Chapter 174: Breaking the Demonic Shadow

The giant palm of the demonic shadow descended, accompanied by a gale; the very air seemed to solidify!

Ji Chen pushed off with his feet, the ground instantly cracked, and his figure retreated violently!

"Boom!" With a loud crash, a massive deep pit appeared in the ground, and dust filled the air.

"Damn, if he got hit by that, wouldn't Brother Chen be flattened into a meat patty?" the watching Ability Users exclaimed.

The dust settled, and Ji Chen was unscathed, a cold sneer at the corner of his mouth, "Is that it? Are you just tickling me?"

The demonic shadow seemed enraged, roaring repeatedly, its arms waving incessantly as it smashed toward Ji Chen.

Ji Chen dodged left and right, his movement technique agile, like a nimble monkey, weaving through the gaps of the giant palms.

"Brother Chen is awesome! Brother Chen is mighty!" The Ability Users cheered and jumped for joy; the fear from just a moment ago was swept away, and the atmosphere became lively again.

"This dark demonic shadow looks quite intimidating, but it's actually nothing much!"

"Exactly, Brother Chen just showed off a few moves and had it spinning in circles!"

However, Ji Chen's heart grew increasingly heavy.

The power of this demonic shadow was indeed formidable; although he could dodge the attacks, the Supernatural Ability he consumed was being depleted faster and faster.

If this continued, he would be worn to death sooner or later.

The surrounding light grew dimmer, the demonic shadow's attack speed grew faster, and the sense of oppression grew stronger, as if a great mountain were pressing down on his heart, making it hard to breathe.

"I have to find a way to break this deadlock!" Ji Chen gritted his teeth, his brain racing.

While dodging attacks, he observed the demonic shadow's movements, searching for its weakness.

"Although this demonic shadow's attacks are powerful, it seems..." Ceng Yue suddenly spoke, her gaze fixed intently on the demonic shadow's movements.

"Seems what?" Ji Chen swayed his figure, narrowly dodging a sweep from the demonic shadow, and asked urgently.

"Its attacks... have a pattern!" Ceng Yue said with extreme speed, analyzing calmly, "Watch its right arm; every time before it swings, there is a subtle pause."

Ji Chen's heart jolted, and he immediately focused his spirit to observe.

Sure enough, just as Ceng Yue said, before the demonic shadow's right arm swung each time, there was an extremely short pause; although not obvious, if one observed carefully, it could still be captured.

"Holy crap, Big Sister Ceng Yue is amazing! She could even discover that!"

"As expected of Brother Chen's woman, her eyes are truly sharp!"

"I give this analysis full marks; she is simply the strongest brain on the battlefield!"

The corners of Ji Chen's mouth lifted slightly; with this pattern, dodging the demonic shadow's attacks became much easier.

His footsteps were light, like a butterfly dancing, moving freely through the gaps in the demonic shadow's attacks.

"Come, let Brother properly play with you!" A sharp glint flashed in Ji Chen's eyes; he suddenly stopped dodging and instead pressed forward, throwing several consecutive punches at the demonic shadow's joints.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Each punch landed solidly, the muffled sounds were deafening, the demonic shadow's body shook, and its attack rhythm was clearly disrupted.

"Brother Chen is mighty! Brother Chen is domineering!" The Ability Users watched with boiling blood, cheers rising one after another, like waves following waves.

"It seems this demonic shadow is nothing more than this; in front of Brother Chen, it's just a little brother!"

"Is this it? Still want to rule the world? Get past Brother Chen's hurdle first!"

However, just as everyone thought victory was in their grasp, the demonic shadow suddenly let out a long howl toward the sky, the sound sharp and piercing, as if it could tear the air apart.

Immediately following, its attack pattern changed abruptly, no longer simple swings, but becoming more violent and irregular.

"Holy crap! What the hell?" Ji Chen was startled; he had originally figured out the demonic shadow's attack pattern, but now his rhythm was disrupted.

"Bang!" With a loud crash, Ji Chen couldn't dodge in time and was swatted away by the demonic shadow, slamming heavily into the ground; a sharp pain surged in his chest, and a fishy, sweet taste welled up in his throat.

"Ji Chen!" Ceng Yue exclaimed, her cool, thin-lipped face instantly filled with worry.

She wanted to rush over, but she knew that even if she went, she couldn't help, and could only watch Ji Chen helplessly, like a drowning person watching the only piece of driftwood they could grab, yet it remained out of reach.

Ji Chen struggled to climb up from the ground, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth; he wiped the blood away, his eyes filled with a trace of unwillingness, yet also brimming with fighting spirit; he looked at Ceng Yue and said, "I..."

"I'm fine!" Ji Chen wiped away the bloodstains at the corner of his mouth and grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, "This is nothing yet, your Young Master hasn't even exerted his full strength!" He took a deep breath, and the Supernatural Ability within his body circulated wildly.

A strange energy flowed within his body, rapidly absorbing the Dark Energy filling the surrounding air and converting it into his own power.

The wounds on his body healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his aura became even more powerful!

"Holy crap, is Brother Chen... leveling up again?" An Ability User widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief.

"Brother Chen is awesome! The more he fights, the braver he gets; he's simply an unkillable cockroach!"

"Brother Chen, the eternal god!"

Sensing the constantly rising Energy Wave on Ji Chen, Ceng Yue's tense nerves finally relaxed, and a faint, imperceptible smile appeared on her cool face.

Her figure flashed, and she arrived beside Ji Chen, standing shoulder to shoulder.

"Go together?" Ceng Yue said concisely.

"Must!" Ji Chen's eyes flashed with a sharp glint, and he exchanged a smile with Ceng Yue.

The two attacked simultaneously, one ice and one fire; the two completely different Supernatural Abilities intertwined, forming a powerful Energy Storm that swept toward the dark demonic shadow.

"Ice and Fire Heaven! Break for me!" Ji Chen roared, pushing both palms out together.

"Silent Extinction Ice!" Ceng Yue attacked at the same time; an ice-blue pillar of light shot into the sky, merging with Ji Chen's flames, its power doubling!

"Boom!"

With an earth-shattering crash, the dark demonic shadow was hit head-on by this powerful Energy Storm; its massive body trembled violently, emitting a shrill, miserable scream, and then it began to gradually dissipate.

"We won! We won!"

"Brother Chen is awesome! Big Sister Ceng Yue is awesome!"

The Ability Users cheered and jumped for joy, hugging each other excitedly to celebrate this hard-won victory.

However, just as everyone was immersed in the joy of victory, a sudden change occurred!

The dissipating dark demonic shadow actually split into countless small Dark Creatures, rushing in all directions like locusts!

"This..." an Ability User pointed at those small dark monsters, his voice trembling, "What kind of hellish things are these?"

Seeing this scene, Ji Chen's eyes sharpened, "Not good..."