74: Chapter 74 The Fire Dragonfish Displays its Power! Swift Kill! Shocking the Entire Audience!

Jiang Yun took this step forward.

His clear and provocative words echoed across the deathly silent clearing, instantly attracting everyone's gaze.

Everyone was stunned.

They looked at him as if he were a madman.

"Jiang... Jiang Yun... are you crazy?! Come back quickly!"

Zhao Tiezhu's face turned pale.

Shang Xiaoxiao also covered her mouth.

Her beautiful eyes were filled with disbelief and terror.

In her view, Jiang Yun's action was no different from suicide!

"What... what is he doing?"

"Is he looking for death? Didn't he see just now..."

"It's over, he's dead for sure, and he even had to provoke those people... Will these people kill us along with him!"

The students whispered among themselves, their eyes looking at Jiang Yun filled with incomprehension and pity.

There was even a hint of resentment, fearing his actions would provoke a more cruel massacre from the cult.

Xiao Yutian and Lin Kuo were equally shocked.

Lin Kuo's pupils constricted, his heart filled with horror:

"He actually dares to stand out and court death at a time like this... Does he think he can rely on that Wind Thunder Cloud Sparrow to confront a Bronze Fifth Tier Vicious Beast? No matter how strong the Wind Thunder Cloud Sparrow is or how high its Aptitude, the absolute gap in Realm is not so easily bridged! What exactly does he want to do?"

Xiao Yutian's face was gloomy, his fists clenched tight: "Is this guy trying to play the hero at a time like this? How foolish! Facing such a desperate situation, this is simply seeking his own destruction!"

The middle-aged cult leader was clearly stunned for a moment as well.

Then, it was as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.

The face beneath the hood twisted into a cruel and playful smile.

"Hehe... Hahahahaha!"

He began to laugh hoarsely.

The laughter sounded particularly jarring in the silent forest.

"Interesting, truly interesting! I didn't expect that among this group of flowers from the greenhouse, there would be a reckless youth like you who isn't afraid of death? In a hurry to be reincarnated? Fine! I'll grant your wish!"

Before his voice had even faded.

He didn't even need to give a specific command.

The creature that had been watching vigilantly.

The Mutated Skeletal Demonic Wolf, radiating the terrifying pressure of the Bronze Fifth Tier, had already let out a low growl.

Its dark eye sockets locked onto Jiang Yun, its hind legs suddenly exerted force, turning it into a black hurricane of death, carrying a stench of blood and an Aura of destruction as it lunged fiercely toward Jiang Yun!

Its speed was startlingly fast!

Its bloody maw opened wide, its sharp teeth—capable of instantly tearing through steel—glinted with a cold light, aimed directly at Jiang Yun's head.

"Jiang Yun!!"

Zhao Tiezhu's eyes nearly split from strain, almost rushing out.

Shang Xiaoxiao closed her eyes, unable to bear the sight.

Many students also cried out in terror.

It was as if they could already see the tragic sight of Jiang Yun being instantly torn apart.

However, facing this thunderous pounce, Jiang Yun stood in place, his figure as steady as a mountain, not even the hem of his clothes fluttering in the forceful wind.

His gaze was frighteningly calm.

Only the corner of his mouth curled into a cold arc.

"Little Fire! Come out!"

He softly uttered four words.

The next moment.

Boom!!!

An Aura far more violent, far more scorching, and far more Soul-shakingly terrifying than that of the Skeletal Demonic Wolf.

Like a dormant volcano suddenly erupting, it centered on Jiang Yun and ruthlessly swept in all directions!

The air was warping!

The fallen leaves on the ground ignited without wind, turning into flying ash.

A superior's pressure that made all familiars tremble descended upon the field!

"Roar—!!!"

Accompanied by a deafening roar.

A roar carrying a hint of Dragon resonance.

A crimson stream of light flashed out of thin air in front of Jiang Yun, instantly expanding,

The light dissipated.

An extraordinary and divine creature hovered before Jiang Yun.

Its body was slender and fluid, covered in scales as red as jade that shimmered with a metallic luster; its head already showed some Dragon-like features, majestic and noble.

Scorching air currents swirled around it, visible to the naked eye, as if it could ignite everything nearby at any moment.

Most shocking of all was the undisguised fluctuation of its Aura, raging like a storm.

Bronze Rank Seven!

"Bronze... Rank Seven?!"

Silence!

Absolute silence!

All the previous exclamations, fears, and whispers.

At this moment, they were completely cut off.

It was as if an invisible giant hand had gripped everyone's throat.

Everyone's expressions froze on their faces.

Their eyes bulged like copper bells.

Their mouths were open wide enough to fit an egg.

