The foundation of anticipating the enemy is predicting that the opponent will inevitably attack certain vital points.
But if the opponent strikes with a broad coverage, without aiming for any specific vital points,
then such predictions are naturally weakened.
As the response of the blood shield slowed down, its gathering speed gradually couldn’t keep up with the opponent’s strikes.
Zhang Rongfang snorted coldly, raising his hands.
Blood manipulation fully activated.
Countless blood snakes shot out from his palms, like long whips, lashing at all evasive spaces around.
As a master of anticipating the enemy, he didn’t bother to catch the opponent’s body technique speed but instead attacked all possible evasive positions.
Crack!!
In an instant, hundreds of blood whips exploded fiercely, sweeping the surroundings.
Centered around Zhang Rongfang, the ground around cracked with deep whip marks, like a ferocious spider web.
"Scattered and weak attacks are useless against me." The figure in blue light retreated quickly, speaking instantly.
Boom!!
A crimson pillar of electric light shot out from its mouth.
The arm-thick red lightning, moving far faster than the blood manipulation response, landed instantly on Zhang Rongfang’s chest.
"Die!"
The figure in blue light closed its mouth, cutting off the red pillar of lightning, and two streams of white smoke puffed from its nostrils.
"I’ll return the same words to you... Such weak attacks are equally useless against me."
The red lightning dispersed, revealing Zhang Rongfang’s robust body below.
The bat wings behind him were already spread, precisely blocking in front of him.
Light black smoke rose from the bat wings, clearly indicating they had just blocked the lightning.
At this moment, members of the Eternal Palace statue troop, each with a heart-burning furnace, had long surrounded this place.
Over thirty people formed a strange, complex formation, with the light of the furnaces on them rising and vaporizing, faintly weaving a blurred diamond-shaped crystal above Zhang Rongfang’s head.
The crystal was entirely blue-black, and upon appearing, continuously spread circles of transparent ripples outward.
"Many people. But the miscellaneous fish ants should not show up."
Zhang Rongfang raised a hand and clenched it.
Blood manipulation was launched again.
But this time, it left him slightly stunned.
The surrounding blood completely lost its movement, its connection with his body, and even its vitality, like ordinary blood, fell to the ground, unresponsive.
His blood manipulation ability had failed!?
"Don’t waste your energy."
Among the statue troops, a tall woman with long hair and pale green eyes, wearing metallic silver-white armor, slowly walked out of the crowd.
The armor on the woman only covered her chest and lower body, with the rest of her skin fully exposed.
Her skin was naturally white with scattered specks of gold.
Like many grains of gold sprinkled on white flour.
"Laf, come see if this is the monster you mentioned?" The woman turned her head toward another direction.
There, from the crowd, a middle-aged man in a black cloak slowly walked out. It was Laf, the leader of the Heartless Travel Group who had escaped before.
He watched Zhang Rongfang with apprehension.
"It’s indeed him! Be very careful. Don’t let him touch your wounds, otherwise...."
"A monster that can gather genes and mimic the opponent’s abilities? It seems like the ability of Evil King Netherworld from Chana Tower!" The green-eyed woman said loudly.
"It should be. Di Mo, please be very careful." Laf said solemnly.
"Rest assured, this is the force field developed by the Palace Master, once it covers and hits, all his remote manipulation methods will be nullified!
It will also isolate space, completely separating him from us.
This was originally meant to deal with Evil King Netherworld. But it seems it is being used on him instead."
The green-eyed woman was one of the two high-ranking officers of the statue troops, Di Mo.
"Nullified? Space isolation?" Zhang Rongfang also heard the conversation between the two.
No wonder he couldn’t manipulate blood anymore; it was because all signals for controlling the blood were directly blocked.
In fact, his blood manipulation fundamentally relied on the combination of pheromones and bioelectric energy to form a control chain.
As long as one understands the principle, it is possible to precisely shield and nullify it.
However, this requires a high level of technical expertise. At the very least, it was the first time Zhang Rongfang had seen someone accomplish this through technical means.
He became increasingly interested in this Palace Master Laf of the Eternal Palace.
"Since it’s nullified, there’s no need to use it."
Zhang Rongfang lowered his hand, and his wings slowly flapped, kicking up large areas of black soil from the ground.
"Come to think of it, since I’ve had blood manipulation, I haven’t moved my body much...."
He walked forward step by step.
But strangely, no matter how many steps he took, his position remained the same.
With him at the center, the space within a few meters around seemed to be separately isolated.
It was as though he was enclosed in a giant soap bubble, with any movement causing the bubble to roll, keeping him fixed in place, unable to move.
Zhang Rongfang quickly noticed this, showing a hint of curiosity and interest on his face.
"Very impressive technology.... But.... To trap me."
"It doesn’t seem enough yet!"
Before his voice had fallen.
His body surface was suddenly covered with numerous blood lotus patterns.
Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown unfolded fully.
His body began to rapidly expand and grow.
Five meters, eight meters, ten meters!!
Black and menacing blood vessels protruded and surfaced on his body. The blood within burned, glowing red and casting a red hue on the surrounding ground.
The soap bubble-like space isolation grew and deformed as Zhang Rongfang’s body altered dramatically, seemingly unable to hold any longer.
