Mao Feng's superpower was clearly somewhat immature. Although it was very powerful, he had only practiced it for a short time. The power of the fire meteor seemed to be somewhat autonomous, like a parasite. It would be no easy task for the two to be completely integrated, because the fire meteor, an evil alien energy body with its own thoughts, would never easily allow the person who integrated it to take control of the main position.
If we're talking about facing Mao Feng, Zhou Xuan is confident he can beat him. Zhou Xuan's strength lies in his experience, the long time he's had to master his abilities, and the many fortuitous encounters he's had. He has perfectly combined the magical energy of the Sun Flame (which is the Nine Dragon Cauldron) with the ice energy of the Golden Stone and his own internal energy cultivation.
It can be said that Zhou Xuan's two superpowers definitely did not come from the same planet. The combination of superpowers from two different planets with his own internal energy is already an incredible thing. Not to mention outsiders, even Zhou Xuan himself does not dare to say that he fully understands it.
The other burly man was particularly astonished. When he came with Zhou Xuan, he knew that Zhou Xuan possessed supernatural abilities and had even tested the strength of Zhou Xuan's abilities. He thought they were roughly equal in strength, but he never expected Zhou Xuan's abilities to be so unexpected.
The burly man who fought Zhou Xuan was his brother. The two were roughly equal in ability. As soon as they arrived in the forest, his brother launched a fierce attack on Zhou Xuan. He did not stop him but chose to watch in order to understand just how strong Zhou Xuan's superpower was. Although he had made a slight assessment beforehand, it was not a real fight. The true difference in strength could only be determined through a live contest.
But when he made that move, he was greatly surprised.
Zhou Xuan's abilities were too strange. He had tested Zhou Xuan's energy from the beginning, and it was a relatively gentle kind. In the first clash with his brother, it did have a certain effect of using softness to overcome hardness. Although he was slightly stronger than his brother, there was absolutely no way he could have completely defeated his brother and severely injured his vital energy in the second clash.
Zhou Xuan's superpower is invisible, but the invisible energy instantly burned and froze his brother's tangible beast. This kind of superpower is unprecedented.
After catching his breath, Zhou Xuan stared intently at the two burly men. One was seriously injured, but the other was completely unharmed. From the way here, Zhou Xuan had sensed that the other possessed special abilities. If his abilities were similar to those of the burly man who had just fought him, then he might not be in a good position now.
Because his complete victory just now was merely a fluke. The reason he won was that the big man didn't know his special ability could suddenly split into two extreme energies. If he had only used one of them, the big man wouldn't have been in such a sorry state. Even if he had lost, he wouldn't have suffered damage to his vital energy and been shattered.
Zhou Xuan's two superpowers caught his opponent off guard. The illusory beast he conjured was destroyed, and his vital energy and body suffered great damage. However, if the other big man were to make another move, he would be on guard, and he was in his best condition. Zhou Xuan, on the other hand, had already suffered severe depletion of his superpowers, with only 20-30% of his energy remaining in his body.
Since their abilities were already quite similar, and the two were at their peak strength, Zhou Xuan, who only possessed 20-30% of his power, was naturally at a disadvantage against Zhou Xuan.
At that moment, Zhou Xuan keenly realized that the burly man who had come with him was focusing his energy, clearly intending to take advantage of the situation and attack him.
Originally, his plan was for his brother to test Zhou Xuan's strength, as he estimated that the two were roughly equal in ability and would stop after a few exchanges, waiting for the next move. However, he did not expect that his brother would be seriously injured so quickly. Although he would not die, he would obviously be unable to fight again at this point.
The burly man immediately abandoned the planned route with hostages in hand. After all, capturing Zhou Xuan would not be easy. It would be better to take advantage of Zhou Xuan's weakened abilities and capture him in one fell swoop, without having to use two hostages to threaten him.
Zhou Xuan suddenly felt a chilling aura emanating from the burly man. He was half-squatting, and his short hair stood up like needles. His half-squatting body swelled up like a balloon and continued to grow.
Zhou Xuan hadn't seen the burly man's energy flow when he first attacked him, so he guessed the man had been preparing for this and was just waiting for Zhou Xuan to arrive before making his move. Therefore, Zhou Xuan didn't know what the man's energy flow looked like when it went berserk. Now it seemed that it was indeed astonishing, and he guessed that the final burst of energy would be too much for Zhou Xuan to handle.
This time, the big man already knew that Zhou Xuan's ability could be divided into two extreme energies, so he must have been prepared. Moreover, he also knew that Zhou Xuan's energy was severely depleted, and how could he withstand Zhou Xuan's full power with only 20-30% of his energy remaining?
Zhou Xuan's attack on the burly man was expected, but he was more concerned about the whereabouts of Fu Ying and Li Wei. If he severely injured the man now, he worried that their accomplices might harm Fu Ying and Li Wei. Moreover, if they had accomplices, he would be in a difficult position. He didn't know his chances of defeating the burly man now, let alone dealing with the others.
However, Mao Feng remained mysteriously hidden. Zhou Xuan used his special ability to detect that Mao Feng had actually gone ahead to a place where there seemed to be a protective barrier energy. Mao Feng and that protective energy were not the same entity. Zhou Xuan was taken aback. Could that be the place where Fu Ying and Li Wei were imprisoned?
That's quite possible. If so, the people in Tu's hands must have used protective energy bodies to conceal their presence. It might be a good thing that Mao Feng quietly got ahead. If he rescued Fu Ying and Li Wei, then he would have no worries and could fight that big man without hesitation.
While forcibly summoning his remaining supernatural power, Zhou Xuan also tried his best to probe the situation at Mao Feng's location. Mao Feng's eerie sword energy suddenly slashed out and collided with the energy of the barrier.
