Chapter 1097: Simpson’s Last Ditch Efforts

Following Eliza and Starbucks’ deaths, Balck and Simpson both started to become increasingly anxious. They both drew upon all their powers and attempted to escape.

Simpson, who was being held back by Yao Ji, faced the greatest difficulty in trying to escape.

This was because Yao Ji could perform spatial skip, and its swordsmanship was also especially profound. After expending great efforts to increase the distance between them, Yao Ji could easily appear back in front of him by performing a spatial skip. Then, it would reward him with a sword strike…

By the looks of it, Gundam Three—who hadn’t mastered the skill of spatial skipping—was easier to fight against.

Balck was extremely resolute in his escape. He had used a life-consuming mystic technique—Thousand Blood Clone.

A viscous black cloud expanded into the surroundings and enveloped the entire sky.

Thousands of Balcks dashed out from the black cloud and started fleeing in all directions. Not only were their appearances identical, but their auras were also identical.

“Heh, every single one of us is me. Come on, come chase after me!” The thousands of Balcks laughed in unison as they fled into the distance.

Countless photons flashed across Gundam Three’s eyes in this instant. An electromagnetic field instantly enveloped a radius of hundreds of kilometers. “Analyzing life essence…”

Whoosh!

The booster behind Gundam Three emitted a dazzling light, and a sonic boom expanded outward soon after. Its body transformed into a white streak of light as it lunged toward one of the Balcks. The distance between them continually shrunk while the particle sword in its hand grew thousands of meters long. Then, it slashed toward the black-robed male viciously!

“How is this possible?!” Balck’s expression changed drastically. He immediately retrieved countless lengths of chains from his sleeve and had them wrapped around the particle sword.

His escape plan was ruined just like that.

“Don’t look down on advanced Purple Star technology, okay? Robots are the best at spotting differences…”

A distant and barely discernible voice traveled over.

At this instant, heaven and earth suddenly descended into the boundless darkness.

His five senses stopped working, and his divine sense was drowned.

Balck suddenly felt an indescribable pain tear through his body. This pain stretched from his head to his thigh, and it even tore at his divine sense.

When the soft glow of the moon and stars appeared again, the male had already started howling in agony.

Standing behind him was a male who held a pitch-black sword in his hand.

Then, his body slowly started to slide apart and separate into two pieces. Blood sprayed through the air.

An Lin snapped his fingers. The Holy Vermilion Bird Flame surged out and incinerated Balck’s body.

An Lin picked up Balck’s storage ring as he ordered, “Gundam Three, go and help Yao Ji.”

…

On the other battlefield, Simpson was already a spent force.

Moreover, he had already detected the deaths of the three other Return to Void Stage supreme beings through his divine sense. A feeling of grief instantly welled up in his heart. At the same time, he also developed a feeling of terror and insanity.

He had already given up on fleeing because he knew that it would be impossible to escape. Moreover, he couldn’t defeat Yao Ji anyway…

Simpson held on with great difficulty. He was waiting for an opportunity.

Soon after, Gundam Three arrived and joined in on the battle. The pressure on Simpson increased drastically, and the divine body that he took great pride in was already riddled with wounds.

Right at this moment, that white-clothed figure finally appeared.

“Fellow cultivator! Please hear me out!” Simpson shouted.

An Lin remained silent and continued to close in on Simpson. He secretly ordered Gundam Three and Yao Ji to attack the Blood Tribe cultivator with their full strengths.

Boom!

Simpson’s body was engulfed by a terrifying Photovoltaic Cannon strike.

A charred male flew out from the center of the explosion. “Don’t kill me!” he screamed. “I have the contacts and means necessary to help you receive more of the Holy Patriarch’s blood.”

An Lin grimaced.

He graded this offer zero marks.

My entire body is flowing with the Blood Patriarch’s blood… Do you think I need your help to obtain it?

You little sh*t are telling me that you have the contacts and means to obtain it?

