Twin Dimension Yin-Yang Mirror: Attaining immortality through the martial path
Chapter 464 - 413: Attacking the Mind, Setting an Ambush, Penetrating the Profound Secrets

Chapter 464: Chapter 413: Attacking the Mind, Setting an Ambush, Penetrating the Profound Secrets

"The heart, spleen, and lungs are all cracked... The Taiyin Meridian, Shaoyang Meridian are also severely damaged and need to be reconnected to restore their proper function."

Zhou Ping’an stepped into the jungle, looked back, and saw Uncle Yu Changsheng’s signature "Wings Hanging from the Sky" swordsmanship. The Sword Wings flickered continuously as he cut through the air to escape, even the old crocodile couldn’t catch up.

He let go of his worries, a breath rolled through his entire body, stimulating his Qi and blood. From the space, he took out four silver needles and inserted them into the Danzhong, Qihai, Yunmen, and Baihui points. He circulated the Life and Death Impermanence mental method, with life and death Qi rotating and transforming into a vast surge of vitality, sweeping through his body.

Only seven or eight breaths had passed.

The injuries on his body had healed by ninety-nine percent. He then circulated the Tidal Breathing Technique to drum up his Qi and blood, completely eliminating the last bit of discomfort. Finally, he took a long breath and put the silver needles away again.

"I’ve discovered another drawback; after all, the Starry Bone throughout my entire body hasn’t reached completion. Compared to the well-refined bones, other weaker internal organs as well as the skull and rib bones are not completely protected. If I really encounter a powerful expert, my flesh can still be injured.

Moreover, in the midst of intense battle, due to the tricky Heaven and Earth’s Divine Opportunity, residual vigorous Qi enters the body and it takes a while to fully recover, showing how necessary it is to master a powerful movement technique that allows for both fighting and escaping."

Originally, Zhou Ping’an had planned to test the opponent’s strength to decide whether to fight or flee.

While escaping, he could also recover on the go. With his strong ability to continue fighting, he wasn’t too afraid of being injured.

However, this plan hadn’t been fully implemented before he realized there was no need to take further risks.

It’s unknown why Yu Changsheng happened to arrive just in time at this place; he must have been lurking nearby, intending to find the old crocodile and delay the enemy’s progress.

"This is exactly what I was thinking."

It must be due to the pure heart with astonishing intuition.

Yu Changsheng, relying on his feelings alone, knew what was the best course of action.

By fluke, the two of them subtly joined forces.

Unfortunately, driven by the enormous Heaven and Earth’s Divine Opportunity in the True Martial Realm, the power of their strikes showed a stepped increase compared to the Grandmaster Realm’s Heaven-Man Sensitivity, encompassing strength, defense, speed, and skills without any shortcomings.

Defeating him proved to be difficult.

Zhou Ping’an silently estimated the comparative strength of both sides.

Then, somewhat despondently, Zhou Ping’an found that even if he joined forces with Yu Changsheng in a coordinated attack, they might not be able to cause a fatal threat to the old crocodile.

Instead, the opponent’s form refining technique was outstanding; if the old crocodile really got serious, both of them could be in mortal danger.

The gap in strength between major realms was too vast and couldn’t be bridged by just a few small advantages.

To be able to escape from under the nose of the old crocodile was already quite an achievement.

Considering if they were unable to handle the old crocodile.

This creature leading fifty thousand water demons and nearly thirty thousand Longmu Camp totem warriors into Pinghu County...

The situation would be dire.

"No, I need to think of a method."

The previous surprise attack by him flashed through his mind, and Zhou Ping’an suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"My slash released the Purifying World Lotus Body, coupled with the immense strength of Starry Bone, almost nearing the form refining technique. Even without using the Sea-Splitting Sword, I had already injured him.

Logically, facing an opponent who has injured him, he should have targeted me as the primary enemy. However, the old crocodile after chasing for a distance, suddenly turned back to face Uncle Yu Changsheng... This is illogical, there must be something fishy."

Zhou Ping’an thought it over and always felt that his surprise attack on the fleet and his forceful killing of Longmu Camp Master Ba Longmu, coupled with two tough exchanges that injured the old crocodile, should make him a more hated target than Yu Changsheng’s harassing tactics.

Yet, the old crocodile didn’t pursue him.

This reason was worth pondering.

Just as he thought of this.

Zhou Ping’an suddenly heard a scream, "Help!"

The voice came from a valley hundreds of feet away, desperate and poignant, stirring emotions.

Faintly, the howl of a wolf could also be heard.

Zhou Ping’an turned his steps without thinking and rushed toward the valley on the left.

Within two breaths, he had climbed over a hill and passed through a forest.

What he saw was a dangerous scene.

Smoke rose from a distant cottage; in front of a courtyard, a large-bellied woman in grey clothes was pushing forward with a pitchfork...

There was also a young man with a throat bone protruding and bleeding beneath her feet.

The youth convulsed all over, lying sideways on the ground, struggling to rise. But because of a neck injury and continuous bleeding, he couldn’t stand up, and his life didn’t seem likely to last much longer.

A skinny, starving wolf was fiercely circling the two, ready to pounce.

"Puff..."

Zhou Ping’an landed nearby, faster was the soft blue Sword Qi, which he flicked from between his fingers, piercing through the wolf’s skull.

