Awakening VI

"Who are you?!" Zhou Yitang suddenly stepped back, his eyes wary.

The moment he saw the other person, his heart began to pound wildly.

My heart races, my blood flows faster, and my body temperature rises again.

Strands of Spirit Thread frantically try to circulate within the body and break through the skin; these Spirit Thread become restless in response to instinctive emotions.

And that's exactly what happened. Zhou Yitang only exchanged one move before realizing that he was very likely no match for his opponent.

"I want to take a test," Zhang Rongfang, raising his hand.

Whoosh!

His figure flickered, suddenly crossing more than ten meters, appearing beside Zhou Yitang and striking him.

Boom! At the same time, a clear white ripple spread out from Zhou Yitang's body.

That was his Final Form special ability, which allowed him to emit huge shockwaves from the Thunder Beast pattern on his chest.

This sound wave can vibrate flesh and blood, greatly weakening any force it exerts.

This weakening is generally determined by the proportion of the physical strength of the attacked party.

If one's physique is not strong enough, their meridians may be severed, resulting in instant death.

However, if one's physique is strong enough, the white ripples vibrating against Zhang Rongfang will cause his robes to flutter backward, but then have no effect whatsoever.

Swish! He grabbed Zhou Yitang by the back of the neck with one hand.

A deadly and terrifying threat instantly enveloped Zhou Yitang. He was terrified and unleashed his full power with both arms, Elbow Strike backward while simultaneously turning his body to face his opponent head-on.

But it didn't work.

No matter how he turned, the person behind him remained behind him, in the same position.

With two soft thuds, his Elbow Strike was deflected and rendered meaningless.

A hissing sound came from the back of his neck as blood was being sucked out. Zhou Yitang's eyes rolled, and he felt a chill run down his spine as he felt his strength begin to wane.

He immediately sprinted forward, no longer caring about anything else, trying to escape the place.

The gap between the two sides was too great! He was completely powerless to fight back!!

'Damn it! If he hadn't exhausted himself fighting those three together, he wouldn't be in such a sorry state now!'

Suddenly, a strange cry came from his mouth, and Zhou Yitang's speed suddenly increased, rushing forward a large distance.

The surge was much faster than the temporary acceleration earlier. Although it was only temporary, it caused Zhang Rongfang to misjudge the situation, and his hand was released.

He let out a soft "hmm," having lost his chance to suck blood.

"Still trying to run?"

Zhang Rongfang's expression remained unchanged, but he became interested. He immediately took a step forward, and his figure suddenly turned into a blur as he chased after Zhou Yitang.

At his speed, even if Zhou Yitang ran at full speed, he would only need half a minute to catch up.

But things rarely go as perfectly as we imagine.

After taking only five steps, Zhang Rongfang suddenly stopped.

Pfft! A jet of thick, black liquid shot out from a house on the right, blocking his path in pursuit.

The liquid fell to the ground, immediately corroding the soil and stone slabs, and emitting thick black smoke.

Zhang Rongfang turned around and chased after them from another direction.

But this time, it was the same black slime that precisely blocked his path.

On the third turn, he leaped into the air repeatedly, using the momentum to jump, without chasing him from the ground at all.

But then several streams of black liquid shot into the sky, almost engulfing him.

Left with no other choice, Zhang Rongfang flicked his cloak, completely enveloping himself in the liquid, and then landed safely on the ground.

"Who goes there!?"

Zhang Rongfang looked in the direction from which the liquid was emitted, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"The one who will kill you!" An old man with a full head of white hair, carrying a gourd of wine in his hand, slowly walked out of the house.

"Sect Master Xu, it's time to do what you promised." The old man was none other than the Old Man Hu who was with Zhou Yitang.

He originally came just to watch the excitement, but he never expected such a turn of events.

Seeing that Zhou Yitang would be killed if he didn't make a move soon, he had no choice but to show himself.

