Sister, I don't want to be a furnace anymore. I'm about to become an immortal.

Chapter 55: Breakthrough, Strange Message

Thinking that both parties were immortal and had unlimited energy, Xiao Yichen's expression became a little excited. He immediately stopped flying upwards, turned his body upside down, and rushed down quickly towards the figure below. He kept making hand gestures, and dozens of spirit swords and three fire dragons appeared beside him. As he landed, they rushed towards the figure.

The spirit sword suddenly dispersed when it was about to hit the opponent, and three fire dragons pounced towards the figure's head. Although the opponent was still rushing upwards, he was somewhat affected and was knocked down by Xiao Yichen's punch from above. The scattered spirit sword flew towards the descending figure at a rapid speed.

The next moment, the figure's body was filled with spiritual swords, like a hedgehog. Xiao Yichen sped up a bit and soon came to the side of the figure that was still falling. He quickly condensed a giant sword and stabbed it towards the other's body, but it was smashed to pieces by the other's punch.

The next moment, a terrifying power erupted from the figure's body, shaking away the spiritual swords inserted in his body. Then, Xiao Yichen was trapped again. The two of them entangled together again, and they started fighting with punches and kicks.

After getting familiar with the pain, Xiao Yichen began to imitate the opponent's offensive and launch a counterattack. He had never learned any close combat skills before, so he took this opportunity to make up for his weakness in this area.

At the beginning, he was almost knocked unconscious because of his distraction, but as time passed, he slowly memorized the opponent's boxing skills. When the opponent attacked, he could accurately predict the opponent's next move and began to have a little resistance. Although he was still attacked unilaterally, it was much better than before.

As Xiao Yichen became more and more proficient, he started to counterattack for the first time using this set of boxing techniques. After the opponent's attack missed, he kicked the figure hard on the back. The huge force kicked him away. However, Xiao Yichen did not go forward to chase him, but waited for the opponent to attack him again.

"Haha, so that's how it is. Isn't this a human-machine? As long as you control the opponent's attack moves and evaluation rate, victory is just a matter of time." After figuring it all out, the fighting spirit on Xiao Yichen's face became more and more obvious.

Although the figure's cultivation was higher than his, he had no idea how to adapt and kept attacking him mechanically. After figuring out the opponent's last move, Xiao Yichen suddenly released the energy in his body, forcing the figure back far away. After adjusting his body shape, Xiao Yichen focused his eyes, no longer hesitated, and rushed forward.

He dodged the opponent's first punch and kicked the figure hard in the waist. The figure flipped in the air and kicked towards Xiao Yichen's head with both feet. Xiao Yichen raised his left hand to protect his head and blocked the blow. Before the opponent's next attack came, he grabbed the figure's ankle with his right hand and threw it far away. Then he quickly followed up. While the opponent was still being thrown away, he flew above the figure, crossed his hands into a fist, and smashed it down hard.

From this moment on, the offense and defense switched positions, and the situation of both sides changed. It was no longer Xiao Yichen who was being beaten. Now he could firmly suppress the opponent and continuously launch attacks on him.

After knocking the opponent away again, suddenly a thunder sounded in the clouds above. The next moment, a bolt of lightning struck towards the two of them. Xiao Yichen immediately stepped back. The lightning struck the figure's body directly. The figure seemed to be half-fixed under this attack and could no longer move. When the lightning disappeared, the figure slowly curled up together, and the body began to tremble constantly. When it saw Xiao Yichen in the distance, it actually waved at him.

"Has he regained his sanity?" Xiao Yichen frowned and looked at the other person, but still flew over slowly. He wanted to see what else this figure could do.

When he got closer, the figure stretched out his right hand towards him, and the area where his mouth was moving kept moving, as if he was saying something, but he didn't have a mouth at all, and Xiao Yichen didn't understand what he meant at all.

As if realizing he couldn't speak, the figure suddenly pulled Xiao Yichen's hand over. Just when Xiao Yichen was about to punch him with his other hand, he discovered that the other person was writing on his palm. He didn't dare to disturb him. He could clearly see that the other person's body was quickly dispersing into those initial light spots.

