He Li and Bai Fei fell into a brief contemplation, looking at Lü Xiangnan, who had seemingly returned from the dead, or rather, was a demon from the start.
Bai Fei loosened his grip on the saber in his hands, turned to He Li, and asked, "Do you understand what he's saying?"
He Li pondered for a moment, then replied earnestly, "No."
Bai Fei was speechless. If you don't understand, why are you contemplating?
Lü Xiangnan slowly lowered his hands, his entire demeanor turning cold and sharp. Simultaneously, a putrid smell permeated the air around them.
"A person's life is finite. No matter what wealth or status I possess, in the end, I will still face death. So what have I been doing with my life? Living just to live? Or indulging in the absurd and hypocritical deception of 'realizing self-worth'?"
He Li and Bai Fei secretly channeled their spiritual energy, their gazes fixed on Lü Xiangnan, while also awaiting Sister Jiang's calculations and kill suggestions.
This was Bai Fei's first encounter with a Corpse Demon, a demon that coexisted as both a physical and spiritual entity.
Neither of them had much experience, so they had to wait for Sister Jiang's instructions.
Lü Xiangnan pointed at He Li, then gestured to the surrounding tombstones.
He chuckled, "You killed me, making me like them. But I don't hate you. You have completed the most crucial part of my eternal life plan. After death comes eternal life."
He Li hefted his Gravity Halberd, tapped his shoulder, and asked, "Can I understand this to mean that you deliberately killed those girls, then used your demonic power to turn them into demons, and then used them to turn living people into mummified corpses? In other words, you used them to help you absorb the life force of living people, oh... the so-called essence or vital energy."
"Correct."
Lü Xiangnan reached out and tore open his shirt, revealing his upper body, and said with a smile, "Look, my new body. Isn't it better than that withered body I had before?"
Then, Lü Xiangnan's gaze turned icy and violent again. He said coldly, "It's a pity those women were too useless. Out of eight women, only three could transform into soul demons. And those three useless soul demons only dared to absorb the essence and blood of Huang Chenglu's family."
Lü Xiangnan's eyes, filled with ferocity, stared intently at He Li. He took a deep breath, a look of intoxication on his face.
Bai Fei, with his dead-fish eyes, remarked, "He Li, it seems to be lusting after your body."
He Li nodded, "I can see that. In fact, it's not just this one. Most demons lust after my body. Sometimes, I get the illusion that I'm Tang Sanzang, and all the demons want to eat me."
Bai Fei chuckled, "Not entirely. Female demons lust in a less pure way. They're more inclined to 'use and then eat'."
He Li blinked in surprise, "Brother Fei, your word 'use' is quite profound."
"So, Sister Jiang, have you found a safe way to eliminate this idiot in front of us?"
Two seconds later, Sister Jiang replied, "This type of collective demon requires both its physical and spiritual forms to be destroyed simultaneously. However, there's one thing to note: your combat will damage the surrounding graves."
After hearing Sister Jiang's advice, both of them felt a sense of disappointment. It was as if she hadn't said anything at all.
"My intuition tells me I can't deal with the spiritual form," He Li said. "Brother Fei, can you kill the spiritual form?"
Bai Fei hesitated, then finally let out a soft sigh. Every time He Li spoke, it left him unsure how to respond. Yes, you can't deal with the spiritual form. What a coincidence, I'm a Level 5 Spirit Warrior, perfectly capable of dealing with spiritual forms using spiritual energy.
So, when Sister Jiang gave her combat advice, you had already arranged this for me, hadn't you?
*Hoo...*
Bai Fei sighed, leaned forward, released his left saber, and then leaped up from the ground, turning around, and fiercely kicked the saber's hilt.
*Whoosh!*
The saber, imbued with cyan spiritual energy, shot towards Lü Xiangnan like an arrow.
Lü Xiangnan tilted his head, dodging the charging cyan saber. The dark shadow behind him became illusory, attempting to evade Bai Fei's attack.
However, the saber was infused with Bai Fei's spiritual energy.
*Clang!*
Bai Fei's saber pierced directly through the shadow's spiritual form. The immense force carried the spiritual form flying upwards towards the higher steps, directly into the stone bricks of the ground, pinning the spiritual form in place.
Immediately after,
Bai Fei lunged forward. Just as he was about to pass Lü Xiangnan,
Lü Xiangnan reached out to grab Bai Fei.
*Clang!*
The crescent blade of the battle halberd blocked Lü Xiangnan's hand.
Lü Xiangnan turned to look at He Li, who had appeared before him at some unknown time, his eyes sharp.
Bai Fei had already passed, heading straight for the dark shadow pinned to the ground above.
He Li grinned and said, "Mr. Lü, this time, I will kill you myself."
*Hum...*
A massive gravitational force transmitted from the Gravity Halberd onto Lü Xiangnan.
*Bang!*
*Boom!*
The first sound was Lü Xiangnan being forced to his knees by the gravity.
The second sound was the stone slab beneath Lü Xiangnan's feet directly cracking.
He Li pursed his lips and let out a cold laugh. He pushed the halberd inward, the curved blade hooking behind Lü Xiangnan's neck. Then, He Li yanked hard, causing the kneeling Lü Xiangnan to lurch forward uncontrollably.
A layer of cyan spiritual energy enveloped He Li's body. He lifted his leg, bent his knee, and fiercely slammed it into Lü Xiangnan's face.
With a muffled thud.
He Li grabbed Lü Xiangnan's hair with his other hand and, with another thud, slammed him onto the ground.
The Gravity Halberd spun in his hand, then was driven fiercely towards Lü Xiangnan's neck.
*Dong!*
The Gravity Halberd was blocked by Lü Xiangnan's raised arm, emitting a *dong* sound like a bell.
In the moment He Li was stunned, Lü Xiangnan flipped over and kicked He Li away. His body strangely floated in the air. He looked back, frowning slightly.
This was because his spiritual form was pinned to the ground by Bai Fei's two sabers, and his shadow body was also tightly grasped by Bai Fei's cyan palm.
Bai Fei was a Level 5 Spirit Warrior, about to ascend to Level 6. His spiritual energy was already showing signs of external projection. A Level 4 demon's spiritual form could not break free from Bai Fei's spiritual energy control at all.
"It seems I can only deal with him first."
Lü Xiangnan looked at He Li again, crossing his arms, his ten fingers spread open, each finger growing a bone blade about 20 centimeters long.
He Li looked at the bone blades on Lü Xiangnan's fingers, pressed his earbud, activated the recording function, and said urgently, "Sister Jiang, bone blades have grown on his fingers. Please compare them to see if there's a connection to the demon I ran over at the bank."
"Understood," Sister Jiang replied, then let out a surprised sound, "He Li, so you knew you ran over a demon."
He Li was speechless, "Sister Jiang, I was just joking with Captain and Sister Xue. You actually took it seriously?"
"Haha... Alright, I'll record it and check the comparison immediately."
At this very moment, Lü Xiangnan had already swung his claws and attacked.
He Li glanced at the forest behind him. Fighting here would affect the surrounding graves. He raised his Gravity Halberd to block Lü Xiangnan's claw.
Simultaneously, He Li exerted force with his legs, his toes pushing off the ground. He dragged Lü Xiangnan backward, away from the battlefield. This not only separated Lü Xiangnan from his spiritual form but also moved them away from the grave cluster.
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