The cruel smile on the middle-aged man's face instantly froze.

Turning into extreme shock and disbelief,

He cried out, his voice changing pitch.

"No! Impossible! How can it be Bronze Rank Seven! The intelligence was wrong! Damn it! The intelligence said the strongest among these students was only Bronze First Tier! Which god-forsaken bastard spread this fake intelligence?! This is Bronze Rank Seven! Rank Seven!!"

The several black-robed subordinates behind him were even more terrified, their Souls Flying Away and Spirits Scattering as their bodies trembled uncontrollably.

Where was the arrogance and indifference they had just used to control the lives and deaths of others.

The way they looked at the Fire Dragon Fish was filled with terror.

Bronze Rank Seven!

This had already far exceeded the scope of what they could handle!

After the initial petrification, the students erupted into a tsunami-like uproar!

"My... oh my god! Bronze Rank Seven?! I'm not dreaming, am I?!"

"Is that Jiang Yun's familiar? That fish... no, that's a Dragon, right! But why doesn't it look quite like a Dragon?!"

"He hid it too deeply! It turns out he's the strongest among us! This guy has been hiding his true strength all along!"

"We're saved! We're saved! Jiang Yun! Kill these cult scumbags!"

"Jiang Yun! Kill them!!"

The atmosphere of despair was instantly ignited.

The fire of hope burned fiercely in everyone's eyes.

They looked at the backs of Jiang Yun and the Fire Dragon Fish.

As if looking at a savior.

Only now did they understand.

During the competition, Jiang Yun seemed to have been very merciful to them!

If he had brought out this Bronze Rank Seven familiar then.

They probably wouldn't have even dared to make a sound!

In the crowd.

Lin Kuo's face suddenly turned as pale as paper, his body swaying, almost unable to stand.

He stared fixedly at that divine Fire Dragon Fish.

His lips trembled, and a stormy wave surged in his heart.

"Bronze... Rank Seven... So, it turns out the Wind Thunder Cloud Sparrow wasn't his true strength at all... I... I, Lin Kuo, thought of myself as a Genius, but compared to him, I'm simply... simply a complete joke!"

An unprecedented sense of defeat and insignificance overwhelmed him.

He had thought that he and Xiao Yutian had only lost by a small margin.

It turned out... the other person hadn't been serious at all... Xiao Yutian was even more thunderstruck, his whole being dazed.

His mind was a complete blank.

Only that terrifying Realm echoed in his head.

"Bronze Rank Seven... He actually hid such terrifying strength..."

Immediately.

A chill shot from the soles of his feet straight to his crown; he thought of his younger brother Xiao Ling—that idiot had actually provoked a Prodigy with a Bronze Rank Seven familiar multiple times?!

Not being beaten to death was simply a stroke of luck among misfortunes... This wasn't just kicking a steel plate.

This was fucking putting his head under a guillotine!

His back was instantly soaked in cold sweat, a wave of lingering fear washing over him.

If Jiang Yun wanted to settle his brother's debt on him.

Then he would be completely finished... Meanwhile.

In the crowd, Zhao Tiezhu was first dumbfounded like a wooden chicken.

Then, wild joy erupted on his face, his face turning red with excitement as he waved his fists, shouting incoherently: "Holy crap! Holy crap! Jiang Yun! Badass! So badass!! I was wondering why you always looked so unbothered; turns out you were hiding so fucking deep."

At this moment.

In the way he looked at Jiang Yun.

It was filled with infinite worship and fanaticism.

Shang Xiaoxiao slowly opened her eyes.

When she saw that hovering Fire Dragon Fish radiating endless power.

She was completely stunned, her red lips slightly parted.

A brilliant light flickered in her beautiful eyes as she looked at Jiang Yun's back, which was as upright as a mountain; her heart beat violently and uncontrollably, a mix of shock, admiration, and the joy of surviving a disaster...

It left her momentarily speechless.

"Retreat! Retreat quickly! Scatter and run! Go notify the Protector! There's a tough one here!!"

The cult leader.

That middle-aged man.

Reacting extremely quickly, he snapped out of his shock.

He roared at the top of his lungs, then turned without hesitation and fled for his life toward the depths of the dense forest.

There was no longer any trace of the arrogance he had at the beginning.

The other black-robed men also woke up as if from a dream.

They scurried away in different directions like startled rabbits!

"Want to leave? Too late!"

Jiang Yun's gaze was ice-cold, his killing intentstern (stern).

"Little Fire, leave none alive!"

"Wind Thunder, seal the sky, don't let that Soul-Eating Queen Bee escape!"

"Roar!"

The Fire Dragon Fish received the command.

It seemed excited because it hadn't fought for so long.

