Strange.
Extremely strange.
That’s the feeling Li Shen’s been getting ever since this little boy attacked him.
His attacks were strong, extremely strong, especially when one looked at the fact that he was releasing ripples of the late Foundation Realm cultivator.
Only geniuses on the Top Chosen rankings could battle across realms, even across major realms as Li Shen came to know.
There were some extraordinary individuals that could go toe-to-toe with Core Formation realm experts despite being in the late stage of the Foundation realm.
He had met those people and fought with them. And even though he battled most of them to move into the top five of the rankings as the Faceless Hero, there were four that even he was hesitant to battle at his current strength.
And the Poison Progenitor was one of those four.
But who was this brat?
His Daoist Magic is strong, but Li Shen was getting the sense that his attacks were only strong on the surface but at their core they were weak. Like shells of what could have been powerful Daoist Magic spells.
‘It almost seems as if he’s just using a copy version of the real spells. If it was the original owner casting those, I would not have been able to withstand it with my fleshly body alone. I know my limits.’
Li Shen knew he would be at a slight disadvantage facing the Poison Progenitor since he wasn’t the Faceless Hero at the moment, and he couldn’t use the Faceless Hero’s techniques while posing as Li Shen.
However, this person was not the Poison Progenitor.
The boy hearing Li Shen calling him a little brat had his expression remained neutral, however, his brows furrowed slightly showing Li Shen had hit a nerve.
Slowly raising into the air above the pavilion, the boy reached a higher vantage point than Li Shen and with a condescending expression, he physically look down on him as he began.
“Whether I’m the real Poison Progenitor or not, you will know once I-”
However, he paused mid-way and watched as Li Shen slowly floated up to his eye level.
Frowning at this, the boy rose a few meters more and went to continue speaking, but Li Shen once again rose to his eye level.
Li Shen was giving him an expressionless look as he made his ascent each time.
‘This pretentious brat, you think you have the right to look down on me?’
The boy rose a few more times but seeing Li Shen following him each time he barked in anger.
“Bastard!”
“Enough of your pretentiousness kid, where’s the real Poison Progenitor, I have no time to babysit a brat.”
Li Shen dismissively waved his hand in front of him while he spoke.
Snap.
“I AM THE POISON PROGENITOR!!!”
The boy roared out in a immature voice and the cavern suddenly trembled. A torrential amount of Demonic Qi suddenly burst out of his body and rose above his head.
The blasted push back Li Shen a few meters. When he stopped, he looked at the Demonic Qi behind the boy and the distinct image of a spider was coming into being.
The boy looked at Li Shen while his power flowing out in waves.
“I am the Poison Progenitor, I am-I am-I am-I am-I am-I am-I am...I am the Poison Progenitor!!”
He repeated his words like a scratch recorder with a derange looked on his face. It looked like he had a problem with people not seeing him as the Poison Progenitor.
“So young but you’re already having an identity crisis, how sad.”
Despite the terrifying power the little boy was unleashing, Li Shen was still provoking him.
And it worked, the little boy glared daggers at Li Shen before he shoved his palms forward.
The demonic energy around him in the shape of a spider formed two streams and shot towards Li Shen in an overbearing manner.
Li Shen saw this and said.
“Now you’re not even trying to use techniques that aren't yours, you’re just using the abundance of Demonic Qi you have to make a move that barely passes off as an attack.”
After saying that, Li Shen’s figure was devoured by the two streams of Demonic Qi.
The boy seeing this spat out in contempt.
“Bastard, you’re all talk, so what if I use it like this? You’re still an ant in the face of absolute strength.”
But as soon as the boy said that, a hand suddenly emerged from the streams of Demonic Qi to latch onto one of his arms.
Li Shen’s voice could then be heard saying.
“You really are a pretentious brat.”
Li Shen’s body fully emerged from the Demonic Qi fist raised.
“You-”
The boy was shocked but he wasn’t able to finish his words.
Bang!
Li Shen’s fist landed on his jaw, causing an audible crunch to echo out. The shock waves of the punch were visible to the naked eye as he was sent hurtling down to crash into the ground, creating a twenty-meter crater.
Li Shen’s figure quickly appeared next to him and stepped on his chest preventing him from getting up.
While Li Shen was battling the boy, back at the battleground of Lihua a Li Wen, Li Wen used his puppets to kill the Core Formation beasts, while Lihua sliced off the head of the last infected disciple before the both of them watch Li Shen's battle.
Seeing Li Shen defeat the boy rather easily, they moved towards the crater.
In the crater, the boy clutched at Li Shen’s foot in an attempt to remove it. But for some reason, Li Shen’s foot didn’t feel like flesh and bones, it was extremely heavy. As if a mountain that had its peak obscure above the clouds had been placed on top of him.
“There’s no use, you’re not getting my foot off of you unless you can lift nearly a tonne with that weak physique of yours. I even had to hold back when I punch you early in fear I accidentally take your head off.”
The boy paused his struggle to look at Li Shen with hatred.
Li Shen ignored his stare and instead asked.
“Are you going to tell me what I want to know or do I have to forcefully enter your mind?”
“Bastard, try and I’ll definitely kill you! Do you know who I am? I’m-ugh.”
The boy suddenly groaned mid-sentence, and his eyes started to widen.
“NO! It’s mine!! It’s mine!! I’m the real Poison Progenitor!! It’s mine!!”
All of a sudden, the boy began screaming hysterically while clutching at his head.
Li Shen looked at this with a frown. Something was wrong with this boy.
His Divine Will moved and went to enter the boy’s mind, but as soon as it did, the boy suddenly let out a guttural scream before Li Shen’s Divine Will was kicked out.
A blast of energy knocked Li Shen away, and after recovering, he looked at the boy who was now standing while clutching at his head. His body swayed side to side while his screams never stopped.
“Wh-What’s up with him?”
Li Wen said as he approached with Lihua who was holding Xian.
“Don’t get any closer.”
Li Shen raised his hand to stop them both outside of the crater. He looked towards the boy who had dropped to his knees with a serious expression.
‘Somethings wrong here.’
Li Shen couldn’t help but think that everything so far was strange. The city people being controlled, the infected demonic disciples, and this boy who claimed to be the Poison Progenitor.
Something had happened here that caused all of this, but he had no idea what that was.
“ARGGHH!!”
The boy let out the loudest scream yet and he clutched at his forehead.
“No! It’s mine! It’s mine! It’s mine! It’s mine! ITS MINE!! I won’t let anyone else have it!!”
He screamed insistently and one could hear the desperation in his voice to keep whatever he was talking about. Halfway into his screaming bouts, he began banging his head against the ground leaving his forehead bloodied with parts of his skin ripped off.
He had gone completely mental.
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