Shattering Skulls with Overturning Rivers, Blowing Heads Apart with Treading Seas (Thanks for the Support, Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)

Luo Zhou had never imagined Cheng Peng would be the first to charge out. That guy was seriously fierce!

Cheng Peng cultivated Qi, and his spiritual energy had the Starry Light Energy trait, which gave him powerful defenses.

No wonder he had survived being chewed over and over by the old Crocodile Dragon. That was why he could be so brave.

Luo Zhou swung his bronze cudgel and charged out after him.

They were just one small squad on the east City Wall. There were countless other squads; some had charged down, while others watched from atop the wall.

The ranged archers and crossbowmen fired in a flurry, sending countless arrows raining down from the sky.

The incoming sea beasts were immediately felled by the arrow storm.

But among the sea beasts, some spat poison or shot out scales. Others wielded spell-like abilities, sending water arrows and blasts of breath hurtling toward them.

Some of the cultivators on their side were knocked flat before they had even engaged the enemy, taken out in a single exchange.

By then, Luo Zhou had no time to react. He could only follow behind Cheng Peng.

Across a space of three to five li, the two sides clashed in an instant.

A group of fishmen came rushing toward them. They slid across the ground at incredible speed, each wielding a different Bone Weapon.

Ironware was rare in the sea, so fishmen mostly used weapons made of bone.

But these Bone Weapons were not to be underestimated. They were made from the bones of massive whale-like sea beasts and refined using special methods. Their sharpness and durability were no weaker than iron.

A civilization that had lasted ten thousand years naturally had its own traditions and advantages.

Cheng Peng leaped into the air, and a streak of true energy transformed into starlight. With one strike, he blasted the fishman leading the pack into dust.

That fishman was also at the second rank, equivalent to a human at the Qi Refining stage.

Who would have thought it would die from a single collision!

A solo kill—a great start!

Following behind him, Luo Zhou saw a flash of rainbow light around himself. A talisman from Liu Jing had activated, shielding him.

Liu Jing had added a layer of protection to all their people!

Luo Zhou swung his bronze cudgel at a fishman in front of him and brought it down.

He unleashed his full strength!

Luo Zhou couldn't even make out what the fishman looked like before his cudgel smashed into it, spraying flesh and blood everywhere and blowing it apart.

Eighteen thousand catties of force was no joke.

The impact sent flesh and blood flying everywhere. The cudgel was slick with gore, and Luo Zhou had used so much force that he could barely keep hold of it.

The instant the fishman died, Luo Zhou spotted a sea snake wrapped around its body like a belt.

It lunged at once, opening its jaws to bite the arm Luo Zhou's chainmail didn't protect.

The sea snake was pitch-black and viciously cunning, and its venom was deadly.

The moment it bit down, a layer of golden armor appeared over Luo Zhou's body.

With a sharp pop, the sea snake burst apart.

Luo Zhou broke into a cold sweat. Anyone raised by the coast knew that it was called a Black Tooth Snake. Its venom was deadly; if one bit you and you didn't get the poison out immediately, you were as good as dead.

The Overturning Rivers and Seas golden armor that Luo Zhou had never taken seriously had saved his life at the crucial moment.

The battle was perilous from the very first exchange, and Luo Zhou immediately grew extremely cautious.

The two sides clashed and fought as one.

Luo Zhou looked around. Everything was in complete chaos, and he could no longer find Cheng Peng.

Suddenly, Luo Zhou froze. He felt something from the Eternal Fire Sea on his back.

One Fate Point after another was quickly captured and poured into the Eternal Fire Sea.

In the blink of an eye, the count had passed thirty. In just the first exchange, more than thirty people and sea beasts had died.

And that was only in Luo Zhou's immediate vicinity...

Thirty Fate Points were enough to temper his body or refine his abilities three times!

Luo Zhou's gaze changed at once. What was this, if not a battlefield? It was a treasure vault—a mountain of money!

Just then, two fishmen charged at him, waving bone knives and howling.

"Human brat, you look tasty!"

