Flesh Puppet, Heaven Extreme Realm!

Chapter 116: Flesh Puppet, Heaven Extreme Realm?!

The Hybrid Demon Beast lying on the ground, feigning weakness-the one with a lion's body, a leopard's tail, and wings on its back-suddenly shuddered and leaped into the air.

At this moment.

Ning Fan, Yun Qingyao, and the other three Yin Yang Divine Sect disciples closest to it had all retreated from their previous clash. More people were still hanging back to watch, leaving an empty ring around this lion-bodied, leopard-tailed, winged Hybrid Demon Beast.

-No enemies in immediate reach!

But the crowd paid it no mind. Even if there were no disciples right beside it, the surrounding crowd still had it tightly enclosed. Unless it sprouted wings, it could never escape their encirclement.

Wait, wait?!

The distinguishing traits of this Hybrid Demon Beast were...

A lion's body, a leopard's tail, and wings on its back?!

"Whoosh-"

The Hybrid Demon Beast suddenly flapped its wings violently, kicking up a storm of dust and shattered stone as its massive body soared into the sky.

"Not good!"

"Damn it!"

"..."

Several cries of alarm rang out. At this, the disciples who had been holding back could no longer sit still. If they let it escape into the air...

That would be far too troublesome.

"Swish-"

A flash of cold light streaked upward as a flying sword stabbed straight toward the lion-bodied, leopard-tailed, winged Hybrid Demon Beast.

Seeing the flying sword strike, the crowd felt slightly reassured.

But the very next moment-

"Clang-"

The sharp sound of clashing metal rang out. The flying sword was abruptly deflected by another flash of cold light, and the two blades tangled together in midair.

"Heh."

"Liu Fan, you went out of your way to block me just now, so don't even think about pulling away. Let's settle who is superior first!"

Zhao Zhou's voice echoed out.

This time, it was he who had intervened to stop Liu Fan!

The crowd: "..."

Zhao Zhou and Liu Fan had clearly fought to the point of genuine fury, and it seemed neither could spare the effort to contest the Hybrid Demon Beast for now.

Did that mean the rest of them had to watch helplessly as this winged, lion-bodied, leopard-tailed Hybrid Demon Beast flew away?!

But a moment later.

The crowd suddenly felt a blistering wave of heat wash over them. People instinctively turned their gazes toward the source of the high temperatures-

A raging flame had ignited at some unknown moment, wrapping around a single figure. It was Yun Qingyao, standing right beside Ning Fan.

"Is this... the Three Thousand Flame Movement!?"

"Isn't that a movement skill from Yin Yang Peak?"

"Aren't Ning Fan and Yun Qingyao disciples of Changming Peak? Where did they learn it!? Moreover, this movement technique is profoundly difficult to master. Even among Yin Yang Peak disciples, you can count the number who have mastered it on one hand. What exactly is going on with Yun Qingyao!?"

"..."

Gasps of astonishment rose one after another.

Yun Qingyao and Ning Fan naturally had no intention of explaining themselves to these disciples. Yun Qingyao seized Ning Fan's arm, then stomped her foot fiercely against the earth.

Her body shot like an arrow toward the fleeing Hybrid Demon Beast. Even though the beast possessed the ability to fly, its speed was far inferior to Yun Qingyao's when she was propelled by the Three Thousand Flame Movement!!!

The distance between them rapidly closed!

"Not enough, it's still not enough!"

A voice called out, speaking the exact thought echoing in the minds of the other disciples. The Three Thousand Flame Movement was powerful enough to grant its user a brief ability to walk on air. But that sustained lift was ultimately limited. Yun Qingyao had ascended roughly fifty meters.

And already, her momentum was beginning to wane.

She and Ning Fan were still thirty to forty meters away from the lion-bodied, leopard-tailed, winged Hybrid Demon Beast.

"Could it be?!"

A sudden realization dawned on the crowd.

Sure enough. The next moment.

Ning Fan, who had been dragged into the sky by Yun Qingyao, also erupted in flames. The fire wreathing his body was utterly identical to Yun Qingyao's.

It was also the Three Thousand Flame Movement!!!

"Husband."

Yun Qingyao pulled Ning Fan slightly higher, dropping her own center of gravity just beneath him as she flattened her palms upward.

Ning Fan twisted his posture in midair.

He stepped squarely onto Yun Qingyao's palms and kicked off with explosive force.

"Three Thousand Flame Movement!!"

"Boom-"

Yun Qingyao's figure plummeted downward, while Ning Fan's body shot toward the lion-bodied, leopard-tailed, winged Hybrid Demon Beast at a terrifying speed.

Thirty meters, twenty meters, ten meters!!

The gap vanished.

Ning Fan had long since drawn a refined steel dagger. In the blink of an eye, he arrived directly beneath the beast's belly. Driven by his tremendous upward momentum, he plunged the steel dagger ruthlessly into its abdomen.

"Roar-"

The winged, lion-bodied, leopard-tailed Hybrid Demon Beast let out a furious, agonized roar, thrashing wildly in an attempt to buck Ning Fan off.

But Ning Fan refused to be dislodged. His hand followed the savage gash carved by the dagger, sinking deep into the Hybrid Demon Beast's gut.

He clung firmly to its underside!!

"..."

Watching this scene unfold, the disciples were collectively stunned.

Could it be...

Was this Mutated Yin Yang Origin Core actually going to fall into the hands of Ning Fan and Yun Qingyao!?

Even when Ning Fan had nearly single-handedly battered down the Hybrid Demon Beast earlier, the crowd had merely been shocked by his raw combat strength. As for the ownership of the Mutated Yin Yang Origin Core, no one honestly believed it would end up with him.

Ranking the present personal disciples by sheer strength, it should never have been the turn of a mere initial-stage Profound Extreme Realm martial artist.

But...

Ning Fan had revealed hidden trump cards one after another, and now he truly stood on the precipice of seizing the Mutated Yin Yang Origin Core. He and the beast were currently grappling high in the sky.

No one could reach them to interfere.

Give Ning Fan just a few more breaths of time, and he would absolutely dig the Mutated Yin Yang Origin Core straight out of its belly. Once he refined it...

No one would be able to do a thing to him.

"Three Thousand Flame Movement..."

"How on earth did Ning Fan master this movement skill? It makes absolutely no sense!"

There were disciples from Yin Yang Peak present in the crowd.

Even they had failed to master the Three Thousand Flame Movement.

At this moment.

Everyone could only stare up helplessly as Ning Fan warred with the lion-bodied, leopard-tailed, winged Hybrid Demon Beast in the sky.

But suddenly.

The crowd sensed a terrifying wave of spiritual pressure sweeping across the entire battlefield. The sheer magnitude of those spiritual fluctuations was enough to suffocate wandering disciples, let alone personal disciples. Many personal disciples even felt a primal spike of dread!

"..."

The disciples hurriedly traced the source of the spiritual waves. High in the empty air above them, a massive Flesh Puppet was taking shape!

That grotesque body was forcefully fusing together from the remains of nearly a hundred dead Hybrid Demon Beasts!

The horrific spiritual fluctuations were bleeding directly off this blood-and-flesh monstrosity!

"This is..."

"Earth Extreme Realm peak? No, even an Earth Extreme Realm peak couldn't emit spiritual pressure this terrifying."

"Could it be... Heaven Extreme Realm!?"

"Or even higher?"

"..."

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