Free Web NovelChapter 317: Chapter 44: The Consequence of Forcefully Activating a Second Form at Full Health
"It’s turning from blue to white! That flame must be several thousand degrees!"
Even Su Zhou’s expression changed. With his body enhanced by Spiritual Power, a 3,000-degree Spiritual Fire could still char his flesh in seconds, forcing him to rely on rapid regeneration. He scrambled out of the way, and in the next instant, a massive serpent of flame struck the spot where he had just stood, turning the ground to molten rock!
Without any hesitation, Su Zhou moved with incredible speed. His figure was a blur that even the exploration team watching from behind could not follow. Yet, the Divine Bird always sensed his position in an instant. A continuous, powerful stream of fire, like a corona erupting from the sun’s surface, bombarded every area he passed through, tracing a golden route of his dodges in molten rock across the ground!
But such an attack obviously couldn’t be sustained. With a roar, Su Zhou’s violet Dragon Pupils flashed with light. He pinpointed the exact moment the Peacock’s Spiritual Power faltered and, without the slightest hesitation, burst forward. The rock beneath his feet erupted into a dust cloud several meters high as Su Zhou let out a great laugh. He put his power into his Long Spear, its tip glowing as it traced a streak of light through the air!
A cold glint flashed, and then the spear struck like a dragon!
It may sound like a long time, but this entire exchange of offense and defense happened in just ten seconds. Only then did the stunned exploration team manage to react, crying out in shock, "Professor Su still has Spiritual Power?!"
"He’s not just dual-attribute? That violet Spiritual Light... it’s the same color as his eyes!"
"It’s the Fire Attribute! Fire Attribute Spiritual Power! The seal was completely useless! Professor Su’s real primary Spiritual Power is the Fire Attribute!"
"West Mother Celestial Venerable above!" Bai Canglang gasped, for what must have been the dozenth time today. His long, wire-like hair was standing on end from the shock. "Su Zhou isn’t a Thunder Dragon?! We were all wrong! He’s a Fire Dragon?"
"But what kind of Fire Dragon could be this powerful? I don’t remember any Dragon being this good with fire!"
"It’s not the bloodline that’s incredible." The elderly Professor Xuan Lu adjusted his black-framed glasses with a trembling hand. His voice was grave. "It’s Su Zhou himself. Don’t you understand yet? He was able to cultivate a Thunder Technique, which he was only using to hide his true Spiritual Attribute and for which he likely has no bloodline Enhancement, to a level stronger than a natural-born Thunder Dragon. So, just how powerful do you think his innate element is?" frёewebηovel.cѳm
He turned to Bai Canglang and admonished him like a true elder. "I know that you, Canglang, and the Bai Family have been working hard to find a complete bloodline to revive the Mimic Dao. But never forget this: it is not a noble bloodline that makes one a Powerhouse, that makes one a legend. It is the Powerhouse who becomes a legend, a myth, and it is the bloodline they leave behind that comes to be celebrated as a symbol of nobility."
"What Dragon Blood heritage Professor Su has is no longer important... because we may be witnessing the birth of a true Immortal God."
Meanwhile, the battle raged on.
’This is my full power!’
Having reclaimed his Wind Thunder Power, Su Zhou was finally back to one hundred percent of his strength. The Gale Armor, like a suit of ancient plate mail, materialized around him once more, with blinding cyan-blue arcs of electricity raging within the swirling Gale. At the same time, however, violet flame patterns spread across every inch of the armor, forming complex and magnificent Runes. The armor’s eyes flared to life with two points of burning light.
Thunder, Gale, and raging Flame! In that instant, the Martial Artist thrusting his Long Spear forward looked like an Immortal God walking the earth. The immense electromagnetic distortion fried all the exploration team’s electronic instruments. The surrounding Evil Beasts felt the microcurrents in their own brains being twisted by a savage force, causing them excruciating pain. But the most terrifying thing of all was the momentary burst of speed, created by the hundred-ton Gale Armor Power stacked with the Enhancement of pure Fire Spiritual Power.
