Essence Devouring Art

After Su Qing’Er was long gone.

After confirming there were no "eyes" nearby, Lu Hongye took a deep breath. A vicious glint surfaced in her eyes. "Overlord Whale Alliance... Wu Dao!"

VMMMM—

Her body trembled slightly.

Lu Hongye closed her eyes as an ancient, sacred, and supremely noble aura began to churn within her.

...

Northern Guangqing Prefecture.

「Jianshan City.」

"Human! You have committed an unforgivable sin! This old bull will offer you as a living sacrifice!"

The hundred-meter, mountain-sized red bull roared in fury. Its hooves kicked up tens of thousands of tons of earth and rock as its muscles bulged with infinite brute force. With a mighty effort, it soared into the sky!

WHOOSH—

Amidst the sound of rending air, the pair of ten-meter-long, crimson horns on the red bull’s head, straight as divine spears, pierced the heavens as they aimed to gore Wu Dao.

There was no doubt that even a mountain standing in their way would be blown to pieces by this pair of thick, crimson horns!

RUMBLE—

A violent sonic boom resounded between heaven and earth.

The red bull’s body was simply immense. Combined with its high-speed charge, it easily created sonic booms louder than Celestial Thunder, shaking the world in all directions.

Compared to the bull, Wu Dao was like an insignificant ant. It seemed he would be sent flying past the heavens by the berserk bull at any moment.

And yet, the reality was...

CLANG!!

A tremendous sonic wave rolled out, shaking the entire countryside.

It was as if ten thousand great bells had been struck at once!

Countless birds and beasts in the mountains were instantly shaken to death. A cluster of sparks, brighter than the Sun itself, erupted in the sky.

Facing the red bull goring him with majestic momentum and infinite brute force, Wu Dao didn’t even bat an eye. He raised a hand and threw a punch. Like a great dam holding back a torrential flood, he nonchalantly met the red bull’s strike.

BOOM!

The shockwave from the bull’s impact formed a tempestuous gale, which was then split by the "dam" of Wu Dao’s body into two towering curtains of air that tore across the sky for miles.

And Wu Dao, at the epicenter of it all, hadn’t moved an inch!

The Limit of the Horizontal Refining Fourth Gate!

His physical strength was comparable to that of a young True Dragon; shattering mountains and filling seas was a simple feat for him.

A mere 1,500-year-old Great Demon was just an egg smashing against a stone, even if it were twice the size.

CRACK—

The sound of metal snapping rang out.

With a single punch from Wu Dao, the tip of one of the red bull’s horns shattered into fragments from the overwhelming reactive force!

"MOO! You dare break my horn?!"

An enraged roar exploded forth.

The red bull was incandescent with rage. More importantly, it had always prided itself on its brute strength, and its pride was shattered by the fact that it was actually weaker than Wu Dao.

This was the ultimate humiliation!

VMM!

Driven by this humiliation, the red bull activated its Demon Pill, devouring nature’s spiritual energy. Pillars of spiritual flame erupted around its body like rocket thrusters, generating immense propulsive force. It single-mindedly wanted to continue its contest of strength with Wu Dao!

’Eating its meat won’t make me stupid, will it?’

Wu Dao’s expression was a bit odd.

It was the first time he had ever encountered such a stupid Innate Great Demon. Its mind was still dominated by animal instinct, completely unable to perceive the gap in their strength.

However, when he remembered that the Demon Beasts of the Saint King Dao never seemed to follow common sense, he felt it all made sense.

"You want to match my strength? You’re a thousand years too early!"

Wu Dao’s voice was level. His fist became a claw, his five fingers closing and digging deep into the bull’s broken horn, which was harder than any metal.

The next moment...

CRACKLE~

Traces of Crimson Gold lightning shot out from his pores. His cells, rubbing together at high speed, generated electricity, and the rotating Magnetic Field produced an endless, titanic force.

"Hah!"

Wu Dao exhaled lightly. His stance sank as he gripped the bull’s broken horn, lifting its mountain-sized, multi-ton body into the air as if it were a foam toy.

RUMBLE—

The world spun, and sonic booms thundered around them.

The red bull, still trying to push forward, hadn’t even realized what was happening before its view of the world was flipped upside down. It was now performing an impromptu handstand in midair.

An incredibly bizarre scene immediately unfolded in the sky.

From a distance, it looked as if an ant were lifting a bull.

After overestimating its own strength twice, even a creature as dim-witted as the red bull realized the gap between it and Wu Dao. It snorted out streams of white smoke, trying what it thought was a clever trick.

"If you’ve got the guts, put me down! I haven’t eaten my fill yet. Let me go eat, and then I’ll come back to fight you!"

"Heh. If you eat your fill, your stomach will be full of crap. How am I supposed to eat you then?"

Wu Dao grinned, a savage light glinting in his eyes. His immense strength erupted as he gripped the horn and began to spin the bull through the air like a giant pinwheel.

RUMBLE—

Under the high-speed rotation, the red bull’s massive body colliding with the atmosphere created wave after wave of violent sonic booms that echoed across the world.

The frantically swirling air formed a massive, violent tornado, sucking countless tons of earth and rock from the ground up into the sky.

"MOO—MOO—"

Terrified moos rose and fell within the heart of the tornado. The red bull’s entire perception was a high-speed, blurry mess; it felt like its brains were about to be flung out.

"Boo hoo... I was wrong... Spare me..."

The red bull pleaded for its life.

It could feel Wu Dao accelerating, faster and faster!

If this continued, its protective Spiritual Gang would shatter. Its flesh would ignite from the constant friction with the air, turning it into a whole roasted bull!

"Hahaha! Hold on tight, we’re hitting top speed!"

But the only response the red bull received was the sound of Wu Dao’s increasingly maniacal laughter.

RUMBLE—

A terrifying tornado connecting heaven and earth had completely formed!

It swept across a vast swath of the surrounding mountains and wilderness.

Countless trees, plants, earth, and stone were torn to shreds, swirling madly around the tornado and being pulverized into even smaller particles.

At the core of the tornado...

CRACK—

...the sound of the Spiritual Gang shattering rang out.

Immediately after,

a faint reddish glow, like burning charcoal, lit up in the center of the tornado. With the ever-increasing friction and wind force, the temperature soared, and the red light grew ever brighter.

Faintly...

...the rich aroma of roasting beef began to drift on the fierce winds, spreading in all directions. It even reached the members of the Overlord Whale Alliance who were finishing their work far away in Jianshan City.