125 Versus the hydra. (1/2)
While observing the seven-headed hydra, Li Yang also took the chance to observe the four future clan leaders that were standing around him. There were a few other people from the various clans here with them, but they couldn't be called anything but cannon fodder in a situation like this, he didn't even bother to glance at them.
The short and bald Yuan Peng, with the tattoo of a crimson eagle covering his left face, took out a nearly three-meter long spear that had a handle made from a strange cyan wood and a spear tip that Li Yang could tell was made from a rather special type of ice, even the Qi in the air around it freezing as Qi started to fill it. The brown-haired and green-eyed Cui Xiuying took out a crescent moon-shaped blade with a handle placed on top of one of the ends of the blade, allowing her to freely spin it around while holding it like a baton.
The black-haired and white-stubbled Xiong Xieren brought out a gray trident, a faint and transparent mist lingering around the three sharp tips, the air around them distorting slightly. The emerald-haired and brown-eyed Tian Zheng put on gloves made from minuscule brown scales, a faint smolder visible between the scales. The hydra swept the six of them with narrowed eyes, the crimson, silver, and the dark brown heads letting out high-pitched and screeching roars.
The roars shook the entire cavern, the faintly red earth starting to toss and turn as if it was water. Thick pillars of magma burst out from all around the cave, invisible blades of wind flying about and carving up anything they came in contact with. The other disciples currently in the room didn't even stand a chance, they were either cut apart or turned to ash before they even got a chance to defend themselves, the difference in strength was simply too great.
Xiong Xieren's wrist twitched slightly, four humanoid puppets appearing around him, each of them clad in armor and carrying a mixture of spears, sabers, and swords. Back when he first fought Tian Zheng before the opening of this Ocean God's Graveyard, two of his main puppets had been out on a separate mission, but now he had all four at his side and could unleash all his strength.
One of the puppets grabbed its spear and stabbed it into the roiling ground, causing the earth in the entire cave to calm down and lay flat again, a second puppet grabbed its saber and started to slash apart the pillars of lava that came for Xiong Xieren while a third puppet took out a large shield and blocked all the blades of wind. The fourth puppet didn't move yet, its hand resting on the sword at its waist as it looked at the hydra with dead eyes, patiently waiting.
Yuan Peng swept his spear out once, the pillars of lava coming for him freezing and shattering into small fragments of ice that gathered around Yuan Peng, dancing in a breeze that hadn't been present previously. Cui Xiuying had a rather strange way of dealing with the attacks around her, she opened a pouch that hung on her waist and brought out a palm-sized chameleon with six eyes and light blue scales. The chameleon climbed onto her shoulder and then suddenly vanished, Cui Xiyuing vanishing alongside it, all the attacks aiming for her hitting empty air.
Tian Zheng also dealt with the attacks in a very simple manner, he simply held out his right arm and opened his right hand. All the pillars of lava that came for him changed course and gathered in his palm, forming an apple-sized orb that soared up and hovered above his head. The orb looked like a miniature sun and released enough heat to directly burn away all the blades of wind that came for him.
Li Yang didn't even bother putting up any defenses against the attacks, he simply turned his head to look at Fang Ying and held out his right hand. Fang Ying took hold of the hand and the both of them vanished into a ripple in space, appearing directly behind the hydra. The hydra quickly reacted, the earth beneath Fang Ying bursting open as a thick wave of lava shot up and aimed to swallow her.
Li Yang looked at the wave of lava, the air around him turning frigid as a nearly transparent mist seeped out of his skin. The lava hardened and froze under the mist, forming a foothold that the two could step on and kick off from. Li Yang shot directly towards the crimson head of the hydra while Fang Ying stabbed her red-veined sword downwards towards the spine of the hydra, blood appearing around her blade and spinning around it.
The turquoise head turned around and roared at Li Yang, the frozen lava turning into water that formed several spiraling streams that pierced towards him from behind. The light brown head and the crimson head turned towards Fang Ying, unleashing loud roars that caused orbs of fire to appear around her sword and thick roots to shoot up from the earth beneath the hydra, the roots rapidly shooting towards Fang Ying and seeking to tie her up while the fire scorched away the blood around her blade.
Tian Zheng and the others were also being attacked by the same time, the dark brown head controlling the earth, the blue head unleashing torrents of lightning while the silver head controlled all the air and wind in the cave, the only head that had yet to act was the green one. Li Yang glanced back at the spiraling streams of water and then turned to look at the open maw of the hydra, a light smile creeping up on his lips.