Chapter 679: Overwhelming Li Yun!
But Li Yun remained calm from beginning to end.
He used only his body.
When the tiger claw came, he blocked it with Golden Dragon Armor.
When the elephant force descended, he endured it with Indestructible Body.
When the bear strength smashed toward him, he answered with a basic punch.
When the leopard speed circled him, he allowed his terrifying weight to stabilize his stance, then countered with the simplest movement.
Each of his attacks was plain.
A punch.
A palm.
An elbow.
A shoulder collision.
Yet every movement carried a force that made the beast-skirt youth’s expression grow more and more solemn.
Because Li Yun was too heavy.
Every time their bodies collided, the beast-skirt youth felt as though he was striking an ancient mountain. Every time Li Yun punched back, it felt as though that mountain had suddenly moved and crashed toward him.
The millionfold weight was not merely a number.
In close combat, it became terrifying beyond imagination.
It made Li Yun’s stance unshakable.
It made his attacks incomparably heavy.
It made his defense almost impossible to break.
Even if the beast-skirt youth’s Twelve True Forms were mysterious, and even if every form gave him a different advantage, he still found it difficult to truly suppress Li Yun.
Boom!
The two collided again.
This time, the beast-skirt youth used Elephant Form and Bear Form together, gathering his strongest physical power into one attack. He clasped his hands and smashed down toward Li Yun’s shoulders, intending to force him to kneel.
Li Yun raised both arms and blocked.
The golden dragon scales on his arms released a dazzling light.
Bang!
A violent shockwave spread outward.
The vine beneath Li Yun’s feet finally could not withstand the force. With a cracking sound, several sections shattered into dust. However, Li Yun’s body still did not bend.
His knees did not lower.
His back did not curve.
He stood there like an ancient golden dragon carrying the weight of heaven and earth.
Then, he suddenly stepped forward.
The moment his foot landed, the vine shook violently.
Li Yun’s fist moved.
It was still a basic punch.
But this punch carried the full weight of Indestructible Body and the defensive pressure of Golden Dragon Armor. The air in front of his fist compressed and exploded, producing a deep thunderous sound.
The beast-skirt youth hurriedly crossed his arms.
Bang!
The punch landed.
His body flew backward.
He crashed onto another vine several meters away, his arms trembling faintly. He couldn’t believe he was blown away just a fist from Li Yun. This completely changed his view of his opponent.
Blood surged up his throat, but he forcefully swallowed it down.
When he raised his head again, the excitement in his eyes had not faded. Instead, it had become even stronger.
"Hahaha!"
He suddenly burst into hearty laughter.
"Brother, your body is truly formidable. I have fought many body cultivators before, but I have never met anyone with such terrifying weight and defense. That golden armor of yours is also extraordinary. Even my Twelve True Forms cannot break it easily."
Li Yun slowly lowered his fist.
The golden dragon scales across his body gradually dimmed, but they did not disappear completely. His breathing remained steady, and his aura was still as heavy as a mountain.
"Your Twelve True Forms are also not bad," Li Yun said calmly.
He was speaking the truth.
The beast-skirt youth’s strength was indeed remarkable. His ability to switch freely between different beast forms gave him speed, strength, defense, balance, and explosive killing power.
If Li Yun had not reached the seventh stage of Ninefold Origin Flesh Scripture and awakened the defensive power of Golden Dragon Armor, fighting him with body strength alone would not have been easy.
"A pity."
The beast-skirt youth shook his head with some regret, then laughed loudly. "I have only cultivated six of the Twelve True Forms. If I could master seven or eight, or manifest three forms at the same time, I might have been able to force you to use more methods."
Li Yun said calmly, "Perhaps or perhaps no matter how power you are or will be, you might not stand a chance against me."
The beast-skirt youth grinned.
"That last exchange was already close to my current limit. Since neither of us can easily defeat the other without paying a price, there is no need to continue wasting strength here."
He looked upward along the Thousand Star Vine, then continued, "I suggest we use the main vine as the boundary. I will take the flowers on the left, and you take the flowers on the right. Neither of us shall cross over. As for the flower at the very top, we will compete for it based on our own abilities. What do you think?"
"Fine."
Li Yun nodded. Although he believed he could easily defeat the beast clothed youth, he didn’t think much about it. He enjoyed this battle and that was what he wanted.
Moreover his main concern wasn’t a battle with the beast clothed youth and instead the flowers. Fight could wait but not the treasures.
The flowers on the Thousand Star Vine bloomed randomly, but the number on the left and right was basically symmetrical. Only at the very top was there a single flower, the most precious one and the most likely to contain a treasure.
This rule was fair to both of them.
More importantly, this battle had already allowed Li Yun to properly test the seventh stage of Ninefold Origin Flesh Scripture and Golden Dragon Armor.
His Indestructible Body was even stronger than he had expected. The durability it gave him was enough to be stand invincible in the Heavenly Core Realm.
And the terrifying weight of one million times his body mass had shown its true value in close combat.
Against someone like the beast-skirt youth, whose Twelve True Forms specialized in physical battle, Li Yun had not used a single sword technique.
He had relied only on his body.
And that alone had been enough.