"Kill him! Eat him!"

These weren't fishmen. In Luo Zhou's eyes, they were two little flames!

Luo Zhou roared and swung his bronze cudgel down at their heads.

The fishman raised its knife to block. With a crack, the bone knife and its head shattered together.

But the fishman was tough. It clung stubbornly to the bronze cudgel, refusing to let go even with its head smashed.

While it held him up, the other fishman pounced.

Luo Zhou yanked hard, tearing off the dead fishman's arm where it gripped the cudgel.

Then he swung at the other fishman.

The fishman immediately dodged. Luo Zhou shifted his foot, used the Overturning Rivers Step to catch up, and brought the cudgel down again.

He chased it relentlessly, caught up, and swung the bronze cudgel three times, beating the fishman to death.

Luo Zhou frowned. The bronze cudgel felt awkward in his hands!

A furious roar suddenly rang out. A muscular monster resembling a frogman appeared in front of Luo Zhou.

An Iron Force Frog was a type of giant sea beast, twice the size of an ordinary fishman. It looked like a frog-shaped humanoid sea beast made entirely of muscle.

The fishmen were no fools. They had seen how strong Luo Zhou was after he killed three of them in a row, so they had called in their Attendant, the Iron Force Frog.

The Iron Force Frog roared and charged straight at Luo Zhou.

Luo Zhou struck it with his bronze cudgel.

The Iron Force Frog was tough as nails. It didn't even try to block, taking the blow head-on with its skull.

As the blow landed, it grabbed Luo Zhou's bronze cudgel and pulled with both hands, trying to wrest it away.

The Iron Force Frog was a powerful sea beast with thirty thousand catties of strength, completely overpowering Luo Zhou.

As they struggled over it, the bronze cudgel was bent clean out of shape, twisted like a strand of dough.

Luo Zhou abruptly let go, abandoning the cudgel, and threw a punch.

Treading Sea Fist!

His punch struck the Iron Force Frog's skull.

The moment it landed, Luo Zhou felt an incredible sense of ease, far smoother than using the bronze cudgel.

He punched once, then again, then a third time—Chain Step, one of the forms of Treading Sea Fist.

Each punch came faster than the last. Seven punches in a chain shot out in an instant.

The Iron Force Frog was strong, but slow to react. With a sharp crack, its head shattered. Dead!

Luo Zhou had killed the Iron Force Frog, but the fishmen around him howled:

"Ah-woo! Ah-woo!"

"He doesn't have a weapon anymore!"

"His cudgel's bent! It's broken!"

"Kill him!"

Four fishmen charged at him.

Luo Zhou frowned. His bronze cudgel had been twisted like dough and was unusable.

He let go and dropped it completely, then assumed a boxing stance to meet the fishmen's attacks.

He shifted his feet to avoid their blows, then traded punches and palms with them, counterattacking.

For the first few moves, Luo Zhou still followed the routines he had practiced, unable to let himself go.

A fishman suddenly shot out more than a dozen scales, which streaked toward him like long arrows.

The golden armor of the Mighty Warrior appeared again, blocking the scales.

Another fishman threw a Black Tooth Snake at him, and Luo Zhou shattered it with a palm strike.

Luo Zhou kept attacking. Gradually, the feeling of combat rose within him, and he adapted to the battlefield.

The practiced forms of the Overturning Rivers and Seas Fist and Palm slowly transformed into deadly moves for the battlefield.

The entire Overturning Rivers and Seas Fist and Palm seemed to come alive.

With one Treading Sea Fist, a sharp whoosh cut through the air. Before his fist even touched the fishman, the force of the blow had already torn its flesh apart.

His next punch went straight through the fishman's chest, pulverizing its organs and killing it outright.

He turned and unleashed an Overturning Rivers Palm. His hand missed the fishman, but the force of his palm drove the fishman's head straight into its chest.

Then came another palm, slamming its entire head into its chest.

Luo Zhou felt an incredible rush.

