Boom!
Qiongqi's massive claw swung down.
The baleful Qi filling the sky gathered in an instant.
A pitch-black claw print swelled in the wind. It had been only ten thousand zhang across when it left Qiongqi's side, but in the blink of an eye, it expanded to several thousand li.
Daluo Principles flowed across the claw print's surface.
The sheer might it radiated caused patches of fine cracks to appear in the surrounding void.
The ferocious beasts in the distance fell utterly silent.
The black-scaled python pressed itself tightly against the ground, not daring to move its body.
Its vertical pupils widened as it stared at the enormous claw print covering the sky. Only one thought remained in its mind.
Get farther away.
Even farther!
Several Golden Immortal ferocious beasts nearby were already fleeing for their lives.
Only after the Daluo Golden Immortal truly made a move did they realize that the spot where they had been standing was still too close.
"Go, quickly!"
A ferocious beast that had already developed some intelligence let out a hoarse roar.
The other ferocious beasts needed no urging.
Rumble!
Countless figures fled in every direction.
In the sky.
The Daluo claw print was already bearing down fiercely on Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan looked up at it.
His expression gradually turned serious.
This thing was completely different from the baleful attack the Heaven-Splitting Hou had unleashed.
The energy contained extraordinarily distinct fluctuations of Principles.
Its intensity had risen by more than one level as well.
But...
He could eat it.
The instinctive sensation from Lu Yuan's body was perfectly clear.
He could swallow it.
Taking it would probably not feel very comfortable.
He decided to try it anyway.
His enormous mouth opened.
Boom!
Terrifying suction appeared once more.
When Qiongqi saw this, its gaze immediately darkened.
It had already heard that Lu Yuan could devour energy attacks.
Qiongqi had still used a large amount of baleful energy in this attack, naturally with its own intentions.
Lu Yuan could even swallow that bit of Taiyi power from the Heaven-Splitting Hou.
Could he swallow a Daluo Principle?
It wanted to know too.
"Since you like eating so much, have a taste!"
Qiongqi spoke coldly.
The Law Power within its body poured into the enormous claw print once more.
Boom!
The black light on the claw print's surface instantly surged.
The suction from Lu Yuan's mouth was already pulling at it.
The enormous claw print, which had been slamming downward, soon began to twist.
Vast amounts of black energy were forcibly torn away, turning into a rolling torrent that poured into Lu Yuan's stomach.
Qiongqi's expression visibly changed for the first time.
"He really can swallow it?"
Hearing about it was one thing.
Seeing it with its own eyes was another feeling entirely.
Even the power of a Daluo Principle could not stop Lu Yuan from absorbing the energy.
Even stranger was that.
After the baleful energy entered Lu Yuan's body, Qiongqi quickly lost contact with it.
As though it had vanished completely.
Qiongqi was beginning to understand how the Heaven-Splitting Hou had felt back then.
But it was a Great Luo after all.
It saw more at a glance.
The Daluo Principle truly condensed within the claw print had not all been swallowed along with it.
The energy was diminishing.
The Principle remained.
Qiongqi's eyes instantly lit up.
"So that's how it is!"
It abruptly increased its power.
The remaining claw print surged forward.
Boom!
The enormous black claw shadow slammed into the side of Lu Yuan's face.
A tremendous, earth-shaking crash rang out.
The force knocked even Lu Yuan's massive head to the side.
A large patch of dark-gold scales shuddered violently.
A black Principle invaded his flesh through the gaps between the scales.
Lu Yuan felt a sudden pain on the side of his face.
The sensation far exceeded the Heaven-Splitting Hou's earlier attack.
Burning heat.
A piercing sting.
There was even a sensation of his flesh being forcibly torn apart.
Lu Yuan suppressed the pain and continued swallowing all the remaining energy.
Rumble!
A muffled rumbling came from within his body.
Daluo-level baleful energy was indeed more violent.
After entering his stomach, it was like a mass of fiercely burning black fire, constantly battering his internal organs and flesh.
The special power within his body swiftly began converting it.
The violent energy gradually grew docile.
Lu Yuan slowly closed his mouth.
In the distance.
When the black-scaled python saw that the attack had truly struck, it raised its entire serpentine body high.
It stared fixedly at the spot where Lu Yuan had been hit.
"A Daluo's attack really is completely different!"
A Golden Immortal ferocious beast nearby grew excited as well.
The Heaven-Splitting Hou's earlier attacks had been almost completely countered by Lu Yuan, giving them an illusion.
Energy attacks had no effect on Lu Yuan.
Now that Qiongqi had made a move.
The situation had changed at once!
This was a Daluo Golden Immortal!
Awe for Qiongqi reappeared in the eyes of several ferocious beasts that had long lived in the Northern Continent.
But soon.
Their expressions froze once again.
Because Lu Yuan had turned his head back.
There was indeed a little damage where Qiongqi had struck him head-on.
Cracks had appeared along the edges of several dark-gold scales.
A trace of golden-red blood could even be seen beneath them.
But that was all.
No serious injury.
No widespread shattering of scales.
And none of the torn flesh they had imagined.
A Daluo Golden Immortal's full-power strike.
Had merely scraped the skin on this giant beast's face!
The black-scaled python's eyes gradually widened.
The Golden Immortal ferocious beast beside it, which had just been growling, had its voice catch in its throat.
"Rooo..."
It stopped halfway through its own cry.
Qiongqi saw it clearly as well.
