Chapter 206: The Show-Off Meets the Real Deal

At this moment, Lin Fan felt like crying. Why the hell did he have to rob them? If he hadn't robbed them, he wouldn't have gotten this map, right?

Now trapped in a dangerous place, what was he to do?

At that moment, the aura of the ancient altar grew stronger, the flickering runes gradually extinguished, and a black mist slowly seeped out from within the altar.

"I'm out... I'm finally out..." A black shadow formed into the shape of a human figure, without a physical body, as if it were all smoke.

In the black mist, a pair of gleaming eyes stared at Lin Fan, making his little heart thump wildly.

Lin Fan stepped back a few paces, looking at the black mist nervously, "What do you want?"

"Hehe..." The voice of the black mist was shrill, making Lin Fan's heart uneasy.

"Wait a minute." At that moment, Lin Fan quickly rummaged through his backpack, then took out a token, "Look at this. What is it? I am the peak master of the Eleventh Peak of the Holy Sect, the number one sect under heaven. If you dare to do anything to me, you'll be in big trouble."

Lin Fan really wanted to cry. He never thought he would be flaunting his status one day. He wondered if this dark spirit would be afraid and let him go.

At that moment, Lin Fan noticed that the dark spirit seemed momentarily stunned, which gave him some confidence. "Actually, we can be good friends. Look, you've just broken out of the seal, you must be unfamiliar with the place. With me leading you, I'll help you get familiar with the environment quickly. Let's go to the city, find a teahouse, sit down calmly, drink some tea, and discuss our future lives."

Lin Fan felt like an idiot saying this, but he was hoping that this dark spirit was also an idiot.

Unfortunately... it wasn't.

"Hehe, I didn't expect you to have such a status. Your flesh, your everything will belong to me..." The dark spirit sneered, and its figure lunged at Lin Fan like a soaring roc.

"You asked for it. Do you really think I'm easy to bully?"

At that moment, Lin Fan was furious. Reconciliation was clearly impossible now, so he had to fight it.

Lin Fan grabbed the Eternity Axe and slashed at the dark spirit several times.

"Haha, you can't escape." The dark spirit dodged, its face formed from black mist twisted hideously, but it seemed quite satisfied with the prey before it.

"Wave Force, Thirteenth Layer."

At that moment, Lin Fan went all out. His true essence surged, and a palm strike containing thirteen layers of force slammed fiercely toward the dark spirit.

Wave Force was one of Lin Fan's close-combat techniques, which he had never neglected. Now, at this critical moment of life and death, Lin Fan exhausted everything, unleashing all the techniques he knew like a tidal wave at the dark spirit.

But these had no effect on the dark spirit. Its pitch-black claw pierced through the void and appeared before Lin Fan.

"Ding, 'Undying Demon Body' experience +500,000."

"Your flesh is very strong. Not bad, not bad."

The claw struck Lin Fan. Apart from the experience gain for 'Undying Demon Body,' five wounds appeared on his chest, where the flesh churned and turned pitch black, as if infected by the dark energy.

Lin Fan panted heavily, staring warily at the dark demon before him, a look of anger on his face.

"You forced me." Lin Fan's eyes were bloodshot as he stared at the dark spirit. This was the second time Lin Fan felt helpless.

The dark spirit's strength far exceeded Lin Fan's expectations—by too much.

The dark spirit floated in the air, its gleaming eyes exuding a hint of mockery.

A person cannot lift himself by his own hair.

Nor can he kick his own crotch.

But now, Lin Fan was about to break all that. Although the process was painful, compared to his life, what did it matter?

"Crotch-Kicking Kick..."

At that moment, Lin Fan roared, and his right foot, in a very strange direction, kicked his own crotch.

The force was even.

Lin Fan knelt on one knee, waves of pain radiating from his crotch.

The Crotch-Kicking Kick: either you lose combat effectiveness with one kick, or it stimulates all your potential.

"Are you self-harming?" The dark spirit circled around Lin Fan, cackling.

Enduring the pain, Lin Fan stared at the dark spirit, then took out a 'Big Fan Ge' pill from his backpack and swallowed it.

When it came to being ruthless, Lin Fan was second to none. If he could harm himself, who could compare?

If he had regretted stealing his own peaches back in the Holy Demon Sect, now, under these circumstances, Lin Fan had no regrets.

If he didn't kick, he would be kneeling.

Compared to his own life, what was this pain?

At that moment, Lin Fan was going for explosive output.

The moment he swallowed the Big Fan Ge, Lin Fan's breathing grew rapid, and an infinite power surged through his body, giving him the urge to pierce the heavens.

"Eh..." The dark spirit was surprised, suddenly noticing a change in the ant-like figure before it.

"Chop!"

Lin Fan's eyes were bloodshot. He swung the axe, and the speed made the dark spirit's expression change.

If he still couldn't kill this dark spirit this time, Lin Fan would just accept his fate.

He endured immense pain just to boost his strength. If that still wasn't enough, then there was really nothing he could do.

"Pfft..."

A wisp of black mist dissipated, and the dark spirit's form coalesced again, though somewhat unstable. "What method did you use?"

Lin Fan couldn't speak now. The pain was about to make him explode; he was holding on purely by willpower.

He swung the axe at the dark spirit again and again. The explosive force shattered the void, and the entire hall shook violently.

The dark spirit's figure kept fading into the void.

"Hehe, although I don't know what method you used to boost your strength, it's still not enough." The dark spirit's voice came from all directions.

The initially startled expression gradually disappeared, replaced once more by a mocking look.

Its original body had been destroyed over the past thousand years. Now it needed to find a physical body, and the body of this person before it met the dark spirit's requirements.

"Come on, unleash your strongest power. At that moment, your flesh will belong to me." The dark spirit's tone revealed a hint of excitement.

At that moment, Lin Fan felt helpless. He really had no more tricks. This dark spirit was too strong. Even after treating himself so harshly, it was useless. His crotch had been kicked for nothing today.

Was he going to die here today?

"Big brother, give me a chance. I'll never show off again." At that moment, Lin Fan had given up resistance. The boost from the 'Crotch-Kicking Kick' had faded, and the effects of the Big Fan Ge had been exhausted in his earlier outburst.

"Hehe..."

At that moment, the dark spirit enveloped Lin Fan instantly, and wisps of black mist seeped into him through his mouth and nose.

He who often walks by the river will eventually get his feet wet. The show-off met the real deal.

It's over...