Gao Wu: A centenarian old man, many children and good fortune! Chapter 158

“You… you…”

He shrieked, his voice sharp and distorted from extreme fear!

“Your power… how is it possible… it has grown so much again?!”

He clearly remembered that during their last encounter, Xiao Yan’s power was incredibly strong, but it definitely hadn’t reached this terrifying level… where he could barely even conceive of resisting!

How long had it been?!

Could it be… he had broken through again?!

This thought, like a bolt from the blue, struck the heart of the Vice Cult Master Youying, instantly shattering the confidence he had built up from his restored strength and geographical advantage!

He knew that he… absolutely could not withstand this strike!!!

“Blood Shadow Myriad Illusions!!!”

At the critical moment of life and death, Vice Cult Master Youying unleashed his full potential!

He violently spat out a large mouthful of vital essence blood, his hands rapidly forming seals!

The black robe around him exploded, transforming into a sky full of blood shadows! Hundreds and thousands of identical figures simultaneously scattered in all directions, frantically fleeing!

Every blood shadow emitted an aura identical to his true body! Making it impossible to distinguish between real and fake!

This was his ultimate life-saving technique! With this move, he had narrowly escaped death countless times from desperate situations in the past!

He believed that no matter how strong Xiao Yan was, he couldn’t possibly distinguish the true from the false among so many blood shadows in an instant!

As long as he could escape this ordeal, he swore he would never… want to see this terrifying man, who was like a demon god, again!

However, facing the sky full of flying, indistinguishable blood shadows!

Xiao Yan’s face revealed a hint of… icy mockery!

“Petty tricks!”

His voice, like ice from the Nine Netherworlds, echoed in the ears of every blood shadow!

The next second!

His mental core, like a “mental sun,” suddenly erupted with dazzling light!

A powerful spiritual force, like an invisible tide, instantly swept across a thousand-meter radius!

Those seemingly identical blood shadows, under his spiritual perception, were as clear as fireflies in the dark night!

Among them, only one blood shadow, at its core, contained a trace of… a faint yet real soul fluctuation!

Found it!!!

“Die… for me!!!”

A cold glint flashed in Xiao Yan’s eyes! The Thunder Prison Blade in his hand showed no hesitation or pause!

It was still that earth-shattering, ultimate strike containing the Law of Destruction!

[Seven Thunderous Waves · Mark of Destruction]!!!

Tear——!!!!!!!!!

The blade light, like lightning tearing through darkness! Ignored all the false blood shadows!

With incredible precision!

It struck at the… true body, hidden among countless illusions, attempting to quietly escape!!!

“No——!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Vice Cult Master Youying let out a scream even more shrill and desperate than before!

He could clearly feel that the shadow of death had completely enveloped him!

He frantically tried to dodge! To resist!

But it was too late!

Pfft——!!!

That terrifying blade light, imbued with the Law of Destruction, easily tore through all his defenses as if cutting through tofu!

Severely!

From his left shoulder, all the way down to his right rib!!!

Almost diagonally severing his entire upper body!!!

Blood! Internal organs! Bone fragments! Poured out frantically from the hideous wound, like a torn sack!

“Ah ah ah ah!!!!”

Vice Cult Master Youying let out an agonizing, desperate wail! He only felt an incomparably violent thunder power and Taiji True Essence, like maggots clinging to bone, frantically surging into his body, ravaging his meridians and internal organs!

His Battle King body, which had finally recovered somewhat, was once again… catastrophically damaged under this single strike!!!

His aura, like a punctured balloon, instantly withered!

His entire being, like a kite with a broken string, fell from mid-air, plummeting violently… towards the hard ground below!!!

One strike!

Just one strike!

Vice Cult Master Youying, an old and powerful figure in the Blood Ghost Cult, whose strength had recovered to the second rank of Battle King, was directly severely wounded by Xiao Yan in a terrifying, overwhelming manner! Like a dead dog, he fell from mid-air!

This shocking scene not only left Zhao Meng and Lin Wei, who were observing from the flagship’s command cabin, dumbfounded and trembling!

It also made Battle King Lieyang, who was struggling to fight Vice Cult Master Manshan, almost pop his eyeballs out!

“This… how is this possible?!”

A monstrous wave surged in Battle King Lieyang’s heart!

Although he knew Xiao Yan’s strength was unfathomable, he never expected it to be so ridiculously strong!

That was Youying! A genuine second-rank Battle King expert! Even if his strength had suffered some loss, it shouldn’t be… that he couldn’t even withstand a single move, right?!

The power contained in Xiao Yan’s strike just now, that destructive aura that almost tore heaven and earth apart…

This… this had definitely surpassed the peak of the second-rank Battle King realm!

Could it be… he had already… touched the threshold of the third rank?!

This thought flashed like lightning through Battle King Lieyang’s mind, filling his gaze towards Xiao Yan with even deeper awe and… a hint of indescribable relief (relief that he hadn’t chosen to be his enemy back then).

However, unlike Battle King Lieyang’s shock and relief, Vice Cult Master Manshan, who was frantically clashing with him, saw his companion severely wounded by Xiao Yan in a single move, his life unknown. His already hideous face was instantly replaced by boundless terror and… fury!

“Youying!!!”

He let out an angry roar like a wounded beast!

He couldn’t understand how Xiao Yan, whose strength he thought was similar to his own, could unleash such terrifying combat power in such a short time?!

Could it be… he had been hiding his strength all along?!

“Bastard!!! I’ll kill you!!!”

Vice Cult Master Manshan completely descended into madness! He no longer held back, his blood energy erupting like a volcano! A nauseatingly strong bloody aura emanated from his body!

His sturdy, tower-like body swelled another circle! Muscles bulging, veins popping! Like an ancient fiend demon crawling out of hell!

“Blood Demon Heart Shattering Fist!!!”

He abandoned his attack on Battle King Lieyang, his fists, like two burning blood-colored meteors, carrying terrifying, world-destroying power, fiercely striking towards Xiao Yan, who had just severely wounded Vice Cult Master Youying and was slightly paused!

He wanted to avenge his companion! He wanted to thoroughly smash this hateful human brat into meat paste!!!

However, facing Vice Cult Master Manshan’s furious, fatal blow, which could make even a Battle King of the same rank feel a chilling dread!

Xiao Yan’s face still maintained that calm and indifferent expression!

As if, in his eyes, this so-called “Blood Demon Heart Shattering Fist” was nothing more than… a child’s play!

He didn’t even turn his head!

He just… slowly, raised his left hand!

Then, towards the two blood-colored fist energies carrying terrifying power behind him, he casually… waved!

“Buzz——!!!”

An indescribable surge of Battle King power, fusing the profound essence of Taiji’s circularity with the destructive might of lightning, swept out from his palm like an invisible giant wave!

A seemingly effortless wave, yet it seemed to trigger some supreme law of heaven and earth!

Space, at this moment, seemed to twist!

Those two blood-colored fist energies, capable of splitting mountains and shattering rocks, imbued with terrifying destructive power, vanished silently… as if falling into a muddy sea!

No earth-shattering explosion!

No world-destroying shockwave!

They just… disappeared into thin air! As if they had never existed!

“Wh… what?!”

Vice Cult Master Manshan, who was fully unleashing his fist energy, felt his terrifying power, capable of destroying a small mountain, disappear as if a stone had sunk into the sea. He completely froze, as if subjected to a petrification spell!

His eyes, which were originally filled with rage and bloodlust, were instantly replaced by boundless terror and… disbelief!