In an instant, it was sliced into more than ten pieces, and its hundreds of tentacles immediately shuddered in unison.

Then, in the next moment, they launched a frenzied attack on Gu Zheng.

’Not in small enough pieces?’

Gu Zheng retreated. His three hundred and sixty blades didn’t stop, continuing to bore into the tentacle Demon Fiend’s head, burrowing into the tissue that had already been shattered into fragments.

SHHCK SHHCK SHHCK~

With their rapid passes, they instantly diced the tentacle Demon Fiend’s head into even more pieces.

BANG BANG BANG~!

The hundreds of tentacles flailed madly.

The surrounding Power of Heaven and Earth was drawn in and affected, also falling into chaos.

But it didn’t stop!

Even with its head shattered into dozens of pieces, the tentacle Demon Fiend still wasn’t dead.

Its aura, comparable to that of a fourth-tier Demon Fiend, not only failed to diminish but actually continued to intensify.

’What’s going on?’

Gu Zheng’s brows knit together.

’The tentacle Demon Fiend’s Rebirth ability... is it limitless?’

’Impossible.’

Gu Zheng refused to accept it.

He immediately activated all his Divine Seeds, reversing the flow to prevent the Power of Heaven and Earth from being drawn away.

The move successfully suppressed the tentacle Great Demon. Its hundreds of tentacles stopped their frenzied flailing.

However, they didn’t stop completely and were still attacking.

SHHCK SHHCK SHHCK~

Flashes of blade light severed more than half of the tentacles.

But in the next moment, all the tentacles regenerated, growing back completely.

’Is it truly immortal?’

Gu Zheng’s Divine Wondrous power surged. He controlled all his blades to target the hundreds of tentacles, rapidly shredding them from top to bottom and dicing them into segments.

With three hundred and sixty blades, he assigned three to each tentacle, mincing them into tiny pieces.

At the same time, he focused his Spirit and unleashed the Spear of the Soul.

Under this close-range Spiritual Attack, the tentacle Demon Fiend’s power of Rebirth came to an abrupt halt.

With its Rebirth interrupted, the rapid shredding tore all its tentacles into palm-sized chunks.

This time, they finally failed to regenerate.

A Demon Pill, seemingly halfway between solid and ethereal, slowly drifted out from one of the tentacles and floated in the air.

SWOOSH~

Gu Zheng used Spirit Capturing from a distance.

But midway, an even stronger suction force intercepted it, snatching the Demon Pill away before Gu Zheng could.

WHOOSH!

A sharp sound cut through the air.

Gu Zheng’s gaze followed the Demon Pill. He looked toward the top of a building several hundred meters behind him and to his right. There stood a massive figure, so grotesquely obese that its hands, feet, and neck were almost invisible, its head nearly swallowed by rolls of flesh.

It had no hair, eyebrows, or beard. It wore no clothes, save for a strip of coarse cloth wrapped around its waist.

Its skin was slick and a sallow yellow, covered in numerous spot-like markings.

It was a veritable mountain of flesh, and it reeked of a foul stench mixed with wisps of a strange, sweet aroma.

’A Demon Fiend?’

’No, a Half-Demon at most!’

He could sense that the creature’s Life Qi was incredibly dense and powerful.

It was like a great tree, growing with vigorous abandon.

Abundant energy flowed within its body, radiating outward.

’The Changsheng Clan?’

Gu Zheng raised an eyebrow, recalling a certain Noble Family that Mongol Return to the Capital had mentioned.

Half-human, Half-Demon, inhuman physique, and capable of living for five hundred years at the Super Body realm.

’Putting it all together, it had to be that so-called Changsheng Clan!’

’But does being from the Changsheng Clan give it the right to steal my Demon Pill?’

VMMMMM~!

The void rippled.

Gu Zheng suddenly intensified his Absorption Dao, reversing the control over the Demon Pill that had already floated in front of the mountain of flesh.

WHOOSH!

The increased force instantly yanked the Demon Pill back to him.

He opened his Storage Pouch and put it inside.

"ROAR~!"

Several hundred meters away, the mountain of flesh shrieked in fury, "Mine! That’s mine! It belongs to Changsheng Zhenfan!!"

FWOOSH-BOOM~!

Along with its shriek, the mountain of flesh’s massive body leaped into the air like a real hill, crushing the building beneath it. It hurtled toward Gu Zheng, wrapped in a terrifying aura.

While still in mid-air, the mountain of flesh named Changsheng Zhenfan spat a cloud of viscous smoke from its mouth.

Instantly, Gu Zheng was assaulted by a foul stench that bored into his nostrils and simultaneously interfered with his Spirit.

The Reversed Soul Scale on his chest began to spin and vibrate rapidly, resisting the attack.

As Gu Zheng retreated, he manifested the Red Abyss Blade in his hand. His Divine Wondrous power surged, augmented by the Power of Heaven and Earth that had returned to normal, and he slashed out.