You want to beat the blood out of me, then have me lick my own wounds?

Simpson saw that An Lin was still charging toward him. His speed didn’t slow down, and there was a look of disdain on his face.

He was a bit stupefied. A feeling of absurdity welled up in his heart. Not only did his words not entice the male, but it appeared like the male was even more disdainful of him now…

“You’ve forced me to do this. Since you refuse to accept this offer, then I’ll have you die with me!” Simpson’s face was distorted with rage. He pressed five fingers together and stabbed his hand into his own heart!

His robust body weakened rapidly, and the blood within his body also started to evaporate uncannily. His body started shrinking like a leaking balloon. Soon after, all that was left was skin and bones. At the same time, his life force also vanished.

An Lin was stumped.

Is this suicide?

No! This kind of enemy searches for opportunities and makes offers even in the face of death. How can he kill himself just like this?

An Lin was still stuck in a daze. However, Yao Ji wouldn’t be held back by such useless thoughts and emotions. It directly launched a column of Dark Purple Dragon Flames toward the shriveled corpse.

This purple flame was extremely hot, and it also possessed a devastating corrosive ability. The corpse was instantly incinerated into wisps of black smoke.

Yao Ji made a grabbing motion, and a powerful attractive force sucked Simpson’s storage ring into its palm. This process of landing the killing blow and gathering the spoils of battle was extremely smooth and deserving of praise.

Before the purple flames had died down, a grey shadow suddenly extended its claws and leaped out from the flames. Then, it lunged toward An Lin at a terrifying speed!

“Appraisal, divine sense body.” A white glow flashed across Yao Ji’s eyes, and it aimed its palms at the grey shadow. Countless pink chains—which were also formed from shadows—spat out toward the grey shadow.

“Hahaha… In this divine-sense form, I can unleash an even greater power for a short amount of time,” the divine-sense form of Simpson roared with laughter. “My power will be much stronger than before!” His body swayed uncannily, and Yao Ji’s pink chains were unable to wrap around him.

Gundam Three stood in front of An Lin and launched a sword strike toward Simpson!

Simpson’s grey body suddenly became even vaguer and more intangible.

Gundam Three’s strike penetrated through Simpson’s body, yet it was unable to cause him any damage. Not only this, but Simpson’s body even floated through Gundam Three and lunged toward An Lin!

“Combusting Soul Takeover!”

A brilliant radiance suddenly erupted from Simpson’s transparent grey body. The formidable power of his divine sense rippled outward like surging waves, and it instantly reached a pinnacle level.

His true aim wasn’t to die with An Lin. Rather, his aim was to corrode An Lin’s divine sense and take over his physical body!

“Hahaha… Such a wonderful body. You have my thanks!”

A greedy smile tugged across Simpson’s face as he extended his blood-red claws. He was going to tear An Lin’s divine sense to shreds!

An Lin was momentarily stunned upon seeing Simpson’s powerful divine sense fly over. Then, he burst into laughter. “You’ve come at just the right moment. Let me test a technique out on you.”

After killing the Black Fox Emperor, he had received a second-rank immortal pill—Dark Phoenix Dead Spirit Pill.

This immortal pill was refined from the Dark Phoenix Mythological Beast’s bone marrow, and it had the effects of strengthening one’s divine sense and allowing them to absorb the power of dark flames. Moreover, there was a chance that its user could attain enlightenment in the dao of the Dark Phoenix.

An Lin had already ingested this pill while he was at the West Sea…

“To be frank, there’s quite a strong fate between me and phoenixes.”

His eyes suddenly became pitch-black and profound, and his surroundings also became still and silent. It was as though an indiscernible black phoenix had flown out from his body and started circling around him.

A power of the divine dao, which paralleled the power of a Return to Void Pinnacle Stage cultivators, suddenly erupted from his body!

“Come out, divine-sense supreme technique—Dark Phoenix Saber!”