: Chance of Victory (Bonus from Reader 20210111152859427)

2025-03-16 Author: Gu Zhenren

Tianshuang condensed profound ice on his five fingers, forming a pair of frosty claw gauntlets.

He flew straight towards Zhang Hei.

Zhang Hei only saw a blur before his eyes and felt a strong gust of wind. When he focused, Tianshuang had already appeared right in front of him as if teleporting.

The claw gauntlet swept diagonally. Zhang Hei instinctively raised his Black Serpent Spear, which was directly severed in half.

Before Zhang Hei could react, three claw marks appeared on his chest.

Blood gushed out one moment, and the next, frost formed over the wounds, stopping the bleeding while simultaneously侵蚀着他的五脏六腑和四肢百骸。

Zhang Hei felt as if he had suddenly gone from midsummer to deep winter. His entire body was frozen stiff, every movement slow and heavy, extremely difficult.

Tianshuang swung his claws again.

He was in a terrible mood and intended to vent his frustration through close combat.

Zhang Hei stared wide-eyed, watching helplessly as the fatal strike was about to land.

*Clang!*

At the critical moment, Guan Hong arrived, blocking the ice claws with his Blood Dragon Blade.

*Crack! Crack!*

Several large cracks appeared on the Blood Dragon Blade, on the verge of shattering.

The Xuanhuang Sword thrust in diagonally, aiming straight for Tianshuang's face.

Tianshuang snorted coldly, his other hand also forming a Nine Nether Cold Soul Claw, grabbing the Xuanhuang Sword firmly.

Liu Er pushed with all his might, thrusting the sword forward, straining until blood seeped from his gritted teeth, yet the sword didn't budge an inch!

Ghost cultivators were clearly not strong in physical strength, while Liu Er had spent considerable effort enhancing his physical foundation. But in this contest of strength, the latter was completely defeated!

The difference between the Nascent Soul level and the Golden Core level was starkly evident.

"You all..." Ning Zhuo watched the three generals shielding him, his emotions in turmoil.

He immediately retreated rapidly.

Sun Lingtong was overjoyed: "Xiao Zhuo, you've finally come to your senses."

But the next moment, Ning Zhuo shouted: "Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts, if you want me, then come and catch me!"

Sun Lingtong: ...

"Hmph, you insolent brat! Once I catch you, I'll pull out your tongue." Tianshuang exerted force with both claws, immediately repelling the three generals.

The three generals sprayed blood as they were sent flying backward simultaneously.

Tianshuang charged towards Ning Zhuo, while Dihui watched from the side with folded arms, smiling as he enjoyed the show.

"Original body, do not accumulate more killing karma!" The Tianshuang Ghost Mask shouted, pouncing towards Tianshuang's original body.

*Bang!*

Tianshuang snorted coldly, swiping his sharp claws and directly tearing through the Ghost Mask's body, cutting it in half.

The upper half of the Ghost Mask clung to Tianshuang's legs, pleading earnestly: "Spare the innocent, and you spare yourself!"

Dihui laughed heartily upon seeing this.

Tianshuang raised his foot, activated a spell, and stomped down, crushing the Ghost Mask's head. Immediately, frost erupted, completely annihilating the Ghost Mask's upper body.

The Ghost Mask's lower body flew to Ning Zhuo's side, transformed, and reformed into an upper body with a head and face. It stretched out its arms, blocking in front of Ning Zhuo.

Ning Zhuo pressed his palms together: "Buddha above, if I do not enter hell, who will?"

"Tianshuang, you are a renowned expert. I surrender myself, please spare the others."

Tianshuang, furious and having lost face, sneered: "Brat, stop putting on airs! I'm going to cut you into a human stick!"

Lin Bufan looked nervously at Zhu Xuanji: "Chief Constable, should we intervene together?"

But Zhu Xuanji narrowed his eyes, looking at Dihui with a very grave expression.

"As expected of the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts! Appearing to watch the show, but actually providing cover for Tianshuang!"

"If we try to rescue them, we will definitely face strong interception from Dihui."

"The Twin Ghosts' intention to capture Ning Zhuo alive is very clear. Perhaps we should save our effort for later, rather than now when both ghosts are fully alert?"

Zhu Xuanji was also hesitant.

"Arghhh!" Zhang Hei charged at Tianshuang.

*Bang!*

Tianshuang swung his claw backward.

Zhang Hei was sent flying again, vomiting blood mid-air, leaving a trail of blood.

