I Can Merge Techniques-Chapter 137 - 105: Nine Blood Soul Blades Perfection, Archery’s Second Limit Break, Killing Zhou Ye, Slaughtering Long Zhan
"What’s going on!"
’His Qi Blood Power wasn’t strong to begin with, and the Palm Force from that strike was weak. So why did I feel a blast of bone-chillingly cold energy penetrate my body? It felt like countless ice needles stabbing into my meridians.’
’Even my once-surging Qi Blood Power has become sluggish and stagnant. My strength has plummeted by more than thirty percent!’
’I know the Martial Arts within the Seven Stars Gang better than anyone.’
’I’ve never seen such a vicious and bizarre Palm Technique!’
Chu Fan had retreated immediately after his strike, putting ten feet between them as he watched with cold detachment.
He now had the strength to clash head-on with an expert in the Entering the Realm of Strength, so he certainly wasn’t afraid of someone in the Bone Tempering Realm.
The Trait his Extreme Night Cold Prison Hand gained after Breaking its Limit, "Bone-Penetrating Cold Attack," had drastically enhanced the Palm Technique’s Cold Qi. Even an expert in the Entering the Realm of Strength would be howling in agony after taking a single blow! 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
’I just need to stall for a few moments, and he’ll fall apart on his own!’
Sure enough... After just a moment, the young man’s expression changed drastically. "What Palm Technique was that? Why is it so insidious? There’s no such Palm Technique in the Seven Stars Gang!"
But Chu Fan didn’t speak. He just watched him coldly.
He didn’t even ask why the man was trying to kill him.
"Damn it!"
The corner of the burly young man’s mouth twitched.
’If I delay any longer, that Cold Qi will sweep through all my meridians. Death will be the only outcome!’
He roared, surging his Qi Blood Power. The Long Saber in his hand flashed as he charged forward, unleashing a frenzied slash at Chu Fan!
The slash of a furious Bone Tempering Realm expert was incredibly ferocious!
However, instead of retreating, Chu Fan advanced. He executed his Swallow Form Body Technique, dodging the slash while simultaneously closing in!
His Extreme Night Cold Prison Hand shot out again, precisely locking onto the man’s wrist!
CRACK!
He didn’t even bother to use the Bone-Dislocating Hand aspect of his Extreme Night Cold Prison Hand. He simply activated the terrifying Finger Force from his Vajra Iron Fist, and with one vicious squeeze, instantly crippled the man’s saber-wielding arm!
"Aaargh!"
Amidst an inhuman scream, the Long Saber in the young man’s hand clattered to the ground.
Chu Fan released the man’s crippled right hand and kicked out with his right foot like a sharp blade, striking him squarely on the left shinbone!
CRACK!
A sickening crunch filled the air. The man screamed again as his left leg snapped, and he collapsed to the ground!
"Spare... spare my life!"
He struggled to speak, his voice twisted in pain. "I... I’m also a member of the Seven Stars Gang! I’m Long Zhan, son of the Dragon Flame Hall’s Incense Master! A misunderstanding... This must be a misunderstanding!"
"A misunderstanding?" Chu Fan slowly approached, his gaze as cold as frost. "You recognized the Twelve Forms Fist, so why didn’t you stop? In fact, your attacks became even more vicious."
Long Zhan was at a loss for words. Enduring the pain, he said hastily, "I... I accepted a mission from the Government Office at the Deacon Hall! I was using an Ink Feather Fragrance-Seeking Butterfly to hunt down a bandit tainted with Bone-Attached Butterfly Fragrance! I... I don’t know why it led me to you! I’ve been set up!"
"Brother, spare my life, and my father will reward you handsomely!"
Chu Fan was silent for a moment. He already understood.
He slowly drew the Long Saber from his waist, its pristine blade glinting coldly in the faint moonlight.
"Long Zhan." Chu Fan’s voice was perfectly calm. "Take a look at my saber. Would you say it’s a good one?"
"Huh?" Long Zhan froze, not understanding what he meant.
The next moment, the Long Saber in Chu Fan’s hand abruptly turned a blinding, blood-red color!
A dense, bloody Evil Qi coiled around the blade, and it seemed as if countless vengeful souls were screaming from within!
The temperature in the alley plummeted.
Long Zhan’s pupils contracted violently!
’I’ve dealt with the Blood Saber Sect for years. How could I not recognize the Nine Blood Soul Blades?’
’Just what kind of being did I provoke?!’
But before he could even speak, a bloody light flashed and was gone!
SHLICK!
Long Zhan’s body froze. A thin line of blood trickled down from his forehead.
The Evil Qi from the Nine Blood Soul Blades surged madly into the wound, instantly corroding his entire body.
In just a few moments, Long Zhan’s corpse was enveloped in a layer of eerie, black-red Evil Qi, a grim and horrifying sight.
Expressionless, Chu Fan quickly frisked the corpse and took everything of value. Then, with a flicker, he vanished from the alley’s entrance as if he had never been there.
Back in the small courtyard of his home, he immediately found the two halves of the butterfly’s corpse. He took them to a secluded spot outside, burned them to ash, and then buried the ashes in a deep pit.
’Even though I don’t know what that thing was, it’s best to be cautious.’
After finishing all this, he changed out of his clothes, which were damp with night dew and tainted by the Evil Qi.
’Zhou Ye and I never made physical contact. When could he have put the Bone-Attached Butterfly Fragrance on me?’
Chu Fan’s brow furrowed. He immediately recalled the scene from three days ago, when Sun Zixuan had found him in the Seven Stars Gang’s dining hall.
At the time, Sun Zixuan had deliberately lowered his voice and pulled him aside to a deserted spot.
’That must have been when Sun Zixuan put the Bone-Attached Butterfly Fragrance on my arm.’
’And Long Zhan, who was hunting a bandit with the Ink Feather Fragrance-Seeking Butterfly, ended up tracking me here instead.’
Chu Fan burned the clothes he had taken off.
But he knew nothing about the Bone-Attached Butterfly Fragrance and wasn’t sure if burning his clothes was enough to get rid of it completely.
’I’ll have to go back to the Seven Stars Gang and ask Master Cao about this.’
But before he went to find Master Cao, there was one more thing he had to do...
Kill Zhou Ye!
A thief can bide his time for a thousand days.
But who can stay on guard for a thousand days?
His strength had increased so much now that he could even handle Zhou Ye’s uncle, Zhou Tianci, with ease.
’There was no reason to wait any longer!’
’But right now, Zhou Ye must have already returned to the Inner City.’
’To hunt down that bastard, I’ll have to wait until dawn.’
A murderous glint flashed in Chu Fan’s eyes. He took out his Iron-Saturated Wood Bow, hung a table on the jujube tree for a target, and began practicing his archery in the courtyard.
His mind settled and his heart grew calm. The bowstring trembled faintly, each draw and release perfectly precise.
The Hundred-step Piercing Willow Arrow Skill was a Basic Archery Skill that focused more on mental concentration and technique than physical strength. It didn’t require circulating Qi Blood, so even if he practiced all night, he wouldn’t become too tired.
「In the early hours of the morning, all was silent...」
