Defeating the Enemy

"As long as Shen Xiao remained in the fight, I only dared use sixty percent of my strength at most."

"To break this deadlock, I had to deal with him first."

Countless thoughts flashed through Chu Kuang's mind. Seven streaks of golden light bloomed from his spear as he unleashed Seven Stars Splitting Moon, sweeping toward the three around him.

However, the three understood Chu Kuang's methods and had prepared for this strike. They immediately moved to neutralize it, then continued coordinating their attacks against him.

It had to be said that the three worked together exceptionally well. Jiang Feng launched fierce frontal attacks, Liu Meng'er used her Crimson Serpent Sword to restrain him, and Chu Linfeng's nimble Lingxu Force made it difficult for Chu Kuang to defeat them quickly.

After dozens of exchanges, Chu Kuang still showed no signs of fatigue, while the four opposing him had already been greatly alarmed.

Even under the siege of the three, Chu Kuang had handled everything with ease.

This meant that Chu Kuang's Life Level far surpassed theirs. Moreover, his Blood Battle in All Directions movement technique was likely not far from major mastery.

"His Basic Internal Martial Arts is probably at perfection. We can't drag this out, or we risk being defeated one by one."

Seeing that the four of them could not find an opportunity to defeat Chu Kuang even after joining forces, Jiang Feng gravely communicated with the others through voice transmission.

When his Brute Ox Transformation was activated, it was comparable to berserk mode, greatly increasing his strength and physique. Its drawback was that it could not be sustained for long; the longer this dragged on, the weaker his combat strength would become.

Seeing this, Shen Xiao also transmitted, "Chu Kuang made it into the Top 500 of the Tian Heng Ranking Tournament. He's definitely no easy opponent. His combat instincts and perception are astonishingly strong—even my Inch-Glow Flying Daggers were dodged by him."

"To defeat him, you must all erupt with your full strength at once and give him no chance to catch his breath or evade. Only then will I have an opportunity to kill him with a single strike."

The three exchanged glances, then attacked in tacit coordination with their full strength.

Jiang Feng took the lead. With a furious roar, he pushed the Brute Ox Technique to its limit. The muscles all over his body bulged, and crimson blood patterns appeared across his skin.

His fists crashed toward Chu Kuang like massive hammers, the force of his punches tearing through the air as though a brute ox were charging forward.

Brute Ox Fist: Mountain Collapse Style!

Faced with the ultimate technique that could only be mastered after achieving major mastery in the Brute Ox Fist, Chu Kuang showed a grave expression for the first time.

Chu Kuang circulated his Iron Armor Technique, his body taking on the color of dark iron. He raised his war lance with both hands to block the strike, yet his feet sank deeply into the earth.

"Boom!"

Fist and spear collided, and a blast of air exploded outward. The rocks beneath their feet shattered inch by inch.

Jiang Feng grinned savagely. His punches did not slow as he threw one fist after another, his full eruption forcing Chu Kuang back more than a foot.

"Move!"

In an instant, Chu Linfeng shouted.

His figure flickered unpredictably as he activated the Lingxu Sword Art with all his strength.

Pointing his sword toward the heavens, nine streams of sword qi formed a Heavenly Net Sword Web, sealing off every route of retreat for Chu Kuang. It was the ultimate technique that could only be mastered after reaching grand mastery in the Lingxu Sword Art.

The moment this sword emerged, even before the sword qi arrived, its chilling intent stabbed Chu Kuang's skin with pain.

At the same time, Liu Meng'er closed in like a phantom. The sword in her hand coiled toward him like a venomous python, Silver Serpent Throat Lock winding around Chu Kuang's neck.

This sword strike was incomparably tricky, its sharpness enough to make one's heart tremble.

The three attacked almost simultaneously, and each had opened with their signature ultimate technique.

Tian Heng Third Middle School had forty-eight ordinary classes. The higher a class ranked, the stronger it was. These students from Class Six and Class Seven were clearly far stronger than Xu He and the others from Class Twenty-Seven.

Yet in the face of the three erupting with their full strength, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Chu Kuang's lips.

