Chapter 260: Breakthrough Once Again

"Shadow Flash, Shadow Flash, Shadow Flash!"

Yu Zhangsheng's figure flickered; just as he appeared, the Blood Moon Wolf King sensed him. In an instant, the wolf paw descended, so he flickered again. The wolf paw missed, striking the ground, the earth trembled, and a huge pit appeared.

Yu Zhangsheng's figure flickered and reappeared; immediately the Blood Moon Wolf King became alert. Its tail was covered in blood-red radiance, curving like a knife, tearing through the Void with sharpness as it lashed toward Yu Zhangsheng.

Yu Zhangsheng's figure flickered again. With a slight curl of his lips and lowered eyelids, he flickered directly onto the Blood Moon Wolf King's broad back.

"Awoo!"

The Red Moon Wolf King was enraged. It leaped suddenly, its back heaving, wolf fur falling off, covered in blood light, transforming into Blood Needles that stabbed toward Yu Zhangsheng.

Yu Zhangsheng's expression was cold. The Thousand Mountain Armor condensed again; as he formed hand seals, layer upon layer of Wooden Shields appeared. The beast shadows of Cai Xing Deer, Chi Lian Snake, and Golden-Winged Great Eagle floated in the air, lifelike, charging toward the Red Moon Wolf King!

"Human, you forced me!"

The Red Moon Wolf King transmitted a divine sense fluctuation, then roared. Its body emitted blood-colored radiance, shining, finally condensing into three clusters of blood-red flowers that rolled toward Yu Zhangsheng.

Terrifying aura erupted, winds rose and clouds surged. Yu Zhangsheng coldly laughed; as he swung his sleeve, three beast shadows exploded, and the violent fluctuations extinguished three of the blood-red flowers.

A dark red fireball condensed in his hand, while another Void Fire leaped. They merged, and violent fluctuations rose unceasingly in the brewing.

"Awoo!"

The Red Moon Wolf King's fur exploded, sensing the threat. It struggled even more violently, lunging forward and slamming its back against a giant boulder to one side, attempting to throw Yu Zhangsheng off.

"Hmph!"

Yu Zhangsheng grunted, a trace of fresh blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. He dug his toes fiercely into the Red Moon Wolf King's back and refused to let go.

"Boom boom!"

The boulder exploded into smaller flying stones. Dust dispersed; the Red Moon Wolf King was completely unharmed, while Yu Zhangsheng remained firmly planted on its back, unmoving. The flames in his hands began to merge, then he pressed them onto the Red Moon Wolf King's back! "Die!"

Yu Zhangsheng growled lowly. Void Fire Haoyang erupted; intense high temperature flowed, merging into the Red Moon Wolf King's flesh and blood, leaving a patch of charred blackness.

The Red Moon Wolf King felt pain. A huge hole was blasted into its back, but strong vitality supported it, causing only a stagger, leaving it severely injured but not dead.

"Awoo!"

Seeing this, Yu Zhangsheng finally exhaled in relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead, but the Red Moon Wolf King suddenly howled, the sound spreading rapidly.

On the Other Side, the Blood Moon Wolf Pack, entangled in battle with the Chi Lian Snake, Cai Xing Deer, and Golden-Winged Great Eagle—three Spirit Beasts—all trembled at once, turned their heads toward the Red Moon Wolf King's direction, abandoned their attacks, and rushed toward the Red Moon Wolf King together.

"Hmm?"

Yu Zhangsheng frowned, somewhat surprised.

"Awoo!"

The Red Moon Wolf King howled again. Moonlight fell like blood; intense sound waves rippled open Blood Mist, revealing the Blood Moon, transforming into intense sound wave impacts that surged like a tide, substantially sweeping all directions. Earth and rocks flew up, Blood Mist surged, and wild winds rolled.

Yu Zhangsheng narrowed his eyes. Qi and blood surged; his fleshly power fully erupted as he threw a fist toward the Red Moon Wolf King!

"Boom!"

