Chapter 821: Chapter 609: Staring Each Other Down
Da Dou’s flesh on both arms had been mostly worn away, revealing the fragmented arm bones beneath.
Bang.
He couldn’t hold on, half-kneeling down.
His arms hung powerlessly at his sides, with his blood and sweat pouring down.
His face was extremely pale, and he was gasping heavily, his once bright eyes now dim.
He was heavily injured!
The Fishman youth saw this scene, and his expression gradually changed.
Da Dou looked weary, half-kneeling on the ground, yet immediately launched a counterattack.
Combat Skill—Big Lid!
Golden Level fighting energy roared out, forming a lid that directly covered the Earth Element Clan Leader.
The Earth Element Clan Leader, still recovering, couldn’t dodge in time and was temporarily subdued.
Da Dou, despite coughing up blood, shouted behind the Earth Element Clan Leader, “Come in, help me take him away.”
Of course, he wasn’t shouting to the Earth Element Clan Leader, but to Hong Zhu.
Hong Zhu had been following closely behind him, collecting corpses along the way, delighted with her fortune. Da Dou focused on rescuing the big guy, observing without speaking or stopping her.
Hong Zhu, called out by Da Dou, felt her heart skip a beat.
As a Silver Level, participating in such a high-level battle was undoubtedly very dangerous.
However, the next moment, she bit her lip and came running in, skirting around the Earth Element Clan Leader to reach Da Dou.
As a Treasure Hunter, Hong Zhu had a strong adventurous spirit. At this moment, what she mainly considered was: since she had previously expressed goodwill to Da Dou and received massive benefits, she might as well go a step further and cooperate once more.
Hong Zhu felt that by doing so, she would gain even more benefits!
And the scene in her view was similar to Da Dou’s, with the big guy still intact, lying on the ground. Even though the battle was so intense, he remained deeply asleep.
Hong Zhu gritted her teeth and said to Da Dou, “Sir, I can’t carry him and run.”
Da Dou said, “I have storage equipment at my waist, called the packing bag, which can hold living things.”
“Take him and leave immediately!”
Hong Zhu was overjoyed; even if Da Dou died in battle, she could still grab the packing bag. This storage equipment was Golden Level!
Immediately, after receiving Da Dou’s permissions, she took the packing bag.
Da Dou forced himself to act again, breaking through the Yellow Stone Shield, battered by the Earth Breath.
Only then could Hong Zhu reach the big guy.
After using the packing bag to pack up the “big guy,” she turned and ran.
But of course, the truth was that she grabbed nothing but air, humorously packing it in the bag.
However, the Fishman youth couldn’t laugh; his mood was rather complicated.
Although Da Dou had tricked the big guy away, seeing him fight so selflessly, blood-soaked and fierce, his anger diminished greatly.
Da Dou, risking his life, gave his all against the Earth Breath, determined to protect the big guy at all costs.
“He seems genuinely intent on nurturing Xiao Guai…”
Just now, Da Dou could have avoided it, but he actively joined in, intercepting the Earth Breath.
Because at the time, the Yellow Stone Shield still protected the big guy, preventing Da Dou from picking him up to escape.
Da Dou endured over 30 seconds of the Earth Breath; despite increasingly severe injuries, he neither dodged nor retreated, holding on until the attack ended.
Shortly after Hong Zhu exited the underground cave, the big lid was overturned.
What the Earth Element Clan Leader saw was: the big guy’s lower half being taken by Hong Zhu.
Without any hesitation, he immediately turned, intending to pursue.
Da Dou leaped up, intercepting him.
The Earth Element Clan Leader, furious, clashed with Da Dou, striving to break through.
With severe injuries, Da Dou’s power greatly diminished, and he couldn’t hold on for long.
Seeing that he was about to be surpassed by the Earth Element Clan Leader, Da Dou steeled his resolve, and directly embraced the Earth Element’s body, once again using a Golden Level combat skill.
Fighting energy formed chains, firmly binding Da Dou and the Earth Element Clan Leader.
The Earth Element Clan Leader tried to break the fighting energy chains, but was temporarily unable to.
He furiously attacked Da Dou, seeking to quickly eliminate his enemy and invalidate the fighting energy chains.
Da Dou no longer had the strength to retaliate and could only use his back to endure the repeated heavy blows.
Each heavy blow made him spit out a mouthful of blood.
Soon, his spine was broken, and the wounds on his back were terrible to behold, but he still held on without releasing his grip.
Seeing that Da Dou was really about to be beaten to death, the Fishman youth sighed lightly.
At that moment, he changed his original intention.
He took action.
Through the two Divine Arts, Perception of believers and Divine Power channel, he called, “Xiao Guai.”
“Daddy!” The big guy immediately responded in his sleep.
“Xiao Guai, I’m going to use your body next. Don’t worry, you need to trust me completely.”
The Fishman youth was preparing to perform the Divine Descent Technique, his heart a bit tense as it was his first time.
Instead, the big guy nodded repeatedly, without any hesitation or delay.
“Now, call my name,” the youth said.
The big guy shouted directly, “Daddy!”
The Fishman youth was startled for a moment, then smiled, “Very good.”
Divine Skill—Divine Descent Technique!
Magnificent Divine Power poured in abruptly, starting from the Fishman youth, through the Divine Power channel, rapidly filling the big guy’s heart and chest.
