CHAPTER 545: CHAPTER 233: DEFEATED

Even those watching from the mountain edge felt a chill across their spine at this moment, their hearts involuntarily trembling with suppression, as if that blade were cleaving down upon them.

Everyone felt as though they were alone, facing that blade, with nowhere to hide, about to be split in two by it.

This feeling was indescribable; knowing full well the blade wasn’t targeting them, those with weak wills couldn’t help but retreat.

Li Xiu did not retreat; he still stood in place watching that blade descend.

Just as the blade was about to strike his head, his hands once again clasped together to trap Jing Li’s blade, as if replicating the previous battle.

In Li Xiu’s palms, the Demonic Light turned into a mysterious suction cup-like form, firmly gripping Jing Li’s blade. To Li Xiu’s surprise, the Bottle Suction’s power couldn’t extract even a bit of Light Energy from Jing Li’s blade this time.

"The same technique won’t work on me," Jing Li still had his eyes closed, expressionless, as the long blade continued its descent, seemingly ignoring all obstructive forces.

But the next moment, Jing Li’s expression changed; his blade was still firmly trapped between Li Xiu’s hands, despite his efforts, the long blade remained completely immobile.

Li Xiu looked at Jing Li, the magma patterns on the Demon Armor increasingly visible, while the hands gripping the long blade seemed to turn into sizzling iron blocks.

The Hand of God paired with Bottle Suction, each hand generating alternating push and pull forces, the terrifying Demonic Light oscillating swiftly between Li Xiu’s hands, causing the long blade to vibrate at high speed as well, forcibly shaking Jing Li’s grip on the blade.

Jing Li’s blade astonishingly fell into Li Xiu’s hands.

"This..." Li Qingyi and the others watched in shock, Jing Li’s all-out blade executed with full force had been caught empty-handed by Li Xiu and even wrested away; this was simply unimaginable.

Jing Li opened his eyes, equally incredulous as he looked at Li Xiu; he had concentrated the Light Energy to its peak, making it impossible for Li Xiu to absorb his Light Energy, yet still couldn’t withstand the power of Li Xiu’s hands.

Li Xiu grasped the blade tip with one hand, returning the incessantly trembling long blade to Jing Li, slowly saying, "What are you afraid of? You don’t need to restrain yourself. Unleash your power. Let me see how strong your true strength really is."

Jing Li stared blankly at Li Xiu, his originally cold and merciless gaze gradually becoming intense once again.

"As you wish... As you desire..." Jing Li grasped the hilt, took the blade back from Li Xiu, the blade’s light re-emerged, making Jing Li’s entire being glow exuberantly, unlike the restrained appearance earlier.

"That’s right, young people should be bold and uninhibited; to be detached and indifferent is for old men with half their bodies buried in the ground. Young people should burn themselves at the most beautiful age and radiate the most brilliant light," Li Xiu looked at Jing Li and slowly spoke.

"This is bad, Jing Li’s State of Forgetful Mind has been broken, the opportunity the old Commander sacrificed himself to give Jing Li is lost... the Forgetfulness Lineage might lose its legacy..." Old Immortal said changing color.

"Not necessarily. Haven’t you noticed? Jing Li’s will hasn’t diminished but has grown stronger," Mo Wuya stared at Jing Li and spoke.

"Even if he became stronger, can he still cultivate the Jueli Scripture with that state of mind?" Old Immortal questioned.

"I don’t know..." Mo Wuya also didn’t know where Jing Li would head following this.

Buzz!

The long blade in Jing Li’s hand, unchanged in the Super Spirit State, finally transformed, in the baptism of powerful Light Energy, the long blade gradually became more ferocious and terrifying.

The originally Tang Blade style long blade, unexpectedly grew wider, transforming from the Tang Blade into a ghost-headed blade, fierce as ghostly fangs.

The black-purple Light Energy on the blade swirled like smoke and mist, as if countless Resentful Spirits entwined within, roaring and shrieking, accompanying Jing Li’s whole person, burdened with numerous grievances, the terrifying Light Energy fluctuation even moved Old Immortal and Mo Wuya.

"What’s going on? Wasn’t he already at 100% Super Spirit? How did Light Energy once again elevate, and the Symbiotic Contract mutate again, what’s happening..." Old Immortal’s face was full of surprise.

Mo Wuya pondered deeply, "Perhaps there’s only one possibility. Jing Li was walking the wrong path before. The old Commander had been intentionally suppressing and erasing Jing Li’s emotions and desires, hoping to lead him on the path of detachment and indifference. He succeeded; Jing Li indeed grasped the State of Forgetful Mind, but the old Commander never imagined that Jing Li’s own state had already transcended beyond the State of Forgetful Mind. The sacrifice he made to impart the State of Forgetful Mind to Jing Li instead became Jing Li’s shackle."

"What is this? Sacrificing oneself to instead imprison his own disciple? Is this fortunate or unfortunate for the Forgetfulness Lineage?" Old Immortal smiles bitterly.

"If the old Commander is watching over from the heavens, he might still not be able to answer that question. We aren’t qualified to judge fortune or misfortune, but Li Xiu is probably in trouble. That earlier blade deflected, instead of a killer blade, it was more like a suicidal blade, that was his only chance to defeat Jing Li, and he did seize it. But he was too young, too arrogant, too confident, and returned the blade to Jing Li, inadvertently awakening Jing Li, allowing him to reclaim his true self, completely unleashing the power long suppressed. Now Jing Li might truly be an invincible Super Spirit, even you and I back in our Super Spirit State might not be his match."