Di Mo and the surrounding people all showed slight changes in their expressions.
"You didn’t say this guy had such a huge burst!?" Di Mo sharply looked at Laf.
"He never used this move before!" Laf’s expression was grim.
This implies that that guy we saw earlier, dealing with the Heartless Travel Group, didn’t even take it seriously, and resolved everything.
But now, at this very moment, it’s for real!
"Trash!!" Di Mo looked at Hills, whose body was entwined with electric light.
"Let’s take action together and finish him off!"
Hills was the one with incredible speed who had been battling Zhang Rongfang earlier.
He nodded and stepped forward.
The electric light on his body quickly transformed into red, becoming more unstable, exuding a sense of fierce aggression.
"Shared Burning Skill." He raised his arms high, countless currents wildly gathered above him, forming a dark red electric plasma sphere.
The plasma sphere grew larger and darker, like a silent volcano about to erupt, filled with an extremely dangerous, scorching aura.
"Kill!!"
Suddenly, he threw the plasma sphere fiercely toward Zhang Rongfang.
At the same time, a loud muffled sound exploded suddenly.
A giant, bloody arm instantly pierced through space barriers, pressing down on the plasma sphere, forcibly smashing it back toward Di Mo and his group.
The change happened too fast, Di Mo and Hills simultaneously changed their expressions dramatically, retreating rapidly.
Boom!!!
The giant hand clashed with the plasma sphere, striking the spot where Hills previously stood.
Countless red electric arcs exploded completely with massive impact.
The ground was violently compressed, cracked, pushing up chunks of charred earth.
The solid surface resembled a water surface, hit with a circle of thick ripples.
Ripples swiftly spread all around, lifting the black soil wherever they passed.
It was just one palm.
Centered around Zhang Rongfang, the surrounding hundred-meter area turned completely into a playground of red electric light and massive shockwaves.
Dozens of statue-like members who couldn’t dodge in time were struck by the red electric light in the blink of an eye.
More than ten turned into charcoal on the spot, the remaining mostly injured, withdrawing hurriedly.
The space barriers completely disintegrated.
Di Mo glanced at Hills, whose face was pale.
"You go notify the Palace Master!"
"But here!!?" Hills hesitated with gritted teeth.
"I’ll handle it." Di Mo’s voice was icy.
She immediately tapped her chest several times.
Ssss!
The furnace at her heart suddenly glowed brightly.
"Final form."
With a low exclamation, the red light dazzled like the sun, blindingly bright, obscuring everything.
Meanwhile, Zhang Rongfang’s over ten-meter-high form stepped down on the two.
The massive foot, like a meteor, descended from the sky, crashing down.
Bang!!!
From within the red light, an equally gigantic green arm suddenly emerged, firmly resisting the descending foot.
As light flashed.
An enormous giant, also eight to nine meters tall, charged out, hunched over, and slammed right into Zhang Rongfang’s chest.
With a thunderous boom.
The two giants fell backward together, crashing onto the ground.
The newly emerged giant was entirely covered in green translucent crystals, with dense clusters of at least a dozen pairs of arms at its side.
At this moment, all arms firmly grasped Zhang Rongfang, unleashing immense power, firmly pinning him to the spot, unable to move.
"What an immense strength...." Zhang Rongfang was held down, momentarily unable to break free.
"No wonder it’s the Eternal Palace, the origin of the Martial Arts Atlas. Seems I’ve come to the right place."
He was now locked tightly with many arms on both his arms and legs, unable to move due to the opponent’s slightly superior power.
"Since the Eternal Palace was established, countless monsters have come to challenge us." Di Mo’s voice was cold.
"But no matter who they were, they all died!"
"Are you trying to kill me?" Zhang Rongfang smiled, "If you can do it, go ahead and try."
Suddenly, he opened his mouth wide.
His tongue had already transformed, becoming thin and sharp, shooting out rapidly.
Ssss!
The tip of the tongue, like a spike, instantly hardened, turned black, and stabbed into one of Di Mo’s eyeballs.
"Ah!!!!" Under extreme pain, Di Mo retreated in panic, releasing Zhang Rongfang and stumbling backward.
She yanked out the tongue tip from her eye socket, wildly swung her numerous arms around to fend off Zhang Rongfang’s continued pursuit.
"Not good!!" Laf saw this from afar, his heart jumped, and without hesitation, turned and ran.
"I’ve tasted your flavor...."
At this moment, Zhang Rongfang retracted his tongue, lightly licking his lips, showing a satisfied smile.
Just as the words fell.
Three distinct auras of the Heart-Burning Furnace began to glow at his chest.
Several green crystal-coated arms started to emerge from his body sides.
Soon, aside from his original arms, there were more than ten extra pairs of green arms.
"Your strength is strong."
Zhang Rongfang’s eyes glowed brightly with blood-red light.
"But now it’s mine...."
His form flashed, rapidly closing in on Di Mo, simultaneously grabbing at him with more than a dozen pairs of arms.
Arm against arm, Di Mo tried to resist, but was horrified as his once dominative strength was now completely suppressed!!?
Crack!
All his arms were simultaneously snapped. The person was abruptly embraced, pulled close, and crashed into Zhang Rongfang’s chest.
On his chest, at some point, had opened a massive, blood-red jagged mouth.