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Chapter 863, Posting and Beating, Xuanxuan Temple
"bingo!"

When the Ruyi scepter struck the opponent's chest and abdomen, the shattered flesh and blood splattered everywhere, and it looked as if a round hole had been bitten into his chest and abdomen. Clearly, Ji Ming's Ruyi scepter had hit the true form of Huang You Lao Yao.

At this moment, the avatar behind him also attacked, its fists and arms as soft as whips, about to lash Ji Ming's cheek. At the same time, several sword threads in the sword cluster beside it were taut, and the sword light could strike Ji Ming at any moment.

Ji Ming flicked his wrist, which was holding the Ruyi, and his entire arm swung like a tiger's tail, drawing an arc to precisely deflect the soft whip-like fist that came close to his face.

The fist and arm collided with the Yuanbi Ruyi, producing a crisp "crack" sound, like striking metal or stone. The next moment, the arm naturally exploded. No one could withstand the blow from Ji Ming's Yuanbi Ruyi.

This was not the time to relax. In an instant, four taut sword threads simultaneously unleashed sword light, piercing towards Ji Ming. Ji Ming's arm, which moved like a tiger's tail, instantly exerted its strength, producing a loud bang, and its shadow flashed through the air.

With a few clangs, the Ruyi held in his arm struck each sword light precisely, deflecting them and sending them crashing to the ground. The sword light carved four furrows beside him, raising clouds of dust.

"Humph!"

The old demon Huang You, wounded in his true form, let out a muffled groan. His chest and abdomen were riddled with blood and flesh from the round hole, but his ferocity only increased. The arm that Ji Ming had been holding tightly was now gripped by his own hand, showing a fierce determination to hold on no matter what.

His other arm twisted strangely, its five fingers like hooks, like a monkey's claws, aiming straight for Ji Ming's eyes.

At the same time, its other arm, like a spear, thrust forward, aiming straight for Ji Ming's heart. The two attacks combined were extremely ruthless.

Just as the ripples of the Water Moon Illusion on Ji Ming's body reappeared, Huang Youzhen transformed into two bodies and grinned simultaneously.

A layer of faint black watery sheen floated on Ji Ming's skin, especially on his face, where it looked as if mold was covering him.

And indeed, the familiar feeling returned the next moment, and dark, gloomy lightning burst forth from within his body. This lightning was silent and still when it was not in motion, but once it was triggered, his vital energy was depleted and his spirit collapsed.

The instant lightning flashed across his body, the Illusionary Water Moon Technique was hindered by the lightning, causing it to become sluggish. Its hook-like five fingers were already digging towards his eyes, and its spear-like upper arm was already thrusting towards his heart.

"Ok?"

Despite being attacked from both sides and surrounded by Yin lightning, Ji Ming's physical body remained unharmed, and both his true and transformed bodies simultaneously let out a surprised exclamation.

"What is this method?"

Huang You, the old demon, spoke for the first time.

Without wasting words, Ji Ming twisted his waist, channeled his strength into his arms, and flung them outwards, shattering the two bodies just as they were about to retreat.

After the avatar exploded, a large amount of shattered mystic light scattered in the air, and a single monkey hair fell down from the spot. This was not unexpected, but what Ji Ming did not expect was that after Huang You the Old Demon's true body exploded, amidst the flying flesh and intestines, there was also a shattered mystic light accompanying a single monkey hair falling down.

"A clever sleight of hand!"

Ji Ming exclaimed in admiration.

Clearly, that true form was actually a manifestation of Xuan Guang transformed from a monkey hair, but this manifestation of Xuan Guang was transformed from a flesh and blood body.

Therefore, when he was hit by that Ruyi, there was a scene of blood and flesh flying from the wound, which made him preconceived that this was the real body. From that moment on, most of his attention was focused on the real body.

If this battle drags on, according to common sense, his attention will be diverted to his true form, inevitably causing him to lose focus and become unsure of what to do next.

If it weren't for the manipulation of the Great Wheel Treasure Skull Bone, which united the body, soul, and mind into one, making them unshakable by any external force and forming that perfectly round and auspicious body, the attack from both sides wouldn't have been so easily resolved.

He rubbed his eyes. The pulling sensation when he hooked his finger on his eyeball was terrifying; his pupils almost popped out of his head.

"good."

The thick smoke and dust around them were swept away by the aura, and Huang You Lao Yao's figure stood tall about a mile away from Ji Ming, dressed in an old Taoist robe.

"He's an opponent."

The old demon didn't talk much, but he exuded a powerful and capable aura.

He spread his feet apart, assumed a horse stance, and swayed his waist slightly, which in turn caused his shoulders to sway, and then his two unusually long arms to move.

The pair of arms, propelled by the power of the waist and shoulders, swung gracefully in front of and behind the body, exuding a captivating rhythm. Moreover, the arms swung faster and faster, and thunderous sounds gradually arose from the fists.

Ji Ming sensed it; the hidden, yet unleashed, thunder was concealed within the rumble.

It turns out that Huang You, the old demon, had been setting up the fight from the very beginning, using the thunderous sound of his fists to attach Yin Thunder to the body of the Moon Illusion in the water, and then triggering it at the crucial moment. Fortunately, Ji Ming thought it was just the sound of his fists being too fast.

Ji Ming lowered his body slightly, adopting the posture of a tiger crouching on the ground, leaning forward, his hand holding the Ruyi scepter reaching out like a tiger's paw, while his other hand spread its six fingers wide, and at the same time, his chest and abdomen rumbled.