As for the formidable strength Zhang Rongfang had displayed earlier, he had witnessed it. If he were alone, he would certainly not dare to show himself now.

"It's a pity. Meeting us must be your greatest misfortune." The Old Man Hu shook his head slightly and stepped aside.

A figure slowly emerged from behind him.

The woman was slender and curvaceous, with waist-length black hair and a handsome and sharp face, yet possessing a certain pale beauty.

Under the firelight at night, the woman wore a long purple-black dress and short black leather pants, revealing her long, fair, and delicate legs.

In this era, even if people are more open-minded, very few people would dress like this.

But on this woman, it didn't seem out of place at all.

"Long time no see. I've been looking for you for ages," the woman said, her beautiful eyes like knives, staring at Zhang Rongfang without blinking.

"You're not dead?" Zhang Rongfang, slightly surprised.

"You're not dead, so how could I be?" the woman roared. "I won't die until I defeat you head-on and kill you!"

"So."

Before she could finish speaking, her vision blurred, and Zhang Rongfang's figure on the other side had vanished.

Turning his head again, Zhang Rongfang had already run quite a distance and was about to catch up with Zhou Yitang, who had run away.

"You dare ignore me?!"

With a roar, the woman's body swelled up, her top was torn, but her short leather pants were sturdy enough to barely hang on her body.

Her height of 1.8 meters suddenly increased to 2.5 meters. At the same time, wriggling white pustules appeared all over her body.

"Final Form! Grand Yin Blazing Body!!"

With a roar, the woman's body suddenly lengthened, growing taller to three meters!

Its body twisted and wriggled like mud, quickly forming a symmetrical shape.

However, this body was covered with a layer of pitch-black film.

Dark red, blood-like cracks continuously appeared on its back. Looking deeper into the cracks, one could see countless red, fleshy mouthparts resembling suction cups.

"I am no longer who I used to be!! Zhang Ying! You can't escape!!"

The woman's feet exploded, and amidst the roar, she rushed forward at a speed no slower than Zhang Rongfang's.

Wherever it goes, with each step it takes, it leaves a highly poisonous footprint on the ground that emits black smoke.

Ahead, Zhang Rongfang sped forward, and was now less than a meter away from Zhou Yitang.

He suddenly reached out, using the "Snatching Chestnuts from the Fire" technique from the Flame Emperor Talisman, and grabbed forward.

Suddenly, a thought struck him, his hand paused, and his body shifted to the left.

Pfft! A cloud of Colored Mist shot out from behind, grazed past, and struck a wooden pillar of a house on the side of the street.

The wooden pillar immediately turned black, charred, and dehydrated, and began to shed large amounts of black powder.

In the blink of an eye, more than half of the wooden pillar was gone, and it snapped and fell to the ground with a crack.

"I remember now, you are Xu Mengyan, the leader of the Five Cauldrons Sect?" Zhang Rongfang suddenly exclaimed upon seeing this scene.

As he spoke, he shifted his body to the left, precisely avoiding Xu Mengyan's subsequent barrage of attacks.

One punch after another, accompanied by Colored Mist, struck various parts of his body.

From a distance, it looks like a storm curtain made of fists and palms.

Mixed in with the rain was a highly poisonous, Colored Mist — the Five Colors Rosy Light emanating from Xu Mengyan's Final Form.

"Hide, hide! I learned my lesson last time and improved the speed at which the Five Colors Rosy Light of light spread! This time, you're doomed!!" Xu Mengyan laughed wildly.

Sure enough, with each of her attacks, the Colored Mist spread at an extremely fast speed.

Sometimes, what is clearly the impact area of a single punch becomes, when enveloped in Colored Mist, equivalent to a massive shockwave, covering an extremely large area.

Zhang Rongfang dodged each attack, but he couldn't completely escape the fog.

Hiss. The Poison Mist began to corrode his skin, emitting black smoke.

