Chapter 778: The Flowers Fall Like Snow

Chapter 778: The Flowers Fall Like Snow

The flowers of the ground died, whereas the flowers on the flesh bloomed. Humanity was like a dream, and blood lurked within the peony. Hence, its name was “Blood Peony”.

Cheng Xiuyi might not be a Trueman, but no one dared to underestimate him because of his cultivation art. It was called the “Canonical Text of Peony”, and it was invented by a strange man named White Peony centuries ago.

A famous opera actor, White Peony was a man born with a woman’s face. He was an expert in crossdressing as a woman, and he usually played the role of a verdant-clad[1] or a flowery role[2]. Everyone loved his acting, and his verdant-clads and flowery roles were famous throughout the world.

Over time, White Peony decided that he didn’t want to be a man anymore. He wanted to become a woman in both body and heart.

White Peony wasn’t just a genius in opera acting. He was also a one-of-a-kind martial talent. After researching martial arts of all shapes and sizes, he eventually invented an unusual martial art known as the “Canonical Text of Peony”. Those who cultivated it would transform into the other gender. At the adept level, the practitioner would be able to grasp the miracle of life and death and the profoundness of yin yang and gain the ability to change genders at will. They would no longer experience any barriers whatsoever.

Of course, that wasn’t all the “Canonical Text of Peony” was good for. It also contained all sorts of bizarre yet profound techniques that covered one’s offensive and defensive needs.

Of them all, the “Blood Peony” was the most bizarre and profound. The Blood Peony takes root in one’s spirit, draws from one’s vitality, and transmits through the air. Anyone who inhaled its scent would automatically be infested by it.

When the Blood Peonies in the open withered, yin and yang would switch places, and life and death would be reversed. The Blood Peonies would then bloom from the infested and sustain themselves using their spirit and vitality.

So long as the victim did not run out of vitality and spirit, the Blood Peonies would never die. It would keep draining the victim until they were completely dead in both body and spirit.

“To die under the tree peonies, feeding their roots in body and spirit.” It perfectly described the “Blood Peony”’s power.

Feng Xiong and Cheng Xiuyi went all out right from the start.

In comparison, the three men and two women who showed up with Gong Wuwei were far less impressive.

Ye Qing remained calm despite being attacked by seven powerful warriors, however. First, he patted himself like he was brushing off the dust on his shirt. Then Blood Peonies blooming from his body withered in an instant, and the seeds hidden within his body were annihilated by his potent vigor as well.

As Cheng Xiuyi was connected to the Blood Peonies by his heart’s blood, he instantly bled from every orifice and turned as white as a sheet.

With that done, Ye Qing faced Feng Xiong next and threw a punch. Space cracked like a mirror, and the sky-covering eagle was shattered into pieces just like that.

That wasn’t all. Ye Qing’s fist proceeded to slam into Feng Xiong’s palm, and...

“A spring wind blows at night, and the flowers bloom like a million arrows.” Hence, it was named the “Plum Blossom Order”.

“Plum Blossom Order” was a protection Magia that transformed one’s spirit and true qi into a plum blossom forest. The plum blossom forest would protect the practitioner, while its flowers would wound the enemy. Therefore, it possessed both offensive and defensive capabilities.

“Plum Blossom Order” was powerful because spatial laws were mixed in it. If the attacker could not destroy the plum blossom forest in an instant and breach its created space, they would never be able to injure the one it was protecting. While this was happening, the forest would unleash plum blossoms that could wound both the physical body and the mind.

Gong Wuwei felt much better after successfully manifesting the plum blossom forest. However, it barely lasted a second before her eyes widened like saucers once more.

Ye Qing’s response toward the sea of plum blossom flowers shooting toward him was to perform a knocking gesture. It was light and gentle like he was rapping his fingers against a wooden door, and yet it stopped the sea of plum blossom flowers dead in their tracks.

Then, he clenched his fingers tightly and dropped it like he was striking something. Space immediately wobbled like someone had chucked a rock into a pool of water.

If the knock was light and gentle, then this punch was the complete opposite. It was gale and thunder all within the span of inches.

As if that wasn’t enough, his transition from stillness to action, weightlessness to weight, soft to hard was perfectly smooth.

Boom!

His fist dropped three inches. That was all it needed to break the world.

The entire plum blossom forest was crushed by the single punch. The flowers flew everywhere like snow.

“Pwack!”

Gong Wuwei coughed up a mouthful of blood, stunned and in disbelief. She could not believe how fragile her prided Magia was before the young man. It had failed to block even a single punch.

She could only watch helplessly as he loosened his fingers once more and made to grab her skull.

1. Role of a middle-aged woman. The characters are mostly married, dignified and elegant women and are mainly the roles of wives and mothers. ☜

2. A lively, vivacious young female character. They normally wear short blouses with pants or skirts. ☜