Chapter 1203: Even Your Own People Can Be Knocked Down

"Hang on, I'm coming!" Chu Feng roared.

This location was quite far from the other battlefield. By this point, the three battlefields had completely separated.

At this moment, Peng Wanli, Xiao Yao, and Chi Lingkong were in a terrible state, covered in blood, staggering, and on the verge of collapse.

Peng Wanli had reverted to his true form, his feathers falling out. His originally golden body was now stained red, with some areas completely bald as most of his feathers had dropped. At this rate, he would no longer resemble a Roc; he looked more like a plucked chicken.

This was mainly because their opponent was unexpectedly resilient, far exceeding their imagination. They cursed the monkey for tricking them. In their understanding, the Nether Orchid race was a plant-based species, supposedly fragile after transforming into human form. Tearing their vital parts, such as the main root or stem, should have been enough to incapacitate them.

However, the reality stunned them and drove them to near madness: their opponent was a Green Gold Nether Orchid. Though originally a Nether Orchid, it had been born near a rare metal divine mine and had absorbed vast amounts of divine metal essence during its growth, making it incredibly powerful. While still a plant, it possessed formidable divine metal attributes, rendering its body almost indestructible.

Thus, by this stage, Peng Wanli and his companions were in a dire situation. They had initially intended to defeat this plant-based opponent through close-quarters combat, only to find themselves completely suppressed. They had encountered a monster with an extremely powerful physique within the Half-Saint realm!

Peng Wanli, a true Roc, manifested his original form, roaring and powerful enough to pierce the earth. His golden feathers glowed with immense energy, illuminating the entire sky. Both his wings and golden talons could rip apart mountains, and his attacking power was exceptionally formidable. Yet, when striking the Green Gold Nether Orchid, his blows only produced clanging sounds, sparks, and continuous metallic reverberations. He couldn't harm the Green Gold Nether Orchid. Instead, he was repeatedly slashed by its occasionally manifested long blade, which emitted a faint green glow, and sparkling flying swords that nearly severed his head multiple times. These flying swords and long blades were all parts of the Green Gold Nether Orchid's body, transformed from its roots and leaves.

As for Xiao Yao, his hair was disheveled, and he had deep, bone-visible wounds on his chest and arms; one arm was nearly severed, bleeding profusely. He had exerted all his might, unleashing the Daoist Fist Imprint to its fullest, but facing a monster with a green-gold physique, a major realm above him, he was still somewhat helpless.

Chi Lingkong was also in a dire state, with one wing gushing blood, almost detached from his body – a terrifying laceration. He was an exotic desolate crane, featherless and covered in red scales. Although originally robust with an incredibly powerful physique, many of his scales had fallen off, making it difficult to inflict effective damage on his opponent. His Crane Form Fist, like a crane's beak, could pierce his opponent's body, but the Green Gold Nether Orchid would instantly recover, its metallic sheen flashing.

"Monkey, you're a complete disaster!" Peng Wanli roared at this point, filled with shock and fury. This time, every member of the Monkey's group had a distinct characteristic: all the teammates they found were renowned for their powerful physiques. Whether it was the Six-Eared Macaque, the Roc race, the Daoist race, or the exotic desolate crane covered in red scales, all were manifestations of exceptionally powerful physiques. As for Chu Feng, it went without saying that he had once seized the Monkey's wolf-tooth club and beaten him so badly that he fled in disarray.

Therefore, the Monkey had devised this strategy, using the Yin-Yang Mountain River Map to seal off the area and restrict the use of divine abilities and profound arts. Their previous research indicated that, apart from Jin Lin, the Flowing Light Snail's flesh was quite fragile if it shed a layer of its shell, and the Nether Orchid race's body was normally soft, making a direct hit fatal. But who could have foreseen that they would step directly into a minefield? The Flowing Light Snail was like a Bull Demon King, possessing an abnormally strong physique. And this expert from the Nether Orchid race, having absorbed vast amounts of green-gold essence, was impossibly strong.

Thus, in the end, they hit a wall and fell into a massive pit, utterly miserable. Had Chu Feng not gone berserk at the last moment, they would likely have met a tragic end, having been led to their deaths by the monkey.

"Awoo..." The Golden-winged Great Roc flapped its wings, and hundreds of thousands of feathers transformed into a dense rain of golden arrows, surging with immense light as they plunged from mid-air, targeting the Green Gold Nether Orchid Half-Saint. This was also the primary reason he was rapidly becoming bald, resembling a plucked chicken; he had no choice but to resort to this tactic to combat such a formidable foe.

