Chapter 35: Chapter 34: Extreme Combat
Qin Feng’s Qi and Blood vibrated throughout his body as his bones and sinews crackled and popped. He was like a taut bowstring, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit, resembling a ferocious beast poised to strike.
Qin Feng was ecstatic. The appearance of the Yunling Giant Tiger had plunged him into a monumental crisis, but it was also a rare opportunity.
In this Yunling Giant Tiger, Qin Feng saw the dawn of a breakthrough to the Martial Arts Fourth Heaven!
"Xuanwu Yin Yang Change, Profound Turtle Suppressing the Sea!" As Qin Shou watched, his eyes nearly popping out of his head, Qin Feng strode toward the snow-white giant tiger, a beast twice as broad as an ordinary tiger.
The Gathering Fist Force of his Xuanwu Yin Yang Dao erupted!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
With every step, the ground trembled as if some behemoth was trampling the earth. Gravel danced on the ground, and the trees quaked!
"ROAR!" The Yunling Giant Tiger seemed to sense the fighting spirit soaring from Qin Feng. It leaped nimbly over the underbrush and landed on a high rock. Its intelligent eyes flashed before it let out a heaven-shaking roar, as if in answer to Qin Feng’s challenge.
’Good!’ Instead of being alarmed, Qin Feng was delighted. He clenched his fists, his fighting spirit boiling over. He tilted his head back and let out a long roar that sounded like rolling thunder, then shot forward like a phantom to throw a punch at the Yunling Giant Tiger.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
As the Xuanwu Yin Yang Dao punch blasted out, its immense power vibrated the air and scraped out terrifying sparks. The colossal force shuddered as if two pieces of Refined Iron were grinding against each other at extreme speed, arriving above the Yunling Giant Tiger’s head in an instant!
The Yunling Giant Tiger’s body looked massive, but its four paws were exceptionally nimble! A flicker of surprise, almost human-like, flashed in its eyes. It clearly hadn’t expected the little speck before it to possess such an imposing aura. But it was highly intelligent; it twisted its body, its four paws taking flight, and dodged Qin Feng’s strike with a light pounce, moving like a flash of white lightning.
WHOOSH! Qin Feng’s opening strike had thoroughly ignited the Yunling Giant Tiger’s will to fight. The giant tiger let out a low growl and lunged forward, its snow-white body a blur as its tail swept out like a long whip.
Compared to its immense body, which was far larger than that of an ordinary giant tiger, its tail seemed somewhat short. However, its power was not to be underestimated in the slightest. To Qin Feng, the sweeping tail was like a venomous whip, its momentum astonishing and faster than a Thunderbolt, creating sonic booms as it cut through the air.
Qin Feng didn’t dare to block it head-on. Still in mid-air, he twisted like a hawk flipping its body and dropped low, narrowly dodging the sweeping tail.
Having dodged the tail’s thunderous strike, Qin Feng was just about to press his attack when the Yunling Giant Tiger beat him to it. With a ferocious roar, the giant beast lunged like a bolt of lightning. It was impossibly fast, its snow-white form majestic, its sharp claws glinting with a cold light more terrifying than any Divine Weapon that could cleave iron like mud.
Caught off guard, Qin Feng’s eyes widened. He let out a great roar, mobilized all the Qi and Blood in his body, and threw a punch with both hands raised.
At this moment of life and death, the muscles all over Qin Feng’s body tensed to their absolute limit. They began to tremble, creating an invisible, rhythmic vibration that spread through his entire being in an instant. These oscillations rapidly synchronized into one, causing his internal organs, sinews, Qi and Blood, and even his Xuanwu’s Power to vibrate at a single, perfectly coordinated frequency.
It was as if the pressure of the crisis had caused the potential within him to erupt, compressing into a single point and converging on his arms.
"AAAAHHH! BLOCK IT!" Qin Feng’s eyes were bloodshot. The roar that erupted from his mouth sounded like an ancient Profound Turtle, a thunderous bellow that seemed to shatter the very space around him.
"Xuanwu Yin Yang Dao, Profound Turtle Suppressing the Sea!" In a single instant, Qin Feng gathered all of his Qi and Blood into his arms, compressed it into his fists, and threw a punch, colliding head-on with the Yunling Giant Tiger!
THUD! THUD!
A vicious gust of wind assaulted him from above as the Yunling Giant Tiger swiped its claw. Qin Feng’s arms sank, feeling as if he were trying to hold up a mountain. The colossal impact sent him spinning through the air like a top.
HISS! When he landed, his feet scraped against the earth from the sheer force, and he stumbled back for dozens of steps before finally coming to a stop.
Qin Feng’s eyes were bloodshot. He lifted his arms and saw that they were a mangled mess of flesh and blood. The slightest movement sent excruciating pain through them. As he shifted his footing, a sharp pain shot through his chest. A sweet taste filled his throat, and he barely suppressed a mouthful of blood.
