"Fight!"
Hong Yu executed the Seven-Star Step, his uncanny Body Technique leaving an afterimage in his wake as he charged head-on toward Hua Feihua and Niu Ben.
Niu Ben and Hua Feihua's formation was extrely odd.
Niu Ben was at the forefront, taking the brunt of the charge, while Hua Feihua followed leisurely behind, holding a Carved Wooden Fan.
The two of them ford a strange, straight line.
The distance between the three was already short, and they quickly clashed.
Niu Ben's pair of Double-Sealing Hamrs had already been destroyed by Hong Yu's Destruction technique, but he wasn't empty-handed. A rather ordinary-looking Heavy Hamr had appeared in his hands. It must have been a spare weapon. Although it would affect Niu Ben's combat power, it wouldn't weaken him by much.
His strength was still not to be underestimated!
"One Strike Decides the Tune!"
Niu Ben once again swung his Heavy Hamr down.
This ti, Niu Ben had clearly learned from their previous fight. Facing Hong Yu, he held back so of his power in his attack, just in case.
The Power of his Primordial Spirit circulated through his body, its faint, shimring light coiling around the Heavy Hamr.
If this hamr were to land, it could absolutely demolish a small villa.
The blow was powerful and heavy!
A glint flashed in Hong Yu's eyes. 'Are you really going to use the sa move on twice?' He stomped on the ground, his body soaring high into the air.
At the sa ti, his hands slid from the middle of the Breaking Army Spear down to its tail, gripping it tightly.
He raised it high over his head and brought it down in a sudden horizontal strike.
The strike, like a long staff cutting through the air, created a whistling sound that made one's scalp tingle.
"Hmph?"
Niu Ben's expression darkened.
Hong Yu's sudden change of tactics had caught him sowhat off guard.
But Niu Ben didn't panic. Instead, his face showed a look of confident fearlessness.
'What's going on?' Hong Yu wondered inwardly.
But he soon understood the source of Niu Ben's confidence.
The mont Hong Yu's Breaking Army Spear was about to hit Niu Ben, he suddenly felt an icy presence rush into his mind.
With a BUZZ, his mind went blank and dazed.
What followed was a series of sharp, stabbing pains, as if countless steel needles were piercing his brain.
"Haha, die, kid!"
The lapse in consciousness lasted only a mont. When Hong Yu ca to his senses, he found that Niu Ben had already leaped into the air before him, his Steel Heavy Hamr smashing down toward him, swung by a pair of savage iron arms.
Hong Yu's gaze darkened. It was too late to block.
His left eye, the Cyan Eye, flickered.
Using the force of the brutal gale blowing toward him, he tapped his toes on the empty air and executed the Seven Star Step Technique, his figure moving like a phantom. He barely dodged Niu Ben's powerful and heavy strike, and as the hamr scraped past him, Hong Yu casually slapped his palm onto it.
His body fell toward the ground at an even faster speed.
THUD!
The mont Hong Yu landed, he kicked off the ground again, explosively retreating.
A faint cyan light glowed in his eyes as he swept his gaze over Niu Ben and Hua Feihua.
If he hadn't regained his senses in ti just now, he would have been heavily injured by Niu Ben's hamr.
'It felt like sothing just attacked my mind. What was that?' Hong Yu's face was filled with confusion.
In a battle between experts, life and death are often decided in a single instant.
Just like what had happened monts ago, if he hadn't woken up in ti, he would have been completely unable to dodge Niu Ben's attack. But he couldn't count on such luck again. If he fell into that state again in their next exchange, what awaited him would be an abyss from which there was no return.
Niu Ben landed from the air, casting a surprised glance at Hong Yu before looking back at Hua Feihua. "Boss, were you holding back just now? How did this kid recover from your ntal Shock so quickly?"
"When have you ever seen show rcy to an enemy?"
Hua Feihua rolled his eyes, a look of surprise in them. "This kid is a little strange!"
Niu Ben snorted, two streams of white air puffing from his nostrils. "I don't care if he's strange. He can forget about escaping from the two of us combined!"
"Of course!" Hua Feihua nodded.
Just as he was about to say more, his expression suddenly froze, and he looked toward the depths of Liger Ravine.
