As the Qian Yuan Sword thrust forward, Chen Fei directly activated four forbidden arts within his body, and his vital energy instantly boiled over.
After reaching the Seventh Turn Joint Aperture and condensing the Flower of Essence, Chen Fei's physique had advanced another step. Not only had his strength grown greater, but the limit of what he could endure while activating forbidden arts had also risen considerably.
Compared to before, Chen Fei no longer felt much pressure even when activating four forbidden arts. Clearly, his current physique was already enough to withstand an eruption of vital energy at this intensity.
Chen Fei remained calm and unruffled, but Hai Ao and Yan Liu's expressions changed. Hai Ao in particular had already charged before Chen Fei and felt the aura rippling from Chen Fei most intensely.
He had thought it was merely an ordinary hill, only to discover upon drawing near that it was a towering mountain. That crushing pressure instantly bore down upon him.
"Roar!"
Hai Ao roared in fury, accelerating the expansion of his true form.
Yet transforming from human form into one's true form required time, no matter what. Under ordinary circumstances, that time might not matter, but in battle, it could sometimes become a fatal weakness.
That was why, back in Haiyu City, despite there being many late third order sea demons, Chen Fei had not seen a single one in human form. In a situation where battle could erupt at any moment, retaining human form was simply too dangerous.
Hai Ao had assumed Chen Fei was merely an insignificant Mid Joint Aperture Realm cultivator, so he had not revealed his true form at once. Now that he sensed something was wrong and tried to transform, he was already somewhat too late.
A dense aura formed the phantom