bullyxtreme Chapter 249 - 144: Blood-colored Qilin, the Great War for Points
Chapter 249 - 144: Blood-colored Qilin, the Great War for Points
Faced with this thunderous strike, Lu Jiuxiao neither dodged nor retreated. Instead, an even more frenzied, savage grin spread across his face.
He swung his own claw to meet the attack, intending to trade injury for injury, to meet force with force!
CLANG—!
As claw met palm, a deafening roar erupted!
The Scale Armor on Lu Jiuxiao’s chest instantly shattered and blood sprayed from the wound, yet he seemed to feel no pain. Harnessing the force of the impact, his other claw became a crimson afterimage as he lashed out with a backhand strike at the puppet’s throat!
However, just as his claws were about to touch the puppet’s neck...
HUM!
A crimson layer of Gangsha Armor suddenly materialized around the puppet’s neck!
Lu Jiuxiao’s claws scraped across the surface of the Gang Sha, kicking up a long trail of blinding sparks with a grating screech, but failed to penetrate any deeper!
’This puppet... it’s really in the Gang Condensation Realm!’
At this realization, many of the onlookers were filled with nothing but boundless horror.
’This is insane!’
Some of the strongest among them were only at the late stage of the Vein Opening Realm, yet this puppet was genuinely in the Gang Condensation Realm!
Even if it was just the initial stage, that was still a chasm spanning an entire major realm!
’How are we supposed to fight this?!’
BOOM!
A frenzied wave of Gang Sha erupted from the puppet, instantly sending Lu Jiuxiao flying.
He forcibly twisted his body in midair and landed, his feet gouging two trenches more than ten meters long into the ground before he finally skidded to a halt.
But far from showing any fear, his laughter grew even more maniacal. The corners of his mouth stretched almost to his ears, revealing a set of ghastly white fangs.
"Now this is what I’m talking about!"
The dark-red scales on his body grew deeper in color, and his pupils contracted into beast-like, almond shapes.
Behind him, the massive, indistinct phantom of a Qilin flickered in and out of existence!
"ROAR!"
Lu Jiuxiao let out an inhuman roar, and his speed skyrocketed once more!
The spectators only saw a streak of blood-red light flash across the arena and vanish!
RIIIIP!
In an act of extreme barbarity, he had torn the puppet’s entire right arm clean off at the shoulder!
But the puppet’s counterattack was just as fast. Its left leg, wreathed in thick Gang Sha, swung like a great axe and slammed viciously into Lu Jiuxiao!
BAM!
The blow slammed the upper half of Lu Jiuxiao’s body deep into the hard alloy floor, sending a violent tremor through the entire arena!
And yet, the next moment, to the horror of everyone watching, Lu Jiuxiao leaped up from the man-shaped crater. A large section of his chest had caved in and blood soaked his entire body, but the ferocity in his eyes only burned hotter.
He paid a terrible price—allowing the puppet to punch a hole through his chest—to viciously plunge both of his claws deep into the puppet’s torso!
"BREAK... FOR... ME!!"
With his roar, he crushed the core, which pulsed with an energy halo, into fragments!
The scarlet light in the puppet’s eyes faded completely.
Silence.
A deathly silence.
The silence held until the indifferent voice of an instructor, who stood guard at one of the exits, rang out.
"Lu Jiuxiao, 20 points. You pass!"
An uproar swept through the spectators, their gazes a complex mixture of jealousy and terror.
points!
’He actually did it!’
Lu Jiuxiao, however, seemed oblivious. He slowly withdrew his arm from the puppet’s chest, a scarlet tongue darting out to lick the blood from the corner of his mouth as his bestial eyes swept over the other puppets in the arena.
His bloodlust was up; he couldn’t stop.
Just then, the ground began to shake again as new Martial Arts Puppets rose one by one from below.
This time, there were even more of them!
Seeing Lu Jiuxiao tying up several puppets on his own, the eyes of many onlookers instantly gleamed with hope.
’A chance to fish in troubled waters!’
It was unclear who was the first to rush back into the fray, but in the next moment, the others could no longer just stand by and watch. They poured into the arena like a tidal wave.
The scramble for points had officially begun!
However, as the battlefield grew more chaotic, the excitement in Lu Jiuxiao’s eyes reached a fever pitch.
A bloody shadow rampaged through the chaotic battlefield. He ignored the low-point puppets and locked onto a newly-risen, 12-point puppet!
"Stop!"
A young man currently battling that puppet saw this and roared in fury and alarm.
"You’ve already passed!"
The bloody shadow flashed past.
Lu Jiuxiao sent the young man who had spoken flying with a casual swipe of his claw. His body slammed heavily against a distant wall, and he was knocked unconscious instantly.
Lu Jiuxiao slowly turned his head, tilting it as he looked at the surrounding competitors, who could only glare at him in silent rage. His voice was as grating as sandpaper.
"You... have no right to make demands of me."
"If you hadn’t seen me start this slaughter, would you pieces of trash have had the guts to even step into the arena?"
His words made the others burn with unbearable shame.
They were geniuses, too, and had their own pride.
But before this crazed monster, all they could do was lower their heads and swallow their anger.
Amidst the chaos, Lin Ye, who had been standing perfectly still, finally took a step.
He was entering the arena.
’He didn’t know if more puppets would appear.’
’But if this was it, he would run out of time if he didn’t start scoring points now.’
Lin Ye’s eyes swept rapidly over the hundreds of puppets in the arena.
Finally, his gaze locked onto another puppet marked with "20 points."
The next moment, Lin Ye’s figure vanished, transforming into a black bolt of lightning too fast for the naked eye to follow!
’That speed...’
’It was no slower than Lu Jiuxiao’s wild rampage!’