Its expression quickly grew grave.
Although that strike had been a probe, its power had already reached the true Daluo level.
If an ordinary Taiyi Golden Immortal took that blow.
They would definitely not survive.
This fellow before it...
Just how had his physical body grown?
Lu Yuan moved his head.
The pain was real.
He had indeed been injured too.
But at the same time.
He could clearly feel the Daluo energy he had swallowed rapidly being converted.
It was as though a stream of scalding heat had poured into his body.
Every bit of his flesh was greedily absorbing it.
A tingling sensation had also begun to appear around the few slightly cracked scales.
They were recovering.
Lu Yuan carefully felt it for a moment.
He looked up at Qiongqi.
"A little spicy."
Qiongqi: "..."
The group of ferocious beasts in the distance: "..."
The black-scaled python even suspected it had misheard.
Spicy?
That had been a Daluo strike!
After taking a swipe from that claw, this monster's assessment was that it tasted a little spicy?
A Golden Immortal ferocious beast instinctively took two steps back, the terror on its face almost spilling over.
"What kind of bloodline is this..."
Its voice was hoarse.
None of the ferocious beasts around it could answer.
Lu Yuan's words also made Qiongqi's expression ugly.
But it had already gained a basic understanding of one aspect of Lu Yuan's ability.
Continuing to unleash large-scale baleful energy attacks from a distance was clearly not worthwhile.
All the power he absorbed would become nourishment for his growth.
The truly effective parts were still the Daluo Principle and the impact of pure physical force.
Qiongqi's gaze gradually sharpened.
"You can swallow energy? Then I won't let you swallow it!"
As its words fell.
The rolling baleful Qi around Qiongqi swiftly withdrew.
All that power was pressed into his body.
The next instant.
Boom!
The void exploded.
Qiongqi vanished.
Lu Yuan's pupils shifted slightly.
So fast!
The Heaven-Splitting Hou had already been fast.
Qiongqi was even more astonishing.
Lu Yuan had only just caught a glimpse of an afterimage when a tremendous crash erupted to his right.
Bang!
Qiongqi struck his scales with a claw.
This time, almost no power spilled out.
All of the Great Luo Law Power was compressed into the tip of its claw.
Rip!
The edges of several scales were forcibly torn open.
Lu Yuan's body swayed slightly.
Qiongqi had already vanished.
The next instant, it appeared from another direction.
Bang!
The second blow landed.
Lu Yuan had just started to turn his head.
Qiongqi had already pulled away again.
For a time.
Dark red afterimages filled the space between heaven and earth.
The Golden Immortal vicious beasts watching from afar could no longer make out Qiongqi's true form at all.
All they could hear were the incessant, muffled sounds of collisions.
Bang!
Boom!
Rip!
Every time a sound rang out.
A shower of sparks would burst from somewhere on Lu Yuan's scales.
The black-scaled python watched with its heart in its throat.
"So this is Lord Qiongqi's true strength!"
"That giant beast is too big. He can't keep up at all!"
A vicious beast beside it growled excitedly.
"If this goes on, even the thickest scales can be torn open!"
Several Golden Immortal vicious beasts nodded at once.
The Heaven-Splitting Hou had used the same method earlier.
But the Heaven-Splitting Hou had lacked strength.
Its speed had been far inferior to Qiongqi's as well.
Now, a true Great Luo had taken its place.
The situation was completely different.
Lu Yuan did feel the pressure.
Qiongqi was too fast.
Each attack lasted an extremely short time.
By the time he reacted, his opponent had already moved elsewhere.
He couldn't keep taking blows like this.
Lu Yuan didn't panic, either.
He gradually stopped turning his head to follow Qiongqi.
His golden eyes grew still.
He began to observe.
Qiongqi brought down another claw.
Lu Yuan's body trembled slightly.
He didn't counterattack.
The second time.
The third time.
It was still the same.
The vicious beasts in the distance grew more and more excited as they watched.
One enormous vicious beast couldn't even resist letting out an excited roar.
As they saw it.
Lu Yuan could do nothing about Qiongqi anymore.
Only Qiongqi itself gradually sensed that something was wrong.
It was too quiet.
At first, Lu Yuan had still tried to track its movements, but now he had stopped completely.
The change stirred a faint sense of wariness in Qiongqi.
Even so, it changed the path of its attacks several times in a row.
None of them met any resistance.
Qiongqi's wariness eased somewhat.
He's probably just given up trying to follow me.
This giant beast's speed really is his weakness.
As long as I keep moving and wear him down, I'll definitely be able to tear through his defenses.
Qiongqi swept over Lu Yuan's head once more.
Its sharp, enormous claw came crashing down.
Bang!
Several more scales cracked.
Qiongqi retreated after the strike.
Just as it was about to circle around from another direction.
Lu Yuan's golden eyes, which had remained calm all this time, suddenly shifted to follow it.
After so many attacks.
He had figured something out.
Qiongqi was indeed fast.
It attacked a different spot each time.
But its attacks had always been concentrated around his head and neck.
If it wanted to make use of its agility.
It naturally couldn't stray too far from him.
A plan gradually formed in Lu Yuan's mind.
No matter how fast you fly.
You're still right beside me.
He didn't strike immediately.
He kept waiting.
Qiongqi approached again.
Lu Yuan still didn't move.
It approached a second time.
A third time.
Just as Qiongqi was preparing to launch its next attack.
Lu Yuan's enormous body finally moved.