"She, she actually let me go?!"
The woman in green was momentarily dazed in place.
The woman in red bent her palms into claws, swaying with a series of afterimages amidst the piercing cries of the sky, fiercely clawing toward Su Mu’s chest and neck.
"Screech!"
The figure in the white ape mask was instantly torn apart by the sharp claws, yet the claws did not transmit any real feedback. The woman in red’s vertical pupils narrowed slightly, realizing she had only torn through a phantom of Su Mu.
Meanwhile, Su Mu’s figure seemed like an agile deer in the forest, appearing out of thin air half a zhang away. With another step, the sound of cicadas singing in the breeze arose, and in an instant, he appeared beside the woman in red with the wind.
"Neither human nor demon, take this punch!"
Under the white ape mask, Su Mu’s eyes were icy cold. As his right fist tightened, the woman in red felt as if her surroundings were being enveloped in that single punch.
There was nothing fancy about the punch; it was brutally thrown out.
"Boom!"
Amidst the explosion in the sky, ripples of air roiled; the punch smashed toward the woman in red. Yet, her reaction was astonishingly fast, reacting with an inhuman agility; her spine undulated like a serpent, her arms crossing in an instant.
"Clang!"
The fist and arms clashed, suddenly exploding with the sound of metal striking metal. The titanic force erupted from the fist, instantly sending the woman in red flying like a phantom.
"Crack, crack, crack!"
The inscriptions illuminated and flowed across the Black Whale’s hull. The keel of over three hundred-year-old black ironwood and rare metal crafted ship began to dent and crack. The woman in red’s body slammed through the ship’s main door, crashing into the halls on the first floor.
"One punch sent that monster flying!"
"Injured, injured... that monster?"
The woman in green’s face revealed joy. The speed of the woman in red was already astonishingly fast, yet Su Mu exhibited an even more alarming pace. Evading the woman’s assault, he used Body Technique to circumvent and counterattack with a punch.
All this occurred in an instant; the terrifying speed surpassed her ability to visually track.
Just as the words escaped her lips.
Within the hall on the first floor, two points of crimson light suddenly appeared, and the demon wind surged once more.
"Demon Wolf?"
Su Mu’s eyes slightly narrowed, entering a state of soul incarnation. As twin beams of blood-red light gleamed in the darkness, he vaguely discerned a blood-red wolf lurking in the shadows, poised to devour.
Given Su Mu’s current physique, utilizing Martial Momentum with that punch could severely harm—even kill—an ordinary Sixth-Grade Martial Artist. Yet, he knew that punch did not harm the woman in red.
"Boom!"
The shattered main door of the hall was completely torn apart, a blood-red figure once again emerging in front of everyone.
The woman in red seemed completely enraged by Su Mu’s punch; blood-red light flowed over her once pale skin beneath the shattered red robe, crimson hair eerily sprouting. Her once exquisite face bore bulging veins, and a pair of fangs protruded from the corners of her mouth, even more horrifying.
"Stab!"
In the next instant, her speed soared, more than doubling from before. As her figure swayed, the sky echoed with piercing shrieks.
Her sharp claws swiped out, the surrounding temperature rising abruptly. The nighttime mist over the black water steamed into thick white fog, while ten or so fiery wolf talons flickered out, covering Su Mu’s position.
"Not right... This isn’t ordinary Fire Attribute Power!"
Su Mu perceptively sensed that this was no ordinary Fire Attribute Power, but seemed refined by some method.
Facing this violent and torrential onslaught, Su Mu remained calm and unhurried, spring breeze and cicada songs enveloping his being. Stepping steadily, each step dodged within mere feet, the wolf claws brushing past, narrowly evading every assault.
The wolf claws missed, and amidst the explosion, even with the ship’s inscriptions as protection, the deck shattered, leaving terrifying charred claw marks.
"Such... such an exquisite Body Technique!"
On the second floor of the ship, the burly man in the Red Demon Mask saw this and his eyes shone, unable to help exclaiming.
