Chapter 33: A fierce confrontation between spirit beasts
Of course, at this time, Tianjihong didn't have time to worry about these things with this snake and turtle. Although the guy in front of him is not very big, it can only be regarded as an ordinary turtle's body with a neck and tail more than a foot long, at best the size of a domestic cat, which can be said to be insignificant in front of the mutant earth salamander before; However, don't look at the petite physique of this snake turtle, once it takes the heaven and earth elixir like Spirit Snake Grass and transforms into a spirit beast, its combat power and wisdom are not the same as when it was a beast before. Even if it can't reach the strength of a monk in the same realm, it probably won't take much effort to deal with a little guy like Tian Jihong who has no spiritual power; Therefore, at this time, there was only one thought in Tianjihong's mind: "Run!" ”
However, before his body could react, he only heard a huge movement on his right hand gradually approaching, and the vanished salamander under the dust finally reappeared in his field of vision. Back in the quagmire, the giant tail was still slapping back and forth on its left and right, but all that was left and wide was the mud splashing on both sides. At this time, the direction it is facing, of course, is the position of the old rival who has been fighting with him for many years by the stream; Even if it couldn't make a sound, Tianjihong, who was dozens of meters away, could sense the caution and fear of facing its old opponent through the salamander's tense huge body and the trembling scales behind it.
Looking at the behavior of the salamander in the distance, Tian Jihong naturally guessed that these two guys might have known each other for a long time. The two sides must have clashed here before, otherwise it should have been a lazy salamander by nature, and would never have given birth to such a strong sense of territory out of thin air. Thinking that Tian Jihong must have been close to the territory of the snake turtle when searching for the mysterious fragment, he must have alarmed the other party, so he first launched a tentative blow to confirm the opponent's strength, and then followed his own breath to the surface, which alarmed the old enemy of the salamander; Such a series of tosses and turns probably made the earth salamander, which only relied on instinct to survive, mistakenly believe that the intruder who had just left traces on the other side of the quagmire and broke into his territory was also this snake turtle, so it aroused the former's anger at this time.
Tian Jihong also never dreamed that his plan was crooked, which had the effect of driving the wolf and the tiger, so that the two enemies who were originally at peace started a vicious battle again, so that he who was hiding on the side was relatively safe. However, there is a question that has been haunting Tianjihong's mind: don't look at the large body and brute strength of this earth salamander, and the scales on its thick tail are very terrifying; But in fact, this guy is indeed some distance away from transforming into a spirit animal; Previously, Tianjihong compared it with the four masters who fought yesterday, and judged that even if this big guy can surpass the fourth man yesterday in terms of strength, it is obviously limited in strength; And before the beast evolved, it can be said that it was quite intelligent, and only when it sensed a threat, it would attack instinctively, and basically did not use any strategy; If you really put this earth salamander and the four masters who can use martial arts yesterday together, I am afraid that winning or losing is not certain. And the snake turtle lying on the ground and twisting its neck by the stream is a real spirit beast, and it stands to reason that its strength should be far from what the former can compete. Then why have these two life-and-death rivals been able to maintain peace for so long over the years, and this snake turtle has not directly removed this earth salamander?
With such doubts, Tian Jihong once again carefully looked at the appearance of the two sides, trying to analyze the difference in strength between the two. However, the salamander in the distance did not have this patience, and its fighting instinct prompted it to deal with the immediate threat as soon as possible, so it rushed directly to the sworn enemy by the stream. The speed of this earth salamander's instant burst out made Tian Jihong also surprised, although this speed can't be compared with his own, but if you compare it with the slow crawling speed just now, it is already quite amazing, at least if a mortal in the same environment runs in this mire, the speed is far from it.
On the way to move rapidly, the stout salamander's tail swept the ground more and more frequently, and it seemed to be struggling to maintain the balance of its body, but fortunately, nothing went wrong. As it swayed to two meters in front of the snake turtle, its tail suddenly lifted, and a large cloud of viscous gray substance erupted from the gap in the scale armor, and a large area of slime fell from the sky to directly cover the petite snake turtle, and the latter seemed to be entangled in paste and showed no sign of breaking free for a short time.
Tian Jihong actually knows that many axolotls can spray sticky objects from their tails in the face of threats to hinder the enemy's movements, this liquid does not cause any damage but is extremely difficult to break free, if it is used to harass in battle to trap the opponent, this is a pretty good natal skill. Seeing that the snake turtle was using brute force to break free from the mucus entanglement, the soil salamander then slammed a tail whip towards the snake turtle's head; The strongest part of the salamander's body is its tail, which is used to pump its tail to damage or crush it tightly when it is close to enemies. And the mutant earth salamander in front of him is even more remarkable, just by looking at the thick scale armor that was mutated from its tail, you can know how heavy the force of this blow with all its strength is, if it weren't for the fact that there is a real spirit beast standing opposite it, Tian Jihong may really be worried about the snake turtle.
