Chapter 112: Qi Condensation Stage, Fourth Transformation!
The moment the light screens appeared everywhere, the global audience was stunned:
“What’s going on? Why did the light screens all come out?”
“At this time, I always feel something is wrong.”
“Don’t worry! Technical adjustment.”
“Where is Qi God? Where is Qi God?”
“Could it be…”
“Damn, it really came out!”
“Damn it, it’s not Qi God who came out!”
“It’s over, GG in advance.”
“Everyone, don’t panic, we have fighter jet missiles!”
“Yes! That’s right! In the face of humanity’s powerful firepower, we can easily handle any ferocious beast, and we will never repeat the same mistakes!”
“It’s time to witness the glory of human technology.”
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Inside the light screens everywhere, what appeared was a familiar large lake, which was where the two giant beasts had fought for the Demon King Fruit not long ago, and the nearby forest still had charred trees.
And now, also near this large lake, the Blue Jade Eel, which had previously annihilated the Baltic Joint Exploration Team, its huge corpse lay like a train on the lake.
Near the corpse, the brand-new Baltic Joint Exploration Team communicated with each other, as if discussing something.
Seeing this scene, the audience from various countries all became excited:
“I told you it was okay!”
“See, we killed such a big monster!”
“Think about the scene where it annihilated the exploration team before, and then compare it to the current corpse, we can only say that the feng shui turns.”
“Haha, it’s a pity that it can’t turn there anymore.”
“How many good things can be produced from this Blue Jade Eel?”
“I don’t know about the others, but the eel rice made with it must be delicious.”
“You think about eating all day long, this is an eel that can emit electricity, and it’s not a real eel, maybe we can research some kind of electric shock weapon.”
“No need to pay so much attention, it’s just a defeated general of humanity, a mere eel, not worth mentioning.”
“Wait, the wound on its body doesn’t seem to be caused by a bomb, right?”
“I’ll go, it’s true! Could it be that someone else killed it?”
……
As the audience saw, the fatal wound on the Blue Jade Eel was obviously a penetrating wound located at the head, and the holes on both sides were now gushing out pale blue blood. Besides, there were no other wounds on its body.
Under normal circumstances, if humans launched an attack, it would definitely have many explosion wounds on its body, and even if armor-piercing bullets were used to blow up its head, the wound would definitely not be so small.
This wound, which is only the size of a black plum, looks like it was made by other ferocious beasts.
Other ferocious beasts?
As the audience was thinking, changes had already begun to appear on the scene.
The UAVs suspended in the air suddenly discovered unusual movements from the ground.
A wave of soil suddenly lifted in the forest, and some monster was rapidly rushing towards everyone from underground.
Upon noticing this scene, everyone retreated towards the nearby hillside with more solid geology, while operating the UAVs to launch an attack.
Gunshots and explosions came one after another.
However, the UAVs attacked densely, but it was always difficult to hurt the opponent.
Because the opponent’s body was almost all underground, with a good protective layer on the surface, and more importantly, its movement speed was too fast, and its sensitivity was too high.
It can even sense the power of external attacks in advance and dodge in advance.
In the smooth movement, not a single explosion landed on it.
And when it rushed to the rock body, it was originally thought that it could rely on the hard rock body to block its advance, but it didn’t expect that it actually drilled in smoothly, and for a time the entire mountain rock rumbled, the feet trembled, and countless team members were in a panic.
“Oh my god! What the hell is this thing?!”
In shock, everyone quickly fled in all directions.
Before they could escape far, large pieces of stone chips suddenly rose up on the rock body, and then a large area of gray-brown scale armor appeared in front of everyone, and hundreds of thin and long barbs of different sizes grew on the surface of the scale armor. Almost the moment it broke through the ground, those barbs quickly burst out, carrying a terrifying scream, and shot in all directions.
Many team members fired their guns.
A large number of bullets all swept through the air on the spot, and only a few shot at the barbs, immediately bursting out sparks, but they did not cause any obstruction to them at all.
