Chapter 247: Slaying the Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King

As the words fell, only Gu Xuan's right-hand dark gold claw burst forth with even stronger light; he raised his claw and swung, sending five five-meter-long dark gold blades shooting at the Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King.

At the same time, four dragon swords and the Sky-Tearing Claw formed a killing formation, directly sealing off the Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King's evasion space, bound to kill it in one strike.

There was no way to avoid it; no matter what, this Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King could not possibly dodge such an attack.

What Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan did not expect was that this Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King did not dodge; instead, its huge wings spread out to both sides, causing its body to momentarily hover in midair.

Seeing the powerful killing formation attack it, the leftmost head suddenly emitted a golden light wave, but this wave was not directed at the opponent; it acted upon itself.

The next moment, under the effect of a golden mist, the Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King's massive body suddenly burst apart, turning into hundreds of dark gold small bats that scattered in all directions.

Although Gu Xuan's killing formation had a wide reach and its attack peaked, it could not annihilate all the dark gold small bats; even if every strike hit, at most it destroyed less than half of them.

"A clone?!" Gu Xuan's heart jolted.

This was something Gu Xuan did not anticipate, because he only remembered that in the original work this thing posed a considerable threat to Tang San and Hu Liena, but Gu Xuan also did not expect that this beast's ability would be so hard to kill.

At this moment, those dark gold small bats suddenly emitted an irritating chirping sound.

The blood bats previously instantly sprang into action, recklessly flying toward Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan.

Unfortunately, Gu Xuan still had four dragon swords forming a five-meter-diameter sword formation on his body; although the number of blood bats was huge, they could not break through to approach them.

The Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King's launch of the blood bat attack was clearly not meant to attack Gu Xuan and his companions, but to delay their attack.

Meanwhile, the remaining half of the dark gold small bats quickly merged, reforming into the Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King, though its size was reduced by half.

But the next moment, that Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King began gulping down the surrounding blood bats, and soon its size recovered.

At this moment, its three heads and six small eyes fiercely stared at Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan; obviously, it too had been enraged.

Seeing so many underlings wounded or killed, eerie shrieks rang out simultaneously from the three heads of the Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King.

The surface of the Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King surged with an even richer dark gold light.

Du Gu Yan's expression changed; she said in a low voice, "This guy has regenerative ability. If I'm not mistaken, the skill it's using now should be to empower itself. If we let it finish empowering, we'll be in trouble."

Gu Xuan also understood, but at this moment the Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King had already distanced itself from them, using the blood bats to stall their attack while it itself focused on gathering energy.

The cries of the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King grew louder and louder, and the light on its body became ever more dazzling.

Gu Xuan knew he could wait no longer.

The sword formation formed by the four dragon swords on his body began to expand, its diameter reaching a terrifying thirty meters; the surrounding blood bats, heedless of life and death, did not retreat, and at this moment any blood bats within a three-meter radius of Gu Xuan instantly turned into fragments.

At the same time, soul power surged on Gu Xuan's body; the four dragon swords encircling the Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King suddenly merged, forming an even larger dragon sword, then a terrifying sword aura burst forth, and taking this huge dragon sword as the core, it abruptly transformed into a ten-meter-long sword dragon.

Immediately after, Gu Xuan swung the Dark Gold Terror Claw again, emitting several Sky-Tearing Claws that sealed off the Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King's space, while this ferocious sword dragon completely locked onto the Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King's three heads.

At this moment, the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King had just finished empowering; each of its three heads spewed out streams of attacks, attempting to block the Sky-Tearing Claws.

The power of the Dark Gold Terror Claw's Sky-Tearing Claw skill absolutely far exceeded the attacks of the Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King, so not only did the bat king fail to break Gu Xuan's attack, its room to move became even smaller.

Also at this moment, the ferocious sword dragon bearing endless sword might directly devoured the Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King's three heads.

Struck by such an attack, the Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King's bodily golden light instantly spread; with a bang, a large amount of golden liquid scattered everywhere, and any blood bats nearby that were splashed by that golden liquid instantly perished in miserable cries.

Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King, slain!

But the cost was that Gu Xuan's soul power was depleted by half; this consumption might be normal for others, but for Gu Xuan it should not be.

Because it has been nearly a year and a half since he came to Slaughter City, Gu Xuan's soul power has now reached rank seventy; in about eighteen months, his soul power has risen a full nine ranks, equivalent to gaining one rank every two months on average—a speed that can be said to be unparalleled.

And Gu Xuan, whose soul power has reached rank seventy, is in total amount not the slightest bit inferior to a high-rank Spirit Douluo, so such a large consumption is indeed somewhat large.

Du Gu Yan, although somewhat behind, already has her soul power at rank sixty-nine, only one step away from seventy.

If Gu Xuan had done this from the very beginning, he would certainly not have consumed so much soul power.

Of course, this is also because the abilities of this Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King are too hard to kill: a powerful golden shield, light waves that ignore physical attacks, clones, regeneration…

Damn, Gu Xuan felt that if this thing had a soul ring, the soul skill produced by its soul ring would definitely be a top-tier life-saving soul skill.

Also at the moment this Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King died, in the depths of the Endless Blood Pool beneath where Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan could not see, a even larger golden-red giant bat quietly opened its eyes.

Endless blood light flickered in those piercing eyes, but soon the huge golden-red bat closed its eyes again, as if merely a small incident had occurred, not worth its intervention.

At this moment, with the death of the Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King, the remaining blood bats instantly became leaderless, nearly in a frenzied revenge, they surged wildly toward Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan.

But, when an army loses its leader, it not only loses morale but also loses the brain that directs it; although the remaining blood bats are still numerous in number, at this moment they are like moths flying into flames.

The terror of Gu Xuan's sword formation far exceeds what this swarm of blood bats can resist; within a minute, actually less than a minute, all the blood bats turned into fragments.

At this moment, the surroundings fell silent once again.

Gu Xuan recalled the dragon swords; eight dragon swords behind him formed four pairs of sword wings.

Du Gu Yan recalled hers, stepped down from Gu Xuan's body, and asked softly, "How is it? Your soul power consumption must not be small, right?"

Gu Xuan nodded, recalled his martial soul, and replied, "My soul power has been consumed by about half."

Du Gu Yan squeezed Gu Xuan's big hand and said softly, "Rest a while; there's no danger for now."

Gu Xuan did not refuse, and nodded.

Afterward, Gu Xuan reluctantly sat down on the narrow path; he is a top-tier genius, immediately entering a cultivation state, quietly restoring his stamina and soul power.

Du Gu Yan had almost no consumption; at this moment she served as a Dharma protector, vigilant of any possible occurrences around them.

ps: Typos to be corrected later.

(End of chapter)