Immortal Reincarnation Tribulation

Chapter 224 Demon Transformation Technique

But what made Du Fan's pupils shrink suddenly was that when that huge fist shadow, capable of shattering mountains and splitting rocks, landed on Huang Laoguai, it disappeared without a sound or ripple, just like mud flowing into the sea.

"Haha, I wonder if, given my current physical condition, I'm capable of going toe-to-toe with Fellow Daoist Du in terms of physical strength?"

A strange, inhuman voice emanated from Old Monster Huang. As soon as the words fell, the misty fog surrounding Old Monster Huang was instantly absorbed into his body, and his figure was completely exposed to Du Fan.

Du Fan glanced at the scene and couldn't help but gasp.

At this moment, Huang Laoguai's upper body had transformed into the shape of a crocodile, with only half of his face still retaining a human appearance. The rest of his body was covered by layers of hideous black and yellow scales.

His shoulders, arms, knees, and other attackable parts were covered with sharp barbs the length of daggers, and his ten fingers had transformed into menacing claws that gleamed with a cold light.

Upon witnessing this scene, Du Fan felt a sudden chill run down his spine, but the look of horror in his eyes quickly vanished, replaced by a strange expression.

At this moment, a strange smile appeared on his lips. With a shake of his arms, the golden light on them suddenly dissipated, and his arms returned to their normal size after a series of muscle twists.

Upon seeing this, Huang Laoguai, who had transformed into a crocodile monster, was visibly taken aback, then sneered and said in a sinister tone, "Fellow Daoist Du, it's probably too late for you to regret it now."

A sound like bones grinding slowly emanated from Huang Laoguai's scaly lips, sending chills down one's spine upon hearing it.

Du Fan didn't speak. He patted his storage bag with one hand, and the silver sword instantly appeared in his hand. With a sudden flick of his arm, a blue sword shadow instantly materialized and shot straight towards the other side.

With his other hand, he quickly formed a hand seal, and two water blades appeared in an instant. With a whooshing sound, they arrived at Old Monster Huang's location before he could reach them.

A hint of disdain flashed in Huang Laoguai's eyes. His hands, covered in scales, suddenly rose and then spread to the left and right, creating a blurry claw shadow that easily deflected the two water blades without causing them the slightest harm.

After a clear ringing sound, the Water Shadow Sword arrived close behind. Huang Laoguai remained calm and raised his arm. With a wave of his hand, he conjured a series of sinister claw shadows, intending to slap the blue sword shadow in front of him away.

Just then, Du Fan's eyes narrowed, his lips moved slightly, and he uttered the word "explode".

The next moment, the Water Shadow Sword in front suddenly trembled violently, its surface radiating a bright blue light. Then, an extremely violent surge of magical power erupted out in the blink of an eye, causing the Water Shadow Sword to explode instantly before it could even touch the menacing claw shadow that was right next to it.

In an instant, clusters of blue spiritual light scattered and swept wildly in all directions.

Huang Laoguai was taken aback when he saw this. He naturally did not notice that among the blue light, there was a drop of inconspicuous black, viscous liquid. This substance was none other than the dichlorvos that Du Fan had just developed.

"You're asking for it!"

Huang Laoguai roared, ignoring the sky full of spiritual light, and immediately moved to head straight for Du Fan.

But as soon as he took a step, his body suddenly stopped, and he let out a scream of extreme pain. His right hand instantly rose and pressed down on his left shoulder, while he suddenly knelt down on one knee.

Originally, wherever he passed, large swaths of spiritual light were blocked the moment they came into contact with him. However, there was one ball of blue spiritual light that, when it collided with him, clung tightly to his shoulder like a maggot clinging to a bone.

On Huang Laoguai's left shoulder, it was as if lava had been splashed on it, and it was rotting and dissolving at a visible speed, soon leaving a fist-sized, ghastly blood hole.

Du Fan's eyes flashed with a cold light. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he moved swiftly and appeared a foot away from Huang Laoguai in an instant. Then, he grabbed at the air with one hand, and a small transparent bottle suddenly appeared.

A cruel smile appeared on his lips. With a slight exertion of his fingers, the small bottle shattered instantly. At the same time, he waved his arm, and a dark, viscous substance inside the bottle fell directly onto Old Monster Huang's chest.

"Ah..." An indescribable, piercing wail escaped from Old Monster Huang's mouth. He immediately collapsed to the ground, clutching his chest and rolling around in agony.

With a flick of his arm, before the Water Shadow Sword could even materialize, Du Fan swung the silver sword in his hand, its tip piercing through half of Huang Laoguai's human skin face in an instant.

"Fellow Daoist Du, spare my life! All the treasures in my storage bag are at your disposal!" Old Monster Huang was greatly shocked, his eyes filled with terror. He endured the excruciating pain in his chest and head and immediately begged for mercy.

