"Oh, has the fool learned to be smart?"
"Come again?" Tsuchigumo shouted, but he jumped up with light steps and took a boxer-like stance, as if waiting for Li Nian to attack.
"Okay." Li Nian nodded in agreement, and really jumped out as promised, appearing in front of the earth spider in a flash.
As if they had a tacit understanding, he slapped with his palm, and the earth spider also punched back.
This was really a casual fight, but just through this one exchange of fists and palms, both sides gained confidence in each other's strength.
The earth spider, whose body had shrunk, had returned to its corresponding weight, but its strength had obviously weakened compared to when it had grown to a gigantic size!
But the big monster's true form is still there. Even with this weakened strength, he can still be much stronger than Li Nian with just one punch and one kick!
Even so, for Tsuchigumo, this is still a clear weakening. Knowing this, Tsuchigumo still took the initiative to shrink his body. The reason is -
After a tentative exchange of fists and palms, Tsuchigumo launched a violent attack!
The big monster clenched its three arms into fists and walked briskly, swinging and hitting as it approached.
It seemed like modern human boxing, but it was just slightly similar to it unintentionally. In fact, it was just the monster's own exploration in its long life. It never learned from anyone. It was the big monster's own summary of fighting instinct in countless battles.
Although he is now accustomed to defeating his opponents with overwhelming force, his strength as a spider is not entirely innate. Instead, it is the result of his practice in countless fights. He eats all the opponents who are defeated by him, and unknowingly obtains his current strength and hard body.
The long-lost fistfight with others gradually awakened Tsuchigumo's past physical memories. He recalled the memory of wrestling with the enemy a long, long time ago...
But unlike before, his body had been honed to be extremely strong, giving each of his punches and kicks far greater power than before, as well as... even more terrifying speed.
That's right, it's faster, faster than ever.
Even though his strength was slightly weaker than when he was giant, his arms were shorter and his body was smaller, so the range of his punch was shorter. Between the time he pulled his fist back and forth, his speed was much faster! At this moment, his punching speed was at its peak!
Li Nian was able to see through and follow Tsuchigumo's every move before because every move of its huge body was too obvious and easy to predict. But now, the monster, which had shrunk to the size of a human, was attacking him frantically, swinging its three fists like a violent storm.
Li Nian had no way of seeing the entire trajectory clearly.
But it doesn’t matter!
He has 4,000 years of martial arts from ancient and modern times, which is a technique that has been refined by human generations. His opponent just has stronger strength and faster fists than him, so what? Why would he be afraid of such a simple close combat! He can handle it with an extra arm!
There is no need to see every punch clearly. Before the fist is thrown, you can tell the direction of the punch from the deviation of the body and the twitching of the muscles. As long as you predict one step faster than your opponent, all attacks will still be within your sight!
He slapped away two fist attacks from the side, dodged the third fist by dodging or moving backwards, and at the same time kept backing away, controlling the distance at all times, and actually managed to survive dozens of moves like this.
In the end, the Earth Spider failed to break through Li Nian's defense.
He punched faster and faster, seemingly getting more and more ferocious, but in fact becoming more and more chaotic. He leaned forward more and more, his center of gravity became more and more unstable, and finally -!
Li Nian saw the right opportunity and suddenly changed from hitting to grabbing. He grabbed the earth spider with both hands and pulled it back violently. He took a step forward, avoided the third fist and raised his elbow to crash into the enemy's arms.
A mouthful of blood spurted out and the earth spider flew backwards.
Li Nian took a few steps forward to catch up, injecting more and more strength with each step. When he caught up with the Earth Spider's body flying backwards, he gave a high kick, trying to hit the Earth Spider's chin and kick him several meters high. Then he raised his leg down, stepped forward, and swung out a fifth punch to smash his head!
But as soon as Tsuchigumo saw him kick high, he knew what he was going to do, and immediately stretched out his hand to block the high kick, using the force to fly backwards.
The two of them distanced themselves again.
It seems that neither side gained any benefit from this confrontation.
But the Earth Spider looked at Li Nian's hands that couldn't stop shaking and smiled.
"It seems that I have found the right way."
"You're right." Li Nian sighed helplessly: "I also want to change my thinking and try other attacks."
After saying that, he flashed back to Dalian Temple and others.
When everyone was wondering what he was going to do, Li Nian raised his finger and pointed in that direction.
Then, the surrounding spiritual power began to gather frantically towards Li Nian's fingertips as if being swallowed by a whale.
