Heaven rewards diligence, but there are always fairies plotting against me.

Behind him, Lin Wuwen stood with his hands behind his back, his feet treading on the void, slowly and methodically approaching Chu Chang.

His smile was cruel and mocking, and the way he looked at Chu Chang was like looking at prey that had fallen into a trap.

"Although you possess unparalleled talent and forcibly broke through to the Purple Mansion Realm, in my eyes you are still nothing more than a slightly larger ant. Today, you cannot escape!"

Lin Wuwen's voice echoed through the canyon, carrying an undeniable domineering and cold quality.

Chu Chang landed on the ground, his body swaying slightly.

The five wounds on his chest sent piercing, bone-scraping pain through him. The highly corrosive poison was spreading wildly along his meridians toward his heart and dantian, attempting to completely assimilate the true essence within his body into poisonous blood.

"As expected of a demon in the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion Realm, his methods are indeed insidious."

Chu Chang took a deep breath, but there was no sign of panic on his face.

"Chaos reversed, pure yang refined into poison!"

At this moment, the "Taiyin-Taiyang Chaos Body" within his body revealed its true terror.

The dark golden true essence flowing through his meridians suddenly became as hot as magma the moment it touched the poison. The primordial chaos trembled slightly, and the powers of Yin and Yang intertwined at the wound, transforming into an invisible furnace.

Sizzle! ...

To Lin Wuwen's astonishment, the black poison gas that was spreading from Chu Chang's chest was actually refined by wisps of golden flames, turning into wisps of black smoke that emerged from the wound.

In just a few breaths, the black blood dissipated, and bright red blood flowed from the wound again, slowly forming a scab under the powerful regenerative abilities of the body.

"Oh? It can so easily neutralize the Blood Demon Corpse Poison?"

A flicker of surprise crossed Lin Wuwen's eyes, followed by an even stronger greed: "No wonder you have the physique to steal the Xiao family's fortune! If I were to refine you into a puppet, you would be ten times stronger than these three pieces of trash!"

"Go, tear him to pieces!"

Lin Wuwen pointed his finger and once again gave the order to kill.

boom!

The three demonic puppets moved again. This time, their coordination was even more seamless.

The demonic puppet, capable of spewing poisonous mist, slammed its hands into the ground, causing blood-red spikes to spring up from the ground like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, blocking Chu Chang's foothold.

The other two demonic puppets, one in front and one behind, transformed into two streaks of blood-red light, blocking all possible routes for Chu Chang to dodge.

"Since we can't avoid it, then let's fight!"

A fierce fighting spirit ignited in Chu Chang's eyes. He knew that if he couldn't defeat these three puppets today, he wouldn't even be qualified to spar with Lin Wuwen.

"The Sun God Wheel!"

Chu Chang clasped his hands together, then suddenly pulled them apart. A massive golden halo, several meters in diameter, materialized before him. The edges of the halo were incredibly sharp, and as it spun at high speed, even the space itself seemed to be subtly torn apart by tiny black marks.

go with!

Chu Chang pushed out, and a golden halo shot out, meeting the demonic puppet charging head-on.

Click!

The demonic puppet neither dodged nor evaded, but instead threw a punch. However, the moment the golden halo made contact with its fist, the rapidly spinning pure yang energy began to frantically cut through the keratinous skin on its surface.

Sparks flew everywhere!

With a piercing metallic scraping sound, the demonic puppet's entire right arm finally gave way under the cutting of the golden halo, and was severed and thrown into the air.

"roar!!!!"

The demonic puppet let out an unconscious roar of pain, but it felt no pain at all, and its remaining left fist continued to pound wildly at Chu Chang.

At the same time, the demonic puppet's claws silently approached Chu Chang's back.

Chu was attacked from both sides.

He didn't have time to retract the golden halo and could only forcibly twist his body.

boom!

The demonic puppet, having lost its right arm, slammed its left fist hard into Chu Chang's shoulder.

The violent force shattered Chu Chang's shoulder blade, and his entire left arm hung limply at his sides.

Meanwhile, the claws of another demonic puppet ripped open Chu Chang's back, tearing off a large chunk of flesh.

"puff!!!"

Chu Changkuang spat out a mouthful of blood, his body flying out like a cannonball, crashing heavily into the cliff at the bottom of the valley.

