Chapter 34: A Mutual Defeat
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The Frostvein Giant Lizard, a seventh-rank ice-element demon beast.
Its appearance was like a frigid current sweeping across the entire battlefield. Its massive body slowly rose from underground, every scale shimmering with a cold blue light.
Still reeling from the shock, Gu Ningyun and Lin Fan exchanged a glance. They could both see a trace of understanding in the other’s eyes.
No wonder the Demon Ape had initially focused solely on defense. It turned out that a Frostvein Giant Lizard had been lurking underground. The two sides had likely clashed long ago.
That was precisely why the Demon Ape had not dared attack Gu Ningyun and the others recklessly—it had been worried that the Frostvein Giant Lizard would seize the opportunity to strike.
Only…
The Demon Ape had apparently not expected Lin Fan and the others to be so powerful. They had beaten it into a fury, forcing it to attack in anger and thereby drawing out the Frostvein Giant Lizard concealed beneath the ice.
The Frostvein Giant Lizard’s arrival was like a sudden blizzard, causing the atmosphere across the battlefield to become tense in an instant.
Its enormous body cast a shadow over the ground, like an omen beneath the night sky, heralding an unprecedented confrontation.
Its maw opened wide, and a bone-chilling blast of cold surged forth. The temperature in the air plummeted, and even the surrounding soil began to gather a thin layer of white frost.
The freezing breath was not aimed at Lin Fan and the others. It rushed straight toward the Heaven-Shaking Demon Ape at the center.
The Heaven-Shaking Demon Ape sensed the threat posed by the Frostvein Giant Lizard. Its roar carried both shock and unwillingness.
It swung its enormous arms, attempting to withstand the freezing breath that seemed capable of turning even the air itself into ice.
However, the Frostvein Giant Lizard’s power was clearly not something it could easily resist.
The clash between them escalated rapidly. The forces of ice and fire, cold and heat, collided violently in the air, unleashing wave after wave of deafening thunder.
Every impact seemed capable of tearing the earth apart and piercing the heavens.
Seeing this, Lin Fan and the others hurriedly retreated, avoiding the center of the battlefield shared by the two demon beasts.
They knew that with their strength, if they were drawn into this unimaginable confrontation, not even their bones would remain.
The Frostvein Giant Lizard’s attacks grew increasingly fierce. Every breath it exhaled seemed to transform the surrounding air into crystalline ice.
A merciless light glimmered in its eyes, as though it had already regarded the Heaven-Shaking Demon Ape as prey.
Although the Heaven-Shaking Demon Ape was powerful, when facing an ice-element demon beast born with a natural affinity for frost, its advantage no longer seemed so apparent.
Every attack it launched was effortlessly neutralized by the Frostvein Giant Lizard, while its own body began to stiffen under the assault of the freezing air.
The battle between the two demon beasts grew ever more intense, and the entire battlefield was enveloped by their power.
Lin Fan and the others could only watch from a distance, waiting for the two beasts to decide the victor—preferably with both sides suffering grievous injuries…
At that moment, the Frostvein Giant Lizard suddenly launched a fatal attack.
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Its body suddenly leaped upward, like an iceberg plunging down from the heavens, charging straight toward the Heaven-Shaking Demon Ape.
A blast of freezing air even more frigid than before erupted from its mouth, as though it intended to freeze the entire world.
Roar!
As if sensing the deadly nature of the attack, the Heaven-Shaking Demon Ape finally stopped holding back. With an enraged roar, the black fur covering its body stood on end. Its pitch-black skin instantly turned blood-red, and its dark eyes became suffused with blood. Its entire body seemed to swell dramatically in that instant.
Bloodline Talent: Frenzy!
Lin Fan and Gu Ningyun exchanged another glance, and delight flashed in both their eyes.
They had never expected the Frostvein Giant Lizard to attack with such resolve. It was determined to fight the Demon Ape to the death, forcing the latter to unleash its most powerful trump card.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
After entering its frenzied state, the Demon Ape’s strength surged by at least thirty percent.
Its enormous fists crashed toward the Frostvein Giant Lizard like falling meteors. Every blow contained overwhelming force, as though it could shake the heavens and earth.
