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The black mist forced Huang to back off. He looked at his hands and could see the black mist starting to corrode his armaments. He then used his Qi toward that energy off and attacked Li Xuanfa from a distance. Spear is a weapon that gave the maximum possible range out of all. 

But Li Xuanfa didn't mind his action as he knew how powerful his Nine Yin arts were. It was one of the core cultivation art of the Black-Devil church and rumored to be a God-level energy art. The aura of Nine-Yin was said to be able to corrode and destroy everything.

True to the description of the art, even after using the spear, the aura managed to climb up and stick to Huang's equipment, corroding it slowly. 

"You should stop resisting Young master Huang. You would never get rid of my energy arts. It is like a bane to you."

Huang didn't react shocked or surprised. He simply took a very deep breath and held the spear straight towards the enemy. He then closed his eyes, and powerful energy began to rotate in his body, emanating a blood-red aura into the environment.

As soon the Blood-red aura came in contact with the Black energy, it directly canceled and eliminated i. Li Xuanfa was shocked by the view in front of him. How could this be? Just what kind of energy was able to cancel out his Nine Ying aura so easily.

Li Xuanfa was left shocked. He didn't imagine that Hunag would have art that could produce energy that was powerful enough to supersede Nine-Yin energy. His energy was directly eliminated, and may even have been devoured as the fluctuation increased in power. LI Xuanfa tried his best to identify the energy art, but couldn't collect reading about something like this.

"I didn't expect the Holy son to be so strong. You must have a powerful background to get your hands on such a powerful art." Li Xuanfa said.

"I too am surprised to see a warrior of the bLack-Devil Hall presenting itself in front of us." A man's voice sounded from one of the carriages behind Huang. He had been within the carriage the whole time. He came out and stood beside Li Xuanfa in a defensive position.

Li Xuanfa's body stiffened when he heard the name of his organization. How could someone be able to recognize where he was from.

"My guess is right on point. The change in your expression told me the truth. I am impressed to find that Black-Devils church is actively participating in assassinating our Holy son, just after rising from its grave." The man said.

"How did you know?"

"By the nIne-Yin arts, you just used. As one of the top assassination organizations of the past, the Black-Devil church's Nine-Yin art is famous throughout the central plains. Although the young generation might not recognize it, how could I be so ignorant? I remembered the day when your church was thought to have been exterminated."

"I guess some of the survivors managed to get their hand on the core legacy and continue to build the organization. Still, you shouldn't have grown to the point where you could freely exist within the central plains. I am surprised by your actions."

"I suppose senior is quite the powerful martial artist."

"I am not. I am a small peak Qi King who is part of a force that buried your church in the past and lost a lot of our fighting prowess in the process."

"A peak Qi King shouldn't be able to live until now. If I have to guess, you must have a Qi Emperor whose cultivation base degraded due to an injury." Li Xuanfa said with a calm voice.

"Quite an accurate guess right there. I was one of the warriors in the war and was attacked by the then vice-leader of your organization. I am lucky to be alive. What I am surprised about is your guts to try and confront Huang. I hope you have investigated his prowess properly."

Huang's energy got more and more powerful until Li Xuanfa could see a Blood-red projection forming at his back. " I hope you can amuse me." He then looked at the man and said. ' You are responsible for disposing of the rest of the enemies. I will take him on myself."

The man followed the instruction and jumped towards a nearby peak QI King. Huang then raised his spear pointing it at Li Xuanfa and released his prowess. Li Xuanfa could feel his heart palpitating.

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"Spear body. That boy managed to reach the level of spear body. That is the next step after reaching the very peak of spear intent. This battle might give you an insight into the real weapon cultivation world. Wath him carefully." The Keeper instructed.

Long Tao had to admit his surprise as he had lacked behind in his weapon training. After all this time he could only reach the peak of all the weapons he practiced. So this was the next step.

"What about the man who just appeared?"

"I could feel that his body is way stronger than a peak Qi King. He must have been a Qi Emperor cultivator who had suffered from a grievous injury while battling somebody or has experienced a regression in cultivation due to inner devils."

" I guess we need to modify a plan a little bit. I might need to wait longer than the predicted time."

"Whose side are you going to be on?"

"Isn't it conformed. I will help the Merald Amethyst group, for a price of course. I will take everything in Huang's possession in return for his life."

"Instruct all you colleague to cover themselves up. They shouldn't be recognized or else we will be in trouble if the news gets out."

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Emerald Amethyst Hall was a renowned force with a large arsenal of weapon laws and spear laws were quite common in there. The only problem was that most of the people didn't even pick those up due to the absurdity of the spear's length and the weight distribution. But Huang was different. 

He was fascinated with the weapon from the very beginning and started to learn the basic spear arts. After having success in his training and achieving the level; of intent, he finally moved on to powerful spear arts, but the Emerald Amethyst Hall had lost many of its scriptures to time, leaving quite a small amount to assist people like Huang.

That was when he started to treasure hunt for spear techniques around the world. He managed to head-hunt 9 spear arts in the course of his missions from merchant houses, ancient treasuries as well as some underhanded means. Yet he couldn't find one which suited him properly.

Huang was marked to be quite talented and a prospective Holy son of the future quite early in his practice. Yet the lack f spear art had halted his combat experience to those of physical arts and Qi cultivation. Being the ambitious person that he was, Huang took the risk to finally get his hands on the art which would help him climb the ranks of his peers.

The art was called " Spear arts of Blod Devil". A majestic name like that surprised Huang, as to who could the creator be, but he looked through the contents, just to gain enlightenment in spear and reaching the level 3rd spear intent.

"How could this be? The creator of this should be someone who stood at the peak of the Martial world. He ha managed to gain enlightenment just by reading the introduction, just how powerful the art was going to be."

Little did he know that this art would be the key to his success in the martial world and his being chosen as the provisional Holy son. His strength was already certified, and all that remained was his skills to be tested during this venture. This mission is nothing but a façade which Hall put forward to justify his credibility.

He had reached the spear body level with the help of this art and was continuing to make great progress every day. The Blood Devil's art didn't only contain spear art but also had cultivation sutra. This was a Godly art, which meant that it could be practiced up to the level of QI saint. How could such art not give results?

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The two continued confronting, and the sword and spear clashed with each other.

"The Li guy has also reached the level of sword body. I am impressed. He is indeed someone who got the same inheritance as you." The Keeper said. Li Meng had recognized the power instantly as it was similar to Huang's energy.

"You are quite powerful. As an acknowledgment of your strength, I will show you one of my core techniques. This is called the Flower moves of Blood Devil." Huang contracted his body and sprang towards Li Xuanfa with a  powerful attack.