It let out an excited cry, its massive fish eyes locking onto that Skeletal Demonic Wolf that was still lunging forward from momentum, though its Aura had already withered.

It didn't need any fancy skills.

It simply and directly opened its mouth.

Boom!!!

A Dragon Flame Breath, condensed to the extreme and radiating an Aura of destruction, shot out like a crimson torrent of annihilation; it arrived second but struck first, instantly swallowing the Skeletal Demonic Wolf completely!

"Awooo!!!"

In an instant!

That Skeletal Demonic Wolf, which had radiated the pressure of the Bronze Fifth Tier, was turned to ash under the extreme heat, with not even a scrap left.

It was an instant kill!

At the same time, a silver bolt of lightning streaked across the sky!

"Screech!"

The Wind Thunder Cloud Sparrow had already appeared high in the sky at some point, its wings vibrating as the powers of wind and thunder intertwined.

"Thunder Strike!"

It turned into a literal bolt of thunder, moving at a speed the naked eye couldn't possibly track, and accompanied by purple lightning, it instantly pierced through the Soul-Eating Queen Bee that was trying to fly away!

Crackle!

The Soul-Eating Queen Bee didn't even struggle.

It exploded directly in the air into a mass of charred fragments!

The Fire Dragon Fish didn't stop for a moment; its Dragon head turned, and it spat out two more Dragon Flame Breaths.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Two other Mutated Fierce Beasts trying to flee, along with a black-robed man near them, couldn't even let out a scream before following in the footsteps of the Skeletal Demonic Wolf, completely evaporating in the crimson torrent!

In the blink of an eye, the cult team that had been aggressive and invincible just moments ago was left with only the fleeing leader and one other black-robed man.

"No! Protector save me! Protector—!!!"

The black-robed man trailing at the end felt the deathly Aura rapidly approaching from behind and let out a desperate scream.

The Fire Dragon Fish's Dragon Flame Breath descended once more, completely wiping him and his cries from this world.

Silence!

Descended again!

From Jiang Yun summoning the Fire Dragon Fish to all the cultists and Mutated Fierce Beasts being destroyed with overwhelming force, the entire process had taken no more than a dozen breaths of time!

Fast!

Too fast!

Strong!

Too strong!

Everyone was stunned by this crushing, violent, and aesthetic battle; their minds were blank, leaving only shock and awe at such absolute strength.

"Jiang Yun... he... just what kind of monster is he..."

"Too strong! We were actually competing against him before..."

"This is what a true Genius looks like!"

Jiang Yun, however, did not relax in the slightest.

His brow furrowed; the cult leader's cry of "Protector save me" before he died had set off alarm bells in his mind.

Since that middle-aged man had called to him for help,

The strength of this Protector must be even more formidable than his.

And it was very likely he was nearby.

His strength would surely be far beyond imagination!

"This place is not safe to stay! Everyone! Follow me immediately! Move!"

Jiang Yun recalled the Wind Thunder Cloud Sparrow.

He leaped onto the Fire Dragon Fish's back and shouted at the crowd below, who were still in shock.

His voice carried an urgency that brooked no argument.

Only then did everyone snap out of it.

Realizing the crisis had not been fully resolved.

However.

Just as they were preparing to move!

"Thump!!!"

A dull footstep, like the beating of a giant drum, came from deep within the forest, shaking the earth slightly!

Immediately following.

A terrifying pressure, far heavier, more violent, and more filled with the meaning of destruction than that of the Skeletal Demonic Wolf or even the current Aura of the Fire Dragon Fish, bore down like an invisible tsunami.

"Roar—!!!"

Accompanied by a violent roar that made ears ache and blood boil.

A massive black shadow leaped from the dense forest hundreds of meters away, crashing like a small mountain onto the clearing in front of everyone.

Instantly.

The ground cracked, and a plume of dust shot into the sky!

As the dust settled slightly, the true form of that terrifying figure was revealed.

It was a giant ape over five meters tall, its muscles knotted like rock, its fur a sickly grayish-black, and its eyes as red as blood.

It was surrounded by violent earth-yellow energy, radiating a suffocating sense of oppression.

Jiang Yun's pupils constricted.

The Manifestation of All Things Entries talent activated instantly.

The information floated before him.

[species]: Earth Demon Ape (earth attribute)

[Status]: Deceased

[Realm]: Bronze Rank Nine Peak!

[Skills]:

Earthquake Wave: A range control and damaging skill, extremely difficult to dodge, enough to make most opponents lose their balance and be slaughtered at will.

Violent Throw: A terrifying long-range physical attack; combined with its strength, its destructive power is startling.

Rock Armor: An extremely strong defensive skill that significantly reduces the effect of any attack...