Chapter 606: True Self Performance

"Lin Xuan!!"

Li Qingshan was startled by the sight! Not long after Chen Ling entered the pharmacy, Li Qingshan saw a red-robed figure suddenly appear from the ceiling, silently swinging a knife towards Chen Ling's neck. After he shouted, he discovered that Chen Ling was already caught in a pincer attack and had been knocked to the ground by a hammer blow. The red-robed figure, who had just been performing a suicide ritual and was holding a small hammer, picked up a short knife from the ground with his backhand and rushed towards the fallen Chen Ling, seemingly intending to land a few more blows.

"Stop!!"At this moment, Li Qingshan couldn't stand idly by. He was no longer the powerless actor from Willow Town. With a swift stride, he rushed from outside the door into the dark pharmacy! Li Qingshan raised his hand, grabbed his collar, and tore it forcefully. The opera robe and ornaments he wore suddenly blazed with light. Several general banners emblazoned with the character "Yang" materialized behind him, and a suit of silver armor instantly adorned his body! As Li Qingshan took another step, his body visibly grew taller and more robust, his head nearly touching the pharmacy's ceiling. His face, still bearing Beijing opera makeup, now exuded majesty and a murderous aura, as if this were his true form!

Li Qingshan, with a backhand motion, pulled out one of the "Yang" general banners from his back. He twirled it in his hand, creating a spear blossom, and the next moment, the banner transformed into a silver spear. As he charged forward with a roar, the spear cut through the air, emitting a sharp whistle! Li Qingshan, who had just been performing "Mu Guiying Takes Command" with Chen Ling, transformed in just two steps, directly becoming the true general "Yang Zongbao"! Clad in silver armor, with general banners on his back and a dragon-like silver spear in hand, he lunged with a roar towards the two red-robed figures!

Opera God Path, Jingwu Branch—Second Tier, True Self Performance.

The silver spear shattered the shelves on both sides, thrusting directly in front of Chen Ling. The spear tip deflected the short knife that was about to strike. Then, Li Qingshan planted his feet firmly before Chen Ling, standing unmoving like a majestic mountain. With a backhanded sweep of his spear, he forced the two red-robed figures back several paces. The strong wind brushed past the faces of the two red-robed figures, their expressions as grim as stagnant water.

"Is he dead?""That hammer blow should have shattered his skull... he's most likely dead, but to be safe, it's best to land a few more blows. His scent makes me uncomfortable.""Fortunately, the ritual had just begun. If it had progressed to the breaking of bones and slicing of lungs, this guy might have ruined everything.""So, where did these two actors come from?""I don't know, there shouldn't be an Opera God Path in the Floating Life Scroll...""Never mind them. These two don't seem to be high-ranked. Let's kill them first. The ritual has started; if we don't proceed with the sacrifice soon, all the preparation will be for nothing."

At this moment, Li Qingshan also guessed the identities of these two. After all, the Crimson Sky Sect's distinctive red robes were considered extremely dangerous in the eyes of all nine human realms, just like the Twilight Society. He hadn't expected that he and Chen Ling, simply by visiting a pharmacy, would encounter these two Crimson Sky cultists. He gripped the spear tightly in his right hand, his muscles tensed as he eyed the two red-robed figures like formidable enemies... Even though he had transformed into General "Yang Zongbao," he still felt a tremor of tension facing these two extremely dangerous individuals.

The next moment, both figures charged at him simultaneously! Li Qingshan thrust his spear forward. Under immense force, the spear tip created gusts of wind as it whistled towards the Crimson Sky cultist with the chest wound. However, the latter's figure was incredibly agile, and he deflected the spear tip with a swing of his short knife, creating blinding sparks as the two weapons rapidly scraped against each other. Using the brief flash of light from the sparks, Li Qingshan finally saw their appearance: a man and a woman. Both had equally long and disheveled hair, which hung down the sides of their faces. Beneath their swirling red robes, they were completely naked, exposing their primitive bodies to the air. Only their dense body hair and dark yellow, elongated nails were particularly striking, making them look like two savages at first glance.

Li Qingshan frowned. His current physique was significantly taller than theirs. Capitalizing on his size and strength, he took a direct step forward and, with his left hand, pulled a general banner from his back, sweeping it horizontally with a whistle! The two Crimson Sky cultists simultaneously rolled to the left and right. One of them then nimbly scaled the shelves like a red ape, evading the attack, and immediately lunged towards Chen Ling, who was pinned under the shelves. The other charged directly at Li Qingshan's waist. Their figures moved so quickly in the darkness that they left afterimages.

Seeing someone attempting to attack Chen Ling directly, Li Qingshan immediately turned to intercept. Just then, a hand slapped heavily onto his lower back.

"Divine Path? Ridiculous..."

Bang—!

The moment the hand touched his body, the Divine Path within Li Qingshan suddenly wavered. The silver armor that covered him flickered violently, like a faulty television signal, then vanished into thin air!

Li Qingshan's face registered shock. Before he could turn to see what had happened, a heavy blow came from behind, sending him flying several meters like a cannonball. He crashed through a section of shelves before landing in a corner of the pharmacy. Intense pain emanated from his lower back, but Li Qingshan had no time to mind it. He struggled to sit up from the wreckage and saw that "True Self Performance" was flickering wildly in the ruins as if completely out of control. The silver spear had inexplicably turned into a rotten piece of wood, all his silver armor had disappeared, and even his physique had shrunk a size. His Divine Path skill, was it out of control?

"Before the Supreme Crimson Sky Savior, your Divine Paths are meaningless," the Crimson Sky cultist said with a sneer as he approached. "The world will return to its origin, civilization will turn to dust, and the Divine Path is no exception... We, the Crimson Sky, are the bane of the nine human realms, the hunters of all paths in this world... What makes you think you can oppose us?" Li Qingshan felt his disordered Divine Path, his expression growing increasingly grim.

Meanwhile.

On the other side of the pharmacy, a red-robed Crimson Sky cultist, holding a small hammer, slowly approached the bloody figure beneath the shelves. The area beneath the shelves was now covered in a pool of blood, a body barely visible in the darkness, crushed beneath numerous shelves... The Crimson Sky cultist glanced at it coldly, then raised the small hammer high...

"The Supreme Crimson Sky Savior will redeem your soul."

He brought the hammer down with a whistling force towards the figure's head!!

Bang—!

With a soft thud, the broom in his hand struck the shelf and immediately broke into two.

The Crimson Sky cultist froze.

Clang... clang...

As a bloody figure slowly rose in the darkness, the shelves that had been pinning him slid to the ground. It was a figure whose head was largely caved in. The Dan role headdress he had worn was now twisted and shattered, splattered with crimson blood, lending it an eerie aura. The blood-soaked crimson opera robe stood firm amidst the wreckage. In his hand, he clutched a small hammer, the muscles and veins on the back of his hand bulging ferociously as if injected with terrifying power... As the twisted, grotesque headdress slowly lifted, a pair of furious eyes locked onto the Crimson Sky cultist before him.

"You like sneak attacks, do you? Very well..."

"Your life... had better be harder than mine."