I Can See Your Combat Power-Chapter 1742 - One Hundred and Seventy-Nine: Meeting_2

A few years ago, a humble rogue cultivator was someone not worth mentioning. Yet, a few years later, he had grown formidable enough to trouble the Chu Clan. This was something Chu Liang had never anticipated.

A warrior of this caliber could be subdued if both clans dispatched their elites. However, doing so would leave them at a disadvantage and result in mutual destruction, only benefiting others in the end.

For a moment, Chu Liang found himself at a loss, unsure how to respond to Feng Shixing’s determined stance.

"Enough. Master Feng, your arrival at Hu Mountain couldn’t simply be for a sparring match with Mr. Chu. Why not speak plainly and see if your demands can be met by the Chu Clan and Ji Clan? If negotiations fail, then resorting to violence wouldn’t be too late."

Thankfully, Ji Shi, who had observed Feng Shixing forcefully fend off Chu Liang’s foreboding aura with a single punch, had already adjusted his attitude toward the Tiger and Leopard Master, choosing to mediate the situation.

"Mr. Ji gets straight to the point, and Feng is not one for unnecessary pleasantries either. My purpose this time is clear: I want these two Dragon Beasts."

Feng Shixing clasped his hands behind his back and said, "I can assist Gong Huang and Liao Liang in capturing these two Dragon Beasts. Afterward, Ningxiang Road will take one of the pair, or Gong Huang and Liao Liang will compensate Ningxiang Road with two high-grade bloodline desolate beasts. Moreover, they must promise that once the Dragon Beasts give birth to offspring, Ningxiang Road will receive a share!"

"Such audacity from a mere Tiger and Leopard Hall! Do you believe I won’t immediately write a letter to dispatch Gong Huang City’s elites to annihilate every last one of you?"

Chu Liang erupted in fury upon hearing Feng Shixing’s terms.

"Young man, you should know your limits. Battle prowess is never a justification for reckless arrogance. Within Yancang’s soil lie countless skeletons of those who regretted their hubris."

Ji Shi said coldly, "Master Feng’s appetite might be a bit overambitious!"

"It seems neither of you can accept my terms. That is truly unfortunate."

As Feng Shixing raised his head once again, his face was already brimming with Evil Qi. The distance of several zhang was now the perfect range for an attack by a Tiger and Leopard cultivator.

With both fists raised, he struck fiercely. The vibrations of his muscles and bones produced the thundering roar of a tiger and leopard—a sound that reverberated powerfully. Unlike spiritual cultivators who need to channel Spiritual Power and construct a model, physical cultivators’ instantaneous close-range damage is unmatched.

The leaders of Gong Huang and Liao Liang never expected Feng Shixing to act with such savage brutality. In an instant, Chu Liang was struck by the Dragon-Serpent Boxing Intent and sent flying, while Ji Shi’s chest armor was shattered by the Tiger and Leopard shadow strike.

In a mere exchange, the strongest figures in the field had both been gravely injured. Worse yet, Feng Shixing was already so close to the gathered elite fighters from the two cities that once he succeeded with his attack, he immediately pursued the next targets without pause.

The crowd scattered like frightened birds and beasts, desperately trying to widen their distance and launch spiritual techniques or coordinated strikes. However, Feng Shixing showed no interest in prolonged combat; the moment he saw them disperse, he dove straight toward the cliff face of Hu Mountain.

Pity the three experts besieging the Dragon Beast—they couldn’t react in time and found themselves ambushed. One perished, and two were injured.

Yet Feng Shixing’s brilliance lay precisely in this moment: after a ruthless ambush, he didn’t aim to capture both Dragon Beasts. Instead, he targeted the one that was gravely wounded.

After dispatching the besieging experts, he raised his fists, intending to knock the Dragon Beast unconscious and carry it away.

But then a shocking scene unfolded. The heavily injured Dragon Beast, upon seeing Feng Shixing, not only refrained from attacking but began to cry with excitement, letting out emotional whimpers. Its two robust forelimbs clasped together, bowing repeatedly.

Feng Shixing recognized this gesture. When Shi Sanke had led Lu Zhongyan and Fu Yuanshan to visit Ningxiang Road, they performed this exact bow, claiming it to be a unique salutation of the Unparalleled Academy. They said that in the future, disciples of the Academy traveling the world could distinguish friend from foe just by this gesture.

Although Feng Shixing ultimately chose not to join the Academy, he remembered the gesture well.

Now, suddenly seeing the Dragon Beast perform this salutation left Feng Shixing deeply astonished.

Immediately, he separated his fists to each side. The Tiger and Leopard’s fist shadows struck the cliff walls, shaking loose stones like torrential rain.

The Dragon Beast didn’t seem to care about any of this. Instead, it urgently waved its dragon claws to gesture at Feng Shixing.

