Chapter 204: Demonic Transformation and Victory/Defeat

Yang Yilong took a solid punch from Li Yi. Although he was severely injured, with his entire body’s flesh torn open by the Fist Art into gruesome gashes, and blood dripping uncontrollably, he couldn’t accept this outcome. He was unwilling to admit defeat and still wanted to fight Li Yi again.

However, when he charged out again, everyone noticed the abnormality in Yang Yilong’s body.

He had been fighting intensely for over ten minutes, and Yang Yilong’s aura had already weakened. Why was his aura recovering in such a short time?

Had he taken some tonic?

Moreover, the light in Yang Yilong’s eyes had changed. It was no longer as bright and pure as before, carrying a hint of malevolence, and a strange grayish-white color appeared, which gradually expanded over time, eventually staining half of his eyeball.

“Has a ghost possessed you, fellow?”

Li Yi became vigilant at this moment, taking a moment to pop a large qi-blood replenishing medicine into his mouth.

With his body replenished, his hunger and weakness rapidly diminished, and his qi-blood, which was on the verge of decline, began to boil again.

This was the power of the Burning Blood Great Art. As long as he had food and drink, his body would not feel any fatigue for three days, his qi-blood would always be in an ascending state, and his strength could be maintained at its peak for a long time. In this state, Li Yi feared prolonged battles the least.

It could be said that Yang Yilong’s loss just now was not unfair at all.

“He’s not possessed by a ghost. He’s over-exhausted his Guiding Art, and the energy within his body has dried up. He’s now absorbing Cosmic Energy to replenish himself…”

The injured Zhao Lingfu took one look and understood what was happening with Yang Yilong’s current state.

Li Yi was startled, then frowned and said, “Absorbing Cosmic Energy to replenish himself? He hasn’t entered meditative cultivation, nor does he have any qi objects on him. How can he absorb Cosmic Energy… Wait.”

Suddenly, he also reacted, and his expression instantly changed.

“That’s right, he’s absorbing contaminated Cosmic Energy.”

Zhao Lingfu said with a solemn expression, “Our surroundings are filled with a large amount of Cosmic Energy. As long as one is willing to absorb it, a practitioner’s evolution speed is even faster than having qi objects. However, the price is that the body gets contaminated, and this contamination is almost irreversible, causing a great impact on oneself. In severe cases, it leads to sudden death; in mild cases, it leads to madness.”

“Yang Yilong absorbing contaminated Cosmic Energy shows that he has been forced into a corner. I’ve heard before that some practitioners, suffering from a lack of cultivation resources, take the risk of absorbing contaminated Cosmic Energy and make rapid progress. However, most of these people do not end well. I’ve also heard that some practitioners are researching how to overcome Cosmic Energy contamination, but whether they have succeeded or not, I don’t know.”

Zhao Lingfu didn’t expect Yang Yilong to be so extreme. What he was doing was equivalent to cutting off his own path of cultivation.

However, upon second thought, he understood Yang Yilong’s actions.

Li Yi’s strength was somewhat beyond imagination. If a winner couldn’t be decided here, then what future would Yang Yilong have?

“So that’s it, forcibly guiding contaminated Cosmic Energy into the body to restore combat power in a short time? Yang Yilong, your process of demonic transformation is truly smooth and effortless, without any struggle or hesitation. Someone was right, Earth Prison people are truly inherently evil; demonic transformation is as simple as eating and drinking.”

Li Yi somewhat understood the grudge in the dao coin’s words at this moment.

Compared to people from other worlds, Earth Prison people are naturally prone to demonization. Living in such a contaminated world, it’s hard to even be normal.

“Li Yi, don’t give him time to recover his strength. Quickly defeat him, otherwise his strength will grow stronger and stronger, and you might not be his opponent then.”

At this moment, Lin Yue anxiously reminded him, then she also rushed towards them.

Seeing this, Qin Qing gritted her teeth, supporting her injured body to unleash powerful strength again, and charged out directly. She wouldn’t allow Lin Yue and Li Yi to team up, otherwise the already unfavorable situation would become even worse.

“Is it worth going this far for Yang Yilong? Since you’re so stubborn, then don’t blame me.”

Lin Yue felt the attack from behind her, and she immediately became furious, forced to turn around and fight Qin Qing again.

Qin Qing was injured, and her strength had clearly declined severely. After only a brief exchange, she took a punch, gaining a new fist mark on her body, then she flew back, coughing up large mouthfuls of blood.

But she still refused to retreat, charging again to entangle with Lin Yue.

Meanwhile, Yang Yilong’s body energy had recovered quite a bit. The sword on his arm condensed again, and his grayish-white vertical pupils were strange and dangerous. At this moment, he stared at Li Yi and said, “I haven’t lost yet. Let’s fight again. This time, I must kill you.”

“You couldn’t do it just now, and now you think you can? Don’t be so arrogant. You’re already a paper tiger now, strong on the outside but weak on the inside. How much strength can absorbing contaminated Cosmic Energy replenish you with? Today, I’ll shatter your illusion.” Li Yi roared at this moment.

After a short rest, his qi-blood surged to its peak again, even surpassing its previous level. His entire body was boiling with qi-blood, and Gang Qi coiled around him, giving him an extremely terrifying aura.

“Come, let me personally send you on your way.”