With a deafening roar, the cliff collapsed, burying Chu Chang completely beneath countless boulders.

"Chu Chang!"

In the distance, some disciples of the Divine Sword Sect and rogue cultivators who were rushing over heard the commotion.

When they saw that scene, they all gasped in shock.

"That's... the sect leader?!"

"Heavens! Why is the Sect Master attacking Senior Brother Chu? And... the aura emanating from the Sect Master is demonic!"

Some disciples of the Divine Sword Sect were completely stunned; they could not accept what they were seeing.

"Hmph, a bunch of noisy ants."

Lin Wuwen glanced at the onlookers out of the corner of his eye, snorted coldly, and flicked his sleeve.

A blood-red rain of needles shot out like a tidal wave, instantly engulfing the arriving cultivators.

Ahhh! ! !

Screams echoed throughout the valley. Whether they were disciples of the Divine Sword Sect or rogue cultivators, their bodies melted instantly upon touching the blood needles, turning into pools of blood that seeped into the air, making the stench of blood in the canyon even stronger.

"Let all the useless things become nourishment for me."

Lin Wuwen didn't even glance at the dead cultivators; his gaze returned to the pile of collapsed rubble.

boom!

Rocks flew everywhere.

Chu Chang staggered out of the pile of rubble.

At this moment, he looked utterly miserable. His left arm hung limply at his sides, his back was a bloody mess, and you could even see the white bones underneath.

His once clean gray clothes were now stained dark red with blood, his face was deathly pale, and blood kept oozing from the corners of his mouth.

However, his eyes remained remarkably bright, even more dazzling than before.

"Heh... Mid-stage Purple Mansion Realm, plus three demonic puppets equivalent to early Purple Mansion Realm, Lin Wuwen, you really went all out to kill me." Chu Changsha said in a hoarse voice, coughing up blood with every word.

"You've managed to survive under their rule until now; you should be proud of that."

Lin Wuwen walked step by step toward Chu Chang in the void with his hands behind his back. The distance between the two was less than fifty feet.

"However, this ends here. Your struggles are meaningless in my eyes."

Lin Wuwen raised his right hand, and a blood-red demonic sword slowly materialized in his palm. As the demonic sword appeared, the temperature of the entire canyon instantly dropped to freezing point, and endless vengeful spirits swirled and howled around the sword.

As Lin Wuwen approached step by step, and the three demonic puppets that, though damaged, still possessed terrifying combat power, a strange smile suddenly appeared on Chu Chang's lips.

"Lin Wuwen, do you really think you've got this in the bag?"

Chu Chang murmured softly.

"Um?"

Lin Wuwen frowned slightly, a strange sense of vigilance rising in his heart. But he was confident that with his own strength and the demonic puppets around him, Chu Chang would definitely not be able to cause any trouble.

"Bluster. Die!"

Lin Wuwen moved swiftly, transforming into a streak of blood-red light and rushing straight towards Chu Chang, his demonic sword unleashing a blood-red sword beam that tore through the void.

However, just as Lin Wuwen made his move, a dazzling golden and black divine light suddenly burst forth from Chu Chang's eyes.

"Chaotic True Domain, open!"

boom!

An indescribable, terrifying gravity instantly descended upon Chu Chang, covering an area of ​​a hundred feet in radius.

This is no ordinary spell, but the original domain that Chu Chang comprehended after advancing to the Purple Mansion Realm and combining it with the "Taiyin Sun Chaos Body"!

Within this hundred-zhang radius, gravity instantly increased a hundredfold, and the balance of yin and yang was disrupted. The violent forces of the yin and yang were frantically pulling at all living beings within the area.

As Lin Wuwen charged forward, he suddenly felt his body sink, his forward speed instantly slowed down by more than half, and the circulation of demonic energy within his body also experienced a brief stagnation.

The three demonic puppets, lacking intelligence and unable to invoke the laws to resist, uttered cracking sounds from their massive bodies under the combined force of a hundredfold gravity and the yin-yang strangulation, their movements instantly becoming stiff and unresponsive.

"Now!"

A ruthless glint flashed in Chu Chang's eyes.

Despite the risk of worsening his injuries, he forcibly burned the essence blood in his body.

"Pure Yang Heavenly Fire, Explode!"

