Chapter 64: A Fight to the Death

  As soon as He Lian's voice fell, the entire Blood Refining Hell suddenly responded with a burst of gasps. Apparently, no one had expected this newcomer to have the courage to challenge the prison overlord. Even Sang Xiao and Lei Shuo were shocked by He Lian's unexpected move, to the point where they were stunned into silence. It was well-known that in order to become the prison overlord in this terrifying Blood Refining Hell, one needed some ability to control the scene.

  Lei Shuo was about to step forward to stop Helian's seemingly crazy action when Sang Xiao, standing beside him, pulled him back. Lei Shuo turned his head in surprise and looked at Sang Xiao, who had a gloomy expression on his face and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Don't act rashly, Helian must have his reasons for doing this. I think he's taking a risk to buy us time to recover from our injuries. Tomorrow, we'll be going to the Blood Refining Tower, which will definitely be a more dangerous place than here. If we aggravate our injuries in today's trial, it will greatly reduce our chances of survival tomorrow. Among the three of us, only Helian is relatively lightly injured. Although that old man is certainly not a simple person, with Helian's skills, he won't be too passive. Let's observe for now and act if something unexpected happens!"

  Lei Shuo listened to Sang Xiao's words, lowered his head and remained silent for a while. He then lifted his head to look at Helian Nuo who was standing with his back towards him. His eyes were filled with gratitude. He didn't say anything else, what could he say to a man who was willing to use his own life as a bet to protect his friends?

  The prison tyrant turned around, opened his mouth wide and stared at Helian for a long time. He then stretched out one finger to point at himself and said: "I want to confirm again, did I really not hear it wrong? You this little brat, actually... dare to challenge me?" The old man's voice was full of surprise and disdain, apparently he didn't think the tall and thin boy standing in front of him had the qualifications to challenge him.

  Khaleno smiled and stepped forward, loudly retorting: "You didn't hear wrong. No matter how formidable you are or how much you look down on me, I'm going to challenge you to a fair duel, with no quarter asked or given!"

  "Haha, good, good!", the old man suddenly burst out laughing loudly. "I didn't expect to run into a little guy like you in this dull Blood Refining Hell, not bad, really not bad. Seeing how brave you are, I accept your challenge. Although my powers have greatly decreased, dealing with a little devil like you is still more than enough. However, I must say the ugly words first: although I admire you, in the upcoming battle, I absolutely will not hold back!", The old man's face suddenly turned serious, clearly, he had already begun to take this battle seriously, which was originally just a joke to him.

  "You too, in this brief showdown, I'll also go all out!" He Lianuo took off the Tianlang dagger from his waist and handed it to Lei Shuo, tightening his sleeves and saying calmly.

  The atmosphere in the Blood Refining Hell was rendered extremely tense by this impending showdown. Several burly men voluntarily moved the bed in the center of the room, clearing out a large space for the two. The old man casually inserted his pipe into his waist and stepped into the empty space first. He Lian Nu took a deep breath, made a "come on" gesture to Lei Xiao and others, and followed with a relaxed face.

  The old man leisurely put his hands behind his back and said faintly to Helianuo, "According to the rules here, the party with relatively inferior strength has the privilege of making the first move. So, you make a move!"

  "Then I won't be polite!", without being bothered by the old man's tone of disdain, Helianuo slowly mobilized his soul power throughout his body, his hands quickly and skillfully making a series of mysterious hand seals. Gradually, Helianuo's hands strangely turned pale blue, and the temperature in the entire room unknowingly dropped significantly.

  Watching the changes on Helian's body, the old man's eyes, which were originally very casual, slowly became serious. He finally understood that the reason why this young man dared to challenge him was not just because of his recklessness, but because he had the capital and confidence to win!

  The old man slowly brought his hands from behind his back to the front, secretly mobilizing the little remaining soul power in his body to his palms. Although he was not afraid of Helianuo, a series of changes that had occurred on him in recent years had ruined 90% of his cultivation, and now he could only display some low-level soul techniques and skills, which undoubtedly greatly weakened his strength.

  Finally, He Lianuo stopped printing, a pair of dark blue palms slowly opened, looked at the serious old man in front of him and the tense big men around who didn't dare to make a sound, he smiled lightly and said with extreme confidence: "Old man, I don't care if you're a prison boss or a big shot, first take my palm strike, after that, I'll acknowledge you as the head of this Blood Refining Prison. If you can't take it, heh heh, from now on, you'll have to call me Big Brother!", He Lianuo suddenly raised his voice, his right leg fiercely kicked the ground, and his whole person flashed towards the old man like lightning!

  "Young man, it's better not to be too arrogant!", the old man was clearly enraged by Helianuo's overbearing tone. He took a half step back with his left leg and suddenly shifted his center of gravity, calmly stretching out both palms to meet Helianuo who was rushing towards him!

  With a muffled thud, the two people's palms lightly came into contact with each other. The fiery scene that everyone had expected did not appear; on the contrary, the expressions of the two people facing each other looked extremely calm.

