Chapter 185: 120, Once you accept your own weaknesses...
The night was cold and silent amidst the chirping of cicadas.
However, there were actually no cicadas, and thus, no night either.
The dimness was merely because the room has previously been wrapped by hundreds of tentacles of a monster, blocking the light.
A sudden, sharp, and crisp sound startled the room.
The voice of "Lin Qingque" had completely transformed and distorted, sounding like nails screeching uncomfortably across glass.
Xu Yuan did not need to look back, knowing from the hurried voice that it was getting anxious.
His figure, concealed by the Illusory Realm, was nearly invisible, while on the bound Thunderfire Sword, vast thunderous light appeared out of nowhere.
Under the illumination of the thunderous light, the monster's shape gradually became more discernible.
It was a creature resembling a squid, but it had a pair of wings covered with thick scales on its head, and a viscous, foul-smelling slime was slowly dripping from its body.
"How did you find out?"
The one-eyed monster with tentacles buzzing sharply, like hundreds of cicadas vibrating their wings at once, was tremendously irritating.
"I just felt you had gotten a bit fatter, but you didn't object," Xu Yuan said indifferently.
"What kind of reason is that?"
It paused, its large eyes revealing a clear stupidity.
"Ah—"
Xu Yuan sighed, opened his mouth to speak,
but at the very moment the creature thought he would reveal the reason, a burst of emerald light exploded from his mouth, overwhelmingly charging towards it.
"Despicable!"
The Twin-winged Octopus let out a roar mixed with shock and rage, but even though it sensed something amiss, its body was too numb from the thunderous light on the Thunderfire Sword to dodge in time.
Plip-plop—
The sounds continued, like mischievous kids throwing stones into a dry latrine in the countryside.
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With every streak of emerald sword light that faded, inevitably, a splash of blood flew out.
Soon, the previously clear and translucent Twin-winged Octopus had become riddled with holes.
But there was no joy on Xu Yuan's face.
Within his Divine Sense, he could clearly see that the creature's blood holes, recently ravaged by his Sword Qi, were healing at a visibly rapid rate. The Sword Intent he had imbued on the Jade Foot Sword Qi was washed away by the constant surge of its vitality.
"Ga ga ga, didn't see that coming, did you?" The creature seemed somewhat triumphant, "As long as I am in here, I am invincible."
Xu Yuan glanced at it nonchalantly; by this time, the Thunderfire Sword's paralyzing effect had been counteracted by it.
However, he had also taken the opportunity to use the Jade Foot Sword Qi to sever the tentacles that were binding the Thunderfire Sword, and now it was back in his hands.
"What exactly did you just use?"
The Tentacle Monster seemed utterly unconcerned about being outplayed just moments before, its huge yellow eye intently fixed on him and full of curious emotion: "Why didn't I notice your transformation?"
Of course, Xu Yuan wasn't going to reveal the capabilities of the Illusory Realm, just as he hadn't disclosed that Lin Qingque had the ability of Mind-Reading.
He slightly lifted the tip of his sword, pointing it at its eye.
"Why persist in this futile struggle?"
The Twin-winged Octopus sighed almost humanely, and as its voice fell, its hundreds of tentacles simultaneously stretched skyward.
Slap—
Almost instantaneously, the hundreds of tentacles dropped at the same time, sounding like whips lashing.
The illusion once again covered his vision.
"Although it's a Tentacle Monster, it doesn't play with bindings but plays with pain."
Xu Yuan, facing the almost all-encompassing lashes enveloping the room, did not panic but sighed in resignation.
Brilliant silvery edges arose above as the Thunder Dragon ascended, spiraling protectively around his position.
Bang!
But under the onslaught of the hundreds of tentacles, it lasted less than a moment before collapsing.
Boom!
In an instant, a large pit appeared in the room, the Twin-winged Octopus watching the dust-covered pit cackled, "See, I told you, anything you do is useless here unless…"
"Unless what?"
A cold voice rang in its mind. When it turned around in astonishment, all it saw were a pair of extremely cold eyes, almost devoid of any emotion.
"Buddha's Fury Lotus!"
Xu Yuan deployed his most powerful move without a moment's hesitation.
The move was immensely powerful, the biggest issue being that it required charging time and was vulnerable during this period, but with the Illusory Realm's cover, this flaw was virtually nonexistent.
Boom!
The base of Qingli Baizhan's lotus collided with that transparent crystalline body.
From the point of their contact, a wave of fire rapidly swept through the room, stirring up a mess of char and chaos, and the great fire serpent even burst through the window, streaking out to the back.
Xu Yuan looked at the now empty space before him, his brows deeply furrowed.
At that moment, it seemed as if he was defending with Throw You Rem. However, in the last second, he had actually executed Throw You Rem with his legs, using the high speed it provided to escape the spot.
But due to the effect of the Illusory Realm, it appeared as though he had remained at the original spot.
He was certain that the creature had not seen through this.
However, he did not believe that the strike of Buddha's Fury Lotus had eradicated it so completely.