Chapter 159: Turn Back and Be Saved

Seeing Lixing vigorously pour the dog blood down in a single gulp, the seemingly crazed Huang Wuchang was slightly stunned. "Do you have any idea what the consequences are of taking a second bottle of 'Black Wolf Blood' while heavily injured?"

"Ptuu!"

Lixing rolled his tongue, spat out the coagulated black blood, and sneered sidelong. "Of course I know the consequences! I'm going to die anyway, so why would I sit here and wait for death?!"

Huang Wuchang laughed loudly. "Tch, you intend to make an enemy of me? Aren't you just courting death?"

"Huang Wuchang, you cunning old fox, even if I don't make an enemy of you, wouldn't you still devour my soul?"

Lixing, who had been exhausted and on the verge of death, began growing fur all over his body again after drinking the "Black Wolf Blood." This time was different from the first time; not only did fur sprout all over him, but his hands and feet began to bend, hard claws three to four centimeters long emerged from his fingertips, his face began to elongate, his teeth turned outward, and four long fangs grew from his mouth.

It appeared he had been completely consumed by the "Black Wolf Blood" and transformed into a werewolf.

Seeing Lixing undergo this drastic mutation, even Huang Wuchang felt a trace of fear, knowing that Lixing had always been exceptionally skilled. Now transformed into an agile killing machine, he appeared extremely dangerous.

"Huang Wuchang, I had no choice when I followed you to do evil in the past, but now, I want to be a good man!"

"Awooooo!!!"

Before losing his consciousness entirely, Lixing let out a roar toward the heavens, "Huang Wuchang, prepare to meet your maker!"

"Since you've turned into a beast, I'll use the 'Mongporor' demonic sound to subdue you, this monstrous freak!"

Huang Wuchang shouted lowly, pulling out a jade flute, intending to play the demonic sound to control Lixing. However, he never expected that Lixing, now transformed into a werewolf, would move at a terrifying speed, slapping the flute to the ground with a single claw swipe and lunging straight for his throat!

"Awooh!!"

"Away with you!!!"

Just as Lixing opened his bloodthirsty maw wide, Huang Wuchang, reacting with god-like reflexes, executed a shoulder throw and flung him away!

As expected, a master remains a master; Huang Wuchang's improvisational combat skills were truly formidable.

"Damn it, how on earth did you become a werewolf so fast?!"

Before Huang Wuchang could even set his stance, Lixing had already scrambled up from the ground, leaping and pouncing straight toward the calves of Huang Wuchang!

"My physical functions haven't fully recovered yet; I must not let this werewolf bite me!"

Huang Wuchang was seasoned and experienced, seeing at a glance that Lixing's sharp beak and fangs carried toxicity. If he were careless enough to be scratched, although he had ways to detoxify the poison, it would waste precious time.

And Lixing, still retaining a sliver of consciousness, seemed to guess what was on Huang Wuchang's mind, deliberately aiming his bites at the exact spot where Chen Yao had injured Huang Wuchang!

Just as Huang Wuchang pulled out a spiritual talisman, the lightning-fast Lixing had already rushed behind him, throwing his massive maw straight at his heart!

"This fellow possesses the wisdom of a man and the body of a beast. Dealing with him is getting entirely too troublesome!"

Lixing's speed had become so fast that it was beginning to suppress Huang Wuchang's spell-casting speed—something he certainly hadn't anticipated!

"Awooooo! Awooooo!! Huang Wuchang, are you scared?!"

The werewolf Lixing began to howl again. "I can sense your aura. Why are you backing down now? Haha!?"

"Hmph, you beast, where do you get off causing so much trouble? Obediently wait for your death!"

Huang Wuchang drew his ancient coin treasured sword and roared, "Sword reaches the heavens, sword reaches the earth, sword reaches the sun and moon, sword reaches the cosmos!"

This was one of his major spell techniques, the "Maoshan Sword Division Technique," a spell that allowed him to wave his sword while subduing enemies simultaneously. At this moment, it seemed like the absolute best counter against Lixing's agile movement-based attacks!

The ancient coin sword split into two in mid-air, then four, then eight, instantly transforming into a flurry of sword rain that swiftly pursued the werewolf Lixing as he flickered continuously across the ground!

"Beast, accept your death!"

Lixing naturally knew how powerful this move by Huang Wuchang was. He had no intention of charging head-on into that rain of swords; instead, leveraging a speed that was almost invisible to the naked eye, he bounded back and forth, pouncing toward Huang Wuchang at the slightest opportunity!

