He couldn’t afford to think too much right now.
Leopard Woman came down from the wall and slipped into the artificial mountain cave through an entrance on one side. Her Leopard Form was a close-quarters boxing technique, and with her Ninth Rank cultivation, cooperating with Lu Chenzhou, there was hope of killing the enemy.
Chen Xiaoyun hid behind a tree, her whip in hand, blocking one of the cave entrances. Her whip technique couldn’t unfold in such a confined space. Old Tian waited at another entrance.
Inside the artificial mountain.
Lu Chenzhou and the woman clashed in close combat once again, relying on the Void-breaking Gloves and Hard Qi Gong, his powerful and unmatched punches and claws struck out like thunder, attacking the woman’s soft ribs, grasping at her armpits, or stabbing toward her throat—all killing moves!
The woman learned from her previous lesson, making smaller movements, but with greater speed. Her feather blades and daggers stabbed fiercely. Lu Chenzhou sometimes spread his hands to block, other times propped up his arms to block...shaking, lifting, intercepting, and other Eight Techniques instincts had formed, preventing the woman’s attacks from causing any substantial damage. Occasionally hit a few times, she could not pierce through his protective suit, but the force was indeed ferocious. Even with Hard Qi Gong protecting his body, Lu Chenzhou felt a sharp pain, his internal organs constantly trembling. If it weren’t for the protective suit, he would have been pierced through by now. Even Hard Qi Gong at Second Class Perfection couldn’t withstand the strikes of those feather blades; he still had to rely on technological assistance.
Lu Chenzhou’s ferocity gradually unleashed in the fight, becoming more and more ruthless with each exchange. Fist, claw, and wing kept clashing. While he restrained the woman, Leopard Woman, wearing gloves on her four knuckles, suddenly launched an attack from behind without a sound. She stepped forward like an arrow, left fist to the waist, right fist to the neck, her body leaned to the right, and with a fierce cry, she suddenly exerted her strength!
Golden Leopard Double Cannon!
Two explosive sounds echoed in the cave.
The woman was seriously injured, her form unstable, and her steps in disarray as she collided toward Lu Chenzhou, who immediately sidestepped, grabbed her wing with one hand, summoned the Yin Yang Umbrella Spin force, rotated like a discus thrower to gain momentum, and then threw her out.
Tiger Venerate Relying on the Mountain!
He pushed the woman toward the sharpest rock. Accompanied by the sound of metal clashing, the woman braced herself against the rock wall with a single wing at the last moment, saving her life, but Lu Chenzhou’s Dark Force burst forth, and he locked both hands on her elbows and slammed his knee into her waist.
Crack! The sound of bones shattering echoed in the cave. The woman’s arm bones and spine suffered varying degrees of fractures. Her sharp leg blades hooked backward, aiming to kill at Lu Chenzhou’s crotch, the place where he was most vulnerable. Lu Chenzhou was always vigilant, smashing her leg with a punch and then jumping away.
Iron Crotch Skill, I’ll start practicing it when I get back!
Leopard Woman’s killing move was also ready, and she charged forward fiercely. Just as the woman was turning around, a sharp metal blade pierced her throat—the "Four-Fingered Fist."
"Golden Leopard Heaven Opening Fist!"
Leopard Woman thrust into her throat, and then a Charging Punch smashed the woman’s head hard against the rock, cracking her skull. The blow was undoubtedly heavy.
The woman’s eyes turned blood-red instantly, the Beauty Head at her heart region had already devoured all her internal organs, while spewing out blood-colored flames that scorched her body!
Raging blood flames swept upward, illuminating the entrance of the artificial mountain cave. The intertwining cold and scorching aura spread, and eerie laughter began to emerge.
Leopard Woman’s face changed with shock, and she immediately retreated.
At this moment, the woman had transformed into a blood-colored phantom dancing like flames, her blood flame wings casting the enormous shadow of a Peacock that seemed to devour heaven and earth on the rock wall!
She had completely become an... Evil Peacock!
Leopard Woman reacted quickly but still got knocked back, falling heavily to the ground before swiftly getting up and looking at her slightly dented intermediate protective suit.
The Evil Peacock skimmed close to the ground, flying through the narrow cave toward Leopard Woman, stretching out its beak filled with sharp teeth toward her face.
With a Tiger Roar, the Evil Peacock was slightly shaken.
A figure burst out from an intersection instantly, his five claws like a tiger’s, grabbing the blood flame neck of the Evil Peacock, which was flickering between solid and insubstantial. The Void-breaking Gloves suddenly glowed brightly.
