Feng Yun's lips curled into a cold smile, hmph, this Li Feng is truly arrogant. He really thinks he's unbeatable just because he triumphed over the Zeng family.

His victory over Zeng Batian likely involved just a stroke of luck; a blind cat running into a dead rat, making Zeng Batian's Red Lotus Fire ineffective against him. Yet, Feng Family's Geng Metal Technique, despite being only a partial manuscript, cannot be underestimated.

Li Feng likely doesn't even understand the foundations of his Feng family, otherwise why would he choose close combat with him—it's practically courting death.

As Feng Yun contemplated, the Geng Metal Energy within him transformed into a sharp blade through his elbow aimed directly at Li Feng's chest. Even if you possess Vermilion Bird Bloodline, you're merely at the Golden Core Early Stage; how much of your Bloodline Power can you really unleash?

If Li Feng were from the Sikong family, Feng Yun wouldn't harbor such thoughts. But this Li Feng, though somehow awakened the Vermilion Bird Bloodline, he hails from the Lower Three Rings.

What profound cultivation techniques could one learn from a place like the Lower Three Rings, the most advanced of which are merely at the Profound Level.

Although Feng family's Geng Metal Technique is only part of an Earth Level technique, it's unmatched by ordinary Profound Level techniques.

Facing Feng Yun's inevitable deadly strike, Li Feng's eyes flashed with a peculiar color—this guy is somewhat formidable, resembling a porcupine with his entire body like metal.

Even though he was caught off guard by the opponent, Li Feng wasn't much panicked; outside, he is a master of close combat—a veteran in countless battles.

Despite the opponent's sharp cultivation technique, his martial skills are basic. Li Feng could predict the opponent's attack trajectory from their movements.

Um, perhaps the opponent never even tried to conceal their attack.

This is probably the situation for most cultivators within Ancestor Dragon City—close combat is meaningless for those wielding overwhelming power, mastering Dao Principles, and unleashing world-shaking strength with every gesture.

With a tap of his toe, Li Feng's body and mind moved swiftly following the opponent's arm's direction. Feng Yun's elbow strike swept horizontally, limiting the attack angle to a mere 180 degrees.

Li Feng maneuvered to Feng Yun's side, dodging the strike: "You seem quite tough."

He finished speaking.

Li Feng's pierced hand began to drip blood that ignited directly. Thanks to his cultivation of the Burning Technique to the Sixth Level, his blood had begun to change.

Li Feng's blood contained the Power of Annihilation from the Burning Technique, the Domineering Purple Flames fused with Vermilion Bird Blood, complementing the Burning Technique, resulting in fire with high temperature and attributes like annihilation and devour.

Feng family's Geng Metal Technique has both defensive and offensive capabilities, but its sole weakness is against the Thunder Element. Yet, Li Feng hadn't even used Thunder Power from his Thunder Pill; the Purple Flame from Vermilion Bird Blood was enough to dissolve the golden Protective Gang Qi from Feng Yun's arm.

With the attack failed, Feng Yun immediately felt pain in his arm. Li Feng's Vermilion Bird Blood's temperature was at least thousands of degrees; the muscles and bloodline in Feng Yun's arm instantly charred, without even the mist of steam.

Li Feng smirked coldly, clenched his hand.

Crack.

Feng Yun's arm was instantly crushed into fragments by Li Feng.

Feng Yun almost fainted from the pain, stumbled back two steps, looking at Li Feng in disbelief. Is the Vermilion Bird Bloodline so terrifying, capable of crushing his arm enveloped with Geng Metal Gang Qi directly?

Yet, the fire on the severed arm continued to spread. Feng Yun gritted his teeth, raised his hand, and instantly cut off his own arm from the shoulder, blood splattering three feet.

"Li Feng."

Feng Yun endured the pain, glancing angrily at Li Feng in front.

Li Feng didn't hesitate, moved like a dragonfly, and instantly arrived before Feng Yun, launching a punch at Feng Yun's face.

