Chapter 302: Slaughter, the Terrifying Inner Breath!

Chapter 302: Slaughter, the Terrifying Inner Breath!



November 1st, 2024

On the edge of a tall building.

Jiang Ning quietly observed the activity in the County Hall.

Seeing Li Hong reveal his six arms and four legs, his eyes narrowed slightly.

This instantly reminded him of the Wind Deity Messenger on the desolate island in Luo Shui Lake a few years ago.

That Wind Deity Messenger displayed a transformation entirely different from other Worshipping Deity Sect martial artists.

Six arms and four legs.

Bearing an eight-tenths resemblance to the statue of the Blood God.

"It seems that the vibrant flesh and blood essence from earlier has granted Li Hong this form!"

"Judging by this, Li Hong's status in the Worshipping Deity Sect is indeed very high. Even if he isn't the Deputy Commander as Hong Minghu claimed, his position is at least comparable to that of the Wind Deity Messenger."

At this thought, Jiang Ning couldn't help but smile.

He muttered to himself, "Indeed, a dignified seventh-rank County Governor joining the Worshipping Deity Sect should receive such treatment."

On the other side.

Li Changkong, Ye Qiu, and the others also witnessed the commotion at the County Hall.

Li Hong's body, towering at a height of ten feet, had already risen above the walls of the County Hall, making him stand out prominently.

At this moment, Li Hong's entire body was as solid as iron blocks, his muscles bulging.

The veins and arteries on his muscles twisted like tree roots, resembling dark earth dragons crawling across his body.

Each of his arms was thick, unlike an ordinary person's, and as large as a water bucket.

His waist was equally as wide as a water bucket.

Most of his clothes had been torn apart by his expanding body, leaving only a few strips of cloth hanging on him.

Witnessing this scene, Li Changkong's eyes widened, and a sense of dread instinctively rose within him.

He felt like a rabbit seeing an eagle, a mouse seeing a cat, or a sheep seeing a lion.

"I'm no match for him!" Li Changkong realized in his heart.

He felt that Li Hong's massive fists alone could easily smash him to death with just a few punches.

On the other side.

A hint of apprehension also flashed across Ye Qiu's face.

The stronger one's strength, the more keenly one perceives danger.

The aura emanating from Li Hong at this moment filled Ye Qiu with deep apprehension.

Even though he cultivated both inner and outer strengths, surpassing sixth-rank martial artists of the same level, seeing Li Hong in this state left him without a shred of confidence.

"Such an overwhelming sense of oppression!"

He muttered to himself.

At the same time.

"Not bad!" Hong Minghu, standing before Li Hong, who seemed like a giant in comparison, nodded slightly in approval.

Then he continued, "Your transformation has piqued my interest!"

"Arrogant!" Li Hong suppressed the pain within and spat out two words.

The next moment.

His neck tilted to the left, and only then did everyone see a large lump on the right side of his neck.

As he tilted his head, the lump exploded.

"Pop!"

A thick, white liquid sprayed out from the lump, followed by the appearance of a head the size of a football.

At the same time.

Jiang Ning, standing five hundred meters away, was momentarily stunned by this sight.

"Two heads?" He muttered, his voice filled with astonishment.

Then.

He saw Li Hong tilt his neck to the right, and the lump on his left shoulder instantly exploded.

"Pop!"

As the white liquid sprayed out, another head the size of a football appeared on his left side.

"Three heads, six arms, and four legs?!"

Witnessing this, Jiang Ning's eyes instantly grew solemn.

He had seen the appearance of the Blood God in a vision, and it was indeed three-headed, six-armed, and four-legged.

At this moment, Li Hong's appearance was clearly the closest to that of the Blood God, even more so than the Wind Deity Messenger, resembling the deity's form.

This also revealed some issues.

In the County Hall.

With the explosion of the two lumps on his shoulders, Li Hong's face no longer showed any signs of pain, returning to its usual state.

At this moment, behind his head on the left and right, two heads appeared, each the size of a football, noticeably smaller than the central head, with their eyes tightly shut as if in deep slumber.

"I feel so much better!" Li Hong, sensing the state of his body, muttered with a pleased expression.

Then, he turned to Hong Minghu.

"Thank you, thank you for giving me enough time to complete my transformation!"

"And thank you for allowing me to make this choice!"

At this moment, Li Hong felt the surging power within him, as if capable of overturning and destroying everything, filling him with immense joy and confidence.

He suddenly felt that he had been foolish before.

What was the point of being an ordinary mortal?

So weak and with a limited lifespan.

Becoming a divine descendant with powerful strength and an immortal's longevity was the most correct choice.

Li Hong couldn't help but smile, sincerely grateful to Hong Minghu. If not for Hong Minghu's assertive attitude today, he might not have made this choice.

