"VAM!"
Su Yu’s chest suddenly swelled like a bellows, and an ancient, sonorous Buddhist chant erupted from his throat, booming like a great bell!
Following this furious cry, a terrifying, visible ripple of sound waves exploded between the two of them!
Feng Dakui never would have dreamed that Su Yu had such a terrifying Sound Wave Skill.
Caught completely off guard, he took the full force of the blast.
"HUMMM—"
The next moment, he felt as if a violently struck bronze bell had been shoved into his head, and his mind went momentarily blank!
In his vision, the canyon and Su Yu vanished. In their place stood a hundred-zhang-tall, wrathful Vajra radiating a brilliant golden light, raising a massive, mountain-like palm to smash down upon the crown of his head!
"Hiss... Break, damn you!"
But Feng Dakui was a formidable Martial Artist of the Tiger Tendon Realm, and his will was resilient. He bit down hard on the tip of his tongue, and the sharp pain spurred him to frantically channel his Qi and Blood, forcibly shattering the mental illusion.
But in a life-and-death battle, that momentary stun was all an expert like Su Yu needed!
"VAM!"
Su Yu’s spine snapped taut like a great dragon, issuing a roar like a Flying Dragon soaring to the heavens.
With no wasted motion, his right fist shot out like an enraged dragon emerging from the sea, aimed straight for Feng Dakui’s unprotected throat!
This punch flew like a dragon. The Gang Force coating the fist not only glowed a magma-like blood-red but was now imbued with a solemn, gilded luster thanks to the empowerment of the Buddhist chant!
This was the very killing move Su Yu had developed during his recent Martial Arts epiphany: a fusion of his Fist Techniques!
The ultimate speed and power of the White Ape’s extreme stance, the mental damage of the Demon Ape Evil Qi, and the vibratory resonance of the Vajra Fearless True Sound...
Su Yu had compressed three terrifying powers into this single punch!
"BOOM—"
The air instantly shattered under this frenzied power, creating a terrifying sonic boom over a distance of just a few feet.
At that moment, Feng Dakui had just regained his senses. Alarmed, he tried to raise his axe to block.
But he was a step too late.
"BAM!"
The tyrannical fist slammed into his throat, instantly shattering his dermal defenses.
The frenzied Gang Force exploded within Feng Dakui’s neck like a thousand sharp scalpels, brutally shredding the vast network of tendons and blood vessels in his throat!
Even his powerful protective Qi and Blood was useless against such a devastating blow to a fatal point.
What followed was even more horrifying.
The instant Su Yu’s fist shattered his defenses and flesh, a heart-stopping, dark-gold and black light erupted from the fist that was coated in blood-red Gang Force.
Formless Flowing Gold!
It instantly transformed into a sharp, jet-black sword and, with a SQUELCH, plunged through the torn wound deep into Feng Dakui’s throat!
"Gah—"
Feng Dakui let out a tragic, muffled groan, his eyes nearly bulging from their sockets.
But even so, he did not die. He violently spewed a mouthful of fresh blood, the Great Tendons in his arms twisting madly as he swung his giant decorated axe in a desperate horizontal sweep, counterattacking Su Yu.
Su Yu knew when to quit while he was ahead. The moment his strike landed, he pushed off with his foot, using the recoil to drift back several yards like a falling leaf and evade the man’s dying struggle.
"Cough, cough... Gurgle..."
Feng Dakui clutched his throat, which was gushing blood like a fountain, and staggered backward.
More than half of his throat had been ripped open and pierced through by Su Yu. Even the pale white of his cervical vertebrae was exposed. An ordinary Martial Artist would have dropped dead on the spot from such a wound.
But what was truly horrifying was that the remaining Great Tendons in Feng Dakui’s thick neck were contracting, tightening, and twisting madly, like living serpents. They acted like ropes, forcibly holding his nearly severed head in place and preventing it from falling off completely!
Vomiting great mouthfuls of blood, he turned and fled for his life, sprinting toward the dense forest in the distance.
’Is this the monstrous vitality of the Tiger Tendon Realm?’
Su Yu watched the figure fleeing for his life, his own heart jolting in shock.
It was as if the Great Tendons possessed a life of their own. Combined with the powerful vitality of a body honed in the Flesh Refining Realm, it made Martial Artists of this level nearly impossible to kill with a single blow.
’If the Tiger Tendons are already this powerful, I wonder how monstrous the subsequent Jiao Tendon Realm is?’
A sense of anticipation rose in Su Yu’s heart. ’When I break through, my own Great Tendons will probably be even more terrifying than this!’
’Still, this is no time to be amazed. If you’re going to cut the weeds, you must pull out the roots!’
’Phantom Flash!’
Su Yu recited the name in his mind. The next instant, the Qi and Blood in his body surged like a bursting dam, flooding into his feet.
This circulation of Qi and Blood astonished even Su Yu himself.
Previously, when he activated the Seven Fiends Thunder Collapse Step, the Qi and Blood that rushed to the Yongquan acupoints on the soles of his feet had been powerful, but ultimately limited.
This time, however, the flow of Qi and Blood, which had previously resembled two small rivers, instantly became a vast ocean—a tsunami that flooded into his Yongquan acupoints in an instant.
"BOOM!"
The hard ground exploded, leaving a ten-foot-wide crater. His body left an afterimage as it instantly crossed a distance of three hundred feet!
Feng Dakui, who had just fled about three hundred feet away, was suddenly horrified. He felt a fierce gust of wind from behind him, and a sense of mortal danger washed over his entire body.
’How can he be so fast?!’ Feng Dakui screamed in his mind.
"No!"
He let out a desperate roar. Enduring the agonizing pain in his throat, he spun around, gripping his decorated great axe tightly with both hands, attempting to repeat his earlier tactic and force Su Yu to retreat.
