179: Chapter 179 Phoenix Flow Reverse Word Technique

Deep within the mountain crevice, Sun Lie waved his hand abruptly.

Five Pet Beasts attacked simultaneously.

The Ice-Armored Blazing Rhino sprayed a beam of ice-blue light, the Frost Wolf exhaled a mass of white, frigid mist, the Shadow Bat shot a pitch-black shadow arrow, and the Nether Cat slashed out an invisible blade of shadow.

The five attacks simultaneously slammed into the granite cliff wall that had been scorched red until it glowed.

Sss—!!!

That was the sound of ice and fire melting away.

When the scorching rock met the extreme cold of the ice-element energy, its surface instantly shattered, and fine cracks spread out like a spiderweb.

"Run!!!" Sun Lie roared.

Everyone moved at once.

Those team members crouching near the exit were launched out like springs, rushing out of the mountain crevice.

Lei Gang ran at the very front, the Black Iron War Ape followed behind him, then came Feng Bao and the Chi Tiger Beast, followed by everyone else.

No one looked back.

The Pterosaur saw it.

It saw the figures running out from the other side of the mountain crevice, and its dark red eyes widened abruptly.

A low hiss emanated from its throat, and it flapped its wings violently, wanting to take flight and loop around to the other side of the ridge to intercept them.

Its claws stepped onto the rubble, pushing off with force—

Crack.

A sharp sound.

The stone wall beneath its feet shattered.

The Pterosaur's claws stepped into a crack, failing to find purchase, and its body tilted forward, nearly falling.

It steadied itself and flapped its wings again.

This time, it didn't crush the stone wall, but the rock beneath its feet detached completely and fell away.

The Pterosaur's body sank abruptly, and it had to flap its wings twice to stabilize.

Suddenly, the Pterosaur felt that its luck was at an all-time low.

Then, that granite cliff wall, which had been scorched red and then flash-frozen, finally couldn't hold on any longer.

Crack—!!!

It wasn't the sound of crumbling rubble, but the sound of the mountain itself fracturing.

That fissure, which had existed since the Pterosaur began digging, had finally reached its critical point under the repeated scorching of fire and light elements, and the flash-freezing of ice and shadow elements.

The entire cliff wall split down the middle.

The tens-of-meters-high granite mountain mass collapsed with a roar, like a wall being pushed over.

The Pterosaur was standing directly beneath the cliff wall.

It saw the shadow pressing down and the tens-of-meters-high stone wall crashing toward it.

It flapped its wings desperately, wanting to fly up, but its claws were trapped in the rubble, and its wings were half a beat slow in reaction due to Lumeng's influence.

It only had time to raise its head, its dark red eyes reflecting the shadow that was growing larger and larger.

Then, the mountain mass crashed down.

Boom—!!!

The sound was so loud that the entire valley shook, so loud that the Wuji Army encampment dozens of miles away could hear it.

Rubble flew, dust filled the sky, and the ground felt as if it had been slapped hard by an invisible giant hand, causing everyone to stagger.

The dust and smoke cleared.

The Pterosaur was gone.

Beneath the collapsed cliff wall, only a portion of a gray wing was visible, still twitching slightly.

"Now is the time!"

Qin Ce leaped from the back of the Azure Phoenix.

The Azure Phoenix's claws gripped his shoulders, and nine streams of Phoenix Flow poured into Qin Ce's body simultaneously.

Those energies were too violent; the Azure Phoenix had only condensed six streams of Phoenix Flow, but combined with all of Qin Ce's own energy, along with the transformation from being Reborn, the level of that power was climbing crazily.

Silver Low-grade, Silver Mid-grade, Silver High-grade!

Qin Ce's body was oozing blood.

Those energies were rampaging within his body, tearing at his meridians, muscles, and blood vessels.

But he did not stop.

He landed straight onto the Pterosaur.

The Gold Rank vicious beast was struggling to crawl out from the rubble, the golden light on its bone blades brightening once again; it was gathering all its strength to cleave through the mountain rocks pressing down on it.

Qin Ce's right hand pressed onto the Pterosaur's neck.

Seven Kills Chaos, Reverse Technique.

The true meaning of the Reverse Technique is inversion.

It is not to invert one's own energy, but to invert the target's energy.

To make the attack that was originally released outward turn inward, causing it to backfire on itself.

Qin Ce had never used this technique before.

Because previously, he had only regarded the Reverse Technique as a means of body tempering.

But now, the Pterosaur was pinned beneath the mountain rocks, unable to move.

It was gathering energy, and the golden light on its bone blades was growing brighter.

Its entire focus was on those bone blades, on cleaving the mountain rocks, on breaking free from its constraints.

It did not notice the hand on its neck.

Qin Ce converted all the energy in his body into the Reverse Technique and blasted it into the Pterosaur's body.

The Pterosaur's body stiffened abruptly.

That energy followed its meridians, flowing against the current, surging straight toward its energy core.

The power the Pterosaur had been gathering was instantly inverted upon encountering this energy.

The golden light that was supposed to be released from its bone blades suddenly turned, blasting into its own body.

Pfft—!!!

Great mouthfuls of blood gushed from the Pterosaur's mouth.

Its body convulsed violently, the golden light on its bone blades instantly extinguished, and its dark red eyes widened, filled with confusion.

It did not understand what had happened.

It only knew that the power it had gathered had suddenly struck itself.

The Pterosaur's head slowly drooped down.

Those dark red eyes finally closed.

Qin Ce knelt on the Pterosaur's corpse, covered in blood, gasping for breath.

His eyes were bright, and there was a faint curve at the corner of his mouth.

Then he spat out a mouthful of blood, his body tilted, and he slid off the Pterosaur's back, falling backward into the pile of rubble.

He passed out.

By the time the Azure Phoenix set Qin Ce down, it had already exhausted its energy and transformed back into a tattoo.

...

Who knows how much time had passed.

At the exit of the mountain crevice, those team members who had run out returned one by one.

Lei Gang was the first to run back; he crouched beside Qin Ce, reached out to check his breath, and then, looking as if he had been drained of all energy, collapsed onto the ground.

"He's still alive." His voice was trembling. "The Captain is still alive."

Jiang Mo ran over, knelt on the other side of Qin Ce, and reached out to check his pulse.

It was very weak, but it was beating.

"Quick! Carry him back!" Jiang Mo's voice was hoarse. "Carry him back to the camp!"

The group hurriedly lifted Qin Ce and ran wildly toward the camp.

In the distance, the Wuji Army encampment appeared faintly in the twilight.

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