Chapter 82: Chapter 80: Tossed Out 1 Rag
This was a situation of certain death!
Many neutral observers stood by without getting involved. They hovered within the Ice Forest, watching the scene unfold, and this was the thought on all their minds.
The nail-shaped Forbidden Artifact pierced through the ice trees, heading straight for Jiang Jichen’s forehead.
"That’s a Soul-Chasing Nail! So long as the soul lives, the nail remains. It’s a soul-type Forbidden Artifact that can annihilate the Divine Soul of an Innate Third Realm Perfect Realm expert. How terrifying!"
Someone finally got a clear look at the Forbidden Artifact and cried out in alarm.
And when they also saw the black-robed old servant and Granny Liu, they became even more convinced that Jiang Jichen was doomed.
A sneak attack by two Innate Third Layer experts, timed perfectly for when Jiang Jichen was at his weakest—no one believed he had even a sliver of hope of surviving.
"Jiang Jichen was just one step away, but in the end, he won’t become a legend!"
"Indeed. If he had managed to walk out of here alive today, his name would have shaken the entire Southern Continent."
"A pity. One man’s strength is ultimately limited. How could he possibly defy the heavens?"
Many people sighed with emotion. Some were relieved, while others felt it was a great shame...
CLINK!
However, just as the Soul-Chasing Nail was about to strike Jiang Jichen’s forehead, a blood-red piece of old cloth suddenly floated out, positioning itself right in the nail’s path.
A crimson light flared as the old, blood-red cloth erupted with astonishing power, transforming into a Blood Shield that forcibly blocked the Soul-Chasing Nail.
"The Blood-Saturated Old Cloth!"
This turn of events once again made the crowd cry out in shock.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye. The lethal attacks from the black-robed old servant and Granny Liu arrived simultaneously.
Both of them had unleashed killing blows, determined to slay Jiang Jichen on the spot.
Granny Liu had been hiding in the Ice Forest all along. She originally thought that with so many experts besieging Jiang Jichen, she wouldn’t even need to act—the little bastard was as good as dead.
However, watching Jiang Jichen carve a path of slaughter, leaving bodies strewn across the ground like a veritable Killing God, a chill went down her spine. Her resolve to cut him down today only grew stronger.
The black-robed old servant’s face was also filled with dread. He knew that if they missed this chance, they would never get another opportunity to kill Jiang Jichen, so he too attacked with everything he had.
The Soul-Chasing Nail was blocked by the Blood-Saturated Old Cloth, but the attacks from Granny Liu and the black-robed old servant were unavoidable. Jiang Jichen could do little more than wait for death.
But at this very moment, Jiang Jichen showed no panic. Instead, a vicious glint flashed in his eyes.
He suddenly reached out and grabbed the Blood-Saturated Old Cloth in front of him, using it to block Granny Liu’s attack. But without the Blood Shield formed by the cloth to stop it, the Soul-Chasing Nail plunged directly into his forehead.
BOOM!
Jiang Jichen felt his mind tremble. There was no wound on his forehead, yet a cyan nail was now deeply embedded in his Divine Soul.
The Soul-Chasing Nail was a Forbidden Artifact designed specifically to destroy the Divine Soul. So long as the soul lived, the nail remained!
Jiang Jichen felt an unimaginable pain wracking his Divine Soul. But under this agony, his Divine Soul did not perish. Instead, it stimulated his body’s latent potential. Unknown apertures all over him began to vibrate, and streams of power surged forth. His depleted Qi Sea was instantly filled to thirty percent capacity with golden spiritual power.
’A mere Soul-Chasing Nail, how could it possibly destroy my mutated Divine Soul? Besides, my Divine Soul is already no weaker than that of an Innate Fourth Realm expert!’
Jiang Jichen had dared to take the Soul-Chasing Nail head-on because he was fully confident; it was by no means a reckless move.
Though this all took time to describe, it happened in a mere instant.
The Soul-Chasing Nail was unleashing enough power within Jiang Jichen’s Divine Soul to destroy that of an Innate Third Realm Perfect Realm expert. But aside from causing him immense spiritual agony, it failed to make his mutated Divine Soul waver or destabilize in the slightest, let alone shatter.
