Chapter 830

""Come on together… tear her apart!""

"The Eclipse Moon Heart Beast transformed into the likeness of Feihuang, and together with Hulei turned into two afterimages, attacking from left and right, they lunged at Feixiao before them!"

"However——"

"The blade of the axe in Feixiao's hand moved."

"No, what moved seemed not to be the axe, nor a person."

"Just as they were about to touch the corner of Feixiao's robe, she became like a gust of wind, lightly blowing herself away."

"Hulei instinctively froze for a moment; he immediately sensed someone behind him, but before he could turn, the Heart Beast beside him was smashed into the ground by a tremendous force."

"Feixiao didn't even use the Imperial Bow bestowed upon her; with bare fists she knocked the Heart Beast down in a single strike. Feixiao looked down at the massive beast on the ground with contempt and said coldly, 'Before it preys on me, it must first wag its tail and beg for mercy!'"

""Damn it! Heart Beast, obey my orders!""

"Hulei used his body as the axis and his sword as the guide, in the blink of an eye he whipped up a heaven‑earth‑spanning tornado at his original spot, trapping Feixiao in the eye of the wind. At the same time, the badly wounded Heart Beast was again set in motion by him, beginning to coil around the wind column and spiral upward."

The sky seemed to answer Hu Lei's strike as well; for a moment the cloud layer hung low, rolling like waves, and between the gaps countless white thunder serpents darted madly, the roar of the thunderstorm booming continuously.

When Hu Lei saw the figure, still standing like a peak in the eye of the storm, expressionless, the string in their heart snapped completely, leaving only hysterical rage:

"Death! Death! Death!"

All the anger turned into a roar, Xin Shou also surged forward with rolling thunder toward Fei Xiao, instantly lighting the dim space as bright as day! Countless bolts of thunder interwove at the center of the eye, as if venting fury to shatter Fei Xiao into powder.

However, when the gale cleared, Fei Xiao simply shouldered a massive axe and walked out of the smoke unscathed; Hu Lei's strike, wielding the power of heaven and earth, could not harm her a single hair.

"... Why? Why haven't you disappeared yet?!"

——

One Punch Man.

"It doesn't even flinch... how is that trained?" Chao Hejin Heiguang stared blankly at Xin Shou and Hu Lei's full‑force strike; the ten‑thousand‑ton thunder and tornado seemed to be merely tickling her, unable to move her at all.

A cold bead of sweat slid down the edge of Chao Hejin Heiguang's forehead.

Impossible... my muscle‑training method is the best. No matter what kind of monster attacks, my muscles handle it easily. Yet why are her muscles so high in both explosive power and defense? She clearly doesn't even have A‑grade water‑tree development, yet she emerges from such attacks unscathed.

Could it be that Fei Xiao has her own training technique?

The level of inner shock was no less than that of Heiguang, and also that of the Vest‑clad Venerable; he was even more unable to understand how Fei Xiao could withstand the blow. No, rather than say "withstand", it's more like the gap between Hu Lei and Fei Xiao is like that between a baby and an adult; no matter how the baby swings its fist, it cannot harm the adult at all.

"The gap between these two is truly enormous," Bang Gu slowly shook his head, "But it's no wonder; the opponent is the hunting order's envoy. Although Hu Lei is an excellent Buli Battle Chief, in a one‑on‑one duel he is still too insignificant before a true envoy, unable even to wound her..."

——

"This hunting game ends here! Heavenly radiance, the wolf in my heart, follow me here… and together we shall campaign!"

"I will... hunt and pursue!"

When the wind and thunder cleared, Fei Xiao hovered in mid‑air like a solitary battle flag. She was too lazy to continue the game with Hu Lei; the moment he blinked, she transformed into a comet‑like blue shadow and lunged at Hu Lei!

This clash was no longer a single sharp clang of weapons, but thousands of sharp sounds exploding at once, like popping beans. In a daze, Hu Lei seemed to see countless Fei Xiaos swinging blades alongside him; he was powerless to attack, only clumsily defending. It was like a thin rotten log in a tsunami, being torn and pulled by forces from all directions...

Just as his consciousness was about to shatter, those after‑images suddenly vanished.

Only a beam of light remained in the sky.

Like a hunting envoy's spearhead, it shot straight toward his chest.

"Great victory, achieved!"

Hu Lei's pupils finally reflected Fei Xiao's figure, but before he could react, she instantly delivered a heavy punch that blasted him away, slamming him hard onto Xin Shou.

He looked up and saw Fei Xiao, not far away, holding a massive axe with one hand, hovering in mid‑air, looking down from above with a detached gaze.

Like a deity, overlooking the struggling ants at his feet.

That gaze completely ignited the last spark of Hu Lei's pride as a Battle Chief; he lifted his massive axe, roaring wildly toward Fei Xiao. Yet the instant his axe was about to touch her, Fei Xiao had already slipped past his body, leaving a thin blue line across his chest that flashed away from the tip of the axe.

Hu Lei's body seemed to be cut open by that thin line at that moment, stopping abruptly.

"To me, my enemy... is always only myself!"

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Grim Reaper.

"After killing Hu Lei, Fei Xiao has fully merged with the Red Moon, right?"

After living in the mortal world for a while, Ye Yi also heard a phrase called "blessing and disaster depend on each other". At first she thought that after Fei Xiao devoured the Red Moon she would go completely berserk, unable to distinguish friend from foe. Unexpectedly, she directly attracted the hunting star god's gaze, not only completely annihilating Hu Lei and resolving the moon madness, but also receiving the star god's attention and being personally given a weapon...

The hunting star god's weapon—did Yan Qing next door end up drooling and crying?

Having merged with the Red Moon, Fei Xiao can even overcome the two‑to‑three‑hundred‑year lifespan of fox‑people, achieving true immortality without the demonic‑shadow body trouble that afflicts the Celestial Boat people. The position of General is now firmly welded to her.

Urahara Kizuku waved the small fan in his hand: "Ahahaha~ now that's true misfortune‑to‑blessing. Hu Lei's plan was beautiful, but who could have guessed the hunting star god would actually cast a gaze? Whether Fei Xiao wants it or not, she is now a genuine Buli Battle Chief, leading them without question. Tsk tsk... suddenly I really want to see Huanlong's expression right now~"

"Watch what she does; that woman may be an envoy, but she's only good at scheming behind the scenes," Ye Yi snorted disdainfully. "She thought she could use Hu Lei to trap the Celestial Boat's agents, but her biggest blunder was underestimating Hu Lei. Though Hu Lei failed, every one of his choices is worthy of respect. Had he not been captured by the Mirror Flow seven hundred years ago, perhaps the Fertile People and the Celestial Boat would not have the situation they have today."