บท 56: The Power of the Dragon Claws!
บรรณาธิการ: EndlessFantasy Translation
"We don't even know when Number Eight will get out of this mess and have a drink with us…" Wang Guang mumbled into the seemingly endless fog that blanketed the forest.
At the same moment, Xiao Fei's Warriormate received a message.
Xiao Fei immediately opened the message and took a look. He could not help but smile as he said, "Number Eight sent us a message. He told us to wait here, and he'll be here in a few days."
Upon hearing the good news, everyone on the team smiled.
The giant Wang Guang threw his Gatling gun on the ground and collapsed on the ground as he let out a long sigh. He smiled and said, "We can finally take a break for a few days!"
The others, namely Xiao Fei, Zhou Feng, Liu Xiao, Zhao Wu, Liu Jian, and Li Xuan all sighed as well as they rested where they stood.
In order to find Yang Tian and get closer to where he was, they had walked without stopping for ten days. Compared to their previous journey, they were far more tired.
After resting for an hour, Xiao Fei circled the area and found a clearing to set up a temporary place to rest.
This time, Xiao Fei and the team brought more equipment with them to defend against the pack of Black-backed Wolves. They even brought an Alloy Fencing. This fencing was made out of an alloy, and was full of barbs. This made it difficult for the Black-backed Wolves to chew through. As long as they placed it along the perimeter of the camp, it could be used to keep the wolves away.
It was already dark after setting up camp. The team of seven split into two shifts to take turns keeping watch through the night while the other shift rested.
…
The next morning.
Yang Tian did not immediately head toward Xiao Fei, but was instead, rushing in another direction.
Previously, the team had entered into the forest to kill a Silver-backed Bear, and obtain a Grade Five Beast Core. Xiao Fei needed the Grade Five Beast Core, but Yang Tian had consumed it.
Therefore, Yang Tian had to kill a Grade Five Monster to find a Grade Five Beast Core and give it to Xiao Fei.
As for the other teammates, Yang Tian naturally did not forget about them.
A Warrior needed to constantly grow stronger, but personal relationships were also very important. At times, everybody needed to cooperate in order to improve.
"Squeak squeak squeak…"
As Yang Tian walked, Drago suddenly spoke and warned Yang Tian that someone was approaching from the front.
After warning Yang Tian, Drago jumped off his shoulder and zipped up a tree.
The newcomer made a beeline for Yang Tian, and soon they met.
Xu Zhan!
Yang Tian did not think that it would be Xu Zhan that he would meet.
When Xu Zhan saw Yang Tian, he smiled as he rubbed his bald head with his left hand that was not gauntleted. He then put down his backpack.
Yang Tian could see the greed in his eyes.
"The Grade Eight Beast Core…"
Yang Tian smiled as well, but his smile was full of disdain.
Among Warriors, the strong ate the weak as well. It was common for the strong to take the belongings of the weak, and some did not think of this as shameful but rather as a point of pride.
Xu Zhan was undoubtedly someone like that.
Yang Tian absolutely despised scums like him. Previously at Qingxi Valley, both of them had fought to a stalemate because there were other Warriors around.
However, at that moment…
Yang Tian took off his backpack and threw it on the ground.
This time he would not let Xu Zhan go!
Puff…
Suddenly, Xu Zhan moved! He stepped on the ground, splashing up wet mud as he dashed toward Yang Tian.
At the same time, Xu Zhan pulled out the curved sword by his side and pressed the button on it. With a clack, the other half of the bade appeared.
Hiss…
Xu Zhan raised his hand, and the S-shaped sword flew out of his hand, flying toward Yang Tian at an incredible speed.
The entire scene took less than five seconds since Xu Zhan started moving.
Clang!
Yang Tian narrowed his eyes and quickly deflected the curved sword that was flying at him.
By then, Xu Zhan was already there, and his leg sweeped toward Yang Tian's abdomen. Yang Tian blocked with his sword, pushing down on Xu Zhan's sabaton.
Xu Zhan was recycling his moves. The mechanism of the sabaton opened, and a silver needle shot out at Yang Tian.
Yang Tian was ready for this, and he turned to evade.
Xu Zhan's attack did not harm Yang Tian. Xu Zhan dashed to a tree to retrieve the curved sword that had embedded itself in the trunk and then charged at Yang Tian once more.
