Chapter 819: Force Subduing the Dragon and Elephant

On the plain, two pillars of energy, one gold and one white, collided with each other.

Two massive vortices appeared in the air, and the two pillars of energy constantly emitted ear-piercing sounds of friction and shattering!

Li Fei did not use 【No Distance】, nor did he use the Ghost Severing Blade; he charged toward Xiao Tao with the golden pillar of energy, carving a trench into the plain.

It was merely a simple charge, yet it brought immense pressure upon Xiao Tao!

During the charge, Li Fei's body also expanded, eventually reaching over two meters in height, and his entire body was likewise encased in golden scale armor.

Xiao Tao lowered his center of gravity and took a step forward; just as Li Fei's charge was about to reach its peak, he clenched his right hand into a fist and struck out toward Li Fei's head first.

It looked as if Li Fei had intentionally rammed his own head into it!

Li Fei raised his left hand, suddenly grabbing Xiao Tao's thick wrist like a phantom.

A tyrannical, incomparable force surged from Li Fei's left hand, forcibly intercepting Xiao Tao's right fist while he simultaneously raised his right fist to strike at his opponent.

Xiao Tao's expression remained unchanged, allowing Li Fei to swing his fist into his own chest.

Boom—

Behind Li Fei, the "Heaven Gate" swung wide open, and a vast amount of heaven and earth spiritual energy surged into his body like a tidal wave, which he then condensed entirely and unleashed from his right fist!

Whether a divine ability is powerful or not has a great deal to do with how a martial artist utilizes it.

Li Fei had possessed the 【Heaven-Mixing Golden Palace】 divine ability for so long that his application of it had become increasingly proficient and formidable.

This punch, carrying the power of heaven and earth, struck Xiao Tao square in the chest.

The white pillar of energy in the air instantly dissipated and vanished!

Immediately afterward, a massive cloud of dust exploded from the ground hundreds of meters away, and a series of thunderous roars finally echoed out.

The onlooker, Xiao Xiuyong, only saw Li Fei's figure blur for a moment, then felt the earth shake violently, followed by the sight of two light shadows, one gold and one black, colliding.

Finally, he saw Li Fei standing in place, while Xiao Tao had been sent flying.

This could not help but make Xiao Xiuyong's expression change.

However, he had absolute confidence in Xiao Tao and could remain steady for the time being.

Xiao Tao jumped out of a large crater with a calm expression.

In the first round of their exchange, he had intended to gauge Li Fei's true combat strength.

There were many legendary combat records regarding this Marquis of Jing'an, the most famous of which was undoubtedly blocking a strike from the "Evil Demon" Qiming.

But to those who were truly "in the know," that strike must have been blocked by the "God of War" Wenren Zheng, who was by Li Fei's side at the time.

At that time, Li Fei was only a Dao Foundation realm martial artist; how could he possibly block a strike from a peak-level powerhouse?

Even a fool could see that was impossible!

Only commoners who knew nothing of martial arts and bottom-tier members of the pugilistic world would believe such rumors.

In this Northern Barbarian war, whether it was killing two Great Elders or severely wounding the Northern Barbarian King, Li Fei had joined forces with several Grandmasters and top-tier True Persons, and had also utilized the power of military formations.

The only ones he had truly killed by his own power were five Martial Arts Masters.

And among those five Martial Arts Masters, not one exceeded four divine abilities; if Xiao Tao were in his place, he could have done it too!

Among Li Fei's significant combat records, there was also the Grandmaster Qi Zhou.

This matter had been intentionally suppressed by the imperial court, and not many people knew about it, but the Xiao family was clear on the inside story.

Although Xiao Tao called himself a servant, he was effectively the steward by Xiao Xiuyong's side, and his authority and status were actually very high.

Otherwise, he could not have possessed a seventh-grade divine garment as defensive gear.

Even for someone as powerful as the Xiao family, such divine garments were rare.

