Chapter 678: A Show of Brute Strength!
"What kind of body is this?"
The beast-skirt youth’s eyes lit up with even stronger battle intent.
Instead of feeling fear, he became excited.
"Good. Very good. It seems using only one form will not be enough to defeat you."
As soon as his voice fell, two more tattoos on his upper body lit up at the same time.
"Elephant Form. Bear Form."
Boom!
The phantoms of a gigantic elephant and a savage bear appeared behind him. The two images intertwined, causing his aura to rise explosively.
At this moment, the beast-skirt youth seemed like a primordial elephant capable of trampling heaven and earth, and also like a savage bear possessing endless brute strength.
He took one heavy step forward.
The vine beneath him sank.
Then, he clasped his hands together and smashed them toward Li Yun with terrifying force.
This attack was no longer focused on speed. It was pure strength. It carried the heaviness of the elephant and the brutality of the bear. Even an ordinary 5th level Heavenly Core Realm cultivator would likely be smashed until their bones shattered if they tried to receive it directly.
Li Yun’s eyes remained calm.
He still did not use any martial art.
He only raised his arms.
Golden light surged across the Golden Dragon Armor, and the dragon scales on his arms became even brighter. At the same time, the full force of Indestructible Body gathered into his stance.
The attack landed.
Boom!
The entire vine shook violently.
The impact was so terrifying that several smaller branching vines nearby snapped apart on the spot. The shockwave swept outward like a storm, forcing even the distant cultivators to narrow their eyes.
Yet Li Yun remained standing.
His feet seemed rooted into the vine.
The millionfold weight of his body made him almost impossible to move. It was not that the beast-skirt youth’s strength was weak. In fact, his Elephant Form and Bear Form together were terrifying enough to suppress most opponents at his level.
But trying to force Li Yun back was like trying to push away an entire mountain range with bare hands.
Li Yun slowly lowered his arms.
The golden scales on his forearms had only dimmed slightly.
His body was unharmed.
The beast-skirt youth’s expression finally became serious.
He had thought Li Yun was strong, but he had not expected Li Yun’s physical body to be terrifying to this level. Receiving Tiger Form could be explained as strong defense. Receiving Elephant Form and Bear Form together without moving, however, was something completely different.
That was not merely toughness.
That was absolute physical suppression.
"Refreshing. Truly refreshing."
The beast-skirt youth suddenly burst into loud laughter.
His battle intent surged even higher, and the tattoos on his body changed once more.
This time, he switched into Crane Form.
Two streams of qi swept behind him like a pair of white crane wings, carrying his body upward. His figure became light and nimble, completely different from the heavy force he had displayed moments ago.
He stepped onto another vine, then immediately changed forms again.
"Tiger Form. Leopard Form."
A fierce tiger phantom and a leopard phantom rose behind him. The two phantoms intertwined, causing his aura to instantly transform from heavy and immovable to sharp and aggressive. His speed increased sharply, and his killing intent became fierce like fire.
"Tiger Leopard Predation."
Whoosh!
His figure moved abruptly.
This time, his speed was even faster than before. He shot forward like a leopard sprinting across the wilderness, appearing before Li Yun almost instantly. Then, his palm stretched out. A faint layer of golden light covered it, and the attack carried both the ferocity of a tiger and the speed of a leopard.
The palm slammed toward Li Yun’s head.
Li Yun’s gaze sharpened.
He still did not dodge.
He wanted to see just how strong Indestructible Body and Golden Dragon Armor truly were when pushed under real pressure.
The golden dragon scales across his body shone brilliantly. The dragon patterns on the armor seemed to awaken, and a faint Golden Ancient Dragon phantom appeared behind him. It coiled around his body, releasing an ancient and noble pressure.
Then, Li Yun punched out.
It was not a martial skill.
It was only a basic punch.
A simple punch driven by the seventh stage of Ninefold Origin Flesh Scripture and the terrifying weight of one million times his own body mass.
Bang!
His fist collided with the beast-skirt youth’s palm.
The moment they clashed, an unimaginable explosion of force erupted.
The beast-skirt youth’s expression changed completely.
The power contained in Li Yun’s fist was far beyond what he had expected. It was not a clever technique, nor was it an exquisite martial art. It was the simplest and most direct physical strength.
But because of that millionfold weight, the punch carried a crushing heaviness that ordinary power could not compare to.
It was like being struck by a falling star.
The golden light around the beast-skirt youth’s palm trembled violently. His arm shook, his blood churned, and his body was forced backward several steps.
Li Yun, however, only swayed slightly.
The vine beneath his feet cracked further.
The surrounding cultivators stared with wide eyes.
They had thought Li Yun’s strongest methods were his sword arts. But now, watching him fight without using his sword at all, they realized something even more terrifying.
His body alone was already monstrous.
The beast-skirt youth looked down at his trembling palm, then looked back at Li Yun. His eyes burned brighter than before.
"Again."
He roared and charged forward once more.
Tiger Form gave him ferocity.
Leopard Form gave him speed.
Elephant Form gave him heaviness.
Bear Form gave him brute strength.
Crane Form gave him movement and balance.
The beast-skirt youth continuously switched between the different forms, attacking Li Yun from different angles. Sometimes his palm struck down like a tiger claw. Sometimes his shoulder crashed forward like a giant elephant. Sometimes his fists fell like bear paws, and sometimes his figure flashed around Li Yun with the speed of a leopard.