novelraw Chapter 103 : Dragon-Scale Blacksteel Staff
Chapter 103 : Dragon-Scale Blacksteel Staff
Chapter 103: Dragon-Scale Blacksteel Staff
Xu Zhengyang immediately dispelled his Refraction Technique, revealing his figure.
As he moved to confront the Iron-Arm Ape, he instructed Yang Hong, “You continue gathering herbs. I’ll deal with that beast!”
As he spoke—
A golden gleam flashed in Xu Zhengyang’s eyes, locking precisely onto the Iron-Arm Ape’s movement trajectory as it charged at high speed!
Immediately after—
Xu Zhengyang’s brain rapidly analyzed the ape’s path, initiated a zero-frame move, and cast Draw the Ground as a Prison, directly locking onto the Iron-Arm Ape and dragging it a zhang underground, sealing it completely with stone!
The Iron-Arm Ape had never fought such a battle.
Momentarily stunned after being pulled underground and sealed by rocks, it quickly snapped back to its senses.
Then, the Iron-Arm Ape’s body abruptly expanded!
It transformed into a gorilla twice its previous size and forcibly shattered the stone imprisoning it!
Next—
The ape returned to its original size, brandishing the Dragon-Scale Blacksteel Staff and spinning it upward, unleashing a spiraling martial qi that pierced through the ground and allowed it to leap out!
“Chi! Chi! Chi...”
Although the Iron-Arm Ape howled wildly, its movements were now clearly more cautious.
Then—
A crimson martial qi surged up from its body, resembling raging flames, enveloping it completely!
One must know, demonic beasts naturally possessed powerful physiques. The protective martial qi from this Tier 1 Iron-Arm Ape was nearly twice as dense as that of human body cultivators of the same tier!
As the qi trembled, faint sounds of metal striking stone echoed from within!
“What a beast!” Xu Zhengyang praised.
He hadn’t expected this Iron-Arm Ape to actually wield martial qi!
In this case, even if Xu Zhengyang used Draw the Ground as a Prison again—
With martial qi protecting its body, the Iron-Arm Ape would have enough time to react and wouldn’t be dragged underground like before!
“In that case, try this move of mine!”
As he spoke—
A fierce fighting spirit surged in Xu Zhengyang’s eyes, and the platinum half-body angled cloak behind him fluttered fiercely!
As his words fell—
Xu Zhengyang activated the Reverse Pulse Point, causing his spiritual energy to surge drastically!
Immediately—
With a sweep of his hand, over a hundred wisps of Spirit-Devouring Wild Flame erupted from his body, transforming into vivid flame beasts shaped like bears, wolves, tigers, and leopards, standing beside him!
Over the past days—
Though Xu Zhengyang had been busy, he hadn’t neglected training the new employees from 5090.
Precisely because of that—
With computational support from those new employees in 5090, the flame beasts formed trios into Minor Three Talents formations;
Three such formations combined into a Major Three Talents formation, lunging straight at the Iron-Arm Ape!
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Facing this overwhelming assault of flame beasts from Xu Zhengyang, any cultivator of the same tier would have despaired by now!
But whether from ignorance or fearlessness—
The Iron-Arm Ape not only showed no sign of fear, but even intensified its martial qi, brandishing the Dragon-Scale Blacksteel Staff and charging straight in!
As the Different Flame neared—
The Iron-Arm Ape spun its staff with blinding speed, forming an impenetrable shield that actually managed to block Xu Zhengyang’s flame beasts!
But two fists can’t block four hands!
With 5090’s computational boost—
Xu Zhengyang’s flame control had become even more refined, as if each flame beast possessed its own intelligence, exploiting every gap and weakness!
Because of this—
No matter how fast the Iron-Arm Ape spun the staff, it couldn’t block all the flame beasts.
In just a few breaths—
Ghostly blue flames had ignited on its black-and-grey fur!
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Sensing the dire situation, the Iron-Arm Ape rolled desperately on the ground, trying to extinguish the flames!
But how could Xu Zhengyang allow that?
The more the ape fled, the more the Different Flame clung to it!
A violent glint flashed through the Iron-Arm Ape’s eyes.
It knew that continuing this battle would mean certain death!
With a furious roar—
Its body expanded again, doubling in size, returning to the colossal gorilla form it had taken underground!
With the size increase—
The martial qi surrounding it swelled proportionally, becoming twice as intense as before!
Not only that—
Even the Dragon-Scale Blacksteel Staff in its hand thickened from the size of three fingers to the width of a bowl!
“Roar—!”
The Iron-Arm Ape roared to the sky and pounded its chest with one arm, causing its martial qi to swell even further!
Then—
It ignored the Spirit-Devouring Wild Flame still burning its fur, grabbed its staff, and charged on all fours like a tank straight toward Xu Zhengyang!
The Iron-Arm Ape’s qi exploded!
Wherever it passed, earth flew, cracks split the ground, carving a trench over three feet deep!
“Size Alteration?”
Xu Zhengyang exclaimed in surprise at the staff’s transformation, momentarily feeling a bit envious.
A weapon with size-altering abilities meant it was at least a Tier 2 artifact!
“Perfect. I still lack a proper weapon for body cultivation!”
As he spoke—
The Iron-Arm Ape had already charged up with blood-red eyes, raising the Dragon-Scale Blacksteel Staff high and preparing to smash it down on Xu Zhengyang!
Facing the rapidly approaching Iron-Arm Ape—
Xu Zhengyang could even smell its fishy breath, and the metallic tang in the air as the staff descended!
Just as he was about to be hit—
In a flash—
Xu Zhengyang activated his martial qi and released the Azure Sky Crane Feather from his back.
Then, twisting at an unbelievable angle, like a hawk, he dove beneath the Iron-Arm Ape’s crotch and soared into the sky!!
In the next instant—
A thunderous “BOOM” erupted!
Dust filled the air, and dirt blasted skyward!
Where Xu Zhengyang had just stood, the Dragon-Scale Blacksteel Staff smashed a crater over ten chi wide into the ground!
Such destructive force—
Even Chen Qiang taking it head-on would’ve lost a layer of skin!
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“???”
As the dust had yet to settle, the Iron-Arm Ape saw that its killing blow had missed.
Seeing Xu Zhengyang suddenly sprout wings, it stood stunned, not knowing how to react.
While the Iron-Arm Ape froze—
Xu Zhengyang didn’t!
Taking advantage of the ape’s daze and the cover of dust, Xu Zhengyang’s flame beasts once again surrounded it!
Then—
The beasts melted and flowed like liquid, twisting on the ground.
They formed a circular Ring of Fire ten chi in diameter, encasing the Iron-Arm Ape at its center!
Sensing danger, the Iron-Arm Ape prepared to leap out of the ring—
“Seven Kills of Departing Flame Formation!”
Xu Zhengyang shouted, and a ghostly blue flame pillar of the same diameter shot skyward, completely engulfing the Iron-Arm Ape!
Within the pillar—
The Iron-Arm Ape let out a heart-wrenching scream!
Then, its massive body began to shrink visibly!
Moments later—
As Xu Zhengyang’s spiritual energy ran dry, the flame pillar slowly dissipated, leaving only a charred corpse collapsing to the ground...