Feng Yun had no choice but to raise his right arm to block.

"You don't seem to learn."

Li Feng immediately shifted his punch into a claw, gripping the right arm blocking in front, repeating the process, another scream from Feng Yun, as another arm turned into ashes instantly.

Feng Yun began to show a hint of terror in his eyes, never imagining that he couldn't muster any resistance against Li Feng.

His Feng family's Geng Metal Technique, renowned for its tenacious attack and defense capabilities—how come...?

Is the Vermilion Bird Bloodline truly this formidable?

Thoughts raced in Feng Yun's mind, having only heard of the Sikong family's prominence from afar, never witnessing it firsthand.

However, Li Feng offered Feng Yun no time for further entanglement, swiftly severed another arm, leaving his middle open wide, promptly advancing forward to strike Feng Yun's heart directly.

The palm's force wasn't strong.

Yet a wave of Domineering Purple Flames penetrated forcibly, igniting the opponent's heart. The energy within the opponent acted like an accelerant, making the Purple Flames burn in his five internal organs.

"How could this be...!"

Feng Yun's face still reflected disbelief, but the flames had already surged from his seven orifices, transforming him into a blazing figure instantly.

Though narrated slowly, the entire sequence took mere seconds.

Li Feng and Feng Yun exchanged merely a few blows; not even Feng Yun anticipated dying in such an anticlimactic manner at the Golden Core Early Stage.

Feng Yun's three companions at the table, all Golden Core cultivators from Feng family—having invested heavily to win over the Zeng family—deployed their entire Golden Core lineup.

"Kill."

With Feng Yun directly eliminated, the other three were equally caught off guard, but witnessing Li Feng kill Feng Yun sparked their envy. The three's bodies radiated with Geng Metal Gang Qi, resembling three Bodhisattvas lunging towards Li Feng.

Li Feng sneered coldly.

He released a powerful burst of Thunder Power, turning the three charging Feng family Golden Core cultivators into lightning rods, instantly channeling Thunder Power towards them.

Though Feng family's Geng Metal Technique is formidable, it's specifically vulnerable to Thunder Power, due to metal's conductivity—not only failing to defend but also amplifying Thunder Power.

Instantly, the three were struck by Thunder Power, plunged into brief paralysis. Though Geng Metal Gang Qi couldn't guard against Thunder Power, as Golden Core cultivators, they weren't easily defeated.

In that brief moment of paralysis.

Li Feng's thumb flicked the King Sword.

With a clear clang.

A cold glint flashed past.

A sword thin as frost over nineteen provinces, Li Feng's sword unleashed, Sword Qi swept across the three's necks; Geng Metal Energy couldn't obstruct the Thunder-transformed Sword Qi, rapidly decapitating them.

The entire table of four Golden Core cultivators from Feng family annihilated instantly.

Rumble.

Meanwhile.

The large and imposing Lei Ba, akin to an ancient tyrant dragon, surged with thunder light, directly rushed the crowd. His forte lies not in thunder attacks but close-quarter combat.

Thunder Power induces paralysis and stiffness, slowing one's movements. Once Lei Ba—the opponent's chances of resistance verge on nil.

Crack.

Lei Ba clasped an opponent's neck, brutally snapping it—truly befitting a Golden Core nurtured in the Duel Arena—combat methods simple and brutal, and indeed bloody.

Li Feng's gaze shifted, watching Tian Wenxin, with legs kicking an opponent aside.

That formidable lady was remarkably facing three foes, unfazed.

Quite unexpected.

Surveying the battle, despite fewer numbers on Li Feng's side, the opponent seemed disoriented by Li Feng's preemptive strike—failing to harness their numerical advantage, instead succumbing to Li Feng's lightning offensive, quickly losing several.

"They're only three or four people; we're over twenty! What's there to fear? All in!" someone shouted, reminding everyone already having the numeric superiority.

ps: Taking a leave, only one update today.