Chapter 35: Killing Moves
As time passed, the salamander, which was constantly expending its physical strength to attack, gradually showed its defeat, and the snake turtle, which saw that the opponent's offensive was gradually slowing down, finally began its own counterattack at this time. Just now, he shrank on the ground and used his spiritual power to maintain the defense of the shell, and it was okay to take all the opponent's stormy attacks without any major problems, so he was already able to win with one or the other. What Tianjihong doesn't know is that this back and forth is often the situation in which the two have fought over the years; Because it has no intelligence and does not know how to improvise, the salamander that has the upper hand at the beginning of the game with the help of strength advantage every time, because it is instinctively constantly attacking the opponent, and in the end it is always helpless by the snake turtle that is retracted into the shell, and can only wait for the arrival of the opponent's counterattack in the increasingly weak. If it weren't for some other special reason, the former would have been killed or driven out of this area by this snake turtle a long time ago.
The snake turtle, which had already partially recovered its vitality, decided not to wait any longer, and as the soul sense locked onto the opponent's body again, the snake turtle did not affect its combat effectiveness in the slightest due to the injured snake tail. I saw that a layer of snake molted at the end of its tail in an instant, leaving the original scarred skin in place; Under the operation of the spiritual power around his body, the new tail that metamorphosed from behind him was stained with a slimy liquid and pulled out of the remains. This molting can be regarded as the old trick of this snake turtle, since he dares to leave the snake tail outside and let the enemy attack, it is naturally his reason; Although the newly transformed new tail needs to be cultivated for a certain amount of time before it can grow the colorful snakeskin on the surface, it is more than enough to manipulate the body to end the battle at this time.
At this time, Tianjihong in the distance saw that this snake turtle, which was a spirit beast, finally began to exert its might, and there seemed to be something condensed in its bulging mouth, and it was very likely that it was a killing move that almost killed him by the stream just now. The salamander beside him, which was already showing fatigue, also realized the other party's killing intent, but it was too late at this time; Now that he has been shrouded in the other party's soul sense, even if this earth salamander senses the snake turtle's attack in advance, it is difficult to find an opportunity to dodge it when it is locked. In the flash of light, the snake turtle, which had been passively beaten, suddenly turned around, and its closed jaws instantly opened and unleashed its own fatal blow.
Based on Tian Jihong's own experience, it is clear that this snake turtle has a way to release corrosive venom from its mouth. Of course, this kind of liquid will not exist in its body for a long time, it is thought to be a powerful beast technique urged by spiritual power, and in battle, it can transform saliva into a lethal weapon in time through the dark attribute spiritual power in the body, and control it through soul consciousness to directly hit the opponent's vital point. However, contrary to his speculation, Tian Jihong observed that the rapid ejection from the mouth of the snake turtle was not the expected liquid substance, but a black poisonous mist between the gas and liquid.
At this time, Tian Jihong also seemed to understand that it was actually inaccurate for him to preconceive that the whole column of water as the attack of this snake turtle; The reason why he was able to get away with the snake turtle's beast technique before was not because his strength was stronger than the earth salamander in front of him, but because the opponent attacked him from the bottom of the water, not only was his attack hindered by the stream and slowed down, but his soul sense in the water was also limited and he couldn't completely lock his position. Judging from the current situation, without the poisonous mist diluted by the stream, it is obviously more corrosive than the liquid that has just splashed on his skin, and if the other party is standing on land to attack him, I am afraid that he will have to be like the salamander in front of him, he will already be unavoidable and die on the spot.
Don't look at this light poisonous mist, it seems that it is difficult to condense any lethality, but this is actually a real killing move that surpasses the previous snake and turtle claw attack, and it can already be regarded as an orthodox natal spirit beast skill, how can its power be the same as before? Under the tremendous pressure of the spiritual power surging in its mouth, the poisonous mist in the sky hit the root of the salamander's tail like a black beam of light. I saw that on the body of the earth salamander, the hard scales that had just appeared under the terrifying claw blow with only three small wounds, at this time, it melted and rose like the remnants of snow in the scorching sun, and wisps of green smoke rose in an instant, and a foul smell mixed with poisonous gas rolled away in all directions. Fortunately, at this time, most of the silt around the two was piled up, and the impact was not too great, but around the quagmire, the vegetation touched by the diffused poisonous gas withered and yellowed in an instant, and lost its vitality, turning into a puddle of pus dripping to the ground.
Tian Jihong didn't dare to be careless at this time, seeing that the black fog spreading out in the sky had spread not far ahead, he was downwind and quickly moved his body to the side to avoid its coverage. At the same time, the poisonous gas that had already permeated the entire quagmire obscured the fierce battle between the two in the center, and through the dark fog only the faint shadow of the salamander could be seen; Therefore, Tianjihong had to wander around looking for an area with a wide field of vision, so that he could distinguish the direction of the situation in the quagmire in time. After about half an hour, when Tianjihong crossed most of the quagmire and approached the location where the blood had just been laid, he could barely see the situation of the two spirit beasts in the distance from the gap in the black mist.
