Free Web NovelChapter 316: Chapter 44: The Consequences of Forcefully Activating Form 2 at Full Health
"GAAAAAH!!"
As it was sent flying, the Peacock let out a blood-curdling shriek. If that blow had struck an ordinary Spirit Beast, it likely would have been killed instantly. But this was a Divine Bird, the Bird King. It was no stranger to battles with other Extraordinary Level beings and knew exactly what to do when severely injured.
So, even though its brain had been turned to mush, its Soul—its second organ of thought—forcibly took control of its body, preparing to land and launch a counterattack.
The very instant Su Zhou unleashed his full power on the Peacock’s beak, several iridescent feathers on the Divine Bird’s body began to glow. These were the Magical Artifacts the Peacock had personally refined. Under the control of its Spiritual Power, they detached and took flight. Then, the Five Elements Spiritual Power vibrated!
In an instant, the various generating and overcoming aspects of the Five Elements Spiritual Power stimulated and propelled each other. A series of tangible, violent shockwaves erupted from the Peacock, carrying the shriek and force of a bomb blast as they surged toward Su Zhou like a tidal wave!
This was a pure shockwave created by the Spiritual Power of the Metal, Fire, and Wood elements—a layered, composite Daoist Technique. Its power was far greater than a simple single-element blast. It was a Cultivation Method that the Peacock and its father’s generation had improved upon from their ancestral heritage in recent years.
For a moment, Su Zhou’s body, far too light compared to the Giant Beast, was immediately pushed back by the series of shockwaves. The surrounding Evil Beasts, which had been trembling in fear from the clash of the two kings’ bloodlines, all had their eardrums burst by the frantic sonic impact, blood streaming from their ears. Su Zhou was no exception. Facing the strongest wave of the blast head-on, he was shaken so violently that blood flowed from his eyes and ears. His eyeballs even shattered, causing him to weep tears of blood.
But that wasn’t the most dangerous part. After blasting Su Zhou away and creating distance, the Peacock let out another furious cry. Five tangible orbs of Spiritual Power materialized around its body. These orbs rotated around the Peacock, fusing and splitting, then ejecting streams of Spiritual Energy Cannons—some of a pure element, others a composite—from the points of fusion and fission. In an instant, the entire bird had transformed into a massive turret and began to bombard the area where Su Zhou stood!
But Su Zhou just stood his ground. His left hand wiped away the blood flowing from his eyes and ears. His right hand reached out, and his body, heavily enhanced by "Sacred Geometry: Right Triangle" and "Gathering Qi in the Body," swatted away the incoming streams of spiritual light as if they were flies, shattering them or deflecting them to the side.
Eventually, he even gave up defending himself, simply standing there and letting the Peacock bombard him.
"Is that all?"
Opening his fully regenerated eyes, Su Zhou sneered. A superheated Water Blade—a blend of water and fire powerful enough to carve a gash several meters deep into solid rock—slammed into his chest. A triangular pattern of Spiritual Power manifested to defend him, preventing the stream from piercing through. Like a wave crashing against unyielding stone, it shattered on its own, dissipating into motes of Spiritual Power that sparkled in the air.
His clothes were burned away, but a perfect physique was revealed. His smooth muscles and chest, as if forged from corundum, were like an indestructible shield, blocking every last Spiritual Power blast!
"What?"
For a moment, even the enraged Peacock couldn’t believe its attacks were having no effect. After hearing Su Zhou’s words, it faltered for a second, causing a momentary pause in its continuous suppressive fire.
The next instant, Spiritual Power surged with twice its previous ferocity. A blazing white light named "Fury" shone in the Divine Bird’s eyes.
A teeth-grinding voice ground out from the Peacock’s beak, word by word: "No!"
"I’ll show you my true power!"
Of course, Su Zhou, who couldn’t understand bird calls and had shut down all communication channels, had no idea what the Peacock had said. He was just following his usual routine: trash-talking to Taunt his opponent, goading the Peacock into revealing its true Bottom Card while he still had the energy to defend.
And at the same time, the Divine Bird Peacock took a deep breath.
All Peacocks are manipulators of the Five Elements Spiritual Power. From birth, they can touch and play with Spiritual Power. Upon reaching adulthood, they become natural-born Grandmasters of Spiritual Power Magic Techniques, and their entire clan consists of experts in the study of Spiritual Power. In the past, the Immortal Gods invaded their world, but they also enlightened the Peacocks, helping them understand the meaning of learning and inheritance, and allowing them to better comprehend the essence of their own Divine Techniques.
The so-called Five-Colored Divine Light Seal worked by identifying a specific Spiritual Qi signature and then forcibly suppressing its generation. However, this Divine Technique could not provide complete immunity to all Five Elements phenomena, and before activating the seal, the user had to precisely identify the exact Spiritual Qi signature they wished to suppress. This was why the Peacock had been observing the battle between the Garuda and Su Zhou earlier—the Spiritual Power auras from their fight were its key to defeating them both.
But it had miscalculated the true source of Su Zhou’s power. And now, it was too late to gather data on the signature of his Fire Element Enhancement Power.
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With a grim, long cry, the two Colorful Feathers that had been suppressing the Wind Thunder Power no longer twisted in mid-air. Instead, they transformed into two vast rivers of Spiritual Power and flowed back into the Peacock.
At the same time, an incredibly powerful Fire Serpent and a Wood Qi Illusion appeared behind the Peacock.
Having never truly become an Immortal God, this Five-Colored Peacock, in an era before the resurgence of Spiritual Qi, lacked the resources to master all elements. This particular Divine Bird Peacock had chosen Fire and Wood. Fire burns Wood Qi, and wood feeds the flames. In an instant, magma appeared at its feet. One by one, incandescent white firebirds emerged from around the Peacock, coalescing into an immense, sacred, and blazing cyan Cyan Fire Phoenix!
