The Demon with Holy Radiance-Chapter 100 - 90: Zi Luan Strikes to Kill, Even a Buddha Has Wrath

Chapter 100: Chapter 90: Zi Luan Strikes to Kill, Even a Buddha Has Wrath

After Xuan Kang’s death, Yang An couldn’t wait to start rummaging through his residence.

He wanted to get his hands on the Cultivation Technique, and anything else of value, and take it all away.

Everything here was now his spoil of war. It belonged to him and him alone, and he wouldn’t let anyone else lay a finger on it.

Strangely, however, the rooms of the residence were completely empty. There was nothing there.

Just as Yang An was searching, several figures appeared outside the residence.

One was an effeminate-looking man dressed in an elegant, light-colored long robe, his waist-length hair tied back with a red ribbon.

The man chuckled softly and glanced at the person beside him.

"Greetings from Zi Luan. I didn’t expect Eighth Senior Brother would also come to watch the show. But why must you always be so secretive and never show your true self?

Could it be you’re afraid I might make a move on you?"

The person he was looking at was expressionless. His skin had a strange, ashen quality, and even his movements were extremely stiff.

He stiffly turned his head, gave Zi Luan a stiff smile, and then stiffly turned his head back without a word.

A look of disgust instantly crossed Zi Luan’s effeminate face.

Opposite the two of them stood a figure that barely looked human.

His entire body was encased in a thick layer of tree bark, with only holes for his facial features, making it impossible to see his face.

He shot a quick glance at Jiang Hechuan, who was standing beside Zi Luan.

As the seventh, eighth, and ninth disciples, the three were direct competitors. None of them were on good terms with the others.

"Two secretive bastards!"

Zi Luan’s eyes filled with undisguised loathing and killing intent, but the other two completely ignored him.

"Junior Brother Xuan Kang is dead. This new junior brother is no simple character."

The speaker was the seventh disciple, Shi Hu, the man encased in bark. His voice was hoarse and hollow, immediately drawing sidelong glances from Jiang Hechuan and Zi Luan.

"I remember when Master brought him here, he was only in the Fake Food Realm. Now he’s nearly at the Late Stage Primordial Feeding Realm. That’s too fast! To think even Xuan Kang died so easily at his hands."

At this, the holes in Shi Hu’s bark-covered body turned toward Zi Luan.

"Maybe it’ll be your turn soon, Junior Brother Jiu! HAHAHAHA!"

The three of them were all in the Visceral Stone Realm, their Cultivation Levels far exceeding Yang An’s. As such, his Illusion Technique was largely ineffective and easily seen through.

"I won’t give him the chance!"

Zi Luan shot Shi Hu a vicious glare and replied coldly, but his gaze, when it shifted back to the residence, was equally filled with killing intent.

Hearing this, Shi Hu let out a rattling cackle.

Meanwhile, Jiang Hechuan, the eighth disciple, remained the quietest of all, simply watching in silence.

Inside the house, Yang An had sensed their arrival the moment the three appeared. He had already silently placed a Qi Seal on each of them.

Faintly hearing the conversation outside and having failed to find what he was looking for in Xuan Kang’s residence, he had no choice but to step outside.

"Greetings, Senior Brothers."

Yang An maintained a polite demeanor, though his expression was a bit strange as he looked at the three men before him.

’I heard their conversation,’ he thought. ’I can’t believe the old man’s seventh, eighth, and ninth disciples all showed up. And just as I expected, not a single one of them is normal.’

’What’s the point of all this bickering? If they’ve got the guts, they should just fight!’

’They’re all just talk. What a letdown.’ Yang An, who had hoped to be the fisherman profiting from their conflict, was slightly disappointed. Still, most of his attention drifted unconsciously to his Ninth Senior Brother.

’Now that Tenth Senior Brother Xuan Kang is dealt with, my next target is Ninth Senior Brother Zi Luan... that guy who looks just like a woman!’

’I didn’t expect Zi Luan would be drawn here. I have to keep my distance. Who knows if he’ll suddenly attack me.’

But when Yang An offered his polite greeting, both Zi Luan and Shi Hu turned to him in unison. Only the rigid Jiang Hechuan remained unmoved.

Shi Hu’s voice boomed from behind his bark like muffled thunder. He laughed loudly as he questioned Yang An.

"Eleventh Junior Brother, you’ve improved so quickly that even Junior Brother Xuan Kang was no match for you. When do you plan on coming for us?"

"Senior Brother, you exaggerate."

Yang An smiled faintly, but a sense of extreme danger washed over him.

’Their positions seem casual, but they’ve blocked all my escape routes.’

’They’re clearly not here for a friendly chat!’

’It seems my guess was right. Killing Pi Chu, and now Xuan Kang... my actions were bound to attract attention.’

What he didn’t expect, however, was that the moment his voice faded, Zi Luan, the ninth disciple, flashed to his side.

Yang An reacted instantly, trying to use the Light and Shadow Escape Technique to get away, but he was a step too slow.

Before his body could merge into the shadow beneath him, he was sent flying backward. He smashed through a wall of the residence, collapsing it, and his momentum carried him into the wall of another building.

Countless spiderweb-like cracks spread across the wall. Yang An coughed up a mouthful of blood. Feeling a sharp pain in his chest, he looked down.

A large hole had been torn in the front of his robes, revealing the Stone Egg Armor he always wore. It was shattered to pieces; the Magical Artifact had clearly been destroyed.

A surge of killing intent welled up in Yang An’s heart, but he quickly suppressed it. He glared at Zi Luan, the one who had attacked him—that androgynous freak.