Therefore, Xiao Tao knew about the matter of Qi Zhou.

Moreover, he also knew that Qiu Zi'an, the principal of Changping University, had fallen in realm in order to kill Qi Zhou.

In his view, being able to kill Qi Zhou relied mainly on Qiu Zi'an; what help could Li Fei, a Martial Arts Master, have provided?

When Li Fei had only two divine abilities, he had fought to a temporary draw with the five-ability Luo Xu in the Barbarian-Killing City.

Now that Li Fei had three divine abilities, Xiao Tao regarded him as a Martial Arts Master with six divine abilities; he felt he had already overestimated this "First in History"!

After all, going from two abilities to three, and from five to six, both only added one ability, but the increase in combat power was not even in the same league!

As Xiao Tao jumped out of the crater, Li Fei arrived just in time, throwing another punch at his chest.

He did not block or dodge, allowing Li Fei to strike, while a white Bodhisattva image over ten meters tall suddenly appeared behind him.

This Bodhisattva had its hands pressed together, a face of compassion, and a halo behind its head.

Bang!

Li Fei struck Xiao Tao's chest with another punch carrying the power of heaven and earth, but this time it failed to make Xiao Tao retreat even half a step; only the white Bodhisattva image behind him swayed slightly.

At the same time, Xiao Tao also threw a punch at Li Fei.

Li Fei repeated his old trick, once again using his left hand to grab the opponent's wrist.

But Xiao Tao's strength had increased several times over compared to before, and he broke through the restraint of Li Fei's left hand in one go!

Li Fei suddenly vanished from his spot, causing Xiao Tao's punch to miss.

Boom—

The fierce wind from the punch compressed the soil and rubble on the ground, creating a massive fist print.

Li Fei appeared above Xiao Tao's head, stomping a foot toward the opponent's head, which was encased in black scale armor.

Normally, this kick would have been enough to stomp Xiao Tao directly into the ground.

But when Xiao Tao took this kick from Li Fei, it was as if he were completely unaffected by the force; the soil beneath his feet did not change in the slightest, but the head of the Bodhisattva image behind him wobbled.

Li Fei glanced at this image, thoughtful.

It seemed that the principle of the opponent's divine ability was somewhat similar to his own Myriad Blood Bead.

After Xiao Tao took Li Fei's kick, a vast, surging force erupted from his body, instantly enveloping a range of several dozen meters around him.

Li Fei immediately felt his body become incomparably heavy, as if he were carrying a weight of several hundred thousand catties, and everything around him became blurred; the heaven and earth seemed to be constantly twisting and deforming!

Dao Force—【Heaven and Earth Sojourn】!

Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish—

After unleashing a Dao Force at the Profound Scene level, Xiao Tao's hands suddenly transformed into dozens of afterimages, frantically throwing punches at Li Fei above his head!

Li Fei used 【No Distance】 to appear behind Xiao Tao, but the moment he appeared, hundreds of massive forces surged in from all directions.

Xiao Tao was clearly throwing punches toward the space above his head, yet every bit of punch force was miraculously transmitted behind him.

This was the profound mystery of his Profound Scene-level Dao Force 【Heaven and Earth Sojourn】, which could borrow the power of heaven and earth to transmit his punch force, achieving an effect similar to 【No Distance】!

As long as Li Fei remained within the range of this Profound Scene Dao Force, even using 【No Distance】 would not allow him to dodge Xiao Tao's attacks.

Struck by hundreds of punch forces, the Golden Thread Jade Scale Armor on Li Fei's body constantly buckled and deformed inward.

However, the golden light on his body remained as steady as a mountain.

"Marquis, just this alone is not enough to kill me."

Xiao Tao's voice echoed across the plain.

Although he had always appeared very steady and calm, Li Fei's words just now had still stirred some anger in the heart of this top-tier Martial Arts Master.

"Then I am relieved."