Xu Zhan's attacking speed was dizzyingly fast. He was very strong and was also clad in thick armor. Yang Tian could only force him back a few paces whenever he struck him with his saber, but could never harm him.
At that moment, Yang Tian finally realized that Xu Zhan was wearing very rudimentary armor. It was newly made! He then realized that the armor that Xu Zhan wore was made from the hide of the Flying Snake. Its' protection was amazing; it could even protect Yang Tian's sword blows on his body.
Thud!
With a loud impact, Yang Tian and his sword were suddenly kicked away by Xu Zhan.
When Yang Tian landed on the ground, he spat out the dirt that had gotten into his mouth and got up.
"Hehe!"
Seeing Yang Tian's sorry state, Xu Zhan laughed coldly.
Some people were liked from the first time one laid eyes on them. Others were not worth a second look. In Yang Tian's eyes, Xu Zhan was the latter.
Yang Tian spat into the ground.
He stabbed his sword into the ground and put his hands behind his back.
"You surrender?" he asked while smiling coldly. Seeing Yang Tian's actions, Xu Zhan was rather taken aback.
Yang Tian returned the smile. "Of course not! Because I really want to kill you. Don't you think that a lot of people hate you?"
Yang Tian's words made Xu Zhan's face turn dark. Yang Tian had obviously touched a sensitive spot.
This was something Yang Tian had expected. A person who was willing to do anything to win and was also selfish and greedy would not be liked by many.
"Die!" Seeing the pity in Yang Tian's eyes, Xu Zhan shouted in anger. He activated his gauntlet and charged at Yang Tian.
Whoosh!
When he was in front of Yang Tian, Xu Zhan put his fingers together and stabbed his hand at Yang Tian's chest.
This was a savage move to gouge out the target's innards! As long as the fingers could penetrate the opponent's chest cavity, moving the fingers would be good enough to harm the opponent's vital organs.
Yang Tian smiled coldly. His entire face was filled with a cold, murderous intention. He suddenly raised his hand and caught Xu Zhan's wrist.
Xu Zhan's attack was blocked, and by instinct, he used the curved sword in his left hand to cut at Yang Tian's neck.
Yang Tian lifted his other hand to block.
With a thud, Xu Zhan's sword had been deflected.
At that moment, Xu Zhan finally noticed that Yang Tian's hands had become beast claws! His reaction was like lightning. He lifted his leg and kicked at Yang Tian's abdomen. Yang Tian let Xu Zhan's hand go and stepped back a few paces to avoid it.
"You… This is impossible!"
The two of them disengaged, and Xu Zhan spoke in amazement as he looked at Yang Tian's hands. He knew that Yang Tian was not wearing any gauntlets. They had really mutated and turned into beast claws!
Seeing the awe on Xu Zhan's face, Yang Tian smiled. "In this world, dragons have already appeared. Nothing is impossible."
"Y-You're not human!" Xu Zhan was stunned but soon came out of his stupor to speak out of his clenched teeth.
Yang Tian did not wish to waste words on Xu Zhan, and he dashed toward Xu Zhan.
Bang bang bang…
Without using a weapon, and only relying on his claws, Yang Tian moved his hands—no—his claws at an increasingly terrifying speed. As they moved, they began to blur.
Under Yang Tian's flurry of attacks, Xu Zhan was unable to respond. In a moment, his chest had been turned into a slurry of blood and flesh by Yang Tian's claws. The rudimentary armor made of the Winged Snake hide was like paper to Yang Tian's claws.
"Oh…"
Xu Zhan suddenly stepped two paces back and kicked at Yang Tian's waist. The back of his leg began to shoot out multiple needles. However, Yang Tian blocked them all with his arms and caught Xu Zhan's leg.
Yang Tian used some force, and the claws pierced Xu Zhan's sabaton, sliding into the flesh of Xu Zhan's leg.
Following that, Yang Tian pulled hard and with a pop, Xu Zhan's sabaton had been pulled apart, taking along with it a strip of flesh.
The sabaton that Xu Zhan wore was made from an alloy but it was not YT alloy. Naturally, Yang Tian's claws destroyed it.