In the corner, the big guy suddenly opened his eyes. But they weren’t in a normal state, as the whites flipped up, filling the eye sockets.
The next moment, Charming Blue Divine Light surged out, painting the big whites of his eyes blue.
The big guy got up and swiftly stood.
However, the controller was no longer himself but the Fishman youth.
“This feeling is quite novel.” The Fishman youth felt as if he had become the big guy, yet there was still a layer separating them.
He could feel both his own body and the big guy’s body simultaneously.
It was like being split into two people.
Without savoring the sensation, the Fishman youth launched his attack.
He first controlled the big guy to chase out of the earth hole.
In Hong Zhu’s perception, suddenly an Earth Element Body appeared ahead.
“Why are there so many?!” Hong Zhu was greatly shocked.
The Earth Element Bodies joined forces to form a tight defense line, forcing Hong Zhu to retreat.
She retreated all the way back to the previous sacrificial earth hole, only to see Da Dou being brutally beaten by the Earth Element Clan Leader, the situation extremely grim.
Da Dou was also extremely surprised to see Hong Zhu return, his mind went into disarray.
The Earth Element Clan Leader seized this battle opportunity and heavily struck Da Dou, knocking him to the ground.
Da Dou was seriously injured, dying, and had no power to intercept.
Seeing Hong Zhu return, the Earth Element Clan Leader was confused about the reason, but it didn’t stop him from laughing loudly and launching a joyous attack.
Hong Zhu’s face turned pale, in her view, she was being caught in a pincer attack.
“I lost the bet!”
“If I had known it would be like this, I wouldn’t have taken that little giant away.”
“I’m going to die!”
Hong Zhu desperately used her fighting energy, but her entire body was bound by dense earth magic. She was like an insect trapped in amber, unable to move.
At this moment of despair, Hong Zhu, Da Dou, and the Earth Element Clan Leader saw: a beam of light suddenly shot out from a package.
The light beam hit the top of the cave, then deflected downwards.
What fell on the ground was a small giant.
It was the big guy!
At this moment, the big guy held his head high and chest out, his entire body bathed in earth yellow divine light, exuding grandiose aura, and his expression revealed an indescribable majesty under his indifferent demeanor.
The big guy struck at the Earth Element Clan Leader.
With just this blow, he sent the latter flying, with most of his body collapsed.
Da Dou and Hong Zhu looked wide-eyed, staring intently at the heavenly-guardian-like big guy, both incredulous and joyful at their escape from a dire situation.
The Earth Element Clan Leader was more shocked and frightened.
Unlike the other two, he couldn’t see the big guy!
In his perception, he was inexplicably struck heavily and sent flying.
“What’s going on?!” The Earth Element Clan Leader was still in a daze, while the Fishman youth’s subsequent attack had already arrived.
The battle situation was clear at a glance.
Crushing dominance!
The big guy had the upper hand throughout, the advantage solid as a rock.
With the Fishman youth’s assistance, various Golden Level divine arts were enough to create a lethal threat.
The Earth Element Clan Leader’s state was already bad, Da Dou had weakened a lot of his combat power.
The key was the Charming Blue Divine Skill, which deceived him, making him unable to see even the real culprit. The big guy was right in front of him!
Ultimately, the Earth Element Clan Leader was scared out of his wits, facing an enemy he couldn’t see, he even abandoned this major sacrificial activity that concerned his future, directly using a magic-like Earth Walking Technique in an attempt to escape.
As a result, he was deceived, thinking he had successfully performed it, but in reality, he hadn’t managed to summon any magic.
The big guy reached him from behind, plunged into his body, and extracted his Demon Crystal.
Without the Demon Crystal, the Earth Element Clan Leader’s aura immediately plummeted to the bottom.
He reflexively looked back, gazing in the big guy’s direction, even though he couldn’t see any trace of the enemy.
The Fishman youth used divine arts and easily annihilated the Earth Element Clan Leader.
The dust settled.
The big guy walked in front of Da Dou, looking down at him.
Da Dou raised his head, barely looking at the big guy, the astonished expression gradually faded, squeezing out a complex wry smile.
“I…”
“I can’t make it.”
“Although I took you away, I really had good intentions.”
“I admit I had selfish motives, but it was beneficial for both you and Fire Island. Only there would you have the space to grow and enough resources.”
“I didn’t expect you to be a devout believer… ”
The big guy slowly raised his hand, just as Da Dou thought he was about to meet his end, a Healing Divine Technique fell upon him.
Da Dou was stunned.
The divine healing worked well, stopping his bleeding immediately, though his breath remained weak.
Then a divine contract landed in his heart.
“A slave contract?!” Da Dou was bewildered.
The big guy slowly spoke: “Live, or die?”
Da Dou lay on the ground, no longer raising his head, but instead weakly buried his face in the ground, and his wry laughter came out.
After laughing for a while, the Fishman youth felt a movement in his heart, sensing Da Dou accepted the divine slave contract.
Then he withdrew the Divine Descent Technique and before disabling the divine power channel, he advised the big guy.
Beside him, Hong Zhu watched in amazement as the big guy’s imposing aura suddenly dissipated, his majestic expression collapsed, becoming foolish.
The big guy’s eyes returned to normal, he shook his head, but the strong dizziness still prevented him from keeping his balance, he sat on the ground.
Thus, the big guy and Da Dou just stared dumbly at each other, cluelessly gazing at one another.