Trading Blows
Hu Mang tore open the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda with the Heavenly Devil Fire Field and deceived the Flood Dragon Hunting Squad with the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons. His actions were fluid and imaginative, leaving even experts in awe.
But Hu Mang also knew that the real tough nuts to crack were yet to come.
His goal was never to deal with a Flood Dragon Hunting Squad, but to lead the ghost ship out of the Dragon Blood Tide.
This means that his biggest opponent is not even the distant Sea-Pacifying Divine Warship, but the Turbid Dragon Vein that is currently engaged in "two dragons playing with a pearl"!
He must seize this difficult window of opportunity presented by the "two dragons playing with a pearl" situation and break out.
Otherwise, once the Turbid Dragon in the seabed realizes what's happening, it will absolutely not allow any part of my consciousness to escape.
Even the Hu Mang couldn't expect the Heavenly Gate to open successfully at sea immediately.
Because once the sea is successfully opened, it means that a new Sea Dragon Vein is formed, and this stage is definitely the most ferocious stage for the Turbid Dragon.
It frantically absorbs all available consciousness to strengthen itself.
Besides, it's not just the dragon vein that absorbs energy; won't the new Dragon Vein absorb it too?
"The demonic body sheds its spirit, its Essence Blood flow freely. Black patterns lock the soul, the malevolent energy cannot be contained. Blood enters the cauldron of evil, the Turbid Qi burns away, the residue turns to ashes, and pure evil returns to the furnace."
A spell slowly rang out in mid-air.
Lin Zhiying suddenly turned her head and saw that inside the tower, the demonic figure that had suddenly disappeared was standing in the center of the tower, with its arms outstretched, like a whale drinking water, absorbing all the Yao Qi that had been sealed for countless years and leaked from the cracks in the tower.
"Blood surges through every vein, black demons follow my every move. Demons and ferocity are my domain, malevolence is my weapon. Black miasma grows from my bones, blood swirls around my tendons, my mortal body sheds its mortal form, gradually taking on the shape of an Asura."
Accompanied by the incantation, a phantom of a blood-red fox suddenly emerged from behind the opponent, evolving into one tail, two tails, three tails, and four tails. When it evolved into four tails, it suddenly let out a mournful cry and exploded, a cloud of blood mist enveloping the figure.
"Blood of demons fuels the flames, malevolence forms the armor; Half-Black Asura, now slaying the tyrant!"
Lin Zhiying suddenly felt a fierce and malevolent aura she had never seen before. It was not ordinary Demonic Qi, Ghost Qi, or Yao Qi, but a complex mixture of demon blood, Devil Cultivation Method, Ghost Qi, and Sha Qi energy, carrying a primitive and savage sense of oppression, as if the person standing in front of her was not a cultivator, but an Asura that crawled out of an ancient battlefield.
Two dragons play with a pearl underwater, while in the sky, dark clouds begin to gather.
Lin Zhiying's expression changed drastically, and she shouted into the earpiece:
"Request the deployment of Clear Qi Bomb, quickly!"
"You have no martial ethics! Shouldn't you charge at a demon like me without hesitation, shouting love and peace, and slaying demons for the sake of all living beings? Why do you always resort to saturation bombing?"
"Captain, behind us!"
Upon hearing these words, Lin Zhiying's magical artifact immediately erupted with Law Treasure light.
It wasn't just the item she was wearing that was blown up, but also the defensive Law Treasure of the three squad members around her.
Military-grade Law Treasure not only integrate light energy for escape but also offer coordinated defense.
Perhaps that's why her life was saved.
However, this level of attack still caused her vision to go black, a sharp pain to shoot through her back, and she was blasted into the sea, creating a giant waterfall.
When she emerged from the sea, she saw her teammates being blasted off one by one.
Only then did she see the other person's true face.
What kind of monster is that?!
It was in human form, but could no longer be called human.
He had grown more than ten feet taller than before, his body as imposing as an iron tower, with broad shoulders and a thick back. Every muscle was like wrought iron that had been forged through countless hammer blows, sharp and bulging hard. His skin was an iron gray, like the bricks of an ancient city wall that had weathered many storms, its surface covered with dense black lines.
The patterns writhed slowly on his body like living things, sometimes coalescing into ancient rune shapes, and sometimes spreading out into a network like meridians, gleaming with a cold, dark red luster in the darkness, like red-hot iron bars embedded in his flesh.
His face was no longer recognizable; two thick, black, curved horns rose on either side of his forehead, covered with fine spirals, like incantations carved by a craftsman, gleaming with a cold, eerie light under the influence of Ghost Qi.
His eyes turned into two dark red spots of light, without pupils or whites, only two balls of light like burning embers burning in their sockets. Wherever his gaze fell, even the seawater seemed to be scalded with a shallow mark.
His lips curled slightly, revealing two rows of sharp, beast-like fangs. Black, malevolent Sha Qi seeped from between his teeth, hissing in the air like a red-hot iron being quenched in cold water.
Behind him, a pair of black wings formed from Sha Qi and ferocious energy were slowly flapping; each flap left a twisted black trail in the air, as if even the night itself was being disturbed by that Sha Qi.
On his chest, a fox-shaped tattoo formed from crimson light was slowly rotating—it was the afterimage of the four-tailed fox that had been devoured.
