Great Demon Sun Wukong

The moment the Thunder Hydra appeared, its two massive snake eyes, filled with a breath of destruction, fixed directly onto King of Qin. Previously, Jing Potian had also used "Palm Transformation" to summon a Thunder Hydra, which instantly killed a golden giant ant.

Yet, the current Thunder Hydra, whether in terms of realism or control over the aura of destruction, had improved by more than a notch compared to the first time it was illusively transformed. When the Hydra fixed its gaze on King of Qin, a sense of fear of being destroyed by an unstoppable force instantly swept through his body.

King of Qin clenched his teeth tightly, and at the same time, the terrifying Death Qi rapidly coursed through his energy meridians. It was only in this way that the fear gradually receded.

Looking up at the Hydra that had already pounced, King of Qin swung his right hand, and both Ghost King and Demon of Rebirth let out a thunderous roar before they leaped up without paying any further attention to Jing Potian.

In the hands of Ghost King, countless blue talismans suddenly appeared on the long sword. After the talismans emerged, the sword in Ghost King's hand erupted with a green light, which insanely stretched out and soon formed a colossal blade of twenty meters in length, wielded by Ghost King as he fiercely slashed at the Hydra descending from the sky.

"Ghost Spirit Blade Technique, Yin Yang Slash!"

As Demon of Rebirth mimicked Ghost King's actions, the long horn atop its head suddenly pulsed three times like a heart. With each pulse, the horn burst forth a clump of dark light. After three pulses, the dark light astonishingly transformed into a massive bull's head! Its two sharp horns, carrying the momentum to pierce through the Void, charged towards the vital seven-inch section of the Hydra.

At this moment, Jing Potian suddenly let out a cold laugh. Under King of Qin's astonished gaze, Jing Potian's body was suddenly surrounded by countless jumping bolts of lightning that converged toward his severed arm's wound at an unbelievable speed. Soon thereafter, visible to the naked eye, a limb made of thunder and lightning grew out from where Jing Potian's arm used to be.

In less than three breaths, the immense lightning surrounding Jing Potian's body had all gathered on his right arm, and the hand that had been left with only a shoulder regrew anew, though it was not made of flesh and blood, but entirely of lightning.

After moving his right arm, Jing Potian said to King of Qin, "Surprised? You think severing my arm can incapacitate me? Haha, today I'll let you know that there is a technique in this world called 'Thunder Annihilation Technique!'" Having said that, Jing Potian burst into wild laughter while pointing the limb made completely of lightning at King of Qin from afar.

Then he spread his five fingers, claws at the ready. "King of Qin, I can annihilate that worthless Ghost King, and I can annihilate you too. Thunder Annihilation Technique, Arm Transformation!" As his words fell, the raised right arm suddenly exploded, and from the scattered thunder and lightning, another Hydra formed. Only this Hydra was one-third smaller than the previous one.

No sooner had this slightly smaller Hydra appeared than all nine of its heads suddenly opened their mouths, and a black bead the size of a thumb gradually condensed within their jaws.

Yet, the instant the bead appeared, King of Qin's complexion changed. Not only King of Qin, but everyone present also had a drastic change in expression, as they all turned to look at the Hydra coiling on the ground.

While King of Qin was engaged with Jing Potian, Lin Xi, Jixin, and Bi Hai had already taken action. After all, if King of Qin fought alone, it would be too dangerous. If Yao Wumeng and others incurred injuries to gang up on King of Qin, he was likely to be the first to die in battle.

Hence, three people and a giant scorpion followed behind King of Qin, each picking an opponent to fight. While a strategy of joining forces to break through one by one would have been better and more effective, each of these individuals was a master of their own world, and their pride didn't allow them to do so.

Thus the current situation unfolded: Jixin faced Hao Chen, Bi Hai faced Yao Wumeng, and Lin Xi was up against Bu Yun. Jixin was already covered in pale red runes, with only a few deep purple ones mixed in. It seemed that in this short period, Jixin's strength had once again drastically changed.

With one final transformation, the mysterious runes on his body would evolve into a higher-level pale red, and his power would soar once again.

Hao Chen, upon engaging in combat, had nine fist-sized stones that looked quite ordinary appear behind him. Hao Chen's skin also took on the rough texture akin to the surface of rock. Actually, at this time, Hao Chen longed to revert to his true form, but he knew that Jixin would not grant him the time.

Those who underwent the Demon Transcending with the aid of the World Suppressing Stele would indeed have great strength in their true forms, but it required at least three breaths to successfully revert, and this wasn't possible without that time.

Thus, the people of Myriad Demons Country would either change back to their true forms in advance or, during a major battle, ensure they had a chance to transform within three breaths.

