ocean-life Chapter 206 - Obsession (I)
Chapter 206 - Obsession (I)
Chapter 206 - Obsession (I)
"It seems your injuries have healed up quite nicely, enough for you to have the guts to face the two of us alone once again." Wolf, gripping his spear in his right hand, took a few steps forward, twirling the spear's tip. "You were lucky to escape last time, but not this time!"
There was barely any emotion on Cassius's face. "Given the current situation, don't you think you should be the one running away?"
"Heh... Then come at us."
With two swift movements, the ground shook slightly. Wolf and Owl sprinted forward at lightning speed, tracing blue and red arcs in the shadows. Instead of converging, the two shamans separated to flank Cassius. One, to divide his attention and two, to strike swiftly and simultaneously.
"Azure Wind Flow..." Cassius murmured, activating the technique that had accompanied him for so long. A faint white aura enveloped his hands, leaving a white arc in the air with each swing.
Cassius bent his knees slightly, lowering his center of gravity. His arms did not assume the typical defensive stance of the Wind Elephant Combat Arts where his hands would be at his sides for stability. Instead, he adopted an offensive posture, with one hand clenched into a fist and the other forming a claw. Compared to the standard stance, this was far more aggressive.
Whoosh!
A blue shadow suddenly appeared on his left side. A sharp spearhead cut through the air, faster than a blink of an eye, thrusting forward at a nearly invisible speed. A white line slashed down, striking the glowing blue spear at the same speed.
Cassius's arm trembled slightly as he noticed a red light quickly approaching from the corner of his eye. He quickly stepped forward with his left foot, forcibly twisting his body, and swinging his arm like a meteor hammer.
Bang!
A dull thud echoed through the street as a red shadow staggered back. Each step left an imprint on the ground. Owl managed to stop after stumbling back seven to eight steps. Shaking his shield-bearing left hand, he charged again. The black and blue shadows were already fighting there.
Clang!
Cassius twisted to evade, but he still felt a sharp pain spark in his shoulder as a spray of blood soared through the air.
He stared at Wolf, expression grave. This man's combat style was exactly like what Li Wei remembered. Under normal circumstances, his speed was manageable, but the moment he struck with his spear, his hands moved incredibly fast, stabbing at vital points with blinding speed.
Li Wei had been stabbed in the abdomen by this very spear when Wolf used a sudden burst of power to pierce him extremely quickly. Even with Li Wei's forbidden techniques fully activated, the strike was too fast to be caught. Cassius knew he had to be cautious. That or preemptively strike Wolf before he could attack.
Whoosh...
From the right side of the street at a ninety-degree angle, Owl, who had been sent flying, raced back into the fight with his shield raised like a wall. Lava-like flames spewed from the cracks in his tortoiseshell-like shield.
The two shamans entered their Totem Explosion States simultaneously, just like how Li Wei used his Phoenix Totem to activate his back muscles.
It's a pity Li Wei never trained in hardening Qigong. Otherwise, I wouldn't need to use the Phoenix Totem again. Cassius squinted. He had no choice but to use forbidden techniques once more. He would deal with the side effects later after he finished off these two shamans.
"Boiling Phoenix Blood!" Cassius's back muscles suddenly expanded.
Twisting crimson lines spread across the sharply defined contours of his muscles, forming a luminous phoenix pattern. His entire back glowed red, emitting an intense heat. Thin strands of white steam seeped out from the surface of his skin.
His already powerful muscles tensed up quickly, as if invigorated, becoming even more strong. The muscle fibers rippled, tightly intertwining in between the bulging tendons. A massive surge of strength swept from Cassius's back to his fists.
With the second-level accelerated blood flow, the power that Cassius felt surging inside him intensified. This sensation is truly addictive...
"Wind Elephant Fist, Wind Elephant Torrent! Elephant's Roar!" He unleashed a double strike—a powerful swinging punch and a lightning-fast straight punch. Cassius's explosive power split in two.
Boom!!!
The blast of air rolled like waves, bringing dust and debris along, and sweeping across half the street. Fragments of rubble flew from the impact's epicenter.
The car's frame shuddered, emitting a high-pitched creaking noise. There was a huge dent in the middle section from where Cassius had slammed into it. Various small parts and shards of glass clattered to the ground.
"Cough, cough..." Cassius coughed, bracing himself on the metal surface with his hands. He planted his boots firmly on the ground, crunching glass underfoot.
He had sustained some severe injuries. His left fist was torn and bleeding, the entire arm charred. A massive wound slashed diagonally across his torso, exposing mangled flesh. Even his back had started to tear at the muscular seams, blood dripping down.
Cassius was heavily wounded, but his enemies were even worse off.
A figure lay several meters away on the ground, struggling to rise. His left hand, along with the shield he held, had been shattered by the collision, its tremendous force taking half of his shoulder with it. Blood poured out, forming a pool on the ground beneath him.
A few meters away, another figure, holding a spear, knelt on the ground, blood oozing from his mouth and chest. Wolf stared at Cassius with bloodshot eyes, his lips moving as if he wanted to say something. But in the next second, he collapsed, his body falling face-first onto the ground with a thud.