Yuan Ru arrives first! "Hoo!" In an instant, the surrounding hundred-meter space began to surge violently, like a hurricane stirring up massive waves on a calm sea.

Towering water dragons surged out of the void, roaring toward Nie Kong from all directions, their azure light completely obscuring his figure. That was one hundred water dragons!

"Hundred Dragon Transformation Void! Nie Kong, you won't escape this time!" Yuan Ru gave a sinister laugh, then transformed into a hundred figures, instantly merging into the colossal water dragons.

The azure water light immediately intensified several times, seeming to condense into substance, sealing off the entire hundred-meter radius without the slightest gap. An aura of world-destroying power permeated the void.

"..." Gazing at the ferocious dragons that had trapped him completely, Nie Kong showed no sign of panic on his face; his aura continued to soar wildly, the white pillar of smoke condensed from his energy growing denser. At this moment, the Chaos Divine Power within Nie Kong was operating at its peak, relentlessly refining Zhuang Yu's Thunder Sword Dharma Manifestation.

Zhuang Yu was a Spirit God, and his Dharma Manifestation was naturally incomparable to Tai Shuyan's Fire Vulture. In terms of the sheer purity of the power contained within the manifestation alone, the Thunder Sword was twenty to thirty times stronger than the Fire Vulture.

Since Nie Kong had only just passed the First Level of Spirit Tribulation, completely refining the Thunder Sword naturally wouldn't happen quickly. Hoo!

Hoo! Hoo...

The void churned, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen water dragons reached him, their immense pressure seeming intent on grinding Nie Kong into dust. "Crimson Star Battle Form!" With a mere thought from Nie Kong, his body and the "Spirit Rhino Battle Robe" he wore rapidly expanded, instantly transforming him into a giant dozens of meters tall.

Compared to a physique of this scale, the already massive dragons resembled mere snakes, and the figures in the distance were as small as ants. This was the Eighth Level Battle Form!

The tempering by the "Chaos Heavenly Fire" had subjected Nie Kong's body to another earth-shattering transformation. Coupled with his current First Level Spirit Tribulation realm, the power of the "Crimson Star Battle Form" had multiplied dozens of times over.

"Oh?" Yuan Ru’s surprised cry echoed in the void, but his offensive showed no sign of slowing. "Boom!

Urgh..." Amidst a string of fierce roars, more than ten water dragons slammed into Nie Kong almost simultaneously. Countless azure water lights burst forth like waves crashing against a massive boulder; the boulder remained utterly still, while the waves shattered into spray.

Witnessing this scene, the experts from the Dan Immortal Sect and the Sea Clan in the distance were left wide-eyed and dumbfounded, unconsciously halting their own fights. Marquis Wu also paused momentarily, his eyelids snapping wide in astonishment, a look that was instantly replaced by terrifying killing intent.

"Hoo!" Tai Yan followed closely behind, rolling mists of blood sweeping over Marquis Wu from above before pressing down on him like a deluge. Marquis Wu was forced into repeated retreats, the distance between him and Nie Kong expanding to nearly a hundred meters.

Marquis Wu’s face was grim. With a fierce shout, his medicine cauldron turned deep crimson, blazing with intense flames within as it roared out toward Tai Yan.

The two were entangled once more. "You...

you're completely unharmed, how is that possible?" Yuan Ru shouted in shock and anger from amidst the dense water dragons, his tone thick with disbelief. "Nothing is impossible in this world." Nie Kong spoke, his voice ringing out like thunder.

The attacks of the surrounding water dragons faltered momentarily, showing signs of pulling back. "Is that so?

Try again!" Yuan Ru roared. Over twenty water dragons violently twisted and lunged forward, their massive mouths biting down on Nie Kong's head, arms, chest, back, waist, and legs...

Nie Kong's brow twitched slightly as a surge of milky-white Chaos Divine Power erupted outward. Bang!

Bang! Bang...

With earth-shattering concussions sounding one after another, the sharp fangs of the water dragons were shattered, and their gaping maws were torn to shreds. Upon losing their heads, the water dragons dissolved back into mere masses of water, yet Nie Kong's "Spirit Rhino Battle Robe" didn't even receive a scratch, nor was a single bite mark visible on his skin.

"How can this be? This old man does not believe it!" Yuan Ru materialized, his face contorted in a furious snarl.

He waved his hands wildly, and the remaining dozens of water dragons suddenly merged into one. Moreover, as Yuan Ru moved, the body of this single dragon rapidly swelled, instantly manifesting into a colossal dragon nearly a thousand meters long.

Roar! Its head held high, it let out a long, piercing cry!

An aura of absolute terror radiated from this unusually thick dragon body, causing the hearts of the Dan Immortal Sect and Sea Clan experts in the distance to tremble violently. Clearly, Yuan Ru had pushed his internal power to the absolute limit.

"Nie Kong, you deserve to die!" Yuan Ru gestured wildly, his demeanor frenzied. "Azure Water Heavenly Dragon, go!" With a slight twist of its body, the dragon flashed lightning-fast above Nie Kong's head, its mouth wide open, swallowing Nie Kong's head in one gulp.

But immediately afterward, Nie Kong’s two arms thrust into the dragon’s maw, bracing against its upper and lower jaws, then slowly forcing them apart. "Bite!

Bite! Crush this little beast's head..." Yuan Ru’s hands waved even more frantically, and streams of azure energy shot out from between his fingers, embedding themselves into the dragon’s body.

The dragon's power surged again, relentlessly compressing the small space Nie Kong was forcing open with his arms. Watching this scene, even some of the Sea Clan members felt a prickle of fear.

However, Qing You, Hulu, and You Hun remained calm and composed because, although Nie Kong's situation appeared perilous, the pillar of smoke condensed from his aura had not disappeared; instead, it was continuously growing stronger. "Ah!" A scream startled everyone.

It turned out that Qing You and the other two had launched a joint sneak attack, instantly slaying a slightly dazed expert from the Dan Immortal Sect. The quiet depression, which had only just settled, erupted into chaos once more.

"Swish! Urgh..." The azure gleam shooting from Yuan Ru’s fingertips resembled sharp arrows, constantly slicing through the void with piercing shrieks.

Although he noticed Nie Kong's aura was still rising, seeing that the giant dragon had clearly seized the upper hand, Yuan Ru’s eyes filled with excitement, like a miser staring at a pile of gold coins. After more than ten seconds.

Nie Kong finally seemed unable to hold on. He loosened his arms, and the white pillar of smoke soaring high into the sky instantly dissipated.

"Roar!" A roar, as if suppressed for countless years, vibrated from deep within the dragon’s gut. The dragon’s body swung, completely swallowing Nie Kong’s dozens-of-meters-tall form.

Seeing this, Yuan Ru burst into uncontrollable, manic laughter: "Little beast, what can you compare to me! I am a true Spirit God; you are just an ant who barely passed the First Level of Spirit Tribulation yet foolishly tries to charge into the Second Level immediately.

Now, your time to die has come!" As his words fell, the azure dragon’s body coiled into a ball, suspended high in the sky, its abdomen violently convulsing and contracting, as if attempting to crush the Nie Kong it had just swallowed. However, after only a moment, the giant dragon writhed a few times in the air, then plummeted toward the ground like a meteor from beyond the heavens.

"Boom!" The dragon’s body smashed into the ground, creating a massive ravine more than ten meters deep.