46: Defeating the Tiger King - Finally Arriving in Xingcheng

The Tiger King hadn't expected the human below to dare to clash head-on with him. A look of terror flashed in its pupils, and its massive body was sent flying backward from the impact from below.

Although Zhou Xing's strength had temporarily increased, the power he unleashed with his full burst was only comparable to the Tiger King's, especially since the Tiger King was diving down from above, its massive body boosted by inertial force.

Zhou Xing's right arm bones let out a brittle, overstrained crack. Though not fractured, it was directly dislocated.

His internal organs churned, and his legs were completely sunken into the ground.

"Xi—!"

Just then, a clear cry, like metal striking stone, rang out.

Yun Feng, in her Golden Crow form, precisely seized the opportunity and slammed fiercely into the massive body of the Wind Wing Tiger King, which had barely stabilized itself.

"Pfft!"

Extreme speed, combined with extreme Sun Flame Power, pierced directly through the Tiger King's heart like a sharp arrow... "Roar!"

With its core destroyed, the Tiger King let out a desperate roar, its eyes turning blood red as it went berserk.

As if to fight to the death, its four wings suddenly spread, and Wind Blades continuously formed and converged, finally creating a giant Wind Blade over ten meters in diameter above its head.

It slammed down fiercely towards Zhou Xing below!

This was the Wind Wing Tiger King's full-power strike before its death.

Yun Feng, now back in human form, cried out, "Quick, dodge!"

However, a look of madness flashed in Zhou Xing's eyes.

He clasped his hands together, compressing Frost Power and Fire Power frantically in his palms.

"Ice Fire Dual Stream: Destructive Spiral!"

Instantly, two opposing energies intertwined, forming a brilliant blue-white pillar of light that collided with the Wind Wing Tiger King's giant Wind Blade.

"Boom!"

The terrifying energy exploded, causing many Wind Wing Tigers to stop their attacks and quickly retreat with their tails between their legs.

They could feel the Tiger King's condition rapidly deteriorating.

Seeing the Wind Wing Tigers retreat, Qin Yue and Su Mingyue quickly led Zhou Keer away to avoid the blast.

Yun Feng immediately flew to Qin Yue and the others, enveloping the three of them in energy and swiftly flying away from the spot.

The exploding energy, like a nuclear bomb, formed a mushroom cloud that soared into the sky.

The shockwave spread indiscriminately in all directions, causing the ground within several hundred meters to collapse directly, with many cracks extending for over a thousand meters.

The coreless Tiger King had already lost its breath, its battered corpse now crashing to the ground.

Zhou Xing's condition, however, was unaffected.

Surrounded by smoke and dust, everyone had fled. At the moment of the explosion, he had secretly activated his Water Form Body to evade the powerful force.

[Obtained 'god of wind control' divinity fragment (38%), temporarily stored]

"Brother! Are you alright?"

At this moment, Zhou Keer's voice came from afar, and she quickly rushed over, constantly checking Zhou Xing's body with a worried expression.

The others also arrived at this time.

"I'm fine. Quick, collect all the energy cores, and let's leave quickly. The commotion here is too great; it might attract powerful Mutated Beasts."

Zhou Xing waved his hand, looking at everyone and speaking urgently.

Everyone nodded, quickly collected the energy cores from the many ordinary Wind Wing Tigers, and immediately left the area.

"Roar!"

Indeed, less than half an hour later, a huge roar echoed from the previous location.

Another Wind Wing Tiger King, even larger than the previous one, appeared there.

It was accompanied by nearly twenty ordinary Wind Wing Tigers.

Evidently, this was a large pack of Wind Wing Tigers, with both a male and female Wind Wing Tiger King.

And this Wind Wing Tiger King's aura had reached the Late Control Stage.

A look of sorrow appeared in its golden vertical pupils, and this Tiger King let out a long, angry roar to the sky!

The group, who had already sped dozens of miles away, broke into a cold sweat upon hearing that tiger's roar.

