Chapter 573: 80: Breaking Prison

Chapter 573: Chapter 80: Breaking Prison

Li Fei allowed his opponent’s sword to pierce his throat.

Although the sword had penetrated his protective shield, it could only create a wound on his throat before it could penetrate no further.

The Myriad Blood Pearl’s injury-bearing rule was still effective and was not suppressed by the rules of this world!

Li Fei cleaved the enemy in front of him in two.

At this moment, the enemies he was facing had reached the Tao Foundation Stage Realm.

However, these swordsmen were all obsessed with “Skill Competition,” starting from using muscular strength to wield their swordsmanship to later using Innate Qi, and now employing higher-level Forces.

While their Realms were progressively advancing, it only made their sword strikes faster, their strength greater, their variations more numerous, and their moves more complex.

Beyond this, they would not use any Extraordinary Ability, nor evade, retreat, or defend—only attack!

This played right into Li Fei’s hands, saving him a lot of effort.

Even the most exquisite Sword Moves and the most lethal killing techniques ultimately aimed to hit the enemy’s vital points, inflict severe damage, or even deliver a fatal blow.

But Li Fei simply “vetoed” this ultimate goal, rendering the opponent’s sophisticated Sword Moves as ‘wasting flirty glances on the blind.’

Li Fei didn’t care how his opponent attacked or whether they might hit him first; he was always after a “Life Swapping” strategy.

If someone else were to always “trade life for life” with these swordsmen, it’s uncertain if they could succeed in the first place.

Even if they could, it wouldn’t be long before their inner consciousness would be overwhelmed.

But Li Fei had the Myriad Blood Pearl to bear his injuries, and his inner consciousness would not be damaged until his Blood Soul was exhausted.

He continued to cut his way forward like this!

Following him, Shen Zhen was also continuously defeating opponents.

As a True Master who practiced Magic, Shen Zhen naturally did not know swordsmanship or hand-to-hand combat.

But relying on her Realm and the Nightmare Sect’s unique Magic, she could annihilate these swordsmen from the foundation!

Li Fei’s Magic Realm was only at the Divine Transformation Stage; even with Dream Command in hand, he could not shake the rules of this subconscious world.

But Shen Zhen could contend with the rules of this subconscious world to a certain extent!

This was also the confidence behind her daring to follow Li Fei into this place.

She walked forward in the gloomy corridor as the swordsmen previously slain by Li Fei were resurrected and continued to attack her from all sides.

But before these swordsmen could get close to her, their bodies suddenly crumbled into dust.

Shen Zhen walked forward with ease, yet her brows gradually furrowed.

From their previous chase, she could almost ascertain that Li Fei’s Realm was not high, at most a Great Mage in the Possession Stage.

With such a Realm, it was completely insufficient to contend with a Martial Arts Master’s subconscious world rules.

This was also why Shen Zhen decisively followed in pursuit.

“Why can the other party run so fast?”

Shen Zhen felt puzzled, and a shadow of doubt crept into her heart.

Could she really capture her target smoothly this time?

Buzz—

Suddenly, the ground began to tremble.

Then came the prison cells on both sides, the ceiling above… the entire prison began to shake.

Shen Zhen had a feeling that the prison seemed to have suddenly come to life, as if it had its own consciousness!

“Awakened.”

Shen Zhen’s expression turned solemn.

The current changes signified that the Martial Arts Master’s inner consciousness had sensed something wrong and was beginning to take control of this subconscious world!

The various dangers Shen Zhen and Li Fei had faced until now were merely automatic defenses from the opponent’s subconscious.

But now, as the opponent’s inner consciousness took over this world, Shen Zhen and Li Fei were about to face the master of the world!

“Who dares invade?!”

Great Mage Qing Xie’s voice echoed through the prison.

As his words fell, a large amount of blood began pooling around Shen Zhen’s feet.

Blood also surged from in front and behind her, threatening to drown her!

Shen Zhen made hand gestures, and her body transformed into a shadow, merging into the blood beneath her.

She was preparing to retreat.

At this point, continuing to chase Li Fei was no longer realistic.

She could only escape from this world first, and await outside as a sentinel.

This was her second backup plan.

If she couldn’t capture Li Fei in the subconscious world, then she would first make her own escape, waiting outside for Li Fei to emerge.

With the host of the subconscious world “Awakening,” she believed that Li Fei surely wouldn’t be able to stay on.

If earlier Shen Zhen worried that Li Fei might not be able to leave, now she was eager to leave quickly herself.

She had to beat Li Fei to it!

Li Fei was also engulfed by a massive amount of blood.

The blood was infused with endless murderous intent and Evil Qi and was quite similar to the Illusion Realm formed by “Blood Power,” which made it somewhat easier for Li Fei to handle.

The Nightmare Sect possessed Magic for infiltrating others’ subconscious and naturally also had Magic for escaping from others’ subconscious realms:

When the inner consciousness “Awakens” and starts taking control of this subconscious world, there will be a “Disjunction Period,” and this period is the best time to escape!

Li Fei let the blood erode him continuously; he entirely let his guard down, focusing all his energy on escape, and not caring about the dangers ahead, he charged straight into them!

This was an advantage Shen Zhen did not possess.

