Beast Cultivator

Following a low shout from Long Chen, a cyan luster emerged on his fist. The moment that luster appeared, a terrifying current of air radiated outward, and the very air groaned under that punch.

Seeing this scene, a hint of tenderness appeared on Chu Yao's pretty face. That posture was precisely an Advanced Human-rank combat skill she had taught Long Chen.

However, when this move was used in Long Chen's hands, it had completely changed. Its might was simply overwhelming, and even from a distance of dozens of zhang, one could feel an extremely immense pressure.

"Wind-Breaking Fist"

With a great shout from Long Chen, like a thunderbolt shaking the heavens, his fist carried a whistling gale, as if it wanted to shatter the earth, and it carried an unstoppable Aura.

The entire scene erupted in gasps. The power Long Chen unleashed had already exceeded everyone's imagination. In their eyes, Long Chen was like a monster.

Especially in Huang Shang's eyes, Long Chen was even more like a Soul-reaping devil. That punch filled the heavens and earth, actually locking him tightly in place.

This caused great terror in his heart. Originally, he had only thought that Long Chen was merely relying on a sliver of good fortune to make his Physical Body stronger.

He was a weapon secretly cultivated by Xia Changfeng, having struggled on the line of death since childhood, and only survived after countless life-and-death trials.

Huang Shang possessed extremely terrifying combat experience. Therefore, even though Long Chen had previously displayed such powerful strength, he still did not take it to heart. He was confident that he could easily abuse Long Chen to death by relying on his rich combat experience.

But this punch from Long Chen had actually locked onto him, making it impossible to dodge; he could only fight it head-on.

Locking on was originally an extremely powerful mental skill, achieved by attaching powerful Mental Energy to one's own attacks to make it impossible for the opponent to dodge.

Originally, such an ability would only appear in extremely powerful Cultivators, or perhaps someone like Huang Shang, who had crawled out of a pile of dead bodies, might be able to grasp a sliver of it.

Yet Long Chen, who was only at the seventh heaven of Qi Gathering, had managed to do it. This was a situation that exceeded Huang Shang's understanding.

Long Chen did not leave him much time to think. Long Chen's punch, carrying a whistling gale, tore through space and arrived before him.

At this moment, Huang Shang could no longer afford to hide. With a great roar, his entire body's skin flushed a blood-red color, and terrifying blood energy erupted as he swung his fist with full force.

"Boom!"

With an explosive sound, everyone felt the plaza shake. Immediately after, a figure was sent flying, crashing heavily into a rockery.

That rockery, several zhang high, was instantly knocked down, with rubble rolling all over the ground. People looked at Long Chen in the arena, then looked at the collapsed rockery, and the entire scene fell into a dead silence.

Xia Changfeng's expression changed drastically. He hadn't expected Long Chen to have hidden such terrifying combat strength; this was completely beyond his expectations.

Not only Xia Changfeng, but the old face of Wei Cang beside him was also filled with shock, and at the same time, a hint of ruthlessness appeared in his eyes.

If such combat strength of Long Chen were known by the outside Sects, he would definitely be recruited into their ranks. One had to know that Long Chen was so young.

If he had the support of a Sect, who knew to what extent he would grow in the future? No, he absolutely could not be allowed to leave alive.

Wei Cang had long since hated Long Chen to death in his heart. Today, Long Chen had made him lose all face, and they were now at daggers drawn.

If Long Chen were allowed to grow, would he still have a way to live?

"Boom!"

Suddenly, the rockery exploded, with rubble flying everywhere. A figure slowly walked out from the rockery, inevitably causing a gasp.

That person was precisely Huang Shang. However, at this moment, Huang Shang was extremely disheveled, his clothes mostly shattered and in tatters, his hair unkempt.

Through his messy hair, people could see that Huang Shang's face was covered in fresh blood, which was sliding down his cheeks and slowly dripping onto the ground.

"Very good, you truly surprise me." Although Huang Shang was injured, his voice was filled with calm.

"You also surprise me." Long Chen felt a trace of a bad premonition in his heart, but in terms of Aura, he absolutely could not be overwhelmed by the opponent.

A smile appeared on Huang Shang's face, but that smile, appearing on his blood-covered, ferocious face, looked exceptionally sinister.

Glancing at Xia Changfeng in the distance, and seeing Xia Changfeng nod slightly at him, Huang Shang suddenly burst into loud laughter.

"Long Chen, your strength exceeds my expectations, but today you cannot escape death. Now, let me show you what true strength is."

"Awoo!"

Huang Shang suddenly let out a howl like a wild beast. Immediately after, the clothes on his body shattered one after another, like butterflies in the wind, flying off in all directions.

"Ah!"

The people in the distance suddenly let out gasps. They saw that Huang Shang's arms were more than twice as thick as before, covered in a layer of dark yellow down, which was very bizarre.

What was most shocking was that Huang Shang's face was even more twisted, fine hair regrowing, and two fangs over three inches long had actually grown out of his mouth. His palms also began to deform, his fingernails extending long, resembling five steel hooks, exuding a chilling Aura.

At this moment, Huang Shang no longer looked like a human, resembling a humanoid monster, his entire body exuding a violent Aura.

