I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield - Chapter 655 - 489: Yamata-no-Orochi, Holy Blood Escape (2)
Chapter 655: Chapter 489: Yamata-no-Orochi, Holy Blood Escape (2)
Qin Tian decisively abandoned defense, allowing the spikes to hit his abdomen, while the Thunder Saber slashed downwards, the blade light brushing past Shengongsi Hao Er’s shoulder, leaving a deep wound that exposed the bone.
The scorching of the golden Qi and blood and the paralysis of the purple lightning acted on the wound simultaneously, causing Shengongsi Hao Er to let out a muffled grunt, and the serpent’s shadow behind him dimmed a bit.
“Damn it, I underestimated him.”
Shengongsi Hao Er’s eyes flickered; this injury was nothing to him. With a movement of the serpent’s bloodline, the wound quickly recovered.
Boom boom boom!
The two exchanged dozens of moves in an instant, their figures swiftly intersecting above the ice field, with purple lightning and grey serpent shadows intertwining, and the explosion of Spiritual Energy collisions resounding incessantly.
Shengongsi Hao Er became increasingly shocked as he fought, realizing Qin Tian’s strength was simply overturning his knowledge. A mere Tier Six Spiritualist, someone who should have been slapped to death by him, was now fighting and he couldn’t even gain the upper hand.
To a proud Holy Blood, this was an utter humiliation.
“Die—!”
Shengongsi Hao Er’s roar echoed across the icefield, his eyes instantly transforming into blood-red vertical pupils, his robe on his back ripping with a “shh,” as five snake heads covered in black scales abruptly burst out. The snake bodies writhed and twisted, scales shimmering with a cold sheen under the sunlight, with each snake head opening its bloodthirsty maw, corrosive saliva dripping from their fangs, locking tightly onto Qin Tian.
His aura exploded several times over, grey Spiritual Energy surging like a tide, fine scales appearing on his face, resonating with the snake heads on his back, exuding a fierce aura of an ancient demonic creature.
This was one of the trump cards of the Shengongsi family, the half-awakened form of the Yamata no Orochi bloodline!
“It’s actually the Yamata form!” exclaimed Shengongsi’s followers below, their faces pale with shock.
To them, Qin Tian should have been slapped to death, but now he had forced a direct lineage of the Holy Blood to this extent, utterly overturning their understanding.
In contrast, Zhuge Yu and the other three merely exchanged a knowing smile, surprise mingled with understanding in their eyes.
Qin Tian could even strike down a Tier Seven Frost Kirin, forcing out the Holy Blood’s trump card was reasonable.
Seizing the opportunity, Taishi Feng swung his halberd to push back the crimson fire hulk, shouting loudly, “Qin Tian, show them what you’re made of!”
Swoosh~
Shengongsi Hao Er transformed into a grey shadow, lunging, right fist wrapped in serpent-form Spiritual Energy striking towards Qin Tian’s face, while the five snake heads simultaneously launched attacks.
The leftmost snake head lunged to bite, the middle two respectively spitting out dark green venom and purple lightning, while the right two spewed crimson fire, the venom, electricity, and fire intertwining into a net, sealing off all of Qin Tian’s escape routes.
Qin Tian swung his saber to block, the Thunder Saber first dispersing the lightning, then crossing to thwart the snake’s bite, but the venom and fire were already upon him.
He sidestepped to dodge, but was still grazed by the fire on his shoulder, his robe instantly igniting, while the venom invaded his nasal passages, and although he was immune to poison, he was nausea-choked.
Seizing the moment, Shengongsi Hao Er punched his abdomen, causing Qin Tian to stagger back, the Thunder Saber counter-chopping at a snake head, only leaving a shallow white mark, unable to break through the scale armor’s defense.
“Is this all you’ve got? Where’s the arrogance from earlier?” Shengongsi Hao Er sneered, launching another ferocious attack.
“Then I’ll show you something real.”
Qin Tian’s eyes focused, no longer holding back.
Golden Qi and blood erupted violently, muscles bulging and rising, body seeming to grow half a foot taller, dark golden battle patterns appearing on his skin like a war god’s totem.
Overlord Body・Imperial Supreme!
Boom!
Golden Qi and blood soared into the sky, under the Overlord Body, his attributes surged 500%, immune to all control and debuffs, and capable of reflecting 30% of damage.
Shengongsi Hao Er’s fist struck again, Qin Tian made no attempt to dodge, taking the blow head-on, and the terrifying recoil left Shengongsi Hao Er’s arm numb.
At this moment, Qin Tian was like the incarnation of a war god, Qi and blood soaring, the Thunder Saber enveloped in golden lightning, slashing out with unstoppable momentum.
Before, he could only leave white marks on the snake head, but now he cut it off with a single stroke, black blood gushing out, the snake meat at the cut still twitching.
“Ah—!” Shengongsi Hao Er screamed in agony, his face full of pain.
In the Yamata no Orochi state, the snake heads were also his heads; having one severed, although not fatal, was intensely painful.
The followers below were even more horrified, a Tier Six could actually injure the direct lineage of the Holy Blood who had activated the Yamata form?
Qin Tian stepped forward in the air, the Thunder Saber bursting with golden electricity, like an enraged dragon emerging from the sea, directly slashing at Shengongsi Hao Er’s chest.
Shengongsi Hao Er had suffered enough losses; how could he dare to take it head-on again? The five snake heads instantly intertwined, spitting gray Spiritual Energy to form a shield, while his body shifted sideways like an eel, avoiding the saber’s deadly trajectory.
