56: Chapter 56 "Great Sun Demon Tiger Suppressing Prison Technique" Fifth Level, Open!

At the center of the energy storm, the two figures separated the instant they touched.

Zhao Ruoan did a flip in mid-air, landing lightly ten zhang away, his toes resting on a broken tree stump as his figure remained as steady as a boulder.

In contrast, the enormous body of the Evil-Horned Mad Ape staggered back three steps, each step leaving a half-foot-deep footprint in the muddy ground.

It lowered its head and looked at its fist, which was wrapped in thick Demonic Qi and should have been indestructible, only to find a deep sword scar that exposed the bone.

Pitch-black blood was continuously dripping down from the wound.

It was injured.

It had actually been injured.

The Evil-Horned Mad Ape stared blankly at its fist; a flash of bewilderment first crossed its blood-red giant pupils, which was immediately replaced by endless fury and killing intent.

"How many years has it been... How many years has it been since anyone could injure this king..."

A hoarse voice resounded in everyone's mind.

"You deserve to die!"

It could actually speak human words!

"Boom!"

An aura of Demonic Qi more than ten times more violent than before surged into the sky from within the Evil-Horned Mad Ape.

It raised its other intact arm and pressed into the void toward Zhao Ruoan's direction.

Boundless Demonic Qi gathered crazily in its palm, condensing in the blink of an eye into a pitch-black giant palm over five zhang in size. Its palm prints were clearly visible, emitting a heavy coercion strong enough to crush mountains.

Carrying a piercing shriek that tore through the air, the Demonic Qi giant palm crushed down directly toward Zhao Ruoan.

This time, Zhao Ruoan's brows truly furrowed.

That sword strike of his, fusing Fifth-Order Sword Intent with the pure spiritual power of the Great Dao Scripture, was enough to easily instantly kill an ordinary Spirit Sea Realm Perfection Yao Beast.

Yet slashing it onto this giant ape had actually only caused this minor external injury.

This fellow's Physical Body strength and the abundance of its demonic power far exceeded the scope of the same realm.

It was a tough nut to crack.

Facing that world-destroying palm, Zhao Ruoan did not choose to take it head-on.

The Tianxing Step was pushed to its absolute limit.

The moment the giant palm was about to fall, instead of retreating, his figure advanced. His feet seemed to step on formless stairs, step by step, as he walked directly into mid-air.

He hovered there out of thin air within the Void Realm more than ten zhang off the ground, perfectly avoiding the Demonic Qi palm print that was enough to grind him into minced meat.

Rumble!

The giant palm slammed into the ground, causing the entire mountain forest to shake violently, leaving behind a terrifying palm crater several zhang deep.

All the Qingxuan Sect Disciples who saw this scene nearly dropped their jaws in shock.

"He... He flew up?"

"My goodness! How can someone in the Pulse Condensation Realm traverse the air? That's unscientific!"

"This movement technique... It's a Heaven Rank movement technique! It's definitely the legendary Heaven Rank movement technique!"

"Is he even human? Senior Brother must be hacking!"

Missing its attack, the Evil-Horned Mad Ape was also stunned, but it reacted extremely quickly, roaring as it prepared to launch another attack.

However, Zhao Ruoan did not intend to give it another chance.

Hovering in mid-air, he twirled his longsword, creating a sword blossom.

On top of the sword body, besides the sharp Sword Intent, there was an extra layer of strange fluctuation.

The Phantom Divine Sword Canon, one of the top sword manuals within the Sect's Scripture Pavilion, came with mental bewilderment effects.

"Double Dragons Emerging from the Sea!"

Zhao Ruoan let out a low shout. Two completely different Cultivation Techniques within his body operated simultaneously, and with a single sword thrust, it actually split into two identical, dazzling sword radiances.

The two sword radiances intertwined and hovered in the air, resembling two lifelike dragons of Sword Qi carrying a strange, Soul-captivating power that sealed off all retreat paths of the Evil-Horned Mad Ape.

However, the instant the sword radiances were about to reach it.

The hideous single horn atop the Evil-Horned Mad Ape's head suddenly lit up with a dim light.

Its pair of blood-red pupils, which had momentarily been dazed due to the mental shock, instantly regained clarity.

