LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 37 - The Pig-Headed Always Remain Pig-Headed!
Chapter 37: The Pig-Headed Always Remain Pig-Headed!
The Nightmare Spider trembled all over.
Countless dark green acid liquids gushed out from its mouth.
Drip-drip-drop—they fell onto the arena floor.
Sizzling…
The Obsidian Platform emitted a waft of corrosive smoke.
The Nightmare Spider suddenly opened its mouth wide, spraying a dense purple-black fog in front of it.
The fog, eerie like a demon, twisted and danced.
Before people could understand its action, a booming sound erupted.
A crescent-shaped Blade Kick Wave roared out from within the purple-black fog.
This rapidly spinning Blade Kick Wave not only carved a giant fissure in the Obsidian Platform but also surged forward wildly, slicing into the base of a floating rock island.
Howl!
The Blade Kick Wave cut through the rock as effortlessly as a sharp blade through butter.
It cleaved a massive crack at the bottom of the rock island.
The newcomers on the rock island were thrown into chaos, scattering in fright.
Fortunately, after being drained by the Nightmare Spider’s Nightmare Space and the base of the rock island, the Blade Kick Wave had exhausted all its energy, bursting into a violent shockwave and hurricane, spreading crazily with millions of stone fragments…
Boom, boom, boom!
It was unknown how much time passed before the storm of source energy finally subsided.
The newcomers looked at each other in dismay. No wonder Prince Jinxi, with a combat power of 1276, had been beaten so badly; Li Ao was overwhelmingly strong.
Just one Blade Kick Wave had almost destroyed an enormous rock island.
This was still after the Nightmare Spider had used its Nightmare Space to drain it.
Back at the arena…
Li Ao was still gathering energy with the Phantom Light Orb.
After releasing the Blade Kick Wave, the Nightmare Spider had somewhat recovered its vitality.
It climbed back into the sky, needing no tools or points of support, moving freely as if it were born to maneuver through the air.
“Hiss!”
The Mammoth swung its trunk, blowing a gust of wind-based energy at Li Ao.
After the previous punch, it dared not approach Li Ao carelessly again, but remote restraint was still manageable.
The main attack was launched by a Four-armed Silver Golem.
Its chest cavity opened.
Revealing a giant energy emitter.
Massive amounts of source energy rapidly converged in the emitter’s tubes, the temperature at the mouth of the emitter quickly rising, gradually forming a fiery red light.
Silver-grade and higher golems usually had the ability to compress their own energy to bombard enemies, similar to how Silver-grade demonic beasts could learn to emit energy shockwaves using their core attributes.
Both were methods of using source energy to attack enemies from a distance, albeit in different forms.
“A blinding energy cannon, huh?”
Li Ao knew the mechanical golem’s strengths and weaknesses when firing energy cannons—the advantage was tremendous power, much stronger than the energy shockwaves fired by ordinary demonic beasts, but the downside was its slow speed and long preparation time.
Li Ao smiled.
He smoothly dodged the Mammoth’s gust of wind.
Before the Mammoth could launch a second wind blast, Li Ao swung his arms forward in a rapid sequence.
With each punch.
One after another, energy lions materialized in front of him, roaring as they pounced toward the Mammoth.
The Mammoth, with its enormous size, couldn’t possibly dodge the dense, rain-like onslaught of energy lions.
It had no choice but to brace itself with its tusks.
Boom, boom, boom…
A full hundred energy lions smashed into the Mammoth.
Even with its incredibly robust body, the Mammoth couldn’t withstand the barrage, and weakened and covered in wounds, it fell heavily to the arena floor with a thud.
Although this barrage wasn’t enough to take its life, the Mammoth was temporarily out of combat.
Li Ao didn’t give it another glance.
He turned his body towards the still frantically gathering energy Four-armed Silver Golem.
“Lion’s Roar Fist?”
Cang Yue nearly fainted.
Wasn’t that the royal secret technique of the Great Luo Dynasty?
How had Li Ao learned it?
“It’s not the Flaming Gold Lion!”
Tie Zheng reminded Cang Yue that Li Ao’s Lion’s Roar Fist was different from Prince Jinxi’s.
“Even though it’s not the Flaming Gold Lion from the Great Luo Dynasty’s secret techniques, the principle behind Li Ao’s technique is the same, and his Lion’s Roar Fist is even more powerful because it uses a simulation of light energy! It’s no longer the old flames, but a complete conversion to light. His success is very meaningful! It seems that as long as the technique is mastered, I can use my flame energy to perform the Lion’s Roar Fist, and you all could potentially do the same with different types of energy!”
