189: You can't afford to take drugs all the time, right?

As Stone Heart, who took money to do business, he was not a Four-Rank Martial Artist with an undeserved reputation.

This move, 'Death Ray Breath,' came with great force.

Shen Bei never expected Stone Heart to respond in such a bizarre way, and his expression immediately changed drastically.

He instantly drew the twin blades from his back.

Countless blade lights exploded rapidly, and under the violent output of True Qi, it was as if hundreds of thousands of blades had struck at the same time, forming a light screen of blade nets in front of him that isolated everything!

Boom!

The grim and silent Death Ray Breath collided with Shen Bei's blade net light screen, like boiling water in an oil pan, a series of black lights rapidly exploding!

During the black light's sweep, all buildings within a radius of over ten meters instantly shattered!

And in less than half a second, Shen Bei grunted under the impact of the violent Qi waves, his body flying backward with blood splattering!

Shen Bei's arms, chest, and even the flesh on his face were corroded by a layer, as if he hadn't died but had lost half his life!

Shen Bei's pupils slightly contracted.

This Martial Skill move was even more ferocious than he had imagined.

"Injured..."

Shen Bei's gaze was blank for a moment.

Shen Bei had fought against many powerful Martial Artists.

There really weren't many Martial Skills that could leave him half-crippled in one move like this.

One must know that any one of his Fifth Dimension Attributes far surpassed others.

Moreover, his Physique Attribute was not weak.

Under such attribute enhancements, it was truly rare for his defense to be broken and for him to be injured immediately.

At this moment, Stone Heart was also very surprised, his eyes instantly filled with suspicion.

His expression was extremely gloomy, twisted, and even held a hint of subtle fear.

"How could this be..."

Death Ray Breath was one of Stone Heart's signature Martial Skills, possessing astonishing destructive and annihilating properties against matter and energy, and it had always been invincible.

Not to mention its extremely high mortality rate for Four-Rank Martial Artists, even Five-Rank Martial Artists would be half-crippled!

Let alone Third-Rank Martial Artists; in one encounter, they should have been reduced to withered bones and their flesh melted into mud!

But Shen Bei... was half-crippled like a Five-Rank Martial Artist?

How was this possible!

At this moment, Shen Bei completely disregarded his injuries; they had little impact.

But his desire for battle was thoroughly activated.

His blood was surging, and his spirit was extremely excited.

Shen Bei's eyes were filled with ferocity, excitement, and exhilaration: "I don't care what your identity is, who you're standing up for, or if you're doing this for money. Today, this is the last time you'll earn money for your coffin!"

Stone Heart slowly exhaled a hot stream of Qi, his eyes showing no joy or sorrow: "Heh, indeed, your defensive attributes greatly surprise me, but this is merely an appetizer. You don't have the ability to cut off Lingnan City."

The next moment.

Shen Bei was like a completely erupting volcano, violent, dazzling, and extremely bright electric light, suddenly bursting outward with his stepping and punching movements!

As if the sky was falling and the earth was sinking, with thousands of Wind Dragons roaring, Shen Bei used his body as a bow and his fist as an arrow, his entire being like a meteor flying and crashing out, a terrifying long rainbow like a thunderous explosion materialized, surging towards Stone Heart in front of him!

"Martial Skill: Heart-Piercing Cannon Hammer!"

And Stone Heart remained calm and composed, a fierce light in his eyes, letting out a malicious laugh: "Nonsense!"

He seized the opportunity to throw a punch, directly facing Shen Bei's fist!

Instantly, the air exploded wildly! Centered on the point of contact between Shen Bei's iron fist and Stone Heart, a vast, surging, terrifying wave of Qi shot out in all directions, a large amount of soil, stones, bricks, and other debris, even external dust and light, were all directly distorted and annihilated by pure and violent power, forming a spherical, enormous vacuum zone!

Thump, thump...

The huge recoil from both sides made both of them unable to stop retreating, their feet carving deep furrows in the ground before they managed to stop their bodies.

This scene made the surrounding few subordinates gasp.

They had already retreated to a safe zone, but they were still shocked by the earth-shattering scene, their scalps tingling.

"Holy cow! Did Shen Bei take drugs?"

"Yeah, Shen Bei withstood Stone Heart's Death Ray Breath, and now, even with injuries, they're still evenly matched in a direct clash!"

"This guy is too abnormal!"

"How come it feels like the person Boss Wu found is a bit unreliable, a Four-Rank fighting a Third-Rank and still dragging it out."

"Can't understand, completely can't understand."

...

At this moment, Shen Bei shook his fist, twisted his neck, his eyes brutal, his domineering, wild, and arrogant body stood tall: "An undeserved reputation, is this a Four-Rank Martial Artist? You're not much stronger than Luo Chengyuan."

Stone Heart's heart was churning with turbulent waves, his eyes filled only with extreme shock, horror, and disbelief.

