I Can Strengthen Infinitely-Chapter 96 - 87: The Half-Jar
Half-jar, half-jar.
With its emergence, the common folk suffer.
Legend has it that the half-jar appears as a headless humanoid figure, primarily moving through bouncing, representing calamity. Wherever the half-jar shows up, indescribable disasters are bound to occur.
Qin Yuesheng unleashed his inner strength, covering his entire body. Although his inner power shield wasn’t as thick as Bai Hao’s five-finger thickness, it was still about one or two fingers thick, sufficient enough to protect himself from less powerful spectral entities and demons.
Clang clang!
The two claws of the half-jar slammed into the Evil-Subduing Saber, while the remaining two claws struck Qin Yuesheng’s body.
With the Tiger Crane Plum Blossom technique, Qin Yuesheng grabbed one of its wrists with one hand and violently twisted it in the opposite direction.
Crack!
The arm of the half-jar was instantly wrenched off by Qin Yuesheng, though it seemed to have little effect on the entity.
Jingle jingle jingle!
As Qin Yuesheng moved, the Soul-Swaying Bell on his hand rang continuously, its exorcism power multiplied.
The arm closest to the Soul-Swaying Bell instantly showed lacerated skin, with some areas exposing its deep white bones.
Buzz!
With a powerful thrust, Qin Yuesheng sent a shock through the sword, transmitting along the body of the half-jar and causing explosive sounds in both its arms.
In an instant, Qin Yuesheng wielded his saber in a sweeping circle, deflecting the arms of the half-jar to the side, then thrust the sword straight into its chest.
Hiss hiss hiss!!!
The exorcism power of the Evil-Subduing Saber was immensely strong; as the sword penetrated, the body of the half-jar began to sizzle and melt away.
With a renewed vigor, Qin Yuesheng pressed the sword downward, slicing from the half-jar’s chest to its abdomen, leaving a trail where the wound emitted black smoke.
The four arms of the half-jar glowed with red light, accompanied by ghostly howls and the cries of women and wailing of infants from all directions, disturbing the divine sense and misleading the mind.
Feeling a chill at his brow, Qin Yuesheng immediately recognized the extreme danger of this maneuver, not to be underestimated.
As the thought emerged, he drew back the Evil-Subduing Saber, swinging the Mountain-Crushing Tyrant Saber to its fullest.
The saber light left residual shadows.
Like a stream cascading horizontally, it overwhelmed the sky.
Like a fleeting glimpse, difficult to capture.
Meanwhile, the half-jar unleashed all four of its palms, bringing forth numerous ghostly shadow entities.
In an instant, the darkness behind the half-jar seemed to open a gateway to the underworld, as a mountain-like sea of ghostly shadows surged towards Qin Yuesheng.
Swish swish swish!
Wherever the saber light reached, evil spirits perished beneath it, as Qin Yuesheng stood like a reef in the midst of the torrential river.
No matter the intensity, I remain firmly rooted like a solid mountain, unshakable.
When the ghostly shadows began to dwindle, Qin Yuesheng infused his inner strength into the Evil-Subduing Saber, releasing a wild slash,
and immediately, a five-foot-long white saber light emanated from the Saber, breaking through countless ghostly shadows, precisely striking the half-jar’s true form hidden within.
Slash!
The saber light sliced down from the neck of the half-jar, splitting it into two halves before Qin Yuesheng’s eyes, each silent half tumbling to the ground.
With that, all ghostly shadows dispersed and vanished, restoring the area to its previous silence.
Just as Qin Yuesheng sheathed the saber ready to catch his breath, he suddenly saw a black mass darting out from inside the half-jar, rushing towards the alley’s end.
Its speed was beyond imagination.
Whoosh!
Reacting swiftly, Qin Yuesheng instantly threw out the Evil-Subduing Saber, witnessing a black light flash like lightning, striking the black mass accurately.
The Evil-Subduing Saber and the mass fell to the ground together, the saber embedding itself into the stone slab.
"The Flying Knife Skill proved useful; I should consider perfecting it to mastery someday," Qin Yuesheng chuckled, clapping his hands.
He walked towards where the Evil-Subduing Saber lay, and upon seeing the thing struck by the saber, a trace of surprise flashed across his face.
"What is this?"
...
Outside Cyan Yang City, on the hillside.
Within a temporary altar built of stones and bamboo boards, a lock of hair mysteriously ignited, casting a dazzling flame into the night.
"What’s happened?"
"Can’t summon it back. The half-jar is dead."
"Didn’t expect this outcome. Hurry back and inform the leader."
Soon, the two figures vanished off the hillside.
...
Deep in thought, Qin Yuesheng stared at the thing pierced by the Evil-Subduing Saber.
It appeared as a fleshy gelatinous mass, still writhing, and even being impaled by the Saber, showed no abnormal response.
From this, it could be judged that the thing was likely not an evil entity.
Qin Yuesheng punched the ground, picking up a piece of broken stone to try and probe the object, but the stone couldn’t penetrate its body at all.
With no other option, Qin Yuesheng decided to pull out the Evil-Subduing Saber, intending to take the thing back with him. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖
Just at that moment.
The thing suddenly leaped up, sticking directly onto Qin Yuesheng’s right arm.
Gurgle gurgle!
In an instant, the thing wrapped around Qin Yuesheng’s entire right arm, extending up to his shoulder before halting.
"Damn it!" Completely unanticipated, Qin Yuesheng pressed his left hand onto his right arm, intending to decompose and eliminate it.
But simultaneously, the thing stopped writhing, solidifying into a crystalline layer over Qin Yuesheng’s right arm skin.
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