abnabooks Chapter 338 Taotie
Chapter 338 Taotie
"Every time Taotie activates a skill, it consumes its own source power, but its source power is limited. Whenever its source power is about to be exhausted, it must hunt souls to draw new power. At this time, it must expose its source power, which is also the best time to seal it." The water priest calmly floated in mid-air, slowly stroking his beard, as if the battle in the cave had nothing to do with him.
"I understand. All I have to do is keep fighting it, right? That makes things much easier," Qin Xiaochuan said confidently, before unleashing another bolt of lightning at the Taotie.
Surrounded by the crowd, Taotie roared angrily, its powerful sonic waves forcefully repelling the Kaiming who was tearing at it. Then it let out a long howl to the sky, and with its howl, countless vengeful spirits flew out of its mouth, then transformed into various monsters and pounced on the crowd.
"Be careful, this is its skill 'Abyss of Reincarnation,' which can summon the spirits of dead demons to fight for it. Our Blood Witch Clan suffered greatly from this skill back then," the Water Priest warned from the side.
Just as the water priest finished speaking, Taotie had already summoned more than a dozen vengeful spirits of demonic beasts. It was clear that they were all high-level demonic beasts with formidable strength. These demonic vengeful spirits were like starving beasts that had suddenly spotted their prey, and they pounced on the group madly after they appeared.
Unlike living monsters, ordinary attacks are unlikely to cause them any real damage. Apart from Qin Xiaochuan and Kaiming, who can easily deal with these vengeful spirits, the other three find it extremely difficult to fight them.
"Shiyi, use peach wood. Peach wood can ward off evil spirits." Han Kexin used a tornado to drive away a wolf-shaped demonic beast spirit next to Guo Shiyi, and then stood back to back with Guo Shiyi.
Of the four, Guo Shiyi had the most trouble dealing with these vengeful spirits because her skills were mostly focused on control. However, these vengeful spirits were the least afraid of being controlled. Moreover, Guo Shiyi was afraid of ghosts, so she became somewhat timid before even fighting, which greatly reduced her strength. Seeing this, Han Kexin quickly gave her some pointers.
Upon hearing this, Guo Shiyi immediately changed her tactics. Instead of using ordinary vines to attack, she slightly modified her skills, generating only peach trees and using the peach branches to whip the monsters and vengeful spirits. This change immediately took effect. Peach wood is also known as ghost-fearing wood, and the vengeful spirits instinctively retreated, no longer daring to approach Guo Shiyi easily.
"Sister Kexin, I had completely forgotten about this. It's a shame that I grew up in a Taoist temple and didn't even remember these basic facts," Guo Shiyi said somewhat embarrassedly.
"You're probably just too nervous. Actually, these vengeful spirits aren't that scary. Look, they're afraid of you now," Han Kexin said. Even though the demonic beasts and vengeful spirits had already retreated, Han Kexin didn't let them off easily. Her wind blades swept past the peach tree and immediately propelled the peach leaves like arrows, shooting towards the demonic beasts and vengeful spirits.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh." With a series of piercing sounds, Peach Leaf continuously shot through the bodies of the demonic beasts, weakening the blue light on their bodies with each attack.
"Thunderbolt Net!" After Qin Xiaochuan released the skill next to Taotie, he instantly blasted several demonic beast spirits into a wisp of green smoke and dissipated into the air.
Just as Qin Xiaochuan killed a few vengeful spirits of demonic beasts, Taotie summoned several more to replenish their ranks, seemingly endlessly. Fortunately, they were currently fighting Taotie alone. If they were fighting a massive army of demonic beasts simultaneously, as they had done thousands of years ago, the dead beasts would immediately become its army of the dead, making it even more invincible. No wonder it was said that Taotie was impossible to truly kill. "The Revelation of Heaven's Path": Explosive word-of-mouth, rave reviews! Qin Xiaochuan finally understood the meaning of that statement.
The Taotie's troublesome nature didn't stop there. It clearly realized that Qin Xiaochuan and Kaiming's lightning-type spiritual power was somewhat restraining it, so it immediately released a second skill. It exhaled a puff of white smoke, which landed on the white bones on the ground. The bones seemed to come alive suddenly, automatically piecing themselves together and assembling into the shapes of various demonic beasts. These bones were not only unafraid of lightning strikes, but could also immediately reassemble themselves after being scattered.
At the same time, all the vengeful spirits of those demonic beasts burrowed into the bones, essentially creating a suit of armor tailored to their own bodies, making them even more difficult to deal with.
"Wind Howl - Tornado Wind Blade." Facing the monster that was closing in again, Han Kexin decisively released her strongest attack skill. A wind blade, like a tornado, quickly cut through the white bone shell, while Qin Xiaochuan and Guo Shiyi took the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to the vengeful spirit inside.
With the team's cooperation, even though the monsters became stronger, they were still unable to withstand their attacks.
But the Taotie kept summoning new vengeful spirits and monsters.
"This is really never going to end." Qin Xiaochuan looked helplessly at the white bones on the ground that formed the shape of an Ice Soul Mane Leopard. A vengeful spirit entered its body, and then it pounced on him again.
Before the Ice Soul Leopard even pounced, Qin Xiaochuan felt a chill penetrate his skin. Every place it landed instantly turned into ice, and wherever its sharp claws slashed, the water vapor in the air quickly condensed into ice, forming a hazy white mist around it. The spiritual power contained within was unimaginable.
Qin Xiaochuan stomped off the ground and leaped backward, dodging the Ice Soul Mane Leopard's attack. At the same time, he immediately ducked to avoid the wind blade of another Wind Wolf Beast, leading the Ice Soul Leopard to a frenzied brown-haired ape. Then, with a flash of wind, he appeared next to the Wind Wolf Beast and kicked it away. Immediately afterward, he quickly formed several hand seals and released a burst of flames. The Samadhi True Fire instantly engulfed the three powerful beasts.
This attack was executed flawlessly, with precise timing in dodging, defense, and offense, allowing him to quickly eliminate three monsters in a very short time. His skill was truly remarkable, earning him a triple kill. However, when he turned around, he discovered that Taotie had summoned four more monsters, a situation that was enough to break his spirit.
"Come on, I'll fight you to the death!" The long battle did not diminish Qin Xiaochuan's fighting spirit; on the contrary, it ignited his bloodlust. He rolled up his sleeves and charged into the midst of the monsters near Taotie, wielding the Xuanyuan Sword and unleashing a flurry of attacks.
In fact, he didn't know anything about swordsmanship, but the Xuanyuan Sword was a giant sword, a divine weapon used by emperors in the ancient mythological era. It did not rely on swordsmanship, but on the user's own strength. The user could unleash earth-shattering energy with a simple swing, thus becoming a king's sword that could rule over all heroes.
Qin Xiaochuan only needed to inject his spiritual power into it to unleash unparalleled power. As the saying goes, strength can overcome technique. Even though he wielded the giant sword haphazardly, he still managed to cut down several demonic beasts in succession thanks to his formidable strength. Moreover, due to the advantage of the giant sword's length, he felt that using the sword to cut down monsters was even more advantageous in this kind of group battle.
While attacking, he also tried to inject lightning-type spiritual power into the Xuanyuan Sword. He then discovered that lightning also appeared on the sword, which not only enhanced the destructive power of the Xuanyuan Sword, but also allowed him to release lightning-type skills to directly destroy the monster's vengeful spirit after breaking through the monster's outer skeleton. This method further increased his speed in eliminating monsters.