Chapter Fifty-Nine: Earth-Splitting Claw
The dagger in this hand was brought out by Tian Jihong from home, and it was also one of the martial arts training weapons that he and his younger brother turned out in the basement yesterday. In fact, according to Tianjihong's habits, he prefers heavy soldiers such as knives and axes, but obviously these weapons are too cumbersome, and before he finds a suitable way to carry them, he is obviously not suitable for bringing them into the mountains on this trip. Therefore, the only thing he packed this time was two light short daggers, and Tian Jihong calculated that after completing the assessment today, he would be able to use the spiritual power from his cultivation to try to open the sachet left by his father, and then he could use this space container to carry other weapons out of the house.
Although the dagger in his hand is not an orthodox weapon used by monks, after some polishing by Tianjihong, it is much more advantageous than when he practiced on weekdays, and it is definitely not inferior to many sharp blades in the mortal world in terms of material. I saw a Tianjihong who jumped up and rushed straight to the back of the Dongyun wolf, and at this time he had aimed his dagger at the thick fur around the neck of the former.
In the real battle, he will not show the slightest mercy, and the two sides with similar strength will definitely fight for their lives when they fight. At this time, Tian Jihong will not naively choose to collide with the opponent head-on, he will definitely grasp the opportunity to attack from behind, and this shot is a fatal blow; According to Tian Jihong's intuition, with the strength of this Dongyun wolf, he would definitely not fall under his first move so easily.
Sure enough, Tian Jihong's guess came true. In fact, the Dongyun Wolf, who seemed to be a little embarrassed when he landed in the air, had actually been covering the area around him with his soul sense, trying to lock the opponent's position. Therefore, even with the smoke and dust as a cover, Tianjihong was still caught by the opponent in advance when he flew up and jumped towards the wolf's back. Of course, the latter would not let Tian Jihong get his wish, so he directly used his forelimbs to pestle deeply when he landed, and actually kicked out with a handstand in his hind limbs under the instantaneous strength, almost hitting Tian Jihong's chest.
Like the Dongyun wolf that had just taken off into the air, Tian Jihong, who stayed in mid-air, was also difficult to adjust his position in time to change his landing point, but fortunately, the tense nerves at all times allowed him to react in time under the attack of the giant wolf, and Tian Jihong, who crossed his hands to protect his chest, finally just collided with the huge soles of his feet, and even he trickily avoided the sharp claws at the front end, and stabbed the short dagger into the back of the giant wolf's feet with a backhand. The Dongyun wolf then howled in pain, quickly retracted the kicked hind legs, and stabilized the center of gravity with a roll, and the blackened and smelly blood was already soaked in its left hind paw.
However, Tianjihong, who was knocked away by the huge force, was not much better. In a hurry, he mobilized his spiritual power to firmly protect his chest, which did have a certain effect, so he didn't break a few ribs in the first day of the first fight. But the powerful aftermath of the collision still shook Tianjihong's chest for a while, and it took nearly half a minute after being catapulted to the ground before he adjusted the tumbling qi and blood in the dantian. In this back and forth, neither side took advantage of anything, and both of them also had a further understanding of the strength of their opponents.
Looking back at the soles of his feet dripping with blood, the ferocity in the eyes of the Dongyun wolf became even more intense, and it opened its bloody mouth to endure severe pain and raised its head to the sky and let out a long roar, and with a force in its right claw, the dagger deeply embedded in the flesh and blood flew out, leaving a pool of dark red blood on the ground.
It dared to do so for a reason. I saw that Tian Jihong on the opposite side was surprised to find that under the urging of the spiritual power that suddenly appeared around the giant wolf's body, the wound was almost pierced through the soles of his feet just now, and the wound was actually healing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. Obviously, this Dongyun wolf has a unique healing secret method, which can heal itself through the operation of spiritual power, so it is impossible for Tianjihong to rely on external injuries to make Dongyun wolf lose its combat power.
Seeing this scene, Tian Jihong knew that he couldn't delay, the other party could continue to recover his injuries through spiritual power, while he would gradually weaken in the battle, and if he kept consuming, he could only suffer from himself. Although he also had healing elixirs in his package, the foreign objects were consumed one day after all, and he had used up nearly half of the ointment given by his master during the two days of fighting. Today's battle with this Dongyun wolf is just the beginning of the task, for the sake of the dangers that may be encountered in the future, Tianjihong will not choose to waste too much time and materials with the opponent in front of him.
So Tian Jihong, who regained his footing and adjusted his breathing, chose to make the first move in the second round. After some testing just now, he could roughly understand that the Dongyun Wolf in front of him was a balanced cultivation of strength and speed, and he had no less strength than himself in both aspects, and his weakness was probably in terms of moves.
Although the other party has been hiding his natal beast skills now, Tian Jihong is not very clear about the other party's follow-up methods; But judging from the current situation, the huge body of this Dongyun wolf obviously limits the flexibility of its movement. In fact, he doesn't need to confront the opponent head-on in what he is good at, he only needs to keep changing angles to launch tricky attacks, and it is difficult for the giant wolf's clumsy body to keep up with the rhythm of his attack.
