Chapter 975 Are You Qualified to Fight with Me?
Tinkle! Tinkle!
The long sword sprinkled silver light, blocking the chasing figure.
A series of sounds of metal colliding was heard as if a storm were hitting banana leaves.
“Ah…” With painful howls, black liquid was spilled, and the pursuer retreated. He roared furiously like a wounded beast.
When Ding Hao looked carefully, he found that the attacker was a figure in black tight armor. The armor mask covering the figure’s face looked like a face of a ferocious ghost. He looked a little thin and weak, and only his palms were out of the bracers. His skin was all black, and even his nails were as black as ink. Each nail was half a meter long, shining with a sharp metallic luster.
He screamed because half of his palm had been cut off by the divine sword Sky Attack. The ink-like liquid flowed out of his wound, and there was a foul and rotten smell.
“There is no vitality in its whole body as if it were a dead thing. No wonder I didn’t notice it before…” thought Ding Hao. The figure in black tight armor didn’t seem to be a living creature. There was no fluctuation of life from it. It was more like a zombie.
It turned out that the monster had used its tough claws and nails to attack Ding Hao.
To be able to withstand dozens of attacks from the divine sword Sky attack, which was known to be the sharpest, this monster’s claws and fingernails were simply too tough. The monster could definitely use them to break the defense of a Semi God Realm Master. What sort of creature was this monster?
“Is it an indigenous creature in the floating mountain range? No, it shouldn’t be.”
The floating mountain range was surrounded by the aura of Immortal Spirits, and there was a kind of holy aura. Such kind of evil creature should not be bred in this place. It was in black armor all over, and the style and refining method of the armor were popular on the continent at present…
Could this be one kind of living creature among numerous creatures on the Land of Divine Grace?
“Howl… Kill… Kill… Kill!” While Ding Hao was thinking, the black-armored monster roared unclearly and its voice sounded like metal friction. It rushed up again at an extremely fast speed like a bolt of black lightning.
Ding Hao dodged.
The monster’s physical strength was very powerful, comparable to that of a Semi God Realm Master, and it was extremely fast. If it were in the previous environment where there was suppressive power between heaven and earth, its combat strength would definitely be terrifying, even above that of the people who practiced physical cultivation in the Vast Ocean.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The injury stimulated the black monster’s madness. It kept screaming in a weird way and attacked Ding Hao again and again like a maggot on the bone.
“Enough.”
Ding Hao dodged, and the light of the divine sword Sky Attack burst out.
Hiss!
The black monster was chopped in half.
Although the monster’s combat strength was comparable to that of a Semi God Realm Master, its moves were too limited in kind. For Ding Hao, a master who had experienced numerous battles, it did not pose much of a threat. Its hard body and nails might cause trouble for others, but for Ding Hao, who had the divine sword Sky Attack in his hand, it was vulnerable.
It was just a combat monster.
A large amount of black liquid spurted out and fell on the rocks and trees. Suddenly, there was a sizzling sound, and the rocks melted directly as if they were corroded by concentrated sulfuric acid. The stinky and rotten smell came, containing the most poisonous gas. In an instant, all the plants within a hundred meters withered…
“Kill! Kill!” The monster was not dead, and its vitality was very tenacious. Half of its body was supported by its palms, and it was making a sound like metal friction with its mouth. It became more and more ferocious and terrifying.
Ding Hao flicked his finger, and a snowflake flew out from his fingertip. It fell on the monster’s half body.
In an instant, the ice completely froze the monster.
Ding Hao squatted down and uncovered the black armor mask like the face of a ferocious ghost on the monster. Black gas shot out like a sharp sword. He was prepared for this. He slightly leaned to one side and avoided it. With a bang, the body part of the monster under the armor mask turned into ashes…
Then, the two halves of its body also turned into black ashes and drifted away.
“It seems that someone has set up an inscription restriction formation inside it. Once captured, it will explode to prevent some secrets from leaking, or to prevent people from seeing something from the corpse…” Ding Hao muttered to himself and became curious about this kind of monster.
“Who created it?”
At this time, there were strong Qi fluctuations behind him, and the mountains were shaking. Ding Hao didn’t need to look back to know that the group of masters behind him had also arrived. Ding Hao stopped pondering over the monster and immediately continued on his way…
Boom!
A powerful Qi light column suddenly attacked him from behind.
Ding Hao jumped away to dodge it.
The masters behind were worried that Ding Hao would arrive first and snatch the Immortal Artifact, so they launched attacks to interfere.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
The first attack by the masters behind him didn’t work. They launched several attacks successively.
Streaks of powerful light columns attacked Ding Hao’s back.
Ding Hao kept dodging. When he passed a stone peak with a diameter of dozens of meters, he struck out with his palm and huge force surged out. The whole stone peak rose from the ground and whistled toward the man behind him like a meteorite…
“Bastard, how dare you…” The man behind him cursed loudly.
Boom!
Dust flew everywhere. The stone peak hit him, sending him flying backward.
Ding Hao sneered and continued to rush forward without saying a word.
Everywhere there were such things occurring. Almost all the masters who entered the floating mountain range were in a state of excitement and madness. Once they saw someone in front of them, they would make a move to stop him…
From time to time, a battle would break out.
