In the ruined courtyard stood a dark red tree over ten meters tall. Its branches were twisted and leafless, while more than a dozen roots below spread out, writhing and squirming.
Jiang Hou appeared just then. The moment he approached the dark red tree, its roots sprang out like pythons.
Splat! Splat!! A flash of blade light formed several crisscrossing afterimages in the air, severing every root before turning into a crescent slash that swept through the meter-thick trunk.
Boom! The tree, which radiated the energy fluctuations of a late Second Order creature, crashed down. Streams of blackish-red blood sprayed from the broken stump.
Wisps of black smoke gathered from within the trunk and flowed toward Jiang Hou, forming several black patterns on the bandages around his left arm. The total amount of demonic energy in his body increased by another 10 points.
Awesome! Jiang Hou glanced at the corpse of the demonized tree, then flashed away to search for the next monster.
However, he crossed two small streets in a row without finding anything. Only after reaching a dark corner did he spot seven skeletal figures.
Hah! Hah!! The seven monsters let out wheezing roars and were about to pounce on Jiang Hou when a streak of white blade light passed between them.
Bang! Bang! Bang!! The seven monsters exploded, their bones scattering across the ground.
These skeletal monsters were only slightly faster than ordinary people. Their bodies were as hard as iron, and their bone claws were sharp, but before Jiang Hou now, they were far too weak to withstand even a single blow.
After instantly killing seven First Order monsters with one slash and carving his way through the street, Jiang Hou came to a stop. There was no road ahead.
Suddenly, a savage roar shook the entire Different Dimension. Even Jiang Hou was startled by the pressure it gave off, and he flashed onto a five-meter-tall building.
In the distance, a massive figure over twenty meters tall appeared. Its body was forged from gray stone, and it looked much like the Stone Demons Jiang Hou had slain earlier.
However, this Stone Demon was even larger. Dense black patterns covered its surface, and wisps of Black Mist swirled around it, giving it an overwhelming presence.
Boom! The monster swung its arm, and the four-story building before it instantly exploded. Shattered stones and bricks rained down like shells, covering several hundred meters with crackling impacts.
"It's a late Fourth Order Pollution Monster. Let me handle it."
At the far end of the street before the Stone Demon, an extraordinary named Duan Xuan appeared, carrying a Gatling Gun with a caliber of over thirty millimeters.
Boom! Boom! Boom!!
The Gatling Gun roared. Dense, large-caliber bullets slammed into the Stone Demon, blasting rock fragments everywhere and leaving washbasin-sized craters across its body.
Weapons of this caliber possessed terrifying firepower. Even a tank would have its armor pierced under sustained fire.
Although Fourth Order was a watershed, it still could not ignore a Gatling Gun. Under thousands of rounds per minute, the Stone Demon's entire body became pitted in the blink of an eye.
That was even with a layer of black energy flowing across its surface, deflecting much of the bullets' kinetic force.
After the Gatling Gun roared for half a minute, Duan Xuan's remaining Ammunition Belt was completely emptied. He decisively tossed aside the overheated weapon and pulled a Rocket Launcher from his back.
"Eat one of my armor-piercing High-Explosive Shells!" Duan Xuan shouted. Flames burst from the rear of the Rocket Launcher on his shoulder, and a streak of fire shot out and struck the Stone Demon.
Boom! A massive fireball engulfed the Stone Demon, its radiance lighting up the night sky.
Roar! A savage roar came from within the flames. Soon, the fire dispersed, revealing the Stone Demon with a meter-wide crater blasted into its chest.
Black light flickered over the monster's body as its rocky substance writhed. Wherever it passed, the wounds on its body healed at a visible rate.
But at the same time, the Stone Demon's huge body visibly shrank by a full size.
"Stop wasting ammunition. This kind of monster isn't carbon-based life. These weapons can only drain its energy; they can't kill it."
A deep voice rang out as the burly Jiang Wanshan emerged from another street, blackish-yellow light radiating from his body.
The ground beneath Jiang Wanshan trembled. Streams of black matter surged from it like liquid, covering him before finally forming a three-meter-tall suit of Black Rock Armor.
Boom! Jiang Wanshan, like a small giant, smashed his fists together, producing a dull sound like the collision of a hundred-ton object.
Jiang Wanshan's physical strength was more than sixty times that of an ordinary person. With the Black Rock Armor formed around him, he shot forward at nearly a hundred meters per second.
At that moment, Jiang Wanshan was like a tyrannosaurus, charging at the Stone Demon with overwhelming momentum.
Roar! The monster surrounded by Black Mist roared. Its right arm, as thick as a mountain pillar, swept out at astonishing speed, crushing everything ahead and stirring up rolling shockwaves.
Boom! Jiang Wanshan came quickly, and he went flying just as quickly. In an instant, he turned into a black afterimage and was blasted away by the Stone Demon's strike.
Boom! Jiang Wanshan flew several hundred meters before crashing through a building, kicking up dust and debris everywhere.
Everyone who had expected him to display his might and use the strength of a Third Order Peak to face a Fourth Order monster head-on was stunned, including Jiang Hou.
