Facing the Eagle Claw Technique from Gu Xunchao, who soared into the sky and dived down fiercely, Mu Jinyu's expression turned grave, knowing that it was too late to take out the Shennong Cauldron for defense.
Besides, even if there was time, he dared not gamble with the Shennong Cauldron at this moment. What if it couldn't withstand the attack?
Therefore, Mu Jinyu, at the first moment, did not think of using the Shennong Cauldron to defend against Gu Xunchao's eagle leg attack but initiated an offense to deter him from descending!
"Shh!"
With this thought, Mu Jinyu immediately took action!
"Whoosh whoosh..."
Mu Jinyu formed a spell with his hands and greatly accelerated his True Yuan, drawing the spiritual energy of nature from within a hundred-meter radius, merging it into the Water Qi Vortex above his head to increase its speed even more, faster and more fierce!
What is the sharpest knife in the world?
It is the Water Knife!
The Water Knife utilizes ultra-high pressure water that, through a siphoning of abrasive garnet, forms a high-pressure mixed jet for cold-state cutting!
At this moment, Mu Jinyu, controlling the Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Power in high-speed revolution and aided by the sudden onslaught of the violent rain curtain, also created a high-pressure water jet cutting field!
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
The Water Vortex accumulating above Mu Jinyu's head was spinning rapidly, emitting intense sounds.
Gu Xunchao, who was about to crush Mu Jinyu's skull with one foot and splatter his brains, looked at the water vortex and felt his scalp tingle, daring not to continue to fall!
He hurriedly flapped his arms frantically, like an eagle flapping its wings, soaring in the sky.
"Pfft pfft!"
At that moment, Gu Xunchao's shoes, torn apart by his claw-shaped feet, fell from the sky, landing right into the Water Vortex atop Mu Jinyu's head, instantly getting blasted into tiny particles and expelled in all directions!
"Damn!"
Gu Xunchao, suspended in midair, watched this scene and felt a chill of fear in his heart.
Had he fearlessly dived straight down just now, he would likely have not killed Mu Jinyu but instead had his own legs ground to mush!
Mu Jinyu, seeing Gu Xunchao's quick retreat, couldn't help but frown and shouted, "Come at me!"
"Your mom!"
Gu Xunchao, hanging in midair, cursed angrily in frustration.
"Hmph!"
Mu Jinyu, upon hearing this, snorted coldly, then immediately formed a spell, directing the raging rain vortex above his head to suddenly spin and slash toward Gu Xunchao!
"Hmph!"
Gu Xunchao saw this and also snorted coldly. Meanwhile, he dodged toward a distant location while forming a spell to draw in the spiritual energy of nature, gathering it in midair into a thirty-foot-tall Water Sword!
With the Water Sword formed, its terrifying Sword Qi was not to be recklessly confronted, charging directly toward Mu Jinyu's water Qi Vortex with a thunderous collision!
"Boom!!"
Ultimate move against ultimate move, Water Sword bombing Water Vortex, an earth-shattering roar erupted, followed by a downpour of intense rain containing traces of Spiritual Power.
Falling on Gu Xiyan and the other two women who were still exchanging blows below, it naturally had no effect, but for the Dan Pavilion people pinned to the ground, as well as Xiao Yang and his family, it was simply a disaster!
The rain shot down like bullets, striking their bodies, piercing holes filled with blood in an instant!
"Ahh ahh ahh!!"
Wang Mao and the other Dan Pavilion people let out agonizing screams of unbearable pain, but regretfully, Mu Jinyu's intimidating pressure from just before left them unable to move for at least an hour. Thus they could only lie there, silently enduring agony comparable to a thousand cuts.
They should feel lucky, for when Gu Xunchao's Water Sword collided with Mu Jinyu's Water Vortex, they neutralized a great deal of True Essence Power and Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Power!
Otherwise, they wouldn't have been merely grazed by the residual power, with only small blood holes pierced through their bodies!
Instead, they would have been mowed down like bullets flying chaotically!
