Martial Arts Overlord-Chapter 489 - 487: Millennium Bronze Corpse

HUM!

Luo Feng’s fist struck the water’s surface. Ripples spread out in circles, and the large vortex on the river swiftly calmed.

Suddenly, a muffled sound came from beneath the water, and a huge column of water shot into the sky.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Three consecutive violent explosions erupted under the river, causing a torrential downpour.

In the churning water, the massive body of the Azure Water Keelback was flung upwards, letting out a piercing wail. A large patch of its azure scales had been blasted off, and blood gushed out, staining a wide area of the river red.

After being thrown ten meters into the air, the Azure Water Keelback began to fall. Its eerie, light-filled eyes stared at Luo Feng in terror. Its long body coiled and twisted, preparing to dive back into the river.

Luo Feng’s gaze was sharp. Before the Azure Water Keelback could return to the water, he swung the Rage Flame Knife through the air, locking onto the snake’s vital seven-inch point.

WHOOSH!

With a flash of the blade, the Azure Water Keelback’s massive body was severed in two. Green blood rained down like a deluge, instantly turning the river red.

WHIZ! WHIZ! WHIZ...

After slaying the Azure Water Keelback, Luo Feng had no time to catch his breath. Suddenly, he heard the rapid sound of splashing water as dark shadows rushed towards him from all around the river.

"Luo Feng, let’s get out of here!" Yang Wanyi exclaimed, seeing the rapidly approaching shadows. She swung her jade-like hand backward, and the force of her palm whipped up a huge wave.

SWOOSH!

Propelled by the impact, the wooden boat lifted from the water, flying several meters high and shooting forward.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!...

Just as the boat departed, the sound of massive underwater explosions erupted behind them.

Luo Feng looked back and couldn’t help but gasp. The spot where they had just been was now teeming with bizarre fish leaping from the water.

These strange fish were over four feet long, covered in black scales, with dorsal fins as sharp as razors. Their long mouths were filled with sharp teeth, and their small, pointed fangs glinted with a sinister, cold light. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

The strange fish swarmed over the water. In an instant, the enormous corpse of the Azure Water Keelback was devoured, leaving not even a speck of bone behind.

"It’s the Water Knife Ghost Fish," Yang Wanyi explained, looking back. "The fins on their backs are as sharp as a top-grade Spirit Weapon, and they are extremely poisonous. Even a Spiritual Rotation Realm martial artist will die in under ten minutes if the poison isn’t neutralized."

Luo Feng nodded, his brow furrowed as he looked at the turbulent river. "They’re catching up."

After devouring the Azure Water Keelback’s corpse, the Water Knife Ghost Fish turned and pursued their wooden boat, cutting through the waves even faster than the boat itself.

"We’re heading to shore!"

They could now see the opposite riverbank. Yang Wanyi spoke quietly, then tapped her foot on the wooden boat, her figure transforming into a streak of red light as she flew towards the other side.

Not daring to delay, Luo Feng pushed his Teng Dragon’s Step to its limit, skimming across the waves.

Within two breaths, Luo Feng’s feet finally touched solid ground.

BOOM!

As his feet landed, a loud crash echoed from behind. Luo Feng glanced back at the river to see the wooden boat surrounded by Water Knife Ghost Fish. In the blink of an eye, it was reduced to a pile of wooden splinters.

"The Blood-colored Wilderness truly is perilous everywhere," Luo Feng said slowly, taking a deep breath.

Yang Wanyi pursed her red lips, smiling. "We’ve only just now truly entered the Blood-colored Wilderness."

Luo Feng offered a faint smile, his eyes devoid of fear. He turned to Yang Wanyi and said, "After entering the Blood-colored Wilderness, if we encounter Demon Beasts, you don’t need to help."

"Even if you’re in danger, I shouldn’t intervene? The Demon Beasts here in the Blood-colored Wilderness are all extremely vicious..." Yang Wanyi’s delicate Daimei furrowed, a hint of worry in her eyes.

