"Whoosh!"
In an instant, the familiar sensation of falling returned, and Gu Chenfeng descended onto that starry arena once more.
His body was still condensed from starlight, completely unscathed and in peak condition.
Gu Chenfeng looked up. Sure enough, the nine true spirits in the void were still eyeing him like tigers watching their prey.
"Roar...!"
Once again, the most hot-tempered of them, Qiongqi, attacked first, pouncing at him.
Seeing this, Gu Chenfeng immediately moved.
He unleashed the Great Evolution Wandering Dragon Art, dark golden light bursting from his entire body. With the Profound Ice Battle Axe in hand, he closed in on the enormous Qiongqi in an instant.
"Earth-Slaying Sky-Splitting!"
"Whoosh...!"
This time, Gu Chenfeng unleashed his strongest offensive the moment he struck.
"Riiip...!"
The dark golden axe shadow tore through the crimson sea of flames, severing one of the enormous Qiongqi's thick paws on the spot.
Its momentum undiminished, the axe shadow plunged into the beast's chest, ripping open a huge wound that exposed bone.
"Roar...!"
The enormous Qiongqi screamed in agony. Its aura rapidly weakened, and, already gravely injured, it began fleeing backward.
Yet before Qiongqi could get away-
"Rumble...!"
A thunderous rumble shook the void. A huge Azure Dragon claw abruptly reached out of it and seized Qiongqi's head, its five talons like hooks, sinking deep into flesh and bone.
"Boom...!"
In the end, the enormous Qiongqi's head was crushed in an instant, killing it on the spot.
It really worked!
Having learned from his previous failure, Gu Chenfeng had unleashed two killing moves together this time, slaying the brute as quickly as possible.
That way, he would not have to fear their tactic of escalating the assault in stages, and he might even clear the trial quickly.
Yet the instant he killed Qiongqi-
"Aaang...!"
"Screee...!"