Chapter 228
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Chapter 228: If You Have the Ability, Kill Me
As the words fell, several streams of water rose up from the surrounding lake.
These streams gradually transformed into countless water tornadoes.
The Xuanwu before Ji Yang radiated a silver light, gathering spiritual energy, as it was casting its life spell.
Seeing the grand spectacle, Ji Yang was also cautious.
Although he felt strong, the Xuanwu was indeed a powerful True Spirit. While it didn’t seem overwhelmingly strong, it was certainly more powerful than the earlier young True Dragon and should not be underestimated.
Ji Yang soared into the air, preparing to respond to the Xuanwu’s upcoming ultimate move.
With the explosion of silver light, Ji Yang was blinded for a moment, and then everything went still.
Ji Yang closed his eyes, releasing his powerful primordial spirit energy, a hint of gloom on his face.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the giant turtle began to flee?
He had believed that the Xuanwu was truly about to unleash a powerful ultimate technique.
Unexpectedly, it was just a display of bluster.
With Ji Yang’s primordial spirit perception, he sensed that the Xuanwu was heading down the river, drifting further away.
Feeling the Xuanwu retreat, Ji Yang let out a light laugh:
“Humph, thinking of running? It won’t be that easy!”
In the next moment, Ji Yang’s pick transformed back into a black rice stalk.
With the activation of the causal fishing rod, the previously invisible primordial spirit line reappeared.
In the deep waters of the river, the Xuanwu swam quickly.
Recalling the recent encounter with the pick, it was still a bit dazed. It didn’t blame itself for being greedy, but for Ji Yang being too cunning.
Remembering how Ji Yang had been scared earlier made it burst into laughter.
“Competing with me? You’re still too young!”
“I’ve already noted your essence. In a few thousand years, I’ll come back for revenge!”
The joy on the Xuanwu’s face had yet to fade when it suddenly felt a tightness all over its body. It turned its head to look.
The fishing line that had disappeared had once again wrapped around it, bringing a sense of foreboding. Hadn’t it already vanished?
Before it could think further, the fishing line tugged powerfully, slowing its speed and even showing signs of being pulled back.
Feeling this tugging force, the Xuanwu halted, stabilizing itself in the riverbed.
In the water, it had power but couldn’t utilize it; only by entering the ground could it unleash its full strength.
Everyone knew that the Xuanwu had strong defenses, but what they didn’t know was that when it came to strength, the Xuanwu clan was also top-tier among True Spirits.
It had initially been pulled up because it wanted to deal with the danger at its source, hence it had held back its strength.
Now, wanting to get itself pulled back, it wasn’t going to be that easy!
As the Xuanwu’s four legs landed on solid ground, its figure gradually steadied.
Feeling the pulling force from the opposite side, the Xuanwu exerted all its might, trying to break free from the primordial spirit line, hoping to drag Ji Yang into the water as well. If it succeeded, perhaps it could overpower him!
However, after a brief struggle, it sensed something was wrong again.
Wasn’t it said that the Xuanwu clan was incredibly strong? Not to mention cultivators, even among True Spirits, they should be the best!
Yet, just now during the tug, it found itself at a clear disadvantage!
Instead, it was pulled much closer.
On the opposite side stood just a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator. Even if he practiced some body-refining technique, he shouldn’t have the upper hand in strength.
Something felt off; something felt very off!
The Xuanwu looked at Ji Yang with disbelief in its eyes.
At this moment, it no longer wanted to pull Ji Yang into the water; it just needed to break free from the primordial spirit line.
Once this thought crossed its mind, the Xuanwu stopped struggling and began to emit radiant light, gradually increasing in size.
This was a transformation technique that most True Spirits possessed, allowing them to change their size at will. However, the range of size change depended on their strength.
For it, it could fluctuate its size by twice its original form.
Now, it attempted to use this method to rid itself of the primordial spirit line.
As its size increased, the primordial spirit line around it also grew larger.
After its body reached the maximum size, the Xuanwu suddenly shrank down dramatically, reducing its size by several times in an instant, hoping to escape before the primordial spirit line could react.
But when it shrank its body, it discovered that the primordial spirit line was even faster.
As it diminished, the line wrapped around it several more times.
Before the Xuanwu could employ any new tricks, it found that its four legs struggled to gain traction.
In the next moment, a tremendous force pulled it from the ground, throwing it out of the water and into the air.
Feeling that its power had slipped out of control, the Xuanwu chose to retract its limbs and head, leaving only its shell exposed!
In contrast to the earlier strike, it believed Ji Yang, as a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, could not generate significant power. Once it endured the hit and Ji Yang exhausted his magical energy, it would have its chance!
“Why aren’t you running?”
Seeing the smaller Xuanwu splash out of the water, Ji Yang was surprised but still asked.
From within the shell, the Xuanwu’s muffled voice responded:
“Kid, don’t get ahead of yourself. I’m just standing here. If you have the ability, then kill me!”
Upon hearing this, Ji Yang didn’t hold back and swung the pick at the turtle shell.
“Boom!”
Another echoing and crisp sound rang out.
Yet even with such force, the Xuanwu remained hidden within its shell.
Even though Ji Yang exerted all his strength, the shell showed no signs of damage. Its defense was indeed impressive.
Seeing the unmoving turtle shell, Ji Yang was a bit troubled. Continuously using his treasures to attack, even with his True Essence, it was impossible to unleash countless strikes; the key was that this shell was ridiculously hard.
As if sensing Ji Yang’s frustration, the Xuanwu’s delighted voice came from within the shell:
“Hmph, is that all you’ve got?”
“You’d better put in some effort; my shell is not made of mud!”
Ji Yang, stung by the taunt, wore a gloomy expression.
In the next moment, he activated the Heart Sword divine ability.
He would not believe he couldn’t find a weak spot on this turtle shell. As for the Sword Cultivation, Ji Yang was not yet ready to deploy that.
The strongest strike might have sufficient power, but he didn’t plan to eliminate this turtle.
True Spirits were favored by heaven, granted great power, and if he were to eliminate it, he would invite heavenly punishment upon himself.
This was knowledge he acquired after bringing Little White to Jingtan Peak.
He already had the Talent Jealousy, and with a heavenly punishment buff, plus more misfortune, he wasn’t sure if he could withstand it.
Of course, the main reason was that Ji Yang was not bloodthirsty; until now, only Elder Li had fallen by his hand.
While he didn’t intend to eliminate the Giant Turtle, Ji Yang didn’t plan to let it off easily.
As the Heart Sword divine ability activated, a small smile appeared on Ji Yang’s lips.
It seemed that the turtle shell indeed had gaps; at least in Ji Yang’s current view, there were two weaknesses visible on that shell.
Inside the shell, the Xuanwu, feeling Ji Yang doing nothing, mocked loudly:
“Is this all you’ve got?”
Before it could finish speaking, it felt another pick swing toward its shell.
