Crack!
A piercing explosion of shattering bones rang out!
The Shadow Leopard let out an utterly miserable shriek. Its entire foreleg twisted and snapped at an unnatural angle, throwing its body off balance. It rolled into the nearby Seven-Colored Poisonous Miasma, where the highly corrosive toxic fog immediately engulfed it. Its cries became even more agonized. It was clearly not going to survive.
In the blink of an eye, two of the three five-hundred-year Shadow Leopards had been taken out!
Seeing this, the last Shadow Leopard's ferocity was overwhelmed by fear. It let out a wary growl and actually retreated half a step, no longer daring to advance.
But how could Situ Xuan let it go?
"Trying to run? Too late!"
His figure clung to it like a festering bone disease, closing in instantly! Both fists shot out, their shadows pouring down like a violent storm and swallowing the final Shadow Leopard whole!
North Star Hundred Rending Fists!
The countless fist shadows did not strike at random. Like the most precise surgical operation, they landed accurately on the Shadow Leopard's major joints, bone connections, and the nodes through which energy flowed within its body!
Bang bang bang bang bang...!
A dense series of explosions, like beating war drums! The Shadow Leopard did not even have time to scream. Under the force of those countless penetrating bursts of hidden strength, its entire body exploded like a rag sack detonated from within!
Flesh and blood flew everywhere, and every bone shattered!
The three five-hundred-year Shadow Leopards had been completely wiped out in less than three breaths after Situ Xuan activated Martial Soul Possession!
And at that moment, the Earth-Shaking Giant Ape's second attack arrived!
Enraged by Situ Xuan's effortless evasion and instant slaughter of the three leopards, its eyes turned blood-red. Its massive foot rose, carrying the force of ten thousand pounds, before stomping down like a warhammer!
At the same time, the Iron-Winged Goshawk's second wave of wind blades had condensed in the air. The Seven-Colored Poisonous Miasma Python slithered about, searching for the best moment to spit its venom, while the vanguard of the Bloodthirsty Demon Rat swarm—with tiny eyes gleaming vicious green and sharp incisors—had already reached him!
The spiritual energy halo surrounding Situ Xuan seemed to have grown even brighter and more majestic after his recent outburst and slaughter, drawing in even more madness.
He stood amid a pool of blood and scattered flesh, Malevolent Qi rising from his body like wolf smoke into the sky. His tiger-like eyes swept over the powerful enemies continuing to surge toward him. He licked his slightly dry lips, and the wild, vicious smile on his face grew increasingly savage.
"Warm-up... over!"
Situ Xuan's murmur was like cracking ice, carrying the coldness of a declaration of finality.
The Malevolent Qi and Blood Qi billowing around him mixed together. In his Martial Soul Possession state, they vaguely formed the phantom of a black ferocious tiger behind him, roaring at the sky. Though indistinct, its vicious aura made even the air tremble.
The Earth-Shaking Giant Ape's stomp arrived as expected, the shadow of its enormous foot descending with berserk force capable of crushing everything.
But this time, Situ Xuan did not choose to evade completely!
His right foot suddenly kicked backward, instantly cracking the ground. Rather than retreating, he advanced like an arrow flying against the current, charging straight toward the side of the giant ape's descending foot!
Just before he was crushed, his body slid sideways with an unnatural flexibility. At the same time, the fingers of his right hand curled into a claw. Dense black Malevolent Qi gathered upon it, carrying an aura capable of tearing through metal and stone as he viciously clawed at a relatively vulnerable spot on the outside of the ape's ankle, where thick skin covered the area instead of hardened muscular armor!
Black Heart Evil Palm—Black Tiger Steals Heart!
This move took its intent rather than its form, targeting weakness and striking straight through to the internal organs!
Rip—!
A grating tearing sound rang out! Before the claw strike condensed with Malevolent Qi, the giant ape's tough hide tore apart like rotten cloth, leaving five deep wounds that exposed bone! Dark red blood gushed out like a small waterfall!
Roar—!
The Earth-Shaking Giant Ape let out its most agonized and furious roar since the battle began. Its massive body staggered from the wound to its ankle, distorting its stomping motion as its foot crashed down beside Situ Xuan and kicked up dust across the sky once more.
But Situ Xuan had not escaped unscathed either.
The terrifying wind pressure and shockwave generated by the giant ape's descending foot swept over his body like an invisible heavy hammer.
Although he had avoided direct contact, the aftershock still made his Blood Qi churn. A sweetness rose in his throat, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. His internal organs had suffered minor shock damage.
"Now that's got some kick!"
He wiped away the blood from his lips, but the flames in his eyes burned even more fiercely.
Pain and injury seemed only to have added another armful of firewood to his boiling battle intent!
At that moment, the Iron-Winged Goshawk in the sky seized the instant when his old strength had faded and new strength had yet to arise. The second wave of wind blades was already upon him!
This time, the wind blades were denser and their angles more treacherous, sealing off every route of escape!
At the same time, the Seven-Colored Poisonous Miasma Python, which had been waiting for an opportunity, finally found one!
Its savage snakehead shot out like a spring, so fast that it left behind only a streak of dazzling color. Rather than spraying outward, its foul venom condensed into a water arrow that silently shot toward Situ Xuan's back!
Its timing was exquisite to the extreme!
Wind blades blanketed the front, a venomous arrow struck from behind, and at his side, the Earth-Shaking Giant Ape—made even more berserk by pain—swung another fist toward him!
Below him, the black-tide-like Bloodthirsty Demon Rat swarm had reached his feet. Several of the foremost rats had already leaped up, opening their small mouths full of sharp teeth to bite at his calves!
Despair had returned! And it was even more perilous than before!
Inside the monitoring room, Long Hengxu could no longer bear to watch and closed his eyes.
Wu Zhangkong's hands remained behind his back, his knuckles squeezed white. For the first time, violent turmoil appeared in his cold eyes.
Situ Xuan's pupils contracted sharply. The shadow of death washed over him like ice water, instantly freezing even his boiling blood.
But in the next instant, the ferocity suppressed to its limit erupted completely like a volcano!
"Aaaaargh—!"
He let out a wild roar that did not sound human. The vast spiritual energy halo surrounding him seemed to be pulled by some force, flooding frantically into his body!
This was not slow absorption, but almost plundering consumption!
His meridians swelled with pain as his Soul Power was forcibly raised and compressed in an instant, then burned without restraint!
The Black Heart Evil Palm's mental art operated at its limit, drawing in not only his own Soul Power, but also the pure, primordial Heaven and Earth Essence that filled this Spirit Ascension Platform world, as well as... the lingering fierce and malevolent aura left behind by the Soul Beasts that had just died!
Ten Thousand Qi Returning to Origin!!
He suddenly spread his palms apart. His left hand was black as ink, Malevolent Qi condensed almost into substance; his right hand, however, strangely took on a trace of grayish white, drawing in the chaotic surrounding essence and the Malevolent Qi of lingering souls!
Darkness Overcasting Heaven and Earth!
Both palms struck out. They had no specific target, yet a chaotic, twisted, bizarre force field that seemed capable of throwing yin and yang into disorder suddenly spread outward from him!
The wind blades descending from above entered the force field, and their trajectories immediately became chaotic. They collided with one another and veered off course. Most lost their aim, while only a few grazed his body, leaving several bloody cuts.
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