Chapter 301 Condensed, then exploded!
In addition to the part that came from Li Nian's own magic power, a large amount of energy turned into visible streams of light that were madly condensing and quickly forming a sphere.
Seeing this kind of magic reminded everyone that Li Nian was actually an orthodox magician...
But why did Li Nian start using magic at this critical moment?
As everyone saw, Li Nian had been suppressing the Earth Spider. Wouldn't it be good to continue that kind of suppression?
It was Dalian Temple who asked first out of curiosity.
"What are you doing? Didn't you just pin him down and beat him? Why don't you continue?"
"It will hurt my hands, but it's unlikely to cause any serious damage, so let's just forget it." Li Nian answered straightforwardly.
After these rounds, it seemed that Li Nian had the upper hand and was looking for opportunities for close combat, but this kind of battle could not be sustained for Li Nian.
Tsuchigumo's fists were too heavy and too fast. Every time they fought, Li Nian's arm muscles became numb and his bones ached. Although they were minor injuries, his [vitality] was repairing them at the same time, but the high-intensity fights had overwhelmed the recovery speed. Once the accumulated damage exceeded a certain critical point, or if there were careless mistakes and his bones and muscles were really broken, then even Li Nian would not be able to support his defense and would suddenly collapse.
You must not keep taking Tsuchigumo's punches.
Even if he could resolve the attack with techniques, launch a counterattack, and land a few punches and kicks, his strength would not be enough, and hitting that steel skin would be painless for the Tsuchigumo. Without a direct hit with his steel fist like [Tiger Climbing a Mountain], it would be difficult to cause real damage to the big monster's tough physique.
Don’t be fooled by the fact that Li Nian successfully crippled one of the arms of the Earth Spider and opened a huge gash in the enemy’s stomach, which seemed to be bleeding heavily. At first glance, the big monster looked like it was seriously injured. But only Li Nian himself, who had been fighting head-on with such a big monster, knew that it was not a pain at all. The enemy’s fist had not become much weaker, and his physical strength had not decreased at all.
This monster was really the toughest guy Li Nian had ever met. He beat him so hard that his hands hurt. It had to be said that this kind of opponent was indeed a nightmare in close combat. It was not realistic to think that one could kill the big monster with just fists.
Dalian Si said "oh", not quite understanding, but she had always felt that close combat with a mere exorcist and a big monster was a very stupid thing. It was surprising enough that Li Nian could suppress the big monster in a hand-to-hand fight. Now that he had given up the hand-to-hand fight and returned to long-range output, it could be said that he was just returning to normal.
Dalian Si didn't quite understand martial arts. The construction of techniques was what a national-level exorcist was good at. Since he had given up on melee combat and returned to spell bombardment, Dalian Si was quite concerned about what techniques a strong man like Li Nian would use to deal with the big monster. His attention was completely attracted by the techniques, and he looked curiously at the energy ball that had already taken shape in Li Nian's hand.
As he was speaking, the energy ball had been constantly absorbing energy, expanding continuously, and then being compressed and shrunk by circles of magic arrays that appeared around it. With the repeated process of contraction and expansion, the overall energy ball was getting smaller and smaller, and it was undoubtedly becoming more condensed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The energy is being continuously compressed, and then, when it explodes, a terrifying explosion will occur.
But everyone can use this technique. Dalian Si, who is standing here, can see through the structure of Li Nian's technique at a glance. It just condenses energy and then shoots it out in a straight line. It is the so-called light cannon... Isn't it too simple?
Just thinking about whether this simple technique can be used to deal with the big monster? Dalian Temple felt the speed at which the magic power around him and Li Nian's own magic power were rushing towards the sphere without any concealment, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.
During this short period of time, almost all the spiritual power of the great source within the barrier gathered at this one point. This is understandable. The master of the barrier is equivalent to the god in the barrier. He dominates the space covered by the barrier to a certain extent, so it is not surprising that he can call upon the spiritual power within the range. However, the spiritual power of the great source is complex and cannot be used directly without refining. The technique constructed by Li Nian does indeed go through a set process of mutual separation, purification and transformation. Otherwise, it is impossible to gather and compress the spiritual energy of different properties. Since this process is executed so rigorously, isn't the speed of condensation a bit too fast?
Strictly speaking, spiritual energy will not be consumed in the Great Source, but will only be transformed in different forms. This is the so-called law of conservation of energy. However, the barrier isolates a closed space, which is independent of the outside world and has various limitations. In just a short period of time, the spiritual energy in the Great Source of the barrier has been drained to the point of being almost dry - and so much energy is compressed into one point, not to mention that it is obviously absorbing Li Nian's own curse power...