Luo Feng shook his head. "As long as my life isn’t in danger, don’t interfere. Fortuitous encounters are met by chance, not sought. I can’t pin all my hopes on them. I want to use pressure to improve my cultivation, so please don’t intervene."

His earlier fight with the Azure Water Keelback had made Luo Feng realize he could use life-or-death battles in the Blood-colored Wilderness to stimulate his potential.

"Alright. However, if you can’t handle it, you must tell me." Yang Wanyi knew Luo Feng had a point and nodded in agreement.

"Of course. I wouldn’t gamble with my own life."

Luo Feng nodded, his gaze sweeping over the undulating, blood-colored hills ahead. "Let’s set out. I hope we won’t return empty-handed this time."

The two ventured deeper into the Blood-colored Wilderness.

As they progressed, the environment grew increasingly harsh. Dense, chaotic forests and swamps lay between the hills. Occasionally, the low roars of unseen beasts echoed, and an aura of danger permeated everything.

Luo Feng and Yang Wanyi continued onward, frequently encountering Demon Beast attacks. However, these were mostly third or fourth-tier Demon Beasts, which Luo Feng dispatched with ease.

"There’s the stench of rotting corpses. Be careful."

As they passed a stretch of woodland, Yang Wanyi wrinkled her nose and issued a warning.

This forest was exceptionally eerie. Though it was midday, the mountain range was shrouded in darkness, impervious to sunlight.

WOO WOO WOO...

Chilling winds howled through the trees, raising goosebumps on their skin.

Gazing at the forest ahead, Luo Feng nodded silently. This place gave him a sinister feeling, as if something terrifying lurked within.

Gripping the Rage Flame Knife in his right hand, Luo Feng raised his guard to the utmost as he stepped into the forest.

Inside, the forest was pitch-dark. The ground was carpeted with decaying leaves and littered with countless skeletal remains.

CRUNCH! CRUNCH...

The mountain wind gusted through the trees. A pile of white bones trembled, then suddenly collapsed, turning to dust that scattered with the wind.

"These bones have probably been here for hundreds, if not thousands, of years," Yang Wanyi remarked, staring at the weathered bones.

Luo Feng nodded, a sudden chill gripping his heart. He reached out and stopped Yang Wanyi, who was about to proceed.

"Wait."

Yang Wanyi halted, her slender Daimei creasing slightly. She too sensed the peculiar, unsettling atmosphere.

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK...

Suddenly, the ground around them began to split open, and an intense, crimson light erupted from the fissures.

Luo Feng stepped forward, shielding Yang Wanyi behind him. His expression was grave as he stared at the sanguine light emanating from the ground. This light felt incredibly malevolent to him.

Yang Wanyi looked at Luo Feng standing protectively before her, the corners of her lips curving into a slight, knowing smile, her bright eyes shimmering.

BOOM!

A deafening explosion ripped through the air. A streak of blood-red light, accompanied by a piercing shriek, burst from the earth and lunged directly at Luo Feng and Yang Wanyi.

"Slash!" Luo Feng, already prepared, unleashed a fully charged strike.

BOOM!

The Thunderbolt Blade Aura shot forth, viciously striking the blood-red light.

CLANG!

Sparks flew in all directions. His blade aura, powerful enough to cleave a Ninefold Heavenly Court Realm martial artist in two, was actually blocked by the blood-red light.

ROAR!

The blood-red light recoiled. A mournful cry, neither human nor beast, echoed through the forest as a figure came to a halt ten meters in front of them.

Only then did Luo Feng clearly see his attacker, and his pupils contracted involuntarily.

The figure’s face was blackened. Its eyeballs were gone, leaving only two dark, empty sockets from which a faint, blood-red light flickered. Its flesh was a strange bronze color. Most horrifying was its abdomen: a massive, ghastly gash nearly split it in two, revealing dark, shriveled internal organs.

A Slaughter Corpse! Luo Feng recognized the bloodthirsty aura emanating from the figure, recalling the Slaughter Corpse he had encountered deep within the Red Chain Mountain Range.

