Light Fortress
Chapter 618 - 155: Opening the Umbrella

Chapter 618: Chapter 155: Opening the Umbrella

Above the snowfield, a sneer sounded.

Xu Yan’s brows furrowed slightly.

"Although I don’t know... how you’ve come by this wisp of fire..."

Shen Li raised his head, calmly looking towards the distant gaunt figure, and coldly said.

"But compared to Brother Gu, it’s far too lacking!"

He clenched his fists fiercely!

Above the snowfield, a ring of iron ripples echoed!

The next moment.

Shen Li rushed out, appearing before Xu Yan.

The Iron Eater roared, a towering and immense shadow vaguely forming behind him!

A year ago, he already possessed the strength of the sixth layer of the deep water area!

In the year since, he had sparred with Gu Shen nearly a hundred times, rapidly advancing his Spirit Realm and also completing the final breakthrough of the second stage of his Extraordinary Ability!

Shen Li’s progress could be described as soaring!

The roaring sound of this huge phantom swept across the vast snowfield, shattering the rising curtain of snow with one powerful punch!

Xu Yan’s face remained expressionless.

His figure suddenly shook!

That giant fist, brushed past his cheek—

Shen Li’s pupils tightened slightly, this scene... he had seen something similar from Gu Shen, who always managed to use this kind of "high-frequency vibration" unexpectedly during close combat with body techniques!

The Iron Eater’s punch hit nothing but air!

Immediately after, came Xu Yan’s knee strike!

This blow, coming from below and striking upwards, hit the charging Shen Li right in the abdomen. Shen Li, with his fast reflexes, managed to retreat his hands in time to cross his palms and block his abdomen, yet he was still sent flying off his feet by the enormous force... this guy’s physical close combat strength was unbelievably strong!

In that battle that spread throughout Snow Forbidden City, the "fire sea on the long street," Xu Yan was the "victim" being brutally beaten by Gu Shen, defenseless against the onslaught.

But aside from that footage.

He undeniably passed the Judgement Institute’s assessment as an "S-class" monster!

With a "bang,"

Shen Li was sent flying off the ground, leaning slightly forward, his back piercing through layers of snow mist. He squinted at the ground below, watching the shadow on the ground grow "smaller and smaller"...

The next instant.

That figure disappeared in a blink!

When it reappeared, it was behind him!

This power was almost like "Instantaneous Movement"... Shen Li felt an abundance of Extraordinary Essence churning, and as he turned his head, he only saw a dark, shadowy face hidden in the snow mist.

An elbow strike!

In midair, a ring of snow ripples spread out for dozens of meters!

A straight line surged, striking directly into the depths of the snowfield, carving out a human-shaped crater.

The snowfield returned to silence.

Xu Yan, hovering above the snow mist, shook his numb arm. He frowned, silently gazing at his elbow... feeling a faint, metallic-like pain there.

The two "physical strikes" he had just launched, he had not held back; a normal person wouldn’t have withstood the first blow and would have been knocked unconscious.

It was just that this kid was exceptionally tough.

Using eighty percent strength in an "elbow strike," landing on him... was like striking iron.

Xu Yan slowly descended.

He landed in the human-shaped crater, squinting his eyes.

This crater... had collapsed and cracked open the snowfield...

However, at the very center, it was empty.

A tunnel leading to the heart of the earth had been hollowed out by someone.

...

...

Beneath the snowfield, at a depth of about twenty meters, a lean figure was moving forward, bent over. Behind him, a terrifying tall iron shadow, compressed within the extremely narrow tunnel, was furiously punching non-stop.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Beneath the snowfield, a tunnel was being punched out!

Shen Li’s expression was resolute as he moved forward, punching together with the Iron Eater, his palms already soaked with layers of fresh blood. This injury was not caused by digging... but was the result of that knee strike he had just taken head-on!

Xu Yan’s blow seemed to carry a sort of sudden "explosive force"!

Seemingly gentle, but in reality it was mixed with an incredibly overbearing force!

During that head-on moment, Shen Li felt as if his "iron palm" had been sliced open by something, as if he had put his palm over the muzzle of a gun... the huge explosion directly tore through flesh and blood!

This seemed to surpass his understanding of "body techniques."

It was more like... he had a second Extraordinary Ability.

Shen Li’s lips were a bit chapped. He recollected the scene of the second blow... Xu Yan just fixed his eyes on him, and immediately appeared, almost as if transcending the limitations of space.

This was something not achievable by sheer speed of movement.

It was like... the application of some power.

A Transcendent was only supposed to have one ability... this was nearly a consensus among everyone in the Five Continents.

How did this guy do it?

Could he really have a hidden Extraordinary Ability?!

With a "boom,"

The Iron Eater broke through the frozen earth, and the dark, dim snowfield beneath was breached by a beam of weak light. Shen Li took a deep breath, escaping from underground... From the moment he clearly saw Xu Yan’s face, he realized he couldn’t confront him head-on.

He had to find a way to escape!

The "truth" within the cemetery... needed to be revealed by him!

Xu Yan was a disciple of Zhu Wang from the Judgement Institute!

The acts he was committing were going to stir up a storm throughout Changye!

No... perhaps the storm in Changye had already arrived. An "S-class" with no records and an unknown origin, wreaking havoc inside the Qingzhong Cemetery – even Shen Li, a simple-minded martial fanatic, didn’t believe it was mere coincidence!

A great conspiracy was targeting Brother Gu.