Now that he had made this decision, he realized how right it was.

The next moment, Li Hong moved.

"Hong Minghu, as a reward for you, I shall merge my body with yours!"

The massive figure moved, but it was like a phantom rushing towards Li Hong.

Boom—

The two powerful figures collided head-on.

Hong Minghu's face instantly changed, and his body was blown away like a cannonball.

"Hong Minghu, you're not that strong either!"

Li Hong looked at Hong Minghu, who had been knocked back by his punch, and his face showed a smug expression.

As his words fell, his figure moved again.

The powerful figure stirred up a whirlwind, instantly sweeping away the snow in the courtyard.

The surroundings of the county hall.

Ye Qiu, Li Changkong, and the others witnessed this scene, and their faces paled instantly.

"So strong!" Li Changkong's expression was filled with awe, and his eyes were filled with fear.

Even Hong Minghu was sent flying by a single punch.

At this moment, he finally understood the true strength of the Worship God Sect's martial artists.

Li Hong, who had just been helpless, was now terrifying, and even Hong Minghu was no match for him head-on.

On the other side.

"It seems... the Wind Deity Messenger isn't that strong after all?" Jiang Ning's expression was a bit surprised.

He had just seen Li Hong transform into a more advanced Blood God form and thought it would be extraordinary.

But when he saw Li Hong's speed, he instantly understood the truth about Li Hong at this moment.

Still not as strong as the Wind Deity Messenger in the six-armed divine descendant state.

"But of course!" Thinking of the Wind Deity Messenger, Jiang Ning felt it was normal and reasonable.

The Wind Deity Messenger was at the Fifth Stage Inner Fortitude.

Li Hong was only at the Sixth Stage Bone Mystic Realm, a full level below the Wind Deity Messenger.

The gap in their strengths was not comparable.

In his normal state, Jiang Ning felt that the Wind Deity Messenger's strength was no less than Hong Minghu's.

Not to mention the Wind Deity Messenger in the six-armed divine descendant state.

Just then.

"Tiger—" Hong Minghu let out a loud roar.

Jiang Ning suddenly saw a ten-foot-tall tiger appear in the county hall.

"Is that an Inner Breath manifestation?" Jiang Ning's face showed a hint of surprise.

At this moment, he saw that as Hong Minghu roared, a punch was unleashed.

A white mist-like tiger instantly materialized and then pounced on the approaching Li Hong like a starving tiger.

Boom—

The Inner Breath exploded, and a whirlwind swept through the county hall, sending stones and bricks flying, and the nearby wall collapsed with a loud crash.

"Is this the application of skills?" Jiang Ning muttered.

After that, he saw Hong Minghu unleashing his Inner Breath, occasionally punching out a tiger manifestation created from his Inner Breath.

His tiger aura was somewhat similar to Li Hong's.

As Hong Minghu unleashed his Inner Breath, Li Hong's towering figure seemed like a small boat in a raging storm, swaying precariously, and he was beaten back by Hong Minghu step by step.

But at this moment, a sneer appeared on one of the heads atop Li Hong's head.

"Hong Minghu, with your Inner Breath unleashed, you are indeed strong, but how long can you maintain it?"

"I possess a body comparable to a deity's, an immortal body."

"Once your Inner Breath is exhausted, it will be my turn."

Hong Minghu's voice was deep and resonant, filled with vigor.

"You dare to call yourself a deity, you demon?"

"I know the Worship God Sect's uniqueness, so how could I not be prepared?"

As his words fell, Jiang Ning saw a golden light flash in Hong Minghu's hand.

The next moment.

His figure moved like a ghost, instantly appearing above Li Hong's head, and his five fingers, like eagle claws, landed on one of Li Hong's sleeping heads.

"Break—"

With a fierce roar from Hong Minghu, one of Li Hong's recently grown heads exploded.

Then, golden powder fell from his hand and landed in Li Hong's wound.

In an instant.

The originally sprouting flesh, like wriggling maggots, instantly lost its vitality, as if it had fallen into a deep slumber.

The rapidly healing wound suddenly stopped moving.

"A mere handful of golden powder can break this technique? To call this an immortal body is laughable!" Hong Minghu sneered.

But at this moment, his heart was filled with unease.

The golden powder he had just used was refined from gold.

Sprinkling it was like throwing away something worth thousands of taels of silver.

Even with his wealth, this kind of consumption was hard to bear.

And this was just the cost for one wound; to completely defeat Li Hong, he didn't know how many handfuls of golden powder he would need.

This kind of consumption was already too much for him.

Moreover, he knew that although golden powder could temporarily deactivate the Blood God descendant's body and suppress their immortality, it wasn't a long-term solution.

