CHAPTER 49: CHAPTER 49: THUNDER PUNISHMENT EXECUTES THE CLOUD ELEPHANT

In the face of the opponent’s attack, Xia Feng remained unmoved, quietly standing in place.

A punch, a kick, a palm strike... No matter what move the opponent made, Xia Feng only defended with indifference.

Cloud Elephant gritted his teeth and pulled out a giant axe, while Xia Feng simultaneously drew the Qingxue Sword. Yet, he still did not attack, only continuously parrying the opponent.

He was feeling, feeling the power enhancement brought by the Martial Emperor, understanding the strength of his own body.

Xia Feng’s advancement was too fast, with too little combat experience. To truly exert the power of the Martial Emperor, he first needed to familiarize himself with his abilities.

"Bastard, are you playing with me?!"

Seeing Xia Feng easily dodge his attacks again and again, Cloud Elephant flew into a rage.

"You’re too weak, didn’t you have a meal?" Xia Feng frowned, seemingly unsatisfied, "Or is this the full extent of a Celestial Tier Martial Venerable’s power?"

"Don’t think that by forcefully using secret techniques to enhance your power you can do as you please. It’s not your own cultivation, ultimately it’s just an empty shell!"

Cloud Elephant roared, completely convinced that Xia Feng was a charlatan masquerading under false pretexts.

As everyone knows, an enhancement not born of one’s own abilities will never be lasting.

Reaching the Emperor Level is impossible. Xia Feng will never reach Emperor Level in this lifetime.

The only reasonable explanation is that Xia Feng temporarily elevated to the realm of a Half-Step Emperor Level; that’s the only way to explain how he could shatter the void.

Now, Xia Feng was merely avoiding his attacks without striking, undoubtedly due to the fear that overusing the Half-Step Martial Emperor’s power would quickly expose him.

Thinking of this, Cloud Elephant no longer wanted to continue entangling himself with him.

"Do you think you can elevate to Half-Step Martial Emperor? Kid, I’ll make you regret coming into this world!"

At this moment, Cloud Elephant’s hatred for Xia Feng reached its zenith. Since the other party was unwilling to end things peacefully, he saw no reason to hold back!

With the Ten Top Grade Saintesses backing this kid, the Cloud Elephant Sect couldn’t be defended either.

His brother was gone, most of the sect elders were dead, and now the sect was about to be lost as well.

Given this, why should he let Xia Feng remain?

First, kill this kid and then escape the Great Xia Empire in the future!

"Secret Technique, Nether Blood Demon Burst!"

Cloud Elephant raised his head and roared in fury, directly biting through his tongue, causing dark blood to gush forth instantaneously.

The dark blood surged out, swirling around him, while Cloud Elephant’s visage began to distort.

The original human features were replaced by a ferocious demon with a green face and fangs!

At the same time, his aura suddenly surged, increasing his strength seven or eight times from a Celestial Tier Ninth Layer Martial Venerable!

Half-Step Martial Emperor!

"Haha, Xia Feng, now I am also a Half-Step Martial Emperor."

"To kill you, I sacrificed five hundred years of my life. You should be proud!"

Cloud Elephant greedily gazed at his arms; the power of a Half-Step Martial Emperor was too enticing.

At this moment, he even felt that he could shatter the mountains bearing the Cloud Elephant Sect with a single punch!

Xia Feng clapped his hands in encouragement, "The realm of Half-Step Martial Emperor, now that’s more like it."

Damn!

Cloud Elephant’s smile instantly froze. Could it be that Xia Feng could not see the gap between them and yet dared to provoke him?

"Scoundrel! Die for me!"

He roared and bellowed, his demonized body erupting with landslide-like power, leaping toward Xia Feng’s direction!

A fierce massive blade flashing with terrifying aura slashed down. The weaker inner sect disciples of Cloud Elephant Sect all lowered their heads, not daring to look at the sharp axe blade, and some were shaken to the point of vomiting blood from the terrifying aura!

"Husband, it’s boring for only you to play, so we’re making our move too," Celestial Fox Saintess Yu Siya shouted to the sky.

"Alright!"

The response she received was a single word from Xia Feng.

"No, what do you think you’re doing?!"

The last eight elders remaining in Cloud Elephant Sect watched in horror as the Ten Top Grade Saintesses approached them.

"We have three Earth Tier Martial Venerables here and five Profound Tier Martial Venerables. You ten Yellow Tier Martial Venerables are courting death?" the Fourth Elder shouted.

But unfortunately, the Ten Great Saintesses did not pay him any heed, directly taking action!

Ten Yellow Tier Martial Venerables? That depends on who they are!

The saintesses of a Top Grade Sacred Land, their specialty is combating opponents beyond their tier!

The sky above saw explosive clashes between Cloud Elephant and Xia Feng.

Below, the Ten Great Saintesses were battling with the eight elders of the Cloud Elephant Sect.

For a time, the entire scene within the Cloud Elephant Sect was chaotic beyond compare.

Cloud Elephant, who was crossing blows with Xia Feng, had a look that grew increasingly peculiar.

Why, why hadn’t he exhausted his strength yet?

He had already exerted all his power; Xia Feng should not have lasted beyond half a stick of incense’s time!

But they had been fighting for nearly a stick of incense’s time.

During this time, Xia Feng finally began to retaliate, yet the martial techniques employed were all from the Cloud Mountain Sect.

The more Cloud Elephant thought about it, the more off it seemed, and finally, he realized this damn kid was using him for practice!

"Indeed, only actual combat allows one to fully master these martial techniques," Xia Feng thought to himself.

The martial techniques learned in his dream fed back into reality, with just a few attempts he had completely grasped them.

Therefore...

There was no longer any need to keep this sparring partner around!

Xia Feng’s eyes flashed with a cold glint, and he raised his right hand high, causing the surrounding spiritual power to rapidly converge into his palm.

"Martial Emperor Divine Technique, Descending Thunder Punishment!"

The sky stirred once more, massive dark clouds swiftly gathered, turning the bright day into a scene of oppressive darkness, within which terrifying thunderstorms churned.

This action of Xia Feng’s instantly terrified Cloud Elephant.

This... this was a true Martial Emperor Divine Technique. Without condensing a divine technique, one could never become a Martial Emperor.

The terrifying spiritual power made him tremble. He knew very well that if this attack landed on him, his outcome would be none other than...

Shattered body and soul scattered!

Now, Cloud Elephant trembled uncontrollably in fear; he dared not even think about why Xia Feng became a Martial Emperor.

Escape, flee quickly!

This was a genuine Martial Emperor, invincible!

Cloud Elephant, as if possessed by madness, gathered spiritual power in his legs, desperately fleeing backward.

Alas, no matter how fast he was, he could not escape Xia Feng’s lock-on.

"Thinking of running now? Too late! Die for me!"

Xia Feng roared in fury, at this moment like a war god commanding an army of millions, invincible.

The gusts of wind blew at his clothing as his right arm vigorously swung down.

"Thunder Punishment!"

The terrifying thunderclouds instantly coalesced into a giant lightning bolt eight feet wide, rapidly striking toward the fleeing Cloud Elephant.

Cloud Elephant had already increased his speed to the utmost, but in the blink of an eye, the Thunder Punishment had already caught up with him.

"No!!!!"

Cloud Elephant cried out in despair.

Next, he was instantly engulfed by the boundless thunder.

The earth trembled; the spot where Cloud Elephant once stood was originally a small mountain peak, but now it was completely leveled by the celestial thunder, forming a pit.