Chen Changsheng stood amidst a mountain of corpses, Dragon Elephant Heaven Suppressing Halberd in hand.
The divine elephant patterns on his skin gradually faded, as phoenix true fire engulfed him, his vital energy evaporating like mist in a scarlet haze.
Killing over thirty Golden Core cultivators at once had drained his true energy significantly.
Chen Changsheng didn't hide his fatigue from the depletion of his true energy.
In front of Lan Rong and the Pig Head Boss, he took out a Qi Gathering Pill and swallowed it, his golden core rapidly spinning, greedily absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy.
Looking at the dead Lan family cultivators, Lan Rong's face alternated between green and red.
The family had sent her to kill the Demon Suppression Division's Chief, allowing her to mobilize all of the Lan family's Golden Core cultivators, but instead of killing the man, the Lan family cultivators, except for her, were completely annihilated.
This assassination plan against the Demon Suppression Division's Chief, even if the Lan family won in the end, would be a strategic failure, the losses were too heavy!
Lan Rong subconsciously wanted to blame the demon race for not contributing enough, but when she turned her head, she saw the equally miserable state of the demon race, with only the Pig Head Boss remaining among the Golden Core demon fiends. His expression was equally ugly, his pupils bloodshot and his eyes wide with rage.
"Damn humans!!! How dare you kill my brothers, die for me!!"
The Pig Head Boss entered a berserk state, moving like a mountain, his giant cleaver stirring up gusts of wind as it roared down towards Chen Changsheng.
Boom!
With a single slash, a sea of fire erupted on both sides, and the earth spewed like magma.
Chen Changsheng countered with the Great Wilderness Heaven Suppressing Halberd, the halberd and cleaver colliding, generating a vast shockwave.
One slash fell, followed by a second, third, and fourth.
The Pig Head Boss's body was fat and bloated, but he was as swift as lightning, his cleaver techniques as continuous as waves, the force layered upon layer, stirring up a sky-covering sea of fire around him.
It was clear that the Pig Head Boss was truly angry!
He hadn't displayed such strength before. When he teamed up with the Goat Head demon fiend, they could only fight Chen Changsheng to a draw, and were even subtly suppressed.
But now, alone, he was fighting Chen Changsheng to a standstill.
Especially this sea of fire cleaver technique, Chen Changsheng was seeing it for the first time. Fortunately, his own cultivation technique originated from the Undying True Phoenix, and the high temperature of the flames posed no threat to him.
During their fierce confrontation, Lan Rong raised a treasured pagoda and smashed it towards Chen Changsheng.
Chen Changsheng was covered in blood-colored lightning, throwing out the Dragon Elephant Heaven Suppressing Halberd to block the Pig Head Boss, while using the Nine Revolutions Heavenly罡 Fist to meet the descending pagoda head-on.
Boom!
Fist shadows were unleashed one after another, the suspended pagoda constantly shaking, emitting a buzzing roar.
With the berserk Pig Head demon fiend in front and Lan Rong's pagoda suppressing him from above.
Both sides were giving it their all, making Chen Changsheng, who had little true energy remaining, somewhat weary to cope. If it weren't for his own strong foundation, any other late-stage Golden Core prodigy would have been crushed into mincemeat by Lan Rong and the Pig Head Boss long ago.
"Give up struggling, you can't possibly be our match in your current state, why waste each other's time."
Lan Rong's forehead was slightly sweaty, her body surrounded by spiritual light, continuously pouring true energy into the pagoda.
As the pagoda was constantly hammered by Chen Changsheng's fist shadows, she herself was enduring wave-like repercussions.
Clearly, the other party was already at the end of his rope, relying only on his physical body and vital energy to resist the attack, yet there was no sign of decline, instead, he was as fierce as an ancient ferocious beast, causing her to break out in a cold sweat.
She couldn't help but worry that if they dragged on like this, she and the Pig Head demon fiend might be exhausted to death.
Rumble!
Accompanied by a loud noise, the pagoda suddenly landed.
