Crushing

Under the azure sky, the sea sparkled.

However, this tranquil scene...

was torn apart by a crimson figure that suddenly appeared on the horizon.

He stood with his feet on the waves, wielding the power of Qi and Blood, transforming the surging sea into a stable land.

Beneath the crimson armor, a deep voice echoed clearly between the sea and sky:

"Phase Two: Heaven and Earth Manifestation—"

"Activate!!!"

Hummm—!!!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no dazzling light.

Only a majestic aura, capable of shaking heaven and earth, erupted from Xu Feng, spreading outwards!

This was not a pure energy impact, but a domain-like pressure brought about by the manifestation of power's essence!

Rumble—!!!

The calm sea instantly raged!

Merely being grazed by the edge of this illusory aura caused the seawater within a radius of several kilometers to churn and rise as if grasped by an invisible giant hand!

Terrifying colossal waves, over ten meters high, like city walls, suddenly surged, crashing towards the luxurious white cruise ship with the force of an avalanche!

Before this heavenly might, the cruise ship was like a child's toy, tossed and swayed by the giant waves, its hull groaning under the strain.

Tables, chairs, and facilities on deck were scattered haphazardly, and terrified screams and shouts were drowned out by the roar of the waves.

Huang Dongshu's feet were rooted to the violently shaking deck.

The formidable physique of an S-class Hunter kept him as steady as a rock.

However, his eyes, hidden behind sunglasses, were now fixed on the figure undergoing an astonishing transformation on the horizon. His pupils contracted to the size of pinpricks, and every muscle in his body tensed instantly!

Before him now.

A colossal figure, fifty meters tall, was covered in heavy crimson armor forged from what looked like solidified magma. Each piece of armor was covered in ferocious barbs and mystical patterns.

Behind him, three pairs of crimson armored wings, composed of pure Qi and Blood and armor material, like demonic wings, slowly unfurled.

With every slight flap, a low roar of air current and a faint mist of blood permeated the air.

Most terrifying of all.

Beneath the keratinous eye membrane covering its face, a gaze penetrated several kilometers, firmly locking onto Huang Dongshu on the cruise ship's deck.

Cold, indifferent, yet carrying undisguised killing intent.

Fear!

An extreme fear, like facing a natural predator, instantly injected into his heart like icy venom!

He couldn't sense any magic power fluctuations from the being.

Instead, it was a completely different, more primal, more violent, and purer power!

And the killing intent contained within it felt like tangible blades, making his skin sting!

Danger!

Extreme danger!

Impossible to defeat!

"What the hell?!"

"What... what the hell is this thing?!"

Huang Dongshu's facial muscles twitched uncontrollably, his voice carrying a tremor he himself didn't notice.

"Which S-class underground city leader broke out?!"

Reason instantly overwhelmed all rage for revenge and savagery.

He wasn't an idiot!

Facing such a terrifying existence of unknown origin, who had clearly come for him, there was no point in staying to fight!

"Run!!"

The thought struck his mind like lightning!

Without the slightest hesitation, Huang Dongshu stomped hard on the violently tilting deck with his right foot!

Crack!

The alloy deck dented under the impact!

He shot off the swaying cruise ship like a cannonball, moving at high speed across the sea in the opposite direction of the blood-red giant silhouette!

The strength of an S-class Hunter was fully displayed.

His feet were encased in solid, pale black magic power. Each step on the sea's surface was like stepping on solid ground, unleashing immense thrust.

His speed created a long white wake on the sea's surface, instantly propelling him hundreds of meters!

Revenge?

There would be plenty of time later!

Right now, survival was paramount!

However, he was fast, but someone was faster!

On the horizon, the fifty-meter-tall blood-red giant god suddenly flapped its three pairs of crimson armored wings!

BOOM--!!!

It was like a storm descending!

The sea's surface was directly pressed into a massive crater by this violent force, and the resulting tidal waves were even more terrifying than before!

And Xu Feng's colossal, mountain-like figure, under this reaction force, shot up into the sky at a speed completely disproportionate to its size!

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM--!!!

Several consecutive sonic booms exploded in mid-air!

This was the sound of air being violently torn apart!

Xu Feng's figure flickered in the air, accelerating, leaving behind several blurry afterimages, as if teleporting, instantly covering a distance of several kilometers!

Huang Dongshu, desperately fleeing on the sea's surface, suddenly felt the light above him dim, and a terrifying pressure, like the sky collapsing, descended upon him!

He looked up in horror.

He saw the sky-obscuring, blood-red figure, which had somehow stopped above him like a demon god, completely engulfing him in shadow!

An enormous claw, its five fingers each thicker than his entire body, descended towards him with the might of tearing the heavens, like swatting a fly!

Before the claw even reached him, the sea below had already been pressed into a massive palm-shaped depression!

No escape!

Nowhere to run!

"You forced me--!!!"

In his desperate situation, the last shred of reason in Huang Dongshu's eyes was forcibly consumed by madness!

He let out a beast-like roar, and the magic power in his entire body surged like a volcanic eruption!

Streams of Qi energy, as black as ink and mixed with destructive magic power, poured out of his body, instantly dyeing the surrounding seawater black!

On his fists, black Qi energy condensed into two ferocious, roaring, energy black dragons.

With all the strength of his low S-class power, he fiercely met the sky-obscuring giant claw!

This was his trump card.

[Black Dragon Twin Devour]

Its power was enough to easily destroy a small mountain!

BANG--!!!!!!!!!

Claw met fist!

There was no stalemate as imagined, only a one-sided crushing!

The two seemingly ferocious black dragons, the moment they touched the blood-red claw, let out mournful cries like ice and snow meeting a hot iron, shattering and annihilating inch by inch!

Next, it was Huang Dongshu's iron fists, imbued with S-class power!

CRACK! CRACK!

The bone-chilling sound of bones breaking rang out like popping beans!

Huang Dongshu felt an indescribable terrifying force surge through his arms!

His proud S-class physique was as fragile as paper in the face of this power!

"Pfft--!"

Blood spurted from his mouth like a fountain!

And his entire body, as if hit head-on by a ten-thousand-ton ship traveling at full speed, turned into a blurry afterimage and was sent flying backward at a speed even faster than he had come!

RUMBLE--!!!

He crashed into the distant sea like a meteorite, the terrifying impact creating a hundred-meter-high towering pillar of water!

The seawater was pushed aside, forming a huge bowl-shaped depression, which was then filled by the incoming water, creating even more chaotic and violent circular waves that spread outwards madly!

After a few seconds, a figure finally struggled to surface from the churning sea, like a tattered sack.

It was Huang Dongshu.

At this moment, where was the might and ferocity of an S-class Hunter?

He was utterly pathetic.

His arms hung limply at his sides, and at his elbows, two severed, bone-white stumps stained with flesh and blood pierced through his skin, exposed gruesomely to the air.

The muscles in his arms were twisted and deformed, his flesh and blood a bloody mess, and blood poured out as if it were free, dyeing the surrounding seawater red.

The intense pain surged through his nerves like a tide, but in his heart, only boundless fear and one incredibly clear thought remained:

"Run! Run! Run!!!"