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Chapter 1995 1.1994 The Last Health Bar

Corresponding to the Ninefold Five Poison Escape Technique, the Spider Shadow Step also consists of nine forms.

The first move: "Spider Step". The footwork is light and agile, like a spider moving silently.

The second move: "The Mysterious Step". The body moves swaying, leaving afterimages to confuse the opponent.

The third move: "Searching in the Snow". The movements are elusive and the traces are hard to find, like leaving no trace in the snow.

The fourth move: "Ghostly Shadow Walk". Speed ​​increases dramatically, like a ghost walking at night, appearing in front and then suddenly behind.

The fifth move: "Treading on Shadows". It is extremely fast and allows one to walk on shadows, making vertical cliffs seem like flat ground.

The sixth technique: "Hundred Shadow Clone Technique". At high speed, it can create several realistic clones that are difficult to distinguish from the real ones.

The seventh technique: "Spider Shadow Escapes the Sky". The clone is poisonous and glides along on silk, coming and going like the wind, which is already a semi-flying technique.

Eighth move: "Sky Spider Soaring Through the Air". It allows the user to glide and twist freely in the air using its poisonous silk, just like a sky spider soaring through the air.

Ninth Form: "Boundless Transformation into Shadow". The body transforms into nothingness, merging into the (Boundless) Silk Domain, arriving at the thought of movement, without boundaries or limits.

Previously, Hong Xiaocui, the Toad Hall Master and a martial arts expert, could only methodically practice the four peerless martial arts techniques from the *Spider Flower Manual*: *Heavenly Net Binding - Thousand Threads of Poisonous Hands*, *Hundred Flowers Killing - Burning Heart Gu Finger*, *Five Poison Escape - Spider Shadow Step*, and *Secret Manual Technique - Blood Gu Substitute*. Now, transformed into a gigantic Spider Flower Demoness, she can freely switch between these four techniques at will, depending on her needs. The sheer power she wields is unimaginable.

It has almost no flaws.

In contrast, consider Abbess Jingyin, the righteous leader of the Emei sect. All techniques in the *Sacred Fire Scripture* require communicating with the spirit of the Sacred Fire Command through "heart fire." Those with pure hearts wield the fire with effortless ease, while those with evil intentions are easily subject to the backlash of Yin and Yang. The highest level of this technique is "Sacred Fire is me, and I am Sacred Fire," a state of perfect unity between person and command, where the two beads move as one, capable of seizing the power of heaven and earth and annihilating all living things.

The so-called "heart fire" is the minister fire among the "three fires of the dantian"—the sovereign fire, the minister fire, and the people's fire. As mentioned before, the path of cultivation begins with "planting the dantian." True qi circulates through the lower dantian, igniting the lower dantian's "lower dantian fire," thus "refining essence into qi." Then, the middle dantian ignites the middle dantian's "middle dantian fire," thus "refining qi into spirit." Finally, the upper dantian ignites the upper dantian's "upper dantian fire," thus "refining spirit to return to emptiness," achieving "unity of heaven and man." True qi, refined by the three dantian fires, ultimately reaches perfection through "guiding the fire back to its origin."

Therefore, the "heart fire" refers to the true fire within the human body related to the primordial yang and the middle dantian (the area between the heart). It is located near the Zhongwan acupoint. This is where the true fire gathers and is closely connected to the primordial yang. The true fire is the foundation of internal alchemy cultivation, used to refine demonic obstacles and purify the body and mind. Sufficient primordial yang leads to good health, while insufficient primordial yang makes one prone to illness, and the dissipation of true qi leads to the depletion of primordial yang.

In other words, "Middle Fire of the Heart" and "Silk of the Heart" are the key points of the two sets of divine skills.

The spider-flower demon Hong Xiaocui, standing over five zhang tall (approximately 17 meters), dominated the arena. Her opponent, the righteous sect leader of Emei, Master Jingyin, appeared as insignificant as an ant.

Apart from a few survivors, the rest of the spectators upstairs were reduced to pus. Looking around, it seemed that the previous two battles had no effect whatsoever on the Flower Pavilion's quest for the championship.

The Five Poisons Sect leader, "Iron-Handed Immortal Ape" He Tieshou, and "Five Immortal Saintess" He Hongyao, who had just returned, seemed to have fully accepted the changes before them. They even seemed oblivious to the great demon that had been hunting and foraging just moments before, now hiding in the Boundless Silk Domain. Whether the Five Poisons Sect's representative, Chang Le Fang, had long been in cahoots with this great demon, or whether there was another hidden story, remained unknown.

For Wu Chen's side, clearing both of the boss's health bars brings them one step closer to final victory. It's foreseeable that the upcoming third battle will be against the final boss's health bar.

