by <unknown>
In this form, Hila had actually managed to defeat the Subduing Tree King in close combat! “….. Interesting.”
The Subduing Tree King that was sent flying immediately stopped and rubbed his head. The rest of his body was unharmed, and he was surprised by Hila’s close combat skills.
After the previous fight, he realized that this giant’s physique was extremely tough and strong. If not for the lack of Pugilist flames, he would have thought that he was fighting a peak Beyond Grade A Pugilist.
“Again!”
Hila waved her hands, full of fighting spirit. Although her ability was good at attacking from mid to long distances, she still preferred engaging in fierce close combat.
After so many years of persistence in challenging Black Star, being pressed down on the ground time and time again, Hila had already gotten the thrill of being tortured. Not only did she like to get beaten up, but she also liked to beat others up just like Black Star did. In the past ten years, Aurora had suffered quite a few punches from her.
Because the Power Of The Dead contained the ability inheritance of her previous owner, Nerkese, Hila did not need to focus on developing her abilities to understand the usage of many Esper Abilities. After stepping into the peak Beyond Grade A realm, she had unlocked many new abilities, and transforming into a red and black giant was one of them.
Hila’s control of death energy was usually focused on the outside of her body. Now that she could condense and compress it in her body, she could transform herself into another form, called ‘Reaper Liberation’. This was one of the main battle methods of Nerkese.
This skill had many transformation stages, and the further one went, the stronger they became. However, each stronger stage required a sufficiently high energy level to unlock. The final requirement for unlocking the ultimate stage, ‘God of the Dead’ required an Energy Rank of more than 90,000 Ona. Hila had yet to meet the requirement, and she had only unlocked the ‘Departed Soul’ stage. It was the miniature red and black giant that she had currently transformed into.
After entering the ‘Reaper Liberation’ state, her body and the Underworld Dimension would fuse to a higher level, and she would be able to activate a new talent. The more Hero Spirits there were in the Underworld as well as the higher their quality, the more enhancements to her strength she would receive. The effect was similar to the [Proof of Leadership), which was also one of the reasons for Hila’s huge increase in combat strength.
At the same time, because the body after transformation was made up of highly condensed death energy, the characteristics of the original ability still existed. Even if physical attacks were used, they would still have the ability to cause Death’s Erosion, damaging and corroding the soul. Furthermore, just touching her body would cause the life force of an outsider to be lost.
The two of them looked at each other in midair, and the next moment, both of them moved at the same time. The red and green figures clashed once again, and their fists landed on flesh. The aftershock of their fists shot out and disrupted the battlefield.
“Tsk tsk, so scary.”
Han Xiao stayed in the base, clicking his tongue as he watched the battle.
He had experienced this form of Hila before and her close combat ability was indeed very strong. Combined with her recovery ability, she was extremely tanky, and her combat strength stood firmly in the first tier.
However, in his eyes, even with this move, Hila was still far from being able to defeat the battle form of the Tree King. Before he advanced, even if he could win against the Subduing Tree King alone, he would not be able to do anything to him in a short period of time. Hila’s strength was far weaker than before he advanced, so it was impossible for her to defeat the Tree King alone.
However, with her disgusting tankiness, she would not be beaten into a meat patty even by the Subduing Tree King anytime soon.
Han Xiao no longer looked at the two of them and looked at the other battlefields.
The Fortitude Tree King and Herberlon were old enemies, and their eyes were filled with hatred. The two Mechanical Deities’ huge bodies rolled across the battlefield and shattered starships. Other than the two of them, there were also quite a few Mechanical Deities on the battlefield. Due to the size of their bodies, they were all the most conspicuous people within the Beyond Grade A battlefield. As for Milizaus, after successfully “losing weight”, he had already escaped the fate of being a target. At this time, he was chasing after a World Tree Army leader and throwing magic spells. His improvement was huge, fully showing the benefits of getting to know an ancestor.
The rest, such as Manison, Kasuyi, and the others, found their opponents and fought non-stop. Furthermore, golden light would shoot out from the battlefield from time to time. That was Aurora healing people with precision. Her control was much more skillful than ten years ago, and her success rate was higher. It could be seen that the special training was quite effective.
After a few rounds of Sanctums’ resuscitation, the three Universal Civilizations had a lot more experts in the first tier. However, the ten executives of the World Tree, the high-level Holy Tree Emissary, the thirteen ancestral spirits, and the army commanders were not to be trifled with. However, not all of the first-tier experts had entered the battlefield. The World Tree did not allow all the experts to participate in this probing attack, and the three Universal Civilizations had also hidden a batch of Revivors and new Beyond Grade As. Although the three Universal Civilizations had a disadvantage in terms of numbers, their strength had increased, so they did not suffer any losses and were temporarily in a stalemate.
“Feidin is going to attack, right?”
Han Xiao looked at Feidin, who was hiding in the fleet, and narrowed his eyes. Although the souls of all the enemies were bound to the World Tree, causing the Soul Swapper to only be able to destroy them and not transfer the souls out, it was still very powerful.
As expected, after watching for a while, Feidin finally took out the Soul Swapper and activated this Universal Treasure.