This was Yang Tian's first time fighting with the Dragon Claws. The results were impressive. His transformed hands were much stronger in terms of both speed and strength.
Xu Zhan endured the pain in his leg, backed away, and then… He turned and ran!
บท 57: Obtaining a Grade Four Beast Core
บรรณาธิการ: EndlessFantasy Translation
Yang Tian was not going to let this fellow go. Not only because he wanted to kill Xu Zhan, but also because he knew of Yang Tian's secret.
Among the Class Six Warriors, no one ran as fast as Yang Tian.
Yang Tian smiled coldly and chased after him.
"Squeak squeak!"
At that moment, Drago squeaked from a nearby try. It jumped off the tree trunk and gave chase as well.
Even the little green dragon understood Xu Zhan could not be allowed to escape!
Xu Zhan ran for all he was worth. He knew that if he did not escape, there was only one outcome: death!
Suddenly, Xu Zhan heard a rush of wind next to his ear while he was running. The next thing he knew, the world had gone dark and became very painful.
Bang!
Xu Zhan had lost his vision while he was running, and collided head-on with a tree. The impact knocked him out.
Yang Tian soon arrived and looked at Xu Zhan who was lying senseless on the ground. He walked toward Xu Zhan and took hold of him by his neck. With a savage twist, Xu Zhan's neck was snapped by Yang Tian while he was unconscious.
The obvious reason why Xu Zhan lost his sight was because Drago had clawed out his eyes.
Pat pat pat…
After taking the Warriormate off of Xu Zhan's corpse, Yang Tian immediately crushed it. After that, he used his claws and began digging a large pit in the ground. He tossed Xu Zhan's corpse into it and buried him. He then stomped on the ground to pad the dirt together and covered the grave with leaves.
This way, no one would realize Xu Zhan was dead, at least in the short term.
Yang Tian recalled the Dragon Pearl energy in his hands, returning them to their human form.
This was the first time Drago had worked with Yang Tian to kill a Warrior. If this was always the case in the future, Yang Tian could easily defeat a Class Six Warrior!
Yang Tian found Xu Zhan's backpack and rifled through it. He found a few packs of spices and two pounds of salt. He also found two Grade One Beast Cores, two Grade Two Beast Cores, and one Grade Three Beast Core. With Xu Zhan's selfish personality, these Beast Cores could have been from Monsters he killed or taken from the hands of other Warriors.
Even though he could soon resupply from Xiao Fei and the others, Yang Tian still kept the packs of salt and spices. He put the five Beast Cores in his pocket.
After putting his things away, Yang Tian left with haste.
Yang Tian's battle with Xu Zhan had taken less than ten minutes. As Yang Tian was leaving, more Warriors were arriving.
This was how despicable Du Xiongwu was. Using Tianxiong City's Communications Center, he could know the position of every Warrior who possessed a Warriormate. As long as Yang Tian used his Warriormate to connect to the web, the people at the Communications Center would know, and they would broadcast his position to other Warriors.
Luckily, the Warriormate was not developed by Tianxiong City, so every message was encrypted. Otherwise, Du Xiongwu would have had even more information. Perhaps he could even remotely activate the Warriormate to find out Yang Tian's location even when he was offline.
After killing Xu Zhan, Yang Tian's goal was to obtain a Grade Five Beast Core.
Before he saw Xiao Fei, he had to obtain a Grade Five Beast Core.
If it were any other Warrior, it would be an extremely difficult task to fulfill on such short notice because the Monsters in the forest would not appear just because you were looking for them. However, to Yang Tian, it was extremely easy because he had Drago to guide him.
"Squeak squeak squeak…"
After traveling a short distance, Drago began to call out. It told Yang Tian that a kilometer ahead of them was a Grade Four Monster.
Even though Drago could detect the existence of Beast Cores, there was a limit to its range. Drago could only detect the existence of Beast Cores within a five-kilometer range. Within a one kilometer range, it could judge the Grade of the Beast Core.
Furthermore, Drago also could not tell what kind of monster had created the Beast Core.
A Grade Four Beast Core? To Yang Tian, this was something he had to get as well. With his current strength, he could easily kill a Grade Four Monster.
Following Drago's guidance, Yang Tian ran through the forest and soon arrived at a small pond formed by the flooding of the stream.
