Chapter 82: Du En Strikes

The silence of the night was suddenly shattered, yet the clamor could not invade one particular spot.

Backed against the dangerous terrain that had emerged in the night, Ren Li no longer possessed his earlier wanton arrogance.

"Moo—"

Possessing three tails, skin like black iron, and a body that looked as if it had been cast from molten iron, the Three-Tailed Iron Ox, comparable in size to an elephant, used its three tails to easily uproot a century-old tree, fiercely whipping it toward Ren Li while charging forward itself, its pair of sharp iron horns, comparable to magical artifacts of the same rank, chilling to the bone.

"Begone!"

Ren Li let out a low shout, his earthy-yellow hammer shattering the large tree, and then, raising his hand from afar, wood-spirit vines emitting a verdant fluorescent glow sprouted from the soil, binding the charging Three-Tailed Iron Ox directly.

In an instant, they were pulled taut, creaking loudly.

"Roar!!!"

Simply preposterous!

Ren Li's spell was broken, he suffered an injury, and the pent-up frustration of many days suddenly exploded at this moment.

The Three-Tailed Iron Ox had already snapped the wood-spirit vines and was rolling over like a massive mountain boulder, rumbling as it crashed toward him.

The ox's bellow was impassioned and loud, even drowning out the sound of the collision; this demonic beast pressed on in one breath, pushing the person before its horns, moving forward and forward, trampling the mountain forest as if it were mere weeds.

A black saber slid out from his sleeve.

He immediately lifted his fingers slightly, and a verdant-green shield spun around, expanding to the size of a square table, blocking this beam of moonlight.

Amidst Ren Li's distraction, the pangolin had also pressed down the precious sword before it.

Awoo!

The tiger cried out in pain.

Ren Li was even more affected at close range, being directly blasted away.

Seeing this tiny human actually raise a hand, posing to engage in a trial of strength, the Three-Tailed Iron Ox was instantly enraged, its eyeballs turning red, and it exerted its demonic power to the fullest.

Du En no longer concealed his aura and walked calmly from behind the wall; his earth armor had quietly become thicker and harder, reaching a point of practiced ease, looking just like a majestic clay idol.

A domineering and rampant variegated fierce tiger walked through the mountain forest, and even the trees bowed and yielded to it.

Ren Li had no time to land a follow-up strike.

It grew in the wind until the blade was six feet long.

The tiger roared in the mountain forest, and the beasts scattered.

"Evil Wind Tiger?"

Vigorous magic power surged within his body, flowing into the Black Steel Saber, flowing into the Lacquer Shadow Dharma Robe, reinforcing and thickening the earth armor.

Streams of moonlight condensed and lashed out at the underdog, biting at him relentlessly.

The situation does not shift according to human will.

If you can't beat them, you just can't!

That black saber, swung upward, directly decapitated it!

This first-rank superior-grade Black Steel Saber had no flashy tricks; it was simply, plainly, and purely hard and sharp enough!

Even when fighting a demonic beast a small rank higher, as long as one has technique and can follow the gaps in the fur, skin, and muscle, and the soft spots in the skeletal demonic power, one can achieve a decapitation in a single strike!

"Clang! Clang!"

"Moo..."

The iron ox's eyeball was squeezed out and fell to the ground with a clatter, just like a real lump of iron.

"Cough!"

His rotating field of vision met the gaze of this female leopard.

Just at this moment, a beam of moonlight fell like a pillar.

Bang!

The tiger claw descended, and the shield wall shattered.

Click-clack, click-clack, like armor assembling itself.

Had he not been wearing a dharma robe that triggered automatically upon being struck to block these claws and fangs, he would likely have been disemboweled and had his heart and liver torn out!

Blocks of wood fell, quickly piling up into a shield wall one foot thick, standing against the blowing evil wind, battered and bruised by the trees, stones, earth, and gale.

The Forest Shadow Leopard leaped onto the vehicle wall, its eyes filled with hatred, and pounced from the side and rear.

"Haha, five against one and you want to kill me? Simply..."

Damn it, it's one thing that I can't comprehend the mysteries of the wasteland, but now even you wild beasts of the mountain forest dare to run up and mock me to my face—this is simply preposterous!

With a surge of magic power, three talismans suddenly flew out from beneath his chest, meeting the tiger's tail.

Is this really a person?

Why did it feel like the hard boulders it usually rammed into to temper its physical body?

Bang!

Just as he felt a moment of relief, the soil to his side exploded, and an earthy-yellow pangolin as large as an ox burst from the ground, its sharp claws stabbing straight at Ren Li's head.

