Beast Fusion Technique

This time, Jiang Yifan was truly enraged. He no longer had any thoughts of torturing Long Chen to death; now, he only wanted to smash Long Chen to death with a single strike of his staff.

Having grown up to this age, when had he ever suffered such humiliation? That slap in the face was even more unbearable than killing him.

The staff tore through the air with a thunderous explosion, as if the air itself had been shattered by the strike. This was Jiang Yifan's true strength.

Long Chen snorted coldly and reached out with his large hand.

"Crackle."

Space trembled violently, and explosive sounds rang out incessantly. Terrifying lightning power condensed in Long Chen's hand, instantly forming into a long spear.

The long spear was condensed from lightning power, yet it was densely covered in runes, appearing just like a real spear. The violent power upon it caused the surrounding space to distort on a large scale.

"Boom."

The lightning spear in Long Chen's hand slammed heavily against Jiang Yifan's staff. As the spear and staff collided, the arena, already covered in cracks, could no longer hold up and exploded into pieces.

"Oh no!"

That arena had been forged from steel. With it shattering, iron fragments flew through the sky, and the whistling gale made people feel as though they couldn't breathe.

If it were only a few pieces, everyone could have dodged them, but with so many appearing all at once, there was simply nowhere to hide.

The most terrifying part was that some of the iron fragments were as large as tables; if one were hit by those, they would either die or be crippled.

Elder Tu Fang had been too focused on watching Long Chen's battle and had forgotten about the other Disciples. By the time he reached out to block, it was already too late.

"Bad."

Elder Tu Fang's expression changed slightly.

Suddenly, Tang Waner appeared in front of the crowd. With her jade hands forming seals, wind blades filled the sky once more, slashing directly toward the incoming iron fragments.

Those iron fragments collided with Tang Waner's wind blades and immediately exploded, though quite a few small fragments still slipped through the gaps.

Suddenly, a massive ice wall appeared. The ice wall, over ten zhang thick, was shattered by the iron fragments, but the fragments were also blocked, and the crowd wiped cold sweat from their brows.

After hesitating for a moment, everyone retreated even further away. This place was too dangerous; safety came first.

People looked back into the arena area and saw that the arena had disappeared. Long Chen and Jiang Yifan were standing on the ground, separated by a hundred zhang, looking at each other.

Long Chen held the lightning spear, and the surrounding space was continuously distorted by the influence of the lightning power, making him appear like a Heavenly God descended to the world, his aura covering the Nine Heavens.

"Hehe, I finally have a weapon that suits me."

A smile appeared on Long Chen's face. Although Zhan Xie was more powerful, it was too heavy and placed a burden on his body, making it unsuitable for prolonged battles.

The fire blades Long Chen had condensed before were quite powerful, more than enough to deal with ordinary core Disciples.

However, against Dao Derivers, they simply weren't enough and would shatter in an instant, let alone when dueling against Supreme experts. Now, Long Chen's pill fire could only be used for Alchemy.

However, after two months of gathering lightning, his lightning runes had become even stronger, and the lightning weapon he condensed was even more terrifying. The fact that it could block a strike from Jiang Yifan made him extremely satisfied.

With this lightning spear, he wouldn't feel exhausted even if he fought for three days and three nights; how could he not be excited?

Jiang Yifan looked at the long spear in Long Chen's hand with shock and disbelief. He could never have imagined that Long Chen would possess the extremely rare lightning power.

That previous strike had numbed his arm, and at the same time, the violent lightning power was frantically destroying his body. He had to expend a large amount of Spiritual Qi to isolate that lightning power.

"Hmph, so what if you have lightning power? It still won't change your fate of being killed!" Jiang Yifan shouted, brandishing the long staff in his hand as he charged at Long Chen.

A mocking expression appeared on Long Chen's face as he shook his head and said, "You keep calling others pigs, but you are the real pig. You are a classic example of only remembering the food and not the beating. Is your face not hurting again?"

Long Chen used his lightning spear to deflect Jiang Yifan's staff and thrust it directly toward Jiang Yifan's chest. Although Long Chen had never used a spear before, he knew that long weapons were best suited for attacking, and that just smashing and stabbing was enough.

Upon hearing Long Chen's words, Jiang Yifan immediately felt a burning pain on his face; Long Chen's slap had been too vicious.

"Go to hell!"

Jiang Yifan roared, his long staff dancing through the air with a whistling gale, and he rained fierce blows down on Long Chen.

Long Chen stopped wasting words and swung his long spear to counterattack. The two of them had their spear and staff dancing, with continuous explosions, kicking up dust and creating boundless waves of Qi.

"Boss is indeed Boss. No matter when it is, watching Boss fight is always such a pleasing sight," Guo Ran said with admiration.

The other Disciples also nodded. Watching Long Chen fight was even more satisfying than killing enemies themselves; every move and stance always made people's blood boil.

Elder Tu Fang watched Long Chen in the arena, who was not giving an inch and was fighting fiercely against Jiang Yifan, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

An anomaly is an anomaly. This combat power is truly abnormal. To be able to battle an Yijin Stage Supreme Genius while at the Coagulation Blood Stage, he is simply a Prodigy.

Moreover, when Long Chen fought, he always brought a great sense of infectious energy. Long Chen's strikes were clean and decisive, never dragging his feet.

It was as if he was born with an invincible self-confidence. Every move and stance carried powerful conviction. This style of combat was the most pleasing to watch, involuntarily making one's blood boil.

