Chapter 90: The Giant's Shadow, the Contest of the Thunderwhip

Cloudcrest Villa.

Meng Tong stood suspended in the void, a law-enforcement badge in hand. His wide robes flapped violently in the gale.

At that moment, the cloudless sky had suddenly turned overcast. Black clouds swarmed across the heavens, blotting out the sun.

A furious wind rose without warning, and trees and rocks on the ground were torn free and hurled into the air.

Thunder rumbled like a drumroll.

Lightning flashed and thunder crashed in relentless succession. The Cloudcrest Villa district had become as dark as night, without the slightest trace of sunlight, like the coming of the apocalypse.

“Big Brother, what should we do now? We can’t let him keep this up,” Tai Sui and the others said anxiously, all of them staring at the scene before them.

Hearing this, Xiao Yu turned to glance toward the villa, then his eyes narrowed and he said sharply, “Pour all of your primal essence into me!”

Though Tai Sui and the others had no idea what he intended to do, they did not hesitate at all. In an instant, four torrents of powerful primal essence erupted from the four of them, and under their guidance, all four streams surged into Xiao Yu’s body.

Under the pressure of those four fierce powers, the aura radiating from Xiao Yu also climbed steadily higher, and before long it faintly resembled the return of his former peak state.

After a long while, Tai Sui and the others had exhausted the last of their primal essence and poured it all into Xiao Yu. The four of them collapsed to the ground from sheer depletion.

Feeling the restless power within him, Xiao Yu clenched his fist without a word. Then he swept his right hand toward Tai Sui and the others, sending their bodies flying backward at great speed until they came to rest in a safe place.

By now Xiao Yu’s eyes were blood-red, and those pupils, like demons from the deepest abyss, stared fixedly at Wang Bo. Then he bared his teeth in a cold smile. “Watch closely. I’ll show you how I crush your hope completely. A strike at the peak of Tribulation Crossing—impressive, is it?”

Xiao Yu’s arrogance knew no bounds. In the past, he had never held anyone in his eyes, not even the four Mahayana hall masters of the Law Enforcement Hall. And it was the same now.

Sensing the aura coming off Xiao Yu, Wang Bo’s face filled with fear. From Xiao Yu, he actually felt the same crushing oppression that could only be found on the four vice hall masters—and this pressure was even stronger than what they gave off.

Wang Bo hurriedly looked up into the void. Seeing that the attack Meng Tong was gathering still lacked the final spark, he tried to rush forward and intercept Xiao Yu. But just as he was about to move, he discovered in horror that he could no longer move at all.

“Stay here and don’t move. Once I’m done with the one above, I’ll come back and settle accounts with you,” Xiao Yu said with a cold laugh.

With that, he stepped forward. When he appeared again, he was already in the void at the same height as Meng Tong.

Xiao Yu fixed Meng Tong with a frigid stare. Then a heaven-shaking aura erupted from him. His overwhelming presence tore through the cloud-choked sky, revealing strands of pale sunlight.

Yet the scene above did not end there. As the dense primal essence pouring from Xiao Yu shot straight into the heavens, that faint sunlight continued to spread, and a struggle between light and darkness formed in the sky.

The law-enforcement badge in Meng Tong’s hand was still devouring the spiritual power within him. With only Nascent Soul cultivation to begin with, he had long since been pushed beyond his limits. If not for the few pills he had taken to restore spiritual power, the badge would likely have already drained him dry.

By now, the power Meng Tong had unleashed with the badge had fully taken shape, and thunder and lightning continued to rage across the sky.

Boom!

A thick bolt of lightning tore through the void, but that was only the beginning. One bolt after another flashed through the air, then gathered rapidly above Meng Tong’s head. The sight was nothing short of horrifying, yet it was happening before their very eyes.

Sensing the violent power of thunder above Meng Tong, Xiao Yu’s brows furrowed. Then his body shook violently, and an aura rivaling the peak of Tribulation Crossing burst forth from him. Under Xiao Yu’s guidance, his thick, boundless primal essence surged toward his back.

At that moment, Xiao Yu also underwent a subtle change.

A faint golden radiance appeared all over his body, and under that glow, he seemed to exude an incomparably lofty and majestic bearing.

The primal essence gathering behind him also began to merge at a speed visible to the naked eye. Before long, a phantom figure appeared quietly behind Xiao Yu: its eyes were closed, a long sword was in its hand, and a jade crown rested on its head.

Above Meng Tong, the power of thunder had also quietly fused together. Slowly, a long whip formed from pure lightning took shape in the air.

Whether ordinary people in Flame City or hidden cultivators, all were staring at this scene in terror.

“Damn it, what kind of person is the Hall Headquarters fighting? They’ve actually stirred up the power of heaven and earth at the same time! If this keeps up, not only Flame City, but even the cities around it will be destroyed. Have they all gone mad?”

Liu Qingfeng, who was hurrying toward the scene, sensed those two auras and abruptly stopped, hurling curses in fury. Those two forces made him feel the threat of death, and he no longer dared to advance.

Meng Tong in the void looked deathly pale. Summoning this technique had already drained him of every drop of spiritual power. Then, with both hands raised high, he seized the lightning whip in an instant.

At that moment, Xiao Yu suddenly opened his eyes. The instant he did so, the towering phantom behind him opened its eyes as well.

“Xiao Yu, it’s all because of you that I’ve been drained of all my spiritual power! I’m going to kill you!” Meng Tong roared with a twisted face, then lashed out with the whip in his hand. A terrifying torrent of thunder power immediately shot toward Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu’s expression remained calm. Slowly lifting the long sword in his hand, he gave a thunderous shout and brought the sword down in one strike. Behind him, the giant shadow moved in perfect unison, raising its massive blade and slashing as well.

Boom!

The giant sword and the lightning whip collided at once. A heaven-and-earth-shattering explosion rang out through the void, followed by a blinding flash of light that instantly illuminated the dark, oppressive sky.

The searing brilliance lasted a long while before finally fading. When it did, the giant shadow behind Xiao Yu vanished in an instant, and the lightning whip in Meng Tong’s hand turned to nothing in the blink of an eye. Both of their figures also plunged rapidly toward the ground.

Just as the two were about to smash into the earth, Xiao Yu somehow still retained a trace of strength. His body slowed and hovered in midair before settling firmly onto the ground. Meng Tong, by contrast, crashed heavily to earth. The force of the fall carved out a deep pit in the ground.

Sword in hand, Xiao Yu staggered as he walked to the edge of the crater. Inside, Meng Tong lay motionless, his entire body in a miserable state, not a single inch of him intact.