Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 525 - 419

Chapter 525: 419

—— Water makes up seventy percent of the human body tissue and is as high as ninety percent in blood. These are all within the range of Xiangyue’s mana remote sensing operation.

If it were in another situation, with no access to the Hao Qi of seven thousand Confucian scholars and without the Immortal Artifact Taotie in hand, Li Xuan’s blood would have rioted at this point, his body blown to dust, or sucked away entirely, leaving him a desiccated corpse.

Yet, at this moment, Li Xuan only needs to use Hao Qi to suppress it.

"The imperial path must purge barbarians, inhale harmony and exhale clarity!"

—— During a peaceful and prosperous era, Great Rectitude manifest as a harmonious atmosphere and an enlightened Court.

Boom!

With a single strike, Xiangyue’s head was split in two by Li Xuan’s Shi of the sword. The force of the blade didn’t stop there; it also inflicted a wound on the neck of another head.

Xiangyue, however, seemed indifferent, its nine heads attacking ceaselessly with wild and ferocious momentum.

Meanwhile, the frequency of their exchange of blows within the space of a single breath drastically increased, with one hundred fifty strikes being the average, capable of escalating to over two hundred. The intensity of the fray, put Li Xuan under increasing pressure. He resorted to Superconductive Style, employing unpredictable evasion techniques to cope.

But Xiangyue, through the water in his body, was able to accurately sense his location. The Nine-Headed Snake, unaffected by its massive form, had a body that could morph like a body of water, changing shape at will. Its nine heads could emerge from any direction as needed, leaving no blind spots in its defense.

After about two moments, the distance between the man and serpent was stretched to two hundred meters following an explosive confrontation.

Xiangyue refrained from attacking again, instead focusing its undamaged seven heads on the massive hole in its chest.

Li Xuan’s recent blade had decapitated two of its heads and pierced its chest, leaving a large wound.

Xiangyue then looked at the river beneath it, a contemplative look in its eyes —The Yangtze River’s water level had fallen by nearly eight feet without it realizing.

Li Xuan, gripping his long sword, stood still on the ice.

—— The ice reached down to the river bed, connected to the earth. This connection allowed him to harness the power of the Jiutian Xirang and gourd vine seeds, drawing the Yuan Qi from the ground, which somewhat alleviated the speed of the Yesha buildup in his chest. It didn’t need to rely solely on the little girl with the green sword.

His eyes were filled with a somewhat chilling gaze as he looked at Xiangyue, wondering if it had noticed.

"You’ve dissipated the surrounding water vapour?"

Xiangyue, slightly surprised, stared at Li Xuan with its eighteen eyes, there was also a hint of mockery in its pupils: "You must feel quite smug, thinking that by thinning out the water vapour, you can stop me?"

Li Xuan shook his head slightly, gripping the hilt of the Bixue Leique Sword tighter: "How dare I boast before I slay Your Excellency Xiangyue’s Law Body?"

Xiangyue laughed heartily upon hearing this: "Jiudeng!"

At that moment, Jiudeng emerged from the clouds, holding a cloth bag. He tossed it into the air, and a large quantity of blood rained down.

Li Xuan’s pupils contracted as he saw that among the blood rain, there were countless undeveloped fetuses.

"You humans are actually the most brutal beings in the world. Just like the person above, he was able to extract fetuses from sixty-four pregnant women. Only you humans could do such a thing. Nevertheless, I like this blood of infants!"

At that moment, a bloody aura appeared all over Xiangyue, its body subtly inflated: "Water can be formless and also have form; outwardly flexible but inner toughness!"

At that moment, its body split completely, turning into nine large serpents that simultaneously lunged at Li Xuan. Carrying the force of wind and thunder, they appeared like nine spears piercing through the air.

And then, after another thunderous noise, Li Xuan was sent flying a hundred meters away once more. Not only was his right arm shattered, but his whole body also crackled and popped.

The nine large serpents didn’t let up, continuing their relentless assault. As soon as Li Xuan’s body stabilised, his body was tossed aside like a broken sack. His blood was scattered like a mist, and a mouthful of blood spilled out as well.

