Blondo’s expression shifted repeatedly.
Zhang Yang’s sudden, ferocious attack, after his initial inaction, completely overwhelmed him!
Seeing the stone tablet descending from the sky, Blondo had no time to escape. He raised his shield to block!
*Boom!*
The stone tablet landed squarely on the shield. Blondo’s feet sank deep into the ground.
His face turned red, and the hand holding the shield trembled.
The stone tablet was too heavy, almost crushing him!
At this moment, he knew Zhang Yang’s strength was no simple matter!
“Ah!”
With a roar, Blondo sprang up, his feet breaking free from the earth’s restraint, and rolled backward.
*Rumble.*
The stone tablet smashed down, stirring up dust.
*Whoosh~*
Having narrowly escaped, Blondo had no chance to catch his breath before Zhang Yang burst out of the dust!
“Is the first general of Guma Country only capable of this? Truly pathetic.”
Zhang Yang’s voice arrived before he did, raising the crystal coffin and slamming it forward!
“You!”
Blondo’s face changed again, and he raised his shield to block once more.
*Boom!*
The immense impact sent him flying backward like a kite with a broken string.
Upon closer inspection, the shield was covered in cracks.
“Damn it! Who exactly are you?” Blondo exclaimed.
“Heh, who am I? Did the people who sent you not tell you my name?” Zhang Yang chuckled.
“I don’t know,” Blondo shook his head.
He had been sent on the orders of the King of Guma Country, only knowing he was to deal with the Western Border Beast King who guarded the western frontier.
He never expected to find such a powerful Yuanfu realm cultivator near the western border!
Blondo could feel that Zhang Yang’s strength was immense.
At least Yuanfu realm six-star!
Furthermore, both his stone tablet and coffin weapon were extraordinary.
His shield and great hammer were no match for the opponent’s.
“Young man, who exactly are you?” Blondo panted, trying to talk to Zhang Yang to relieve the pressure of the high-intensity combat.
Zhang Yang seemed in no hurry, stopping to chat with him.
“Heh, have you ever heard of the Five Dragons of Huaxia?” Zhang Yang asked.
“The Five Dragons of Huaxia?” Blondo was startled!
He knew of the Five Dragons of Huaxia. He had clashed with the five ministers of the Five Dragons of Huaxia many times.
But, wasn’t it rumored that the Five Dragons of Huaxia were extinct?
Who was this then?
“You’re from the Five Dragons of Huaxia? You’re so young? How can you be so strong? Weren’t the Five Dragons of Huaxia already in decline?”
Blondo bombarded Zhang Yang with questions like a troubled youth.
“Heh, that was your own arrogance. The Five Dragons of Huaxia have never declined!” Zhang Yang sneered.
“How about it? Are you rested? If you are, shall we continue?”
Clearly, Zhang Yang had guessed Blondo’s intention and asked directly.
“You!”
Blondo was shocked.
Since Zhang Yang knew his intention, why did he give him time to rest?
Was this confidence or arrogance?
Then, Blondo took down the gourd from his waist, opened it, and took a few gulps!
Zhang Yang frowned as he watched the action.
He smelled alcohol.
What was this?
“Heh, come on!”
Blondo roared.
After drinking the wine from the gourd, he seemed to have fully recovered, his pale complexion regaining its color.
He raised his great hammer and charged at Zhang Yang, his momentum unstoppable and full of confidence!
Zhang Yang narrowed his eyes and sneered at him.
“You won’t be my match even if you try ten more times. Stop right there!”
Instantly, the stone tablet was manipulated by Zhang Yang and rushed towards Blondo, while Zhang Yang himself raised the crystal coffin and followed closely.
*Bang!*
In the blink of an eye, Blondo’s great hammer struck the stone tablet.
It had to be said, Blondo’s Yuanfu realm five-star cultivation, with this full-power strike, sent the stone tablet flying, which then charged at Zhang Yang!
“Young man, I don’t care who you are among the Five Dragons of Huaxia, but today, you’ve met me, and you’ll only become a pathetic worm!”
“Die for me!”
Blondo roared, smashing his hammer directly at the crystal coffin.
Instantly, all the Yuan Qi in his body was channeled into the great hammer, causing its body to glow red with heat!
The hammer slammed into the crystal coffin!
*Boom!*
Zhang Yang didn’t dare to be negligent. As the crystal coffin collided with the great hammer, the True Dragon Qi within him surged out, blocking it.
For a moment, neither side gained an advantage.
Zhang Yang and Blondo were locked in a struggle.
“Heh, interesting, but this is probably not enough!” Zhang Yang sneered.
“Boasting. I’ve already figured out your three moves. So what if you’re strong? Can you withstand my strength?” Blondo scoffed.
