Overpowering Zhurong, Battling Dijiang Again

The corners of Hong Yun's mouth curled up slightly.

A streak of black suddenly emerged from the Void Hand condensed from white cloud qi, and waves of chill swiftly seeped into Zhurong's True Fire.

An icy, damp aura emanated from the darkness.

Zhurong's expression of certain victory froze at once as a familiar sense of suppression rose in his heart.

There came a sizzle!

It was the sound of flames being extinguished by water, a sound Zhurong had heard countless times before.

"Dark Water! When did this guy secretly learn that?"

Gong Gong, Zhurong's longtime rival, reacted even faster. The moment the black liquid appeared, he could not help crying out.

That was right. It was the powerful move Gong Gong had developed using the Law of Water after receiving Hong Yun's guidance, and it could be said to perfectly counter Zhurong's Great Fire Breath.

During his time with the Wu Clan, Hong Yun had practically stripped the Twelve Ancestral Witches clean. Their laws, divine abilities, and merit techniques had all been learned by him, more or less.

The golden fire fist sparking with flames seemed to encounter its natural enemy in an instant. Covered by the icy Profound Water, it was completely extinguished.

Bang!

Hong Yun's condensed fist struck Zhurong squarely, sending him flying over a thousand meters.

"Strike while you're down!"

Hong Yun sneered and rapidly swung his fists in Zhurong's direction.

Zhurong was first stunned by the punch. Once he recovered, he naturally tried to fight back, only to find a sky full of fist shadows awaiting him.

Fortunately, having been beaten by Dijiang for years, Zhurong had extensive experience in taking a beating. Even though Hong Yun had seized the initiative, he did not lose heart and continuously counterattacked with fists laced with True Fire.

But it was all futile.

What Zhurong knew, Hong Yun also "knew a little." What Zhurong did not know, Hong Yun still knew.

Whenever Zhurong's proud Law of Fire acted upon Hong Yun, it was blocked by the Law of Water wrapped around Hong Yun's body. The remaining force of his punches did little to Hong Yun as well.

One had to know that Hong Yun's attainments in body refinement already surpassed even Dijiang, the foremost of the Ancestral Witches, by an entire level.

Not to mention that Hong Yun had recently been taking everything he could from the Twelve Ancestral Witches, integrating their body refinement experience into himself. His body refinement had reached the Late Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage, equal to his cultivation.

Even if Hong Yun suppressed himself to Zhurong's level, crushing him was still effortless.

[Host: Hong Yun]

[Origin: Top-tier Innate Demon God]

[Cultivation: Mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal]

[Merit Techniques and Divine Abilities: Nine Revolutions Heavenly Merit, Void Evasion Technique, Void Hand, Mirror Flower Water Moon, Breath Concealment Technique, Clone Substitution...]

[Magic Treasures and Spiritual Roots: Jade Disk of Creation Shard x1, Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler, Void-Escaping Shuttle, Myriad Manifestations Realm, Enlightenment Tea Tree...]

[System Rewards: Primordial Violet Qi x1, Innate Cloud Qi Fragment x32, Pangu Blood Essence Fragment x109, Law of Space Fragment x21, Law of Time Fragment x13, Law of Reincarnation Fragment x7...]

[System Evaluation: Congratulations, Host, on reaching the Mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. You possess several spiritual treasures and spiritual roots, as well as many merit techniques and divine abilities. You are now a qualified Primordial Wilderness novice. It is time to expand into new business!]

Hong Yun opened his system panel while beating Zhurong, growing more satisfied the more he looked.

"Didn't you eat? Put some strength into it, will you? This feels pretty good. Hit me a few more times!"

Feeling Zhurong's blows against him growing weaker, Hong Yun muttered in dissatisfaction.

To be honest, Zhurong's punches could not break through Hong Yun's defenses. Instead, they felt like a massage. With True Fire attached to his fists, they were warm enough to make Hong Yun thoroughly enjoy himself.

"Ah! Ah! Ah! Damn it!"

Hong Yun's words did little damage, but their humiliation was through the roof.

Zhurong exploded with rage!

His red face turned black, then purple, putting on a perfect Peking opera face-changing act.

"I'll beat you to death!"

Overcome by fury, Zhurong completely lost all form. His eyes bloodshot, he threw punches wildly with all the strength he could muster.

"Yes, just like that. Feels great, keep going! As expected of you, Zhurong."

[Ding, you praised Zhurong. Congratulations, Host, you have randomly received: Law of Fire Comprehension Fragment x1]

"Brother Zhurong, what powerful fists. My bones are practically loose!"

