Chapter 1262: Both Sides Win and Lose

Chapter 1262: Chapter 1262: Both Sides Win and Lose

As Mei Simiao’s words fell, the situation in the arena changed once again! How could Elder Wu be content with such a defeat? Seeing the adhesive tape wrapping around him getting tighter, Elder Wu roared, gathering source energy around his body, which transformed into a Thunder Blade that sliced through the adhesive tape surrounding him.

"Rip!" The Thunder Blade cut through the tape, scattering it along with bits of flesh to the ground. Just like Mei Simiao said, a struggle to escape from this binding would leave one skinned if not dead. In his haste, Elder Wu’s Thunder Blade missed its mark, cutting through some tape but also scraping his skin. The pain made him gasp sharply, yet it further fueled his anger! Once freed, he charged straight at Yu Xueli without hesitation.

Seeing Yu Xueli retreating hastily, his hands wielded transparent glue, which he began flinging wildly as he swung his palms at Elder Wu. This time Elder Wu knew the potency of the substance and dared not underestimate the opponent, maneuvering swiftly to avoid the flying glue.

The street in front of the secluded courtyard was spacious, more than wide enough for four carriages to pass side by side. But now, with Pei Yan leading hundreds of people to surround them, even such a broad street seemed cramped, leaving little space for the two to duel. As Yu Xueli was being forced backward by his opponent, the people behind him quickly made space by scattering to the sides. However, the distance was still too short, and after retreating more than thirty steps, Yu Xueli was still caught up.

A glob of transparent adhesive blocked Elder Wu’s path into the residence as Yu Xueli tried to forcefully alter his attacking route. Faced with such a tactic, Elder Wu sneered dismissively.

"Infinite Thunder Devouring Hand!" Elder Wu uttered without changing his offensive stance. His lightning-charged hand pierced through the viscous glue ahead. Unexpectedly, the glue did not stick to his body; rather, it exploded, leaving a gaping hole, with the glue in the center being vaporized by the intense heat, emitting a pungent odor. Large amounts of glue flew into the air, scattering all around, prompting bystanders to exclaim in surprise and quickly disperse to avoid being affected.

Pei Yan didn’t dodge. Instead, he flicked the glue away that flew towards him, keeping a close watch on the situation on the field, ready to step in at any moment to save someone.

Despite appearing in a flurry, Yu Xueli’s face remained calm and composed, even somewhat expressionless, causing Pei Yan to mistakenly believe he was confident in facing this crisis. Yet who could have predicted that after Elder Wu penetrated his glue attack, Yu Xueli would stand dumbfounded, as if scared stiff?

"Got him!" Someone from the Infinite Thunder Sect couldn’t help but whisper in excitement upon seeing their Elder strike the enemy’s chest with his palm.

"Damn! Is it too late now?" Pei Yan’s face fell in shock as he saw this, wanting to intervene to save someone but finding a gaze firmly locking him in place. Without needing to turn his head, Pei Yan knew he was being closely watched by Situ Maocai.

Despite having many concerns, Pei Yan was ready to act to rescue someone, but at that moment, a subtle crackling sound reached his ears. He paused and looked towards the sound, only to see Elder Wu’s unstoppable assault not piercing the opponent’s body, his blade-like fingertips merely blowing apart Yu Xueli’s uniform, revealing the armor beneath.

It was then Pei Yan realized Yu Xueli’s true form. The man wasn’t actually fat; his bloated appearance was formed by layer upon layer of thick glue solidifying into a hard substance. Elder Wu’s hand blade just collided with this solid glue-plated armor, forming a shallow white pit that couldn’t penetrate any further.

"Phew! Ah!"

Just like Pei Yan, Elder Wu was also amazed by Yu Xueli’s body structure, but his astonishment was fleeting; he couldn’t let his efforts go to waste. Taking a deep breath, he switched the cultivation technique on his arm, and after a couple of deep inhales and exhales accompanied by shouts, that arm erupted with a dazzling red glow, carrying blazing heat as it continued to pierce into the opponent’s body.

Under such sustained high temperatures, the hard glue plating immediately transformed into a pool of soft mud, akin to melted wax, flowing down Yu Xueli’s body. Watching this, Yu Xueli chuckled without dodging, instead reaching out to grab Elder Wu’s hand. In Elder Wu’s panicked gaze, Yu Xueli’s entire chest suddenly exploded, all the glue plating turned into glue, inundating Elder Wu.

Given the proximity and having his arm grabbed, Elder Wu had nowhere to escape, about to be drenched in glue, furious to the extreme, he decided to gamble everything, roaring: "Thunderous Finger!"

"Ugh!" A silent, subtle lightning emitted from the tip of Elder Wu’s finger, penetrating Yu Xueli’s body. With most of the glue poured out, Yu Xueli’s defense power drastically lowered. Under this attack, he seemed struck by lightning, his body shaking thrice before barely stabilizing, yet he couldn’t stop covering his lightning-struck chest, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.

"Ugh~ ah~ ah~!"

Compared to Yu Xueli’s composure, Elder Wu seemed much more miserable. The glue melted by heat was terrifyingly hot, pouring onto him and instantly sticking upon contact. This wasn’t the worst part! The true terror was the glue affecting source energy too; under its adhesion, Elder Wu’s protective array and source energy were interconnected with his body. Even Elder Wu himself couldn’t dissolve the source energy. Whenever he tried forcibly breaking through to shake off the vile glue, it would tug at his skin, inflicting excruciating pain, causing Elder Wu to let out piercing screams.

However, those screams were soon cut short. Once a person is trapped, they’ll instinctively struggle, and Elder Wu was no exception. As soon as he was ensnared by the glue, his first thought was to struggle free. But to his dismay, the more he struggled, the more the glue adhered to his body, tightening around him. Before long, he’d exhausted himself, ending up disheveled, his long hair clumped like gelled strands, sticking tightly to his face along with his mouth. After exposure to this bizarre glue, even trying to speak made Elder Wu exhibit a highly pained expression.

"What, what, what kind of trick is this! It’s too, too vicious!" Shao An outside the battle circle couldn’t help but exclaim upon witnessing this scene. It’s said a warrior can be killed but not humiliated. Even if Yu Xueli dismembered Elder Wu today, Shao An wouldn’t flinch. But Elder Wu’s current state was extremely embarrassing and laughable, his fallen body contorted into an oval shape, the glue-coated dirt clumped into a gray ball, rendering him unrecognizable from his former high-standing demeanor upon entering.