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Even fighting six opponents alone, Village Chief Ma still held his own, making one exclaim, "Village Chief Ma is still Village Chief Ma! No wonder he became the village chief..."

Despite suffering both mental and physical blows, they were still able to cope with such an intense battle.

The biggest help that enabled Ma Xianhong to fight six opponents alone was undoubtedly the Devouring Beast floating above.

After observing it briefly, Zhou Fengliu realized that this Devouring Beast was a bit special. Not only could it absorb the Qi from everyone's attacks, but it could also use it as a power bank to feed back the Qi to Ma Xianhong.

nice one...

I just don't know how much it can absorb?

Zhou Fengliu stroked his chin, then tried to envelop the Devouring Beast above with a massive amount of Qi, wanting to test its maximum capacity.

The expressions of everyone engaged in the battle, including Ma Xianhong, changed, and they all looked up.

They all felt as if a vortex of Qi was pressing down from above. The sheer amount of Qi appearing in the battle in an instant made them exclaim, "Holy crap!"

Who did this?

"Good heavens, I was almost scared to death!"

The crowd searched for the source of this Qi... Following the direction of the Qi, they saw Zhou Fengliu not far away, preparing to test the capacity of the Devouring Beast.

"Zhou Fengliu...?"

"Big brother, what are you doing?"

Amidst the questioning of the crowd, the Devouring Beast, forcibly fed with Qi by Zhou Fengliu, instantly swelled to hundreds of times its original size. The magic artifact wrapped in coils shimmered with black and red light, resembling a small sun.

"not good!"

Upon seeing this, Ma Xianhong instantly understood Zhou Fengliu's intention, and his expression changed drastically.

The Devouring Beast was extremely useful to him; besides absorbing the Qi from the opponent's attacks, it could also replenish itself. However... the Devouring Beast's capacity to store Qi had its limits...

Obviously.

Zhou Fengliu is providing such a large amount of Qi right now in order to burst his Devouring Beast.

It felt like a small horse pulling a large cart... His tiny Devouring Beast certainly couldn't move Zhou Fengliu's vast Qi Sea.

"I understand... he wanted to blow up that magical artifact..."

Once everyone realized what was happening, they all began to cooperate with Zhou Fengliu to entangle Ma Xianhong, who was trying to go over and turn off the automatic mode of the Devouring Beast.

...

Zhou Fengliu, who was not far away, raised an eyebrow after hearing someone say that he wanted to blow up the Devouring Beast, and then spoke up:

"What are you saying? I was just testing the capacity of the magical artifact..."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the Devouring Beast was burst open by the massive amount of food in the blink of an eye.

A massive amount of Qi exploded along with the Devouring Beast in an instant, the resulting light instantly covering the entire open space, and a powerful shockwave swept across the battlefield...

With such explosive power, those who knew it would be a magical artifact exploding, but those who didn't might have thought the company had launched a missile attack.

Seeing this, Zhou Fengliu, the person involved, was very puzzled.

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It exploded?

I don't think I released much Qi just now... less than a tenth, so how did it explode?

It must be something wrong with Old Ma's magic weapon...

Or did others also contribute?

At this moment, Zhou Fengliu was unaware of the extent to which his Qi Sea had developed.

If his Qi Sea was previously described as a small lake, it can now be called a true ocean.

He felt that releasing one-tenth was not much; it was indeed not much for him, but for other superhumans, it was already a rather terrifying amount.

If the amount of Qi in his body was 100 before, then one-tenth was 10. Now that the amount of Qi in his body is 10,000, then one-tenth is 1,000.

Normally it's just minor skirmishes and banter... but this sudden use of more Qi really took Zhou Fengliu by surprise.

The dust has settled.

The group shook their heads, covered in dust and dirt, and looked at the charred open space in the distance. They were all still somewhat dazed from the explosion.

...

"Zhou Fengliu... I have no grudge against you! Why are you doing this to me?"

Ma Xianhong was heartbroken that the magical artifact he had painstakingly crafted was destroyed, and he hated Zhou Fengliu even more for his lack of martial ethics.

If you're so capable, confront him head-on. What kind of skill is it to mess with his magical artifacts!

Zhou Fengliu also expressed his heartache at Lao Ma's distress, as he also liked the Devouring Beast, a magical artifact that could absorb Qi and act as a power bank to replenish itself.

"Old Ma... would you believe me if I said this wasn't intentional?" Zhou Fengliu said very sincerely.

"I don't believe you, you grandma's legs!"

Ma Xianhong looked at Zhou Fengliu not far away and was so angry that he wanted to curse.

After uttering that curse, he did not recklessly go to challenge Zhou Fengliu to a duel.

Although he was now so eager to kill Zhou Fengliu, he still had to consider the current situation.

It was clear that Zhou Fengliu's Qi Sea tactic of bursting his magic weapon had awakened him somewhat, making him realize a lot.

The outsiders present were all incredibly strong, not to mention Zhou Fengliu, who had forcefully shattered his Devouring Beast.

Ma Xianhong knew that continuing to fight like this would definitely be detrimental to him.

Even without the Devouring Beast, he still has ways to deal with the current crowd, but... that's only if Zhou Fengliu doesn't participate in the battle.

Having just experienced the baptism of Zhou Fengliu's Qi Sea tactics, and recalling the scene where Zhou Fengliu's Qi Blade Machine Gun swept away other cultivators who couldn't even raise their heads...

Zhou Fengliu was undoubtedly more dangerous to him than anyone else.

Chapter 183 Has Ma Xianhong Become Smarter? (Second Update)

If it's a fight to the death, then either he has a real one-on-one battle with Zhou Fengliu, or Zhou Fengliu doesn't intervene and he fights the outsiders...

Otherwise, if Zhou Fengliu were to join forces with those outsiders, he would undoubtedly be defeated.

Unfortunately, he couldn't gamble on the probability of Zhou Fengliu not making a move, just as he would never know if a certain guy surnamed Yan had a bullet in his gun.

...

Ma Xianhong glanced again at the fragments of the cultivation furnace in the cultivation furnace room. Having calmed down, he realized that continuing this battle was pointless.

The enemy was after the village... Now the village is destroyed and the stoves have been smashed.

So what is he still persisting in here for?

The other party still wanted to capture Chen Duo...

Chen Duo...

Ok?

Where is Chen Duo?

Ma Xianhong suddenly discovered the blind spot.

He risked his life for half a day... but Chen Duo never appeared even once. He couldn't find her even after searching everywhere using flying insects...

Got caught?

It shouldn't be.

Perhaps they've gone into hiding?

If she's hiding... then he needs to find Chen Duo quickly and take her away.

If Chen Duo is arrested, he must leave as soon as possible and find a way to rescue her.

As long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood to burn...

What made the stubborn Ma Xianhong understand this point was undoubtedly Zhou Fengliu's presence.

At this moment, it was as if Old Ma was possessed by his sister Qu Tong, his intelligence taking over. He finally became smart and decided to retreat before everyone could react.

Having figured this out, Ma Xianhong turned and left, as if he had made up his mind, without the slightest hesitation.

"Ma Xianhong is trying to run! Stop him!"

Black pipe, who had been keeping a close eye on Ma Xianhong, was the first to rush over, followed closely by the others.

If Ma Xianhong gets away, all their efforts tonight will have been in vain.

...

Yo ho?

Is Old Ma smart now?

Zhou Fengliu was somewhat surprised to see that Ma Xianhong was not as stubborn as in the original story.