Free Web NovelChapter 197: Chapter 186: Xuanwu Realm 2nd Heaven, Nothing More Than This
"ROAR!"
Just as everyone in the square stared, dumbfounded, Drunken Thousand Cups let out a beast-like roar...
In that moment, he used the brief instant of distance gained from being knocked down to desperately regain control of the chaotic Spiritual Power in his body. He bent his right arm over his head, blocking Shen Lang’s kick.
Then, he slapped the ground hard with his left hand and shot up like a spring, his left fist, crackling with powerful Spirit Light, rocketing toward Shen Lang’s chest!
Drunken Thousand Cups didn’t expect this punch to seriously injure Shen Lang, but it could at least force him back a step.
If Shen Lang took just one step back, the entire tide of battle would turn!
’This old dog finally reacted... It seems my power is still too weak. The Restriction I placed wasn’t enough to completely disrupt the flow of his Spiritual Power,’ Shen Lang sneered inwardly.
At this moment, he had just retracted his kicking right leg and hadn’t yet regained his footing.
But the speed of Drunken Thousand Cups’ punch was simply unbelievable!
Shen Lang could only cross his arms in front of him to block the punch, which Drunken Thousand Cups had thrown by forcefully resuming control of his Spiritual Power at the cost of damaging his own meridians.
"BANG!"
The instant Drunken Thousand Cups’ fist met Shen Lang’s arms, a tyrannical Powerful Qi erupted from the point of contact. Under the force of this explosion, Shen Lang grunted, his feet scraping against the ground as he slid back five or six meters before stopping.
Once his frantic assault was broken and the distance between them widened, for Shen Lang, with his current Cultivation, to close in on a Xuanwu Realm Powerhouse again would be as difficult as ascending to heaven.
At this, even Zeng Wuming and the others sighed with regret.
However, in the very instant Shen Lang was pushed back...
A flash of Spirit Light filled the air. Four Bone Demons suddenly appeared, tightly surrounding Drunken Thousand Cups, who had just managed to catch his breath. They brought their Bone Blades down with deadly abandon!
Although the Bone Demons’ Cultivation was far from enough to confront a Xuanwu Realm Second Heaven expert like Drunken Thousand Cups, their bones and the Bone Blades in their hands were comparable to Profound Artifacts!
Moreover, these things were so fast that they had once chased Shen Lang to the point of exhaustion, even when he was in his Burst state!
Seizing the moment while Drunken Thousand Cups was injured by Shen Lang and still disoriented, the four Bone Demons used every ounce of their strength, hacking wildly at him!
Seeing this, Drunken Thousand Cups’ two junior brothers immediately rushed forward to help.
But they were blocked by Zeng Wuming and his group.
"Hmph!"
Why would Drunken Thousand Cups ever take a few Bone Demons, whose auras felt like they were only at the Spirit Martial Realm, seriously?
He snorted coldly. With a slight shake of his arms, a brilliant light erupted from them. He spun around, directly using his arms to block the four Bone Blades.
In his view, a few mere Spirit Martial Realm Bone Demons thought they could fight him?
He could block all their attacks with his physical body alone!
However...
"SCHLICK! SCHLICK! SCHLICK! SCHLICK!"
The unassuming Bone Blades instantly sliced four horrifying gashes into Drunken Thousand Cups’ arms!
Blood gushed out!
"Aaaargh!"
Drunken Thousand Cups screamed in agony once more.
No matter how strong the body of a Xuanwu Realm Second Heaven Martial Artist was, how could it compare to Bone Blades that had been soaked in a Cold Pool for over three hundred years?
In terms of sheer hardness, they were comparable to Profound Artifacts!
The first time Drunken Thousand Cups was careless, Shen Lang seized the opportunity to unleash a furious barrage, beating him black and blue.
He had just pushed Shen Lang back, only to be careless a second time and get hacked by the four Bone Demons’ Bone Blades until he was bleeding profusely!
"Jyejyejye, this is so satisfying!"
Bone One let out a strange cry, focusing all his Cultivation into his Bone Blade. Together with the other three, he chopped toward Drunken Thousand Cups’ head at a speed difficult to follow with the naked eye!
Now aware of how formidable the Bone Blades were, and feeling the sharp, powerful wind rushing toward his head, Drunken Thousand Cups broke out in a cold sweat.
