Immortality from Taming Elephant-Chapter 505 - 231: Pillaging, Passing the Assessment
Those who came to participate in the assessment were not all lone wolves like Xu Guang; many were friends knowing each other well from the same Great State.
Small groups existed, even though the rules did not allow joint hunting, the cooperation did not necessarily have to be overt. They could collaborate with someone responsible for luring, someone for constraining, and someone for the frontal hunt.
At the same time, only one person fights the demon, thus eliminating the possibility of cooperation.
This was the real purpose behind Bai Xiaozhu seeking collaboration with Xu Guang.
Only now did she realize that the bug she’d painstakingly discovered seemed laughable compared to what Xu Guang was currently doing.
In the distant woods, four figures — men and women — were meditating and nurturing their bodies, with their breaths gently converging and dispersing as streams of Qi Force filled the air.
Suddenly, a woman in silver armor with a delicate face opened her eyes, looking into the distance.
"Who’s there?"
Her words fell, and several companions beside her simultaneously opened their eyes, looking towards where the woman’s gaze pointed.
It was a piece of bluestone, covered with an array of bizarre black underground plants, with dense sharp serrated edges on the leaves.
"Good eyesight."
A voice of admiration came from behind the bluestone, and suddenly a young man dressed in black, draped with a black cloak, appeared on the stone with a look of interest at them.
"Marauder?"
Xu Guang paused for a moment and then reacted, nodding frankly, "It seems you understand my purpose."
The woman in silver armor sneered, pointing to a stone behind several people. Upon it was a person with limbs severed, shivering beside the bluestone.
"He was the last one who tried to maraud us. You’re more daring; he only tried to rob me alone, but you intend to rob all of us. I don’t know if it’s confidence or something else, but your end will surely be more tragic than his."
After speaking, the silver-armored woman let out a crisp shout.
"Zhou Tong."
Suddenly, the sturdy man with pitch-black skin sprang up, a stunning Dragon Qi rising from his body. The splendor flashed, resembling a Divine Dragon entwined around him as he shot into the sky.
In an instant, a glittering advance.
Interesting...
Xu Guang’s lips curved into a smile, standing still without moving, yet with countless Sword Qi suddenly appearing, as if metallic limbs extended from him.
The sharp Sword Qi, like an extension of Xu Guang’s limbs, screeched through the air and entwined with the Dragon Qi from the sturdy man.
In a flash, the sound of metal clashing against the opponent echoed incessantly, though now the opponent had clearly performed some dragon transformation divine technique, greatly strengthening the physical body. Xu Guang’s Sword Qi falling upon him did not cause much damage.
But the sturdy man could barely lift his head under Xu Guang’s suppression, roaring angrily, like thunder raging and intertwining in the air.
An extremely stifling sensation surged in his heart.
His sword techniques were very simple; neither their transformation nor the Martial Techniques were too profound, yet within this Qi Force formed by Sword Qi, there existed a mysterious power. The attack strength was four times greater than the eye could perceive.
Under such circumstances, he dared not be careless.
Xu Guang watched him leisurely, with one hand forming a Sword Pointing, commanding the Sword Qi behind him, while most of his attention was focused on the remaining three.
"Is he your main attack force? If so, hand over the demon’s artifact, and this will end."
The woman in silver armor, along with the other two, looked displeased; yet despite not being their main attacker, the sturdy man’s strength was not inferior, only slightly below Han Yue among the four.
However, even Han Yue couldn’t possibly achieve complete suppression of the sturdy man with sheer Sword Qi techniques, without any divine techniques.
Simply handing over the artifact wasn’t a condition they could accept; they traveled thousands of miles to Jizhou not to serve another’s interest. Regardless, there must be a fight today.
The woman in silver armor, Han Yue, looked grave, "Together."
Xu Guang chuckled and shook his head slightly.
"People always like to harbor fantasies."
Ding.
Raising his hand, it transformed into gold; the woman in silver armor suddenly appeared on the upper left, with a long spear precisely piercing Xu Guang’s palm, ringing with a sound reminiscent of metal clashing.
Clenching his fist, he firmly grasped the spear tip.
Xu Guang flashed a grin at the woman, whose face changed drastically, feeling an overwhelming force suddenly emanating from the long sword, unable to switch techniques in time, she was abruptly pulled over by Xu Guang, a palm.
Han Yue hurriedly raised an arm to block.
Her arm felt a tremendous vibration, her silver armor instantly cracked, spewing blood as she flew backward.
Xu Guang tossed the long spear, flinging it towards Han Yue’s figure.
Fortunately, Han Yue’s partner quickly appeared in front of her, taking the spear, but their face instantly changed, requiring their full strength merely to perfectly deflect the casual force, retreating tens of meters, with two long fissures cracking open on the ground.
The sturdy man, constantly enduring amidst Xu Guang’s Sword Qi, finally erupted, "Stop!"
A dragon shadow flashed across him, muscles visibly growing swollen in an instant, transforming into a six-meter-tall, half-human-half-dragon creature, with pitch-black skin all over, a pair of fierce dragon horns atop his head, emanating an ancient savage ferocity.
