Chapter 207: Beast Calamity: Unleashed!
Sha Lingshan’s attacks were swift and unpredictable, her fan creating swirling gusts of wind, sharp as blades, their movements confusing and disorienting.
Plum Blossom Lady and Peach Blossom Lady, their soft swords intertwined, their movements perfectly synchronized, struck like venomous snakes, their blades darting towards Yi Shenzi’s vital points.
Suddenly, a booming sound, like a thunderclap, erupted from within Yi Shenzi’s body.
A wave of force shot upwards, shattering the rocks above.
Sha Lingshan, Plum Blossom Lady, and Peach Blossom Lady felt a surge of energy, like a blast of lightning, overwhelming their defenses, throwing them backwards.
Even Sha Lingshan, a fourth-rank expert, knew that if she was caught in that blast, she would die.
“Retreat!” she shouted, leaping back, her fan swirling, creating three small vortexes of energy that deflected the incoming force.
If even their Branch Leader couldn’t withstand it, Plum Blossom Lady and Peach Blossom Lady didn’t dare hesitate, retreating as they continued their attack, trying to dissipate the energy.
As they retreated, Du Yuejiao, Hou Bomin, and Xiang Gu attacked, keeping the pressure on Yi Shenzi, preventing him from recovering his energy.
He was incredibly powerful. They had to keep him off balance, prevent him from unleashing his full strength.
Even his casual attacks were devastating. What would happen if he used a high-level technique?
After a brief but fierce assault, they retreated.
The Purple Robe Evil Venerable and the Crimson Rainbow Poison Venerable, having recovered, attacked, unleashing their most powerful techniques.
Yi Shenzi deflected their attacks, then faced another wave of Poisonous Sunflower Sect martial artists.
Shi Hao, however, didn’t join the fight. He was observing.
And the more he watched, the more alarmed he became.
Extending his Primordial Energy, sensing Yi Shenzi’s energy flow, he saw a shadowy figure, like a monstrous creature, swirling within him, growing larger with every attack.
Yi Shenzi, instead of weakening, seemed to be drawing strength from their attacks, his power growing, his aura becoming more and more menacing.
The Primordial Yellow Dao Body, originally a handsome young man, his features now contorted in a grimace, his eyes blazing, looked more like a demon than a human.
“Is that all you have?” Yi Shenzi laughed, his voice filled with arrogance.
With a flicker, he appeared among the Poisonous Sunflower Sect warriors, two of them exploding into bloody mist as he struck.
The two Venerables and Sha Lingshan were stunned… They had been attacking him relentlessly, giving him no time to recover, yet his power, instead of waning, had increased.
It was bizarre, illogical, impossible.
Only nine Poisonous Sunflower Sect martial artists remained.
This battle had been costly for both the Shen Ting Sect and the Poisonous Sunflower Sect.
But they had sacrificed too much to retreat now.
Another explosion echoed from within Yi Shenzi, as if a gate had opened.
The two Venerables were thrown back by the force of the blast.
Yi Shenzi, seemingly unaffected by their attacks, charged forward, unleashing four punches that sent four more Poisonous Sunflower Sect members flying, their bodies exploding. Red Scorpion, Poison Crow, and Lü Shijun attacked simultaneously.
Yi Shenzi deflected Poison Crow and Lü Shijun’s poisoned blades with two fingers, then, his fist punching through Red Scorpion’s whip, grabbed her chest, his fingers digging into her flesh.
He laughed, his hand transforming into a claw, and ripped out her heart.
Poison Crow and Lü Shijun, their blood running cold at this gruesome display, their attacks faltered.
Yi Shenzi’s fists, like hammers, crashed down on their heads.
His right hand still clutched Red Scorpion’s heart, which exploded against Lü Shijun’s skull, spraying blood and gore.
Their heads exploded like melons.
The five remaining Poisonous Sunflower Sect martial artists hesitated, afraid to approach.
Shi Hao, however, attacked.
His sword, an extension of his arm, its tip aimed at Yi Shenzi’s back, its energy radiating outwards.
Yi Shenzi turned and attacked.
Shi Hao’s sword flickered, its movements a blur, seemingly ignoring Yi Shenzi’s attack.
But Yi Shenzi’s movements faltered.
With Shi Hao’s attack, Sha Lingshan, Plum Blossom Lady, Peach Blossom Lady, and Du Yuejiao also joined the fight.
They quickly realized that although Yi Shenzi was still powerful, his strength seemed to be… suppressed.
After a brief but fierce exchange, they retreated.
The two Venerables attacked again.
Yi Shenzi’s aura weakened slightly.
