Chapter 278 - 231: Shattering All (Part 2)

The Demon Core appeared, and the world was thrown into turmoil.

BOOM!!

The ball of air shot from his mouth and exploded violently, letting out a deafening roar. The air vibrated. When the line of concentrated firelight met the bursting air pocket, it was instantly blown apart, scattering into a sky full of sparks.

’He broke my Fire-cutting Technique with just his breath?! What kind of monstrous internal organs does he have?!’

Nishida Youji’s pupils shrank. Before he could process it, Zhao Xuanqi’s figure shot out from the exploding white mist and sparks. In an instant, he crossed several dozen meters, like a roc diving from the heavens to strike its prey, bringing with him a terrifying sense of pressure.

A palm descended from the heavens!!

’Looks like I’ll have to get serious!’

Nishida Youji took a deep breath. An organ inside him activated, and his blood and muscles secreted a special fluid. His body temperature skyrocketed, pushing his Physical Ability to its absolute limit. At the same time, this special fluid was expelled through his pores, suffusing the air. The moment it touched the flames wreathed around him, it instantly combusted.

Flames shot to the sky.

BOOM!!

In that moment, Nishida Youji transformed into a man of fire. His long hair stood on end, reaching for the heavens, giving him a demonic and terrifying appearance.

He struck out with a palm to meet Zhao Xuanqi’s attack.

The fluid erupted, followed by a blaze of light. A Fire Snake burst forth with his Palm Technique, lunging toward Zhao Xuanqi.

This Technique was not merely a display of his Divine Transformation’s power; it was also a clever combination of Martial Arts Strength.

Emitting Force Like a Needle, the unburnt fluid was shaped by his strength into points as fine as ox hairs.

He would use raging fire to burn away the Gang Qi and Needle Force to corrode the body. With this palm strike, even a Half-Step Harmony master, once their Gang Qi was broken and the Needle Force entered their body, would be cooked from the inside out in an instant. A swift death. It was an exceptionally vicious and cruel attack.

Nishida Youji. A Divine Transformation Warrior. One of the Neon Twenty-Eight Celestial Emperors, created to oppose the Divine Land’s Twenty-Eight Star Constellations. His entry into the Divine Land was a display of the Neon Nation’s audacious ambition to usurp the heavens.

The power of Divine Transformation combined with Martial Dao ability was almost like the descent of Deities.

This Technique was called Sun-devouring Python!!

’So he can produce some kind of flammable liquid, and his body tissues have been completely restructured to be extremely heat-resistant?’

Zhao Xuanqi had encountered a similar opponent before: Hua Jingcheng of the Feather Thought Style, one of the Neon Nation’s Ten Schools and Nine Paths.

That man could produce a flammable gas that made his body light. When mixed with his Gang Qi and ignited with a flint, its power was astounding. But his own body could not withstand it; using the Technique hurt him almost as much as his opponent.

But Hua Jingcheng’s power was nothing compared to the man before him now.

This man’s body had been completely transformed, reaching a point where fierce flames could not harm it. His internal organs were entirely mutated, allowing him to use his Techniques with even more impunity. The combination of his Harmony-level Force and bodily Superpower was terrifyingly strong.

However, facing the incoming fire dragon, Zhao Xuanqi’s expression remained unchanged. Within the circulatory system established between his Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Acupoints, his Qi and Blood surged. A massive amount of nutrients burst forth in an instant, pushing his Physical Ability to its absolute peak.

He feared no Superpower.

In the end, all Divine Transformation abilities were born for combat. After being reformed by the various Secret Techniques of the Hundred Beasts Fist, his body and his will had become the strongest Superpower of any living creature!

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!!

His Qi and Blood churned like a raging tide. His descending palm suddenly swelled, its muscles and skin rippling. The Gang Qi condensing around it became almost tangible, forming a massive Hand Seal nearly ten meters wide.

The Fire Snake Nishida Youji had unleashed seemed minuscule before this giant palm.

At the same time, the veins on Zhao Xuanqi’s temples bulged. He activated his Transformation Technique, manifesting the Qilin Holy Might as the Spiritual Secret Technique merged with his attacking Gang Qi.

In that moment, he was a true Qilin!!

In Nishida Youji’s eyes, under the influence of the Spiritual Secret Technique, he no longer saw a human palm. Instead, he saw a mountainously huge Qilin Holy Beast, high above the clouds, swiping its paw down. The sight was overwhelming, soul-shaking.

Dragon Capture!!

With this one Technique—with its spiritual influence and explosive Gang Qi—even a Divine Dragon would be subdued. And Nishida Youji was no dragon. He was merely a python, a snake!

