Scourge Messenger

Chapter 405 Invincible

A chill pierced the chests of the three great rulers of Qi.

Even when they were banished from the world by the [Epitaph], they had never been this panicked. They didn't know why Yan Qing, who was clearly only at the fourth stage of Foundation Establishment, had two supernatural abilities. Could it be that he, like His Majesty, also possessed bloodline supernatural abilities?
But they could clearly sense that this supernatural power, which they had never seen before, could directly penetrate the veil between life and death!
Suddenly, a beam of light shot from the fire pattern on Yan Qing's forehead, and the Flame Queen Tanuki instantly bristled, its eyeballs scorched by the [Pupil Fire]! Unable to tolerate such a sharp provocation, it exhaled a breath of flame and pounced on Yan Qing like a wildcat hunting a mouse!

However, Yan Qing remained calm and pinched the ant on her fingertip to death.

A green-glowing ink character appeared from his fingertip:

【die】.

The Flame Queen Tanuki let out a shrill scream, bursting into countless bloodstains like a cat that had been run over! Even its divine soul sprang out from its back, indicating that even its divine soul had been severely injured!

With just one strike, she severely injured the fourth-rank demon king, Yan Fei Li!

The Flame Queen Tanuki couldn't even fight back, lying limply on the ground, showing none of the demeanor of a Demon King. She was clearly a trapped beast!
Everyone instinctively held their breath. Even Yaoshi Yuan and Shang Xinlei couldn't help but turn their heads to take a look, witnessing this terrifying power. This was something that no one at the fourth, fifth, or sixth stage of Foundation Establishment could accomplish. It was unprecedented, and perhaps it will never be repeated! Rather than a supernatural power, it was more like a calamity, a calamity brought down by a messenger representing heaven and earth!

Yan Qing felt his spiritual energy nearly depleted, yet he couldn't suppress his joy.

Perhaps because the Dao Foundation offered no benefit to him, Yan Qing's Dao Foundation Divine Power was unexpectedly powerful. Although Yan Qing had never seen its name among the twenty-eight imagery divine powers listed on the game forum, he was quite certain it was because the game hadn't updated to the Cataclysm version before his transmigration, and this divine power hadn't been implemented yet; otherwise, it would definitely be on the list!

"Life and death together"

"Affinity: Skill 5, Defense 5, Fate 10"

Suitable tokens: for offense and defense.

Basic effect: Links two targets together. When one target takes damage, the other target will also take the same damage (same damage type). When one target dies, the other target will take 25% of its current health as damage and be paralyzed for at least 5 seconds.

The "Life and Death Link" technique leaves Dao patterns on the target, lasting for 30 to 100 minutes (the stronger the target, the faster the Dao patterns dissipate). If the target is linked to a new target again during the Dao patterns' duration, the second "Life and Death Link" will only have half the effect due to the Dao patterns becoming disordered. The third time will only have half the effect of the second, the fourth time only half the effect of the third, and so on.

"Evaluation: Heart-wrenching, hair-raising. In this conversation, life and death are intertwined!" At first glance, it seems similar to the team skill [Loyalty Lock] and Ying Le's [United Hearts], but they are actually completely different. [Loyalty Lock] helps teammates absorb damage, [United Hearts] distributes damage, while [Life and Death Intertwined] links damage, causing both targets to receive the full damage!
There are many uses for this alone. For example, if an enemy wants to escape, Yan Qing can find a wild beast to link with, and then heal the beast while fighting it. This allows him to continuously kill the enemy regardless of distance, killing them from a thousand miles away without them even noticing, comparable to the Seven Arrows of Nailhead... This is also why [Life and Death Together] is a life-saving supernatural power in terms of affinity. Its hit rate is 100%, and no one can escape it or avoid it!

It's already extraordinary in the PVP arena, but what truly makes Yan Qing's scalp tingle is its performance in the PVE arena: it deals percentage-based damage based on the target's health!
Although it only deals damage based on the current health value, and the effect decreases with repeated activations, if Yan Qing activates [Life and Death Together] three times on the Demon King at the start of the battle, it can deal a total of 25% + 9.4% + 4.1% = 38.5% damage based on the Demon King's maximum health value, and also inflicts a cumulative 8 seconds of paralysis!

