Chapter 1040: Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Formation

Gu Xun'er, I admit that my accumulation over the past ten or so years cannot compare to the deep foundation your ancient clan has continuously built up over tens of thousands of years. But no matter how strong your background is, on this Dou Qi Continent, there is still one thing everyone knows: no power can have existed since the creation of heaven and earth until now!

While speaking, Lin Feng's fists bombarded Gu Xun'er like a violent storm, and then he shouted loudly again: "There is also one thing your ancient clan cannot do either: they cannot know the future at all!"

"Your ancient clan may be strong now, but that does not mean it will still be as strong in ten years, or even a hundred years!"

As soon as his words fell, Lin Feng seized the opportunity and threw a fierce punch at the opponent's chest.

"Bang!"

The flesh-on-flesh impact caused the area in front of Gu Xun'er to instantly sink slightly inward.

Immediately afterward, his figure, like a meteor, turned into a black shadow and shot backward at extreme speed!

At the same time, as Lin Feng continuously threw punches and kicks, the people in the distance also saw, through the torn holes in the opponent's clothing and the instant the robe was lifted, the dense purplish-gold dragon scales beneath Lin Feng's clothes.

"These scales are the dragon scale armor of the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan, right?"

"No wonder I wondered how he could still be vigorous after being hit by the aftershock of Gu Xun'er's combat technique—it turns out he possesses such a defensive combat technique!"

As those dragon scales reflected a faint light in the fire's glow, many knowledgeable people in the arena immediately recognized the origin of that scale armor, and they all secretly exclaimed in unison.

For this unexpected situation, it clearly exceeded the expectations of these strong individuals.

"Dragonification!"

After repelling Gu Xun'er, Lin Feng suddenly let out a long roar to the heavens, and strands of ancient aura instantly emanated from his body.

At this moment, purplish-gold energy suddenly surged!

His entire body began to spread purplish-gold dragon scales.

At the same time, his arms transformed into sharp dragon claws.

Under this transformation, in a short time Lin Feng changed into a half-dragon figure possessing a dragon body, dragon claws, and dragon arms.

Even his head was covered with fine dragon scales, leaving only the area around his nose and mouth unchanged.

"Roar!"

Just as this strange transformation finished, Lin Feng suddenly emitted a deafening dragon roar from his mouth.

Immediately after, he heavily stepped on the void with his foot, and his figure instantly vanished from the spot.

"This is the dragonification of the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan!"

After a brief moment of shock, the people below looked up at the arena with faces full of disbelief.

After all, any power capable of coming here is naturally not simple, so they quickly recognized the change on Lin Feng's body and wondered what the cause was.

But soon after, their gazes became doubtful and uncertain.

This Lin Feng previously displayed the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan's unique spatial control talent when he fought Gu Qingyang in the Ancient Sacred City.

And now, he can actually perform the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan's unique dragonification as well.

These strange circumstances inevitably made them begin to doubt: is this Lin Feng a member of the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan or a human?

"Dragonification!"

At the same time, Gu Xun'er, who had barely stabilized her stance, looked at the rapidly approaching half-dragon Lin Feng, and a deep shock welled up on her face.

But quickly, after reacting, she saw that the distance between them had become very close, so she didn't have time to check the future children's supplies that had been hit by the opponent, and hurriedly reversed her internal battle qi to prepare defense against his attack.

At the same time her battle qi surged internally, Gu Xun'er placed her hands together, forming a complex and intricate seal like a blooming lotus.

As her seal changed, brilliant golden flames erupted from within her body like a second sun, spreading across the sky.

However, this outbreak of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame was several times stronger than before.

Judging by this, Gu Xun'er was clearly prepared to fight to the death.

Accompanied by the rich golden flames winding above the horizon, the sky within the spatial barrier, the entire horizon, seemed to ignite at this moment!

"As expected of the fourth-ranked strange fire on the Strange Fire Ranking, even if Gu Xun'er cannot now display the full power of this Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, it is still far beyond what ordinary strange fires can match."

Gazing at the expanse of scorching, violent golden flame sea, Lin Feng's face involuntarily sank slightly.

After all, although this strange fire cannot match the unique Pure Lotus Demonic Fire of heaven and earth, it has always possessed great renown both in ancient times and now.

If the ancient clan had not erased the fire spirit of this strange fire to ensure its stable inheritance, its power would be even greater!

If he did not possess the new flame formed by fusing eight strange fires with the Blood Spirit Flame, he would certainly not have accepted the opponent's challenge.