However, as he expected, how could the snake turtle, as a spirit beast that had opened up its spiritual intelligence and soul sense, allow itself to be defeated by a mere beast? Its soul sense's perception of its surroundings caused it to determine where the attack had fallen, and at this point it suddenly stopped swinging and struggling, and its neck shrank flexibly to the left to dodge the fatal blow. At this time, I saw that the salamander's brute strength tail whip struck fiercely in the mud, and it was a "boom", and in the middle of the quagmire, a wave of mud as high as one zhang flew out in the direction of the surroundings, like a bomb being detonated in the mire. However, this was only the beginning of the battle, as the old opponent of the snake turtle, the salamander's past experience made it clear that it was difficult for his undisguised frontal attack to have any effect on the opponent; If you want to hit the opponent, in addition to sneak attacks, you can only suppress the opponent with a higher attack rate and attack range, such as the previously covered slime, so that even if it perceives the attack position in advance, it will not be able to resist.
So under the gaze of the stunned Tian Jihong, the earth salamander instantly swung its tail extremely fast, and it actually pulled out thirty or forty consecutive strokes from all directions towards the location of the snake turtle in a few seconds. Such a terrifying attack frequency made Tianji Hongdu a little dazzled, and he couldn't help but rejoice in his heart, fortunately, he didn't act recklessly just now to take the initiative to provoke this seemingly clumsy guy, otherwise it might be himself who was standing there and being beaten now; Under such a sudden attack, he was not confident that he would be able to react in an instant and find a way to resist such a continuous attack.
The wave of the salamander's tail left an afterimage in the air, and in the center of the afterimage, the snake turtle that had been entangled in the previous slime and affected its movement was indeed a little unable to parry at this time; At first, it was able to dodge some attacks with its senses, but as the frequency of the tail whip became faster and faster, it gradually began to be swept away by the waving tail. After resisting a few moves from the other side, the snake turtle finally lost patience; At this time, it was about to break free of the mucus, and it was unwilling to endure this passive beating all the time, so with the perception of its soul sense, the snake turtle saw the opportunity to stretch its neck violently, and bit the twitching tail in mid-air.
I have to say that the strength of this soil salamander is really not small, I saw that the snake turtle that accurately bit the skin between its tail through the fine scales was pulled up to the ground and flew into the air under the strong inertia of the salamander's tail swing. However, the latter obviously also has a lot of ability, and in the condition that he is reluctant to let go, he is not thrown out by the salamander's tail to a distance, but makes the salamander, whose tail is entangled, shake its body in pain; The scales on its tail were also subconsciously erected, and the huge salamander's tail began to sway wildly in mid-air at a speed that was a few points faster than when it attacked before, intending to shake off the snake turtle that was clinging to its back.
At this time, the snake turtle finally showed the powerful strength of the spirit beast, and while biting the salamander's tail, the former's body finally began to release majestic spiritual power. After hovering in mid-air for more than ten weeks, the liquid attached to the snake turtle's body had been dissolved by its spiritual power, and it regained its strength. At this time, when the salamander's tail reached the highest point in the air, it suddenly loosened its mouth and retracted its slender snake neck, while its stubby turtle claw in front of the right side suddenly stretched out and gently swung at its huge opponent below it, seemingly awkwardly.
If it weren't for the fact that this snake turtle was a spirit beast, this guy's behavior at this time would have looked really funny. The short forefeet dancing so laboriously under the simple and cute appearance, coupled with the contrast between the behemoth below that is looking up and spitting out letters at the moment, the snake turtle in mid-air has the feeling of a grasshopper shaking a tree. However, Tian Jihong, who knew the strength of the snake turtle, naturally did not look at it this way, only to see the pale spiritual power floating on the outstretched claws, and when he was about to touch the scale armor on the back of the earth salamander below, this small paw print suddenly magnified nearly ten times, and the huge reflection suddenly enveloped half of the body of the earth salamander; Although the cultivation realm of this snake turtle is far from reaching the level of spiritual power releasing and transforming into shapes, with the help of this abruptly condensed paw print phantom, spiritual power can still circulate among it to form a huge deterrent. Under this sharp claw, the seemingly one-sided battle situation just now was suddenly rewritten.