In the direst of straits, Dongbo Xueying fought desperately, wielding his spear to its utmost limits.
Boom!
The rock-like head of the Mo Wu Chaos Serpent crashed into him like a small mountain, sending Dongbo Xueying flying backward. Three of his bones shattered, and blood sprayed from his mouth, but his body swiftly began to regenerate.
“This is the kind of danger I need,” Dongbo Xueying thought, his fighting spirit burning fiercely.
Earlier, when facing the Venomous Dragon, he had also been in grave peril. That battle had honed his spearplay, revealing flaws in his cultivation of the Void Path despite his progress through solitary training.
Now, the situation was even worse. As Dongbo Xueying fought for his life, he continuously identified weaknesses in his mastery of the Void Path.
To achieve the state of a ‘Half-Hunyuan Lifeform,’ not only must his physical body reach the pinnacle below the Hunyuan level, but his spear techniques, infused with the Void Path, must also attain perfection.
Perfecting his spearplay…
Perfecting his physique…
Both were advancements in his comprehension of the Dao!
Within just three breaths, Dongbo Xueying realized he could no longer sustain the battle.
“If this continues, my injuries will become too severe, and I won’t be able to maintain peak condition for long,” he thought grimly.
“Time to unleash it—my strongest physique!”
“Full-force combat. Let’s test my spear techniques once more.”
Boom!
Dongbo Xueying’s aura suddenly surged explosively.
—
Meanwhile, Xie Fan, while fending off the Mo Wu Chaos Serpent, kept an eye on Dongbo Xueying. “Hah! Utterly crushed. Though his spearplay is decent, he’ll be dead within minutes!”
Then—
Boom!
“What?!” Xie Fan’s eyes widened in shock.
Dongbo Xueying’s body had expanded to nearly ten meters tall. His skin now shimmered with a grayish glow, transforming his once-handsome appearance into a towering, muscular figure. His aura had become overwhelmingly fierce and unstable.
The sheer intensity of his presence was now almost on par with Xie Fan’s.
“A Half-Hunyuan Lifeform?” Xie Fan’s heart skipped a beat. “No—his aura is violent and unstable. He hasn’t truly reached that level yet, but he can forcibly push himself to this state.”
Maintaining such a physique for a short time meant he had one foot over the threshold.
“Scram!” Dongbo Xueying’s spear lashed out, space rippling around it as it struck the rocky head of a Mo Wu Chaos Serpent, sending the massive beast tumbling backward.
With his enhanced physique, his mastery of the Void Path allowed him to briefly match the combat prowess of Xie Fan and Daoist Youya!
Boom! Boom!
With a clear advantage in strength, he effortlessly repelled the three Mo Wu Chaos Serpents. At this level, it would take at least eight or nine Emperor-level Mo Wu Chaos Serpents working in unison to pin him down.
“Exhilarating!” Dongbo Xueying reveled in the freedom of unleashing his spear techniques.
The same techniques, but with a body elevated to a higher tier, produced drastically different results.
—
Xie Fan and his sixteen companions were stunned.
“So this is his trump card? No wonder he dared defy me,” Xie Fan mused darkly. “But I can sense his body is unstable, his aura chaotic. He won’t last long in this state. Once he collapses, we’ll see how he handles himself.”
“Brother Xie Fan, this is trouble! With strength like this, even if temporary, Daoist Youya will spare no effort to aid him,” his subordinates warned anxiously.
Xie Fan snorted.
Deep down, he understood the implications.
A peak Emperor-level combatant was one thing, but someone who could briefly rival the strongest? That changed everything.
“Feixue is this powerful?”
“His strength is almost on par with Xie Fan—at least in the same league!”
“True. Xie Fan’s combat style is domineering and overwhelming, while Feixue’s techniques are more unpredictable, yet equally lethal in close combat.”
The scattered cultivators watched in awe.
The happiest among them was Daoist Youya.
