Chapter 161 Dawn Breaks Through the 3rd Realm!
Chapter 161 Dawn Breaks Through the Three Realms!
Looking at the massive body of the mantis before him, Zhu Ge's fighting spirit surged.
War! War! War!
Now, ordinary second-realm demonic beasts cannot ignite any desire in him to fight.
He had already become powerful due to his dual martial arts of body tempering and qi refining.
Now, thanks to the inheritance of his previous civilization and his efforts in this life, his strength has increased by leaps and bounds.
Only the third realm can ignite his fighting spirit!
"Master—"
The mantis hesitated, "Do you really want to fight me? I... I'm afraid I'll hurt you."
In the mind of the axe-mantis, Zhuge was only subdued by the Fungus God's Annihilation Array.
If it's a matter of strength?
The Axe-Mantis is, after all, a third-realm being with strong talent; Zhu Ge might not be able to defeat it.
At least that's what the axe-wielding mantis thinks.
"Don't worry, I'm tough and won't get hurt." Zhu Ge smiled, and then his martial arts heart began to beat.
He immediately used half his strength.
"Boom boom boom—"
The sound was like thunder and drums, and once it pulsated, it surged forth with a continuous flow of vital energy.
With his blood surging, Zhu Ge assumed the starting stance of "Waist and Horse Stance," but his two fists were clenched into the shape of "Xu Family Swallow Fist."
Upon hearing Zhu Ge's heartbeat and seeing his starting stance, the Mantis's expression turned serious.
It could sense that if it wasn't stopped, it might suffer minor injuries from this attack.
Minor injury?
I simply took the blow head-on with my body, and then praised my master afterwards. I heard that in the human world, this is called flattery, and humans feel great when they are flattered — the Axe-Mantis even had time to daydream.
"Are you in the early or middle stage of the Third Realm?" Zhu Ge asked with a smile.
"Mid-stage!" The demonic heart stirred within the axe-mantis's body, and demonic energy instantly permeated its entire being.
"Only the mid-term?" Zhu Ge was taken aback.
He thought the axe-wielding mantis was already a late-stage Devouring Essence Realm demon beast.
It's surprising that the Axe Mantis could fight on equal terms with the late-stage Jianshui City Lord while only being at the mid-stage of the third realm. It seems that its talent is indeed quite good.
"What do you mean only in the mid-game?!" The Mantis was hurt, feeling that Zhu Ge looked down on him.
Reaching the Essence Devouring Realm is already difficult, but to advance from the initial to the intermediate stage requires an immeasurable amount of hard work and effort.
As a result, in Zhu Ge's words it became "only".
The mantis decided to praise Zhu Ge less later, so as not to let its master be too pleased.
"Haha, that's not what I meant. Since you're in the mid-stage, then I'll go all out!" Zhu Ge laughed heartily.
The next moment, his martial arts heart surged forth with even more blood energy.
Go all out!
If the Axe-Mantis is only at the initial stage, Zhu Ge fears that after his Martial Origin Heart is combined with the Dawn Intent, he will kill the Axe-Mantis directly.
After all, he might not be able to control his strength at that point.
But since the axe-mantis had mid-stage cultivation, Zhu Ge was somewhat less afraid.
"I'm only a martial artist at the early stage of the second realm. I can't just skip a major realm and a minor realm to instantly kill Daofu, can I?" Zhu Ge muttered to himself.
As Zhu Ge's aura suddenly changed, the mantis trembled violently all over its body.
crisis!
Life-or-death crisis!
Even though Zhu Ge had stopped all heartbeats, the mantis sensed an even more terrifying crisis.
If you can't withstand Zhu Ge's attack, it won't be a minor injury, but a serious one, or even death!
Congratulations on your early stage of the second realm!
The axe-wielding mantis was terrified.
Meanwhile, inside the valley, many people were also paying attention to what was happening here.
One is a genuine Third Realm, a long-established demon beast, the Axe-Mantis, that has occupied the area around Jianshui City for many years.
One is Zhu Ge, the master of the Six Paths Palace, who is exceptionally gifted and can be called a prodigy of the human race.
Who wouldn't pay attention to such a major battle?
"This is a battle between a third-realm cultivator and a second-realm cultivator. Isn't this a crushing defeat?" A wild boar carrying a stone slab climbing the hill secretly glanced out of the valley.
"You stupid pig, that's the great master, incredibly powerful!" A butterfly bigger than a wild boar mocked, "You think the great master is just a freeloader? He's killed just as many monsters as the Mantis King."
The wild boar then remembered why they were carrying bricks here.
"Oh, right!" The wild boar nodded thoughtfully, then added, "So, do you dare to make a bet? The loser helps the winner move stones?"
The male butterfly paused, snorted, and flew away: "I can't be bothered arguing with a stupid pig."
Such dialogues have occurred in many places.
"The axe-wielding mantis king once pierced my tortoise shell with a single strike!"
"It's as if your master didn't smash your tortoise shell with one punch."
"Why does the Great Master's physique remind me a bit of our python clan? It's clearly very hard, yet I feel a sense of gentleness about it?"
"Don't even mention you, I'm wondering if the master's father is an old water buffalo. His knees feel like my buffalo horns, ready to gore me at any moment."
"He's more like a horse, isn't he? His kick is definitely stronger than mine!"
"Ma Zhu, strictly speaking, you are a bamboo spirit, not a horse demon—"
The monsters were talking amongst themselves.
These demonic beasts were all hard of hearing and had loud voices, and their noises were so loud that even the newly recruited disciples of the Six Paths Palace could hear them.
These people looked extremely curious and wanted to go out to see, but they held back because they were not very familiar with the rules of the Six Paths Palace.
However, Liu Jianjian, who was directing the monsters, couldn't resist.
Hua Liusha sensed the restlessness in these people's hearts and knew that they wanted to watch the battle. After all, Hua Liusha was once a human, so he naturally knew what everyone was thinking.
So, both of them called for everyone to go outside and watch the game.
"Alright, alright, you bunch of useless trash. Why all the fuss about moving stones and logs? If you want to watch, let's all go together!"
With a wave of her hand, Liu Jianjian caused the monsters to howl and waile, dropping what they were doing and rushing toward the valley entrance.
Hua Liusha also said in the minds of the novice disciples: "Everyone should go and watch the battle, and see where the difference and gap is between yourself and the human race's geniuses, so that you will have something to strive for in the future."
After saying this, the disciples looked at each other and then one by one rushed into the valley entrance.
When they arrived at the mouth of the valley, Zhu Ge and the axe-mantis had not yet started fighting, but had just finished talking.
At this moment, Zhu Ge had just unleashed the full power of his martial arts heart, and felt a tightness in his chest, as if he was about to breathe out.
So he stopped waiting, and all his blood and energy flowed into his fist, turning it as red as a light bulb.
Then, the phantom of dawn reappeared in the sky.
The next second, Zhu Ge moved.
He exerted force with his thigh, causing the rocks and soil within a radius of tens of meters to vibrate, crack, and scatter.
Among them were also some snakes, insects, rats, and ants attracted by the bloody smell of the previous monster corpses.
Zhu Ge's figure disappeared from the spot and appeared in front of the axe-wielding mantis.
In the sky, the phantom moved in sync with Zhu Ge's movements, its two phantom arms bringing together forward before tearing outwards with a fierce rip.
Ahead, the mantises and hawks are sounding alarm bells.
"A life-or-death crisis?!?!"