To live a lifetime as a spineless coward, or to be a real man for three fleeting seconds—this was a choice no one could make easily.
But you had already made your decision!
With 300 years of lifespan at the Divine Ability Realm, you had more than enough to take the seventh step of the Nine Steps to the Heavens, briefly ascending to the Saint Realm for three seconds...
Boosted by Supreme Mode, your consciousness instantly rose to a higher dimension. You fully mastered the abruptly surging Saint Realm cultivation base, unleashing its power flawlessly.
Your purple-tier talent Talisman Dao Seed was pushed to its absolute limit, transforming the fifth-rank Fire Dragon Technique into a brand-new combined talisman—Nine Dragons Incinerate the Heavens.
The sheer destructive force of this move was terrifying enough to threaten even a Heavenly Realm powerhouse!
ROAR!
The Ghost Physician Venerable's Heavenly Domain was torn to shreds by the nine hundred-foot fire dragons in an instant. The searing flames crashed into his body, drawing a scream of agony from his lips.
He was shocked by your terrifying cultivation base, but even more horrified by your talisman techniques...
「You're a Talisman Master... No—those Fire Dragon Talismans! What's your relationship to Xuan Fuzi?!」
「The one you met in Magic City was that old madman Xuan Fuzi... No! Isn't he still trapped in the Imperial Capital?!」
His voice trembled with sheer terror, his face contorting into a look of abject horror—as if the name Xuan Fuzi alone was enough to make his blood run cold.
Overwhelmed by fear, the Ghost Physician Venerable completely ignored the fact that you'd skyrocketed three major realms in cultivation base, or the excruciating pain wracking his body.
「Xuan Fuzi!」
You were stunned. You'd never imagined that the author of the True Scripture of Talismans—a name alone—could strike terror into the heart of a Heavenly Realm powerhouse, leaving him almost completely unhinged.
Just what kind of terrifying figure was Xuan Fuzi?
BOOM!!!
The nine dragons coiled around the Ghost Physician Venerable, then exploded in a blinding flash, transforming into a lotus of annihilating flames that swallowed him whole. The terrifying shockwave threatened to incinerate everything within a radius of dozens of miles.
「Nether Yin Treasure Mirror!」
In the next instant, an aura of extreme cold erupted without warning, freezing the flames solid and blocking the devastating blast.
The Ghost Physician Venerable stumbled out, his figure battered and disheveled. His body was covered in burns, the decaying aura of the Heavenly Tribulation of Five Declines clinging to him like a shroud. A ring of eerie glowing light hovered around his chest, warding off further harm.
Clearly, that surge of frigid energy had emanated from the glowing mirror.
「A Heavenly Realm Artifact!」
Your pupils contracted sharply as you instantly recognized the treasure's origin, a flicker of regret crossing your face.
Your devastating attack, combined with Su Mei's curse, should have been enough to gravely injure the Ghost Physician Venerable—but the sentient Heavenly Realm Artifact had activated on its own to protect its master...
「Brat, this eunuch is going to tear you limb from limb!」
The enraged Ghost Physician Venerable dropped all pretense, his voice rising to a shrill screech. He glared at you with a look of ravenous hatred, his Heavenly Domain expanding outward as he charged at you, ready to kill.
But in the next moment, your figure vanished from his sight once again.
Your red-tier talent You Can't See Me was unleashed to its full potential in that instant—truly the ultimate assassination skill.
「He's disappeared again!」 The Ghost Physician Venerable's face darkened.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
A hundred pre-forged fifth-rank Fire Dragon Talismans surged out of your storage ring, arranging themselves in an eight-directional formation around the Ghost Physician Venerable. They activated simultaneously, summoning a hundred fire dragons that surrounded him completely!
At this moment, the true power of a Talisman Master was on full display.
A Talisman Master who came prepared was a force to be reckoned with—even for a powerhouse one major realm above him.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
A series of earth-shaking explosions erupted in quick succession. The Ghost Physician Venerable was sent flying by the blasts, his Heavenly Domain riddled with cracks and holes!
At this moment, the Ghost Physician Venerable—the same Heavenly Realm powerhouse who'd tortured and nearly killed you in your last simulation—was being completely suppressed by you.
「Vast Tyrant Dragon Fist!」
Your figure reappeared out of thin air, a thunderous dragon's roar escaping your lips. You threw a punch with earth-shattering force, slamming it directly into the Ghost Physician Venerable's chest.
BOOM!
The impact caved his chest in, sending a spray of blood gushing from his mouth.
But you paid a heavy price for the blow: a wave of bone-chilling cold energy engulfed your right arm, numbing it completely before spreading rapidly through your body...
「Hahaha! I've found the flaw in your ability!」 The Ghost Physician Venerable spat out a mouthful of blood, cackling maniacally.
You tried to activate You Can't See Me again—but the Ghost Physician Venerable suddenly erupted with a massive wave of cold air, condensing countless ice shards that launched a indiscriminate attack on everything around him.
「Your trick only blinds the five senses! It's not some space-bending ability that's impossible to counter!」
PFFT! PFFT! PFFT!
The ice shards pierced through your body, sending you flying backward. Your aura began to fade rapidly...
The three seconds were up.
The backlash from the Nine Steps to the Heavens kicked in violently, the vitality draining from your body at an alarming rate...
Fortunately, the frigid energy coursing through your veins managed to cling to a sliver of your life force, barely keeping you alive.
CRUNCH!
A hand clamped down around your neck, lifting you off the ground.
「Cackle cackle cackle! Got you now!」
The Ghost Physician Venerable let out a ferocious laugh, his face twisted in triumph.
Your condition was dire. Your body was riddled with ice shards, your life hanging by a thread.
But compared to you, the Ghost Physician Venerable was barely faring any better. His Heavenly Domain was shattered, his chest a gaping hole, his skin charred and disfigured by the flames...
If it weren't for the terrifying regenerative abilities inherent to the Heavenly Realm, he would have died long ago.
No one would have ever believed that a Fourth Realm Divine Ability cultivator could push a Third-Rank Heavenly Realm powerhouse to such extremes.
「You little bastard—die for this eunuch!」
The Ghost Physician Venerable's face twisted into a mask of pure malice as he tightened his grip, intent on snapping your neck.
Your face turned crimson from lack of oxygen, but you suddenly screamed at the top of your lungs: 「If I die, Liu Yue dies too! NOW!」
「Sun Qian, you son of a bitch!」
Ye Fan—the Child of Destiny—burst out of the ground with a roar of rage, his face contorted in fury. He activated the Nine Steps to the Heavens, skyrocketing three major realms to reach the Saint Realm, and slammed a palm into the back of the Ghost Physician Venerable's head.
Clearly, ever since you'd ordered Qi Wei to spread the rumor that Liu Yue was in your custody, Ye Fan had been tailing you every step of the way...
At this moment, you'd finally forced him to show his hand.
CRUNCH!
The Ghost Physician Venerable's skull nearly shattered from the impact. His grip loosened involuntarily.
「AAAGH!」
Blinded by rage, the Ghost Physician Venerable completely forgot about you. He swung his palm backward with all his remaining strength, sending Ye Fan flying with a single blow!
「Why are there so many of you damned brats... PFFT!」
The Ghost Physician Venerable's body suddenly froze. An ice shard pierced through the back of his neck, tearing a hole in his throat...
A cold, eerie voice echoed from behind him, dripping with malice.
「You eunuch dog... Who were you saying you were going to kill?」