Chapter 218: Siege

In the blink of an eye, nearly half an hour passed.

The battle was still ongoing, and there was not the slightest sign of it weakening.

The Fourth-Tier Nether Beast seemed to grow braver the more it fought, while the intervals between the Divine Pattern Battle Techniques released by Feng Liu and the other two grew longer; many times, just as they were released, they would be suppressed, and within the endless, ink-dyed tide, they were like weak flames that would flicker and collapse before they could last long.

This could not go on.

Xu Chen felt somewhat anxious and agitated.

He was very clear about the power of the Fourth-Tier Nether Beast; it was definitely not something he could deal with at the moment.

Although the three warriors, Feng Liu and the others, who had awakened their Divine Pattern Battle Techniques could still resist for now, they had only just awakened not long ago, their bodies had not fully recovered to their strongest state, and furthermore, this was their first time using Divine Pattern Battle Techniques in combat, so they were resisting in an extremely primitive and savage way.

This style of fighting was only used by the common, ignorant folk.

Although it is said that great strength can work miracles.

The prerequisite is that the strength must be sufficient, and one's power must be able to overwhelm the opponent.

At present, the strength of Feng Liu and the other two clearly had not reached the point where they could arm-wrestle this Fourth-Tier Nether Beast.

"You all wait here, I'll go take a look!"

Xu Chen sent a voice transmission, left those words behind, rose into the air, turned into a stream of light, and headed toward the place of battle.

"Benefactor, don't go!"

Amidst the urgent cries of the group, Xu Chen had already vanished from sight in the blink of an eye.

"What should we do? Should we go?" Feng Xing asked with a face full of anxiety.

Feng Feiyi stopped a few companions and said, "Benefactor has the ability to protect himself; if we go, we will only cause trouble. It is best to wait here!"

The group could only nod helplessly and remain on the Clam Shell Boat, continuing to wait anxiously.

At this moment, the battle between Feng Liu and the other two and the Fourth-Tier Nether Beast had entered a state of considerable deadlock, and their gradually suppressed auras began to become unstable; the Divine Pattern Battle Techniques were tottering under the Nether Beast's powerful Black Wind and Soul impact, and the Blood Poison Patterns on the three people's faces were becoming clearer and clearer, gradually showing signs of losing control.

"Boom—"

The cyan mountain phantom that was resisting the Nether Beast with all its might suddenly collapsed under the impact of the Black Mist, turning into cyan light mist that exploded across the sky.

The Black Wind that broke through the defense instantly submerged Feng Liu and the other two like a bursting river.

"Atuga—"

Within the Black Wind, an angry roar rang out, and suddenly a cyan light flashed again, transforming into a giant phantom over ten zhang in size that broke through the Black Wind tide and strode toward the mountain-like giant lizard.

Inside the cyan giant phantom, a tall figure was like a violent beast, roaring as he gripped a giant fork over a zhang long, throwing himself at the giant lizard like a moth to a flame.

This was the Divine Pattern Battle Technique, Wrath of the Wind God.

Compared to other wide-range Divine Pattern Battle Techniques, its single-target attack power was immense, but it was entirely a close-quarters melee technique; once unleashed, one had to fight the enemy at close range with no room for evasion, relying only on the warrior's own strong physique to hold out until the battle ended, and it was extremely dangerous if one could not resist the enemy's attacks.

And the one who released Wrath of the Wind God was Feng Liu.

At this moment, the three of them could no longer suppress the irritable Fourth-Tier Nether Beast; if they did not fight for their lives, once this Nether Beast escaped, the entire Wind Clan would never have peace again and might even be completely destroyed by its vengeful fury.

"Roar—"

Seeming to sense the powerful threat from Feng Liu, the giant lizard also erupted with an earth-shattering roar, spitting a black light from its mouth that slammed heavily into the cyan giant.

"Boom—"

Cyan and black light splashed; the giant body of the cyan figure suddenly stalled, the giant fork stabbed heavily into a pitch-black tongue that resembled a giant python, and his body was also swept up by the black light and dragged toward the blood-red maw that had opened like an abyss.