Li Fei said indifferently, while simultaneously consuming 1, 00 Blood Souls to activate 【Blood Rage】!

Immediately afterward, he appeared above Xiao Tao's head again and stomped down.

Xiao Tao stacked his palms together and lifted them upward, like a Bodhisattva supporting a heavenly pagoda.

The surrounding heaven and earth spiritual energy was divided into two parts; one part entered Li Fei's body and then struck downward.

One part was controlled by Xiao Tao, pulling upward.

The two forces formed a counter-clash; in the end, Li Fei's divine ability still surpassed Xiao Tao's Profound Scene Dao Force, but there was not much heaven and earth spiritual energy left.

Following that, Li Fei's sole collided with Xiao Tao's palms.

In the silent collision, the Bodhisattva image behind Xiao Tao was suddenly covered in cracks!

But the next instant, the image restored itself once more.

Li Fei and Xiao Tao, one above and one below, formed a standoff.

"Such powerful strength!"

Xiao Tao exclaimed inwardly.

Whether it was martial arts or divine abilities, he walked the "Dao of Force."

The Bodhisattva image behind him came from the divine ability 【Bodhi Image】, which allowed him to possess an incarnation from Buddhist legends.

This incarnation could be used to cultivate special techniques and could store extra force and heaven and earth spiritual energy for him.

Most importantly, it could bear all damage for him!

Martial artists who walk the "Dao of Force" eventually encounter a problem—the body has limits and cannot withstand overly powerful forces.

After all, humans are not exotic beasts.

The first divine ability Xiao Tao condensed was 【Bodhi Image】, allowing him to have an extra powerful incarnation to take the backlash of excessive force for him!

Just like Qiu Zi'an, who used all his divine abilities to strengthen and assist a single fire-based ability, Xiao Tao's other five divine abilities were all used to strengthen the incarnation behind him.

For example, making the Bodhisattva image recover as before just now was the divine ability 【Incense Offering】, which could use the power of incense to constantly strengthen a Buddhist golden body or image. During battle, it could use the incense power accumulated in daily life to restore damage to the image.

The combination of 【Incense Offering】 and 【Bodhi Image】 made Xiao Tao's survival ability extremely high.

So when he heard Li Fei say he was afraid of killing him, he only felt a cold sneer in his heart!

The standoff with Li Fei lasted only an instant before Li Fei vanished again, appearing behind Xiao Tao and throwing a punch at his back.

A flood dragon suddenly appeared, coiling around the ten-meter-tall Bodhisattva image, while a massive white elephant appeared beneath it as a mount.

Xiao Tao did not turn around to deal with Li Fei behind him, but instead threw his fists straight out in front of him.

The punch momentum looked slow and heavy, as if he were dragging a divine mountain.

A massive, overwhelming force appeared out of thin air behind him and collided with Li Fei's fist.

BOOM!!!!

A tremendous explosive sound echoed across the plain; the ground beneath the two men was trampled and shattered like tofu, collapsing downward.

With the two of them as the center, over a dozen cracks spread in all directions.

The gale force from the collision formed a storm across the plain!

"The 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability?"

Qin Zhen, who was watching the battle, had azure light flickering in his eyes; he kept his gaze fixed on the center of their clash and recognized the divine ability Xiao Tao had just unleashed.

The 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability allows a martial artist to be blessed with the strength of a dragon and elephant, and as time passes, the blessed strength continues to rise, eventually reaching the level of "Ten Dragons, Ten Elephants."

The so-called "Ten Dragons, Ten Elephants" is merely a metaphor; in reality, it allows a martial artist's base strength to increase tenfold!

Therefore, the stronger a martial artist's base strength is, the more terrifying the 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability becomes when unleashed.

This is an extremely simple and brutal divine ability!

Under normal circumstances, martial artists with the 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability will use it in combination with other divine abilities, because when using the 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability alone, no one's physical strength can withstand the eruption of tenfold power.

