<h4>Chapter 299: The Spirit Emperor Appears</h4>
Xiang Tang punched forward disdainfully, his fist as heavy as a mountain and bursting with strength. Xiao Nanfeng''s eyes shed as he executed Hegemon''s Fist, filling the air with his fists. They shot toward Xiang Tang like a thousand rockets fired in unison.
"What?!" Xiang Tang eximed.
The stream of fists smashed into Xiang Tang in explosions of force. Although Xiang Tang had managed to repel Xiao Nanfeng, he had taken a few dozen blows as a result.
"Hegemon''s Fist? Impossible. How could your Hegemon''s Fist be so strong?" Xiang Tang eximed.
He had studied Hegemon''s Fist as well, but his understanding of the technique could hardlypare to Xiao Nanfeng''s own. How could it be possible for Xiao Nanfeng to conjure up thousands of punches with just one fist? Even an Immortal like him was taken aback upon seeing the air full of punches!
"Are all Immortals this weak?" Xiao Nanfeng demanded.
The two cultivators exchanged blows again. The more Xiao Nanfeng fought, the morefortable he became. At the start, Xiang Tang had easily knocked him flying, but now, he was fighting on equal footing with the Immortal. Shockingly, as he familiarized himself with Xiang Tang''s fist technique, he gradually gained the upper hand.
Xiao Nanfeng knocked Xiang Tang flying with a punch.
"Impossible. No mortal could ever be a match for an Immortal. How could you be this skilled? Die!" Xiang Tang roared,unching himself forward once more.
After exchanging countless blows, hundreds of punches struck Xiang Tang''s head and sent him flying once again. He spat out a mouthful of blood in mid-air.
Nn Yunhai and Qiangwei, both hidden in the distance, gaped.
"How could Xiao Nanfeng have be so strong?" Nn Yunhai asked disbelievingly.
"It must be because of spiritual power. Within the peach orchard, spiritual power isparable to physical qi. His spiritual cultivation must be infinitesimally close to Yin Body," Qiangwei dered.
"Is his advantage in terms of spiritual power alone?" Nn Yunhai asked, frowning.
"His fist technique, too. It''s frightening to behold," Qiangwei whispered.
In the distance, Xiang Tang wiped at the blood by his mouth. His gaze turned chilly. "I thought I wouldn''t need my full strength to deal with a mortal like you. You asked for this."
He drew a de and shed at Xiao Nanfeng. A sword sh dozens of meters wide shot straight toward him like a huge wave.
Xiao Nanfeng dodged to the side and blocked the rest of the qi with his fist. He was sent flying, but he stabilized himself immediately. Then, he shot toward Xiang Tang once more.
"Even Qiangwei was unable to dodge my de. How could you have done so?!" Xiang Tang eximed.
"There''s nothing special about it, is there? It''s simply a bit stronger than usual." Xiao Nanfeng charged forward.
As Xiao Nanfeng drew near, Xiang Tang''s features twisted in a scowl. "Die!"
He waved his de rapidly and sent countless shes of energy toward Xiao Nanfeng. Xiao Nanfeng retaliated with his fists, tearing apart the energy as he gradually grew used to Xiang Tang''s attacks and closing in on him.
"Impossible! I''m an Immortal, the peak of all cultivators! How could you challenge me?!" Xiang Tang shouted.
The des of energy shot toward Xiao Nanfeng in the form of towering waves, but Xiao Nanfeng easily tore them apart and approached Xiang Tang.
Xiang Tang nched. Countless punches met his face.
"No!" Xiang Tang cried out.
He was sent flying once more. Even with an Immortal''s qi barrier, two of his teeth had been punched right out of his mouth. He was a sorry sight to behold.
Xiang Tang fell to the ground, a barrier of rainbow light shimmering into existence around him. He gaped at Xiao Nanfeng in shock. Even at full strength, he was no match for Xiao Nanfeng!
"Xiang Tang, your understanding of the fist and the de are far too weak. You''ve lost!" Xiao Nanfeng dered, charging forward with a smile.
Xiang Tang flew into the air, wiping at the blood by his mouth as killing intent surrounded him.
"An Immortal''s might isn''t for the likes of you to disparage," Xiang Tang replied.
He retrieved the dragon-quelling spike and infused his qi into it, causing it to expand in size into a three-hundred-meter-long gigantic spike that struck Xiao Nanfeng.
A frightening aura descended, causing even the ground to sink from the enormity of the pressure it exerted. Xiao Nanfeng mmed into the ground, his organs badly injured. He spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Is the dragon-quelling spike that strong?" Xiao Nanfeng eximed.
Without any hesitation, he swung his divine undying de.The resistance that it encountered caused his hands to go numb, and he barely avoided losing its grip on it. Taking advantage of the knockback, he barely avoided the dragon-quelling spike''s attack.
The spike shot into the ground, leaving a furrow hundreds of meters deep. The ground and rocks in the vicinity cracked and split open. Xiao Nanfeng flew back, sustaining another injury to his body.
"You won''t be able to escape now. Die!" Xiang Tang demanded.
