Redemption of a Born Demon

Chapter 102: Beidou’s Full Manifestation, the 7 Baleful Stars Slay a True Immortal (Part 2)

Under the influence of the Evil Qi bearing his True Intent, the daylight dimmed in everyone’s eyes. The Beidou Seven Stars appeared together in the sky as a murderous Evil Qi rolled in like a tidal wave.

By now, Yi Beidou had grown by more than six inches. His muscles bulged, his veins looked ready to burst, his hair and beard stood on end, and his eyes flashed with light.

A faint, shimmering blue-white glow had subtly formed around him.

With the Beidou stars now manifest, Yi Beidou’s body and spirit had naturally reached the threshold of "self-generating radiance."

This time, Yi Beidou’s technique of using the Celestial Slaughter Seven Stars to manipulate his Life Magnetic Field was far more practiced and powerful than before!

On Dragon Tiger Mountain Peak, the Elder Celestial Master had passed on his teachings through the Corpse Dissolving Technique, which remedied the flaws in Yi Beidou’s Cultivation. It had also illuminated the path he should follow after Ascension, giving him a more profound understanding of the human body and the Martial Arts Dao.

Now, the Celestial Slaughter Seven Stars technique was even more powerful, but the damage to his body was actually less. It had become further refined.

With the Beidou stars manifest, Yi Beidou thrust out a palm, and the surrounding blue-white glow instantly condensed upon it.

Within the blue-white light on his palm, seven stars seemed to twinkle.

BOOM!!

As he struck, a shockwave erupted. The radiant blue-white Evil Qi swept forth like an ocean wave, threatening to submerge the world.

Master of the Seven Stars, Destruction Killing Tribulation!!

Dong Xuanzi met the attack with a palm of his own. With the Dragon and Tiger Manifestation, a gaping maw appeared, ready to devour its target.

BANG!!

As their palms collided, the ground cracked beneath them, yet neither retreated an inch. They appeared to be evenly matched.

However, this was only the beginning.

Yi Beidou struck again, his assault relentless.

Killing Tribulation Chain!

The blue-white waves crested one after another, each higher than the last, gradually suppressing the Dragon and Tiger Manifestation and threatening to drown it in the tide.

’The Dao of Corpse Dissolution is just a means to achieve Longevity. To abandon one’s true body and possess a child’s... it’s nothing but a twisted, heretical path.’

’But I, Yi Beidou, fight only for the here and now, for this one life! I will either perish completely, body and soul, or achieve a perfect existence with an indestructible Golden Body!’

Dong Xuanzi had been reborn twice, living for a total of three hundred and seventy-four years. But the past was the past. After his last Corpse Dissolution, he had made no further progress. His Cultivation had even regressed in this current life—otherwise, why would he need to risk scheming for authority on Dragon Tiger Mountain?

The past cannot defeat the present.

Myth is no match for this moment!

Under Yi Beidou’s relentless assault, Dong Xuanzi began to fall back. The shock from each collision accumulated in his body, disrupting the flow of his qi and blood and compounding his disadvantage.

More importantly, he was not just facing Yi Beidou alone.

Zhou Qingchen’s sword strikes rained down on him. His robes were torn to shreds, and bloody cuts appeared all over his body. His situation was growing more and more dire.

Even a Corpse Dissolving Immortal could not withstand the combined assault of two of the world’s young Saint Experts.

If this continued, his defeat and death were only a matter of time.

’Dammit!!’

Dong Xuanzi had never imagined he would be cornered like this by two youngsters.

’If the various Dharma Artifacts and Talismans I’d prepared hadn’t been destroyed during my last Corpse Dissolution, how could I have fallen to such a state?’

"Don’t force my hand!! Let me leave, and we can go our separate ways in peace!!"

A hint of crimson appeared in Dong Xuanzi’s eyes.

"Surrender obediently, and of course there will be peace."

Yi Beidou and Zhou Baiwei paid him no heed, continuing their assault, determined to capture Dong Xuanzi.

"Fine, fine, fine!! In that case, we’ll have a Burning Jade and Stone Together!!"

A crazed look appeared in Dong Xuanzi’s eyes.

He was an Immortal among men and had the pride of a perfected master. How could he allow himself to be captured and humiliated? He knew full well that if he fell into their hands, he would become a research subject. His end would be anything but pleasant.

