Chapter 334: Repeated Success! (2/2)

He knew that large amounts of Hunters that normally roamed areas close to Ash City had left this region and poured into the Void Illusion Mountain Range recently after hearing about the appearance of a Spirit Channeling grade treasure.

However, some Hunters might still be preying on passing-by explorers in this region.

At first, he assumed the blood drops belonged to Hunters or Qi warriors from Ash City.

Only when he caught sight of the piece of bloodstained cloth did he change his speculation. At first glance, he felt that it looked familiar. Immediately afterwards, he realized that the cloth was from Nie Tian’s garment.

Excitement finally appeared on his face as he thought to himself, “I’m coming for you!”

As he stepped closer, he saw the line of tiny words on the piece of cloth. As Shang Zhi and the other two had done, he crouched down and reached out to grab the bloodstained cloth so that he could get a clearer view of the words.

And just like Shang Zhi and the other two, he hadn’t detected any signs of life from the beginning.

As he held the bloodstained cloth close to read the line of tiny words, a broadsword suddenly pierced out from under the pile of sand, and blazing flames rapidly wreathed the sword.

The moment he finally read what was written on the piece of cloth, the burning broadsword penetrated into his stomach.

WHOOSH!

All of a sudden, Qiu Yang’s body expanded like an inflated balloon and became bulky.

Then, the broadsword, which had already pierced about 13 centimeters into his abdomen, couldn’t go any deeper.

BOOM!

Nie Tian surfaced from the pile of sand, formed a Rage Punch with half of his strength, and bombarded Qiu Yang’s chest vigorously.

As a mouthful of blood shot out of Qiu Yang’s mouth, he soared into the air like a balloon bouncing off the ground.

“Hua Tian!” He let out a enraged roar in midair while blood kept coming out of his mouth.

After climbing out of the pile of sand, Nie Tian looked up at him, and his expression flickered slightly.

Just now, he had sensed how hard it was for him to drive that broadsword into Qiu Yang’s abdomen. Every centimeter was extremely difficult.

The incantation Qiu Yang practiced must be exceptional and profound, which resulted in Nie Tian’s failure to slaughter Qiu Yang with one sword strike the way he had slaughtered the other three.

Later, when he had launched the Rage Punch into Qiu Yang’s chest, he had felt as if he had hit a giant balloon, and all of his force had been abated.

Only when he saw Qiu Yang fly into the air from the impact was he convinced that Qiu Yang had sustained heavy injuries.

However, he realized that Qiu Yang had survived even though he had intentionally increased the might of his Rage Punch by summoning almost half of his total strength.

Compared to the other three, although they were all at the middle Greater Heaven stage, Qiu Yang’s defensive power against physical attacks was far better.

Even though he had been caught off guard, the moment the broadsword had pierced into his abdomen, he was able to respond instantly and cast a secret magic to prevent the wide sword from going any further.

“Are you looking to die!?” he thundered.

His garment was covered in blood and the burning broadsword didn’t fall out of his abdomen, as if it had pierced into a rock.

However, as he fell from midair, his hands weaved as he formed hand seals to send out thousands of fine, black strings. In the next moment, the pitch-black strings swooped towards Nie Tian like a shoal of bloodthirsty fish.

PUFF! PUFF! PUFF!

In a flash, several pitch-black strings pierced into Nie Tian’s shoulders and abdomen.

Nie Tian experienced pain and soreness throughout his body, so he hastily summoned wood power to repair his fleshy wounds.

Even the green aura, which was branded with the profound truths of his bloodline power, seemed to have discovered his unfavorable condition, and thus rushed out of his heart to devour the strange pitch-black strings.

Nie Tian had dealt with this strange attack before when he had used the long-range Starshift last time.

He knew perfectly well that the strange energy within those black strings carried the profound truths of wind. As it roamed about within his body, it would create air currents, and thus cause his flesh to expand at a high speed.

Since Qiu Yang practiced the profound power of the wind, he was able to control the expansion of his own body and use it as a great defensive mechanism.

As for Nie Tian, however, if he allowed his body to be filled with the strange air currents and expand out of control, he would eventually explode and die, the same way a balloon would explode after being overinflated.

Thanks to the green aura, which rushed out of his heart and ripped apart the pitch-black strings, the expansion of his body was effectively contained.

As a thought appeared in Nie Tian’s mind, bright starlight shone within his palm.

Soon, five starsparks appeared before they rapidly aligned and formed a star formation. Like a miniature nebula, they shot towards Qiu Yang. “Go!”

Staring at the mysterious formation of five starsparks, which were shining extremely brightly even in broad daylight, Qiu Yang went blank due to great shock. “Star power! Star magic!”

All of a sudden, he came to a realization. “Hua Tian… Nie Tian… You’re the Nie Tian who obtained the legacies of the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace!”