"Careful!"
Yu Xian's voice rang out inside Chi Feihong's head.
Yet at that moment, Chi Feihong only wished for death, possessing neither fighting spirit nor will to battle.
An eight-foot-tall man who considered himself an honorable hero, he wasn't even afraid of dying—how could he humble himself beneath another, acting as someone else's servant or lackey?
Yu Xian immediately sensed Chi Feihong's death wish. Decisively exerting his authority, he took direct control of Chi Feihong's body.
It all unfolded faster than lightning.
Yu Xian dropped cleanly backward—not taking a step back, but simply falling flat onto his back. The Nether Armor King's decapitating slash swept right past Chi Feihong's throat, a mere hair's breadth from severing his windpipe.
The strike missed.
The Nether Armor King immediately thrust downward toward Chi Feihong on the ground. But Yu Xian's combat instincts were vastly superior to Chi Feihong's; he cleanly rolled away, dodging the attack by a thread.
Next, Yu Xian pushed off with one leg, springing up from the ground, and whipped his other foot straight into the Nether Armor King's abdomen. The Nether Armor King's arm was still in the middle of swinging downward and happened to obstruct its own left hand, leaving it unable to block the kick.
*Boom!*
A tremendous force crashed into the Nether Armor King's midsection, sending it stumbling backward until it slammed into a maze wall, finally coming to a halt.
*His strength increased!*
The Nether Armor King stared grimly at Chi Feihong, unable to fathom how Chi Feihong's power had suddenly surged.
In reality, Chi Feihong's raw strength hadn't increased at all; it was simply that Yu Xian's force-exertion technique was far superior. If that strike against the Nether Armor King hadn't been a kick but Yu Xian's right fist, the Nether Armor King wouldn't have just stumbled back—its armor would have caved in at the very least.
Although Chi Feihong's body had been taken over, he could still see everything through his own eyes.
The lightning-fast exchange left him completely dumbfounded. So powerful, so fast, so crisp!
It was the first time he had witnessed such a fighting style from this perspective.
Suddenly, he felt as if he had been wasting his own physical gifts. In Yu Xian's hands, this body was far stronger than it had ever been with him. In the past, he had relied entirely on his monstrous defense to bully his way through, possessing almost no technique. That had definitely been the wrong path.
"Yu Xian, aren't you a Summoner?" Chi Feihong asked in his mind.
As Yu Xian continued trading blows with the Nether Armor King, he replied, "Yeah, I am a Summoner. What of it?"
"Then what... what's with you right now?" Chi Feihong asked, bewildered.
Yu Xian couldn't help but chuckle. "Who says being a Summoner means I can only do Summoner stuff? Before entering the Zhen Realm, did you think I was just some useless bum?"
"..."
Chi Feihong understood. In other words, before entering the Zhen Realm, Yu Xian was already a terrifyingly powerful big shot.
If he weren't a big shot, there was no way he could fight the Nether Armor King on equal footing—let alone suppress it. If Chi Feihong's own physical stats hadn't fallen short, Yu Xian probably would have beaten the Nether Armor King into scrap metal long ago.
"If... outside the Zhen Realm, how many rounds would it take you to beat the Nether Armor King?" Chi Feihong asked, curious.
Yu Xian leaned back to dodge a slash from the Nether Armor King, gripped the entity's arm with his left hand, and summoned a powerful momentum into his right fist before punching straight through the Nether Armor King's abdomen.
Seeing the Nether Armor King's left hand striking toward him, he quickly let go and leaped back, only then finding the breath to answer: "Probably... one punch!"
After all, even a Mighty One like Feng Mingge had spat blood after taking a punch from his right hand. Strong as the Nether Armor King was, it wasn't a Mighty One. One punch should be plenty.
"Um... Boss Yu Xian, can I take you as my master?" Chi Feihong asked nervously.
Now *this* was a golden thigh to cling to! A figure who could blow the Nether Armor King to pieces with a single punch in the outside world—he couldn't even fathom how absurdly powerful Yu Xian was out there.
If he got eliminated from the Zhen Realm, he would merely return to his original world to continue being an ordinary strongman. But even if Yu Xian was eliminated, he would still be a supreme powerhouse capable of moving mountains and draining seas on the outside!
"Be my disciple? Not impossible. Considering you're my summoned beast now, you can be my Apprentice Beast from here on out!" Yu Xian said casually.
It had been a long time since he had exerted himself like this.
Trading blows with the Nether Armor King using Chi Feihong's body had been thoroughly satisfying. In a cheerful mood, and with Chi Feihong having the status of his summoned beast anyway, Yu Xian didn't mind taking on a disciple.
"Master! I'll perform the formal kowtow next time!" Chi Feihong was so excited he wanted to drop to his knees right then and there. But realizing his body was currently being piloted by Yu Xian, he could only wait until he met Yu Xian in the flesh to carry out the formal apprenticeship ceremony.
At that moment, the Nether Armor King suddenly retreated. Its entire body was covered in marks left by Yu Xian's attacks. With its abdominal armor punched through, streams of Nether Fiend Energy were constantly venting from the hole. Other parts of the armor were dented and caved in, turning its formerly majestic presence into a tattered wreck.
Yet by this time, it also sensed something was amiss. Staring grimly at Chi Feihong, it demanded, "You aren't him. Who are you?"
"Who am I? Weren't you dying to kill me? And now you ask who I am?" Yu Xian said with a chuckle. However, his signature grin looked particularly menacing on Chi Feihong's face.
The Nether Armor King stared at Chi Feihong in disbelief, stunned. "Yu Xian... it's you!"
It had actually been suppressed by Yu Xian! This galled it even more than being suppressed by Chi Feihong, because it meant that all the sacrifices made by the Class Hunter Society had been completely meaningless.
The Hero King's death had become an absolute joke.
"Didn't you want to kill me? Don't just stand there dazed. Come, let's keep going!" Yu Xian didn't care how shocked or aggrieved the Nether Armor King felt. He beckoned toward it with one hand, his voice brimming with battle intent.
Originally, Mai Zi's death had left him thoroughly displeased.
However, beating the Nether Armor King black and blue had vented more than half of the anger bottled up inside him. Coupled with knowing Mai Zi wasn't truly dead, his mood was now quite good.
The Nether Armor King glared fixedly at Yu Xian. Through the previous clash, it knew clearly that it was no match for Yu Xian. Chi Feihong's body guided by Yu Xian's consciousness was stronger than it.
The only way to win was to find Yu Xian's true body and kill him!
"I admit that you are formidable right now."
"However... your weakness is far too obvious!"
The Nether Armor King's eyes gradually shifted from red to green, like two blazing flames.
The moment the words left its mouth, it raised its left hand and shouted, "You aren't the only one with summoning abilities! Undead Summoning!"
A dense swarm of magic circles instantly manifested across the maze ceiling. Vast hordes of undead plummeted from above, while around the Nether Armor King, Nether Armor Knights continuously materialized, forming a protective perimeter around it.
Yu Xian shattered an approaching Crystal Skeleton Warrior with a single punch, only to see the Nether Armor King turn and flee.
"Holy crap, don't run!" Yu Xian couldn't help shouting.
Escorted by the Nether Armor Knights, the Nether Armor King retreated rapidly, giving Yu Xian no chance to re-engage.
It had to quickly find Yu Xian's true body to turn defeat into victory!
Chapter 552