Flesh Bomb

Faced with Bai Luhao's renewed provocation, he remained silent, but the Qi and Blood within him surged like an erupting volcano, exploding once more!

This time, the outburst was even more violent, more reckless!

Crack... crack...

His dark red armor began to show faint cracks under the impact of such a ferocious surge of Qi and Blood!

Threads of purer, deeper, almost black blood energy seeped from the cracks, swirling and rising, making his entire aura increasingly dangerous and ferocious!

"Hm?"

Bai Luhao's brow furrowed as he sensed the change in Xu Feng's aura. The hint of amusement on his face finally faded slightly. He took his left hand out of his pocket, spread his feet slightly, and adopted a more serious defensive stance.

"Good kid, you've still got some tricks up your sleeve? Interesting!"

Far from being intimidated, his fighting spirit intensified.

The moment Xu Feng's aura reached a certain critical point, he moved again!

His speed was even faster than before, almost turning into a blood-red line as he charged at Bai Luhao once more!

"Good!"

Bai Luhao grunted, crossing his arms in front of his chest. Golden Qi energy surged madly around his hands.

Faintly, the outlines of two lifelike, illusory tiger claws, radiating a chilling murderous aura, materialized. A low tiger roar even accompanied the flow of Qi!

As Xu Feng closed in, Bai Luhao thrust his arms forward violently!

Both claws shot out, one above the other, like a fierce tiger pouncing, with the momentum to tear everything apart, slashing towards Xu Feng!

However, Xu Feng's attack this time was no longer a simple, brute-force collision.

A split second before colliding with the tiger claws, his body twisted unnaturally to the side, narrowly dodging the frontal claw strike. Simultaneously, his right elbow shot out like a striking viper!

Even more bizarrely, the Qi and Blood at the tip of his right elbow condensed and compressed furiously, forming a snake-like stinger about a foot long, curved like a venomous fang, its tip flashing with a dark red glow!

The entire trajectory of his arm and body's force presented a vicious, tricky, yet explosive arc!

"Blood Martial: Mamba Elbow Strike!!!"

At this moment, Xu Feng seemed to have truly transformed into a deadly black mamba ready to devour, sinister and venomous, yet possessing the fierce decisiveness of a killing blow!

Its power seemed no less than his previous "Iron Mountain Lean," perhaps even more elusive and difficult to defend against!

"Good move!"

Bai Luhao's eyes flashed with brilliance as he praised sincerely.

He changed his move with incredible speed, retracting his claws and bringing them together like a pair of forged iron pincers, precisely clamping down on Xu Feng's viper-tongue-like elbow strike!

However, the moment his tiger claws were about to grasp the snake-like stinger—

Another change occurred!

The snake-like stinger, formed from highly compressed Qi and Blood, disintegrated and exploded without warning!

But it didn't scatter into ordinary Qi and Blood. Instead, at the moment of disintegration, the extremely compressed, violent energy within—

Centered on Xu Feng's right elbow, his entire right arm instantly transformed into a dark red flesh bomb, no larger than a fist, but emitting a destructive aura that made the soul tremble!

This flesh bomb was contained to the extreme, as if it could swallow light itself, with only a terrifying heatwave distorting the air above its surface!

"What?!"

The smile on Bai Luhao's face froze completely for the first time!

An unprecedented sense of crisis washed over him like ice water, making every hair on his body stand on end!

He had never expected Xu Feng to be able to detach, compress, and use a part of himself as a single-use bomb in such a bizarre way!

This had completely surpassed the combat methods of a normal Hunter!

In a flash, he didn't have time for a more complex response.

He could only rely on his combat instincts, channeling all his golden Qi energy into his arms and chest, crossing his arms tightly in front of him.

At the same time, he let out a low growl, and the white fur that had just receded on his body began to grow wildly again.

BOOM--!!!!

A devastating explosion erupted less than a meter between them!

An intensely blinding dark red light instantly engulfed everything!

A terrifying shockwave, more than five times stronger than the impact of the previous "Iron Mountain Lean," spread out spherically!

