The River Styx, middle section, core area.
Li Tianyi suddenly stopped, turned around quickly, and stared behind him.
His perception instantly reached its peak. "I clearly sensed a strange aura just now, how could it have disappeared?"
Slowly close your eyes and use your heart to feel the changes around you.
Just as they were about to reach the edge of their senses, the aura that had appeared before was detected again.
"What an eerie atmosphere." His brows furrowed deeper, and worry flashed in his eyes. "This place is not safe to stay any longer. Let's leave quickly."
As I turned to leave, the evil aura suddenly intensified several times over.
Boom!
In the distance, a decaying tree exploded, sending wood chips flying and embedding themselves in the pebbles.
Li Tianyi dared not delay any longer and rushed downstream at full speed.
Suddenly, the ground trembled.
The tremors became increasingly violent.
Whoosh!
The ground was overturned, revealing a huge head, half bone and half rotting flesh, which was extremely gruesome.
"Ding! Styx Corpse Eel detected, Level 7, Advanced Mid-stage, an alternative creature hatched from corpses and evil aura, mysterious, evil, and eerie."
"Ding! Friendly reminder: This item is extremely dangerous. Please be careful, host."
Li Tian's already serious expression turned even uglier, and he fled at full speed.
"Disturbing my slumber deserves death!" came a voice that seemed to echo from the depths of the netherworld.
Before the last word was uttered, the Styx Corpse Eel rushed up behind him and opened its mouth to bite.
The incredibly foul, rotting odor made me dizzy.
He shook his head and unleashed a blade of light with a backhand slash.
Before the blade could even get close, it was shattered by a yellow aura.
"Wow! So strong!"
"Hmph!" The Styx Corpse Eel accelerated again, its massive body sweeping across the area.
It quickly ducked and rolled over.
Explosions continued behind them, the aftershocks raging.
The exposed skin was aching slightly.
"Escape is impossible; we must find a way to kill him."
With a change in mindset, his eyes constantly scanned his surroundings, searching for a place where he could fight.
Soon, a narrow place surrounded by a group of rocks was captured.
It rushed past at high speed.
The Styx Corpse Eel was in a fit of rage and chased after them without even checking the terrain.
I had a bad feeling as soon as I entered.
Li Tianyi suddenly appeared at this moment, unleashing a series of powerful strikes, his blade flashing across the sky.
It dared not be careless and used the white bones to strike head-on, sparks flying everywhere.
"Are you tickling me?" The Styx Corpse Eel's single eye flashed with disdain.
"Breaking Army Blade Qi* Modified!"
A blade of light, tens of meters long, slashed straight down.
The blade's edge flashed fiercely, striking the Styx Corpse Eel and slicing through its rotting flesh, causing chunks of black blood to fall out.
"You have successfully angered me."
He suddenly looked up, his aura surged, and his single eye rapidly turned blood red.
The evil aura from the surrounding area rushed into his body at full speed, causing his body to grow larger.
The giant body swept across, and the small hills crumbled continuously.
Li Tianyi quickly raised his internal energy to its limit, and a layer of protective qi appeared on his body, barely blocking the remaining force.
A deep hatred flashed in the Styx Corpse Eel's eyes, and its tail slammed down from above.
Boom! Thud!
Dust billowed everywhere, and the aftershocks were violent.
This force was so strong that even the void itself trembled, as if it were about to crack open at any moment.
“This is its birthplace, and it can keep growing stronger.” A resolute glint flashed in his eyes. “To kill it, we must make it leave its territory.”
Looking around, I glanced to the northwest.
"Right here!"
He unleashed a powerful slash of blade light, then turned and fled.
Where are you going?
The Styx Corpse Eel accelerated, and everything it touched on either side shattered.
The constant explosions severely affected people's mood.
Anger surged up, and there was no time to calm down.
As time went on, the anger grew stronger.
"A pure heart remains unperturbed even when the sky falls..."