Seeing this scene, the Great Master Yun Qi, who had been calm all along, finally had his expression change. With his experience, he recognized the terror of this move.

Chu Yao, who was beside Yun Qi, while shocked, also noticed Great Master Yun Qi's expression and hurriedly asked, "Great Master, what is going on here? Is that Huang Shang a human or a beast?"

Great Master Yun Qi said with a grave expression, "This Huang Shang's background is likely not simple. He is actually a Beast Cultivator. Although he has only mastered a sliver of the basics, this kind of beast-transformation will cause his combat strength to receive a terrifying boost."

It turned out that the so-called Beast Cultivator was an extremely powerful Legacy. They allowed themselves to possess a portion of a Demonic Beast's abilities by refining the essence blood of Demonic Beasts.

Such cultivation would allow the practitioner to obtain a very small portion of a Demonic Beast's Physical Body strength. Although it was only a very small portion, the Physical Body of a Demonic Beast was simply too powerful; even a small portion was extremely terrifying.

Huang Shang had always been very arrogant. Ever since he refined the Demonic Beast essence blood, there were almost no one among his peers who could last ten moves in his hands.

In the last two years, he had been following Xia Changfeng, always acting low-key, and had never exposed his true strength.

Today, he hadn't expected that even with his power fully unleashed, he still couldn't defeat the youth before him, which made him incomparably furious in his heart.

Having just seen Xia Changfeng nod, he finally had no more scruples and used his ultimate move—Beast Transformation.

"Looking at the color of the fur on his body, he should have refined the essence blood of a Rank 2 Peak Demonic Beast, the Yellow-Faced Demon Wolf. You don't need to worry. If Long Chen is in danger, I will naturally intervene. Hmph, I want to see what kind of medicine they are selling in their gourd."

Seeing Chu Yao's worried expression, Yun Qi spoke to comfort her, his eyes looking at the smug-looking Wei Cang in the distance, a cold sneer appearing on the corner of his mouth.

At this moment, everyone in the scene was looking at Huang Shang with fearful expressions, all involuntarily retreating far back, as if only a sufficiently far distance could give them a sliver of a sense of security.

Long Chen was also looking at the Huang Shang before him with a shocked expression. He felt the scent of death for the first time, and it was of an extremely intense kind.

He had merged with the Alchemy Emperor's Soul, so his perception of danger was extremely sensitive. This feeling indicated that Huang Shang was extremely dangerous at this moment.

Looking at his palms, his five fingernails, which were like iron hooks, moved slightly. Huang Shang looked at Long Chen, his voice sounding as uncomfortable as metal scraping: "Kid, do you have any last words to say?"

Long Chen suppressed that sliver of fear in his heart. That thing was of no use at all and would only cause him to fall into a desperate situation; he had to overcome it.

At this moment, Huang Shang's muscles were bulging, his yellow fur was standing on end, and his fangs were turned outward. He looked like a humanoid monster.

"I want to ask you a question," Long Chen said.

"Speak, just treat it as your dying wish," Huang Shang said with a laugh, shaking his long fingernails.

"I want to ask, are your parents human or beasts? How did they give birth to a half-breed like you? Or are you a human-beast hybrid?" Long Chen said with a puzzled expression.

"Whoosh!"

Answering Long Chen were five iron-hook-like fingernails, carrying a sharp gale, slicing through the air. By the time Long Chen realized it, they had already reached his chest.

Long Chen was greatly shocked, almost instinctively shrinking his chest while simultaneously using force under his feet to retreat rapidly.

"Ssh!"

Long Chen's immediate reaction, although it avoided the attack, still resulted in his clothes on his chest being slashed open. Five gashes appeared, and at the same time, five blood grooves appeared on his skin, with fresh blood slowly flowing down.

Long Chen was greatly terrified in his heart. Such fast speed, such sharp attacks. If he had been a step late just now, he would likely have already become a corpse.

Things happened too quickly, like a flash of lightning. By the time everyone reacted, the move had already ended.

"Your mouth is very annoying. As punishment, I will tear you into pieces alive." Huang Shang slowly placed his fingernails on his tongue and licked them, with a trace of Long Chen's blood stained on them.

Taking a deep breath, Long Chen concentrated all his attention, running his Divine Sense with full force. Just now, due to carelessness, he had almost been disemboweled.

Such a mistake was enough once. If there was another time, he would become a corpse. For the first time, Long Chen felt a sliver of fear. At the same time, he did not know why, but he actually felt a trace of excitement, feeling the blood in his entire body heating up.

What he did not know was that just when Long Chen was being forced by the threat of death, the Fengfu Star at his feet, without any urging from Long Chen, began to slowly rotate, undergoing an unknown change.

It was just that Long Chen hadn't noticed it. He was now focusing all his attention on the outside world, on Huang Shang's body. That ghost-like speed made him not dare to have even a sliver of carelessness.

"Tear me into pieces alive? Just relying on an idiot like you who is neither human nor dog? I really don't believe it." Long Chen looked at Huang Shang with slanted eyes, his face full of disdain. However, while speaking, he ran his Divine Sense to the limit, replacing his eyes to capture Huang Shang's movements.

"You're courting death!"

Sure enough, after the Beast Transformation, Huang Shang was even easier to provoke, and like a yellow gale, he pounced toward Long Chen.