novelraw Chapter 51: The Fierce Battle!
Chapter 51: The Fierce Battle!
The three crimson-gold fire foxes released by Hu Tianbiao did not rush in a straight line.
Instead, it drew three intersecting, fiery arcs in the air, covering a large area of the sky.
They formed a perfect fan shape, completely blocking most of Lu Xiaobai's dodging space to the left, right, and above!
Wherever the fire fox passed, the air crackled and popped from the intense heat, creating visible ripples in the space and disrupting its stability.
At the same time, three invisible mental fluctuations spread out, rushing straight towards Lu Xiaobai, attempting to disrupt his perception and mental concentration!
And right after Firefox
The [Fox Claw - Tear Through the Sky], which embodied Hu Tianbiao's thousand years of cultivation and the true meaning of "Tearing", suddenly erupted!
Sizzle—!
A piercing, sharp sound, as if space itself had been forcibly torn apart, instantly drowned out the roar of the flames!
A massive, claw-shaped shockwave, its edges shrouded in a deep, dark luster, carrying a terrifying will to shatter everything and tear apart space, crashed head-on towards Lu Xiaobai with overwhelming force!
Where the claw marks passed, the air was violently torn apart, leaving a brief vacuum trail.
Its coverage area was so wide that it almost completely covered the area in front of and below Lu Xiaobai!
Immediately afterwards, Hu Tianbiao used the remaining violent power in his [Fox Fairy Claw - Tear Through the Sky] claw to smash the heavily wounded [Rock Guardian] blocking his way into a shower of rubble!
Before the dust and debris had even settled, his vertical pupils, burning with golden flames, were already locked on Lu Xiaobai in the air, ready to unleash a deadly attack!
However, he was unable to completely escape the entanglement of other [elemental mimicry]!
The lava fireballs hurled by the [Fire Giant] blocked his possible evasive routes;
[Rapidfire Hound] spews a high-pressure jet of water that shoots towards his ankle like a venomous snake!
While unleashing his killing move, Hu Tianbiao relied on his extraordinary perception and speed to either narrowly dodge the core of the lava fireball or sweep away the water column with his fox tail like a steel whip!
His golden vertical pupils burned with rage and a hint of impatience at being entangled by ants, but his main will and strength were poured into those two fatal attacks!
Faced with this deadly pincer attack, so perfectly coordinated in terms of movement, mind and body, area-of-effect attacks, and spatial interference,
And the fact that Hu Tianbiao was able to unleash such a terrifying attack while shattering the rock guards and dealing with the siege finally brought a faint but real sense of solemnity to Lu Xiaobai's usually calm face.
"Hmm..." A barely audible murmur of agreement came from the air.
In the blink of an eye, an attack was imminent!
Lu Xiaobai activated [Unlimited Time Control - Five Times Speed] again!
The world suddenly slowed down in his eyes.
At the same time, his deep blue right eye—the Eye of Truth—suddenly lit up!
Like a nebula spinning in the deep universe, a mysterious and indescribable aura of magic flowed by.
The light flashed and disappeared in an instant!
Under five times the thinking speed, the insight of the "Eye of Truth" is pushed to its limit:
- The three foxfire cores: highly condensed spiritual energy bodies bearing the spiritual imprint of Hu Tianbiao.
Mental interference is an aura effect, spatial interference is an energy trail, and tracking is based on locking onto the target's "presence".
- Giant Claw Strike: Composed of highly compressed, violent Qi imbued with the rule of "tearing".
Its core power is concentrated in the claw tip and blade edge, resulting in a domineering propulsion trajectory, but it is not invincible upon closer analysis.
"A thousand years of combat wisdom is indeed not to be underestimated!"
Lu Xiaobai's mind was like an overclocked computer, calculating the optimal path with astonishing efficiency at five times the speed.
When the fan-shaped encircling spirit fire fox and the huge claw mark tearing space behind it were about two-thirds of the way away, Lu Xiaobai finally moved!
With the speed boost of five times, his casting movements were so fast that they were just afterimages.
His hands moved with lightning speed, crossing and crisscrossing in front of him, the movements concise and efficient, his fingertips precisely guiding the magic!
"Apparition - Mirror Reflection!"
Just as the three fire foxes were about to complete their encirclement, less than a meter in front of Lu Xiaobai, the space rippled violently like water!
A semi-transparent energy barrier, smooth as a mirror on three sides and with silver runes flowing along its edges, suddenly rose up out of thin air!
The barrier appeared at a tricky angle, directly facing the path of the Firefox, and its surface instantly simulated a faint energy fluctuation that was almost identical to that of Lu Xiaobai himself!
The tracking system locked on, and I was instantly drawn to this "mirror image"!
