Chapter 428 Branding the Soul, Fighting for Life in the Book of Life and Death
"Okay."
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..."
Accompanied by a harsh burning sound of the branding iron, the branding iron transformed from the 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 eat up 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 mark 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.
He had suffered severe injuries at this moment, and 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 this world."
However, when he recalled this sentence at this time, 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, and bit by bit regained the true energy that had been taken away from the Book of Life and Death.
> "Crack!"
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 shouting angrily in front of him without any warning, and then he used a domineering move and smashed forward heavily.
"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 straight towards the roof with a "boom", 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 the movements of Xu Taiping's fists 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 last moment to rapidly increase his true energy and blood, in order to offset the impact of the Book of Life and Death on his true energy and blood.
loss."
"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 against 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 spiritual mirror were the same as Emperor Xuanhuang at first, thinking that Xu Taiping had been eroded by the eight seals on his body and turned into a madman.
But as Xu Taiping's qi and blood essence became more and more abundant, the boxing techniques and sword moves he performed during his fist fights and sword tests began to become more and more sophisticated, and everyone began to realize that something was wrong.
"He is fighting for his life!"
In the Imperial Palace of Nanchu, when the old martial arts god Zhu Huai realized that Xu Taiping was fighting against his imaginary opponent, he immediately exclaimed.
"boom!"
At this moment, Xu Taiping's arm holding the knife suddenly broke while swinging the knife.
After being deprived of more and more vitality and vitality by the Book of Life and Death, his body was on the verge of collapse.
But even in this situation, Xu Taiping just changed his hand and continued to test the knife with the imaginary book of life and death.
"Crack!"
Not long after, Xu Taiping's second arm broke, and the long knife in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter.
Everyone thought that at this point, Xu Taiping would have to give up even if he didn't want to.
But in just a moment, everyone saw in the spiritual mirror that Xu Taiping quickly bit the long knife that fell to the ground with his mouth, and continued to use his mouth to swing the knife at the enemy.
When everyone saw this scene, even those spectators who thought Xu Taiping had gone crazy couldn't help but feel a little respect for Xu Taiping in their hearts.
As for monks like the old Martial God Zhu Huai, who had already seen that Xu Taiping was fighting for his life in this way, his respect for Xu Taiping in his heart could not be higher.
"If you can't find an opponent, you can still imagine an opponent to improve yourself. This guy has turned his perseverance and determination into talent. He is simply the monster among monsters."
Qionghua Sword Immortal couldn't help but sigh with emotion at this time.
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br> "Boom!..."
At this moment, the soul mark of the last Demon Emperor was imprinted on Xu Taiping's body intact.
At this point, Xu Taiping had resisted the soul seals of all eight Demon Emperors.
"He succeeded...he actually took back a life from the book of life and death by himself..."
The old martial arts god Zhu Huai was stunned, with an expression of disbelief on his face.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"
But Xu Taiping didn't realize this at this time. He still kept his sword in his mouth and kept slashing at the opponent he imagined.
That look is both terrifying and a bit sad.
"Junior brother...you can put down the sword..."
On the twelfth floor of Xuanhuang Tower, looking at Xu Taiping who was still swinging his sword, senior sister Zhao Linglong's eyes flashed with lightning, and she murmured in distress.
Fairy Lingyue, who was in Linyuan Pavilion, clenched her fists tightly and murmured with the same distress:
"Taiping, that's it. You can put down the knife."
Looking at Xu Taiping who kept swinging a knife in front of her, she seemed to have seen the scene when the young boy from Qingniu Village climbed up from one level to the golden scale leader with one punch and one sword.
"Xu Taiping!"
At this moment, Emperor Xuanhuang, who had been silent in the shadow of the spiritual mirror, suddenly shouted Xu Taiping's name.
"bass!--"
Almost at the moment Emperor Xuanhuang shouted, Xu Taiping, who looked like a madman, suddenly turned around and slashed at Emperor Xuanhuang with his sword.
"boom!"
Amidst the violent explosions of energy, the golden flames of the sun protecting Emperor Xuanhuang's body were split open by Xu Taiping's knife.
"Snapped!"
However, Emperor Xuanhuang just stretched out his hand and patted Xu Taiping's shoulder, and his sword intent immediately dissipated.
"Emperor?"
Xu Taiping, whose arms were broken, his skin and flesh were cracked, and his body was covered in blood, looked up at Emperor Xuanhuang with a blank look on his face.
"Little peace."
Emperor Xuanhuang showed an extremely gentle smile to Xu Taiping and said:
"You won. You saved your life from the Book of Life and Death."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping was startled for a moment, then grinned.
Seeing this, Emperor Xuanhuang suddenly dispersed the golden sun flames around him, revealed his true appearance, and then said with an extremely solemn expression:
"Since you survived, I, Xuanhuang, will give you a big gift!"