I Have Infinite Skill Points-Chapter 463 That crazy woman has been chasing me for a month!
A wicked and eerie smile appeared before Lu Zhao’s eyes. The apparition clearly wore a hood, yet its mouth seemed to have ripped open, tearing all the way to its cheeks.
The apparition gently exhaled, and a green spear instantly shot towards Lu Zhao’s chest. With Lu Zhao’s late-stage Star Sea cultivation level, he was actually unable to dodge.
My life is over—
"Holy Shield!"
Suddenly, a Holy Shield appeared in front of Lu Zhao. The green spear instantly hit the Holy Shield; the air rippled slightly, followed by a shimmering flash.
"BOOM—"
The Holy Shield burst apart. The spear, halted for an instant, once again howled past, almost grazing Lu Zhao’s cheek before disappearing into the void. Before he could even feel grateful for his narrow escape,
"BOOM—"
A loud explosion rang out. The terrifying wave of residual energy swept across, engulfing the four Star Sea stage experts frozen in the sky with its powerful shockwave.
"PFFT—"
"PFFT—"
Four sprays of blood erupted as the four Star Sea stage experts in the sky were sent flying. At the same time, the surrounding buildings trapped within the thunderous seal collapsed and shattered in an instant.
A pitch-black figure hovered silently in the void, its whole body emanating suppressed malevolence. In its arms, it held a long knife with an ivory handle, its eyes mockingly watching the grim-faced Wang Lan.
By this moment, Wang Lan had already donned the Phoenix Saint Cloth, a silver cape fluttering in the wind, Holy Shield in his left hand, Breaking Swords in his right. A brilliant red flame surged around him, the Phoenix Tail Flower emblem on his forehead as red as the morning sun, as vibrant as fresh blood.
Facing Sony, Wang Lan had no choice but to activate his strongest battle form from the start. The fact that this man had managed to escape even under the joint pursuit of his mother and the Qing Emperor spoke volumes.
"You’ve finally deigned to show yourself!" Sony’s sinister voice rose. "Do you have any need for a whole corpse?"
"Burst forth! Sword of Light!"
"BOOM—" The Zanpakuto shattered, transforming into a two-meter Sword of Light. Looking at Wang Lan’s Zanpakuto, a hint of curiosity, and a touch of greed, appeared in Sony’s eyes.
Although he hadn’t grown up in Jade Country, his fondness for blades seemed ingrained in his very being. Could there be such a miraculous Star Palace Artifact?
"Dragon Emperor Form!"
Vibrant Star Power burst forth. A golden dragon spiraled around Wang Lan, and two Dragon Horns grew rapidly from his forehead.
The mimic state of the Phoenix form allowed Wang Lan to display the Dragon and Phoenix Auspicious by himself. Although not as powerful as when he teamed up with Yu Ruoyun, the difference was not significant.
"Enough messing around!" Sony shouted coldly, and in an instant, his figure flashed, stabbing towards Wang Lan’s chest like a ghost.
If the Phoenix form previously was still merely at the level of a Titled Strongman, then in the Dragon Emperor Form, Wang Lan’s strength had faintly stepped into the Half-step Star Soul realm.
Sony was interested in watching an ant struggle for its life before him, but the moment the ant showed the ability to hurt him, he couldn’t wait to slap it dead.
Wang Lan’s figure fragmented, transforming into countless, colorful dancing butterflies.
Sony’s brows knitted. "Freeze!"
The Nether Butterflies continued to dance gracefully, vanishing with each flap of their wings. By the time they reappeared, they were several meters away. Sony watched the fluttering butterflies around him with a grim expression.
My spatial solidification has no effect. Is this a space-type Star Martial Skill? No, if it were a space-type Star Martial Skill, I should be able to detect spatial fluctuations, Sony thought seriously as he watched the flickering Nether Butterflies.
Suddenly, Wang Lan appeared, and in that instant, the Sword of Light stabbed swiftly at Sony. Wang Lan’s sword strike was as fast as light itself. But pure light has no attacking power; only when light is transformed into a sword does it become lethal.
Yet, Sony could actually dodge the speed of light?
No, it wasn’t dodging; it was refraction. As the light stabbed towards Sony, it was instantly refracted. Wang Lan’s attack missed Sony, but Sony’s attack landed in an instant.
Fast! Faster than Wang Lan could have imagined.
So fast that Wang Lan couldn’t even deploy his instantaneous Star Martial Skill in time.
"SHLICK—"
The scene froze. Sony’s body was pressed tightly against Wang Lan’s chest, his right palm firm against the hilt of the long knife. The long knife pierced Wang Lan’s chest, the blade emerging from his back, skewering Wang Lan upon its tip.
"DRIP, DRIP, DROP..."
Blood dripped from the knife’s tip like beads falling from a broken string.
"Wang Lan—" Lu Zhao, just climbing out from the ruins, saw the scene before him, and his eyes nearly burst with fury.
Eyeing Wang Lan impaled on the knife, a hint of satisfaction appeared in Sony’s eyes.
"About ten years ago... No, it might have been twelve years ago. A madwoman hunted me for a month. That month, I didn’t sleep a minute, didn’t eat a single peaceful meal.
"That month was the most difficult time of my life; I even doubted I was living in hell itself. Even though I had fled Jade Country, that madwoman kept doggedly pursuing me.
"At last, I dived into the sea. That madwoman, cloaked in flames, was indeed not skilled in water combat, which allowed me to survive those tough days. I heard you are her son? If that madwoman knew that you died at my hands today, would she regret having let me escape with my life back then?"
"Of course not... because you were kept alive for me to kill—"
WHOOSH—
An afterimage whisked across the sky, a column of light chasing it.