Even if the opponent produced a ninth-grade mystic pill, he would not even glance at it.

Immediately after, Lin Feng quickly mobilized the gray strange fire within his body, wrapping himself completely in it.

"Micro Light Shadow third stage, Flash Light!"

At the same time, he extended his left hand, forming a mysterious hand seal, and with a sudden shout from his heart, his flying speed suddenly increased by several levels.

This time, it was also the first time he successfully performed the final stage of the Micro Light Shadow movement technique—an Earth Tier peak body technique—namely the fusion of light, transformation of light, and flashing light stages.

"Whoosh!"

As for Gu Xun'er, who was in the process of releasing the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, when Lin Feng suddenly accelerated, her heart immediately panicked.

After all, she had previously focused all her energy on fusing the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and besides, she rarely fought, so her movement and combat techniques were not deeply learned at all.

Now, seeing the former's speed suddenly increase greatly, she momentarily could not dodge.

"Give it my all!"

Thinking that there was no way to avoid it, Gu Xun'er made up her mind, slightly moved her body, and aimed her abdomen at Lin Feng's fist.

"Whoosh!"

At the same time, he was also enduring the burning pain caused by the surrounding golden flames.

He rushed through the golden flame sea that had no time to coalesce, raised his fist, and struck straight at Gu Xun'er's head!

"Bang!"

The next moment, Lin Feng's dragonified fist contacted Gu Xun'er's soft abdomen, producing a somewhat dull impact sound.

With a force two to three times greater than before, it directly shattered her front cyan dress into nothingness.

"Whoa!"

Seeing Lin Feng smash Gu Xun'er's abdominal clothing, the youngsters below instantly widened their eyes, staring intently at his abdomen, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Ancient Clan goddess's abdominal skin.

However, to everyone's disappointment, after the clothing on his abdomen turned to nothing, what was revealed was not Gu Xun'er's flesh, but a piece of snow-white soft armor.

That white soft armor looked thin, yet under Lin Feng's full-force punch, it remained completely unharmed, enduring the attack without any damage.

At the same time, upon seeing this, Lin Feng's face, covered in purple-gold scales, turned cold and he lightly snorted: "No wonder you dared to take my punch head-on; it turns out you have such high-grade soft armor!"

But while speaking, as he gazed at the unblemished snow-white soft armor, a flash of surprise involuntarily crossed his eyes.

After his dragon transformation, his physique was absurdly strong, and his attack power in every aspect was more than doubled.

Even if he struck a five-star Dou Huang, without protective battle techniques, the victim would either die or be severely injured.

Yet such attack power failed to instantly shatter Gu Xun'er's soft armor, showing that against these ancient clans with deep foundations, ordinary people truly have no recourse.

"Hmph!"

Though the soft armor protected her abdomen, Gu Xun'er still couldn't help but let out a pained groan from the blow.

Instantly, she felt her abdomen as if struck by a magical beast.

At this moment, she even felt her five viscera shift position under that violent impact.

"Rip!"

Immediately, a tearing sound came from her back as the fabric split.

Between her rosy lips, a trace of bright red blood mixed with gold specks shot out, staining Lin Feng's purple-gold dragon scales on his arm.

At the same time, Gu Xun'er's body, under Lin Feng's tremendous force, uncontrollably shot backward.

"This is soft armor made from the snow silk spat out by a half-Saint rank Cold Snow Ice Silkworm!"

Upon seeing Gu Xun'er's inner soft armor, some strong individuals below were momentarily stunned, then couldn't help but exclaim in astonishment.

After all, a half-Saint rank Cold Snow Ice Silkworm spits snow silk only once every thousand years, and each time the amount is extremely scarce.

To craft such soft armor, one must either spend generations gathering enough snow silk.

Or else seek out more Cold Snow Ice Silkworms to obtain this snow silk from them.

However, because the Cold Snow Ice Silkworm lives in extremely frigid regions,

even an ordinary Dou Huang entering would be frozen solid in an instant.

This snow silk is spit by the Cold Snow Ice Silkworm to prevent its newborn offspring from freezing to death, and only those of eighth rank or above can produce it.

Ordinary people who come to request it would likely be slapped into meat paste.

Thus, the price of snow silk in the outside world needs no saying—it is surely astronomical.

Moreover, the cost to gather enough snow silk to make such soft armor will not be less than a volume of heaven-rank low-level cultivation method.

