"Starry Fusion!"
As Xia Hou's sinister voice resounded within the giant hall, everyone could sense indescribable torrential Spiritual Energy erupting from Xia Hou's body like a volcano. The Spiritual Energy fluctuations created hurricanes that blew crazily within the giant hall.
Standing in the air, Xia Hou formed strange seals with his hands, while a chilling intent brimmed within his eyes.
Humm!
Spiritual Energy that blotted the skies crazily condensed behind him, before three gigantic vortexes gradually took shape. Starlight seemed to radiate from within as Spiritual Energy frantically poured into them. In a short span of a dozen breaths, they had unexpectedly transformed into three dazzling stars that were roughly a hundred feet in size behind Xia Hou's back.
Dazzling rays of brilliance sparkled from the three stars as boundless Spiritual Energy radiated from them. Akin to glowing spikes, they covered the surface of the stars, causing them to appear slightly malevolent.
Being completely formed from Spiritual Energy, exceedingly erratic Spiritual Energy fluctuations radiated from the three stars, causing rumbling sounds to ring out. Those were the sounds caused by the friction between Spiritual Energy and the air.
Within the giant hall, Tang Mei 'er, Zhou Yuan and the rest looked at the spectacle unfolding before them in shock. The Spiritual Energy fluctuations radiating from the three stars caused them to feel the danger of death. Clearly, Xia Hou had already started to use his true trump card. Clearly, he was planning to use this opportunity to end this fight!
"Haha, truly worthy of being the Holy Son of the Holy Spirit House!"
Looking at the three stars, Zhen Qing's eyes faintly narrowed, before a soft chuckle rang out from his mouth. The formation before him caused even a sliver of graveness to rise within his heart. If this was a normal fight, even if he were to face against Xia Hou's attacks, he might only be able to choose to temporarily evade. This Xia Hou was truly formidable. It was no wonder why he was able to become one of the four Holy Sons of the Holy Spirit House.
"This time, that brat is in trouble. Now, he will understand exactly how terrifying an expert of Spiritual Energy Disaster is when they get serious."
With an indifferent smile, Zhen Qing shot a glance at the nearby Luo Li. At this moment, the latter had also raised her beautiful eyes to look at Xia Hou, who was hovering in mid-air. Her eyebrows were slightly knitted together, as if she was a little worried by the sharpness that Xia Hou had suddenly displayed.
Under the attention of the numerous gazes within the giant hall, Mu Chen's expression turned grave as he watched this scene unfold before him. In the next moment, he slowly clenched his hands, as black lightning rapidly flickered on his body, while the four lightning runes on his chest grew increasingly bright. He had pushed his Lightning God Physique to its limits, as he had clearly sensed some danger.
"Even if you want to regret it now, you won't have the chance." Xia Hou stared coldly at Mu Chen with a sinister smile.
He slowly raised his finger and pointed it towards Mu Chen. His eyes were filled with a chilling intent that was as sharp as the edge of a blade.
"Astral Fusion, Three Stars Shatter the Heavens!"
As Xia Hou's voice that was brimming with killing intent rang out from his mouth, the three gigantic stars behind him instantly erupted with dazzling rays of brilliance. In the next instant, the three stars had already shot out. Linked together, they formed a streak of light as they descended from the sky, enveloping Mu Chen's figure. Bang!
Bang!
The air in this region had completely exploded apart, causing shockwaves to surge out.
Looking at the three stars shooting towards him with a grave expression, Mu Chen deeply inhaled a mouthful of air. Black lightning sparkled within his palm as he abruptly sent a palm patting out.
"Hand of the Lightning God!"
Boundless Spiritual Energy swept out, accompanied by the appearance of black lightning. As it flickered, it formed into a huge lightning hand. The huge hand was covered with lightning runes as it fiercely slammed against the three stars.
Boom!
As the two ferociously collided against each other, frightening fluctuations radiated out, causing gigantic fissures to appear on the ground. The destructive power present was exceedingly astonishing. Whoosh!
Whoosh!
The two energies confronted each other as they frantically corroded each other.
Looking at this scene, a sneer rose from the corner of Xia Hou's mouth. In the next instant, his hand seal changed. "Star Explosion!"
Bang!
A star suddenly exploded. The frightening Spiritual Energy shock wave caused the gigantic lightning hand to retreat. It was so much so that even the lightning runes on the giant hand had dimmed a little.
"Explode!"
Another star exploded, causing cracks to appear on the surface of the giant hand.
"You're finished."
The sneer on Xia Hou's face grew even more dense. With a sinister smile, his hand seal changed, causing the third star to explode.
Bang!
As the Spiritual Energy shock wave swept out, the Hand of the Lightning God was finally unable to endure the shock wave. Its Spiritual Energy was scattered, before it shattered apart. Furthermore, as the giant hand collapsed, a remnant streak of light pierced through. In the end, it swiftly smashed against Mu Chen's body, who was unable to dodge in time.
Bang!
At this moment, his body flew out, before heavily smashing against a towering pillar. The force of the collision caused a huge dent to appear on the pillar, which was made of special materials.
When Tang Mei 'er and the rest, who were paying attention to the battle, saw this scene, their faces instantly changed.
Looking at the dust cloud, Xia Hou sneered as he shook his head. "Now, have you experienced what it means to overestimate one's capabilities?"