He had to resort to Superconductive Style to teleport two hundred meters away, intending to regroup. However, this only bought him a moment. Xiangyue’s figure had already charged before him.

"Water is everywhere, and nothing can live without it! It can bless the world, but also destroy all living beings!"

The nine immense water snakes momentarily merged into one at this moment!

Boom!

At this moment, not only did Li Xuan’s hands shatter, but his internal organs were also injured, with large pieces splattering from his mouth.

"Arrogant mortal, nothing but an ant, dare you defy the heavens?"

Xiangyue suddenly materialized, raising a foot to crush the head of Li Xuan who was kneeling on the water surface: "Die!"

With this stomp, the surrounding water vibrated, triggering thousands of waves. It not only crushed Li Xuan’s body into the riverbed below but also caused his body to shatter, resulting in blood spurting from his mouth. The ’Dayan Divine Shield’ that was blocking him in front, made a crunching sound, clearly overcome by the weight.

This scene made Xue Yunrou and Yu Hongshang, who were watching the battle from a distance, clench their teeth in anger. Instinctively they were about to act to save him, but they were stopped by Li Chengji and Jiang Yunqi almost simultaneously.

"Two of you, calm down!"

Jiang Yunqi was also originally planning to help, but at this moment he looked at Li Xuan with a little surprise: "His Hao Qi has held up against it!"

Yu Hongshang briefly composed herself and stared at Li Xuan. But when she saw the horrifying scene of Li Xuan’s body covered in blood, her heart ached profoundly.

However, just as Jiang Yunqi said, Xuan had held on—

Xiangyue, below, was equally astonished because its short right claw, although it pressed Li Xuan into the riverbed, was still a foot away from Li Xuan’s body.

Despite shattered hands, Li Xuan, who temporarily couldn’t use his sword, held up Xiangyue’s stomping with just his pure Hao Qi.

"You, what the?" Xiangyue’s pupils constricted, revealing disbelief. He found a flawless crystal core condensed within Li Xuan’s purple Hao Qi.

Moreover, this Hao Qi was getting stronger, larger, purer, slowly lifting Xiangyue’s right paw inch by inch!

Li Xuan, on the other hand, was looking up, his eyes as red as fire. His Hao Qi burst out of his body like a great flood.

"The faithful shall appear when times are dire, their glorious image imprinted in our hearts one by one!"

Just at the moment when Li Xuan’s right arm recovered, a dazzling sword light carrying a red thunderbolt ripped through space like a whip. It not only severed Xiangyue’s right foot but also cleanly beheaded its three heads.

At this moment, the Confucianists at ’Zhenjing Mountain’ were astonished. Almost all of them were stupefied and were unable to regain their composure.

"Could it be our Confucian’s Sacred Hao Qi, the Flawless?"

"Can’t see clearly, but that Hao Qi is showing signs of turning into Flawless. It’s not far from this realm. It’s rumored that twelve years ago, Shaobao Yu turned the tide and repelled the Waci army. His Hao Qi turned pure just at this realm."

"Flawless! Unexpectedly, another Confucianist is about to step into this realm."

"With such a strong Hao Qi, it’s expected, right? Truly worthy of being the Hufa of Neo-Confucianism, such a fierce battle, still able to sacrifice his life without fear, unbending and fearless!"

"Everyone shut up!" A scolding came from the top of the mountain, that was Huguang’s patrol Ming Yuzhen, his face showing annoyance: "All of you concentrate on chanting sutras!"

While scolding, Ming Yuzhen was attentively watching Li Xuan who was in the midst of a fierce battle with Xiangyue.

In Buddhism, the prerequisite for achieving enlightenment is to have a clear, unclouded mind. That is, ’In my next life, upon achieving enlightenment, may my body be as pure as a crystal, clear inside and outside, free from blemish and defilement.’ - This is the Tao Fruit of the so-called ’supreme enlightenment’ in Buddhism.

Similarly, Confucians also need this flawless heart to reach the realm of a Saint.