After hitting the ground, even someone as tough as Zhang Hei couldn't get up immediately. More than half the bones in his body were shattered!

"Lord Zhang Hei, run quickly!" Ning Zhuo shouted.

Zhang Hei struggled to half-kneel, raising his head with bloodshot eyes: "Dammit, Strategist! You sacrifice yourself for others, but what do you take me, Old Zhang, for?! Fight to the death! Fight to the death!"

Guan Hong came to his side, helping him up while using his demonic arts to channel blood light, stabilizing Zhang Hei's injuries.

Guan Hong's beard fluttered as he exclaimed heroically: "A true man lives by righteousness; why fear sacrificing one's life?!"

Liu Er: ...

He had much to say, many sighs, but the atmosphere had reached this point—

He also stood by Zhang Hei's side, flanking him with Guan Hong: "We three brothers swore an oath long ago: though not born on the same year, same month, same day, we wish to die on the same year, same month, same day!"

"Meeting the Strategist is the fortune of my life."

"To live and die together, now is the time!"

Tianshuang's face was like ice.

Dihui, however, happily clapped: "Good, well said."

He looked at the three generals with a curious gaze: "It's been a long time since I've seen such interesting people. But you will definitely die, though Ning Zhuo won't. But don't be envious, because he will wish he were dead, suffering more than you! Hahaha!"

However, changes unseen by Dihui, Tianshuang, Zhu Xuanji, Lin Bufan, Fairy Hongxiu, or even Liu, Guan, Zhang, Ning, Sun, and the others, were secretly occurring.

If Liu Er's master were present and used means to observe fortunes, he would see the fortune of the Three Generals Camp suddenly surge, qualitatively transforming like a blooming flower!

The monkey-like aura became more solid, vivid, and extraordinarily lively.

As the key figures influencing and shaping the collective fortune of the Three Generals Camp, under the pressure of a powerful enemy, the threat of death, and through misunderstandings and coincidences involving Buddhist thoughts, they achieved true unity of purpose, going all out, standing shoulder to shoulder, back to back, truly opening their hearts to each other!

The monkey aura's eyes flashed brilliantly, its entire body stirring with energy. On an unobserved level, it roared towards the sky!!

A tendril of aura within the fortune also benefited greatly, profiting immensely.

Inside the mechanical dragon, Sun Lingtong was frantic with worry when suddenly, inspiration struck.

"Xiao Zhuo, Xiao Zhuo! I've thought of a way!!"

Sun Lingtong quickly sent a mental message, alerting Ning Zhuo.

Ning Zhuo's eyes lit up. He pushed his palms forward with all his might, unleashing a wave of Five Elements spells.

The spells were still mid-air when they were frozen and suppressed by the cold air Tianshuang spat out.

"Naive!"

"Did you really think you could achieve anything in front of me?" Tianshuang's scornful expression suddenly froze.

Because Ning Zhuo had taken several steps forward, positioning himself behind the Tianshuang Ghost Mask.

It turned out Ning Zhuo's previous attack was just a diversion, a feint to cover his real tactical objective.

Tianshuang instinctively sensed danger and immediately prepared to strike.

But Ning Zhuo was undoubtedly faster.

"It must succeed!" Ning Zhuo erupted with aura, placed both palms on the Tianshuang Ghost Mask's body, and directly activated his strongest trump card.

Divine Ability — Thread of Human Life!

A thread descended from above, lowering onto the Tianshuang Ghost Mask's head.

At this moment, time seemed to slow to a crawl.

Under the intense anticipation of Sun and Ning, the thread completely settled on the Tianshuang Ghost Mask's head, forming... a connection!

Thread of Human Life, successful!

Ning Zhuo let out a sigh of relief, but simultaneously felt immense pressure, as if a mountain weighed on his mind, making it difficult to breathe.

After all, the Tianshuang Ghost Mask was a Nascent Soul level existence.

It was created through the Ghost Mask Technique, borrowing power from Tianshuang's original body to take form, possessing a portion of Tianshuang's might and combat power!

Hitherto, limited by Ning Zhuo's cultivation, his Thread of Human Life divine ability had never successfully landed on a Nascent Soul level target.

Whether it was Lin Bufan or Old Yuan, it was the same.

But now, he had made a crucial, tremendous breakthrough!

This was reasonable.

Ning Zhuo's physical foundation had been continuously improving, allowing him to sustain more instances of the Hero's Return Technique.