SHRAAACK~!

A crimson blade light streaked across the void.

Wherever the Sword Gang passed, space tore apart as easily as cloth.

The fissure seemed to have eyes, aimed directly at Changsheng Zhenfan’s mountainous body.

"SPLT!"

A strange, wet sound echoed.

The searing Sword Gang tore through space, bisecting Changsheng Zhenfan right down the middle and splitting him into two halves.

But!

The body, though clearly split in two, was completely unaffected. Like two blocks of gelatin, it didn’t spray blood or spill any organs.

The two halves continued their terrifying charge, hurtling toward Gu Zheng.

SWISH SWISH~

Gu Zheng retreated, dodging the initial charge.

BOOM!

The two halves of Changsheng Zhenfan’s body smashed straight into a building, collapsing a wall before carving out a massive crater in the ground.

The entire ground shuddered from the impact, shaking for several moments.

"Hand it over! That belongs to Changsheng Zhenfan! Hand it over now!"

The mouths on each half of the body opened and closed in perfect sync, emitting a synchronized sound. It vibrated through the air, forming a bizarre, spiritual shockwave that shot straight toward Gu Zheng.

VMM VMM~

The Reversed Soul Scale spun rapidly, vibrating in response.

Astonished by the sight, Gu Zheng unleashed the Spear of the Soul.

VMM!

"AHH~!!"

A pained scream erupted from the mouths on both halves of Changsheng Zhenfan.

The power of the Spear of the Soul, one of his Demon Techniques, depended entirely on Gu Zheng’s own Spiritual Power.

And now, Gu Zheng’s Spiritual Power was more than double what it had been six months ago.

When fully concentrated, it wasn’t impossible for his Spear of the Soul to instantly kill someone who had just broken through to the Heroic Body Realm.

Changsheng Zhenfan’s aura had already reached the third stage of the Heroic Body Realm.

He wasn’t hiding it; Gu Zheng could sense it directly.

But even so, he couldn’t withstand the assault from the Spear of the Soul.

Seizing the opportunity, Gu Zheng’s Divine Wondrous power surged. Augmented by the Power of Heaven and Earth, he once again swung his blade, unleashing a volley of Sword Gangs.

SHHCK SHHCK SHHCK~

Searing lines of light sliced across the two halves of Changsheng Zhenfan’s body.

In an instant, the two halves were each split in two, then those four into eight, and so on.

They fell to the bottom of the crater in a pile of chunks.

FWOOSH~!

His Fire Manipulation Demon Technique followed right after. He gathered energy from the air, transforming it into flames that ignited Changsheng Zhenfan’s chunked body.

"AHH!!"

A roar of agony echoed from within the flames.

Though sliced into dozens of pieces and still not bleeding, Changsheng Zhenfan howled incessantly.

However, the flames Gu Zheng had conjured had no effect; they couldn’t even burn through Changsheng Zhenfan’s skin.

’This thing...’

No wonder Mongol Return to the Capital had warned Gu Zheng not to get entangled and to retreat immediately if he ever encountered one.

The tentacle Demon Fiend’s Rebirth ability had been incredibly strong, yet it died after being cut to pieces.

But Changsheng Zhenfan was somehow fine, merely screaming in pain.

But his cries showed no trace of weakness.

His body, shattered into gelatinous chunks, simply lay spread out, allowing the flames to burn it.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH~

The sound of someone slicing through the air came from the left.

"What’s going on here?"

A man in armor stood hovering in the air. He looked at Gu Zheng, then at Changsheng Zhenfan, his pupils shrinking slightly as he asked in astonishment, "You killed him?"

"Looking at him like this, do you think I managed to kill him?" Gu Zheng retorted, glancing at the newcomer.

"..."

The man was left speechless, then shook his head. "People from the Changsheng Clan are just like this. They’re very hard to kill. Unless..."

"Unless what?" Gu Zheng pressed.

Changsheng Zhenfan was indeed bizarre and extremely hard to kill, but that didn’t mean he was truly unkillable.

It was just that Gu Zheng hadn’t found his weakness yet.

"It’s nothing."

The man just smiled. "My friend, to be able to cut Changsheng Zhenfan into this state is already quite impressive. It will take him at least several days to recover. That’s more than enough time for you to leave..."

"Leave?"

A glint flashed in Gu Zheng’s eyes. "So this guy isn’t dead, and he can still recover? But what if I take all these pieces of his body, separate them, and scatter them far and wide? Can he still recover then?"

The man was silent. "..."

’Such quick thinking!’

’That’s right.’

’Changsheng Zhenfan’s body won’t die even when cut into pieces.’

’But this state isn’t permanent; it can’t be maintained forever.’

’Once a certain time limit is exceeded, he’ll collapse and die for good!’

’If you separate the pieces from each other—not even that far, just four or five hundred meters apart—it’s enough to make him fall apart completely!’