Chapter 86: Giant Experience (Please Please Please Please Read On)

Bert stared at him for several seconds.

"Your spiritual accumulation is quite good, Mr., and I can also see you have a very strong physique, but there is no need for the sake of a halfling."

"Such nonsense."

Vroom!

Under high-speed movement, the air even produced a distinct friction sound against his clothes.

Rod vanished from his original spot; the next moment, 【Dedicated Body Sword】 had already slashed onto the opponent's spell shield.

A sword shadow carrying pink-purple resentful fire cut through the half-air.

Clang!

The translucent spell shield was shattered from the side.

Like paper.

Then that glowing gradient-gold long sword, its attack unyielding, headed for his neck.

The sword wind cut a shallow wound on Bert's stunned face.

Just as the long sword reached a distance of less than two centimeters from the neck, a layer of qi membrane attached to the skin suddenly covered it, forcibly jamming the long sword.

A magic ring on his hand suddenly lost all its radiance.

Several venomous snakes composed of magic suddenly drilled out from Rod's sword, mouths wide open, heading toward him.

At the same time, under the impact of immense force, Bert was already sent flying.

He rolled countless times clumsily on the pink ground.

The pure black, luxurious robe was covered in dust.

On the face of Cecil, who was nearby, a look of slight surprise mixed with satisfaction.

This companion has always been arrogant and self-important; as the son of a Hou Jue, looking down on others has always been his habit.

Seeing him suffer a setback, it would be strange if one wasn't pleased.

That was what she thought, but she did not believe the man before her could defeat him.

Rod raised his hand and swept, scraping away the venomous snakes in two or three motions.

But on the sword blade that had just contacted the qi membrane, a shallow notch had clearly appeared.

Like a Ya Yin.

"What spell is this?"

"It is Dual Spell Combination, an advanced technique of a mage."

Lily said.

She cast a Dust-Cleansing Spell on herself, and even the scratches on her red breastplate became much shallower.

"That is to say, combining two spells to cast them at once; this is originally a technique only those above the seventh tier can learn, but he can barely manage it by borrowing a magic ring."

The look in her eyes toward Rod held a bit more wonder.

She added, "As for you, you can directly slash through a sixth-tier spell shield."

"It's a pity that layer of qi membrane wasn't pierced through."

"It's different; human mages' magic shields generally use a relatively balanced all-resistance type, but that doesn't mean they won't use specialized types. For instance, that layer of qi membrane is a special shield specifically countering blades and swords, 【Broken Blade Iron Wall】, which is a quite rare high-grade item."

Over there, Bert had already stood up again.

Half his face was covered in gray dust, his expression gloomy.

Magic surged around him like substance; judging by its intensity and quality, it was indeed much stronger than Cecil's.

He uttered the sound of an obscure and difficult-to-understand Dong De Zhou.

It looked like he was charging a ultimate move.

Rod had long heard that many people would intentionally suppress their tier, aiming to reach the seventh tier in the most perfect state.

"Sending snakes to bite me just now counted as one turn; now it's my turn."

He smiled and charged forward.

Neither of them intended to abide by any "gentlemen's duel" or "you go, then I go" rules.

Just right for me to test a new move.

Spiritual energy gradually gathered on the long sword, then extended.

【Giant Transformation Slash】.

This is an explosive skill that can be charged.

It's just that Rod hasn't charged it very many times.

But now it's different.

【Blessing of the Ancient Sky Tree: Grow bigger, then grow even bigger; this is the sole survival meaning of the Ancient Sky Tree. She projects this onto those who receive the blessing. This effect can be applied to the body, spiritual energy, or objects.】

He raised the long sword high; the transformed 【Giant Transformation Slash】 reached five meters in height.

Then add the blessing of the Ancient Sky Tree.

Boom!!!

The amount of spiritual energy directly multiplied by ten!

The light pillar of 【Giant Transformation Slash】 suddenly exploded upward, piercing straight into the clouds!

Both Lily and Cecil were stunned.

Fierce spiritual energy, with him as the center, spun up a slight spiritual tornado.

The pressure of the spiritual energy constantly compressed the surrounding environment.

Even the ground produced a strong tremor.

"Uh, I used too much force."

Rod shifted from one hand to two; the spiritual energy in his body had been drained completely in one go.

There was still a faint lingering ache.

"What."

The commotion clearly startled Bert; the intense surge of spiritual energy even disrupted his concentration, forcing him to hastily finish his incantation.

A massive fireball called 【Burning Heaven Blazing Sun】 looked utterly insignificant before this heaven-piercing sword of light.

"Is this a Caliburn? Ha!"

Rod recalled the anime he had watched back on Earth.

While swinging down 【Giant-Slaying Slash】 with all his might.

In an instant, Bert activated every one of his magic rings.

BOOM!!!!

Split clean in two.

Everything the pillar of light passed through—

Clouds, fireballs, humans, land—none were spared.

The dust kicked up instantly obscured everyone's vision.

Once everything settled.

Rod walked slowly over to the Bahadur student's side; after that one slash, he had to rest a full ten minutes before recovering.

The strain on his body was considerable, to say the least.

On the ground.

Only a little under half a body remained.

"Oh my god, are you really someone who just advanced to sixth-tier?"

Lily walked over, unable to believe it.

"Are you sure you're not actually a seventh-tier hiding your strength with some treasure?"

"It's my first time using it too, I went a bit overboard. Where's that female mage?"

"She ran off. Sorry, I was watching you so intently… I mean, I was so absorbed watching your technique."

Rod nudged Bert's body with his foot.

The treasure and spell pouch had both been slashed to ash.

Can't loot the corpse, what a shame.

"It's fine. Bahadur's students aren't as strong as I imagined; one more or one less doesn't matter."

Lily really wanted to argue back.

But with this guy's monstrous display, what was wrong with saying that?

While they were talking.

A message came from Long Hun Nao Lin's side.

"Waaah, Mr. Rod, are you not here yet? I feel like they're using a spell to restrict my movement…"

"Almost there, on the way."

Beside them, Lily grabbed the black robe that had only one sleeve left.

"Rod, can I take this? I'm planning to turn each of their clothes into underwear and socks and give them to beggars on the road."

"Uh… you handle it."

"Who's that beside you? Why is there a woman?" Nao Lin had clearly overheard and asked timidly.

Rod replied:

"Her name is Lily, she's a helper I called in. You'll have to pay her some reward too."

"You—you actually used my money to keep a woman on the side… waaah…"

"What are you talking about? She came to help rescue you."

"But… but, you already confessed to me, so why are you still getting involved with other women? Waaah…"

Rod's face was covered in black lines.

"When did I ever confess to you?"

Don't talk nonsense.

What we have is a purely physical relationship, it has nothing to do with feelings.

The stamp-collecting plan was too grand, and the space in Rod's heart was limited.

"…It's you who said you'd enslave me for life. Isn't that a confession?"

"Well, if you insist on thinking that way, I can't help it."

Lily, realizing he was spacing out at this moment, tugged at his clothes.

She asked with concern: "Are you hurt?"

"No."

Rod smiled and explained to her the matter of the pass, Long Hun Nao Lin.

After their brief time together, he could tell Lily was someone worth trusting.

When Rod mentioned Nao Lin's line about 'using my money to keep a woman on the side'—

Lily's gaze drifted to the side unnaturally, her ears flushed red.

Please follow and read, brothers, I'm on the brink of death, waaah

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(End of this chapter)