novelraw Chapter 1999: The Warm-Up Begins
Chapter 1999: The Warm-Up Begins
Boom!!
Enveloped in a blood aura, gripping a long spear, the Giant Ape, as large as a small mountain, made the void tremble with its first step, releasing a deafening roar.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
...
Immediately, the Giant Ape charged towards Wyatt Barnes at a sprinting speed, each step causing the void to explode open.
The series of thunderous noises caused the faces of the Holy Land disciples surrounding the death arena to turn grave, as if every step of the Giant Ape landed right on their chests.
"Bring it on!"
Facing the aggressive Giant Ape, Wyatt Barnes squinted his eyes, and in an instant, his body underwent an earth-shattering transformation.
Of course, to the Holy Land disciples around the death arena, Wyatt’s transformation appeared only in his hands and feet, exposed outside his Holy Land disciple attire.
At this moment, Wyatt Barnes’s hands and feet had transformed into four ’dragon claws.’
Moments later, as the dragon scales on Wyatt’s skin surface thickened, his exclusive Holy Land disciple attire burst apart, revealing the cold and dark dragon scales to everyone.
This unveiled Wyatt Barnes, who had transformed into a ’Dragon Warrior’!
All this happened in the blink of an eye, so fast that everyone couldn’t react in time.
Their attention was completely drawn to Wyatt Barnes’s four dragon claws.
On each of the four dragon claws, there were nine shining, icy talons.
The humanoid dragon body, nine claws, seemed to declare his extraordinary status to those around:
Nine-Clawed Dragon Warrior!
"Wings of the Golden Crow!"
At the same instant as his transformation into the ’Nine-Clawed Dragon Warrior,’ behind Wyatt, a pair of wings ablaze with blazing flames shot out, appearing in everyone’s sight, like clouds kindling the sky.
Whoosh!
On Wyatt’s right hand dragon claw, a sword appeared.
"Wyatt Barnes!!"
As soon as Wyatt drew this sword, Wade Yorke’s pupils shrank from afar, then he suddenly shouted, his voice filled with anger and hatred.
It was because he recognized the sword in Wyatt’s hand.
This sword was his brother ’Warren Yorke’s Hundred-Patterned Holy Sword!
In the next moment, Wade’s face turned red, and his hands and feet moved quickly.
The Giant Ape charging towards Wyatt Barnes eerily synchronized its movements with Wade’s actions.
It was as if Wade controlled the Giant Ape, directing it as though it were his own limbs.
"Die!!"
In the public view, the Giant Ape opened its mouth and, surprisingly, spoke in human words, roaring with anger and hatred.
The voice was unmistakably Wade Yorke’s!
At this moment, Wade seemed to take possession of the Giant Ape’s body, wielding a spear as he charged towards Wyatt Barnes.
Suddenly, controlled by Wade, the blood glow in the Giant Ape’s eyes intensified even further.
Simultaneously, the muscles on the Giant Ape’s right arm bulged dramatically, more than twice as thick as before.
Whoosh!!
The next moment, as its thick right arm swept out, the Giant Ape’s over thirty-meter-long spear turned into a mighty lightning bolt entwined with blood light, shooting straight at Wyatt Barnes.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
...
The blood-wrapped lightning, incredibly robust, as thick as an adult’s thigh, caused ripples in the void wherever it passed, stirring up thunderous explosions as if it might pierce through the sky.
Seeing this, the Holy Land disciples, who were still astonished by Wyatt Barnes truly transforming into a ’Nine-Clawed Dragon Warrior,’ couldn’t help but hold their breath.
Their eyes were glued on the scene, fearing they might miss a single remarkable moment.
"Bring it on!"
Facing the sweeping lightning spear from the Giant Ape, Wyatt Barnes’s eyes surged with battle intent. As he shouted aloud, he gripped the ’Hundred-Patterned Holy Sword’ in his hands even tighter.
Moreover, the flames on the Wings of the Golden Crow on his back seemed to freeze for an instant.
Suddenly.
Wyatt Barnes’s Wings of the Golden Crow flapped violently, and instantly two flames howled out, carrying the force of blazing wildfire, striking into the void.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
...
Suddenly, a series of explosive sounds echoed, their momentum even overshadowed by the raging spear attack from the Giant Ape controlled by Wade.
Whoosh!!
As the Wings of the Golden Crow fiercely flapped, Wyatt Barnes appeared to transform into a large fireball, like a meteor falling from the sky, heading towards the aggressive Giant Ape.
The speed of the Giant Ape’s sweeping spear was rapid, but Wyatt Barnes moved even faster!
As Wyatt’s figure nearly met the Giant Ape, he almost brushed against the shooting spear to approach it.
Moving swiftly past the spear as he flew, Wyatt could even hear the faint, piercing sound produced by the spear cutting through the air.
"Get lost!!"
The Giant Ape roared violently, sweeping the long spear in its hand towards Wyatt Barnes who was approaching, intending to knock him flying.
Wyatt Barnes, standing at just over 1.8 meters, appeared particularly insignificant in front of the thirty-plus-meter-long spear. If struck by the spear, he would surely be sent flying violently.
Even if he wouldn’t die or be crippled, he would definitely be severely injured!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
...