The next moment, the souls of the crew members within the surrounding World Tree Spaceships were torn into pieces, and they died on the spot.
Tens of thousands of World Tree battleships faced such a situation, and the damage was still spreading further. “Hmm? What’s going on?”
The Subduing Tree King’s expression changed, as he sensed this abnormality from the Mind Sharing. The strange thing about the Soul Swapper was that it did not leave a trace. In the eyes of the Subduing Tree King, large batches of the World Tree crew had died without any warning. They could not find the source of the attack, but it was definitely the enemy’s doing.
Although they did not know what special weapons the enemy had used, it was not a coincidence that the sudden deaths were gathered in one area. The World Tree fleet immediately began to adjust and avoid this area.
Although this was a stupid method, it was indeed effective. The Soul Swapper did not have an unlimited range. Although it could cover the entire planet, under the scale of the galactic battlefield, this range was relatively small. Of course, Feidin was not a fixed cannon. As long as he swam around the battlefield, he would be able to kill more enemies.
The Subduing Tree King naturally did not know about this. After observing the sudden death of the soldiers, he then looked at the current battle between Beyond Grade As, with a heavy mood.
“It’s about time to retreat.”
Although Black Star, who was the most difficult to deal with, had yet to appear, the Tree King had already decided to retreat.
He had thought that this probing attack would allow him to gain the upper hand in terms of individual strength and did not expect the situation to turn so bad. This civilization that was viewed as prey was extremely tenacious. It seemed like even if he managed to land on their territory, he would not be able to defeat them easily.
This time, he was not the main attacker. If the situation was good, the Subduing Tree King would not mind
sacrificing himself. However, the current situation was not as he had expected. He felt that there was no need to continue fighting.
The Tree King’s eyes narrowed, and his energy exploded. His fist glowed with the green light in the shape of a cross, and with lightning speed, it slammed into Hila’s abdomen.
Bang!
A halo of impact appeared!
The two of them were originally locked in a fierce battle, but this heavy punch suddenly broke the stalemate, and Hila was sent flying. At the same time, the World Tree Root beside the Subduing Tree King threw Hila further away, smashing a row of starships like a meteor.
The Subduing Tree King did not chase after her. Instead, he turned around and retreated. The other World Tree experts received the order and retreated simultaneously, leaving only the Lord’s Avatar of the Fortitude Tree King and the other Mechanic experts behind.
Although he was now unable to kill Hila, the difference in strength between them was not so easy to bridge. If he wanted to leave, Hila would not be able to stop him.
“Chase!”
Kasuyi shouted in the mental network, and the people still on the battlefield chased after him.
Hila finally managed to stop herself, and when she looked up, she realized that the Subduing Tree King was already far away. She immediately chased after him, but the distance between them was increasing instead of decreasing
She could not help but release her mental waves to shout:
“Don’t run! Keep fighting!”
The Subduing Tree King turned a deaf ear to her words and ignored her completely. He shuttled back and forth between the battles among the two fleets, getting closer and closer to his own formation, leaving her with only his back view.
At this moment, Dillon, who had already materialized, suddenly appeared on the battlefield. He looked at the figure of the Tree King from afar and sneered.
“Are you kidding me? How can you call yourself a King like this? You’re just a piece of trash that ran away. You don’t even deserve to be the most useless Pugilist.”
As soon as he finished speaking…
The Subduing Tree King momentum suddenly decreased, and a look of shock appeared on his face.
What’s going on… It’s just a simple taunt. With my personality, I actually stopped for no reason and wanted to beat this guy up?! Could this be some kind of mental control similar to that of the Voice Spirits?!
Chapter 1406: Dylan: I Am a Pro in Pulling Aggro |
“What are you doing?”
The Fortitude Tree King, who was wrestling with Herberlon at the back, immediately noticed the abnormality of the Subduing Tree King and was shocked.
What the hell? Are you seriously stopping ?
Originally, many of the World Tree powerhouses had retreated at the same time and formed a battlefront to support each other, effectively blocking the pursuit of the enemy group. However, the moment the Subduing Tree King stopped, he was instantly at the back and left the team, exposing himself to the enemy Beyond Grade As. “I…”
The Subduing Tree King trembled as though he had just woken up from a dream. He suppressed the urge to turn around and took a deep look at Dylan before hurriedly following the rest.
However, before he could speed up, Dylan raised his brows.
“What are you looking at? What, you want to hit me? Do you have the guts?”
The Subduing Tree King paused, clenched his teeth, and continued to accelerate.
Seeing this, Dylan laughed and said with a judgmental tone, “That’s right. Keep running. A Pugilist who doesn’t even have this bit of courage doesn’t have the right to even look at me.”
The Subduing Tree King subconsciously stopped once again. He was shocked and furious… Usually, he would not be affected by such verbal conflict, but for some reason, when these words came out of this person’s mouth, he could not control his emotions.
Anger surged through his brain, and the Subduing Tree King suppressed it. Just as he was about to take another step forward, Dylan’s sarcastic voice sounded again.