Xiao Tao using the 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability on his Bodhisattva Dharma Image can be described as a perfect complement.

However, he was still at a disadvantage in this head-on clash with Li Fei, and more cracks appeared on the Bodhisattva Dharma Image behind him.

Li Fei did not teleport away again, but instead stood his ground and continued to throw punches.

Xiao Tao turned and threw a punch, clashing head-on with Li Fei for the second time.

This time, the power he erupted was even stronger, and he gained more of the dragon-elephant strength blessing.

After one punch, the two of them threw their third punch almost simultaneously.

Possessing 【No Distance】, Li Fei could actually fight more flexibly and cause more exhaustion to Xiao Tao.

But after determining Xiao Tao's style, he intentionally abandoned other techniques, choosing simply to trade punch for punch with his opponent!

In a sense, he could also be considered a martial artist of the "Dao of Strength," and this was his first time encountering an opponent of the same style.

The divine ability Xiao Tao unleashed was very inspiring to him, so he was willing to let Xiao Tao fight with full force.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

It was as if heavenly thunder were rolling down upon the plain; the earth shook continuously, and smoke and dust filled the sky.

Neither of the two clashing combatants retreated a single step; two pillars of Qi, one gold and one white, reappeared, intertwining and stirring the clouds in the sky!

The Dharma Image behind Xiao Tao constantly developed cracks, only to be continuously repaired by the power of incense.

This external incarnation of his had to bear the damage caused by his own excessive power as well as external damage, so it required the power of incense to continuously repair it, otherwise it would not last long.

As time passed, his dragon-elephant strength grew stronger and stronger, and after Li Fei and he traded over a hundred punches, it finally reached the level of "Ten Dragons, Ten Elephants"!

"Ten Dragons, Ten Elephants" can increase base strength tenfold, and Xiao Tao had other divine abilities blessed upon the Bodhisattva Dharma Image, so the power he erupted at this moment was more than tenfold!

Snap—

Using a palm against a fist, Xiao Tao suddenly changed his move; his left hand hooked and locked onto Li Fei's right wrist, and while pulling Li Fei toward himself, he used his right hand to grab at Li Fei's right elbow joint.

After reaching "Ten Dragons, Ten Elephants," his strength was already on par with Li Fei's, so he suddenly changed his move to use grappling techniques against Li Fei.

Erupting such powerful force, he believed that Li Fei's body's tolerance must also be nearing its limit; as long as he applied force to his joints and wrestled with him, he could easily snap Li Fei's bones!

His left hand pinched Li Fei's wrist, his right hand pressed on Li Fei's elbow joint, and his force mixed with the heaven and earth origin energy to form an invisible lock, pulling and erupting along with his own strength!

At the same time, a Bodhisattva Dharma Image stepping on a white elephant and surrounded by a white dragon appeared in Li Fei's heart lake, intending to suppress his mind.

This was a grapple that combined a divine ability with the Profound Scene Dao Force!

Li Fei's mind was indeed affected, and his movements stalled for a moment.

But Xiao Tao's sure-fire strike failed to snap Li Fei's bones; all the power was like a stone sinking into the sea.

The next second, the Bodhisattva Dharma Image that had invaded Li Fei's heart lake was swallowed by a monstrous sea of blood.

Li Fei's mind returned to normal, and he raised his head to meet his gaze.

Xiao Tao was about to exert force a second time when he suddenly sensed that Li Fei's force had completed a rapid circulation within his body.

Vajra Seal · Dragon-Elephant!

Li Fei's right arm, which had been held by both hands, forcibly broke free, and his left hand clenched into a fist and slammed into Xiao Tao's lower abdomen.

A massive, overwhelming force far beyond Xiao Tao's imagination erupted!

With just one blow, the Bodhisattva Dharma Image behind Xiao Tao shattered completely!

His entire body vanished from where he stood, and then a large crater appeared in the ground a thousand meters away, with smoke and dust rolling out.