On the contrary, the Soul-Chasing Nail, which was unleashing the Power of Destruction, was beginning to dim. The process was slow, but once its energy was depleted, it would inevitably disappear.
Of course, this was an agonizing process. An ordinary person would find it unbearable and likely be driven mad.
But Jiang Jichen’s will was like iron. He used the pain to temper himself and stimulate his latent potential.
Ignoring the Soul-Chasing Nail and turning the threat into a boon, Jiang Jichen began to deal with the black-robed old servant and Granny Liu.
Although he had stimulated his potential and recovered some of his combat strength, it was still unrealistic to think he could block the killing blows from both the black-robed old servant and Granny Liu.
But he now had the Blood-Saturated Old Cloth!
Jiang Jichen didn’t know who had secretly helped him, but the Blood-Saturated Old Cloth had arrived at the perfect moment. Moreover, when he grabbed it to block Granny Liu’s attack, its owner had decisively erased their Divine Thought from it. This allowed Jiang Jichen to take instant control and manipulate the cloth freely.
The Blood-Saturated Old Cloth was a Secret Treasure. It was a corner from a blood-stained robe once worn by an Ancient Great Power, later refined into a Treasure Artifact by an Artifact Refining Master using mysterious techniques. It was truly extraordinary.
The Blood Shield manifested by the Blood-Saturated Old Cloth blocked Granny Liu’s attack, but Jiang Jichen had to face the black-robed old servant’s blow head-on.
He was no longer in a state of Spirit Sea Void; he now possessed thirty percent of his golden spiritual power.
Facing the old servant’s attack, Jiang Jichen extended two fingers!
The first finger: Cloud Annihilation!
The second finger: Rain Dispersal!
The Cloud Annihilation Rain Scattering Finger was the complete first form of the Soul Destruction Finger. Once truly mastered, a single finger could make the clouds dissipate and the rain scatter across the vast sky!
However, at his current Realm, Jiang Jichen couldn’t execute the full Cloud Dissipation Rain Scattering Form with a single finger; he had to split it into two!
As the Cloud Annihilation Finger was unleashed, all incoming attacks were nullified, no longer able to harm Jiang Jichen.
When the Rain Dispersal Finger landed, the old servant’s black robes were instantly stained with blood. Half of his chest exploded, and his body was nearly destroyed.
Fortunately, he had dodged just in time to save his heart from destruction. But he no longer had a shred of courage to remain, and he turned to flee, dragging his grievously wounded body.
"Cough!"
After using those two finger techniques, Jiang Jichen also coughed up a mouthful of blood, adding yet another injury to his already wounded body.
But Jiang Jichen completely ignored his wounds and charged directly into the Ice Forest.
With the Blood-Saturated Old Cloth blocking Granny Liu’s attacks, Jiang Jichen didn’t bother engaging her. Instead, he used his Divine Thought to lock onto the person hiding in the shadows—the one who had just used the Soul-Chasing Nail to try and kill him.
Jiang Jichen’s movements were too fast and too sudden. No one could have imagined that he would ignore Granny Liu and instead charge deeper into the Ice Forest.
"It’s you, the Eldest Senior Sister of the Flower Rain Sect!"
Jiang Jichen rushed to the person’s hiding spot and found that it was, in fact, the Eldest Senior Sister of the Flower Rain Sect—someone he was determined to kill.
The moment the Flower Rain Sect’s Eldest Senior Sister saw that the Soul-Chasing Nail was useless against Jiang Jichen, she had wanted to flee. But she never expected him to be so fast; before she could even react, he was already standing before her.
The Eldest Senior Sister’s expression was incredibly grim. Her gaze, however, shifted to another direction as she said, "Qingya, so it was you, you little slut!"
"So what if it was? It’s not like you haven’t wanted to kill me for ages. We’ve always had a you-die-or-I-die relationship! Besides, I didn’t even attack today. I just tossed out a piece of ragged cloth, that’s all!"
A charming woman, hovering gracefully atop an ice tree, spoke with a nonchalant tone.
