Chapter 445: Chapter 443: He... Lost
"SCREE!"
Just as the crowd was talking, a piercing phoenix cry rang out before the mountain gate. Immediately after, high above Feng Cheng, a giant Phoenix formed from Spiritual Power violently spread its wings. A powerful storm of Spiritual Power raged before the mountain gate.
"An Earth Tier Martial Skill is as powerful as they say! Its aura is far beyond what a Profound Tier Martial Skill could ever match!" the crowd before the gate exclaimed in admiration upon seeing the Spiritual Power Phoenix. Their eyes filled with envy. An Earth Tier Martial Skill... anywhere you go, it’s a treasure countless people would fight to the death for!
’Xu Hao is a dead man,’ the crowd lamented internally.
However, Xu Hao didn’t show the panic everyone expected. His face was still a mask of madness, his eyes filled with resolve.
Xu Hao let out a long breath. With a flick of his wrist, a black spear appeared in his hand. The instant the spear materialized, Xu Hao’s entire aura changed. He became incredibly sharp, just like the spear he held.
Outsiders knew of Xu Hao’s skill in fisticuffs and that his close-quarters combat was exceptional. But Xu Hao had never told anyone that what he truly excelled at was the spear. Not even his own master knew.
Whenever Xu Hao picked up his spear, he became a completely different person. He was no longer the one who endured humiliation in silence. He became brazenly sharp-edged, just like the weapon in his hands.
It was because his personality changed so drastically whenever he held his spear that he had caused a great deal of trouble. His family had been massacred because of that very edge. So, Xu Hao had sworn never to wield a spear again. But today, Xu Hao was betting everything. It was time for this long-sealed spear to reveal its edge once more!
"Old friend, we meet again," Xu Hao murmured, stroking the black spear in his hand as if confiding in a dear friend he hadn’t seen in years.
HUMMM...
The black spear began to hum in Xu Hao’s hand, as if celebrating its reunion with its master for battle.
Feeling the joy transmitted from the spear, Xu Hao’s gaze hardened. A sky-piercing aura erupted from his body, and the sharp, Powerful Qi instantly tore Feng Cheng’s oppressive pressure apart.
"This... Xu Hao’s aura has changed!"
"Look at the spear in his hand!"
The surrounding disciples were all stunned as they felt the change in Xu Hao’s aura.
KREEE...
As everyone stared in shock, Xu Hao’s black spear erupted with a brilliant dark light. The shadow of a Black Dragon soared into the air. A dragon and a phoenix now faced each other in the sky, their two different auras clashing violently in midair.
"Hmph, a cornered rat fighting back!" Feng Cheng’s expression flickered at Xu Hao’s sudden transformation, but he quickly sneered. ’My Phoenix Dance of Nine Heavens is an Earth Tier Martial Skill. It’s not something a low-life like Xu Hao can compare to.’
Xu Hao completely ignored Feng Cheng’s taunts. He gripped his spear tightly and, in the next instant, thrust it forward.
"Overlord Spike!" Xu Hao roared. The spear in his hand instantly pierced through space, reaching Feng Cheng in a flash. The Black Dragon above Xu Hao also howled as it charged toward the opposing Phoenix.
"Phoenix Dance of Nine Heavens!" Seeing Xu Hao’s ferocious attack, Feng Cheng roared and swung a palm downward. The vibrant Phoenix in midair shrieked and met the charge!
BOOM...
The next moment, the dragon and phoenix collided violently in midair. A terrifying storm of Spiritual Power instantly erupted, forcing everyone at the mountain gate back by several dozen meters.
"This..." Everyone felt a tremor of shock as they watched the violent collision in the sky. They had thought Feng Cheng, using an Earth Tier Martial Skill, would crush Xu Hao with unstoppable force. The result, however, was beyond all their expectations.
In the sky, the dragon and phoenix bit and tore at each other, locked in a stalemate. Their fierce struggle distorted the very space around them.
However, Feng Cheng’s Phoenix Dance of Nine Heavens was an Earth Tier Martial Skill, after all. Even with his long-sealed spear, Xu Hao was still no match for him.
In the battle between the vibrant Phoenix and the Black Dragon, the Phoenix gradually gained the upper hand. Under the Phoenix’s suppression, the Black Dragon was slowly forced back toward Xu Hao, on the verge of dissipating.
"Hmph, you still think you can fight me?" Feng Cheng sneered, looking at Xu Hao’s strained expression.
Xu Hao gripped his spear tightly. The weapon, once thrust out straight, was now bent into an unbelievable arc by the pressure of Feng Cheng’s palm, looking as if it might snap at any moment.
"Hahaha, kid, go to hell! A piece of trash like you has no right to fight me!" Feng Cheng laughed, his face contorted in a savage grin. The Palm Force from his hand intensified.
CRACK CRACK...
The sound of breaking bones came from Xu Hao’s body. The pressure from the Earth Tier Martial Skill had traveled through the spear and into his arm.
’I can’t lose! I’ve bet everything on this fight! I absolutely cannot lose! Overlord Spear!’
Xu Hao roared through clenched teeth. In the next moment, his body began to break apart. Blood sprayed out, dyeing his tattered clothes crimson.
"Xu Hao is actually burning his own potential!" a disciple in the crowd cried out upon seeing this.
Burning one’s potential was a method that could squeeze out all of the body’s latent power in a short time, causing a momentary explosion in strength. However, no Martial Artist would resort to such a method unless they were absolutely desperate. This was because burning one’s potential meant their future progress in Martial Arts would come to a complete halt. No Martial Artist wanted their journey on the path of Martial Arts to be cut short at the very beginning.
"That Xu Hao... he’s really throwing his life away!" Only now did the crowd realize how much this battle meant to Xu Hao. He was truly betting everything. The disciples who had previously looked down on him now had looks of shame on their faces.
BOOM...
After Xu Hao burned his potential, the suppressed Black Dragon instantly swelled in size, completely turning the tables.
"AAAAAHHH..."
Xu Hao roared. The spear, once bent back, now began to fight back. Its tip touched Feng Cheng’s palm and pierced through without the slightest pause, its sharp aura undiminished!
"How is this possible?!" Feng Cheng’s face was filled with terror as he watched his palm get pierced. Excruciating pain shot through his nerves.
PFFT!
With his palm pierced, Feng Cheng’s aura instantly collapsed. The black spear ran straight through his body. The immense force behind the spear carried Feng Cheng’s body with it, nailing him directly to a distant stone wall. The spear’s shaft sank so deep that it vanished into the wall, a testament to the terrifying power of the blow.
"He... he lost. Feng Cheng actually lost..."
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