Chapter 254: Chapter 237: With such masterful techniques like yours, Chu Yi’s Deviation-Breaking Fist Technique!
Legend tells that the Night Goddess, radiating her authority across countless worlds, nurtured Pet Beasts of the dark, shadow, and nether affinities. The Shadow Wolf clan, too, possessed similar abilities within their bloodline. Using their blood as soil, they transformed into the shadows of the world, dragging countless living beings into them. Eroded by shadow energy, these beings turned into Shadow Beasts.
"How does it feel, watching your own kind turn on you?" Luo Xin laughed heartily.
"How could you do this! These are all innocent lives!" Chu Yi fought back a smirk, adopting an indignant expression as he growled at Luo Xin, "You #%￥ idiot!"
Hearing this, Luo Xin’s smile vanished. His expression turned cold as he said chillingly, "You ignorant fool! Not even your Dragon Maiden companion can save you now!"
The moment he finished speaking, the women and children—now monstrous—sneered, unleashing tentacles that writhed out from their giant hands, pouncing on Chu Yi from all directions. A killing blow from a Morning Star-level power!
"Perfect timing," Chu Yi thought. He threw a punch, and a blazing fist imprint erupted into a dazzling, platinum Bone Fire, obliterating a wave of tentacles.
Immune to a Hundred Demons, impervious to all evil!
On the Ten Thousand Souls Ridge, countless souls trembled. Dust from the Netherworld billowed, mingled with a joyful cry from Jiuying, all pouring into his Golden Body. The Golden Body gleamed, each bone emitting golden light, translucent as jade and brilliant as gold, spilling forth wisps of fragmented light that enveloped him like a crimson dawn.
"I’ll use you to hone my techniques."
With a powerful thrust of his leg, accompanied by a sound like an explosion, Chu Yi shot forward. A golden dragon seemed to burst from him as he delivered hundreds of punches using the Titan Race’s Fist Technique!
"What?!" Luo Xin stared. This slender youth’s vitality was surging fiercely. The Pet Beast possessing him, of some unknown species, actually granted him a Forbidden Power comparable to a werewolf igniting its bloodline!
"Block it! Block it!" Luo Xin yelled. Sensing danger, he retreated into the shadows, countless giant hands shielding him. However, the roaring golden dragon manifestation tore through them, smashing them aside. It swiftly caught up to Luo Xin, and a punch carrying the force to shatter mountains crashed down.
CLANG!
A metallic shriek echoed as Luo Xin’s personal armor resisted the first blow. But after several more punches, it caved in. Luo Xin was sent flying like a cannonball, crashing onto a bed of shadows on the ground. Within the confines of this Bloodline Domain, while Chu Yi was trapped, so was Luo Xin.
THUD, THUD, THUD...
Chu Yi closed in, his Fist Technique unleashing a frenzied storm of attacks, catching Luo Xin and giving him a brutal beating.
The infuriating part was, although Luo Xin could transform into shadow and become immune to physical attacks, his opponent’s fist imprints were wreathed in golden light and soul-damaging flames. These directly nullified his defensive measures, and he even took a punch to the face. In the close-quarters brawl, blood trickled from Luo Xin’s nose and mouth; he was like a sandbag being mercilessly pummeled by an expert boxer.
This continued until Chu Yi unleashed the Great Ape King Spear. His fist imprint streaked like a meteor. Luo Xin’s armor shattered, and he was sent flying like a scarecrow, his torso nearly torn in half. The suppressed bleeding curse erupted, causing a massive spray of blood.
This is terrifying! How can a human possess such an overwhelmingly powerful physique? I’m about to be beaten to a pulp!
"Kill!" Chu Yi roared. His fists blazed with scorching golden light, each punch landing with brutal, domineering force, like a bulldozer mowing down the charging Shadow Beasts. Fueled by surging Yang Qi, he transformed into what seemed like a tireless battle machine, relentlessly pursuing Luo Xin while simultaneously suppressing the horde of restless Shadow Beasts.
BAM!
While attempting to flee, Luo Xin was once again sent flying. He tumbled a dozen times in mid-air before crashing to the ground, carving a deep trench. Rocks scattered, and dust plumed. The scene was devastating.
I, Luo Xin, the most outstanding prodigy of the Shadow Wolf clan, a Wolf Race warrior who achieved a ten-championship streak in the Ten Thousand Beasts Arena, actually defeated by a human?!
If... if I hadn’t diverted so much of my power to deal with the Dragon Maiden, I could have obliterated an ant like this with a single finger!
Fortunately, I’ve tempered my Shadow Wolf physique to a terrifying degree. Even though I’m heavily injured, my bloodline is aiding my rapid recovery.