The people of Guma Country were mostly body cultivators.
Blondo was confident in his strength.
However, Zhang Yang didn’t take it seriously.
“Heh, is brute strength useful? My combat experience is no less than yours, and my cultivation realm is higher than yours. How do you plan to win?” After a cold laugh, Zhang Yang opened his right hand to the side.
The stone tablet that had been sent flying was summoned back.
“Die!”
Zhang Yang shouted.
The stone tablet instantly turned into a blur and rushed towards Blondo.
Blondo’s eyelids twitched. The previous battle had left him with a deep shadow of the stone tablet.
However, he smiled in the next moment.
“Hahaha, you will pay for your arrogance! You dare to divert another part of your Yuan Qi to control another weapon while fighting me? You’re seeking death!”
Blondo suddenly exerted force, wanting to completely crush Zhang Yang!
“Is that so? Do you think you can do it?”
Zhang Yang smiled dismissively, and the crystal coffin emitted a dazzling white light!
The crystal coffin began to exert its power!
It started to absorb Blondo’s strength to counter him!
“What! What’s going on?” Blondo’s expression changed drastically. He felt his strength draining exponentially, yet Zhang Yang showed no signs of weakening!
“You’ll know what’s going on later,” Zhang Yang sneered.
The True Dragon Qi controlled the stone tablet and smashed directly into Blondo!
Blondo looked at the stone tablet, which was now within striking distance, and felt a chill in his heart.
If he was hit by this, he would be severely injured even if he didn’t die!
However, when he wanted to give up the direct confrontation with Zhang Yang, he found that he couldn’t retreat at all.
His great hammer was being held by the crystal coffin!
“What kind of monstrous technique is this!” Blondo panicked, his face turning pale again!
“Want to know? I’ll tell you later.” Zhang Yang repeated his earlier words.
“You!… Pfft~”
Blondo wanted to say more, but he had no chance. He was instantly struck by the stone tablet!
The immense impact instantly displaced Blondo’s internal organs.
Moreover, he was still being held by the crystal coffin, unable to fly back to dissipate the force. After enduring the impact, he suffered secondary damage.
The meridians all over his body became chaotic, and he was severely injured!
Seeing this, Zhang Yang retracted the crystal coffin.
At this moment, Blondo’s Yuan Qi had been absorbed by the crystal coffin by more than eighty percent.
After being converted by the crystal coffin, this energy was transmitted back into Zhang Yang’s body.
Feeling his Yuanfu constantly expanding and becoming clearer, Zhang Yang knew his strength had grown. Although he hadn’t reached a breakthrough, he had taken a significant step forward.
Then, Zhang Yang punched Blondo in the chest, directly breaking his ribs!
Without the crystal coffin’s suction, Blondo finally flew backward.
However, his condition was not good. His face was pale, and his aura was weak.
“How is this possible… I’ve lost…”
Blondo lay on the ground, weak and in despair.
At this moment, his Yuanfu was already shattered, and his body was severely injured.
Blondo had never expected this outcome.
“First General? How are you doing? Want to fight again?” Zhang Yang walked towards Blondo and asked.
“Hmph! The winner takes all, the loser is vanquished. I have nothing to say!” Blondo was still tough and didn’t beg for mercy.
Zhang Yang’s gaze was cold. He stepped on Blondo’s chest and pressed down with his toe.
“Ah!”
Blondo let out a miserable cry. Zhang Yang’s foot was like adding insult to injury.
His already severely injured body suffered further trauma.
The broken ribs instantly pierced his internal organs.
*Pfft!*
Blondo spat out another mouthful of blood, lying on the ground, extremely weak.
“I’ll leave you with a breath of life, so live well and don’t yap around,” Zhang Yang snorted coldly.
“You!” Blondo glared at Zhang Yang furiously.
“You want to capture me alive?”
“Otherwise? I would have turned you into a dried corpse just now,” Zhang Yang said.
“Hahaha, how ridiculous.” Blondo suddenly burst into laughter.
*Cough, cough~*
However, his laughter was interrupted by a gasp, and he coughed repeatedly.
“Zhang Yang… you don’t think… you can win, do you? My fifty thousand gladiators… are the elite of the elite. With just the two of you today, you’re seeking death!”
Blondo sneered.
His gaze swept towards the Western Border Beast King, who was locked in a fierce battle. Although many gladiators had died, the Western Border Beast King was also not in his initial invincible state!
He was starting to show signs of fatigue and was surrounded by gladiators!
“When the Western Border Beast King is dealt with, your death will come. Trading my life for yours today… is worth it!” Blondo said.
Zhang Yang touched his nose, showing no signs of nervousness.
“Are you really that confident? Can the gladiators take us both down?” Zhang Yang asked.