Therefore, since neither of these two conditions were met, he had no choice but to enter a combat form outside of his physical body. Nine stones emerged behind his back as his flesh completely petrified. Following that, Jixin took a step forward. Although it seemed like just a light step, he had already traversed the void, appearing right beside Hao Chen.

Jixin's right fist tightened at his waist, and on his fist, a shadow of a deep cyan rhinoceros head emerged. This time, faint red lines adorned the rhinoceros shadow. Thus, the attack power, speed, and ferocity of this Armor-Breaking Strike far surpassed that during the attack on the Black Mirror Scorpion.

Carrying a red cyclone, the punch was aimed straight at the temple on the side of Hao Chen's head. Despite Jixin's sudden strike, Hao Chen remained unflustered. He retracted his right leg, turned sideways in an instant, and crossed his palms in front of him, then rapidly brought them back to his chest before thrusting them out fiercely.

As Hao Chen pushed out with his palms, one of the floating stones behind him suddenly grew larger and began spinning rapidly. Then, like a cannonball fired from its barrel, it rushed at Jixin's right fist accompanied by an earthy yellow cyclone. Immediately after, a loud boom resounded as the red and yellow cyclones collided.

At that moment, Jixin's left hand formed a strange claw shape with his index and middle fingers joined, and his ring and little fingers joined, both sets bending into claws. As the two powers clashed, he stepped backward, vanishing instantly. Without Jixin's power to sustain it, the red cyclone immediately dissipated.

In the meantime, Jixin had appeared behind Hao Chen, his left hand shaped into a bizarre claw while his entire left arm was enveloped in a blue energy. Upon closer inspection, one could see that the blue glow formed an arm bearing the likeness of a dragon's. With the force that seemed to tear through the air, the claw reached straight for Hao Chen's spine.

Yet, Hao Chen simply smiled. Of the remaining eight stones behind him, three had moved to block the path of Jixin's claw. Then, another three stones traced a peculiar trajectory, dividing into three directions and slamming towards Jixin's temples, back of the heart, and waist.

Knowing it was too late to change his tactic, Jixin gritted his teeth. His claw grabbed the three stones directly, and his sharp Dragon Claw punctured a hole in each stone. At the same time, Jixin roared, "Sacred Tortoise Possession, Guard!" As soon as the words left his mouth, a deep black Tortoise Shell suddenly materialized behind him, enveloping him securely.

Hao Chen was taken aback when Jixin chose not to dodge but to withstand the attack instead. The three stones smacked against the black Tortoise Shell. The shell merely trembled for a bit before completely blocking the stones.

"Sacred Wolf Possession, Wolf Fang Tear!" Jixin's deep voice sounded. Then, Hao Chen felt a flash of movement in front of him and a pain in his neck. When he looked again, he could only see Jixin's body from the neck down. However, Jixin had viciously bitten into Hao Chen's shoulder. Jixin had initially aimed for Hao Chen's neck, but Hao Chen had narrowly managed to dodge in the final moment.

At that instant, Jixin's ears stood erect, his pupils had turned emerald green, and two long fangs protruded from the corners of his mouth, sinking deeply into Hao Chen's shoulder.
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Then Hao Chen's cry of pain echoed through the battlefield. On the other side, Bi Hai was also frowning deeply. He had not intended to clash with Yao Wumeng again, but Yao Wumeng seemed to have targeted him. Before Bi Hai could react, Yao Wumeng allowed an Iron Pincer to land a surprising blow on his back, and using that force, sliced at him with a sword.

Although Bi Hai blocked the sword without question, Yao Wumeng wielded the Tyrant Sword Juque in his left hand and the Destruction Sword Fenji in his right. From the blade of Tyrant Sword Juque spread a blue crescent-shaped Rune, while the Destruction Sword Fenji sprouted a red Rune twisted like tadpole script. The moment the two distinct Runes appeared, they spread across Yao Wumeng's entire body.

Different colored and shaped Runes turned Yao Wumeng into a figure that exuded sheer wickedness. Before Bi Hai could order the Black Mirror Scorpion to attack, Yao Wumeng slightly twisted his body, then spun around forcefully, starting to rotate like a top, while lying down.

Yao Wumeng's twin swords transformed into a deadly storm, each strike after the next hitting Bi Hai's outermost Barrier. Initially, Bi Hai was not too concerned; after all, in his previous battle with Yao Wumeng, it had been a struggle to break through even once.

However, Bi Hai's expression soon changed as Yao Wumeng's swords kept slashing at the same spot. With every chop, the Fenji's red Rune left traces of intensely hot Fire Power on the Barrier, while the blue Juque left a layer of bitterly cold Ice Frost Power.

In this manner, fire and ice, two extreme powers, struck upon the Barrier thousands of times with every breath. To Bi Hai's horror, the outermost Barrier could only withstand for twenty breaths before it shattered with a loud crash!