The blood in Su Yu’s body seemed to ignite in an instant. His heart pumped frantically, sending an endless torrent of power to every corner of his being. His body temperature skyrocketed. Beneath his black clothes, his already taut muscles didn’t bulge, but instead seemed to compress into steel ingots, radiating a heart-pounding sense of destruction.

A cold, savage smirk curved Su Yu’s lips. His voice was hoarse, like that of a true human beast.

"Get back!"

He stomped his right foot on the ground, and countless grains of river sand exploded outward.

Facing the pouncing Han Qinhu, he threw a simple, unadorned punch.

The punch was so fast it surpassed the limits of visual perception!

The air was instantly compressed and blasted apart, forming a visible ring of white vapor!

"BOOM!!!"

The two fists collided in mid-air.

There was no stalemate as one might have expected.

The moment it met Su Yu’s fist, Han Qinhu’s pride and joy, his Tiger Roar Fist Force, shattered like a fragile egg against a high-speed train!

"Ah! What is this power...?"

The vicious smile on Han Qinhu’s face froze, replaced by a bloodcurdling scream and a look of terrified disbelief.

He felt as if the Su Yu before him had suddenly transformed into a ferocious Ancient Fierce Ape! ’This power... It’s like when I hit that giant crocodile earlier. I can’t fight it at all.’

"CRACK! CRACK!"

A series of sharp cracks rang out.

Han Qinhu’s right arm instantly broke in multiple places, shards of white bone piercing through his flesh.

Then, Su Yu’s glowing red iron fist drove straight through, smashing unstoppably into his chest!

"THUD!"

A sickening, muffled thud echoed.

The back of Han Qinhu’s shirt suddenly exploded, revealing the clear imprint of a fist.

His entire chest cavity caved in. The Penetrating Force of the punch directly turned his heart into a pulp!

He flew backward at twice the speed he’d charged, spitting fragments of his internal organs. Like a cannonball, he soared over dozens of yards before slamming heavily into the riverbank beside the Black Rock Iron-Backed Crocodile, sending up a great splash of sand.

Until the moment of his death, his dead-fish eyes remained wide open, as if staring intently at something, a residue of fear and indignation that he could not comprehend even in death.

"ROAR—!"

The distant Black Rock Iron-Backed Crocodile smelled the blood. It opened its massive maw and bit Han Qinhu’s corpse in half. Then, with its one remaining turbid, savage, vertical pupil, it locked its gaze firmly on Su Yu.

"Haaa..."

Su Yu retracted his fist, exhaling two jets of hot white air from his nose and mouth like a dragon drinking water.

Feeling the rampaging power that threatened to burst his blood vessels, he turned to face the behemoth that had locked onto him.

"You beast, you’re next!"

"ROAR!"

As if sensing the provocation, the Black Rock Iron-Backed Crocodile bent its four pillar-like legs. The next instant, its massive body launched forward with a deafening RUMBLE, bringing with it a suffocating, foul wind!

Its enormous figure was like a small mountain, blotting out the sunlight as it soared through the air and casting a vast shadow over Su Yu. Such ferocious momentum would make anyone afraid to face it.

But Su Yu just grinned. Unleashing the Seven Fiends Thunder Collapse Step, he advanced instead of retreating, meeting the beast head-on.

"Tongbei Mountain Splitting!"

He leaped high, like an Ancient Fierce Ape, his speed somehow even faster than the Black Rock Iron-Backed Crocodile’s. In mid-air, he swung his right arm in a wide arc, using the momentum of his descent to slam a vicious punch onto the creature’s rock-like, keratin-covered head.

"BOOM—"

A colossal noise, like the tolling of a great bell, resounded.

The recoil sent Su Yu flipping backward. He landed on the beach and skidded for several meters.

But the Black Rock Iron-Backed Crocodile, weighing dozens of tons, had its head smashed down by the force of the punch. Its jaw slammed heavily into the ground, gouging out a large crater!

"Exhilarating! Again!"

"ROAR—!"

The Black Rock Iron-Backed Crocodile went berserk. Its long, bone-spiked tail swept out like a battering ram, snapping several nearby ironwood trees—each as thick as a few men could encircle—clean in half. Wood splinters exploded like rain!

Facing this ferocious power, Su Yu did not dodge or evade. His eyes were blood-red as he raised his bluish-black arms and, with a loud BOOM, took the blow head-on once again.

"Come on! Again!"

His lust for battle surged. His pores opened, and thick white steam billowed from his body as if from a steamer—a sign that his body temperature had reached an extreme high.

"BANG! BANG! BANG!"

