novelraw Chapter 419: The First Strike
Chapter 419: The First Strike
The group moved to an arena inside the City Lord's Residence, specifically designed for sparring between high-level powerhouses.
The field was vast.
Su Zhan and Qin Bai stood facing each other, a hundred meters apart.
Situ Hong and Shangguan Xue stood at the edge of the field, ensuring the battle would not spill over and preventing any accidents.
Qin Bai took a deep breath.
This was his only chance, and he had to seize it.
No matter how strong Su Zhan was, he had to give it his all.
Qin Bai's Eternal Night Aurora Whip condensed.
Su Zhan, however, stood there casually, curling a finger at Qin Bai, his tone flat and unruffled. "Make your move."
This utter, complete disdain ignited a fire in Qin Bai's heart.But he dared not be careless, elevating his state to its peak.
Qin Bai's arm swung violently, and the Eternal Night Aurora Whip tore through the air, sweeping towards Su Zhan.
This single whip strike was enough to instantly disorient a powerhouse of the same rank, turning them into a lamb awaiting slaughter.
A faint silver light flashed in Su Zhan's eyes.
Future Vision!
In his eyes, all the trajectories and variations of the Eternal Night Aurora Whip were as clear as the lines on his palm.
Su Zhan's figure swayed slightly, the movement astonishingly minimal, yet exquisitely precise, brushing past the very edge of the whip's shadow.
"What?"
Qin Bai's pupils contracted, but his combat experience was rich. He did not retract his whip's momentum; instead, his wrist flicked, causing the long whip to make a bizarre turn in mid-air, transforming into countless whip shadows.
Like a massive cage, it enveloped Su Zhan from all directions, sealing off all his dodging space.
"Too slow."
Su Zhan's indifferent voice rang out.
An invisible force spread out from him as the center.
Slow.
Qin Bai only felt his own movements, and the speed of his Life Soul whip, suddenly drop by nearly thirty percent.
The originally fierce and sharp offensive instantly became riddled with flaws.
At the same time, Su Zhan applied Time Acceleration to himself.
In Qin Bai's perception, Su Zhan's figure seemed to transform into a true stream of light.
He strolled leisurely through the now slowed-down and sparse cage of whip shadows, each movement precisely finding the huge gaps exposed by the reduced speed.
"First one."
Su Zhan's voice sounded by Qin Bai's ear.
In the next moment, a vast, colossal force slammed into Qin Bai's back.
"Pfft!"
Qin Bai had no time to react at all, only feeling an irresistible force penetrate his body.
A sweet taste rose in his throat, and he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.
His body stumbled forward for over ten meters before barely stabilizing. The energy and blood within him churned violently, and his Spiritual Energy became disordered.
He whipped his head around, his eyes filled with shock and terror.
His deprivation power, his whip techniques, were easily seen through before Su Zhan.
"It's not over yet."
Su Zhan's figure vanished again.
Qin Bai frantically brandished the Eternal Night Aurora Whip, trying to protect his entire body.
"Second one!"
Su Zhan appeared on his left side, a hand chop striking the joint of his whip-wielding arm.
"Crack!"
A clear bone-cracking sound rang out.
Qin Bai grunted, intense pain shooting through his arm, his whip technique instantly deforming.
"Third one!"
Su Zhan appeared on his right side as if teleporting, a kick landing on the back of his knee.
"Urgh!"
Qin Bai fell to one knee, the ground cracking beneath the impact.
"Fourth! Fifth! Sixth!"
Su Zhan's figure was like a ghost present everywhere, completely abandoning defense, delivering a one-sided beating to Qin Bai.
Three of Qin Bai's ribs broke, his shoulder blade cracked, his internal organs were shaken, and blood continuously spilled from the corner of his mouth.
He possessed the power of the Ocean Realm and an SSS-grade Life Soul, yet he couldn't even touch the hem of Su Zhan's clothes. He could only endure the storm-like attacks like a human punching bag.
This wasn't a fight at all. It was a naked, brutal suppression.
Su Zhan was using the most direct method to personally, bit by bit, crush all of Qin Bai's pride and hope.
The one-sided trampling continued.
Qin Bai was bathed in blood, his clothes tattered, his face now twisted with pain.
His proud Eternal Night Aurora Whip couldn't even touch Su Zhan's figure at this moment.
"Urgh—!"
Another heavy punch slammed into his abdomen.
The violent force penetrated his body, making him feel as if his internal organs had shifted.
His body arched like a shrimp, blood mixed with stomach fluids spraying from his mouth.
No good!
If this continued, forget about winning, he wouldn't even have a sliver of room to fight back.
He would be worn down to death, humiliated to death!
"Su Zhan—! You forced me into this!"
Qin Bai let out a roar, his eyes instantly turning completely blood-red.
No longer caring about the consequences, he fiercely bit the tip of his tongue, and a mouthful of heart's essence blood containing vast life essence sprayed out, splashing onto the Eternal Night Aurora Whip behind him.
"Burn my essence blood!"
Nourished by this lifebound essence blood, the originally resplendent Eternal Night Aurora Whip suddenly erupted with a blinding light, its color becoming deep and profound.
The whip body trembled violently.
Burning lifebound essence blood was a cultivator's final resort, trading permanent damage to one's foundation and a significant reduction in lifespan for a temporary, insane surge in power.
Qin Bai's aura seemed to instantly break through the shackles of the first stage of the Ocean Realm, briefly reaching a level close to the second stage of the Ocean Realm.
The Spiritual Energy around him became violent and chaotic. Those blood-red eyes locked onto Su Zhan, filled with the determination to perish together.
"Go die!"
Qin Bai swung both arms forward violently. The Eternal Night Aurora Whip, now swollen several times its size and radiating waves of destruction, pounced towards Su Zhan like an awakened world-ending demonic dragon, claws bared and fangs exposed.
Wherever it passed, space twisted violently.
The force field that deprived the five senses had strengthened by more than double.
This strike concentrated his lifelong cultivation and all the power gained from burning his essence blood.
It was the strongest attack of his life.
He was confident that even a powerhouse at the third stage of the Ocean Realm would absolutely not dare to take this blow head-on.
Su Zhan's face still held no ripple of emotion.
"Death throes."
He uttered four words lightly.
The faint silver light in Su Zhan's eyes flowed at an unprecedented speed.
Future Vision.
In his perception, the energy flow trajectory of this violent attack before him was crystal clear.
At the same time, he raised his right hand towards the pouncing demonic dragon.
Slow.
Instantly enveloped the destructive demonic dragon.
The dragon's forward pouncing speed dropped sharply, visibly slowing down.
Qin Bai watched helplessly as his ultimate killing move slowed down by twenty percent.
Su Zhan applied Time Acceleration to himself, his figure becoming blurred.
The Aberrant Form fully activated at this moment.
Scales burning with the Flame of Destruction.
Transforming into a dark red silhouette, he collided head-on with it.
"BOOM!!!"
The next moment.
The massive demonic dragon, as if its backbone had been pulled out, let out a silent wail. Its colossal energy structure instantly collapsed, turning into the most primitive, chaotic energy streams that swept out in all directions before finally dissipating slowly.