Chapter 56 The hammer was smashed.

Wang Qiang stared fixedly through the binoculars, his heart pounding wildly.

"Something's not right... that King-level is too quiet..."

At that moment.

"Roar!"

The previously silent Sea-Covering Flood Dragon suddenly let out a terrifying roar that shook the heavens and the earth!

In the next instant, the tide of ferocious beasts that had been crazily besieging Zhang Fan suddenly stopped their attack like an army receiving its highest command, and they all scattered in every direction!

Even the heavily injured Sabertooth Fish Lord, which Zhang Fan had used as a "stepping stone," let out a cry, whipped its tail, and dove headfirst into the deep waters!

"Oh no!"

Wang Qiang's expression changed drastically!

The "stepping stone" beneath Zhang Fan's feet was gone!

He was in the middle of the lake, surrounded by water on all sides, with nowhere to find leverage!

"Quick! All firepower, prepare—" Wang Qiang roared hoarsely, but the command got stuck in his throat halfway through.

He saw a scene he would never forget for the rest of his life.

Having lost his foothold, Zhang Fan's body began to fall, and it looked like he was about to drop into the lake filled with sharp teeth and murderous intent.

At the very moment his toes were about to touch the water.

"Boom!!"

An extremely scorching surge of blood qi erupted from within Zhang Fan's body!

His entire skin instantly took on a dark-gold metallic luster, and a phantom of crimson blood qi flames rose up! The air within a radius of dozens of meters began to distort!

The Dragon-Elephant Source Dao Art, a primary cultivation technique for the third stage of Limit-Breaking, was operating at full power!

"Sizzle!"

Beneath Zhang Fan's feet, the previously calm lake water was like a red-hot iron being pressed down hard!

It instantly boiled! Vaporized! Evaporated!

Thick white steam rose into the sky, forming a temporary circular waterless crater over twenty meters in diameter!

In the center of the crater, Zhang Fan's feet "stepped" firmly onto the residual water at the bottom that hadn't yet fully evaporated, and he crouched slightly.

Then.

"Bang!!!"

Beneath his feet, the residual water exploded! It provided a violent and incomparable recoil force!

Zhang Fan's figure shot out like a cannonball, tearing through the thick wall of steam!

Every time his toes were about to touch the lake surface, the water beneath him would be dried up and exploded in advance by the terrifying heat of his blood qi!

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Each explosion of water provided a new round of violent thrust!

This wasn't the light and graceful "stepping on water without a trace"; this was a "skipping stone" technique of extreme violence, treating the water surface like solid ground!

It was the crushing weight of pure power and speed!

It was an inconceivable power generated by the combination of a Limit Break Stage 3 body and cultivation technique!

"Whoosh!"

His figure pulled a long white line across the lake's surface, moving at an extreme speed, leaving behind only a series of rapidly expanding circular ripples and splashes that hadn't yet fallen!

His target was the Sea-Covering Flood Dragon a thousand meters away, which had already raised its head, showing an expression of surprise and suspicion!

"Walking... walking on waves?! No... this is... Lake-Burning Wave-Treading!" Wang Qiang trembled violently with excitement. "Limit Break Stage 3! It's definitely the third stage of Limit-Breaking!"

High in the air, there was also shock and joy!

"Brother Fan... are you even human? The gap between us is bigger than the gap between a human and a dog!"

The Sea-Covering Flood Dragon's massive vertical pupils were also locked onto the rapidly approaching figure.

For the first time, a clear sense of disbelief appeared in its eyes.

This tiny human... not only possessed terrifying strength, but could actually display such horrifying speed on the water in this manner!

It had lurked in Qiandao Lake for decades and devoured no fewer than a hundred human martial artists, including many so-called "experts." But none had ever given it such a strong... sense of threat!

And an extremely uncomfortable feeling of being offended.

Because it also saw a greedy, burning light in this human's eyes.

Just as it was greedy for this human and wanted to devour him to evolve itself, this human seemed to harbor the same greed! Could it be that the other party also wanted to devour it?

"Roar!!"

The Sea-Covering Flood Dragon roared suddenly!

In an instant, the scattered tide of ferocious beasts went crazy again! Led by dozens of Lord-level Ferocious Beasts, they swarmed from all directions toward the speeding figure!

As for the Sea-Covering Flood Dragon itself, its massive body swung violently, and its giant tail, covered in hideous bone spikes, acted like a terrifying steel whip. It kicked up waves dozens of meters high and swept toward Zhang Fan's waist with a terrifying momentum that could crush mountains!

It wanted to smash this arrogant human into meat paste with a single blow!

Inside Zhang Fan's body, a secret technique was activated!

Cinder Dragon manifestation!

Four energy dragons composed entirely of dark-red cinder-extinguishing flames suddenly condensed in the void behind Zhang Fan! Each was over thirty meters long, with hideous scales and flying whiskers, their eyes burning with a violent will to incinerate the eight desolations!

"Roar!"

The four Cinder Dragons circled and roared, guarding Zhang Fan in the center. Any ferocious beast that dared to pounce within a hundred-meter radius—whether Soldier-level, General-rank, or even Lord-level—would instantly turn into a blazing torch upon touching the cinder fire, turning into charcoal amidst shrill screams!

A direct field clearing!

This secret technique was indeed a great method for group attacks!

Zhang Fan's speed didn't decrease at all! He spotted a Giant Eel Lord lunging from beneath the water in an attempt to ambush him, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"I'll borrow your head for a moment!"

He stomped down hard!

"Pfft!"

The kick, imbued with destructive force, directly caused the Giant Eel Lord's massive head to burst like a crushed egg!

Borrowing this violent recoil force, Zhang Fan's figure shot into the sky like a reverse meteor!

At the same time, he twisted his waist, and the strength of his entire body flowed through his joints, eventually all converging in his right arm!

His arm muscles bulged, and finally, he hurled the mystic heavy mountain-collapsing hammer in his hand toward the Sea-Covering Flood Dragon's raised head!

The hammer spun, tearing through the air and letting out a shrill whistle!

The Sea-Covering Flood Dragon's pupils shrank! It wanted to retract its head and dodge, but its massive body and the sweeping motion caused a fatal delay!

"Clang!"

First came a deafening and terrifying bang! It was as if two metallic mountain peaks had collided at supersonic speeds!

The mystic heavy mountain-collapsing hammer, this heavy hammer, ultimately could not withstand this terrifying strike that condensed Zhang Fan's full Limit Break Stage 3 power and explosive momentum.

The hammerhead shattered!

And the carapace on the Sea-Covering Flood Dragon's incredibly hard head, comparable to top-grade alloy, was also smashed flat.

Even if it didn't die immediately, it was on the brink of death!

Lightning flashed beneath Zhang Fan's feet again!

His figure tapped lightly on the water surface several times, instantly crossing a distance of hundreds of meters and appearing above the Sea-Covering Flood Dragon's head.

Zhang Fan clenched his fists, the Dragon-Elephant colossal strength surging within him. The fist intent of the "Limit-Breaking Martial Collapse Hammer" condensed on his fists; though there was no physical warhammer, these two fists were now the most terrifying heavy hammers!

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Fists struck like thunder, falling like rain!

Dark energy penetrated the skull, crazily destroying the remaining brain tissue and life essence inside!

The Sea-Covering Flood Dragon's struggle grew weaker and weaker, leaving only unconscious, slight twitches.

After a few punches.

In his mind, the pleasant notification sound finally rang:

[Contacted the corpse of the King-level peak-form Ferocious Beast "Sea-Covering Flood Dragon," obtained Attribute Points +800!]

Only then did Zhang Fan slowly withdraw his fists.