Su Yu’s fists were like meteors. Every punch cracked the Black Rock Iron-Backed Crocodile’s scales and sent sparks flying.

Man and beast, they engaged in the most primal, most bloody struggle on the Black Water Riverbank.

After dozens of rounds, the riverbank was a total wreck, as if it had been plowed over.

"ROAR!"

Unable to gain the upper hand after a long assault, the Black Rock Iron-Backed Crocodile grew agitated. It turned, abandoned the fight on land, and plunged headfirst into the adjacent Black Water River.

"SPLASH!"

Without hesitation, Su Yu followed, leaping into the water after it.

The moment he entered the water, he activated his Bibo Fish Dragon Skill at full power.

Boosted by the doubled All Attributes from Violent Ape Blood Fury, this already extraordinary Underwater Martial Arts technique erupted completely.

The "great dragon" of Su Yu’s spine twisted wildly. He shot through the water like a frenzied flood dragon, leaving a long white wake, his speed actually a sliver faster than the giant crocodile’s!

Seeing Su Yu catching up, a glint of savagery flashed in the Black Rock Iron-Backed Crocodile’s single remaining vertical pupil. It opened its great maw, turned its head, and snapped violently at Su Yu.

"You damned beast!"

Su Yu’s body twisted bizarrely in the water. He unleashed Swimming Fish Tail, instantly landing on the crocodile’s back!

He locked his legs tightly around the crocodile’s thick neck and grabbed one of the bony spurs on its back with one hand.

"Die!"

Su Yu put his strength into it, raining punches down on the giant crocodile’s intact left eye, instantly bursting it open.

The crocodile, in agony, thrashed wildly, carrying Su Yu out of the water and then slamming back down, creating monstrous waves.

"Time to send you on your way!"

Seeing the Black Rock Iron-Backed Crocodile was at the end of its rope, killing intent flared in Su Yu’s eyes.

He abruptly raised his left hand.

"Life-Taking Chain!"

Three heavy water tungsten gold coins, which he had been holding in his palm, shot out at point-blank range, imbued with terrifying Spiral Force!

"PFFT!"

At such a close range, dodging was impossible.

The three tungsten gold coins, in a perfect line, accurately shot into the giant crocodile’s left eye socket and then wreaked havoc inside its skull!

"ROAR—"

The giant crocodile let out a final, horrifying shriek, its massive body rolling and convulsing violently in the water.

"Die!"

Using the momentum, Su Yu shot up from the water. He straightened his body and, with a reverse grip, drew the Mo Yuan Saber from his back.

"HUMMM—"

"Demon-slaying Mountain Splitting!"

The low hum of the saber, carrying the force of a tidal wave, gathered into a powerful slash. With an overwhelming dominance that could suppress all, it came down viciously on the white scales of the crocodile’s exposed underbelly!

"RRRIP—"

A horrifying, ten-foot-long wound instantly split open.

The Mo Yuan Saber was incomparably sharp. It sliced open the crocodile’s belly directly, and blood and viscera instantly dyed the entire area of the river red.

The Black Rock Iron-Backed Crocodile let out one last, sorrowful cry. Its massive body could no longer swim, and its life was completely extinguished.

The river surface gradually calmed, leaving only the thick stench of blood lingering in the mist.

"SPLASH..."

The heavy sound of splashing water broke the dead silence.

On the bank, Su Yu—drenched from head to toe, his black hair hanging loose—walked out of the water step by step.

With every step he took, he left a deep footprint in the soft, wet sand of the riverbank.

The aftereffects of Violent Ape Blood Fury had not yet faded. Hot white steam still swirled around his body, and his crimson eyes glowed frighteningly in the darkness.

He was seen dragging the Mo Yuan Saber with a reverse grip in one hand, while his other hand had a death grip on the Black Rock Iron-Backed Crocodile’s thick, barbed tail.

The "great dragon" of his spine suddenly arched. The muscles all over his body tightened and bulged like steel cables!

"Up!"

With a hoarse shout.

The massive carcass, dozens of feet long and weighing tens of tons, was forcibly dragged out of the river by him!

"SCRAPE— SCRAPE—"

The crocodile’s hard, rock-like back armor scraped violently against the pebbles of the riverbank, creating a hair-raising, ear-piercing noise as it plowed a wide, gruesome, bloody furrow in the sand.

Moonlight broke through the clouds, illuminating the shocking scene.

A tiny human figure, dragging the mountain-like crocodile carcass, walked step by step into the distance.

"Hah... hah..."

Su Yu heaved the Black Rock Iron-Backed Crocodile’s massive corpse onto a flat patch of ground on the bank, panting heavily.