Although he had already expected that the earth salamander would definitely suffer a big loss under the opponent's strongest killing move, the tragic situation of the former at this time still made the young Tian Jihong feel a little shocked, and a nauseous discomfort welled up in his chest. I saw that the earth salamander was cut into two pieces at this moment, and the huge salamander tail that had suppressed the opponent breathlessly throughout the whole process was already unconscious and paralyzed on the ground and inactive. The crack was naturally not as smooth as a sharp blade, and there was not much blood flowing on the tail and the ends of the upper body, and the gap with a diameter of two or three feet, because most of the blood on the surface was eroded by the poisonous mist, turning into drops of rotten brown-black pus and rolling into the mire. At this time, the black fog around it had not yet dissipated, and a few broken scales at the pitted wound twitched weakly, while the stinky flesh and blood it was carrying were still ravaged by the mist, and were gradually melting at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The salamander, covered in foul-smelling liquid, also writhed its mutilated upper body in pain, trying to shake off the residual corrosive fluid that covered the wound. Suddenly, the area around it was covered with black water droplets, as if a heavy rain had fallen from the sky. Barely getting rid of the worries of being further eroded by the poisonous gas, the earth salamander that had some difficulty in mastering the balance after losing its tail staggered out of the range of the black mist. But what awaits him outside is an old opponent who is still unscathed and waiting for work. With the wisdom of the snake turtle, it is natural that it will not give the salamander a chance to breathe at this time, and this time he vows to be ashamed, and he has not taken it seriously, but he has provoked the majesty of his spirit beast several times and won it in one fell swoop.
Although the snake turtle at this time was temporarily in the stage of spiritual overdraft after releasing such a terrifying natal beast technique, its body was still intact and basically did not show any injuries; And when the opponent is severely injured and the body damage affects the movement, even in the hand-to-hand combat that the latter is good at, it is impossible to pose a threat to himself at all. Therefore, the snake turtle did not want to wait any longer at this time, and was eager to decide the winner quickly. In the previous several encounters between the two, they were all because they were too cautious and unwilling to get injured after they were born with spiritual intelligence, and they wanted to fight steadily in the situation of gaining an advantage, waiting for the spiritual power to recover before winning the opponent in one fell swoop, but they didn't expect that in the end, the accident happened due to the delay for too long. Today, after learning its lesson, it says that it will no longer make the same mistakes as before.
Seeing the stumbling salamander rushing towards him, the snake turtle changed its previous appearance of shrinking and defensive, and directly jumped on all fours, flying and jumping towards the vital point of the huge body in front of him and starting a series of fierce attacks. This time, the snake turtle was obviously ready to fight for his life, and Tian Jihong finally saw the huge improvement in physical function after turning into a spirit beast, the snake turtle was not good at speed, but at this time, the speed of movement in mid-air had already caught up with him; The petite figure was constantly moving at high speed in the space of one meter around the salamander, and launched a tidal wave of continuous attacks at the weak point of the salamander's head from all directions.
Under the tearing of the turtle's claws and the gnawing of the snake's neck, the salamander, which was only half of its body left, obviously felt powerless. At this time, it is difficult to even control the stability of the body, and it has lost the most powerful tail in hand-to-hand combat, how can it resist the overwhelming attack of the opponent from all directions when its physical strength is greatly reduced? Although its upper body is lying in the mire, and its back is still guarded by scale armor that has not been corroded by the poisonous mist, the opponent's speed at this time has far exceeded its own, allowing it to find loopholes in its own defense to attack, and more importantly, its best strength has also begun to be suppressed, and the opponent is obviously ready to use overwhelming force to directly turn his body; At that time, once your belly and neck, which are not covered by scales, are exposed to the eyes of your opponents, then you may really be in danger.
Tianjihong looked at the earth salamander that had gone and couldn't help but sigh, if the latter didn't hide any powerful killer features, I'm afraid the victory was really decided; At this time, it was difficult for even a wise creature like him to come up with a way to turn the tables, and it was even more unlikely that the salamander who fought by instinct would have any chance. At this time, he couldn't help but sigh again, the gap between the beast and the spirit beast was too big, even more than the gap between mortals and monks; Don't look at the salamander that has been dominating the upper hand in the first half of the game, and is majestically pressing the opponent, but in fact, looking at the whole process, it has no way to deal a fatal blow to the enemy at all. At this time, the doubts in his heart rose again, he really couldn't imagine how this salamander had survived the situation of fighting the snake turtle before.