Chapter 911 - 598: Shameless Powerful Foe (2)

Chapter 911: Chapter 598: Shameless Powerful Foe (2)

Down below the arena, the audience had already started buzzing.

"Those conjoined brothers have a pretty big edge."

"Yeah, it’s basically a 2v1."

"Not a Summoner, yet fighting like one."

"That lame Ghostmask guy’s in trouble."

Li Pu’s two senior schoolmates were both frowning tightly at this point.

"The opponent in the third round really is ridiculously strong."

Liu Jisheng was reminded of some unpleasant memories.

Back when he was a 5-Approx, he’d also taken part in this celebration arena a few times, but without exception, he’d never managed to squeeze into the fourth round.

"If it were me in there, I probably wouldn’t even get the chance to mass units."

Fu Dusheng chimed in.

He had it even worse—he’d entered a few times and had only ever made it to the third round once.

They’d gotten their qualification for the adventure group qualifiers through other tournaments or arenas.

If it weren’t for the tight timing right now, probably no one would choose to gamble for qualifier slots in the Hundred Races Celebration arena.

"This guy’s clearly taken his racial advantages and then specifically gone and learned a bunch of Dharma Seal techniques."

Liu Jisheng also gave Hng-Hng-Ha-Ha a high evaluation.

Plenty of non-human races have their own sets of techniques tailored to their racial traits—put bluntly, they’re basically Summoner skills.

It’s just that the United Tribe is a relatively small tribe. They’d heard the name before, but weren’t familiar with the specifics, so they couldn’t give Li Pu any intel in advance.

"From how things look right now, if our junior doesn’t release his summoned beast..."

"I don’t see it happening."

Fu Dusheng didn’t like how things were looking.

"Agreed."

Liu Jisheng nodded.

Up on the arena, Hng-Hng-Ha-Ha had already tangled with Li Pu again.

Li Pu’s right hand shot out in a straight punch toward their face, but Hng-Hng-Ha-Ha lightly flicked it aside while tilting their head to evade.

"Take this, hng-hng!"

Right after that, one of their right hands swept out in an arc, striking straight at Li Pu’s ribs.

Smack!

Li Pu brought up his left hand to block, then grabbed their wrist.

"..."

At that moment he could feel their strength, and it actually matched his own four-fold power of [Willpower].

With their wrist in his grip, they were locked in a stalemate for a moment.

And the right hand he’d just thrown out hadn’t had time to retract and was grabbed by them as well.

It looked like Hng-Hng-Ha-Ha’s tactic was simple: restrain both of Li Pu’s hands and use their multi-arm trait to gain the advantage.

Whoosh!

But on Li Pu’s shoulder, [Black Claw] instantly rose up.

The strength of [Black Claw] mainly came from Li Pu’s Spiritual Power control, so it wasn’t as brute-force strong as his body, but it was extremely sharp.

Three hands against four wouldn’t put him at much of a loss.

The sharp claw pressed straight toward their head.

"Good, bring it on, ha!"

As if they’d anticipated it, Ha showed an excited grin.

The extra pair of hands lifted above their head, each forming a strange Dharma Seal.

Then between the two palms, a semi-transparent, irregularly shaped flat protective shield appeared out of thin air.

Clang!!!

Even with [Black Claw]’s sharpness, it couldn’t pierce that shield.

Clang clang clang clang!

Unconvinced, Li Pu swung [Black Claw] several times in a row, but they blocked every strike without a leak.

"Again! Again! Ha!"

Ha’s smile grew even broader—you could tell he was really enjoying this.

But Li Pu didn’t dare keep trading blows. He burst a [Gravity Field] at the junction of their two wrists, tore himself free, and opened up some distance.

Because he’d realized that this kind of close-quarters clinch was very unfavorable for him.

After all, they even had an extra leg.

"Hng-hng, pretty clever, I’ll give you that..."

Hng-Hng kept a calm expression throughout.

Just as Li Pu had guessed, if that close-quarters stalemate had dragged on until the opponent lost their cool, it would have been the perfect moment for them to throw a kick.

As long as they landed one solid kick, it would definitely make the opponent suffer.

But Li Pu had spotted their trick in advance.

"If you’ve got any other tricks, you’d better use them soon." x2

"Just with your body alone, you’re no match for us." x2

Hng-Hng-Ha-Ha crossed all four arms in front of themselves like a twisted braid.

"Is that so."