’There’s no longer any hope for another rebirth in this life. I might as well fight to the death and try to kill my enemies.’

CRACK!!

The radiant glow surrounding Dong Xuanzi’s body began to crack. The fissures spread rapidly like a spiderweb, and a terrifying aura leaked out from within.

This man hailed from Dragon Tiger Mountain, so naturally, he also knew its Secret Techniques.

"Not good!"

Zhou Qingchen’s pupils contracted. She recognized the technique Dong Xuanzi was using—it was the same "Shattering Pill Method" the Elder Celestial Master had employed during his Transformation Dao not long ago.

This Dharma Gate instantly shattered one’s own Life Magnetic Field, allowing one’s physical ability and spirit to ascend to their absolute peak for a short period. However, after its use, the body would suffer immense damage, leaving little chance of survival.

It was a vicious Daoist Art for Burning Jade and Stone Together.

’Once he successfully shatters his pill, I’m afraid the two of us will be hard-pressed to subdue him.’

However, just as cracks appeared on Dong Xuanzi’s Dragon and Tiger Great Pill, before it could completely shatter, a sharp light flared in Yi Beidou’s eyes.

"Let me help you shatter that pill!!"

Yi Beidou’s voice boomed like thunder. In the sky, the light of the Beidou Seven Stars blazed brighter than ever as he instantly pushed his "Mana" to its absolute limit.

Having witnessed the Elder Celestial Master’s Transformation Dao, how could he be ignorant of the Shattering Pill Method? He had already grasped some of its secrets.

’This Dharma Gate grants boundless Mana after the pill shatters, but the moment of shattering is also its greatest weakness.’

’The state between shattering and being shattered, between being born and not yet born... one’s Life Magnetic Field is in turmoil, but the true ascension has not yet been completed.’

’It’s like an egg just as the chick is about to hatch. The moment it pecks through the shell is when the whole egg is at its most fragile.’

’At that moment, breaking it from the outside versus it breaking from the inside yields completely different results.’

And now, Yi Beidou had seized that very instant.

PFFT!!

Because his instantaneous exertion of power was so immense, his qi and blood surged violently, rupturing capillaries throughout his body. A bloody mist sprayed from his pores, making his Evil Qi all the more terrifying.

His Destruction Killing Tribulation reached its blazing peak.

BOOM!!

In an instant, the blue-white tide completely submerged Dong Xuanzi’s Dragon and Tiger Manifestation.

Their palms collided once more. But this time, Dong Xuanzi had responded in haste. The transformation of the Life Magnetic Field inside his body was violently interrupted, and then, under the impact of the immense Mana, his Dragon and Tiger Great Pill shattered.

SPURT!!

His internal organs, qi, blood, and breathing were thrown into instant turmoil. Dong Xuanzi’s Shattering Pill Method had been violently interrupted. He coughed up a spray of fresh blood, and his body seemed to deflate. His face turned ashen as he staggered backward, blood now streaming from his mouth and nose. His very frame seemed to stoop and shrink.

Yi Beidou did not press the attack. Blood also streamed from the pores all over his body. His muscular upper torso was shrouded in a bloody aura, and combined with his terrifying Evil Qi, he looked like a Demon God that had crawled out of a sea of blood.

However, his aura had not diminished. In the sky, the light of the Beidou Seven Stars still overwhelmed everything.

"Surrender, and there might be a path to survival for you."

Zhou Qingchen’s figure had already stopped behind Dong Xuanzi, completely blocking his path of retreat.

There was no retreat, only a dead end.

"Surrender? Become your prisoner?"

A wretched, chilling smile spread across Dong Xuanzi’s face. He looked up at the sky and sighed. "I have cultivated for three lifetimes. This one has not gone smoothly. My plans for the Great Dao have failed. To face this tribulation is my fate. That I cannot overcome it... I can only blame my own insufficient Cultivation."

Just as Zhou Qingchen thought he was about to compromise for the sake of survival, a sharp light suddenly flared in Dong Xuanzi’s eyes, and he abruptly straightened his posture.

"But I am an Immortal among men! How can an Immortal suffer the humiliation of a prisoner?!"

Dong Xuanzi’s voice suddenly boomed, rolling like thunder.

The next moment, thick blood streamed from his seven orifices. His body remained standing, his eyes wide in a final glare of fury, but all signs of life were gone.

He had severed his own life force.