Chapter 3017 — Dying with Eyes Unclosed (Monthly Tickets Requested—There Will Be More Updates Tonight!)
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Pondering back and forth, Wei Zhao's mind raced, ceaselessly recalling each of his past experiences fighting above his level. None of them seemed quite applicable, however, for the strongest opponents he had ever beaten above his level were Zhang Naipao's two subordinates—Demon Eight and Demon Nine, experts of the mid Heaven Rank.
Suddenly a flash of inspiration struck Wei Zhao: Zhang Naipao! In an instant he recalled Zhang Naipao's heaven-defying martial art—the Infernal Yin-Demon Fist—and how, after Wei Zhao's own modifications, the Infernal Yin-Demon Fist had become the Infernal Frenzied Fire Fist.
Though the Infernal Frenzied Fire Fist was not as powerful as the Infernal Yin-Demon Fist, it could still trap a person in an illusory realm—just as it had once trapped Zhang Naipao, unable to free himself! But the Infernal Yin-Demon Fist had its drawback: its effect on cultivators of higher rank was not particularly pronounced.
Those of firm will could quickly regain their senses from the illusion—or it might simply have no effect on them at all!
Be that as it may, having thought of this move, Wei Zhao had no choice but to try it. If it failed, he would have to waste his last Heaven-and-Earth Net, cast it over Old Six, and then let the Heaven-Rank freak smash two axe blows straight down and crush him dead.
With that thought, Wei Zhao began circulating the mental technique and incantation of the Frenzied Fire Palm, and then, in the manner of unleashing the Infernal Yin-Demon Fist, struck out all at once, driving a punch at Old Six's head as he shouted, "Infernal Frenzied Fire Fist!"
Old Six was frantically dealing with the Heaven-Rank freak, and Wei Zhao had chosen his moment well: it was exactly the instant the Heaven-Rank freak's battle-axe swept over and Old Six hurriedly raised his measuring rod to block that Wei Zhao's Infernal Frenzied Fire Fist burst forth!
A shaft of true qi shot into Old Six's head, and at once Old Six let out a great roar, a look of incomparable terror appearing in his eyes! He suddenly felt himself plunged into a sea of fire, and that sea of fire was chasing him from behind, about to consume him at any moment!
Old Six turned pale with fright and instinctively spun around to flee! But he was, after all, an expert at the peak of the late Heaven Rank and a disciple of the Five Luminaries Sect; his willpower was far beyond the ordinary. Had he not been occupied fending off the Heaven-Rank freak's attack and thus failed to notice Wei Zhao's martial art, Wei Zhao could never have caught him so easily!
So it was that after only a moment in the illusion, Old Six gave another great roar, broke free of it, and escaped the sea of fire cleanly! Yet his heart was filled with shock: Wei Zhao actually possessed such skill as to conjure illusions in others? What kind of martial art was that?
But when Old Six opened his eyes, he saw two battle-axes falling from the sky, smashing straight toward his skull! That was the last sight he saw upon regaining his senses—and then Old Six's head burst open and he collapsed to the ground, a bloody gourd.
Though his confusion had lasted but a moment—only a few seconds from the time Old Six was struck by the Infernal Frenzied Fire Fist to the moment he came to his senses—those few seconds had been enough for the Heaven-Rank freak's axe to come down on Old Six's head!
Mad as the Heaven-Rank freak's blows were, his strength was what it was, and Old Six had only just regained consciousness—he had no time at all to defend or dodge before his head was split open like a melon...
Old Six's death could be called deeply, deeply unjust. Had the Heaven-Rank freak been in his right mind and killed him, he would have accepted it—but for him to be killed while the freak was mad was a death he could not close his eyes over...
Yet his eyes were already gone—smashed to a pulp...