Hissing, Qin Feng drew a sharp breath. ’What terrifying power!’ The Yunling Giant Tiger truly lived up to its name as an Ancient Relic Species. Its strength was astounding; not even his Xuanwu’s Power could withstand it. A single exchange had left him severely injured.
Little did he know that while he was reeling in shock, someone in the distance had their jaw on the floor.
’He’s so ferocious, that lunatic! He’s actually fighting an Ancient Relic Species like the Yunling Giant Tiger in close combat! I...’ Qin Shou was so frightened his face was drained of all color. He was at a loss for words.
He had seen crazy people before, but never *this* crazy. To fight an Ancient Relic Species with his bare hands! ’This is inhuman!’
After all, even a Martial Artist at the Martial Arts Sixth Layer Heaven wouldn’t be so reckless as to fight an Ancient Relic Species like the Yunling Giant Tiger head-on!
Despite his severe injuries, Qin Feng did not panic. He forced his hands to form a Seal Technique. Just then, the Mystic Turtle Divine Pill that had been sealed within his Dantian suddenly trembled. The Taixu Mixed One Spirit Stealing Technique was unsealed, and the Divine Pill released a gentle, cooling medicinal essence.
Wisps of medicinal energy poured into his injured meridians. To the naked eye, new flesh sprouted on his mangled arms as they instantly healed. His battered internal organs recovered in a moment under the elixir’s nourishment, and were even slightly tempered in the process, his stamina increasing.
To Qin Shou’s utter astonishment, Qin Feng, who had looked gravely injured just a moment before, was once again brimming with vigor and vitality.
’With this healing, I have nothing to fear! Again!’ Qin Feng raised his iron fists and charged the Yunling Giant Tiger once more, his momentum unstoppable, as fierce as a dragon and a tiger combined.
A moment later, with a loud THUD, Qin Feng was sent flying like a cannonball again. As he landed, Qin Shou heard the sickening CRACKLE and POP of breaking bones.
HUFF... HUFF... He didn’t know how many ribs were broken. Qin Feng struggled back to his feet, his breathing ragged and difficult. Yet, in the next moment, the Mystic Turtle Divine Pill inside him activated once more. The perfectly round, brightly glowing Divine Pill in his Dantian released another wisp of medicinal energy. Under its effects, his horrific injuries healed almost instantly.
His Qi and Blood surged like a furious tide, each wave higher than the last. His entire body glowed like a steamed prawn, and even his eyes were tinged with red. He felt that if he tried to condense his aura at this moment, he would have a greater than fifty percent chance of success.
’However, that’s not enough!’
With bloodshot eyes, Qin Feng transformed into a crimson streak of lightning and charged the Yunling Giant Tiger once more.
BANG!
This time, Qin Feng’s injuries were even more severe. He gasped for breath, head bowed as he stared at the wound. A massive gash had been torn open across his abdomen, exposing his internal organs. Once again, the Mystic Turtle Divine Pill activated. A wisp of medicinal energy seeped into the wound, wrapping around it like a strand of brilliant light, and it began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Bathed in the elixir’s power, his Qi and Blood roiled so violently it seemed ready to burst through his skin, forming a pillar of bloody mist that rose from his body.
If he were to use a Secret Technique to condense his aura right now, Qin Feng was sixty percent certain he would succeed. This was already a very high chance, but he didn’t do it!
A glint of excitement shone in Qin Feng’s eyes. Though he had been defeated again, he wasn’t without progress. At the very least, he had managed to get to the Yunling Giant Tiger’s flank this time. ’I lasted a few breaths longer! There’s still room for improvement! I haven’t reached my limit yet!’
’Again!’ The fighting spirit in Qin Feng’s eyes soared to the heavens. He shot forward like an arrow, throwing another punch, the surging power even more immense than before...
Sent flying, injured, drawing on the Mystic Turtle Divine Pill’s power to heal, charging in again...
Three times, four times, five times...
For half a day, Qin Feng fought with complete disregard for his own life. He’d lost count of how many times he had been sent flying. Even he didn’t know how many times his ribs had been broken, how many times his internal organs had been damaged, or how many times he had nearly died under the giant tiger’s claws.
But he knew one thing: he was growing stronger. He had gone from being severely wounded in the first exchange to now being able to trade dozens of blows head-on with the Yunling Giant Tiger. He had become far, far stronger.
The Qi and Blood throughout his body burned like a pyre. A scorching heat radiated from his face. The elixir’s power surged within him, causing his veins to bulge as if they were about to burst, desperately needing a release. A fiery energy began to transform within his meridians. He felt it—he was on the verge of a breakthrough!
BANG!
Qin Feng raised his iron fists and pounced like a Flood Dragon. He threw a punch from the side as a tremendous force surged forth. Amidst a sky-shattering roar from the tiger, he actually managed to block the descending claw of the pouncing Ancient Relic Species, the Yunling Giant Tiger. Like two wrestlers, they were locked in a contest of strength.