Within the dust cloud, a figure broke free from the pillar. Shaking his head, he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. Frowning his brows, he looked at Xia Hou and faintly smiled. "It's indeed very painful. However, why are you making an expression as if you've already won?"
With a frosty expression, Xia Hou looked at Mu Chen, who was wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. Astonishment filled his heart. He had originally thought that this move would be sufficient to deal with Mu Chen. However, he never imagined that it would only cause him to suffer injuries. This fellow's physical body was actually so powerful.
"My Starlight Method is a High Rank Deity Tier Spiritual Art … Did you really think that it only has this much power?"
With a ridiculing smile, Xia Hou continued, "Since you're able to endure this round of attacks, I'll let you see exactly how frightening a High Rank Deity Tier Spiritual Art is!"
As his voice rang out, everyone could see boundless Spiritual Energy rapidly converging behind him. This time, the number of Spiritual Energy vortexes had actually reached nine! Humm!
Humm!
The nine Spiritual Energy vortexes crazily revolved as hurricanes took shape, wreaking havoc within the giant hall like tornadoes.
A frightening Spiritual Energy pressure spread out within the giant hall.
This pressure caused even Zhen Qing's face to slightly change. His body tensed up as Spiritual Energy circulated on the surface of his body. The pressure was something that even he had no choice but to circulate his Spiritual Energy to defend against.
"This Xia Hou actually had such a formidable trump card hidden up his sleeves …" Zhen Qing's heart was filled with solemnity.
Fortunately, he did not lose his sense of measure due to his complacency and fall out with Xia Hou. If not, if Xia Hou had unleashed such a killing move against him, it would be extremely difficult for him to obtain victory if he did not use some special means.
As the frightening Spiritual Energy pressure rippled within the giant hall, Luo Li's glass-like pupils focused on Mu Chen, while the jade-like hand that was gripping onto the Luo God Sword slightly tightened its grip. Clearly, she could sense that this killing move of Xia Hou's couldn't be underestimated in the slightest.
Slightly shifting her gaze, her gaze finally rested on the slender figure of the youth. At this moment, the robes covering his body were fluttering from the Spiritual Energy pressure. However, his figure still stood ramrod straight under the pressure, akin to a longspear that had pierced through the heavens.
Humm!
Nine gigantic Spiritual Energy vortexes rapidly took shape, before transforming into nine stars that appeared behind Xia Hou. At this moment, paleness had surfaced on his face. Clearly, even with his strength that had passed his Spiritual Energy Disaster, executing such a move had clearly consumed a great amount of his energy.
However, although his face was pale, Xia Hou's gaze was exceedingly excited and malevolent. With a grin on his face, he looked towards Mu Chen, who was bitterly persevering under his pressure, as if he could already see the latter's miserable appearance akin to that of a stray dog in the next moment.
"This time, it's truly over."
Licking his lips in a somewhat bloodthirsty manner, Xia Hou abruptly pointed his finger towards the air, while his voice contained unconcealable chilling killing intent. "Astral Body, Nine Stars Piercing the Sun!"
Bang!
At this instant, the entire giant hall seemed to tremble for an instant as the nine stars explosively shot out. Forming an indescribable and frightening momentum, they pierced through the vast sky as they descended from the sky.
Such a formation could only be described with the word 'frightening'.
Under such an attack, even experts like Tang Mei 'er, who had passed their first Spiritual Energy Disaster, were overwhelmed with shock and astonishment. The strength of this Xia Hou had similarly exceeded their expectations. The strength of the Holy Son of the Holy Spirit House had actually reached such a level?
Could Mu Chen really withstand an attack of such a degree?
Gazes converged onto the figure of the youth hovering in the air as everyone held their breaths in silence.
Hu.
Under the numerous gazes, Mu Chen suddenly exhaled a clump of white air, before slowly closing his eyes. At the same time, both of his hands came together, forming a rather ancient and peculiar seal. As the seal was formed, black lightning quietly leaped about at the tip of his fingers.
"Trying to mystify things!"
Upon seeing this, a sneer rang out from Xia Hou's mouth. He didn't believe that Mu Chen would have any means to defend against his frightening attack.
Rumble!
However, just as Xia Hou sneered, deep and low peals of thunder suddenly rang out within the giant hall. The peals of thunder contained a sliver of the might of the heavens and earth. It didn't seem to be thunder that was condensed from Spiritual Energy, but a frightening energy that was truly born between the heavens and earth …
Everyone within the large hall suddenly sensed something. Immediately, they raised their heads, before their pupils shrunk.
Xia Hou had also raised his head, before the awe-inspiring expression on his face started to turn stiff, bit by bit.
That's because he had noticed that layers and layers of thunderclouds had unknowingly appeared above his head. Those thunderclouds weren't formed from Spiritual Energy, but a type of thundercloud that was born between the heavens and earth. Within those thunderclouds, black lightning crazily condensed, radiating fluctuations that seemed to be close to annihilation.
All of a sudden, Mu Chen's tightly shut eyes sprang open. His slender finger, which was covered in lightning, gently swiped down, while a murmur quietly resounded within the giant hall, bringing along the might of the heavens and earth, causing people's hearts to tremble.
"Lightning Controlling Art!"