With his anger subsided and his mind and body restored, he immediately rushed towards the designated location.
The Styx carrion wreaked havoc along its path, causing the Styx water to flow onto the shore, where bubbles immediately rose from the pebbles and mist billowed up.
"Cough, cough!"
Li Tian felt dizzy and lightheaded. He held his breath and swallowed an antidote pill.
The discomfort disappeared instantly.
The Styx Corpse Eel seized the opportunity, rushed to its side, and slammed its massive mouth and body down at the same time.
"There is corrosive liquid on the ground. You can't roll and dodge. Just jump."
The thought flashed through his mind, and he used the God of Slaughter's Slash. Before his body was fully steady, he jumped to a safe position.
Boom!
Countless fragments of cobblestones shot out from behind.
Each piece was comparable to a bullet, and the surrounding area was riddled with holes.
A stone that had slipped through the gap in the path struck his chest.
A sharp pain shot through them, making it difficult to breathe, and the distance between them shortened.
"At this rate, we're doomed." His mind raced, ideas flashing through his head, but none of them were practical. "Looks like I have no choice but to take the risk."
He turned around quickly and unleashed a blade of light tens of meters long.
As soon as the blade light surged forward, it immediately unleashed the even more powerful "Overlord Blade," a giant blade light tens of feet long falling from the sky.
The ground kept exploding and the void trembled.
Terror flashed in the eyes of the Styx Corpse Eel as it charged toward the Styx River.
boom!
Boom...
A trench about ten meters wide and several tens of meters deep stretched into the distance.
The river water rushed into it.
The trenches were filled in, and the stench of decay filled the air.
Suddenly, the river spun rapidly in the middle, and an extremely evil aura soared into the sky.
Li Tianyi's body trembled involuntarily. "How evil!"
A look of wild joy flashed in the Styx Corpse Eel's eyes as it rushed toward that aura.
"We absolutely cannot let them get it." The system was very anxious.
"good!"
He unleashed the God of Slaughter's Slash in succession, leaving afterimages everywhere behind him.
"You ruined my plans, get out!"
A gust of wind swept over Li Tianyi, causing him to stagger backward and lose his balance.
At the same time, the Styx Corpse Eel opened its huge mouth, devouring the evil energy.
With each bite he absorbs, his aura rises one point, reaching the peak bottleneck of level 7.
Li Tianyi's expression was solemn as he fully activated the Po Jun skill, and a Tai Chi circle appeared.
Spinning rapidly.
A burst of energy shot out from the sun and landed on Po Jun.
The moment the supremely powerful and yang sword intent appeared, the evil energy in the air was distorted by its pressure.
"Get out!" the Styx Corpse Eel roared angrily.
Li Tianyi's mind was already as still as water, completely oblivious to what was being said, as he continued to evolve the "Extreme Yang Blade Qi".
The blade's edge, spanning tens of feet, gradually became clearer.
The evil energy could no longer withstand the pressure and collapsed.
The Styx Corpse Eel is just one last breath away from breaking through the bottleneck and entering the advanced 7th tier.
Unable to contain his anger any longer, he charged forward with all his might.
"You ruined my opportunity, die!"
A blood-red, malevolent aura collided with the sword energy.
boom!
Boom...
The aftershocks raged, the void swayed constantly, and cracks appeared in some weak points, with turbulent currents rushing into the distance.
Anything it touches is instantly torn to shreds, leaving not even a trace.
Li Tianyi was very unlucky; a small turbulent current rushed straight towards him.
His brows were furrowed and his face was ashen.
It moves constantly, but not as fast as turbulent currents.
It's getting closer.
In desperation, he had no choice but to use the "Golden Snake Flash" technique to slightly change direction.
Lean forward and move laterally to the left.
Disbelief flashed in the Styx Corpse Eel's eyes. It was too late to stop it. It opened its mouth and spat out a blood-red breath.
Li Tianyi was already on guard, using both feet to propel himself into the air.
