Chapter 601 - The Martial Dao of Bewitchment (2/2)
“Sure!” With Lu Dongbin’s improvement over the past few days, his confidence had reached his heyday.
The first round of the battle was completed in a very short period of time. Countless spectators felt a little upset by this.
Qilin looked up at the winners and asked, “You guys, are you going to rest? Or continue?”
Qin Fen gently raised his hand to motion his intention to continue; Xue Tian didn’t seem to care very much; Hades nodded without any expression on his face; Lu Dongbin was exercising his shoulders and seemed keen for the next battle; Shang Guan Chuan Qi also gestured to continue.
Song Wendong raised his hand high above his head, and the huge cosmo battleship that had long disappeared from the sky flew back again, projecting the battle name list that was drawn randomly by the system.
Du Peng vs Du Hen! The battle between family members!
Lu Dongbin vs Caesar! The battle of the young and old!
Solomon vs Xue Tian, Yang Lie vs Brooks, Shang Guan Chuan Qi vs Ground Treasury!
The five pairs of battle lists redrawn by the system had attracted everyone’s attention. Among them was not only the battle between family members but also the first fight between the top martial artist among the younger generation and the top senior martial artist. On top of that, there were battles between members of Qin Fen’s team; two pairs of them!
“Yang Lie.” Brooks stroked the broad saber hanging from his waist, “This time, we can finally know which one of us is the number one martial artist in the Americas.”
“Is that not clear enough to you?” Yang Lie smiled confidently, “The title as the Americas’ number one martial artist naturally belongs to me, the Ice Dragon King Yang Lie.”
“Is that true? My saber can cut open even the sky, let alone an ice dragon.”
While the two young pros were chatting, Snake King Du Hen had freed himself from the restricting pressure from Tagatha’s hand at his shoulder. He walked towards the center of the battlefield slowly.
The Snake King from Earth’s military headquarters straightened his spine that was like a pillar supporting the sky. He looked up slightly at Du Peng, who was walking slowly towards him from a distance.
“I hate you.”
Du Peng stood not far from Du Hen and looked at Du Hen with an icy cold face. He said slowly, “Turn around, or I will kill you! Even though I promised my brother to take care of the Du family, I still can’t hold back the urge to kill you.”
Du Hen’s frosty face cracked into a sneer, “Is it because your mother died in my hands? To be honest, I hate you even more. If it wasn’t for you, Zhanpeng would have definitely shown up here to fight for the title of the Divine Beast martial artist.”
“You’re asking for it!” Du Peng’s eyes turned blood red in an instant. His sanity when facing Du Hen disappeared completely in an instant.
Who in this world doesn’t love their mother? Even if you are my grandfather, if you kill my mother, I’ll never be able to stand it!
“I’m asking for it? Then what about you?” Du Hen shook his finger gently, “Zhanpeng is special. If I kill you today, I’ll be able to guide him back on track.”
“Kill me?” Du Peng’s face trembled, “Du Hen, I don’t care how lofty your ideal is, I only know that, for me, you are my enemy!”
The sound of a bell ringing echoed in the air interrupted the conversation between the two of them. Du Peng didn’t say anything else. He swayed his body and began the Dragonization of new human being!
Du Hen’s strength at nineteen-star was fully activated; his body was flowed with the Ground aura true energy in an instant, leaving no opportunity for Du Peng to complete his new human being transformation in order to improve his strength. Du Hen made a move and rushed to the front of Du Peng along with a high-pressure aura of power. He twisted his arm’s muscles as if it was a saber, delivering a style of Seven Stars of Immortal Thunder Cleaving Cavalry straight at Du Peng!
“Kill me? Bring it on! Du Hen!”
Du Peng spread his legs and lowered slightly into a horse stance; he countered with the same style of Seven Stars of Immortal Thunder Cleaving Cavalry with his arm.
The two powerful forces collided with each other. There was an explosion caused by the collision and compression of air currents. The moment the cloud of dust was sent up by the explosion, people could hear the clear crackling of bones colliding with each other from the center of the fight.
