Chapter 182: Chapter 182: Almost Red Poisonous Stiff, Genius Joining Hands (Subscribe!)
It should be known that even a Qi Absorption mid-term expert in the seventh level would find it difficult to kill a black Poisonous Stiff in just a few moves. If their combat skills were not remarkable, it could take tens or even hundreds of moves.
Yet Shi Xiaole managed to kill thirteen black Poisonous Stiffs in just five moves. If they had not seen it with their own eyes, they would have never believed it.
"Could this man’s skill level have reached the eighth level?"
One man wondered in shock.
"Not necessarily. The reason he could do this was because the move he used was particularly special. It had a wide range, and its power did not diminish."
Another person narrowed his eyes, musing. He was the most powerful among the three of them and had seen the most.
The power of Shi Xiaole’s sword and blade collision was approximately equal to a full-strength blow from a Qi Absorption mid-term expert of the seventh level. However, its range was too broad, and its destructive power did not reduce at all.
With such a large attack range, there was no need for any special combat skills. The positions hit by each strike easily overlapped, resulting in a shocking effect after a few rounds.
Of course, it sounded easy, but among the three of them, who had been roaming the Martial World for a long time, this was the first time they had seen such a mysterious and terrifying killing move.
"The resonance created by the force of the blade and sword was remarkable - such a fascinating reaction occurred when they clashed."
Even Shi Xiaole himself was deeply shocked by his move.
He had imagined that his sword and blade skills would be formidable, but he had not anticipated them to be this powerful. Perhaps the single destructive power was slightly inferior to the Moon Concealing Sword Technique blended into the Chaotic Intent Realm.
However, this move triumphed in its broad attack range and was certainly the best method for dealing with group battles. Most importantly, this was a killing move created by Shi Xiaole himself. As his foundation continues to grow in the future, this move will inevitably be perfected further.
Having successfully created his killing move, Shi Xiaole saw no need to continue playing around.
Hisss hisss hisss.
The friction between the sword and the blade repeatedly sparked. The vigorous and lethal Qi, like bullets bursting out, after several consecutive times, caused another dozen or so black Poisonous Stiffs to fall to the ground, dead.
Afterwards, he sheathed his blade and used his sword technique to kill the last Poisonous Stiff, mindful to avoid excessive consumption of his internal power.
"May I ask the young hero’s name?"
The three Martial World visitors couldn’t help but approach.
Everyone wished to acquaint themselves with a promising youngster, particularly as, in the eyes of the three men, Shi Xiaole’s talent and abilities were enough to qualify him as a small hero.
"My name is Shi Xiaole."
Shi Xiaole returned the greeting.
"Young Hero Shi, may I ask what you would call that move you just used?"
The strongest of the three men asked with great interest.
After thinking for a moment Shi Xiaole replied, "Let’s call it, The Eight Directions Storm."
The scene of the force of the blade and sword exploding was just like a storm, shooting in all directions, covering every corner, leaving no room for escape.
"The Eight Directions Storm, what a good name, what a good spirit."
The man exclaimed loudly.
Killing moves also have levels.
Even if most people could create a killing move, they would still only be at the third-class level.
The Eight Directions Storm, in terms of its power, had clearly reached the standard of a second-class level. Even some people on the small heroes list may not be able to create a second-class killing move, right?
Having rejected the men’s attempt to get closer, Shi Xiaole left alone.
The purpose of this trip had been achieved. However, he had thought it over and decided to kill some more Poisonous Stiffs before leaving, which could be considered as his contribution to the martial arts world.
Deep within the Poisonous Forest, three talented people from the small heroes list gathered, but their expressions were anything but relaxed.
"As expected, the red Poisonous Stiff is cunning, we almost got deceived."
The one who spoke was Li Wufeng.
About five meters in front of him was a half-red, half-black Poisonous Stiff. It was clearly larger than the black Poisonous Stiffs and its grayish eyes seemingly contained a gathering force.
It was well known that the red Poisonous Stiff was transformed from the black Poisonous Stiff after it absorbed many toxins. It was clear that the Poisonous Stiff before their eyes was undergoing this process.