But, the incomprehensible whimpering of beast speech made understanding impossible. When it saw the human couldn’t grasp its meaning, the Dragon Beast extended its sharp claws and began scratching at the ground.

Amidst the scraping sounds of overturned earth, crude lines formed words. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Unparalleled. Lu Zhongyan.

After inscribing these words, the Dragon Beast pointed at the ground and then frantically at its chest. The underlying message made Feng Shixing’s back tighten with dread.

"You’re Lu Zhongyan’s battle beast? No, wait... are you... Lu Zhongyan? What about the other one?"

The Dragon Beast then wrote another word: Fu. Followed by: Save! Save! Save!

Feng Shixing felt his scalp tingle just as he was about to speak, only to sense a terrifying surge of energy pouring down from the skies behind him.

The two cities’ elites, who had scattered moments ago, had already regrouped, unleashing a coordinated attack in response to the Tiger and Leopard threat.

The combined strike was now unavoidable. Feng Shixing gathered his Spiritual Energy throughout his body, turned, and launched his ultimate technique. The true essence of five forms—Tiger, Crane, Dragon, Snake, and Leopard—ascended into the skies and violently collided with the ferocious White Tiger image infused with killing intent.

The shockwaves of Spiritual Power washed away all color from Hu Mountain. After the clash, the Tiger and Leopard felt emptiness in its internal organs, leaving it unable to execute any defensive techniques. Forced to curl up on the ground, Feng Shixing could only protect himself. Yet the heavily wounded Dragon Beast beside him grabbed Feng Shixing and shielded him with its body.

The ferocious blast waves descended like countless wind blades, slicing away the scales on the Dragon Beast’s back, causing Lu Zhongyan to howl in agony.

Earlier, Feng Shixing had doubts about the information the Dragon Beast tried to relay, but now all that remained was shock.

The savage nature of desolate beasts was undeniable—they would never voluntarily protect something. It was an ugly truth that starving spirit beasts even consumed their mates or offspring.

Sheltered beneath the Dragon Beast, Feng Shixing changed his mind. He decided to save these "two individuals" and take them to Red Cloud Mountain.

No matter who had turned them into this state, Feng Shixing believed that the man who could shatter the heavens with a single punch would have the means to resolve the matter and demand justice for them!

Once the energy waves subsided, the cliff below Hu Mountain was gouged open like a schoolyard-sized crater. The precarious mountain ridge trembled, with the gourd-shaped rock at its peak wobbling as if it might collapse at any moment.

At the base of the cliff, the Dragon Beast Lu Zhongyan lay curled up on the ground, its back scales peeled away in shocking wounds.

Above him stood another group of Fierce Realm martial artists, who had just released their combined strike. Finding no trace of Feng Shixing nearby, they ended their technique.

They assumed that the audacious Tiger and Leopard had perished in the energy surge. Such was the price of defying the noble clans.

After dealing with the two Dragon Beasts, they intended to head for Ningxiang Road and obliterate Tiger and Leopard Hall entirely.

Believing Feng Shixing dead, the elites of the two cities disbanded their attack and relaxed. For now, the priority was to assess the Dragon Beasts’ conditions.

The Dragon Beast farther away from the impact zone had sustained relatively minor injuries and was still in good shape. However, the one lying near collapsed, with its back scales peeled and showing faint movements—was it dead?

The group exchanged glances before two Fierce Realm cultivators with intact armor volunteered to approach cautiously.

Armed with defensive spiritual techniques, they locked their souls on the Dragon Beast, inching forward step by step.

Soul feedback confirmed the Dragon Beast was alive, and now they had to determine whether it had lost its ability to fight.

Capturing it directly with a spiritual seal would turn misfortune into an opportunity.

When the two Chu Clan Fierce Realm warriors carefully approached, the previously prone Dragon Beast suddenly raised its head and roared, spewing spiritual flames from its mouth.

Prepared for this, the two Fierce Realm cultivators activated their defensive techniques, forming arc-shaped barriers to block the Dragon Beast’s assault.

In the end, beasts are just beasts. No matter how intelligent, their traps remain crude.

Successfully repelling the spiritual flames, the two Fierce Realm cultivators exchanged smug glances—only for Feng Shixing, presumed dead, to appear beside them and punch them through like hollow gourds.

From afar, the other Dragon Beast, witnessing the seamless cooperation between Feng Shixing and Lu Zhongyan, roared excitedly.

On the ninth day since escaping from Luyang City, the two Dragon Beasts finally glimpsed the light of hope.

Having severely injured two Martial Ancestor-level warriors, the elites of the two cities were incapable of mounting a proper counterattack against the combination of the two Dragon Beasts and the Tiger and Leopard. Unable to pursue further, they were forced to watch helplessly as the group broke through Hu Mountain’s encirclement and vanished.