Huo Mei was excited, having deciphered the royal secret technique of the Great Luo Dynasty just by watching it once. Li Ao, you’re too impressive!
“I could use my water energy to perform the Lion’s Roar Fist too, but this move isn’t really useful to me.”
Ling Long had her own unique skills and was moderately interested in the Lion’s Roar Fist.
“You’ve learned it already?”
Cang Yue’s golden-silver demonic pupils widened more than her fists.
“Not yet, I need to practice it back home,” Ling Long shook her head, turning to Yue Sha, “You must have learned it, right?”
“Yes!”
Although Yue Sha was not good at using other types of energy in combat skills, she was exceptionally quick to understand those involving light energy.
“And you, cousin?”
Cang Yue suddenly felt as though her intelligence was being mercilessly crushed. You all just watched it three times; the first when Prince Jinxi used it against Lie Feng, the second when Prince Jinxi attacked Li Ao, and the last when Li Ao converted it into a light energy lion to attack the Silver-grade Mammoth. You learned it just like that? What kind of brains do you have?
“Why would you think I can’t learn something that others can?”
Huo Mei snapped, smacking Cang Yue on the head.
“…”
Tie Zheng didn’t know what to say. Being in the same cohort as these monstrous geniuses, the pressure was immense.
Initially, he thought he might make it into the top three, but now even the top ten seemed uncertain.
Why are you all so low-key about your talents?
“I’m seeing stars; I can’t make anything out!”
Fuxi felt he wasn’t much different from a pig at that moment.
What Lion’s Roar Fist technique?
He couldn’t see anything clearly.
He only saw Li Ao’s flurry of punches, a hundred punches in less than three seconds, each forming a light energy lion.
How could you all see that clearly with what eyes?
“You’re not at that level yet; it’s normal not to see clearly. It would be weird if you could!”
Cang Yue retorted to Fuxi.
Fuxi felt like he was stabbed by that comment.
That hurt!
Nobody else learned it, was it necessary to be so harsh on me?
Tie Zheng, on the other hand, tried to console him: “We could see clearly because Li Ao deliberately slowed down his punches. It might also be that forming light energy lions requires a slower speed. If Li Ao sped up even more, we probably wouldn’t be able to see his techniques either. Don’t worry, as your talents develop and your combat power increases, you’ll get enhanced in all aspects and eventually be able to see clearly.”
Tie Zheng, usually silent and reserved, spoke so earnestly to Fuxi only because he believed that Fuxi’s talent was not lacking; it was just that he had been too relaxed before, which had delayed his progress.
If Fuxi could train diligently and adjust his attitude, there was a real chance he could catch up rapidly.
Cang Yue scoffed, “A pig’s head will always be a pig’s head, no talent just means a waste of time!”
Fuxi couldn’t hold back anymore, “Who says I have no talent? My talent is the Strength of Nine Bulls, and I awakened it when I was ten years old!”
Cang Yue didn’t even look at him, “You awakened your talent at ten, and yet you only have a combat power of 250 now, trash! Besides, what’s there to be proud of about awakening your talent at ten? I awakened mine before I was five and haven’t even mentioned it!”
Fuxi felt tears in his eyes.
Okay, I get it, you big-eyed monster, you’re amazing!
You’re all freaks, how can someone from a family branch compare to you?
But the deeply struck Fuxi quickly rallied, thinking to himself, Wait a minute, Li Ao can crush this big-eyed freak, and he’s my little brother, so that means even if the big-eyed freak is impressive, he’s still below me.
You think you’re so great?
You’re still beneath me, Fuxi the boss!
Of course, these thoughts Fuxi dared only keep to himself; voicing them out loud would be suicidal.
Meanwhile, on another rock island, Lie Feng’s hands trembled with excitement. He realized that the Lion’s Roar Fist might be the most suitable combat skill for him.
Possessing the talent of Lion’s Heart, he felt that Li Ao’s use of the Lion’s Roar Fist had opened a new world for him…
On the arena,
The four-armed Silver Golem had fully charged, and its blazing energy cannon erupted furiously.
At the same time, Li Ao, holding the Phantom Light Orb, had a giant ancient mammoth image rise behind him, with countless currents crackling around his body.
Roar!
The ancient mammoth’s roar echoed across the skies, shaking the entire miniature world.
As Li Ao swung his fist, a thunderous column of light, as fierce as lightning, clashed head-on with the four-armed Silver Golem’s blazing energy cannon.