"Received," he acknowledged.

It was clear that hatred for Chen Feng had taken root in his heart.

The three moved swiftly. In no time, they reached the outskirts of the city. Leaving the walls behind, they took to the air, finally finding an open, secluded area over fifty kilometers away from the metropolis.

"Very well. We can begin. I will stand perfectly still and allow you three strikes. You may attack with your full strength!" Chen Feng stated generously.

"Good. If you are seeking death, don't blame me!" Leidi made no attempt to refuse. A green light flared in his eyes. Crack-crack... Every bone in his body popped at once, like dried beans frying in a pan. All his muscles swelled into hard knots. A surge of immense, unparalleled power rolled down through his legs and flowed toward his arms.

Even when a Divine Beast shifts into its mortal form, its innate nature remains. Both its physical strength and its control over energy far surpass that of a normal human.

"Die!" he roared, launching his massive right fist forward in an instant, fast as a shooting star!

Where the fist met Chen Feng's body, a whirlwind immediately seemed to erupt, and a shockwave of raw energy rapidly expanded outward, centered on the two of them.

Boom!

With a deafening crash, Chen Feng's body flew backward under the impact of the heavy blow. Protected by the 'Divine Mansion of Light,' he sustained no injury, but the sheer force of the impact still propelled him back over ten meters.

"This fellow has actually reached the realm of an Eighth-Level Dou Zun. No wonder he is so arrogant." Based on the power of that punch, Chen Feng accurately gauged Leidi's true strength.

Ling Feng had only reached the Seventh Level of Dou Zun; Leidi was already at the Eighth. Clearly, the latter possessed exceptional talent in cultivation.

"Pathetically weak..."

Being sent flying so far by a single punch meant he must be injured; injury meant victory. Therefore, Leidi was already certain of his triumph.

"Not bad..." Chen Feng's voice drifted over from the distance. "While the power isn't great, it was quite effective as an itch-scratcher!"

"...My hardest punch only managed to scratch an itch?" Leidi's face flushed with anger, but a flicker of doubt sparked within him.

He knew exactly how powerful that punch had been. Even a Ninth-Level Dou Zun would likely be injured by it. Yet this fellow was completely unharmed. Could his cultivation truly have reached the Saint Domain?

Absolutely impossible! He was the greatest genius; he refused to believe anyone of comparable age in this world could possess deeper power than him!

Even if someone truly existed who could reach the Saint Domain before turning twenty, that person could only be him—never anyone else.

"Fine, you certainly have some tricks," he conceded, taking a deep breath and suddenly unleashing his Domain.

Chen Feng immediately felt a pale cyan mist envelop him. Within the mist, an intense sense of pressure began to manifest.

"You've deployed your Domain? But it's useless!" Chen Feng laughed.

"Is that so? Then taste my second punch!" Leidi shouted, maximizing the strength of his Domain. His body flickered, completing an acceleration process within the Domain's confines. With his full physical strength augmented by the Domain's boost, this punch roared toward Chen Feng's chest—its power easily triple that of the first!

Boom!

Another massive sound echoed, but this time, Chen Feng merely staggered slightly; he did not fall back.

Because the power of this punch was truly enormous, Chen Feng had subtly expanded the 'Divine Mansion of Light' just a fraction, preventing it from making direct contact with his body. This buffered a significant portion of the incoming force.

Seeing both punches fail, Leidi grew anxious. With a great roar, his body began to swell continuously, transforming into his true form: a Qilin Divine Beast, its body shimmering like flawless jade!

A Divine Beast can only unleash its maximum power when it shifts into its true form. It seemed the Qilin Prince was genuinely enraged after two failed attempts.

This Jade Qilin measured over ten meters long; one front paw was thicker than Chen Feng’s waist.

If the Qilin could transform into its original body, why couldn't Ling Feng transform into the Fire Phoenix body? Furthermore, both the Phoenix and Qilin clans carried divine beast inheritances—why did the Yanlong clan lack such an inheritance and still need to search for the 'Dragon God Lord'?