"That trick again. But it does seem to have gotten more powerful."

He commented as he dodged.

His Life Force is stronger than before, and the toxin can still harm him, so there has indeed been an improvement.

"By the way, did you Worship God?" Zhang Rongfang suddenly asked.

"You dare to be distracted while fighting me?! Kill!!" Xu Mengyan roared. In her Final Style State, her speed and strength were far greater than when they first fought.

Clearly, she has made significant progress during this period.

Unfortunately, simply increasing speed and strength, unless there is a huge difference like generational gap, will not work. Swish! Zhang Rongfang easily dodged the sweeping kick. The colorful Poison Mist from the kick corroded the skin on his face, turning it into black smoke. Then, in less than half a second, the corroded skin naturally healed and recovered.

It was as if nothing had ever happened.

Talking about the lethality of any toxin without considering dosage is useless.

Unless he confronts Xu Mengyan head-on First Day of the Month, attacking with just a little bit of external mist without making contact is completely useless.

This is an open-air environment, unlike the sealed environment of the underground caves.

It would be too difficult to kill him with this amount of toxin diluted by the airflow.

Zhang Rongfang kept flashing, perfectly avoiding all of Xu Mengyan's moves.

Aside from the fog, he carefully examined the woman in front of him.

"The Grand Yin Blazing Body. The Five Cauldrons Sect originates from the Sensing Gate. Speaking of which, the Sensing Gate is also a major force under my master's command, belonging to the same Daoist Sect."

The two engaged in a rapid exchange of blows while simultaneously chasing after Zhou Yitang, who was fleeing ahead.

The three of them quickly rushed into the deep, dark Woodland at night.

Even in Dark Light Vision, Zhang Rongfang completely undisturbed.

Xu Mengyan seemed to be unaffected due to her special physique, while Zhou Yitang's speed noticeably slowed down.

Swish! Zhang Rongfang dodged Xu Mengyan's punch again. Suddenly, he spoke.

"It seems you've also gone astray."

"!? Are you humiliating me?!" Xu Mengyan's roar grew louder and louder. She took two steps back, spread her arms, and suddenly large, bloody gashes appeared on her skin all over her body.

"To kill you! I have painstakingly researched and now I have finally pushed the Grand Yin Blazing Body forward one step further!"

"You think you've got this in the bag?! Die!!"

Xu Mengyan roared wildly, her bloody mouths resembling countless gashes, drawing air in fiercely.

Hiss! Her entire body rapidly swelled and grew larger, as if inflated, with translucent membranous spheres of varying sizes bulging under her skin.

His size also increased dramatically in an instant.

Then, it sprayed out with a roar.

Whoosh! Countless colorful Poison Mist mixed with venomous raindrops sprayed and spread outwards like bullets.

Zhang Rongfang retreated rapidly, and upon seeing this scene, he finally made a decision.

"You two are both great. Okay, let's go together then."

Countless venoms struck his body, and corrosion and healing began a frantic battle, racing against each other.

Zhang Rongfang's expression remained unchanged. His blood and qi began to circulate.

'Limit State: Spirit and Will United.'

'Limit State: Yin Yang Harmony.'

Limit State: Critical State.

His body began to grow larger and larger, his skin darkened, countless blood vessels bulged out like earthworms, and his eyes turned red with bloodshot veins.

"I can feel that you are in pain."

Raising his hands, Zhang Rongfang gently exhaled, dispersing the Poison Mist that surged towards him.

"So."

"Yin Rainbow!"

Whoosh!

In an instant, Zhang Rongfang's right hand shot forward like a knife or arrow, piercing through the Poison Mist, grabbing Xu Mengyan's neck and pressing her down.

Boom!!!

The ground shook, and soil and rocks exploded and splashed out within a five-meter radius of the two people.

Like a meteorite falling from the sky, countless layers of soil scattered in all directions, even creating craters of varying sizes on the tree trunks.