Chapter 95

"Brother Jiang? Are you okay? If you're cold, have some wine to warm yourself up!"

Li Chen didn't feel anything unusual and grabbed the wine flask to drink deeply.

Burp!

The sound grew louder and more frequent, becoming even more eerie under the strange howling.

"Brother Jiang, it's not good!"

Li Chen felt a gust of wind in his face, and before he could swallow the wine, he rolled to the side.

Bang!

Looking at where he had been, cups, plates, and bowls were flying everywhere, and the fruits were scattered and broken.

"Damn it, you don't appreciate my kindness. I offered you wine out of goodwill. If you don't want to stay, just leave. Why did you break my things?"

Li Chen felt a pang of pain. Although they weren't extraordinary treasures, he had always been frugal and never liked to waste anything.

But then, his expression changed, and he quickly retreated.

Jiang Mushi's eyes glinted with a cold light, devoid of any life, and he made a burping sound, lunging at Li Chen like a zombie from a legend.

"Brother Jiang, if you keep this up, I won't be polite anymore!"

Even though Li Chen was usually bold, he was startled by Jiang Mushi's appearance.

Apart from the lack of fangs, his green face, lifeless and bloodthirsty eyes, and stiff arms made him look exactly like a zombie that had just crawled out of a coffin!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

At this moment, Jiang Mushi seemed to have completely lost his reason and senses, continuously grabbing at Li Chen. His wide-open mouth and sharp white teeth bit at Li Chen without mercy.

His speed was so fast that even with Li Chen's Wind Drifting Step at its peak, he sometimes couldn't dodge, and had to use the recently practiced *Fengyun Leg* to kick him away to escape.

The *Fengyun Leg* was a secret technique Li Chen had learned from Yun Zhonghe, a mid-level Profound Rank movement technique, a rare top-tier martial art that combined movement and combat skills.

It contained only three leg techniques: Cloud Shattering Kick, Whirlwind Kick, and Cloud Stepping. The Cloud Shattering Kick and Whirlwind Kick were combat techniques, while the Cloud Stepping was a movement technique.

With Li Chen's comprehension, in just a few days, he had only managed to master the Cloud Shattering Kick to the Minor Success stage.

Don't underestimate the Minor Success stage. In martial arts, the realms are Initial Understanding, Minor Success, Major Success, Perfection, and Transcendence. The power increases exponentially with each level.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Another Cloud Shattering Kick hit Jiang Mushi's chest, sending him reeling back several steps, but he continued to lunge forward relentlessly.

At this point, Li Chen understood what Jiang Mushi meant by regret.

He had clearly lost his mind!

"Brother Jiang, wake up!"

Li Chen dodged while shouting anxiously.

Although this situation was different from the aura he emitted when he had a mental breakdown, it was equally dangerous.

If this continued, if Jiang Mushi didn't wake up and Li Chen couldn't bring himself to kill him, either he would exhaust himself or he would kill Jiang Mushi.

But the premise was that he could kill Jiang Mushi!

Without any senses, Jiang Mushi's body was as hard as iron. Even without using true qi, he showed no signs of injury under Li Chen's attacks.

To Li Chen, Jiang Mushi's current physical strength was even greater than his own Second Rank Initial Stage martial body.

More importantly, when he had touched Jiang Mushi earlier, he could clearly feel a faint true qi fluctuation within him.

Although it was very faint, Li Chen trusted his senses and didn't rule out the possibility that Jiang Mushi, like him, was both a martial artist and a cultivator.

But the blood qi of a body cultivator was usually very strong, and Jiang Mushi gave off a chilling aura that didn't match a body cultivator at all.

The various contradictory and bizarre situations in one person were truly incomprehensible.

And Li Chen himself was already quite unusual, so he didn't think the other person was a monster, just feeling a bit astonished.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The two of them moved back and forth on the cliff face, which was about ten zhang in diameter. As time passed, even with Li Chen's astonishing physical strength, he began to feel a bit tired.

Especially with the intense movement, his blood and qi were stirred, and the continuous strange howling made his anxiety grow, making his heart increasingly agitated and his killing intent rise.

But a voice in his heart kept telling him not to do it unless absolutely necessary, or he would regret it.

With his strong willpower, Li Chen forcibly suppressed his killing intent and, seeing Jiang Mushi becoming even more aggressive, resolved to stop him.

Thinking of this, Li Chen no longer used brute force to resist the mindless Jiang Mushi. Whenever he couldn't dodge in time, he would get close to the rock wall.

Using the hard wall, he made the less agile Jiang Mushi collide with it, and the rebound force made him retreat.

And Li Chen would use this moment to dodge and create distance, constantly replaying the training techniques of the Cloud Stepping in his mind.

It must be said that people only grow under pressure, especially when there is someone nearby who doesn't feel pain and can provide practice.

While dodging and refining his martial skills, Li Chen's physical strength continued to be consumed, but the feeling of fatigue was becoming slower and slower.

Finally, after more than three hours, Li Chen's Cloud Stepping reached the Minor Success stage, and the Cloud Shattering Kick had made significant progress, though it hadn't yet reached the Major Success stage, and there was still a long way to go.

This was due to Li Chen's innate intelligence and excellent comprehension. Otherwise, even if he didn't die at Jiang Mushi's hands, he would have been exhausted to death.

But relying on this method of shifting attention to forget fatigue was not a long-term solution.

Li Chen felt his legs becoming heavier, and the pure yang true qi in his dantian was almost depleted.

But Jiang Mushi showed no signs of regaining his senses.

"Sorry!"

Li Chen felt his killing intent rising again. If this continued, he would not only kill Jiang Mushi but also be driven mad by his own killing intent.

With this thought, Li Chen moved towards the cliff edge. The mindless Jiang Mushi would inevitably fall off the cliff.

Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!

The strange howling continued, and the fierce wind between the two of them suddenly weakened.

Not only that, the cold light in Jiang Mushi's eyes also seemed to weaken, which invigorated Li Chen.

"Could it be caused by this strange howling?"

Thinking back to when Jiang Mushi's transformation began, it coincided with the appearance of the strange howling. Li Chen seemed to understand something.

Whoosh!

The gray mist at the bottom of the cliff suddenly paused. In the past few days, Li Chen knew this was the moment the strange howling stopped.

Sure enough, Jiang Mushi suddenly stopped, standing stiffly there.

Li Chen also stopped, exhausted from dodging all night, and sat down on the ground.

Roar!

Suddenly, a fierce roar came, and Jiang Mushi's eyes flashed with a blood-red light as he lunged at Li Chen like a bolt of lightning.

His momentum was clearly several times stronger than before, and a silver glow emanated from his body.

"Bad!"

Li Chen was shocked and instinctively rolled backward, forgetting that there was a cliff behind him.

Rumble!

The clouds and mist rolled, and there was no sign of Li Chen.

Seeing Jiang Mushi about to fall off the cliff, he stopped just half a step away, the silver glow fading, and his eyes clearing.

"Enough!"

After a daze, he looked around, his face showing pain. He grabbed his hair fiercely and then walked up the cloud ladder, disappearing with a creaking sound.

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