If the three of them were not bold and highly skilled, having ventured deep into the forest they would have almost missed this important discovery.
They somewhat suspected that the earlier two red Poisonous Stiffs fighting against the Xuanqi Realm expert were to deceive everyone, in order to carry out their misdirection plan!
When the three red Poisonous Stiffs burst out together, the five Xuanqi Realm experts outside would not be able to stop them at all.
"A quasi-red Poisonous Stiff with power comparable to a Qi Absorption peak expert of the ninth level, this is somewhat interesting."
A young man, with iron claws on his hands, showed a smile like that of a hunter eyeing his prey. He was ’Iron Claw Tao Baichuan’.
"I believe that after killing this beast, the remaining Poisonous Stiffs will pose no more threat."
Song Wuji lifted his blade.
"Kill!"
Li Wufeng was the fiercest bodied of all. Both his hands held the heavy broadsword with the blade facing the quasi-red Poisonous Stiff, he slashed out demonstrating the formidable power of his sword concentrated into a formation, akin to the descent of a mountain.
"Ground Split!"
At the same time, Song Wuji pointed at the blade with his left hand. His internal power surged and he swung his right hand, which was holding the blade, horizontally, resulting in a slice of orange blade light. A not-so-obvious trace was forced onto the ground where the blade light passed by.
Among the three, Tao Baichuan was the fastest to act.
His hands shot out, cutting horizontally and vertically, with several layers of black claw lights seeming to cut the void into numerous grids, within which was the fresh flesh of the quasi-red Poisonous Stiff.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The three terrifying explosions were accompanied by a few drops of fresh blood, as the quasi-red Poisonous Stiff was knocked back, flying out. However, it quickly let out a furious roar and rushed back like a human-shaped storm.
"Truly worthy of being a semi-red Poisonous Stiff. Despite our combined efforts, it only suffered minor injuries."
Song Wuji looked gloomy.
To be precise, the semi-red Poisonous Stiff wasn’t even slightly wounded, at most its skin was scraped. How robust this body was! At this moment, the three had a whole new understanding of the red Poisonous Stiff.
The commotion here was not small, quickly catching the attention of many martial artists in the area. But they didn’t dare to jump in, they could only guess who was fighting.
As high masters on the Young Hero list, Tao Baichuan’s group of three, regardless of their low ranking, each was skilled and powerful.
After understanding the dreadfulness of the semi-red Poisonous Stiff, the three focused on one area and deliberately led it towards the periphery of the poisonous forest, to avoid provoking two red Poisonous Stiffs who were currently healing.
Although the semi-red Poisonous Stiff was gradually regaining consciousness, it wasn’t very smart. Thus, under the deliberate fighting and retreat of the trio, it was inevitably drawn out.
"It’s Tao Baichuan and his group, they’re actually teaming up to slay the semi-red Poisonous Stiff?"
Finally, one of the martial artists spotted the scene and couldn’t help but exclaim loudly.
A semi-red Poisonous Stiff was even more challenging to handle than a ninth-layer peak practitioner of Qi Absorption. And ninth-layer peak practitioners of Qi Absorption, even in the Yunfeng Domain Martial World, were qualified to become the master of an established sect.
Tao Baichuan and his group were in their early twenties and dared to jointly challenge such a ferocious creature?
Wherever the three fought the monster, there were explosions. The earth burst open like waves, and stones flew all over the place, immediately shattered by the vigorous Qi, flying in all directions.
An average practitioner of the sixth layer of Qi Absorption wouldn’t dare to get close. Even a master at the seventh layer of Qi Absorption wouldn’t dare to instigate.
Because the attacks of the three young talents were too sophisticated, seamlessly coordinated. Without sufficient sharp eyes and power, one wouldn’t even qualify to lend a hand.
"The three of you, allow me to lend you a hand."
The number of martial artists spectating was increasing, correspondingly, the number of black Poisonous Stiffs was also rising, and the scene immediately evolved into a melee. In the midst of the battle, a man suddenly pounced, wielding powerful fist energy towards the group in the middle of the combat.
What was surprising was that his punch, be it in speed, power, or timing, was just right, fitting perfectly into the gap between Tao Baichuan and his group.
