Chapter 586: The More His Allies Are Wounded, The Stronger He Gets
“Well, it’s not that easy after all.”
Bai Feng wasn’t surprised. He had already dispersed the ‘Black Cloud’ and the black thread before. If the Immortal Corpse sent out demon cultivators cutting away those threads and losing control, he’d have to seriously question whether the Immortal Corpse’s brain had been eaten by zombies.
Though these demon cultivators could still fight after cutting the black thread, without cooperation they were much weaker and posed no real threat.
“Huh? Starting to move?”
Bai Feng sensed that Ling Feng’s position was shifting, still staying far away from them.
Just as he was about to report this to the Sacred Land, ‘Ling Feng’ suddenly stopped again, only occasionally shifting.
“Could it be that Ling Feng is holding the Immortal Corpse back?”
It sounded a bit unbelievable, but other than that, there seemed to be no reason for the Immortal Corpse to halt his escape.
If that was the case, then they needed to speed up even more.
“Toan Yan, let’s kick off Plan B.”
“I knew you’d say that,” Tian Yan nodded. “The elders are all ready. Let’s break through directly. The rest of those demon cultivators can be handled by others.”
“As expected of Tian Yan.”
Bai Feng chuckled and gave a thumbs-up. In the next moment, he charged straight to the front of the team. Just as he was about to make contact with the demon cultivators, a terrifying sword energy suddenly sliced through the air, slaughtering many of them. A path opened in the crowd.
He looked up at the mid-tribulation stage cultivator above, then continued rushing forward.
But the demon cultivators didn’t stop—they showed no fear, like emotionless pieces on a chessboard, just parts of a machine, quickly rushing to attack him.
“I’ll help you!”
Holy Son of Tai Chu swung a sword at the approaching demon cultivators. Despite only being at the Refinement Stage, he managed to block three approaching merging-stage cultivators.
“Remember to buy me snacks next time,”
Yao Chi Holy Maiden also charged at the demon cultivator on her left.
Luo Chen nodded silently at Bai Feng, then his long sword slashed toward the surging enemies in front.
“You shall not get close to my master!”
A demon cultivator blocked Bai Feng’s path—unlike the others, this one seemed to still have his own consciousness and was terrifyingly at the Great Ascension Stage.
But Bai Feng simply ignored him, continuing forward.
The Great Ascension Stage demon cultivator struck a palm, only to see Bai Feng vanish into thin air—a bubble of nothingness. It seemed he sensed something, quickly turning around to see Bai Feng still charging toward the Immortal Corpse.
“You dare mock me!”
Before he could make another move, a sword stopped him.
The Sect Master of the Heavenly Sword Sect, already at the Great Ascension Stage, holding the Heavenly Sword, sported a faint smile: “Take a break. For you to attack a junior at this stage—aren’t you ashamed?”
By then, Bai Feng had broken out of the demon cultivator’s encirclement and surged ahead. But just then, a notification popped up:
【Ding! Detected that the Child of Destiny Ling Feng has suffered heavy injuries. Luck Points +, and received the Blessing of the Tao (only lasts half an hour).】
“Is the Immortal Corpse finally giving up?”
Bai Feng frowned slightly. The Immortal Corpse seemed even more afraid of them than he had imagined. It strived to trap Ling Feng and kept Stone and others from accessing their memories, showing it had special plans. But now, it seemed to abandon them—seeing that, Ling Feng, only at the Refinement Stage, was naturally no match for the Immortal Corpse.
Meanwhile, he looked at the reward message from the system, feeling a bit weird—he had a strange feeling like he was the protagonist in some righteous hero story: the more his allies got hurt, the stronger he became. He even wondered if, were Ling Feng really killed by the Immortal Corpse, he might just leap into the Great Ascension Stage himself.
But he shook off the thought. There were many ways to breakthrough to the Great Ascension, and he wasn’t the kind to hurt friends just for a boost in cultivation.
And what’s this Blessing of the Tao? Did the Tao Incarnation give him some weird new toy?
【It’s a temporary blessing, borrowing power from the Tao and gaining Tao’s protection, invulnerable to all spells. To put it simply: a youthful version of the Tao Incarnation’s experience card.】
A new life-saving method! As expected of the Tao Incarnation—d*mn reliable!
Bai Feng silently praised. The previous system had given him a life-saving measure, and now another—things are looking pretty secure against the Immortal Corpse.
Just as he was about to reach the Immortal Corpse’s location, the mid-tribulation stage cultivators, clearly prioritized by the system, successfully broke out of their encirclement and rushed over.
Whether they knew they couldn’t escape or still refused to abandon Ling Feng, the Immortal Corpse stood there, dragging the severely injured Ling Feng while watching the three approaching tribulation-stage cultivators.
“Haha, you lost,”
Ling Feng spat out bl**d but still wore a smirk.
During his captivity, he had realized that the Immortal Corpse only had physical strength. Though it used some bizarre alien techniques, overall he judged it was rather weak. From the clash of demon energy, it was clear that even after such a long time, it was still fighting him at the Refinement Stage.
“Do you really think I won’t k*ll you?” the Immortal Corpse looked down at the taunting Ling Feng. It clenched his arm a bit, causing a cracking sound from his shoulder.
“Dare you?” Ling Feng didn’t cry out in pain, still smiling. “That thing is fully fused with me now. If I d*e, you won’t get that item.”
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The Immortal Corpse was silent for a few seconds, then realized Ling Feng was right. That was precisely why it kept him alive, to trap him and the others like Stone—to extract their memories and gain strength. Because it was only a consciousness born from the Immortal Corpse itself, only by devouring the ‘Residual Body’ Ling Feng carried could it truly become a complete Immortal.
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“Did you really think I had no way to deal with you?” The Immortal Corpse’s face grew crueler. It snapped Ling Feng’s arm into a handful of sand, swallowing him whole.
Though forcibly swallowing the target would greatly diminish its effect, at this point, it had no other choice. It could only wait until after it left to slowly digest him.
“Come on, let me show you the power of an Immortal!”
The Immortal Corpse lifted its head and charged straight at the tribulation-stage cultivators. With just one punch, its terrifying physical strength knocked back the three fully empowered tribulation cultivators.
After repelling them, it cast its gaze downward toward Bai Feng—an insignificant merging-stage cultivator, yet it felt a deadly danger from him. Somehow, Bai Feng seemed to see through its tricks, causing it to fail in its plans and be forced to resort to devouring.
Just as it prepared to strike Bai Feng, the tribulation-stage cultivator who was knocked away once again charged back at it. It had to shift its focus back to him. Though physically formidable, its other abilities were poor. Unlike the body cultivator, which relied heavily on physical strength and had various techniques, this Immortal Corpse’s only method was pure brute force, like smashing with a turtle punch.
It could handle Western Region cultivators and common folk with its crude methods, especially against Refinement and Merging stages. But against tribulation-stage cultivators? Forget it.
Yet even without directly fighting, it had other tricks up its sleeve to eliminate Bai Feng.
In the next moment, its body suddenly expanded, and several strong ones it had devoured before emerged from within—stiff and pale, like vengeful ghostly figures haunted by unresolved anger.
