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Chapter 453 - 402: One Move, Deciding Life and Death!

Chapter 453: Chapter 402: One Move, Deciding Life and Death!

In the direst of straits, Ye Fan solidified his Martial Arts Will, his soul cleansed anew. A robust self-confidence sprang forth in his heart, accompanied by a fearsome War Intent.

Never had his War Intent and desire to survive been so overwhelming as at this very moment!

As his War Intent surged, he calmed down.

Yes!

At this critical moment of life and death, he suddenly became composed.

His mind highly focused, Mind Power weirdly fused with the surging War Intent and steadfast Martial Arts Will, continually compressing... and compressing until it fully converged into a point, accumulating within the Mind Power Seed like a volcano ready to erupt.

Hmm?

Why was his War Intent so terrifying?

Suddenly sensing the terrifying War Intent erupting from Ye Fan, Zorro was taken aback and subconsciously halted his steps.

Why??

Just then!

Moved by a thought, Ye Fan’s brow shone with golden light, and the perfectly blended and condensed Mind Power shot from his brow, silently aiming for Zorro.

Mind Power Attack!

In this critical moment, instead of responding with Martial Arts or Flying Knife Assassination, Ye Fan initiated a Mind Power Attack!

This strike came without sound, without any disturbance, silent and deadly, akin to the ultimate stab of an ancient assassin, destined to impale its target!

This strike was the strongest Mind Power Attack Ye Fan had used since he began cultivation!

One move, deciding life and death!

"Danger!"

The instant Ye Fan triggered the Mind Power Attack, Zorro felt a terrifying Aura of Death enveloping him, causing his soul to shudder uncontrollably.

The next moment.

Before Zorro could react, the terrible Mind Power imbued with Ye Fan’s War Intent and Martial Arts Will stealthily entered Zorro’s Yintang point, directly targeting his soul (Consciousness)!

Spiritual power attack?!

Zorro’s face abruptly changed, then quickly he fortified his will, mobilizing the Power to guard his soul.

However—

Just as Zorro’s Power madly rushed toward his Consciousness, the condensed Mind Power struck like a battering ram, swiftly impacting his soul.

Upon impact, the Mind Power, fused with War Intent and Martial Arts Will and further condensed, exploded like a cannonball hitting its target!

Faced with the terrifying spiritual power attack, Zorro’s Martial Arts Will shattered as if a mountain was blasted by artillery, completely shaken!

Immediately, the condensed Mind Power exploded into an invisible storm within Zorro’s soul, wreaking havoc and causing destruction!

Without the protection of Martial Arts Will and resistance from the Power, Zorro’s soul was severely damaged by the Mind Power storm.

An indescribable, intense pain emerged deep within Zorro’s soul, causing his body to tremble violently, his face turning ashen, and even...his consciousness briefly blanked out, completely losing control over his body!

"Swoosh—"

Just then, a piercing sound of tearing air suddenly echoed!

A sharp Xuanye Flying Knife swiftly flew from Ye Fan’s sleeve, transforming into a streak of white light, whistling towards Zorro’s throat!

Faced with Ye Fan’s lethal assassination, Zorro abruptly came to his senses, yet because his soul had been heavily injured, he lost control over his body and Power in that instant, standing there like a live target, motionless.

"Puchi—"

The flying knife pierced through, blood spurted out.

The sharp Xuanye Flying Knife instantly penetrated Zorro’s throat, hot blood furiously spewing from the bloody hole, a rush of air entering Zorro’s body.

Zorro’s body jerked violently, his pupils dilated, his expression turning into one of extreme terror!

Amidst the terror, he widened his eyes, staring in horror at the bush where Ye Fan was hiding, as if asking: how is this possible?

"No!!"

Zorro let out a wail in his heart, subconsciously trying to cover the wound to stop the blood loss and the entry of air, but it was all in vain as his hands quickly turned red with blood, his body swaying like grass in the field.

"Bang—"

Seconds later, Zorro collapsed to the ground, blood foaming from his mouth, his body beginning to convulse violently, his complexion deathly pale.

At this moment, his expression was no longer brimming with confidence or somber as before, but filled with fear—

The fear of death!

Amidst the fear, there was also a strong sense of unwillingness.

Clearly... he was reluctant to die at the hands of a Level 7 Cultivator, whom he regarded as nothing more than an ant!

However—

No matter how unwilling, he could not change the outcome.

Moments later, Zorro’s body stopped twitching, his limbs lay rigidly on the ground, motionless.

Under the night sky, his eyes were wide open, a look of unresolved death on his face, as if asking the heavens: why was a Level 7 Cultivator’s spiritual power attack so strong?

It worked!

Seeing this scene, Ye Fan’s hanging heart quietly fell, and he was thrilled.

After the thrill, Ye Fan suddenly realized that his consciousness was listless and then felt as if tens of thousands of insects were biting him, causing unbearable pain.

"This is bad, Mind Power is severely overdrawn!"

The sudden pain instantly scattered the joy in Ye Fan’s heart, his facial muscles twisted, his expression extremely painful, yet his mind was as clear as a mirror.

Just now, when he was driven into a desperate situation, fueled by a terrifying desire to survive and overflowing war intent, he took a wild chance and mysteriously fused Mind Power with war intent and Martial Arts Will into one point, ultimately unleashing an incredible power and severely injuring Zorro’s soul!

Although Ye Fan didn’t know how he had perfectly merged Mind Power, war intent, and Martial Arts Will at that time, he knew that his actions were in essence the same as the "Forbidden Technique" strictly prohibited by the Cultivation World.

