The moment the referee finished speaking, Chen Feng moved!
"Awooo—!"
A wild, frenzied wolf howl rang out across the arena! The phantom of a huge wolf suddenly appeared behind him, its body lithe and powerful, its fur blue-gray, and pale cyan currents swirling around it!
SS-rank Martial Soul—the Gale Demon Wolf!
As his Martial Soul appeared, an overwhelming aura far beyond the Warrior Realm swept out of Chen Feng like a tsunami!
The spiritual power of the First Level of the Martial Master Realm erupted without restraint, dense and heavy yet sharp as a gale, instantly engulfing the entire arena!
More alarming still, as he released his aura, the air around the part of the arena beneath his feet seemed to grow thick. Faint, pale cyan whirlwinds swirled through it, forming the vague prototype of a force field.
A Domain Prototype! This was one of the hallmarks of a Martial Master Realm expert!
Though still crude and nowhere near as freely controlled as a true Domain, it could already suppress and hinder enemies within its range!
Chen Feng's gaze was haughty, and a cruel smile touched his lips as he bore down hard on Xiao Han with that powerful aura, a combination of his Martial Soul's pressure and his Domain Prototype, as though it had taken solid form!
He meant to seize the advantage from the start and use the absolute gap between their realms to crush the spirit of this brat who didn't know how high the heavens were or how deep the earth ran!
Even through the energy shield, the spectators below the arena felt their hearts pound and found it hard to breathe.
"So strong! Is this the Martial Master Realm?"
"His aura alone is enough to make it hard to breathe!"
"That Xiao Han... he's finished, right? How's he supposed to block that?"
Yet Xiao Han, standing at the heart of the storm, was like a pillar in midstream, utterly unmoved.
Chen Feng's oppressive aura, enough to shake even an ordinary peak Warrior Realm cultivator to the core, fell upon Xiao Han like a clay ox sinking into the sea, vanishing without a sound.
He remained standing there, his expression calm and his aura restrained, as though the violent currents and invisible force field around him were no more than a breeze brushing his face.
Only Xiao Han himself knew that the power of the Eternal Night King Martial Soul had long since begun quietly circulating within him.
After evolving into [Shadow Dominator], his control over shadows and negative energy had greatly increased. Pressure at Chen Feng's level was not enough to shake him in the slightest.
Even the trace of sharp wind force contained in the Domain Prototype was quietly guided away and neutralized by the Eternal Night Monarch's power.
"Hmm?" The smile on Chen Feng's face stiffened slightly, and a flash of surprise and suspicion crossed his eyes.
He blocked it? He didn't even react? Is he pretending? Or is something really strange going on?
He refused to believe it, and he could not allow himself to lose face in front of a "waste" from an ordinary class!
"Interesting. Looks like you can do more than flap your gums." Chen Feng snorted coldly, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes. "Then try taking this!"
"Swift Wind Wolf Claw!"
He let out a low growl, and the Gale Demon Wolf phantom behind him suddenly raised a forepaw, merging its movement with his own.
Chen Feng pressed his five fingers together, veins bulging along his arm as pale cyan spiritual power instantly gathered.
It formed a gigantic claw of energy sharper than steel, tearing through the air with a piercing whistle as it clawed down at Xiao Han's head!
This claw strike was not only astonishingly fast, but also possessed incomparably violent force.
Before the wind from the claw even reached him, the invisible force had already gouged several clear white marks into the arena's hard alloy floor!
More terrifying still, the power of the Domain Prototype moved with the claw's shadow, making the air even thicker, as though it meant to imprison Xiao Han where he stood and leave him nowhere to dodge!
A martial technique fused with the power of a Domain! Its might multiplied!
"So fast!"
"No one in the Warrior Realm could block that claw!"
"It's over!"
Many people had already closed their eyes instinctively, unable to bear seeing the bloody scene that would follow.
Yet just as the deadly wolf claw was about to touch the top of Xiao Han's head, Xiao Han's figure moved.
He neither dodged in a panic nor met the attack head-on. His body seemed to lose its weight as he simply swayed gently toward the shadow beside him.
Whoosh!
Like a drop of water merging into the sea, Xiao Han's figure instantly sank into the not particularly deep shadow beneath his own feet, disappearing without a trace!
"A Step to the Ends of the Earth"! Combined with [Shadow Dominator]'s control over shadows, this footwork technique's uncanniness had been brought to its very limit!
"Pfft!"
Chen Feng's peerlessly powerful claw strike, which he had been certain would land, tore viciously through empty air! The force of the missed attack sent him stumbling, nearly causing him to lose his balance.
The giant energy claw slammed into the arena with a thunderous crash, leaving a shocking claw mark and sending fragments of stone flying.
"What?!" Chen Feng whipped his head around, his eyes full of disbelief.
Where did he go?!
Below the arena, the spectators who had been ready to cheer or lament were now all like ducks seized by the neck, every one of them dumbstruck.
"He... he disappeared?"
"What happened? Were my eyes playing tricks on me?"
"It's a movement technique! What an uncanny movement technique! Did he merge into the shadow?"
"Holy shit! What level of footwork is that?"
As Chen Feng looked around for Xiao Han, uncertain and suspicious, a shadow behind him squirmed like a living thing.
The next moment, Xiao Han emerged from the shadow without warning, appearing behind Chen Feng as though he had teleported!
His timing was perfect! It was precisely the moment when Chen Feng's previous strength was spent, his new strength had yet to rise, and his mind was at its most unsettled!
"Not good!" Chen Feng was a Martial Master Realm cultivator with ample combat experience, after all. He instantly sensed the danger behind him, his scalp tingling, and moved to turn and defend himself without thinking.
But he was too late!
A cold glint flashed in Xiao Han's eyes as he struck out with both fists!
His left fist was black as ink, as though it contained a black hole capable of devouring everything. The power of [Shadow Devour] activated silently!
His right fist looked utterly ordinary, yet a terrifying intent gathered at its forefront, one that made hearts tremble and seemed capable of destroying everything! It was the "Annihilation Divine Fist"!
His fists, one from the left and one from the right, struck like lightning, slamming squarely into the protective spiritual energy barrier Chen Feng had hastily raised!
"Crack!"
A sharp sound rang out, like glass shattering!
The pale cyan protective barrier surrounding Chen Feng, which could withstand a full-powered strike from an ordinary peak Warrior Realm cultivator, collapsed instantly beneath Xiao Han's fists as though it were made of paper!
The power of [Shadow Devour] from the left fist clung to Chen Feng like maggots on bone and instantly invaded his body, frantically devouring his spiritual power. His whole body went limp as his strength rapidly drained away!
The fist intent of the right fist's "Annihilation Divine Fist," meanwhile, was like a sharp spike that nothing could withstand. It pierced straight through his remaining defenses and struck the vital point at the center of his back!
"Pff—!"
Chen Feng felt a heart-rending pain erupt from the center of his back. Then a destructive force exploded inside him! His internal organs seemed to shift out of place in an instant, and his meridians snapped inch by inch!
The horror and disbelief on his face froze in an instant. As though struck head-on by a battering ram, he spewed a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of his internal organs, his body once again flying backward out of control!
This time, he flew higher and farther than Lei Ming had just now!