Chapter 743: Chapter 237: Ning Zhuo vs Xiang Yue
The blood ignited, enveloping Lord Long in a sea of torrential blood fire.
His aura surged, and even in Du Tiechuan’s deep eyes, there was a glimmer of shock and unease.
Lord Long charged at Du Tiechuan, his aura fierce, filled with the resolve to die.
Du Tiechuan retreated again and again, denying Lord Long any chance to get close.
Shuang Ling acted, almost exhausting their resources, deploying all mechanical artifacts.
Whether it was a mechanism, magic treasure, flying sword, weapon, or spell, any contact with the blood flames was dissolved, turning to nothing.
This technique self-created by Lord Long had immense power, seamlessly integrating offense and defense.
Du Tiechuan saw the truth and his heart shook fiercely again: “He’s burning both his physical body and Nascent Soul, turning all his essence into blood flames, burning brightly for a momentary brilliance!”
“This guy… truly is the backbone of the Thousand Peak Forest.”
Even as an enemy, Du Tiechuan couldn’t help but feel admiration for Lord Long.
Lord Long sighed inwardly, voluntarily stopped, and his aura quickly dissipated, his mighty form shrunk, becoming once again the appearance of a dried-up old man.
He burst forth with his final life force, yet achieved little in battle.
The enemy, equally wise and brave, did not engage him head-on.
In this regard, forcing a Transforming Spirit Level foe to retreat, Lord Long had achieved notable battle accomplishments!
Originally, Lord Long could sustain for much longer, but he voluntarily stopped, immediately arriving at his final moments of life.
At the moment of his passing, Lord Long extended a finger, and with the blood flames surrounding the shoulder armor, formed a meteor of blood fire, shooting towards… Xiang Yue.
Du Tiechuan, while wary of Lord Long, also needed to guard against a potential sneak attack by the Ginseng Whisker Dragon King. Upon seeing the blood fire meteor, he attempted interception unsuccessfully by a narrow margin.
Boom.
The blood fire meteor hit Xiang Yue directly, swiftly dissolving the military Xuan Power that had always troubled him.
Roar.
A long elephant cry, Xiang Yue raised his arms, returning to freedom!
The Artifact Spirit Child sobbed wooingly, sitting on Xiang Yue’s right shoulder, wiping tears while saying to Xiang Yue: “Big guy, the master told me during his last moments to seek refuge with you and assist you in battle. You are my new master now, you better fight well, woo, avenge my master! Woo woo woo…”
Xiang Yue extended his broad palm, gently stroking the Artifact Spirit Child’s little forehead.
The Artifact Spirit Child shrunk into the spirit armor on the shoulder, with Xiang Yue’s palm naturally landing on the shoulder armor.
“I didn’t expect Lord Long to entrust this treasure to me.” Xiang Yue lamented inwardly, his rugged hand stroking the surface of the spirit armor.
The touch was firm, yet resilient, and covered with countless fine cracks.
Despite being of Spirit Treasure Level, the shoulder armor was heavily damaged after the intense battle and required repair afterward.
Not only the spirit armor but also a mass of blood flames, seeped into Xiang Yue’s body, quickly condensing, ultimately forming large tattoos of blood flames on the Elephant King’s body.
“Martial Arts repay to life?” Xiang Yue was moved.
Lord Long passed on this martial arts legacy to Xiang Yue; the tattoos contained all the essence. Once engraved in anyone’s body, it allowed anyone to instantly master this martial art he personally created!
Xiang Yue gazed up at Du Tiechuan in the sky: “Commander Du, how long and how far will you continue to retreat?”
Du Tiechuan looked down from his high vantage, gazing at Xiang Yue, his eyes falling on the blood tattoos covering the latter’s body, somewhat troubled.
He could naturally recognize: this was Lord Long, in his determined final moments, entrusting his entire power to Xiang Yue.
Among the Alliance Army of the Thousand Peak Forest, only Xiang Yue’s physique could bear this legacy!
With blood tattoos and spirit treasure armor, Xiang Yue gained additional strength from Lord Long. His own strength was already formidable, at the peak of the Nascent Soul Level. Now, it’s like adding wings to a tiger, his power touching upon Divinity Transformation Level, posing a threat to Du Tiechuan.
“The key is, the Ginseng Whisker Dragon King still hasn’t acted. What does it intend?”
Du Tiechuan slightly frowned, always worried about the Ginseng Whisker Dragon King, not daring to go all out.
He looked at Xiang Yue, slowly spoke: “Lord Long is gone, and the Ginseng Whisker Dragon King hasn’t appeared for long — it must be injured from our first clash, unable to fight.”
“Otherwise, how could it watch your alliance army defeat, and Lord Long die?”
“Current Elephant King, a wise man knows when to yield. If you submit, I’ll grant you high rank and rich rewards.”
“Aren’t you always concerned about the development of your clan? In Liangzhu Country’s treasury, there are numerous treasures that can help your clan produce more offspring!”
The various cultivators of Thousand Peak Forest instantly looked towards Xiang Yue, filled with worry.
Xiang Yue shook his head, huffed coldly, and without hesitation rejected: “High rank and rich rewards? Just to be your ox or horse! Human Clan, huh.”
Xiang Yue was a demon cultivator; Lord Long’s Barbarian Clan identity was even easier to integrate into Liangzhu Country.
In today’s cultivation world, the Human Clan is the orthodox and dominant force, while other clans can only be vassals.
In comparison, Xiang Yue and his clan prefer to live and propagate freely in a remote place.
Failed to persuade to surrender, Du Tiechuan sighed inwardly, took the initiative to confront Xiang Yue.
With Xiang Yue’s greatly increased strength, Du Tiechuan could not ignore him.
As they exchanged blows, back and forth, explosions continuously echoed, and rocks flew.
Xiang Yue was empowered by Lord Long’s legacy, significantly surpassing his previous strength. His martial arts were straightforward, primitive and simple, with massive force that Du Tiechuan preferred not to directly confront, focusing on evasion.
Du Tiechuan’s green edge was extremely sharp, even with spirit treasure-level shoulder armor, Xiang Yue was injured by the sword edge.