Numerous barbs, like a rain of arrows, swiftly penetrated the bodies of everyone present.
“Go to hell!!!”
An exploration team member screamed and fired a cannon.
The shells slammed into the barbs that were shooting head-on, directly blowing it away on the spot.
But before he could feel happy, the next second, the barb that was blown away actually wobbled and restored its flight posture, and rushed towards him again, instantly penetrating his bulletproof vest and the bulletproof insert plate that was 38 millimeters thick.
“Track, track…”
The exploration team member fell to the ground in disbelief.
From then on, the entire team was slaughtered, and even the UAVs flying in the sky were shot down one by one by the barbs, and the scene returned to silence again.
Seeing this terrifying scene, people all over the world were shocked to the extreme:
“What’s going on? What exactly is going on?!”
“How come those barbs are still tracking?!”
“It’s really damn it, obviously seeing someone hiding behind a tree, those barbs can still turn around and kill people.”
“What the hell is this group attack chicken killer?!”
“It can’t just kill chickens, think about how that Blue Jade Eel died.”
“Damn, even the strong Blue Jade Eel can’t stop it, has the power of each of its barbs reached this level?!”
“How do we fight this? People are hiding underground, and the sensitivity is also high, do we have to launch bunker busters?”
“Even bunker busters may not be able to successfully blow it up, its movement speed underground is too fast, and the defense of the scale armor is also too strong, just now when its scale armor was exposed on the ground, there were shells bombing it at close range, but nothing happened.”
“Then what do we do? We can’t ignore this guy, right? It’s running around underground, with such a killer appearing and disappearing, who can safely set up a base on the island?”
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The outside world fell silent for a while.
Even the Joint Command, at this moment, was also caught in a difficult choice.
Bomb it, it may not be killed.
But if we don’t bomb it, not to mention the exploration team that was killed this time, the other exploration teams around will also bear huge risks.
After notifying the nearby exploration teams to stay away from the area and using high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft to continuously monitor the situation in the target area, the think tank on the scene immediately began to discuss solutions.
Before they could come up with a result, new light screens appeared again all over the world.
Seeing the new light screens this time, everyone finally understood why there was that scene just now.
Because Qi Xuan also encountered that strange underground monster.
“Damn, do we have to be so unlucky? We can run into this too?”
“Even if Qi God is a Supreme Grandmaster, I don’t think he can deal with this thing, this thing is too bugged.”
“Indeed, just thinking about those barbs firing a volley, apart from hard resistance, I can’t find any other way to deal with it.”
“Damn it, you have to be able to withstand it! The Supreme Grandmaster’s Physique is strong, but the Blue Jade Physique is not bad either, and it can also insulate against lightning, but isn’t it still pierced by others on the spot? You don’t think Qi God’s skin is thicker than the Blue Jade Eel’s, do you?”
“Run, run quickly, take advantage of the fact that they are eating now and don’t have time to pay attention to you, and leave quickly.”
“Speaking of which, does this thing feel a bit like the one it ate?”
“It does look a bit similar, the overall shape looks almost the same, I remember the one that was eaten, before it also fought with the Six-Clawed Black Serpent for the Demon King Fruit.”
“Speaking of which, the Blue Jade Eel also fought with the Six-Clawed Black Serpent for the Demon King Fruit, could it be that this guy is a friend of the Six-Clawed Black Serpent? Specially here to hunt the Six-Clawed Black Serpent’s enemies?”
“Something’s wrong, it killed the Blue Jade Eel and didn’t eat it, why did it eat a similar kind? Is there any reason for it?”
“Anyway, no matter what the reason, let’s go, Qi God, take advantage of the fact that they haven’t noticed you yet, and run as far as you can!”
“Damn, he actually went towards the monster!”
“Please, don’t court death! Don’t court death!”
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No matter how the audience called out, Qi Xuan still walked towards the Spiked Crocodile that was eating not far away.