A crocodile!
When did crocodiles appear in this forest! Yang Tian was rather confused. This area never had crocodiles around before the YS Virus.
"It must have been brought here by humans?"
After contemplating for a while, Yang Tian understood why. The survival ability of a Monster was exponentially stronger than before they mutated. This crocodile must have been imported by humans to the area before the YS Virus.
Yang Tian stood by the pond and looked at the Yellow-backed Crocodile in the water. He thought about how to kill it.
The pond was not large, but it was deep. This crocodile was large, and its body was at least ten meters long. However, it was submerged in the water.
Yang Tian had no confidence in his ability to kill that savage Grade Four Monster in the water.
Up till then, the ocean was a place where Warriors could not tread—not even shallow seas.
At that moment, the Yellow-backed Crocodile spotted Yang Tian and swam toward him. Yang Tian began to slowly back away.
The Yellow-backed Crocodile crawled onto the bank; its speed on land was terrifyingly fast. It charged at Yang Tian. In the reptile's mind, Yang Tian had invaded its territory, and it wanted Yang Tian gone.
Monsters who had a Grade understood the concept of territory. Generally, it would not allow other Monsters to survive in its territory.
To the Yellow-backed Crocodile, the pond was a very good spot because the Monsters in the forest all needed to drink water. When they came for a drink, the reptile had a source of food.
Yang Tian retreated backward faster and tried to draw the beast as far away from the pond as possible.
However, after reaching a distance of roughly 50 meters away from the pond, the Yellow-backed Crocodile realized that Yang Tian was faster than it. It gave up the chase, turned, and crawled back into the pond.
Yang Tian could not let it return to the pond and immediately charged at it.
Yang Tian was about 20 meters away from the reptile. The Yellow-backed crocodile heard Yang Tian's footsteps. It lifted its head and turned, opening its massive maw at Yang Tian.
Even if the crocodile was only a Grade Four Monster, Yang Tian did not take it lightly.
When he was roughly five or six meters away, Yang Tian leaped into the air, somersaulting while airborne before burying the knife into the head of the Yellow-backed Crocodile.
With a tap, only the tip of the knife in Yang Tian's hand slid in; the knife did not go any further into the reptile's body.
"What thick skin!" Yang Tian said to himself. He pulled the knife out and punched at the Yellow-backed Crocodile's head.
Thud!
Yang Tian had used all his might. This strike could even break the trunk of a medium-sized tree. However, his fist simply bounced back. The reptile thrashed its head and threw Yang Tian off.
This crocodile was only a Grade Four Monster but it was extremely tough! However, its movements were slow. To Yang Tian, that would be its fatal weakness.
"Squeak squeak squeak…"
At that moment, Drago called out to warn Yang Tian that people were coming.
This was not the best time!
Yang Tian looked at the Yellow-backed Crocodile and said to himself that he could not let this beast go.
"Drago! Kill it!" Yang Tian could only send Drago out.
To Yang Tian, he did not have much time, and he did not want to keep Xiao Fei and the team waiting for long.
"Squeak squeak!"
Drago squeaked twice in excitement before jumping onto the crocodile's head and raising its claws.
After consuming the Grade Seven Beast Core, Drago not only replenished the strength he expended to transform, but his abilities had also gone up by one level. His claws were even more powerful than before.
Drago's claws kept moving. Despite the constant struggling of the Yellow-backed Crocodile, it had bored into the skull of the crocodile within a minute. It plucked out a green Grade Four Beast Core from within the skull of the Yellow-backed Crocodile and jumped onto Yang Tian's shoulder.
Yang Tian put on his backpack, and hastily left the scene.
A few minutes later, Zhao Shuangxing and five others appeared. They immediately saw the carcass of the Yellow-backed Crocodile.
"This was not done by a human. This was done by some kind of Monster."
Zhao Shuangxing spoke as he frowned while looking at the hole in the head of the carcass.
"This is a Grade Four Yellow-backed Crocodile. To be able to kill it so cleanly, the other Monster must be at least Grade Five or higher. Furthermore, it's not large." A young woman dressed in black said.
A very small high-Grade Monster!
To the Warriors in the forest, this was not good news.
Zhao Shuangxing immediately used his Warriormate to transmit this news.
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