike.

Li Yanchu was thoroughly versed in martial arts, and his combat instincts were razor-sharp. At this distance, he abandoned his blade and switched to his fists.

The Divine Astral Hands smashed forward in one smooth motion, aiming straight for Prince Qing's heir’s head!

The heir immediately raised the Nightshock Spear. But at such close range, Li Yanchu easily wrenched the Nightshock Spear out of his grasp.

Divine Astral Hands!

Great Unified Qi Seizing Art!

Prince Qing’s heir was instantly struck with alarm. He was just about to employ a spell to reclaim the Nightshock Spear, when Li Yanchu’s elbow crashed into his chest.

Bang!

The force was like a thunderclap exploding. The explosive power completely shattered the white radiance enveloping the heir’s body.

Then, Li Yanchu’s fist smashed toward Prince Qing's heir’s temple!

Instantly, the heir’s body swayed. He lowered his head and slammed into Li Yanchu, trying to use his overwhelmingly ferocious Elephant-God physique to grievously injure him.

But Li Yanchu neither dodged nor retreated, his body drawing taut like a full moon. Even deep underground, using the Five Elements Great Escape, his martial prowess was not hindered in the slightest.

With a single Iron Mountain Slam, he slammed Prince Qing's heir back! With a reverse motion, he then hooked the heir’s arm.

Then, he unleashed the One-Inch Punch of the Crushing Fist toward the heir’s chest. The once-celebrated prodigy, freshly bestowed with demon immortal's inheritance, was beaten back step by step!

Soon, Prince Qing's heir felt his vision go dark. The immense power granted by the demon immortal's inheritance still protected his body. But the qi and blood within him could not be mobilized in an instant; Li Yanchu’s Crushing Fist had already thrown its circulation into chaos.

It was fortunate that earlier, he had activated the Elephant Demon Divine Body. Otherwise, with the explosive momentum of Li Yanchu’s punches at that moment, his body would already have been shattered.

Seizing the opportunity, he activated his escape technique and fled toward the surface. At the same time, he urged a secret art in his heart, summoning the Nightshock Spear.

Then, Li Yanchu reached out and grabbed the Nightshock Spear, but a piercing, razor-sharp aura erupted from the weapon itself. This demon immortal divine weapon was no ordinary thing, not something just anyone could seize and wield.

Vast surges of qi and blood welled up in Li Yanchu’s palm as he tried to suppress the true spirit within the demon immortal weapon. Yet the divine weapon transformed into a streak of light, slipped free of his grasp, and shot straight back toward Prince Qing’s heir.

As the heir caught the Nightshock Spear, delight flashed through his heart. He accelerated his escape technique and fled toward the surface!

Underground, he had already discovered that Li Yanchu’s mastery of the Five Elements Great Escape was even greater than his own.

Li Yanchu seemed utterly unaffected by the depths, as if he were fighting on open ground. This realization shocked him, and he decided to change the battlefield.

No sooner had Prince Qing’s heir emerged at the surface than a torrent of divine fire came roaring toward him. The Blazing Inferno was unleashed, brimming with tyrannical might. He then swung the Nightshock Spear and cleaved the divine flames apart.

In an instant, the fire scattered into sparks filling the sky.

Suddenly, from behind him came a terrifying gust of wind from a fist. It was powerful enough to shatter mountains and shake the earth; it was utterly unstoppable!

Fire Escape Technique!

Then, Li Yanchu threw a single punch. Between heaven and earth around them, a massive vacuum formed!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Sonic booms rang out without end as Prince Qing’s heir was blasted away by this succession of punches. At this moment, his body stood over three zhang tall, like an ancient god or demon.

After taking that blow, his internal organs boiled, on the verge of exploding apart. But a mysterious power surged forth, and a vast vitality quickly restored his body.

This demon immortal's inheritance truly was extraordinary. Upon entering the third realm, it produced an existence of extreme tenacity, one that should be invincible among peers!

That was how it was supposed to be. When demon immortals faced human cultivators, they possessed an innate advantage. Only demon immortals of the same realm could deal with them; otherwise, one had to rely on overwhelming realms or powerful artifacts to suppress them.

In the past, when the Great Dao had not yet been severed, a demon immortal at the rudimentary third realm, equivalent to a third rank in the Great Xia dynasty, could contend evenly in spell duels with an intermediate third realm cultivator, a second rank of Great Xia.

Many of the weaker second ranks were not even a match for these demon immortals.

In the third realm, a single step of difference was the gap between heaven and earth. Unlike other realms, even a minor stage difference was an insurmountable chasm.

An intermediate third realm Immortal Jin Yu could face four Yang Spirit experts at once without falling behind. From this alone, the disparity was evident. Yet demon immortals could make up for that gap and even fight and win.

And so, at this moment, Prince Qing’s heir felt a trace of confusion in his heart. Even if this young Daoist’s physique rivaled that of a third-realm cultivator, he should not possess such overwhelmingly crushing power!

But upon seeing the special techniques Li Yanchu employed in close-quarters combat against enemies, a flash of inspiration struck Prince Qing’s heir, and he realized something.

“Martial Dao Immortal... Are there still people walking this path today?” Prince Qing’s heir was deeply shocked.

Many of his memories from this lifetime had been lost, only gradually recovering as his cultivation advanced.

As Li Yanchu revealed his formidable martial prowess, the heir also recalled that extraordinarily unique system that had once existed within the third realm.

If there was anything even stronger, even more unreasonable than demon immortals, then it could only be the Martial Dao Immortals!

For no apparent reason, a dense killing intent welled up in his heart. It was likely his memories from a previous life stirring, recalling some deeply unpleasant experiences.

Then, the Nightshock Spear in his hand transformed into a streak of light and blasted straight toward Li Yanchu. A set of ancient, unadorned armor appeared before Li Yanchu, etched with Daoist talismans and suffused with the aura of lightning and fire.

Clang!

The Nightshock Spear was blocked by the armor, and a sound like a great bell tolling echoed through heaven and earth. Li Yanchu did not retreat; instead, he advanced, slashing down with his blade in the same motion!

“Talismatic armor?!”

Prince Qing’s heir recognized this Daoist divine object, and the killing intent in his heart grew even more intense.

At this moment, another force awakened within his body. It was somewhat sacred, different from demonic qi. However, it was not as orthodox as the divine power of Spirit Officer Wang that Li Yanchu had summoned.

The moment this power appeared, a bolt of lightning erupted from the Nightshock Spear, and its speed surged dramatically.

Clang!

This sudden outburst of power actually forced Li Yanchu back!

Li Yanchu froze for a brief moment. Light shimmered in his eyes as he cast the Spirit Eyes, and he immediately saw that an additional vast, majestic aura had appeared within Prince Qing’s heir.