Sensing the terrifying battle intent that seemed to emanate from High Antiquity, Hu Mang glanced down at the fox shadow on his chest, a hint of regret flashing in his eyes.
The top-grade fox fur he had painstakingly grown was all used up again.
In addition to exhausting his own demon blood, he also completely depleted the vast essence of the Unraveled Rope Devil Meridian.
He'd never fought this hard before, not even when he was battling Ao Tianhai.
But the benefits are also obvious.
Combat power!
Terrifying combat power!
Hu Mang felt that even in terms of physical strength, he wasn't this powerful when he transformed into the Thunder God.
He squeezed his thick, black claws, and the air seemed to explode on the spot.
Sword Qi Thunder Sound?
I can create thunderous sounds with my fists!
Humanity was instantly replaced by the fighting spirit of a demon!
The next moment, the figure of the Black Sha Asura vanished from the spot. Three or four breaths later, a violent explosion erupted in the area, accompanied by a fierce wind.
At the same time that the Black Sha Asura was manifested, a Nascent Soul suddenly appeared in the sky above the Sea-Pacifying Divine Warship Nascent Soul!
This Nascent Soul was formed entirely from pale golden spiritual light, its face was indistinct, but the aura it exuded was like a steady mountain.
This was none other than the Nascent Soul Formation Master of the Sea-Pacifying Divine Warship, one of the key figures in this operation.
The tiny Nascent Soul looked serious, and with a grasping motion of its small hand, the array of the Sea-Pacifying Divine Warship was instantly activated to 120%.
However, the next moment, Shura appeared opposite him and threw a punch from a distance!
Wherever the fist passed, the air was compressed into a white column of air. At the edge of the column, space seemed to be slightly distorted, emitting a low, thunderous roar.
The Nascent Soul formation master reacted extremely quickly. The instant Hu Mang's fist came crashing down, he pushed forward with both hands at the same time. The array light of the Sea-Pacifying Divine Warship instantly condensed into a thick, pale golden light shield, blocking the fist's path.
Hundreds of layers of defensive runes appeared on the surface of the light shield, arranged closely like fish scales. Each layer of runes was rotating at high speed, stacking the defensive power to the extreme.
Boom--!
The Hu Mang's fist slammed into the light shield, and a deep, resounding boom, like the tolling of a giant bell, exploded on the sea surface, causing the surrounding waters to surge violently.
A huge dent appeared on the surface of the light shield where the fist had struck. Countless fine cracks spread outwards from the edge of the dent like a spider web, and runes flickered within the cracks, as if they might shatter at any moment.
But the shield of light ultimately held—it survived.
However, although the light shield was not breached, the terrifying impact was not completely neutralized.
The force passed through the light shield and was transmitted to the entire hull of the Sea-Pacifying Divine Warship. The ship shook violently, and then this behemoth, which was over a hundred feet long and weighed tens of thousands of tons, was blasted away from its original position by the residual force of that punch, sliding horizontally for several feet on the sea surface.
Just as Hu Mang was about to press his advantage, a muffled ejection sound came from the stern of the ship.
The spare Devil Suppression Tower, originally embedded in the storage compartment at the stern of the ship, was launched out in the emergency, like a stone projectile fired from a giant crossbow, carrying an overwhelming force as it crashed head-on into the Hu Mang.
This Devil Suppression Tower Xiaoyi than the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda that was previously torn apart. Its body is covered with demon-suppressing runes, and it exudes a surging divine light that subdues demons. As it is launched, it accelerates continuously, like a giant spear, piercing straight into the chest of the Hu Mang.
Shura's pupils contracted, and he crossed his arms in front of him, attempting to withstand the attack.
Boom--!
The Devil Suppression Tower slammed solidly into his arms; in that instant, he felt as if he had been hit head-on by a flying mountain.
His body tumbled several times in the air, smashed through a wave of Spiritual Qi on the sea surface, and then glided along the sea surface for dozens of feet.
However, Shura showed no sign of stopping.
Because behind it, the ghost ship that had disappeared earlier reappeared, with thousands of water ghosts supporting the hull and emitting low wailing sounds, as if cheering on their captain.
Shura slammed his massive leg, thicker than an elephant's leg, onto the ship's hull, and the next moment, like an arrow released from a bow, he shot towards the Sea-Pacifying Divine Warship once again.
The two dark red lights burned even more intensely in their eye sockets, as if they wanted to incinerate everything in front of them.
His only target was the Nascent Soul formation master hovering above the Sea-Pacifying Divine Warship; once he defeated him, the Sea-Pacifying Divine Warship's formation would be breached, and then the entire warship would be his for the taking!
Then, the members of the Flood Dragon Hunting Squad watched in stunned silence.
That incredibly powerful Asura monster repeatedly charged towards the Sea-Pacifying Divine Warship, only to be driven back by the ship's various weapons, only to charge again.
The continuous rumble of thunder in the air was almost as loud as when the Divine Crow Arrow were fired in unison.
A wave hundreds of feet high exploded in an instant.
Divine thunder, the Devil Suppression Tower, and the Divine Crow Arrow countered the ever-changing Devil Cultivation Method.
They created all sorts of exaggerated and bizarre phenomena in nature.
In a daze, they seemed to see two colossal objects, each a hundred feet tall, clashing against each other on the sea.
Have the Cultivation Method of overseas demonic sects evolved to this level?