Clang, clang, clang... The Green Gold Nether Orchid glowed all over, as various long blades and flying swords revolved around it, deflecting or severing many of the golden Roc feathers with loud clanging sounds. Simultaneously, its own body was incredibly hard; when struck by the arrows, it merely dented rather than being pierced.

Chi Lingkong let out a long cry, also in his true form, as he plunged from high altitude, his crane beak glowing like a penetrating spear. However, six or seven leaves appeared around the Green Gold Nether Orchid, combining to form a massive green-gold shield, which then violently slammed into mid-air. With a loud crash, Chi Lingkong wailed. Even though he dodged in time, part of his body was hit, red scales fell off, he was covered in blood, and some of his bones were broken.

On the other side, Xiao Yao's spear in his right hand was severed, his left hand's fist imprint was dim, and his finger bones were fractured.

"Your young master is here, you green-bodied bastard! Prepare to die!" Chu Feng roared, carrying Jin Lin. He covered hundreds of meters with each stride, finally arriving, and then directly smashed the massive Golden Qilin forward. This was a brute force approach: simple and crude. He wielded the mutated Qilin, which was as massive as a small mountain, and swung it with all his might. Other weapons were useless; swords, blades, and spears would be severed by the Green Gold Nether Orchid. Only such an overbearing, mountain-crushing assault could pose a significant threat to it.

Indeed, its expression changed, and it quickly dodged. With a thunderous crash, Chu Feng slammed Jin Lin onto the ground, causing the young lady of the mutated Qilin race to groan, her vision darkening, and her consciousness growing increasingly hazy. In this battle, Jin Lin had suffered terribly. After losing the initiative, one wrong move led to another, resulting in her capture and becoming someone else's weapon.

A green flying sword shot forth with incredible speed, nearly striking Chu Feng's neck, aiming for a decapitation! Fortunately, he reacted swiftly, spitting out a beam of white light, formed from vital essence, which directly knocked the flying sword away. Then, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled around him. Although his divine abilities and secret techniques were restricted, he could still bluff. He was primarily employing subtle domain manipulation! This entire mountain range was formed from magical artifacts, and some areas, especially this one, contained abundant magnetic materials, notably a Profound Magnetic Mountain, which Chu Feng was now exploiting.

"You green-bodied bastard, come here and die!" Chu Feng roared. He charged forward again, carrying the Golden Qilin. This time, his opponent grew furious, directly activating all its leaves and roots, causing various long blades, flying swords, and flying spears to erupt with dazzling light, all carrying Half-Saint level fluctuations, as they flew towards him.

Rumble! The entire mountain range trembled. Chu Feng was leveraging geomagnetism, causing various profound magnetic lights to intertwine like lightning. "Behold my Lightning Fist! I am the Lord of Heavenly Tribulation, who controls earthly punishments and judges criminals!" Chu Feng roared, using the Lightning Fist as a cover, and then the area erupted. Various electric lights danced, and profound magnetic arcs intertwined. Perhaps these didn't have a significant impact on biological bodies. However, at this moment, all the metallic weapons—the spinning long blades, flying swords, and so on—were attracted and, with a cacophony of clanging, were pulled in by Chu Feng's intense profound magnetic light. Of course, to outsiders, it appeared as if he had achieved this with lightning.

"Lord De is here! I ask the world, who dares to contend with me? Who can fight me?!" Chu Feng boasted loudly, yet he didn't stop. Moving incredibly fast, he charged forward with Jin Lin, unleashing a barrage of wild, indiscriminate smashing upon the Green Gold Nether Orchid. Smoke and dust billowed, and the noise was deafening.

The Green Gold Nether Orchid's heart trembled. Many of its roots and stem leaves, which had transformed into flying swords and long blades, had spun off and become detached from its body, adsorbed by the profound magnetism and not recalled, leading to a significant drop in its strength. Its speed had also slowed, and its physical body was no longer as strong due to the lack of its stem-leaf defenses. As a result, once Chu Feng charged in, it became somewhat passive, dodging left and right, but was hit multiple times, its body deforming like metal. Finally, it coughed up large mouthfuls of green blood mixed with metallic fragments, its spirit utterly listless.