A crimson aura swept past beneath my feet.
"This?" The Styx Corpse Eel was a little overwhelmed.
Although the moment of hesitation was brief, Li Tianyi seized the opportunity and retreated to a safe position.
"You can't leave!"
The Styx Corpse Eel charged at full speed.
However, it did not notice that the surrounding scenery had changed drastically.
Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks, a look of fear flashing in his eyes. "Oh no, this is downstream."
As soon as he turned around, three sharp blades struck him.
Rotten flesh kept falling off, and black blood clots crashed down.
Li Tianyi focused intently on sensing the energy, and his furrowed brows immediately relaxed. He thought to himself, "So its power is accumulated in the rotten flesh and black blood clots. This makes things much easier."
He flipped over rapidly, unleashing countless blade beams.
Nine of them are feints, only one is a real move.
The Styx Corpse Eel, however, believed that all of these were real attacks and defended with all its might.
This puts us in a passive position.
Li Tianyi increased his attack speed, and the surrounding blade aura increased.
"Good idea, but unfortunately I'm not stupid!"
The giant tail slammed onto the ground, sending dirt and stones flying into the air.
roar!
The sound waves carried them towards Li Tianyi.
He kept unleashing blade strikes, but couldn't block them all; he could only draw his sword and use it to shield his heart.
Boom!
A tremendous force pushed Po Jun backward.
"Hmph!"
The Styx Corpse Eel no longer cared whether it was downstream or not, and rushed forward with all its might.
Just as Li Tianyi was about to be injured, an even more malevolent aura rose from the middle of the downstream section.
"Oh no, that person has emerged from seclusion." A deep fear flashed in his eyes.
Li Tianyi saw everything and wielded the Po Jun sword with all his might, enveloping himself and the sword in a blaze of light.
"you?"
"I love dying, so what?"
Enraged, the Styx Corpse Eel didn't know how to respond. It unleashed its full power and charged towards the blade's edge.
Boom!
"A feint?"
"It's too late to realize this now."
Li Tianyi appeared from another direction, and Po Jun thrust his full force into the corpse eel's brain.
It kept struggling and rolling around.
He gripped the handle of the Broken Army tightly and moved with it.
The aura of the Styx Corpse Eel was gradually weakening.
Soon, the two sides were no longer on the same level, and Po Jun slashed the back of his head.
His neck was cut open, and a black blood clot several square meters in size fell out.
"broken!"
The Cold Lightning skill was activated, and the blood clot instantly shattered.
A shrill scream rang out, the Styx Corpse Eel twitched twice, and then lay still.
"Is he finally dead?"
Before Li Tianyi could even begin his inspection, the terrifying aura in the middle of the downstream section intensified.
"This place is not safe to stay for long."
They took away Po Jun and rushed towards the middle reaches of the river.
Not long after.
A humanoid creature shrouded in a black robe appeared beside the Styx Corpse Eel.
“Little mudskipper, I told you to stay in the middle reaches, but you insisted on trespassing into my territory.” The humanoid creature’s gaze shifted, and a look of surprise flashed in its eyes. “It wasn’t killed by the Force. What kind of power is this that could pierce through its head?”
Several questions flashed through the black-robed creature's mind before it slowly closed its eyes.
Previous battle scenes were deduced.
"So you're an outsider. No wonder you're so strong."
A fierce killing intent flashed in his eyes, and he pointed a single finger at the Styx Corpse Eel, "Collect!"
The lingering evil and eerie aura emanating from the corpse surged out wildly.
The man in black swallowed it, a smile growing wider on his lips.
Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a clot of foul blood that had slithered into the corpse's abdomen, and he was overjoyed. "The origin of the corpse eel, hahaha!"
He quickly formed hand seals, and the filthy blood clots writhed like flowing water, converging together.
A huge, dark brown sphere appeared.
"There's too much dross; it needs to be refined."
Several strange forces shot out in succession, causing the sphere to burst into flames and gradually shrink...
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