He no longer cared about his sorry appearance. He ducked, darted through a gap, and then performed a clumsy roll on the ground, finally dodging the four Bone Demons’ chaotic slashes. ƒгeewёbnovel.com
However, while Drunken Thousand Cups had dodged the Bone Demons’ attack, he shouldn’t have forgotten about Shen Lang, whom he had just pushed back...
"BOOM!"
The bluestone slabs under his feet shattered as Shen Lang left an afterimage in his place. In the instant Drunken Thousand Cups rolled away, he closed the distance once more!
He had collected the four Bone Demons’ Soul Blood, so their minds were already linked. With just a single thought, the four Bone Demons knew what to do.
The coordination between them was perfect.
As Shen Lang charged forward again, recreating the scene that had just caught Drunken Thousand Cups off guard, the four Bone Demons immediately circled the two like a spinning lantern, wildly hacking at Drunken Thousand Cups with their Bone Blades, one strike after another!
Every position they took was an opening in Drunken Thousand Cups’ defense, pointed out by Shen Lang!
Drunken Thousand Cups was already struggling to handle Shen Lang alone. Adding four incredibly fast Bone Demons with tyrannical Bone Blades to the mix, he was instantly plunged into perilous danger!
Among Martial Techniques, being able to get close to an enemy for short-range combat is the most dangerous and also the most difficult to achieve.
Ordinary people, unless their physical bodies are tyrannical or they specialize in melee combat, would never let an enemy get close enough for a close-range attack.
It was precisely because the opportunity was so rare that the design of Shen Lang’s Fist Technique was all the more ingenious. This Fist Technique, created by the War Emperor by combining the essence of many others, was designed to unleash a series of fierce, unpredictable, and exceptionally sharp follow-up attacks once the user got close to an opponent. It was a continuous flurry of punches, aiming to crush the enemy with a relentless melee assault, giving them no chance to fight back!
Shen Lang possessed the War Emperor’s combat awareness and experience. In terms of fighting skill, a Xuanwu Realm expert like Drunken Thousand Cups was no different from a three-year-old child in front of him.
Furthermore, his Silver Eyes of Truth saw every weakness on Drunken Thousand Cups’ body with perfect clarity. Every one of Shen Lang’s attacks targeted a spot that would inflict maximum damage...
"BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!"
The pitiful Drunken Thousand Cups, a dignified Xuanwu Realm Second Heaven expert, was once again forced into a pathetic state by Shen Lang. The Spiritual Power in his body descended into chaos again as he struggled to fend off Shen Lang’s storm of fists.
He was trapped in a vicious cycle of being beaten.
"Senior Brother, get into the sky! Create some distance!"
Seeing that Drunken Thousand Cups, while not severely injured, was in a pathetic state, one of his junior brothers behind him shouted the reminder.
It was like a clap of thunder in Drunken Thousand Cups’ mind. In the next second, a pair of light wings burst forth. The signature ability of a Xuanwu Realm Powerhouse, "Spiritual Wings," had been unleashed, and he was about to soar into the sky!
A Xuanwu Realm Second Heaven master was actually being beaten so badly by a sixteen-year-old boy that he had to flee into the sky?
The surrounding crowd watched this insane scene, their mouths hanging open. Even the Iron Guards, known for being cold-blooded, were all stunned.
"RRRIP!"
The sound of tearing silk rang out, and everyone gasped.
Shen Lang had formed his five fingers into a claw, grabbing Drunken Thousand Cups’ right foot and ripping a tear in his pants!
"Don’t be in such a hurry to leave."
Shen Lang’s cold, harsh voice echoed across the field. Then, with a savage pull, he yanked Drunken Thousand Cups down and slammed him violently onto the ground!
"BANG!"
Shattered stones flew everywhere, spraying outwards and pelting the nearest Iron Guards, who cried out in pain.
The impact left Drunken Thousand Cups dizzy and disoriented, but the second slam came immediately after. Shen Lang, still holding his right foot, smashed him into the ground on the other side!
He stomped two deep pits into the ground with his feet, as if he were rooted to the earth, and in the blink of an eye, he had viciously slammed Drunken Thousand Cups by the ankle four times!
Just as Shen Lang was about to slam him down a fifth time, Drunken Thousand Cups finally reacted. His left foot flashed with Spirit Light as he kicked out in mid-air, aiming for Shen Lang’s chest.