He no longer held back. Exploding with all his strength, he drove the power of the Gold-Splitting Spear to its limit and fiercely brought it down upon Jiang Feng.

Chu Kuang's Life Level had reached Level 6.5, and his base strength was as high as 4,500 kilograms.

With the Gold-Splitting Spear's additional amplification of roughly 1.6 times, his strength had reached more than 11,700 kilograms—an overwhelming force close to twelve tons.

And when that immense power was concentrated onto a spear shaft no thicker than a wrist, just how terrifying was the force it unleashed?

"Pfft—"

Jiang Feng felt as if he had been struck by a heavy truck. His entire body flew away like a stone shot from a slingshot. If not for his battle armor absorbing most of the kinetic force, he would have been seriously injured by this blow.

In fact, at that very moment, after calculating the damage, the battle armor's intelligent system issued a series of notifications, judging that he had already suffered severe injuries.

"Boom—"

After sending Jiang Feng flying with a single strike, Chu Kuang suddenly drew back his war lance and stabbed toward Chu Linfeng with extreme force.

In that instant, Chu Kuang had seen through the substance and deception of Chu Linfeng's sword technique. His war lance whistled through the Heavenly Net Sword Web and thrust directly toward Chu Linfeng's brow.

In an instant, the war lance pierced through the sword web and passed almost against Chu Linfeng's ear, its force scraping sparks from his alloy battle armor.

Had Chu Linfeng not tilted his head aside at the critical moment, that thrust would likely have killed him in a single blow.

At that moment, the rattling sound of chains came from behind, locking around Chu Kuang's throat with immense force.

Yet Chu Kuang did not retreat even half a step. A metallic sheen spread over his neck as he chose to withstand the chains' strangling force head-on.

Among the four, Liu Meng'er had the weakest offensive power, and her Crimson Serpent Sword Art had yet to reach major mastery. Even as her chain sword continuously twisted around Chu Kuang's neck, the intelligent system still judged that it had not inflicted the slightest injury.

"Courting death!"

Even facing such an attack, Chu Kuang stood as steady as a mountain.

He suddenly drew back his spear and swept it sideways, smashing it heavily into Chu Linfeng's shoulder. As he sent him flying, he followed through with the butt of the spear toward Liu Meng'er.

Liu Meng'er was extremely agile. In that instant, she dodged and circled around him while continuously tightening the chain sword in her hand. Violent sparks flew as it collided with the alloy battle armor around Chu Kuang's neck, actually making him feel slightly suffocated.

"Now!"

At that very instant, Shen Xiao finally made his move. Seven cold flashes silently streaked through the air—it was the flying dagger ultimate technique, Seven Stars Piercing Moon!

Shen Xiao had chosen his opportunity perfectly, catching the instant Chu Kuang was entangled. The seven flying daggers sealed every path of retreat available to him.

As long as even one dagger struck Chu Kuang, the intelligent system would likely judge him to have suffered grievous injuries.

"Perfect timing."

Yet Chu Kuang's lips curved slightly in the face of this attack.

The war lance in his hand spun and flew out in an instant. Its broad blade entangled Liu Meng'er's chain sword, and with a fierce tug of his war lance, his immense strength yanked Liu Meng'er toward him.

"Damn it!"

Liu Meng'er's heart skipped a beat as her entire body was dragged before Chu Kuang.

She hurriedly released the chain sword and tried to evade, but it was already too late. Chu Kuang closed in, his right hand clamping around her throat like iron pincers before he yanked her in front of him as a shield.

"Clang, clang, clang—"

A rapid series of metallic rings sounded as all seven flying daggers struck Liu Meng'er's alloy battle armor, losing their force and falling to the ground.

Without the protection of her battle armor, Liu Meng'er would have died from that move.

"Not good!"

Seeing Liu Meng'er eliminated, Shen Xiao's expression changed drastically as he retreated, but it was already too late.

Liu Meng'er was hurled toward him, and then a tall figure burst from the dust and shattered stone.

Thousand Jun Formation Breaker!