Yan Qing had previously worried that [Life and Death Together] might have limitations on demon kings, like [Epitaph]. But now, seeing Yan Feili sprawled on the ground like a dead cat, he had no more doubts.

Yan Qing plunged eight longswords into the ground, pulled out the Bingzi Pepper Forest sword, and leaped onto the head of the Flame Princess Tanuki. His hands moved like the wind, unleashing a flurry of slashes that caused the Flame Princess Tanuki to scream in agony. He barely managed to hold out for five seconds, and just as the Flame Princess Tanuki was about to unleash its fury, Yan Qing activated [Life and Death Together] again, crushing the ants and shattering the Flame Princess Tanuki's struggle.

After three consecutive rounds, Yanfeili was already covered in wounds, but the fury in her eyes could burn the entire world. Yan Qing's third [Life and Death Together] only paralyzed her for a little over a second. As soon as the time was up, Yanfeili's whole body burst into blue flames, and she swung her claw down with a backhand!

Yan Qing strolled leisurely around it, slicing through its body like a spinning top. The Demon King's boiling blood had seeped into every crack of the blue bricks, making it impossible for Yan Qing to even find an ant. The Flame Queen Tanuki shrieked and lunged, suddenly reaching for Yan Qing with both hands. Yan Qing gracefully retreated from its attack range. It seemed its claws could touch Yan Qing, but they just grazed past, as if part of Yan Qing's model was illusory.

【Musou Reincarnation】Although it is only a blue trait, it is truly outstanding in terms of evasion. As long as the attack does not hit Yan Qing's central axis, his body will automatically deflect to dodge, allowing him to take the most thrilling and safe route without having to think, just like a petrel in a storm.

Just then, two blue flame claws grew from the back of the Flame Queen Tanuki and descended from the sky to strike Yan Qing. Its claws pounced forward again, blocking all of Yan Qing's escape routes.

The three great rulers of Qi showed no change in expression, but all stared intently at Yan Qing.

Killing move!
Yan Qing leaped up and flew through the gap. However, this time, what blocked his way was the mouth of the Flame Queen Tanuki, or more precisely, the flames in its throat. Boiling blue flames were poised to erupt, and Yan Qing had nowhere to dodge in mid-air!

One deadly move after another!
With a shrill roar, the Flame Queen Tanuki spewed out molten blue flames, as intense as lightning shattering the gloom of Nightless City, shooting into the sky and breaking through the rain clouds, causing thunder to rumble!
do you died?
The moment the three great masters of Qi had this thought in their minds, they saw a phantom figure leap out of the blue flames. When it landed on Yan Feili's head, it solidified and slashed through Yan Feili's eyeball with a single stroke!

【epitaph】!
Yan Qing's [Epitaph] can be used on others as well as on himself, and he can break free from the illusory state at any time, which is equivalent to an invincible evasion skill!
He can attack or defend, and from the beginning he is invincible. His 250 points of spiritual energy limit is enough for him to use [Epitaph] on himself three times. As long as his spiritual energy recovery speed is fast enough, Yan Feili will not be able to touch him at all!
This is why Yan Qing only used the Bingzi Pepper Forest instead of using both swords and sabers; he wanted to keep one hand to absorb Qianzhen's spiritual energy!
Yan Feili slapped her own face, but Yan Qing had already gracefully jumped to the ground. Seeing that Yan Feili's attacks became more expansive but slower, he knew that his Heavenly Calamity True Injury had damaged Yan Feili's vision. After the parts were damaged, the Demon King would change his attack methods, and the hit rate would also be affected.

"Come on." Yan Qing dodged the attack from Yan Fei Li, and Bing Zi Jiao Lin flicked her wrist, adding another wound to it: "I will relieve your pain as soon as possible."

At this moment, the fear of the three great rulers of Qi reached its peak!

(End of this chapter)