Four-Rank, he was a Four-Rank!

Yet, in a pure power clash with Shen Bei, a Third-Rank, it was a draw!

Was this reasonable!

However, Stone Heart quickly realized he was overthinking it.

Shen Bei's punch just now, he had used a Martial Skill, while he had only used a regular punch.

Wait a minute—

In a brief moment, Stone Heart thought of an undeniable fact.

That was, Shen Bei was injured!

Damn it... he really is a freak!

"Heh, it's fine, I'll play with you slowly." Stone Heart appeared relaxed on the surface, his gaze fixed on Shen Bei.

And Shen Bei clicked his tongue a few times: "How about this, I'll provoke you a bit, lest you don't perform well before you die."

"I ask you, is doing things for money a habit of the Headhunter Tribe?"

As soon as the words 'Headhunter Tribe' came out.

Stone Heart's pupils slightly contracted, but he said nothing.

"Then I'll assume you're implicitly agreeing." Shen Bei sneered, continuing: "Boss Wu and Lei Laohu you might not have heard of, but you must know Shepherd, and by the way, I'll tell you, I'm the one who killed him."

This time, Stone Heart was completely rattled.

He was indeed a member of the Headhunter Tribe.

He just belonged to the Headhunter Tribe organization in Liaobei Province's provincial capital.

Within the Headhunter Tribe, almost all members didn't know each other, communicating through single lines.

He had no idea about the situation of the Lingnan City Headhunter Tribe.

However, the Shepherd incident had caused a stir nationwide, so he had heard about it.

But how Shepherd was exposed and how he died, all these messages were blocked, and he knew nothing.

Now, Shen Bei actually claimed responsibility?

"How about this news?"

Shen Bei suddenly flicked his hand, and several Shadow Needless shot out.

But the targets were not Stone Heart, but the few onlookers.

Instantly.

Blood spurted wildly, and the sound of bodies falling to the ground was incessant.

Stone Heart's face completely turned cold.

"You are more brutal than anyone I've ever seen."

Stone Heart said in a low voice.

For Stone Heart, this time he led a team to deal with a small Third-Rank Martial Artist and retrieve the employer's twin blades.

Yet, in just a short while, everyone else was killed!

His face hurt so much.

And Shen Bei chuckled indifferently: "I've already spared them once, there won't be a second time."

The next moment.

Shen Bei assumed a stance, his gaze indifferent: "Last move, if you don't die, I die. But I still advise you to bring out your trump card, because you only have this one chance."

Stone Heart's cheeks puffed out, his anger soaring.

With a flick of his hand, a bottle containing black blood slipped from his sleeve.

With a 'pop' sound.

He flicked open the rubber stopper with his finger.

A wisp of black Qi floated out from the bottle's mouth.

Stone Heart didn't hesitate at all, directly pouring the black blood into his mouth, his throat bobbing once as he swallowed it.

In an instant, a vast and irresistible energy surged and raged within his body like a torrent, like ten thousand snakes drilling through his heart, or molten lava boiling.

His skin was the first to change; his originally bronze skin gradually turned a deep, dark black under the erosion of the black demon blood, as if swallowed by endless darkness, yet exuding a captivating glow.

His muscle fibers tightened and twisted under the impact of the strange power, like gnarled ancient vines, filled with an indescribable sense of strength.

Immediately after, a horrifying scene appeared: his bones began to mutate, the bones originally hidden beneath his flesh quietly protruded, and sharp, iron-like, gleaming bone spikes emerged from beneath his skin, breaking free like cocoons.

They spread along his spine to all parts of his body, like meticulously carved works of art, intricate and dense, instantly adorning him as a living dark hedgehog.

"I... am the terror that walks the world!"

Stone Heart spread his arms, letting out a long howl to the sky.

Then he slowly lowered his head, his eyes crimson and brutal, a smirk on his lips, his voice becoming as grating as steel rubbing against each other, with a faint echo: "Put your twin blades away carefully, don't let them break along with your life."

Shen Bei tilted his head, his face full of shock and surprise.

He thought he would pull out Super-Modified Adrenaline, but he didn't expect him to drink some blood he didn't understand.

The Martial Artist world... truly eye-opening!

This kind of distorted form, Shen Bei was seeing for the first time.

Shen Bei clicked his tongue twice, with a teasing tone, tentatively asking: "If I give you the twin blades, will you spare my life?"

"I will leave you a complete corpse." Stone Heart's voice was vast and echoing, as if there were air walls in the Void Realm, reflecting sound waves back and forth.

Shen Bei shrugged: "Alright... ugly thing, die!"

The next moment.

Shen Bei raised his right hand high, a massive amount of True Qi soared into the sky, stirring the wind and clouds!

"Seven Stars Fist, ultimate move..."

"Starfall."

"Open!"