[Ding, you praised Zhurong. Congratulations, Host, you have randomly received: Body Refinement Comprehension Fragment x1]

"Amazing, amazing! Zhurong, you've improved. Hurry and put more strength into it. I won't be able to hold on much longer!"

[Ding, you praised Zhurong. Congratulations, Host, you have randomly received: Law of Fire Comprehension Fragment x1]

"..."

The more happily Hong Yun fought, the more stifled Zhurong felt. Hong Yun's words in particular made him feel utterly humiliated.

"I ain't fighting anymore!"

This battle lasted ten days and ten nights. At last, Zhurong roared, took several steps back, and withdrew from the fight.

"Why stop fighting? I haven't even..."

Hong Yun was still not satisfied, but when he noticed Zhurong's Black and Blue face, he could not help feeling awkward.

At that moment, Zhurong's head looked as swollen as one from the Spirit Pig Clan, and he was panting in a thoroughly miserable state.

"Fine, if you won't fight, forget it!"

Hong Yun spread his hands, though his fists still itched.

He turned to the other Ancestral Witches, swept his gaze over them, and settled on Dijiang. "Brother Dijiang, our last battle ended without a victor. How about we fight again?"

Dijiang's mouth twitched uncontrollably.

No victor, my ass.

If he remembered correctly, he had clearly been the one getting beaten up one-sidedly, hadn't he?

Still, he did not refuse. Suppressing the twitch in his mouth, he said expressionlessly, "Then fight we shall!"

"Should I lower my cultivation level to fight you?"

"No need to go easy on me! Fight!"

The Ancestral Witches cleared an open space. With one step, Dijiang crossed A Step to the Horizon, and his fist carrying the Law of Space shattered the void before Hong Yun.

"Good!"

A glint flashed through Hong Yun's eyes, but he did not use the Law of Clouds, which he was most skilled in.

Instead, he summoned a thread of invisible, formless Law Power and silently condensed it before himself, directly where Dijiang's fist was about to strike.

Dijiang's originally incomparably domineering fist seemed to suddenly encounter some unfathomable obstruction.

Though it had been moving at breakneck speed, it now became incomparably slow, as if it had fallen into a mire.

"What happened? Why did Big Brother suddenly slow down?"

"Could Big Brother really be holding back? That shouldn't be possible! That's not his style!"

"..."

The Ancestral Witches were all puzzled. Only Zhu Jiu Yin stared fixedly at Dijiang's fist trapped in the void, his pupils shrinking slightly.

"Time Slow! Brother Hong Yun's command of the Law of Time has likely reached perfection."

He immediately exposed Hong Yun's method. Only Zhu Jiu Yin, the Time Ancestral Witch, could sense those unique law fluctuations.

Time reigned supreme, and space reigned as king!

What could surpass Dijiang's Law of Space was precisely the mysterious and unfathomable Law of Time.

Hong Yun had been with the Wu Clan for so long that he had obtained quite a few Law of Time comprehension fragments from Zhu Jiu Yin.

After refining them, coupled with Hong Yun's own understanding of the Law of Time, his use of the Path of Time was only a hair's breadth behind Zhu Jiu Yin's.

Boom!

Dijiang was, after all, the foremost Ancestral Witch. He had fought Zhu Jiu Yin many times and quickly recognized Hong Yun's method, breaking through the Power of Time.

But in doing so, he lost the advantage of striking first.

By the time Dijiang escaped the mire of time, Hong Yun was already waiting in full readiness.

"Brother Dijiang, can you withstand this fist backed by tens of thousands of years of skill?"

Before Dijiang could catch his breath, Hong Yun swung his fist at him.

What alarmed Dijiang even more was the white glow flickering over Hong Yun's fist. He found the law fluctuations upon it incomparably familiar.

That was right. It was the Law of Space, Dijiang's greatest specialty!

Space Shock!

Blinding white light bloomed like the blazing sun. As Hong Yun's fist shot toward Dijiang, the space that Dijiang's earlier strike had already cracked was completely pulverized.

Boom!

Dijiang's muscular body was punched into the chaotic void currents left behind by the shattered space.

"Big Brother!"

The Ancestral Witches cried out. This was the first time they had seen Dijiang in such a sorry state.

Well, perhaps it was not the first time, but the second. The last time had apparently also been Hong Yun's doing.

Whoosh!

Void currents were extremely deadly to Grand Unity Golden Immortals. One careless mistake could tear them into pieces, but they were nothing to a favored child of space like Dijiang.

Dijiang's figure flashed, and he burst out of the void currents.

"What a formidable Law of Space!"