Amidst the roars, two figures rushed out simultaneously from the rolling Black Wind in the sky, each transforming into a cyan giant shadow, holding giant forks and stabbing at the giant lizard from the left and right.

In the blink of an eye, the three cyan giant shadows engaged in a brutal melee with the flying lizard; the three giant forks flew up and down, and the giant lizard also flapped its wings, as terrifying Black Winds like mountain walls slammed layer upon layer into the three cyan giant shadows.

Roaring, bellowing, being repelled, and rushing up again.

Amidst the rolling Black Mist, the three were like warriors fighting in a torrent, stumbling and charging one after another, a completely reckless and desperate melee.

The Nether Beast was soon riddled with holes from the forks, with rolling Black Mist constantly spraying out, but the three cyan giants were also being torn apart by the giant lizard's sharp claws, their cyan light scattering and tottering.

At this moment, as long as the cyan phantom of the Wrath of the Wind God collapsed, any one of them would be instantly torn to pieces by the giant lizard.

The Blood Poison Patterns on the faces of Feng Liu and the other two, who were wrapped in the giant shadows, had already begun to collapse, and blood was seeping out from their eyes, ears, mouths, and noses.

"Boom—"

With another earth-shattering loud noise, one cyan giant figure exploded directly, and the person inside was also sent tumbling out by the blast, but was instantly entangled by a black light and then, without any resistance, was swept into the giant lizard's mouth.

But just as Feng Liu was about to be swallowed, a bolt of lightning descended from the sky and slammed heavily onto the top of the giant lizard's head.

"Clang—"

Accompanied by a muffled sound like striking steel, the giant lizard's massive body suddenly sank, its four limbs went soft, and its entire body slammed heavily onto the ground; the rolling Black Mist shattered the mountain rocks, which flew in all directions as crushed stone, only to be ground into powder by the splashing cyan lightning.

"Roar-ang—"

In pain, the giant lizard had to release its tongue and let out an angry roar.

However, before the giant lizard could flap its huge wings and crawl up, a mountain phantom over a hundred zhang in size appeared out of thin air and slammed heavily onto the giant lizard once more.

Although the Wind Barrier was only a defensive battle pattern, it actually possessed powerful offensive capabilities; as long as one's strength was sufficient and the energy of the Soul and Divine Blood was strong enough, it was enough to suppress mountains and rivers.

The power of the Divine Pattern Battle Technique released by Xu Chen was limited; although it could not severely injure this Fourth-Tier Nether Beast, under these continuous attacks, the Nether Beast was also caught off guard, and under the successive heavy blows, its terrifying momentum was temporarily suppressed.

"Benefactor, be careful!" Feng Liu, having escaped danger, rolled, spread his light wings, flew up, and shouted via voice transmission.

"Everyone, don't panic, and don't get too close; we have a chance to slowly wear it to death!"

While Xu Chen sent the voice transmission, the Qinglan Light-Splitting Mirror rose into the air and hung above his head, then suddenly spun and transformed into six Copper Mirrors that spread out; six figures exactly like Xu Chen walked out from the cyan light emitted by the Copper Mirrors, and each pinched magic seals to release various Magic Spells of wind, thunder, water, and fire, instantly submerging the giant lizard like hail and fire rain.

After many days, using the Qinglan Light-Splitting Mirror again, although it still only released six spectral shadows, his strength had increased several times over.

The six spectral shadows released at this moment each possessed sixty percent of Xu Chen's own strength, almost equivalent to six cultivators at the True Essence Late Stage.

However, the Soul Beast faced this time was more than ten times stronger, so Xu Chen knew that the Spectral Mirror could only confuse the giant lizard but could not cause it substantial damage.

Sure enough, these Magic Spell attacks, which looked like fireworks across the sky, landed on the giant lizard's massive body like scratching an itch through a boot; it looked lively with light splashing, but in reality, it caused almost no damage.

After all, his current strength could at most release Third-Tier Magic Spells.

