Chapter 737: Chapter 736: Demon vs. Yanluo (Part 2)
Compared to the fight between Heavenly Phoenix and Nu Yanluo, the battle between Jade Lion and Iron Yama was undoubtedly more explosive and direct. Both had little reliance on speed and strived for a powerful offensive tactic, aiming to defeat their opponent with sheer force.
Iron Yama was one of the rare Horizontal Practicing Martial Artists. Encased in a dark sheen, he appeared to be an invincible iron statue immune to blades and spears. His fists, legs, shoulders, fingers, in fact every part of his body, could transform into a deadly weapon capable of destroying an opponent.
"Raging Lion Fist!"
Just as a man, just as a lion, Mu Ling was indeed a spiritual power genius. After several dozen moves, he targeted a weak spot and severely struck the opponent’s head.
Clang!
A metal-clashing sound echoed, and Mu Ling’s arm felt a bit numb. Not only did he fail to strike his opponent, he was knocked back three steps. Seizing on this opportunity, Iron Yama launched a relentless attack, prevented Mu Ling from having any chance to counterattack.
"What a powerful defense! That punch from Jade Lion must have reached the high Fourth Tier class at least, but it did not even qualify to cause an injury."
Although Jade Lion was merely in a peak of the second layer of the Divine Barrier Realm, his attack strength was on par with a normal Heavenly Phoenix, which initially astonished the crowd.
Jade Lion excelled not only in spiritual power but also attack strength, which he had put a lot of effort to master.
However, Iron Yama was more terrifying. He had exceptional defense and unparalleled endurance. After hundreds of fierce attacks, instead of showing signs of exhaustion, his onslaughts grew stronger, as if they were endless.
"Iron Flower Palm!"
"Sweeping Whiplash Leg!"
"Tyrant Throw!"
With his wide range of skills, Iron Yama watched the crowd, secretly awestruck.
From the beginning to now, he had demonstrated sixty-four different martial arts, which were like a Heaven and Earth Net Force layer upon layer, covering Jade Lion. Several times he almost hit his opponent, missing by the narrowest margins. Amidst the cheering of many youthful martial artists from the Devil Path, many champions from the Righteous Path felt breathless.
"Heh, to think that by evading and exhausting the strength of my senior brother before counterattacking is simply wishful thinking."
With a teasing smile, Blood Yama watched the battlefield.
Horizontal Practice Martial Artists are not like internal strength martial artists, even though they require more rigorous training resources, and it is more challenging to reach the same realm. However, once they do, they essentially have an overwhelming advantage.
Whether it’s endurance, attack strength, or defensive power, they surpass most martial artists at the same realm. Their only weakness is speed. But in hand-to-hand combat, speed depends on explosive power, which is again the forte of Horizontal Practice Martial Artists. Therefore, in all seriousness, Horizontal Practice Martial Artists hardly have any blind spots.
With this level of attack intensity, Iron Yama could persist for more than half an hour. He refused to believe that Jade Lion could remain flawless.
"Haha, Jade Lion, use your spiritual technique. Otherwise, you will lose very soon."
As one swipe swept past Mu Ling’s body, Iron Yama spread his hands and took a step ahead of Mu Ling’s next action. Under the lock of the transverse training Qi, he looked like an invincible superhuman, pressing down the notoriously violent Jade Lion.
In the beginning, Iron Yama was cautious of Jade Lion, but now it was different. Any opponent under his control, unless their strength surpasses his by two small tiers, cannot reverse the situation!
Jade Lion did not say a word. He dodged, and from the crowd’s view, seemed as if afraid to open his mouth for fear of affecting his reaction speed - a clear sign of being at his wits’ end.
"Since you insist, then lose. Iron Fist Nine Hundred and Eighty Forms!"
With a cruel chuckle, Iron Yama’s assault intensified, every move seemed to tear through the air. Even hundreds of meters away, the masters on many peaks could feel the devastating impact.
"So powerful! The attack strength has reached the pinnacle of the Fourth Tier, and each move flows naturally into the next. A fellow tier martial artist would have no chance to counter."
"This Iron Yama, his normal combat strength may even be more potent than Nu Yanluo! Only speed types like Heavenly Phoenix could counter him."
Undoubtedly, the experts from the Righteous Path were all stunned by Iron Yama’s power.
Facing an opponent with no weak spots, all of your tricks are useless. Unless every single blow equates to the peak of the Fourth Tier, just like him.
But amongst peers, who would have such endurance?
Jade Lion might have stronger techniques, but he miscalculated from the very beginning, falling into the opponent’s rhythm, leaving no room for reversal.
Many people suddenly thought of the move Kirin used to defeat Yin Siming - a blend of confusion as they couldn’t tell if that was his new killer move, or just an ordinary sword strike.
"The Young Master is invincible!"
On a peak, a man in a gauze hat clenched his teeth secretly. He was from Carefree Unmoving City, a trusted companion of Jade Lion, and he firmly believed Jade Lion could turn defeat into victory.
"This is troublesome."
Duanmu Keren grunted.
"Mu Ling is not that simple, especially after seeing your victory, he is even less likely to lose. Remember, among the five monsters, they are invincible against their peers."
Gui Zhihang said.
"What makes you so sure?"
"Intuition, I guess."
Gui Zhihang answered with a smile, slightly turned his head to look at Shi Xiaole beside him and silently wondered.
Perhaps others couldn’t tell, but ever since he reached the pinnacle of Forty Percent Regular Martial Dao, Gui Zhihang was able to notice the subtle differences in things.
