Chapter 53: Light and Spirited
In fact, Zhou Ang has always known that killing demons is a very difficult thing.
A definition that has long been widely discussed among official cultivators is that the vast majority of youkai are inherently better at fighting than humans and human cultivators!
Simply talking about the body's own combat qualities, such as flexibility, agility, strength, speed, etc., and even the toughness of the skin, no matter what level it is, the quality of the youkai clan has formed a general crushing of humans.
What are the strengths of human beings?
First of all, of course, there are many clever spells, talismans, magic weapons, etc., and secondly, it is very important to cooperate. Moreover, this kind of collaboration clearly brings out a kind of "hunting" thinking in the vast majority.
Just like the hunt of wild beasts by ordinary hunters.
I set up a predetermined encirclement, predicted the scope and characteristics of the opponent's ability, and then several people joined the circle, and the cooperation was as fierce as a tiger, and I took it.
But one-on-one, especially if it is no longer a sneak attack, but a one-on-one battle between the two sides that have crossed the clear path, and the battle of the same level, the human cultivators really have no advantage.
And Zhou Ang is now a ninth-order cultivator, so as long as he is up against any monster, as long as the other party is a monster, then it is destined to either be of the same level, or someone else will be higher than him.
What's more, the other party now has a helper standing next to him, not to mention, there are two other monsters Although they haven't made a move for the time being, no matter what angle they are, those two will definitely not be inclined to themselves.
However, at this time, Zhou Ang's sudden sneak attack was unsuccessful, and the sword was broken.
One can imagine Zhou Ang's situation at this moment.
Fortunately, he had a mirror in his heart to cushion him, so that he knew that if he really couldn't do it, he could flash people quickly, otherwise his first choice now would definitely be to run away.
But now, he felt he had to fight with all his might.
The short sword was in his body, but the breaking of the upper sword made him immediately give up drawing the sword, and instead chose to pull out the "Tao Yao" - if you want to talk about sharpness, or strength, "Tao Yao" is undoubtedly much better than the standard iron sword issued by official practitioners.
Although "Taoyao" is too short as a dagger, and an inch short, it is an inch more dangerous.
But just after dodging the bombardment of the boulder, Zhou Ang turned around and pounced - just this time, he took the initiative to attack, and the distance between him and the opponent was instantly narrowed to the extent that his fists and feet could be directly hit.
This may be a relatively rare situation in the past combat experience of the monster - its strength is obvious at a glance, since it is strong, it is destined that the opponent must not be agile enough, therefore, for a battle with little difference in strength, it is obvious that it is the best way to play by wandering around the periphery and consuming it.
Before his long sword broke, Zhou Ang had actually been preparing to fight like this just now.
But at this moment, he suddenly did the opposite.
It is to bully the other party with only a knife in his hand.
Normally, a knife is a short soldier, but once it gets close, the knife becomes a long soldier.
And the "Tao Yao" in Zhou Ang's hand has become the most suitable and handy weapon.
As soon as he saw that this horse demon actually dared to get close, the monster was only slightly stunned, and then he was overjoyed, and his past combat experience made him almost not hesitate at all, and directly threw away the knife in his hand that had not been waved so far, and instead clenched the big fist of the bowl, and punched out with a bang.
"Stasis!"
Although this spell is small, for many monsters and many cultivators with high strength, it is a second to break, but in fact, Zhou Ang has always felt that it is quite easy to use.
Because in the real battle, the time difference of half a second is enough to decide life and death.
Just now, he just lacked a weapon that was strong enough.
The other party has obviously been prepared and wary of this, Zhou Ang's "stagnation" has just come out, and the other party really broke in seconds, and the big fist of the bowl is in front of him!
However, Zhou Ang's speed was suddenly much faster than just now.
Uncle Zheng Huan said, as long as you are fast enough, no matter how strong the opponent is, it is useless.
"Brush", blood flashed.
The extremely short dagger of "Tao Yao" was pulled from the opponent's wrist with great lightness at a rather tricky angle, just before the fist was about to hit Zhou Ang's face.
At the same time, Zhou Ang's body turned slightly, following the strength of the knife, avoiding the punch that was close in front of him.
"Stasis!"
Blood splattered, but the blood flower that flew out suddenly paused in mid-air, although it may have been less than half a second, but the "Tao Yao" in Zhou Ang's hand had already broken through the opponent's waist and abdomen lightly again.
Another blood flower was pulled out.
And finally, Zhou Ang's body rolled over, avoiding the other party's body.
A belated roar finally rang out.
The roe deer demon, who was waiting to watch the play and maintained the "obscure" spell, was a little dumbfounded.
"Stasis!"
