Black flames slowly surged out from the depths of Mu Chen's eyes, causing his eyes to look slightly strange. Dark-black Spiritual Energy also lingered around his body. As the Spiritual Energy surged, it seemed as if there were black flames quietly passing by.
Mu Chen stood in mid-air as he slowly clenched his fists. A strange fluctuation spread out from his body as well. Dark-black Spiritual Energy gathered and surged behind him. However, unlike Shi Jingtian, it did not condense the Soul Essence that he had refined.
This was because he had never refined a Spiritual Beast's Soul Essence before. What he had undergone was a Bloodline Bond, which was of a higher level than refining a Spiritual Beast's Soul Essence. Right now, he also possessed many of the abilities of the Jiu You Sparrow. Furthermore, these abilities were more perfect and free. Due to the Bloodline Bond, the Jiu You Sparrow within his body possessed a complete intelligence. Compared to Shi Jingtian's Spiritual Beast's Soul Essence, which was completely erased by him, the Jiu You Sparrow possessed even more intelligence.
In this region, countless gazes gathered on Mu Chen's body. They could feel that the Spiritual Energy fluctuation emitted by the latter had become a lot stronger.
"How did Mu Chen's Spiritual Energy become so much stronger? It's even stronger than an ordinary Spirit Stage Late Phase. Is it because he refined a Spiritual Beast's Soul Essence?" Ye Qingling said in surprise.
Luo Li's eyes stared at Mu Chen's figure. A hint of surprise flashed through her clear eyes. Others might not be able to sense it, but she could feel how overbearing the Dark-black Spiritual Energy that lingered around Mu Chen's body was. Moreover, there was a hidden fluctuation within it that could cause one's heart to palpitate.
"There should be a powerful Spiritual Beast within his body. However, it's not the Mysterious Spirithail Dragon or the Geocentric Yan Long Lizard that we obtained previously." Luo Li muttered to herself.
A faint smile immediately appeared on her lips. She knew that even if he had lost the opportunity from the Spiritual Road, he would still be able to catch up.
Sometimes, Luo Li's trust in Mu Chen was even stronger than his trust in himself.
This was because they had encountered too many difficulties and dangers in the year they spent in the Spiritual Road.
But in the end, it was this young man with a calm smile who brought her out of her predicament.
Although Luo Li didn't care too much about many things, she was, in fact, rather prideful in her bones. However, this prideful feeling was constantly thwarted when she first met Mu Chen.
During the half a year of hunting him down, she knew that he had many opportunities to kill her, but in the end, he had no choice but to give up.
At that time, Luo Li felt that he was a fool to let go of such an opportunity. Until the last time, when she finally turned the tables and pressed her sword against Mu Chen's throat.
Only then did she understand.
She couldn't do it anymore.
This guy.
He was like a big spider, releasing spider silk in circles, and he was like a young bird that was constantly chasing after him.
By the time she came back to her senses, she discovered that the layers of spider silk had already wrapped around her.
It caused her to sink deep into it, and she couldn't and didn't want to escape.
Mu Chen was indeed quite powerful.
Luo Li's glass-like pupils faintly glowed as she stared at that slender figure and gently smiled. That instant smile caused the gazes of quite a few people in the surroundings to stiffen.
No wonder he dared to show himself. It turns out that he had hidden some tricks up his sleeves. "
Shi Jingtian also noticed that Mu Chen had suddenly become stronger and emitted a strange Spiritual Energy fluctuation. His eyes narrowed and he immediately sneered. After suffering from the previous loss, he had indeed raised his vigilance against Mu Chen. But now that he had activated the Earthen Spirit Stone Python, his strength was comparable to a true Heavenly Fusion Stage powerhouse. On the other hand, even if Mu Chen had become stronger, he was only comparable to a Spirit Stage Late Phase powerhouse.
The gap between them had only widened.
"I want to see who is the one who is so proud of himself!"
Shi Jingtian clenched his fists, and dense Spiritual Energy surged out like a tide. A low roar came from his throat, and a strange fluctuation spread out from his feet.
Buzz!
At this moment, the earth seemed to tremble slightly. He stomped his feet and his body soared into the sky. He clasped his palms together and greyish-white Spiritual Energy surged out. The greyish-white Spiritual Energy turned into greyish-white rays of light. The rays of light condensed and floated in the sky like giant rocks.
A violent fluctuation spread out.
At this moment, many people's eyes became serious. They could feel that each of the giant rocks that Shi Jingtian had condensed had a shocking power that could seriously injure a Spirit Stage powerhouse.
Obviously, after activating the Soul Essence, his combat power had increased by a lot.
"Stone Emperor Art, Meteorite Descent!"
Shi Jingtian's gloomy eyes locked onto Mu Chen below. His eyes immediately turned cold and his hand seal changed. The giant rocks that were emitting greyish-white rays of light suddenly buzzed and vibrated. Then, the sound of wind breaking resounded in the sky. Countless giant rocks shot towards Mu Chen and almost blocked all of his escape routes.
Mu Chen raised his head and looked at the giant rocks that were rapidly enlarging in his eyes. He took a deep breath and the Great Pagoda Art within his body suddenly started to circulate. Then, mysterious lights started to flicker in the depths of his body.
Buzz.
Dark-black Spiritual Energy surged on the surface of Mu Chen's body and immediately turned into a blurry black light tower. On top of the light tower, black flames could be vaguely seen floating around.
When the black light tower was formed, the giant rocks that covered the sky had already violently bombarded down. Then, they fiercely bombarded the black light tower around Mu Chen's body.
Dong Dong!