Zhou Xuan, who was over a hundred meters away, sensed the energy fluctuations. The instant the barrier shattered, Zhou Xuan's supernatural abilities immediately detected Fu Ying and Li Wei. The two were lying unconscious between the barrier's elements. Although they were unconscious, their lives were not in danger, and Zhou Xuan was immediately relieved.
With no worries, Zhou Xuan was not nervous at all. His eyes were fixed on the huge man whose body was growing bigger and bigger. The man seemed to have turned into a big round balloon with a head with hair standing up like a hedgehog on top. He looked both ridiculous and terrifying.
Zhou Xuan squinted and looked up at the blazing sun in the blue sky above. The sunlight was as hot as fire, and he could imagine that if there were people in the fields at this moment, they would be sweating profusely on the soil.
However, the burly man made his move while Zhou Xuan was looking up at the sky, momentarily distracted.
His attack was similar to his brother's attack before, except that the beast he conjured was much larger than his brother's. At the same time, Zhou Xuan could feel that the beast was also burning with heat.
Clearly, this burly man knew Zhou Xuan's killing move, so he had prepared his fiery energy in advance and placed it on the outer layer of the illusory beast. If Zhou Xuan then used the blazing sun to roast it, the fiery energies would not easily harm each other, and Zhou Xuan's ice energy would not easily freeze his fiery energy.
This is like a stove in winter. If the owner is prepared and has enough coal, the stove in the house can still burn brightly even if it snows heavily and the weather is cold. But if it suddenly gets cold, there may not be enough coal to keep warm, and the house will easily freeze.
The burly man who was injured earlier suffered such a sudden attack, so he naturally wouldn't be subjected to the same attack again.
The burly man unleashed his supernatural power with all his might, intending to use his immense energy to instantly defeat Zhou Xuan, who only had two or three tenths of his energy remaining, and capture him in one fell swoop.
Zhou Xuan had already learned that Mao Feng had rescued Fu Ying and Li Wei. With no worries about the future, he felt at ease. Although he was much weaker than the big man, he was not flustered.
Since the burly man was already prepared, Zhou Xuan stopped using the energy of the solar flames and instead condensed his ice energy into a protective shield to block the beast's attack.
The moment the two came into contact, the beast's strength was revealed. Although Zhou Xuan's ice shield was the best defense against the beast, it was forced to retreat step by step due to its weakened energy. The shield was noticeably shrinking and shrinking.
Without hesitation, the burly man unleashed all his energy to power the beast. Zhou Xuan suddenly transformed the protective shield formed by his ice energy into a net-like structure, which enveloped the ferocious beast.
Zhou Xuan seemed to unleash all his supernatural powers at that moment, causing the giant man's beast to shrink in size, the flames to retreat into its skin, and a thin layer of ice crystals to condense on its surface.
A chilling atmosphere permeated the entire scene. Although the sun was blazing overhead, the area within a circle of several meters where Zhou Xuan and the burly man were fighting was as cold as winter.
The burly man's head, bristling with rage, became even more like steel needles. With a "pop," he exhaled a stream of air that flowed into the beast's body, causing it to suddenly grow larger. Cracks appeared on the icy frost covering the beast's surface; it seemed that in just a few more seconds, Zhou Xuan's energy network would crumble under the pressure, and that would be the moment Zhou Xuan was exhausted and captured.
The burly man was channeling his energy with all his might, a sneer on his lips. If it weren't for the sunglasses he was wearing, Zhou Xuan would have seen the smug look in his eyes.
Zhou Xuan seemed to have no choice but to surrender. He had exhausted all his ice-based abilities and had no strength left to continue.
The burly man waited smugly for Zhou Xuan to be exhausted and defeated, but at that moment, Zhou Xuan suddenly raised his left hand.
The burly man suddenly sensed something was wrong. Zhou Xuan's eyes lit up, and in that instant, the burly man knew that Zhou Xuan's expression was definitely not that of someone whose energy was depleted.
When Zhou Xuan raised his hand, a heat far greater than the flames on the surface of the giant beast was generated. The icy net that was about to burst suddenly gained power and condensed into frost again. In that instant, the beast almost turned into an ice sculpture monster.
Zhou Xuantao's raging flames enveloped the strange beast. The extremely high temperature, capable of melting steel, roasted the beast, which had been frozen into an ice sculpture. When extreme cold meets extreme heat, the principle of thermal expansion and contraction remains unchanged. As the beast froze into an ice sculpture, it was suddenly melted by the intense heat of the flames. Its body exploded like vapor, followed by a loud "boom." The beast exploded, blasting the surrounding trees and grass into pieces.
The burly man's body was riddled with holes, and his sunglasses were blown off.
Only then did Zhou Xuan realize that the big man's eyes were gleaming with an eerie light. It turned out that he wasn't wearing sunglasses to look cool or to block out the sun, but to conceal his strange eyes.
If an ordinary person's body were blown up like that, they certainly wouldn't survive. But Zhou Xuan knew that this big man was no ordinary person, and it wasn't even certain whether he was human or not.
The burly man let out a low growl, unable to understand how Zhou Xuan, who clearly only had two or three tenths of his energy remaining, suddenly possessed such powerful energy again? Was he just putting on an act from the beginning, pretending to be weak while actually being strong?
That Zhou Kou Xuan is such a good actor, and that big man also has the ability to see through other people's mental energy from the brain level, which is somewhat similar to Ma Shu's ability, but he encountered Zhou Xuan.
After being fooled by Ma Shu once before, Zhou Xuan became wary of mind-reading abilities and constantly worked to build a protective layer to block such abilities from invading.