He activated the dragon-quelling spike and sent it toward Xiao Nanfeng again.
"Using your artifacts because you can''t beat me without them, are you? Do you really think you''re the only one with artifacts?" Xiao Nanfeng gave Xiang Tang a disdainful look.
Just then, Xiao Nanfeng''s storage ring flew out of his finger and transformed into a giant bell. It tolled as it enveloped Xiao Nanfeng with its mouth, protecting him from the dragon-quelling spike, which struck its surface.
A metallic cling echoed throughout the entire orchard. mes red up all around the Divine Emperor''s bell.
The dragon-quelling spike''s attack had been fruitless.
"The Divine Emperor''s bell? Let''s see just how long you can remain hiding in there. Die!" Xiang Tang demanded.
The dragon-quelling spikeunched blow after blow at the bell, but the bell seemed imprable. The situation frustrated Xiang Tang to no end.
Within the mouth of the bell, Xiao Nanfeng looked toward the Divine Emperor in surprise. He suddenly smiled. "Thank you for the assistance, Divine Emperor!"
The Divine Emperor was surrounded by ck smoke. She looked toward Xiao Nanfeng in disbelief. "You really are a puzzle, aren''t you? You can defeat an Immortal despite not having reached Yin Body? You must have an unparalleled spiritual cultivation technique."
"I simply got lucky," Xiao Nanfeng replied, smiling. He didn''t want to expose his spiritual cultivation technique, Body of Yin.
"No, there is something unusual, isn''t there? If your avatar''s at Yin Body, how could your main body not be at that stage too? The only exnation is that your main body''s spiritual cultivation technique is even more sinister than your avatar''s..." the Divine Emperor trailed off. She scrutinized Xiao Nanfeng carefully.
"How could that be? You must be overthinking things, Senior," Xiao Nanfeng immediately replied.
"No, I''m not! There are far too many oddities about you. Your Taiqing red moon bears a particrly concentrated aura of misfortune, and it''ll lead to a frightening horror on the horizon that even I would have a headache trying to resolve. Could your main body''s spiritual cultivation hide an even more sinister truth? You''re asking to die!" the Divine Emperor eximed.
"Are you sure you''re not overthinking things, Senior?" Xiao Nanfeng asked immediately.
"Believe me as you will," the Divine Emperor replied, refusing to exin further.
Xiao Nanfeng was about to press her when the Divine Emperor suddenly tensed up.
"What''s the matter? Is the dragon-quelling spike about to prate your bell?" Xiao Nanfeng asked.
"It could never," the Divine Emperor replied proudly.
"Could Xiang Tang have another artifact that could threaten it?" Xiao Nanfeng asked.
The Divine Emperor shook her head. "No. Xiang Tang''s done for."
"What?"
"Xiang Tang''s dead meat. He''s here."
"Who?"
"The Spirit Emperor!" the Divine Emperor whispered.
On the outside, Xiang Tang repeatedly struck at the Divine Emperor''s bell with the dragon-quelling spike in mounting frustration.
"Xiao Nanfeng, get out here!" he howled.
However, no response came from the Divine Emperor''s bell. Not far away, by the blood peach tree, Qiangwei silently appeared. She respectfully bowed toward the ink-ck pond water, as though giving an ount of events to someone.
Suddenly, the water shook violently as a ball of golden me emerged from it.
A ten-meter-tall three-legged golden crow was at the heart of the me. Its body shone with golden luster, as if it had been forged of gold. It spread its wings and flew into the air.
"You''ve returned, Divine Emperor?!" The golden crow''s voice was tinged with excitement.
"Who is it?" Xiang Tang whirled around in surprise, only to see the golden crow shing straight toward him.
"You dare attack the Divine Emperor? You''re done for!" the golden crow cawed.
With a p of its wings, raging mes shot toward Xiang Tang.
"The Spirit Emperor?" Xiang Tang cried out, having guessed who was present.
He immediately activated his dragon-quelling spike and dissipated the mesing straight at him.
The golden crow''s eyes shed with killing intent. It shed at the dragon-quelling spike with a golden wing, cutting the spike in half and sending its two halves flying. As it fell to the ground, the shadows that had been absorbed by the spike broke free and fled.
"Argh!" Xiang Tang shrieked.
The strength of the golden crow''s wings had been immense. Not only had the dragon-quelling spike been cut in half, so too had Xiang Pojun''s body.
"No!" Xiang Tang shouted. The top half of his body attempted to flee.
"It''s toote to run!" Qiangwei shouted, flying right up to him and blocking his path.
With a palm, Qiangwei sent that half of Xiang Tang''s body into the ground.
The shadows that had just been freed swarmed Xiang Tang. They restrained him within moments.
"Feed Xiang Tang to the blood peach tree as fertilizer," Qiangwei said.
The shadows didn''t object. They brought the two halves of Xiang Tang''s body toward the blood peach tree.
"No! Please, spare me, Divine Emperor!" Xiang Tang cried out in shock.
The golden crow ignored Xiang Tang. Rather, he flew toward the Divine Emperor''s bell.