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The shout resonated throughout the whole entire battlefield and seemed to shake heaven and earth. The City Lord looked absolutely awe inspiring with his bulging muscles being clearly displayed and his firm expression manifesting. It seemed as if nothing could take him down.

"What's wrong you trash of a wolf? Get out here. One moment you're slaughtering my soldiers so audaciously and now you hide when I appear? Trash! Don't make me look for you myself!"

The City Lord's taunts were truly overbearing and relentless, never ceasing even once. Hearing taunts like this thrown at them was enough to drive anyone insane. The audience found their blood boiling from the anticipation. Would the challenged meet the challenger?

"Ah, old man, you're still holding onto this earth eh? Senile idiot! I am afraid that what happened last time shall not be repeated."

An extremely tyrannical pressure manifested upon the whole scene, shocking the onlookers to a high extent. Striding through the air calmly was the azure pelted Howling Thunder Wolf. Lightning crackled fiercely against the air around it. The dangerous presence he exuded was completely overpowered. The wolf wore a fierce but lazy face and smiled in a know-it-all way, gesturing that he did not put the City Lord in his eyes at all. Wu Lao's expression darkened upon seeing the wolf appear.

"So you really do still have some pride in yourself. And here I thought I had completely taken care of it in the last fight we had."

"Indeed. During the last horde, I was much too weak. I could barely match up to you. Now, however, is a different matter. You aren't a match for me."

"Hmph, you talk big. It has been a thousand years. You made improvements. Doesn't that mean that I have as well?!" The killing intent around Wu Lao intensified and sent shock waves flowing through the battlefield. The wolf raised its eyebrows a bit and then yawned in disinterest.

"Yeah yeah whatever. Just fight already!"

The Howling Thunder Wolf let out a great roar and the thunder on its body grew thicker, expanding at the same time. He discharged the bolts of lightning, which glowed with a deep blue. The bolts assaulted Wu Lao, who merely stood there without a change in expression.

The old man lifted his hands and sent all of the killing intent being contained within his body outwards, pouring it into his hands. Then, when the bolts of lightning bolts connected, a large explosion occurred.

BOOM!

The lightning bolts colliding with the killing intent caused a large amount of feedback to materialize and both sides were not harmed. Wu Lao was still standing in the exact same position he was in before. However, the palms of his hands were now ash colored, clearly the effect of the lightning. Wu Lao stared at it in contemplation before saying,

"Hm, you seem to have made some improvements. However, it's going to take a lot more effort to defeat me!"

Wu Lao directed his killing intent to surge towards the wolf. It appeared like a black fiendish aura that needed to kill something to satisfy its great hunger. The fiendish aura was incredibly powerful and showed that the City Lord had killed countless beings in his life. However, the oppression didn't cause the wolf much harm. In fact, it even seemed to be enjoying the struggle. With a loud roar, it completely shook off the killing intent and discharged thousands of lightning bolts from its body. The lightning bolts swiveled upon each other and formed a great thunderous vortex.

The vortex spiraled about sucking in all of the lightning that the wolf was dispensing. After gathering up for a while, the vortex stopped swiveling. The City Lord could sense the dangerous presence being exuded from the vortex and involuntarily shrunk away.

"Ten Thousand Thunders Vortex!"

The vortex unleashed a torrent of energy all at once, making the air around them wave and turn in odd angles. It rushed at Wu Lao with an unprecedented amount of force. Lightning crackled up Wu Lao's arm and gave him shocks, provoking a slight cringe from him.

"I am not done yet!"

Instantly, the vortex split into several thousand lightning bolts, all flying towards Wu Lao. The lightnings had changed color now, turning to a deep shade of purple. Wu Lao let out a snort, and converged a large amount of energy into his fists. The fists emitted a sharp killing energy that struck against the lightning. After a period of struggle, the lightning seemed to show signs of dispersing. However, it was then that the the wolf let out another roar.

"Chain Lightning Detonation!"

The lightning branched off into separate bolts entering in different directions. The strategic move surprised Wu Lao and because he hadn't expected it, he was not able to block the attack fast enough. The purple lightning branches attacked him from all directions and didn't give him any room to move. The first branch to get close enough to him let out a sharp sound and lunged in his direction. Wu Lao attempted to block the lightning with his tyrant like hands but he was shocked to see that the lightnings completely avoided it. They ducked under the arm and struck the chest, sending shocks up his body.

"GRAHHH!"

The City Lord shouted out in pain as he felt the shocks paralyze some of the functions in his body. He could not move his arms at this point in time. What made it even worse, was the fact that there were more lightning branches attacking him. They were all converging upon him with great speed, as if knowing that their enemy was in a disarmed state. The City Lord gritted his teeth and with startling determination, broke one of his fingers on his left hand. The pain of the broken finger somehow counteracted the effects of the lightning as he was suddenly able to move once more. The Howling Thunder Wolf's expression changed slightly. He had truly been surprised by the determination that Wu Lao had used in breaking his own finger.

"Old bastard. You're still as crazy as ever."

The lightnings, knowing that they had lost their chance, fused together to form one massive and thick lightning bolt. It seemed to fall towards Wu Lao like it was descending from the heavens. Heaven wanted to strike the City Lord with its mighty forces of nature.

