1582 In Desperate Straits! The Price!
The enormous black head was like a piece of burning charcoal now, the scales falling off after the powerful electric current traveled through the Second Son of the Flame Soul. His flesh was charred and smoke surging out of his eyes.
The scene was a little comical. The demon dragon stood there as dumbly as if he was rethinking his life, wondering to himself how exactly he had been burned. The two bolts of lightning had been like divine punishment, smas.h.i.+ng into the Second Son’s head and making him dizzy. His body was seared and now smelled of roast meat, like an overcooked steak.
It seemed Xia Fan and Traveling Buddha’s springboard tactic had displayed a remarkable combat power that had heavily injured the Second Son of the Flame Soul. But in reality, they were now in desperate straits.
The black fog instantly rose back up, engulfing the area within a twenty-five kilometer radius. It formed a dome, letting no one in and letting no one out. Those watching could only speculate that this was some sort of self-protection system for the Second Son. When his physical body was heavily injured, this Domain would automatically appear and turn the area around him into a forbidden zone. In this forbidden zone, the Second Son wielded absolute power!
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When humans became ill, their bodies would develop a fever. This was their internal army of white blood cells going on the attack and battling the illness. The Second Son clearly had his own instinctive protection. When he was heavily injured, he would activate his demon Domain!.
Xia Fan swallowed hard. The Lower Realm seemed to have many skills and abilities involving Domains. Subduing Demon City had its three outer layers and five inner layers for protection, and even Queen Meryl’s White City had two Domains. The experts and Demon Kings of the Lower Realm could also activate Domains to protect themselves. It seemed like Runes and Domains were required courses in the Lower Realm!
“Mother…we’ve got no way out now. Together! Let’s kill him!” Traveling Buddha roared.
Whoos.h.!.+
The s.h.i.+ning Traveling Buddha joined the phantasmal Xia Fan in their usual offensive strategy. Traveling Buddha served as the s.h.i.+eld, drawing attacks, while Xia Fan used his high speed to deal vicious blows from unexpected angles.
This offensive had an unstoppable momentum!
Traveling Buddha was like a hard and foul stone, using his Battle Buddha’s Golden Light to bash himself against the Second Son of the Flame Soul, his fists raining down punches. The Second Son could send Traveling Buddha flying with a swipe of his claw, but Traveling Buddha would just get back up and charge back into the fray, his eyes red with bloodl.u.s.t.
As for Xia Fan, he had disappeared the moment the battle started, becoming a dark silhouette traveling at more than ten thousand meters per second, his speed simply unbelievable. He could attack the Second Son at any time from any position. His blade made from Underworld River Metal stabbed into the most unexpected and painful places, leaving behind gaping wounds that dripped with black blood.
“They’re trying to grind the Second Son of the Flame Soul to death!” Dongfang He shouted in shock.
Whether it was Xia Fan or Traveling Buddha, they both lacked the ability to kill with a single blow. But through their constant attacks, they were slowly wearing away at the Second Son’s. .h.i.tpoints, like using a dull blade to carve meat. While it wasn’t fatal, it was very painful and annoying.
Whoos.h.!.+
Xia Fan lightly grabbed Traveling Buddha, moving him out of the way of the Second Son’s dragon breath and dropping him behind the dragon. The s.h.i.+ning golden Traveling Buddha promptly charged at the enemy and unleashed a salvo of dazzling attacks.
When the Second Son turned his head in frustration and attacked Traveling Buddha again, Xia Fan appeared once more, grabbing Traveling Buddha by the waist and throwing him to the right side of the dragon, where Traveling Buddha immediately attacked again.
Everyone was gobsmacked. Xia Fan and Traveling Buddha were basically a perfect pair. Their tactic seemed simple: traveling Buddha was the hammer, and Xia Fan was using his speed to throw that hammer to wherever the Second Son was weak. Traveling Buddha would unleash an attack, and then Xia Fan would pick him up and take him to a new location.