"Good heavens, luckily we ran fast. It turns out there were two Beast Kings, a male and a female."

Qin Yue wiped his forehead at this moment, saying with a look of relief.

"No, we have the scent of the Wind Wing Tigers' blood on us. Quick, take off our outermost clothes and change into fresh ones. We need to speed up."

Yun Feng spoke with a solemn expression at this moment, immediately taking off her jacket.

Everyone nodded, quickly changed clothes, and accelerated their departure from the spot.

Before leaving, they even burned their clothes to ashes.

Even so, less than a quarter of an hour after they left, many Wind Wing Tigers descended from the sky.

"Boom!"

Unable to sense the Vicious Beast's aura, the Tiger King was extremely enraged. It raised its paw and unleashed a massive Wind Blade, striking the original spot and leaving a huge crack.

After lingering for a while, the Tiger King let out a reluctant roar and then led the many Wind Wing Tigers away, returning the way they came.

Because going any further would take them out of the Wind Wing Tiger King's territory.

[Emergency mode ended]

[Automatically consumed 61% of reserve energy to repair side effects]

"Pfft!"

The moment the System's voice rang out, Zhou Xing, who was on his way, spat out a mouthful of blood, startling everyone.

"It's nothing, just the side effects of forcing the burst. I'll recover after some rest."

Looking at the approaching group, Zhou Xing waved his hand, then quickly added, "Let's see where we are now? We should have temporarily escaped the Wind Wing Tiger King."

Qin Yue nodded, pulling up the holographic map. "About twenty kilometers further is Storm Canyon."

"We've already entered the territory of the Thunder Lizard Dragon. We need to quickly go around it," Yun Feng said with a solemn expression.

No wonder the Wind Wing Tiger King stopped pursuing; it turned out they had unknowingly entered the territory of an even more powerful Mutated Beast.

Facing a D-class Wind Wing Tiger, they had nearly lost their lives.

If they were to face a C-class Thunder Lizard Dragon, resistance would be laughable.

That was a powerful existence equivalent to the fourth stage of human Awakened Ones—the Celestial Phenomenon Realm.

The gap between them was like a Control Realm Peak expert being able to control a Domain within a radius of five hundred meters or even a thousand meters.

While the Celestial Phenomenon Realm could influence an area large enough to cover a small city.

With a single thought, they could trigger landslides and tsunamis, and even locally affect weather changes within their Domain.

"Then let's take a detour. A little slower is fine; safety is the most important," Zhou Xing decided.

Although they detoured, the journey was not peaceful.

The wilderness was dense with Mutated Beasts, making it impossible to guard against them all.

They first encountered a pack of Corrosive Poison Hyenas. These hyenas were as large as cattle, and the leading Hyena Queen was extremely troublesome; Yun Feng and Zhou Xing had to work together to kill her.

After that, they encountered a pack of Shadow Spiders. Each of these spiders was the size of a car, and especially since it was deep night, they continuously launched surprise attacks by blending into the shadows.

After resolving them with full effort, they then met a swarm of Bloodsucking Mosquitoes, thousands of mosquitoes the size of dinner plates, which made everyone's scalp tingle.

Fortunately, fire-element abilities were their bane, and the group managed to escape.

On the ninth day, when the huge silhouette of Star City appeared on the horizon, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The entire city seemed to have been rebuilt, completely different from the Star City in Zhou Xing's memory.

On the hundreds of meters high alloy city walls, numerous automated turrets were installed, and many Awakened One soldiers patrolled.

The entire Star City had two city gates, controlled respectively by The Watchers and the Divine Gene.

"We finally made it..." Yun Feng's expression relaxed considerably, and she smiled for the first time.

Soon, a fully armed squad opened the city gate and walked towards them.

The leading man took off his helmet, and upon seeing Yun Feng, his stern face now forced a smile: "Captain Yun Feng, you've finally arrived."