The great slash halted the dragon!

Under the dazzling white light, the scales of the Blizzard Dragon King falling from the sky scattered like sparks.

A half-meter deep bloody gash appeared distinctly at the corner of its eye, which was full of the vicissitudes of a hundred years!

Boom!

The aftermath of the collision between the two sides stirred up an extremely violent shockwave on the sea surface.

In that instant, everyone was captivated by the grand spectacle at the ship's bow.

Amid the shockwave, Chen Qi raised his head, picked up the potion, and without hesitation, drank it all.

The Sage-Level berserk potion brewed by the Flower Witch, the Lamp Sea potion, and the dangerously mutated probability potion bought from the Merchant's Coffin!

The potion flowed down his throat, rapidly vaporizing and spreading to every cell in his body!

Instantly, pale red blood vessels appeared on his body, like patterns of molten gold!

Fen's potions were as potent as ever, though the side effects were a bit strong...

The bloodshot veins in Chen Qi's eyes continuously spread.

Fen's profession quest was Witch's Medicine, and the Sage-Level potions she brewed often came with extremely strong side effects.

This potion was more potent than any before;

normally, it would also make one more easily excited and frenzied, directly transforming a person into a Blood Demon.

Combined with the highly mutated potion from the Merchant's Coffin, his strength and speed had astonishingly increased threefold in a short time!

Roar!

After a brief pause, the Blizzard Dragon King spread its wings and emitted a low Dragon's Might.

That ancient voice was filled with the oppressive feeling of a superior powerhouse toward an inferior weakling!

"Angry now?"

Chen Qi smiled faintly, also exhaling a breath of bloody mist. He bent down, activating Ember's Bloom from Ember's Touch and the Blade of Fury from Flesh Cleaver Bone Breaker.

Instantly, dark black tentacles bloomed from his back, and the long blade in his hand transformed into a bloody greatsword, continuously emitting crimson domineering aura!

In that brief moment, Chen Qi's spiritual energy field surged dramatically, reaching half of the Blizzard Dragon King's.

However, facing this surge of spiritual energy, the Blizzard Dragon King merely spread its wings and lowered its head.

In its white pupils lay endless disdain.

It was merely a dessert before facing the Ice Witch.

The Blizzard Dragon King's body length was thirty-five meters, with a full height of eighteen meters—undoubtedly a terrifying giant beast for humans.

But this size was relatively mini among the many Dragon Kings.

Yet, with a gentle flap of its wings, the spiritual energy field it emitted was a storm of extreme cold with a radius of a thousand meters!

The closer one got, the more one could feel the vastness and cold of this storm.

"Everyone, be careful!"

Fen commanded, waving her arm.

The next moment, the Blizzard Dragon King spread its wings, its white dragon heart within its chest swelling, gathering an even larger storm behind it.

Everyone's bodies shuddered distinctly.

The power of this move was undoubtedly the Blizzard Dragon King's 'Release'!

Finally, the spiral storm continuously compressed, violently converging in the Dragon King's mouth, condensing into a terrifying point.

Then, the Blizzard Dragon King suddenly opened its giant mouth, letting out an earth-shaking roar:

Dragon's Descent. Storm Pillar!

Boom!

The spiral storm instantly condensed like a world-destroying energy cannon!

The turbulent waves around instantly froze, and a thousand-meter chasm suddenly tore open on the ocean behind the ghost ship!

Crack!

The Ice Witch snapped her fingers, stopping time for five seconds. While watching Qi in the center of the storm, she also relocated some people who would certainly die.

The Blizzard Dragon King actually used this move right from the start... The Ice Witch frowned, vaguely sensing something bad.

Now it seemed that for Chen Qi to pass the trial, broken arms and legs were inevitable.

Unfortunately, fate had already deviated. Without another divination, she couldn't predict the outcome.

And her current incomplete body wasn't sufficient to support her own divination.

Crack!

Five seconds later, time began flowing again.

Whoosh!

Compared to scale, this strike from the Storm Dragon focused more on power!

