Apocalyptic Flood: Sexy Beauty Neighbor's Midnight Plea for Food Chapter 1080 - 431: Duel with He Jun

"He Jun?"

Liang Yuan lifted an eyebrow, recognizing that this man was none other than He Jun, one of the two leaders commanding the Ice Armor Warrior Legion!

That icy blade from moments ago had been incredibly powerful.

It had almost immediately frozen his "Sea of All Rivers" technique.

Swoosh!

In a flash, Liang Yuan's form blurred, shooting out from the crater below, materializing at the pit's rim.

He Jun let out a chilly snort: "Stay back!"

He hoisted the enormous bone blade in his grip and savagely swung it toward empty space.

Precisely where Liang Yuan's silhouette emerged!

Boom—!

The bone blade crashed down with thunderous force, striking just ahead of Liang Yuan.

Yet this time, with his feet firmly planted, Liang Yuan steadied himself, dodging the easy shove.

Next, he stamped both feet into the earth, his right arm's muscles swelling, launching a brutal punch forward.

As the punch's momentum thundered, flames erupted with a boom, coalescing into a blazing dragon!

The ice blade and fiery dragon clashed, unleashing a massive bellow.

The fiery dragon exploded at once, scattering into myriad embers.

The ice blade melted too, exposing the bony core beneath.

That bone appeared to be some beast's spine, segmented and etched with icy-blue designs.

It's a superpowered armament!

As the blast resounded, both leaped back a few paces simultaneously.

Instantly after, they lunged forward once more.

Flames coiled beneath Liang Yuan's soles, forming a pair of Red Pig Wheels, causing him to vanish from sight.

Blazes whirled across the terrain, carving out twin trails of fire.

Meanwhile, He Jun seized his bone blade, clasping it with both hands, positioning it vertically before him with the point downward, then plunging it into the soil abruptly!

"Rise!"

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Abruptly, azure glow burst from below, and icy thorns erupted wildly from the earth within the blue-lit zone.

Liang Yuan had dashed into that blue-glowing region, now confronting a storm of ice thorn assaults.

Panic didn't grip him; the genetic shifts inside his body instantly clad him in yellowish earthen scale mail.

Beyond that, multiple layers of golden scale mail materialized around him!

Combined with the Spirit Turtle Shield, offering triple protection, Liang Yuan ignored the ice thorns, advancing relentlessly through the onslaught to reach He Jun in a flash!

Boom boom boom...

The ice thorns battered Liang Yuan savagely, detonating with sharp cracks, shards of frost scattering wildly.

Liang Yuan zipped like a bolt, already upon He Jun.

Witnessing Liang Yuan's bold ferocity, He Jun's expression shifted faintly, exclaiming in disbelief: "Are you a master of Genetic Species?"

Liang Yuan smirked: "Only now you figure it out? It's too late!"

Swoosh!

A ruler materialized in Liang Yuan's grasp, its runes glowing as he whipped it out viciously!

Swoosh—!

Vital energy and blood churned, swiftly forming a potent Qi Blade that sliced forth with a howl!

It was his "Qi Burst" ability, amplified by the ruler to become a fearsome Qi Blade, hacking toward the foe!

He Jun yanked the bone blade from the ground in haste, channeling his superpower to coat it swiftly in ice-blue energy.

He positioned the bone blade as a barrier, bellowing: "Scram!"

Boom!

The Qi Blade collided with the bone blade in a deafening impact.

The icy sheath on the bone blade fragmented right away.

The Qi Blade detonated too, its blast sending He Jun's locks whipping about chaotically!

Fury blazed in He Jun's eyes.

This unknown youth had actually halted his strike?

Drawing a steady breath, ice-blue radiance flooded his form, even his exhalations forming frosty vapors.

He rapidly armored himself in ice plating, warding off the dread Qi Blade's aftershock.

Moreover, his tresses swiftly shifted to blue.

"You deserve to perish by my blade!"

He Jun thrust the bone blade forcefully, batting aside Liang Yuan's ruler in an instant.

Then, with a savage yell, his frame next glowed blue, muscles and skeleton crystallizing into ice!

From a distance, Qiu Gongrong, who had steered clear of the fight long before, stared in astonishment: "Watch out, that's his talent skill!"

Liang Yuan creased his forehead, a talent skill?

He Jun's talent involved ice crystallization?

Did this elemental shift count as a talent skill?

If true, many of those water monkeys beyond wielded similar elemental form talents.

Such questions raced through Liang Yuan's thoughts; there had to be a unique twist!

No time for pondering, Liang Yuan swiftly gathered his spiritual energy, shaping it into a potent Spirit Shock that hammered into He Jun!

Buzz—!

The Spirit Shock fired, making the atmosphere quiver faintly.

Yet the Spirit Shock nearly glided through the ice-crystallized He Jun without hindrance!

He Jun snapped his head up, his body popping with cracks, piling on ice chunks, morphing in a heartbeat into an ice colossus!

He raised his enormous iced foot, kicking out with brutal might!

"Die!"

Boom!

That colossal foot struck like a boulder from the heavens.

Liang Yuan jolted in alarm, pulling back swiftly while attempting another 'Spiritual Flame' strike!

Whoosh—!

Spiritual energy rushed forth, encasing He Jun instantly, igniting into roaring spiritual flames.

To Liang Yuan's fresh shock, the spiritual flames fizzled once more.

The ice crystals apparently could sift out spiritual energy!

