novelraw Chapter 561: Battle Against the Giant-Horned Rhinoceros Leader
Chapter 561: Battle Against the Giant-Horned Rhinoceros Leader
Fang Shouye and his group followed closely to the treetop, only to see Mr. Jiang flying off with Senior Bai in flowing white garments.
"We still need to hurry with cultivation, otherwise we’ll just have to watch at such events," Yun Mo transformed into human form and patted Wan Mingchuan’s shoulder, saying, "When can we be like Senior Bai and assist Mr. Jiang at any time? That would be great."
Wan Mingchuan clenched his fists and nodded vigorously.
He also wants to have the strength to repay his master!
But the cultivation speed is already quite fast, yet the gap is still too large. Tomorrow, in the Secret Realm selection, he must take the first place! According to his grandfather’s guidance, presenting the Divine Sword to his master will be a token of his own sincerity.
"Venerable Family, several Demon Beasts have been following the leader closely." Bai Yunqi flew in mid-air on the wind with his fan, pointing to a few giant Demon Beasts in the valley, and softly asked, "Should we act separately? Shall I lure those subordinates away first?"
Jiang Yuan squinted his eyes to observe, shook his head, and said, "Be ready at any time, if things seem wrong, quickly return and withdraw them!"
Mainly, their defense is too strong, and he isn’t certain about how much attack power the newly untried skills might have. There’s no room for error in the first battle against Advanced creatures; if nothing else works, he’s prepared to use the exoskeleton equipment for direct combat, but it’s inconvenient with people nearby.
"Then be careful, Venerable Family." Bai Yunqi could already sense the dangerous aura emitted by the opponents, so he sensibly distanced himself a little.
Devouring Mountains and Rivers!
Jiang Yuan wasted no time, seeing a mountain-sized Demon Beast lounging in the valley leisurely munching and surrounded by several drooling Demon Beasts circling, so focused that they didn’t notice someone’s approach, promptly casting a group attack skill.
[Critical Strike: -60000!]
[Critical Strike: -42000]
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[Obtained random refined lifespan +1 year!]
[Current lifespan balance: 5849 years 9 months 13 days]
From afar, Fang Shouye and others suddenly saw a massive horrifying shadow of a giant beast manifest in the void, devouring the valley where the Demon Beast was located in one gulp, followed by the ground trembling slightly and the cries and howls of a Demon Beast struck with pain echoing!
"Hiss! Is this the power of High Realm cultivators?" Fang Shouye was both shocked and yearning, his excited complexion went slightly pale.
The disciples of the Celestial Sword Sect were also fired up, previously having only heard oral descriptions from their master about powerful cultivators, but never witnessed it themselves. Tonight, they truly broadened their horizons, seeing Mr. Jiang demonstrate the Heaven and Earth Dharma Aspect right from the start, what a magnificent aura!
However, Jiang Yuan, at the center of intense gazes, wasn’t too thrilled, using the strength of strikes to grasp the new skill.
While releasing the skill, he targeted the Giant-Horned Rhinoceros leader as the main focus, thus Devouring Mountains and Rivers’ impact covered the entire valley, yet primarily aimed at the big boss, evenly affecting the other Demon Beasts.
But the new skill had simultaneous critical strikes, with each health bar dropping significantly.
After obtaining the Devouring Technique, the skills merged directly; Jiang Yuan didn’t see the effect of using it, but it seems there is a certain cooldown period since Vast Mountains and Rivers initially had none, being a big move that could be used continually.
And now the comprehensive attack power of Devouring Mountains and Rivers, requiring a five-second cooldown, isn’t too bad; there are other skills to use alternatively.
So, while thinking this, he kept his hands moving, and with a soft "boom," an orange flickering flame appeared in the palm.
"What was that just now? And what is this now?" Bai Yunqi, the nearest, automatically ignored the Demon Beasts’ roars, his crimson vertical pupils watching the small flame in Venerable Family’s palm, feeling an instinctive fear brewing from his very core.
It seemed as if that harmless-looking flame would, upon even a slight contact, consume one’s soul entirely!
"Could it be... Spirit Fire?" Knowing about top-tier treasures in the world, he had heard a bit.
Such an overwhelmingly terrifying flame could possibly be a naturally occurring Spirit Fire, otherwise, apart from Immortals, no cultivator could nurture a flicker of divine flame!
Bai Yunqi was both terrified and amazed, fascinated by Venerable Family’s mighty abilities.
Jiang Yuan looked at the flame with a slight frown – the Earth Spirit Flame could burn through almost everything except Divine Artifacts at this stage, nearly invincible, but the problem is its attack power increases with level; currently, each release lasts only thirty seconds with just a small wisp of flame.
Though it’s manipulable at will, it’s a bit small.
Thinking this, he lightly flicked with his right hand while watching the flame countdown, splitting the small flame into two parts.
One part floated lightly like a warm dandelion onto the Demon Core position on the Giant-Horned Rhinoceros leader’s forehead;
The other extended into a thin almost invisible line, encircling the entire valley to prevent those panicking Demon Beasts from escaping and injuring innocents.
"Roar!"
Everything happened in a flash.
From Jiang Yuan utilizing Devouring Mountains and Rivers to summoning Earth Spirit Flame, the release of skills occurred continuously with no pauses.
The Giant-Horned Rhinoceros leader was savoring crunchy "snacks" when suddenly it felt a splitting headache, and Shaking with a swipe, it tossed aside several mangled bodies.
Just as it lifted its head to roar in preparation to confront, it felt a sudden chill on its forehead followed by burning pain.
Instinctively, it lowered its head bored to shake off the threat to its Demon Core, leaving the small flame to be "shared" with dizzy and stunned nearby subordinates already struck by a critical hit.
-2100!
-2000!
...
In Jiang Yuan’s vision, Earth Spirit Flame kept burning, trying to break through the Giant-Horned Rhinoceros’ armor-like protective layer. Unfortunately, the level is too low and the attack power somewhat weak to burn through quickly.
Thus, with another hand wave—Heaven-Burning Storm! Five Elements Cloud-Piercing Thunder!
At which point Devouring Mountains and Rivers had cooled down and another descending big move was executed.
"Bang!"
"Crack!"
The ground shook, thunder rumbled, and with two smooth combos already sent two Demon Beasts with low health bars away; while another tried to escape but collided with the almost invisible blaze.
"Sizzle!"
The air filled instantly with the smell of singed pigs and a faint aroma of roasted meat.
The weakened defense of the beast dropped drastically in a blood-deficient state, therefore crashing into the low-attack flame line still caused painful squeals.
Coincidentally, the fire on the leader’s head swayed and thrashed, pressed from front and back by flames, leaving it increasingly panicked, fleeing aimlessly.
The valley seemed to explode in chaos, all Jiang Yuan’s seamless combos concentrating on the big boss for a quick victory, with occasionally one or two Demon Beasts breaking through the fire line to flee, only to be swept back into the valley by Bai Yunqi’s fan-waving water dragon.
"Tiny creatures! Go to hell!" The blood bar of the Giant-Horned Rhinoceros leader halved in seconds, swinging off the fire threatening its Demon Core, raising its head to release a sonic boom toward Jiang Yuan!
"Duang!"
However, the Chaotic Heaven Bell descending from the sky negated most of the attack, with reduced damage and defense, Jiang Yuan losing less than 100 points of health;
Bai Yunqi wasn’t the direct target of attack initially, with Chaotic Heaven Bell’s hold for protection, his blood bar was -51 and still manageable.