Chapter 652: Chapter 651: Clever Usage (Please Subscribe!)
The mental onslaught came in waves. Fortunately, Shi Xiaole’s perceptual ability had reached the Divine Barrier Realm level, and coupled with his strong physical strength and swift actions, he was always able to dodge in advance.
But the situation wasn’t favorable. In addition to his rear, the flocks of birds from the other three directions had detected the commotion and were besieging Shi Xiaole. The torrents of mental power were ceaseless, battering him like waves.
With a stern expression, Shi Xiaole quickly analyzed the immediate situation and decided to escape to the right, where the number of birds was the fewest and the jungle was denser with branches, providing cover for evasion.
He pushed against the ground with his right foot, leaping over ten meters high towards the flock on the right. While midair, he twisted and maneuvered his body, skillfully evading a significant part of the mental onslaught. Once exhausted, he grabbed a vine with both hands, leveraging it to swing closer to the flock.
Swoosh!
Swift as a dart, Shi Xiaole’s fists beat continuously.
Despite his inability to use Vigorous Air, the Wind True Intent still made his speed faster than ordinary individuals. Whenever a bird launched a mental attack, he could land four to five punches instantly. The myriad punch shadows made it seem as if Shi Xiaole had dozens of hands, sending all the nearby birds flying away.
The flock of birds squawked in panic and anger. The dense, dark shadows swooped toward him with bright, pointed beaks, their mental power engulfing Shi Xiaole like arrows.
Boom, boom, boom...
Shi Xiaole sometimes dodged using the large trees, sometimes swung away using the vines, and sometimes even used the bodies of the birds as stepping stones to leap upwards.
Because the surrounding trees were lush, many of the birds couldn’t form a truly effective united attack. Some of the more aggressive birds that managed to squeeze through the branches were instantly turned into bloody rain by Shi Xiaole.
Bam!
Unbeknownst to Shi Xiaole, a group of crows had flown in.
If the mental power of ordinary birds had reached the level of a Xuanqi Realm warrior, then the mental power of these crows had reached the Spiritual-Passage Realm level.
Some of the larger ones had even reached the peak of the Spiritual-Passage Realm.
With their fierce expressions, they actually commanded the flock to withdraw and eventually formed a circle, together launching a mental attack against Shi Xiaole.
Tens of thousands of Xuanqi Realm mental attacks could instantly shatter the mental sea of a Divine Barrier Realm peak master. Shi Xiaole’s mental sea was even more formidable than the Divine Barrier Realm, but he did not dare to take the risk, and his eyes swiftly moved.
Whoosh, whoosh!
Two blades of mental energy lunged at the two largest crows over 500 meters away.
No cries were heard as the two crows fell to the ground, devoid of life.
He rapidly fired more than ten mental blade blasts, all of which killed the approaching crows. At the same time, Shi Xiaole unleashed the Soul Capturing Skill. With the tenfold amplification of the Illusion True Intent, an illusionary sea submerged the surroundings with him at the center.
Like a rainstorm, the birds that were ready to unleash mental attacks fell from the sky in large numbers, their eyes blank.
Unfortunately, the power of the Soul Capturing Skill was limited. It worked best within a 500-meter radius. Between 500 to 800 meters, only about 60% of the birds were affected. Beyond 800 meters, the unaffected birds started squawking frantically, seemingly furious at this unwelcome guest’s tenacity.
Just a few moments later, the stupefied birds regained their senses and rushed at him with even more ferocity.
Their mental power had indeed reached the Xuanqi Realm, but because Shi Xiaole had deployed a wide-range illusion, the impact was distributed amongst all the birds, resulting in relatively minor damage to each individual bird.
Luckily, those few moments were enough for Shi Xiaole.
He blasted off, like a demon leopard, and appeared hundreds of meters away within a few moves. He didn’t use his fists anymore, but continuously performed the illusion technique to momentarily paralyze the flock.
His surroundings became more agitated as it seemed to detect the strong illusions. More and more animals rushed in, which was why Shi Xiaole had previously held back.
But now there was no other choice. Sparing no effort, he unleashed his mental power to the maximum, extending the range of his illusions to 1,500 meters.
Sounds of flapping wings filled the air, mixed with feathers that filled the sky, as birds plummeted one by one. Shi Xiaole dashed forward with great speed, covering ten meters with each jump. Occasionally, mental blades darted from his eyes, clearing the path ahead, unstoppable.
"Tsk tsk, this outsider is quite formidable.",
What Shi Xiaole didn’t know was that, while he was engrossed in his fierce battle, tens of thousands of meters away, someone put down a magnifying glass and commented with a smile.
"Gu Mu, he just arrived, and you already commanded those beasts to attack him. That’s not very hospitable, you know?",
A sleek-faced young man with a pointed mouth chuckled from the side.
The muscular young man named Gu Mu grinned and said, "There’s no need to be courteous with these outsiders. In my eyes, they are just toys for our entertainment. I hope this guy can hold on for a little longer."
After finishing his sentence, he put his hand in his mouth and blew a quiet whistle. A faint sound was emitted, along with an invisible mental wave that spread outwards.
A larger number of crows swooped towards Shi Xiaole.
"How can there be so many?",
Shi Xiaole frowned, full of doubt.
His escape route wasn’t arbitrary, but was adjusted in real-time based on the mental fluctuations. Yet the crows ahead seemed to emerge out of nowhere.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
Relying on his superior mental power, Shi Xiaole rapidly fired mental blades, each one causing a distant crow to fall. In the next moment, he darted through their fallen bodies, successfully breaking through barrier after barrier.