Isn't it lost yet?
The energy ball that had drained the Great Source Spiritual Power was still absorbing Li Nian's own mana. The waves coming from it made Dalian Temple more and more nervous. Why did it feel like the speed hadn't slowed down much? Could it be that Li Nian's own mana reserve was much deeper than the Great Source Spiritual Power in the entire barrier? Well, now was not the time to care about such trivial matters. Dalian Temple was really scared as he looked at the energy ball that was still becoming more and more solid.
Although the energy ball had been maintained at the size of a ping-pong ball, the terrifying pressure it exuded was truly frightening. As Li Nian continued to inject magical power, the color became darker and darker, and the light became more and more dazzling...
When are you going to throw it away? Why not now?
…It’s time to throw it away, right? It’s time to throw it away, right?!
Aren't you afraid of exploding out of control?
After more than ten seconds, not only Dalian Temple, but everyone began to feel their scalps tingling as they looked at the small ball that emitted terrifying heat and light like a little sun, and they all secretly began to take small steps away from Li Nian.
Isayama was even more straightforward. He just said, "See you if you do that again." and turned around and ran to the edge of Feng Jue. What he was thinking was - this guy Li Nian is going to go crazy again, I'd better get as far away from him as possible.
She knew best what kind of psychopath Li Nian was when she was fighting. Last time, she and the God of War Yato exchanged injuries and slashed each other. The time before that, she didn't block the knife that Ibaraki Douji chopped at his neck and killed him. The time before that, it seemed that she was stabbed through the heart by Kidomaru and lay dead on the ground... At first glance, she seemed to be gradually becoming normal, but this time she went to find the big monster alone. It seems that becoming normal was just her illusion...
In short, Jianshan Huangquan didn't want to go crazy with this guy at all. Jianshan had already realized that the thing in Li Nian's hand would have huge aftermath whether it exploded here now or towards the Tsuchigumo later. Feeling that her life was in danger, she would of course run as far away as possible.
Isayama's running away probably woke up Dalian Temple, who was holding her breath and looking at the little sun. The girl couldn't help but screaming.
"Enough! Enough! Stop! Are you going to blow us up again?! Do you, Li Nian, want to blow us to death before defeating the Tsuchigumo?"
"……Right."
"Why did you suddenly come to your senses and look so regretful? You don't really want to try to see if you can make the meatballs to that degree before they explode, do you?"
"……No."
"Look away! This person has looked away?! Did you see it?! Did you see it? No, you all ran away, you cowards?!"
Not only Isayama, but Nura: Oni and Kurodabo were nowhere to be seen either, having already slipped away using the Mirror Flower and Water Moon.
Dalian Temple reacted and quickly called out a large eagle shikigami, jumped onto the eagle's back and flew away.
Suddenly there was no one around Li Nian.
These cowards, I won't really blow you up, so don't you believe in my control? Li Nian shook his head with regret and stopped injecting mana into the ball.
In fact, Dalian Temple didn't say anything, and Li Nian really wanted to try out the limit of condensed energy.
During these days of practice, his understanding of spiritual power has risen to a new level. Now his control over energy has far surpassed that of the past. His mana is at its peak capacity. This is a rare opportunity. He wants to see how powerful a light cannon he can condense in a short period of time...
After all, the light cannon that had been used against Nura: Nura was broken right in the middle by the Nura, and when it killed Ibaraki Douji and the other man, it also had less firepower.
This makes Li Nian suffer from a fear of lack of firepower.
However, it was true that continuing to inject mana madly like this would consume too much mana, and Li Nian did not intend to use so much MP in one attack - he still had many other skills he wanted to try, so he stopped obediently.
Then go look at the earth spider.
Even from a distance, the earth spider felt the terrifying wave and looked unusually solemn.
His thought was that this blow could not be taken.
This distance could not blur Li Nian's vision. He could see the enemy's expression from afar and knew that the other party was on guard.
Li Nian smiled.
He was not worried about not being able to break the big monster's defense. After so many fights, he knew that the big monster's body was indeed hard, but not invincible. Li Nian knew the limit very well. He had already broken it once with his fist, so of course he knew that a sufficiently concentrated attack could blast through the big monster's defense... The light cannon was also prepared for this purpose, and it would definitely be able to blast through the opponent.
