Chapter 386: Receive, Neutralize, Emit

When the Mushroom Bomb exploded, Meng Yifan himself was also in the core area of the explosion; this move of his was truly killing a thousand enemies while suffering eight hundred losses—this was a method of mutual destruction.

But without doing this, Meng Yifan could hardly shake off the entanglement of so many Grade 5 vines.

At the moment the Mushroom Bomb exploded, Meng Yifan curled his body into a ball and condensed his Spirit Power into a protective shield; furthermore, he performed Condensing Qi into Steel, and his True Qi also formed a layer of protective shield. Only with these two layers of protection did he have the confidence to survive in the center of the nuclear explosion.

When the shockwave of the Mushroom Bomb's explosion hit, Meng Yifan did not resist it head-on, but instead employed the secret technique of Taiji Fist's Four Ounces Deflects a Thousand Catties, holding a ball with both hands, one yin and one yang, both hands acting like huge millstones, receiving, neutralizing, and emitting, wanting to strike a portion of the shockwave back toward the Vine King.

If others knew of this approach, they would definitely think Meng Yifan was indulging in fantasy and seeking his own death.

But Meng Yifan was now a Fifth-Grade High-Level Immortal Cultivator, and his understanding of Taiji Fist had long surpassed that of its founder, Zhang Sanfeng.

To put it plainly, the Four Ounces Deflects a Thousand Catties of Taiji Fist is borrowing force to strike with force, changing the direction of the power's impact.

"Puff! Puff!" The shockwave struck, and Meng Yifan's Spirit Qi shield and True Qi shield exploded one after another; his chest felt as if it had been struck by Thunder, and two or three ribs snapped in two with a crack.

However, after passing through the two layers of protection, the power of the Mushroom Bomb's shockwave was also reduced by half.

Just at this moment, Meng Yifan made his move; one could see his hands holding a ball, the two energies of yin and yang rotating rapidly, the center of his palms like a black hole, gathering the light and heat released by the Mushroom Bomb's explosion, as well as the formidable shockwave.

"Damn it, this is a bit hard to control." Meng Yifan complained inwardly; he felt as if he were holding a small Greater Yang in his palms, incomparably heavy.

Moreover, the energy of the small Greater Yang in Meng Yifan's palms was very chaotic and could explode at any moment; if it were to explode in his palms, his hands would definitely be instantly blown into powder, and his body would also suffer heavy damage, leaving him dead or crippled.

"Go to hell!" Meng Yifan dared not delay; he stepped back with his right leg, cupped his fists, rotated his body half a circle, then exhaled and shouted, thrusting both hands forward simultaneously.

"Boom!" Between Meng Yifan's hands, it was like a Cannon, spraying out a beam of scorching light.

The Vine King was trying its best to resist the light, heat, and shockwave released by the Mushroom Bomb's explosion; at this critical moment, the beam released by Meng Yifan also struck the Vine King.

One plus one is greater than two; just like the last straw that breaks the camel's back, the Vine King's water-bucket-thick body was directly blown into five segments.

The first two segments of the body bore the brunt and were directly blown into fragments; the third segment was covered in cracks, and as a gust of wind blew by, it shattered like broken glass.

The last two segments of the body were relatively intact; since its birth, the Vine King had never suffered such heavy damage, which made it burn with rage.

But after evolving to Grade 5 Peak, the Vine King had already evolved high intelligence; it did not recklessly continue to attack Meng Yifan, but instead fled rapidly with the two segments of its body in two different directions.

The vines of the Secret Realm World are very special; they can regenerate from severed limbs, and even if their bodies are blown into fragments, as long as they can swallow enough energy, they can take root and sprout again, growing sturdily.

The Vine King had already memorized Meng Yifan's aura; as long as it recovered, it would bring all its demon plant minions to exterminate Meng Yifan.

As long as he was still within this Secret Realm World, Meng Yifan would not be able to escape.

"Hmph! Where are you going!" Meng Yifan shouted loudly; the Yin-Yang Millstone flew out and enveloped one segment of the Vine King's body, the yin and yang energies squeezing each other, trapping the Vine King so it could not escape, and then the Yin-Yang Millstone rotated at high speed, wanting to press the Vine King's body into a meat patty.

However, the Vine King was a Grade 5 Peak Great Demon; even if its body was broken into five segments, each segment had the strength of a Fifth Grade Middle Tier.

Added to this, every plant in the entire jungle was releasing emerald-green wood-type energy, constantly replenishing the energy the Vine King had consumed, and these wood-type energies were very magical, capable of quickly recovering the injuries on the Vine King's body.

Meng Yifan's Yin-Yang Millstone squeezed with all its might, grinding up some of the Vine King's body, but the Vine King kept absorbing the wood-type energy from the jungle and was actually growing rapidly as well.

The Yin-Yang Millstone was destroying, while the Vine King was recovering and healing.

The Yin-Yang Millstone and this segment of the Vine King's body were actually locked in a stalemate, with neither able to do anything to the other.

This was very disadvantageous for Meng Yifan, because the Spirit Power in his body was limited and he could not fight a protracted war.

The Vine King was fighting on its home turf, and the endless demon plants in this jungle were all its energy sources; it could be said that as long as the demon plants were not wiped out, it possessed an endless source of energy.

"Must finish this quickly." Meng Yifan was anxious; he used his mind for two tasks, while using the Yin-Yang Millstone to trap one segment of the Vine King's body, he also employed the Sword Control Technique, and the Ghost Head Blade tore through space, fast as lightning, appearing beside the Vine King.

"Slash!" The Ghost Head Blade was incomparably sharp, and with one strike, it carved a huge wound into the Vine King's body.

Not only that, the Ghost Head Blade's body trembled, and over a hundred pitch-black, shiny large needles sprayed out, drilling into the interior of the Vine King's body along the wound.

These large needles contained potent poison and possessed strong corrosiveness; after piercing the Vine King, they corroded its formidable body from the inside.

Even more sinister and vicious was that each of these large needles was parasitized by a Ghost Soldier or Ghost General; they steered the large needles to attack the fragile meridians inside the Vine King's body frantically, which caused the Vine King great pain.

In normal times, the Vine King could still use its vast Spirit Power to repeatedly flush through its body and refine these annoying large needles.

But now Meng Yifan's Ghost Head Blade was crisscrossing, engaged in a great battle with the Vine King; if it was even slightly inattentive, the Ghost Head Blade could leave huge scars on its body.

"Ya! Ya!" This segment of the Vine King's body was so angry that it trembled; the thorns on its body constantly counterattacked, wanting to knock away the Ghost Head Blade and escape, but the Ghost Head Blade was elusive and always managed to block its path at just the right moment.

As time passed, more and more meridians were destroyed by the large needles, making the Vine King's mobilization of Spirit Power no longer flexible; when Zhang Butou and Jiang Tian, these two Ghost Generals, joined forces to destroy a main meridian, the Vine King's body trembled and paused for a moment.

Meng Yifan seized the opportunity, his right hand forming a sword finger, and he slashed forward; the Ghost Head Blade emitted a sharp sound of breaking through the air, and with one horizontal slash, it directly cut this segment of the Vine King into two pieces again.