The earth seemed to tremble at this moment. Countless people were shocked as they looked at the place where the giant rocks had bombarded. At that place, smoke and dust had spread out and blocked their vision. However, they could still feel the terrifying bombardment.
With so many fierce attacks, if it was any other Spirit Stage Late Phase person, they would instantly be smashed into a pile of mud.
Ye Qingling and the others nervously looked at the place filled with smoke and dust. They clenched their fists tightly and Sun 'Er covered her eyes with her small hands.
The only one who was calm was Luo Li. Although Shi Jingtian's attack was powerful, it was obviously not enough to kill Mu Chen.
The bombardment had finally ended. The smoke and dust began to slowly disperse. Everyone's gazes converged on that place. Then, sounds of people inhaling cold air resounded.
At the place where the ground had collapsed.
A figure was still quietly floating in the air. Above his body, the blurry black light tower did not move an inch. Previously, Shi Jingtian's shocking attack had been completely destroyed.
The shocking attack from Shi Jingtian earlier did not cause any damage to him!
"How is this possible?!" In the air, Shi Jingtian exclaimed.
"Swoosh!"
Just when he was overwhelmed with shock, Mu Chen's figure had mysteriously appeared before him as a gale whistled from his fist.
His fist was wrapped in dark black Spiritual Energy as it drew a tricky trajectory and fiercely attacked Shi Jingtian.
Shi Jingtian hurriedly urged his Spiritual Energy. His arms were like rocks as he blocked the attack. The Stone Emperor Art that he had cultivated allowed him to have a very strong defense. Therefore, he was not afraid of this kind of melee.
Dong!
Dong!
Dong!
Mu Chen did not seem to care about this. Instead, his fist that was wrapped in dark black Spiritual Energy.
All of them bombarded on Shi Jingtian's arms.
Then.
Shi Jingtian's expression changed drastically. This was because he noticed that every time Mu Chen's fist landed on him.
An extremely hot energy was transmitted into his arm and entered his body through his meridians.
It caused him to feel a sharp pain in his arms.
"This guy's Spiritual Energy is strange!"
Shi Jingtian's heart shook. Only now did he notice that every time Mu Chen attacked, there would be a small black flame within the dark black Spiritual Energy!
"I can't fight him head-on!"
Shi Jingtian hurriedly retreated. The black flame was too overbearing. If too much of it invaded his body, it would instantly burn his meridians and cause great damage to him.
"I can't drag this on any longer."
Shi Jingtian finally felt a little uneasy within his heart. Mu Chen's strange methods had finally made him feel a little uneasy.
"I'll finish him off in one move!"
An ominous glint flashed across Shi Jingtian's eyes. He clenched his teeth and his arms started to tremble. The greyish-white color on his arms started to darken and the veins on his arms started to bulge. Even his fingers seemed to be made of rock.
A frightening fluctuation, accompanied by a greyish-white light, suddenly burst out from Shi Jingtian's palm.
Ha!
When the greyish-white light and Spiritual Energy reached their peak, Shi Jingtian fiercely shouted and shot out a palm.
"Earth Shattering Hand!"
Along with Shi Jingtian's roar, the greyish-white light suddenly left his hand and instantly turned into a huge hand of Shi Yan that was dozens of feet long. The huge hand was covered with rock veins and was hard and indestructible.
At the same time, a dark black light also swept out from Mu Chen's palm. With an indifferent expression, he shot out a palm. A faint sound of thunder was formed and the sky seemed to have darkened for a moment.
"Vajra Pagoda!"
Mu Chen had also sent a palm out. Dark-black Spiritual Energy formed into a black palm as it howled out. Within the palm, dark-golden pagoda runes condensed and a fluctuation that could suppress all living things appeared.
Boom!
The two palm prints tore through the air, like two meteorites streaking across the horizon, and fiercely collided with each other. In an instant, a loud sound rang out, and a violent Spiritual Energy shockwave spread out, causing a great gale to blow between the heavens and earth. Instantly, sand and stones were swept up by the wind.
"Suppress!"
Mu Chen's eyes were cold. He suddenly clenched his hand and the golden tower pattern covered it. Then, Shi Jingtian was shocked to see that the giant stone palm had actually collapsed. It was as if the Spiritual Energy within it had been completely eliminated!
"How is this possible?!" He lost his voice in shock.
"Swish!"
However, Mu Chen did not care about him at all. With a thought, the black palm with the dark golden tower pattern appeared above Shi Jingtian and fiercely slammed down.
Shi Jingtian hurriedly circulated his Spiritual Energy to protect his body.
Bang!
The palm print ruthlessly slammed down. Suddenly, a muffled sound rang out. Then, everyone's eyelids twitched as they saw Shi Jingtian fall from the sky and fiercely shoot into the ground.
That piece of land collapsed in an instant, and cracks spread out like a spider web.
Puchi.
Shi Jingtian spat out a mouthful of blood. His face was pale and his eyes were still filled with shock. He could not imagine how Mu Chen's attack could be so terrifying. Even he, who was infinitely close to the Heavenly Fusion Stage, could not withstand it!
"Swish!"
Rays of brilliance sparkled within his eyes as he hurriedly tried to retreat. However, he heard the sound of wind being torn apart as a ray of light burning with black flames streaked across his eyes. In the next instant, Mu Chen's two slender fingers were covered in black flames. Akin to the grim reaper's black scythe, they stopped right before his throat.
His body suddenly stiffened and he was covered in cold sweat. He did not dare to move even the slightest bit.
"I've said it before."
Mu Chen's black eyes were filled with indifference as he looked at the shocked Shi Jingtian and slowly said, "You will pay the price for being so arrogant."
"Now, hand over the price. Otherwise, I don't mind directly eliminating you."
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