  Only two people in the field were clear, they were far from as relaxed as they seemed on the surface. The old man only felt a chill flowing through Helian's palm into his body, this chill was not fierce, and it flowed extremely slowly, but any meridian that the chill passed through would lose consciousness instantly, like being frozen. The old man desperately mobilized his soul power to try to unblock the meridians frozen by the chill, but after trying for half a day, he found that this move only wasted his soul power, not only could it not relieve the blockage in his body, but also to some extent, it strengthened the chill's momentum.

  The old man felt unwell, and Helianuo was even more unbearable. He had already used the only soul technique he currently possessed, the Xuanbing Yin (Mysterious Ice Seal). This seal not only could instantly destroy the opponent's internal organs but also could quietly block the opponent's meridians through ice, making it difficult for them to mobilize their soul power. Helianuo originally intended to show mercy and use a gentler method to make the old man lose his ability to resist. Who knew that he had desperately poured all his soul power into the old man's body for half a day? Although this also slowed down the opponent's speed of mobilizing soul power, there was not a hint of despair on the old man's face. What's more, Helianuo clearly felt two extremely sharp soul powers in the old man's palm, which were recklessly invading his body. This soul power was exactly opposite to Helianuo's Xuanbing Palm Power, with an extremely fast speed and a fierce momentum. Although Helianuo had already allocated some of his soul power to block it, that soul power still rampaged through his body in a domineering manner, messing up his meridians in no time.

  Before long, Sang Xiao and others found that Helian Nuo's face was constantly sweating, his expression was extremely ferocious, and he was obviously suffering from extreme pain. The old man's face turned blue and purple, with white cold air slowly rising from the top of his head. It seemed that the two people in the field had reached a stalemate, neither gaining an advantage over the other.

  He Lianuo desperately urged the soul power in his body to move towards the old man's body, even though his body had several times more soul power stored than an ordinary person. However, as time went on, he couldn't hold out any longer. As the old man poured more and more soul power into his body, He Lianuo felt the few strands of knife-like soul power that were churning inside him becoming increasingly sharp. In his heart, he knew that it wouldn't be long before his soul power was depleted, and he would no longer be able to stop those few strands of soul power from going berserk. By then, the old man's soul power would have invaded his vital points, and he would not have even a shred of strength left to resist.

  At this point, Helianuo quietly swallowed the blood that was about to spill from his mouth and opened his mouth with a pretended ease: "Old man, do you think we will continue to fight like this until when can we determine the winner? This method of competition is really boring. How about this? We both withdraw our soul power at the same time, and then use another way to decide the outcome. What do you say?", Helianuo forced himself to suppress the intense pain in his body, managing to express his thoughts completely, because he knew that if he showed even a little bit of weakness at this moment, the experienced old man would take advantage of it and launch a counterattack, and then he would have no chance of turning the tables.

  The old man stiffened and nodded slightly, indicating his agreement with Helian's proposal. In fact, he had also been unable to bear the opponent's cold soul power for a long time. As soon as Helian actively proposed to withdraw, he hastily accepted it. What he didn't know was that Helian, who seemed calm and composed, was actually weak inside and would have easily won if he had persisted for just a moment longer.

  "Let's count one, two, three and pull together!" suggested Hellenor. The old man nodded in agreement.

  "One!", Helianuo counted loudly, the old man was on guard for a moment, and only relaxed slightly after Helianuo withdrew about half of his soul power.

  "Two!", Helianuo's voice rose again, this time with a tacit understanding, the two simultaneously withdrew nearly half of their soul power.

  "Three!", the old man, who had completely let his guard down, suddenly withdrew all of his soul power back into his body. It wasn't until he had fully retracted his soul power that he abruptly realized something was off. In that instant when he was retracting his power, he faintly sensed that the other party didn't seem to be withdrawing their power at the same time!

  No! The old man shouted loudly in his heart, and quickly withdrew his palm, but all of this was already too late. Taking advantage of the old man's relaxation, Helian Nu, with less than half of her soul power left on her hands, suddenly moved forward, and a pair of blue-glowing palms heavily imprinted on the old man's chest!

  Bang! The old man, without any defense, took the palm strike squarely and spat out a large mouthful of blood before his entire body was sent flying far away, heavily crashing into the wall!

  "Boss!", "Boss!", the big men in the Blood Refining Hell saw their boss being sneak attacked by that kid from the opposite side with despicable means and instantly became furious, one by one they waved their fists and charged towards Helian No.

  He Lianuo, who had punched out that fist, had long since lost his strength. Seeing the big men rushing over like mad tigers, although he wanted to dodge, his body was no longer listening to him. In the blink of an eye, a rain of fists fell on his body, and He Lianuo covered his head, fleeing in disarray!

  "Save him!!", Lei Shuo and Sang Xiao were anxious, they didn't care about their own injuries, and rushed towards the big men like crazy, soon they were engulfed in the crowd! Xiaolang relied on his agility, dodged and weaved through the crowd, jumped up and landed on Helian's body. Because of his presence, the big men's fists could no longer reach Helian, who was pinned down by Xiaolang. The furious men could only wildly beat Xiaolang, whose mouth and nose slowly oozed out blood, but he still didn't move, refusing to budge from Helian's body!