“You really stopped? You can’t even stand two sentences? Ha, you don’t even have this little patience. You’re indeed a Pugilist. Other than ‘stupid’, there’s no other word suitable for you.”
It was as if an invisible hand had grabbed onto his body, and the Subduing Tree King froze. He wanted to continue retreating, but he could not move his legs no matter how hard he tried. A demonic murmur echoed in his heart.
“Kill him… kill him… kill him…”
The Subduing Tree King’s expression changed drastically. His expression was twisted, as though he was fighting with himself.
All of a sudden, the Fortitude Tree King’s roar sounded in his mind.
“Are you f*cking leaving or not ?”
The Fortitude Tree King could not take it anymore. He did not know what had gotten into the Subduing Tree King, but he was running intermittently. It was as if he was suffering from kidney damage, and he was getting left behind.
“There’s something strange about that guy. His words can anger me…” The Subduing Tree King’s tone was gloomy. “Can’t you block his mental transmission ?”
The Fortitude Tree King roared in rage.
He even had to remind him of such a simple matter. He was indeed a pugilist!
The Subduing Tree King was stunned for a moment before coming to a realization.
That’s right, I can still block him. Why didn’t I react just now? I must have lost my mind because of the anger!
He convinced himself. He was not willing to admit that although he was angered to the point of wanting to beat someone up, there seemed to be a magic in Dylan’s words that made him want to listen to the scoldings more…
He quickly solidified the mental barrier and blocked the outside mental fluctuations. At this moment, the Subduing Tree King finally felt that the world was peaceful.
He suppressed the inexplicable reluctance in his heart and continued to run.
“Go back and support the Subduing Tree King!”
The Fortitude Tree King took over the command. He suppressed his anger and ordered the World Tree powerhouses to turn around and receive the Subduing Tree King.
The battlefield was ever-changing. Although the Subduing Tree King had only been delayed for a short while, he had distanced himself from the retreating troops and was completely alone.
Originally, the many World Tree experts had already run far away, and they were able to shake off the Beyond Grade A pursuers of the three Universal Civilizations with a small number of casualties. However, because the Subduing Tree King was being held back by taunts, they had no choice but to turn back and reinforce him. They fell back into the swamp, and their retreat formation was completely messed up.
The Fortitude Tree King had no choice. If he did not send these World Tree experts to support, the lone Subduing Tree King would most likely die on the spot.
Black Star had yet to make a move and could launch a sneak attack at any time. He was afraid that the Subduing Tree King would share the same fate and be sealed like the Heart Tree King, causing another Tree King Crown to disappear. In addition, the Fortitude Tree King did not want the tool, the Subduing Tree King, to die in battle and go into hibernation. That would mean that he would have to take charge of the overall situation, how would he be able to idle away then? He would rather let the other World Tree experts die to save the Subduing Tree King
The World Tree’s retreat was interrupted, and the Beyond Grade As of both sides fought again.
On the other side, Sun Hunter flew past Dylan and laughed.
“Nicely done. Your mind game is quite good. You’ve pinned him down!”
“What mind game? I just want to scold him.”
Dylan had a look of disdain on his face, and his gaze toward the Subduing Tree King held some anger.
Hearing this, the Beyond Grade As flying around looked at him strangely.
Scolding the enemy is nothing. If it
was a private chat, it would have been fine. However, you are scolding openly, and we can clearly hear you attacking all Pugilists. If you were not playing a mind game, then doesn’t your scolding involve our Pugilists as well?
At this moment, Sierron flew past them and said with a displeased expression, “Don’t involve us Pugilists even if you want to insult the enemy.”
Dylan glanced at him and said matter-of-factly, “You’re also trash.”
“…Don’t stop me, I’m going to kill him now!”
Sierron was furious.
“Mission is more important. Ignore him.” Sun Hunter quickly grabbed Sierron’s finger and dragged him away without much effort.
The current Dylan had already completely adapted to the identity of the Underworld Hero Spirit, and he no longer had any scruples when speaking. The Beyond Grade As were no longer willing to lower themselves to his level. After all, what was the point in bickering with a dead person?
On the battlefield, the Subduing Tree King retreated as he fought. His attacks were filled with rage, and the power of his attacks increased.
Hila caught up once again. The red and black giant’s fists continued to punch, and its arms pulled back and forth like rubber. However, the current Subduing Tree King did not have any interest in being in a stalemate with her. Every move he made exploded with all his strength, and they all landed on Hila’s body.
After a few rounds, Hila was beaten up badly and she was at a disadvantage.
Although she was also good at close combat in this form, there was still a gap between her and the Subduing Tree King, who was going all out. After all, the Pugilist class still had some meaning…
Bang! The fist, shining with the green light of the cross, landed deeply on the red-black giant’s body, and the surging Pugilist flames entered the giant’s body. The next moment, a green light suddenly lit up in the red-black giant’s body. It expanded in the blink of an eye and dyed its entire body a dazzling green color. It exploded from the inside out!
Like a balloon exploding, the highly concentrated death energy that formed the body directly exploded, turning into red light fragments that filled the sky, and Hila’s body was exposed.