"I want to see how much longer you can last,"
Gu Mu laughed sinisterly and whistled again.
This time, thousands of crows, leading countless other birds, burst forth, darkening the sky, so dense that not even a ray of sunlight could penetrate through.
With a face as calm as before, Shi Xiaole didn’t shoot any more mental blades. Instead, while continuously casting the Soul Capturing Skill to paralyze the birds, he shot to the top of a large tree, pushed off with all his strength, and darted dozens of meters into the air, charging straight at the flock of crows.
"What is that kid trying to do?"
Through the outwardly extended single telescope, Gu Mu and his companion took in the distant spectacle, from which they could not help being greatly shocked.
In their living realm, spiritual power is the most important standard to measure a person’s strength and physical strength is secondary. Since birth, when have they ever seen a person with such great strength.
Even more astonishing scenes their eyes presented itself.
They saw the stranger dodge the spiritual power of the crows with a few shifts and then incredibly fly away with speedy punches, turning several crows into blood mist. After several more high jumps, almost a hundred crows died without being able to react.
The remaining crows soared into the sky, but Shi Xiaole had already pulled off a hundred-meter-long vine and wielded it with force. In the series of crackling sounds, he swept away large swathes of crows, like the wiper in front of the windshield.
In no time, nearly a thousand crows died.
Without leadership and seeing the enemy so valiant, the remaining bird swarm was thrown into disarray. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Shi Xiaole pushed his illusion skill to the limit, and finally managed to smoothly break free from the encirclement after two quarters of an hour.
"Bastard!"
Gu Mu put down the telescope, his face darkened.
"That kid has some skills, animals alone can’t stop him."
A round-faced, sharp-mouthed youth named Gu Shui shook his head, observing Gu Mu silently.
"Hmph, just a few beasts, they’re useless! Let’s go, come with me to catch that kid, and bring him back to our clan for disposal."
"Hahaha, I knew you would do this, Gu Mu."
The two secretly activated their spiritual power and formed an explosive flow at their feet, which thrust them forward, no less than the ’Flying Skill’ of Dragon Gate Realm masters.
"Whew!"
Shi Xiaole was slumped against the tree, panting slightly.
Although he seemed brave just now, he has depleted nearly 30% of his energy, and if he were to further fight he might be trapped. If the illustrious Kirin was pecked to death by a flock of birds, it would become a joke in the Martial world.
But before he could catch his breath, Shi Xiaole suddenly looked ahead.
Two figures, lighting up like sparks, rushed towards him and eventually stopped more than ten paces away, both pairs of eyes watched down at him from a commanding height.
"Foreigner, come over."
Alluding to Shi Xiaole, Gu Shui gestured, his expression playful.
Shi Xiaole looked at him but didn’t react.
"Oh, quite a character huh? Unfortunately, once you enter the territory of our Yiling Clan, it doesn’t matter whether you are a dragon or a tiger, you have to surrender."
Gu Shui squinted when he saw his command being ignored. Perhaps wanting to showcase himself in front of Gu Mu, he waved his hand, and a sphere of light condensed by spiritual force instantly smashed towards Shi Xiaole.
Bang!
The large tree exploded into splinters and where Shi Xiaole had been sitting, a massive hole appeared from nowhere.
"Still hiding? Soul Extinguishing Arrow!"
With a big step, Gu Shui made a bow-pulling motion with both hands. At the sound of his bowstring tightening, a spiritual long arrow shot towards Shi Xiaole.
At the same time, his body shot forward rapidly, pulling the bowstring repeatedly, each arrow faster than the last.
"What a peculiar spiritual attack, much more flexible than in the outside world."
Shi Xiaole darted left and right, more and more holes appearing in the trees behind him.
The spiritual martial arts that were circulated in the Martial World were actually quite monotonous, either spiritual attack or defense. It was at least that way below the Divine Barrier Realm.
But observing this round-faced, sharp-mouthed youth, he not only used two forms of attack, but also achieved a ’flying skill’ effect by making use of spiritual power.
It seemed that in this place, spiritual power was similar to physical strength and Vigorous air in the outside world, not only possessing physical destructive power, but also many strange applications?
In Shi Xiaole’s understanding, this was something that only spiritual path experts of the Divine Barrier Realm in the outside world, or even higher realm spiritual path experts, would be capable of.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The spiritual attacks and speeds of Gu Shui were no weaker than those of the middle-stage warriors of Dragon Gate Realm.
Shi Xiaole only had a physical strength of several thousand kg. Relying on his unparalleled reflexes, he narrowly avoided the attacks a few times, but ultimately, he could no longer dodge the two spirit arrows.
Gu Shui began to laugh.
"Eye Blade!"
Two swords made of spirit passed through the void, so white and dazzling that they materialized at that moment.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Blood burst from Gu Shui’s chest, and he shot backwards in disbelief.
Earlier, when dealing with the bird swarm, Shi Xiaole had not used his Eye Blade to its full extent. After all, when killing bird swarms, the difference between Dragon Gate Realm level spiritual power and Divine Barrier Realm level spiritual power is not great.
And the Soul Capturing Skill had no lethality, although it had a wide range of effect. To Gu Mu and Shui, the Yiling clan also had many wide-range spiritual attacks, so it was nothing unusual.
It was not until this moment that the two realized that they had misjudged Shi Xiaole’s spiritual strength.