Just as the wolf poised to leap, its head was pierced through, falling mid-pounce to the ground, a few droplets of blood splattering on the large-bellied woman’s face. Terrified, she screamed again, dropped her hoe, and stumbled toward Zhou Ping’an.

Seeing her pale from fright and about to fall at any moment, Zhou Ping’an felt somewhat heartbroken. Drawing his sword from its sheath, a soft blue Sword Light surged like water.

Shhh...

He then split the woman in two.

The shock was still evident in the woman’s eyes, and a look of pain appeared on her face. A streak of blood light had already risen, and with an illusion in the air, it transformed into a Blood Shadow.

"How did you discover me?"

She couldn’t understand why, before she had even approached, her presence was seen through and she was directly killed with one slash.

Had it not been for her refined Undying Blood Shadow, that slash would not have merely taken half a life, but she would have died without even knowing how.

"Your acting was too poor."

Zhou Ping’an didn’t want to explain too much.

With a thought, he left only a residual image in his place.

A blade of blood, already whistling through the air from where he stood, was incredibly fast.

Along the way, the vegetation withered in an instant, insects turned into filthy blood, and even the small birds on the branches thirty meters away, just as they took flight, were swept over by the blood light, with their feathers and bones disappearing without a trace.

"What a fierce blade."

At this moment, Zhou Ping’an saw the blood-colored spectral woman having a blood-red long saber in her hands, emitting a fierce and murderous aura, attacking in all directions, chilling one’s heart.

The blood-colored specter moved with incredible speed, slashing through the air, her skirt flying as her figure half-twisted, readying another slash.

While her body was halfway through the twist, just as the Blood Blade was about to strike.

A pale blue majestic sword light had already flashed past her neck.

"How is this possible?"

The Blood Shadow woman had a mocking look on her face, about to retort with a sneer when she suddenly felt her body and spirit being severed. Even her Undying Blood Shadow seemed to be cut from the source.

The Blood Blade fell to the ground with a clatter.

The specter dispersed, turning into a pool of filthy blood on the ground, smelling so foul it could induce vomiting.

Next to the filthy blood and the Blood Blade lay a piece of human skin with strange patterns, looking extremely sinister.

Zhou Ping’an felt a dual weakness deep in his body and spirit, his eyes slightly heavy.

Compared to Chen Dazhong, the chief steward of Cui Guangling’s household, this woman’s Blood Shadow Divine Skill was clearly much more formidable.

Surviving his slash, she became even more ferocious, subtly threatening him.

That Blood Blade was clearly designed to counter those who trained their bodies in the Transverse manner; if struck by it, even if not fatal, one would be severely wounded on the spot.

If one couldn’t withstand the corruption of the blood water, one might also end up turning into a pool of filthy blood.

Her slash not only corroded the dust in the air, but also incorporated it into the blood light; one could imagine just how malicious that Blood Blade was.

Whether living or non-living, under one slash, all turned into corrupted blood.

When Zhou Ping’an conducted a Mental Probe, he also felt signs of contamination in his spirit.

Therefore, he disregarded his mental fatigue and sliced completely through his opponent with the Sea-Splitting Sword.

He cut the body, the soul, the will, the spirit...

With one slash, the mundane world, all causal relationships were cleaved in two.

Even the ethereal Blood Shadow couldn’t block it.

Her spirit was directly eradicated, dying on the spot.

"The strength of soul consciousness, maximized Crisis Perception, the benefits are indeed too great. With such an assassination scheme, I could see through it from a distance. How could they possibly ambush me?"

Zhou Ping’an coldly glanced at the pool of filthy blood. After a thought, he generated Gang Qi in his palm, smacking it down to the ground, creating a deep pit to bury the filthy blood.

He then dug another pit and moved a carefully hidden female corpse from inside the hut and buried it alongside a young man.

The young man had actually died long ago; his struggle was merely a façade controlled by the Blood Shadow woman using Blood Technique.

If Zhou Ping’an hadn’t recognized her Ghost Realm tricks at first glance, whether he chose to help the pregnant woman or the critically endangered young man, he would have fallen for the trick.

Whether invaded by the Blood Shadow inside his body, or slashed by the Blood Transformation Sword, either way, it would not have been easy to endure.

"What a Cui Guangling, truly relentless in his desire to kill me."

Faced with an attack by a Water Demon, and at the brink of disaster for a million lives, Cui Guangling, the Prefectural Governor of Guangyun County, not only didn’t deploy troops to attack the Demonic Barbarians, blocking their path, but instead sent such a formidable Blood Shadow expert to ambush him.

It was completely plausible that this woman had been hiding nearby all along, using Blood Technique to change her appearance, seeking opportunities to assassinate him.

And the weapon she held, that Blood Blade, was indeed capable of endangering his life.

If struck by it even once,

Zhou Ping’an even doubted whether his body could withstand it.

This much was clear from the intense feeling of crisis...

"I must say, this trap was exceedingly sinister, making full use of compassion. It seems they had specifically studied my personality to tailor this trap. Pregnant... she really thought it through."

Zhou Ping’an sneered, wrapping the handle of the saber in cloth and lifting it up, intending to put it into the storage space when suddenly he had a thought.

All the details from the raid on Longmu Camp’s fleet streamed through his mind.

Zhou Ping’an had a "Flash of Inspiration" in his brain, "that egg... perhaps, the Old Crocodile wasn’t just diverting the hatred, but actually knew, Yu Changsheng’s actions could harm him more, and damage what he cherished most."