Chapter 1545: Xuanyuan's Fury

The nine enormous grey-white tail fins represented his current power reserves after awakening his true form. Once these energies dissipated, the little guy would likely revert to his original state, re-entering a cooldown period for his combat abilities. That was quite intriguing.

Although he would recover and regain the ability to transform after this cooldown period.

However, he wouldn't be able to exert his quasi-Emperor level power during the cooldown.

This was exactly as Xu Yang had surmised because the Imperial Blood within the little guy had not yet awakened to its full potential. Only upon reaching the complete realm of a true Demonic Emperor would Little Gray be able to unleash his most powerful combat state without restriction. For now, he had to rely on these energy cooldown and recovery cycles to maintain his quasi-Emperor level combat strength.

After discovering this, Xu Yang secretly resolved to help the little guy ascend to the true Demonic Emperor level using the simplest possible method. This way, Little Gray could genuinely become a supreme powerhouse within the Kunlun Divine Path, no longer needing Xu Yang's protection.

After Chief Xuanyuan witnessed his Fire Dragon being forcefully swallowed, he couldn't help but mutter to himself, simultaneously contemplating new combat strategies.

"If I continue to unleash single-element techniques one by one as before," he thought, "this cat will likely swallow them, then use those same elemental properties to counterattack me."

"It seems that using elemental power to create living totems is not effective against this cat; it can devour all totems and convert elemental power for its own use."

"Since that's the case," he concluded, "I'll just have to attack him with pure elemental techniques."

Thinking this, Chief Xuanyuan once again activated the enhancement effect of his wind attribute. He decisively chose to utilize his transcendent agility, amplified by the wind, to engage Little Gray in high-intensity close combat.

However, Little Gray's current quasi-Emperor level strength granted him even greater movement speed. It was a battle of equals, with no clear winner emerging. Both possessed extreme speed. Once they engaged in close-quarters combat, their movements were so swift that everyone present, except Xu Yang, couldn't follow them.

For Xu Yang, such close-quarters combat was merely like a slow-motion replay. He could, at will, use the laws of space and time to alter the visual effects of every movement made by the two in the localized battlefield below.

This allowed him to deeply analyze and understand all of Chief Elder Xuanyuan's combat characteristics. Soon, after a complete offensive cycle, Xu Yang had the individual's mature close-combat techniques quite completely imprinted in his mind.

At the same time, Xu Yang immediately shared his thoughts with Little Gray, transferring the entire process of Chief Elder Xuanyuan's most proficient close-combat attack patterns that he had summarized.

This way, Little Gray effectively gained the ability to predict his opponent's moves.

"Hahaha, do you really intend to continue close-quarters combat with me like this?" Little Gray taunted. "If so, I regret to inform you that you can no longer be my opponent."

A hint of dark green light flashed in Little Gray's pupils. At the same time, as his expression shifted, two incredibly translucent azure longswords appeared in his left and right hands. As he wielded both swords, Little Gray was clearly reverse-engineering Chief Elder Xuanyuan's attack patterns, with every move and stance effectively restraining the full power of Chief Elder Xuanyuan's techniques.

"How is this possible?!" Chief Xuanyuan exclaimed. "This guy memorized all my attack patterns in just one go! That's absolutely impossible!"

Elder Xuanyuan fought and retreated, utterly bewildered. He simply couldn't fathom that the cat before him possessed such incredible abilities.

"Hahaha, remember my words," Xu Yang's voice resonated. "Never underestimate any opponent. If they can stand before you and fight for so many rounds, there's always a reason."

Xu Yang couldn't help but let his thunderous voice descend from a third-person perspective, affecting everyone in the localized battlefield and, naturally, bringing an extremely powerful soul deterrent effect to Chief Elder Xuanyuan.

"You damned human, shut up!" Elder Xuanyuan roared, clearly enraged. "When I personally kill these good-for-nothing fellows in front of you, then I'll personally have a round with you."

Elder Xuanyuan was clearly enraged. With a furious roar, he completely abandoned his current attack mode. Suddenly, from the golden foil in his palm, two dragon heads simultaneously ignited.

Almost in an instant, two elemental forces appeared around his body without warning. While wielding techniques of two elements simultaneously was a huge energy drain for Elder Xuanyuan, the battlefield suppression effect and terrifying deterrent power displayed were quite astonishing.

As expected, this time, Elder Xuanyuan simultaneously summoned water and wind elements. The two forces instantly converged beneath his feet, causing the previously calm sea to surge with colossal waves. Enormous watery vortices, amplified by the wind, roared wildly. The terrifying hundred-zhang vortex and surging waves quickly covered and locked onto the movement trajectories of Little Gray and the two others.

The immense devouring force released by this terrifying vortex tightly bound them to the ground, quickly and completely restricting any possibility for the three to fly or escape underground, confining their mobility within the localized area of the massive windy vortex.

Furthermore, the three had to exert considerable effort to resist the constantly strengthening devouring force beneath their feet, which completely bound their limbs.

"Hahaha! I'd like to see!" Elder Xuanyuan scoffed. "How will you three break free from the confinement of this wind and wave vortex?"

Elder Xuanyuan's first stage of elemental power took effect. He then unhesitatingly followed up with a continuous, destructive barrage. Countless sword auras condensed out of thin air, fiercely striking down towards the three's location.

Each sword aura possessed immense destructive power, quickly shattering the protective energy shields around Little Gray and the other two. While it wasn't enough to injure their physical bodies, the collapse of these external energy defense barriers was a potentially fatal blow for them.

This was because they would no longer have any means to perfectly protect their physical bodies within the harsh core area of this devouring vortex.

Xu Yang watched all this without a trace of panic; instead, a faint smile appeared on his face. He could already sense the frantic thoughts within Little Gray's mind, and it seemed the little guy had found a way to break through the current predicament.

"Techniques released by merging two elements are indeed powerful enough," Little Gray stated. "But they are not invincible. Any power in this world with a devouring instinct has the same weakness: the very core of the vortex."

As soon as Little Gray finished speaking, he immediately ceased resisting the devouring force below and instead plunged headfirst into the deepest part of the profound sea, actively diving towards the very core of the wind and wave vortex.