At that moment, a gleam of twilight flickered in Chu Yi’s pupils. To him, Luo Xin’s soul appeared like a writhing gray mist, etched with numerous exposed, scarlet Soul Seals.
"I have a fist that can shatter mountains and split the heavens, slay ghosts and vanquish evil!" Chu Yi declared, unleashing the Soul Burst Technique and detonating all the Soul Seals at once.
BOOM—
Seven inscribed scarlet Soul Seals erupted!
A Soul Seal was a parasitic mark on the target’s soul. Detonating it was akin to blasting that portion of the soul, causing irreparable damage. The seven Soul Seals bursting simultaneously tore Luo Xin’s soul into countless fragments, as if he were suffering the torture of a thousand cuts.
He didn’t even manage a scream. His consciousness shattered, his body convulsed, and his soul scattered, releasing large swathes of soul light.
RUMBLE!
Luo Xin’s Shadow Wolf body glowed. He possessed a life-saving trump card: a scarlet mist began to heal his spiritual wounds. Otherwise, the soul explosion would have meant absolute, irreversible death.
The next moment, Chu Yi shot through the air. Having inherited the combat experience of the Titan Race, he thoroughly enjoyed the thrill of bone-jarring impact and the sense of power that could dominate the stars with martial might. He surged forward, unleashing a wild flurry of blows.
BAM!
The Shadow Domain trembled as an exceedingly sharp, eerie light tore open a corner of it.
The next moment, a towering and imposing Shadow Giant came into view. It was hundreds of meters tall, with over a hundred arms, each wielding a damaged weapon. Its limbs were continuously breaking off, clear evidence of a vicious battle.
Now, the Shadow Giant, like a collapsing mountain, slowly crumbled under an irresistible Mighty Power, splashing out countless chaotic shadows.
Upon its three menacing heads stood the Dragon Maiden in her War Skirt. Her dark green hair fluttered like ribbons, and her refined yet valiant features exuded the regal air of a queen looking down upon her subjects.
She had been fiercely battling the hundred-armed Shadow Giant when it suddenly froze. The Dragon Maiden seized the opportunity, delivered a killing blow, and in doing so, tore open the Shadow Domain.
"Chu Yi, are you alright?" Mu Yun’s dark gold dragon eyes swept the area, quickly spotting Chu Yi. With a leap from her delicate, fair-skinned feet, she broke the sound barrier. Seeing Chu Yi’s side of the fight, she was momentarily surprised.
She couldn’t have her chef... er, partner, get hurt. He still needed to make food to fill her belly. Whee, Mu Yun wouldn’t have to go hungry anymore!
She had intended to finish her battle quickly and go rescue Chu Yi.
But as it turned out, Luo Xin, who had actually managed to put some pressure on her, was now motionless, his upper body buried in the center of a huge crater, almost breathless.
"You did this?" Mu Yun paused, a look of doubt on her face. She gave Chu Yi a peculiar glance, resting her jade-like hand on her chin. "Who would’ve thought such a small frame could hide so much power. Not weak at all."
Chu Yi reined in his surging vitality and said nonchalantly, "My Pet Beast just happens to have an elemental advantage. I accidentally used a bit too much force... almost killed him."
GASP...
A group of onlookers watching from afar stared at the battlefield where the fight had just ended, all of them wide-eyed and slack-jawed.
"Luo Xin of the Shadow Wolf clan, he held the honor of a ten-time champion! How could he be defeated so quickly?"
"It’s unclear. The battle seemed to be at a stalemate. What on earth happened inside the Shadow Domain? Was it this human’s doing?"
"Wait, isn’t that human the youth who dared to snatch the Lantern Girl’s lantern and even pursued her?"
The crowd murmured in disbelief.
The Shadow Wolf prodigy, sent to eliminate contestants, had actually been defeated! And from the looks of it, he was defeated by this very youth who had pursued the Lantern Girl.
How did this young man manage it? Could he be a Demon secretly nurtured by humans? Or perhaps an important talent cultivated by the Ancient Council?!
"Should we inform His Highness?" one werewolf hesitated.
"No need. Luo Xin brought this upon himself. His Highness has no patience for weaklings," another companion sneered. Luo Xin’s failure had clearly branded him as useless, and that particular Highness despised losers above all else.
「Across from them」
The Blood Race’s Divine War candidates were also in discussion.
One of them, a handsome young man with bright, blood-red eyes, smiled. "Compared to the werewolves, our recruitment slots are too few. Why don’t we try to bring this pair into our fold?"
"He seems to have a unique relationship with that pawn of the self-proclaimed Blood Race Queen. If we leverage that, we might be able to recruit the Dragon Witch, which would mean at least one less potential enemy for us."
"Besides," another added, "we can make him work for us in the meantime."