"Shattering Thunder Strike!"

The bolt flew at Wu Lao with no intention of stopping. Feng Yun received chills when looking at the power that the wolf had demonstrated up until now. He had an amazing level of control over the element of lightning and a high level of comprehension. As a Truth level cultivator, one must have a great amount of comprehension and thinking abilities. Thus, it was natural that the wolf should be this intelligent.

"Hmph, you even forced me to break my finger. Even though you have grown in strength, you still cannot beat me."

Wu Lao stared fiercely at the bolt and energy full of killing intent surrounded him. After taking a large breath Wu Lao stepped forward and muttered,

"Murdering Blade Fists!"

The palms were covered in a thick and bubbly layer of killing intent that only seemed to grow in the presence of Wu Lao's anger. He lashed out with a punch towards the incoming bolt. The onlookers were shocked. What kind of man was he to be crazy enough to directly strike lightning?!

The fist met the lightning bolt and a series of explosions and crackling began. The energy that the fist dispensed seemed to lose out to the overpowering lightning energy for a few moments, but gradually, some changes occurred. The killing energy in the fist grew stronger as the anger in Wu Lao's heart grew and a more tyrannical pressure dominated over the lightning. Sparks flew but the light in the bolt was growing dimmer. The killing energy was practically absorbing the elemental energy and converting it into killing energy by the second. The wolf saw this and couldn't help but exclaim,

"Shit!"

The lightning bolt gave a last struggle before being completely dissipated into shattered shards. The wolf coughed out a large mouthful of blood upon seeing this. He hadn't expected for the bolt to be completely destroyed and he had lost some valuable energy in that strike. Wu Lao saw the condition of the wolf and smiled coldly.

"Hmph, you really aren't that much. Just all talk! Die you stupid wolf!"

He lunged forward at the wolf, who lifted its head sharply upon recovering from the injury. It glared defiantly at Wu Lao, who seemed to think that he had won the fight. Wu Lao arrived right next to the wolf and quickly lunged a fist at it, filled with concentrated energy, The wolf turned its head to dodge and snapped its jaws at Wu Lao. The jaws crackled with lightning and the teeth were like siphons for it. Heavens, even the jaws contained lightning! Out came a lightning blast that decimated the surroundings besides the two fighters.

Wu Lao brought his legs up to kick the wolf. Fortunately for him, the wolf had its jaw outstretched and thus, it could not expect the sudden move. As it tried to retract its head, it felt a sharp pain in its chest as the wolf's body went spiraling a few meters away. While in the air, the wolf gained its stance back and landed on the ground safely. It growled at Wu Lao and its fur bristled.

Suddenly, more energy pulsated through its veins as the rage in its eyes became apparent. Its muscles bulged and its claws grew another couple feet. It expression grew incomparably savage and a terrifying presence was being emitted from it.

The wolf leaped off the ground and soared through the air at heaven defying speeds. Wu Lao sneered and pushed both his hands out in front of him to counter the incoming attack. The wolf completely disregarded the attempt and slashed its claws at the barrier. The barrier shook for a moment in response to the pressure. Wu Lao snorted in disdain, before realizing the changes in the barrier. The large shield had begun to disintegrate.

"Shit...."

The barrier collapsed and shattered into pieces. At the same time, the wolf, with its savage expression, lunged in and pierced its claws at the City Lord. Wu Lao's chest was pierced slightly before the claws stopped short. Tyrant realm cultivators had astonishingly strong bodies and could take many hits. The Howling Thunder Wolf however, was still able to inflict heavy wounds upon the City Lord! This clearly showed the amount of strength that the wolf possessed. As his wounds bled out, the City Lord was secretly exclaiming to himself about how the wolf had become so much stronger since the last time they had fought.

Wu Lao's chest poured out blood and he used one of his hands to grasp it. The red substance leaked out of his mouth and a solemn expression replaced his originally disdainful face. He gritted his teeth and yelled,

"Elders, I am afraid that he has grown too strong! We must combine forces to defeat the monster."

Without a single shred of hesitation, the elders gathered over next to the City Lord. The blue robed old man came closer and tried to inspect the wound but Wu Lao waved him off.

"Do not worry about me! He too is injured. With all of us combined, there is no possibility of him winning!"

The elders nodded and called out their energy from within them. They looked like a united force, ready to strike down anything that opposed them. Their tyrannical auras overlapped and complemented each other. Nothing could stop this group. The wolf gazed at the group preparing to kill it and smiled coldly.

"Indeed. I cannot defeat you all. But I have something that can! Chishi! Activate the Blood Congealing Formation!"

A tiger like creature nodded his head and yelled orders to a group of beasts. The beasts hurriedly laid out a large formation that was red in color. Immediately after it was exposed, the symbols on the formation glowed brightly.The area around the elders began to shake violently. The countless number of corpses on the ground whose blood was completely congregated into a river like body, now seemed to resonate with the strange phenomenon. The blood rose like a tidal wave, flying up toward the skies, exactly where the elders and City Lord were located. The wolf laughed maniacally at the old men, who were currently very clueless as to what was happening.

"You idiots, the city and even Seeker Twin Viper will die before my hands. With the help of this formation, who will be able to stop me?"