That was the direction of the Mountain Opening Tiger Thief Gang's main camp.
Hua Feihua's face grew solemn. He said in a low voice, "Niu Ben, the situation has changed. End this quickly!"
"The situation has changed? Could it be…" Niu Ben paused.
Hua Feihua nodded. "We have only one hour left until our eting with the Third Master. We must finish them off quickly and get back to the main camp!"
"Understood!"
At the ntion of the Third Master, Niu Ben's expression clearly changed, a flash of deep fear crossing his face. He nodded heavily.
He fiercely raised his Steel Heavy Hamr and charged again.
Hua Feihua followed close behind, holding his Carved Wooden Fan, his face wearing a chilling, bone-deep coldness.
'So Hua Feihua has abilities similar to the Enchantress, but where she excels at creating Illusion Techniques, he excels at ntal Shocks.'
Hong Yu understood instantly.
He frowned, the cyan light swirling within his left eye.
'I rember the Star River Spirit Bone has an Innate Divine Technique that's ant to be a Guardian Soul.'
Hong Yu mused.
He activated his Profound Skill, and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi surged into his Celestial Spirit.
Almost at the sa ti, Hong Yu felt a clear stream wash over his mind. Wherever the stream passed, his thoughts beca exceptionally clear and lucid. Evidently, this was the Star River Spirit Bone's Guardian Soul innate technique activating.
With this thought, Hong Yu's worries lessened.
WHIR!
With a twist of his wrist, the Breaking Army Spear began to spin. Hong Yu spun his body around, his Long Spear sweeping out horizontally.
Sweeping Thousand Soldiers!
This was a very ordinary move.
Facing such an attack, Niu Ben looked disdainful. He shot a sidelong glance at Hua Feihua behind him.
Hua Feihua nodded slightly. With a flick of his Carved Wooden Fan, WHOOSH, several energy ripples, almost invisible to the naked eye, shot out. This was one of Hua Feihua's attack thods as a ntal Attack System Spirit Cultivator. With the power he currently commanded, even a Late Stage Earth Soul Realm Powerhouse would fall unconscious if hit by such a Spiritual Attack.
And Hong Yu was rely at the Half-Step Earth Soul Realm!
In Hua Feihua's eyes, no matter how much of a genius Hong Yu was in cultivation, his Power of Soul could not possibly be stronger than his own.
With his own impossible-to-defend-against Spiritual Attack as a sneak assault, combined with Niu Ben's ferocious offense, how could Hong Yu not be dood to die?
The plan was absolutely seamless!
Hua Feihua and Niu Ben's teamwork was perfect. Working together like this, they had even managed to kill a Late Stage Earth Soul Realm Powerhouse before!
Unfortunately, they were destined to be disappointed this ti.
Hong Yu had the Shelter of the Star River Spirit Bone. He hadn't activated its Guardian Spirit Divine Technique before, but now that he had, let alone Hua Feihua's Spiritual Attack which could at most affect a Late Stage Earth Soul Realm Powerhouse, even if he had the Spiritual Power to affect a Celestial Soul Realm expert, he would be helpless against the Star River Spirit Bone!
After all, no matter how strong a man is, he can never be stronger than the stars in the sky.
BUZZ!
When that imnse ntal Shock entered his mind, Hong Yu felt the clear stream emanating from the Star River Spirit Bone grow even stronger.
In an instant, the potent Spiritual Attack, which felt like a sharp awl, was neutralized by the Star River Spirit Bone.
But Niu Ben, not understanding the Profound Mysteries at play, wore a confident, Bloodthirsty sneer. He executed the "Mad Bull Chaotic Dance" technique, intending to finish Hong Yu off once and for all. "This ti, you're dead!"
A relaxed expression appeared on Hua Feihua's face. 'This ti I used the full force of my ntal Shock. Even an expert like the Third Master would lose his ability to think for a short while if faced with this attack. Hong Yu may be strange, but with his strength and realm, it should take him at least ten breaths, maybe even longer, to recover. That's more than enough ti for Niu Ben to kill him!'
