The immense pressure made the surrounding Ferocious Beasts bend their knees slightly without realizing it, showing their respect for their king.
The Beast King glared viciously at Shi Qingyun, certain that he had deliberately controlled the battlefield's location so the shock waves would strike the other Ferocious Beasts.
Although it cared nothing for whether those Ferocious Beasts lived or died, being led around by the nose by a human was another matter.
It felt that its authority had been challenged, especially after Shi Qingyun had wounded it several times.
Unaware of this, Shi Qingyun leaped up and slashed toward the Beast King's head, but it merely tilted its head and dodged.
It roared at Shi Qingyun again and stomped both forelegs down at him. The air beneath its hooves burst under the pressure, letting out a piercing wail.
Waves of air swept outward in every direction.
Seeing the attack coming, Shi Qingyun tried to dodge, but he was already in midair and had no time to evade it. He could only force his body to descend rapidly in response.
Yet the Beast King's attack arrived just as he found his footing. Shi Qingyun hastily raised his two rune swords, crossing them to block its descending hooves.
Boom!
With a thunderous crash, the earth beneath Shi Qingyun's feet shattered inch by inch in a spiderweb of cracks.
A massive wave of air rippled outward from between them, accompanied by flying sparks.
The people watching from afar heard a deafening crash, then saw Shi Qingyun pinned beneath the feet of that enormous, hideous Ferocious Beast.
Their hearts immediately tightened, especially Jin Wanwan's. The girl he had rescued watched with eyes full of worry.
Beneath the Beast King, Shi Qingyun felt as though his hands were supporting a divine mountain, unbearably heavy.
Seeing Shi Qingyun block its attack, the fury in the Beast King's eyes burned even hotter.
It roared again and pressed down harder. The sudden surge of force caught Shi Qingyun off guard.
Crack! Crack!
The sounds came from inside Shi Qingyun's body, but he could no longer spare them any attention.
His knees buckled slightly under the pressure. Drawing a deep breath, he rapidly manifested two Cave Heavens behind him.
The Yin-Yang Cave Heavens spun rapidly behind him, unleashing a terrifying devouring force. The vital essence drifting through heaven and earth was swiftly drawn into Shi Qingyun's body.
A rune appeared in his eyes. His legs snapped straight, and he thrust both hands upward, forcing the Beast King's two sharp claws away.
Shi Qingyun immediately used the Eight Directions Step, retreating rapidly out of the Beast King's reach.
After being pushed away, the Beast King tried to swipe at him again, only to find that Shi Qingyun's figure had vanished from the spot like a gust of wind.
Shi Qingyun stood on one foot atop the tusk of a Ferocious Beast lying on the ground.
His eyes were grave now. He could sense that several bones in his chest had broken during that clash.
Fortunately, strands of Yin-Yang Qi coiled around the broken bones, mending his injuries.
This Beast King really is powerful.
As that thought crossed his mind, Shi Qingyun also circulated his divine power to hasten his recovery.
Before long, however, the two clashed again. With both deliberately controlling their movements, their battlefield gradually shifted farther away.
As soon as Shi Qingyun and the Beast King left, the stalemate between the two sides broke, and fierce fighting resumed.
A red light flashed over Yuan Sheng's body as he swiftly moved beside a Ferocious Beast and smashed a heavy punch into its skull. The Ferocious Beast instantly collapsed, and a smug smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Standing nearby, Jin Wan was somewhat speechless. A moment later, she too joined the battle.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
An enormous figure flew backward, smashing through one mountaintop after another before finally coming to a stop. An enraged roar rose from the dust.
The Beast King's wings beat rapidly, sending chunks of fallen rock shooting toward Shi Qingyun like arrows.
Shi Qingyun merely swept the twin swords in his hands casually, and the boulders were sliced down the middle.
After fighting for so long, Shi Qingyun had finally figured out the weakness of the huge creature before him.
Its defenses were strong, its body massive, and its speed was not slow either.
But compared with Shi Qingyun, it was still a little too slow.
Roaring, the Beast King flew onto a mountaintop, then kicked off it and shot toward Shi Qingyun like an arrow loosed from a bow.
Red light spilled from every part of the Beast King's body, filling its eyes as well.
Countless runes gathered inside its mouth. Shi Qingyun could also sense an enormous amount of energy condensing there.
"Reverse Eight Directions Step! Limit Break!"
Veins bulged on Shi Qingyun's body, and the ground beneath his feet burst apart in a spiderweb of cracks. In the blink of an eye, he vanished.
Listening to the wind howling past his ears, Shi Qingyun cleared his mind of all distractions. The two Cave Heavens behind him frantically drew in the vital essence of heaven and earth.
Runes detached themselves from the Cave Heavens one after another, flowing along Shi Qingyun's arms and into his twin swords.
The cold gleam of both blades instantly intensified.
Just then, the Beast King spat a black beam of energy from its mouth. It moved so swiftly that even the air in its path seemed to be devoured.