Liu Qingqing and her parents were initially shocked and stunned by the contrast of the God Realm powerhouses, but after being pelted by the rain and covered in blood holes, they screamed out. Soon after, the three of them held Xiao Yang close, burying their heads in his chest, using his body as a shield!
"Agh!"
Xiao Yang stood in place, his body covered in wounds and grinding his teeth in pain, but hindered by Liu Qingqing's female authority, he didn't dare to push them away and could only serve as their shield!
In the end, unable to bear it any longer, he could only carefully lead his family to the side of the Dan Pavilion crowd, then picked up a person to use as an umbrella for shelter, finally feeling much better!
Setting aside Xiao Yang's experience for the moment, let's talk about Mu Jinyu and Gu Xunchao unleashing their ultimate moves against each other once more, the battle between them fierce and spectacular!
"Boom boom!"
After another clash, Gu Xunchao abruptly created distance from Mu Jinyu, then sneered, "Dragon King, you're still too young. This time, I'll let you witness what an absolute killing move really is!"
"Rise!"
As soon as he finished speaking!
The densely packed rain in the void suddenly trembled, then quickly condensed together, eventually forming a giant net woven from rain!
This rain net was colossal, spanning a hundred meters, enclosing Mu Jinyu in the center, and gradually contracting inward to form a sphere!
The mesh of the net was also very fine, only the size of a fist. An ordinary sparrow might manage to escape from it, but predatory birds like hawks, once caught, would definitely not be able to flee the Heavenly Net of Earth!
If hawks couldn't escape, humans, larger than hawks, trapped inside, naturally had no chance of freeing themselves!
"Huh?!"
Mu Jinyu stood in the void, eyeing the dense net in every direction and sensing the tremendous Spiritual Power within it, realizing that even someone in the God Realm would suffer heavy injuries if they charged into it!
He then understood why Gu Xunchao seemed distracted during their earlier fight—he had been stealthily setting up this large Spiritual Power net!
He wanted to trap and kill him!
And Mu Jinyu, wanting to test his own strength and gain more experience fighting against God Realm powerhouses, had suppressed his Cultivation to match Gu Xunchao's and, not paying enough attention, had actually fallen into his trap!
Gu Xunchao stood outside the dense Spiritual Energy net, coldly watching Mu Jinyu trapped within and the net continuously shrinking. All Mu Jinyu could do was wait for death, and Gu Xunchao couldn't help but lift a cruel, cold smile.
"Dragon King, I admit, you are indeed a natural-born genius. The Eagle Claw Technique I've practiced all my life couldn't touch you, but unfortunately, although that technique is my ultimate move, it is not my trump card!"
"My real trump card is this Heavenly Net of Earth!"
With that said, Gu Xunchao's face revealed a hint of wistful regret, "I have dubbed this move Hawk Sky Net, also known as Heavenly Net of Earth! It was something I pondered and figured out back when I was a Master of Energy Transformation, frequently practicing the Eagle Claw Technique!"
"Back then, I observed eagles and hawks hunting, learning from their spirit and form, but once I saw a hawk caught by mistake in a net, unable to escape, I started to ponder. No matter how fierce the hawk or how sharp its talons, once entangled in a hunter's net, it would only get tighter and tighter, unable to break free!"
"So, I decided not to be the hawk, but the hunter!"
"From then on, I mulled over it incessantly, finally managing, by invoking nature's spiritual energy, to figure out how to arrange a Spiritual Power net and, in the process, stepping into the God Realm!"
In Gu Xunchao's tone, there was an endless sense of arrogance. But the fact that he could step into the God Realm and move beyond his most deeply ingrained technique, the Eagle Claw Technique, surely deserved pride!
Continuing, Gu Xunchao looked back at Mu Jinyu, his tone tinged with a bit of regret, "This Hawk Sky Net was originally prepared to deal with those in the top ten of the Divine Rankings. Today, I encountered you, and reluctantly, I had to employ it. Dragon King, even in death at my hands, you have enough to be proud of!"
"Drink!"
With those words falling.
Gu Xunchao let out a loud shout, vigorously powering up his True Yuan, and suddenly, the dense Spiritual Energy net trapping Mu Jinyu began to contract more rapidly inward!