Chapter 799: Chapter 347: Pressure
Feeling the situation, Xu Ran suddenly felt a headache.
Don’t be fooled by how easily he dealt with the Wood Attribute Puppet, compared to it, the background’s consumed power is much less than the power he spent!
Not to mention that in front of him, there are a total of five such puppets.
If this happens every time he fights, passing this trial is impossible!
Xu Ran secretly calculated in his heart and simultaneously felt a wave of pressure because he was now facing five puppets that were almost undying.
Unless you can completely exhaust the energy behind their background!
But...is it possible?
At this moment.
The Wood Attribute Puppet returned to the puppets, staring at Xu Ran expressionlessly, with each puppet’s eyes shining with their unique color of fire.
The five colors of flame gradually reflected onto Xu Ran’s face, casting an inexplicable wickedness!
"Are these five puppets going to join forces?" Xu Ran muttered quietly, carefully observing the five puppets opposite him.
"Hoo!"
Xu Ran exhaled deeply, readying himself for a one-on-five battle.
From the Wood Attribute Puppet’s combat power, it seemed fierce, but in reality, it posed no threat to Xu Ran.
If all the puppets were the same, even the five combined could not rival Xu Ran single-handedly.
But they could endlessly revive!
The five puppets together could quickly exhaust his stamina and Spiritual Qi, which is, no matter what, not a good thing!
One breath.
Two breaths.
Three breaths.
...
A full ten breaths passed, yet the five puppets still stood dumbfounded, motionless!
This...looking left and right, doesn’t seem like they’re going to join forces?!
Then what are they doing?
Xu Ran was suddenly confused!
At this moment, a puppet with blue light emanating from its chest stepped forward, with the blue light in its eyes glaring even more fiercely.
In the instant it appeared, a sound of crashing waves suddenly rang in Xu Ran’s ears, and the air seemed to be filled with the salty and fishy smell of the ocean.
At the appearance of this scent, Xu Ran instantly became alert, as the Innate Qi covering his body immediately blocked this salty and fishy smell.
"Splash!"
"Splash!"
"Splash!"
...
Simultaneously, a sound of waves surging appeared in Xu Ran’s ears.
But, how could there be the sound of surging waves in this Dueling Arena?
The next moment, he looked up and saw that the Water Attribute Puppet, originally standing before him, had somehow appeared directly in front of him.
Different from the previous puppet.
Its body now seemed to transform into a viscous gel-like substance, transparent while exuding a salty and fishy smell of seawater.
The viscous substance, in its entire form rendered transparent, allowed a clear view of the blue glowing sphere at the Water Attribute Puppet’s heart.
Although the Water Attribute Puppet inexplicably appeared before Xu Ran, his wealth of experience immediately prepared him to respond.
Gold light suddenly emerged on Xu Ran’s body, a rush of fierce aura howling out from his insides, instantly stirring up a storm that swept through the entire Dueling Arena.
The four puppets standing on the sidelines were bombarded by the storm, emitting the sounds of hard wood splintering, while their surfaces bore cracks like spider silk!
Yet, only for a moment, the energy exclusive to them rapidly replenished on their bodies, and the cracks disappeared.
At this moment, Xu Ran had no time to look at targets other than the Water Attribute Puppet.
His aura had reached its peak, with the surrounding storm seeming to cheer for him.
Though appearing lengthy, this process was merely a fleeting moment.
This time, the gel-like body of the Water Attribute Puppet emitted a series of gurgling sounds, as if something was wriggling inside it.
But visibly, the structure inside contained nothing.
As time passed, the gurgling sounds became louder, and the Water Attribute Puppet’s body began to change.
The gel-like body was incessantly writhing.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, its chest exploded, and gel-like goo splattered out, spraying towards Xu Ran.
Accustomed to treating new things cautiously, Xu Ran would definitely not allow it to approach.
Immediately, the Innate Qi clinging to his body emitted a faint white glow; a discoloring barrier rose, forming an invisible shield.
"Sizzle!"
The viscous fluid hadn’t yet reached Xu Ran when it was evaporated away, disappearing without a trace.
"Hmm?" Xu Ran frowned, murmuring, "Corrosive!"
At the moment the gel-like substance touched the white barrier, Xu Ran sensed a feeling of being corroded on the surface of the barrier.
Indeed, keeping unknown substances away from his body was the right decision.
"Next, be cautious of the gel-like viscous fluid!"
Xu Ran made up his mind!
After a moment’s consideration, the Water Attribute Puppet began to change again.
The chest that had exploded earlier radiated intense blue light, constantly writhing, and soon sprouted tentacles, each stretching about one meter long.
Now, the Water Attribute Puppet was less than a meter from Xu Ran, and if these tentacles became freely mobile, they could easily touch Xu Ran.
Although it might not penetrate his invisible white barrier, one must realize, inside this Dueling Arena, there was the energy enabling these puppets’ infinite recovery.
Currently, the Innate Qi inside was still flowing out, coating his body, but if consumed like this, there would be no more Innate Qi escaping.
Eventually, the white barrier would cease to exist, and if he wasn’t careful, he might be touched by these corrosive tentacles, making the situation even more troublesome.
At that time.
Xu Ran moved first.
Just as those ten one-meter tentacles were forming, Xu Ran’s body erupted once more with a gust of roaring wind, as formidable Spiritual Qi continuously gushed out from within him.
Immediately, Xu Ran’s slender arms swelled several times over, dispensing a pressure sufficient to lay flat a mountain peak from both arms, then punched toward the Water Attribute Puppet.
With Xu Ran’s punch unleashed, there was no loud explosion echoing through the heavens, just a dull thump ascending.
The sound was like a small stone falling into water, barely stirring a drop of splash.
"Hmm?!"
Upon hearing this muffled sound and feeling a blockage on his hand, Xu Ran frowned instantly.
"This..."
Xu Ran followed his own arm, seeing ten blue tentacles tightly holding his arms, being those corrosive tentacles.
Fortunately, a layer of Innate Qi covered his arm, having no other effect; else, survival would mean losing an arm.
"Was the majority of my power just neutralized?"
With Innate Qi on his arms, there wasn’t haste in pulling them back.
The Innate Qi’s properties let Xu Ran discover additional things.
He realized that most of the power just unleashed had been dissipated.
Otherwise, even if the Water Attribute Puppet fully bore his punch’s impact, it wouldn’t have had such minimal effect.
"Is the Water Attribute Puppet’s trait regeneration and force dispersal?"
Xu Ran’s mind continuously pondered.
The Wood Attribute Puppet he previously smashed was healing, the Water Attribute Puppet’s trait was regeneration and force dispersal.
Could it be that each puppet possesses a unique trait related to their attribute?
This thought emerging, Xu Ran suddenly felt a headache.
If these five puppets merely had traits, it’s no matter.
However, behind these five puppets was also five unknown-energy backgrounds.
The combination of the two, Xu Ran’s pressure, suddenly surged!
