CHAPTER 82: CHAPTER 82: ALL-OUT FIREPOWER

Duan Shulin originally thought that Chen Guan was using the Rouge Rabbit to buy time, but quickly saw clearly that it was not the Rouge Rabbit charging forward, but Chen Guan himself.

"Brother Guan..." In that moment, Duan Shulin’s eyes welled up with tears.

He never expected Chen Guan would act like this towards him, standing steadfast even in such a perilous moment, risking his life to fight.

More than a month ago, he had fought a duel with Chen Guan and knew that, although Chen Guan had formidable strength, he stood no chance against a Second Awakening Cultivator.

After all, Chen Guan excelled in using Secret Skills repeatedly in succession. However, such tactics were useless against a Second Awakening like Master Yang San; even without using Secret Skills, Master Yang San could crush something like the Blood Hand Seal just with Alien Elemental Energy.

Furthermore, in terms of speed and power, Yang San was vastly superior to Chen Guan, who had not undergone a Second Awakening. This was inherently an unfair fight.

Seeing Chen Guan rush forward without hesitation, Duan Shulin’s voice choked with emotion as he tried to withdraw his retreating legs, intending to charge forward and fight desperately alongside Chen Guan.

"Your death makes no difference." Yang San thrust out a Bone Claw, aiming straight for Chen Guan’s face.

Chen Guan neither dodged nor retreated, but thrust a palm without hesitation, meeting Yang San’s Bone Claw head-on.

Initially, Yang San’s face was full of violence and ferocity, but as Chen Guan’s hand connected, Yang San’s expression suddenly changed.

On Chen Guan’s palm, lines resembling phantom flames appeared; the entire hand seemed soaked in evil energy, and the palm had already turned black.

"Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm!" Yang San’s face showed astonishment and suspicion; he wanted to retract his hand but it was too late, and the Bone Claw clashed against the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm.

Chen Guan remained unmoving, while Yang San’s figure staggered backward several steps. Before he could regain his balance, he hurriedly checked his hand, finding it had turned black. A chilling, raging fire climbed up his hand, igniting and burning the Alien Elemental Energy within him and rapidly consuming his Primordial Energy.

"Impossible... how could a First Awakening Cultivator... possibly use the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm..." Yang San couldn’t believe, even in his dreams, that a First Awakening Cultivator could wield the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm.

If he had known beforehand, he would never have given Chen Guan the chance for a direct confrontation. Ghost Claw Hand focused on agility and skill rather than on explosion.

The Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm, capable of erupting 21 points of Primordial Energy at once, had a stronger burst than his Level 7 Bone Claw enhanced with Alien Elemental Energy.

Even so, the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm hadn’t injured him; the key was the Yin Fire’s exceedingly insidious nature, which could burn Primordial Energy and weaken the body, causing Yang San to lose more than half of his combat strength.

If he had used Ghost Shadow Step to fight Chen Guan, Chen Guan would only have been a target, unable to even touch him.

But at this moment, no matter how much he regretted it, it was too late. No one would have expected a First Awakening Cultivator could unleash the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm.

Even Duan Shulin at his side was both shocked and thrilled, unable to help but shout, "Brother Guan, you’re too strong; to think you could pull off the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm."

"You’re celebrating too early, the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm can’t save your lives, all of you will die." Yang San reached out to summon a Second Awakening pet, the Rakshasa Ghost, lunging directly at Chen Guan with no finesse.

In Yang San’s perspective, a First Awakening Cultivator who could strike once with a Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm must have exhausted all his Primordial Energy, maybe even overdrawn his potential, equating to being a cripple. Thus, there was no need for any finesse; a single strike from the Second Awakening Rakshasa Ghost was enough to take Chen Guan’s life. He never considered having the Rakshasa Ghost use any techniques or Body Techniques, he just aimed for a direct, full-force strike to crush Chen Guan under the Rakshasa Palm.

Only then did Duan Shulin remember, he himself had no pets to rely on, how could Yang San not have a pet?

"Brother Guan, run!" Duan Shulin also assumed that Chen Guan had no Primordial Energy left and could not possibly be a match for the Rakshasa Ghost.

"Can he escape?" Yang San snorted disdainfully, looking at Chen Guan as if gazing at a dead man.

Chen Guan did not flee; activating the Senluo Ghost Step, he advanced instead of retreating, passing by the Rakshasa Ghost in an instant and delivering another Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm.

Bang!

The Rakshasa Ghost stumbled back after being hit, attempting to lunge again but discovered that its Primordial Energy was not functioning properly, rapidly depleting, unable to use the Rakshasa Palm.

Yang San’s eyes nearly popped out. If it wasn’t clear that Chen Guan’s Primordial Energy bore no attribute effects, he would have thought Chen Guan was a Second Awakening masquerading as a First Awakening; otherwise, how could he unleash two consecutive Profound Nether Yin Fire Palms?

Yang San felt yet another pang of regret; had he known earlier, he would have summoned both his Second Awakening pets right away.

"It’s not too late now; I refuse to believe that a First Awakening Cultivator can unleash a third Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm." Yang San steeled himself, summoning his other Second Awakening pet, the Black Mountain Demon.

The Black Mountain Demon had tough skin, was defensively gifted, strong in destructive power, but somewhat slow in speed, serving as a tank-type pet.

The Black Mountain Demon charged savagely toward Chen Guan, who, undeterred, also met it head-on with the Senluo Ghost Step.

"Impossible... absolutely impossible..." Seeing Chen Guan’s actions, Yang San realized something but couldn’t believe it; how could a First Awakening Cultivator consecutively unleash three Profound Nether Yin Fire Palms, interspersed with two instances of Body Technique Secret Skills?

The Primordial Energy consumption would overwhelm even a cultivator at the peak of the Second Awakening.

Even a Second Awakening peak cultivator, cultivating a 2.0 Growth Rate Unparalleled Secret Technique, would only have 20 more points of Primordial Energy at Level 20 than at Level 10; how could anyone sustain this?

Bang!

The Black Mountain Demon also fell prey to the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm, becoming the third victim.

Although the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm couldn’t cause them critical damage, it prevented them from using Primordial Energy, effectively halving their combat power.

At the same time, Yang San noticed an issue: the original power of the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm shouldn’t be so strong; even if they were hit, it shouldn’t rapidly burn the Primordial Energy of Second Awakening cultivators and pets, nor should many Alien Elemental Energies directly resist the burning effect of the Yin Fire Force.

Even if it couldn’t be completely neutralized, it should at least stop the spread of Yin Fire Force; it shouldn’t be like now, unable to stop the Yin Fire Force from burning Primordial Energy, rendering it unusable.

If the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm were truly this powerful, every Second Awakening Cultivator would have one, instead of being neglected.

Of course, the ordinary Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm wasn’t this formidable; the power of Chen Guan’s Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm was due to the augmentation of the Secret Technique of One, doubling the Secret Skill’s power and effect.

Since Chen Guan had already attacked, he wouldn’t give Yang San any more opportunities. With the Senluo Ghost Step, he ghostly lunged at Yang San.

Yang San no longer had any Second Awakening pets available; he could only retrieve the significantly weakened Rakshasa Ghost and Black Mountain Demon, summoning three First Awakening pets instead.

Training pets was exceedingly resource-intensive, particularly for Second Awakening pets, requiring huge investments. Most people could only afford to maintain one main pet; Yang San had only raised two, with the rest being First Awakening pets used for bullying the weak.

If he had another Second Awakening pet, Chen Guan would have to summon Ming Fei.