But if it was hit straight out like this, with the agility and speed of the earth spider, it would have an 80% chance of dodging it... It's such a simple truth that no one needs to be taught. If it were Li Nian, he would not be hit so easily by the straight line of light from such a long distance. He has a 90% chance of dodging it.
and so……
To turn this energy ball into a ray of light, all it takes is a snap of the fingers. The relatively stable energy balance of the energy ball will be broken all at once, and then it will be constrained to one direction by the numerous magic arrays bound on it, turning into a single-point bombardment stream of light.
But Li Nian did not do so. Instead, he flipped his palm and held the explosive object that was bound by many magic arrays in his hand.
It's like holding up a small sun and a ring.
Li Nian gave up the launching phase of the light cannon technique and just held the bullet in his hand.
Wouldn't it be a shame if such a huge ball was rolled out and missed? Since there was a high probability that it would be dodged, the only way to throw this thing was to find another way.
The way to increase the hit rate is undoubtedly to shorten the distance - preferably, to shove this bomb-like energy ball into the enemy's face.
So the next moment, Li Nian flashed to the top of the earth spider's head, and pressed down hard with the hand holding the little sun!
With his other hand, he quietly formed a seal and built an invisible wall behind and on the left and right of the earth spider.
Space fixation + light cannon, this is a combo that Li Nian used against the old sly ghost before - the difference is that this time the light cannon is stronger and will explode at a closer distance to the enemy...
Once the earth spider tries to dodge, it will be caught off guard and hit the invisible wall. In the face of the huge power of the big monster, it can only be stopped for a moment, but this moment is enough for Li Nian to press the little sun in his hand onto the enemy.
At that time, the sun will explode and swallow the earth spider.
And Li Nian would immediately flash and jump away at that time, away from the impact——
Li Nian, who had made such a plan, suddenly saw Tsuchigumo grinning.
It was an arrogant and cruel laugh - as if at this critical moment he had thought of something happy.
The black flames around the earth spider suddenly exploded, instantly engulfing Li Nian.
This black flame corroded the surroundings, which was the so-called monster that swallowed up the surrounding ordinary world and turned it into a hidden world.
Unlike mages who radiate their mental power to control the surrounding spiritual energy, monsters are spirits, and their behavior is more like [radiating their own essence to erode outward]. It is the behavior of spirits born and raised by nature to merge themselves with the heaven and earth. In an almost plundering form, they directly erode the surrounding [qi] to make it their own part, as if unfolding a unique territory.
Li Nian was once blocked from his flashing skill by Ibaraki Douji who emitted [Black Flame] because of this - because the control over space was taken away.
However, this method is not something that monsters are born with, but rather an ability they have gradually developed over their long lives as they recognize their own spiritual nature. They call it "fear", and the use of "fear" varies depending on the monster's innate nature and the direction of their acquired research - unlike Ibaraki Douji and Tsuchigumo, who are obviously the type who temper themselves internally, the black flames burning outside are just the tip of the iceberg that escapes when the big monster is too lazy to restrain its enormous power. His strong body comes from this, and is essentially the density of the huge "fear" accumulated.
But since he knew how to gather [Fear] inward to temper himself, how could Tsuchigumo not be able to use such a simple thing as radiating [Fear] outward to erode space? —— He was just too lazy to use it.
Block the opponent's actions? Why do you have to do such a boring thing? Why not just shoot him to death?
But now he used it, and the momentum was like an explosion. The [fear] that eroded outward was as thick as water, swallowing Li Nian like a wave, and also inadvertently broke through the invisible shackles around his body - but this was not Tsuchigumo's intention, he did this just to seal this kid's flea-like ability to move in space!
How could Earth Spider not see through Li Nian's thoughts? From the moment Li Nian gave up firing the light cannon and instead flashed in front of him with the little sun, Earth Spider knew that this cunning boy was going to do something sinister.
At that time, Tsuchigumo no longer had the idea of avoiding it, but instead made up his mind to seize this opportunity.
Tsuchigumo knew that for a wizard as powerful as Li Nian, even a space of fear as dense as that created by a great monster like him would not be able to affect him for long. It was only a temporary change. Once Li Nian quickly readjusted to this secluded world, he would be able to use Flash skillfully again.
But just as Li Nian had seized fleeting opportunities several times, he, the Earth Spider, also wanted to seize this fleeting opportunity!
At this time, the Earth Spider swung out a punch and took the initiative to hit the little sun in Li Nian's hand.
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