Chapter 111: The Power of the Demon

Ding Longyun grabbed Xu Xuehui, who had retreated to the side, and shouted, “Su Li, what do we do now? Can we defeat it if we work together?”

He looked at the terrifying monster and had no confidence in fighting it, but he couldn’t just flee. He could only ask Su Li’s opinion.

Su Li’s earlier performance had also shocked them, and he was unsure if Su Li could handle this terrifying monster.

“Stay back, all of you!” Su Li responded while stepping forward. This time, he gripped the machete with both hands and swung it up to meet the Dragon Rhino Fish’s claw.

With a “clang,” the Dragon Rhino Fish’s claw blocked Su Li’s machete. His machete couldn’t cut through it.

The Dragon Rhino Fish lifted its body slightly, and its other claw immediately swiped down at his head.

Su Li retracted his machete and initiated “Spider Walk.” All the muscles in his body sprang to life. They were heating up and swelling…

This Level 6 Rare-class Dragon Rhino Fish was far more powerful than the Level 5 Undead he had just slain. Su Li was finally going all out. He activated “Demon Muscles,” the Spiritual Source Technique he had just comprehended.

Just as he had guessed, “Demon Muscles” was an attack-oriented Spiritual Source Technique. Once activated, the Spiritual Source energy completely vitalized his entire muscle structure. His physical functions were relentlessly stimulated: strength, speed, and reaction time surged wildly.

After his fight with the Level 5 Undead, Su Li’s shirt was mostly ripped off. As “Demon Muscles” activated, his entire musculature swelled and changed. Finding his tattered shirt cumbersome, he tore it off with his left hand, exposing his bare upper body.

As his upper body was revealed, Ding Longyun and the others watched as Su Li’s muscles expanded at a visible rate. Each muscle group seemed to possess life, twitching and aligning itself. The most astonishing change was undoubtedly his chest and abdomen: his pectoral and abdominal muscles swelled and mutated, coalescing to subtly form a grotesque, demonic face.

His two pectoral muscles morphed into two large, terrifying demonic eyes, and his two rows of abdominal muscles transformed into sharp fangs.

He looked like a demon crawling out of hell, its bloody maw open and fangs exposed, its terrifying eyes fixed in a stare that sent a chill down the spine of anyone who saw it.

With the appearance of this demonic face, Su Li’s “Demon Muscles” were fully activated, which was the true source of the name “Demon Muscles.”

This was a physique that only a demon of legend could possibly possess.

The Dragon Rhino Fish roared. Its pair of claws continuously struck out, and the horn on its head, impervious to everything, charged repeatedly. Its speed and strength had reached an astonishing level. Ding Longyun and the others, retreating far away, felt they couldn’t withstand even a single blow. But even more astonishingly, Su Li was faster. The Dragon Rhino Fish missed every single one of its charges.

In the “Demon Muscles” state, Su Li’s attack power, speed, and reaction time would continuously increase, consuming his muscles and Spiritual Source energy. Stamina consumption was doubled. Although he had comprehended “Super Heart” and could initially sustain max power for five minutes, now, in the “Demon Muscles” state, Su Li could only last for a maximum of two and a half minutes before depleting all his strength.

It was an astonishing fight. The group watched the Dragon Rhino Fish charge Su Li. Su Li leaped up, soaring over the monster, and brought his machete down in a heavy, cleaving strike.

Although the fish was protected by scales as hard as steel, it still let out a pained roar.

The strike failed to cut the scales, but the power contained within the blow caused pain to the Dragon Rhino Fish.

Su Li continuously circled the Dragon Rhino Fish, relentlessly striking with his machete. Every strike was made with full force. In a short time, he struck the fish forty to fifty times. The finely crafted machete could not withstand this increasingly powerful force. It gradually warped, the edge completely curled and snapped.

The most terrifying thing about “Demon Muscles” was that his strength and speed would continually increase. The augmentation felt boundless. Suddenly, with a “clang,” Su Li’s machete struck the Dragon Rhino Fish’s back again, completely breaking apart and shattering into several pieces that shot out in all directions.

With several “hissing” sounds, fragments struck the ground, sparking and leaving deep white marks on the concrete.

The Dragon Rhino Fish let out a pained roar, suddenly spun around, and charged toward Ding Longyun and the others who had retreated far away.

It had realized Su Li was too difficult to fight and had abandoned him, changing its target to Ding Longyun and the others.

Ding Longyun, Gong Xiao, and Xu Haishui’s faces paled. How could they possibly fight this terrifying monster?

The Dragon Rhino Fish’s speed was too great. By the time they realized the threat, the fish had already charged right in front of the four of them.

“We’re finished!” Ding Longyun cried out in despair. He looked at the Dragon Rhino Fish rapidly growing in size before him, his heart filled with unwillingness.

With his machete destroyed, Su Li threw the broken pieces away. He pushed off with his feet, taking a massive stride that instantly closed the distance to the Dragon Rhino Fish. Just as the fish was about to strike the four, Su Li wrapped his arms around the monster’s tail. His entire body’s power erupted, and he managed to halt the colossal fish.

The Dragon Rhino Fish stopped right in front of Ding Longyun, its horn less than half a foot from his face.

Cold sweat streamed down Ding Longyun’s forehead.

The grasped Dragon Rhino Fish body tensed violently. Its four claws dug into the ground. It shook its body, attempting to fling Su Li away.

Su Li suddenly let out a long roar. His arm muscles swelled. The demonic face on his chest and abdomen seemed to come fully alive. A terrifying power erupted. Holding the Dragon Rhino Fish’s tail, he managed to lift the colossal fish into the air.

Su Li’s maximum strength had been 2,300 jin. In the current “Demon Muscles” state, his strength was continuously climbing. It was impossible to estimate how powerful he was now. He had lifted the Dragon Rhino Fish, which weighed several thousand jin, and violently slammed it down.

With a thunderous “BOOM,” he smashed the Dragon Rhino Fish onto the ground. Hard scales mixed with blood flew everywhere. The Dragon Rhino Fish opened its massive, bloody mouth, its previous roar turning into a pained shriek.

“Again!” Su Li roared. He lifted the Dragon Rhino Fish once more and slammed it down again.

The concrete roof buckled under the terrifying force. With loud “cracking” sounds, dense, spiderweb-like fissures appeared in the roof.

Ding Longyun, Gong Xiao, and Xu Haishui watched the scene with stunned disbelief.

Who could have imagined that Su Li now looked like a monster, holding the tail of a six-meter-long giant fish with both hands, repeatedly smashing it onto the ground?

(End of Chapter)