Playing with fantasy beasts in the martial arts world

Chapter 230 So this is... half a Grandmaster?

"Should we fight or retreat?" Cha Nan pondered for a moment.

In the current situation, neither he nor the Winter Summoning Beast has the advantage in terms of numbers or terrain.

The only advantage is that as long as he is not caught or killed, the Winter Summoner can fight more aggressively, because as soon as the Winter Summoner is in danger, he can immediately use the Paluk to recall the Winter Summoner and then place it in a favorable position.

As for gathering a bunch of thugs to fight a group battle?
Theoretically possible, but practically meaningless.

Aside from the Winter Summoner, a double-flowered red-stick beast, and those grandmaster-level experts, the strongest of the remaining mythical beasts under Cha Nan's command are undoubtedly the Sea-Overturning Dragon Ao Bing and the Forest Mammoth. However, the environment here is not suitable for them to perform well.

It's not that we don't have powerful fire-type mythical beasts like the Tengyan Dragon, but their levels aren't high enough, so showing them off would just be embarrassing.

The crater resembles the festering throat of a giant, its walls composed of charred, black rock with veins of gold and red flowing across them.

Beneath your feet lies boiling, bottomless lava, the viscous magma churning, bulging, bursting into huge bubbles, spewing out thick sulfurous smoke carrying highly toxic metallic vapors.

The air distorted and screamed under the absolute heat, each breath feeling like swallowing red-hot iron filings, scorching the lungs and soul.

Cha Nan's brow twitched. His powerful spirit suddenly sensed a faint, yet resilient, life force from the deepest part of the magma.

He suddenly had a strong intuition.

The Vortex Dragon's egg... is right below, beneath the scalding lava.

The appearance of death here is not accidental.

It is the executioner who sought to completely exterminate the Void Dragon.

Coincidence?
Perhaps it's a coincidence... but it can also be seen as a kind of destiny in the competition of certain great powers.

"Looks like we can't leave!"

"Today, at this very moment, we must fight to the death here."

Cha Nan looked at the Winter Summoning Beast: "Prepare to fight to the death, I'm planning to use that!"

The Winter-Calling Beast stared intently at Mo Yang, revealing a ferocity it had never shown before: "You decide!"

The charred rock wall beneath the Winter Summoner's feet was instantly covered and torn apart by veins of dark blue ice crystals.

Its snow-white body did not take off; instead, its four hooves slammed down, shattering the rock layers.

The enormous ice crystal membrane wings fully unfolded, the eerie blue veins flowing across the wing surface shining to their extreme. Like an ice meteorite rushing towards the sun, it swooped down towards the churning molten sea below, towards the embodiment of flame and destruction in the center of the molten sea.

The sudden attack by the Winter-Calling Beast seemed to have caught Mo Yang somewhat off guard.

But on its fox-like and monkey-like face, a fierce and cruel sneer appeared.

A terrifying roar, not a physical sound, but one that reverberated directly through the molten sea and the soul, exploded out.

The entire Molten Heart Sea seemed to be struck by an invisible giant hammer, suddenly caved in, and then a towering golden-red wave rose up.

With a roar, three colossal pillars of magma shot into the sky, carrying the immense power to crush mountains and rivers, tearing through the scorching air, and lashing fiercely at the swooping Winter Summoning Beast. The incandescent lava and the solidified devouring shadows intertwined wildly, and wherever they passed, space was distorted by the dual forces of high temperature and annihilation, groaning under the unbearable pressure.

"Wind blades and frost swords!" Cha Nan mobilized his mind, merging his martial arts intent with the frost storm unleashed by the Winter Summoning Beast.

This is a special martial art that Cha Nan is still trying to combine with the Winter Summoning Beast.

The so-called "artistic conception martial arts" already shows signs of borrowing power from heaven, thus making human strength comparable to the power of heaven and earth.

Cha Nan started from this point and used his own martial arts intent, which was in harmony with the powerful energy of the Winter-Calling Beast, to bind it.

Such immense and powerful energy has been infused with a soul and given precise control.

The Winter Summoning Beast's swooping momentum did not diminish, its enormous icy hooves slamming down into the churning sea of ​​molten metal below.

This step, however, was not reckless; it contained the intent of swords and blades, the force of fists and claws, and the ferocity of leg techniques.

The force, layer upon layer, surged forward like waves and tides.

The moment the hooves touched the lava, they didn't sink, but froze.

The terrifying absolute zero cold energy was injected wildly, and centered on the point where the hoof landed, the boiling golden-red lava solidified instantly, turned black, and cracked, as if it had been thrown into liquid nitrogen.

The pillar of fire that rose from the calamity was eroded by layers of icy power in a regular, controlled, and targeted manner, and soon shattered and collapsed.

Seeing that his home advantage was about to be overturned, Mo Yang plunged into the lava pool and raised his hand to stir up more scorching lava.

