Without a second thought, Li Feng swung his blade. Instantly, a colossal blade light slashed through the air towards the purple scythe.
Boom!
A heaven-shaking explosion rang out. The blade light cut forward irresistibly, striking the purple scythe like autumn winds sweeping away fallen leaves. It shattered the scythe into countless fragments that floated in the air.
Yet before Li Feng could celebrate, the fragments fused back together inside the void and reformed into a purple scythe that slashed towards him once more.
“What on earth is going on?” Li Feng’s expression changed. He had never encountered anything so unnatural before. If he had not seen it with his own eyes, he would have thought this belonged in a fantasy novel. Each time the purple scythe reformed, its power grew stronger by several degrees. The overwhelming energy forced Li Feng to avoid clashing with it head-on, so he hurriedly executed the Ninefold Phantom Movement to dodge.
At the same time, he felt inwardly shocked. The combined attack technique of the Blood Slaughter Twin Eagles truly lived up to its reputation. These two were no empty names. Under their joint assault, even he had been reduced to such a sorry state.
More importantly, the attacks of this purple scythe were no ordinary strikes. With every reformation, the energy it contained grew far beyond the previous level. To oppose it, one had to go all out.
Going all out, however, consumed an enormous amount of true qi. Even with Li Feng’s current strength, he could not sustain that for long.
At this moment, faced with the Blood Slaughter Twin Eagles’ combined technique, Li Feng truly felt somewhat helpless. Still, he refused to accept defeat. He believed every martial skill had a weakness, and joint techniques were no exception. As long as he found that weakness, breaking it would not be difficult.
But how exactly could he break the Blood Slaughter Twin Eagles’ combined technique?
Thoughts flashed through Li Feng’s mind like lightning. He continued using Ninefold Phantom Movement to evade the purple scythe while releasing his divine sense, wrapping it around the weapon. At once, the scythe revealed its true form, breaking into pieces that clattered to the ground.
As expected.
Joy appeared on Li Feng’s face. The Twin Eagles’ combined technique really was controlled through divine sense. Under their divine sense, the purple scythe’s power only grew stronger, but once that divine sense was severed, it became nothing more than a paper tiger.
Pfft!
Pfft!
The Blood Slaughter Twin Eagles could not hold back and each spat out a mouthful of blood. Their bodies swayed, nearly collapsing to the ground.
“How… how is this possible?” Blood Eagle wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and stared at Li Feng in disbelief. Their combined technique had always been unbeatable, never once failing, yet now Li Feng had broken it. They could scarcely believe their eyes.
“Nothing is impossible in this world,” Li Feng said with a cold laugh, secretly letting out a sigh of relief. He had just been wondering how the Twin Eagles controlled the purple scythe. After thinking it through, he concluded that divine sense was the only possibility.
Although it was said that only Innate realm cultivators could produce divine sense, he himself had possessed it even at the Postnatal realm. That did not mean others could not do the same. He tested his theory, and sure enough, he was right.
Now, at last, Li Feng understood why the Blood Slaughter Twin Eagles’ divine-sense-controlled technique had always been invincible. When they faced martial artists below the Innate realm, very few possessed divine sense.
“Blood Slaughter Twin Eagles, you have lost,” Li Feng stated coldly.
“Lost?” Blood Eagle’s expression changed. Indeed, they had lost. Their combined technique had been broken.
“Boy, you only broke our combined technique. We haven’t lost,” Slaughter Eagle roared, unwilling to accept it.
This set of combined techniques had been discovered by the two of them in a mountain cave. For more than ten years, they had relied on it to remain undefeated and build the fearsome reputation of the Blood Slaughter Twin Eagles.
When they unleashed it together, their attack power multiplied several times over, rivaling the full-strength strike of a peak Postnatal Ninth Layer expert. Moreover, since the purple scythe was formed of energy, even if it was chopped into tens of thousands of pieces, it could always reform. It was an extremely troublesome ability. Of course, every advantage had its drawback. The scythe’s only weakness was divine sense. After more than ten years of cultivation, their divine sense remained limited. Once that connection was severed, their combined technique collapsed on its own.
The Twin Eagles had never believed any Postnatal ancient martial artist could possess divine sense. Had they not accidentally obtained this technique, they too would never have imagined such a thing existed before reaching the Innate realm.
Yet now, Li Feng possessed divine sense and had shattered their technique.
“You haven’t lost?” Li Feng gave a cold laugh. An aura equivalent to the peak of the Postnatal Ninth Layer suddenly erupted from him. He stared icily at the Twin Eagles and said, “Without your combined technique, do you still think you are my match?”
“This… this…” Slaughter Eagle’s face filled with terror. He had never imagined that Li Feng not only possessed the divine sense rare among Postnatal cultivators, but had also reached the absolute peak of the Postnatal Ninth Layer. Since when did such a young peak Ninth Layer expert exist?