For a moment, his speed matched that of sound. The air around Su Zhou ruptured, forming a hazy, cone-shaped white vapor.
"Die!"
Facing the charging Su Zhou and his Long Spear, the Peacock—which had lost the initiative while Replenishing Qi—unhesitatingly unleashed the greater part of its remaining Spiritual Power. The cyan-blue Fire Phoenix behind it stirred up a wave of Spiritual Power, and the air itself was twisted and torn apart by the scorching light, transforming into a boiling torrent of flame that also dove straight for Su Zhou!
BOOM!
A shrill cry of pain could be heard, along with an explosion ten times louder than before!
With the two of them at the center, the ground for dozens of meters around exploded. Countless rocks and clouds of dust, mixed with a Spiritual Flow, shot into the sky, forming a massive pillar of flame. The nearby Evil Beasts were instantly sent flying by the blast wave, ignited in mid-air by streaks of violet and cyan-blue electrical fire!
On the now-devastated battlefield, the cyan-blue Fire Phoenix could be seen scattered by the sonic charge of the Martial Artist in his Gale Armor, exploding into clusters of fragmented flames. And Su Zhou, his own Gale Armor now shattered, had thrust his spear straight through the wing the Peacock Divine Bird had hastily raised in a panicked attempt to block him!
In an instant, the wing exploded, and flames erupted.
STAGGER— Struck by Su Zhou’s full-powered thrust, the Peacock tumbled backward to bleed off the momentum. Its right wing was cooked through, and worse, the power of the Nightmare Suppressing Shepherd Spirit took effect, causing its entire body to seize up, rigid for half a second.
At this moment, it had completely lost its will to fight. All it wanted was to immediately return to the other side of the Teleportation portal and call for reinforcements, for the aid of the other four kings.
As for the Evil Beasts... all of them together couldn’t even withstand a single charge from him. This was a battle between Transcendent beings; minions were utterly useless!
But just as it turned to flee, it noticed Su Zhou raise two fingers, making a V-sign at it.
’What does that mean?’
Although the Peacock could communicate with eagles, it didn’t understand English. And naturally, Su Zhou wasn’t making a decades-old, cheesy gesture. He didn’t mean it as a sign of victory.
It meant the Peacock had two seconds left to live!
After delivering his trash talk via sign language, Su Zhou, who was still a little dizzy from the sonic boom, let out a breath. He adjusted his stance, regulated his Spiritual Power, then bent his knees slightly, Gathering all his strength in his feet.
The next instant, he shot forward like a cannonball, trailing explosive Thunder Light and a deafening roar as he caught up to the limping, fleeing Peacock!
SMACK—CRACK!
The sound of something solid shattering could be heard, followed by the sound of something twisting. In that fleeting instant, Su Zhou had thrown another punch, unleashing concentric rings of shockwaves. Violet Spirit Flame, mixed with Gale and Thunderbolt, slammed into the Peacock’s already-deformed beak!
CRACK!
The violet Spiritual Light exploded like an artillery shell. Before it could utter any last words, the Peacock, its beak struck once more, lost all strength to resist. The moment its beak shattered, its entire neck was twisted around three full times by pure, brute force. The resulting gale blew away all the surrounding dust.
That was the first second. The Peacock was not yet dead; the potent Life Force of an Extraordinary Life allowed it to cling on. But Su Zhou showed no mercy. This rapid-fire exchange of attacks left no room for holding back. His figure flashed, and he appeared above the Peacock’s head. He raised his foot—surging Spiritual Fire and a roaring, thunderous Gale burst forth simultaneously—and stomped down.
SPLAT—CRUNCH. That was the second second. And the sound just now was that of a Soul and a body shattering as one.
Twenty-three seconds after the Peacock used its Five-Colored Divine Light Seal on the Wind and Thunder.
The Divine Bird Peacock was defeated.