The mighty Second Son of the Flame Soul was being run ragged by the tempo. He felt like there was a whole cloud of flies buzzing around him, constantly stabbing into him and making him bleed.
“What frightening speed!” Nikai’s eyes flashed. Everyone said that when Speed-types went crazy, their speed reached an absurd level, and today, they were truly experiencing it. Xia Fan was like an extremely tenacious stalk of bamboo, retreating when the enemy advanced and advancing when the enemy retreated. Not only was it impossible to predict where he went, he was always throwing his partner to the flanks of the enemy!
This was the Second Son of the Flame Soul, a Demi-King demon dragon! A lower-level opponent would probably have been tortured to death by this duo long ago!
“Awooo!~” With an earthshaking roar from the Second Son, his ma.s.sive black body began to dissolve into black fog that engulfed the world.
The trees and gra.s.ses of the places engulfed by the black fog rapidly withered, the yellow soil becoming crumbling dried-up limestone. Birds and insects dropped from the sky, their bodies rapidly decaying, their feathers and skin shedding to reveal their putrefying organs.
“Oh no! This dragon is letting out poison!” Traveling Buddha cried out in alarm! He used all his power to push Xia Fan away.
“Go! Take Le Jiajia and the others with you!” Traveling Buddha shouted with all his might. As for himself, he charged into the black fog toward the Second Son.
Everything in the world had its counter. While Speed was powerful, it wasn’t invincible. The black fog released by the Second Son of the Flame Soul was created by burning its lifeforce, similar to how human warriors would burn up their seventh brain regions in their final moments. By burning its life force, the demon dragon could create a dark power that could destroy everything!
The dead insects and birds, the withering gra.s.s and trees, hadn’t been poisoned. It was just that their life had withered away, the dark energy seeping into their bodies and destroying their cells. It was like all things had been dropped into a powerful acid. As they rapidly decayed, they let out a rancid smell.
Xia Fan didn’t have time to think too much. He glanced at his partner and then clenched his teeth. Rus.h.i.+ng to the bottom of the canyon, he grabbed the three talents of Subduing Demon City and returned to the mountain, where he grabbed Le Jiajia and the other two.
In the blink of an eye, the six of them had been taken to a safe zone far from the Second Son of the Flame Soul. Of course, this safety was temporary. The Second Son’s Domain was fifty kilometers across, and they were stopped by the Domain’s barrier from leaving.
Xia Fan thought about his Law of Gold. That mysterious power could get Xia Fan through the Domain barrier, but what about Traveling Buddha? And Le Jiajia? Was he going to run off and abandon Traveling Buddha?
No!
Absolutely not!
Xia Fan didn’t have much time. He saw Traveling Buddha fighting within the black fog, the golden light protecting him rapidly dwindling. If he lost the Battle Buddha’s Golden Light, he would fall on the battlefield, and Xia Fan would lose his best friend.
One person had only so many friends in their lifetime. They might have strange and eccentric personalities, but one would always find a friend that one could open up to. While one might wear a mask around outsiders, they would always speak and act freely in front of these people.
Traveling Buddha was a guy who didn’t care about anything, and basically no one liked him. Even his own father was disinclined to speak to him. But this weird guy trusted Xia Fan. If Xia Fan had him do something, he wouldn’t even ask for a reason.
‘So annoying. You can decide and just tell me what to do. I’m not interested in knowing anything else!,’ Traveling Buddha’s voice rang out in his memory.
In the black fog, the golden light was dimming. It was no longer a dazzling golden, but a weak firefly. It was surrounded by black night, and that little twinkling glow was about to be extinguished.
Some friends could never be lost, for once they were lost, they would never be found again!
Xia Fan raised his head, an unprecedented sense of helplessness welling up in his heart. He hated this feeling, and he was willing to pay any price to get rid of it!
“Cid Raleigh!” Xia Fan called out with his thoughts. “Isn’t it just a mission that I can’t refuse? I’ll take it! If I can protect Traveling Buddha, I’ll take anything!”