Du Fan's expression was cold and stern. He remained silent, and with a sharp flick of his wrist, the silver sword that had pierced Huang Laoguai's head instantly twisted. With another horizontal slash, he had already ripped open a large gash in half of the other's head, causing brain matter to spurt out and blood to splatter everywhere, a horrifying sight to behold.

"Ah..." Another piercing scream rang out.

"Still not dead?" Du Fan frowned, stabbed the man's head a few more times with his silver sword, and then withdrew it.

"You wanted to test your physical strength against me, huh? Fine, you wish!"

Du Fan let out a cold laugh, and his arms immediately grew several times larger in a golden glow. Then, he clenched his fists and pounded them down at Huang Laoguai, who was rolling on the ground and howling in pain.

……

After a short while, Du Fan, slightly out of breath, glanced at Huang Laoguai's mangled corpse and muttered, "It's a pity you didn't have a demon core."

The old monster Huang on the ground had somehow returned to his original human form, but at this moment, his entire body had been blasted beyond recognition by Du Fan, resembling a pile of mud, and was only one step away from being minced meat.

With a single gesture, Du Fan grabbed the storage bag at the man's waist and put it away. At the same time, he took out a cremation talisman, flicked his wrist, and the talisman immediately transformed into a ball of crimson flame, instantly burning the corpse on the ground to ashes.

"A great reputation is well-deserved. This person is indeed extraordinary. If it weren't for the help of DDT, even if I managed to kill him by sheer luck, it would have been an extremely difficult task. I might even have been seriously injured myself." Du Fan muttered to himself, then revealed a hint of relief.

"After Huang Laoguai used his demonic powers, his state should be similar to that of a demonic beast with a deep yellow demonic core."

"In that case, even if my DDT can't kill a monster of this level, it can still severely injure it in a single, unexpected encounter. Then, it will be much easier to use other methods to completely annihilate it."

Du Fan rested his chin on his hand, thinking to himself.

Not long after, he took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, and put the invisibility ring on his hand. After it completely merged into nothingness, he nodded and headed back to his residence.

……

An hour later, Du Fan quietly returned to his wooden house.

He immediately dispersed the barrier, then sat cross-legged on the wooden bed. With a flick of his wrist, he instantly retrieved Old Monster Huang's storage bag, opened the bag, and began to examine it with a sweep of his divine sense.

After a short while, a hint of disappointment appeared on Du Fan's face.

Inside Old Monster Huang's storage bag were more than four hundred low-grade spirit stones, a bottle of ginseng qi pills, several paper cultivation manuals, seven or eight demon cores, and other miscellaneous materials.

In fact, Huang Laoguai's wealth is quite considerable among the Qi Refining stage cultivators on New Moon Island, but compared to Du Fan, he is nothing.

For Du Fan, his monthly salary from the Qixia Sect back then alone amounted to more than a thousand spirit stones, not including teleportation subsidies and pills for the Golden Core realm.

At Old Monster Huang's place, the only things that could interest Du Fan were those few cultivation techniques and secret arts. And the one that really got Du Fan on the edge of his seat was the Earth Escape Technique.

This technique can be used as a means of surprise attack, catching the enemy off guard, or for escape. It can even be used to conceal one's presence in certain special situations, and can be surprisingly effective. In short, this earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of escape technique) is truly a very practical technique.

Unfortunately, this technique is an earth-attribute cultivation method, so Du Fan naturally cannot cultivate it.

As for Huang Laoguai's bizarre ability to transform into a monster, Du Fan also found a corresponding booklet.

This is a secret technique called "Demon Transformation Technique". After practicing it, one can transform into a demon body. After transforming into a demon, not only can one's physical strength be increased to a formidable level in a short period of time, but even one's vitality can be enhanced.

Du Fan had a deep understanding of the importance of enhancing vitality. When he faced Huang Laoguai in his demon-transformed state, it took him a lot of effort to kill him.

In addition, this secret technique can also contain a portion of the demonic energy of heaven and earth within one's own magical power. Therefore, when one is in the state of demon transformation, if one uses other spells to attack, their power will be several times stronger than usual.

The Demon Transformation Technique is truly a method of cultivating both body and spirit!

Of course, it was precisely because of the use of this technique that the unfortunate Old Monster Huang's body contained some demonic beast aura, which is why he was seriously injured by Du Fan's DDT and was subsequently killed by Du Fan.

He originally longed for the secret technique "Great Demon Transformation Technique", but when he saw the hidden dangers of the technique, he immediately gave it up with great regret, because the hidden dangers were the same as those of "The Descent of the Human Buddha", which would deplete his lifespan!