This wasn't the thrill of killing with a single strike like Dragon-Slaying Thrust. It was the satisfaction of striking again and again, every punch landing solidly, beating an enemy to death with his bare hands!

Killing fishmen was as easy as slaughtering chickens.

At that moment, something inside Luo Zhou seemed to catch fire. His ferocity erupted completely, and he burst into laughter.

At that moment, the battle momentum and fighting spirit of the Overturning Rivers and Seas Fist and Palm he had practiced the night before were fully awakened.

At that moment, he had completely merged with the battlefield. A murderous demon had come back to life, taking control of the battlefield!

He suddenly moved, using the Treading Sea Step to dash five zhang forward and charge into a group of fishmen.

He rushed up to one fishman and struck down at its head with his palm.

The fishman was a leader and wielded a pair of Coral Stone Hammers. It was very strong.

When Luo Zhou's palm came down, it raised a hand to block.

Luo Zhou struck once, then again. In an instant, five palms came down in a chain—one of the forms of Overturning Rivers Palm.

With a sharp crack, the Coral Stone Hammers shattered. Luo Zhou's palm kept going, smashing the fishman's head to pieces!

Five fishmen surrounded him, thrusting spears, jabbing with forks, throwing snakes, and spitting poison.

But Luo Zhou spun around. With the Overturning Rivers Step, he moved like a swimming dragon, dodging every attack.

He threw another punch with Treading Sea Fist, and a fishman's head exploded. Then he followed with a palm strike, smashing another fishman's head!

In next to no time, he had killed all five fishmen.

It really was that easy.

He had grasped the battle momentum and fighting spirit of the Overturning Rivers and Seas Fist and Palm, placing him far above ordinary people.

With eighteen thousand catties of strength, which he now wielded with complete control, it was only natural that killing these fishmen was easy.

If that was the case, then fight!

Luo Zhou roared and attacked again.

Under his fists and palms, every fishman he struck died with its head blown apart.

In a short while, he had killed more than twenty fishmen around him.

The cultivators fighting nearby were stunned by what he had done, and they cheered one after another.

Terrified by Luo Zhou's slaughter, the fishmen all backed away. Then a furious roar rang out.

A towering Green Shrimp Monster charged over.

The shrimp monster stood a full two zhang tall. Its entire body was iron-blue, as if it wore a layer of iron armor. Like the Iron Force Frog, it was a powerful warrior raised by the fishmen.

It charged at Luo Zhou with a roar, its two iron pincers poised to snip him in half.

Luo Zhou sneered. He closed in, turned, and used the Overturning Rivers Step to evade the pincers before striking with his palm.

After Luo Zhou broke through the bottleneck, the power of Overturning Rivers Palm had gradually begun to show itself.

It had a special ability to distort distance. The Green Shrimp Monster's head was originally a foot beyond his reach, yet the palm struck it as if distance didn't exist.

It wasn't that his hand had grown longer, nor that space had changed. It was distortion. It was an overturning river, a world turned upside down.

The Green Shrimp Monster's skull was incredibly hard. Luo Zhou's palm hit it, yet it was completely unharmed.

But Luo Zhou kept striking. Five palms in a chain, then another five, his palms pounding down like a hammer driving in a nail!

Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack!

He turned with the Overturning Rivers Step, dodging every counterattack from the Green Shrimp Monster.

At the thirteenth strike, cracks appeared on top of the Green Shrimp Monster's head, and it began to wail.

At the fifteenth strike, the Green Shrimp Monster stopped resisting and turned to run.

But how could it escape? Luo Zhou pursued it relentlessly. At the eighteenth strike, there was a sharp crack, and its head burst apart.

Its corpse fell to the ground, its limbs still twitching.

Luo Zhou let out a long breath and looked around.

He shattered skulls with Overturning Rivers, blew heads apart with Treading Seas!

The fishmen who saw his gaze all backed away. Someone suddenly let out a shriek, and they all fled toward the open sea.

Taking stock, Luo Zhou found that the Eternal Fire Sea had collected eighty-three Fate Points!

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