Seeing Dongbo Xueying’s towering form, his heart raced. “So this is Emperor Feixue’s true power! No wonder he dared to disregard Xie Fan and Mo Shu, even knowing Xie Fan had joined the hunting party. With strength like this, he has every reason to be confident.”
“Emperor Feixue, can you bypass the rocky head of the Mo Wu Chaos Serpent and strike its venomous core?” Daoist Youya transmitted urgently.
“I can,” Dongbo Xueying replied. His Void Path techniques included methods to penetrate an enemy’s defenses directly.
“Then please assist me! This serpent is already heavily wounded, with only thirty percent of its vitality remaining. Help me finish it off!” Daoist Youya pleaded. Though weakened, his companions lacked the firepower to deliver the final blow—something Dongbo Xueying, in his current state, could achieve.
“Once it’s dead, I’ll reward you with the corpse of an Emperor-level Hunyuan lifeform. It may take some time to deliver, but I swear it!”
“Consider it done.”
With a laugh, Dongbo Xueying charged forward, spear in hand.
Though other cultivators were engaged with their own serpents, he encountered little resistance, effortlessly batting aside one or two that crossed his path.
Soon, he reached Daoist Youya’s group.
“Strike now!”
Daoist Youya and his allies maintained their bindings and suppression techniques.
“Here goes.”
Dongbo Xueying strode forward and drove his spear into the massive rocky head of the Mo Wu Chaos Serpent, which was shielding its venomous core within.
A ripple of intangible force bypassed all barriers, piercing straight into the venomous core.
Boom!
The serpent’s injuries worsened.
“Save me!” it cried desperately.
“Again! Faster!” Daoist Youya urged, ecstatic. Their previous efforts had been too slow, but with Dongbo Xueying’s help, progress was swift.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Dongbo Xueying’s spear rained down blow after blow. The serpent writhed, trying to escape, but trapped as it was, it could only endure the relentless assault. Strange energies seeped into its venomous core, eroding its vitality.
After twenty-one strikes, the serpent’s life force finally dissipated. Its rocky head slackened, releasing the venomous core, which expanded back to normal size.
“Hahaha!” Daoist Youya cheered, swiftly storing the prized corpse. “The Mo Wu Chaos Serpent is ours! Everyone, retreat now!”
“Move out!”
The hunting party disengaged, fighting their way free while evading pursuit.
By retreating strategically, they minimized encounters with other Hunyuan lifeforms.
Aside from the prized serpent, they slew nine more Emperor-level Mo Wu Chaos Serpents before finally breaking away.
“We made it!” Daoist Youya beamed, relief and triumph washing over him.
Dongbo Xueying had already reverted to his normal size.
His vitality was now barely above twenty percent. He absorbed Hunyuan crystals at a frantic pace, replenishing his energy for potential battles on the return journey.
“My Hunyuan Body Refinement still has flaws. In this state, I can’t shrink below ten meters,” he mused. His unstable physique prevented further reduction.
Xie Fan shot him a disdainful glance.
Failing to eliminate Feixue left him bitter, but he knew—with Dongbo Xueying’s current strength and Daoist Youya’s full support—there was no hope of success.
—
As the hunting party retreated, elsewhere…
A vast river churned.
From its depths emerged countless beasts, each radiating the aura of an Emperor-level existence—five hundred in total.
Behind them strode a towering figure clad in scales identical to the beasts. His crimson eyes gleamed with malice as he stepped onto the void, warping space with his presence.
Shackles bound his wrists and ankles, their chains extending into the void.
As he emerged, golden runes ignited along the chains, the restraints glowing red-hot. The searing energy pressed down on him relentlessly.
“Damnable Lords,” he snarled. “One day, your domains will crumble, leaving you to rot in solitude.”
More beasts followed—another five hundred Emperor-level entities.
A thousand Hunyuan lifeforms in total.
This was the march of a Hunyuan Prisoner.
Condemned to eternal torment, their only respite came from slaughtering cultivators.
The towering figure paused, sensing a distant presence.
A hunting party of cultivators had been spotted.
His lips curled into a cruel smile.
“Prey.”
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