Yet Ning Chen advanced instead of retreating.
He clenched both fists, and the phantoms of thirty mountain peaks instantly contracted, merging into his body.
Bold mountain and river patterns appeared across the surface of his body, interweaving with the nine-colored radiance of the Nine Treasures Invincible Robe. He seemed to have become a walking mountain range.
Three blood-red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings appeared behind him.
Blood Furnace Golden Body, fully activated!
His heartbeat abruptly quickened, pounding like war drums. His blood and vital energy surged through him like rivers, and his strength, speed, endurance, and resistance to blows climbed to their peak in an instant.
Qian Jun Heart Wall silently unfolded. An invisible protective aura covered his entire body, resonating with the Nine Treasures Invincible Robe inside and out to form a double layer of defense.
Ant Emperor Heart Hammer stood ready to unleash.
Facing the Sky Azure Bull Python charging straight at him, Ning Chen did not dodge. Instead, he stepped forward.
His right fist clenched tight, he concentrated the power of the thirty mountain phantoms, the explosive force of the Ant Emperor Heart Hammer, and all six enhancements of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into that single punch, then brazenly drove it toward the enormous blue-black bull's head!
"Stop right there!"
Boom!
The instant fist met python head, a visible ring of air exploded outward from the point of impact in every direction.
Trees within a hundred-meter radius were ripped out by their roots, and deep furrows were plowed into the ground.
The Sky Azure Bull Python's massive forward charge was forcibly halted. Its enormous bull's head snapped backward, and its python body, dozens of meters long, nearly folded over itself under its own momentum.
Just then, the Titan Giant Ape descended from the sky. An