“Of course. My gladiators… are the strongest warriors of Guma Country. Although you two are strong, they can also… wear you down to death!” Blondo replied.
Hearing this, Zhang Yang smiled.
“Why don’t you look again?”
Blondo was stunned, not knowing what Zhang Yang wanted him to look at.
Just as he was about to retort, his expression changed drastically!
His pupils widened, his lips began to tremble uncontrollably. He saw a giant crocodile, over twenty meters long, suddenly appear.
He completely lost his composure!
The surge of anger caused him to spit out another mouthful of blood!
“What is this?” Blondo exclaimed.
“Just watch,” Zhang Yang replied with a smile, standing there.
At this moment, not only Blondo was stunned, but even the Western Border Beast King was dumbfounded.
Where did such a large crocodile come from?
The environment of the Hundred Thousand Mountains was not suitable for crocodiles to survive. This was definitely not a fierce beast from the Hundred Thousand Mountains!
Is it friend or foe?
The gladiators were also shocked, but the next moment, cries of agony erupted.
The giant crocodile, like a war machine, charged into the gladiators. Its tail swept out, instantly sending hundreds of people flying.
Then, its maw opened, swallowing them all.
*Bang!*
This was just the beginning. The giant crocodile seemed to enjoy its meal and continued its devouring and sweeping.
As if in its eyes, these gladiators were merely its prey.
“One of ours?”
The Western Border Beast King exchanged a glance with the fierce tiger beneath him.
Then, they both looked at Zhang Yang, “Did you bring this?”
“Beast King, if you’re tired, come and rest. Leave it to me,” Zhang Yang said with a smile.
The Western Border Beast King swallowed and looked at the giant crocodile slaughtering the gladiators. After a moment’s thought, he retreated.
With the appearance of the giant crocodile, he could also have a chance to rest. Otherwise, he would have almost used his trump card just now!
“No wonder you dared to say you could handle the gladiators by yourself,” the Western Border Beast King exclaimed.
“So you have such a powerful fierce beast. But how did you bring it here? I didn’t notice.”
“Heh, he’s always been by my side, you just didn’t notice,” Zhang Yang replied.
The Western Border Beast King frowned but didn’t press further.
“Damn it! A fierce beast with Yuanfu realm combat power, how did you obtain it?” Blondo, completely despairing, asked.
“Want to know? I won’t tell you.” Zhang Yang smiled.
You!
Blondo was so angered that he spat out another mouthful of blood.
Today, every question he asked Zhang Yang received the same response!
He turned his gaze towards the gladiators and the giant crocodile. Watching his trained elite warriors fall one by one before this war machine, being devoured, torn apart, and dismembered, his heart bled!
However, he was now a broken man, unable to act.
He could only pray that the gladiators could withstand the first wave of the giant crocodile’s assault, so that when the giant crocodile weakened, they might still have a chance!
But!
Blondo had clearly overestimated.
The once quiet Hundred Thousand Mountains suddenly echoed with earth-shattering roars.
Suddenly, the entire ground began to shake.
“Not good, a beast tide!” the Western Border Beast King exclaimed.
The Hundred Thousand Mountains had unleashed a beast tide at this moment. Wasn’t this just adding trouble for them!
“Hahaha, heaven is helping me! With this beast tide, you will still die!”
Blondo also felt it and let out a frenzied laugh.
With the beast tide, the giant crocodile would not be able to encircle and kill the gladiators.
The beast tide of the Hundred Thousand Mountains wouldn’t care how strong a fierce beast was. To them, any fierce beast outside the Hundred Thousand Mountains was an enemy.
Thus, they would attack indiscriminately!
Zhang Yang and the others were doomed today!
“Zhang Yang, let’s run,” the Western Border Beast King said.
Based on his experience with beast tides, this one might be the fiercest he had encountered in so many years in the western frontier!
“Beast King, put your mind at ease and don’t be nervous,” Zhang Yang said with a smile, shaking his head.
He knew who had initiated the beast tide, so he was not worried at all.
“But…” The Western Border Beast King, seeing Zhang Yang’s calm demeanor, was very anxious.
“This beast tide is no joke. Although the overall strength of the fierce beasts is not high, their numbers are too great. We won’t gain any advantage!”
Blondo suddenly became nervous, afraid Zhang Yang would escape, and quickly said.
“Zhang Yang, if you have the guts, don’t leave, or I’ll look down on you.”
*Slap!*
The Western Border Beast King, enraged, stepped forward and slapped Blondo.
“Do you think a provocation will work on us?” the Western Border Beast King roared.
“Heh, Beast King, please calm down. We really don’t need to run. Since Blondo wants me to stay, I’ll stay. Trust me,” Zhang Yang said, patting the Western Border Beast King on the shoulder with a determined look.