At this time, Tian Jihong, who took out the second dagger from his sleeve, chose the same method as the rabbit and rat king he met yesterday, and began to pace back and forth a meter or two on the side of the wolf, and from time to time he would make ghostly tentative shots, with the help of continuous attacks to make the opponent tired to deal with, and he was constantly looking for an opportunity to complete the kill.
This move is indeed effective, and sure enough, after a few minutes of circulation, at first, the Dongyun Wolf was able to dodge the opponent's elusive attack in time with the detection of his soul sense, but as the speed of Tianjihong's circle became faster and faster, gradually the Dongyun Wolf began to be a little unable to keep up with the rhythm. Even though he can lock the opponent's position in advance by relying on his soul sense, his bloated body makes it difficult for him to respond appropriately in time. Under Tian Jihong's uninterrupted offensive, fine scars began to appear between the gray-black fur.
Dongyun Wolf also knows that it is definitely not a way to go on like this, and it also requires the consumption of spiritual power to heal his own injuries, and it is impossible to continue indefinitely. If you continue to be beaten as you are now, as the wounds on your body become more and more dense, the more energy you need to distract yourself to heal. In the case that Tianjihong is inferior in terms of skill, what the opponent has to do is not to be caught by it, and wait for his flaws to be exposed, so that he can end the battle easily. At this time, the Dongyun Wolf, who had already fallen into the rhythm of Tianjihong, finally couldn't help but launch the beast technique when there was no better way to deal with it.
Locked the position of Tian Ji Hong who was killed from the right side again, this time the Dongyun wolf, who was brewing a killing move, turned on his back and fell to the ground with a cunning pretense, revealing the vital position of his throat to Tian Ji Hong, who was running at great speed. Seeing that the opponent suddenly seemed to be messed up, Tian Jihong was also a little vigilant subconsciously, and couldn't help but wonder how his luck could be so good, so easily breaking through the opponent's defense. However, the great opportunity in front of him Tian Jihong must not be missed, so while watching out for the opponent's change of moves, he suddenly increased his speed, waved his dagger and attacked the throat of the Dongyun wolf, vowing to solve the opponent with a knife.
At this moment, a fierce light appeared in the eyes of the fallen Dongyun wolf, and suddenly the sharp claw at the tip of the left forelimb increased by nearly three inches, and the spiritual power that had been accumulated on it for a long time immediately exploded. At the moment when he suddenly waved his claws, Tian Jihong who was running in the distance only felt dizzy, and at this time, the surrounding rocks seemed to be constantly twisting and shaking, and he could only vaguely see that on the surface platform in the distance, four cracks two feet wide were extending towards him at an extremely fast speed, and its strong destructive power seemed to cut the solid granite platform into several sections.
Fortunately, at this time, Tian Jihong was prepared for the sudden attack of the giant wolf, and at the last moment, he resisted the discomfort in his head and forcibly jumped into the air with his legs. In a hurry, Tianjihong, who had mobilized a small half of his strength, only flew more than a meter high in the air, but this was still enough to dodge the approaching attack on the ground.
Embarrassed again, he still couldn't relieve the dizziness in his mind, and almost fell into the mud, and in an instant of looking back, he vaguely saw that the position he had just stood on had been replaced by several half-man-deep ravines. Fortunately, the rocks in this place are thick enough to withstand the force of this beast technique, otherwise if this claw just goes down, I am afraid that the entire platform will be in danger of collapsing.
The beast skill unleashed by the Eastern Wolf is called [Earth Splitting Claw], which is a fairly common natal skill of this race. This move uses spiritual power to drive the claws to swing vertically into the ground, which can produce powerful lethality in an instant. Not only can it simulate the effect of spiritual power release, releasing a sharp shockwave to the opponent in the distance to cause damage, but also can produce a violent vibration on the surrounding ground, giving the opponent a stun effect to create conditions for subsequent attacks.
In fact, among the martial arts created by the monks, there is also a similar sword skill [Earth Shaking Split], which is said to be an imitation of the earth-splitting claws of the Dongyun wolf clan, which can also cause powerful damage while also causing the opponent's stun. It's just that the difference is that this martial art uses heavy soldiers such as machetes, and although it is not as good as the four claws of the East Wolf in terms of attack range, it surpasses the former in terms of destructive power at a single point, and this martial art can be regarded as a common killing move used by monks who are good at making knives on the mainland.
Seeing that the giant wolf did not stop there, in fact, it was already clear in the previous temptation that the strength of this seemingly inconspicuous little guy was probably not below him. Although he used a killing move at this time, he didn't expect this move to solve Tian Jihong, who was already taking the initiative in the situation, at most to see if it could cause some injuries to the opponent, but unfortunately Tian Jihong's timely dodge made this expectation come to naught. Fortunately, the stun effect caused by the beast skill still took effect, taking advantage of the opponent's limited vision and decreased perception, Dongyun Wolf of course understood that this was the best time for him to launch a counterattack and reverse the situation.