At the last moment, the three crimson-gold fire foxes suddenly shifted their position, abandoned the encirclement, and crashed hard into the silver barrier!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three muffled thuds!
The barrier shook violently, its surface covered with spiderweb-like cracks!
The high temperature distorted the air, and the mental shock caused violent ripples.
The moment the barrier caved in to its limit, it suddenly burst forth with a blinding silver light!
It not only forcefully "rebounded" most of the elemental impact contained in the Fire Fox, but also forcibly reversed and rebounded those mental interference waves along with the tracking Qi imprints towards the attacking Fire Fox core!
The barrier's light dimmed instantly to almost extinguished, teetering on the brink of collapse!
The three fire foxes, directly struck by the rebounding mental shock and the brand, had their spiritual cores violently distorted and blurred, emitting a silent shriek!
The tracking and locking were abruptly interrupted.
The subsequent interference effect almost completely dissipated, as if it had been devoured by its own power!
At the very instant the barrier was erected!
Lu Xiaobai stomped his left foot hard into the air!
"Earth Magic: Triple Rashomon!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three deafening roars erupted from the earth below!
Three enormous, massive stone gates, each engraved with grotesque demonic face reliefs, burst forth from the ground, one after another, standing diagonally on the only path marked by the claw-like tear!
Each layer is thicker and more robust than the last!
*Sizzle—crack!* *Boom!*
The sounds of tearing, rocks shattering, and the roar of collapsing gates mingled together!
The terrifying tearing rules contained within the claw marks erupted instantly!
The first layer of Rashomon was easily torn apart like paper! The rubble rained down like a storm!
The second Rashomon gate trembled violently, the demon mask relief on its surface cracked, and a huge gap was torn open in the thick gate body, causing the claw marks to clearly slow down their advance!
The third Rashomon groaned under the strain, bearing most of the remaining power of the claw marks head-on. It was torn open with deep furrows, countless cracks spread, and finally collapsed more than halfway!
That indestructible tearing force was forcefully consumed, slowed down, and greatly weakened by these three indestructible rock gates!
The eerie, dark luster at the edges of the claw marks had also dimmed considerably!
Using the crucial gap of less than half a second gained by using [Phantom Shift - Mirror Reflection] to deflect and backfire on the Fire Fox, and [Earth Magic - Triple Rashomon] to weaken the claw marks, Lu Xiaobai moved!
Spatial interference persisted, so he neither attempted a spatial jump nor chose to retreat in a straight line.
With a reaction speed of five times the normal speed, he unleashed an astonishing straight-line sprint speed, rushing straight down to the chaotic area shrouded in the residual force of the torn claw marks and the rubble of the collapsed Rashomon!
Chi Chi Chi!
The residual force from the tearing claw marks and the flying debris were like a dense barrage, scraping across the thin, dark blue magic shield that automatically appeared on Lu Xiaobai's body, producing a piercing cutting sound and sending up a flurry of sparks!
The shield fluctuated violently, its light flashing rapidly, as if it were about to shatter at any moment, but it ultimately held on!
Lu Xiaobai's figure narrowly escaped through the weakest edge of the claw marks, the area where the triple Rashomon had exhausted its power, and through the gaps in the collapsing boulders!
When he rushed out of the area filled with smoke and rubble, he stood still about twenty meters behind Hu Tianbiao, in a position that was exactly in Hu Tianbiao's blind spot.
Huff... huff...
Lu Xiaobai was slightly out of breath.
Activating two powerful defensive spells consecutively at five times the speed and then performing a final dash to evade them still takes some toll.
He conjured a deep blue potion out of thin air, took a sip, and the light of the magic shield stabilized again.
The magical aura in his deep blue right eye subsided, replaced by a cold and focused gaze, locking tightly onto the target ahead.
In the center of the battlefield, before the smoke and dust and the rubble from the collapsed Rashomon had settled, Hu Tianbiao's tall half-fox figure was once again caught in the raging storm of attacks from [Elemental Mimicry]!
He roared, his golden vertical pupils burning with the fury of being toyed with!
It ripped apart the lava fireball with its claws, swept away the high-pressure water column, and shattered the giant python that pounced on it. The red hair on its body sizzled under the acidic mucus and emitted blue smoke.
Although its power remains formidable,
However, his movements already revealed a hint of frustration from being continuously besieged and having his ultimate move broken.
As the smoke and dust slowly dissipated, Hu Tianbiao's face, half-human and half-fox, was revealed, now filled with shock, rage, and disbelief.
His golden vertical pupils were fixed on Lu Xiaobai's new location, especially on the opponent's rapidly recovering and stabilizing magic shield. A suppressed roar escaped his throat:
"This...how is this possible?!"