Black Crocodile King stepped into the void, its massive body wielding a black hammer weighing tens of thousands of pounds, appearing instantly above Leo’s head.
A tremendous explosion echoed through the air as the black hammer descended heavily, aiming for Leo’s head.
In that moment, the area within a hundred feet was enveloped in the glow emitted by the black hammer.
Unexpectedly for Black Crocodile King, its target effortlessly raised a left hand, stopping the hammer mid-air with a single palm, unable to advance further.
The imposing aura of Black Crocodile King faltered, and its vertical pupils saw the young human’s lips curl into a cold smile before his right fist struck out.
Boom!
A massive fist, shimmering with starlight, crashed down on Black Crocodile King’s head like a meteor.
Blood splattered from Black Crocodile King’s hard head.
Simultaneously, Black Crocodile King’s body was sent flying backward, its black hammer falling into the forest below.
The hammer created a huge crater in the forest floor.
After being punched a hundred meters away by Leo, Black Crocodile King managed to stabilize itself in mid-air.
Once steady, Black Crocodile King’s head seemed dazed; it shook its head fiercely, thick blood covering its rugged face.
Witnessing this scene, Silverwing Thunderhawk’s eyes narrowed, and Emerald Talon King reassessed Leo.
Clearly, they hadn’t expected Black Crocodile King to be injured in a single exchange.
“Despicable human cultivator, I will tear you to pieces!” Black Crocodile King wiped the thick blood from its face, its expression growing more ferocious and savage.
To Black Crocodile King, being injured by a young human cultivator in front of Silverwing Thunderhawk and Emerald Talon King was a great humiliation.
Moreover, in the beasts’ perception, human cultivators’ physical strength was relatively weak and could not match that of beasts.
Yet moments ago, Black Crocodile King had been sent flying by a young human cultivator using sheer physical strength.
This situation was unacceptable not only to Black Crocodile King but also to Silverwing Thunderhawk and Emerald Talon King.
Watching the enraged Black Crocodile King from afar, Leo felt dissatisfied with his punch and thought to himself, “If Nine Transformations of the Stars reached the fifth level, I could have killed Black Crocodile King with one punch.”
Noticing Leo’s dissatisfied expression, Black Crocodile King went berserk, black light emanating from its body and covering an area over a hundred feet wide.
Within the black light, Black Crocodile King’s body rapidly expanded.
As the black light faded, a giant crocodile over three hundred meters long appeared before everyone-Black Crocodile King revealed its true form!
The giant crocodile was covered in steel-hard black scales, exuding a fierce and violent aura from its massive body.
Seeing Black Crocodile King’s true form, Holden and Violet’s eyes narrowed.
They could deeply feel that after transforming into its true form, Black Crocodile King’s aura was much stronger than before.
Transformed, Black Crocodile King’s giant crocodile eyes locked onto Leo with savagery.
In the next moment, its massive black body charged at Leo like a steel torrent.
Leo remained unfazed, raising his right hand. Above his palm, sea-blue flames rose.
As Leo reached for the charging Black Crocodile King with his right hand, the sea-blue flames surged with the wind, instantly forming a giant sea-blue flame shield that enveloped Black Crocodile King’s massive body.
The terrifying heat burned Black Crocodile King from all angles without mercy.
Black Crocodile King let out a scream of agony.
Under the Nether Flame’s intense heat, Black Crocodile King’s hard black scales showed signs of melting.
“That’s… Nether Flame! You actually control Nether Flame!?” Silverwing Thunderhawk’s previously calm expression finally changed to one of shock.
Ignoring Silverwing Thunderhawk’s astonishment, Leo continued to channel Nether Flame into the flame shield.
Black Crocodile King screamed like a slaughtered pig, its massive body repeatedly crashing against the flame shield, causing violent ripples.
In the sky, drops of black liquid fell; it was Black Crocodile King’s scales melting.
Emerald Talon King couldn’t stand it any longer. In a burst of cyan smoke, it revealed its true form-a giant cyan eagle resembling an enormous bird appeared in the sky.
The cyan eagle’s feathers glowed like emeralds with an unusual light.
“Innate secret technique, Azure Gale Assassin!” Emerald Talon King’s eagle eyes fixed on Leo as it let out a sharp cry.
Then Emerald Talon King flapped its enormous wings toward Leo’s direction.
Wind energy roared through the sky as tens of thousands of cyan wind blades formed mid-air and shot toward Leo overwhelmingly.
Each wind blade seemed to slice through space, leaving dark trails behind.
Facing Emerald Talon King’s attack, Leo remained unafraid. Sea-blue flames surged from within him like tidal waves toward the wind blades.
In the sea-blue flame wave’s sweep, tens of thousands of wind blades evaporated into nothingness.
The sea-blue flame wave continued unabated, transforming into a hundred-foot-tall flaming hand in mid-air that grabbed at Emerald Talon King.
Accompanied by a piercing eagle cry, Emerald Talon King was caught by the sea-blue flame hand.
Seeing Black Crocodile King and Emerald Talon King trapped, Leo’s eyes flashed with killing intent. Sea-blue flames in both hands turned into two fiery rivers rushing forth.
The terrifying temperature of the flame shield and flaming hand rose again, making Black Crocodile King and Emerald Talon King’s screams even more harrowing.
In just a few breaths’ time, all of Black Crocodile King’s scales melted into black water while Emerald Talon King’s feathers burned to charred blackness.
A strange aroma of cooked meat wafted through the air.
Soon enough, the screams ceased. Leo waved his hand to recall all Nether Flame back into his body.
With the flames gone, two massive charred corpses appeared mid-air before falling freely toward the forest below.
“Boom! Boom!” The two charred bodies knocked down dozens of trees as they hit the ground heavily.
Such a scene terrified Talon hiding afar after delivering news earlier; his heart nearly shattered with fear.
Slaying two half-step Demon Saint Realm beasts with ease was far beyond what Martial Dynasty Emperor and Prince Caius imagined. It made them subconsciously swallow hard in disbelief.
After their shock subsided, Prince Caius looked at Leo with deep reverence in his eyes.
He had only heard about the battle outside Clearwind Town but hadn’t witnessed it firsthand; nonetheless, he was still deeply shaken.