NOVPUBSu Changkong, upon seeing his long-separated foes, felt a surge of murderous intent boiling in his heart.
During his visit to the Chi Dragon Hall, he hadn’t provoked anyone else and merely wished to obtain a strand of Innate Qi. Even when Zhong Yue snatched a strand of Innate Qi from him, he had no intention of attacking.
However, the other party had relentlessly pressed him, leading to a narrow escape from death. Encased in ice for the better part of half a year within the Underworld Ice Palace, he had barely managed to free himself.
Now facing his enemies, Su Changkong’s killing intent was unmistakably unmasked!
"It’s him... he’s not dead? How did he get out?"
Zhong Yue found it somewhat unbelievable. Even though Su Changkong’s appearance had changed from before, the intense killing intent and the Archery that transformed Arrow Lights into Rainbow from earlier, confirmed that the man before him was indeed that Human Warrior from the past.
He’d been frozen by the Divine Seed and buried in the collapsed Chi Dragon Hall; he was supposed to be dead. Now, not only had the other managed to escape, but he had also somehow discovered their whereabouts and intercepted them here.
Wind Sun Moon, upon spotting Su Changkong, showed a trace of surprise while also attentively scanning their surroundings to ensure that Su Changkong was alone. Only then did he relax slightly, fixing his gaze on Su Changkong with a voice indistinguishable in gender, "Only you came alone. Are you seeking death?"
Wind Sun Moon didn’t take Su Changkong seriously. In the battle two years prior, when Su Changkong joined forces with Hong Zhenxiang, Wind Sun Moon had utilized only the Sun Demon Body. The two had struggled to the utmost and hadn’t inflicted the slightest injury on him. To Wind Sun Moon, Su Changkong was nothing more than a slightly tougher ant, easily crushed!
"Who is he? Do Zhong Yue and Lord Wind know him?" Jing Yu, the short Monster Warrior, was somewhat skeptical and unsettled by the sudden attack on the road targeting Zhong Yue and Wind Sun Moon.
Su Changkong looked at Wind Sun Moon and said in a deep voice, "What about Hong Xiang? How is he faring?"
Su Changkong’s reason for seeking out Wind Sun Moon wasn’t only to settle the grudge and achieve clarity of thought but also because of Hong Zhenxiang. He had taken action against Wind Sun Moon on his behalf, only to be turned into an ice sculpture by the Divine Seed’s formidable power and taken away by Wind Sun Moon. Su Changkong wanted to know his current condition.
Upon hearing this, Wind Sun Moon’s lips curled slightly beneath the mask, "Who knows? Hong Xiang was taken away by an envoy from the Master of the Association. For traitors, the Association’s trial is never lenient—perhaps he has already been dismembered and scattered?"
After taking away Hong Zhenxiang, Wind Sun Moon had informed the Master of the Association. Then someone from the Life Extinguishing Association’s headquarters came to take him away.
Only Wind Sun Moon, the Vice President of the Sub-branch, and the President of the Association knew the location of the Life Extinguishing Association’s headquarters within the entire sub-branch.
Su Changkong frowned secretly; he hadn’t found Hong Zhenxiang at their mountain valley stronghold, so what Wind Sun Moon was saying was probably true. Hong Zhenxiang had been taken away by someone from the headquarters of the Life Extinguishing Association, whether he was alive or dead remained unclear.
However, now that he had come, Su Changkong couldn’t possibly return empty-handed—he at least had to slay them!
Jing Yu gave Zhong Yue a glance and received a slight nod in return. Regardless of how Su Changkong had managed to live and escape, since he dared to approach, they had to capture him! They needed to figure out how he escaped and how he learned their whereabouts!
"Monster Rock Force Field!"
Without warning, Jing Yu infused demonic power into the ground.
Woosh!
At Su Changkong’s original standing point, gravity suddenly increased by hundreds of times, a tremendous force bearing down on him like a mountain range—the Monster Art Jing Yu mastered was to manipulate rocks!
"Crack, crack, crack!"
At that very instant, Zhong Yue’s demonic power erupted, his bulky frame swelling a great deal until it reached two meters in diameter. Chunks of fat hardened like steel or stone under the influence of demonic power and a robust Monster Qi soared to the sky, causing nearby falling snowflakes to be swept up in reverse.
"Die!"
Zhong Yue, who had exploded with demonic power and was coordinating with Jing Yu, took a step forward. His body, massive like a small mountain, closed in on Su Changkong, who was restrained by the Monster Rock Force Field, and he unleashed a furious punch with his right fist that bristled with bulging muscles.
Zhong Yue knew of Su Changkong’s formidable strength—he had once suppressed him. But with Jing Yu’s Monster Art to support him, Zhong Yue sought to reclaim his lost dignity!
The massive fist hadn’t even landed yet, but it already generated a tremendous air pressure, nothing to scoff at!
If it had been Su Changkong from two years ago, he wouldn’t have dared to be careless. Facing the joint attack of the two Monster Warriors would have been exceedingly dangerous, but the Su Changkong of today was no longer the same.
"Roll back!"
A thunderous roar erupted from Su Changkong’s throat, and in that instant, the five Heavenly Pulses within his body trembled, drawing in copious amounts of Spiritual Energy, which converged upon him.
The roar burst forth like thunderbolts, echoing across a hundred miles. As the epicenter, Su Changkong’s robust True Qi mixed with Spiritual Energy, scattering in all directions, twisting and distorting the gravitational force field that bound him.
And Zhong Yue was struck with a buzzing in his head, his consciousness and movements becoming slightly sluggish as before him, Su Changkong seemed like a Giant Whale roaring!
Whale Technique, Endless Furious Sea!
In that moment, Su Changkong clenched his right hand into a fist and the Giant Whale True Qi roared and spun wildly, gathering atop his fist. He viciously threw a punch, with Spiritual Energy and True Qi converging, a colossal deep-sea vortex shadow faintly visible in the air, drawing in Wind Moon and turning it into thunderbolts and gales, a tempest consuming everything!
Having advanced to the Earth Flower Realm, Su Changkong had condensed the Earth Flower—a representation of the body’s Innate Qi. This significantly amplified his sensitivity to and manipulation of Spiritual Energy. A casual strike could summon nature’s spiritual energy, and with a serious attack, he could pool the nature’s spiritual energy from nearly ninety feet around him.
The resulting assault unleashed a power far surpassing his previous limits.
