83: Chapter 83 Zhou Xiong, with nowhere else to turn, forces a breakthrough.

Zhou Xiong roared.

"Kid, don't get cocky!"

His wounds healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In just one second, those bone-deep wounds had already vanished.

"Look! This is my power!" Zhou Xiong laughed, "You cannot kill me!"

Lin Mo's eyes were calm.

"I know."

"But."

He raised his blade.

"If I can injure you, I can kill you."

"I will kill you until you can no longer recover!"

Zhou Xiong's smile stiffened.

"You..."

Lin Mo's figure vanished once again.

"Instant Shadow, Dual-Point Strike!"

This time, he appeared in two locations simultaneously.

Two Lin Mos swung their blades at the same time.

"Flowing Cloud Continuous Slash!"

Two blade beams struck toward Zhou Xiong simultaneously.

"Oh no!" Zhou Xiong's expression changed drastically.

He wanted to dodge, but Dual-Point Strike was a rule-based ability that could not be evaded by any physical means; once the action occurred, it was guaranteed to hit.

"Sshhh—"

Blood splashed once more.

Zhou Xiong's two arms were actually severed simultaneously.

"Roar—"

He let out a painful roar.

"This... this is impossible..."

Having suffered heavy injuries, Zhou Xiong immediately chose to retreat rapidly.

"Haa~~~"

The next second, thick black mist began to emerge from Zhou Xiong's body. This mist surged continuously, finally gathering at the arms that had been severed by Lin Mo. His arms, which had been cut off by Lin Mo, actually began to regenerate rapidly.

"What terrifying recovery power; it's practically an immortal body!"

There was a hint of surprise in Lin Mo's eyes.

"Again!"

Lightning danced wildly across Lin Mo's body as he charged toward Zhou Xiong once more. This time, he even utilized Lightning Flash, using almost all of his trump cards.

Blade light flickered. Each of Lin Mo's blade strikes left a thunder mark on Zhou Xiong's body. Coupled with Flowing Cloud Continuous Slash, which had reached its ten-strike limit, every strike stacked ten layers of thunder marks!

The thunder marks stacked, causing an explosion with every strike.

"Boom, boom, boom—"

Continuous explosions rang out.

Zhou Xiong's massive body was blasted backward repeatedly, his entire frame covered in charred wounds.

"Roar—"

He roared, but his voice lacked strength.

Lin Mo pressed his advantage, his figure like lightning, charging up again.

Void-Treading Lingyan Steps, activated!

Lin Mo's speed increased once more.

One strike, two strikes, three strikes...

Every strike landed in the exact same spot.

Thunder explosions triggered continuously, the power of the blasts stacking.

"Crack—"

Zhou Xiong's chest finally couldn't withstand it anymore, and a massive, transparent hole was blasted through it, where one could even see shattered internal organs squirming!

"This... this is impossible..."

He looked up at Lin Mo, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"I am at the peak of the Fourth Order... I am invincible..."

Lin Mo looked down at him from above.

"You are indeed very strong."

"But."

He raised his blade.

"You chose the wrong opponent!"

Zhou Xiong struggled to lift his head, the black blood spilling from the corners of his mouth making him look exceptionally wretched.

He looked toward Shen Yi's direction in near despair, shouting with a hoarse voice, "Shen Yi! What are you still waiting for? Why aren't you coming to help me?!"

However, Shen Yi just stood there quietly, her delicate face devoid of any expression.

She looked indifferently at Zhou Xiong, who was crawling on the ground, a trace of contempt even flashing in the depths of her eyes.

"Help you?"

Shen Yi sneered.

"Take a look at what you look like right now. A kid at the First Level of the Third Order has beaten you into this state; what qualifications do you have to make me intervene?"

Zhou Xiong was stunned; he doubted whether he had heard wrong.

"You... what did you say?!"

Shen Yi slowly walked a few steps closer. The moonlight shone on her porcelain-doll-like face, yet it only made her gaze appear exceptionally cold.

"You are just a piece of trash. You can't even defeat a student at the First Level of the Third Order. A piece of trash like you is just wasting resources by being alive."

"If you die, you die. It's no loss to the organization."

Zhou Xiong's pupils contracted violently. He looked at Shen Yi in disbelief, his eyes filled with anger and incredulity.

"Shen Yi! Don't forget your status! Aren't you afraid that Lord Cao Shen will blame you for doing this?!"

Upon hearing the two words "Cao Shen," Shen Yi's steps paused for a moment.

Zhou Xiong thought she was afraid and immediately continued to threaten her:

"Lord Cao Shen explicitly told you to assist me in capturing Lin Mo alive. If you refuse to help now, once Lord Cao Shen finds out later, you will have to die too!"

However, Shen Yi just curled her lips, her gaze becoming even more mocking.

"Cao Shen?" She sneered, "Do you think I would be afraid of him?"

"Zhou Xiong, you think too highly of yourself. What do you think you are? You are nothing more than a dog raised by Cao Shen. If you die, it will have no impact on Cao Shen; in fact, it will just mean one less piece of trash consuming resources."

"You—!"

Zhou Xiong was trembling with rage. Black blood gushed from his seven orifices, and combined with his face, which was twisted by anger, he looked exceptionally ferocious.

"Fine, fine, fine!" Zhou Xiong acted as if he had gone mad.

"Since you all refuse to help, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

With trembling hands, he pulled an exquisite crystal bottle from his bosom. The bottle contained a dark red liquid that emitted an eerie glow under the moonlight.

"That is..." Lin Mo's pupils shrank, and a strong sense of crisis arose in his heart.

"Lin Mo! Watch out!!"

Yi Xiaoyu's scream rang out.

Lin Mo, of course, knew something was wrong.

The moment that bottle appeared, he felt a heart-palpitating fluctuation emanating from it.

But by the time he wanted to stop him, it was already too late.

Zhou Xiong tilted his head back and drank the red liquid in the bottle in one gulp.

"Arghhh—"

The moment the liquid entered his throat, Zhou Xiong's body began to undergo terrifying changes.

His size began to expand rapidly: three meters, four meters, five meters... in the blink of an eye, it had already exceeded five meters.

His skin began to crack, black scales appeared in large patches, and his muscles bulged madly as if they were being inflated.

"Roar—"

An earth-shaking roar erupted from Zhou Xiong's mouth, the sound waves kicking up gravel from the ground and shooting it in all directions.

Lin Mo immediately activated Void-Treading Lingyan Steps, his figure turning into a wisp of smoke, easily dodging the gravel.

Meanwhile, Yi Xiaoyu and the others behind him were left dizzy and dazed by the sound waves; if they hadn't been bound by the black mist, they probably would have already fallen to the ground.

"What kind of power is this..."

Lin Mo looked with a grave expression at the monster that had completely changed its appearance.

The five-meter giant was nearly twice as large as its previous three-meter form.

At this moment, Zhou Xiong was covered from head to toe in pitch-black scales, each one the size of an adult's palm. His arms were exceptionally thick, almost thicker than his waist, with two curved horns growing on his head, his mouth protruding forward, and fangs exposed.

And the most heart-palpitating thing was his aura.

It was an overwhelming aura, stronger than the peak of the Fourth Order by more than just a little.

"Fifth Order... Initial stage..."

Lin Mo muttered, his heart feeling heavy.