The Ascension of Contracted Spirits

Chapter 158 - 123: Bomb Crow, Wooden Box Monster, Giant Duck Beast_4

The unbroken wind claws remained intact, struck again.

What used to be a scabbed-over wound, which had already ceased bleeding, now gushed with a sticky yellow liquid, flowing down the glossy feathers of the Giant Duck Beast.

"Boom!"

The Giant Duck Beast used "Burst Fist," a powerful skill equivalent to around 200 runes. Just a light graze was enough to shatter the fearsome wind claws into fragments that dissolved into the air.

The remaining force of the fist was aimed straight at Huazhu. Had Huazhu not reacted swiftly and retreated, her delicate frame would have been blown away.

"So powerful!"

Hidden behind a wall of vegetation, Su Mei and Li Jingming exchanged a glance. Stunned.

It was never the Giant Duck Beast that had shocked them. Although it was birthed from the Rainbow Light Fetus and they could not oppose its sheer power, their fear of it was continually growing.

However, Master Han was the first rank. His Contracted Spirit, the Sandstorm Witch who had successfully transformed, amazingly managed to stand her ground, a Clay Body at the peak of perfection, against an authentic Rainbow Light Void Extraction. They had been battling back-and-forth for several rounds.

If the other students saw this, wouldn’t they be collectively shocked?

If an assistant or mentor saw this, wouldn’t Master Han’s name become the talk of Canghai Pavilion, forming the biggest gossip of the year?

—Lower grade Spirits battling against higher-grade Spirits only happens between small grades!

Crossing a significant rank is an incredibly twisted situation; it can only occur if the skills completely counter each other, or if the opponent is on the brink of death and gravely injured.

Indeed, this Giant Duck Beast was injured.

The Witch’s agility countered the clumsiness of the Giant Duck Beast to some extent.

But what they witnessed in that fight was deafening to the ears at the very least.

The enraged Giant Duck Beast, due its violent rampage, had a battle strength on par with the peak level monsters.

The Sandstorm Witch was absolutely on the defensive side, dodging most of the attacks. She didn’t dare to touch the ’Burst Fist,’ let alone get near the fist.

Even the slightest remnant force was enough to cause her severe injury!

This was a dance on the edge of a blade. As every second passed, the fight became even more shocking!

"Caw!"

"Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh!"

"Thud-thud-thud!"

The speed was too fast for Li Jingming and Su Mei to identify every move.

Their backs gradually turned cold. Apart from being hit once by the ’Shocking Roar,’ no matter how angry the Giant Duck Beast was, it never managed to hit Huazhu again.

The Heavenly Sand Shield broke five times.

The Gather Wind into Claw shattered seven times.

In contrast, the wounds on the Giant Duck Beast’s back continued to bleed, exposing raw white bone.

As the fight progressed — were they managing to turn the obvious disadvantage around?!

After a brief explosion of power from the Giant Duck Beast, its physical strength was on the verge of depletion. The intensifying injuries and agony left it with no strength to use ’Burst Fist’ again.

It randomly hit and smashed around, growing sloppy with each attack.

However, the Witch remained agile throughout, even playfully floating in the air momentarily with the help of the wind element.

The Giant Duck Beast was panting heavily, its formerly erect back now gradually hunched.

Huazhu looked at it charitably, then the wild wind and sand burst forth, darkening an already dim sky.

"Whoosh."

The surrounding thirty-meter area was filled with turbidity.

Amid the roaring wind, sturdily built trees were broken at the waist, hard rocks crumbled to dust.

Rolling yellow sand soared high, like dancing Snake Monsters showing their fangs and claws in the sky overhead.

The floating Sandstorm Witch, Huazhu, floated about ten meters above the ground. A faint frost layered her strikingly beautiful face. In her noble golden vertical pupils, the weary figure of the Giant Duck Beast was reflected.

"Boom!"

The next moment, violent winds raged, sand and dust filled the sky, reducing the world to a gray blur, where even a stone’s throw away was obscured.

The sharp chill prickled incessantly, the terrifying winds drowned everything, and with a soul-shivering terror, Li Jingming and Su Mei heard a shriek.

Then, the world fell silent.

The Giant Duck Beast...

Had it just died?