"That’s not a Slaughter Corpse," Yang Wanyi, a knowledgeable Disciple of the Golden Palace, explained. "It’s a Copper Corpse, a higher-level undead. It’s formed when a martial arts expert dies, their body is invaded by Evil Qi, and then mutates over countless years. This Copper Corpse was likely a powerful expert who died in a great battle here a thousand years ago. His strength should be around the half-step Spiritual Rotation Realm. After becoming a Copper Corpse, he gained immense strength and became impervious to weapons, making him several times more dangerous than a peak Ninefold Heavenly Court Realm expert."

A Copper Corpse... Luo Feng nodded slightly, unsurprised by its strength. To withstand my strike, it’s definitely no ordinary being.

ROAR!

Having failed to kill Luo Feng with its first strike, the Copper Corpse’s eyes blazed with an intensified blood-red light. It lunged again, carrying a foul wind.

"Luo Feng, Copper Corpses are different from ordinary peak Ninefold Heavenly Court Realm martial artists. Let me handle it," Yang Wanyi said.

"No, I’ll do it." Luo Feng didn’t elaborate. He stomped forward, the ground beneath him instantly cracking as his aura began to surge.

Yang Wanyi’s red lips moved slightly, but ultimately, she said nothing.

SWOOSH!

The Copper Corpse moved with extreme speed, appearing before Luo Feng in an instant. It opened its stinking, blackened mouth and lunged, attempting to bite him.

Seeing the sharp fangs in the Copper Corpse’s mouth, Luo Feng dared not be careless. He channeled all the Yuan Qi in his body and brought the Rage Flame Knife down in a vicious slash.

CLANG!

The blade struck the Copper Corpse’s gaping maw with a sound of clashing metal. The intense shockwave radiated outwards, causing the ground beneath Luo Feng’s feet to crumble inch by inch.

What immense power! Luo Feng had failed to repel the Copper Corpse with his strike; instead, his right arm felt slightly numb, and shock filled his heart.

SNAP!

The Copper Corpse’s eyes flared with a furious blood-red light. It suddenly bit down on the blade of the knife. Its pitch-black right fist, accompanied by a sonic boom like a landslide and a tsunami, hammered violently towards Luo Feng’s chest.

THUD!

Though the fist was still half a foot away, the ferocious force of the punch made Luo Feng’s body go numb.

"Luo Feng..." Yang Wanyi stood nearby, concern evident in her beautiful eyes as she watched. Just as she was about to intervene, she remembered Luo Feng’s earlier words and halted her half-taken step. Her rosy lips pressed together tightly, turning slightly pale. Flames flickered around her body; she was ready to act the moment Luo Feng spoke.

"Well met! Break for me!" Facing the whistling attack of the Copper Corpse, Luo Feng neither retreated nor evaded. Instead, he sank his stance, the ground beneath him immediately cracking. His Yuan Qi boiled throughout his body as he struck with all his might.

BOOM!

The two fists met in mid-air, the colossal explosion sounding like a thunderclap.

Luo Feng let out a muffled grunt. His body, once as steady as a mountain, was thrown back more than ten steps. Each step he took shattered the ground, and a trickle of crimson blood escaped the corner of his mouth.

The Copper Corpse did not fare well either; the flesh of its right hand had burst open, revealing its dark bones.

"Again!" Ignoring the churning blood and Qi in his chest, Luo Feng advanced instead of retreating, proactively attacking the Copper Corpse.

The Copper Corpse let out a sharp shriek, the blood-red light in its eyes burning fiercely. A hazy, sanguine aura enveloped its body as it too lunged forward.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!...

The two figures clashed within the forest, the ferocious impacts growing stronger with each exchange. Large swathes of trees crashed down in their wake.

Towards the end, Luo Feng’s nose began to bleed, and his hands were numb from the repeated impacts. However, the fighting spirit in his eyes was more intense than ever, almost joyful. His aura, far from diminishing, actually surged, like a newly sharpened precious blade, sharp and aggressive.

This kind of head-on confrontation made him feel his Yuan Qi circulating several times faster than usual, which would undoubtedly be extremely beneficial for his cultivation.