However, the soft armor made from this snow silk also has a drawback.

Because this snow silk is spat by the Cold Snow Ice Silkworm to keep its own young warm, although its defense against cold air or other energy attacks is extremely strong,

the Cold Snow Ice Silkworm, for its own convenience in breaking the snow silk to let its young out, naturally gave the snow silk slightly weaker physical defense.

And the soft armor that Gu Xun'er wears is made from the snow silk of a half-Saint rank Cold Snow Ice Silkworm.

Although it can help her survive a low-ranking half-Saint's battle technique attack,

against Lin Feng's crude and simple physical attack, it immediately appears somewhat inadequate.

"Damn it, I was careless—I didn't expect Lin Feng to have hidden a clumsy move in his previous match against Gu Qingyang!"

While wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth, Gu Xun'er couldn't help but curse inwardly.

His speed truly exceeded her expectations.

However, she couldn't figure out why, although his movement battle technique clearly wasn't higher than her learned "Chase Wind and Lightning",

his speed was still faster than the movement instructor who taught her.

Clearly, her movement instructor had also mastered "Chase Wind and Lightning" to the point of complete integration.

Although Lin Feng noticed the doubt in her eyes, he certainly wouldn't tell her.

It's because he possesses the Heavenly Phoenix ability; even without deliberately displaying it, he is still somewhat faster than ordinary people.

And after striking Gu Xun'er, Lin Feng naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity; his figure shot out again, pursuing the victory and directly attacking Gu Xun'er!

"Ah, although Lin Feng's various means exceed our expectations, Xun'er's strength surpasses his by one star. As long as tactics are used properly, she can still rely on her overwhelming battle qi strength, numerous top-tier battle techniques, and the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to suppress Lin Feng. But unfortunately, this girl's combat experience is truly pitiful; even with prior preparation, she still gets caught up close by him."

Seeing Gu Xun'er repeatedly retreat in her match against Lin Feng, one of the three elders who had just presided over the coming-of-age ceremony couldn't help but sigh and shake his head.

As soon as his words fell, another elder immediately chuckled lightly: "It's fine; through this battle, let that girl suffer some losses and gain combat experience. After all, she has always stayed within the clan, and the youngsters who fight her either dare not go all out or deliberately hold back. If this continues, Xun'er will eventually suffer a major loss!"

"Exactly, we old fogeys also don't dare let that girl go out alone to train and gain combat experience. And this match is right under our noses; even if she loses, we can still protect Xun'er—isn't this a great combat opportunity?"

Hearing that, the third elder also nodded in agreement with the previous statement.

Seeing this, the first elder's spirit lifted slightly, then he smiled faintly: "Hehe, although Xun'er might suffer some losses, I think losing is unlikely. After all, she hasn't used that move yet."

"Mm."

After he finished speaking, the other two elders also nodded slightly, feeling his words made sense.

Meanwhile, as the three elders talked, the other forces below, including the other five ancient clans, couldn't help but open their mouths wide, staring in shock at this scene.

Before Gu Xun'er and Lin Feng's match began, none of them had imagined

that the latter would actually beat the Ancient Clan god-tier bloodline owner into constant retreat, only able to barely resist.

"Before this, I really was blind to the obvious—no wonder Lin Feng dared to accept the challenge; turns out he really has a few tricks up his sleeve!"

After being dazed for a long while, a leader of the Central State forces then heavily exhaled a breath, smiling wryly.

And the representatives of the surrounding forces, upon hearing this, likewise wore slightly ashamed wry smiles, then continued to gaze at the distant sky where the two kept exchanging fists and feet.

"Pfft!"

At the same time, Gu Xun'er in the distant sky was again struck in the abdomen by Lin Feng's punch, spitting blood as her body violently flew backward.

However, after being repeatedly abused by him in punches and kicks, Gu Xun'er this time also learned to be clever.

At the instant her body flew backward, she quickly took an eighth-grade healing pill.

At the same time, she swiftly exerted her full strength to perform a body technique martial skill, her body shooting backwards.

Go!

And in the gap of her full-speed retreat, she did not forget to control the surrounding golden sea of fire, madly surging toward the pursuing Lin Feng.

Indeed, under pressure, combat experience skyrockets!

Watching the opponent's successive moves, Lin Feng couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Immediately after, he had no choice but to halt his stance; in an instant, several fire dragons shot out from behind him, and then a gray fire shield tens of zhang in size formed before him to block those golden flames.

