158: It withstood the supernatural power head-on; is this tortoise made of iron?

It, the majestic overlord of Longjiang and a Prodigy of its Family.

A Rank Five Thunder Flood Dragon had actually been injured by a fellow who appeared out of nowhere?

Unforgivable!

Absolutely unforgivable!

"Turtle! You have successfully... enraged me!"

A cold Divine Thought, filled with majesty and fury, rang out in Li Qing's mind without warning!

It can talk?

Li Qing was slightly taken aback.

As expected of a Rank Five Vicious Beast, it had already developed Sentience and could even communicate via Divine Thought.

"No, you aren't a Turtle!"

The Thunder Flood Dragon's Divine Thought rang out again, this time carrying a hint of doubt and gravity.

"You have the aura of a Dragon on you! But it's not pure! What on earth are you?!"

It could feel that the opponent's appearance was clearly that of a Turtle, but how could a Turtle be this strong!

In the world of Vicious Beasts, success isn't about how hard one works.

One's achievements depend entirely on their Bloodline!

Yet the opponent's Physical Body emitted a Dragon Might that felt both familiar and foreign to it.

This contradictory feeling left it incredibly confused.

"I'm your ancestor."

Li Qing retorted unceremoniously via Divine Thought.

You're the Turtle!

Your whole Family are Turtles!

"You're courting death!!!"

The Thunder Flood Dragon was completely enraged!

It wasted no more words and opened its bloody maw!

Buzz—!

A silver lightning ball over three meters in diameter, highly compressed from pure lightning energy and emitting an aura of destruction, rapidly condensed in its mouth!

Under the terrifying high temperature emitted by this lightning ball, the surrounding river water instantly evaporated, making a "sizzling" sound!

"Thunder Dragon Roar!"

Boom—!!!

A massive silver pillar of lightning, as if it would pierce through the entire riverbed, blasted out from the Thunder Flood Dragon's mouth, hurtling toward Li Qing's dragon turtle avatar!

This strike was its Innate Divine Ability!

Its power was more than ten times stronger than the previous lightning strike!

Wherever the pillar of light passed, space seemed to be torn apart, and tiny black cracks appeared!

Facing this terrifying blow that could instantly kill any Peak Spirit Transformation Realm expert, Li Qing's face remained calm.

Head-on, then?

I like it!

With a thought, the [Four Seas Return to One] talent was activated once again!

This time, he didn't try to bind the Thunder Flood Dragon; instead, he focused all his control on himself!

The river water before him, thick as liquid silver, began to rotate and compress frantically under his control!

In an instant, a massive water shield over twenty meters in diameter and five meters thick, condensed entirely from high-density river water...

...with a faint dark light shimmering on its surface, appeared out of thin air before him!

This was the strongest defense he could currently condense!

Having done all this, he then controlled the dragon turtle avatar to retract its limbs and head into that indestructible shell.

Come!

Let's see which is stronger: your spear or my shield!

The next second.

That destructive lightning pillar and the incredibly heavy water shield collided violently!

Boom—!!!

A deafening roar exploded at the bottom of the deep river, as if tens of thousands of tons of underwater explosives had been detonated!

The destructive lightning pillar, triggered by the Thunder Flood Dragon's Innate Divine Ability and powerful enough to level a small mountain, slammed solidly into the massive water shield condensed by the dragon turtle avatar!

Time seemed to stretch infinitely at this moment.

In Li Qing's perception, that silver lightning pillar was like an indestructible spear of a Heavenly God, carrying the supreme Divine Might of judging all living beings, as it stabbed fiercely at his shield!

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—!"

The extremely piercing sound of energy friction echoed throughout the entire canyon!

The moment the lightning pillar contacted the high-density water shield, the river water within a thousand-meter radius was instantly evaporated and gasified, forming a massive vacuum Domain filled with violent lightning energy!

The massive, indestructible water shield, condensed by the [Four Seas Return to One] talent and five meters thick, instantly saw countless fine cracks appear on its surface under the frantic impact of the lightning pillar!

The thickness of the water shield was being frantically reduced at a visible rate!

Five meters!

Four meters!

Three meters!

...The Thunder Flood Dragon's blood-red pupils were filled with madness and confidence!

It didn't believe it!

It didn't believe that any being of the same rank in this world could head-on withstand its Innate Divine Ability—Thunder Dragon Roar!

This move was the most powerful attack in its Bloodline Legacy!

It was the foundation of its survival in Longjiang as a Rank Five Thunder Flood Dragon!

It would use this move to blast the ugly Turtle before it, who dared to challenge its majesty, along with its ridiculous shell, into smithereens!

However!

Just as the water shield's thickness was about to be completely worn through...

"Buzz—!"

A low hum suddenly emanated from within that massive Turtle shell!

A layer of deep, dark light emerged without warning on the crumbling water shield!

Xuanming Divine Armor!

At the most critical moment, Li Qing added the power of the Xuanming Divine Armor to this water shield!

The dark light flowed like a bottomless black hole, beginning to frantically devour and transform that violent lightning power!

The lightning pillar, which had been unstoppable, suddenly stalled in its advance the moment it contacted this layer of dark light!

The destructive energy it contained seemed to have met its nemesis, being frantically weakened and neutralized!

"How... how is this possible?!"

Within the Thunder Flood Dragon's cold Divine Thought, the emotion of "shock" appeared for the first time!

What power was that?

Why could it even block its own Innate Divine Ability?

In that moment of its distraction, the battle was decided!

"Crack—!"

With a crisp cracking sound, the massive water shield, covered in cracks, finally could not hold on any longer and shattered!

But the destructive lightning pillar, after the double weakening of the water shield and the Xuanming Divine Armor, had less than one-tenth of its power left!

The residual lightning energy, like an arrow at the end of its flight, finally struck the indestructible shell of the dragon turtle avatar.

"Clang!"

A crisp sound of clashing metal.

The massive body of the dragon turtle avatar only shook slightly, completely neutralizing the residual energy without even leaving a white mark.

It blocked it!

It actually blocked it!

Li Qing's mind was also stirred!

Thrilling!

This feeling of frantically testing the edge of life and death, only to turn danger into safety in the end, was just too damn exciting!