Chapter 1463: Chapter 1512: Strange Black Aura
Murong Yuanqing nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, you destroy my future, I destroy your present!"
Yao Lingfu chuckled and said, "You’ve always had this dominance; it wouldn’t have been like that back then."
Murong Yuanqing immediately turned around and left to another room to watch the weather and the rain.
Yao Lingfu pouted, took out a turtle shell used for divination from her chest, and began to divine. She was a descendant of the Miao people, and witchcraft included divination, although Yao Lingfu rarely used it. This time, she divined for Li Yifei.
As the turtle shell fell, Yao Lingfu stared at it, her fingers flew, calculating in her mind. Two minutes later, her eyes widened, and she shook her head, saying, "Impossible!"
Divination, once completed, although not necessarily accurate, Yao Lingfu rarely divines, and the divine results are always precise.
This time, what she divined was an omen of great disaster, indicating that Li Yifei was in peril, facing certain death.
How could she believe this, she just said Li Yifei would win.
So Yao Lingfu refused to believe this ominous outcome and divined again. Was heaven joking with her, or was it fate’s tragedy? The result of the second divination was identical to the first.
Having the same result twice is statistically very rare, yet both times, Yao Lingfu came up with the same outcome, suggesting the reliability of this divination...
Yao Lingfu’s face turned pale, could it be that Li Yifei was really in grave danger?
A thousand miles away, at the mountaintop near Mount Fuji, the area was shrouded in mist all year round. Even halfway up, people would lose their way; even on sunny days, the mist did not disperse. So the locals knew this was a sacred mountain that housed mountain gods, and they would not ordinarily venture there. The occasional tourist would be driven away, and those who stealthily tried to ascend the mountain would eventually get lost.
Almost no one knew this was Yanagio Inujiro’s place of cultivation.
However, today, the sky that was clear for miles suddenly filled with dark clouds, creating an atmosphere of impending doom as if the heavy, oppressive black clouds hovered just above.
Especially for Li Yifei and Yanagio Inujiro, those clouds seemed to be right beside them, not even above their heads.
Crack... Boom...
After the thunder, Li Yifei felt a sense of danger and hurriedly dashed to the side, but it was too late.
He was struck by Yanagio Inujiro, his body flew horizontally.
Falling to the ground, Li Yifei felt a sweetness in his throat. He tried hard to endure it but still spat out a mouthful of blood.
His ribs ached intensely, probably cracked, or even fractured.
Yanagio Inujiro laughed wildly as he walked toward Li Yifei, each step echoed with a thumping sound, and he said, "Few dare to force me to act. Today is your unlucky day; I’ve changed my mind. Since you are an Innate Expert, today I’ll kill you, set up a big pot, and eat you, haha!"
It was said that Yanagio Inujiro practiced a unique evil magic, selecting people born under certain elements and qualifying birthdays, using evil magic for sacrifice, then eating their flesh to enhance his skills. That’s why he appeared younger than Murong Yuanqing and others.
In the blink of an eye, they had fought over a hundred rounds, each move fierce and deadly. Li Yifei was ultimately inferior in skill to Yanagio Inujiro, his True Qi weaker, so Yanagio Inujiro seized upon a lapse just now.
Holding his rib, Li Yifei struggled to crawl back a few steps, trying to evade Yanagio Inujiro, but while the opponent walked, he shuffled. How could Li Yifei possibly avoid him?
Yanagio Inujiro came up before Li Yifei, grinning viciously as he bent to grab Li Yifei, saying, "Is that all you’ve got? Haha, weak, too weak!"
His hand reached over, Li Yifei had suffered from this hand several times before, but this time, Li Yifei suddenly kicked, hitting Yanagio Inujiro’s hand. Caught off guard, his hand was kicked, reflexively attempting to grab Li Yifei’s foot, but Li Yifei had pushed off single-handedly, jumped up, and followed with a kick to Yanagio Inujiro’s head.
Yanagio Inujiro tilted his head to avoid Li Yifei, just as he was about to speak when Li Yifei punched out. This punch was incredibly fast, surpassing any punch Li Yifei had thrown in the past.
Measured against time, this little over one-meter distance seemed as if Li Yifei covered it in just a tenth of a second.
Thump... The punch landed on Yanagio Inujiro’s face with a thump, Li Yifei succeeded in a sneak attack, and Yanagio Inujiro was directly knocked away. Li Yifei knew how powerful this punch was; even a bull would probably be felled and might even be killed outright.
But... Yanagio Inujiro was merely blown away, fell to the ground, took a tumble, and before Li Yifei could charge in for a follow-up attack, Yanagio Inujiro bounced up swiftly.
Li Yifei halted, took a few deep breaths, one hand covering his rib area, True Qi coursing there to envelop the injury, rapidly healing, Li Yifei’s fingers gently smoothing the area, realigning the rib fracture to relieve the pain.