Chen Changsheng, who had been constantly punching the pagoda, suddenly stopped attacking and was instantly suppressed into the pagoda.
Lan Rong was overjoyed at the sight and subconsciously said: "I told you long ago, your resistance is meaningless, just a dying struggle…"
Whoosh!
Before she could finish speaking, the Pig Head Boss rushed into the pagoda without regard for anything, charging madly towards Chen Changsheng inside the pagoda.
Lan Rong was even more delighted to see this, she didn't expect this pig demon to completely lose his mind in order to kill Chen Changsheng, directly breaking into the pagoda to his death.
The inside of the pagoda was filled with dark and cold Nether Springs, Chen Changsheng was surrounded by true fire, blocking the low temperature and extreme cold of the Nether Springs.
The moment the Pig Head Boss rushed into the pagoda, his body was instantly corroded and dissolved by the cold Nether Springs, emitting a sizzling melting sound.
He seemed unable to feel the pain, his eyes bloodshot as he raised his cleaver and slashed, the monstrous sea of fire dividing the Nether Springs.
Seeing the Pig Head Boss charge into the pagoda, Chen Changsheng's arms revealed three rings of Nine Revolutions Heavenly罡 Armlets, his power oscillated and erupted as he counterattacked with his fist techniques.
His figure was illusory and faded, skillfully dodging the cleaver slashes, the Undying True Phoenix flames blocking the sea of fire phenomenon created by the cleaver's edge, his fist shadows as swift as lightning landed on the Pig Head Boss, instantly blasting open several large holes.
The man and the demon fiercely fought within the pagoda, the entire pagoda violently shaking.
Lan Rong's face outside gradually paled, stabilizing the pagoda while injecting true energy to refine the jumping man and demon.
The Pig Head Boss didn't know what secret technique he used, completely degenerating into a mad demon fiend, only knowing to attack head-on, disregarding his own safety and life.
Chen Changsheng, under tremendous pressure, fell into a state of epiphany.
Entering the pagoda was not because he was exhausted, nor was it actively giving up his life, but to increase the pressure on himself.
Faced with Lan Rong's pagoda refinement, and the Pig Head Boss's relentless pursuit, coupled with his nearly depleted true energy, the multifaceted pressure allowed Chen Changsheng to capture a wisp of unique Undying True Phoenix flame within his body.
It seemed to contain endless energy, but lacked the opportunity to mobilize it, therefore it was hidden extremely deep.
In the past, Chen Changsheng couldn't feel the existence of this wisp of flame at all, until today when his true energy was exhausted, this imperceptible flame appeared particularly dazzling.
Without needing to personally mobilize it, it spontaneously evolved into an Undying True Phoenix Fire Daoist Robe, covering every inch of Chen Changsheng's skin, blocking the Nether Springs' corrosion and refinement, and also blocking the Pig Head Boss's sea of fire.
Chen Changsheng's fist techniques shifted from offense to defense, no longer focusing on fighting the Pig Head Boss, but focusing on capturing the true fire within his body, feeling the endless energy within the true fire.
As time slowly passed.
The Pig Head Boss, under continuous attacks, was gradually eroded and refined by the Nether Springs!
Turning into a mutilated body, a melted corpse, a skeleton of white bones, a disappearing speck of dust…
Only Chen Changsheng was left alone in the pagoda, immersed in the cold and bone-chilling Nether Springs, neither resisting the Nether Springs' erosion of his flesh, nor trying to break open the pagoda.
He sat cross-legged in the pitch-black Nether Springs, surrounded by true fire, vaguely appearing with a phoenix phenomenon phantom, as if treating the pagoda as a trial ground.
Lan Rong, seeing this scene outside, almost laughed out of anger: "Epiphany breakthrough in a dangerous situation? Do you really think you are the chosen one? Once you enter my pagoda, you won't be coming out again."
She took out several pills from her storage ring, a trace of hesitation flashed in her eyes.
Finally gritting her teeth, she swallowed them all, the true energy in her body, which was originally exhausted, erupted with a surging aura once again!