"How is this possible?"

Xiao Tao looked astonished.

Li Fei clearly didn't even have any strength-type divine abilities, so how could he possess such incredible power?

How did his body withstand it?

Did that punch just now not shatter him?

At this moment, Li Fei had already caught up using 【No Distance】, appearing once again above Xiao Tao's head and stomping down.

Xiao Tao channeled 【Incense Offering】, using the power of incense to reshape the Bodhisattva Dharma Image, while also coating it with a layer of golden light.

The clearly illusory Dharma Image suddenly became incredibly real; when Li Fei and Xiao Tao's fist and palm met, this Bodhisattva Dharma Image coated in golden light opened its hands and slapped toward Li Fei!

Li Fei vanished, dodging the Dharma Image's attack, and suddenly appeared on the left side of Xiao Tao's body.

The Bodhisattva Dharma Image suddenly manifested thousands of arms, lashing out violently in all directions!

Boom boom boom boom—

Countless forces struck Li Fei out of thin air!

The Golden Thread Jade Qilin Armor had its scales sent flying, but the golden light on Li Fei's body surface remained unmoved.

The "Primordial Heaven Gold Body" brought by the 【Heaven-Mixing Golden Palace】 could also enhance defensive power, so Li Fei's defensive power at this moment was stronger than when he faced Qi Zhou, because he couldn't use the 【Heaven-Mixing Golden Palace】 back then.

Li Fei vanished again; this time he appeared above the head of the Bodhisattva Dharma Image coated in golden light and kicked toward its head!

The Bodhisattva Dharma Image's thousands of arms simultaneously lashed out at him frantically.

Bang—

Facing the strike of a thousand hands, Li Fei kicked the Bodhisattva Dharma Image's head, causing it to cave inward, and cracks appeared on its body again, but the Dharma Image did not shatter.

After this Dharma Image solidified, its defensive power and damage-bearing capacity also improved by a grade!

At the same time, Xiao Tao was also throwing punches rapidly, using 【Heaven and Earth Journey】 to transmit his power through the air and strike Li Fei.

Whether it was him or the Bodhisattva Dharma Image, their power was identical.

So when he solidified the Dharma Image and turned it into a true external incarnation, his power was effectively doubled!

Li Fei teleported a hundred meters away first, exiting the coverage range of Xiao Tao's Profound Scene Dao Force, making it temporarily impossible for his opponent to hit him.

Seeing Xiao Tao rushing toward him, he consumed another 600 blood souls, using the 【Refining Matter】 divine ability to convert them into power!

Because Li Fei was already familiar with the "Dao of Strength," the "conversion rate" of the 【Refining Matter】 divine ability in terms of pure strength was higher than 【Blood Rage】; 600 blood souls converted into power was roughly equivalent to the power of 800 blood rages!

However, this was a one-time effect, unlike 【Blood Rage】 which could last for ten minutes.

But there was also a benefit: this was an external accumulation of power that did not require the body to bear the extra load, so it caused no damage.

Immediately after, Li Fei vanished and appeared once again in front of the Bodhisattva Dharma Image.

The Ghost-Slaying Blade, which had been carried on his back and locked by the Golden Thread Jade Qilin Armor, was unsheathed.

A terrifying force of over twenty thousand tons was blessed upon this blade.

The blade light cut through this Bodhisattva Dharma Image from top to bottom, also slicing open the bodies of the white dragon and white elephant.

With one strike, the golden light was cut open, the Dharma Image shattered, and it dissipated completely!

Xiao Tao spat out a mouthful of blood.

After the Dharma Image solidified, his combat power had indeed doubled, but once the Dharma Image was broken, he himself would also suffer damage.

Immediately after, Li Fei appeared in front of Xiao Tao, and with another vertical slash of the blade.

Xiao Tao hurriedly raised his arms to block, while the Bodhisattva Dharma Image appeared behind him again, only this time it did not solidify.

