Chapter 50: Hunting the Ancient Suan Ni

"Boom!"

He crashed entirely into the mountain forest.

Though he had been sent flying, protected by the Guardian of the Underworld, Shi Jian suffered virtually no actual injury.

"Invincible King Fist!"

Flapping his demonic wings once more, Shi Jian soared back into mid-air and unleashed the Invincible King Fist.

While the grade of the Invincible King Fist was merely average, its three-headed and six-armed attribute was exceptionally useful.

Countless runes flickered, and behind Shi Jian, a giant with three heads and six arms abruptly materialized.

The next instant, Shi Jian raised his hands, condensing several Spears of the Underworld that were subsequently grasped by the three-headed and six-armed giant.

Wielding the Spears of the Underworld in its hands, the giant charged straight at the aged Suanni.

With a flash, the aged Suanni appeared a hundred meters away, showing not a single trace of senility.

Clouds and mist surged within its golden pupils. Suddenly, a bolt of golden lightning shot out, striking directly at the three-headed and six-armed giant.

The giant brandished the Spears of the Underworld in a flurry of motion so dense not even wind could pass, successfully blocking the golden lightning.

Two beams of light once more erupted from the aged Suanni's golden pupils, accompanied by the sound of thunder, and struck the giant, causing the runes upon its body to instantly shatter!

However, by this time, Shi Jian had already closed the distance to the aged Suanni.

Seeing the three-headed and six-armed manifestation of his Invincible King Fist pulverized, Shi Jian even had the leisure to wear a look of disappointment.

After all, the Invincible King Fist was not some truly formidable divine ability.

Being able to stall the aged Suanni for even a moment was already impressive enough.

While the Spear of the Underworld, hailed as the ultimate offensive technique, could contend with the aged Suanni's golden lightning, the structural integrity of the three-headed and six-armed giant formed by the Invincible King Fist itself was quite ordinary.

Still, it possessed plenty of imposing aura.

Strength was a temporary affair, but looking cool was for a lifetime.

Contemplating the weaknesses of the Invincible King Fist in his mind, Shi Jian did not pause his movements for even a split second.

Emperor of Darkness Water Emperor Fist!

All eleven heavenly apertures behind him opened simultaneously. From the volcanic heavenly aperture, crimson-hot magma poured out in rolling torrents, accompanied by the furious roars of giant elephants!

The power of the apertures, combined with the strength of the giant elephants, erupted in a single instantaneous moment, amplified to the extreme by the Emperor of Darkness Water Spring!

A single punch carried the terrifying momentum to shatter mountains and split the earth!

Sensing the impending crisis, the aged Suanni's golden radiance flared even brighter. The glare was blinding, transforming the entire mountain forest into a golden ocean.

Mysterious runes intertwined across its body like a dense dancing swarm of electric serpents. Its formidable power churned the winds and clouds as a precious technique prepared to manifest.

The Suanni Precious Technique.

The golden radiance collided with Shi Jian's Emperor of Darkness Water Emperor Fist, instantly triggering rolling peals of thunder that echoed through the entire mountain forest!

Centered on the clash between the man and the beast, the surrounding miles of forest were reduced to utter devastation, as if swept by a tornado.

The earth beneath them cracked and ruptured.

During its prime, the aged Suanni had been a terrifying powerhouse. Though it was now elderly and its strength had declined, it remained a force not to be underestimated.

Even with all his divine abilities, Shi Jian found it difficult to completely suppress it instantly.

For a time, the two reached a deadlock. Shi Jian had to fight at full power, and the battle between man and beast escalated to a fever pitch, tearing a path forward as the battlefield expanded rapidly.

Countless wild beasts and forests lost their lives to the collateral damage of their clash.

The aged Suanni let out a roar. The golden ripples surrounding it practically materialized, surging like a tsunami as it drove its runes to their absolute limit!

The surrounding mountain rocks and vegetation turned directly to powder the moment they came into contact with these golden ripples.

Countless living beings in the Great Wilderness trembled all over as they gazed upon this terrifying spectacle.

Abandoning the Spear of the Underworld, Shi Jian chose instead to collide with the aged Suanni purely using his physical prowess and giant elephant strength.

The aged Suanni possessed an astonishing physique—massive and majestic, with pillar-like claws that carried the might to overturn mountains and seas with every downward strike.

Shi Jian's slender figure seemed negligible in comparison to the aged Suanni.

Yet, every single one of his punches steadily deflected the beast's claws.

Had any master witnessed this sight, they undoubtedly would have been scared out of their wits.

To contend with the aged Suanni purely through raw physical strength—what kind of terrifying physique was this?

Even the cub of an ancient vicious beast wouldn't survive a single slap from Shi Jian...

The shock and fury within the aged Suanni's heart intensified.

It possessed spiritual intelligence and even knew how to fake death to lure out its enemies.

