Chapter 174
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Chapter 174: Fiery Rose
A massive claw appeared in the sky, large enough to cover a small town.
The giant claw struck down hard at the puppets surrounding the breach.
"Boom~~"
The puppets that couldn’t dodge in time were reduced to worthless scraps. Xu Fan’s heart ached as he saw the missing spirit stones in the distance; that single strike cost several million spirit stones.
With the breach now wide open, all the Thick-Shell Honey Badgers charged through the gap.
The thirty Thick-Shell Honey Badgers carrying the beast race’s teleportation formations quickly broke free from the encirclement, but the grapes were even faster; just ahead, puppets were already preparing to intercept them.
At that moment, a sword’s cry rang out, and a hundred-meter-long sword light slashed towards the Thick-Shell Honey Badgers trying to escape through the breach, but it was blocked by the Leader of the Thick-Shell Honey Badger Clan.
"Our Thick-Shell Honey Badger clan has unmatched armor; with just your artifact, you’ll need to put in some effort to harm me," the Leader of the Thick-Shell Honey Badger Clan sneered.
The middle-aged cultivator didn’t respond but instead transformed his body into a sword and slashed again at the Leader of the Thick-Shell Honey Badger Clan.
This time, the sword intent carried a divine power several times stronger than before, with spatial fluctuations rippling wherever the sword light passed.
The armor-breaking and sharp intent within the sword light even made the Leader of the Thick-Shell Honey Badger Clan shudder.
‘Divine Ability: Heavy Mountain’
A mountain phantom rose from the Leader of the Thick-Shell Honey Badger Clan, quickly transforming into a giant peak a thousand meters tall.
A sense of immense weight emanated from the Leader.
"Boom~~"
The giant peak was instantly cut in half, and after the sword light passed through, it was shattered by the massive claw.
"Got any more tricks? Hurry up and use them."
After blocking that powerful sword strike, several thousand Thick-Shell Honey Badgers had already escaped through the breach.
The ones with clear eyes were now beyond the reach of the beast race’s teleportation formations, activating pre-prepared random teleportation talismans and disappearing in an unknown direction.
Seeing this, the middle-aged cultivator flashed a hint of frustration and then looked towards Xu Fan, signaling him to find a way to eliminate the fleeing Thick-Shell Honey Badgers.
Xu Fan instantly understood the middle-aged cultivator’s meaning and simply smiled back reassuringly.
Thinking they could escape on my territory was pure delusion. The entire thirty-thousand-mile radius is within my satellite detection range, and with the specific aura I intentionally infused, as long as they’re within this range, they can’t escape my grasp.
But what if those Thick-Shell Honey Badgers flee beyond thirty thousand miles?
Xu Fan chuckled; he had studied space extensively. Only Core Formation stage cultivators proficient in spatial divine abilities could teleport no more than five thousand miles at once. To teleport thirty thousand miles in one go, only a respected elder skilled in spatial techniques could pull that off.
Just then, the voice of the grapes echoed in Xu Fan’s mind.
"I’ve located all thirty Thick-Shell Honey Badgers you marked earlier, with the highest strength at the Transformation Stage. I’ve dispatched corresponding puppets to pursue them."
"They are currently under surveillance."
"Well done; try to bring them back alive," Xu Fan thought.
"Understood, master."
The middle-aged cultivator, who was locked in a stalemate with the Leader of the Thick-Shell Honey Badger Clan, after receiving Xu Fan’s reassuring look, turned his gaze back to the Leader of the Thick-Shell Honey Badger Clan.
"Ha ha, seems like you’re out of moves."
"But I do know a bit about summoning divine abilities," the middle-aged cultivator said. As soon as he finished speaking, a rose made of flames gently descended among the Thick-Shell Honey Badgers that had already surged through the breach. In an instant, like dry wood meeting a fierce blaze, flames erupted on the bodies of thousands of Thick-Shell Honey Badgers.
"When I arrived, I was wondering which beast race I would encounter. I could have guessed over a hundred different types, but I never expected it to be you nearly extinct Thick-Shell Honey Badgers," the voice was mature and seductive, with a slight mature sister tone that struck deep into the soul.
Xu Gang remained unresponsive, solely focused on whether his master was in danger. Xu Yuexian frowned slightly, thinking that her master would probably like this voice. Wang Xiangchi was indifferent; the only woman for him was the one in his illusions. Li Xingci maintained his smile, having met numerous alluring female cultivators with a mature sister vibe.
Hearing the voice, Xu Fan’s concentration wavered slightly. Gazing at the dazzling, fiery rose in the distance, he mentally envisioned the appearance of the great being about to emerge—undoubtedly a devilish figure with an angelic face. From where the flaming rose bloomed, a long, fair leg seemed to step out from the depths of the flames, followed by a voluptuous woman with a stunning appearance emerging from the fire.
Her cloak of flames and those lovely legs beneath her shorts, combined with her mature sister voice, could surely captivate over ninety percent of normal men in the world. Seeing the Leader of the Thick-Shell Honey Badger Clan take a defensive stance, the middle-aged cultivator smiled and said, "My summoning ability is quite impressive, isn’t it?"
At that moment, a giant flaming axe appeared in the sky, chopping down fiercely toward the Leader of the Thick-Shell Honey Badger Clan. "Boom!" The blaze spread wildly, as if the golden crow were plummeting to the ground. The leader was directly struck down to the lakebed of the Ten Thousand-Mile Giant Lake. The once proud heavy armor now bore a small crack.
"Retreat!" the leader roared, reappearing atop the ice field, his eyes showing a glimmer of fear as he looked at the flaming female cultivator and the middle-aged cultivator in the distance. The Thick-Shell Honey Badger clan’s innate divine ability is their heavy armor, which begins to consolidate from birth. At his cultivation level, the heavy armor had already reached artifact-level defense; if someone could shake the heavy armor with an attack, it would mean a threat to his life.
With a mighty roar, the leader commanded, and the previously raging Thick-Shell Honey Badgers reluctantly began to retreat into the teleportation portal. Meanwhile, the Leader of the Thick-Shell Honey Badger Clan stared intently at the man and woman in the distance. "It seems today will shed some blood; I hope more of my clan can escape," he thought.
Feeling his clan members beginning to withdraw en masse, the Leader of the Thick-Shell Honey Badger Clan breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that his people would recklessly fight to the end. Seeing that there were still thousands of Thick-Shell Honey Badgers lingering behind, the middle-aged cultivator chuckled and said, "How rare, witnessing the retreat of the Thick-Shell Honey Badgers. I’ll need to update this intelligence when I return."
The woman in the flaming cloak shot the middle-aged cultivator an eye roll. "After the ancient battle, the Thick-Shell Honey Badger clan almost lost all its high-end fighting strength. If they don’t adapt soon, this clan would have long since gone extinct," she said. "But now it seems their bloodline defect still exists; they just found a way to overcome it with external forces. This should be related to that larger Thick-Shell Honey Badger. Should we have a respected elder capture it for research?" the woman said with interest.
"Never mind; acquiring the beast race’s teleportation formation is more important. The Elder Council in the neighboring fairy city has already submitted six, and we only have three here. We need to step up our efforts," the middle-aged cultivator replied. "If we really push him to the edge, he will definitely destroy the teleportation formation first. We need to give him a glimmer of hope for escape," he added, feeling the pressure of performance as an Outer Sect Elder.
