Chapter 255
“Say what?” Exclaimed one of the Djinns after Wang Hao told them what Fang Lin had wanted. This speaker is Agares, the one with the Nature Power related to mountains and earthquakes.
His voice, which was deep managed to convey the confusion that he was feeling at the moment.
“So this disciple of yours who was the fusion of the goddess wannabe and that male runt wanted to fight us 4? Hahaha! I never met someone this stupid!” Agares’ whole body trembled as he showed his clear amusement to Fang Lin.
“If he wants to fight, then let him fight.” This time, the one who spoke was Orias, with the Nature Power of Void. His voice which exuded calmness continued saying,
“However, there is still a big cultivation gap. Instead of having us 4 fight him at once, he should face as one by one.”
Upon hearing this suggestion, Wang Hao immediately agreed, without letting Fang Lin say his piece.
Fang Lin could only pout angrily at this action. He wanted to fight them 4 on 1, not 1 on 1.
When Wang Hao saw Fang Lin’s expression, he held back a sigh as he asked to Fang Lin,
“Do you know what aspects of the cultivator each stage nourishes?”
Fang Lin’s reply was,
The main reason the Fourth Stage Practitioners could easily trash those below them was because of their powerful soul.
The soul was the aspect of the practitioner that assists them on harnessing their power. Injure or damage the soul, and the power a practitioner can harness will diminish drastically.
That’s the advantage the Fourth Stage Practitioners have. Their souls were destroyed and was reborn from their dao/law insights. This rebirth from destruction grants them their powerful souls.
Given this transformation, their powerful souls will easily suppress those at the lower stages. This suppression weakens the fighting ability of those at the lower stages, making them helpless against the Fourth Stage Practitioners.
Not only that, but soul attacks were common among the Fourth Stage Practitioners. These attacks will of course heavily injure the souls of those at the lower stage, which further weakens their fighting abilities.
In short, those at the lower stages than the Fourth Stage were basically f***ed.
Wang Hao tensed, ready to swoop in if Fang Lin receives a heavy injury. To his surprise however, Fang Lin did not even attempt to dodge the soul attack. He let it pierce his chest, with him moving back a step from the illusory impact.
But instead of seeing his disciple fall down with his orifices bleeding, Wang Hao only heard Fang Lin grunting a little. But aside from that, nothing else happened to him!
“That’s a soul attack? How weak!” Fang Lin muttered as his body began to tremble.
“Roar!!!!”
Wang Hao’s eyes then widened as he seemingly heard an illusory dragon roaring behind Fang Lin. The spectators also heard the roar, as they gave Fang Lin a more vigilant look.
Then 5 seconds after the roar, everyone’s eyes widened including Agares’ as they saw Fang Lin being covered by something. With their experience, they knew what it was. But that was also the reason they could hardly believe that Fang Lin had it.
“That’s a martial aura!” Agares shouted, as his eyes began to glow with excitement. “I did not think you have something like that hidden in your sleeves!”
Right now, Fang Lin’s whole body was covered by a violet-colored aura. It was all over his body, acting like a thin piece of cloth armor.
Agares, who was the nearest to Fang Lin, could feel the soul suppression that he was putting on Fang Lin dissipating when it touched the violet martial aura.
“I get it! That violet martial aura of yours negates soul-related effects! No wonder you were not scared to fight us 4!” Agares was surprisingly quick-minded even though he looked like a brute.
“See this master? You should not be worried about me!” Fang Lin said smugly as he faced the excited Agares. “With this martial aura of mine, your greatest advantage is gone!”
“Is that so?” Agares said with a feral grin. “You know, souls attacks were really not my best area. My attribute was with the earth, so my Nature Power was mostly focused on the physical attack part!”
Even though their way of cultivation was different from the Practitioners, Djinns can actually mimic the special features of each stage, like a Nature Core for the Third Stage, Nature Soul attacks for the Fourth Stage and Nature Domain in the Fifth Stage. But even though they can do these emulations, their real power still lies on their Nature Power itself.
Agares had the Nature Power of Earthquakes and Mountains, so it was no surprise that his real power was on the physical attack side. In fact, one can even say the threat of his physical attacks were even greater than his soul attacks!
“Seeing that you have a special body, I deem you worthy to receive a hammer strike from me!” Agares opened his right palm, and there, a wooden hammer appeared. Its handle was as long as an arm while its round, wooden head looked fairly polished.
“That’s Agares’ Item!” Fang Lin thought as he looked at the wooden hammer warily. “Genie can harness her power over mists with that disk of hers. Then that means Agares’ power over earthquakes and mountains will be harnessed through that hammer!
Agares twirled his hammer idly as he raised it high in the air. Fang Lin then heard intense rumbling sounds from the hammer, as if there was a massive earthquake happening inside it. He can also feel as if the hammer head was a massive mountain looming over him.
“Dang, that thing really looks bad!” Fang Lin knew that getting hit by that hammer will be not good. But will Fang Lin fear such thing? Of course not!
“You have that hammer? Then let me show you what I have!”
“Moo!!!! x3”
This time, the spectators felt as if they heard three raging bulls bellowing in anger. They immediately looked at Fang Lin, who looked drastically different now.
The current Fang Lin was covered by a glinting bronze armor. Even his head was covered, making him look like an automaton.
What was unsettling about the bronze armor was the fact that there were three bronze bull heads attached to it!
One was covering Fang Lin’s head, while the other two were protruding from his chest area, with each one residing on the left and right side of his chest.
The bronze heads looked eerily alive, with their glinting red eyes and snapping mouths. Fire occasionally came out of their nose and mouths, contributing to a cool but sinister-looking appearance.
Wang Hao immediately knew what beast this armor was related to.
“That is the Three-Headed Khalkotauroi!”
Fang Lin’s muffled voice then sounded out from the armor.
“How about comparing the might of your hammer with my bronze armor? You must be curious right?”
“Hell yeah I am!” Agares shouted as he bounded towards Fang Lin. “Then here I come!”
Agares brought his hammer plunging down to Fang Lin, as Fang Lin felt his breathing being constricted from the sheer pressure alone.
Wang Hao, who was observing from the sidelines, tensed as he realized this exchange was the most important part of the match.
“Whoever comes out on top after this exchange will most likely be the winner!”
What Wang Hao saw next was Fang Lin relaxing his body as he was suddenly covered by a ghastly green glow. He then saw Fang Lin giving a provocative smile to Agares as he said,
“Hit me with all that you got!”