At this instant, even the hot-tempered Slaughter Eagle understood that even if Li Feng had not broken their technique, the two of them might not have been his match.
Blood Eagle’s expression grew even uglier. Slaughter Eagle was still wondering whether they could take Li Feng down, but Blood Eagle knew better. This was Li Feng giving them a choice.
A choice between life and death.
Blood Eagle had never imagined that the Blood Slaughter Twin Eagles would be reduced to this state over a thousand-year ice dew. If they had known, they would never have dared covet it. But regret came too late now.
Were they really going to die?
Blood Eagle felt deeply unwilling. He and Slaughter Eagle were not yet forty. In another twenty years, they could break through to the Innate realm. Once that happened, their lifespan would extend to two hundred years. Right now, they had lived only a fraction of that time. To die now meant never enjoying the good life ahead.
Yet the only way to stay alive was to submit to Li Feng, something equally unacceptable. The Blood Slaughter Twin Eagles had never considered bowing to anyone.
“Have you decided?” Li Feng looked at them with icy eyes. In his view, the Twin Eagles had no real choice. Whether they submitted or resisted, their fate would be the same.
“Decide, my arse! We…” Slaughter Eagle flew into a rage and opened his mouth to curse, but Blood Eagle grabbed him.
“Blood Eagle?” Slaughter Eagle turned back, confused.
“We choose to submit,” Blood Eagle said gravely, meeting Li Feng’s gaze.
Unlike Slaughter Eagle, Blood Eagle knew that without their combined technique, the two of them were dead for certain against a peak Postnatal Ninth Layer expert like Li Feng. To survive, submission was the only path. Though it was their first time bowing to another, Blood Eagle felt that submitting to Li Feng might not be a bad choice.
All along, Blood Eagle had believed that reaching Postnatal Seventh Layer before forty marked them as geniuses. But after seeing Li Feng, that notion vanished completely.
Li Feng was not yet thirty and already at Postnatal Ninth Layer peak, more than ten years younger than them. By the time he reached their age, he might already be an Innate realm expert. They had never seen an Innate expert so young. In Blood Eagle’s view, submitting to such a person was no disgrace.
More crucially, they had no alternative. Refuse, and Li Feng would kill them without hesitation. After all, they had coveted the thousand-year ice dew and even kidnapped his friend Song Zhiyuan.
“Blood Eagle, you…” Slaughter Eagle stared at him in disbelief. He had never expected Blood Eagle to choose submission. Did he not understand what submission meant? Once they submitted, their days of freedom would be over.
Blood Eagle gave Slaughter Eagle a cold glance without further explanation.
“If you wish to submit, open your mind,” Li Feng said, slightly surprised that Blood Eagle had chosen this path. Still, submission was submission, but Li Feng had no intention of forgoing the Divine Control Technique. To him, using it provided extra insurance. The Twin Eagles were notorious bandits. If they submitted now only to flee later and plot against him from the shadows, he would suffer greatly.
Blood Eagle paused, not fully understanding, but believing this was a test from Li Feng, he obeyed and relaxed his mind.
At that instant, a strange light flashed in Li Feng’s eyes, glinting with an extremely sinister glow. Immediately, a golden beam shot from his brow into Blood Eagle’s.
In that moment, the light in Blood Eagle’s eyes grew dim, as though he had lost all awareness.
“From this day forward, I am your master,” Li Feng said calmly, yet his voice carried a mysterious, magical power.
Blood Eagle dropped to one knee. “Blood Eagle pays respects to Master.”
“You… what have you done to Blood Eagle?” Slaughter Eagle asked in terror.
“Just added a little insurance. Slaughter Eagle, your turn,” Li Feng replied, turning to him coldly.
“I… I… no, don’t…” Slaughter Eagle backed away as he spoke.
“Don’t? Too late.” Li Feng laughed coldly. At this point, Slaughter Eagle had no choice.
“Blood Eagle, stop him,” Li Feng ordered mildly.
“Yes.” Blood Eagle moved in a flash to block Slaughter Eagle, staring at him with icy eyes. In that moment, only one thought filled his mind: stop him.
“Blood Eagle, what are you doing?” Slaughter Eagle cried out in fear.
“Slaughter Eagle, submitting to Master is your only choice,” Blood Eagle answered coldly.
“This… this…” Slaughter Eagle’s face was filled with dread. From Blood Eagle’s reaction, it was clear he had been completely controlled. The moment Slaughter Eagle imagined himself suffering the same fate, his first instinct was to run.
Yet before he could take a single step, terrifying pressure crashed down upon him.
“Ah, no…” As Slaughter Eagle started to scream, a golden beam shot from Li Feng’s brow into his own. He tried to resist, but the golden light broke through effortlessly and buried itself deep within his sea of consciousness.
“From this day forward, I am your master,” Li Feng’s magically compelling voice rang out once more.
“Slaughter Eagle pays respects to Master,” Slaughter Eagle said, dropping to one knee.