Encased in ice crystals, He Jun sneered, "Intriguing, you wield both fire and spirit powers. Aren't you that reject from the Earth Mother Sect?"

The elite of the Earth Mother Sect were surely earth-attribute specialists.

This opponent had unleashed mostly spirit and fire assaults, naturally sparking doubts about his origins.

Liang Yuan stayed quiet, opting for a different assault tactic.

"If spirit strikes fail, then brute force it is!"

Liang Yuan mused inwardly, triggering his Muscle Burst ability without delay!

Instantly, his power stat doubled temporarily!

Shooting straight from 57 to 114 points!

Right then, He Jun hoisted his bone blade anew.

The bone blade now bore a heavy ice coating, becoming a colossal ice blade!

As it cleaved downward, it resembled an avalanche descending.

But Liang Yuan didn't evade this round; instead, he strode boldly ahead.

Whoosh—!

The ice blade whistled through air, descending with rage.

Liang Yuan abruptly thrust his arm skyward.

Boom!

With a colossal boom, the ice blade drove Liang Yuan into the ground like a driven spike!

Cracks spiderwebbed from under his feet through the ice, hollowing out a deep crater!

Liang Yuan sank entirely, feet and all, into the ice sheet.

His surrounding Spirit Turtle Shield broke apart, fissures riddling the scale armor, but it held firm!

"What! You withstood it?" He Jun's eyes narrowed in shock.

Qiu Gongrong, observing from afar, gaped wider, "This youngster... how is his might so immense? What's his primary power?"

Liang Yuan glanced upward, flashing a grin, "When it comes to raw strength, I've never been bested!"

The instant after, he wrenched the huge ice blade down with a yank, gripping its tip firmly with both hands.

Mana churned underfoot, arm veins throbbing, as he bellowed, "Release it!"

The awesome 114-point force unleashed, cracking the sword's ice in a flash.

He Jun distinctly sensed a crushing, horrifying power surging from the blade's edge.

His fingers locked on the handle, but it proved useless.

His iced crystalline frame, the giant he'd become, got dragged toward Liang Yuan!

"Ah—"

Liang Yuan roared suddenly, heaving his arms up with all his might.

In a moment, he hoisted the full ice blade—and He Jun attached at its base.

He followed with a textbook toss and slam!

Boom!

The ice-crystallized He Jun, towering nearly thrice Liang Yuan's size, got violently flung into the subterranean fissure!

Rumble...

Thunderous rumbles rose from the abyss as Liang Yuan clapped both palms to the ground, freeing himself from the ice.

He somersaulted up swiftly, calling to Qiu Gongrong, "We're leaving—Chang Yuntao's below. I've dumped He Jun there, bound to alert him."

Qiu Gongrong bobbed his head eagerly, and they bolted madly from the passage.

Boosted by Liang Yuan's Red Pig Wheel velocity, they covered hundreds of meters in nearly no time.

Mere seconds later, they escaped the tunnel, emerging onto the frozen, snow-blanketed wasteland.

Liang Yuan's strides didn't falter as he queried Qiu Gongrong, "Heading to rescue your daughter?"

Qiu Gongrong replied at once, "Absolutely, she's probably in that scum Ma Rui's territory. I must get her out."

Liang Yuan inclined his head, "Time to honor your word. Share the alternate genetic species extraction technique."

Qiu Gongrong added, "Give back my dimensional bag."

Liang Yuan wasted no time, flinging the dimensional bag his way.

They kept dashing while conversing.

Qiu Gongrong explained promptly, "The technique from my genetic legacy instructs us to treat our bodies as the forge and our powers as the refining process to distill and assimilate the acquired blood."

"Once fitting genes are absorbed, the unwanted ones get purged from the system."

"That's when the genetic species takes shape."

"The difficulty lies in swallowing foreign vital blood loaded with diverse genes, which sparks a reaction with the junk genes inside us."

"Those junk genes go berserk, scrambling to snatch the foreign impurities and bulk up."

"But for those whose core attribute hits 50 points, there's no need to fear—their core genes are potent enough. Stay composed, and you can quash the junk and forge the genetic species fast."

"So, just swallow the foreign vital blood outright?" Liang Yuan queried, brow furrowed.

"Exactly, your core attribute genes will naturally pull in matching fragments. Just manage to curb the junk genes' meddling."

"Quelling methods differ since every power user's core attribute and genetic legacy varies."

"Mine uses a blend of spiritual energy and superpowers. I've jotted it on this fish hide."

With that, Qiu Gongrong hurled over a strip of fish skin.

The skin gleamed icy blue, chilling to the touch, obviously from a mutated beast.

Liang Yuan skimmed the details swiftly; they weren't script but a series of rune-esque motifs.

Liang Yuan eyed him, "Circulate inner energy and spiritual power following these motifs?"

"Correct."

Qiu Gongrong nodded briskly. By then, the smoke-wreathed City of Ice Mist loomed in the distance.

Liang Yuan veered away from the City of Ice Mist. He stated flatly, "My vessel's beyond the island. Make it in thirty minutes, and I'll hold for you. After that, you're on your own to leave this place."

"Much appreciated." Qiu Gongrong beamed with joy, clasping his hands in thanks.

Liang Yuan said nothing further. The pair swiftly diverged within the City of Ice Mist.

Qiu Gongrong plunged into the City of Ice Mist, hunting for his daughter.

Liang Yuan made straight for the Mist Forest harbor.