Dark energy also seeped into it, turning the golden-red magma into a dark purple, filled with an ominous and unclean aura.

collision!

There was no loud noise, only a shriek that seemed to obliterate the very laws of nature.

The sealing power of absolute zero clashed inevitably with the annihilating power of everything, containing the high temperature that incinerates all things and the dark energy that devours everything.

Mo Yang was also very clever; it sensed that Cha Nan's subtle control over the power of the Winter Calling Beast was something it could not resist.

Therefore, it triggered a clash of energies, attempting to forcibly pull the Winter Summoning Beast back to its own level and standard.

At the point of contact between the two energies, space instantly became covered with a spiderweb of pale cracks, like fragile glass.

The eerie blue light frantically froze and shattered the black lava stirred up by the calamity, turning it into inactive black fragments.

As the flames and lava were extinguished, the remaining dark energy writhed like a living thing, frantically neutralizing and annihilating the incoming cold energy.

Lava fragments and eerie blue ice shards erupted and evaporated wildly at the annihilation point, forming a constantly expanding chaotic vortex mixed with the colors of destruction.

A stalemate! A terrifying struggle!

Two pillars of fire appeared out of thin air, tearing through the air from the left and right sides, carrying demonic flames that could incinerate everything and the immense force that could tear through space, and fiercely struck the relatively vulnerable flanks and abdomen of the Winter Summoning Beast.

The Winter Summoner's massive membranous wings suddenly folded forward, and the rapidly spinning frost dust on the wing surface instantly formed two huge arc-shaped shields.

boom! boom!
The pillar of fire slammed into the crystal dust shield.

A devastating burst of power erupted, instantly tearing the left-side shield apart with spiderweb-like cracks and sending crystal dust flying.

The right-side shield was licked by the demonic flames, emitting a piercing sizzling sound, and the crystal dust was rapidly melted away by the dark annihilation power contained in the demonic flames.

The armor, made of ice crystals, groaned under the strain, and the dark blue veins of cold energy flickered violently. The everfrost-covered floating island beneath the Winter Summoner's feet trembled violently, its edges cracking and plunging into the lava.

Cha Nan dodged repeatedly in the air.

He wasn't idle either. Besides helping the Winter Summoning Beast control its energy and imbuing the vast frost energy with 'spirit,' he also had to fight off the oncoming Hell King.

This ferocious, mutated fire-type phantom beast is an opponent he must defeat.

Of course, if it were just dealing with this King of Hell alone, Cha Nan had no fewer than ten ways to end the battle within ten minutes.

Although mythical beasts are often large in size, full of energy, and have highly lethal skills.

But their strengths are often their weaknesses.

Having dealt with many mythical beasts, Cha Nan has a very clear understanding of them and has long since developed a set of targeted strategies.

The key issue is that Chanan cannot stay in one position for more than three breaths.

If you stop, the terrifying blows of annihilation will immediately follow.

In short, the King of Hell is not a real opponent; he is merely a 'tool' to restrain Cha Nan.

Cha Nan is both the greatest strength and the greatest weakness of the powerful Winter Calling Beast.

"Roar!"

The Winter Summoner let out a soul-stirring roar, a mixture of pain and rage, its icy gaze flickering like flames. At the tip of its tail, a single, blindingly white point of light, condensed with its primal cold energy and so intense it distorted space, suddenly shone brightly.

The pale white spot of light detached from the tail, like a dead comet, and instantly crashed into the lava pool.

Om-!
An absolutely pure "cold" singularity erupted inside the magma pool.

The lava solidified into lifeless black rock, and terrifying cold energy spread wildly from the inside out, freezing and shattering it.

With Cha Nan's help, the Winter Summoning Beast further encroached on the 'territory' of the Desolate One, eliminating its home-field advantage.

It is impossible for the Winter-Calling Beast to actually seal off a huge active volcano and turn it into an iceberg.

However, while a long-term seal is not feasible, a short-term replacement is still possible.

This battle mode of seizing home ground is actually just a facade to create a more ferocious attack.

The demon roared in anger.

The magma pool expanded and contracted violently, as if it were alive, like a raging heart.

Its dark purple eyes were fixed on the Winter Summoner, and a destructive will surged forth like a tangible tide.

It stopped probing, and nine black tentacles, ignited with demonic flames, extended from its body.

This is by no means the original power of Flame Emperor, but rather a sinister and bizarre power from beyond the heavens that it gained after falling into darkness.

The black demonic flames on the tentacles instantly surged, connecting and merging together.

Around it, it transformed into rings of spears rushing outwards.

The spear shaft was made of solidified shadows, with thick, blood-like lava flowing across its surface.

The spearhead is a point of absolute darkness that devours everything, and the surrounding space is distorted and collapsed inward by its gravity.

The massive body of the Demon Lord leaned back slightly, giving the spears an even faster acceleration.

Before the spear even arrived, the terrifying pressure had already completely crushed and disintegrated the Eternal Frost Floating Island beneath the Winter Summoning Beast's feet.