Du Hen’s arm was sore and numb and he took a half step back. He then saw that Du Peng, who was undergoing a new human being transformation, had rushed up. Du Peng’s arms were swinging away, pulling his muscles with a whistling sound. He delivered the Seven Stars of Immortal Thunder Crackling Fists at Du Hen.
Du Hen’s arm had not recovered, so he leaned back slightly, lifting up his right leg into a high kick to block Du Peng’s fists.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Bang bang bang…
A series of rapid collisions caused the ground to shake violently every time the collision sounded. Several cracks with length ranging from a few meters to tens of meters long erupted from where they stood.
Du Hen’s right leg couldn’t feel anything at all, and the left leg supporting his body felt like an iron piler. After being hit by a series of heavy punches, he sank into the ground bit by bit, until he stood up to his thigh.
The battle had started hurriedly and ended very soon too.
The dust had yet to disperse when pieces of flesh and blood flew out from it. When the smoke and dust was gone, people were surprised to find that Du Hen’s left leg was still buried in the ground. His right leg seemed to be installed with hundreds of small bombs, as it kept exploding non-stop. If it was not for the regeneration power of his biochemical beast, he would have lost the entire right leg even quicker.
“It’s useless even if you have a biochemical beast.” Du Peng looked at Du Hen, who was stuck underground, “Your biochemical beast is too out-dated and has too many flaws. Even if it’s the best fusion, it’s still trash to me. The injury I imposed on you is by no means curable by a biochemical beast. I’ll never forgive you for killing my mother and I should have killed you. I held back because of my brother. However, don’t you ever dream of standing up again in your remaining life, or to ever speak again.”
A vegetative state! After he went through the new human being evolution, Du Peng had gained a deep understanding of ancient biochemical beasts. Even though Du Hen’s biochemical beast was already deeply fused with him, Du Peng as a Dragon Type new human being could still figure a way out.
“I’ll look after the Du family on your behalf. As for you…” Du Peng glanced at Du Hen for the last time, “You shall remain in this state.”
“Perhaps this is the best ending for you…” Tagatha crouched down and dug Du Hen out of the soil, and said gently in his ear, “Is it really that important for the Du family to have a Divine Beast?
“Is it really that important for the Du Family to have a Divine Beast?”
Not long ago, Tagatha had asked Du Hen this question in private.
“Of course, the Du family must have a Divine Beast martial artist! Since Zhanpeng chose Du Peng, and I have lost the ability to turn everything around. Now then, let me help Zhanpeng give Du Peng one final push.”
“A push?”
“Yes, I have made plans on this a long time ago. Since it’s Du Peng who succeeded today, then I can still run the plan I have arranged before.”
“You…?”
“I killed his mother. I think that should be enough to make him hate me to the next level. Compared to love, hatred is easier to cultivate, and this extreme emotion can really benefit people.”
“You…”
“Yes, as long as someone in the Du family can become a Divine Beast martial artist, I will bet on everything, including myself!”
“That’s why I hate you, and because I hate you, I left the army. I hate you for doing whatever you can to achieve your goals.”
“You’re no better than me. Weren’t you clear about Gun King’s relationship with the others when you killed him? Didn’t you also choose to stay alone a long time ago?”
“I’m not as noble as you. If someone wants to kill me, I have to kill him first.”
“Such a hypocrite! That’s what I hate about you!”
Their conversation not long ago was still echoing in Tagathat’s ears, but now he had to face Du Hen in his vegetative state.
“Don’t you regret it at all?” Tagatha asked Du Hen in his arms softly. Unfortunately, the Snake King who seldom talked to others but had always been talkative in front of him, could no longer answer any of his questions ever again.
“Is it worth it? Or not worth it? It depends on the person.” Tagatha broke into a smile as he recalled a statement that Du Hen once said. Suddenly, he felt his power, which had been stuck in progression in a long time, loosen!