Li Yi felt that his strength was even greater than before. At this moment, he clearly felt that his body had undergone some evolution, and during the Burning Blood Great Art, every slight evolution of the body would directly manifest as strength.

When he moved again, his qi-blood was more abundant, and his power was even more terrifying.

If the peak Yang Yilong just now could still gain a slight advantage, now, with his body energy depleted and only relying on contaminated energy for power, he didn’t even have the qualifications to fight Li Yi intensely.

The Fist Art appeared again. At this moment, everyone felt that Li Yi’s punch contained a condensed essence, spirit, and vitality, which moved people.

It was as if an invincible martial artist was rising.

Li Yi no longer held back in the slightest at this moment. All the qi-blood in his six main acupoints was mobilized, with only a drop of heart blood left unused.

And under the support of such abundant qi-blood, his Fist Art was extraordinarily terrifying. Just getting within six meters of his body would immediately cause an effect, being shredded by the Gang Qi. In the Four Seas and Eight Continents, an unknown person would think a Gang Refinement expert was making a move.

Yang Yilong felt this aura, and his expression changed. He understood that Li Yi wanted to decide the victory and defeat, life and death, with one strike, not wanting to give himself time to activate Cosmic Energy to recover.

Evade? Or fight?

Two thoughts flashed through his mind.

But then, a sharp pain in his soul came, making his consciousness momentarily dazed.

“Is the contamination that severe?”

Yang Yilong felt a pang of fear at this moment. He understood that this was the contaminated Cosmic Energy eroding his body.

He was running out of time.

If he continued to drag it out, his consciousness would be affected. At that point, let alone fighting, even maintaining sobriety would be an issue.

Fight!

Yang Yilong made a decision at this moment. He wanted to kill Li Yi before he was completely contaminated, and then recuperate and slowly expel the contaminated energy.

At this moment, he quickly gathered the energy he had just guided, every bit of power within his body squeezed out.

He clenched his fist into a sword, roared, and extended his arm, meeting Li Yi’s attack.

Boom!

Suddenly, the abundant qi-blood Gang Qi once again collided with that precious sword.

However, it was only a single encounter.

Yang Yilong’s proud precious sword shattered on the spot as if it were made of paper. Then, the fragments turned into Cosmic Energy, dissipated into the air, and vanished before their eyes.

“How could this be…” He widened his eyes again, revealing an expression of disbelief.

Why?

Why did his Guiding Art fail at such a crucial moment?

It was fine just now.

But very quickly, Yang Yilong understood in his heart.

It was because the contaminated Cosmic Energy conflicted with his own energy.

The energy was impure, so the energy’s operation produced repulsion, causing the precious sword to be unable to maintain its form.

“Ah!”

He couldn’t accept such a result. At this moment, he couldn’t help but roar to the sky, his body’s potential erupting, attempting to meet punch with punch and repel the Li Yi in front of him.

Yes, without the Guiding Art, he still had Fist Art.

With the physical quality of a Spiritual Awareness Realm practitioner, he still had the power to fight…

But this thought had just appeared.

Crack!

A crisp sound of bones cracking rang out.

Immediately after, a feeling of powerlessness came from Yang Yilong’s body.

At this moment, he was bewildered.

Why did his Fist Art also go wrong?

Was he really so unlucky, that nothing worked at the critical moment?

But no one answered him.

Li Yi’s punch, carrying terrifying Fist Art, shredded his entire arm and slammed into his chest.

With just one strike.

His fist had already pierced through Yang Yilong’s chest, splashing a mist of blood behind him. Then, the Fist Art raged through his body, tearing his skin, shredding his flesh, and destroying his internal organs.

And then, with the remaining force, Yang Yilong was sent flying back again.

This time, he crashed into a pillar of a large building and stopped, his entire body a bloody mess, no longer able to get up and fight.

He lost.

He lost completely and utterly.

Whether it was a contest of punches, or techniques, or even physical quality, Yang Yilong lost.

This outcome was beyond everyone’s expectations.

Li Yi, an Inspiration Realm practitioner, had truly defeated Yang Yilong, and it was in a direct one-on-one fight, without any tricks involved.

“Li Yi won.”

Zheng Gong, who had been holding his sniper rifle all this time, slowly lowered it. He widened his eyes, his expression a mix of shock and pleasant surprise.

“He really won.”

Zhao Lingfu breathed a sigh of relief at this moment. He could tell that, in fact, the moment Yang Yilong’s sword was blocked, his chances of winning were already slim. In the final intense battle, both sides were actually evenly matched; the key was who could seize an opening and deliver a fatal blow.

Li Yi was not weak. After he also cultivated the foreign world’s methods, his strength could not be assessed by normal means. Perhaps he had already secretly surpassed Spiritual Awareness Realm masters.

It was just that his realm gave people a great deal of misleading information, making them think Li Yi was merely an Inspiration Realm practitioner.

“Demonic transformation is nothing more than this.” Li Yi said coldly at this moment, retracting his fist and standing upright.

He then controlled his aura and calmed the restless killing intent within him.

However, he did not stop there but strode towards Yang Yilong, because at this moment, Yang Yilong was only severely injured. The powerful vitality of a practitioner kept him alive; he had not died.

Li Yi did not want to give Yang Yilong a chance to recover. He wanted to end Yang Yilong’s life at this moment and completely settle this grudge.