Chapter 671 - 36: Bronze Pellet Thunder Skill, Hundred-Form Demon Lord

Chapter 671: Chapter 36: Bronze Pellet Thunder Skill, Hundred-Form Demon Lord

"..."

She didn’t flee straight along the wide main road.

Instead, with tears forced back, Xiao Ling darted toward the remote mountain forest.

This was experience the old man had once taught her: dense jungle could cover many things, including a fleeing back and the footprints left along the way.

If the attacker this time had been an ordinary person, or even an ordinary Demigod...

Xiao Ling would have been able to rely on the experience her grandpa passed down to finally escape alive.

Unfortunately, her opponent this time was no mortal; such common tricks were completely useless.

If not for Li Boyang’s presence, the man wouldn’t even have bothered using these "cumbersome" conventional methods at all.

Whoosh!

The familiar cold wind swept through the forested mountain.

The next second, the man’s figure appeared directly in front of Xiao Ling.

Holding the old man in one hand, he stood steadily on a nearby tree branch, his brows carrying nothing but a practiced ease as if it weighed nothing.

"Be good and come with me."

"You’re very talented. Don’t waste your own talent."

Overlooking Xiao Ling from above, the man’s voice was abnormally gentle.

Because he had already seen Xiao Ling’s potential; she possessed a talent even better than that old man’s.

Given time, she would definitely grow into an artificer more outstanding than the old man.

By then, even if the old man ultimately failed like other artificed people, the man would still have Xiao Ling as a backup option.

As for the time needed to cultivate Xiao Ling?

At the level of the man’s strength, the last thing he lacked was time.

"In your dreams!"

Staring at the old man dangling from the man’s hand, Xiao Ling clenched her teeth, raised both hands again, and aimed the Talisman Launcher at him.

Bang!

With a deafening gunshot, the bolt of lightning she’d expected never fell.

Because the man merely extended two fingers in front of himself and precisely clamped the fired talisman.

The special copper pellet inscribed with a Thunder Talisman spun at high speed, yet it could never truly be triggered.

"This is actually the latest version of ’Copper-Pellet Thunder Skill’?"

"If I remember correctly, this special way of inscribing talismans is unique to that group of Holy Demons, isn’t it?"

"How rare. Looks like you’ve gotten a lot of good stuff from the Holy Demons."

Letting out a rare sigh of admiration, the man had long heard of this [Copper-Pellet Thunder Skill]. ℯℯ𝘭.

Compared to ordinary Thunder Talismans made with talisman paper...

This Thunder Talisman made with special copper pellets not only had greater stability, its power also far surpassed common talismans.

If there was a single flaw to this [Copper-Pellet Thunder Skill], it was that the difficulty of crafting it was extremely high, so it still hadn’t been mass-produced on a large scale.

"What a pity. Falling into your hands, something this good is simply being squandered."

Before he finished speaking, the man leaped down from the tree, tossing the copper pellet aside as he moved.

Boom!

In an instant, a thunderbolt that banished evil and slew fiends struck the tree, reducing the large trunk directly to charcoal.

Realizing the danger, Xiao Ling decisively turned and tried to rush toward the main road at the side, not forgetting to shout for help.

"Help! There’s an evil fiend trying to kill someone!"

This sudden scene made the man pause, then an indescribably subtle smile slipped unbidden to the corner of his mouth.

"Your reaction is quite fast, but who exactly are you expecting to save you?"

With just a single step forward, the man’s figure appeared behind Xiao Ling.

Whether it was his nature, or the continued resistance of the granddaughter and grandpa had stirred some desire in him...

Clearly able to capture Xiao Ling with a mere wave of his hand, the man instead fully enjoyed this cat-and-mouse thrill.

Rumble, rumble, rumble!

Just then, a rapid string of thunderous sounds came from the far end of the road.

In a flash of lightning, a huge axe half a man tall ripped through the air and hacked viciously toward the man’s head.

"What?"

His pupils shrank sharply as the man instinctively raised a hand to block.

The result once again surprised him.

The great axe actually cleaved straight through his arm as easily as chopping a piece of dead wood.

Not only that, this heavy, forceful strike even split his body in two, gouging a huge trench in the ground behind him.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle...

Flesh regrew, fleshy buds bit into each other.

Split in half, the man stood steadily where he was as the newly grown flesh buds dragged the two halves back together.

From afar, the scene was both horrifying and eerie.

"What kind of monster are you?"

"You actually dare cause trouble on the Xingtian Clan’s turf!?"

As the rolling dust dispersed, the burly Luo Lan stood in front of Xiao Ling, glaring angrily at the man as he demanded.

The earlier sprint had consumed far too much stamina.

Both of them present could clearly hear Luo Lan’s pounding heartbeat and heavy breathing.

"If I’m a monster, then what are you?"

While slowly repairing his body, the man retorted, unwilling to back down.

From a bystander’s perspective, the commotion caused by Luo Lan’s mad dash and the power of that axe just now were in no way inferior to the man’s display.

This was obvious from Xiao Ling’s wide-eyed, dumbstruck expression.

If not witnessed personally, it was truly hard to believe there were humans in this world with bodies so overwhelmingly strong.

"Hmph! I was being stupid, what’s the point of talking to a monster like you."

"Since you dare cause trouble on the Xingtian Clan’s turf, I’ll just kill you!"

With a vicious low growl, Luo Lan suddenly smashed a fist toward the man.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Seeing this, the man no longer bothered to keep repairing his body and immediately used one hand to respond.

One hand held the old man; with the other, he slapped, struck, or pulled to dissolve Luo Lan’s fierce attacks.

He seemed completely unafraid of Luo Lan’s strength; coupled with his footwork as he moved, he even gave off a carefree, unrestrained air.

"Sealed Cicada Step?"

"Isn’t that the Tao Gao Clan’s incommunicable secret?"

"How did you learn this footwork? Are you a Witch of the Tao Gao Clan?"

Watching the man handle everything with ease, Luo Lan felt the problem had suddenly gotten far more complicated.

The Tao Gao Clan was one of the strongest Fang Kingdoms of Great Xia.

Their Witches were appearing on Xingtian Clan territory and had even attacked a performer from the Yanshi Kingdom?

Yet before Luo Lan could think further, the man suddenly smiled, then formed a Witch hand seal with one hand.

Whoom!

In that instant, the earth suddenly surged.

Next, a familiar surge of blood Qi erupted from the man’s body.

It was the unique War Witch power of the Xingtian Clan, also the Innate Divine Power that let the Xingtian Clan grow stronger the more they fought, and fight more the stronger they grew.

Even within the Xingtian Clan, only those Great Witches who specialized in battle could awaken this power.

"How is this possible!?"

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