The building Jiang Wanshan had crashed into was only twenty meters away from him.
"Cough, cough!! The difference in rank is too great. Without breaking through to Fourth Order, I'm simply no match for these monsters." Rubble shifted amid the dust as a somewhat bedraggled Jiang Wanshan walked out.
The black stone armor covering his body had already shattered, and his aura was weak.
Still, he had taken a blow from a late Fourth Order monster head-on without being injured. As expected of the number one expert on the reserve Combat Power Ranking.
At that moment, the others who had finished clearing the monsters also arrived. They stood on the surrounding rooftops, encircling the enormous monster without any intention of attacking.
The gap between Third Order and Fourth Order was too great, not to mention that this monster's energy fluctuations had reached late Fourth Order.
"I'll handle this big guy."
In the distance, Shen Tu Ni appeared carrying a gigantic monster head several meters long on his shoulder. Golden light flowed over his body, and he radiated dense Evil Qi.
Boom! Shen Tu Ni tossed the head of the Fourth Order monster, which resembled a tyrannosaurus, onto the ground. He also set down a black box that had been slung over his other shoulder.
"Behold my Indestructible Vajra Body."
Boom! Powerful energy fluctuations erupted from Shen Tu Ni. Dazzling golden light shone across his body as he swelled in size, transforming into a three-meter-tall Golden Giant.
At the same time, as his body rapidly expanded, the black combat suit he wore stretched taut without tearing apart. It was clearly custom-made from special materials.
Jiang Hou felt a little envious at the sight.
If he had owned a set of clothes like that earlier, he would not have had to run around naked every time he transformed into a giant beast.
The giant, seemingly cast from gold, wore a solemn expression. His aura was sacred and majestic, like a golden Luohan in a temple.
Roar! Sensing the aura radiating from Shen Tu Ni, the Stone Demon, which had previously been indifferent toward these insects, growled. Its dark red eyes became ferocious and crazed as it moved.
The Stone Demon's massive body seemed forged from steel, heavy and terrifying. As it ran, it thundered like a landslide and tsunami, crossing several hundred meters.
Boom! One large and one small fist collided. The ground beneath Shen Tu Ni instantly shattered, and the earth within a dozen meters exploded, yet he stood unmoving, golden light blazing as he showed no sign of falling behind.
Roar! The monster roared, its enormous fists wildly hammering toward the Golden Giant. Its movements were agile, without the slightest hint of clumsiness.
Shen Tu Ni, displaying his Golden Body Dharma Form, refused to yield either.
Boom! Boom! Boom!! The two giants, one large and one small, clashed head-on. Their violent, pure power collided with such force that the air itself exploded, forming rings of white shockwaves that swept through the surroundings.
The sight made everyone's blood boil.
A real man should settle things head-on! Boom! Suddenly, powerful force erupted. The Stone Demon staggered back several steps, its huge fist covered in cracks, yet its aura became even more savage and violent.
As the dust at the center of the battlefield dispersed, the golden Shen Tu Ni stood within a large crater. Aside from breathing slightly harder, he was completely unharmed.
In a contest of pure strength, the two sides were evenly matched.
Shen Tu Ni slowly spoke, his voice grand and imposing. "Next, I'm getting serious." As he spoke, he rolled his wrists and retreated a hundred meters in a streak of golden light.
Click!
Shen Tu Ni's huge palm pressed a button on the black box. Immediately, passionate, stirring, and intensely penetrating BGM resounded throughout the entire town.
What... was going on?
Jiang Hou, who had assumed that black box was some powerful weapon, froze. So did Zong Zheng Nanmo, who was several kilometers away, standing atop a thirty-meter-tall transmission tower and watching through binoculars.
But Jiang Hou soon noticed that Shen Tu Ni's aura had changed. It became grander and more fervent, while the golden light radiating from his body grew even more dazzling. Faint Sanskrit chants even seemed to echo around him.
"Hahahaha... this is the feeling! It feels like my whole body is burning!" Shen Tu Ni laughed wildly, though his expression remained solemn and sacred.
"Vajra Demon Subduing Seal!"
Boom! Shen Tu Ni, wreathed in golden light, shot forward like a golden meteor. His hands formed a seal, drawing the golden light into a gigantic golden palm.
Roar! The massive Stone Demon roared angrily, gray light radiating from its arms as it slammed them into the ground.
Boom! The ground around the Stone Demon shattered, and tangible shockwaves swept in all directions, only to be crushed by the oncoming golden palm strike.
"Let's go again."
The three-meter-tall Golden Giant formed the Vajra Demon Subduing Seal with his hands. Every punch carried peerless dominance, and under the faint blessing of the BGM, his momentum grew stronger and stronger.
Under the relentless assault, the monster had nowhere to evade and could only take the blows head-on.
Boom! Boom! Boom!!
With every punch, the Stone Demon took a step back. The rock on its mountain-pillar-thick arms continuously shattered, and cracks spread from its arms toward its body.
Roar! In the end, the Stone Demon let out an unwilling roar. Its massive body exploded beneath a punch from Shen Tu Ni, whose rising momentum had reached its peak, and crashed to the ground.
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