"Boom, boom, boom…"

The two fought wildly. No matter how fiercely Jiang Yifan attacked, he still couldn't do anything to Long Chen, nor could he suppress Long Chen.

This shocked all the Disciples of the 36th Branch. One had to know that in their 36th Branch, Jiang Yifan was the most powerful existence.

Yet now, he was unable to do anything to a kid who was only at the Coagulation Blood Stage. This was simply too shocking. Was this kid even human?

At this moment, even Luo Bing's expression became uncertain. She somewhat regretted taking the initiative to complete this mission.

Long Chen's combat power was unquestionable. Even if such a person couldn't be classified as a Supreme Genius, at the very least, he could be listed as a subject for cultivation.

If they killed Long Chen, even with the life-and-death contract, it would likely cause dissatisfaction within the Branch. Although they wouldn't make things difficult for them openly, who could say for sure if they would undermine them behind their backs?

But if they didn't kill Long Chen, they wouldn't be able to give an account to the 1st Branch. They had helped with such a big favor; if they didn't return the favor, they shouldn't even think about building relations with them in the future.

For a moment, Luo Bing felt like she was riding a tiger and couldn't get off. However, since things had reached this point, regret was useless; she could only see it through to the end.

Compared to causing dissatisfaction among some of the Branch's higher-ups, she still felt that satisfying the 1st Branch was more important, because many of the higher-ups in the Branch had connections with the 1st Branch.

As long as they maintained a good relationship with the 1st Branch, everything would be easy to handle, and to build a good relationship, Long Chen's death was the best token of allegiance.

"Boom."

With another explosive sound, both of them retreated. Jiang Yifan stared coldly at Long Chen: "You do have some skills, but it is still far from enough. It won't change your inevitable fate of death."

Long Chen shouldered his lightning spear and looked at Jiang Yifan with a strange expression: "Did you forget that your face hurts again?"

"Die!"

Jiang Yifan had just wanted to mock Long Chen a few times to make him furious, but Long Chen's one sentence made him so angry he felt like his lungs were about to explode.

Jiang Yifan roared, and a pattern appeared on his forehead. As soon as that pattern appeared, a terrifying power surged out from within his body, causing the surroundings to tremble.

On Jiang Yifan's forehead, there was a pattern that looked like a picture, very strange. Looking closely, it seemed to be a kind of fierce beast, with a tiger's body and a snake's tail, extremely bizarre.

With the appearance of that pattern, what shocked everyone was that Jiang Yifan's two teeth grew rapidly, resembling fangs, reaching three inches in length.

At the same time, his eyes also changed. His originally normal pupils turned into an eerie red, and shockingly, they became vertical pupils.

Vertical pupils mostly appeared on cold-blooded Demonic Beasts; seeing them on a human made people feel creeped out.

"Beast Transformation?"

Long Chen was stunned. At this moment, Jiang Yifan's appearance was very similar to the Beast Transformation Martial Artist Long Chen had encountered before.

Long Chen had encountered such people twice in total. The first person was Huang Shang, whom he met back in the Fengming Empire.

The second was Zhao Wu, whom he met during the Branch assessment, but both of these people had been killed by him.

Although Long Chen had killed both of them, he had to admit that after their Beast Transformation, their combat power was extremely strong.

Long Chen had once studied texts on this subject, which stated that Beast Transformation was a very cruel Cultivation method.

Practitioners would refine the essence blood of a Demonic Beast and use their own essence blood to fuse with it, in order to obtain the power within the Demonic Beast's Bloodline.

However, the blood of humans and Demonic Beasts was fundamentally different and strongly repelled each other. Especially since the blood of Demonic Beasts was stronger, if one was not careful and let the Demonic Beast's essence blood take the dominant position, they would explode and die.

Therefore, Beast Transformation was never classified as any high-level combat skill; only some low-grade Sects would practice it.

But to see Beast Transformation on a dignified Supreme expert made Long Chen feel it was incredible.

"Beast Transformation? Hehe, that is your ignorance. This is my great Fusion Beast Technique; how can it be compared to that kind of trash Cultivation Technique? Although I am currently only at half of my full combat power, it is enough to kill you. You should feel proud to be able to die under my Fusion Beast Technique!"

Jiang Yifan said with a sinister expression, his voice raspy and as unpleasant as iron scraping.

Long Chen looked at Jiang Yifan and just asked indifferently: "Is your face not hurting anymore?"

"Awooo!"

Jiang Yifan immediately let out a roar like a wild beast, stomped his foot on the ground, and the earth shook violently. He rushed toward Long Chen like a cannonball, his long staff smashing down at Long Chen.

At this moment, Jiang Yifan's speed was extremely fast. Almost as soon as his figure moved, he arrived in front of Long Chen, and the long staff had already reached the top of Long Chen's head.

"So fast!"

Long Chen was taken aback and hurriedly blocked with the lightning spear in his hand.

"Bang."

With an explosive sound, what shocked everyone was that Long Chen was sent flying by Jiang Yifan's staff, and the lightning spear in his hand had actually shattered.

"Go to your death!"

Jiang Yifan grinned hideously and pounced toward Long Chen again. Light appeared on the long staff in his hand, and a terrifying aura locked onto Long Chen. The staff smashed down at Long Chen like Mount Tai crushing an egg.

Long Chen took a deep breath. It seemed his lightning power still needed improvement. Since that was the case, it was time for you to make an appearance.