Although Red Scorpion, Poison Crow, and Lü Shijun were dead, and only five Poisonous Sunflower Sect members remained, with Shi Hao’s presence, Yi Shenzi was no longer as dominant.
And Shi Hao’s fighting style was… strange.
He circled Yi Shenzi, his sword never fully striking, its tip always pointed towards him, a constant, subtle threat, its distance never changing, its angle always adjusting, mirroring Yi Shenzi’s movements.
His sword intent, although restrained, was a constant pressure, keeping Yi Shenzi off balance.
None of them understood the purpose of this strange tactic, but it was clearly effective.
In fact, Shi Hao himself wasn’t entirely sure it would work.
He had sensed a shadowy, monstrous figure attached to Yi Shenzi, its form fluid and ever-changing, yet connected to him at a single point.
His sword intent was focused on that point.
He wasn’t sure if it would work, but he had to do something, or they would all die.
It seemed his intuition had been correct. This shadowy figure was somehow empowering Yi Shenzi.
Sensing Yi Shenzi’s weakened state, the two Venerables, Sha Lingshan, Du Yuejiao, Plum Blossom Lady, Peach Blossom Lady, Hou Bomin, Xiang Gu, and the five remaining Poisonous Sunflower Sect members attacked relentlessly, their combined assault draining his energy, his power fluctuating.
With a sharp whistle, Du Yuejiao’s sword pierced Yi Shenzi’s left arm.
It was their first successful strike.
Yi Shenzi roared, his palm striking outwards.
Du Yuejiao, pulling back her sword, retreated as a wave of force slammed into her. Plum Blossom Lady and Peach Blossom Lady, their swords flashing, tried to shield her, but the impact threw all three of them backwards, their internal energy disrupted. Plum Blossom Lady and Peach Blossom Lady stumbled, while Du Yuejiao, crashing into a stone pillar, rolled on the ground, coughing up blood.
The others, however, didn’t hesitate, continuing their attack.
The two Venerables and Sha Lingshan, their attacks relentless, kept the pressure on Yi Shenzi, whose strength, suppressed by Shi Hao, was waning.
The Crimson Rainbow Poison Venerable struck him with his palm, the poison entering his body through the wound.
Another blow from the Purple Robe Evil Venerable, and the sound of cracking bone echoed as several of Yi Shenzi’s ribs broke.
Sha Lingshan, her fan like a blade, deflected his counterattack, creating an opening for the others.
The five remaining Poisonous Sunflower Sect members struck, their swords and sabers finding their marks.
Yi Shenzi’s body was covered in wounds.
He roared again, a powerful wave of force erupting outwards.
One of the attackers, caught in the blast, was thrown back, his body mangled, dead.
The others dodged and weaved, their attacks relentless.
Yi Shenzi was clearly weakening.
“This is all your fault!” he roared, his hair flying wildly, his blood-soaked body steaming.
The Purple Robe Evil Venerable unleashed a powerful palm strike, his full strength behind it.
Yi Shenzi blocked the attack, and with a resounding boom, the Purple Robe Evil Venerable staggered back, coughing up blood.
The Crimson Rainbow Poison Venerable, drawing a poisoned saber, pierced through Yi Shenzi’s defenses.
Yi Shenzi, however, with three swift palm strikes, deflected the attack, the second strike stopping the blade, the third shattering it, the Crimson Rainbow Poison Venerable’s arm snapping with a sickening crack.
Yi Shenzi, his aura surging, grabbed two of the attackers, their heads colliding with a sickening thud, their skulls cracking.
He reached out, and Sha Lingshan, not daring to face him, quickly retreated.
He snapped another martial artist’s neck and then pierced the last one’s heart.
The Purple Robe Evil Venerable watched in horror and rage, his men all dead.
Shi Hao was also alarmed… his suppression technique was no longer effective.
He sensed the shadowy figure merging with Yi Shenzi, its influence spreading.
The single point of contact that he had been targeting was now a vast area, and Yi Shenzi’s power, no longer restrained, surged.
His roar, “This is all your fault!”, wasn’t just a threat, but a cry of despair, of surrender… He was giving up on something.
His aura intensified, his killing intent exploding, his voice a mixture of human rage and bestial fury.
A rattling sound, and an iron chain wrapped around his arms.
A small figure rolled on the ground, and a hook snagged his right leg.
The Parting Hook.
Yi Shenzi roared again, a booming sound from within his body.
Shi Hao sensed the shadowy figure expanding further, merging with him completely.
Xiang Gu’s hook, which should have severed his leg, couldn’t penetrate his defenses.
But the Parting Hook, itself a demonic artifact, as if angered by its failure, seemed to come alive, its hook, like a venomous snake, coiling around his leg—
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