Soon, it would gradually lose its suppressing power.

At this moment, no matter what Hong Minghu was thinking, his face still showed a confident and assured expression.

This change instantly made Li Hong feel a bit flustered.

With his immortality rendered useless, he had lost his greatest advantage.

Otherwise, with the special effect of his immortal body, he could have easily worn down Hong Minghu, but now it was clear that he couldn't.

As Li Hong's six arms moved, they instantly formed a windmill-like defense, protecting his vital points on his head and forcing Hong Minghu back. Without hesitation, Li Hong turned and fled.

"You think you can escape?!" Hong Minghu roared, and with a swift movement of his legs, he covered a distance of ten zhang in an instant.

At this moment, Hong Minghu's speed was evidently faster than Li Hong's.

When speed reaches a certain threshold, a large body will experience significant wind resistance, severely affecting its velocity.

"Changkong, stop Li Hong!" Minghu shouted.

At the same time, his inner breath surged within him.

The inner breath that had been dissipating from his body formed a powerful gust, causing the surrounding snow to scatter, houses to collapse, and trees to snap.

On the other side, Li Changkong saw that County Governor Li Hong had chosen his direction. However, he was a man who valued his reputation, and he had already made a promise in front of his colleagues, so he couldn't back down without losing face.

Without hesitation, he drew his sword and faced Li Hong, who was charging towards him.

The sound of the sword rang out clearly, a pleasant and melodious sound.

Li Changkong swung his sword towards Li Hong.

At the critical moment of their clash, Li Hong slapped away the long sword that was stabbing towards him, as if swatting a toothpick.

Li Changkong felt an immense force being transmitted from the sword to his palm.

His tiger's mouth instantly felt a tearing pain, and he could no longer hold onto the long sword.

The long sword emitted a mournful trembling sound as it was slapped away.

"So strong?!" Li Changkong was shocked.

Even though he had just witnessed Hong Minghu being punched away by Li Hong before unleashing his inner breath, he was still mentally prepared.

But after personally engaging in combat, he realized that he had underestimated Li Hong in this state.

This power was not that of an ordinary person but of a wild beast, an inhuman force.

The next moment, Li Hong's fist seemed to rapidly expand in his eyes, instantly occupying his entire field of vision, and he was sent flying like a sandbag.

However, this brief exchange also caused Li Hong to pause.

Behind him, Hong Minghu had already caught up.

Li Hong felt a terrifying pressure emanating from behind, like a gale eye, and his heart trembled with fear.

When he turned around, he saw that Hong Minghu was already less than three zhang away from him.

This distance was easily covered in a single step for such powerful individuals.

At the same time, the inner breath that erupted from Hong Minghu's body was like a tidal wave crashing onto Li Hong.

The surrounding snow in the courtyard was forced into the corner by this inner breath, piling up together.

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"Break!"

He shouted, clenching his right hand into a fist and unleashing a punch.

"Roar!" A tiger's roar reverberated from the ground.

The sound was like thunder, with the power to shake the mountains, and it echoed through the forest.

With this punch, his inner breath erupted, and a white mist condensed into a solid form, revealing a tiger as large as Li Hong's body, formed from the cloud vapors.

At the same time, Jiang Ning opened his Heavenly Eye and witnessed this scene, his eyes narrowing in concentration.

Through the tiger's exterior, he saw mysterious patterns emerging within.

These patterns resembled characters and images, appearing profoundly enigmatic, circulating within the tiger's body and seemingly bestowing an extraordinary might to the inner breath-formed tiger.

"It seems like new knowledge I didn't know about!"

"The Fifth Rank is indeed not that simple!"

"If I have the time, I should go to the Inspection Office in the county or prefecture city to learn more. I've heard that martial arts books are stored in the libraries there."

Watching the commotion at the county hall, Jiang Ning muttered to himself.

Previously, he had heard from Granny Bai that there were only levels of techniques, not inner breath.

So, he hadn't planned to delve deeper into it.

But now, witnessing Hong Minghu's performance, he realized that he had underestimated the power of techniques and the strength of the Fifth Stage Inner Fortitude.

Hong Minghu's inner breath, which erupted like a tsunami, was not just a matter of quantity but also efficiency.

With the same amount of inner breath, Hong Minghu could unleash ten times more power in a short time.

This difference in efficiency was the difference in the power of the inner breath.

In other words, inner breath was like a pool of water, and efficiency was the size of the water being discharged.

If his inner breath was like a ten-centimeter pipe, Hong Minghu's inner breath was like a half-meter drain in the pool.

With the same amount of inner breath, Hong Minghu could, within a short time, unleash several times more power than him.

Jiang Ning suddenly realized that there were aspects of inner breath that he didn't fully understand.

(End of Chapter)

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