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ED Note: Argh, Shen Congwu was THIS close to killing Chen Xiao! Wonder what will happen now… At least we got a sweet moment where Wu Liang showed concern towards Ling Qingxue!
With Ling Qingxue's current spiritual strength, setting up a mid-grade spirit formation was indeed extremely difficult.
But she possessed a secret technique: using her own blood essence as a catalyst to briefly boost her spiritual strength, then instantly deploying the Four Spirits Annihilation Array with a massive amount of spiritual power.
This was no longer merely pushing her limits to the extreme; it was shattering her own boundaries entirely, finding possibility where none existed.
Ling Qingxue leaned against the wall, her spiritual energy almost depleted as waves of fatigue washed over her.
"Wu Liang, you're the strongest. Go and help them deal with some of the hybrids."
Wu Liang looked at her with some concern. "Are you alright on your own? I saw you set up two large formations in a row. Do you still have any fighting power left?"
"I can recover slowly. You go ahead. Don't worry about me."
Anger flashed across Wu Liang's face.
"Sooner or later, I'll slaughter those bastards from the Beast King Cult. Once I reach the King Level, their death is nigh!"
Wu Liang's body suddenly grew larger, and a pair of phoenix wings, burning with scorching black flames, plunged into the tide of half-beasts. In his berserk state, his eyes turned bloodshot.
He used to find cannibalism disgusting, but now he felt he shouldn't be picky; he wasn't human anymore.
The densely packed half-beasts would be his best nourishment!
"Devour them!" Wu Liang roared furiously.
The Taotie bloodline within him burned like wildfire. A terrifying devouring power was swirling around his beastly body, almost turning him into a black hole that swallowed everything around him.
Slaughter, ferocity, greed... countless dark attributes erupted in his mind.
A devouring tornado enveloped all the hybrid beasts, the weaker ones being directly swallowed by it.
The entrance to Lingtian Middle School transformed into a living hell, the stench of blood filling the air.
Everyone looked at Wu Liang with fear.
Even Qin Hongyan, a Second Rank peak martial artist, trembled uncontrollably.
"Too brutal! This is an ancient ferocious beast. Once its ferocity is fully unleashed, it's an endless slaughter."
"Legend says that at its peak, the Taotie could devour an entire world in one go, consuming all living beings in an instant..."
"What if it eats us?"
They whispered amongst themselves, afraid to speak too loudly.
Lin Yutang glanced back during a lull in the fighting and breathed a sigh of relief.
With this ferocious beast, Wu Liang, they should be able to hold out for a while.
Now they just needed reinforcements, and all the Beast King Cult members would die here.
"Kill all these bastards! Why did you give up being human to become beasts? You idiots!"
Several Beast King Cult members were furious.
"The power of magical beasts is truly limitless. Martial artists cultivate by learning from them. Only by changing one's bloodline can one truly reach the pinnacle. You're the ones who have gone astray!"
Magical beasts have existed since ancient times. They were the world's overlords in the prehistoric era.
In the eyes of the Beast King Cult, magical beasts were the strongest, incomparable to humans, the newcomers. Only by becoming a magical beast could one achieve invincibility.
But if humans were no longer humans, what meaning did invincibility hold?
The path of a martial artist was a well-trodden road paved by countless pioneers; wasn't this also the path to enlightenment?
...
On the arena.
The place was completely shattered, covered in frost and blood, its original state unrecognizable.
Chen Xiao's body was covered in blood, one arm already severed. Crimson blood stained the ground, and terror filled his eyes.
Shen Congwu had gone mad. He fought him with his life on the line, his strength surging after consuming the Blood-Burning Pill.
If he didn't retreat now, he would surely die here!
"Shen Congwu, you old bastard, just you wait! I will definitely come back to kill you one day!"
After uttering these threats, he flapped his blood-red wings, attempting to flee.
He wanted to catch the Taotie, but he couldn't risk his life for it, could he?
He wasn't that stupid!
Shen Congwu snorted coldly, his eyes filled with a palpable killing intent.
"Frosty Spear of Slaughter!!"
A surge of frost power erupted from the Frost Sky Sparrow's body, slowly condensing into an ice-blue spear under the influence of its vital energy, which then shot towards Chen Xiao.
"I won't rest until I kill you!"
Boom!
The spear struck Chen Xiao in the back, then emerged through his chest, leaving a bloody hole in his body, with blood spurting out from it.
Letting out a series of agonizing howls, Chen Xiao crashed from the sky, landing right at the feet of a Sixth-Rank Beast King Cult member.
"Ninth Protector, are you alright?"
Chen Xiao gritted his teeth and stood up, blood gushing from his chest.
"A bunch of useless trash! Can't even handle a few brats, forcing me to risk my life to hold off Shen Congwu!"
The man didn't dare retort, but he was furious.
Damn it! He got beaten up, but now he blamed them? Before they set off, he said killing Shen Congwu would be like slaughtering a dog!
Now he's being treated like a dog!
Shen Congwu, riding the Frost Sky Sparrow, caught up. The effects of the Blood-Burning Pill were about to wear off.
Once the Blood-Burning Pill wore off, he would fall into a long period of weakness.
Therefore, he had to kill Chen Xiao quickly!
"Principal..."
The teachers, seeing Shen Congwu's appearance, guessed that he had taken the Blood-Burning Pill.
They also had Blood-Burning Pills, but only Shen Congwu dared to use his.
No one was willing to risk their martial arts path in battle!
How many people were so selfless?
Shen Congwu gathered all his vital energy and charged towards Chen Xiao.
Seeing this, Chen Xiao felt a chill run down his spine.
"You fucking madman! I've already backed down, what more do you want!"
"I want you dead!" Shen Congwu roared.
Chen Xiao's heart pounded like a drum. He then grabbed the Sixth-Rank Beast King Cult member with his remaining right hand and tore open the man's throat with his sharp teeth, frantically devouring his blood.
The magical beast bloodline he had fused with was the Bloodthirsty Bat King; as long as he consumed enough blood, he could recover quickly.
"Ninth Protector, we're on the same side, you…"
"Shut up! It's your honor to be used by me!"
In just a few breaths, the man became a dried-up corpse, his entire body drained of blood by Chen Xiao.
Meanwhile, Chen Xiao's injuries healed rapidly after consuming the blood. In the blink of an eye, the bloody hole was filled with flesh and blood, then scabbed over, and even his injured left arm began to heal.
"The taste of blood is delicious!"
He channeled his inner energy, desperately resisting Shen Congwu's killing move.
Bang!
Chen Xiao was sent flying again, but he didn't die.
He rose from the rubble, a maniacal smile on his face.
"Hehehe! Shen Congwu, you can't kill me, but I'll make you watch your students die one by one before your eyes!"
His claws grabbed other Beast King Cult members, devouring their blood.
At this moment, Shen Congwu's Blood-Burning Pill power was exhausted; no one present was his match.
In the end, he was the victor!
Chen Xiao unleashed a streak of blood-red light, sending the already swaying Shen Congwu flying, his cold gaze sweeping over the other Lingtian Middle School teachers.
Lin Yutang clenched his fists, unleashing a crimson palm print.
Seeing this, Chen Xiao sneered and smashed Lin Yutang's energy palm to pieces with a single punch.
"I, the Ninth Protector, have already calculated everything. Today, you will all die!!"