However, just the aftermath of the storm was enough to make a fourth-tier powerhouse feel chilled to the bone.

Not to mention, there were cold-immune, snake-like snow dragon groups on their deck.

Fen resisted the storm's aftermath with her arms, asking worriedly:

"Teacher, does Qi really not need your help?"

"Teacher!"

A tear rolled down Fen's eye as she spoke in an almost hoarse, pleading voice.

A move of this level, even for Chen Qi, couldn't be sustained for long!

Palu, the current strongest Dice-Pattern Transcendent in the Witch Sea, also gritted his teeth. Even if he activated D20 Release, he would need to roll extremely high numbers to withstand this strike.

"Lady Witch! Please intervene!"

"He..."

Qi... Little Crow stared blankly at the disaster-like terrifying scene.

In just an instant from the Blizzard Dragon King, they were plunged into an unimaginably huge storm.

In that moment, everyone looked toward the Ice Witch, hoping she would intervene.

If the Ice Witch didn't act soon, Chen Qi could very likely fall into grave danger.

Facing everyone's pleas, the Ice Witch slightly turned her head and said calmly:

"This is a trial. A trial doesn't require intervention from others."

"This is his trial."

Hearing the Ice Witch's cold words, everyone looked toward the center of the storm pillar, only able to hope that Chen Qi wouldn't suffer too severe injuries.

The next second, the Ice Witch covered her mouth with her hand, gently biting her lip.

"Little Black Hair..."

Though she said this, she was ready to activate time stop at any moment and face the Blizzard Dragon King herself.

However, her current body hadn't recovered sufficiently yet.

While fighting the snow dragons, everyone anxiously watched the Dragon King on the deck.

Ten seconds later, the Blizzard Dragon King's powerful dragon cannon finally weakened.

Swish!

And at that moment, the Blizzard Dragon King's raised head was struck by a tremendous force, violently smashed onto the deck.

Amidst continuous explosions, the Blizzard Dragon King's massive body was violently slammed onto the frozen sea!

Disbelief flashed in everyone's eyes.

The Blizzard Dragon King was actually thrown out like a shot put!

The huge storm slowly dissipated. Under everyone's astonished gazes, a blood-red figure covered in wounds appeared.

Drip! Drip!

Boiling blood continuously fell from his wounds.

At this moment, Chen Qi's Ember's Touch, except for the core area on his back, was also heavily damaged.

Under the torn hunter clothes, one could see shocking wound after wound.

However, more than the blood, everyone was astonished by Chen Qi's current state.

At this moment, his entire body was enveloped by boundless crimson aura.

The originally blue-and-black mixed Shadow Touch was completely saturated by the crimson aura!

And each Ember's Touch had reached an astonishing length of twenty meters, twisting continuously in the air like ribbons!

"Huff—"

"Huff, huff—"

Chen Qi continuously exhaled bloody mist, the rationality in his eyes gradually fading:

"Blade Release. Crimson Stance. Activate."

The twelve tentacles on his back no longer resembled tentacles but more like sharp blades!

"Qi..."

Fen was stunned;

this was a stance she had never seen before.

If she had to compare, Chen Qi had shown a similar stance when fighting the Blood Demon Doctor.

But the state Qi was in now was even more frenzied, more bloody and brutal, like a beast pushed to the brink!

Just this vast, sharp spiritual energy field made Fen feel astonished.

Little Crow bit her aching finger. As a pirate doctor, she had seen countless transformation skills.

But an enhancement of this degree, she had only seen in experimenters who consumed true black whale blood.

However, to be precise, the stance Chen Qi displayed now even surpassed that of mutants who consumed black whale blood!

Crimson Stance was a Release Chen Qi mastered only after undergoing the flesh surgery.

After using this move, rationality would quickly disappear until madness, while gaining unimaginable strength and agility, plus blade energy bonuses.

This was also the first time he used this move.

Crimson Stance Lv2 could provide a sixfold strength bonus and a threefold agility bonus!