The so-called Forbidden Technique, as the name implies, refers to the secret technique strictly prohibited from use—cultivators can momentarily stimulate the body’s potential through a special method, enhance strength, and unleash extremely terrifying energy.

Years ago, there was a news report about a sixty-year-old grandmother who, in order to save her grandson, forcibly lifted a truck weighing several tons; this was actually the activation of the body’s potential under special circumstances, akin to the cultivator’s Forbidden Technique.

Although temporarily activating the body’s potential can unleash extremely terrifying energy, it has severe side effects—the grandmother died on the spot after lifting the truck to save her grandson, essentially having used up all her life’s energy in advance, thus reaching the end of her life.

And for cultivators, using Forbidden Technique to stimulate the body’s potential not only might stop them from further advancing on their cultivation path, but most of them regress in strength, and some even completely use up their potential, just like that grandmother, defeating their opponent only to die from the burst of power!

Moreover, primarily, some cultivators who use ’Forbidden Technique’ to kill their enemies might completely lose their minds and become cold-blooded killing machines, indiscriminately slaughtering the innocent.

Because of all this, this type of technique for gaining powerful combat strength within a short period is despised by cultivators and is also strictly prohibited by both the righteous sects and the Yanhuang Organization in the Cultivation World.

Although Ye Fan was not familiar with ’Forbidden Technique’, he had inadvertently achieved a similar effect in his desperate strike, which caused terrible side effects—damaging his own soul (consciousness)!

As pain struck, Ye Fan clenched his teeth tightly and tried to resist with his strong will, only to find the pain in the depths of his soul becoming more severe, sweat pouring down like rain, and even his consciousness was starting to blur.

At this moment, Ye Fan was extremely anxious!

He was well aware that if he truly passed out, he might forever be in a coma, becoming a vegetative state.

In this critical moment, the mysterious Crimson Golden Crown suddenly emerged outside Ye Fan’s consciousness, a faint pattern of the Crimson Golden Crown appearing on Ye Fan’s head, looking quite eerie.

Crimson Golden Crown!

Noticing the appearance of the Crimson Golden Crown, Ye Fan was very excited!

Initially, when he was injured in consciousness by Lu Wen, the person in charge of the Yanhuang Organization East Sea Branch at Dong hai Soaring Manor, it was the Crimson Golden Crown that helped him heal, and it even made his consciousness stronger and improved the quality of his Mind Power!

At this moment, after experiencing the side effects of a ’Forbidden Technique’, the Crimson Golden Crown appeared again...

This made him subconsciously believe that the Crimson Golden Crown was going to help repair his consciousness!

Just as Ye Fan had guessed, upon the appearance of the Crimson Golden Crown, golden light flickered, and streams of pure Mind Power Essence flowed from the crown into Ye Fan’s consciousness, nourishing his injured consciousness.

As the Mind Power Essence entered his consciousness, Ye Fan noticed that the pain was getting weaker and eventually disappeared completely.

In addition, his previously depleted Mind Power almost instantly recovered within a few seconds, and the amount was even greater than before!

This meant that after just undergoing life-and-death training and a strike similar to a "Forbidden Technique," Ye Fan’s magic cultivation had advanced further, expanding the capacity of the Mind Power Seed, increasing the quantity of Mind Power, and his cultivation in magic had been enhanced!

At the same time, Ye Fan discovered that after helping him repair his consciousness, the mysterious crimson golden crown became a bit duller in color, and then it vanished immediately.

Hmm?

Noticing the change in the crimson golden crown and recalling that its color deepened after each absorption of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, Ye Fan faintly felt that the crimson golden crown could grow stronger by absorbing Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi and would become weaker when it returned Mind Power to him!

Upon thinking this, an odd thought suddenly emerged in Ye Fan’s mind, "Could it be... Could it be that the crimson golden crown can cultivate and grow just like cultivators?"

There was no answer.

For Ye Fan, the crimson golden crown was overly mysterious and profound, entirely beyond his understanding of magic artifacts and even the cultivation world.

"Phew~"

Several seconds later, Ye Fan took a deep breath, shook his head, and stopped thinking about the crimson golden crown. He stood up and walked out of the bushes, quickly making his way to Zorro’s corpse.

Ghost Ring?

At just a glance, Ye Fan saw the ring on Zorro’s hand, which was almost identical to the Ghost Ring he had obtained from Hunter!

"No wonder he could lock onto my aura, so he also wore a Ghost Ring!"

Ye Fan thought to himself, and without any hesitation, he took the Ghost Ring off Zorro’s hand. He then searched Zorro’s body and found a Plant Essence, a bottle of golden sore medicine, and a Nirvana Pill, which he collected all at once.

"Since the crimson golden crown can absorb Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, then it can certainly absorb the essence of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi from the Plant Essence, and moreover... it’s very likely not limited to absorbing only three like cultivators!"

As he pocketed the Plant Essence, an idea struck Ye Fan, "If the crimson golden crown absorbed a large amount of Heaven and Earth Essence from the Plant Essence, I wonder what it would become?"

As the thought emerged, Ye Fan felt tempted to try. But considering that two half-step Gang Qi realm strong people were still after him, he had to give up on the idea. He stored the Plant Essence and elixirs, then put on the Ghost Ring.

Just then, something unexpected happened!

The two Ghost Rings connected like two magnets, and then... they burst into blinding light!

"What’s going on?"

Ye Fan was shocked and immediately checked.

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PS: This is the second update from yesterday.

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