Chapter 737 - 217: Soaring Power! Terrifying Immortal Appearance, Stalemate Against Paradise Palace

Chapter 737: Chapter 217: Soaring Power! Terrifying Immortal Appearance, Stalemate Against Paradise Palace

But his movements were not fast, at least... compared to the giant rat with a human head, he could only be considered average.

If this giant rat with a human head were a reference point, he seemed like a slow robot.

It was like those creatures in certain TV shows he had watched before his journey, "those with an extraordinarily large body, yet moved sluggishly. These creatures unleashed attacks the protagonists couldn’t endure, but somehow the protagonists managed to dart around them in flashes of lightning, eluding their touch"; or more directly, it was like "the battles between those giants and corps in that world of man-eating giants."

Li Yuan also felt the slowness of his speed.

Of course, compared to a Fourth Grade Martial Artist, this speed was not actually slow, but at this level, it was weak.

He used to think when watching those slow-moving monsters, "this is just a plot device," for if a monster were both strong and fast, wouldn’t the protagonist die as soon as he encountered it?

But now, he understood the reason.

Because his body was too large, though the Yin and Yang Qi in his body operated fast enough, it still slowed down due to the small distance.

Since his speed couldn’t catch up, Li Yuan thought of unleashing "Body-breaking Blade Qi."

"Body-breaking Blade Qi," "Dragon Breath," "Sea Calm Blade" were the three Dharma Gates he used most frequently before.

But upon using this, he discovered that "Blade Qi" couldn’t be used.

Upon reflection, he understood.

Blade Qi requires the condensation of the "Human Soul Fourth Grade Domain."

But he couldn’t enter the Human Soul Fourth Grade now.

Unable to use Blade Qi, Li Yuan simply unleashed a Dragon Breath slash.

The hundred-zhang Immortal Appearance was already a Withered Fire Body.

The jolting Ancestral Talisman, driving the explosion of Withered Fire itself, yet it lost the power of retraction...

In an instant, a dazzling brilliance shot out from the fingertips of the Golden Body.

This was no longer Dragon Breath; it was clearly a roaring sea of fire.

The withered, high-temperature flames stacked up in space from Li Yuan’s point, the void surged, suddenly rising, and another wave surged forward, covering nearly ten miles.

The giant rat with a human head was instantly bathed in the flames; its speed slowed significantly, black smoke billowing from its body, and its figure rapidly shrank.

But as soon as it shrank, it seemed to inflate like being filled with air.

Li Yuan pointed again.

Another fire wave pounded forward.

The giant rat was completely trapped.

Li Yuan stepped forward.

His speed could hardly be considered fast.

Perhaps this was a small flaw of the Golden Body at this level.

Or perhaps, it was a flaw of all Celestial Souls.

Li Yuan took note silently.

He was slapping the fire wave, with a Ghost Spider wrapping around his leg.

The Ghost Spider seemed to have launched an attack on him, suddenly retracting its body, scurrying backward with a "hissing" sound, quickly retreating into a black hole.

Li Yuan’s leg abruptly thickened with a "boom."

He approached the giant rat with a human head, picked it up.

The rat, only about two to three meters long, struggled in the palm of his hand.

Li Yuan held it high, brought it to his eyes, poking at this forbidden entity of the Mianzhou Path with his fingers.

Each poke sank into what seemed like a pitch-black abyss with fingertips ablaze, and the giant rat also emitted bizarre "squeak" sounds.

Li Yuan couldn’t help but burst into laughter, feeling relieved.

Having entered the Third Grade, it was hard to gauge his limits by relying on himself alone, and this kind of training was beginning to rapidly develop his understanding of himself while simultaneously enabling him to create new techniques.

Dragon Breath, Blade Qi, Sea Calm, under this Third Grade Celestial Soul, were all things of the past.

Now it seemed he would only deploy fire waves, or directly use his hands to grab, feet to stomp.

Li Yuan thought as he continued to poke the giant rat.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak."

"Ha ha ha ha ha!"

The sound of the rat mixed with his laughter.

And just as Li Yuan was laughing, a chill suddenly ran up his back.

He turned his head, but saw nothing.

Upon looking down, he saw a pitch-black membrane illuminated by the firelight in the distance.

And a dark red membrane also inflated around him.

Red and black membranes, in the air, high above, collided like two realms battling.

And standing behind that membrane was a child with venomous eyes and a dog.

A giant dog,

A massive, decaying black dog.

Both the child and the dog stared directly at him.

Li Yuan’s fingers were still poking.

Suddenly, the dog charged out.

The membrane didn’t hinder the dog at all.

The dog viciously bit Li Yuan’s neck, tearing off a piece of ember.

Simultaneously, a gap appeared in the dog’s jaw.

The dog continued to claw at Li Yuan.

Each claw left embers and sparks on Li Yuan, but they quickly recovered, while the dog melted, yet also quickly recovered.

This was a complete stalemate.

And just then, Li Yuan suddenly saw a sinister and evil bloodied character appear on the ground: ten.

He glanced at the Ghost Doll.

The Ghost Doll was staring at him menacingly.

And "ten" quickly became "nine."

The hide-and-seek countdown had begun!

Li Yuan raised his hand and tossed the giant ghost rat back, then... turned and ran.

The fight had reached its peak today; he could guess from the red and black membranes that he had already reached a level "equal" to that of the Paradise Palace.

There was no need to tussle with the entire Paradise Palace now.

As he ran, the numbers before him kept changing.

Eight...

Seven...

Six...

Five...

Bang!

Li Yuan kicked away the Ghost Dog still clinging to his leg, then dove into his own body as the counter reached "three."

During the process, "two" and "one" disappeared quickly.

The entire world fell silent in an instant.

Li Yuan immediately utilized the Illusion Technique, hiding behind a large rock.

He still remembered how he once merely avoided the Ghost Doll’s scrutiny and then everything was fine.