“Sss——”
The Thunder Saber struck the Spiritual Energy shield, the golden electricity instantly tearing through the shield’s surface, but Shengongsi Hao Er used the momentum to backflip out of the way, leaving only a deep wound on his shoulder that exposed the bone.
Just as the snake blood started to gush out, it was forcibly stopped by Bloodline Power. Though the severed snake head didn’t regenerate, the remaining four heads became even more ferocious, alternately spewing poisonous fire and lightning, no longer seeking to attack but only to entangle Qin Tian.
Qin Tian’s sword momentum did not stop. In the Overlord Body state, his speed and strength far exceeded before. The Thunder Saber danced into a curtain of purple and gold. Occasionally, when a snake head slipped through, he would counter with a backhand strike, sending it flying, scales shattering, and black blood splattering.
Shengongsi Hao Er was completely suppressed, relying only on the bizarre flexibility of his snake body to dodge, his face full of fear and ferocity.
Meanwhile, the battlefield below gradually became clearer.
Zhuge Yu stood at the formation eye, the Wuhou Eight Trigrams Array linked with the aura of the three, transforming into a stable Three-Talents Formation.
Taishi Feng stood with a halberd at the front of the formation, enduring the fierce attacks of the crimson fire brute with the enhancement of golden Qi and blood; Huo Yuansheng used the speed amplified by the array to roam the battlefield like a ghost, his longsword targeting the flaws of the purple fire man and the swordsman, each strike aimed at their throats.
Zhuge Yu’s fingers twitched continuously, and the lightning emerging from the array became increasingly violent. Two pillars of lightning accurately struck the Yin-Yang Master’s Shiki-gami.
“No!”
The Yin-Yang Master on the left screamed miserably. His Kamaitachi just shot an arrow but was struck by the lightning pillar, the Shiki-gami’s body disintegrating into shadowy mist instantly, the Great Tengu’s wind escape sealed by icy Sword Qi, finally shattering amidst the intertwining thunder and fire.
These two Shiki-gami were raised over decades with Essence Blood, and now being blasted to pieces pained his heart as if bleeding.
“Taishi Feng, left route!” Zhuge Yu shouted lowly, the light of the array abruptly changed, directing Taishi Feng’s Qi and blood towards Huo Yuansheng’s sword tip.
Taishi Feng understood, and with a halberd, forced the crimson fire brute back, while Huo Yuansheng capitalized on the momentum to leap up, his ice sword fully infused with Spiritual Energy from the array, piercing through the purple fire man’s defense with a single thrust,
Miyaji Koji caught sight of the scene below from the corner of his eyes, noticing several of his subordinates injured. If he delayed any longer, he could escape relying on the Holy Blood’s foundation, but these five followers would undoubtedly perish.
Damn it, now I can only…
“Die!”
Shengongsi Hao Er suddenly erupted with an ear-piercing roar, the remaining four snake heads opening their massive mouths simultaneously, spraying a thick, ink-like gray mist.
The mist quickly spread, enveloping the whole icy plain like a tide. Wherever it passed, the ice surface was corroded into honeycomb-like holes, and the air turned sticky and stench-filled.
This was the innate ability of the Great Snake’s Bloodline, “Calamity Mist,” which not only corroded Spiritual Energy and flesh but also polluted fortune. Anyone contaminated by it would be plagued by misfortune.
“Qin Tian, don’t touch the mist!” Zhuge Yu’s face changed drastically, pulling back with Taishi Feng and Huo Yuansheng beside him, “This is Calamity Mist, if touched, it will engulf you in misfortune. It’s unstoppable!”
Taishi Feng wanted to swing his halberd to cut open the mist in front of him, but Zhuge Yu firmly held him back, “It’s useless; this is a curse at the bloodline law level, physical attacks can’t stop it!”
Qin Tian, however, was unconcerned, in the Overlord Body・Emperor State, he was immune to all detrimental effects. The Calamity Mist met his golden Qi and blood barrier, melting away instantly like snow meeting a blazing fire.
But he glanced over at Zhuge Yu and the others’ predicament. Though they exerted all their strength to activate Spiritual Energy defenses, the mist was still eroding their protection barriers. Taishi Feng’s golden Qi and blood were showing unstable ripples, clearly unable to hold on for long.
Qin Tian didn’t hesitate for a moment, his left hand clenched fiercely, space ripples spread out centered around him.
The next second, Zhuge Yu and the others felt the world around them shift and landed steadily beside Qin Tian.
Around Qin Tian, his Qi and blood surged, the golden barrier suddenly expanded, securely enclosing the three, the Calamity Mist collided with the barrier unable to stir even a ripple.
“Phew… that was close.” Taishi Feng wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, looking at the pockmarked icy surface outside corroded by the mist, still shaken, “This little devil’s ability is seriously sinister.”
Zhuge Yu also let out a breath of relief, “Thanks to Qin Tian, otherwise, today even if we didn’t die, we’d be plagued by this misfortune.”
Soon after, the Calamity Mist that enveloped the ice plain gradually dissipated, revealing a desolate battlefield.
Shengongsi Hao Er and his five followers were nowhere to be seen, having clearly used the cover of the Calamity Mist to escape with his subordinates.
“Qin Tian, they ran…” Huo Yuansheng frowned, his tone tinged with regret.
Qin Tian, however, slightly smiled at the corner of his mouth, calmly saying, “Don’t worry, they won’t get far.”