'Sigh, this kid's talent is terrifying. I'm afraid only those geniuses the organization specially cultivates could compare to him. It's a sha he didn't know what's good for him and chose to oppose us. It's a bit of a waste for him to die!'
As Hua Feihua sighed with false pity, he lifted his gaze slightly to look at Hong Yu.
In his mind, Niu Ben's strike was a sure thing!
However…
When he saw what happened next, the expression on Hua Feihua's face froze completely. "Th-this is impossible!"
Hong Yu hadn't fallen into a daze as he had expected.
His eyes were as clear and bright as ever; even the cyan light in his left eye was clearly visible.
The corner of Hong Yu's mouth curled up slightly into a cold, sharp arc.
With a flick of his wrist, he touched the Breaking Army Spear to the ground, flicking up a three-or-four-cubic-ter chunk of earth and sending it flying at Niu Ben.
The chunk of earth collided with Niu Ben's oncoming Heavy Hamr, shattering into a rain of mud that caused Niu Ben's movents to falter.
Hong Yu braced the Breaking Army Spear behind him with his right hand and thrust his left hand forward in an instant.
"Void Fire Dragon!"
In his Lower Dantian, seven Qi Vortexes began to spin madly.
They were like seven terrifying whirlpools, exuding a deep and vast aura.
The whirlpools didn't absorb energy; instead, they gushed forth powerful streams of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, which instantly condensed into a fiery red Energy Ball in Hong Yu's palm. Imdiately after, Hong Yu thrust his palm out. The Fla Energy Ball instantly transford, turning into a ferocious Fire Dragon.
ROAR!
The Fire Dragon churned its scorching, fiery body, soaring through the air to coil around Niu Ben.
As the Fire Dragon enveloped him, its intense flas instantly incinerated Niu Ben's clothes. Even his crimson hair turned to ash amid a foul, burning stench. A look of terror appeared on Niu Ben's face as he desperately channeled his Power of Primordial Spirit to resist the Fire Dragon, but the dragon was like a tenacious python, continuously wrapping itself around him.
In the blink of an eye, the Fire Dragon had bound Niu Ben like a set of chains.
"Damn it, what the hell is this thing? Break for ...!" Niu Ben roared hysterically, a mixture of terror and fury on his face.
But no matter how he struggled, he couldn't break free from the Fire Dragon's restraints.
"You bastard, you…"
Niu Ben looked up at Hong Yu in fury, about to curse him out, but when he heard the next word Hong Yu said, the angry expression on his face froze. His face twitched, and a line of cold sweat dripped down…
Hong Yu simply smiled and said softly, "Detonate!"
BOOM!
The Fire Dragon coiled around Niu Ben erupted in a heaven-scorching red light. Then, the vast, compressed energy exploded outright.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
The Fire Dragon's tail exploded, and Niu Ben's legs were blown apart.
The Fire Dragon's body was wrapped around Niu Ben's waist; its explosion directly destroyed the lower half of his body.
Finally, the dragon's head exploded, and Niu Ben's head was instantly turned to scattered ashes.
HISS!
Hua Feihua's face turned deathly pale in an instant as he sucked in a sharp breath of cold air.
'Niu Ben was killed so easily?'
A look of terror filled Hua Feihua's eyes as he saw Hong Yu charging after him with the Breaking Army Spear. In terms of pure strength, Hua Feihua was only at the level of the Fifth Commander. The main reason he held the seat of Grand Commander was his Spiritual Attacks.
With even Niu Ben being instantly killed by Hong Yu, and his own Spiritual Attacks repeatedly failing, how could he possibly have the courage to fight on?
He stumbled and tried to flee.
But Hong Yu's speed was far greater than his.
He caught up to Hua Feihua in an instant. Hong Yu raised his Breaking Army Spear and thrust it toward the back of Hua Feihua's heart. If this strike landed, the great Grand Commander would certainly beco one of the spear's Lost Souls.
However…
Just as the Breaking Army Spear was about to pierce through Hua Feihua, a heaven-shaking roar, like Thunder tearing through the sky, suddenly rang out. A sharp aura, like that of an Ancient Wild Beast, instantly locked onto Hong Yu…
"Bastard, if you dare harm him, I will make you wish you were dead!"
PS: Two more chapters later!
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