Gu Ningyun and Lin Fan’s hearts tightened at the sight. They knew that the battle had reached its most critical moment.
If the Demon Ape gained the upper hand, their situation would become exceedingly dangerous.
However, the Frostvein Giant Lizard clearly had no intention of retreating.
A merciless light glimmered in its eyes, as though it had already regarded the Demon Ape as prey.
It opened its enormous maw, and a blast of bone-chilling air surged forth, colliding head-on with the Demon Ape’s fist.
The clash between them triggered wave after wave of deafening thunder.
Every impact seemed capable of tearing the earth apart and piercing the heavens.
The entire battlefield was shrouded in their power, and the air filled with a pungent smell of scorching.
Seeing this, Lin Fan and the others hurriedly retreated, avoiding the center of the battlefield shared by the two demon beasts. They knew that with their strength, if they were caught up in this unimaginable confrontation, not even their bones would remain.
At that moment, the Frostvein Giant Lizard suddenly launched another fatal attack.
Its body sprang violently upward, like an iceberg descending from the heavens, charging straight toward the Demon Ape.
A blast of freezing air even more frigid than before erupted from its mouth, as though it intended to freeze the entire world.
The freezing breath surged forth, while the Demon Ape’s fist arrived before the Frostvein Giant Lizard.
Boom!
One punch.
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The fist struck the crown of the Frostvein Giant Lizard’s head with tremendous force, smashing most of its skull apart in an instant. It fell to the ground, thrashing its tail and howling in agony.
Meanwhile, the freezing air instantly enveloped the Demon Ape’s body. Amid its repeated, miserable roars, the Demon Ape was frozen into an ice statue, motionless.
As the battle between the two beasts drew to a close, Lin Fan and Gu Ningyun leaped forward at the same time. Moving from opposite sides, they swung their swords and simultaneously unleashed superior-grade mortal-tier sword arts, delivering fatal blows to the two demon beasts that were still struggling on the brink of death.
Sword light spilled through the air, and sword energy surged forth. Lin Fan’s Fire Qilin Sword precisely cleaved apart the Frostvein Giant Lizard’s remaining skull. Its scales and armor had already been shattered in countless places during its battle with the Demon Ape, reducing its defensive power by more than ninety percent.
On the other side, Gu Ningyun’s longsword was no less formidable. It effortlessly sliced through the ice crystals and severed the Demon Ape’s head.
With the demon beasts slain, two streams of vital essence flowed into the rings on their hands.
In the blink of an eye, the rings changed color, turning bright yellow one after another.
“It’s done!”
The two stood more than thirty feet apart and exchanged a smile. Just as they were about to breathe a sigh of relief, their expressions changed drastically at the same time. Turning toward the distant members of the team, they shouted, “Run!”
“Trying to leave now? Aren’t you taking us a little too lightly?”
More than ten figures suddenly appeared in the center of the team. Nearly every one of them was seriously injured and had lost the ability to fight.
Young Gu Ningxiang had been captured alive by one of them. The man held a sword in one hand, its edge pressed against Gu Ningxiang’s throat, and smiled at Gu Ningyun and Lin Fan.
“Miss Gu, we truly have to thank you. If you hadn’t made your move, how could you have helped us eliminate two major obstacles?”
Gu Ningyun and Lin Fan’s expressions turned livid. Gu Ningyun in particular was filled with murderous intent. She coldly glared at the man holding a sword against her sister’s throat and enunciated every word:
“Huo Shan, if you dare harm Ningxiang in the slightest, I will tear you limb from limb, whether in heaven or on earth!”
These were the people led by Huo Shan, who had been lying in ambush here for who knew how long.
And the man who had captured Gu Ningxiang alive was none other than their leader, Huo Shan.
Only he could have captured Gu Ningxiang, a peak Divine Core cultivator, so effortlessly.
Standing beside him was the gloomy young man whom Lin Fan had captured some time earlier.
At that moment, the gloomy young man was looking at Lin Fan with a mocking smile.
“Miss Gu, it seems you still haven’t understood the situation. Right now, I’m the one threatening you!”
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