This female leopard roared viciously and suddenly leaped away, like water falling into the sea, silently vanishing into the shadows of the mountain forest, leaving no trace at all.

The ground was shaking, and the vehicle wall rattled.

Du En stepped aside and pivoted.

They were like two swordsmen, one with dual swords, savage and ruthless, the other with a single sword, clanging and majestic, fighting a life-and-death battle, trading blow for blow, and for a time, they were evenly matched.

Truly, it is better to rely on oneself than on others.

"Roar!"

A mournful cry escaped it, but it was, after all, a first-rank peak demonic beast, and a Three-Tailed Iron Ox known for its formidable physique, so its vitality was guaranteed; thus, it still wanted to turn its head and shake off this blade.

Wood-Spirit Shield!

Tap-tap-tap-tap...

Rumble, rumble, rumble!

Ren Li dodged the Three-Tailed Iron Ox's charge once again, and at this moment, it simply adjusted its direction slightly, taking advantage of the momentum to charge directly at Du En.

The fierce tiger lowered its body and suddenly let out a roar, whipping up a terrifying, wicked wind that uprooted trees and stirred up earth and stone, assaulting Ren Li like a deluge, frightening him into instantly erupting his magic power to cast a spell.

The more it looked, the more familiar it seemed; although Ren Li had done his best to process it while refining the artifact, it still triggered associations now, and he couldn't help but recall the pain of losing his cub.

But at least he had blocked it!

To be precise, it was the Shadow-Lacquer Dharma Robe on his body.

"Take this!"

That circle of other demonic beasts, who had been unable to restrain themselves and wanted to defy the wishes of their temporary leaders to strike first, were also so frightened that they all took a step back in unison.

Because as he paused slightly, the forest shadows under the night suddenly flickered, and a Forest Shadow Leopard, with a relatively slender and young build but sharper claws, had already seized the opportunity to launch a surprise attack.

"Damn it!"

To think it looks down on me so much!

A tiger tail followed closely behind, wrapped in a wicked wind, and whipped over, striking directly at Ren Li's face.

Its eyes moved, catching a glimpse of the scattered clods of earth and broken armor along the way, and its mood eased slightly.

This demonic beast, with its erupting demonic power, possessed a terrifyingly formidable physical body, causing these Wood Spirit Vines to begin snapping inch by inch.

Upon seeing these eyes, as calm as an ancient well, it felt a sense of fear for no reason, and its neck felt a chill.

Amidst the clanging of swords, a precious sword intervened, striking toward the pangolin and forcing it to twist its body to receive the blade.

Facing the charging Three-Tailed Iron Ox, he turned, stood firm, and looked straight ahead as he raised one hand.

Seeing that the outcome of the battle here was basically decided, the Forest Shadow Leopard did not participate further, but instead turned its gaze toward Du En on the other side.

But, so hard, so heavy!

Ren Li, who was struggling bitterly and being batted back and forth like a ball, didn't care how Du En had managed it at this moment and shouted out a "Good!"

A layer of earth armor began to climb up from the soles of his feet.

"Good!"

Charge!

Ram!

Boom!

"Moo!!!"

Du En scanned the circle of chaotic demonic beasts currently surrounding the vehicle wall, salivating yet temporarily restrained, and then glanced at the agile figure prowling in the shadows; amidst the terrified and desperate gazes of Yu Ningcai and the others, he calmly took a step forward.

Ren Li lifted his eyes with difficulty to look; that majestic white wolf had already arrived ten zhang away and was looking down proudly.

Ren Li felt so depressed at this moment that he just wanted to vomit blood, and he hurriedly cast another spell in a rush.

Just at this moment, from the dust before him, a black blade emerged, plunging straight into the brain along the gap in its eyeball, the connection point between the eye socket and the cranium, and the weak point of the cranial wall structure.

But at this moment, not only did magic power erupt from the blade, but the black blade, inserted to the hilt, continued to push forward, with both the hilt and the arm sinking completely into it.

Suddenly enraged!

"Awoo!"

The demonic beasts were also shocked.

Boom!

Firelight burst forth.

Even so, Ren Li could not help but stagger forward and fall directly from the treetop.

Bang!

After the magic power erupted, a muffled sound came from inside the skull.

With its entire brain turned to mush and overflowing from its seven orifices, the Three-Tailed Iron Ox collapsed to the ground like a falling mountain of gold or a toppling pillar of jade, never to stand again.

(End of this chapter)