And the spectral shadows released by the Spectral Mirror could at most release the power of the True Essence Late Stage.

Under Xu Chen's fierce attack, the giant lizard soon regained its senses, roared, rose into the air, and spat a black light at Xu Chen, but it only hit one of the spectral shadows.

The phantom image shattered with a single blow, and the Spectral Mirror also shook and broke immediately; however, in the blink of an eye, a Copper Mirror appeared, and a figure strode out from the cyan light, raising a hand to unleash a bolt of lightning that smashed onto the giant lizard's head.

Black light struck out in all directions from the giant lizard's mouth, and its pitch-black tongue, resembling a giant python, was as impossible to guard against as if it were piercing through the Void, but no matter how fast it was, it could only ever shatter a phantom image; as for Xu Chen's true body, he utilized the Cloud Flow Step, flickering and appearing around the giant lizard as if he were an illusion, and even if the giant lizard occasionally found the position of his true body, he was always able to narrowly dodge by the skin of his teeth, and could even frequently raise the Thunder Fire Pestle to land a fierce attack on the giant lizard.

With Xu Chen's distraction, the three members of Feng Liu also caught their breath, withdrew the Wrath of the Wind God, and reorganized their coordinated attack.

Two mountain phantom images, several miles long, appeared once again, firmly blocking the terrifying aura released by the giant lizard and compressing it in the middle.

A cyan tornado also enveloped the giant lizard once more, howling and spinning madly, while dense, sharp blades like icicles continuously cut into the giant lizard's upper body; immediately, cyan light sprayed and Black Mist rolled, and the pitch-black, hard scales on the surface of the giant lizard's body, which were like crystal, were continuously worn away and collapsed.

Xu Chen stood outside the tornado phantom, his six spectral phantom images still continuously roaming and attacking from all sides; although their power was not great, they were constantly distracting the giant lizard, while his true body stopped the Cloud Flow Step, stood several hundred feet away, raised the Thunder Fire Pestle, and bombarded the giant lizard with bolts of lightning.

The violent giant lizard was finally trapped once again.

Despite its desperate roaring and charging under the suppression of the three Divine Pattern Battle Techniques, it could no longer successfully break free, and its range of movement was slowly limited to a narrow space of no more than a hundred feet in radius.

The time that followed was Xu Chen's plan, which was to grind, to slowly grind it down.

And the three members of Feng Liu, their states of mind having calmed, also slowly began to feel at ease, and in the battle, they gradually became familiar with the Divine Pattern Battle Techniques, using them and coordinating with increasing proficiency.

In this pitch-black world devoid of light, there was no concept of time at all.

The four of them surrounded the giant lizard to fight in coordination, and various Divine Pattern Battle Techniques were successively unleashed in combination; some seemingly unremarkable techniques could sometimes produce strange effects.

Among them, the most surprising was a Divine Pattern Battle Technique called Wind Chaos, which had no lethality, but once unleashed, it would give the enemy a certain chance to briefly fall into a state of confusion.

And once it fell into this state, the giant lizard was almost like a fool, completely unable to attack, and could only spin around in circles on the spot, which just happened to create the best, unparalleled opportunity for the four to attack.

However, the only drawback was that this state of confusion did not work every time, and the duration was very short, lasting only about a few breaths, but for the four of them, as long as it occurred once, it was enough to launch a wave of fierce attacks.

Therefore, after discovering the wonderful use of Wind Chaos, the four of them coordinated with increasing ease; one person specialized in releasing Wind Chaos, while the others observed and waited for the opportunity to strike, unleashing crazy damage whenever they seized a chance.

With the ebb and flow of the battle, this Fourth-Rank Nether Beast was suppressed more and more severely, and the various Divine Pattern Battle Techniques and Magic Spell light images released by the four gradually gained the upper hand; in the world filled with Black Wind, half the sky was illuminated, making Feng Feiyi and the others, who were waiting and observing from dozens of miles away, feel increasingly at ease, and their nervous and anxious emotions slowly calmed down.

There are only three chapters today.

(End of this chapter)