Lu Chenzhou with Black Tiger Crossing the Mountain, burst through brush and pounced, slamming the Evil Peacock against the rock wall, causing cracks to spread. He followed with a knee thrust upward into the Evil Peacock’s soft belly while the protective suit’s surface flickered. The woman’s body shell suddenly vanished, turning into self-immolating blood flames. In the chest of the Peacock, there appeared a heart that was a bloody, eerily beautiful and strange female head.
Lu Chenzhou’s heart chilled.
It was indeed one of those Void Things parasitizing Mrs. Lin’s body.
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"Leopard Woman, attack the heart in the Peacock’s chest!"
The Evil Peacock struggled relentlessly, but Lu Chenzhou fought to control it. Leopard Woman reacted, leaping forward and inserting her Four-Fingered Fist into the Evil Peacock’s chest. This was also a Void Blade, more powerful than the Void-breaking Gloves, with a blue glow that tore through everything, and at the moment of hitting the heart, the Beauty Head autonomously left the Evil Peacock’s body, shooting away.
The Evil Peacock quickly dissipated, vanishing without a trace.
"Still trying to escape?"
Lu Chenzhou’s Sea-sweeping Body flew out.
In the narrow, enclosed space, the power of the Tiger Roar was even greater. The Beauty Head, without its host’s protection and faced with the Tiger Roar imbued with the power to suppress evil, was stunned for a moment.
A large hand reached through the air, grabbing and holding it tightly. The fluorescence of the Void-breaking Gloves was brighter than ever before as Lu Chenzhou, with Vajra Glaring, looked at the Beauty Head.
As he roared, he ruthlessly kneaded and squeezed the Beauty Head, slamming it against the rock walls and the ground until his voice went hoarse and his body was soaked with sweat.
Leopard Woman, along with Old Tian and Chen Xiaoyun who sensed something was off and came rushing over, all narrowed their eyes as they watched Lu Chenzhou continuously torment the Beauty Head like a Fierce Tiger.
Before long, there were traces of blood seeping from Lu Chenzhou’s fists.
In his hands, the Beauty Head, a Void Thing, was on its last breath but had not yet died.
Enduring the severe pain, he kept attacking, determined not to stop until death ensued.
Wang Hongdao, along with the other three, also joined them. He looked at the Beauty Head in Lu Chenzhou’s hands, his brow furrowed, clearly unfamiliar with this type of Void Thing.
Yao, Zhou, and He all felt a tremor in their hearts.
They had never seen Lu Chenzhou with such an aura before. The stone fragments sliced by sharp weapons and the chaos on the ground told them that a fierce battle had taken place here.
Behind the wall next to Tingquan Pavilion, Li Gui and Wu Zun stood leaning against the wall.
"It seems our intervention is not needed."
"The youngsters are coordinating quite well."
"Indeed, joining forces to slay a Void Thing close to the Extreme Limit Realm without any casualties marks a perfect end to this real combat training."
Now, all the dangerous Void Things in the garden had been killed by the genius class and the police force; all cultists had also been arrested, and Xu Xiangqiang had been put to death, reduced to a pile of ashes.
Li Gui and Wu Zun flashed over the high wall and arrived at the entrance of the rockery.
They looked at Lu Chenzhou, who was still trying to eradicate the Void Thing.
"Chenzhou, let me see what this thing is."
The students were not at all surprised by the sudden appearance of the teachers. Although the school publicly claimed that no one would be protected during real combat training, in reality, they always arranged for at least one person who had broken through the Second Shackles to follow in secret, just in case.
Lu Chenzhou stopped his movements.
He handed the Beauty Head over to Li Gui.
Li Gui grabbed it and examined it.
"This is my first time seeing such a Void Thing."
"How should we deal with it?"
"Take it back to Dragon City."
"Not handing it over to the people of Stone Lake?"
Wu Zun understood, aware that Li Gui was concerned there might be issues within Stone Lake.
The Blood Feather Woman’s appearance here was no coincidence.
"Don’t mention that we’ve been here and don’t bring up the recent matter of the Void Thing."
After speaking, Li Gui and Wu Zun disappeared once again into the rainy night.
Before long, Stone Lake’s police arrived at Tingquan Pavilion.
Cloud Catcher carried a specially made bag containing an ancient porcelain bowl.
This was the possession of the emaciated old man, claimed by the cult to be a "Divine Artifact," but in reality, it was an "Evil Artifact" with mysterious powers capable of releasing Evil Techniques. The police had confiscated many such artifacts. Only devotees of the deities with Divine Power could use Evil Artifacts, so they were all stored and researched in specialized institutions. Chen Zhen breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that everyone was unharmed.
"Thank you, everyone. The operation to close the net has been completed successfully."