Spiked Crocodile, Spiked Demon-Patterned Crocodile, these two Demon Beast names sound very similar, and in fact, it is true.
They are originally the same species, the Spiked Crocodile should be regarded as a variant of the Spiked Demon-Patterned Crocodile, and it is the product of their evolution.
When the Spiked Demon-Patterned Crocodile undergoes evolution and transformation, the demon patterns on its body will disappear, its body shape will change slightly, its scale armor defense will be higher, its claws and teeth will become sharper, and the barbs it shoots out can be attached with a certain distance of tracking, and at the same time, it will greatly strengthen the original burrowing ability, from simply burrowing to a ground-traveling similar to earth escape.
Although the speed of ground travel is far less than the speed of earth escape, it can also be comparable to the rapid movement speed of ordinary Third Rank Demon Beasts on the ground.
And their method of evolution, in addition to eating the Demon King Fruit, is only to eat the mature individuals of the same kind.
This is why the Spiked Demon-Patterned Crocodile will kill each other and eat the corpses of their own kind.
In general, after the Spiked Demon-Patterned Crocodile has evolved, it has become one of the top predators, and cultivators of the same realm often find it difficult to defeat it.
Therefore, it is not difficult to understand why the cultivator before was buried in its hands.
Yes, the 【Nangong】 token’s original owner died at the hands of this Spiked Crocodile.
This is also the reason why he will track here.
From this, it can also be seen that the time of the cultivator’s fall should not exceed two hundred years.
Because this Spiked Crocodile in front of him looks old and frail, and is about to reach the age limit of three hundred years.
Under normal circumstances, the lifespan of the Spiked Demon-Patterned Crocodile is generally around one hundred and fifty years. Before the age of one hundred, they will try to evolve as much as possible. If they cannot evolve, the next fifty years will be because the body is gradually aging, and even if they get the Demon King Fruit, it will be difficult to usher in a transformation.
And after evolution, their lifespan will directly double, reaching the level of three hundred years.
But even if they add an extra one hundred and fifty years of lifespan, they may not be able to successfully break through the Fourth Rank.
Just like for many cultivators, the Foundation Stage is a difficult hurdle to cross.
For many Demon Beasts, the Fourth Rank is also a very difficult hurdle to cross.
Like this Spiked Crocodile in front of him, it successfully broke through and completed the evolution among its kind, which can also be regarded as a temporary genius, but in the two hundred years after the evolution, it still failed to break through that hurdle. Now, it is already old and frail, its blood and energy are declining, and it is even less likely to break through.
But even so, to deal with it, one still has to be extremely careful.
As for why he is not willing to let it go when it is about to die?
First of all, he is not a beast slave like a cat slave or a dog slave, and he does not have any extra compassion for Demon Beasts.
Secondly, some of the materials on the Spiked Crocodile are quite useful, and some can be used as medicine.
Finally, and most importantly, since the 【Nangong】 token can lead him to find this Spiked Crocodile, maybe after he kills it, the other party will also record it. This way, when the tribe behind 【Nangong】 investigates, he can also sell them a favor, so that he won’t be attacked as soon as they meet.
In short, he is determined to kill this Spiked Crocodile today!
Even if the Emperor of Heaven comes, he can’t stop him from taking action!
Facing Qi Xuan, who was riding the pig and approaching, the Spiked Crocodile paused its eating, turned its head to look this way, its dark brown back slightly tensed, and the barbs on it were also aimed at this side, looking like a threat not to approach.
But Qi Xuan not only didn’t stop, but instead let Sunday start to accelerate the charge.
In the violent stomping sound, the Spiked Crocodile did not hesitate at all and burst out a body of barbs on the spot.
Seeing this scene, the netizens all exclaimed, as if they had already seen the tragic end of Qi Xuan being pierced and dying on the spot.
But then, a shocking scene appeared.
Facing the countless barbs that burst out, he only ordered Sunday to use War Stomp.
And at the same time as War Stomp was used, Qi Xuan, who used a Lightning Talisman in return, immediately wielded the Dragon Spear, which was nearly two meters long.
