Mortal Bones

"Can."

Emperor Xuanhuang nodded.

Immediately, the seven soul seals that had been fixed in place by Emperor Xuanhuang began to print in different directions on Xu Taiping's body, driven by the seven pale fingers.

"Zizzi..."

Along with a harsh burning sound of a branding iron, the irons transformed from seven soul seals were imprinted on Xu Taiping's body.

"ah!--"

Under the unprecedented pain, Xu Taiping let out a heart-rending scream.

"boom!"

In just an instant, the six golden dragons on his body, which symbolized the martial fortune of the Five Years of the Golden Scale List, all shattered into pieces.

But this is just the beginning.

After the Nether Book of Life and Death swallowed up Xu Taiping's luck on the Golden Scale List, it continued to swallow up his own luck, and finally left him with only bad luck.

But even so, Xu Taiping still wasn't satisfied with the Nether Book of Life and Death's offer to help him obliterate the Seven Emperors.

So the Book of Life and Death began to devour his longevity.

At this moment, Xu Taiping could clearly feel that his longevity was like the grains of sand in the hourglass, beginning to pass away at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At the same time, the soul mark that had been imprinted on his body was also frantically devouring the blood and true energy in his body.

And the demonic energy in the soul seal began to erode his soul.

For a time, Xu Taiping's vitality disappeared, his energy and blood were exhausted, his true energy passed away, and his soul was torn apart bit by bit by the demonic energy.

The severe injuries he suffered at this moment, any one of them alone would be fatal to other monks.

And just when Xu Taiping was in a daze, his mind suddenly recalled the words that his grandfather said to him before he died -

"Peace, fight for a breath, fight for a breath for the mortal bones in this world."

But when he recalled this sentence at this moment, what he cared about most was not the content of the sentence, but only the word "struggle" in it.

"Fight..."

Xu Taiping, who was holding back a burst of severe pain, suddenly raised his head and muttered to himself, and then an extremely strong thought began to emerge in his mind -

"Yes, I want to fight."

"I can't just watch the Book of Life and Death take away everything from me, I have to fight with it!"

"Even if there is only a glimmer of life left, a drop of blood, a mouthful of true energy, I will fight with it!"

Just think of this.

While enduring the unimaginable pain, Xu Taiping slowly activated the Qi refining method in the Chengyun Sutra, bit by bit regaining the true energy that had been taken away from the Book of Life and Death.

"Snapped!"

At the same time, he took a step with great difficulty, clenched his fists, opened the Ancestral Saint Fist, and stared straight ahead at nothing.

"excuse me!"

He just heard him yelling angrily in front of him without any warning, and then he used a domineering move and slammed forward.

"boom!"

Although the punch only hit the air, in Xu Taiping's mind, he had already imagined an opponent fighting with him in front of him.

And the identity of this opponent is the Book of Life and Death that is frantically devouring his vitality, true energy, and blood at this moment.

"Snapped!"

"boom!"

After punching out, Xu Taiping began to fight with his imaginary opponent with all his strength. Even if the flesh and blood on his body was peeling off due to the soul mark, he didn't care.

"Xu Taiping, don't act recklessly..."

Emperor Xuanhuang on the side was about to remind Xu Taiping to concentrate on resisting the backlash of the soul mark, but in the middle of the sentence, he suddenly closed his mouth and said in a surprised tone:

"No, he is not swinging his fists and kicks randomly, but he is fighting with the opponent he imagined in his mind!"

After thinking of this, the golden flames of the sun around Emperor Xuanhuang suddenly rose up toward the roof with a "boom" sound, and then he murmured with a hint of horror in his tone:

"Is he imagining the invisible book of life and death into a tangible opponent for him to fight in a boxing duel?"

Thinking of this, Emperor Xuanhuang began to use his powerful soul and follow Xu Taiping's fist moves at this moment to outline in his mind the appearance of the "Book of Life and Death" in Xu Taiping's imagination.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Once Emperor Xuanhuang began to look at Xu Taiping's crazy behavior in this way, an extremely tragic scene of martial arts fighting immediately appeared in his mind.

As a result, the more he looked, the more frightened he became.

Because he discovered that in this way, the speed at which Xu Taiping's energy, blood and true essence were being devoured actually began to slow down at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"No, it is impossible for the book of life and death to fight with Xu Taiping. The one who is really fighting with Xu Taiping at this moment is actually himself."

"It's the version of myself after improving my boxing skills."

"He is using his current self to defeat his previous self. To rapidly increase his true energy and blood, in order to offset the loss of his true energy and blood caused by the Book of Life and Death."

"He actually found a way to restrain the backlash of the Book of Life and Death on his own!"

