Chapter 20: Thunder Strike

Hoo…

A cold wind blew past, kicking up a cloud of flying dust.

Hu Feng gripped the Dark Magic Pen in his hand tightly, ready to attack. Jian Yu, with a long sword on his back, had a burning gaze, and his battle robe moved even though there was no wind. The two of them stood motionless.

“Outstanding geniuses generally don’t live very long!” After a brief standoff, the imposing Jian Yu made the first move. He spoke coldly as he pressed toward Hu Feng. His face was calm, radiating power ful confidence. Although the heavy sword on his back was not drawn, with every step he took, his thick Killing Intent and Sword Qi doubled. His fierce might was fully revealed!

“Stupid trash generally doesn’t live very long either!”

Even facing a strong enemy, Hu Feng showed no fear. He laughed coldly and did not summon the massive Lich Legion. With a wave of his right hand, he wrote a large character ‘Wind’ in the air. A Wind Blade suddenly appeared, howling toward the imposing Jian Yu.

After inheriting the power and Soul Imprint of the Lich King Ovisis, although his progress in Cultivation was slow, requiring a thousand times more effort than ordinary people to break through each bottleneck, once he broke through, his combat power increased by leaps and bounds. Although Urbato was experienced, his strength was still too poor; he was no match for him at all. Jian Yu, an expert on the Demon Hunter Ranking, had suddenly appeared, which was just perfect for testing exactly how strong his own combat power was!

Ding…

The howling Wind Blade hit the hilt of Jian Yu’s sword, emitting a harsh, crisp sound. The force was not great, but it was continuous. It arrived with a piercing sound that cut through the air, surprising the Demon Hunter Jian Yu.

After wandering in the Wasteland for so many years, let alone profound Magicians, he had seen plenty of powerful Great Magicians, but he had never seen anyone cast Magic as fast as Hu Feng. The howling Wind Blades came one after another, as if casting them required no Magic Power. The speed was even faster than the instant Magic of an ordinary Magician!

“Hmm, indeed not bad! Unfortunately, no matter how powerful a genius is, they are destined to die by my hand. Hu Feng, you are done for!” Jian Yu’s face was calm. He pushed off the ground with his toes and crossed several meters in a single step, moving closer to Hu Feng.

The speed at which Hu Feng cast Magic surprised him a little, but with just this much strength, Hu Feng was far from being his opponent. Once he got within ten steps, let alone a lowly Magic Apprentice, even a high-level Magician with profound Magic Power would find it hard to escape death!

“I say, let there be wind, and there is wind; I want rain, and there is rain!”

Facing the step-by-step approach of Jian Yu, Hu Feng did not care. The icy Dark Magic Pen danced in the air like a dragon, drawing a huge character ‘Rain’. Instantly, tens of thousands of water droplets appeared in the air. They paused for a moment, then turned into water arrows that howled toward Jian Yu. Every water arrow rippled with black light, hiding a trace of pervasive Death Aura.

Dark Erosion!

Without the massive Magic Array of the Lich Castle, Hu Feng still displayed powerful dark magic. Relying on his surging Magic Power and powerful will, he condensed the Dark Mist into sharp crossbow arrows. As long as one crossbow arrow hit, even a Demon Hunter as strong as Jian Yu could not resist the erosion of the Death Aura!

“Huh, a holy Divine Official, how do you know such vicious dark magic?” Looking at the water arrows rippling with black light, the knowledgeable Jian Yu’s expression changed.

Although he could not use Magic, as an experienced Demon Hunter, he understood how terrifying the Death Aura attached to the water arrows was. Cold, deadly, and tyrannical—he had only seen such terrible Death Aura on some powerful dark Great Magicians, all of whom were Wandering Hunters with notorious reputations in the Wasteland.

Although he knew Hu Feng’s strength was not comparable to an ordinary Magic Apprentice, he never imagined that inside this holy Divine Official’s body lay such terrifying Death Aura!

“Good, Hu Feng, you finally have the qualification to make me draw my sword. You should feel proud to die under my Giant Demon Sword!”

Looking at the oncoming water arrows, Jian Yu pulled the Giant Demon Sword from his back with a reverse grip. A streak of black light flashed in the air, and all ten thousand sharp crossbow arrows were cut in two. Following a loud shout, he leaped high into the air. His sword, nearly as tall as a person, swung in a half-circle and slashed heavily onto the ground. Instantly, a violent shockwave rolled toward Hu Feng not far away, leaving a deep crack on the ground.

