BOOM!
When Chen Fei collided with the Flame Demon General, the collapsed castle ruins exploded with intimidating shockwaves. An endless icy blue light firmly sealed the terrifying magma, shining like a permanently frozen star. This scene left everyone present stunned, their faces filled with horror.
The mere impact caused Melsdom and the others in the distance to feel as if their chests would burst open, with blood pouring from their ears, mouths, and noses. Their faces were masks of pure horror. The shockwave alone had injured them! How terrifying, how heaven-defying, must the actual clash between those two be? It was simply unimaginable!
"I must admit, your current strength is indeed interesting. However, do you really think this borrowed power is omnipotent? How long can a wretch like you last? Stop making me laugh and die obediently at my hands. You should consider that an honor!" the Flame Demon General said coldly. His entire body, which seemed to be constructed from magma, grew scorching and charred as he charged toward Chen Fei.
"Is that so? Dying at your hands is an honor? You really think too highly of yourself," Chen Fei retorted, a faint, cold smile curling his lips. "Fine. Since you want to see how long I can 'last,' I'll open your eyes!"
At this moment, he didn't even bother with secret techniques or Divine Skills, simply clashing with his new physical form. Such was the terror of the secret technique he had just used. He had completely assimilated Zhen Jingkong's icy Spiritual Energy, temporarily integrating it into his body and making his physical form incredibly strongātruly unparalleled! A feat like this was unreachable even for someone like Zhen Jingkong, despite his astonishing origins and background. This naturally testified to the technique's profound and horrifying nature. In truth, if Chen Fei didn't know that the mysterious drop of Golden Blood was protecting him from within, he probably wouldn't have dared to be so reckless. But regardless, he had now succeeded.
BANG!
He then threw a punch, his arm seeming to transform into a massive icy python, emitting a bone-chilling cold! The technique was immensely powerful in his hands. Standing in mid-air, he engaged the Flame Demon General directly, his attacks rattling his opponent's Divine Skills and producing deafening metallic clangs as sparks flew. This scene rendered Zhen Jingkong silent within the sea of consciousness.
Originally, he hadn't believed Chen Fei could be a match for the Flame Demon General, even with his borrowed power. It should have been impossible! The disparity was too obvious. One combatant relied entirely on his own strength, having reached this point one step at a time, while the other was merely using borrowed power. Wasn't the gap clear enough? But nowā¦ now, Chen Fei's performance left him utterly speechless.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Meanwhile, the battlefield above the collapsing castle was a terrifying sight. Freezing air and scorching magma intertwined into a heart-stopping cascade of ripples. The endless impacts, collisions, and sheer ferocity made it seem as if the entire underground area was about to collapse. The air itself was repeatedly evaporated, melted, and frozen until it became a vacuum. Everything was turned upside down in a scene so shocking it defied belief.
Thisā¦
Although the Flame Demon General was not at a disadvantage, he was still astonished. He knew that while he wasn't at his peak, his power was far from being as low as the fifty or sixty percent he had vaguely mentioned earlier. At this level of power, even an ordinary Battle-Generalāa rank equivalent to a Foundation Establishment True Personāwould be unable to resist. Yet now, this kid was actually fighting him to a standstill. How could this be possible!?
ROAR!
He let out a furious roar, his flame-like hair dancing wildly, resembling roaring Flaming Demon Dragons as magma surged across his body. He raised his hand, and a Great Demon Dragon Blade materialized in the turbulent, glowing air, emitting an unparalleled and horrifying aura as it slashed toward Chen Fei!
The sudden attack shocked Chen Fei.
"Be careful. That move almost cost me an arm," Zhen Jingkong warned from within the sea of consciousness.
Almost cost you an arm? Chen Fei's eyes quivered in surprise. Although Zhen Jingkong had a Puppet body back then, a move that could nearly sever his arm was truly impressive. It proved how extraordinary and powerful this attack was!
HUFF!
With a deep breath, his expression suddenly grew intense. The enormous blue sword in his hand, forged completely from ice crystals, soared into the sky. It instantly transformed into a frightening display of thirty-six streaks of ice-blue Sword Qi, which stood vertically in the air to form a Startling World Sword Formation! The wisps of Sword Qi began to fluctuate, exuding a formidable pressure, as if they could utterly freeze and annihilate everything. Chen Fei now stood guarded within the Sword Array. A massive current of Sword Qi condensed and surged forward, crushing everything in its path.
A Sword Array? Inside the sea of consciousness, Zhen Jingkong's face stiffened once again. As a knowledgeable Array Master verging on the level of a Great Formation Master, he was of course familiar with Sword Arrays. He was also well aware that this type of technique, which perfectly blended the Sword Dao with the Formation Dao, was rare even in the Cultivation World. Yet here was Chen Fei, displaying itā¦ Just how many more trump cards does this kid have?
So this is the ultimate technique of the "Sanyang Sword Manual"āthe Reverse Sky Sword Formation? Even in this incomplete state, it's letting me experience it ahead of time! It truly is profoundā¦ Chen Fei murmured to himself, finally revealing the origin of the Sword Array.
This Sword Array was, in fact, the ultimate technique of his secondary cultivation method, the "Sanyang Sword Manual." Named the Reverse Sky Sword Formation, it could only be executed once the method was cultivated to the seventh level of perfection or if his Cultivation Level reached the peak of the Qi Refining Realm, or higher. As for its power, the manual claimed that a fully unleashed version could annihilate a cultivator at the ninth level of perfection in the Qi Refining Realm as if it were child's play, and it could even contend with a Foundation Establishment True Person! And that was for a cultivator who had not yet even entered the Foundation Establishment True Person Realmā¦
However, this is ultimately just a Qi Refining Realm technique. I wonder if it will disappoint me?
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, and even the Flame Demon General whose expression had darkened, Chen Fei's pitch-black, crystal-clear eyes flickered. He finally reached out and tapped the Sword Array.
BANG!
The immense Sword Qi that had already risen to meet the Great Demon Dragon Blade suddenly grew immensely stronger, its sharp radiance tearing through the air. Without any hesitation, the colossal Sword Qi unleashed by the Reverse Sky Sword Formation surged forward, striking with unstoppable resolve!
Under the horrified, anxious, and trembling gaze of Melsdom and the others, this blade of Sword Qi finally collided with the Great Demon Dragon Blade. Like two meteors falling from the sky, they crashed into each other with destructive force.
Whose technique would prove superior? The Flame Demon General's, or Chen Fei's Reverse Sky Sword Formation?