A circle of intense Qi Wave exploded from the Red Moon Wolf King's body. Yu Zhangsheng's body trembled; amidst surging qi and blood, he was flung away by the Qi Wave.

Sound waves like a tide swept toward the Blood Moon Wolf Pack. Suddenly, the Blood Moon Wolf Pack lowered their bodies, each raising their heads to howl at the moon. Their bodies simultaneously exploded into White Mist, and their true blood origin was inhaled and swallowed by the Red Moon Wolf King.

"Dong! Dong! Dong!"

A muffled heartbeat like thunder sounded. Yu Zhangsheng's complexion changed slightly. The Red Moon Wolf King's head first drooped slightly, then suddenly raised. The Blood Residual Mark on its forehead shone with greatly increased light.

A phantom of a blood-colored crescent moon appeared, then slowly merged into the Red Moon Wolf King's body. The Red Moon Wolf King's whole body shone with greatly increased blood light. Its pair of Beast Eyes were extremely scarlet, filled with madness and brutality!

Thick blood light flashed from the Red Moon Wolf King's body. Strands of Blood Mist surged from all sides into the Red Moon Wolf King's body. Its already huge body swelled by another circle, and its fangs spread beyond its mouth!

The wound on its back also recovered to its original state at this moment. Not only that, an intense pressure surged forth!

"Awoo!"

The howling voice shook heaven and earth. Under the Blood Moon, the Red Moon Wolf King moved. Its body was like electricity and light; only Afterimages could be seen. The next moment, a huge wolf paw flew over Yu Zhangsheng's head, covering Tian Qiong, carrying an oppressive aura, and slammed down fiercely!

Yu Zhangsheng took a deep breath, suddenly raised his head, his body retreated explosively. Shadow Flash activated; he barely dodged this strike.

"Boom boom!"

The wolf paw struck down. A huge pit with a diameter of one hundred meters appeared on the spot. The surrounding Blood Mist was also swept away by the Qi Wave kicked up by this strike.

The Red Moon Wolf King's first strike missed; it struck out another palm, slapping toward Yu Zhangsheng.

Yu Zhangsheng's gaze was solemn. At this moment, the Red Moon Wolf King gave him a pressure that even exceeded that of Yang Chengxu back then. He dared not clash head-on and could only keep dodging.

"Although I don't know how you, this beast, managed it, I don't believe a beast can maintain this state forever. I just need to drag it out and wait for my strength to recover."

After making up his mind, Yu Zhangsheng was no longer anxious. He waved his hand to recall the three Spirit Beasts into his Inner Landscape to prevent accidents. His body leaped up, constantly pulling distance from the Red Moon Wolf King, while simultaneously swallowing Pills like they were free to maintain his condition.

Within his Perception, at this moment the Red Moon Wolf King's aura was terrifying but extremely unstable, with the possibility of collapse at any time. Even its attacks seemed very hurried, as if worried about something.

"Awoo!"

The Red Moon Wolf King was annoyed. After an Incense Stick Time, within a radius of ten thousand li, this place was already unrecognizable, with no intact spot in sight. Yu Zhangsheng's body was like a monkey, very agile, only constantly dodging and harassing, not clashing head-on with it.

"Hoo!"

The Red Moon Wolf King roared. Wild winds rolled in his exhalation. Suddenly he stopped moving. A look of anger appeared in his pair of scarlet Beast Eyes as he stared fixedly at Yu Zhangsheng.

Yu Zhangsheng slightly raised his eyebrows, silently keeping a bit farther from the Red Moon Wolf King. The vigilance in his heart did not decrease in the slightest. But the Red Moon Wolf King's next move stunned Yu Zhangsheng.

After glancing at Yu Zhangsheng, the Red Moon Wolf King suddenly leaped with its hind legs, but instead of charging toward Yu Zhangsheng, it went in the opposite direction, galloping away.

"Want to escape? You, this guy, are not low in intelligence."

Yu Zhangsheng chuckled, shook his head, and exhaled a breath. He maintained a certain distance, always keeping the Red Moon Wolf King within his Divine Sense range. He chased the Red Moon Wolf King from afar, relentlessly pursuing.