With the blessing of the Lightning Talisman, his attack speed suddenly increased by nearly a factor of one!
In the sharp and ear-piercing whistling sound, the barbs that were rapidly shooting were hit one after another, and they were scattered everywhere, but they did not continue to track and attack like what appeared in the light screen before.
Because the Spiked Crocodile, as the operator, had been stunned by War Stomp.
Not to mention manipulating the barbs, even the action of burrowing underground stopped halfway, and half of its body was still exposed on the ground.
Although due to the difference in rank, Sunday’s War Stomp could only delay it for a moment or two, but for Qi Xuan, it was enough.
“Die for me!”
The Dragon Spear burst out from Qi Xuan’s hand like a battle spear.
The crisis at close range finally stimulated the Spiked Crocodile to break free.
A strong yellow light flashed suddenly.
A barb on its head instantly burst out.
In an instant, not only did it hit the Dragon Spear that was penetrating, knocking it away, but the remaining force still shot towards Qi Xuan, and it came to him almost in the blink of an eye, leaving him with no way to avoid it.
With a “bang” sound.
The Vermillion Stone in front of Qi Xuan was hit on the spot.
Although it failed to penetrate this extremely hard and heavy Refining material on the spot, it also hit Qi Xuan with it, knocking him away on the spot.
Qi Xuan stopped after retreating more than a dozen steps after landing.
He only felt a dull pain in his chest.
But besides the dull pain, there was no extra damage.
This is not to say that the opponent’s attack was too weak, in fact, that blow was simply terrifying.
Even if the Vermillion Stone blocked the penetrating force, under normal circumstances, the powerful force would still shatter his sternum with the Vermillion Stone, and even break open his chest and abdomen on the spot.
And the reason why he did not suffer that level of damage was entirely due to the new ability he gained when he advanced to Qi Refining Stage 4—
【Flowing Form】.
【Flowing Form】 is a very special and powerful ability. After it is activated, the Spiritual Energy in his body will penetrate out of his body and cover the surface of his body with a thin layer.
And unlike ordinary Spiritual Energy, which is easy to dissipate when exposed to the outside, this Spiritual Energy is tightly bound to the surface of his body because of the ability, which is equivalent to adding an extra layer of defense to the body.
Any external attack must first pass through this layer of defense before it can hurt him.
And the most important thing is that once it is determined that the Spiritual Energy in a certain part cannot withstand the external attack, the force of the attack will be dispersed to the entire defense layer until the entire defense layer is completely destroyed before it will cause damage to him.
You can imagine how powerful 【Flowing Form】 is.
It’s like adding an extra long blood bar to him.
This is also one of the reasons why he dared to take the initiative to attack the Spiked Crocodile.
According to the remaining power of that attack just now, it is probably no less than an ordinary Third Rank attack. Now that it can be successfully blocked by 【Flowing Form】, it means—
Second Rank invincible!
Third Rank is not impossible to fight!
After confirming his current combat power, Qi Xuan couldn’t help but feel relieved.
As he was repelled, Sunday used War Stomp again to prevent the opponent from launching a pursuit.
Fortunately, the Spiked Crocodile fell into a short weakness after bursting out the earthen yellow barbs, and Sunday’s War Stomp controlled it for a while.
Taking this time, Qi Xuan no longer delayed, turned his hand and took out the longbow, swallowed the Giant Strength Pill, and re-strengthened the bowstring with snake tendons to the full moon, dipped the barb long arrow with the Soul-Consuming Powder, and instantly burst out.
In the rapid whistling sound, the Spiked Crocodile, which had broken free again, had no time to react and was instantly penetrated by the barb long arrow.
It struggled for a moment in pain, and soon stopped moving under the powerful toxicity of the Soul-Consuming Powder.
And just as the Spiked Crocodile was killed, a trace of faint essence blood flew out of its body and fell on the 【Nangong】 token.
A glimmer of light flashed on the token, and it changed again.