If the subconscious world of Great Mage Qing Xie were seen as a lake, Li Fei and Shen Zhen swam from the shore to the lake’s center, halfway through, suddenly turned back, and swam towards the shore again.

In terms of speed, Shen Zhen was actually a bit faster.

However, Shen Zhen swam in a winding route, while Li Fei swam in a straight line.

So, in the end, it was Li Fei who reached the shore first.

As Li Fei was about to leave Master Qing Xie’s subconscious world, a sword light appeared before his eyes.

This sword light was so simple, straightforward without any changes, and compared to the exquisite sword moves Li Fei had seen before, it was incredibly crude.

However, when Li Fei looked closely at this sword light, he found it contained endless variations!

He saw countless figures performing different sword moves, he heard the wails of countless souls under the swords, he saw an entire world.

Or rather, he saw Hell!

Li Fei finally understood what ‘Demonstrating the Way through Technique’ meant.

Using infinitely complex, seemingly endless variations to support an entire world, ensnaring one’s spirit in the eighteen layers of Hell, experiencing numerous tortures and pains.

This was the Great Prison Sword Scripture!

Fortunately, this sword was only executed with spiritual power, lacking the cooperation of force and qi-blood, it wasn’t a complete Tao Power, and its strength was far from peak.

Li Fei took the full brunt of this sword.

The Myriad Blood Pearl transferred the power directly harming the spirit within the sword, minimizing the impact on Li Fei.

He quickly broke free from the illusion of ‘Hell’ and looked back:

He saw a dazzling blood light illuminating the depths of the prison, as if something terrifying was about to be unleashed!

Li Fei dared not linger any longer and completely left Master Qing Xie’s subconscious world.

Back in the ‘Dream Realm,’ he breathed a sigh of relief.

Master Qing Xie didn’t know the magic of the ‘Gate of Dream Realm,’ he couldn’t enter the ‘Dream Realm’, so he couldn’t possibly come after him.

Li Fei quickly flew towards the ‘origin point’ where he had entered the ‘Dream Realm’ and then exited the ‘Dream Realm.’

Although his subconscious projection would still remain in the ‘Dream Realm,’ as long as he didn’t use the Dream Command, it would be no different from the other projections.

If Shen Zhen entered his subconscious world for investigation, with his current strength of spiritual power, in his own ‘home field,’ he was confident that the secrets he guarded in his heart would not be detected.

Not long after Li Fei exited the ‘Dream Realm,’ Shen Zhen also burst out of Master Qing Xie’s subconscious world.

Only her subconscious projection appeared to be missing a piece.

This was the price she had paid for facing Master Qing Xie’s last sword.

Shen Zhen looked around, not seeing the person she was searching for.

She even waited outside for a long time but still did not see Li Fei.

In such a long time, Li Fei either ‘died’ in Master Qing Xie’s subconscious world

Or he had already left.

Shen Zhen lingered in the ‘Dream Realm’ for a while longer, before exiting it with extreme reluctance.

That night, Master Qing Xie nearly suffered a deviation while practicing, but fortunately, Tai Yu arrived in time to restore his senses.

About the matter of someone invading his spirit, Master Qing Xie only told Tai Yu.

…

In the following days, Li Fei no longer used the Dream Command to enter the ‘Dream Realm.’

Before leaving the Daluo Sect, he didn’t plan to use the Dream Command for cultivation anymore.

However, his subconscious was also never invaded.

Clearly, the True Master of the Nightmare Sect didn’t dare to extensively probe the subconscious of Daluo Sect disciples.

Because doing so might expose the secrets of the ‘Dream Realm.’

At that time, the Nightmare Sect would surely become the target of public criticism!

Temporarily unable to cultivate the Illusion Leaf and unable to integrate a new Implant.

Li Fei invested all his energy into Lin Tianyi’s notes, focusing solely on the study of ‘Magic and Martial Unity.’

….

November 12th.

Daluo Sect, Yunshan Peak.

A group of Daluo Sect disciples gathered in front of a cliff terrace, watching a skill competition.

Strictly speaking, it couldn’t be considered a competition, as the gap in realm between the combatants was vast.

“Ho, blocked again!”

“He’s so enduring, it’s insane!”

“Is he even human?”

“How many moves is it now?”

“Already twenty-seven moves.”

“What do you think, I told you he could definitely block thirty moves this time, right?”

“…”

The Daluo Sect disciples were abuzz with discussion.

The subject of their discussion was none other than Li Fei, who was currently sparring with a Martial Arts Master!

Studying Lin Tianyi’s notes every day, Li Fei felt it was a bit wasteful of time, so he came up with a good idea—challenging the powerhouses of the Daluo Sect.

He did not intend to challenge Martial Artists in the Tao Foundation Stage, as he was now third on the Fengyun Leaderboard, and the strongest of the Daluo Sect in the Tao Foundation Stage was sixth, with no need to fight.

So, he directly challenged Martial Arts Masters and True Masters!

First, to gain combat experience.

Second, to mooch high-quality energy for free!

With his status as an Imperial Envoy, and with Yun Shu now overseeing affairs in the Daluo Sect,

The Sect’s myriad powerhouses had to give Li Fei some face, so none of them refused.

Thus, Li Fei began his journey of challenges…

PS: Another chapter coming at dawn