"Roar!"

With an angry roar, the Demonic Qi around its body condensed once again, transforming into a thick scaly protective shield.

Puchi!

Under the grinding slaughter of the two sword radiances, the scaly protective shield collapsed with a bang after supporting itself for less than a breath of time.

Yet this short breath of time bought the Evil-Horned Mad Ape the ultimate evasion space.

Its massive body twisted at an incredible angle, narrowly avoiding the vital spots directly targeting its head and heart.

The sword radiances brushed past its cheeks, leaving behind two deep bloodstains as fresh blood gushed out, making its already hideous visage look even more terrifying.

Having narrowly escaped death, the Evil-Horned Mad Ape completely fell into a frenzy.

It gave up all ranged attacks, dropped onto all fours, and fiercely charged toward Zhao Ruoan's location, intending to engage in the most primitive and bloody close-quarters melee combat.

Watching the rampaging giant ape getting closer and closer, Zhao Ruoan slowly let out a breath.

Sword Dao attacks had limited threat against this fellow.

If they kept dragging this out, there would be too many variables.

He made a move that everyone found completely unexpected.

He put away his sword.

With the longsword returning to its sheath, he hovered in mid-air, watching calmly as the behemoth capable of shattering a mountain rushed toward him.

"Senior Brother!"

"Senior Brother Zhao, be careful!"

The Disciples in the distance let out terrified screams.

Just the moment before the Evil-Horned Mad Ape's sandbowl-sized fist was about to smash onto him.

Astonishing changes occurred on Zhao Ruoan's body.

Streaks of pitch-black mysterious patterns began to spread from his neck, rapidly crawling all over his body.

An aura far more domineering, more primitive, and more fiercely cruel than the Evil-Horned Mad Ape erupted explosively from his not particularly stalwart body.

"Roar——!"

A giant demonic tiger phantom standing ten zhang tall, pitch-black all over, majestic and domineering, quietly emerged behind him, letting out a roar toward the sky that shook the Divine Soul.

Fifth Layer of the Great Sun Demon Tiger Prison-Suppressing Technique, Open!

At this moment, the coercion emitted by Zhao Ruoan vaguely surpassed the scope of the Spirit Sea Realm, directly approaching the legendary Spirit Pill realm!

Under the oppression of this terrifying aura, the more than thirty Disciples watching from afar collapsed limply to the ground all at once, each of them feeling their Soul trembling.

Looking at the figure shrouded by the demonic tiger phantom in mid-air, their minds were left completely blank.

What kind of power was this?

Under everyone's incredulous gaze.

Facing the Evil-Horned Mad Ape's mighty and heavy punch, Zhao Ruoan did not dodge or evade, instead raising his own fist to meet it.

"Crack!"

A crisp sound of bone cracking was exceptionally clear.

The result subverted everyone's cognition.

Zhao Ruoan, with his diminutive figure, remained motionless in mid-air.

Meanwhile, the Evil-Horned Mad Ape, renowned for its strength, let out a painful wail as its massive body flew backward out of control.

Its arm used for the attack was twisted at a bizarre angle, the arm bones already shattered inch by inch.

One punch, complete defeat!

In a pure Physical Body strength contest, Zhao Ruoan formed an absolute suppression!

Before the Evil-Horned Mad Ape could struggle to get up, Zhao Ruoan's figure vanished on the spot.

The next second, he had already appeared high above the giant ape's head, his right leg wrapped in pure spiritual power and boundless blood-qi power, chopping down fiercely.

Bang!

The Evil-Horned Mad Ape's head was heavily stomped into the soil by a kick, causing the entire earth to cave in.

"Awooo..."

It let out a painful whimpering sound, wanting to resist, but Zhao Ruoan's attacks were continuous like a violent storm.

One punch smashed into its back, the terrifying power directly shattering its internal organs.

One kick struck its spine, snapping its hard spine into several pieces on the spot.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The muffled sounds of striking were endless.

That haughty Spirit Sea Realm Yao King was completely powerless under Zhao Ruoan's hands at this moment.

After just a few breaths.

Zhao Ruoan's figure slowly rose from the smoke and dust, landing back on the ground.

Behind him, that Evil-Horned Mad Ape had completely lost all breath of life.