However, Chu Feng noticed that despite the death of the Supreme Elder and the loss of a brother as close as family, there was not a trace of sorrow on the face of the Zhou Heavenly Clan's Chief. Instead, a cold smirk curled at the corners of his lips.
"Ying Mingchao, you never would have thought that to defeat you, we were willing to sacrifice ourselves."
"It won't be us dying today — it'll be you."
"So what if you're a genius?"
"Today, you've fallen into our hands."
"And this is the second time you've fallen into our hands."
The Zhou Heavenly Clan Chief spoke in a feeble voice, yet those words were dripping with smug satisfaction. He seemed to already know that victory was his without question, and he was content to stand by and watch how Ying Mingchao would be defeated.
SPLAT—
But just then, a streak of blood-light shot violently upward. A slash from the Zhou Heavenly Clan Chief had struck Ying Mingchao.
"RAAAAGH!!!"
Yet upon being hit, Ying Mingchao let out not a scream of pain, but a roar. It was as though that strike had reignited his fighting spirit — he grew fiercer by the second.
But it was no use. His strength had already been completely suppressed by the Kong Heavenly Clan Chief.
After that, blow after blow from the Kong Heavenly Clan Chief landed on Ying Mingchao without mercy.
Under that relentless assault, Ying Mingchao was soon riddled with wounds, his flesh torn open, blood streaming endlessly down his body.
"You love calling everyone else trash, but in the end, you're the biggest piece of trash of all."
"Some successor of Zhan Haichuan and Master Kai Hong — what a joke. All nonsense," the Kong Heavenly Clan Chief mocked.
"AAARGH!!!"
Ying Mingchao suddenly let out a furious roar, then swept his Coiling Dragon Heavenly Battle Halberd through the air in a devastating slash.
ROOAR—
The next instant, a thunderous cry rang out. The golden dragon coiled around the Coiling Dragon Heavenly Battle Halberd actually burst forth from the halberd itself.
Everything happened too fast, and because the Kong Heavenly Clan Chief was standing dangerously close at that moment, he was sent flying by the golden dragon's impact. The dragon then began to expand at a terrifying rate — in the blink of an eye, the creature that had been mere meters long swelled to over a thousand meters.
A colossal dragon materialized in midair, its entire body gleaming with golden light as though forged from pure gold. Yet the pressure it exuded was overwhelmingly powerful.
Most critically, the golden dragon opened its maw and swallowed the Kong Heavenly Clan Chief whole.
"Damn it — I nearly forgot. He still had this move," the Zhou Heavenly Clan Chief's face turned ashen, a look of panic surging in his aged eyes.
It had been so long that he had actually forgotten why Ying Mingchao's Coiling Dragon Heavenly Battle Halberd was so formidable — because it wielded power that surpassed other Ancestral Armories.
That golden dragon just now was the Coiling Dragon Heavenly Battle Halberd's unique martial skill. It could be classified as an Ancestral Forbidden martial technique, but because it merged perfectly with the halberd itself, once successfully unleashed, its power far exceeded that of any ordinary Ancestral Forbidden technique.
Now that the Kong Heavenly Clan Chief had been hit dead-on by that Ancestral Forbidden technique, things were looking dire.
"RAAAAGH!!!"
In that moment, Ying Mingchao threw back his head and roared toward the heavens.
When he roared, blood began pouring from his eyes, nose, ears, and mouth without cease.
At the same time, the pressure emanating from the golden dragon grew ever stronger.
Frowning, Chu Feng didn't fully understand what that golden dragon was, but he guessed it must be some kind of fusion between an Ancestral Armor and an Ancestral Forbidden martial technique.