159: Chapter 159 Insects, Are You Awake?
The beetle exotic beast laughed with a cackle.
Its knife-sharp wings vibrated violently, its form turning into a blur as it vanished from its spot, kicking up a strong wind as it rushed toward Yue Yun.
Yue Yun's right arm was drawn back like a bowstring, the immense power accumulated within his body surging with his blood and Qi, like a wild tide in the deep sea.
Boom!
Yue Yun held nothing back in his strike.
His steel-like fist tore through the air, all the kinetic energy in his body erupting as he fiercely smashed it toward Black Armor.
Relying on its extreme speed and sharp wings, Black Armor intended to cut Yue Yun in half—he who hadn't even summoned his Pet Beast—but it felt fear the instant Yue Yun threw his punch.
It was as if it wasn't attacking a human, but a rock.
The beast's instinct to seek advantages and avoid harm prompted Black Armor to deflect its attack, dodging Yue Yun's fist by turning to the side.
A black shadow flashed before Yue Yun's eyes, and a sharp pain followed in his shoulder, as if his entire right arm had been severed at the shoulder.
A sliver of his virtual health bar was chipped away.
The clothing on Yue Yun's shoulder was silently sliced open, revealing a smooth shoulder with obvious signs of training, with no lingering wounds visible.
"How is this possible?"
The gaunt young man who had contracted Black Armor was dumbfounded.
The high-speed moving Black Armor slowed to a stop, its gaze toward Yue Yun full of confusion; it was both doubting its judgment from that moment and puzzled by the youth before it being completely unscathed.
Yue Yun's expression became more serious.
Black Armor's speed was too fast for the naked eye to capture; among low-star Pet Beasts, it was hard to find an opponent, and it was not so easy to deal with.
Perhaps sensing the threat, the gaunt young man supplied all his Contract Power to Black Armor: "Shadow Clone, attack!"
Buzz, buzz, buzz!
The speed of Black Armor's wing vibrations increased significantly, and dense dark power surged from within its body, peeling away to form two shadow Clones identical to the main body, all attacking together to whip up a violent wind.
Yue Yun's clothes snapped in the gale.
He could only see countless black shadows circling him, occasionally flashing before his eyes, bringing the excruciating pain of flesh being separated from bone.
Black Armor's wings were already sharp, and with the boost of extreme speed, they became capable of cutting through iron like mud, easily slicing through his body every time.
Yue Yun kept throwing punches, attempting to counterattack.
His attacks had strength but were as slow as a snail; often, before he could even touch Black Armor, it would easily dodge.
His virtual health bar had emptied by a small section without him realizing it.
"Damn it!"
Yue Yun couldn't help but curse under his breath.
He suddenly turned his head, his increasingly fiery eyes reflecting the form of the gaunt young man, and his figure vanished from the spot.
The next second, he appeared in front of the gaunt young man.
"Holy crap!" The gaunt young man's face turned ghastly, and looking at the surging Aura of Yue Yun, clear terror showed in his eyes.
Victory is the priority on the battlefield.
Attacking the enemy Beast Tamer on the battlefield is no longer an act lacking martial virtue, but an efficient means to win quickly.
But the little fledglings in school clearly didn't understand this.
Seeing Yue Yun ignore Black Armor and charge at him, the gaunt young man clearly lost his composure, hurriedly crossing his arms to protect his front.
Yue Yun could almost not hold back his laughter.
His fist struck out like a meteor; the youth's crossed arms were forcibly broken open by the immense power, and a dull cracking sound came from his arms.
"Ahhh!"
The youth was sent flying backward unprepared, slamming heavily into the load-bearing pillar of the building, the taste of blood constantly rolling in his throat.
Black Armor also didn't expect Yue Yun to strike so swiftly.
The three black shadows followed closely behind, buzzing with a strong wind as they attacked from the rear, wanting to continue the Strangulation of Yue Yun.
Yue Yun, however, stood in place without changing his expression, closing his eyes to sense Black Armor's position; his body spun at high speed, whipping out a clean and neat leg strike that slammed fiercely onto Black Armor's body.