This thought flashed through Chen Feng's mind, but now was hardly the time to dwell on it, so he dismissed it quickly, expanding the 'Divine Mansion of Light' by another circle.

"Roar..." The gigantic Jade Qilin let out a wild bellow that made the very air tremble.

Boom!

The force of this strike was a full three times greater than the second punch. Even with the 'Divine Mansion of Light' expanded further, Chen Feng felt his vision blur with dizziness.

However, this dizziness vanished in a blink, causing him no substantial harm.

"Haha, your three punches are finished, and you failed to injure me. Now it’s my turn!" Chen Feng landed softly, retracting the 'Divine Mansion of Light,' and said with a smile.

"How is that possible? I don't believe it!" The Jade Qilin’s massive snout expelled a stream of hot air, its tankard-sized eyes glaring fiercely at Chen Feng as it roared.

Even its charge in its true form—a blow weighted by immense power—had failed to injure the man before him. His confidence shattered in an instant.

"It seems you are truly a sore loser," Chen Feng observed.

If he deployed the Boundless Slaughter Domain, relying on his Fist Emperor techniques, he might not kill Leidi, but injuring him would certainly be possible. Therefore, Chen Feng wasn't afraid of provoking him further.

"Even if you strike me, you might not win!" the Jade Qilin bellowed, its body rapidly shrinking until it reverted to its human form.

"I will stand right here and wait for your attack!" Leidi shouted. Though his three strikes hadn't defeated the opponent, he remained utterly confident in his own defense, certain that Chen Feng couldn't injure him.

Attacking might be his weakness, but defense is absolutely no issue for me, he thought to himself.

"Alright," Chen Feng agreed. A wave of energy whooshed outward from his body, and his muscles instantly swelled, completing the process of explosive power infusion in a single moment.

He now stood fifteen meters from Leidi, his feet planted one in front of the other, his body turned away from his opponent. His left fist rested lightly near the ground, channeling his entire strength into that single fist.

Ralf's Cosmic Phantom!

The Cosmic Phantom was classified as a Super Special Move, gathering all of one's strength for a complete, instantaneous explosion of power. If it landed squarely, its damage output could even surpass that of the Orochi Nagi or the Yata no Kagami! (The author, when playing, usually nicknamed this move the 'Great Sorrow Fist,' which sounds terribly cliché, sigh...)

However, this move required an excessively long charging time—typically four or five seconds. In any normal battle, who would grant you that much time to charge? Thus, although Chen Feng had comprehended this technique, he had never seriously practiced it.

Now, bound by the bet to stand still, using this move was the most appropriate course of action.

Hoo-hoo... The surrounding elemental energy of heaven and earth flowed rapidly toward him like a stream. He could execute this move relying only on the Domain power within his Dantian, but the effect would be far less potent. Since he intended to settle the match with one punch, Chen Feng certainly wouldn't hold back.

Before the punch was even thrown, an invisible pressure began to form around him.

The muscles on his arm suddenly twitched violently, as if bearing an unimaginably immense force. The powerful Domain energy in his Dantian surged through the meridians in his arm and into the surrounding muscles.

Ralf's Cosmic Phantom differed from other techniques; if one was willing to risk bodily damage, the move could unleash even greater power. Ralf himself had only conceived of this fist after his arm was injured by the blast of an atomic bomb.

"Ah..." He let out a great shout, the Domain power surging wildly upward against the flow of the meridians. The long-accumulated Cosmic Phantom erupted with savage force the moment he spun around.

Boom!

With a thunderous impact, Leidi felt a sharp pain in his chest as an overwhelming force smashed brutally into his sternum.

Crack-crack... A series of sharp snaps followed—over a dozen of his ribs fractured. The entire man was hurled backward by the impact, flying like a golf ball struck off a tee, landing several hundred meters away.

Leidi couldn't believe such a devastating punch could come from Chen Feng's hand. His mouth hung wide open: "What an incredible punch..." His vision went black, and he immediately passed out. (To be continued. To know what happens next, please log on to www**com for more chapters, support the author, and support legitimate reading!)

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