Bai Luhao's half-beast form, which was about to take shape, was forcibly interrupted. He let out a pained cry, like a ball being hit by a giant hammer, his feet leaving the ground as he was violently pushed backward by this irresistible, rampant force!

SCREEECH--!!!

His feet plowed two terrifying trenches, tens of meters long and half a meter deep, into the hard ground!

Stones flew, and dust filled the air!

However, this was far from over!

Just as Bai Luhao was thrown off balance by the explosion, his vision obscured by dust and bright light—

Rumble--!!!!!

An even more muffled, yet seemingly more terrifyingly penetrating explosion.

It came from a thousand meters away, from the layers of barriers formed by ice walls and quicksand!

The multi-layered defensive barrier, empowered by the combined Strength of Li Xuanbing, Jin Changpu, and Piao Changfan, was struck by the second explosion. Like an eggshell hit by a heavy hammer, it instantly covered in spiderweb-like cracks!

Following that, the cracks spread wildly, the entire barrier shook violently a few times, and then exploded into pieces!

The solid ice turned into scattered ice crystals, the quicksand disintegrated into dust, and the metal needle rain lost control, clattering and scattering on the ground!

A voice, filled with obvious mockery and lightness, pierced through the smoke and chaos, clearly reaching everyone's ears:

"Little kitty, you've been showing off too much~ Next time, remember, even when a lion hunts a rabbit, it uses its full Strength!"

Before the voice even faded, everyone felt a gust of wind brush past. The dark red figure in the center had completely vanished, not even a trace of its aura left behind.

"Bastard!!!"

From within the smoke, Bai Luhao's furious roar could be heard!

He charged out of the gully, covered in dirt, having fully activated his half-beast form. His white fur was stained with dust and a small amount of blood. His once arrogant face was now filled with shame and rage!

He had been toyed with by an A-class Hunter!

And in front of so many of his subordinates!

"Chase! Chase him! Dig three feet deep if you have to, find that brat!"

Bai Luhao's ferocious killing intent soared into the sky, making even the remaining ice wall fragments tremble.

Li Xuanbing, Jin Changpu, and the others were also dumbfounded, their faces filled with disbelief.

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Their proud combined defense had been broken by the opponent in one blow?!

And it was done while he was fiercely clashing with the Guild Leader, distracted?!

The power that "Wind Hidden One" unleashed at the end definitely reached S-class levels, and not just ordinary low-level S-class!

How could an A-class Hunter instantly unleash such terrifying and bizarre power?!

Yes, even at this moment, they still believed "Wind Hidden One" was a special agile Hunter skilled in stealth and burst attacks, possibly at the peak of high-level A-class.

It was just that the bizarre Flesh Bomb and the blow that broke the barrier were too astonishing.

Bai Luhao couldn't wait for his team to gather. He roared, unleashing his full speed in his half-beast form, turning into a white lightning bolt and charging towards the entrance of the underground city!

His speed was far beyond Xu Feng's Blood Dragon State's maximum speed!

However, this underground city wasn't particularly vast, and coupled with the time lost due to the battle and explosions...

When Bai Luhao, like a maddened tiger, rushed to the vicinity of the teleportation gate at the entrance.

He saw the two B-class subordinates he had sent to block the path lying sprawled on the ground, unconscious. The three layers of frost shields reinforced by Li Xuanbing on them were all shattered.

There were no signs of a fight around them, clearly indicating they had been subdued instantly.

"Wind--Hidden--One--!!!"

Bai Luhao stared intently at the empty teleportation gate and his unconscious subordinates, his chest heaving violently, his teeth grinding, feeling a burning pain on his face as if he had been slapped hard.

A mere A-class Hunter had, right under the nose of an S-class intermediate Hunter like himself and an entire elite expedition team, not only toyed with him, stolen the BOSS, but also escaped unscathed, and even knocked out his subordinates before leaving!

Although Xu Feng hadn't killed anyone or caused substantial losses, it didn't amount to a mortal feud.

But the stifled feeling and the humiliation of being slapped in the face made Bai Luhao so angry he felt like he was about to explode.

"Next time! Next time I catch you..."

