Chapter 465 - 280: Consecutive Blood Gains, The Efficacy of Multiple Arts (Part 2)
Chapter 465: Chapter 280: Consecutive Blood Gains, The Efficacy of Multiple Arts (Part 2)
Not only did his Magical Power Cultivation improve, but more importantly, his Red Sky Profound Flame continuously grew stronger, its power clearly enhanced. Its accumulation progress had broken past ninety percent and was still climbing.
...
Time passed once again.
Four days went by in a flash.
Mo Zhaoli and Lin Changheng were nearing the end of their designated clearing area, and both of their Storage Bags were already bulging.
This was especially true for Lin Changheng, who had a full five Storage Bags hanging from his waist beneath his robes.
Inside, besides a large amount of Demon Beast Materials, there were also quite a few Spiritual Materials and Spiritual Ores.
Eventually, it got to the point where the two had to abandon some of the low-value Demon Beast Meat to make room for other items.
「On this day.」
RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
ROAR!
In the wake of violent magical explosions and the pained, dying shrieks of a Demon Beast, the forest was a complete mess.
To the right, a Green Rattan Blood Python as thick as a water bucket and eighty to ninety feet long, its scales shattered, lay twisted and limp beside a muddy bog. Its massive head had been pierced by a huge Rock Spear, which had entered through an eye socket and pinned it to the ground.
Between the crevices of the rock, scarlet flesh and shattered bone were vaguely visible. The surrounding ground was covered in the violent marks of golden light and scorching flames, a testament to the intensity of the recent battle and the clash of elements.
It was as dead as dead could be.
Meanwhile, a second Green Rattan Blood Python, a third smaller than the first, was already covered in wounds as it was besieged by two figures—one in green and one in white.
The Blood Python’s green scales were shattered in many places, its blood staining the grass beneath it red. It angrily swung its giant tail, snapping the surrounding trees in half, but it could never manage to land a real blow on its annoying, fly-like opponent in the green robe.
It opened its mouth to spray a foul-smelling poisonous mist, but the Female Cultivator waved her sleeve, and a great wind stirred up by her Magical Power blew the mist away.
Lin Changheng’s figure moved like the wind, avoiding a direct confrontation with the astonishingly strong Demon Python. He constantly weaved about, his palms flipping as he unleashed a relentless barrage. Spiritual Artifacts, threads of fire condensed from his Red Sky Profound Flame, and other attacks shot out one after another. They precisely targeted the Blood Python’s weaker spots and the wounds previously opened by Mo Zhaoli’s golden light, inflicting secondary damage and forcing the Blood Python to twist its body to evade, growing more and more agitated.
Mo Zhaoli, meanwhile, stood a short distance away, her short blade Spiritual Artifact hovering before her. With her index and middle fingers pressed together, her expression was one of intense focus.
The blade trembled and split into three solid, sharp golden lights. As if they were Spiritual, they weaved through the air, continuously striking from various tricky angles at the Demon Python’s vitals, such as its "seven-inch spot" and its lower jaw.
With one fighting up close and the other at a distance, their coordination was seamless. One simply harassed the beast with various skills and burned its wounds, while the other focused on the main assault, using a Gold Technique to strike directly at its vital points.
The Green Rattan Blood Python possessed immense brute force and deadly poison, but it was completely suppressed. Its massive body had become a liability, leaving it to take hits passively. The number of wounds on its body grew, and its aura visibly weakened.
A hint of madness flashed in its vertical green pupils. It suddenly whipped its massive tail like a steel whip, sweeping it toward Mo Zhaoli, who was continuously releasing the golden light, in an attempt to break the stalemate!
"Be careful!" Lin Changheng shouted a warning as he made his move. He didn’t try to block the powerful, heavy python tail head-on. Instead, his form flickered, and he appeared in the tail’s path, pressing his hands down toward the ground—
Earth Control Demon Technique!
BOOM!
A thick earthen wall instantly rose from the ground in front of the python’s tail!
BAM! The python’s tail slammed heavily into the earthen wall. Although it shattered the wall to pieces, its momentum was blocked, and its speed dropped drastically.
In that fleeting moment, Mo Zhaoli’s eyes turned cold. Seizing the opportunity, she pointed with her joined fingers!
ZING!
The three hovering golden lights merged into one, and Mo Zhaoli’s face paled slightly. The consolidated light then transformed into an incredibly fine golden thread, so condensed it seemed capable of slicing light itself. It shot forward at several times its previous speed, almost as if teleporting, and pierced straight through the head of the Green Rattan Blood Python, which had paused for a fraction of a second when its attack was blocked!
PFFT!
The golden thread shot out from the back of the Blood Python’s head, carrying with it a spray of red and white matter.
The Green Rattan Blood Python’s massive body suddenly stiffened, then crashed to the ground. It twitched a few times and then fell still.
"Li’Er, your ’Borrowed Blade Golden Light’ skill... after all this honing, it’s a world of difference now. It can even break through the defenses of a Tier Two Late Stage Demon Beast and kill it."
Lin Changheng praised her immediately.
In this engagement, Lin Changheng hadn’t used his full strength. He had only harassed and delayed the beast, mainly to create an opportunity for Mo Zhaoli to hone her new skill.
And her progress in actual combat was extremely gratifying.
"I’ve made this progress thanks to your help, Brother Lin..."
Mo Zhaoli understood this even more clearly in her heart and gave a gentle bow.
"No need to be so formal."
Lin Changheng shook his head. Just as he was about to step forward to harvest the materials, Mo Zhaoli also walked to the side with her blade, preparing to gather materials from the other Green Rattan Blood Python’s corpse.
「Just then—」
"Who?"
Lin Changheng had just finished extracting the Essence Blood. As he was about to bend over and peel away the Scale Skin, an earthen-yellow light pulsed beneath his feet. His entire body suddenly disappeared, having burrowed into the ground.
The next instant, at almost the exact same moment—
SWISH!
A faint yet sharp sound of something slicing through the air was heard. A three-inch-long, jet-black nail, glinting with a sinister blue, cold light, stabbed at astonishing speed into the exact spot where Lin Changheng had just been standing. It sank deep into the earth and stone, leaving only a tiny, almost unnoticeable hole.
The Cold Yin Spiritual Power attached to the nail’s body instantly caused a small patch of white frost to form on the surrounding ground.
If Lin Changheng had reacted even a fraction of a second slower, he likely would have been pierced by this vicious hidden weapon, and the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Elsewhere, Mo Zhaoli sensed the attack and was startled. She swept the area with her Divine Sense and only relaxed after confirming Lin Changheng was unharmed. At the same time, she stopped what she was doing, her entire being on high alert, ready for a fight.