This left Peng Wanli and the others dumbfounded. This Cao De was too monstrous! He had charged in and immediately subdued their strongest and most troublesome enemy? Earlier, when they heard him boasting, they had scoffed, expecting to see him make a fool of himself. Now, however, he had truly swept aside their formidable foe.

"Lord De is here! Who dares to fight me?!" Chu Feng continued to shout.

"Let's go too," Peng Wanli called out. "Otherwise, if he subdues the Green Gold Nether Orchid all by himself, who knows how much he'll boast about it later!"

"Good point!"

Then, the three of them charged forward together.

"Ow, what the hell, Cao!"

"Cao, who are you hitting?!"

"My bones are broken!"

The three cried out, roaring repeatedly, all sent flying backward, their bodies wracked with intense pain. This was because, after Cao De started swinging the Golden Qilin, he truly lost all sense of propriety. In his frenzy, he accidentally smashed the Golden-winged Great Roc, causing excruciating pain in half its body. A preliminary estimate suggested two more bones were broken. Xiao Yao suffered the same fate, sent flying. The most tragic was Chi Lingkong. As he charged forward, he encountered the same problem the Monkey had faced not long ago: caught between the Qilin-shaped weapon in Chu Feng's hand and the Green Gold Nether Orchid. One of his wings was smashed to a bloody pulp, utterly unable to flap, and he stumbled away.

"My apologies, why did you suddenly charge in, voluntarily entering my attack range?" Chu Feng asked, sounding rather insincere.

"Cao, you're so crazy you even attack your own people! You... you're infuriating me to death!" The three were so enraged their noses almost twisted. They hadn't even fallen to the ground unable to get up after fighting the Green Gold Nether Orchid until now, yet when Cao De arrived, he simply smashed them all, breaking their bones, knocking them flat, and making them spurt blood from their mouths and noses. It was simply outrageous.

Boom! Clang! The final moment arrived. Chu Feng, wielding Jin Lin, slammed the Green Gold Nether Orchid onto the ground, causing it to continuously spit out metallic fragments and green blood, utterly unable to hold on any longer.

"Stop, I give up!" The Green Gold Nether Orchid surrendered, bowing its head in submission, fearing it would be beaten to death.

"Bind them!" Chu Feng personally took action, using spirit-binding ropes to securely tie up both the Green Gold Nether Orchid and Jin Lin.

On another battlefield, the Six-Eared Macaque siblings finally concluded their fight. They had severely wounded the Flowing Light Snail, leaving it unconscious on the ground. Then, both of them collapsed stiffly, unwilling to move a muscle. Finally, Chu Feng also bound the Flowing Light Snail, placing the three Half-Saints together. He then sat atop the golden Qilin, observing the others sprawled out on the ground. Only he remained seated on the mountain-like captive, not having collapsed.

Meanwhile, outside this area, countless people had already gathered, including numerous Golden Body level evolutionaries and many Half-Saints. "They actually used the Yin-Yang Mountain River Map. Is this a decisive battle or an ambush?" someone exclaimed in surprise.

"I just got a tip-off," another said. "Someone saw the Six-Eared Macaque, Cao De, and their group here, and Jin Lin's group also passed through. It's likely a clash between the two sides!"

"Ah, why would it come to this?"

"Do you even need to guess? It's probably the Six-Eared Macaque and Cao De's group trying to get on that list and launch a final challenge against the Half-Saints! But I expect them to fail, perhaps even die. At the very least, Cao De is likely to be killed, since he's already thoroughly angered Jin Lin and her people!"

"A Golden Body challenging a Half-Saint elite? That's just suicidal!" People discussed animatedly, gazing at the radiant Mountain River Map suspended in mid-air.

At this moment, several Divine Kings responsible for managing the area appeared. They decided to break open the map and release the people inside, genuinely fearing that the Golden Body evolutionaries might be severely injured or killed. "I hope Cao De and the Six-Eared Macaque—these active individuals—can keep their lives," an elder sighed.

"The Six-Eared Macaque and his group are certainly heavily wounded, but they should be fine. With their powerful families backing them, Jin Lin's group wouldn't go for a fatal blow. Only Cao De, he's probably not going to make it." Even the Divine Kings were not optimistic about their chances, believing that such a difficult task as a Golden Body challenging a Half-Saint was utterly impossible to complete. "Well, it serves as a profound lesson for them, lest they forget their place!"

In fact, within the Mountain River Map, only Chu Feng remained largely unharmed. He alone sat there, while everyone else lay sprawled on the ground.