Shen Lang knew full well the vast difference in their Cultivation. He had only been able to beat Drunken Thousand Cups into such a pathetic state because he had seized the initiative, placed a Restriction on his Spiritual Power, and controlled his opponent’s moves.
Now that Drunken Thousand Cups was kicking out in a desperate counterattack, Shen Lang didn’t dare block it head-on, not without revealing his Celestial Demon Power or his Chaos Divine Body.
Blocking that previous punch with crossed arms had already injured him considerably. This kick was something he absolutely could not tank.
So, when he saw Drunken Thousand Cups’ fierce, powerful kick coming, Shen Lang released his right hand and sidestepped to dodge it.
"BOOM!"
The ferocious Powerful Qi from Drunken Thousand Cups’ kick instantly blasted a large hole in the ground behind where Shen Lang had been standing.
"Kid, now it’s my turn!"
Drunken Thousand Cups’ savage laugh rang through the air as he somersaulted, trying to stabilize himself.
"WHOOSH!"
No one could have imagined that Shen Lang would follow, shooting up into the sky!
And his speed actually surpassed that of Drunken Thousand Cups, a Xuanwu Realm Second Heaven expert!
"You spoke too soon!"
A pair of black, mist-like wings unfurled behind Shen Lang. He shot up like an arrow and smashed a fist into Drunken Thousand Cups’ abdomen, right where his Pill Sea was located.
From the very beginning, his attacks were never intended to seriously injure Drunken Thousand Cups with just one or two moves. Instead, he relied on a continuous series of strikes to disrupt his opponent’s Spiritual Power, followed by attacks meant to damage his internal organs and destroy his meridians piece by piece!
This punch slammed into Drunken Thousand Cups’ abdomen, causing him to immediately curl up like a shrimp in mid-air.
The Spiritual Power he had just gathered descended into chaos once more!
"SWOOSH!"
In an instant, Shen Lang shot above Drunken Thousand Cups’ head, raised his right leg high, and brought it down in a vicious axe kick!
Drunken Thousand Cups, who only had time to shield his head with his right arm, let out a wretched scream and crashed into the ground like a cannonball, blasting out a huge crater!
’My strength is still too weak. My Chaos Divine Body and Celestial Demon Body have yet to mature. I have plenty of Thunder Power, but I can’t control and focus it all on a single point to unleash it. I’ll have to wait until my Thunder Control Divine Technique reaches a higher level. The destructive power of my Sword Intent is also limited; I still need to comprehend a higher level... This time, I’m letting this old dog off easy!’
After unleashing his full power and still failing to cripple Drunken Thousand Cups, or even seriously injure him, Shen Lang sighed to himself and gave up the chase.
The difference in their Cultivation was simply too great. Even by relying on his strange Fist Technique and footwork to overwhelm Drunken Thousand Cups, he still couldn’t inflict a fatal blow.
And Drunken Thousand Cups couldn’t possibly remain on the defensive forever. Once he recovered and unleashed his power in a fit of rage, it would be more than the current Shen Lang could handle.
Even if he used the power of the Tai Chi Diagram, it wasn’t guaranteed to devour much flesh and blood from a Xuanwu Realm Second Heaven powerhouse.
Besides, Shen Lang was unwilling to reveal trump cards like his Celestial Demon Body and the Tai Chi Diagram in front of so many people so soon.
So, Shen Lang chose to stop.
"Xuanwu Realm Second Heaven? Is that all there is?"
Shen Lang’s indifferent voice drifted over the square, striking everyone’s hearts like a heavy hammer.
The crowd just stared blankly at him in the air, their breathing heavy...
Even though they felt his words were outrageously arrogant, they couldn’t bring themselves to say a single word in rebuttal.
No matter what, everyone had witnessed with their own eyes how Drunken Thousand Cups had been beaten until he spat blood and slammed on the ground by his ankle until he couldn’t tell which way was up.
Even though they saw it with their own eyes, it was still hard to believe...
"For the Evil Wind Valley Master’s sake, this young master will let you off this time."
Shen Lang quit while he was ahead. After his mocking remark, his figure flickered and reappeared on the platform.
"Shen Lang, I want you dead! I want your entire family to die!"
A beast-like roar erupted from the deep crater. Zeng Wuming and the others’ expressions hardened, and they immediately moved to stand in front of Shen Lang.
