Chapter 495: Section 282: Huge Advantage
The Dragon-man youth’s linear speed not only skyrocketed, but his directional speed was even faster.
Because from his elbows, palms, back, legs, down to his soles, Ring Mounds that emitted smoke could grow.
This allowed him to propel himself in various directions.
Previously, he wouldn’t have been able to achieve this level.
He used to only simultaneously utilize two Ring Mounds on his back; any more than that, and he would lose control.
Having absorbed the experience from his battle with the Spring Boxer, the Dragon-man youth had significantly improved his ability to maneuver.
This allowed him to comfortably control a third Ring Mound.
Since the battle began, Xiong Ju had never found himself in such a predicament!
He felt incredibly ashamed and impatient.
After the Dragon-man youth’s speed had drastically increased, it led to an explosive increase in the pace of the fight.
Xiong Ju couldn’t adapt to this pace, and under the constant assaults of the Dragon-man youth, he found it tough to utilize his Combat Skills.
Such a battle gave him a strong sense of frustration.
Xiong Ju, infuriated, threw his head back and roared, straightened his body vigorously, and swung the Golden Flower Steel Saw ferociously around him.
He hoped to push back the Dragon-man youth with this, creating space to regather his strength.
But clearly, he thought too much.
These large movements were completely full of flaws in the eyes of the Dragon-man youth.
In an instant, the Dragon-man youth stomped on the ground, his body straight, almost clinging to the floor tiles, and shot forward.
Like a huge arrow shot from a Bed Crossbow.
The next moment, the Dragon-man youth hit with full force, colliding into Xiong Ju’s shins.
Xiong Ju’s shins were hit so hard that they flipped backward, making him instantly lose his footing, and the Dragon-man youth tripped him in the process.
The Dragon-man youth took the opportunity to use the Combat Skill, Blast Fist, to directly blast Xiong Ju away.
Xiong Ju’s feet left the ground, reaching a height of about two meters.
His body was extremely heavy, and it quickly began to fall.
But in the next moment, the Dragon-man youth appeared right below Xiong Ju.
Realizing the danger but unable to leverage in mid-air, Xiong Ju couldn’t adjust his posture in time.
The Dragon-man youth punched upward.
Combat Skill—Blast Fist!
Although the power of Blast Fist was blocked by the roaming full body armor, the residual force still made Xiong Ju, who had just dropped a little, rise into the air again.
The Dragon-man youth forcefully stomped on the ground, Ring Mounds appeared under his feet, emitting yellow flames.
A strong explosive force immediately generated under his soles, combined with the rising force from his thigh and calf muscles, propelled him upwards like a rocket.
In mid-air, Xiong Ju finally adjusted his posture.
He looked down at the approaching Dragon-man youth, his hands tightly clutching the Golden Flower Steel Saw, raised high above his head and then violently slashed towards the Dragon-man youth.
This posture was ideally suited for executing the Combat Skill “Great Mountain Cleaver.”
But with the Dragon-man youth’s fighting pace too fast, Xiong Ju attempting to forcefully use a Combat Skill would certainly expose even bigger flaws.
However, even a regular vertical slash, as a weapon of the Golden Level, the Golden Flower Steel Saw still had impressive offensive power.
Facing the slashing Golden Flower Steel Saw, Ring Mounds suddenly sprouted on the Dragon-man youth’s left shoulder, left arm, and left leg.
A total of five Ring Mounds, clicking in unison, generated tremendous kinetic energy, instantly shifting the Dragon-man youth out of harm’s way.
The Dragon-man youth easily dodged the slash of the Golden Flower Steel Saw, quickly disappearing again from Xiong Ju’s field of vision.
When Xiong Ju located the Dragon-man youth, the latter had already surged to his right side.
Xiong Ju took another hit from the Dragon-man youth and fell to the ground.
Instead, the Dragon-man youth leaped up, using the propulsive force from the Ring Mounds to rise to a higher altitude.
In the air, he flicked his dragon tail, easily and swiftly adjusting his posture into a dive.
He placed both his hands behind him, with his palms facing backward.
His whole body dove straight down toward Xiong Ju, who was still in mid-air, continually falling.
To gain maximum propulsion, the three large Ring Mounds on the Dragon-man youth’s back, four Ring Mounds on his thighs and calves, and the Ring Mound in his palms, all continuously ejected yellow flames with clicking sounds.
The speed of the Dragon-man youth therefore skyrocketed.
He shot down like a bomb, his speed stirring up the wind.
Xiong Ju heard the approaching whoosh of the wind and swiftly waved his arms, trying to defend with the Golden Flower Steel Saw.
But in the next moment, the Dragon-man youth had already harshly collided with him.
Combat Skill—Blast Fist!
The explosion from the fist hit Xiong Ju’s abdomen.
The roaming full body armor was hit, creating the biggest splash yet, almost splitting into upper and lower halves along the middle line of Xiong Ju’s abdomen, exposing the biggest defensive gap since the battle began.
Fortunately, there was still a layer of Silver Armor.
But Xiong Ju’s whole body bent from the impact, and his lower back jutted out sharply.
The Dragon-man youth took a deep breath, then executed the Combat Skill—Machine Gun Battle Fist.
Bang bang bang bang bang…
In a moment, fists blurred flying, Dragon Fist raining!
In Xiong Ju’s vision, it was completely filled with countless fists.
His head, chest, arms, legs, and abdomen all suffered heavy hits from the fists.
Pain and fear rose in his heart, replacing the earlier impatience and fury.
Xiong Ju realized: if he couldn’t endure this round of attacks, he would inevitably face defeat!
Combat Skill—Black Armor!
At the critical moment of victory or defeat, Xiong Ju exerted all his strength and took a risk to execute defensive fighting skills.
