Chapter 677: It Hurts a Lot
Upon the execution ground.
Amidst the shocked gazes, Liu Penghai's life force dissipated, his fist that had pierced through from his back was smeared with fresh blood. Fear flashed across the faces of Du Mo and the others. Just moments ago, it seemed clear that Liu Penghai was about to kill Shen Feng, but how did the situation undergo such a drastic reversal? How could a powerful figure at the peak of Sea Transformation actually end up dead at the hands of a youngster at the peak of Swallowing Spirit?
If word of this incident were to spread, it would surely cause a tremendous uproar in the Lower Realm!
Only Jia Longxuan and Jia Shouhong managed to maintain some composure, but even they couldn't help gasping the moment Liu Penghai's body was penetrated by Senior Shen's fist.
Just several seconds after Liu Penghai was killed.
Shen Feng's brow suddenly furrowed deeply, and in the instant that mist wrapped around his feet, his figure vanished from the spot without hesitation, executing the Three-Star Immortal Technique Ascending Cloud Step!
Right after that, the next second.
"Boom!"
A thunderous explosion suddenly rang through the air. The place where Shen Feng had been standing underwent an incredibly violent blast, with dust billowing into the air and the ground trembling, even creating a dense web of cracks that spread outwards from the epicenter of the explosion.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!——"
Even the Heavenly Flame Stone mine was affected, with chunks of rock tumbling down from the mountain.
Once the dust had settled.
Where Shen Feng had stood, there now was an enormous palm print, several dozen meters deep.
An old man wearing a brown robe appeared before this palm print, his face showing a mix of shock and uncertainty.
This old man's eyes were a peculiar shade of green, his face flickered with a coldness; he was none other than Wu Renyan, the Fifth Elder of the Blood Soul Demon Sect.
He had just executed the Three-Star Immortal Technique Void Palm! Purely in terms of power, it was much stronger than Blood Sea Soul Devour.
Though he wasn't sure why Shen Feng could deflect Blood Sea Soul Devour, he surmised it must have involved Shen Feng possessing treasures that stabilized his Divine Soul. Naturally, he wasn't keen on using Blood Sea Soul Devour again.
Once the Void Palm was executed, its power would conceal itself, and the giant palm imprint it formed would also remain hidden in the air.
Its power would only erupt when it struck a person or object.
This technique often caught people off guard, and Wu Renyan had not held back with this palm strike at all. With his expertise at the Initial Stage of Tribulation Transcendence, he was confident in killing the youth with a single move.
He made this conclusion because aside from showcasing his combat power when he instantly killed ten cultivators at the Nascent Variation Stage, all other instances where Shen Feng blocked Liu Penghai's palm and reflected the Blood Sea Soul Devour had been with the aid of external forces.
But who could have guessed that this youngster would actually detect his Void Palm attack? At his mere peak Swallowing Spirit cultivation, even many cultivators of equal level wouldn't be able to sense his Void Palm. How exceptionally keen must this guy's perception be?
Furthermore,
even if Shen Feng had detected the Void Palm,
the speed of that palm strike was incredibly fast, and in such a short span of time, even if one detected the existence of the Void Palm, they would need to have the speed of a cultivator at the Initial Stage of Tribulation Transcendence to evade it.
Yet Shen Feng had indeed dodged that palm strike. Wu Renyan could feel that the youth's speed was at least on par with his own, which was something he found utterly unacceptable.
Even though he was certain that Shen Feng had just used a Three-Star Immortal Technique, if any other Swallowing Spirit peak cultivator were to execute a Three-Star Immortal Technique, they wouldn't have been able to achieve such speed.
Shen Feng moved back about ten meters to the side. When he used Ascending Cloud Step back on Earth, the Space Laws there couldn't withstand it, but now he was in the Immortal Realm, and no space fragmentation occurred.
Even though he had achieved a perfect Foundation Establishment and now possessed an Eight-Colored Nascent Soul in his Dantian.
But the opponent was after all at the Initial Stage of Tribulation Transcendence, and he was merely at the peak of Swallowing Spirit. The gap between their cultivations was too vast; dealing with this old man still required some effort on his part.
This was also his first battle against a cultivator of the Tribulation Transcendence Stage since his return to the Immortal Realm. Previously, whether in the Hundred Flower Sect or in Carefree Valley, it could be said that he relied entirely on external forces.
At the moment Shen Feng dodged Wu Renyan's palm attack.
Du Mo and the others were once again shocked, especially those from the Blood Soul Demon Sect. They simply couldn't comprehend how a young man at the peak of the Swallowing Spirit Stage could display such inconceivable speed. Gazing at the cracked ground, they couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Just then.
Wu Renyan flicked his sleeve, convinced that the other party, capable of casting a Four-Star Immortal Technique, couldn't be without some significant backing.
Spiritual Energy surged out of his body like a flood as he coldly shouted, "You little bastard, let's see just how capable you really are!"
As he spoke.
He pushed his palm towards Shen Feng, and a torrent of overwhelming black energy violently burst forth from his body.
In just a second.
A massive and fierce bolt of black energy, like lightning, surged toward Shen Feng. The space it passed through rapidly shattered, containing an immensely terrifying destructive force, causing the expressions of everyone present to change continuously.
This was the unique Four-Star Immortal Technique of the Blood Soul Demon Sect – the Heavenly Demon Burst!
Even an average cultivator in the middle stage of Tribulation Transcendence would probably be obliterated by this move.
The explosive force generated upon the Heavenly Demon Burst's impact was so strong that the whole execution ground would likely be reduced to ruins in an instant.
The disciples of the Blood Soul Demon Sect who wanted to flee found it too late. In their eyes, no one could escape except for Wu Renyan.
Faced with the oncoming black energy, Shen Feng's steps shifted in an attempt to evade, but the bolt of black energy followed him.
Although he had a way to defend against it, Jia Longxuan and others were right there. He couldn't suppress all the energy from the Heavenly Demon Burst to one hundred percent. If he blocked this attack here in the execution ground, it was very possible that it would affect Jia Longxuan and the others.
Upon this realization.
Without any hesitation, Shen Feng's figure dashed towards the sky, as he had to consider Jia Longxuan and the others. He was forced to maximize his use of Ascending Cloud Step, with no time to employ a more powerful Immortal Technique.
But after all, Ascending Cloud Step was just a Three-Star Immortal Technique. After Shen Feng ascended to a certain height,
The powerful bolt of black energy immediately caught up and engulfed him in an instant.
"Boom!"
A loud explosion echoed through the sky, making it seem as though the sky itself was quaking.
Even though he was high above the ground, the shockwaves from the explosion still caused discomfort in everyone's chests, and those with weaker cultivations coughed up fresh blood.
Wu Renyan, watching the sky, revealed a smug, cold smile and muttered to himself, "What a sentimental little bastard!"
He certainly knew that Shen Feng's choice to rocket skyward was to avoid involving Jia Longxuan and the others.
But as the black light in the sky dissipated, Wu Renyan's face showed a look of shock akin to seeing a ghost.
In the sky.
Aside from being covered in blood, Shen Feng's aura showed no signs of weakening in the slightest. Looking at the blood flowing from his body, he let out an amused quip, "That hurts quite a bit!"
Yet this expression, combined with his nonchalant tone, elicited an extremely strange feeling.
Suddenly, Wu Renyan felt a sense of panic; it was as if he had angered a ferocious wild beast, and what awaited him was a vicious and brutal thunderous assault.