Earth Splitting Slash!

The confident and powerful Jian Yu used a fierce ultimate move right from the start!

“Where does all this nonsense come from!”

Looking at the ferocious shockwave, Hu Feng took a deep breath, then frantically surged the Magic Crystal and Soul Crystal inside his body. He wrote huge ‘Earth’ characters in the air, erecting walls of hard earth in front of him. The Magic Power in his body surged, resonating with the natural energy of the world outside. In an instant, it was as if he had merged with heaven and earth, drawing the power of the earth beneath his feet to block the imposing shockwave.

Under the impact of the shockwave, one earth wall collapsed, but after advancing only a few inches, a new earth wall rose up!

“I don’t believe it, a lowly Magic Apprentice, your Magic Power can be endless!” Seeing the Earth Splitting Slash making no progress, Jian Yu raised his eyebrows and attacked with full force. The heavy Giant Demon Sword slashed down fiercely. The earth walls in front of Hu Feng collapsed instantly, unstoppable. For a moment, he seemed like a Titan with boundless strength.

Thunder Strike!

The powerful Jian Yu instantly erupted with double the power and attack, breaking through Hu Feng’s heavy defenses in one fell swoop. Then, his body spun around, transforming into millions of illusory shadows that pounced toward Hu Feng just a few steps away. Every shadow carried thick Killing Intent and fierce Sword Qi. In an instant, it was impossible to tell real from fake, as if thousands of people were attacking together!

Thousand Layer Slash!

The experienced Jian Yu struck while the iron was hot, displaying his famous ultimate move without pause! After a few bounds, he appeared in front of Hu Feng, stabbing his sword straight at Hu Feng’s glabella.

Seeing Hu Feng lost among the millions of illusory shadows, he laughed coldly, as if looking at a cold corpse. After hundreds of years of honing, he had cultivated this move to perfection. Within a range of ten steps, let alone a physically weak Magician, even a physically strong Swordsman would find it hard to escape death.

Hiss…

Just as Jian Yu was about to succeed with his sword, a cold light suddenly appeared before his eyes. Then, a pain shot through his glabella, as if a sharp dagger had stabbed fiercely into it, carrying a massive, suffocating Death Aura.

Fatal Strike!

Jian Yu’s heavy illusions had confused many Strongers, but how could they confuse Hu Feng, who had a powerful Divine Sense! At the critical moment, the Dark Magic Pen thrust forward, piercing into Jian Yu’s glabella one step ahead! Instantly, Jian Yu’s body shook. The millions of illusory shadows outside his body vanished, and his fierce offensive came to an abrupt stop.

“You… you are not a Magic Apprentice, but a Grand… Grand Swordsman?” Jian Yu stared in disbelief, looking at Hu Feng right in front of him as if he had seen a ghost. After wandering the Wasteland for so many years, he had never seen a Magician with such terrifying close-combat speed. He swallowed with difficulty, then said in terror: “You are definitely not an apprentice Divine Official, nor a Magic Apprentice. You… who on earth are you?”

“Who I am is not important. What is important is, you are done for!”

Looking at the terrified Jian Yu, Hu Feng laughed coldly. With a ‘whoosh’, he pressed a palm onto Jian Yu’s head and unscrupulously used the Great Devour Technique, greedily devouring his power and memories. In the air behind him, a massive phantom appeared again, like an ancient Demon God descending upon this desolate Wasteland with immense pressure. The Magic Power and Soul Power in his body climbed steadily. The massive energy surged in like a tide, breaking through to the ninth stage of Magic Apprentice in one go, and then directly charging at the final bottleneck. Once he broke through, he would immediately become a Magician with profound Magic Power.

At the strength of a Magic Apprentice, he could kill gods and Buddhas who stood in his way. If he broke through to the Magician realm, who else in the tiny Wuhai town would be his opponent?

Hu Feng let out a roar, suppressing the screams of Jian Yu’s dying struggle, and devoured the pure energy in his body like a bottomless pit. The Magic Crystal and Soul Crystal in his body tumbled. His pores opened wide, and massive life force poured into every inch of his skin. Earth Splitting Slash, Thunder Strike, Thousand Layer Slash… the ultimate moves Jian Yu had cultivated in his life flashed through his mind one by one.