Huang Wuchang had never imagined that his "Maoshan Sword Division Technique" would fail to keep up with Lixing's speed!

"To be able to push the efficacy of the Black Wolf Blood to this extent—you truly deserve to be a martial arts prodigy. It's just a pity that you will forever remain a mere pawn; formerly my pawn, and now simply He Wentian's pawn!"

Furious in his heart, Huang Wuchang danced his fingers guiding the sword rain at blinding speeds. The billowing fabric of his Daoist robe whipped up a miniature whirlwind around him. It looked as though Huang Wuchang was finally playing for keeps!

"Becoming your pawn in the past was never my intention, but now, being He Wentian's pawn, I do so willingly!"

Lixing laughed wildly. As his feet stamped and kicked off the ground, the stone flags shattered into pieces—a testament to the ferocity of his strength and the terrifying swiftness of his speed!

"I will simply outlast you and see how long you can maintain this speed!"

Huang Wuchang was enraged as well. Being stalled by Lixing had not only drained his vital essence and spirit, but also consumed a massive amount of physical stamina. How could he not be furious?

"He's right; the medicinal potency is about to wear out. No matter what, I have to open a few gasps of blood on him!!"

A sharp, violent pain suddenly surged from his heart—the ultimate sign that the potency of the Black Wolf Blood had reached its absolute peak. And beyond that peak lay the downward slope, leaving only a dead end waiting for him.

"Pfft!!"

Due to the intensely overloaded exertion of high-speed movement, Lixing had already begun coughing up blood!

Yet before the blood even hit the ground, Lixing's figure vanished. In the blink of an eye, Lixing had already lunged right in front of him!

"Damn it!!"

Being slightly careless, Huang Wuchang truly had a bloody gash torn open across his left arm by Lixing!

To his surprise, after ripping open that wound, Lixing did not halt his offensive momentum. Instead, upon landing, before the pursuing sword rain could strike him, he bounced into the air once more and viciously clawed a horrifying, eye-catching gash straight across Huang Wuchang's back!

"Ah!!!"

Wincing in pain and realizing things were turning dire, Huang Wuchang felt a profound shock in his heart. "The Black Wolf Blood is a demonic entity, and the one who consumes it gains the ability to pierce through my magic armor! I simply never imagined his strength would reach such a terrifying degree, actually tearing open my protective armor!"

"Lixing, you are entirely too audacious!"

Enduring the searing pain, Huang Wuchang roared, "Blazing flames burn the demons, the Samadhi slays the wicked, thunderbolts lie within, the Thunder God conceals his name, execute this command with the utmost haste!"

The vital essence blood streaming from his body instantly transformed into an intensely concentrated Samadhi True Fire, completely enveloping and protecting him!

Under normal circumstances, Huang Wuchang would never be willing to sacrifice so much of his own blood to forge a protective shield for his entire body. But since the blood was already flowing, he might as well put it to good use!

Yet Lixing was entirely bent on fighting to the death, matching Huang Wuchang blow for blow!

Even though he had transformed into a beast-man, his formidable mental willpower ultimately overcame the instinctual dread of fire, driving him to launch yet another assault against Huang Wuchang!

"You still dare come? It seems you truly have made up your mind to take my life, Lixing!"

Huang Wuchang smiled wickedly. The fingers concealed beneath the flames waved forcefully, spraying several droplets of vital essence blood straight into Lixing's glabella (between the eyebrows)!!!

"Boom!!"

Because Lixing was moving at such extreme velocity, taking the heavy direct hit sent him crashing like a cannonball straight into the stone wall!

"A-ptuu!!"

The moment he landed, he finally vomited a massive mouthful of fresh blood!

"Go to hell!!"

Pressing his advantage, Huang Wuchang slammed his palm forward, sending endless waves of Samadhi True Fire surging toward Lixing!

"Ah-!!!!"

Poor Lixing was instantly charred black as charcoal by the flames, and his swiftly escaping soul was tightly grabbed in Huang Wuchang's grasp!

"Ahahahahaha!"

Victorious, Huang Wuchang let out a bizarre cackle. "Lixing, your soul has finally been extracted by me! Be put to use by this old man!"

Struggling incessantly in Huang Wuchang's grip, Lixing's soul wore an expression of intense fury and unwillingness as it watched itself get swallowed by the soul-absorbing technique!!!

After satisfyingly taking a long, deep breath from absorbing his soul, Huang Wuchang roared toward the outside of the stone passageway, "Guangqi!! He Wentian!! Prepare to pay with your lives!!"