"Web of Darkness!"
As Ye Tian's low voice rang out, in the direction where the Crimson-Feathered Eagle was dodging, a massive pure-black web composed of dark energy suddenly appeared there, blocking the Crimson-Feathered Eagle's path.
This sudden change caught the Crimson-Feathered Eagle off guard. Although it reacted quickly and stopped in time without crashing directly into the web, it also lost the best opportunity to dodge and could only watch helplessly as the fist energy struck its abdomen directly.
"SCREECH!!!"
The Crimson-Feathered Eagle let out a painful cry that echoed through the clouds. Its eyes instantly turned red, clearly thoroughly enraged.
It spread its massive wings. The feathers on its wings were hard as iron, flashing with cold gleams.
It flapped its wings, and countless feathers shot toward Ye Tian and Gao Zhen like flying daggers, forming a dense wave of attacks.
Facing such a fierce offensive, Ye Tian demonstrated his agile movement.
He executed his Shadow Escape technique, his figure instantly merging into the darkness, disappearing without a trace, successfully avoiding the feather attack.
Gao Zhen, however, displayed an even more hardcore approach.
He didn't choose to dodge at all but responded in an overbearing manner. He used both fists and feet, batting away every incoming feather, displaying powerful strength and precise technique. Those seemingly sharp feathers couldn't penetrate his defense at all.
"Steel Body!"
Gao Zhen shouted, and his entire body emitted intense light. His body underwent changes—his muscles swelled, his skin became hard as steel, flashing with a metallic luster.
His entire body seemed to transform into an indestructible fortress, emanating a fearsome aura.
Meanwhile, Ye Tian activated his ability again.
"Nightfall Descends!"
Ye Tian commanded in a low voice, and the surrounding environment instantly became pitch black—so dark one couldn't see their hand in front of their face.
Originally, under the moonlight, one could still see a bit of the surrounding scenery, but now not even a trace was visible. Opening one's eyes was no different from closing them.
In this darkness, fierce firelight burned on the Crimson-Feathered Eagle's body. Yet strangely, even though the flames were intense, the light they produced could only radiate about a meter outward and couldn't expand further.
From a distance, it looked like a small point of light in the darkness.
In this darkness, the red flames on the Crimson-Feathered Eagle's body appeared especially dazzling.
Ye Tian used the cover of darkness to quietly approach the Crimson-Feathered Eagle with Gao Zhen, preparing to deal a fatal blow.
The surrounding nightfall not only blocked vision but even blocked perception entirely. The Crimson-Feathered Eagle didn't detect the two men's presence at all.
By the time it came to its senses, it was too late to dodge. It was directly struck by Gao Zhen charging forward with a fist wrapped in spirit energy.
The Crimson-Feathered Eagle was hit so hard it became dizzy and fell straight down from the sky.
"Shadow Hand!"
With a low shout, a massive pitch-black hand extended from the ground. Its fingers were like iron, tightly grabbing the Crimson-Feathered Eagle and lifting it high.
The Crimson-Feathered Eagle desperately flapped its wings, but it couldn't break free from the Shadow Hand's restraint.
"Leg Blade!"
Gao Zhen delivered a whipping kick toward the Crimson-Feathered Eagle. His leg seemed to transform into a sharp blade, fiercely striking the Crimson-Feathered Eagle's body, leaving a deep bloody gash.
The injury caused the Crimson-Feathered Eagle's wild nature to completely erupt. Suddenly, blazing fire burned from its body, gradually melting away the Shadow Hand.
The Crimson-Feathered Eagle opened its massive beak and spat out a brilliant fireball.
The fireball came whistling, with scorching heat waves carrying blazing flames, like a meteor tearing through the air, heading straight for Gao Zhen.
Facing such a fierce attack, Ye Tian showed no panic at all, once again releasing his spirit technique.
"Tentacles of Darkness!"
A pitch-black tentacle grew from the ground, lashing out like a sharp whip, dispersing the fireball.
"Shadow Possession."
Ye Tian shouted, and his entire body instantly transformed into a shadow, rapidly drilling into the shadow cast by the Crimson-Feathered Eagle's flaming body.
Just then, the Crimson-Feathered Eagle suddenly froze as if under a binding spell, its whole body trembling. Then its wings involuntarily spread open, completely exposing its most vulnerable areas.
Its eyes were filled with terror and despair. It kept struggling, trying to regain control of its body, but Ye Tian steadily controlled the situation from within its shadow.
Like this, the Crimson-Feathered Eagle would struggle to fold its wings, then be forced to spread them again, repeating this cycle, appearing quite miserable.
Meanwhile, Gao Zhen wasn't idle either. He was going all out stacking various enhancement states on himself.
"Amplify! Double! Heavy Fist! Mountain-Breaking Fist! Fist Qi!" Gao Zhen chanted, a string of skill names spouting from his mouth.
These five skills included two powerful amplification skills that could instantly multiply his strength several times over.
The other three were extremely offensive skills, each possessing the power to split mountains and crack stones.
When these five skills merged perfectly, the resulting power was simply immeasurable.
Gao Zhen took a deep breath, pushed hard with both feet, and his entire body leaped high, like a ferocious leopard pouncing on its prey.
He clenched his fist tightly, carrying unparalleled power, and fiercely struck toward the Crimson-Feathered Eagle's chest. The momentum of that punch was like thunder, as if even the surrounding air was being torn apart.
Ye Tian also timely detached from the possession state to avoid friendly fire.
Just as Gao Zhen's fist struck the Crimson-Feathered Eagle...
BANG!!!
The power of this punch even penetrated the Crimson-Feathered Eagle's body, like piercing through a mountain, forming an impact behind it that went straight through its body.
(I'm not very good at describing this—it appears often in animated shows.)
It hurt so much its eyes nearly popped out.
This blow smashed through its internal organs. Now it had no path to survival.
"Screech~~"
The Crimson-Feathered Eagle collapsed on the ground, no longer able to rise. But its eyes stared tightly in the direction of Yan City, filled with unwillingness and worry.
Ye Tian said puzzled: "This demon beast initiated the beast tide, which was already inexplicable. Now why is it showing such an expression?"
Gao Zhen: "Who cares about all that? Such a big bird is enough for the military camp to have a huge meal. Plus, this mutant beast is such a high level—let me check if it has a crystal core."
Under normal circumstances, the higher the mutant beast's level, the higher the probability of producing a crystal core.
According to statistics, the drop rate for Fourth-Tier demon beasts was about 70%.
Gao Zhen smashed the Crimson-Feathered Eagle's head a few times, cracking open its skull, then pried it open with both hands.
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