Unafraid, Shi Qingyun crossed his swords and met the attack head-on, a trace of madness showing in his eyes.
The next moment, the black beam split into four. Shi Qingyun charged on without slowing, his blood surging. With an enraged roar, his speed soared once more.
A dazzling light flashed, and Shi Qingyun appeared behind the Beast King.
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Chapter 48: Turning the Tide
The Black-and-White Twin Swords in Shi Qingyun's hands hung naturally at his sides along with his arms.
A gentle breeze blew past, carrying a faint scent of blood and brushing the dark strands of hair across his face.
The runes on his Black-and-White Twin Swords flickered. In the next instant, the rune swords in Shi Qingyun's hands crumbled inch by inch, turning into specks of light that scattered between heaven and earth.
As the rune swords disintegrated, a wet shick sounded behind Shi Qingyun.
Behind him, a line of blood appeared across the Beast King's neck. As it spread, its head suddenly flew high into the air.
Blood gushed from its neck like a column of water, tracing an arc through the air.
The Beast King's body slowly toppled in the gentle breeze.
Before the Beast King's body could hit the ground, however, runes surged beneath Shi Qingyun's feet, and he appeared beside it.
He reached out, and a storage pouch appeared in his hand. Pouring divine power into it, he opened it toward the Beast King's body. The enormous carcass shrank continuously until he drew it into the pouch.
He glanced at the surroundings, left ravaged and scarred by their battle. The breeze rustled through the forest, carrying away the figure still standing on the mountaintop.
The runes of the Eight Directions Step flashed continuously beneath his feet as Shi Qingyun traveled through the air.
He seemed to tread upon the breeze blowing toward him as he hurried back to the earlier battlefield.
His battle with the Beast King had left his blood stirring restlessly.
Listening to the wind whistling past his ears, Shi Qingyun placed a hand over his heart.
Feeling its strong, powerful beat, an inexplicable light appeared in his eyes.
So this is a real battle? I felt the presence of something "real."
With a gleam in his eyes, he quickened his pace again, leaving only trails of afterimages in the wind.
Back on the original battlefield, Ferocious Beasts kept charging toward them.
Yuan Sheng, Jin Wan, and the others did nothing but swing their arms mechanically. They had already grown somewhat numb to it all.
The beasts intended to wear them to death through sheer numbers, and whenever any of them tried to unleash a powerful Precious Technique, the beasts would rush in to obstruct them.
Once their divine power was exhausted, the Ferocious Beasts would swarm them.
The seemingly endless Ferocious Beasts left them utterly exhausted. They could only gather the survivors into a tight circle and take turns resisting the Ferocious Beasts' charges.
After holding off another wave of attacks, they saw that the horde had not diminished at all, and their hearts gradually sank to rock bottom.
Above all, so much time had passed, yet Shi Qingyun still had not returned. They had no idea how his battle with the Beast King had ended.
Their earlier hope slowly faded with the passing of time, and despair gradually took root in their hearts.
Fighting fiercely amid the crowd, Yu Tian naturally sensed the oppressive mood as well. Although he trusted Shi Qingyun completely, he did not know what to say at a moment like this.
He could only swing the weapon in his hands, doing his best to repel the Ferocious Beasts charging toward him.
Just as everyone was gradually sinking into despair, a flaming "meteor" came hurtling toward the battlefield from the distant sky.
It was an enormous head wreathed in flames, carrying an unparalleled impact as it slammed into the battlefield.
A thunderous boom erupted, and the immense cloud of dust it raised swiftly spread across the entire battlefield.
This sudden change drew the attention of every person and beast present. Their gazes turned toward the explosion, their eyes drawn involuntarily to the center of the rising dust.
The dust slowly cleared, revealing an enormous black head. With its lantern-sized eyes wide open, it lay before them in a pitiful state.
Besides terror, a trace of disbelief lingered in those staring eyes.
Atop that enormous head stood a youth with one foot planted on it, his robes snapping in the wind.
Shi Qingyun slowly addressed the Ferocious Beasts stirring restlessly before him.
"Your king is dead. Why haven't you retreated?"
As his words fell, an immense aura rose from his body. In an instant, invisible pressure bore heavily down on every person and beast present.
At the sight of the figure atop that enormous head, their knees trembled slightly, as though they had beheld a god.
The Ferocious Beasts witnessed Shi Qingyun's towering might and the terrifying aura radiating from him. On top of that, their king had already been slain.
After letting out low growls at Shi Qingyun, they turned and fled one after another.
Seeing the horde retreat, Yuan Sheng and the others, who had been struggling desperately to hold out moments earlier, all breathed sighs of relief.
Yu Tian dropped straight onto his backside, paying no heed to the blood and severed limbs strewn across the ground.
Shi Qingyun waited atop the Beast King's head for a while. Only after every Ferocious Beast had left the range of his senses did he jump down.
He walked toward Yu Tian and the others.
Under Jin Wanwan and Yuan Sheng's leadership, the others began cleaning up the battlefield.
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