Chapter 70

Yang Buqu looked like an injured tiger, the blood and wounds making him appear even more ferociously terrifying. Blood streamed from his lower back, seeping through and sliding down his pants to his shoes, leaving a trail of blood with every step, a sight that was truly shocking!

"In fact, I'm quite curious. Why are you still so calm? Do you really think that the seventeen well-equipped servants of my family are so easy to deal with?"

Xu Dong, covering his mouth, coughed violently, pink blood foam seeping through his fingers, yet he remained cold, "Prayer is a very talented girl. Her strength is not weak. Moreover, it's not that I underestimate external equipment, but if the external equipment cannot resonate and combine with one's own flesh and blood armor, it cannot truly become powerful."

Hearing this, Yang Buqu looked at Xu Dong with new respect, "Your insight is surprising. Indeed, external equipment is not comparable to internal equipment, and internal equipment is not comparable to one's own flesh and blood armor. The root of power lies in the flesh and blood armor. Everything else is external. However, you must admit that the power of external things cannot be ignored before one's own strength is fully developed!"

As he spoke, he had already come to Xu Dong's side, "I admire you. You are the first one-star Awakened to injure me since I became a two-star Awakened. Don't worry, I won't kill you, but I will take you back."

At this moment, Xu Dong laughed out loud, "Yang Buqu, are you missing something?"

Yang Buqu's brows furrowed, and he said coldly, "You are the fish and I am the butcher. Do you dare to play tricks in front of me? You're asking for death!" With that, he was about to strike with his palm.

"Why are you trying to capture me?"

Xu Dong continued to speak calmly, "Do you even know what you're doing? You're being too unreasonable."

Yang Buqu's palm was less than two centimeters from Xu Dong's forehead, the fierce wind from his palm making Xu Dong's hair fly.

Yang Buqu finally realized something, turned abruptly, and looked at where Sunshine had been lying unconscious, but there was no one there.

He saw that the scoundrel, who was worse than a pig or a dog, had already woken up. The first thing he did upon waking was not to rescue or greet, but to tiptoe and prepare to escape carefully.

Thanks to Xu Dong's reminder, Yang Buqu finally came to his senses. He was here not to defeat and capture Xu Dong, but to catch Sunshine! He was extremely angry, "Almost ruined the young master's instructions!"

At this moment, he roared, "Trying to escape?"

He didn't know what secret technique he used, but his muscles twisted and compressed, making a crisp sound, and even his bones and tendons trembled.

Pfft!

A stream of blood spurted from the wound on his waist. After the spurt, the muscles around the wound tightened, and no more blood flowed. It was unknown what secret technique this was, but it could temporarily suppress his injuries! However, after using the secret technique, Yang Buqu's face turned red, his eyes bulged, and his temples were covered in veins. Most importantly, Xu Dong could clearly feel a sign of intense consumption of his energy!

Xu Dong's face changed dramatically. Why didn't this ability show up under the Insight skill? Even if it was all question marks, it would be better. The only explanation was that some cultivation methods were not within the scope of Insight.

He broke out in a cold sweat. If he had forced himself to endure the pain and made a final burst just now, the consequences would have been unimaginable, and he wouldn't even have had the chance to counterattack!

Yang Buqu let out a long tiger roar, suddenly burst forward like a tiger descending from the mountain. The stone floor cracked halfway, and fragments flew, hitting the walls of the surrounding houses with a clatter. He leaped up and pounced, activating the Tiger Pounce Heavy Strike skill!

Blood spurted from his mouth as he flew through the air, a terrifying and fierce sight.

"Where are you running?"

His palm opened, and he grabbed down with a powerful momentum, his fingers like hooks, which would surely tear out a large amount of flesh and blood upon impact.

Faced with such a terrifying attack, Sunshine, unlike Xu Dong, did not have the reaction speed and agility to dodge. In a life-or-death situation, any hesitation or shock was fatal. Sunshine's hands trembled, and the loose robe he was wearing tore under the force, fluttering like butterflies. A greenish glow spread from his arm, covering his entire arm in an instant.

Green scales grew rapidly, covering his entire arm in a moment, emitting an ancient and rugged aura. Sunshine roared and swung his arm to counter the attack!