Bai Luhao clenched his fists, his knuckles cracking with a bone-chilling sound, his eyes flashing with ferocity.

"I'll definitely peel off that shell of yours and have my way with you!"

Just then, Li Xuanbing and the others also arrived, panting.

"Guild Leader..."

"Listen to me!"

Bai Luhao abruptly turned, his half-beast form not yet fully dispelled. His ferocious face swept over his subordinates, his voice low and filled with malice.

"Use all the guild's channels to closely monitor the whereabouts of 'Wind Hidden One'! Report any news immediately! I want to personally invite him back for a good talk!"

"Yes!"

Everyone responded in unison, feeling a sense of awe.

The Guild Leader was truly enraged this time.

Bai Luhao stared at the slowly rotating teleportation gate, which seemed to mock him silently. He clenched his fists tightly, feeling incredibly stifled.

He had marked this "Wind Hidden One."

The night was deep, and all was silent.

In S City's high-end villa district, in the basement of a detached villa, the light was soft.

Xu Feng sat cross-legged in the center of a quiet room made of special alloy.

The dark red armor he wore had long since been shed, revealing a lean upper body. His skin was smooth, his muscles sculpted in flowing lines, showing no trace of the fierce battle from not long ago.

His hands had also fully recovered, their skin delicate, knuckles well-defined, and completely unharmed.

However, a faint paleness lingered on his face, and his breathing was slightly longer and deeper than usual.

"Hoo..."

Xu Feng slowly exhaled a breath of stale air with a faint scent of blood, sensing the slight emptiness in his Qi and Blood within his dantian.

Those last two "Flesh Bombs" had each consumed about thirty percent of his Qi and Blood!

Especially the strike that blasted open the barrier; to ensure it was foolproof, he had compressed almost all the Qi and Blood and some tissues in the front part of his left arm, then detonated it.

Only then did its power reach a level sufficient to shake the combined defenses of three A-class Hunters.

"Mid-stage Golden Body Realm... the recovery ability of the physical body is truly monstrous."

Xu Feng looked down at his perfectly intact hands, assessing internally.

With his current physical strength and control over Qi and Blood, as long as his core vital points like the brain or heart weren't critically damaged.

"Minor injuries" like severed limbs or damaged internal organs could regenerate and heal at astonishing speeds, provided his Qi and Blood were sufficient.

This was far beyond the normal human physiological range.

"However, the brain and heart remain weaknesses. If I get my head blown off or my heart ripped out, with my current recovery ability, I probably still wouldn't survive."

Xu Feng was well aware of his limits.

"It's estimated that only by breaking through to the next major realm, or a higher level, can I truly approach the legendary immortality of 'dripping blood to regenerate'."

"And that show-off Bai Lühao..."

The image of that face, wearing an arrogant smile, one hand in his pocket, beckoning with a finger, flashed in his mind. Xu Feng couldn't help but curl his lip, a surge of unprovoked anger rising within him.

"He's such a damn show-off! Relying on his S-class strength, he really thinks he's hot stuff.

When I level up a few more times, I'll definitely find an opportunity to pin him down and give that punchable face of his a good massage with my fists!"

However, thinking about how that guy was left looking disheveled and furious by his final "Flesh Bomb" move, Xu Feng felt a little more balanced.

"Pride comes before a fall," the ancients truly did not deceive me.

"Still, this adventure was worth it."

He collected his thoughts, focusing his attention on the attribute panel in his mind.

[Breakthrough Points: 230000+]

"Over two hundred and thirty thousand... that's enough."

A glint flashed in Xu Feng's eyes.

He stood up and walked to a corner of the quiet room.

There, dozens of sealed metal boxes were neatly stacked. Upon opening them, they revealed various high-level Monster meats, specially treated to preserve their energy activity to the maximum.

They were mainly B-class and C-class, with even a small amount of A-class Monster meat he had purchased through auction channels.

These were the provisions he had prepared for his rapid advancement.

On the other side of the basement, a large refrigerator stored a substantial quantity of high-energy nutrient solutions and concentrated energy bars, serving as backup energy supplements.

"Now then... let's add points!"