Redemption of a Born Demon

Chapter 223 - 199: Celestial Demon Dissolution, Life and Death Still in Hand

Therefore, if Guan Shan Dayou were to die in battle, it would actually be a good thing. The Li Mountain Association would be leaderless, and its one hundred thousand disciples would scatter.

Furthermore, he would also drain some of Yi Beidou’s strength, making it easier for them to deal with him later.

As for the resulting decline in public morale and the collapse of the Great Trend after Guan Shan Dayou’s defeat?

The Great Trend was never set in stone. It has its ebbs and flows. When they finally killed Yi Beidou, that same Great Trend would surge to an unprecedented height, and they would be the ones to reap the benefits.

"Hm?!"

Just then, the expressions on the old men’s faces tightened. They sensed that some kind of change was taking place on the battlefield.

Within the plaza, amidst the smoke and dust.

’This is...’

As Yi Beidou’s opponent, Guan Shan Dayou was naturally the first to sense the change.

All of a sudden, he discovered that Yi Beidou’s fundamental Life Magnetic Field was trembling, having inexplicably fallen into a state of disorder.

This was the kind of thing that typically only happened during the backlash from a Secret Technique. Under such circumstances, one’s Physical Ability would plummet, and their body would surely sustain damage.

’Has this man been bluffing all along? Did he actually use some kind of Secret Technique and is now just a spent force? Was he just feigning surrender a moment ago?’

Guan Shan Dayou couldn’t help but entertain the thought.

The very next moment, however, he dismissed the idea.

For in the instant following the disruption of Yi Beidou’s field, he sensed that his opponent’s Life Magnetic Field was now reversing, defying all common sense.

And this reversal, far from causing his Physical Ability to drop, had instead instantly pushed his Life Magnetic Field to an entirely new level.

’This isn’t the backlash from a Secret Technique! It’s a Secret Technique in its own right!!’

’He hadn’t even been using his full strength until now?!’

Guan Shan Dayou was instantly shaken to his core.

The heavens were reversing, the earth was reversing, the man was reversing!

After his battle with Devi, Yi Beidou had focused on his Cultivation for nearly two months. His own power had indeed reached a point where it could not advance further, but he had managed to deepen and perfect his development of the Celestial Demon Chaotic Star technique, thereby creating a "Secret Technique."

A "Secret Technique," unlike a regular technique, possesses immense power but often comes with great risk and personal injury.

The Seventh Star form of the Celestial Slaughter Seven Stars that Yi Beidou had used before couldn’t really be called a true Secret Technique. The damage from that technique was simply due to his lack of proficiency. Once he mastered it completely, he would be able to use it flawlessly and without injury.

What he was using now, however, was a true Secret Technique. Once unleashed, the damage to his body was unavoidable.

It used the principles of Celestial Demon Chaotic Star to delve deep into his Life Magnetic Field, stimulating it to reverse and thereby unleashing a terrifying, overloaded power from his body.

Yi Beidou called this Secret Technique "Celestial Demon Dissolution."

Originally, he hadn’t intended to use this Secret Technique unless it was absolutely critical. After all, he was in a foreign land, with wolves circling him on all sides. Any injury would put him in an extremely dangerous predicament.

But to ensure Guan Shan Dayou survived, he was willing to take that risk.

HRAH!!

Yi Beidou’s internal Life Magnetic Field reversed, his heart pounding like a war drum as he pressed a palm down from the Sky.

A searing radiance bloomed from his palm. The terrifying pressure of the wind instantly distorted the deeply lined skin of Guan Shan Dayou’s face.

He crossed his arms above him to block.

BOOM!!

As the palm descended, the radiance spread out in a circular wave. A terrifying shockwave erupted, instantly blasting away all the surrounding smoke and dust.

Guan Shan Dayou felt a violent shudder rack his entire body. Even his eyeballs trembled, and it felt as if every cell within him had been shocked into a rigid paralysis.

’This power...’

WHOOSH!!

But before he could even process the thought, Yi Beidou’s second palm was already descending.

ROAR!!

Guan Shan Dayou was now completely unable to move. All he could do was let out a guttural roar and mechanically throw his arms up to block.

BAM!!

The terrifying shockwave erupted once more. The concrete ground was completely obliterated. Like a nail being hammered into a board, Guan Shan Dayou was driven halfway to his knees into the soft earth below by the force of Yi Beidou’s palm.

This time, Guan Shan Dayou could no longer withstand the force of the blow.

The whites of his eyes rolled back, and his mouth fell slightly agape. His body went rigid, frozen on the spot with his arms still locked in a blocking posture.

He had fallen unconscious on his feet.