’He’s definitely at a Cultivation Level beyond the Seventh Understanding,’ he realized. ’He’s mastered the post-Seventh Understanding Cultivation Technique, which means he’s in the Visceral Stone Realm.’

’I’m only at the Peak of Middle Stage Primordial Feeding Realm, a whole Great Realm away from the Visceral Stone Realm. The power gap is enormous.’

"You actually had a Magical Artifact on you!"

Apparently dissatisfied with only destroying the Magical Artifact instead of killing Yang An in one blow, Zi Luan flashed before him once again.

Yang An could clearly see patterns like splattered ink appear on Zi Luan’s skin for an instant. The very next moment, the hairs on Yang An’s own body stood on end.

’His killing intent is completely unconcealed. He really wants me dead.’

A brilliant light erupted from Yang An’s body once more, enveloping the charging Zi Luan. At the same time, a cyan light—one that had never appeared before—instantly shielded Yang An’s body.

But Zi Luan was faster. The next moment, Yang An was sent flying again. While still in mid-air, dozens of deep gashes instantly appeared all over his body, spraying blood everywhere.

Blood soaked his clothes crimson as he collapsed into a pile of rubble, the light around him extinguishing.

Agonizing pain wracked Yang An’s entire body. His wounds were bone-deep and gushing blood. Without a moment’s hesitation, he consumed the essence of flesh and blood stored within his body.

Meat-Eating Life Nourishment!

As the stored essence fused with his body, fine red tendrils emerged from his wounds, rapidly weaving over them. Within moments, his mangled flesh had fully recovered. Only then did he look back at Zi Luan.

Zi Luan hadn’t fared much better. He held one arm before him, his sleeve in tatters. The flesh on his arm and half of his face had been melted away by the intense light, revealing the bone beneath.

Yet, as blood trickled from the wound, new flesh squirmed and grew at a visible rate. In just two breaths, his injuries had completely healed.

Zi Luan’s expression, however, was grim. He hadn’t expected Yang An to inflict such a horrifying injury on him in a mere instant.

’That terrifying light... Even I, a Visceral Stone Realm cultivator, couldn’t block it completely. If I hadn’t struck first and knocked him away, creating some distance, I would have been much more severely injured.’

’No wonder he was able to kill Pi Chu and Xuan Kang!’

If Zi Luan had only been probing before, holding back his full power, he was now truly determined to kill. Yang An’s current strength was already a massive threat to him.

’He can already injure me. If I give him any more time to grow, he’ll be the one to kill me!’

’This brat must die!’

Zi Luan’s gaze hardened. The next second, the flesh all over his body began to contort, twist, and swell.

Purple feathers burst from his pores. The bones in his limbs tore through his skin, morphing into sharp talons. Long flight feathers sprouted from his hands, gleaming with the cold luster of steel.

The tip of each feather instantly burst into dark purple flame, and the ambient temperature skyrocketed.

In the span of a single breath, the effeminate, delicate man had transformed into a giant, human-headed bird, wreathed in purple, burning feathers.

Yang An was horrified. ’His true form isn’t human!’ he realized instantly.

’He’s dead set on killing me. He’s even revealed his true form. He has no intention of giving me any time to get stronger.’

It would be a lie to say Yang An wasn’t intimidated. After all, his opponent was in the Visceral Stone Realm, while he was merely in the Primordial Feeding Realm.

’But even a saint has his limits!’

’If he wants to kill me, it must mean I’m a threat to him. And even though he knocked me away before I could fully use my Technique, I still managed to injure him badly.’

’This means that even with the huge gap in our Cultivation Levels, I’m not as weak as I thought. I can at least put up a fight!’

’Since I can’t run, then fuck it! Let’s fight!’

’Qi Guang Technique! Absorb!’

As Zi Luan revealed his true form, a brilliant light flashed over Yang An’s body before vanishing, completely absorbed within him.

White, red, gold, black, and cyan!

The five-colored light seemed to dye his very flesh, as if every drop of blood within him was now condensed from light. His body even swelled slightly.

The strain tore open cracks in his skin, and even the blood that flowed out glowed with light. Energy surged around Yang An as he stared directly at Zi Luan, his eyes blazing with killing intent.

’My light-releasing form might not stop his charges, but the Light Absorption Form will give me a huge boost in close-quarters power and burst damage.’

’If I can just get close to him, I’ll hit him with something huge!’

The next moment, killing intent erupted in Zi Luan’s eyes. He became a streak of purple, diving toward Yang An.

Yang An clenched his fists, activating his Great Light Seal Fist Technique. Simultaneously, he summoned the towering Extreme Day Divine Aspect to await Zi Luan’s attack.

But just as the two were about to collide and begin their life-or-death struggle...

A sudden, violent cough echoed like a clap of thunder in everyone’s ears.

The very air seemed to freeze. Two figures slowly approached, drawing the attention of everyone present.

One was incredibly gaunt, with a sickly pale complexion, and was covering his mouth as he coughed up blood.

The other was powerfully built, dressed in tattered clothes that revealed knotted muscles through every tear. His arms were thicker than an adult’s thigh. His long, messy hair looked as if it hadn’t been washed in ages, and he exuded a wild, untamed aura.

He even dragged a long, bare tail behind him, thick and smooth like a massive earthworm.

Upon seeing this figure, Zi Luan froze in mid-air, his eyes locked on the newcomer.

"Senior Brother!"

A flush crept across his cheeks as he gazed at the wild, muscular man slowly approaching.

But his expression quickly turned to panic. He glanced down at his current appearance, then hastily retreated while rapidly retracting his true form. In the blink of an eye, he had returned to his effeminate, delicate human body.

’I can’t... I absolutely cannot let Senior Brother see this ugly side of me!’