The Qilin was instantly enraged by such dismissive words! Though severely wounded as a divine beast, it could not conceal the fury brewing within upon hearing such language. However, the Qilin also harbored a deep suspicion of Chen Feng; to be called "Lord Dragon God" by Luobo... a Dragon God! The mere thought was terrifying! Moreover, Chen Feng’s recently displayed killing intent was overwhelmingly heavy, causing the creature considerable apprehension.
Yet, the Qilin quickly shed these negative emotions, fixing its gaze upon the cackling Chen Feng, its eyes burning with murderous intent.
“Roar…” The Qilin let out a deafening bellow, the immense sound wave vibrating violently through the quiet chamber, causing the entire Xuanbing Cave to hum in resonance.
Chen Feng felt no fear from this sonic assault and strode forward, step by measured step.
The battle fervor within his heart began to ignite madly; the dark, swirling vortex in his Dantian felt as though it were about to explode, practically straining to burst forth from his body!
“Aah!” Chen Feng cried out, and suddenly, a cluster of cyan flame erupted from his right palm. The power of the vortex erupted fiercely, and the cyan flame instantly shot toward the Qilin, skimming the ground like a burrowing mole!
Hundred and Eight Styles—Dark Hook Strike!
The Qilin let out a cry, opening its maw to spew a chilling expanse of Dou Qi. This energy blanketed the rapidly advancing cyan flame, instantly freezing it into a lump of black ice!
The cyan flame continued to burn within the black ice, creating a strangely unsettling spectacle of ice and fire coexisting.
With a sharp “Bang!” the ice block formed by the Xuanbing Dou Qi exploded. The flame encased within burst forth with renewed momentum, continuing its charge forward!
The Qilin could scarcely believe what its eyes were seeing. The power of its Xuanbing Dou Qi could freeze anything in the world! Even fire, so why did the ice mass it created explode just now? Although the cyan flame the opponent released appeared strange, its surface felt cold; neither its power nor its intensity seemed overwhelming, so how could it shatter its Xuanbing Dou Qi!
While wary of the opponent, the Qilin still deemed his cultivation level insignificant in its eyes, even though it was heavily wounded, possessing less than one percent of its full strength.
The Qilin flashed aside, dodging the cyan flame, and flicked its Xuanbing Dou Qi toward Chen Feng’s body.
“Lord Dragon God… watch out!” Luobo shouted! Having been so gravely injured moments before, blood continued to gush from its mouth as it screamed the warning.
Chen Feng sneered, weaving his body away with a swift movement. Propelled by the power of the vortex, he violently retreated six or seven meters, shaking his hand to launch another Dark Hook Strike!
Then, he continuously shifted left and right, unleashing the same move—the Dark Hook Strike—again and again!
In less than five seconds, forty Dark Hook Strikes flew toward the Qilin from varying directions. The cyan flames crackled fiercely, refracting light wildly within the millennia-old Xuanbing environment, making the scene exceptionally dazzling.
While the Qilin didn't particularly care about a single such attack, being struck by forty cyan flames simultaneously would certainly be agonizing. With a furious roar, it dodged away and lunged at Chen Feng with a wild screech.
Although the Qilin’s body was colossal, its speed easily surpassed Chen Feng’s by four or five times. However, Chen Feng seemed to have anticipated its intention, changing direction preemptively mid-stride, twisting his body in mid-air, and darting toward Luobo’s position instead.
“Trying to run?” The Qilin scoffed, channeling power through its four limbs. It flashed forward, intending to intercept Chen Feng, but unexpectedly, the forty cyan flames it had previously dodged suddenly reversed course and charged back toward it!
“Whoosh…”
A series of fiery explosions erupted. Patches of fire immediately ignited on the divine beast’s body. Yet, in the same instant, an overwhelmingly dominant wave of Xuanbing Dou Qi swept across its form, freezing all the cyan flames within its chilling aura.
“Tricks…” the Qilin thought to itself. Just as it prepared to resume its pursuit of Chen Feng, its vision blurred, and a hand lunged directly toward its massive right eye!
Outer Style—Shadow Dance—Dream Bullet!
Chen Feng controlled the flames from his Dark Hook Strikes, redirecting them to strike the Qilin, while simultaneously following close behind the fiery projectiles, surging forward!
The Qilin’s body was immensely durable everywhere except for its eyes, which Chen Feng had discerned as a critical weakness before the battle even began; this was why he chose this specific sequence of moves.
Seeing Chen Feng rush forward, the Qilin inwardly sneered: “Even if this level of attack power were doubled, it couldn't harm me in the slightest! Once you draw near, there is only death for you!” Then, with a great roar, it swung its enormous head, slamming it toward Chen Feng’s suspended body. Simultaneously, its front claw swept through the air, striking behind Chen Feng!
This strike clearly cut off any path of retreat for Chen Feng. Whether hit by the headbutt or the claw strike, given Chen Feng’s current cultivation level, there was only one outcome: death.
If Chen Feng had maintained long-range attacks and skirmished, the injured Qilin would likely struggle to kill him quickly. The longer the fight dragged on, the more severe the Qilin’s injuries would become, reducing its chances of success against Chen Feng. To have the foe deliver himself willingly now filled the creature with overwhelming delight!
Furthermore, the Qilin had witnessed Chen Feng use the Outer Style—Shadow Dance—Dream Bullet before. Although it was devastating against a Ninth-Rank Dragon Knight, such an attack was a mere joke in the Qilin’s eyes. It couldn't even hope to breach its defenses, let alone inflict damage!
Just as the Qilin, with its simultaneous head-smash and claw-swipe, believed Chen Feng was doomed, the figure before it suddenly erupted in a flash of golden-yellow light. His slender frame rapidly swelled as if being inflated, followed by a sound of maniacal roaring!
“Aaaah…”
Amidst the arrogant, dominating cry, an immense surge of battle intent and presence continuously amplified, instantly more than doubling!
Rage Burst!
The Eight Gods of Rage Burst (Hmph, definitely not a Berserk state…)!
Chen Feng initiated the Rage Burst using the method corresponding to the positive rotation of his vortex. To his surprise, the test proved successful. The dark vortex in his Dantian simultaneously exploded outward, dispersing into every single Dou Qi cell. His strength and speed instantly doubled!
“Break!” Chen Feng roared, his right hand already moving with lightning speed! In an instant, he was right before the Qilin’s face!
With a sickening “Thwack!” followed by a high-pitched “Aargh…” of agony, the Qilin thrashed violently and rolled onto the ground. Chen Feng’s right hand, infused with the power of the dark vortex, was lodged precisely in the creature’s eye!
In its pain, the Qilin violently smashed its head against the ground, attempting to crush Chen Feng. The massive skull impacted the floor with a deafening “Boom,” sending black ice scattering and blood spraying everywhere!
Having secured his advantage, Chen Feng quickly retreated. The Qilin’s frantic slam had not harmed him in the slightest.
The truth was, Chen Feng knew that even after his initial strike, a single punch might not have been enough to incapacitate the Qilin’s eye. After activating Rage Burst, he had transmuted his spade into a glove, on which the five fingers had morphed into five razor-sharp spikes, each over a foot long…
The spikes pierced the Qilin’s eye. Even with its formidable defense, it could not withstand this; it was instantly blinded!
The eye was always the weakest point, whether for a human or a divine beast. If Chen Feng’s blow, imbued with the techniques of the King of Fighters and supported by 4820 jin of added weight from the spikes, still failed to blind the creature, the Qilin would truly be too powerful.
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