Under such circumstances, doing so was very risky.
Generally speaking, defensive fighting skills should be executed slightly in advance and, ideally, in an undisturbed situation in order to be safe and effective.
Xiong Ju’s entire body was suffering from a barrage of punches; external forces engulfed his entire body, and the pain also intensely disrupted him.
Fighting skills are not always successfully executed.
Once the circulation of fighting energy inside the body did not succeed, the execution would fail.
The consequences of failure were light as spitting blood, but in severe cases, internal injuries could lead to near death!
In order to win, Xiong Ju had no choice but to take a risk.
But fortunately, this time, his risk paid off.
Xiong Ju’s foundation was quite solid.
He trained multiple combat skills to become a kind of instinct.
When crisis struck, his instincts became even stronger, forcibly resisting the powerful external disruption and executing the defensive fighting skill.
In an instant, Xiong Ju’s skin turned black and became extremely hard.
The Dragon-man youth’s fists struck him, creating a series of sounds like hitting metal.
At the same time, Xiong Ju raised both arms, firmly protecting his head while curling his body as much as possible to reduce the area that could be struck.
The fighting skill Machine Gun Bullet Fist was superior in its high frequency of punches, but in terms of instantaneous output, it was not comparable to Blast Fist.
The youth failed to break Xiong Ju’s defensive posture.
Soon, the Little Thunder God Flying Hammer whizzed in, disrupting him again.
The Dragon-man youth was full of fighting spirit, not dodging or evading, enduring the continuous hammering of the Flying Hammer and always executing Machine Gun Bullet Fist.
In this way, the Dragon-man youth started attacking from the air, continuously striking Xiong Ju until he fell to the ground.
Xiong Ju fell to the ground, and the Dragon-man youth stood on him, continuing to beat him furiously!
“I can’t believe I’ve been knocked down, damn it, get up!” Xiong Ju was immensely irritated in his heart.
Facing an opponent of the same level, he was rarely so passive and embarrassed.
It had always been him on top and the opponent below; when had he ever been put at such a disadvantage!?
The Dragon-man youth was the strongest Silver Level opponent he had ever encountered.
The Silver Armor faced flaws when confronted by the Dragon-man youth’s Machine Gun Bullet Fist, showing continuous vulnerabilities that could no longer protect Xiong Ju.
Xiong Ju’s leather armor also showed multiple damages under the onslaught of the Machine Gun Battle Fist.
He felt the intense pain from the rain-like punches, striving to maintain the defensive fighting skills to protect himself.
Xiong Ju was completely put into a passive state.
If it continued like this, and he could not turn the tables, he would be continuously brutalized by the Dragon-man youth until his own defeat.
However, the Golden Flower Steel Saw was knocked aside.
The Black Bear Armor was a formidable fighting skill, but the route of the fighting energy’s circulation covered almost his entire half body.
In this state, Xiong Ju couldn’t use other fighting skills.
But no matter, he still had his bloodline’s inherent magic-like ability.
Magic-like ability—Bear Roar!
The Dragon-man youth saw him open his mouth and was already on guard, letting out an inevitable sigh in his heart and immediately retreating.
Xiong Ju’s methods were not just limited to this.
He also used his spirit to manipulate the Little Thunder God Flying Hammer.
The Flying Hammer circled to the rear, obstructing the Dragon-man youth.
But the speed of the Dragon-man youth had already changed drastically compared to before, easily turning and dodging the Flying Hammer with ease.
The next moment, the Bear Roar erupted.
The Dragon-man youth had completely dodged it.
Although he had taken potions specifically provided by Zi Di before the fight to withstand the Bear Roar, the effects of the potion were not completely effective in allowing him to face it.
Xiong Ju quickly rose up, gasping for breath, finally extricating himself from the predicament.
Among the audience, the members of the Saber Gang, who had been on tenterhooks, saw Xiong Ju finally escape his troubles, exhaled a sigh of relief, and immediately cheered loudly, boosting Xiong Ju’s morale, hoping to see him fiercely regain the momentum.
Teng Donglang, seeing this, relaxed slightly in the shadows.
When Xiong Ju had been flung into the air by the Dragon-man youth, his heart jerked, becoming nervous.
Xiong Ju was only of Silver Level, he had no ability to fly.
Once airborne, without any points to exert force, he would be put in a passive state of being struck.
In this respect, the Dragon-man youth had a stark contrast.
Although the Dragon-man youth had no ability to fly, the Ring Mound would provide him with strong momentum, allowing him to exert force and adjust his position and speed even in an airborne state.
“Fortunately, the skills and power of the Long Fu cannot keep Xiong Ju continuously airborne.”
“The defensive fighting skills of Xiong Ju also played a role at this crucial moment,” thought Teng Donglang.
The recent situation had been a huge opportunity for the Dragon-man youth.
But with the current strength of the Dragon-man youth, he could only take advantage of creating this opportunity and form the upper hand, without being able to completely turn this advantage into a winning momentum.
Xiong Ju picked up the Golden Flower Steel Saw, gripped it with both hands, regrouped, and continued the fierce battle with the Dragon-man youth.
Being deeply attentive, Xiong Ju was very cautious now, determined to prevent himself from being struck into the air by the Dragon-man youth again.
Bear Roar had helped him to smoothly break free, and he wanted to use it again to restrain the Dragon-man youth.
However, the practical effect wasn’t good.
The Dragon-man youth’s defense against the roar was excellent. His increased speed helped him easily avoid the attack of Bear Roar.
The Little Thunder God Flying Hammer was becoming less effective.
“Damn, how is his speed still increasing?” Xiong Ju, noticing this phenomenon, felt a chill in his heart.