Sony rapidly retreated the moment Wang Lan spoke. The Sword of Light grazed Sony’s cheek as the Sunlight Sword Light burst forth, easily slicing a bloody wound across Sony’s neck.
Trembling, Sony reached out, touching his neck. When he saw the fresh red blood on his hand, his face turned as pale as paper.
That was close, so incredibly close. If not for my innate, keen alertness prompting a subconscious dodge, I would indeed have been utterly defeated by such an unexpected trick.
I, Sony, have roamed freely across the world, even across the five great nations. Even when hunted for a month by the Qing Emperor and Flame Emperor in Jade Country, I never came so close to death.
Was it carelessness? No, definitely not. It’s just that this person is too strange, too far beyond conventional understanding.
Suddenly, Sony’s eyes became sharply intense. Before him, the wound on Wang Lan’s chest, which had been gushing blood, vanished in the blink of an eye. Wang Lan looked down at the shattered Phoenix Saint Cloth on his chest, his eyes also showing deep fear.
The strength of the Phoenix Saint Cloth far exceeded that of any metal known to humanity. Such metal could not possibly exist naturally on Sky Blue Star. A miraculous metal that could withstand temperatures of thirty thousand degrees without deforming, that could withstand the impact of armor-piercing rounds without shattering, was unable to block even a gentle cut from Sony.
Although Wang Lan had long known that the Phoenix Saint Cloth offered little protection against experts at the level of the Five Emperors, being pierced through by Sony as if it were mere paper left him shaken to the core.
Fortunately for Wang Lan, his Self Healing Innate Ability, upgraded many times, was now complete. His current Self Healing had reached the point where he could quickly regenerate even if half his body were destroyed.
"Hahaha..." Suddenly, Sony burst into a chilling laugh from afar. "You’re very good! I thought that under the heavens, while I might not be invincible, there certainly wouldn’t be anyone who could take my life. Yet, I almost died by your hand. Even when hunting a hare, the lion must use all its might; any carelessness can lead to death."
No sooner had his voice faded than ripples suddenly emanated from Sony’s body. In an instant, heaven and earth solidified, and a terrifying pressure, like a giant hand, grasped tightly at Wang Lan’s body.
Wang Lan’s figure instantly exploded, transforming into the Lurking Butterfly Dance. The Nether Butterflies of this dance exist between reality and illusion, between life and death; they seem real but are, in fact, illusory. So even if space is frozen, they can still flap their wings and change position.
A single Nether Butterfly appeared a hundred meters away, and Wang Lan’s form emerged instantly. But the same solidifying air still assaulted him; this was not a single-target Star Martial Skill, but an area-of-effect one. Within a radius of several kilometers, space was solidified.
Sony’s form was like smoke, instantly transforming into an Azure Dragon. As the dragon appeared, it had already lunged before Wang Lan. SWOOSH—
A harsh screeching sound erupted as the Azure Dragon, seemingly struck by lightning, had its head collide with a thunderbolt, detonating a ball of electrical arcs in the void. The Azure Dragon passed by and gradually dissipated, a figure left standing in the air.
Sony turned around doubtfully. His initial strike had landed, and he had been convinced Wang Lan couldn’t avoid the second, which had targeted Wang Lan’s throat.
One slice, and it would have been a perfect decapitation.
But this time, not only did Wang Lan avoid it, but his speed even matched Sony’s. How is this possible? If Wang Lan had this ability, how could he have been pierced through the heart with a single move earlier?
The surrounding sky thundered, countless bolts of lightning flashing through the solidified air.
Lightning cannot travel through a vacuum but can move quickly through condensed water vapor. As long as there was a conductive medium, Wang Lan’s Thor Form could turn into lightning.
It wasn’t that Sony hadn’t considered this possibility; rather, in all his decades, he had never seen such an impressive Thor Form. Yet Wang Lan had thought of a countermeasure in an instant.
The Dance of the Dark Butterfly could indeed successfully evade Sony’s move, but Sony’s extreme speed exposed any weakness in it. Though transforming into Nether Butterflies offered immunity to attacks, their reappearance points could still be discerned.
With Sony’s speed, he could catch up for a follow-up strike the moment Wang Lan reappeared.
Thus, Wang Lan preferred to use the less practiced Thor Form instead of the Dance of the Dark Butterfly. Unexpectedly, the Thor Form worked surprisingly well in the solidified air.
Especially since, after the air solidified, a lot of water vapor also condensed. Combining the Thor Form with the Water Demon, Wang Lan’s speed actually kept up with Sony’s. Seeing this, Wang Lan was overjoyed.
Void Purple Eyes, activate!
CRACKLE—
A peal of thunder exploded right beside Sony’s ear, and a figure made of electrical arcs swung a sword towards Sony’s head.
Sony instantly turned into a clear shadow, his figure disappearing from view.
"BOOM— BOOM—"
Lu Zhao, who had fallen to the ground, looked up at the sky, craning his neck. The remaining three Star Sea stage masters struggled to reach Lu Zhao’s side.
"Director Lu... are they fighting or chasing each other in the sky?"
"They must be fighting! The speed is too fast; we can’t see clearly, and we can’t even detect a trace with Star Power. Now, we just hope that Wang Lan can hold out long enough. The Qing Emperor will arrive soon."
"This Wang Lan... I still remember, two years ago he was only in his third year of high school, and his cultivation was only at the Star Shine Stage. In just two years, he’s grown to such an astonishing level. He can’t be far from legitimately claiming an Emperor’s throne, can he?"
"Sony’s strength... is by no means inferior to that of the Five Emperors."