Li Pu didn’t deny it and directly activated [True Sight].

Their body was relatively thin compared to a magical beast, so it should be easy to see through.

He could try to locate vital organs and then directly crush them with a stage-3 [Gravity Field].

This was just an arena, so he couldn’t go around killing people—but if they, say, had four kidneys or something, they shouldn’t mind him crushing two of them, right?

"Uh..."

Turned out it had been fine not looking; once he did look, Li Pu was dumbfounded.

They looked roughly humanoid on the outside, but their internal structure was completely different.

The organs inside were many and complicated, and he didn’t recognize any of them.

"Hm?" x2

Noticing that they were being observed, Hng-Hng-Ha-Ha raised their brows and formed a Dharma Seal.

"Tch."

Li Pu immediately saw their internal structure blur and twist out of clarity.

Looks like some kind of anti-peeping measure.

Since that’s the case...

The [Black Claw] on his shoulder shrank, returning into his body.

Then when it extended out again, it had already appeared in his hand.

"Huh?" x2

This time, Grunt-and-Ha-Hey were completely stunned.

Originally they thought that black bone claw was some kind of body-mod part.

Yet now the tail end was actually being gripped in his hand, totally like a weapon.

As the saying goes, longer means stronger, and the [Black Claw] wasn’t lacking in sharpness. If Li Pu swung it personally...

Whoosh!

[Sprint] activated, and in the blink of an eye he was right in front of them.

The black weapon in his hand turned into a streak of black light and slashed down at their heads.

"So fast!" x2

Grunt-and-Ha-Hey’s four pupils shrank, and they hurriedly raised both hands to open up the planar shield again.

Clang!

But this time, the [Black Claw] shredded that shield into fragments with just a single hit.

"Very good."

Li Pu, having broken their defense, pressed the attack. He reversed his grip and swung the [Black Claw] up from below.

"Fuck!" x2

Grunt-and-Ha-Hey just tried to lift a leg to retreat, only to find their three legs suddenly heavy.

Left with no choice, they could only lean their upper body back.

"Ouch-ha!"

But Ha’s nose tip still carelessly got scraped by the edge of the claw.

A small chunk of flesh came off directly, blue blood spurting out.

"Energy Path, Thirty-First Form, Grunt!"

At this moment Grunt rapidly formed a complex set of Dharma Seals.

An energy-congealed giant hand stretched out from their chest and shoved Li Pu away.

"Urgh!"

The powerful force disrupted Li Pu’s rhythm, making him stagger back repeatedly.

"Brother, calm down!"

"It’s just a little blood!"

"Grunt!"

Right then Grunt was only focused on looking at Ha.

Maybe it would’ve been better not to say that—once said, it was like reminding Ha.

His whole face froze, then he reached up and touched his aching nose.

"My face is injured, my face is injured, ha!"

"Hahahahaha!"

"Danger, we’re in danger!"

You could see Ha’s eyes rapidly turn crimson, his expression going manic.

"We’re screwed, Grunt."

Grunt covered his forehead, looking thoroughly helpless.

"Brother Li Pu, I’d suggest you admit defeat and step down now."

"Otherwise I really can’t guarantee whether some accident will happen, mm-mm-mm-mm..."

"Brother, don’t—aaah!"

He even kindly warned Li Pu, but his words twisted at the end.

"Uh."

Then Li Pu just watched wide-eyed as the brothers’ body started splitting in two like clay.

He kind of wanted to attack immediately, but he was also really curious what they’d turn into.

What he finally saw was two guys whose forms were no different from humans standing opposite him.

Each only had one head, respectively Grunt and Ha.

"Interesting."

This sort of separation of flesh and blood was a first for him.

"Hoo, that’s so much more comfortable all of a sudden."

"You’re dead for sure this time."

"Grunt."

After splitting, Grunt’s aura instantly turned ice-cold.

As if he wasn’t the same person who’d just been worrying about his opponent’s safety.

"Kill him kill him kill him, ha!"

Ha, on the other hand, looked completely irrational.

"Come on then."

Li Pu wasn’t afraid.

Maybe with them split in two, it’d be easier for him to take them down one by one.

At least that annoying surplus of arms and legs was gone.

However, things developed a little unexpectedly. The two brothers’ backs suddenly bulged up...

Squish!

As the skin tore open, a pair of arms grew out again.

"..."

That left Li Pu speechless.

The original four arms had actually turned into eight.

They were so shameless.

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