A smile gradually appeared in the old demon's eyes. He understood Ji Ming's intention: to completely abandon illusion magic and fight with pure physical martial arts. He couldn't help but feel respect for him.

"Ha~" Both of them inhaled at the same time, and the next moment, afterimages were left behind.

With claws against fists, it fiercely met the spear and fist that Huang You Lao Yao was throwing—this is the essence of "a fierce tiger climbing a mountain" in tiger plays, attack against attack, hard against hard.

"Oh!"

Upon impact, the force of the attack spread outwards, forcefully pushing aside the surrounding smoke and dust to create a vacuum zone.

Ji Ming felt that the old demon's fist force was as condensed as steel needles, penetrating his bones. However, his body, which had been tempered by magic by refining more than a dozen furnaces and extracting pure yang essence, was equally strong. As his blood and qi surged, he had already neutralized most of that sharp force.

At the same time, his Ruyi scepter, which he slapped at the old demon's side, forced the old demon to defend.

Huang You Lao Yao clearly did not expect Ji Ming to be so fierce in close combat. In an instant, the two figures used each other's strength to retreat. Their steps shifted, and they suddenly changed their stances. The two attacked each other several times at the same time. The shockwaves that exploded when their fists and claws collided were like the muffled sound of a heartbeat.

Ji Ming knew that this kind of fighting technique emphasized rhythm and continuous momentum. His opponent had been immersed in this art for no less than one or two hundred years. With the shallow martial arts skills he had obtained from his second primordial spirit, once the opponent fully unleashed them, he would inevitably be put on the defensive.

He ultimately did not inherit the divine power of the Creation Beast from his second primordial spirit.

He took a deep breath, his chest bulged, his face flushed, and he let out a low, earth-shaking tiger roar.

The tiger's roar was like an invisible, heavy punch that struck Huang You the old demon squarely. With a "bang," his body exploded, and five figures were blasted out, landing on the ground in an instant, like tigers crouching on the ground, exactly imitating Ji Ming's tiger play style.

"Bah!"

Ji Ming uttered a sharp cry, gripping the Ruyi scepter tightly at his waist with one hand, while his other hand formed a claw and held it in front of his chest.

With power generated from his lower limbs, he pounced like a tiger, advancing swiftly in a zigzag pattern. Each step he took left a shallow crater in the ground, raising clouds of dust. His ferocity was no less than that of the old demon.

The five bodies that Huang You the Old Demon manifested all changed their expressions at once, not because they were intimidated by Ji Ming's aura, but because the other party was determined to attack only one of his bodies, disregarding the attack from all five bodies.

"What courage!" The five old demons spoke in unison, saying, "You are not in your illusory form now. How many punches can this physical body withstand? Or is it that the rudimentary magic that is bound to your body can protect your physical body?"

"Innocent!"

As soon as the melody ended, five pairs of fists and arms swayed like willow branches, dancing wildly up and down, each striking from a tricky angle. Before the fists and arms even arrived, the energy had already clung to them, and the barrier on Ji Ming's body, formed by the rotation of the five elements, was wrinkled as if it were made of paper.

"cut!"

Ji Ming shouted in his heart, and the Ruyi instantly transformed into a narrow blade.

A hairy arm burst from the ground at Ji Ming's feet. Just as the narrow blade disappeared, it reached out and grabbed the blade in front of it, which was slashing forward.

Ji Ming was horrified. He twisted his waist, and his strength penetrated deep into the ground. Centered on him, the soil and rocks within a three-zhang radius sank several feet.

The five avatars of the old demon around him were thrown into disarray by the sinking ground. Ji Ming immediately pointed his finger, and the narrow blade he had been holding immediately released the light of the Unfulfilled Wish. Unexpectedly, the hairy arm retreated even faster and shrank back into the ground.

"Aren't you underestimating me?"

The voice came from underground, saying, "Since you already know that I have information about your supernatural abilities, why use such an attack as the Divine Qi Sword Slash with such an obvious intention? If I'm not mistaken, the initial speed of your Divine Qi Sword Slash is the slowest, and it only gains super speed after traveling a certain distance."

As Ji Ming retrieved the Ruyi, he had already withdrawn from the center of the five-body encirclement, thinking to himself, "This is the old demon's combat intuition; it broke through my Divine Qi Sword Slash in an instant!"

As the old demon said, his sword slashes weren't fast at first, but that was relative. Even compared to normal escape speed, his initial slash speed was incredibly fast. The old demon dared to say that, which shows he was both highly skilled and daring.

After the five incarnations were formed, a long-armed yellow ape emerged from the ground.

Clearly, this was the old demon's true form. The moment this form appeared, the large clusters of sword threads floating in the air fell down and merged into a yellow light, like a sash wrapped around his arm and swaying behind his shoulder.

"Whoo~"

Ji Ming let out a long breath and issued a final ultimatum to the dangerous spirit in the relic bottle.

"The time has come. If you agree, open your mind and accept the Qi-sealing talisman. Otherwise, the golden talisman will fall, and you will die."

"who are you talking to?"

Huang You, the old ape, reached behind his neck, plucked a tuft of hair, put it to his mouth, and said, "The stretching and loosening of muscles and tendons is over, so it's time for the main event."

Just as he was about to blow on the hair, the old ape paused and said, "Oh right, I forgot to mention, I come from the Xuanxuan Temple. You'd better remember that."

(End of this chapter)