Soon, Emperor Xuanhuang discovered the reason why Xu Taiping was going crazy at the moment.

"bass!"

At this moment, Xu Taiping suddenly drew his sword.

He began to try the knife with his imaginary opponent, the book of life and death.

He also used the Seven Killing Swords, the Demon-Slaying Sword, and even the Killing Sword that he had just practiced.

He seemed to be going crazy, constantly asking questions and testing swords with the powerful opponent in his imagination.

Even competing in spells.

…

And outside Xuanhuang Tower.

At first, many of the monks watching the battle in front of the spirit mirror thought that Xu Taiping's soul was corroded by the eight seals on his body and turned into a madman, just like Emperor Xuanhuang did at the beginning.

But as Xu Taiping's blood and true essence became more and more sufficient, the boxing and sword moves he displayed during the boxing and sword test began to become more and more exquisite, and everyone gradually discovered that something was wrong.

"He is fighting for his life with the Book of Life and Death!"

In the Southern Chu Palace, when the old martial god Zhu Huai realized that Xu Taiping was fighting against his imaginary opponent, he immediately exclaimed.

"Bang!"

At this moment, Xu Taiping's arm holding the sword suddenly broke when he swung the sword.

After being deprived of more and more vitality and blood and true essence by the Book of Life and Death, his body was already on the verge of collapse.

But even in this situation, Xu Taiping only changed one hand and continued to test the sword with the imaginary Book of Life and Death.

"Crack!"

Not long after, Xu Taiping's second arm broke, and the long sword in his hand fell to the ground with a "click".

Everyone thought that at this point, Xu Taiping had to give up even if he didn't want to.

But in just a moment, everyone saw from the spirit mirror that Xu Taiping quickly bit the long sword that fell to the ground with his mouth and continued to swing the sword with his mouth to fight the enemy.

When everyone saw this scene, even those spectators who thought Xu Taiping was crazy couldn't help but have a little respect for Xu Taiping in their hearts.

And for cultivators like the old martial god Zhu Huai, who had already seen that Xu Taiping was fighting for his life with the Book of Life and Death in this way, the respect for Xu Taiping in his heart was even greater.

"Even if he can't find an opponent, he can imagine an opponent to improve himself. This boy turned his perseverance and determination into talent. He is simply a monster among monsters."

The Qionghua Sword Immortal couldn't help but sigh at this time.

"Boom!..."

At this moment, the soul mark of the last demon emperor was imprinted on Xu Taiping intactly.

So far, Xu Taiping has resisted the soul marks of all eight demon emperors.

"He succeeded... He actually took back a life from the Book of Life and Death by himself..."

Old Martial God Zhu Huai was stunned, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"Shua, shua, shua!"

But Xu Taiping did not realize this at this time. He still bit the long sword in his mouth and kept swinging the sword to chop at the opponent he imagined.

That look made people feel both terrible and sad.

"Junior brother... you can put down the sword..."

On the twelfth floor of Xuanhuang Tower, looking at Xu Taiping who was still swinging the sword, Senior Sister Zhao Linglong's eyes flashed with lightning, and she murmured with great distress.

And the Fairy Lingyue in Linyuan Pavilion clenched her fists tightly, and also murmured with great distress:

"Taiping, it's okay, you can put down the sword."

Looking at Xu Taiping who was swinging the sword in front of her, she seemed to see the scenes of the little boy in Qingniu Village who climbed from an ordinary person to the leader of the Golden Scale with punches and swords.

"Xu Taiping!"

At this moment, the Emperor Xuanhuang, who had been silent in the shadow of the spirit mirror, suddenly shouted Xu Taiping's name.

"Swish!——"

Almost at the moment when Emperor Xuanhuang shouted, Xu Taiping, who looked like a madman, suddenly turned around and slashed at Emperor Xuanhuang with a knife.

"Bang!"

Amid the fierce explosion, the golden flame of the sun protecting Emperor Xuanhuang was split open by Xu Taiping's knife.

"Snap!"

However, Emperor Xuanhuang only stretched out his hand and gently patted Xu Taiping on the shoulder, and his sword intent immediately dissipated.

"Emperor?"

Xu Taiping, with his arms broken, flesh torn, and blood all over his body, looked up at Emperor Xuanhuang with a blank face.

"Little Taiping."

Emperor Xuanhuang showed Xu Taiping a very gentle smile and said:

"You won. You fought back a life from the Book of Life and Death."

Hearing this, Xu Taiping was stunned at first, and then grinned.

Seeing this, Emperor Xuanhuang suddenly dispersed the golden flames of the sun around him, revealing his true appearance, and then said with an extremely solemn expression:

"Since you survived, then I, Xuanhuang, will give you a great gift!"