The altar plaza.
Gu Chenfeng gazed at the weathered giant axe standing atop the altar and advanced step by step.
As he drew closer, fierce winds seemed to howl around him.
"Whoosh...!"
A vast, razor-sharp aura in the air enveloped him.
Ahead, there seemed to be a wall of wind formed from countless blades.
As Gu Chenfeng advanced, he pitted his flesh against that wall of bladed wind.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss...!"
For a moment, shrill, densely packed hisses rang out all around Gu Chenfeng.
Slashes appeared across his robes.
A keen light flashed in his eyes, and pale golden protective astral qi circled his body, resisting the wind wall's assault.
The hissing swelled as golden light flashed wildly.
Gu Chenfeng strode onward. After he covered some distance, the "wind wall" surged in power.
It actually broke through his protective astral qi and enveloped his body once more.
Gu Chenfeng's robes shredded in an instant.
By now, the blood qi power within him was circulating at full strength, and a dark gold glow spread over his body.
The mighty physique of a Dragon Elephant Realm body cultivator resisted the bladed wind wall as he pressed onward.
Even so, after he advanced some distance, bloody marks began appearing on Gu Chenfeng's skin. Blood seeped out, and his steps grew labored.
Despite his strength as a late Dragon Elephant Realm body cultivator, he was still far from covering even a third of the distance to the giant axe on the altar.
At that moment, azure light rose in Gu Chenfeng's eyes, his pupils gradually narrowed, and azure dragon power began circulating.
A speck of azure radiance bloomed at his dantian. Azure scale patterns transformed into armored scales, sharp claws, fangs, and dragon horns as his body rapidly took on a bestial form...
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