Chapter 165: Chapter 115: Terrifying Fang Shuwen

He only felt the power behind Fang Shuwen’s palm strike suddenly skyrocket.

It was like a mountain-toppling tsunami, a raging tidal wave!

’Did he not even use his full strength just now? How is that possible...’

’He did it on purpose!!’

’He deliberately created the illusion of an even match to trick the Bone King into coming back, using my own words against me!?’

’How despicable!!!’

By the time the Vermilion Bird Hall Master realized this, the Inner Strength from his Vermilion Bird Burning Sea Scripture had already been completely suppressed and forced back by Fang Shuwen. In the span of a single thought, his entire body was sent flying backward.

The palm strike hadn’t truly injured him, but it sent him flying back uncontrollably. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

With a sudden THUD, he slammed directly into a wall of the Cold Ice Pavilion.

At the same time, the Bone King’s expression changed drastically.

Though it takes time to describe, the sudden change of events had happened in an instant. From his perspective, just after he turned to strike and Fang Shuwen finished saying, "A good strike," Fang Shuwen had sent the Vermilion Bird Hall Master flying with a single palm.

Then, he had turned around and thrown a punch at him!

’What is this?’

’Did I just walk right into a trap?’

But at this point, retreat was no longer an option.

He could only let out a furious roar as his right arm suddenly deformed. His bones swelled, stretching skin and flesh until the arm was nearly longer than he was tall.

He raised his right fist high and smashed it down viciously.

"I’ll fight you to the death!!!"

BOOM!!!

With a tremendous crash, the two fists collided violently.

One of them was in mid-air, the other stood on the ground. The force spread out in all directions from beneath Fang Shuwen’s feet. With a series of CRACKS, the entire ground instantly fractured, forming a shallow pit in the blink of an eye.

But the moment it formed, the shallow pit shuddered violently and deepened into a crater over three feet deep!

At this point, the Bone King had already used his full strength.

However, this display left Fang Shuwen slightly disappointed.

"You seem... even weaker than Cao Jiuyin?"

The Bone King’s face immediately darkened.

Although the Martial Arts practiced by the Four Great Ghost Kings were all from the same lineage, and their Cultivation Methods were similar...

...he was indeed no match for Cao Jiuyin.

Cao Jiuyin focused solely on himself, seizing human flesh and devouring it to continuously increase his Inner Strength.

But the Bone King didn’t just strengthen himself; he also transformed his subordinates.

This wasn’t because he was kind. He had discovered that the Martial Arts passed down in the Hundred Ghosts Scripture were, at their core, a grand path of consumption.

The upper echelon devouring the lower was its fundamental principle.

Cao Jiuyin focused only on himself. While devouring human flesh could boost his Inner Strength, the effect was mediocre. Because of this, he was often discovered by the Renowned and Righteous Sects and suffered many silent setbacks.

The Bone King, however, developed subordinates, having them also cultivate the White Bone Dao, extracting the bones of the living and integrating them into their own bodies.

This made their own skeletons stronger and their Inner Strength deeper.

Then, when the time was right, the Bone King would extract the bones from these subordinates to advance his own Cultivation.

This method was slower, but the gains were far more refined.

Although in the short term he was not Cao Jiuyin’s match...

...if he wished, he could strip the bones from all his subordinates in a short time, allowing him to surpass Cao Jiuyin overnight.

But he hadn’t done so this time...

For one, he had never imagined he would run into Fang Shuwen.

For another... he still needed his subordinates at the foot of the mountain to coordinate with the people from Dragon Emperor Hall and tie down the Yuqing Pavilion.

’But could he explain all this to Fang Shuwen?’

’Even if he wanted to, he didn’t have the chance!’

He was already channeling all the Power in his body, yet he still couldn’t push back against Fang Shuwen in the slightest. He could only feel Fang Shuwen’s Fist Force, concentrated to a single point like a spear, relentlessly hammering into him.

At first, the sensation wasn’t obvious, but within a few breaths, that force had become like a great dragon bursting from the sea.

He could no longer resist it!

Just then, Fang Shuwen suddenly took a step forward, unleashing his Four Seas Dragon Fist with full force. A muffled BOOM echoed.

It was the sound of Fang Shuwen’s foot shattering the ground. At the same time, the Bone King was sent flying backward.

But in that instant, the Bone King felt not alarm, but joy.

’Fang Shuwen has sent me flying, so can’t I use this chance to escape?’

’Even with your world-class martial arts, you’ve still miscalculated!’

The very instant that thought arose in the Bone King’s mind, his gaze suddenly landed on something.

He vaguely sensed a piercing sharpness... The next moment, an intense feeling of crisis flooded his mind.

Then, a deafening explosion erupted in mid-air.

Immense power spread out in an instant, and the massive shockwave made the entire Cold Ice Pavilion tremble.

The Vermilion Bird Hall Master, who was just about to pry himself off the wall, heard the commotion and thought the very heavens were falling.

But when he looked toward the source of the sound, he saw the Bone King in mid-air outside the Cold Ice Pavilion, his flesh and bones flying everywhere as his massive arm was instantly torn to shreds.

The Vermilion Bird Hall Master’s pupils instantly shrank to the size of pinpricks.

’How is this possible? What kind of technique is that?’

Even though he had always considered himself superior, worldly, and exceptionally skilled, he had never imagined that he would one day witness such a method.

He had seen plenty of experts who could project their energy from their bodies.

But for it to have such devastating power after leaving the body... that was something he had never seen in his entire life!

’This man’s Martial Arts... could they be approaching the level of the Dragon Emperor!?’

As the thought surfaced in his mind, a chill ran through him, and his limbs grew cold.

But he quickly shook his head.

’No, impossible! The Dragon Emperor is invincible... This kid could never be the Dragon Emperor’s opponent!’