Immortality: Grinding Experience Starting as a Paper Craftsman

Chapter 16 Sword Qi Washes the Ground, Snatching Food from the Tiger's Mouth

The county government compound is now a ruin.

The once majestic hall was half collapsed. Amidst the broken walls and ruins, two figures crisscrossed, each collision stirring up clouds of dust.

The cyan sword light was like mercury spilling onto the ground, penetrating everywhere; the red throwing knife was like a streak of fire in the night sky, cunning and ruthless.

Meanwhile, Master Yin, who was besieged in the center, was already at his last gasp.

Its black robe was already tattered, and most of its countless tentacles on its lower body had been severed, scattered on the ground and turned into puddles of foul-smelling black water.

This is no ordinary feud between martial arts masters; it's a battle of gods.

Gu Yan lay prone in the shadow of a rooftop a hundred meters away, holding his breath.

He did not approach rashly.

The two people from the Demon Suppression Division had extremely sharp senses. If they got too close, they would probably be mistaken for accomplices and killed before they could even pick up any scraps.

He is waiting.

Wait for that critical point.

"Damn it... damn the Demon Suppression Division!"

In the arena, Master Yin let out a desperate roar.

It knew that the situation was hopeless, and if it didn't find a way to escape, it would truly be annihilated tonight.

Its pale old face suddenly contorted, and a fierce glint flashed in its eyes.

If we can't live together, then let's die together!

Yin Laoye's originally withered body suddenly swelled up like an inflating balloon, the Yin energy within his body was compressed wildly, and the surrounding temperature instantly dropped to freezing point, even the water vapor in the air condensed into ice crystals.

"Oh no! It's about to self-destruct its demon core!"

The woman in red's expression changed, and she instantly withdrew the throwing knife in her hand and retreated rapidly.

The man in blue robes advanced instead of retreating, his eyes flashing with a sharp light, and the long sword in his hand emitted a clear and melodious dragon's roar.

"Trying to self-destruct? Not so easy!"

"Suppress the demon, sever the mountain!"

A cyan sword aura, over two zhang long, descended with the power to split mountains and shatter rocks.

That sword strike was too fast and too ruthless.

Before Yin Laoye's swollen body could explode, it was cleaved in two by the sword energy from above.

"Pfft."

There was no explosion as expected; instead, there was a sound like a bladder filled with sewage being punctured.

The two halves of Master Yin's body fell to either side, and the black mist dissipated.

"Dead?"

The woman in red stopped and looked at the mess on the ground with some confusion.

"wrong!"

The man in blue frowned. "It's like a cicada shedding its shell! Its true form isn't inside its body!"

Before he could finish speaking...

From the scattered black water, a dark light, no bigger than a fist, suddenly shot out.

That was a miniature version of the Yin Lord, or rather, its Yin spirit origin.

This thing was extremely fast. Instead of attacking the two people, it stayed close to the ground, like a frightened mouse, and scurried frantically toward a drainage ditch behind the county government office.

As long as it escapes, even if it abandons this body that has been cultivated for a hundred years, and finds an extremely yin place to nurture itself for several decades, it can still make a comeback.

"Where do you think you're going!"

The woman in red let out a delicate shout and threw her throwing knife again, but the dark light was too small and too fast. It dodged left and right among the ruins and avoided the knife's blockade several times in a row.

Just as the dark light was about to disappear into the drainage ditch and escape, it was about to be saved.

The two from the Demon Suppression Division were too far away to stop them in time.

Right now.

A glint of light flashed in Gu Yan's eyes as he lay on the roof.

This is the moment he's been waiting for.

"go!"

The Iron-Boned Ferocious God, who had been lying in ambush in the shadows outside the wall, received the order.

"boom."

The wall collapsed.

A huge black iron hand had been waiting there for a long time, and it reached directly into the outlet of the drainage ditch.

The dark light had just slipped through the hole, thinking it had escaped, when it crashed headfirst into the iron palm.

"squeak!"

A piercing scream rang out.

The Iron-Boned Fierce God's iron fingers, forged through countless trials, suddenly clenched together.

"Click."

As expected.

Yin Laoye's weakened Yin spirit, under the dual attack of the realgar fire poison and the heat of iron sand contained in the palm of the Iron Bone Fierce God, was like an ice cube thrown into a pot of boiling oil, instantly melting away.

[Slaying a high-level monster: Master Yin (severely injured).]

[Gained a large amount of pure Yin energy.]

[Loot obtained: Yin Sha Yuan Dan (Rare)]

[Paper-making skill experience +500!]

[Martial Arts: Iron Palm Experience +100!]

As the screen refreshed, Gu Yan felt a warm current rush to the top of his head, so comfortable that he almost cried out.

But he knew now was not the time to celebrate.

"Who?!"

A sharp shout came from inside the wall from a man in blue.

A sharp sword aura pierced through the wall and hurtled towards the location of the Iron-Bone Fiend.

"withdraw!"

Gu Yan's mind raced.

The Iron-Bone Ferocious God did not take the sword head-on. Instead, it used the action of clasping its hands together to grab the fallen Yin Sha Yuan Dan, and then stomped its feet on the ground.

"Bang."

With the help of the enormous reaction force, its massive body displayed astonishing agility, smashing through an earthen wall on the opposite side and disappearing into the intricate alleyways.

When the man in blue and the woman in red leaped onto the wall, all they saw was a pile of broken bricks and the figure disappearing into the darkness.

"It's that armored monster again."

The woman in red looked at the broken wall, a look of surprise flashing in her eyes.

"Such strength, such decisive methods. Senior brother, is this guy helping us, or stealing our prey?"

"He crushed Master Yin's physical body and even took away his most valuable Yin Core."

The man in blue sheathed his sword and looked into the darkness with a complex expression.

"This method doesn't seem like that of a reputable sect; it's more like a double-cross."

"but."

He paused, his tone softening slightly:

"At least he killed Master Yin, rid Changning County of a scourge. Although he was greedy, he still had some principles."

The woman in red curled her lip: "What bottom line? I think he's just a slippery old fox. Don't let me catch him, or I'll make him spit out that Yin Pill."

Although they talked about it, they didn't pursue the matter further.

Firstly, the previous battle had taken a heavy toll on them, and secondly, the armored monster was clearly very familiar with the terrain; rashly pursuing them into street fighting might not be advantageous.

……

Half an hour later.

In the cellar in the backyard of the paper-making shop.

Gu Yan looked at the bead in his hand, about the size of a longan, completely black, with strange patterns flowing across its surface, and couldn't stop smiling.

Yin Sha Yuan Dan.

That's the essence of Master Yin's entire cultivation.

For cultivators, this is a highly nourishing substance; for weapon refiners, this is a top-grade material.

For Gu Yan, this was the key to a qualitative change in his paper-making skills.

He glanced at the Iron-Boned Fierce God beside him, which, though somewhat damaged, still exuded an imposing aura.

Iron Sha performed perfectly in tonight's battle, but some problems were also exposed.

That is, it lacks flexibility and relies too much on physical output.

If this Yin Sha Yuan Dan were embedded into the Iron Sha's power core...

A crazy idea popped into Gu Yan's mind.

Is it possible to create a modified paper doll that has both a steel body and the ability to cast dark magic spells?

Just like that Yin Master who can unleash black snake magic, except that he's Yin Master wearing heavy armor.

Gu Yan licked his lips.

The night is long, and I can't sleep.