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After Qi Xuan killed the Spiked Crocodile, the light screens that appeared all over the world quickly began to go out.
Countless viewers who had just recovered from the shock, unable to send barrages in the sky, rushed to the Internet and tried their best to vent their excited emotions:
“I didn’t see it wrong, did I? The monster died so easily?”
“It was shot to death with one arrow? This is too ridiculous!”
“I thought Qi God was very strong, but I didn’t expect Qi God to be so strong! Is this the power of a Supreme Grandmaster?!”
“Wait, don’t forget Sunday’s contribution, in the two key attacks, it was Sunday who controlled the Spiked Crocodile in advance, otherwise the result would be really hard to say.”
“Indeed, if it weren’t for Sunday, once that guy got into the ground, even if Qi God had the power to support the sky, he wouldn’t want to hurt it again.”
“The most important thing is that after the Spiked Crocodile was stunned by Sunday, even the barbs that were shot out lost their tracking ability, otherwise, if those barbs repeatedly besieged, even if Qi God’s spear danced so densely that it was impenetrable, after a long attack, he would still reveal flaws, and perhaps he would lose on the spot.”
“Damn it, I’m so envious, I originally thought Sunday was a cool mount, but it’s ability is also so strong, I have to get a Giant-Toothed Demon Pig as a mount in the future!”
“When will the exploration team on the island catch those Giant-Toothed Demon Pigs? I’ll buy it! I’ll buy it, okay?!?”
“Don’t mention it, just now a whole exploration team was annihilated by the Spiked Crocodile, even with various modern weapons, the island is still very dangerous, and we have to be cautious.”
“After watching Qi God’s live stream, the United Nations should be able to come up with a solution to deal with the Spiked Crocodile, right? We can’t let it stay on the island all the time, that’s so dangerous?”
“Indeed, if we can’t get rid of this Spiked Crocodile, the surrounding exploration teams won’t even think about going deeper, and setting up bases is even out of the question, we must hurry up and get rid of it!”
“Qi God has already given the method, hurry up and learn it!!”
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Netizens from various countries urged constantly.
The Joint Command also did refer to the killing scene just now and formulated a new response plan.
Around the activity area of the Spiked Crocodile, countless engineers began to take action, digging the ground along the area’s blockade line, and laying intelligent mines underground.
As for near the surface, a large number of sensors and military-grade optical fibers were also deployed, and through sound wave vibration mode and multi-mode fusion perception, the Spiked Crocodile’s traveling characteristics were identified, and UAVs were linked for positioning and tracking.
In addition, a large number of high-voltage defense power grids and sound wave emitters and other weapons were also deployed.
These arrangements were all to prevent the Spiked Crocodile from escaping from its original location and harming other places, which was a defensive measure prepared in advance.
As for the attack measures, it was not without them.
A Super Hornet fighter jet, loaded with aerial bombs, took off from the Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier, which was staying near the island.
According to satellite navigation and inertial navigation, after arriving in the designated airspace and confirming the existence of the Spiked Crocodile, the Super Hornet immediately began to project aerial bombs.
The aerial bombs included small bunker busters and small fuel-air bombs.
Basically, both range killing and underground killing were considered.
Even if this Spiked Crocodile drilled underground in time, it would most likely not escape death.
Everyone in the command watched the monitoring screen, waiting for the loud noises to bring the news of victory.
But then, a scene that shocked everyone into silence appeared.
The aerial bombs dropped by the fighter jet were still in the air, and the Spiked Crocodile, as if it had sensed the crisis, burst out countless barbs in advance.
Numerous barbs aimed at the sky, like rockets, swiftly crossed a distance of thousands of meters and slammed into the aerial bombs.
In the violent explosion, several aerial bombs exploded in mid-air.
Before everyone could recover, the next second, a touch of earthen yellow light instantly broke through countless smoke and flames and fiercely hit the Super Hornet that had not yet flown far.
Under the gaze of countless people, the first fighter jet of humanity was shot down on the spot!
