"The King of Beasts Fist!!"
Shen Junshan began to emanate a chilling beastly aura; even as he simply stood there, he resembled a beast.
Sometimes he resembled a tiger king, sometimes a lion king, sometimes an ape king...
One could find the shadows of dozens of beast kings within him!
This was the King of Beasts Fist, a heavenly-grade martial art formed by fusing the attacks of dozens of magical beast kings. Its attacks were wild and extremely taxing on the martial artist's body.
From this alone, it was clear... Shen Junshan possessed extraordinary talent in physical combat!
A tiger fist slammed down towards Wu Liang, a terrifying tiger roar echoing through the air.
This punch was enough to kill that Seventh Rank Silver-Armored Mighty Insect King!!
Wu Liang took a deep breath, and his claw, imbued with the three great wills, lashed out with equal ferocity.
Comparing physical attributes?
The boost he received from the 'Greed' skill was not to be underestimated!
As fist and claw collided, a deafening shockwave erupted, sending both Wu Liang and Shen Junshan reeling back several steps—though Wu Liang retreated slightly further.
"The level is a bit too low, otherwise I wouldn't have retreated!" Wu Liang thought to himself.
Seeing this, Shen Junshan's fighting spirit surged even more.
To encounter a true opponent was a martial artist's fortune!
The Frost Lion attacked alongside him, and two similar icy wills crushed down on Wu Liang, making him feel as though he were in a land of extreme cold.
This terrifying chill could freeze blood and even thought.
Boom!
The Devouring Domain and the Invincible Will erupted in succession, dark ripples and brilliant golden light forcefully occupying a portion of the space.
Within the domain, there was pure devouring power; even someone as powerful as Shen Junshan felt his strength being torn apart.
"This Devouring Domain has gotten stronger again; Taotie is truly monstrous!"
He was only one step away from condensing a domain.
But that step was as difficult to cross as a mountain peak.
The spectators discussed among themselves.
"I heard Shen Junshan cleared the eighth level of the Martial Tower in his junior year, but he's still stuck on the ninth. The Taotie, on the other hand, mastered its domain at the Third Rank—truly monstrous!"
"Magical beasts already have the advantage of bloodline, and some of them are even born with a fragment of a law. It's reasonable that the Taotie mastered its domain early."
"Yeah, I've even heard of immortal Tai Sui*. Magical beasts have an innate advantage over humans!"
The battle continued unabated.
Shen Junshan, like a fighting machine, unleashed a barrage of attacks, while the Frost Lion's power was equally formidable.
The combined effect of these two forces exceeded Wu Liang's maximum strength.
The pressure was immense, but it was precisely this pressure that forged his Invincible Will ever stronger.
Wu Liang, bathed in golden light, simultaneously restricted the Frost Lion with the 'Spatial Lock' chains, while unleashing the 'Ink Annihilation Dragon Strike' towards its head.
A Dark Horned-Dragon phantom shot towards it, but its body completely turned into ice crystals.
Bang!
The 'Ink Annihilation Dragon Strike' shattered the Frost Lion, turning it into a pile of ice and snow, but in the blink of an eye, the ice and snow reformed, and the Frost Lion stood there unscathed.
Wu Liang froze for a moment, somewhat incredulous.
This was the first time he'd been completely unable to deal any damage to the Frost Lion, which ignored defense, and it didn't even have any absolute defensive skills!
"This is the Frost Lion's 'Frost Body' skill. It can transform into ice, and even if it is shattered, it can reassemble itself. This makes it immune to physical attacks that normally cannot be withstood, which is roughly equivalent to absolute defense!" Ling Qingxue explained.
Although using the 'Frost Body' skill consumed a lot of energy, being able to withstand a high-damage attack was a huge win!
With the 'Frost Body' skill, Wu Liang's 'Ink Annihilation Dragon Strike' was largely rendered ineffective.
Because Wu Liang's use of this skill was also quite taxing, he was only able to sustain a prolonged battle thanks to the advantage of his devouring power.
Otherwise, with such frequent skill usage, he would have long since run out of energy.
Wu Liang unleashed his 'Taotie Feast'.
The devouring power surged dramatically, completely suppressing the original chilling aura.
Two Taotie phantoms swung their giant claws, slamming down towards Shen Junshan and the Frost Lion.
With a single strike, both were forced back.
Shen Junshan took a deep breath, and an ice crystal armor materialized around him, his extreme cold aura growing even more intense.
Not only that, the Frost Lion unleashed its bloodline divine skill in the next instant.
Snowflakes fell from above, instantly transforming the surroundings into... a land of extreme winter!
This was the bloodline divine skill of the Winter Lion King: the 'Winter Divine Kingdom'!!
The frigid air enveloped Wu Liang, the near-extreme cold constructing an icy kingdom.
Within this 'Winter Divine Kingdom', even Wu Liang was suppressed, his speed beginning to slow down.
Shen Junshan's gaze sharpened. "Under the 'Winter Divine Kingdom', everything will freeze. If you have no way to break through, you will undoubtedly be defeated!"
Hearing this, Wu Liang merely sneered.
Before, he truly couldn't break through the 'Winter Divine Kingdom', but now... he could do it with ease!
The 'Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire' burned fiercely, instantly vaporizing the snowflakes in the air.
Simultaneously, the ice and snow on the ground began to melt, sprouting blazing crimson lotuses, which made the 'Winter Divine Kingdom' appear to teeter on the brink of collapse.
Shen Junshan's face showed surprise and disbelief.
"What kind of flame is this? How can it suppress the 'Winter Divine Kingdom'? This is the Winter Lion King's bloodline divine skill!"
This was extreme winter, winter beyond cold!!
A flame capable of suppressing this ultimate power of ice... what was it?!
Meanwhile, Liu Qing, the principal of Longshen Martial Arts University, far away within the university grounds, wore a shocked expression.
"I knew Beiming Yuan would give the Karmic Fire Phoenix Blood to Taotie. That phoenix blood comes from the Karmic Fire Phoenix royal family, and its bloodline is incredibly concentrated. Taotie had a very high chance of obtaining this... 'Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire'!!"
Taotie was already powerful; with the 'Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire', its overall strength would rise to another level.
Moreover, it had a natural advantage over dark and ice-attribute powers.
As such, Shen Junshan was, of course, at a disadvantage.
On the other hand, the strongest fighter at Bing Huang Martial Arts University was even slightly weaker than Shen Junshan, while the strongest fighter at Longshen Martial Arts University was only slightly stronger than Shen Junshan.
If Wu Liang defeated Shen Junshan, he would essentially have defeated all the geniuses of the three martial arts universities. And after that, if he defeated the King of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the descendant of King Arthur, he could be hailed as the number-one prodigy of the younger generation on Blue Star!!
The Frost Lion roared furiously, mobilizing all its power to try to crush Wu Liang's 'Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire' with its Winter Divine Kingdom, but no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't succeed.
The 'Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire' was like a colossal beast with its head held high; no matter how the 'Winter Divine Kingdom' pressed down, it couldn't be extinguished.
Wu Liang condensed a Devouring Domain Singularity and launched it towards the Frost Lion.
The 'Winter Divine Kingdom' shattered instantly, the singularity of the Devouring Domain piercing directly through the chest of the Frost Lion, causing its aura to plummet.
Shen Junshan remained unmoved, but his hand, transformed into solid ice, opening wide. From within the extreme cold, a snow lotus bloomed, colder than the extreme cold itself, reaching... the realm of freezing winter!
This was... the Winter Will!!