Mortal's Purple Sky Cave Heaven

Chapter 67: Fighting the Golden-backed Mantis

Two or three feet away on one side, there was a pile of bones piled high up, with some vague remnants of flesh and blood on top, emitting a faint smell of blood. Under the weak light of the Yueguan Stone, it looked extremely eerie and terrifying.

Nie Zhaonan just glanced at it and paid no more attention to it.

Suddenly, a black shadow flashed, and its two forelimbs emitting a sharp cold light, like two black sharp blades, chopped straight towards Nie Zhaonan.

Nie Zhaonan didn't dare to take it head-on. His body swayed, and with the help of his powerful physical strength, he dodged and moved, tapping the mountain wall with his footsteps, and retreated several feet.

At this moment, the golden-backed mantis came into Nie Zhaonan's sight. It had a body about ten feet tall, and its surface was covered with thick carapace. It had four pairs of gray wings on its back, and a pair of huge forelimbs raised in front of its body, like a giant sickle, as if it was ready to attack at any time.

A thin neck with a tiny head on top, but two fist-sized green compound eyes flashed with a cold chill, and there was a hint of confusion in the eyes, as if it did not expect that its swift attack would be dodged by the creature in front of it.

Nie Zhaonan kept thinking in his mind: "This fourth-level golden-backed mantis already has a vague spiritual intelligence, but it is only about ten feet tall, so it seems a little small."

But when you think about its identity as an insect monster, it becomes clear.

Nie Zhaonan's expression remained unchanged as more than a dozen talismans flew out, intending to use these low-level lightning talismans to test the monster's defense.

The golden-backed mantis seemed unaware of the danger and stood still, only raising its front legs high to cover its entire upper body.

There was a crackling sound, but to the golden-backed mantis it was like a child's firecracker, leaving no trace on its shell.

Immediately afterwards, the peach wood sword weapon originally in Nie Zhaonan's hand turned into a silver sword light, circling around the golden-backed mantis, continuously hitting its shell, making a "crunching" sound, as if it was cutting on steel.

The sword light tried to shoot towards its compound eyes several times, but was blocked by its huge forelimbs and had no effect at all.

Seeing that the peach wood sword was unable to work, Nie Zhaonan changed the magic formula in his hand and recalled it.

"The defense of this monster is so strong that it can probably withstand several attacks from a Jindan cultivator! Without using the Thunder Spirit Sword Technique, it will take a lot of effort to deal with it." Nie Zhaonan was amazed.

Although it did not cause any harm, Nie Zhaonan's proactive attack still aroused the ferocity of the golden-backed mantis.

The four pairs of gray wings behind it vibrated violently, and only a series of "buzzing" sounds were heard, and the entire body of the golden-backed mantis slowly floated up.

With another sudden shake, it disappeared from the spot. Its speed was not slower than Nie Zhaonan's at all, and it was even slightly better in flexibility. It was obvious that this golden-backed mantis was also extremely good at flying.

With a "bang", it was as if being hit by a huge bell.

Nie Zhaonan held the Qingling Shield in his hand, using the shield to press tightly against the two strong forelimbs, and the muscles on his arms bulged high.

"Hah!" Nie Zhaonan roared, and activated the Ming Wang Jue. The energy and blood in his body surged. He sank his legs, and with a wave of his arms, he knocked it flying and smashed it onto the mountain wall several feet away.

Nie Zhaonan took back the Qingling Shield. There were two clear knife marks on it, one three-quarters of the way into the shield, almost splitting it in two. The shield could no longer be used.

You know, this is a top-level magic weapon made from the shell of a turtle-like monster that is good at defense, but it can only withstand one attack.

"This golden-backed mantis has a hard shell protecting its body, and its forelimbs are extremely sharp. Coupled with its swift speed, it can be said to be a very versatile and powerful monster. However, its weaknesses are also obvious. Its huge compound eyes can only be protected by its forelimbs, and its strength is not very outstanding." Relying on previous tests, Nie Zhaonan continued to analyze the general situation of the golden-backed mantis, and all this happened in just a moment.

A red light flashed in the golden-backed mantis's eyes. There was a buzzing sound and it rushed towards Nie Zhaonan, waving the sickle in its hand. Its speed was three times faster than before.

Nie Zhaonan moved his body to the side to avoid its sharp sickle, and his two fists wearing purple thunder gloves continuously hit the side of the golden-backed mantis's forelimbs.

At the same time, he used the peach wood sword to launch surprise attacks on the wings and eyes of the golden-backed mantis, constantly interfering with the golden-backed mantis and assisting in the attack.

The man and the demon started fighting in close combat in the cave, using explosives back and forth.

From time to time, a muffled sound could be heard in the dim cave.

After all, the golden-backed mantis's intelligence is not very high, and it can only rely on instinct and past experience to fight.

Every attack from the peach wood sword forced the golden-backed mantis to give up the attack, retract its front limbs for defense, and be exhausted from coping.

Nie Zhaonan seized the opportunity when he was defending, and his huge fist with purple lightning hit the shell in front of him heavily, repelling him again and again. Although he could not cause any substantial damage, Nie Zhaonan was clearly in the upper hand.

The golden-backed demon mantis was not an easy opponent to deal with. Relying on its fighting instincts as a demon beast, it gradually seemed to have adapted to Nie Zhaonan's attack rhythm. One of its front limbs kept waving and colliding with Nie Zhaonan's fist, while the other one pulled back from time to time to defend against the attack of the peach wood sword weapon, and it fought Nie Zhaonan on equal terms.

Nie Zhaonan smiled slightly when he saw this. He could control more than one magical weapon.

The next moment, Nie Zhaonan and the peach wood sword weapon burst out at the same time, hitting his abdomen and the wings behind him respectively.

As expected, the golden-backed mantis resisted with its two sickle-shaped forelimbs, making Nie Zhaonan's attack ineffective again.

But unexpectedly, this time Nie Zhaonan did not retreat after one attack, but continued to fight with it, firmly restraining the two front limbs of the golden-backed mantis.

In the split second when the two sides just came into contact, a faint red light pierced straight from the side of the golden-backed mantis towards its green compound eyes. It was the red line escape light needle.

The compound eyes of the golden-backed mantis are like hemispheres, with a wide field of vision. The red light was reflected in its eyes as soon as it appeared.

The strong sense of crisis made the golden-backed mantis roar loudly, and it immediately wanted to withdraw to defend itself, completely ignoring the attacks of Nie Zhaonan's fists and peach wood sword.

But Nie Zhaonan could never do as he wished. He didn't care about the damage to the purple thunder boxing gloves on his hands at all. He punched continuously, "bang bang bang", directly at the forelimbs of the golden-backed demon mantis. The heavy punches made its forelimbs tremble.

There was a crisp "crack" sound, like the sound of porcelain breaking.

The Purple Thunder Boxing Gloves could not withstand the high-intensity force collision between the two sides, and suddenly exploded into pieces, scattering on the mountain wall, making a series of impact sounds.

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