"Hoo hoo hoo..."

The wind howled; the Blood Moon hung high.

The Red Moon Wolf King was in front, Yu Zhangsheng behind closely chasing. One man and one beast, you chase me and I flee, always maintaining a safe distance.

"Awoo!"

The Red Moon Wolf King seemed to sense something. It howled, suddenly turned around, and leaped. Its sharp wolf claws flashed with blood-colored radiance, tearing through the Void, and slashed toward Yu Zhangsheng.

Yu Zhangsheng's expression did not change. He stepped on the void and Shadow Flashed to the side. The wolf claws tore through the Afterimage Yu Zhangsheng left behind, rolling the air into ripples. Yu Zhangsheng was completely unharmed.

Seeing this, the light of the crescent moon on the Red Moon Wolf King's forehead shone even brighter, emitting endless blood light. This blood light transformed into Dao Dao of wind-crescent moon phantoms, spinning as they rushed toward Yu Zhangsheng, extremely sharp, with the air roaring.

Yu Zhangsheng's body was agile, leaping up and down at times, dodging left and right at others, nimbly evading the Blood Moon Wolf King's attacks.

The Blood Moon Wolf King glared at Yu Zhangsheng, yet could do nothing about it; after looking up at the moon, his body turned into an afterimage and raced toward the distance.

Yu Zhangsheng smiled faintly, a sharp light flashing in his eyes as he closely followed behind; he could sense that the aura on the Blood Moon Wolf King was gradually dissipating, not as strong as before.

"Keep chasing, Blood Moon Wolf King, your origin should be quite good..."

Licking the corner of his mouth, Yu Zhangsheng felt a slight anticipation in his heart; with the Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer cultivation base plus the fleshly body of Foundation Establishment Body Cultivation, the speed he unleashed at full speed had few rivals within Foundation Establishment, and even though the Blood Moon Wolf King fled at full speed with astonishing speed, Yu Zhangsheng could always follow behind, keeping a certain distance.

Time passed bit by bit; soon, the surrounding blood mist gradually thinned, one man and one beast raced along, constantly delving deeper from the edge of the blood mist; above, the blood moon slowly tilted, and if observed carefully, part of this blood mist had already begun to recover its white color, the blood color slowly fading.

"You really can run, but once this blood moon disappears, I reckon you won't be able to hold on either."

Yu Zhangsheng murmured in his heart, glancing up at the blood moon slowly setting in the eastern sky and the blood mist around him gradually fading, forming a guess.

His keen Divine Sense could faintly perceive that the aura ahead, originally bright as a lighthouse, was slowly weakening, and its speed was beginning to slow, no longer like before.

Blood Moon Wolf, as the name suggests, under the moonlight receives a great boost, with speed and strength both rising astonishingly; conversely, during the day they become much weaker, so Blood Moon Wolves generally move at night and rarely move during the day.

Clearly, even the Mist Beast Blood Moon Wolf retained this habit.

After one hour, the last sliver of the blood moon high in the sky completely disappeared, and the Blood Moon Wolf King's momentum also hit rock bottom at this moment; the Blood Residual Phantom on his forehead vanished, and even compared to the beginning, his aura was somewhat weaker.

"The opportunity has come!"

A sharp light flashed in Yu Zhangsheng's eyes; he took a deep breath, his foot suddenly stomped the ground, his entire body's cultivation base operated, fleshly power fully erupted, and with a wave of his sleeve, Cai Xing, Chi Lian, and the Golden-Winged Great Eagle reappeared around him, all rushing to pursue the Blood Moon Wolf King.

The Blood Moon Wolf King had been worn down and chased by Yu Zhangsheng for a night, already mentally fatigued, and the forced burst gained by swallowing same-origin kin faded with the disappearance of the blood moon; at this moment he was already at the end of his strength.

In contrast, Cai Xing and the others, having cultivated in the Inner Landscape during this time, had already rested and recovered to their peak; now, with one waxing and the other waning, even though the Blood Moon Wolf King held a cultivation advantage, he could not gain much cheap advantage.

