Chapter 188: Chapter 113: Resentful Spirit Fusion, Gravely Wounding Lin Luoxue; Cao Feng’s Regret, Stirring a Storm

HUFF, HUFF, HUFF!

She gasped for breath, her voice like ice striking jade as she demanded, "The Seven Stars Gang and the Moon Worship Sect have worked together seamlessly! We’ve delivered Blood Nourishing Realm Martial Artists to your sect every day. Why would you break the pact?!"

Her words exploded in Chu Fan’s mind like a clap of thunder!

He had previously learned from Qin Fei that the Seven Stars Gang was colluding with the Moon Worship Sect.

That was why, after he had spread the news about the "key," the other factions had descended into a bloody, chaotic war while the Seven Stars Gang made no move.

Even Zhou Tianci and the Zhou Family, who had been eager to act, went silent.

But he never imagined that the Seven Stars Gang was actually supplying the Moon Worship Sect with Blood Nourishing Realm Martial Artists!

He had felt something was wrong when he first joined the Seven Stars Gang—

’Why was the Seven Stars Gang so frantically recruiting refugees, sparing no expense to teach them Martial Arts and provide them with Blood-Nourishing Medicine Soup?’

Now, he finally had the answer!

They were rushing the refugees to the Blood Nourishing Realm in a short time, then shipping them off to the Moon Worship Sect like common cargo!

’To be used as cultivation materials?’

’Or to be enslaved as their pawns?’

Thinking of the Martial Artists sent into the tiger’s maw, and then of the children with vacant eyes in the pit, Chu Fan felt a chill shoot from his core straight to his scalp.

If Master Cao hadn’t taken a liking to him, he and Zhao Tianxing would have likely ended up among them!

In that instant, the last shred of belonging Chu Fan felt for the Seven Stars Gang as one of its disciples was completely annihilated.

"Lin Luoxue, you know perfectly well what your Seven Stars Gang has done!"

Chu Fan decided to play along, his voice cold. "Cut off one of your arms, and I’ll plead to spare your life!"

The corner of Lin Luoxue’s mouth twitched.

’She might be wary of the Moon Worship Sect, but why would she sever her own arm over a single sentence from someone who hadn’t even broken through the fifth gate of Foundation Establishment?’

The next moment, her figure shot out like a phantom. The light of her longsword flared as it slashed directly toward Chu Fan!

Instead of retreating, Chu Fan advanced, striding forward.

In the instant they were almost body to body with Lin Luoxue, he slammed a heavy fist into her abdomen!

"Extreme Night Cold Prison Hand—Cold Fist Like Prison!"

A surge of Yin Cold Qi instantly struck Lin Luoxue’s Dantian.

Lin Luoxue let out a muffled grunt and stumbled back.

But she was shielded by her Protective Primordial Qi. She wasn’t severely injured by the blow and even managed to unleash a lightning-fast slash as she fell back!

SSSHCK!

The sharp edge of the blade sliced down, tearing his robes in a line from his left shoulder to his right abdomen!

Chu Fan felt an immense force strike him. He grunted and hastily retreated!

However, his Vajra Undying Body hadn’t suffered the slightest injury!

"Brother!"

A little girl’s voice suddenly rang out.

The White Bone in Chu Fan’s arms suddenly erupted with a blinding, blood-red light!

A cold, violent aura, brimming with endless resentment, suddenly spread out!

Then, the phantom of a little girl with blood-red eyes and a twisted face materialized beside Chu Fan!

She let out a piercing shriek, staring fixedly at Lin Luoxue, her gaze filled with bone-deep hatred. "I’ll kill you! I’ll kill you!!"

This sudden turn of events made the murderous Lin Luoxue freeze mid-motion.

She stared at the phantom in disbelief, then subconsciously glanced back toward the pit and cried out in shock, "A Resentful Spirit? You... How are you here?! You’re supposed to be locked up in..."

Before she could finish, the little girl’s blood-red phantom let out an even more tragic shriek, transformed into a streak of crimson light, and instantly shot into Chu Fan’s body!

"Aaargh—!"

Chu Fan felt an icy and immense power forcibly surge through his limbs and bones.

His mind was instantly filled with countless crazed roars, venomous curses, and despairing sobs!

The desire for violence, slaughter, and destruction erupted like a volcano!

A horrifying film of blood-red covered his eyes. The aura around him surged violently, faintly suppressing even Lin Luoxue’s!

"This is bad! This is bad!"

The Paperman in his robes, Yue Mankong, shrieked in alarm, "That’s a Resentful Spirit! How could you dare merge with it? Your soul will be tainted, your mind will be eroded—the repercussions will be endless!"

But how could the Chu Fan of this moment possibly listen to any of that?

It wasn’t as if he had any choice in the matter!

The overwhelming negative emotions and the surging sense of power drowned what little sanity he had left!

At the same time, countless horrifying images flashed through his mind—

Children being captured, some killed on the spot, others subjected to Soul Extraction and Spirit Refining...

The helplessness, the despair... he experienced all of these hellish scenes as if he were there himself!

And then there were the tragic memories of the little girl, Nuannuan: everything she had seen, the suffering she had endured—including her own murder and the moment she watched her brother get impaled by a stone pillar—all of it flooded into Chu Fan’s mind!

It was as if Chu Fan had instantly absorbed the memories of countless children!

That Resentful Spirit was, by its very nature, a gestalt entity formed from countless souls and their resentments.

Nuannuan had only become the core consciousness of the Resentful Spirit because of her own special constitution!

Now that the two had merged, it was as if Chu Fan had also become one of them!

"This world is a living hell!"

Chu Fan roared at the sky!

"Damn you all!"

"You animals! You all deserve to die!"

"I’ll slaughter you!"

Wreathed in black qi, Chu Fan shot forward like a black meteorite, appearing before Lin Luoxue in the blink of an eye!

His speed was several times faster than before!

His profound Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step now left trails of black residual images, creating a bizarre and grim spectacle!

He thrust out his right hand. The Cold Qi of his Extreme Night Cold Prison Hand was now laced with threads of blood-red Evil Qi, its power multiplied as he struck straight for Lin Luoxue’s face!

Lin Luoxue’s expression changed drastically as she hurriedly swung her sword to block.

BOOM!

Fist and sword clashed with an explosive thud, sending sparks flying everywhere.

"How is that possible!"

Lin Luoxue felt an unimaginably immense force, laced with both an icy chill and the qi of the Resentful Spirit, crash into her.

Her longsword trembled violently and the webbing of her hand split open. She was sent flying backward uncontrollably, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.

Her eyes were filled with terror and disbelief.

She had assumed he was wearing Inner Armor, but he was actually fighting her sharp blade with his bare flesh...