At the same time, this surged power, combined with the roar of Blade's Wrath, became even stronger.

Adding the potion effects, Chen Qi's strength and speed had increased more than tenfold.

And it was still continuously rising!

Strength was swelling! Spiritual energy was raging!

His body, spiritual energy, and rationality were just a step away from mutation!

Chen Qi exhaled a mouthful of crimson bloody mist and snapped his fingers.

Instantly, a faint cross mark appeared on the Blizzard Dragon King's chest.

[You have marked 'Blizzard Dragon King'.]

Chen Qi's profession quest, Monster Hunter, required hunting a monster capable of destroying a Witch Sea city.

Undoubtedly, the Blizzard Dragon King before him was such a qualified prey!

The hunting mission officially begins!

The Blizzard Dragon King, knocked down onto the sea surface, stood up again and raised its dragon head.

Its fierce blue pupils distinctly contracted, sensing that long-lost hunter aura.

Then, it spread its dragon wings again.

And at this moment, a bright red prompt suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes.

[The Blizzard Dragon King absorbs the dimensional rift's power here, revealing its true form!]

[Traveler, welcome the world's cold here!]

Boom!

The surrounding temperature rapidly dropped. The storm erupted with spiritual energy waves again on the Blizzard Dragon King.

Dragon's Might. Boundless Ice Waves!

Turbulent ice-blue spiritual energy, like wave after wave, continuously assaulted Chen Qi!

And Chen Qi didn't choose to retreat either. Instead, he handed the Flesh Cleaver Bone Breaker in his hand to the Shadow Touch on his back and assumed a jumping posture.

At this moment, rationality was completely replaced by pure battle desire.

No need for any thought! Only battle!

Fight!

Chen Qi stepped forward, his entire body shooting out like a crimson meteor.

Boom!

Amid the raging snowstorm waves, he broke through one huge hole after another, finally charging right before the Blizzard Dragon King.

"Come! Dragon King, let's brawl!"

Chen Qi roared, feeling the roar of the two 'Spiritual Cores' within him, the frenzy of the Ember's Touch on his back!

Various powers converged, pushing his stats to an unprecedented height.

His body and rationality were completely gathered by the Blade affinity's aura, entering a state of Blade affinity madness!

Now, under the Crimson Stance, he could only feel absolute power—frenzied power not inferior to Cup-Pattern Transcendents, not inferior to the Dragon King!

Here, no techniques were needed;

only pure strength was enough to suppress the Blizzard Dragon King!

In that instant, the proud Dragon King also felt fear. It flapped its wings, trying to take off.

However, the next second, deep blue tentacles broke through the sea surface one after another, pulling it down forcefully.

Deep Sea Touch Compression Spheres!

"Dragon King! Continue! Keep fighting!"

"Didn't you want to eat me just now!?"

"Release your final power! Let me feel pleasure!"

Chen Qi laughed maniacally, freely using the two twenty-meter blood-red tentacles to grab the Blizzard Dragon King's head, then violently slammed it downward!

Instantly, the scales on the Blizzard Dragon King's forehead shattered, dragon blood splattered, and the surrounding snow and ice layers completely shattered!

In its eyes, Chen Qi was just a minor pest to be dealt with casually.

Unprecedented anger flashed in the Blizzard Dragon King's eyes as it continuously released cold storm after cold storm, assaulting Chen Qi's human body!

Primordial Condensing Breath!

This cold air would rapidly freeze even legendary beings upon contact, turning them into ice sculptures.

However, Chen Qi had long adapted to time freeze and the Ice Witch's spells.

Compared to the Ice Witch's power and the dimensional rift's condensation, this cold felt utterly ridiculous!

Not enough, not enough!

Far from enough!

Chen Qi's eyes were completely filled with crimson as he continued swinging all the arms and weapons on his body!

Apart from the continuously increasing blood marks on his body, his frenzied attacks didn't weaken;

instead, they became more intense, more violent!

Bang!

Bangbangbangbangbang!

