Chapter 158: Lu Bu’s Full Strength!
"Five minutes?"
The Azure Feather Luan intended to mock the other party's overestimation of themselves. But at this moment, she found she could not laugh no matter what. In her eyes, there were three figures behind Song Qi, yet the presence of two of them brought a sense of overwhelming pressure! She trusted her subconscious; it was the very thing that had helped her grow from a wild beast to her current standing. Still, the thought of fleeing was impossible for her.
Narrowing her eyes, she swallowed the rest of her words, no longer daring to show any contempt.
*Bang!*
Her clothes burst open. Wings spanning dozens of meters unfurled from her back! Her feathers were vivid and beautiful, with fierce, lethal gales circulating within them.
At the same time...
The Red Hare snorted, and Lu Bu leaped onto its back. His presence surged violently, increasing several times over!
[Recklessness] granted a 500% increase to all attributes!
[Sweeping the Six Directions] added another 300% to all attributes!
Song Qi's equipment added roughly another 100% to all attributes!
A total boost of 900%!
But... it was not over yet.
*Hum!*
The Painted Halberd and the Red Hare simultaneously flared with a faint red light! Integrating the origin essence allowed the [Painted Halberd] and the [Red Hare] to directly double Lu Bu’s base strength and base agility! Unlike other buffs, base attribute multipliers are calculated multiplicatively!
This meant that Lu Bu’s total attribute increase had reached a horrifying 1800%!!! An eighteen-fold increase!
To Song Qi’s eyes, his strength and agility had broken the 50,000 mark, reaching a terrifying 54,000 points! Back in the [Greed] dungeon, the Queen boss could barely break the sound barrier with 5,000 agility. Now, Lu Bu’s stats were ten times that of the Queen!
"Hoo..."
Lu Bu’s eyes glowed red, and he exhaled a long trail of white mist. It was clear that this state placed an immense burden on him. This was the first time he had truly gone all out since his seal was broken. He possessed no flashy skills or fancy abilities. What he took pride in was merely two things: raw stats. Both his skills and his unsealed weapon and mount were focused entirely on numbers! The Red Hare beneath him shared all of Lu Bu’s attributes.
"Red Hare..."
Lu Bu tightened his grip on the Painted Halberd. A phantom of a demon god emerged behind him.
"Let’s go!"
*BOOM!!!*
Lu Bu moved like thunder!
The air was shattered upon impact! The earth felt like soft clay, struck by some heavy object, causing a massive crater to cave in. The gale barrier used to trap Song Qi failed to hold for even a second; it was pierced instantly, then collapsed and disintegrated! Song Qi’s figure vanished from the spot.
The Azure Feather Luan’s scalp tightened! She almost lost her voice.
"Shattered?!"
"How could anyone directly shatter a gale barrier infused with divine power?!"
She could not believe it. Her gale barrier was her pride and joy as a containment method. It could not only lock down the space of an entire region but also possessed an incredibly high damage-mitigation effect! She had been countered by specific methods before and had seen others escape through clever maneuvers, but never had anyone pierced through it instantly, as if it were a thin sheet of paper!
*Rumble!!!*
Lu Bu’s figure was impossible to track! His speed had reached its peak! The air was instantly compressed into an extremely hard solid, only to be smashed into dust in the next heartbeat! The thunderous sound of the collision approached. The gale force generated by his movement alone was comparable to the full-strength blow of some high-level monsters, stinging the Azure Feather Luan’s face!
"I can't dodge it!"
"Defend! I must defend with everything I have! I cannot afford to hold anything back!"
The Azure Feather Luan’s eyes were filled with terror; she could feel the horrific power contained in this strike! She desperately channeled all the power within her body, and the endless gales from her feathers condensed in front of her! But it was still too slow!
"It’s too late!!!"
"His speed has surpassed my imagination!"
The Azure Feather Luan gritted her teeth...
*Cough!*
A mouthful of essence blood sprayed from her throat. As the blood fell into the gale layer, it accelerated their fusion, instantly condensing a massive barrier as thick as a gate of heaven!
At this moment, Lu Bu finally drew near. The massive, solid figure of the demon god raised its long halberd!
"Sever!"
A cold, hollow voice emanated from the demon god. The halberd swung toward the giant gale gate without fear...
The next moment...
*BOOM!!!!!*
It sounded as if the sky itself had cracked! Endless turbulence surged outward! The dark clouds covering the entire sky were torn to shreds in an instant! The defensive barrier above the giant forest could not withstand even the shockwave of the attack and shattered instantly! Trees that required hundreds of people to embrace were uprooted and danced wildly in the air amidst the gale! Who could have imagined that this impact, akin to an apocalyptic catastrophe, was merely the aftermath of the two colliding?
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Above the sky, the cold woman transformed from the Azure Feather Luan had a caved-in chest, coughing blood uncontrollably. Her eyes were full of fear and lingering dread! Just now, she had felt the approach of death itself! She had thought this would be a simple case of waiting for a rabbit to hit the tree, never expecting such a turn of events!
She looked at the forest of giant trees that had been razed to the ground with lingering fear. "Fortunately, for safety, I moved my offspring away in advance. Otherwise, that single strike would have wiped out my entire brood!"
"However..."
The Azure Feather Luan exhaled a gentle breeze, continuously healing her wounds. A few seconds later, the injuries on her body vanished.
"I held it off!"
"That must have been your desperate, final strike."
"Human, you are indeed strong... Even I never imagined that the weak human race could produce someone as powerful as you. If you were given time, perhaps you really could surpass the gods!"
"You have earned my respect."
She panted, gradually calming down as she looked into the distance. As she expected, after that strike, Lu Bu’s presence had weakened significantly! There was no way he could unleash a second strike in such a short time!
"But this time..."
"I am the one who has won!!!"
She stepped forward, revealing a smile of supreme confidence! The opponent’s strongest strike had been blocked.
"Oh? Is that so?"
Suddenly, a gruff voice echoed beside her. She turned her head instinctively, but all that met her gaze was a fist the size of a sandbag!
Before she could make any move, she felt a sharp pain in her nose, and her entire face seemed to lose all sensation.
*Bang!*
Her body flew backward for dozens of meters before finally coming to a stop!
"Who?"
She raised her head in fury, wanting to roar. But the moment she opened her mouth...
*Crack!*
The sound of her cheekbone shattering echoed in her ears. Her skull and jaw had been smashed into a comminuted fracture by that single punch. Furthermore, an inexplicable power was surging through her internal organs. Her once cold, aloof face was now drenched in blood, looking no different from a monster.
Not far away, Di Xin shook his hand, flicking off the blood, and strode through the air toward her.
"The first round is over."
"Get ready..."
"The second round begins now!"