readsfreenovel Chapter 300 The City That Never Sleeps 11
Chapter 300 The City That Never Sleeps 11
Guan Xun sneered inwardly. This old monster had a good plan. Winning meant letting her go, but losing meant keeping her trapped in this city that never sleeps as his lackey.
A murderous intent surged within her, but she showed no sign of it on her face, staring intently at the city lord, suppressing all her emotions.
"Okay, I promise you."
Forget about any schemes or plots, let's get rid of this damn oppressive aura first.
Once this constraint is removed, with her current level 98, rank 5 strength, she can certainly fight him.
It's a good opportunity to test my skills honed in the city that never sleeps.
The city lord seemed surprised that she agreed so readily. A hint of astonishment flashed in his scarlet eyes, then he grinned, revealing his gleaming white fangs: "Straightforward."
After saying that, he raised his hand and waved it lightly.
The oppressive force, as heavy as Mount Tai, actually receded in a strange way.
Guan Xun felt completely relaxed, his tense body suddenly relaxed, and all the stale air that had been accumulating in his chest was expelled.
She stood up and stretched her stiff neck, a cold glint flashing in her eyes: "Now, we can make our move."
The moment she gathered her energy, spiritual power surged forth, and dark flames enveloped her, rising half a foot high.
Upon seeing this, the city lord chuckled softly.
He raised his dark-glowing beast claws, his ape eyes sweeping over Guan Xun's limbs with disdain: "Level 98, Rank 5, to be honest, this level is really good. It's a pity... you are ultimately a mortal, while I am a demon beast in human form, and my physical strength is far beyond what you humans can compare to."
"Although I am now level 98, rank 7, only two ranks higher than you, I am still enough to crush your fragile body."
As he spoke, the demonic energy around him surged, and an even more ferocious aura swept outwards.
"Hoohoo!"
In an instant, the city lord's figure suddenly disappeared from his original spot and flashed to a spot an inch in front of Guan Xun.
The beast's claw, accompanied by a powerful gust of wind that tore through the air, descended from a great height, striking directly at the top of his head.
Those claws were especially sharp, carrying the inherent savage power of a demonic beast, making the air squeak.
"Can you dodge in time?!"
Amidst the shouts, Guan Xun's pupils darkened slightly, but instead of retreating, he advanced.
He unleashed all his spiritual power against the dark flames, his wrist suddenly twisting upwards, the heat-filled flames encased in a barrier crashing directly into the descending beast claw!
"boom!"
The deafening roar shook the entire tower, and shockwaves shot out from the gaps.
Guan Xun felt a tremendous force coming from her palm, and her arm went numb. She frowned and quickly tried to release the force, but her body involuntarily took a few steps back, causing a small crack to appear in the ground.
The city lord, however, stood firmly in place, without moving an inch.
"Huh? A human body should be incredibly vulnerable." He flicked his paw, somewhat surprised. "Have you cultivated some kind of technique to strengthen your physical body?"
Logically speaking, no matter what the opponent uses to defend against his palm strike, they definitely won't be able to withstand it.
But the other party was completely unharmed, and the strength of their physical body far exceeded his expectations.
Guan Xun wiped away the blood from the corner of his lips and gave a mocking laugh.
What the old monster said was indeed true. The physical body of a demon beast in human form is naturally superior. At the same level, the human body is indeed far inferior to that of a demon beast, not to mention that the other party is two levels higher than her.
However, no one could have imagined that she was now a demigod. If it weren't for the difference in levels, how could a mere demon beast's savage body compare to her?
She licked the bloodstains that had not yet faded from her lips, and the dark flames in her palm suddenly surged, breaking through the barrier of spiritual energy, almost burning the narrow spire red-hot.
"Then it can only mean that you, City Lord... are too incompetent."
"Insolence." The city lord's red eyes suddenly turned cold. Seeing that the other party was advancing instead of retreating, his disdain in his eyes intensified. He grabbed the air twice with his beast claws, and as if to help him, the force on the air increased instead of decreasing, and he pressed forward.
Just as the beast's claws were about to touch Guan Xun's body, she met the attack with the dark flames in her palms. Instead of directly resisting the attack as before, she used the heat of the dark flames to slide sideways and deflect the force of the beast's claws.