In his eyes, although Shi Xiaole appeared as calm as ever, his calmness felt like a raging current beneath a calm sea, as if a divine sword was being forcefully suppressed from unsheathing. But the faint aura of Sword Qi had betrayed his inner turmoil.
Given Kirin’s temperament and forbearance, why would he lose control like this?
"Anger needs to be accumulated, so does killing intent. Iron Yama, you are far from enough."
Just as Iron Yama launched his seven hundred and sixty-third assault, pushing Mu Ling to the brink, with his golden robe shattered in several places, the situation suddenly reversed.
A substantial, boundless killing intent formed and reached both heaven and earth, replacing the sea of clouds below. Amidst the killing intent, Mu Ling’s eyes were as bright as lightning, his black hair fluttering, he appeared like a golden human-shaped stone statue.
Thud!
Iron Yama’s punch landed, its force was first reduced by half due to the killing intent. What was left was caught by Mu Ling.
"Jade Lion Fist!"
The radiant left hand was like a cone, the cone was a lion’s head. It opened its mouth to bite Iron Yama, who swept his right leg in defense.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Blood splattered, both from Iron Yama and Mu Ling.
The two fought with wild abandon, oblivious to everything else. They rammed into each other incessantly, each seeking to eradicate the other. At times, it was Mu Ling pinning Iron Yama and mercilessly landing punches. At other times, it was Iron Yama using both of his legs to fiercely pummel Mu Ling.
They fought from the skies down to the sea of clouds beneath, from the east to the west, leaving behind countless afterimages. The lingering shockwaves sent chilling tremors through the hearts of countless spectators each time they vibrated.
So strong, too strong!
Their peak damage may only be at the Fourth Tier, less than Heavenly Phoenix and Nu Yanluo. However, their iron-blooded spirit that paid no heed to anything was enough to completely shatter the enemy’s will.
Among their peers, they were nearly unbeatable.
"Iron Fist Shall Rule, die!"
In the blink of an eye, only the last two moves of the 980-move Iron Fist remained. Iron Yama’s eyes were blood red, his hair loose and wild and his punch burst forward, radiating an iron-like luster under the sunlight.
"Explosive Lion Slaying!"
Mu Ling extended both his fists, two golden lions roared and charged towards the Iron Fist, crisscrossing past it.
Bang!
Boom!
The explosion had just rung out and immediately got drowned by an even broader burst of vigorous air.
After launching their finishing moves, both of them managed to rally their vigor again and released their ultimate finishing moves. Given their skills, these quickly unleashed short attacks did not impact the power at all.
"Iron Fist Sweep Across Six Corners!"
"Jade Lion Devour the World!"
In the eyes of the crowd, an enormous jade lion appeared that opened its mouth wide and seemingly swallowed the hit of the Iron Fist into its body. Dense vigorous air rushed out from the Jade Lion’s abdomen, back, and even its head. Its body swelled repeatedly, as if it was on the verge of bursting.
Eventually, the Jade Lion’s projection faded by 90%, but it had successfully digested the Iron Fist.
A thud!
The Jade Lion’s illusion vanished, Mu Ling’s feet landed on Iron Yama’s chest. He stomped hard, making the latter’s blood gush out from his mouth and nose. The sound of bones breaking echoed, and Iron Yama was sent flying out like a disconnected kite, losing his ability to fight back.
"Wishing to replace me, you’re still not worthy!"
Mu Ling coldly uttered.
"Hehehe, we’ll see about that, Soul Destroyer Light!"
While retreating, Iron Yama—unsatisfied and full of resentment—gave a shrill laugh. A black lance rushed out from his forehead towards Mu Ling’s spirit sea, right at the moment when the latter became lax.
Beyond being a horizontal practice martial artist, Iron Yama was also a spirit power genius. The attack trajectory of this lance was so swift that even some Fifth Tier Earth Immortals couldn’t see clearly.
This meant that his spiritual attack had an influence on Fifth Tier Earth Immortals. Even if it couldn’t inflict severe damage, it could work as a certain degree of restraint.
Unmoved, when the black lance got three inches close to Mu Ling, it was shattered by an even purer circle of spiritual energy.
"No..."
Iron Yama’s face turned pale, his spirit instantly withered a lot.
Defeated, losing to Jade Lion, he ended up in complete defeat!
"He who has a reputation is not a fake, indeed Jade Lion has the upper hand, if he hadn’t insisted on winning through force, he would’ve won a lot earlier by using his spiritual power!"
"Hahaha, delightful! So much for the Four Sons of Demon Door, two of them have been defeated in no time."
Righteous heroes were overjoyed.
First, Heavenly Phoenix surprisingly defeated Nu Yanluo with absolute speed, and now Jade Lion flaunted his power, overpowering Iron Yama in terms of combat strength and spiritual power.
Only after truly witnessing these two remarkable creatures, many realized how rash it had been for the Martial World claims that Kirin was on top.
Kirin indeed had high potential, but that should not undervalue the other powerful monsters, especially considering the latter ones are older in age.
After losing two matches, the morale of the Devil Path took a severe blow.
The three Yamas were the absolute tops, and on top of that, they gained the essence of three Devil Monks. Yet, they were soundly defeated. Are these monsters truly unparalleled among their peers?
Many masters in the Devil Path had this question in mind. But when they settle their gaze on the top of the 7,500-meter peak, their hearts find peace again.
"I must win."
Clenching his fists, Blood Yama knew how grave his responsibility was—he had to win the fight with Kirin even if it meant resorting to any means.
Otherwise, the three Yamas will become a joke.
Pushing his power to the limit, Blood Yama soared into the sky, midway he grabbed two blood-colored copper rings.