In the roar, the other party had just completed a half-turn, and his lower body had not completely turned around, Zhou Ang had already dodged another boulder, and the whole person did not avoid it, but pounced hard, "Tao Yao" with a faint "poof", and struggled into the opponent's armpit cavity.
Light, fast, smart.
Don't want to kill, only kill.
Without waiting for the opponent's fist to arrive, Zhou Ang pulled out his dagger, and it was a slightly hasty but enough mid-air tumble to avoid, and suddenly went around the opponent's side and behind him.
The one just now, I tried it out, and this guy is really rough and thick-skinned.
Relying on the sharpness of the dagger, it is not difficult to cut through his flesh and skin, but to pierce it, it takes a lot of strength, and it is best to carry some potential energy to rush over.
But it is clear that "Tao Yao" has proven that it is a sharp weapon that can kill the other party.
The monster probably hadn't suffered such a big loss before, the severed tendons on his wrist, a scratch on his waist and abdomen, and a dagger that should have been pierced into his lungs not only made him feel severe pain, but even his reaction slowed down suddenly, and when he roared, he clearly felt the bloody breath in his breath.
It knew it had hurt its internal organs.
However, all this, instead of making him retreat in the slightest, suddenly aroused the ferocity in his body, and he roared and jumped forward a big step, causing Zhou Ang's own attack to fall short at once, and then turned sideways and rushed up again with a roar.
But at this time, it suddenly found that the horse demon in front of it had disappeared all at once.
There was no "stasis", but he himself subconsciously paused.
This is Zhou Ang's first practical application since he mastered it - "illusion".
Although it was just a random figure out by himself, no one had taught or guided him, but it was obvious that his crude "illusion" still worked all at once.
At present, it just caused the other party to be "stunned" for a while, so the coherent movements and momentum suddenly lost their strength because of that pause, but for Zhou Ang, it was still enough.
After another "brush", "Tao Yao" cut in again at a strange angle, and lightly pulled out a bloody flower on the opponent's left wrist again.
The other party let out a miserable "ah".
At this point, his two "hands" have all been abolished.
But for the roe deer demon who was standing on the periphery and controlling the "obstacle", but he could easily see through the "obstacle" and peep into the situation in the field, what it saw was that his companion punched out, and the horse demon was beaten a few steps and fell to the ground - of course, the illusion it saw next was obviously illogical.
It couldn't hear its companion's screams, but saw him turn around after a punch, but then, the horse demon who had been knocked down and fell to the ground appeared strangely in another direction—it was stunned for a moment, frowning and puzzled.
In fact, the reason is very simple, Zhou Ang's illusion is indeed too rough.
A truly powerful illusion is one that can be shown to everyone within the range of sight and hearing on the spot, completely obscuring all of your normal sight and hearing, and can also form a trajectory that conforms to everyone's logical judgment - in short, illusions that can make people see at a glance that something is wrong are unqualified illusions.
As for Zhou Ang, the illusion he has mastered now, not to mention whether the pictures and sounds shown are logical, he even dared to show them to two demons with the help of the shield of "Obstacle" - for the badger demon and the dog demon, they have always been shielded from the "obstacle".
Therefore, this illusion technique cast by Zhou Ang is strictly speaking, quite a failure.
But the effect is amazing.
Half of the powerful opponents have been deposed by him, and it will be easier to deal with them next.
Without waiting for the puzzled roe deer demon outside the field to peek through the reality, just when the monster on the tiger's back roared in pain, it was another simple illusion, confusing the opponent's attention and the direction of the crazy attack, and silently chanted "stagnation" in his heart, taking advantage of the time difference that may not be half a second, so that the other party was powerless to reverse even if he sensed the danger, and the "Taoyao" in Zhou Ang's hand finally pierced into the opponent's left chest.
Directly stabbed two hard ribs and pierced the heart.
The opponent was almost frantically attacking forward with his severed tendon arm, and suddenly stopped. Its body twitched a few times, and blood gushed out of its mouth and from the remnants of its body.
It took a lot of effort for Zhou Ang to pull out the "Tao Yao" stuck in the middle of the broken rib, and then, the guy's body first knelt weakly with a pop, and then turned its back up, completely falling down.
But Zhou Ang didn't care about taking a breath or something like that.
His simple, low-end, and crude illusions were still being staged, but this time, he had quietly included the roe deer demon who was still maintaining the "obscure" technique into the scope of the illusion.
This time, the illusion is to charm the eyes of the badger demon and the dog demon.
And until this time, the roe demon hadn't even recovered from Zhou Ang's flawed illusion just now, because everything happened too fast from the beginning to the end of this battle.