As the Winter-Calling Beast attempted to take flight, numerous black tentacles reached out, blocking its retreat.

At the same time, the King of Hell launched a desperate attack on Cha Nan.

It is burning all its own matter, turning it into surging energy to interfere with and interrupt Cha Nan.

Take care of Cha Nan, or take care of the Winter Summoning Beast.

They must seize the opportunity at this moment.

Otherwise, a close-knit pair of humans and beasts can always combine their strengths to turn the enemy's territory into their own.

A close call!
The cold light in the Winter-Calling Beast's eye sockets suddenly contracted to the size of a pinhead.

An unprecedented pale light burst forth from its wings.

Compared to large and super-large mythical beasts, its petite but actually quite majestic and imposing body flexibly coiled and rotated in the air, performing various difficult evasive maneuvers, showing some of the agility of Cha Nan. The ice crystal scales covering its entire body instantly detached from its main body, spinning and reconstructing wildly in front of it.

They are no longer shields, but have transformed into special prisms that collapse inwards in countless layers, forming a defensive array that is also a series of spinning darts.

Shuttle, cut, sever, divert...

Ultimately, the purpose of all martial arts techniques is to solve problems more effectively, rhythmically, and deceptively, or in a practical way, while simultaneously bringing the problem to the opponent or enemy.

To use the formless as form, and the infinite as finite.

Being bound by methods and fixed ways of thinking only shows that one's martial arts skills have not yet reached a high level.

At this moment, the wind and frost have completely merged into one.

The concept of clouds, which he had never been able to grasp, slowly unfolded in Cha Nan's mind and merged with the concepts of wind and ice at an extremely high speed.

This rapid growth stems not only from the pressure at hand, but also from the solid foundation built up over the past.

It also comes from that pulsating demonic seed, and the talent borrowed from Ruthlessness through the demonic seed.

In the past, Cha Nan would occasionally have some feelings during battles and experiences, and then... that was all he felt.

Now that Cha Nan senses it, she will immediately undergo changes, thereby improving her martial arts skills.

The enormous body of the Winter-Calling Beast vanished in the wind!
However, the snow and ice did not stop; instead, they swirled together with the wind, transforming into a unique ice and snow tornado that plunged into the scalding lava, into the enemy's lair.

"Can you feel it?" Cha Nan asked the Winter-Summoning Beast in his mind.

"I can feel it!" the Winter Summoner responded.

Maha Immeasurable!

A massive storm arose, engulfing all energy, which was destined to be crushed.

This attack, which uses high-speed rotation to create a giant cyclone and gathers the power of heaven and earth, can theoretically have its power increased infinitely.

Whether or not one can actually use this powerful technique is not important; what is important is to understand the ever-changing nature of the world and to incorporate the concepts of immeasurable and formless into it.

Coincidentally, Cha Nan not only grasped the meaning of the wind and clouds, but also had such a foundation in the concepts of formlessness and immeasurability that were frequently mentioned in the internal cultivation method he practiced.

Dark energy, crush!

The raging energy of the flames, shredded!

The volcano was not transformed into a fortress of frost; in fact, due to the deliberate suppression by the Winter Summoning Beast, the lava eruption became even more turbulent and violent.

But at this moment, these energies are no longer a problem for Cha Nan and the Winter-Calling Beast, but for Mo Yang and that Hell King.

Flame Emperor is indeed a god of fire; to fight it in magma is like trying to teach an expert how to do something you're not qualified to do.

But death is not like flames.

Although it still possesses the skills of Flame Emperor and has the domineering ability to control flames, it is not pure, and in fact, it has already been dethroned from its position as a fire-type divine beast in the world of mythical beasts.

Under normal circumstances, magma cannot harm the dead.

But now... it's clearly not the usual situation.

The erupting volcano, driven by frost tornadoes, trapped Mi Yang within, subjecting him to repeated forging and torture with ice and fire.

The first things to break were the two curved horns of the calamity.

Then there were the rocks on its arms, and then its purplish-black skin.

When its body was already broken and it was only a step away from dying, Chanan's Paru Ball was thrown accurately and captured it.

As an opponent, Mo Yang is indeed a formidable opponent.

If Cha Nan hadn't broken through the barrier at the last minute, grasped the meaning of the clouds, and cooperated with the Winter Summoning Beast to unleash the Maha Boundless, the outcome of today's battle would have been unpredictable.

However, if it were a subordinate mythical beast, it would definitely be a very good, very good fighter.

"The three essences of wind, cloud, and ice have been formed. I am only half a step away from complete fusion and becoming a Grandmaster... Now I can also call myself a 'half-step Grandmaster'!"

“This is the way… Should I change my name to Xiong Ba?” Riding on the back of the Winter Summoning Beast, Cha Nan held up a huge black dragon egg in his hands.

This one... should be the real Void Dragon egg.

(End of this chapter)