"Clang!~"
A crisp, somewhat grating metallic collision rang out.
Ye Feng's Angel's Blade and Su Shu's great bone blade met head-on, the resulting airflow even leaving scratches on the stone surface.
"Angel's Blade, is it!"
Su Shu revealed a hint of surprise as his swift attack was blocked by Ye Feng, but it vanished in an instant.
The next moment, the corners of his mouth curved upwards, and he sneered, "The hardness is indeed commendable, but as for flexibility..."
Before he finished speaking, Su Shu's great saber surprisingly softened and then split into many small pieces, transforming into dozens of small knives that attacked Ye Feng's vital spots—heart, head, and throat.
"Huh?"
After a moment of surprise, Ye Feng reacted swiftly.
He gripped Angel's Blade tightly, pulled it back, twisted his body to dodge, and simultaneously used Angel's Blade to parry, block, slash, and stab...
With a flash of white light, Ye Feng managed to deflect all the blades attacking from different directions.
"This..."
Jiang Shishan, witnessing this scene from the side, couldn't help but be astonished.
Ye Feng's response had been incredibly brilliant. He believed that if it had been him, he would have been injured.
"This kid's combat skills..."
Su Shu, retracting his bone blade, looked at Ye Feng with a touch more seriousness.
In fact, it wasn't just Jiang Shishan and Su Shu; even Ye Feng himself was somewhat surprised. He had merely reacted instinctively, following what Ling Xi had taught him...
"Shishan, take care of Xiaoxiao. Yuli, don't get bogged down in a fight here, prioritize finding a way to escape!"
Ye Feng shouted to Jiang Shishan and Xue Yuli, then turned his gaze to Su Shu, "This guy is mine to handle!"
Jiang Shishan had intended to help, but seeing Ye Feng's serious expression, he ultimately remained silent and quietly stood beside Xiaoxiao.
Xue Yuli, after a slight frown, began to direct her subordinates from the Ocean Paradise, who had recovered somewhat after taking medicine...
"You'll handle me? Kid, that's quite boastful, isn't it?"
Su Shu opened his massive rat mouth, then glanced towards the direction of the Six-Pointed Star Blood Sacrifice Array, "Fine, it will take some time anyway. I'll just use your life to pass the time!"
Saying this, Su Shu extended his scarlet, large, and long tongue, licking his narrow lips.
Ye Feng did not reply. Instead, he gripped Angel's Blade again, arcane energy beginning to surface and slowly flow along the blade.
Although the situation was quite perilous, Ye Feng felt an unusual excitement.
This excitement was peculiar, as if it had started from the pill the mysterious woman in white had given him. His internal arcane energy seemed to be drawn by something, beginning to circulate spontaneously...
Ye Feng could even feel that every cell in his body seemed to be in an excited state...
"Bang~!!"
At this moment, a dull thudding sound echoed. Su Shu had stomped the ground forcefully, creating two deep pits.
Su Shu launched himself at Ye Feng like a cannonball, still holding a great saber that appeared semi-liquid.
"Boom! ~ Grrr ~"
"Whoosh ~ Whoosh ~!"
"Clang ~ Shriek ~!"
"Boom boom ~!"
...
Following this, sounds of flesh colliding, swords clashing, and blades cutting continued to erupt, with large amounts of rock in the cave being turned into fragments and dust billowing.
"Bang! ~"
"Pfft! ~"
Suddenly, a dull impact sound came from the billowing sand and dust.
Immediately after, a colossal blood-red figure was sent flying backward, spewing a long trail of blood mist in mid-air. It was Su Shu.
"Bang bang ~ bang ~ crackle ~! ......"
Su Shu, transformed into a giant blood-red rat, crashed heavily into the stone wall and fell to the ground. After a series of collisions, he barely managed to stop.
"Kid, what kind of monster are you?"
"Humans can't possibly have your physique? And what the hell is your arcane energy?"
Su Shu looked at Ye Feng with disbelief and uncertainty.
Just now, Ye Feng had been engaging him in a direct, close-quarters exchange. At first, Su Shu had been pleased, secretly calling Ye Feng an idiot.
After all, his body had been greatly enhanced by the injection of the serum; he felt nothing even from being hit by a car, and his recovery ability was incredibly strong. Conventional blade and sword wounds healed quickly...
However, after a series of solid clashes, Su Shu realized something was wrong.
Initially, Ye Feng had grunted under his attacks and had to dodge... but after a short while, Ye Feng stopped dodging and instead met his attacks head-on. Finally, Ye Feng even intentionally took hits...
That wasn't the most outrageous part!
Through the fight, Su Shu was shocked to discover that Ye Feng was growing stronger with each exchange, not just in combat proficiency, but in the very strength of Ye Feng's body...
Even more bizarre was that Ye Feng's arcane energy, though lacking specific attributes, possessed a peculiar penetrating power...
After taking a punch imbued with arcane energy directly to the face, Su Shu felt his internal organs were about to shatter. If not for his strong recovery abilities...
"Hoo~!"
Ye Feng exhaled a long breath, remaining silent.
Feeling the surge of power throughout his body, he was exhilarated. The direct, hard-hitting exchange with Su Shu had been incredibly satisfying, quite similar to his fight against the cyborg Bing Gu in Frost City...
Moreover, through these close-quarters battles, Ye Feng discovered that his body seemed to absorb some of the arcane energy on its own...
"Big Brother, that big rat is getting away!"
At this moment, Xiaoxiao's voice interrupted Ye Feng's thoughts.
"Huh?"
Ye Feng turned his head and saw Su Shu rapidly running towards the Six-Pointed Star Blood Sacrifice Array.
It turned out that Su Shu, realizing he might not be able to defeat Ye Feng, had decided to flee. The direction of Blood Skull was naturally an excellent choice, as they had an agreement...
"Ugh~! Ah!~……..."
Just as Ye Feng was about to pursue, Su Shu let out a pig-like scream.
Blood Skull had suddenly appeared in front of Su Shu and, with his right hand, which was red and trailed wisps of black mist, directly pierced Su Shu's chest.
"Blood... Blood Skull... You... you.... Ah........"
Before Su Shu could finish speaking, he let out a piercing scream as Blood Skull directly ripped out his heart.
At this moment, Blood Skull's eyeballs were gone, and so were his whites. In their place were two dark, empty sockets.
Clamped under Blood Skull's left arm was a black box, the same one Ye Feng had seen in the Secret Chamber of the Skull Society.
The black box was emitting faint wisps of black mist, which coiled around Blood Skull's body, making him look utterly terrifying, especially with the crimson glow...
Then, under the watchful eyes of Ye Feng and the others, Blood Skull began to devour Su Shu's heart raw...
...