The most melodramatic rebirth in history

Chapter 116 Seven-Step Soul-Severing Powder

“Sucking its own kind!” Feng Ling was suddenly startled, staring intently at the group of skeletal evil spirits that were constantly growing stronger. At this moment, he finally saw the source of the strange white mist!

That's not white mist at all! It's clearly the bone fragments damaged by the skeleton in battle!
Whether it was the skeletal evil spirits that were destroyed by Feng Ling, or the skeletons that were missing limbs, they all became nourishment for the other surviving skeletons!

In other words, from the moment the battle began until now, the evil energy of these skeletons has remained almost at zero consumption!
“Cancan…!” Suddenly, a strong corrosive force emanated from the constantly evolving skeleton, startling the purple-clad man who was in distress.

Following the aura, the purple-robed man's gaze fell upon a white, jade-like skeleton spirit among the skeleton army.

"This is troublesome!" Feng Ling trembled and muttered absentmindedly, feeling the powerful aura emanating from the white jade skeleton that far surpassed that of its kind. He gritted his teeth and said, "Peak of level ten!"

"Haha, have we been discovered!?" The old man in black robes laughed wildly. As long as the skeleton evil spirits were not all dead, even if there was only one left, the withered old man would not feel the slightest bit sorry for them!
"Kid! Go in peace, and in your next life, learn to be a wise person!"

With a brief moment of surprise, the old man deflected the fire-tipped spear with a single blow. Taking advantage of the opening, he turned his head and his eyes flashed. He was already convinced that the man in purple was doomed to die today.

"Sigh~!" Thinking this, he deliberately sighed with a playful tone: "To be honest."

It would be such a pity if a genius like you were to perish! Especially since I, an old man, had to do it myself..."

"Old man, you'd better take care of yourself first!" The man in purple sneered. If things continued to develop like this, he might really perish because of it.

But how could Feng Ling not be prepared?
Even before he met the withered old man, he had already planned how to scheme against him.

"When did you poison me?!" As if in response to the purple-robed man's words, the black-robed old man's legs went numb, and he dramatically collapsed.

The situation immediately became dire!

The brownish-brown spear seized the opportunity to launch a fierce attack. The withered old man, unable to move, could only desperately try to meet the attack with his scepter, clearly struggling to defend himself.

"Ancestral secret recipe, Seven-Step Soul-Severing Powder!" The man in purple took out a small white porcelain bottle containing an unknown gas and shook it a few times.

A thought suddenly struck me: "Thank goodness for the good herbs picked from Master's herb garden to neutralize the medicinal properties!"

A few days ago, Feng Ling had nothing to do and was thinking about how to maximize the effects of the Seven-Step Soul-Severing Powder, preferably to bind a legendary-level expert!
So he began to re-examine the formula, constantly analyze the properties of each Chinese herb, and even wrote down several theoretically feasible formulas.

Unexpectedly, it was actually refined by Ling Weiyun's clone!

Initially, the man in purple wasn't sure if the newly refined Soul-Severing Powder would be so effective, until he saw the old man in black's embarrassed state...

"Damn it!" The old man was shocked. The other party's skill in poisoning was so superb that even someone as cunning as him had been fooled.

"I'll risk it all!" The withered old man gritted his teeth, revealing a fierce look, and swung his staff again to meet the attack, having already given up on the plan to summon back some skeletons to protect him.

As the saying goes: half a catty is equal to eight taels!
At the same level, Feng Ling focused most of his energy on controlling the Fire-Tipped Spear, while Ku Lao focused most of his energy on controlling the skeleton army.

Conversely, both Feng Ling and Ku Lao's defenses are at their lowest point. The two are now competing in patience to see whether Ku Lao's skeleton army will destroy Feng Ling first, or whether Feng Ling's fire-tipped spear will destroy Ku Lao first!
Regardless of Feng Ling's intentions, at least that's what Elder Ku thought. But little did he know that Feng Ling possessed some special abilities!
Rumble~
The battle raged on like a meat grinder (no... a bone grinder!), and after an unknown amount of time, the cracks were completely erased by the fierce fighting.

The number of skeletons in the arena dwindled to about thirty, but the quality of those remaining was steadily increasing. Their survival was due to absorbing vast amounts of nutrients from their own kind, resulting in an overall improvement in the skeleton army's cultivation level compared to before…

At least one small step!

Almost all of them advanced from the early stage of level 10 to the middle stage of level 10, while the remaining small number advanced from the middle stage of level 10 to the late stage of level 10!

Besides the level 10 peak skeleton that Feng Ling had already seen, five more level 10 peak skeletons appeared!
"They didn't fall for it!?" Faced with such a grand scene, Feng Ling was also a little unsettled. He knew that five peak level 10 skeletons working together could rival a semi-legendary powerhouse!

The previous level 10 peak skeleton had already reached the threshold of semi-legendary status. If it were combined with these five level 10 peak skeletons...

In theory, he's almost capable of challenging a legendary powerhouse!

Even when they are at a complete disadvantage, they are not without the power to fight back. If a legendary expert makes a mistake, they may even have a chance to turn the tide.

"Then let's take the risk!" With a powerful strike, he repelled the siege of six strong attacking skeletons, and a swirling hurricane suddenly rose around the purple-clad man.

The powerful energy forced the skeletal evil spirits following behind to stay away.

If there's no opportunity, then create one!
As an assassin, this is Feng Ling's forte. Although he has now "abandoned darkness and embraced light," his ingrained skills and qualities remain.

"Whoosh!" As the man in purple slowly closed his eyes, the Fire-Tipped Spear eerily stopped moving, and the surroundings suddenly became unusually quiet.

The already heavy atmosphere grew increasingly oppressive...

All that could be heard was the howling of the wind; all other sounds seemed to have vanished, and the skeletal evil spirits, scattered in twos and threes by the wind, were also scattered haphazardly.

The whole scene seemed rather empty!

"What is he going to do!?" The withered old man was filled with doubt and suspicion. He first glanced at the Fire-Tipped Spear that was stiffly suspended above his head, and then at the man in purple.

He gritted his teeth and cursed inwardly, "What the hell is this damned poison made of? It's so hard to get rid of!"

But then I thought, since the other side isn’t in a hurry to attack, then I, who is in a disadvantaged position due to my inconvenience, have even less reason to be in a hurry!

Because the newly refined Seven-Step Soul-Severing Powder formula is quite unique, even with the old man's best efforts to expel the toxins, the process is extremely slow.

The skeleton general then ceased his attack, relinquishing most of his control over the skeleton army.

I was just thinking: whatever your schemes or tricks are, I'll just wait until I regain my mobility...

Unexpectedly, a strange change occurred!
With a loud "bang," the man in purple had vanished.

(End of this chapter)