Strange Fire Secret Technique·Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Formation!

Gu Xun'er, having retreated to a distance, after stabilizing her landing, her jade hands swiftly shifted into a series of strange seals.

And with the fall of her clear, cold shout, the golden flames coiling around her began to writhe strangely in an instant.

Immediately after, more than ten golden fire pillars suddenly shot down from the horizon, while at the same time, the fire curtain below rapidly extended outward.

Finally, the two connected, forming a cylindrical fire formation that pierced heaven and earth, encircled by the fire curtain, leaving only an opening facing Lin Feng.

Whoosh~

Having condensed this grand formation, Gu Xun'er's breathing also quietly grew a bit heavier.

Looking at this, the consumption brought by this grand formation is obviously not light.

After all, as a top-tier genius of a great clan, the cultivation technique she practices is undoubtedly of Heavenly Rank!

What a powerful formation; judging by this momentum, compared to my Grand Mystery Fire Control Formation, it's even fiercer—are you preparing a decisive move to settle the victory?

Seeing this, Lin Feng's expression instantly became unprecedentedly solemn.

Under his powerful soul perception, he could clearly sense that this golden formation, entirely composed of Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, emitted an extremely intense deadly aura, causing his body to instinctively feel a hint of unease.

If he cannot withstand this move this time, let alone winning or losing, his life will be directly forfeit.

Lin Feng, forcing me to use my strongest move is already extraordinary. But alas, as I said before, we descendants of the Dou Emperor and you lowly commoners are destined to be of two different worlds. No matter how strong you are, can you compare to the accumulation of tens of thousands of years of my ancient clan?

As soon as her words fell, the battle qi and strange fire within Gu Xun'er surged out wildly, as if money were no object.

At the same time, as she continuously released the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, even though Gu Xun'er was a three-star Fighter Venerable, a faint pallor quietly appeared on her delicate face.

Burn the heavens and earth!

Facing the distant scoundrel who had dared to strike her future child's granary several times before, killing intent spread across Gu Xun'er's cheeks; her hand seal shifted, and within the formation, countless golden fire light pillars suddenly shot out.

Those fire pillars first struck the surrounding fire curtain, then after reflecting, finally passed through the area not enclosed by the fire curtain, densely shooting toward Lin Feng!

And at the instant these fire pillars were reflected by the fire curtain, their brightness and volume noticeably increased greatly.

The terrifying heat directly ignited the air along the way.

In an instant, the piercing golden light pillars, accompanied by a blazing fire line, rushed straight toward Lin Feng!

What a terrifying attack!

Seeing that previous opponent's strongest strike, the distant audience could not help but erupt in cries of astonishment.

Gu Xun'er's attack, even if witnessed by a six-star or even seven-star Fighter Venerable, would likely force them to immediately turn and flee.

Otherwise, they would end up leaving no trace of their corpses.

At the same time, Lin Feng, facing Gu Xun'er's attack, would naturally not sit and wait for death.

Seeing the incoming golden fire pillars, Lin Feng burst out shouting: "Xiao Ling, this time you take the Three Thousand Flame Fire, Bone Spirit Cold Fire, Falling Heart Flame, Blood Spirit Flame, and Wind Fury Dragon Flame—five strange fires—and condense a fire lotus for me. I don't believe I can't blast that vile woman; whether I can win this time depends on whether you give me your strength!"

As soon as his words fell, Lin Feng fully activated the Burning Art, whose level had long reached low-level Heavenly Rank, and his battle qi likewise surged wildly.

However, unlike before, his battle qi, after circulating briefly in his veins, quickly split into two streams flowing in different directions.

Master, just watch—this time Xiao Ling will definitely help you kill that wicked woman!

Upon hearing that, Xiao Ling's childish voice immediately echoed from within his heart.

Immediately after, the little one inhaled madly, devouring the battle qi Lin Feng transmitted.

At the same time, facing the rapidly shooting light pillars, Lin Feng did not retreat; instead, he darted forward at full speed toward Gu Xun'er's direction!

Is Lin Feng crazy? Facing this attack, even I, a seven-star Fighter Venerable, would have to turn and flee; Lin Feng not running is bad enough, yet he actually charged straight at it!

Seeing his near-mad behavior, the others present couldn't help but stare agape.

Could it be that Lin Feng is a two-star Fighter Venerable without Dou Emperor bloodline?

Is there any way to counter Gu Xun'er's martial skill, which she can only unleash by relying on the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame?