Chapter 400 - A Different Battlefield
Chapter 400 A Different Battlefield
The battles at the top of the wall had basically come to an end. Indeed, the half-spirit beasts that managed to jump onto the wall were the creams of the crop. In terms of absolute powers only, they could not be compared by newly-advanced Supreme Great Ancestors, who had not fully stabilized their boundaries yet.
Nonetheless, the half-spirit beasts were terribly unlucky to have encountered Supreme Great Ancestors that were armed to their teeth.
All of the great ancestors possessed notable magic tools.
As long as the magic tools had more than 20 points of Sharpness, they could inflict certain levels of harm to the half-spirit beasts even if they were used by Yang Grade powerhouses, let alone Supreme Great Ancestors. On top of that, the beasts were even more confused to find that the magic tools carried skills.
There were various strange skills, but since they could be attached to magic tools, they were not for show. No matter the skills simulated, they caused huge damage to the half-spirit beasts.
On the contrary, when the beasts managed to endure the damages from the sharp magic skill tools and dragged their wounded bodies toward the Supreme Great Ancestor, they could not kill the humans even when they slashed with their claws. The powerhouses’ armors would release yellow lights to block the attacks, which the beasts had exchanged with their lives, or they would drift away like fallen leaves through their magic boots. As such, the nearly-dead half-spirit beasts could only stare at them with grief.
Therefore, though there was a disturbance on the wall, it was quickly settled as many powerhouses joined hands.
At that point, Li Xinfan’s intention was clear.
The pieces of equipment smithed by Ou Yangming were the key, or a few Supreme Great Ancestors must sacrifice for them to achieve the same result.
Nevertheless, the people were not cheerful because they subconsciously looked into the distance.
It was the opposite direction of the main gate, where a thunderous explosion was heard. The people could not help but shudder with fear, so much so that other than the Supreme Great Ancestors and some remarkable Yang Grade powerhouses, the others fell to the ground.
“Oh no, they were diverting our attention!” Li Xinfan suddenly turned around and widened his eyes as he shouted. Before the general’s voice died away, he made a move to hurry toward that direction and yelled, “5 great ancestors will stay here. As for the rest, come with me!”
Elder Universe and the others looked at each other, then they flashed away. A few great ancestors were slow to react, so by the time they wanted to move, they realized that they were the only few left. They could not help but smile bitterly, and they were rather worried.
Chen Yilian was one of the great ancestors who stayed. All of a sudden, he called out loud, “Master Ou, what are you doing?”
Ou Yangming turned to respond with a smile, “Brother Chen, I’d like to go and take a look.”
“No, General Li ordered that you mustn’t go into the battlefield,” Chen Yilian quickly noted.
“Who said I want to get involved? I only want to see what’s going on.” Ou Yangming spread out his hands and nodded at Chen Yilian. “I promise you I won’t act at all.”
Chen Yifan shifted and blocked Ou Yangming’s path. “Master Ou, nobody knows what’s going on there. You can’t go over there!”
The few other Supreme Great Ancestors went forward and convinced him patiently too.
Ou Yangming furrowed his eyebrows and replied to them with a straight face, “Okay, I promise I won’t go there.”
The men sighed breaths of relief. They did not expect Ou Yangming to be so easygoing.
Who knew, Ou Yangming suddenly said, “I’m feeling tired now, and I’d like to go back to the Ni residence to rest. You’re not going to stop me, are you?”
Chen Yilian and the others looked at each other and thought, “How trustable is Master Ou’s word?”
Under normal circumstances, one of them could definitely escort the young fellow back. However, given that they were the only 5 great ancestors left on the main gate’s wall, as bold as they were, they dared not split up. Ou Yangming sighed. “Do you not trust me now?”
Chen Yilian and the other great ancestors were taken aback. They looked at each other and finally made way for the young fellow.
Ou Yangming spoke quite harshly, and it was not something they could bear.
He smiled faintly and headed toward the Ni residence indeed.
After making a few turns, Ou Yangming suddenly sped up. Despite that, he neither went after the deafening sound nor returned to the Ni residence. Instead, he searched those quiet and unoccupied small alleys.
Before long, he arrived at a narrow alley.
He stopped and turned to put his hands behind his back, then he asked, “Since you came, why don’t you show yourself?”
There was nobody in the dark alley because those who were capable had been recruited into the army during the beast tide. In fact, even ordinary but healthy women were contributing to guarding the city. As such, nobody would enter the small alley.
Ou Yangming could not help but laugh. “I’m shocked to find that you’re actually so timid.”
“Hmph!”
A chilly voice, which sounded like it came from hell, was heard. “Who are you? Why do you have my master’s inheritance?”
Ou Yangming raised his eyebrows and laughed. “Since you spoke, I suppose you don’t want to hide anymore. If that’s the case, come out!” He suddenly reached out his hand, then a flash of light shot out from his arm guard like a lightning bolt.
A peculiar ripple appeared in the void, and it slashed in that direction like a sharp blade.
An even more unbelievable fluctuation was seen in the space. Following that, the space in the area agglomerated as though a shield was formed out of thin air to block the sudden wind blade.
Ou Yangming’s face changed. The Wind Blade skill that he carved on his other arm guard naturally belonged to Ni Yinghong.
Although Ni Yinghong’s cultivation base was not high, the power released by the rune, which was engraved on a magic tool, was far greater than hers. Even so, Ou Yangming’s opponent blocked the wind blade in an even more exaggerated way.
The young fellow vaguely sensed that his opponent was much more dangerous and fearsome than he imagined.
That said, since he had made his decision and had prepared for a long time, he was not going to give up. An elder as thin as a bamboo stick walked out from the vortex-like void. His eyes looked sinister as though he came from the cold realm of the dead, by which one look from him could freeze someone.
“How exactly are you related to my master?”
‘I don’t even know your master,’ Ou Yangming thought, but he smiled mysteriously and put his hands behind his back. “What do you think?”
The elder stared at Ou Yangming with his bright eyes and questioned after a long time, “How much of my master’s Great Sky-devouring Technique have you gained?”
Ou Yangming was moved, and he instantly realized that person’s origin.
Legend had it that the Great Sky-devouring Technique was a secret technique cultivated by the horrific Sky-devouring Devil God.
In other words, the Devouring attributes that Ou Yangming absorbed from those odd badges were merely representations of the Great Sky-devouring Technique.
“This elder’s master is that terrifying devil?’
While Ou Yangming was experiencing an upsurge of emotions, he remained unperturbed on the outside. Judging from his bearing and composure, he became quite similar to Li Xinfan.
He slowly raised a hand and gathered unusual energies on his palm. Sure enough, Ou Yangming’s sea of consciousness had 4 points of Devouring attribute.
Before this, the only way for him to use the attributes’ powers was to attach them to a weapon. As his mental power reached 99 points, he possessed complete
ly different abilities, which allowed him to express these attributes in another way.
There were strange swirls in the elder’s eyes at the moment. Even from afar, it was clear that the swirls were somewhat akin to the unusual energies on Ou Yangming’s palm.
As the two of them stared at each other from a distance away, the air between them vibrated intensely.
Nonetheless, they were not aware that in a hidden corner…
A little flaming red bird was lying low over there. It squinted its eyes to the extent that they could almost not be seen as it secretly watched.
Having said that, it was not paying attention to the elder, but Ou Yangming.
This was because it sensed an incredibly strong sense of intimacy in the young human.
It felt like a calling from an ancient memory as if the young fellow belonged to its clan but was in a human’s body.
In comparison, the Sky-devouring Evil Remnant, which it loathed and wanted to rip apart, was not worth mentioning at all. While the small alley slowly became quiet, the other side of the prefecture was in chaos. A formidable eight-armed spirit beast emerged out of nowhere and turned into a savage King Kong. By using its arms, which were equivalent to magic tools, it forcefully crushed an enormous hole on the city wall.
Consequently, the soldiers and powerhouses on top of that wall died at once.
Subsequently, the Eight-armed Giant Beast looked up at the sky and let out a deafening roar.
Behind it, all ferocious beasts began to move and charged toward the massive hole.
By the time Li Xinfan and Elder Universe arrived, they were greeted with the tragic aftermath.
Seeing as the Eight-armed Giant Beast roared and released a frightening might with ease, everyone else gasped.
Elder Universe leaped into the air and struck the giant beast with a sword-light, but he turned pale when he noticed that the beast was not harmed by his magic tool at all.
“High-rank-a high-rank spirit beast… How could this be?”
Chapter 401 - Joint Attack With Skills
Chapter 401 Joint Attack With Skills
“Roar…”
The Eight-armed Giant Beast widened its large mouth, which looked like it could devour Heaven and Earth, and it let out a thunderous roar. Its voice was filled with strong killing intent, and it sounded like it looked down upon all weaklings.
Yes. The beast regarded humans to be insignificant, hence it treated them lightly.
The humongous beast lowered its body before it leaped high into mid-air, where it hung as though it was weightless. With that, it seemed like the beast almost covered the entire sky.
As soon as it landed, it combined its eight arms and struck another wall.
That wall was crushed into pieces as if it was built through scamp work and stint material. Dust filled the area without an end, causing everyone’s vision to be blurred.
“Oh no!”
The human powerhouses were appalled. At that point, they could tell that the giant beast was planning to tear down the walls.
Once the Humans’ defensive walls were gone, the beast herd could swarm into the city freely. However, most of the residents were ordinary people without combat power.
There was a huge disparity between the Humans and the Beasts. The former had developed clear divisions of work after years of evolution. Although the old, the weak, the pregnant, and the young were part of the race, they were not suitable candidates for wars. They were not powerless, but they were not capable enough to face the beast tide.
On the contrary, the latter was different. Even if ferocious beasts were old and weak, they had to hunt to survive. Without the city walls as a barrier, the Humans would soon be doomed.
Everyone knew the Eight-armed Giant Beast had to be stopped, but they were in despair after they saw its build.
‘A spirit beast?
‘Spirit beasts as told in legends can actually be so mighty…’
He Liangce watched dumbfoundedly and in shock as the beast wreaked havoc.
‘Is this the enemy I’ll be facing? Even if I incite the Iron Blood Loyal Heart Technique and am assisted by the Noble Sacrifice Secret Technique, can I defeat it?’
The He family’s eldest young master lost confidence.
“We mustn’t let it prevail; stop it!” Fang Zhaoyang yelled and pulled his bow. He was already fully armed with an archer’s suit and equipment, where his bow and arrows had become magic tools after they were refined by Ou Yangming.
Nevertheless, he only had ten such arrows.
Earlier on, when the Humans were attacked by great-ancestor-level half-spirit beasts on top of the main gate’s wall, he was only willing to use one of the arrows.
This time, he fired an arrow without any hesitation.
He knew if he did not use the arrows now, he might not have the chance to use them anymore.
The arrow zoomed in the air like a meteor pursuing the moon. It flew toward the gigantic creature.
Even so, the Eight-armed Giant Beast turned its head abruptly and blew air in the opposite direction of the arrow’s flight path.
Enormous yet unimaginable power was released from its mouth at that instant, causing a drastic change in the lightning arrow’s speed and flying course. Obstructed by the strong wind, the arrow became shaky, and it finally fell after it lost power.
The Eight-armed Giant Beast extended one of its arms and grabbed the arrow.
When it held the arrow, it seemed like an extremely tall person was holding a small toothpick. It was quite a funny scene.
Nonetheless, the giant beast was surprised. ‘Magic tool—this is a magic tool, and it’s a disposable weapon for an archer.
‘Isn’t this a lowly world? Why do they have something like this? Magic tools are definitely top-notch pieces of equipment in this world, so even if they can be smithed, it’s only reasonable that weapons like sabers and spears are smithed because they can be used continuously.
‘Magic tools for an archer… ‘Did I come to the wrong world?’
While the giant beast hesitated, nearly 100 Supreme Great Ancestors arrived on the wall.
Given that the Eight-armed Giant Beast destroyed so many walls with its incredible might, one could easily guess its identity as long as one was not a fool.
Other than the great ancestors stationed on specific walls, the other powerhouses hurried over even if they were supposed to be resting.
Elder Universe looked at the others and warned them, “Be careful, this is a high-rank spirit beast!”
‘A high-rank… Spirit beast!’
The other people felt their hearts sink. ‘A high-rank spirit beast? That’s a legend in legends.’
For generations, the spirit beasts that descended were low-rank spirit beasts, but the attacks were considered disasters, and the Humans suffered huge losses. On top of that, the low-ranked spirit beasts were only slaughtered when the Humans paid substantial and painful prices.
What if they were to eliminate a high-rank spirit beast?
It would seem like a Yin Grade or Force Grade martial artist was causing trouble in a small village. Even though the village would be highly damaged, the martial artist could still be killed if everyone in the village joined hands and paid a certain price.
After all, a martial artist in Force Grade or Yin Grade was not powerful enough to oppress everyone and everything.
What if a Yang Grade powerhouse attacked a small village instead? What if a Supreme Great Ancestor showed up?
In those cases, nobody could guarantee the small village’s fate.
Li Xinfan shouted all of a sudden, “Unleash all skills and kill!”
His eyes were bloodshot, and he ordered without any hesitation for everyone to give their all.
Every Supreme Great Ancestor understood it right away, and they wielded their magic tools at the Eight-armed Giant Beast at the same time.
The magic tools were either enhanced by Ou Yangming twice or were directly imprinted w
ith offensive skills. In particular, the skills provided by inheritors of their clans matched their magic tools so well that their weapons became more remarkable than before.
When 100 Supreme Great Ancestors attacked, it meant that nearly 100 offensive skills were let loose.
The Eight-armed Giant Beast had initially made little of the humans. It thought the humans could not resist at all even if they struggled. It only needed to do one thing at the moment, which was to tear down the walls. Afterward, it would summon the mindless low-rank beasts to devour the humans in the city.
As for the attacks from the powerhouses, the giant beast was not bothered at all because they simply felt like tickles to it.
Having said that, just as it raised its arms to ruin the third wall, it sensed an abnormality in the air. After taking just one glance, it widened its eyes.
It saw lights of different colors flying toward it from all directions.
The Eight-armed Giant Beast was the most formidable spirit beast in its upper realm and was very knowledgeable, thus it knew at once that the lusters were forceful skills.
Also, the attacks from the skills were so fearsome that even a high-rank spirit beast could not ignore them.
Needless to say, the giant beast would not be concerned at all if there was only one skill.
How many were there at the moment?
One, two, three…
By taking a swift glance, it noticed nearly 100 skills.
“Roar—”
The Eight-armed Giant Beast crouched without any delay. It lowered its arms as well to protect its weaker parts like its rib cage, its abdomen, and so on.
Its body was exceptionally resilient, hence magic tools might not necessarily hurt its skin. That said, skills were different because many weird skills in the world could penetrate strong defenses to explode in one’s body.
The Eight-armed Giant Beast would rather be attached by 1,000 or even 10,000 magic tools than face skills.
Nevertheless, since it was caught off guard, it lost its chance to dodge.
“Pow, pow, pow…”
Numerous booming sounds were heard almost concurrently.
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