Stronger with Crimson Modifier-Chapter 80: You Talk Too MuChapter Either You Kill Me, or I’ll Kill You
But before he could even react,
a black shadow flashed past.
SQUELCH!
A spray of blood was followed by the sound of tearing flesh.
Xie Fei froze in place.
The expression on his face was a mixture of shock and utter disbelief.
He slowly looked down.
There, a long, black object had pierced straight through his chest and out the other side.
At the same time, the form of the black shadow became clear.
It was a slender tail, black and wrapped in jet-Black Scales.
It gleamed faintly under the moonlight, like a long, jet-black whip.
And the owner of this tail was none other than Chen Fan, who had been kneeling on the ground.
At this moment, black mist swirled around him, and the wounds on his body were healing at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Meanwhile, Xie Fei’s once-plump skin visibly shriveled, as if completely drained of moisture.
"Quick, quick... Kill him. He’s... transforming..."
Xie Fei’s face was contorted in pain. He looked at Hu Qi, his eyes filled with regret and profound bitterness.
He seemed to regret not delivering the finishing blow, to regret his moment of pity.
Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in this world.
After struggling to force out those last words, his body became a husk of skin and bones and collapsed to the ground.
It all happened in just two or three seconds.
Coupled with the distance between them, it was too late for Hu Qi to intervene.
"So this is what it feels like to devour a living person. It’s truly wonderful. I was wrong. I should have listened to Ah Ling and done this sooner," Chen Fan said, his voice slow and deliberate.
His once-twisted arms had completely healed. Not only that, but a fine layer of black mist now churned around him, making him look bizarre and sinister.
"You dared to kill Ah Ling. I’ll make you..."
His gaze shifted toward Hu Qi’s position.
He stopped mid-sentence. He saw that Hu Qi’s figure was about to disappear behind a distant stone monument.
Although Hu Qi didn’t know what Xie Fei had meant by "transformation," he didn’t need to be a genius to tell that the current situation was bad news.
After his Burst, the man’s strength had surged, allowing him to kill Xie Fei in a single move.
’If I stay here and can’t beat him, won’t I just end up like Xie Fei?’
"Trying to run? Too late!"
Chen Fan let out a low laugh, the Crimson glow in his eyes intensifying.
Framed by the swirling black mist, he looked like a Devil walking the earth.
At that moment, he felt better than ever.
It was as if his true nature had been unleashed.
As if this was his true self.
Watching Hu Qi flee, he laughed loudly. His feet moved, and his figure shot forward like a phantom in swift pursuit.
Across the vast cemetery, one figure fled while the other pursued.
BANG!
Suddenly, the black tail shot through the air, snapping several arm-thick trees in two.
The sharp tip of the tail stabbed straight toward Hu Qi’s back.
CLANG!
Hu Qi drew his saber to block, and the collision rang out like metal on metal.
The long black tail was knocked off course by the impact.
"Hm?"
After blocking the strike, Hu Qi stopped in his tracks and stood his ground, no longer attempting to flee.
’His speed is no less than mine,’ he realized. ’And with that whip-like tail constantly interfering, it will be very difficult to escape.’
But there was another, more important reason.
At this thought, his brow furrowed, his expression turning a little strange.
’The force coming from that tail... it didn’t feel that powerful.’
’I thought since he could kill Xie Fei in a single blow, his strength should be far greater than Xie Fei’s.’
’But now, it seems I overestimated him.’
"Not going to run anymore?"
A cruel smile spread across Chen Fan’s lips.
"I just wanted to be a good person, but you all forced my hand. It’s not my fault I became a Black Blood Species. I just want to live..."
"Such nonsense," Hu Qi sneered. "Right or wrong? All I know is that today, either you kill me, or I kill you. It’s that simple!"
The moment he finished speaking, he stepped forward.
RUMBLE RUMBLE...
His Qi and Blood surged, making a rushing sound like a torrent of water inside his body.
His body abruptly swelled by a full size, making him taller and more muscular. His clothes were stretched taut against his frame.
Wielding his Long Saber, he charged straight at his opponent.
"You’re courting death!"
Chen Fan’s gaze turned cold.
The next moment, the black tail behind him moved, whistling through the air as it stabbed toward Hu Qi’s back.
If a blow like that landed, death was certain.
Remembering the wonderful feeling of absorbing power from the man before, the Crimson light in Chen Fan’s eyes flared brightly.
CLANG!
Sparks flew everywhere!
The scene he had imagined—his opponent being pierced in a single blow—did not occur. It felt less like his tail had struck flesh and blood and more like it had hit a man cast from iron, for it was immediately repelled.
Chen Fan’s expression changed drastically. He retreated in a flash, putting distance between himself and the charging Hu Qi.
At the same time, his long, jet-black tail whipped about, creating cracks like tearing air. It moved so fast it became a blur, frantically striking Hu Qi’s body.
During this fierce assault, any tree caught in the crossfire was too fragile to withstand the blows, snapping instantly. The flying wood chips scattered like snowflakes.
Even the incredibly hard gravestones showed alarming cracks after being struck by the tail—a testament to its immense power.
Yet in the face of this assault, Hu Qi merely raised one hand to protect his face, making no other defensive moves.
Soon, his clothes were torn to tatters, revealing his powerful physique beneath.
His body had the color of brass, and it was etched with gray-white, cloud-like patterns, making him look like a man forged from iron.
With his Cloud Iron Body operating at full power, Hu Qi’s skin was suddenly like a layer of Iron Armor.
The tail, strong enough to pierce a person’s body in a single strike, could only leave a series of shallow cuts of varying depths on his skin. The injuries were superficial.
With his Cloud Iron Body at Great Success and operating at full power, Hu Qi was now completely immune to his opponent’s attacks.
Seeing no results from his frenzied and continuous assault, even Chen Fan, still in his state of transformation, couldn’t help but feel a flicker of fear.
This caused his lightning-fast black tail to falter for an instant.
In that instant, Hu Qi’s eyes lit up. The arm protecting his face shot out like a bolt of lightning, grabbing the black tail as it paused in mid-air.
The black tail was cold to the touch, like gripping a long, dark serpent.
"Had your fun? Now it’s my turn!"
Hu Qi let out a savage grin. He yanked on the tail with one hand, raised his Horizontal Blade high with the other, and brought it down hard.
CLANG!
However, the black tail was far tougher than he had imagined. The blade was useless, leaving nothing more than a faint white scratch on the scales.
"Hahaha! You think you can hurt me with that Long Saber in your hands?!" Chen Fan roared with laughter.
But in the next moment, his laughter died in his throat as he felt an immense force travel up his tail.
He looked and saw that Hu Qi had, at some point, dropped his Long Saber and was now gripping the tail with both hands.
The tail was pulled taut between them.
"I’ll send you flying!"
Hu Qi grinned savagely, gripping the black tail with both hands, and violently swung it up and then down.
His arms moved like high-speed pistons, continuously repeating the motion of lifting and smashing.
The next moment, Chen Fan was lifted clean off the ground.
His vision tumbled as he was whipped high into the air and then slammed down with a crash.
A tremendous BANG echoed as a cloud of dust erupted from the impact point. It was as if the very earth trembled from the force of the blow.