At the moment the spear in the Giant Ape’s hand swept out, amidst the lightning and thunder, Wyatt Barnes made his decision, suddenly flapping his Golden Crow Wings, and dashed towards the spear shaft that was coming at him.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
With three light sounds, Wyatt Barnes was already clinging to the spear shaft, his three sharp dragon claws nailed into the shaft like nails, with only one dragon claw gripping a hundred-pattern Saint Sword.
Even though Wyatt Barnes chose to land on the spear shaft with the fastest speed before the spear’s power fully exploded, he still felt a violent tremor throughout his body.
Even after the force was countered by the powerful body of the Nine Claws Dragon Warrior, his internal organs still shook tremendously.
"Wow!"
A mouthful of half-black, half-red clotted blood spurted out from Wyatt Barnes’ mouth, making his face turn alternately pale and flushed.
"Die!!"
Seeing Wyatt Barnes so decisively clinging to its spear shaft, the Giant Ape bellowed again in anger and shame, then rushed rapidly towards the Death Arena below.
As it neared the Death Arena, it shook the spear in its hand and swung it towards the Death Arena.
At that moment, Wyatt Barnes was attached to the downward spear shaft. Once the spear hit the ground, he would be smashed fiercely onto the Death Arena!
"Golden Crow Wings!"
Wyatt Barnes naturally wouldn’t sit still waiting for doom. As the Giant Ape swung the spear towards the Death Arena, he once again used his body divine ability to dodge to the side.
Almost at the instant he dodged aside, the spear in the Giant Ape’s hand finally smashed heavily onto the Death Arena.
Bang!!
With a loud boom, a deep crack extended across the Death Arena, particularly where the spearhead landed, leaving a ferocious gap.
"So strong!"
"The Death Arena is made from special materials, even a full-force strike from a peak Heavenly Saint Realm expert cannot easily leave a mark on it... Yet now, a crack appears with a single strike from Brother Wade!"
"Brother Wade truly is deserving of a First Shift Saint Immortal powerhouse, incredibly strong!"
...
At this moment, a group of Holy Land disciples in the audience around the Death Arena finally had the chance to speak, and their voices were filled with unanimous admiration for Wade Yorke’s strength.
"However, Wyatt Barnes isn’t slow either!"
"Indeed... Even with such a swift spear swung by Wade Yorke controlling the Giant Ape, he managed to dodge. His speed is unmatched even below the Saint Immortal Realm!"
"I’ve long heard that the movement divine ability Wyatt Barnes mastered is even more powerful than the sacred Vermilion Bird Altar’s foundational movement divine ability... Seeing it today, it truly lives up to its reputation!"
...
Moments later, many Holy Land disciples exclaimed about Wyatt Barnes’s movement divine ability ’Golden Crow Wings’.
"This Wyatt Barnes’s strength is indeed impressive."
Meanwhile, even Reuben Willow could not help but express his admiration.
"Brother Willow, I’ve told you he’s not simple."
Kori Willow, sitting next to Reuben, raised an eyebrow, feeling a sense of pride since Reuben had not been optimistic about Wyatt Barnes before.
"Don’t celebrate too soon!"
However, Reuben’s following words poured cold water on Kori Willow’s enthusiasm.
"So far, Wade has only used an intermediate-level offensive divine ability... Although his intermediate-level offensive divine ability ’Three Flowers Aligned’ is among the best of its kind."
"But, as far as I know, he also possesses an advanced-level movement divine ability! However, this advanced-level movement divine ability requires his true body to perform."
"This Giant Ape is merely a clone formed by his intermediate-level offensive divine ability ’Three Flowers Aligned’, strong as it is, it’s not his true strength!"
Reuben Willow’s words were precise and insightful.
Hearing Reuben’s words, even Kori Willow, who was quite confident in Wyatt Barnes, couldn’t help but look serious.
"Moreover, Wade is after all a True Disciple, who knows what hidden tricks he may have... Even if he doesn’t have powerful hidden means, being the son of the Fifth Elder of North Qi Sect, he surely has something to save himself at a crucial moment, like the ’Forbidden Pill Medicine’!"
Reuben Willow continued.
He had just learned about Wade Yorke’s additional ’identity’ from the conversations of many Holy Land disciples in the audience.
Wade Yorke, son of the Fifth Elder of North Qi Sect, Russel Yorke!
"Forbidden Pill Medicine?!"
Upon hearing Reuben’s words, Kori Willow’s expression changed once again.
If a First Shift Saint Immortal like Wade Yorke took a ’Forbidden Pill Medicine’, wouldn’t his power likely soar to ’Second Shift Saint Immortal’ in a short time?
Kori Willow had every reason to believe:
If it was the Forbidden Pill Medicine given to Wade by Russel Yorke, the Fifth Elder of North Qi Sect, it definitely has the potential to enhance his strength this much!
"If Wyatt Barnes has no more tricks up his sleeve, he can’t possibly be Wade’s opponent... It’s just, when he came to me to mortgage this bow, I vaguely sensed a strong confidence radiating from him!"
Looking at the seemingly tattered bow in his hand, then at Wyatt Barnes, Life and Death Hall steward Asaiah Nigel couldn’t help but ponder:
"Where does he get such confidence?"