Bai Zhanxiong's Death
Three days later, in the Chaotic Reef Sea Area.
The sea breeze howled as the giant ship slowly glided through the scattered, rugged reefs, stirring up waves.
Dongfang Yueming stood by the railing, letting the sea breeze flutter the edge of his straw hat, calmly appreciating the magnificent scenery. His mind, however, once again sank into the system panel.
[Character: Dongfang Yueming]
[Realm: Internal Force Realm (Third Level Perfection: Strength Transformed into Glazed Liuli, Will Follows the Mind) (Gain 600 points daily)]
[Techniques: Extreme Body Tempering Method (Perfection), Primordial Yin-Yang Art (Perfection), Sea-Burning Force Condensation Method (Perfection)]
[Martial Arts: Body Technique (Perfection), Weapon Technique (Perfection), Sea-Burning Raging Flame Palm (Perfection),..., Red Flame Hand (0/200, Not Yet Entry)]
[Points:3622]
[My Inner Force has reached its limit, and I'm getting closer and closer to reaching the Earth Spirit Sect.] Dongfang Yueming thought to himself, [When I face that old guy, if the ' Sea-Burning Raging Flame Palm ' isn't enough, I can also Point Allocation Perfection ' Red Flame Hand ' and fuse it with the ' Sea-Burning Raging Flame Palm ' again. Its power will definitely reach another level.]
Just then, a chilling aura shattered the tranquility of the sea.
Several figures emerged from the cabin, all dressed in Bai family attire, their auras deep and composed—clearly, they were all experts in the Internal Force Realm! Leading them was Bai Zhanxiong. Bai Feng, however, was signaled by him with his eyes to quietly retreat to the back of the crowd.
"Everyone, get off the deck immediately!" A Bai family elder's voice boomed, his tone filled with unquestionable domineering authority.
The other martial artists on the deck paled at the sight.
Wang Pangzi happened to be nearby. He glanced at Dongfang Yueming, who was being subtly surrounded by the Bai family members, and then at the unfriendly looks from the elders with Inner Force. He decisively chose to follow his heart and quietly retreated back to the cabin, secretly worried for Dongfang Yueming.
Soon, only Dongfang Yueming and the Bai family family remained on the huge deck.
"Your Excellency, are you the one wanted by the Nirvana Sect Extinction Sect, Dongfang Ri?" The leading elder stepped forward, staring intently at Dongfang Yueming, his eyes filled with undisguised greed.
Dongfang Yueming slowly turned around, her voice as calm as still water. "So what if it is?"
"Hahaha! Good! Good! Admit it!" The elder laughed wildly, as if he could already see the generous reward beckoning to him. "You have a path to heaven but choose not to, you've chosen the gates to hell! Boy, surrender now!"
Before he finished speaking, his figure swayed, his Inner Force surged, and he struck out with a palm, accompanied by a sharp sound of air being torn apart!
This palm strike was powerful and heavy, with concentrated internal energy, clearly indicating it was a highly skilled Inner Force martial art! The surrounding air was compressed and emitted a burst of sound.
"At this age, even if your true intention is strong, I don't believe you can master Inner Force martial arts!" the elder sneered inwardly.
"Attack together! Don't give him any chance!" The other elders also roared at the same time, closing in from all directions. Sharp palm winds and fist shadows intertwined to form a Heavenly Net and Earthly Web that completely blocked all of Dongfang Yueming's escape routes!
Faced with this seemingly inescapable predicament, Dongfang Yueming remained calm.
[Inner Force martial arts? I really don't know any.]
[but...]
He slowly raised his right hand.
[Who said it takes Inner Force martial arts to kill you?]
The next moment, a terrifying true intent, combining the intensity of Fentian and the madness of surging the seas, erupted with a deafening roar!
"Sea-Burning Raging Flame Palm!"
Dongfang Yueming struck out with his palm, not aiming at any individual, but rather at the sky!
Boom--!!!
A visible yin-yang symbol of water and fire spread out across the deck from his center! Crimson flames and black waves intertwined and swirled, transforming into a destructive energy shockwave that swept outwards from every angle!
"What?!"
"That's impossible!"
The menacing smiles on the faces of those Bai family elders froze instantly, replaced by boundless horror and fear.
Their protective aura was as fragile as paper in the face of that domineering palm force, crumbling at the slightest touch!
"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"
With a series of muffled thuds, those arrogant Inner Force elders didn't even have time to utter a scream before they were instantly swallowed up by the violent energy. Their bodies were like ice blocks thrown into a furnace, instantly evaporated into nothingness!
One palm strike, and the area is cleared!
Just then, an aura several times stronger than all the elders combined erupted from behind!
It's Bai Zhanxiong!
From the start of the battle, he had been secretly accumulating strength, waiting for the best opportunity to strike. He hadn't expected Dongfang Yueming to be so powerful, annihilating all of his Bai family's Inner Force elders with a single palm strike! But this was also his best chance!
"You little beast! Die!"
Bai Zhanxiong's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked like a madman! He pushed his Inner Force First Level Perfection cultivation to its limit, and his entire body's qi condensed into a deep blue armor. A warhammer crackling with lightning appeared in his hand at some point!
"Lightning Prison Star-Shattering Hammer!"
He poured all his power into this one strike; this Entry- level master-level Grandmaster art was his trump card! Before the hammer even landed, the violent lightning power already caused the surrounding space to groan under its strain!
"This is Father's true strength!" Bai Feng, hiding in the distance, was overjoyed upon seeing this. "One strike and he's dead! He's doomed!"
However, a hint of pity flashed in Dongfang Yueming's eyes in the face of this earth-shattering attack.
[Perfect, Point Allocation.]
[Ding! 200 points consumed, Red Flame Hand upgraded to Entry!]
[Ding! Consumed 600 points, "Red Flame Hand" has been upgraded to Minor Accomplishment!]
[Ding! 1000 points consumed, Red Flame Hand upgraded to Major Accomplishment!]
In an instant, a blazing true intent, no less powerful than the "Sea-Burning Raging Flame Palm," rose from Dongfang Yueming's body! His right hand turned crimson red, like a red-hot branding iron!
"What?!" Bai Zhanxiong's pupils shrank to the size of pinpoints, a deadly sense of crisis gripping his heart.
Dongfang Yueming raised his crimson palm, met the lightning-streaked warhammer, and casually pressed it down.
Major Accomplishment- level "Red Flame Hand"!
There was no earth-shattering roar, no violent energy collision.
That crimson palm, like a red-hot knife cutting into butter, easily pierced through layers of lightning, melted the hard hammerhead, and finally imprinted itself on Bai Zhanxiong's face, which was filled with horror and disbelief.
"Zzz--"
Bai Zhanxiong's body, from head to toe, instantly turned into a handful of ashes and dissipated in the sea breeze.
On the deck, there was a deathly silence.
Bai Feng, who was hiding in the distance, and all the martial artists who were secretly watching the battle in the cabin, were frozen in place as if they had been struck by a spell, their minds blank.