The tiger claw and arm collided with a dull sound.

Sunshine screamed, the scales on his arm torn, and five deep wounds appeared, blood flowing profusely.

Under the force of the Tiger Pounce, his body trembled, and he staggered like a drunk, clearly in a two-second daze.

Using the Tiger Pounce to quickly close in on Sunshine and successfully putting him into a daze, Yang Buqu sneered cruelly, "To stop you from escaping, I had to forcibly use a secret technique. Do you know that I can't continue participating in the adventurer's assessment after this? You, deserve to die!"

With that, his body trembled, and the power of his flesh and blood armor surged, his clothes flapping. His arm, from the upper left to the lower right, clawed fiercely. Instantly, five deep marks were gouged into Sunshine's chest, some even revealing white ribs.

Sunshine screamed again. Once the daze effect wore off, he turned and fled, losing all courage to fight. The Tiger Pounce and a claw strike reduced his health from 50% to 10%. In his injured state, he couldn't run far. After running a few meters, he fell to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and struggled several times but couldn't get up.

Yang Buqu, enraged that this boy had forced him to use a secret technique to suppress his injuries, thus losing the opportunity to participate in the adventurer's assessment, hated him to the bone. He wouldn't consider the young master's instructions and decided to kill him first. He strode forward, grabbed Sunshine by the neck, and lifted him off the ground.

At this moment, a wind came from behind, and Yang Buqu, sensing the movement, didn't even look back and swung his hand.

Smack!

A piece of debris shattered and splattered.

A tile?

Yang Buqu's expression changed, and he saw a swift figure bowing and rushing forward, a three-edged dagger gleaming like a cold and venomous snake, ready to strike!

"You can still move?!"

A flash of anger appeared on Yang Buqu's brow. His arm muscles twitched and twisted, seemingly growing thicker, and his fingernails became harder and sharper. His claws tore through the air, making a mournful whistling sound, terrifying!

Tiger Crouch and Rip!

Xu Dong, enduring the intense pain throughout his body, barely managed to sidestep at the critical moment but was still hit on one side of his body. Three deep and grotesque wounds appeared on his left chest, blood gushing out, instantly staining his clothes, as if half his body had been dipped in a pool of blood.

"What?!"

With a successful hit, Yang Buqu expected the young man in front of him to be thrown away, but to his surprise, the boy used his body to twist and deflect much of the force, and the remaining force was forcefully resisted. The violent attack worsened his internal injuries, and Xu Dong spat out another mouthful of blood, looking extremely miserable.

But Xu Dong's eyes burned like a flame in an iceberg, calm yet filled with a reckless madness.

Due to a broken arm, he couldn't wield the dagger with one hand, so he had to use both hands. Enduring the tearing pain, Xu Dong gritted his teeth and, taking advantage of a slight opening, suddenly stepped forward, and the three-edged dagger plunged into Yang Buqu's waist through a gap in his external equipment.

The three-edged dagger had a deep blood groove in the center, and as it pierced the body, a jet of blood sprayed onto Xu Dong's face.

In pain, Yang Buqu was both shocked and angry. He never thought he would be in such a dire situation at the hands of two one-star Awakened.

Die!

He slapped horizontally, sending Xu Dong flying and crashing into the wall of a nearby shop. Blood splattered, and the wall was covered with blood, a sight that was truly shocking.

Seeing Sunshine fall unconscious again, Yang Buqu, not knowing what he was thinking, casually threw the boy aside and glared at Xu Dong with bloodshot eyes, "Everything is because of you. I decide to kill you first!"

He took small steps forward, his knees slightly bent, and his style changed from fierce and bold to strangely light. As his feet touched the ground, an overwhelming and formidable aura exploded from him, as if all his energy and spirit were concentrated at a single point.

In the next second, like a tiger swinging its tail, he spun and kicked with his right leg. His second piece of flesh and blood armor appeared on his right leg, just like the arm armor, with sharp claws at the end due to his practice of the Tiger Style.

This attack, gathering all his strength, tore through the air, and the sound of ghosts and wolves howling echoed in his ears, making him dizzy.

Tiger Whip Strike!

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