On the frozen sea, terrifying explosion sounds continuously echoed.

Everyone couldn't help but look back, staring dumbfounded at the scene.

Even the ferocious snow dragons stopped their attacks due to the extremely ferocious aura from the two combatants.

"The Black Hunter is this ferocious originally?"

"If I were treated so roughly by the Black Hunter, I'd probably cry and beg for mercy quickly~"

Many from the Ice Demon Pirates were seeing Chen Qi's ferocious battle stance for the first time.

And Chen Qi was no longer slashing with his blade but directly using two twenty-meter tentacles to grip the blazing Flesh Cleaver Bone Breaker, stabbing it fiercely from high altitude into the Dragon King's chest!

One meter deep!

Two meters deep!

Until it pierced through the thick heart-protecting scales!

Crack!

A huge, scorching wound suddenly appeared on the Blizzard Dragon King's chest!

With twelve twenty-meter tentacles, Chen Qi's size and presence were not inferior to the Blizzard Dragon King!!

The scene before them was less like a hunter hunting a giant dragon.

And more like a brutal fight between two terrifying giant beasts!

"Blade affinity Release..."

The Ice Witch covered her mouth with her hand, her mouth slightly agape.

Little Black Hair's displayed strength was even stronger than she had imagined.

The dimensional rift weapon Blade's Wrath, the Release brought by the flesh surgery, mixed with the abilities of the Deep Sea Monster profession card, and a large number of unknown mutation potions from the Merchant's Coffin—

The scene before her involuntarily reminded the Ice Witch of the Deep Sea Hunters.

Only, achieving this extent had already surpassed the Deep Sea Hunters back at the fourth tier!

Boom! Boom!

Chen Qi, under the Crimson Stance, was like a mad beast, brandishing tentacles, continuously stabbing the Blizzard Dragon King's body.

The Blizzard Dragon King's body finally swayed unsteadily!

Many ice crystal scales on its surface had shattered, the spirit in its eyes had dimmed, and it had lost a large amount of vitality!

From its mouth came stuttering, intermittent screams!

It spread its arms, preparing to fly into the air at all costs and leave this place!

"Trying to run!?"

Chen Qi's eyes were filled with crimson anger as he let out a beast-like pursuit cry.

A brief stalemate formed between the two!

Crack! Crack!

The two were engaged in a final contest of strength!

Everyone watched this scene excitedly.

However, even after shedding its scales, the Blizzard Dragon King's body was far harder than steel!

Could the Black Hunter really win? Everyone was particularly excited.

"No need to worry, the outcome is decided."

The Ice Witch prophesied, calming everyone's anxious hearts.

Next, even if Chen Qi were defeated, the others could handle the Blizzard Dragon King.

"Roar!"

The Blizzard Dragon King let out a scream that pierced the clouds.

"Well done..."

"Qi, you haven't failed my expectations. My patient teachings—in the end, you did well."

It's also time for me to make an appearance... A faint smile curled at the corner of the Ice Witch's mouth.

She could feel that during the fierce battle, Chen Qi had clearly become somewhat weakened.

In Qi's eyes, I should already be a goddess-like existence.

After this life-and-death crisis, Little Black Hair should worship and revere me even more, right... The Ice Witch imagined.

And at that moment, Little Crow turned her head and said fearfully to the Ice Witch:

Be careful of what? The Ice Witch looked confusedly at Little Crow.

There's murderous intent!

But why would the fleeing Blizzard Dragon King make her feel murderous intent!?

This murderous aura, could it be from...

Boom!

A roaring sound sounded in the Ice Witch's ears.

She saw Chen Qi, under the Crimson Stance, releasing his final spiritual energy, converging into overwhelming murderous aura. He used twelve blood-red tentacles to entangle the Blizzard Dragon King's entire body!

Spiritual Detonation!

The spiritual energy on Chen Qi's arms surged, then he violently leaped.

The Ice Witch raised her small head, looked at the huge shadow above, too late to cover her face with her hand, and slightly opened her mouth.