Chu Chang slammed his intact right hand onto the ground.

boom!!

In an instant, the ground within a hundred feet radius transformed into a golden sea of ​​fire. This was no ordinary flame, but the Pure Yang True Fire cultivated by Chu Chang with his Pure Yang Child physique—the nemesis of all evil spirits in the world!

A golden sea of ​​fire instantly shot into the sky, completely engulfing the three demonic puppets and Lin Wuwen.

"ah!!!"

The three demonic puppets roared mournfully as they were scorched by the pure Yang fire. The crimson demonic hearts in their chests began to wither and die rapidly under the purification of this supreme Yang fire.

"Damn it! You were hiding your true power?!"

In the center of the sea of ​​fire, Lin Wuwen desperately used his demonic sword to hold up a blood-red light barrier. Although he was not injured, the scorching heat of the pure yang true fire caused his demonic energy to be consumed extremely quickly, and his face turned extremely pale.

But he didn't panic.

"Chu Chang, how long can you maintain this desperate move? The moment this sea of ​​fire stops, it will be your death!" Lin Wuwen roared.

Indeed, forcibly maintaining such a large area of ​​Chaotic True Domain and Pure Yang Heavenly Fire pushed Chu Chang's already severely injured body to its limit. The capillaries all over his body began to rupture, and he instantly turned into a blood-soaked figure.

But he did not give up. Under the cover of the sea of ​​fire, he focused his attention on one of the demonic puppets.

The demonic puppet whose right arm had been severed in the previous battle was now at the center of Chu Chang's Chaotic True Domain.

Its body moved slowly under a hundred times the gravity, and the demonic heart in its chest was greatly weakened by the constant burning of the pure yang heavenly fire.

"I'll cut off your arm first!"

Chu Chang's eyes flashed with killing intent, and his figure transformed into a dark golden stream of light, instantly traversing the distance of space and appearing in front of the crippled demonic puppet.

"Great Sun and Universe Seal!"

Chu Chang formed a hand seal, concentrating all the remaining pure Yang true essence within his body into this seal. A golden square seal, several meters in size, appeared out of thin air, carrying an aura of suppressing everything, and slammed heavily onto the demonic puppet's head.

boom! ! !

This time, the demonic puppet's hard metal mask and head could no longer withstand Chu Chang's full-force attack, and they exploded into countless fragments.

However, the headless puppet did not fall immediately; its massive headless body continued to wave its hands wildly, driven by instinct.

Chu Chang's face was icy cold. He pressed his advantage relentlessly, his right hand forming a knife, and he plunged it fiercely into the demonic heart in the demonic puppet's chest.

"Smash it!"

Pure Yang True Essence surged into the Demon Heart along the arm.

boom!

The violently beating demonic heart, infused with pure Yang energy, exploded with a deafening roar, transforming into a shower of black blood. Deprived of the demonic heart's energy supply, the massive headless corpse finally collapsed helplessly to its knees, turning into a pile of charred scrap metal.

The first demonic puppet is destroyed!

However, before Chu Chang could even feel happy, a furious roar exploded in his ears.

"You little beast, you're asking for it!"

Lin Wuwen had somehow torn through the Pure Yang Fire Sea and appeared beside Chu Chang. The demonic sword in his hand, glowing with endless blood light, slashed fiercely at Chu Chang's chest with unparalleled terrifying force.

puff! ! !

This sword strike almost sliced ​​Chu Chang diagonally in two.

Blood gushed out like a fountain, and Chu Chang was sent flying hundreds of feet away, crashing heavily into a pile of rocks at the deepest part of the canyon. His fate was unknown.

"Hmph, a death throes."

Lin Wuwen, his face pale, sheathed the demonic sword. Forcibly breaking through the Chaotic True Domain and the Sea of ​​Fire had also consumed a considerable amount of his true essence.

He coldly stared at the pile of rubble. The other two demonic puppets beside him, though charred in many places, still exuded a ferocious aura.

"However, it's all over now."

Lin Wuwen dragged the demonic sword, leaving a piercing screeching sound in the void, and slowly walked step by step toward the pile of rocks.

At this moment, Chu Chang's bones were almost completely shattered, his meridians were almost entirely gone, and his aura was extremely weak. He had completely lost his fighting ability.

The shadow of death enveloped him completely at that moment.