How could a snake or a rat compare to a Divine Dragon?

The Martial Dao was not just a contest of physical ability, but a clash of biological will.

In that brief moment of hesitation, the massive Hand Seal came crashing down. The Fire Python Nishida Youji had unleashed exploded under the pressure of the giant handprint. His entire body was seized by the grip of qi, rendering him immobile.

Seeing Zhao Xuanqi’s palm about to strike his forehead, Nishida Youji roared. He curled his body, his pores opened and closed, and his bodily fluids shot out, instantly creating a violent explosion.

Within a twenty-meter radius, everything was engulfed in flames. The terrifying shockwave was so powerful that even Qi Hongxuan and the others who were fighting nearby were affected, glancing over from the corners of their eyes.

Beneath the glare, a small mushroom cloud rose. The blast snapped every tree in its path and overturned the earth.

This was the terrifying result of Nishida Youji instantly compressing a large amount of fluid stored in his Superpower organs, then suddenly igniting it and triggering it with his Gang Jin. Its power was comparable to a high-yield explosive.

However, the force of the explosion went both ways. Even though he was at the epicenter and did his best to insulate himself with Gang Qi, his body still suffered immense damage and a terrible burden.

Divine Explosion Fist!

This was a Fist Technique Nishida Youji developed by combining it with his own abilities. He used explosions that exceeded his body’s limits to propel his movements and deliver devastating attacks. On a battlefield, he could become a living, mobile bomb. Given enough time and nutrients, he could level an entire city by himself!

This was the terror of a Divine Transformation Warrior!

If not for the terrifying power Zhao Xuanqi had just displayed, Nishida Youji would not have been forced to reveal his trump card so early.

’This level of attack power...’

The expressions on the faces of Qi Hongxuan and the others turned grim. In terms of pure destructive power, this Neon Person’s attacks were simply too horrifying.

Even a Harmony master was still made of flesh and blood; a large enough payload could still blow them to bits. The only difference was that a true expert would never give a cannonball the chance to hit them.

’Even Zhao Xuanqi must be injured after an attack like that, right?!’

’Is there really no way to break through the Neon Nation’s blockade?’

However, at that very moment...

ROAR!!!

A furious roar echoed from within the small mushroom cloud.

Then, a silvery light shot out. The head of a Qilin emerged from the mushroom cloud, roaring at the heavens.

At the same time, a terrifying Gang Qi vibrated outwards. The small mushroom cloud was instantly blown away by this gale of Gang Qi.

Parting the fog to reveal the clear sky!!

Zhao Xuanqi stood at the heart of the explosion, his body wreathed in shaped Gang Qi. His upper clothing had been disintegrated in the blast, and his lower garments were tattered, but his skin was completely intact, without any significant damage.

He had used shaped Gang Qi, flowing with the explosive shockwave, to forcibly block the majority of the blast’s impact.

"You think this little payload can hurt someone?"

Zhao Xuanqi spoke calmly. With a tap of his foot, he once again charged toward the stunned Nishida Youji.

In his previous life, what modern weapon attack had he faced that wasn’t more terrifying than this?

He was already more than experienced in dealing with explosions from thermal weapons.

An explosion, after all, was just a simple and crude method of releasing energy. As long as it didn’t reach a payload level that could overwhelm him, he had nothing to fear!

Obviously, Nishida Youji’s ability had not yet reached that level. Otherwise, the first person to die in the explosion would have been himself!

However, Zhao Xuanqi would not give his opponent a second chance. He couldn’t gauge the potential power of the explosion if the man were to unleash a final, desperate attack.

The next moment, Zhao Xuanqi’s figure appeared before Nishida Youji.

RUMBLE!! RUMBLE!!

The roar of his surging Qi and Blood, the impact of his explosive spiritual will, and the sound of the gales of force from his Force Release, churning like an ocean tide—all of it echoed in Nishida Youji’s mind.

In a daze, Nishida Youji felt as if he were facing an unstoppable ocean.

ROAR!!

The ocean tide exploded. A Qilin appeared. The Gang Qi transformed, filling the air with auspicious energy.

Radiant light illuminated the entire battlefield. Waves of Gang Qi, stirred up by a force visible to the naked eye, crashed down on Nishida Youji like a raging tide.

Water Qilin!!

WHOOSH!!

Tossed about in the tide of Gang Qi, Nishida Youji’s body was sent flying. He crashed through more than a dozen trees before finally falling to the ground, his status unknown.

Zhao Xuanqi slowly turned his head to look at the other two.

Bathed in the moonlight, his calm eyes now held the weight of mountains and seas.