Without the suppression of Qi power, the fluctuations caused by a battle of this level were very terrifying. The mountain range easily collapsed and the forest was destroyed. The floating mountain range, which was originally full of immortal aura, began to be filled with the aura of killing and destruction…
There were roars and screams.
“Ah… What monster is this?” someone suddenly screamed in great horror.
He was attacked by a monster in black armor.
Soon more and more masters were attacked by the black-armored monsters. They were the same as the monster with sharp and tough nails Ding Hao had encountered before. There were at least a hundred of them. They jumped out of the mountains like ghosts. Once they saw living masters, they would madly attack…
Some people got injured when they were caught off guard.
Ding Hao also noticed what was happening and was shocked. How could there be so many monsters?
After being impeded by these monsters, the masters immediately slowed down.
Many people engaged in tough battles.
Before Ding Hao went far, he was targeted by two such monsters in black armor. He had to fight again…
“These are the combat dummies of a kind of undead creature. They are driven by dark power. Someone must have deliberately left them here to hinder the speed of others and delay everyone…” The Saber Master’s voice sounded.
“The combat dummies of a kind of undead creature?” Ding Hao was stunned and then suddenly realized something.
No wonder there was stinky and rotten black liquid flowing in the monster’s body and it was driven by dark power… Ding Hao thought of the man with a golden hook as his hand and the masked men in black armor he had met in the underground passageways before. They seemed to have something to do with the dark power.
“What kind of force is that? It is so horrible.”
Ding Hao remembered the scene that he had caught a glimpse of in the sea of consciousness of the man with a golden hook as hand. He saw a horrible figure sitting high above everyone. His Mind Essential intuition told him that all this might have something to do with that figure.
Thinking so, Ding Hao performed the 24 Moves of Swordsmanship. With a little effort, he killed the two undead creatures in front of him.
At this time, three or four figures surpassed him and rushed to the front.
One of them was “Thunder Roar” Ding Ling.
He was lucky that he was not impeded by black-armored monsters.
Ding Hao followed them closely.
“Bastard, we haven’t settled the score yet. How dare you chase after us? I’ll send you to hell!” one of them snorted and pulled out a longbow in a strange shape. When he was running, he suddenly turned around and shot arrows at Ding Hao’s throat and heart. The streams of flowing light were with thunderous killing intent.
It was the man who had made a move to stop Ding Hao before.
Judging from his attire, he should be from the God’s Palace.
Ding Hao constantly changed his position and jumped to dodge. His eyes were now full of killing intent.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The man’s strength was very powerful. He should be a master at the initial stage of the God Realm. Every arrow he shot out made a roar like that of a behemoth. The arrows brushed past Ding Hao’s body, and the mountains in the distance were directly smashed, which collapsed and turned into pieces of gravel…
“Hahaha, a group of ignorant and useless people wants to get their hands on the Immortal Artifact. Do you really think the God’s Palace can’t do anything to you? Go away…” the man laughed loudly and kept shooting arrows like streams of light.
This time, he no longer targeted Ding Hao alone but attacked all the masters who came later indiscriminately.
There was a burst of curses.
There were also those who retaliated, unleashing all types of magical powers, Precious Weapons, Secondary Divine Artifacts, and secret techniques indiscriminately. The place was immediately chaotic.
“Haha, stop them!” “Thunder Roar” Ding Ling laughed disdainfully and gave an order.
The masters from the God’s Palace immediately took action to stop other people.
One-third of the people who entered the floating mountain range were masters from the God’s Palace. These people naturally harbored thoughts of obtaining the Immortal Artifact. If someone was lucky, he might be able to obtain the Immortal Artifact and change his fate. He wouldn’t have to serve other people anymore and might even rule over the world for an infinite time…
However, the probability of such occurrences was too low.
The masters from the God’s Palace all knew what kind of terrifying masters the God’s Palace had sent to compete for the Immortal Artifact. So the chances of them obtaining the Immortal Artifact were low. At this time, they didn’t dare to disobey Ding Ling’s order.
Everyone, including Ding Hao, was stopped on their way again.
Standing on a towering stone peak, “Thunder Roar” Ding Ling looked back and saw Ding Hao in the crowd. He showed a proud smile and said, “Hmph, a wandering ghost. Your strength is powerful, so what? You are still doomed to be cannon fodder. You have neither power nor influence. Are you qualified to fight with me?”
As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed toward the peak, where there was the Immortal Artifact, in the distance.
Three masters from the God’s Palace surrounded Ding Hao with sneers. Obviously, Ding Ling had told them to pay more attention to Ding Hao. At all costs, they wanted to delay Ding Hao.
At the same time, Feng Ning, Yu Miejue, and the others were also paid close attention to.
“Young friend, your path ends here. The Immortal Artifact is a significant artifact, which is related to the survival of the Human Clan on the Eastern Continent. It is not something that a man with a humble background like you can covet. You’d better go back. If you forcibly fight for what doesn’t belong to you, you will definitely die,” said a master from the God’s Palace with white hair and beard hypocritically with a smile.
