The Great Oni
Volume (1) Benoni chapter (38)
It didn't take long, cultivators in martial uniforms arrived and attacked Li Fan.
Yet the strongest was only at the Martial Lord level, so Li Fan defeated them without effort.
Still humming, Li Fan walked deeper into the city.
"Who dares trespass in the Empire's secret territory?" A voice that shook the sky boomed, and someone appeared.
Turning, Li Fan saw a middle-aged man in full armor holding a spear.
With a stern face, the man moved ten times faster than sound and vanished—
—then reappeared in front of Li Fan, chopping down with the great spear.
Li Fan summoned the ancient Xian Tian sword, caught the strike, and blocked.
"Thannnnng"
A deafening metallic clash rang out, and a fierce gust exploded around them.
The force was so great that spider-web cracks spread across the ground.
"You…" The Spear Emperor trembled, seeing Li Fan stop his full-power blow with ease.
"What is it?" Li Fan asked, holding the ancient sword in one hand.
He pushed the spear aside and slashed.
"Shiiing"
An impossibly sharp sword arc descended on the Spear Emperor.
Startled, he raised his spear to block.
"Shraaak"
The spear snapped in two; the sword sliced through his shoulder.
"Gyahhh!"
Blood poured; the Spear Emperor screamed.
His martial-spirit spear was gravely wounded, so the Emperor swooned and fell unconscious.
At once the armor born of the martial spirit vanished, revealing a martial outfit.
Since the primary martial-spirit spear was destroyed, the spirit-armor disappeared as well.
Li Fan ignored the fallen Spear Emperor and looked at the encircling fighters.
Over 200 Martial Lords, eight Martial Kings, and two Martial Emperors surrounded him.
All had transformed into martial-spirit forms, staring at Li Fan with heavy expressions.
Normally they would have attacked already, but he had defeated a Martial Emperor in one blow.
Thus they hesitated.
Of the two Emperors, the one with a saber spirit asked,
"Martial Sovereign, why are you attacking this place?"
Because Li Fan had defeated an Emperor in one strike, they assumed he was at the Martial Sovereign level.
"Mm…" Li Fan thought for a moment. "Simply put, I'm taking this place and making it mine."
He spoke with a slight smile.
"Sovereign, this is the Aranu Prime Empire's main testing facility. Other Sovereigns are on their way. Please leave before things worsen," the earlier Emperor urged.
"Ha-ha." Li Fan laughed, vanished in a blur, reappeared before that Emperor, and struck with the sword's flat.
"Phwan"
The Emperor flew away and fainted instantly.
"Raar!" The other Emperor slashed at Li Fan.
Without even turning, Li Fan struck the blade with his ancient sword.
"Khlaang"
The sword spirit shattered; the Emperor suffered severe spirit damage and collapsed.
He would need at least three months to recover.
The remaining Kings and Lords, though trembling, charged.
As soldiers of the Aranu Prime Empire, they could not abandon the secret base.
Seeing their resolve, Li Fan was surprised.
He unleashed spiritual power and flung them all aside.
Then he continued toward the main building.
On the night of June 2, the half-moon hung in the sky like a beautiful woman's smile.
With a faint smile of his own, Li Fan strode toward the largest structure.
Guards tried to block him, but they could not even approach.
All were seized by his spirit power and hurled away.
Li Fan examined the huge black building, as if it had come from a science-fiction film, then stepped inside.
At that moment someone advanced from within, radiating a fierce aura.
Even before his face appeared, a terrifying pressure filled the air.
"Tap… tap… tap…" (footsteps)
Soon Li Fan saw an old man in a white scientist's coat.
Though bald and rather stout, the Demon Energy Master eyes revealed an immense life force and physical strength within him.
Who are you?" the old man asked, his expression darkening.
"Are you the leader of this place?" Li Fan countered from above instead of answering.
The old man's expression darkened further in frustration.
Then, showing no intention to continue speaking, he moved at a speed thirty times faster than sound, reappeared in front of Li Fan, and struck.
Li Fan calmly extended his palm and blocked the punch.
"Whooom."
Immediately, as if an atomic bomb had detonated, the surroundings were obliterated.
The entire front of the massive building burst open, reduced to twisted scrap metal.
On the ground, deep fissures dozens of meters long split wide.
"Hmph." The old man snorted and shifted into his martial-spirit form.
Within milliseconds, he transformed from a five-foot-ten human into a seven-foot tiger-man and slashed at Li Fan.
Li Fan dodged and struck at the tiger-man's jaw.
The tiger-man caught Li Fan's fist with his free hand.
"Whooom.
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