When the last word fell, the figure had completely lost any life, leaving only a bare hand remaining in Xiao Yichen's palm. Not long after, even the last hand turned into spots of light and flew back into the sky and disappeared.

Xiao Yichen was completely confused by this. Just as he was about to fly upwards, his consciousness suddenly became blurred. When he opened his eyes, he found himself lying on a bed. He suddenly stood up and jumped off the bed, only to find that he had returned to his own room in Qingfeng Pavilion.

The people outside immediately pushed open the door when they heard the noise. Zhang Yang, Lin Qingxue, and Ye Xingchen rushed into the room and looked at Xiao Yichen who looked frightened. They slowly helped him back to the bed to lie down and rest.

"Senior Brother, are your eyes okay?" Ye Xingchen first noticed that his eyes were now open.

Upon hearing this, the other two also looked towards Xiao Yichen's eyes. Then Zhang Yang shouted "Wow", scaring Lin Qingxue who was standing beside him and punched him.

"Haha, Master found some elixirs for me, and it will heal naturally." Xiao Yichen replied with a smile, then turned his gaze to his hands. Just like before, the scars had not grown back, and the skin was still covered with those disgusting scars. He sighed softly and said helplessly in his heart: "It seems that everything that happened before was really a soul leaving the body."

Hearing him sigh as he looked at his hands, the three people around him came forward to comfort him, "Junior brother, don't worry. Since your eyes have been cured, there must be a way to heal your hands and your skin. Just wait for Elder Xuanqing to find a solution for you."

Nodding silently, he finally took some time to feel his own strength. However, it didn't matter what he saw, the energy in his body had more than doubled, and his cultivation level had directly broken through the middle level of the Body Tempering Realm and reached the high level, with his strength greatly enhanced.

He opened his mouth in disbelief, as if he wanted to swallow the people in front of him in one gulp. Suddenly, a "whooshing" sound was heard outside the door. Xiao Yichen looked over and saw that it was the Red Flame Wildebeest. At this moment, the wildebeest was staring at Xiao Yichen on the bed with a vigilant look, which made Ye Xingchen, who was standing next to him, feel a little embarrassed. He went out and kicked the horse hard on the butt.

Seeing this, Xiao Yichen chuckled and then asked Zhang Yang beside him: "Brother Zhang, how long have I been unconscious?"

Hearing him mention this question, Zhang Yang replied: "Junior brother, you slept for half a month. If Elder Xuanqing hadn't said that you were healing, we would have thought you died in your sleep." Lin Qingxue on the side also nodded her head continuously, like a chicken pecking at rice.

Before Xiao Yichen could speak, he heard Lin Qingxue angrily say, "Oh, right, Junior Brother, you might not know this, but what happened in the sect this time has attracted the attention of other sects. They all say that our Qingfeng Pavilion did something that angered heaven and man, which caused the strange phenomenon. Now, disciples of our Qingfeng Pavilion are ridiculed when they go outside. If you run into them, you should beat them up. This is mainly because of the group of mortals who received our help before. They also believed these rumors. When you leave the mountain sect next time, don't kill people because of this. It's a taboo to attack mortals."

Hearing this, Xiao Yichen was completely bewildered. What on earth was going on? Seeing him like this, Zhang Yang was the first to understand. He said, "Junior brother, you may have fainted too early. You don't know what happened to the sect. Just half a month ago, a calamity cloud suddenly appeared above the sect. The power of it is terrifying even when I think about it now, but fortunately, the calamity cloud didn't bring down a thunder tribulation and dissipated on its own. After that, as Qingxue said, our Qingfeng Pavilion is quite unpopular now, but you don't have to be afraid of trouble. Aside from not attacking mortals, you can even cripple other sect disciples."

Xiao Yichen digested this information carefully and soon figured it all out. He could only nod awkwardly. It seemed that he was the one who caused the calamity cloud, but he didn't dare tell anyone.

After bidding farewell to the three, Xiao Yichen lay on the bed, his eyes slowly darkening as he recalled the last message left to him by the figure in the thunder tribulation. It consisted of only seven words:

'He's right, stop him.'

Xiao Yichen tapped his forehead with his wrist, his mind in a mess:

"Why stop him if he's right? Who is he to make the creatures in the thunder tribulation so afraid?"