But he discovered to his despair that Su Yu’s speed was simply too fast!
Empowered by the residual momentum of the Phantom Flash, Su Yu’s current movement speed was at least fifty percent faster than Feng Dakui’s had been at his peak!
His figure flickered, easily dodging an attack that was already significantly slower than before, and instantly closed in on his opponent’s left blind spot!
"Die."
No more words were necessary. Su Yu’s right hand formed a claw as he suddenly lashed out with a Wind-Tearing, Armor-Splitting strike.
The Formless Flowing Gold clinging to his five fingers instantly transformed into five sharp blades, which clawed with brutal precision into Feng Dakui’s already grievously wounded neck!
"Ah!"
Amidst the man’s wretched scream, the dark-gold claws completely shredded his Tiger Tendons.
With his tendons and muscles completely severed, the man’s head rolled onto the ground like a ripe watermelon. THUD. His unclosing eyes were still filled with utter terror and disbelief.
Feng Dakui, a great outlaw of the Tiger Tendon Realm and second-in-command of the Wind Evil Stronghold, had fallen!
The next instant, a thick, blood-colored stream of Evil Qi—visible only to Su Yu—peeled away from Feng Dakui’s headless corpse. It flowed into Su Yu’s body, nourishing his terrifying Demon Ape Evil Qi.
At the same time Su Yu finished his kill, Lin Wanzhu arrived on the other side of the battlefield like a saving grace. With a single move, she blocked the fatal palm strike Yu Fujiu had aimed at Xie Yong’s head, pulling the gravely injured man back from the Ghost Gate.
Meanwhile, Feng Yuncheng, who had been about to rush to his brother’s aid, witnessed his second brother, Feng Dakui, have the tables turned on him and be decapitated by that youth in the span of just a few breaths.
His face instantly turned ashen, his heart pounding wildly.
’Damn it! Damn it all! Just what kind of monster is this kid?’
’A Sound Wave Skill, a murderous battle stance, and that bizarre flowing gold that can turn into a sword... Who could possibly defend against such an endless array of abilities?’
The moment Feng Dakui’s head hit the ground, the last shred of hope in Feng Yuncheng’s heart shattered. The Ape Tendons in his legs snapped taut, and without a backward glance, he fled madly toward their stronghold deep in Tiger Leap Gorge.
Seeing him run, Yu Fujiu, who had been preparing to tangle with Lin Wanzhu, was scared out of his wits. Realizing the battle was lost, he abandoned any thought of killing Xie Yong, turned into an afterimage, and bolted in another direction.
"Don’t let him get away!"
Xie Yong roared and, despite his grievous injuries, tried to give chase to Yu Fujiu. It was clear he hated the man to the bone and would not let him escape!
Lin Wanzhu glanced into the distance. Su Yu had already killed Feng Dakui and was now rushing over.
"Senior Sister, you go after Feng Yuncheng! I’ll kill Yu Fujiu!"
Su Yu had no intention of letting this traitor go, either, especially after learning from their earlier conversation that the Yu family made its living through such treacherous schemes and had targeted the White Ape Caravan from the beginning.
The next moment, he once again activated Phantom Flash.
The tsunami of Qi and Blood once again surged into his feet. He shot forward like an arrow loosed from a bow, instantly crossing another three hundred feet.
Such astonishing speed left Xie Yong, watching from behind, completely dumbfounded.
’Good heavens, this Su Yu is a real monster. Not only is his Fist Stance incredible, but his footwork is also on another level.’
’At his age, he would be considered a genius even in Jian’an Prefecture.’
’With strength like this, though, why isn’t his name on the Hidden Dragon List?’
After the Phantom Flash, Su Yu used the residual momentum to activate his Thunder Collapse Step again, catching up to the fleeing Yu Fujiu in just a few bounds.
Yu Fujiu’s face fell in terror. He knew there was no escape.
"Damn it, Su Yu! Don’t push me too far!"
He spun and launched a palm strike, unleashing the full power of his Mountain-Toppling Stance. He was ready to fight to the death!
The power of this palm strike was astonishing, at least thirty percent stronger than when he had sparred with Su Yu in the courtyard.
However, Su Yu paid the frenzied strike no mind.
He simply executed a "White Ape Asks the Way." The two stances fused, and the resulting Gang Force enveloped his fist like flowing water.
"BOOM!"
When Yu Fujiu’s palm met Su Yu’s fist, he was utterly shocked.
The power of this punch far surpassed what Su Yu had shown in their spar. He was completely unable to withstand it.
’Is this the kind of power that’s comparable to the Tiger Tendon Realm? I can’t even take a single hit!’
Horrified, he was sent flying backward uncontrollably, having to continuously disperse the force just to neutralize the impact of the blow.
But a sweet taste rose in his throat, and he sprayed a mouthful of blood.
Before he could react, Su Yu attacked again.
He roared and met the next blow.
But the gap between them was simply too great. In less than a few moves, Yu Fujiu had taken two punches and was grievously wounded.
Su Yu snorted coldly and directly unleashed "Demon Ape Beats the Drum," turning the man into a sieve before his despairing eyes.
After killing another expert of the Muscle Forging Realm, the Demon Ape Evil Qi inside Su Yu’s body grew stronger once again.
He could faintly sense that his Evil Qi was on the verge of another breakthrough. When he threw a punch, the Demon Ape Evil Qi made the air sizzle and crackle.
’Just one more person. If I kill Feng Yuncheng, the power of my Demon Ape Evil Qi can increase again!’
Su Yu activated Phantom Flash again and gave chase.
By now, he had used this Breaking Limit footwork multiple times in succession, becoming more and more skilled with it.