The blade edge landed on his arms; first the black scales were cut open, then the Bodhisattva Dharma Image behind him developed a crack from its forehead all the way to its abdomen, and finally split into two halves!

Immediately after, the blade edge cut through Xiao Tao's flesh and struck his arm bone.

Xiao Tao let out a muffled groan, stomped his feet to exert force, borrowed the momentum to retreat, and simultaneously summoned the Bodhisattva Dharma Image again, solidifying it.

He and the Bodhisattva Dharma Image exerted force together, transmitting the power through the air to Li Fei's side.

Li Fei vanished from where he stood and appeared in front of the Bodhisattva Dharma Image.

Seeing him about to raise his blade to slash again, Xiao Tao hurriedly threw palms rapidly along with the Bodhisattva Dharma Image; hundreds of massive palm forces, together with heaven and earth origin energy and force, formed an invisible lock, attempting to lock Li Fei's body.

This was already an eruption equivalent to more than twenty times Xiao Tao's base strength!

Li Fei did not continue to use 【No Distance】 to dodge.

If he kept dodging, he would never be able to attack.

He had already probed Xiao Tao's limits and trump cards; it was time to end this battle!

First, he formed the Vajra Seal internally, then used the 【Refining Matter】 divine ability to refine 1400 blood souls and convert them into power!

The invisible "lock" wrestled with the power Li Fei erupted.

After only half a second of stalemate, the "chains" began to collapse!

Li Fei was like a god of strength descended to the mortal world; he pushed hard against Xiao Tao's power, swung his right arm, and slashed down with his blade.

The Bodhisattva Dharma Image shrouded in golden light was cut open again, the white dragon and white elephant were also cut into two pieces, and finally, it shattered with a boom!

Xiao Tao spat out another mouthful of blood; he was already severely injured and did not dare to solidify the Dharma Image again.

But if he didn't solidify the Dharma Image, he would have even less of a chance to fight Li Fei!

Before his eyes, a blade light flashed; Li Fei had already slashed over.

Xiao Tao's face revealed a bitter expression; he could only consume the power of incense once more to reshape his Dharma form.

Then, the Dharma form shattered again, and his right arm, which he had used to block, was struck by the blade and severed at the elbow!

"I"

Xiao Tao shouted while borrowing the force to retreat, simultaneously condensing his Dharma form anew.

Li Fei appeared behind him in an instant and kicked him in the lower back.

Bang—

Xiao Tao was kicked flying forward, his Dharma form covered in cracks.

"Ad-"

Li Fei appeared above his head again and stomped down heavily with one foot.

Boom!!!

The newly condensed Dharma form shattered once more, and Xiao Tao was slammed into the ground like a cannonball.

"-mit!"

Only then were the three words "I admit defeat" fully shouted out, echoing across the plain.

A gust of wind blew away the dust and smoke, allowing the two onlookers to see the scene clearly:

Li Fei stood at the edge of a large crater, holding his blade in one hand.

Inside the crater, the scale armor on Xiao Tao's body was stained with blood, his right arm was severed at the elbow, and he lay on the ground, powerless.

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Xiao Xiuyong stood on the hillside, staring fixedly at Xiao Tao in the distance, unable to accept this result!

Not far away, Qin Zhen let out a satisfied exclamation, feeling that the trip had been worthwhile, and turned to leave directly.

Li Fei sheathed his blade and glanced at Xiao Tao, who had yet to climb out of the crater:

"There will not be a next time."

Xiao Tao opened his mouth to speak, but in the end, he could not say a word.

He understood what Li Fei meant by this sentence:

This was the first, and also the last, time the Xiao family would provoke him.

If there were a next time, someone would truly die!

After speaking, Li Fei soared into the air and departed using the wind-riding technique.

From beginning to end, he had not even glanced at Xiao Xiuyong.

On the plain.

The dust had not yet settled, but the dragon and elephant had already been subdued.

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(End of this chapter)