Yanagio Inujiro’s face finally showed anger, shedding his contempt and no longer underestimating Li Yifei. He realized Li Yifei was truly a master, although he still had a significant gap compared to him. But in this world, those who could knock Yanagio Inujiro away like that were indeed few and far between...
Yanagio Inujiro grinned, spat out two teeth along with some blood, wiped it with his hand, and stared at Li Yifei, saying, "Very well, I’m angry now. You’re definitely dead."
Li Yifei showed a look of impatience on his face, snorted, and said, "You’ve said that a few times already, why don’t you just come and kill me then."
"Fine, fine, fine." As Yanagio Inujiro spoke, his voice deepened, and suddenly a wisp of black Qi emerged around him, and the imposing manner he released was different too. Li Yifei frowned, as the black Qi was very faint, even invisible to the naked eye, he relied on feeling it.
The feeling was very strange, Li Yifei wasn’t sure what exactly was happening, but... that black Qi was peculiar, like it was poisonous, like it was very sharp.
Li Yifei slowly moved, and Yanagio Inujiro suddenly raised his hands, nurturing the black Qi between them. The black Qi slowly entwined, surprisingly quickly becoming tangible.
"For you to make me use all my strength, you can be considered quite the character. It’s just a pity." Yanagio Inujiro’s eyes were covered in a layer of black mist, and his voice carried a rustling metallic sound, very unpleasant to hear, almost like infrasound, making it very uncomfortable to listen to.
The black Qi around Yanagio Inujiro was so thick that the closer he got to Li Yifei, the more Li Yifei could feel the horror of that black Qi.
It was a feeling difficult to describe, Li Yifei even felt that this black Qi was just as powerful as the Innate Vital Energy he had gained from Mount Kunlun.
At this moment, Li Yifei was extremely tense, being extremely cautious, as every step Yanagio Inujiro took closer, Li Yifei was on guard.
Suddenly, Yanagio Inujiro moved, his hands entwined with black Qi reached for Li Yifei, and Li Yifei immediately retaliated.
Their hands collided in mid-air, making thumping sounds. After just a few moves, Li Yifei swiftly retreated, stepping back some distance, and looked at his own hands, where faint traces of black Qi had appeared.
The black Qi was like flames, burning Li Yifei’s hands, even devouring his True Qi. Li Yifei quickly used his True Qi to resist, protecting his hands.
A few seconds later, the black Qi on his hands disappeared, and Li Yifei felt a slight chill in his heart.
Yanagio Inujiro let out a crazy laugh, hoarsely saying, "How is it? My black Qi is quite something, isn’t it? It will slowly eat away your True Qi, eventually making you a cripple."
Li Yifei asked, "What kind of evil technique did you practice?"
Yanagio Inujiro said, "Evil technique? This is just the beginning. I have painstakingly researched for decades to come up with this. You are the first test subject."
Li Yifei became more vigilant, finding no way to deal with the black Qi for the moment. If he continued to fight, he would suffer further invasions by the black Qi. If he stopped fighting, he didn’t know if Sophia had succeeded on her end, as Sophia hadn’t sent him any signal, so Li Yifei could only hold on.
At the same time, Li Yifei didn’t want to turn and flee in disgrace, as that wasn’t his nature either.
Before coming, Li Yifei had thought, if he couldn’t win, he would run, definitely not foolishly fighting to the end. He hadn’t told this to the women at home, but with the intelligence of Su Mengxin and the others, they could guess. They just wouldn’t say it, as running away after losing would be somewhat embarrassing to say out loud for Li Yifei.
To fear before fighting is not in Li Yifei’s nature.
A few seconds later, Li Yifei coldly snorted, glancing sideways at Yanagio Inujiro, and said, "Yanagio, you have quite the plan, but unfortunately, you ran into me. Do you really think no one can break your black Qi?"
Yanagio Inujiro laughed harshly and said, "At least you can’t break it."
Saying this, Yanagio Inujiro suddenly bent down, holding his hands above the ground as if an animal, and rushed towards Li Yifei with black Qi swirling around him.
Li Yifei enveloped his arms and fists with True Qi, reengaging in battle with Yanagio Inujiro.
By this point, Li Yifei basically had no reservations, using every move and tactic he could muster. But when faced with Yanagio Inujiro’s strange black Qi, Li Yifei had no solution.
Cloaked in black Qi, Yanagio Inujiro’s prowess seemed to improve instantly, not just his strength but also his speed.
Li Yifei punched out fiercely, and Yanagio Inujiro shouted back, extending his fist to meet him.
"Bang!" After a dull sound, Li Yifei flew backward, feeling as if his arm hit solid rock, and he couldn’t stop his body from retreating repeatedly until he barely stopped after backing four or five meters.
Li Yifei took a deep breath, his face flushed, and he forcefully swung his arm to relieve the soreness and numbness, gritting his teeth and glaring.
"Again!" Li Yifei shouted, charging once more.
The black Qi on Yanagio Inujiro’s face grew even denser as he stomped forward with loud steps. Hearing Li Yifei’s words, he too charged forward.