149: Chapter 149 Like Borrowing Arrows with Straw Boats

Mo Zixing fixed his gaze on him.

That person was indeed Fei Bingrun, yet he looked nothing like the original Fei Bingrun anymore.

The Daoist robe on his body was already tattered and broken, and the exposed skin was constantly peeling off.

His flesh curled back, revealing the black sinews underneath, and the muscles on his face twitched uncontrollably.

Although it was unclear what technique he had used, it was clearly taking a massive toll on him.

"Eww... how disgusting."

Sect Master Bai Ruotong took a step back towards Mo Zixing, wrinkling her little face and covering her nose.

"I don't know if I should praise you."

Fei Bingrun's voice became hoarse and distorted:

"Your strength has actually forced me to use this forbidden technique."

"But since we've reached this point, just obediently accept your fate and become my nourishment."

"Hmph, you talk too much."

Sect Master Bai Ruotong struck first.

She rapidly condensed her spiritual energy and waved her hand, launching a sharp water blade.

Just a moment ago, this move had already severed the necks of quite a few Qingyun Sect Elders.

But Fei Bingrun simply raised his hand to block.

A black flame appeared, instantly devouring the water blade completely.

Sect Master Bai Ruotong blinked her eyes, not understanding why it had turned out this way.

Mo Zixing frowned slightly.

With a thought, he opened Fei Bingrun's System information interface.

The cultivation column still showed [Golden Core Seventh Level], exactly as before.

In that case, blocking an attack of this level shouldn't have been that easy.

He scrolled down further.

The original [Alchemy Demon Mark (White)] trait had disappeared.

In its place was a different trait:

[Alchemy Demon Protection (White)]

[Consumes a Natal Demon Pill refined from three drops of essence blood to gain temporary protection from the Alchemy Demon. Aside from one's own elemental spiritual energy, damage taken from all other elemental spiritual energy attacks is significantly reduced, and Physical Body strength is increased.]

So that's how it was.

Mo Zixing nodded silently.

This old bastard was actually willing to consume his essence blood and so-called Natal Demon Pill.

He traded them for the Alchemy Demon's temporary protection, gaining significant damage reduction against almost all elemental spiritual energy.

No wonder Sect Master Bai Ruotong's Golden Core Ninth Level attacks seemed to have little effect on him.

"Hehehe."

Fei Bingrun let out a smug laugh:

"Do you think water-attribute spiritual energy would have a restraining effect on my fire-attribute spiritual energy?"

"You are dead wrong!"

He waved his hand violently.

Three streaks of pitch-black Alchemy Fire shot out in a triangular formation, heading towards the three of them respectively.

Mo Zixing reacted extremely quickly.

He instantly deployed a barrier, firmly protecting himself and Sect Master Bai Ruotong beside him.

The black Alchemy Fire slammed into the barrier but failed to break his defense.

But Great Elder Qin Cangyue was not so lucky.

He had been hiding at the very back, some distance away from Mo Zixing.

And he himself only had Earthly Dao Golden Core Second Level cultivation.

He could not withstand an attack from the Golden Core Seventh Level at all.

Just as Mo Zixing wanted to divert some spiritual energy to help him, the black Alchemy Fire had already landed on him.

He didn't even have time to let out a scream before his entire body melted at a visible rate.

Just like those Qingyun Sect Elders.

He turned into a pool of black flesh-sludge, slowly flowing along the ground towards Fei Bingrun.

Mo Zixing's brows knitted tightly together.

His relationship with Great Elder Qin Cangyue was not particularly deep.

But, regardless, this Great Elder had always treated him quite well.

He had never imagined that Great Elder Qin Cangyue would die here in such a tragic way.

After absorbing Great Elder Qin Cangyue's life force, Fei Bingrun wore an expression of extreme satisfaction.

"Did you see that?"

He looked greedily at the remaining Mo Zixing and Sect Master Bai Ruotong:

"Their life force is my spiritual energy."

"I will devour you all, one by one, just like this."

Upon hearing this, Sect Master Bai Ruotong advanced instead of retreating, her water-attribute spiritual energy surging around her.

She wanted to rush up and attack again, but was pulled back by Mo Zixing.

"Don't go."

Mo Zixing said in a deep voice:

"Rest for a moment first."

"But..."

Sect Master Bai Ruotong bit her lip in frustration, looking at Fei Bingrun's terrifying face with eyes full of killing intent.

"Behave."

Mo Zixing pressed down on her head:

"Stand behind me."

"His current state is very special; most attacks are useless against him."

He paused, then looked at Fei Bingrun:

"However, there are exceptions to everything."

"He can only block Cultivation Technique attacks that are not of his own Spiritual Root attribute."

Mo Zixing smiled and continued:

"Therefore, fire-attribute spiritual energy is the only thing that can hurt you."

"Right, Fei Bingrun?"

The smile on Fei Bingrun's face froze.

Inconceivable...

How could this guy know!

This secret should have been known only to him!

A chill rose from the bottom of his heart.

No.

I must get rid of this brat as soon as possible!

His eyes became even more crazed, and the black Alchemy Fire around him burned even hotter:

"So what if you know!"

"Fire is my Natal Spiritual Root!"

Fei Bingrun raised his hand, causing the pitch-black Alchemy Fire to burn brighter and brighter:

"In all the Sects of Yongning Province, no one is better at using fire than me!"

"I want to see how you will defeat me using the fire-attribute spiritual energy I am most proficient in!"

"Is that so?"

Mo Zixing smiled.

He slowly reached out his hand and began to condense spiritual energy.

A gold-red spiritual Flying Sword appeared out of thin air.

It hovered by his side.

This Flying Sword looked ordinary.

But standing nearby, one could feel a destructive aura emanating from it.

The surrounding air warped slightly because of this terrifying power.

The temperature of the entire great hall soared once again.

Fei Bingrun's expression became a bit ugly.

Mo Zixing ignored his shock.

His gaze merely fell upon his own system panel.

[Thunder Fire Undying Body (Gold)]

[Additional Enhancement: Resistance to lightning-attribute and fire-attribute attacks is increased, and a portion of the blocked damage is converted into a self-spiritual energy buff, causing the next lightning-attribute and fire-attribute Cultivation Technique to have its power increased proportionally.]

This trait was pulsing.

Just now, inside the Pill Furnace, he had seemingly only been passively circulating his Cultivation Technique to defend.

In reality, he had been constantly triggering [Thunder Fire Undying Body], absorbing the power of the Alchemy Fire, and stacking the buff effect.

It was just like borrowing arrows with straw boats.

Fei Bingrun had burned him for three hours.

He had stacked three hours' worth of buffs.

In other words.

His next fire-attribute attack would be many times more powerful than the original.

And from start to finish, he had never once taken the initiative to strike.