novelraw Chapter 1299: The Bootlicker Comes to the Rescue
Chapter 1299: The Bootlicker Comes to the Rescue
"Where can we go? We’ve lived here for generations, and without Dingbian City, where would we find a way to survive?" The elder who had stood up for Doctor Sun gave a bitter smile and said to Han Yan and Doctor Sun, "Lord Mu, Doctor Sun, you should leave immediately. We swear to live and die with Dingbian City, and perhaps we can buy you a little time.""Sworn to defend our homeland, ready for a fight to the death!"
"Fight to the death!"
The people around the elder also shouted in unison, their fighting spirit high.
Looking into the elder’s earnest eyes and hearing the thunderous cries around him, Mu Hanyan felt deeply shaken.
"Doctor Sun, let’s go. The citizens of the city have benefited from your kindness, but they have no way to repay you. I just hope today’s efforts won’t be in vain and will help you escape safely," the elder said to Doctor Sun, then turned and rushed outside the city.
His strength was not bad either, at the Sword Master realm. He seemed to be the clan leader of some clan in Dingbian City, otherwise, he wouldn’t have dared to confront Wu Ziyue face to face.
The people also drew their longswords and followed closely behind.
"Lord Mu, what about us?" Doctor Sun glanced at the desperate people behind him, then hesitantly looked at Mu Hanyan, clearly reluctant to leave them behind.
As a doctor, he had a different perspective. When he first saw Mu Hanyan, he felt she looked familiar. Later, hearing her identify herself, he easily guessed her previous cross-dressing, so he wasn’t too surprised.
"We... kill!" Mu Hanyan slowly drew the Cold Sky Sword, pointed the tip of the sword, and said resolutely.
In a flash, Mu Hanyan flew forward, with Huayue and the others moving almost simultaneously, following her like stars surrounding the moon.
Although the elder’s strength was impressive and the people following him were full of fighting spirit, compared to the Chaotic Beasts, their strength was still far from enough.
In just a face-off, including the elder, over a hundred people were knocked flying, with at least half dying instantly, and the rest severely injured.
The Chaos raised its giant palm, ready to slam it down on the severely injured elder.
"Courting death!" Mu Hanyan shouted angrily, the Cold Sky Sword slashing down.
The dazzling Sword Light streaked across the sky like a falling star, bringing with it a cold chill, spreading frost and snow as if winter had arrived.
With this strike, Mu Hanyan held nothing back, unleashing her most powerful Star Falling Eight Desolate Sword and Sword Transformation Technique simultaneously.
Though she knew this strike would consume nearly a third of her Qi, she could not afford to worry about that.
The Chaos Beast’s high-raised giant palm suddenly froze, as even one of the legendary Four Great Fierce Beasts felt a deep-seated dread towards Mu Hanyan’s sword strike. With a low growl, the Chaos swept its mighty hand towards Mu Hanyan.
The Sword Light flashed, and the Cold Sky Sword slashed into a millstone-sized giant palm. Without the crisp sound of metal striking metal, Mu Hanyan felt a lightness in her hand. Her full-force sword strike felt like cutting into a mass of cotton, powerless and unsettlingly empty.
The Chaos also released a pale yellow light from its body, its innate ability—Chaos Skill!
Mu Hanyan was taken aback. Like her Cangxuan Cloud Silk’s Absolute Defense, both Divine Beasts and Exotic Beasts have limits to their innate abilities. Although the Chaos God Beast’s innate ability could turn the attacked part of its body into a mud-like chaotic state to deflect forces of attack, it too, had limits.
Mu Hanyan hadn’t expected that her all-out, unreserved strike failed to inflict even the slightest damage on the Chaos Beast.
Clearly, the Chaos before her was much stronger than the resurrected Qiongqi and Taowu. At least on those two, she hadn’t witnessed any impressive innate abilities. Qiongqi had easily defeated the Fierce Stone Demon due to natural beast rivalries, which might not work against other Exotic Beasts, not to mention compared with true Divine Beast abilities.
Amid surprise, Mu Hanyan also sensed trouble, hastily trying to withdraw her longsword. But under the influence of the Chaos Beast’s innate ability, the Cold Sky Sword felt as if mired in quicksand, stuck fast despite her efforts.
At this moment, Huayue and the others arrived, simultaneously slashing out with their longswords.
As Sword Light flickered, the Chaos Beast radiated a burst of yellow light again. The longswords of several people struck its body, yet failed to harm it, instead becoming stuck, unable to withdraw.
"Heh... Heh... Heh..." The Chaos Beast emitted a bizarre laugh, its other giant palm hurtling towards Mu Hanyan.
"Watch out!" The severely injured elder exclaimed, trying to rise to help, but failing to stand.
From Anding City, anxious cries echoed as well.
Huayue and the others felt their hearts sink. Never did they expect that with their collective strength, they couldn’t harm the Chaos at all but rather were restrained by it.
The legendary Four Great Fierce Beasts truly lived up to their fame.
"Taowu!" Mu Hanyan shouted in her heart.
Though she knew that given its current strength, let alone a mere Beast Soul Avatar, even its true presence would be no match for the Chaos Beast, yet besides it, Mu Hanyan found no other help.
"Master, I’m coming, I’m here again. Which disrespectful fool has offended my unparalleled and invincible master... Uh!" the familiar flattering calls of Taowu echoed from the sky but stopped abruptly.
"My goodness, why did this guy appear, why have you provoked this monster again!" Taowu babbled in panic, almost turning to flee, but remembering the Master-Servant Contract, forced itself to charge the Chaos Beast head-on.
"It’s... it’s... you!" the Chaos Beast paused, a tone of detest evident in its speech.
"How dare you, monster, offend the master of Taowu? I, I will scratch you to death." Taowu bared its teeth and claws, pouncing toward the Chaos. It’s no wonder it spoke such unambitious words—given its current strength, and only being a Beast Soul Avatar, it could bully some others, but with the Chaos, it resorted to scratching.
The Chaos didn’t pay attention to its words. Being one of the Four Great Fierce Beasts as well, they were old rivals and dared not underestimate Taowu. Of course, this was also because it didn’t know Taowu’s current condition—unaware that it was merely a Beast Soul Avatar.
Suddenly releasing Mu Hanyan and the others, the Chaos focused intently, swinging its giant palm towards Taowu.
Seeing Chaos let go of Mu Hanyan, Taowu finally breathed a sigh of relief. Its greatest fear was Mu Hanyan facing inevitable doom, dragging it to accompany her in death. Taking a million years to revive with just a few drops of Divine Beast Essence Blood, it certainly didn’t want to die a meaningless death.
"Idiot, do you really think I’ll scratch you? Fighting someone as stupid as you would dirty my hands, off I go!" Taowu, never daring to truly confront Chaos, turned and fled as soon as Mu Hanyan was safe, but not before spewing some empty bravado.
(The weather’s getting hotter~ Dabai is turning into a roasted salted fish, anyone wants a taste? It should be good. Adding an extra Chapter today, meekly asking for monthly tickets and recommendation tickets. Today is June 1st, happy holidays, may everyone have a childlike heart and be happy every day.)