The energy from the punch landed on the semi-red Poisonous Stiff, creating a sizzling sound, like an electric arc sparking, pushing it back three steps.
"It’s you, ’Astonishing Thunder Palm’ Xin Riyuan."
Li Wufeng gave the man who suddenly made a move a glance.
He had some impression of this man, after all, in the previous Young Hero Tournament, he had passed several stages and had impressive performance in the final ring battle. If not for bad luck, he might have made it to the Young Hero list.
"Senior Brother Xin is really powerful, he has indeed improved a lot over this period."
A disciple of the Spring Thunder Sect who was fighting couldn’t help but praise.
"From this punch, it appears that Senior Brother Xin is stronger than Brother Shi."
Fu Yusheng also remarked.
Before witnessing Xin Riyuan in action, Fu Yusheng was very hopeful of Shi Xiaole. But at this moment, he was stunned by Xin Riyuan’s momentum. After comparison, he felt that Xin Riyuan seemed to be stronger.
Fang Yao’s expression was slightly complex as she said, "After all, Senior Brother Xin almost made it into the Young Hero list."
With Xin Riyuan’s move, the atmosphere on the scene instantly escalated.
In the previous few days, quite a number of black Poisonous Stiffs had been killed, and the number of masters rushing to Peach Forest Town was increasing every day, resulting in the number of masters gradually exceeding that of the black Poisonous Stiffs.
Therefore, most of the people present were fighting together without any pressure, even having the leisure to observe the battles of others.
"Four young talents from the Young Hero level playing their hands, this is a rare sight."
"After today’s battle, the matter of the Poisonous Stiffs here might come to an end. Hahaha, this is going to be the most exciting battle."
People’s eyes glistened with anticipation.
"Sky-covering Claw Shadows!"
Tao Baichuan drove his powers to the extreme, tearing with both hands, the lethal claw energy was scattered but not chaotic, slashing across the chest of the semi-red Poisonous Stiff, leaving a deep mark.
"Gale Break!"
Seeing Tao Baichuan deploying his killer move, Song Wuji wouldn’t be outdone. The long knife trembled, a terrifying blade aura like a hurricane broke through the air, slashing fiercely on the deep mark.
The deep mark deepened by three parts.
"Suppressing Mountain Killing Sword!"
Li Wufeng’s attack followed Song Wuji’s, the grandiose and solid sword light rolled over, causing the ground to split open a straight crack. The sword light quickly disappeared into the deep mark.
The three launched their attacks in quick succession, without any gap in between. Why they didn’t attack simultaneously was because the Qi energy would cause waste when compressing each other, thus failing to create the maximum damage.
With a hissing sound, a spray of fresh blood splashed out.
Roar!
The semi-red Poisonous Stiff let out a roar. Just as Xin Riyuan used the sixth level of the Spring Thunder Divine Skill to launch the Astonishing Thunder Palm, a dark red poisonous gas was sprayed out, forcing Xin Riyuan to change direction. Nonetheless, he managed to land a solid palm on the bloodstain of the beast.
Unfortunately, there was a thin film in the flesh revealed by the bloodstain, blocking the force of the Astonishing Thunder Palm.
"This is the blood membrane of the red Poisonous Stiff, which is tougher than its skin. If it’s not broken, he can never be killed."
Tao Baichuan’s face was somewhat solemn.
The attacks of the four landed on the blood membrane one after another, but not every time they could hit it. It was observable that the attacks of the first three often made the blood membrane sink and then rebound. By the time it was Xin Riyuan’s turn, he could only leave a mark on the blood membrane.
"Damn it!"
Under everyone’s scrutinizing gaze, Xin Riyuan was somewhat angered. Of course he still had some moves up his sleeve, but didn’t the other three have the same?
As the three in front started another round of fierce attacks, Xin Riyuan felt almost compelled to use his trump card. Just then, a sword light came from behind, like an ethereal moonlight, coming faster.
With a hiss.
Just as the blood membrane was about to rebound, it was pierced open by the long sword and entered into the body of the semi-red Poisonous Stiff.