Clearly far superior to Shi Jian in realm, it was nonetheless being beaten down and suppressed by him raw!

This human youth was like a heavenly deity descended to earth, shrouded in precious light and frighteningly powerful!

Even deploying its precious technique failed to take him down.

They were locked in an absolute stalemate.

By now, Shi Jian grew more and more exhilarated the longer he fought, while the aged Suanni showed increasing signs of decline.

Having already reached the twilight of its life and facing death, it possessed very little remaining vitality to begin with.

To endure such high-intensity combat on top of that...

Today would likely be its date of doom.

The aged Suanni emitted a mournful cry.

"Die!"

Shi Jian, however, felt he was finally having a thoroughly satisfying fight. His blood boiled all over, divine light flashed in his eyes, and he looked peerlessly heroic.

His previous skirmishes could only be called hunting; today's clash was a genuine battle.

The members of the chat group had indeed sparred with each other back in the Void God Realm.

However, when sparring amongst themselves, it was naturally inappropriate to deal heavy blows.

They merely familiarized themselves with martial arts and refrained from unleashing major lethal ultimate techniques.

Fighting this aged Suanni now, though, Shi Jian felt completely uninhibited and gratified.

Various divine abilities rolled off his tongue and hands effortlessly.

His gaze was piercing as he charged at the aged Suanni once again.

"Roar!"

The aged Suanni let out an angry roar, distinct from its previous mournful cries.

Having run out of retreats, it had to win this battle.

The aged Suanni was staking its life.

The golden light radiating from its body grew even more intense, expanding outward in successive waves.

It opened its mouth to spew a bank of clouds and mist, which instantly enshrouded the entire area.

Plunged into the sea of clouds, the aged Suanni erupted with blinding electrical radiance, transforming into a golden god of thunder!

Pushing the Suanni Precious Technique to its absolute limit, its gaze turned ice-cold as terrifying arcs of electricity burst from its jaws!

The lightning flashed with horrifying might, causing the earth to fracture and shattering rocks in mid-air!

The Suanni Precious Technique rivaled the lightning of the nine heavens—terrifying and mystical!

Shi Jian initially intended to use the Emperor of Darkness Water Emperor Fist once more to trade blows with the aged Suanni head-on, but at that moment, the essential truths of the *Primordial True Interpretation* flashed through his mind.

The *Primordial True Interpretation* recorded scenes of great battles among various deities.

The life-and-death struggles of those supreme existences had provided him with countless inspirations.

There were no precious techniques recorded within the *Primordial True Interpretation*, but it contained the profound mysteries of universal runes.

Runes constantly shifted across Shi Jian's palms: lightning runes, fire runes, wind runes... Various universal runes continuously appeared on his hands.

These runes linked together into a streak, emitting a booming roar.

Finally, these runes clashed against the aged Suanni's precious technique. Shi Jian's body swayed, changing his footwork dozens of times in the blink of an eye.

He alternately attacked or retreated!

The runes on his hands similarly shifted dozens of times within a fraction of a second.

Combining various universal runes together, he turned decay into magic, completely neutralizing the power contained within the Suanni Precious Technique in an instant.

"Haha..."

Shi Jian laughed out loud, his comprehension of runes advancing another step further.

Fighting opponents did not strictly necessitate relying on peerless divine abilities.

Applied properly, these ordinary runes were fully sufficient to rival supreme techniques.

Being able to dissolve the Suanni Precious Technique using ordinary runes indicated that Shi Jian's application of runes had reached the realm of complete mastery.

Putting theory into practice, he had stepped into an entirely new realm!

With this, Shi Jian could be said to have truly crossed the threshold of the *Primordial True Interpretation*.

Filled with high spirits, Shi Jian leaped upward, landing squarely upon the aged Suanni's back, and raised his fists to pound down.

The aged Suanni was already at the end of its tether; that major divine ability just now had depleted too much of its vital energy and spirit. Now languid and suffering from insufficient blood and qi...

It was instantly pinned to the ground by Shi Jian.

Roaring furiously, the aged Suanni radiated golden light, attempting to buck Shi Jian off its back.

To be ridden by a human was the ultimate humiliation.

Yet, if it wasn't a match for Shi Jian in its prime, let alone now.

Exerting divine might, Shi Jian suppressed it, resembling a heavenly deity riding a divine beast down to the mortal realm.

Unable to endure such disgrace, the aged Suanni prepared to cut off its own vitality, destroying its precious blood and bones rather than letting Shi Jian profit from them.

Detecting this anomaly, Shi Jian hurriedly summoned the Spear of the Underworld, aiming to pierce it directly into the aged Suanni's skull.

Lacking the protection of its runes, the aged Suanni could hardly resist the Spear of the Underworld with its physical body alone.

Its skull was pierced clean through by the spear in an instant.

The will of the underworld instantly executed and suppressed the aged Suanni.

Leaving behind nothing more than an intact corpse...