Chapter 398: Huh? No other fingers left?
Bai Feng wouldn’t be so brainless as to appear foolishly in front of the Pale Man. He directly manipulated the Array to suppress him.
Suddenly, stars appeared beside the Pale Man, and in the next moment, a tremendous force pressed down on him, forcing him to kneel on one knee.
This formation was called the Star Array, mainly for suppression and sealing, but it also packed a punch—if needed, it could even blow up the stars within the array to severely hurt the enemy.
“Is that all you’ve got?”
The Pale Man raised his head, stubbornly enduring the pressure of the Array, and looked toward Bai Feng’s hiding spot.
‘This guy’s strength seems a bit off.’
Bai Feng slightly furrowed his brows. For the previous cultivators, in the face of the Refinement Void Array, they wouldn’t have lasted this long.
Could it be that this person has merged more than one finger?
Fortunately, he had preemptively used a Trial Card to set up the Array; otherwise, with the formations he had prepared earlier, he might not have managed to suppress this guy.
“Extermination Sword Array, activate.”
Bai Feng didn’t hesitate — he launched his ultimate move: the Extermination Sword Array.
Three long swords floated above the man’s head, swirling with formidable sword qi, and shot toward him swiftly.
“What the heck is that?”
The man’s face flickered with panic. He could sense these three swords could threaten him—no, accurately, they could threaten the two fingers on his right hand.
Almost the moment the swords pierced him, a huge surge of Demon Energy erupted from within his body. Unlike the previous pitch-black Demon Energy, this one was tinged with red.
His body also changed slightly as the Demon Energy surged out: large red Bone Spikes sprouted from his skin, while his skin was covered with black patterns, making him extremely resilient. Under the layer of Demon Energy, the swords couldn’t pierce even a fraction.
“Idiot—just relying on this stuff isn’t enough to deal with me! You should know the power that comes with fingers! And I, I have the power of two fingers!”
The man roared and quickly stood up. The massive bl**d-red Demon Energy blew the stars away from the surrounding area.
‘So, he’s obtained two fingers.’
Bai Feng’s expression hardened a little. Luckily, he had already taken out several fingers earlier. If someone collected three or four fingers, he’d just have to run.
He raised his hand, more stars appearing in the Array. Under their suppression, the Demon Energy slowly receded. Simultaneously, the three long swords slashed toward the man.
“I told you, relying on these things is useless…”
The man suddenly opened his mouth to shout, but then his head seemed to be hit with a heavy blow. His eyes rolled back, and he fainted for a second.
Meanwhile, Bai Feng reached up and rubbed his forehead. Due to interference from the fingers, he couldn’t use Illusion Art, but a more straightforward and brutal Divine Consciousness attack was possible.
In the moment the man was dazed, the long sword chopped off his right finger. The moment the finger was severed, the man’s body dissolved into bl**d water.
But Bai Feng didn’t feel joyful. He knew the fight was only just beginning.
Quickly, he controlled a long sword and aimed to cut off one finger. But in the next second, that severed finger stopped midair.
This finger surged with a massive amount of bl**d-red Demon Energy, and then, the voice of the man echoed from within: “Looks like you’re still determined. Well then, let me show you the power of two fingers!”
After speaking, both the flying finger and the one immersed in the bl**d water radiated more Demon Energy. In an instant, two Pale Men appeared on the scene—each occupying one finger.
Seeing this, Bai Feng didn’t feel grim; instead, he chuckled lightly. Two fingers aren’t easy to deal with, so splitting them apart was actually clever—yet surprisingly, the other party had split them himself, which made things easier.
He then activated the Star Array at full power, suppressing one finger. The other tried to take action to help but was blocked by the three long swords.
Despite the swords slashing at him, the Pale Man didn’t flinch. His left arm instantly sprouted a mass of red bones, transforming into a giant hammer, which then smashed toward the incoming swords.
Ding!!
Their collision produced a ringing metallic sound. A flying sword was knocked back, but it quickly returned to continue attacking the Pale Man.
At the same time, that suppressed Pale Man was beheaded along with his right hand.
White Feather Mo suddenly appeared inside the Array, emitting a faint white glow. The sharp and massive sword qi directly cut the severed right hand into pieces.
Following that, several flames rose, devouring the scattered flesh chunks one by one.
“b*stard!”
Faced with this scene, the other Pale Man grew anxious. He hadn’t expected his finger clone to be so easily dealt with in such a short time.
No—there’s still hope. Burning the fingers with flames would take time!
Thinking this, he surged with Demon Energy; his already Pale skin became even more pallid and started to dry out, as if vitality was constantly draining away.
He abandoned the fight against the swords. Despite his bones and flesh being cut, he didn’t try to resist. Instead, he charged toward the flames.
But at this moment, a fourth long sword appeared before him.
Unlike the first three, this sword seemed to hold terrifying power. Even with the fingers merged into him, he felt fear and terror.
“What is that thing?”
The sword looked like it was grasped by a figure—it was lifted high, then fell gently. But in the Pale Man’s perspective, only this sword remained. Although the descent was slow, he couldn’t dodge or avoid it. He could only watch helplessly as it fell onto him.
He tried to unleash more Demon Energy to resist, but those surging energies started dissipating as they neared the sword—like butter melting on a hot pan.
“No! You can’t!!”
His body was torn to thousands of pieces in just an instant, dissolving completely. Only one finger fell to the ground, then was extinguished by the flames that appeared in the air.
【Ding, detected new residual special energy, absorption successful, progress increased by 29.3%.】
【Ding, system upgrade complete, Trial Space opening.】
【Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the system upgrade. Mysterious gift received. Assistant Function activated. If the host encounters problems, they can consult or check the helper.】
At the moment the Pale Man died, the system kept issuing notifications. But instead of checking the upgrade, Bai Feng turned his gaze to the ‘Immortal Hand Finger’ that had turned to ash—already dead and gone beyond d*ath. He finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally rid of that guy. He was definitely trickier than the previous two—more powerful and with brains. Luckily, having a brain wasn’t common, or battles wouldn’t have gone so smoothly. He not only managed to split two fingers but also used the Array to quickly k*ll one. If this guy had been more cautious, Bai Feng wouldn’t have been able to take down even a single finger so easily.
‘Huh? No other fingers?’
When Bai Feng opened the system, he suddenly noticed the arrow guiding to the fingers had disappeared. But he remembered that, including the two he just defeated, he had taken out six fingers in total. Weren’t there four more? Did the system finish upgrading and stop the guidance? Or… does this Immortal only have six fingers on one hand?