"Boom boom!!"

Yu Zhangsheng's body flew like thunder, transforming into a shocking rainbow light, flames permeating his entire body, and huge boulders condensed from the ground, covering his whole body to form armor; his qi and blood condensed externally, and finally a huge fist phantom appeared; with Yu Zhangsheng's furious gaze, like a meteor falling from the sky, it brought giant force and fiercely pressed toward the Blood Moon Wolf King.

"Awoo!!"

A glint of madness flashed in the Blood Moon Wolf King's scarlet eyes; knowing he could not dodge, he simply turned his head suddenly, opened his beast mouth wide, bared his fangs, and fiercely bit at the incoming Yu Zhangsheng! The Void trembled, the giant fist phantom shattered, the Blood Moon Wolf King wailed, nearly ninety percent of the fangs in his mouth broke under this punch, and his aura withered.

"Black Wind Hundred Slashes!"

The Golden-Winged Great Eagle's attack came simultaneously; black wind swept around, turning into wind blades like knife edges, fiercely cutting the Blood Moon Wolf King's flesh and blood, "Poison Tail Divine Hook!"

Blood light flashed in Chi Lian's snake eyes; his huge snake body moved, his tail whipped the ground, using the recoil to leap into the air, his tail curved and contracted, flashing past the dark radiance, instantly turning into a poison hook, stabbing toward the Blood Moon Wolf King's back.

"Treading Soul!"

Cai Xing neighed softly, his front hoof stomped; circles of ripples swept around, the Blood Moon Wolf King's movement stiffened, and the Poison Tail Divine Hook accurately stabbed into the Blood Moon Wolf King's back; the poison took advantage and entered, rapidly spreading.

The Blood Moon Wolf King wailed again, his wolf tail stood up like a knife and lashed at Chi Lian.

Yu Zhangsheng's eyebrows and eyes narrowed, he coldly smiled; with a wave of his sleeve, the flames filling the sky condensed into a Flame Heaven Blade, rising to the sky, burning fiercely, with the aura of Void Fire rising upon it, transforming into Spirit Field One Strike, slashing toward the Blood Moon Wolf King's head!

The air scorched, temperature rose; the Flame Heaven Blade fell, in an instant like a heavenly fire meteor flashing across the night sky, fiercely hacking at the place of the Blood Moon Wolf King's wolf head.

In an instant, the two made contact; the Blood Moon Wolf King's body stiffened, endless flames burst forth, scattering in the Void, leaping unceasingly; in the midst of extreme brilliance, with a boom, the Blood Moon Wolf King crashed to the ground; unwillingness and resentment flashed in his beast eyes; finally his body also exploded, covered by flames, turning into white mist and dissipating, leaving only a large mass of blood, condensing what remained.

"Such a large mass of origin, worthy of being the Wolf King."

Yu Zhangsheng exhaled, wiped the sweat from his forehead; with a wave of his sleeve, the Mist Beast Origin was drawn over from the air; Yu Zhangsheng smiled slightly, looking at the three spirit beasts gazing longingly; after pondering for a moment, with a gentle expression, he said to Cai Xing: "This mass of origin will be given to them first; you just advanced, your realm is still vacuous; let Chi Lian and the others swallow it; next time I'll give it to you."

Cai Xing obediently nodded, glanced lightly at Chi Lian and the Golden-Winged Great Eagle, then turned his head away.

Yu Zhangsheng smiled helplessly, divided the Mist Beast Origin in his hand into two halves, and fed them to Chi Lian and the Golden-Winged Great Eagle.

This Blood Moon Wolf King's origin was originally huge, and it had also attracted the origins of many wolves in its pack; even divided into two halves, Yu Zhangsheng estimated it was enough for two spirit beasts to break through.

If divided further, it would not be enough; moreover, Cai Xing was originally one realm higher than Chi Lian and the Golden-Winged Great Eagle; to break through again, he needed several times more origin than the former.

Therefore, after consideration, Yu Zhangsheng did not give a share of this mass of origin to Cai Xing.

(Chapter End)