Since the battle began, he had lost almost all his mechanical puppets; his stockpile had fallen below a hundred. He had also deployed the Heavy Blood Ape - Great Victory, and the loss of this Golden Core level mechanism also fell within the scope of the Hero's Return Technique!

On one hand, Ning Zhuo's own strength, amplified by the art of war leverage, had reached an unprecedented level. On the other hand, although the Tianshuang Ghost Mask was Nascent Soul level, it had essentially been weakened to its limit.

More crucially, the Tianshuang Ghost Mask, under mental communication, actively cooperated with Ning Zhuo without the slightest resistance.

All these factors ultimately contributed to the successful connection of the Thread of Human Life!

Once successful, Ning Zhuo immediately channeled a vast amount of Buddhist thoughts from his mind, transferring them through the thread into the Tianshuang Ghost Mask's body.

The Ghost Mask consequently surged with Buddhist light, shining brilliantly.

It wore Tianshuang's face, but now it was full of benevolence. It pressed its palms together, bowed its head, and began chanting Buddhist scriptures.

Tianshuang was enraged. He flashed to the front of Ning Zhuo and the Ghost Mask, his sharp claws slashing down fiercely.

He intended to capture Ning Zhuo alive, so this strike was aimed only at the Tianshuang Ghost Mask.

Every moment this Ghost Mask continued to exist was an insult to him.

*Clang!*

A metallic ring sounded as a powerful ice claw parried Tianshuang's ice claw.

The three generals, who were on their way, saw this scene and stared wide-eyed, utterly shocked.

Tianshuang lost color, his expression shaken!

Because the one blocking him wasn't anyone else, nor was it the Tianshuang Ghost Mask—it was himself!!

The smile vanished from Dihui's face as he watched the spectacle, his gaze fixed intently on Tianshuang.

Tianshuang knew the reason.

A massive amount of Buddhist thoughts had once again appeared in his divine sea.

"Why?! I didn't use Frost Soul Stare to attack his divine sea." This doubt flashed through his mind only briefly before Tianshuang guessed the deeper reason.

"Dammit, it's the Ghost Mask Technique!"

Ghost Mask Technique — a spell that could borrow power from a Great Ghost to condense a fixed mask.

The stronger the Great Ghost's power, the stronger the Ghost Mask's power.

This meant there was a subtle link between the Great Ghost and the Ghost Mask.

When Ning Zhuo linked to the Tianshuang Ghost Mask, he could use the latter as a relay to affect Tianshuang's original body.

Unfortunately for them, the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts had both cultivated the Ghost Mask Technique to an extremely profound level, achieving a degree where it covered the entire body,堪称分身!

This meant the link between the two was far stronger than in the usual Ghost Mask Technique.

The Ghost Mask Technique was a classic spell. Sun Lingtong, as a member of the邪派, was well aware of the internal connection.

It wasn't that the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts were unaware; hence, they never casually distributed their Ghost Masks, only lending them to each other for use.

Moreover, these two were almost always inseparable, acting together, which also allowed for strict mutual supervision!

The biggest surprise in this battle was Tianshuang being counter-injured by the My Buddha Heart Demon Seal, with Buddhist thoughts once severely limiting his performance.

Therefore, both Sun Lingtong and Ning Zhuo were very clear that Buddhist thoughts were extremely effective against Tianshuang.

This was also why Ning Zhuo, upon hearing Sun Lingtong's suggestion, was willing to take the great risk and attempt it.

He had grasped the hint deeply hidden beneath the surface, a reminder from fate — in this fierce battle where the enemy was strong and they were weak, with extremely mismatched strength, this was likely the only existing chance of victory.

And so, Buddhist thoughts surged once again in Tianshuang's original divine sea!

My Buddha Heart Demon Seal!!!

Ning Zhuo had never channeled this treasure with such force before.

Thus, Buddhist light also illuminated Tianshuang's divine sea. The Buddhist thoughts multiplied uncontrollably!

"I..." Tianshuang still wanted to struggle, but his normal thoughts were quickly suppressed by the Buddhist light, swept away and淹没 by the ensuing tide of Buddhist thoughts like a river flood.

Dihui, seeing the situation turning bad, cast a spell to attack Ning Zhuo from a distance.

*Boom!*

Tianshuang swung his claws, standing by Ning Zhuo's side, blocking Dihui's attack.

Tianshuang looked compassionate, earnestly advising Dihui: "My companion, turn back before it's too late."

Dihui: ?!!

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