Crack!
Black Armor's figure shattered and dissipated into dark power.
The other two figures didn't lose momentum, seizing the opportunity to pass through Yue Yun's body like crossed blades, cutting him open and splitting him into four pieces from the heart.
Yue Yun covered his heart and frowned slightly; the health in his virtual health bar dropped accordingly, and the missing portion could already be seen.
Fortunately, he didn't suffer substantive damage.
Otherwise, the second floor of this building would be covered in blood, and he would have been cut into a pile of mosaic, or even finer than minced meat.
His gaze turned back to the gaunt young man.
Seeing this, the gaunt young man retreated repeatedly, attempting to say something to beg for mercy but slurring his words, anxious enough to spit out a mouthful of blood.
Yue Yun held nothing back in his strike, pushing out a punch infused with his full strength; the moment the terrifying power erupted, it was like a mud ox entering the sea, neutralized by something between the virtual and the real.
Black Armor had blocked in front of Yue Yun at some point.
Its body shattered inch by inch, dissipating into dark power.
The darkness suddenly exploded into a ripple like water waves; Black Armor's ferocious mouthparts became hard and sharp, shooting rapidly from mid-air like a bee and stabbing fiercely onto the top of Yue Yun's head.
Skill, Dark Absorption!
A terrifying suction force came from the top of his head; Yue Yun's movements froze in place, and his thinking became sluggish like rusted gears.
The virtual health bar began to tremble, and the health points dropped rapidly like a floodgate opening, leaving only the last five meters in a moment.
The abnormal change in health points attracted attention.
Xie Heng glanced toward the second floor of the building; his eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the walls and see clearly what was happening inside the building.
"Should we go help him?"
"No need."
Pan Xuan noticed Yue Yun's remaining health and immediately chose to trust in Yue Yun's ability, not rushing to enter the fray for rescue.
He kept a constant watch on the changes in health points.
This situation of losing health was clearly abnormal; if it continued to drop to a half-health state, Pan Xuan would step in to stop it.
Black Armor was greedily absorbing life force.
Yue Yun's immense life force was transformed into dark power through the skill, pushing Black Armor's Aura toward the three-star level.
Black Armor had never tasted such vigorous vitality; Yue Yun's life force was like the finest wine, and it became completely intoxicated after only a few sips, seemingly forgetting the current situation.
Yue Yun broke free from the skill's stiffness effect.
"Bug, are you clear-headed?"
Seeing Black Armor clinging to his head, reluctant to let go, Yue Yun reached out a long hand with a speechless expression, grabbed the opponent's mouthparts, and then slammed it fiercely onto the building's floor.
Bang!
The building's floor was smashed and shattered by Black Armor.
Black Armor's hard carapace shattered in response, and the long hand shot out like lightning, grabbing the wings and ripping them off forcefully.
Black Armor only then came to its senses; after losing its wings, it walked upright like a human, but it was dizzy from the dense vitality, swaying like a drunkard and unable to even stand steady.
Yue Yun closed in, delivering a front kick with his right foot.
Thud!
An immense force suddenly exploded; Black Armor was like being hit by a high-speed truck, carried backward by the force.
It slammed heavily several meters away; the sound of its carapace shattering was clearly audible in the empty second floor of the building, and the soft parts protected by the carapace were also broken by withstanding Yue Yun's full-force strike, leaking a strange-smelling yellow-green liquid.
Black Armor struggled to climb up, but a sneaker stepped down at this moment, heavily crushing its raised head.
Crack, crack, crack!
Yue Yun's sole rotated and ground down with force, and Black Armor's hard head made a sound of being unable to bear the load, cracking inch by inch and being crushed.
As Black Armor's head was crushed, the gaunt young man's Soul space suddenly collapsed, and he spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted.
"Whew—!"
Yue Yun let out a heavy breath.
He once again put his hands in his pockets, restoring that out-of-place, leisurely posture, and continued walking toward the third floor of the building.