"laugh--"
The dark flames, with their high viscosity, instantly clung to the city lord's beast claws.
The flames were mixed with the murderous aura that had accumulated in the city that never sleeps over the past year, making the already high temperature even more terrifying and scorching up wisps of black smoke.
The city lord winced in pain and abruptly withdrew his hand, revealing a charred mark on the beast's claw.
Disbelief instantly surged across his face, and his scarlet eyes blazed with furious rage: "Damn it! Your flames..."
Guan Xun wouldn't give him a chance to catch his breath. Taking advantage of the gap in his speech, he lightly touched the ground with his toes and quickly lunged forward. His dark flames transformed into several fire blades, stabbing towards the vital points of the city lord!
The fiery blades spun rapidly, each carrying a sharp killing intent, forcing the city lord to retreat repeatedly and hastily parry.
Inside the narrow spire, flames and demonic energy collided violently, sending shockwaves blasting out repeatedly, and stone chips began to fly everywhere around the tower.
The old man guarding the tower was so startled that he hurriedly ran far away to check on the tower's condition.
"Hmph." The city lord's eyes narrowed to slits. There was no trace of contempt left, only icy killing intent: "I've played with you this far. I underestimated you. You truly are worthy of being the person I've chosen. You are indeed qualified to guard this city that never sleeps."
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly threw his head back and let out a deafening roar.
His black robes shattered inch by inch, and his body suddenly swelled to more than ten feet in size. As the surrounding demonic energy surged, it transformed directly into a black bull with a head as large as a mountain.
The black bull was covered in hard, jet-black scales. Its horns curved and snapped back, almost poking into its blood-red eyes. Its four hooves pounded the ground, and its long claws dug into the stone surface.
This is his true form as a demonic beast, the Black Horned Ox.
The commotion caused the tower's spire to tremble. Even more terrifying was that as his true form appeared, the spiritual energy around him turned pitch black, and his cultivation level surged by three stages, reaching level 99.
"You mortal dare to contend with me? Today I will show you the true power of a demon beast in its true form."
The black ox lowered its head, its horns flashing with black light, and charged fiercely towards Guan Xun.
Guan Xun raised a single eyebrow, letting out a sneer laced with utter sarcasm: "Lord City Lord, you probably don't know, but compared to dealing with humans... what I'm best at is hunting demonic beasts!"
"Especially demonic beasts that rely on spiritual power."
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly grabbed with his five fingers, and the dark flames surged wildly, crackling and burning rapidly along with the city lord's overwhelming black spiritual power.
At the same time, a red light flashed in her eyes, and two triangular flowers spun rapidly in her pupils. Then, a wisp of red smoke rose from the corner of her eyes.
The Black Horned Ox stiffened, its four paws rooted to the ground as if nailed to the spot, and even the black light on its horns dimmed for a moment.
By the time he realized what was happening, the flames had already woven a net that completely surrounded his massive body.
He was shocked and furious, and hurriedly tried to rush out by urging his spiritual power, only to find that his spiritual power not only failed to extinguish the flames, but instead, like dry wood meeting a raging fire, made the dark flames burn even more fiercely.
The flames licked his scales, making a sizzling sound.
"What's going on?!" the city lord roared. "Why can your spiritual power burn my spiritual power?!"
Guan Xun stood with one hand behind his back, his smiling face now looking somewhat crazed: "Who told you that this is just ordinary elemental fire?"
She raised her hand, and another wisp of dark flame leaped from her fingertip, then transformed into a giant phoenix-shaped fire body under her gaze: "Open your bull's eyes and look carefully, this is the immortal fire of the ancient Fiery Phoenix."
"The Undying Flame...is it a divine beast?!"
The city lord trembled violently, his massive body shaking uncontrollably.
Divine beasts naturally have a suppressive effect on demonic beasts. When he fought in human form earlier, he relied on his strong physical body and did not use his spiritual power at all, so he did not notice the strangeness of the flames.
Now that he's entangled in the Undying Flame and even his spiritual power has become fuel for the fire, he truly feels a fear that penetrates to the bone.
The situation is not good.