"Master, why not beat the drums to cheer us on?" Unexpectedly, the spider-flower demon Hong Xiaocui was so concerned about the competition at the brothel.

"Alright." After the sudden change, Su Wuniang, the owner of Changlefang, disappeared without a trace, and He Tieshou, the leader of the Five Poisons Sect, known as the "Iron-Handed Immortal Ape," became the person in charge. "Beat the drums to cheer them on!"

"Dong dong dong—" The booming sound of drums echoed throughout the Grand Flower Building.

The guests upstairs were disoriented and at a loss. On the stage, both sides were filled with fighting spirit.

After the third drumbeat, both sides launched their attacks simultaneously, regardless of who came first.

Master Jingyin, the head of the Emei Sect, raised the fourth level of the Sacred Fire Scripture, "Four Symbols Return to Origin - Pearl Explosion Galaxy," and unleashed the Yin-Yang Dual Command!

"Azure Dragon Draws Flames" to ignite the fire, "Vermilion Bird Burns the Sky" to unleash its power.

The spider-flower demon Hong Xiaocui used the fourth move of "Five Poison Escape: Spider Shadow Step" to avoid the Four Symbols attack, and then countered with the fourth move of "Hundred Flowers Kill: Burning Heart Gu Finger" to "Lingering Soul Finger". Even more terrifying was the fourth move of "Heavenly Net Binding: Thousand Threads and Ten Thousand Poisons Hand" to trap the enemy.

Just as Wu Chen had predicted, Hong Xiaocui, who had transformed into a spider flower demon, was able to use four sets of divine skills from the Spider Flower Manual at the same time!
With its spiderweb-like structure, swirling winds, and ghostly movements, even the Emei Sect Leader, Master Jingyin, who had activated the fourth level of the "Sacred Fire Scripture," "Four Symbols Return to Origin - Pearl Explosion Galaxy," was immediately at a disadvantage. Even more terrifying power followed. As the spider-flower demon Hong Xiaocui dodged and weaved, the fourth form of the "Secret Technique of the Blood Gu Substitute," "Spirit Gu Incarnation," was quietly forming. Moreover, there wasn't just one "Spirit Gu Incarnation," but four incarnations corresponding to the "Fourth Form"!

This is the complete version of the "Spider Flower Manual." Or rather, from the very beginning, this unparalleled divine skill created by the great demon "Scorpion Demon" was not something that ordinary martial arts masters could master to perfection.

In other words, Hong Xiaocui's transformation into the Spider Flower Demoness was a consequence of a mortal's inevitable demonic possession after forcefully practicing the "Spider Flower Manual." Ultimately, she would become symbiotic with the spider flower, transforming into a gigantic monster.

In the blink of an eye, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

Master Jingyin, the head of the Emei Sect, fought against five opponents single-handedly. She did her utmost to contend with the spider-flower demon Hong Xiaocui and her four spirit Gu incarnations. Although she had the assistance of the "Azure Dragon" and the "Vermilion Bird," she gradually became unable to hold on.

"Sect Leader Jingyin, why don't you go out to the fifth level!" The spider-flower demon Hong Xiaocui's demonic voice boomed.

Once the fifth level of the "Sacred Fire Scripture" is unleashed, the dual commands will be silenced forever. It's a matter of killing the enemy and destroying their spirit. The Spider Flower Demoness Hong Xiaocui intends to completely avenge her previous humiliation, leaving the Emei Sect Leader, Abbess Jingyin, utterly defeated, without even a chance to turn the tables.

"My lord!" Seeing that the Emei Sect Leader, Abbess Jingyin's, robes were being pierced by the Soul-Spinning Finger Wind, each strike aimed at vital points, and in the blink of an eye, they were torn into countless threads, even the renowned martial arts master, Master Kumei, the leader of the Huashan Sword Sect, couldn't help but tremble with fear.

"Don't panic." Wu Chen, who was observing the whole situation from afar through the "eyes and ears" of the Demon Hunting Sect, spoke up to reassure everyone: "The Sacred Fire Scripture also has forbidden secret chapters."

Yes.

The "Sacred Fire Scripture," which is said to be "as different as different mountains and as different as different heavens," has six levels.

Previously, many speculated that the "Sixth Level: Forbidden Secret Chapter - Burning the Sacred Flame" of the Sacred Flame Scripture must be similar to the forbidden technique of "External Manifestation of the Dantian, Participation with Heaven and Earth," which involves mutual destruction with the enemy. Once this move is unleashed, neither friend nor foe will survive.

As the saying goes, "When faced with two evils, choose the lesser." Therefore, everyone believed that, given the choice between using the fifth level, which would end the dual commandments, and using the sixth level, which would eliminate both friend and foe, the Emei Sect Leader, Abbess Jingyin, would naturally use the fifth level first.

Even the spider-flower demon Hong Xiaocui was no exception.