Witnessing Su Mu’s performance, not yet fleeing the Black Whale, many martial artists and black market guards were inwardly shaken. Among them, most were martial artists who had just witnessed the terrifying power of the woman in red.
Su Mu’s showcased Body Technique was so exquisite, dodging every claw strike with precision; merely witnessing it left them far behind.
"Woo, woo!"
At that moment, the transformed woman in red suddenly let out a low growl, attempting to disturb Su Mu’s spirit. No one noticed the flash of black and white at Su Mu’s chest, and the growl in his ears left him unfazed.
"The demon from the Jiao Blood Gang dares to make trouble on the Black Whale... Your Excellency, allow me to assist!"
From above the second-floor hall, the figure in the Red Demon Mask descended.
"Die!"
The woman in red’s eyes were icy as she uttered one word, her inner Qi Blood suddenly surging like a great river, amidst which a Flood Dragon’s low roar echoed.
In an instant, it transformed into a Qi Blood Flood Dragon’s shadow, wrapping around the woman in red and faintly forming an armor of the Flood Dragon. Suddenly, the temperature around her surged dramatically, every inch of skin emitting terrifying heat and airwaves, lighting up the entire halls, making it look like a crimson star had risen in the black waters.
"Be careful!"
Three Blood Exchanges, Qi Blood Transforming into a Flood Dragon.
The woman in red launched another claw strike, her red-furred right arm slicing through the air. The sky was struck with an extremely fierce, scorching Power, a claw swipe transforming into an almost two-zhang giant blood claw crashing down.
"Just in time!"
Su Mu’s searing gaze was filled with battle intent. It had been a long time since he felt pressure. With a slightly open mouth, he suddenly inhaled deeply, like a whale drawing in the ambient air, immediately resonating his Five Viscera as one and urging the Five Elements Technique. A river of blood instantaneously appeared.
"Roar roar roar—!"
"Moo moo moo—!"
The thick sound of an ancient bell’s elephant’s cry exploded from the deck, transforming into the clashing of dragon roars, the sound waves of dragon and elephant like tides.
Su Mu’s five fingers clenched tightly, punching recklessly.
Hundred Battles Fist·Breaking Army.
Kill!
As the punch was thrown, amidst the dragon and elephant resonances, a deafening combat cry suddenly erupted.
"Boom!"
The Three-Turn Dragon Elephant Skill swept through the battlefield with a murderous punch, and the blood claw of the Qi Blood-transformed Flood Dragon clashed fiercely, instantly illuminating the scene with a thunderous explosion.
Two formidable forces clashed in the sky, detonating, the air instantly vaporizing. The outflowing aftermath transformed into a gale, enough to twist and deform tough metals directly!
The horrifying shockwave exploded in a circular pattern, the runes on the deck flickering wildly, yet still being torn open with countless fissures.
"Crack, crack—"
The cracks spread, causing the massive Black Whale to tremble, the tranquil surface of the Black Water River suddenly surging with waves several feet high, their sprays hammering the ship’s body with a furious roar.
"Wow!"
The woman in red’s figure was sent careening backward like a kite with severed strings, the blood armor formed by the Qi Blood-transformed Flood Dragon after three Blood Exchanges shattering inch by inch. The bent right arm resonated with a dense sound of bones fracturing, blood color retreating, red hair slowly receding.
The woman opened her mouth wide, several mouthfuls of fresh blood spewing out as her chest heaved, her previously stern face showing emotion for the first time, revealing disbelief and panic.
"You, you..."
Blood sprinkled through the sky, several scalding mouthfuls of fresh blood landing on the deck, sizzling like boiling hot oil, igniting the deck deprived of rune protection in tendrils of green smoke.
The woman in red’s form, twisting grotesquely in the air, rapidly steadied, turning to stare intently at Su Mu, a complex mix of hate and poison on her face.
After emitting a low growl once more, she leapt into the Black Water. The currents surged, the blood diffusing across the water surface before her red figure disappeared without a trace.
"Quick to escape indeed."
Su Mu withdrew his fist, standing, his gaze scanning the water where the ripples faded, a flicker of surprise in his eyes, refraining from rashly pursuing her in the water.