YM778.TV Chapter 52 Subduing the Demon
"Excuse us, we\'re just passing by and have no intention of getting involved in your dispute, we\'ll be on our way..." Daoji\'s face managed a forced smile as he slowly backed away, wanting to leave.
"Nine Scars of Precepts? Just like that old baldy Longhai?" The Electric Light Leopard spoke with a weighty tone, its attention firmly on the Scars of Precepts atop Daoji\'s head.
Always oppressed by the Demon-Suppressing Hall, Longhai\'s formidable reputation posed a massive deterrence to the Demon Cave. Witnessing the nine Scars of Precepts on Daoji\'s head, the Electric Light Leopard\'s killing intent surged.
This Little Monk—if he were to grow in strength—it would pose yet another fearsome threat to the Demon Cave.
The Little Witch, although not the brightest, was certainly not dumb. Recognizing that the Electric Light Leopard meant ill, and seemingly also intimidated by the nine Scars of Precepts on Daoji\'s head, blurted out a telling piece of information, "Hmph, although his nine Scars of Precepts are formidable, Brother Xuanzang has twelve, even more impressive! Aren\'t you leaving yet?
Aren\'t you afraid he\'ll convert you, making you turn over a new leaf?"
"Twelve Scars of Precepts!?" Indeed, upon hearing the Little Witch\'s words, the Electric Light Leopard looked at Jiang Liu in horror, and hearing the word "convert," it reflexively stepped back, viewing Jiang Liu with the same trepidation a person might view a fearsome flood or beast.
An ordinary Cultivator\'s greatest fear in cultivation was the Heart Demon, which could have unforeseeable consequences and even invert one\'s character.
And for the demons of the Demon Cave, a monk was akin to a walking Heart Demon.
A monk with twelve Scars of Precepts? Wouldn\'t that be the epitome of a Heart Demon?
"I\'m doomed..." Listening to the Little Witch\'s boastful words, hoping to use his identity to scare away the Electric Light Leopard, Jiang Liu internally rolled his eyes.
"You two bald donkeys, nine fragrance scars and twelve fragrance scars? No matter what, you must die today!"
Though also harboring some fear, the Electric Light Leopard\'s eyes brimmed with killing intent at the thought they were still just young Little Monks. At the same time, crackles of lightning began to gather on its claws.
"No choice now, let\'s take action!" At this point, any further words were superfluous. Jiang Liu raised his hand, and the Demon Subduing Staff appeared in his grasp.
Daoji too wasted no words, extending a finger as a lotus bloomed at its tip. In an instant, his Finger Force transformed into a whip-like ray that shot out.
If this battle was inevitable, then they had to strike first.
The streak of Finger Force that struck the Electric Light Leopard caused the surrounding electric light to flicker momentarily, and that was it.
Having taken Daoji\'s Lotus Finger Power head-on, the Electric Light Leopard appeared completely undamaged.
"Terrifying, utterly ineffective?" Unlike others, due to being in a party, Jiang Liu saw more clearly that the Electric Light Leopard\'s Health Bar over its head had only decreased by a mere fraction; someone less attentive would hardly notice it.
"Let\'s kill one first!" Perhaps because Daoji acted first, attracting its attention, the Electric Light Leopard moved as fast as lightning. A flicker in mid-air, and it seemed almost to teleport in front of Daoji, its claws striking straight toward Daoji\'s chest.
"Vajra Mantra!" Seeing that Daoji had no chance to dodge, Jiang Liu reacted swiftly, instantly casting the Vajra Mantra skill towards Daoji.
An invisible Vajra Power instantly protected Daoji, boosting his defense ability.
Vajra Mantra (Primary Level): Summons the mysterious Vajra Power to protect an ally, mitigating the next instance of damage by 80%, with a cooldown time of 50 seconds.
With a thud, Daoji was sent flying, coughing up a mouthful of blood mid-air.
In Jiang Liu\'s eyes, Daoji\'s Health Bar instantly dropped by about one-third.
"Hiss..." Witnessing this, Jiang Liu inhaled sharply.
Just how terrifyingly strong was this Electric Light Leopard? Even with the Vajra Mantra averting 80% of the damage, Daoji\'s Health Bar had still plummeted by a third. Without the Vajra Mantra\'s protection, would Daoji have been annihilated instantly? Discover hidden tales at empire
"Although I don\'t know why you want to kill me, you can go die!" The Little Witch also spoke up, evidently recognizing the Electric Light Leopard. Her delicate hand raised, she flung a pitch-black fireball towards the Electric Light Leopard.
Facing Daoji\'s Lotus Finger Power, this Electric Light Leopard could endure without dodging, but when faced with the black flames of the Little Witch, it was extremely wary and hastily retreated to dodge them.
Turning its head back, the Electric Light Leopard\'s eyes were filled with astonishment and gravity, "You, you can already control the Samadhi Demonic Fire? Is this the talent of an Innate Taoist Body?"
"Guanyin Mantra," "Arhat Fist," "Swift Fire Bead"…
Since they had engaged in combat, Jiang Liu naturally acted quickly. Seeing that Daoji was hurt, he first cast the Guanyin Mantra to heal him with the effect of a 10% maximum life value restoration, which wasn\'t particularly strong but had some effect.
Then, he augmented his own attack power with Arhat Fist and transformed the Swift Fire Bead into a basin-sized ball of flame, hurling it towards the Electric Light Leopard.
The Swift Fire Bead skill at Great Perfection, boosted by the attack power of Arhat Fist and the Demon Subduing Staff, especially since the Demon Subduing Staff had an additional 30% damage to demon-type creatures, and doubled damage from the Redwood Ring…
With so many enhancements, the attack power of this Swift Fire Bead fireball was very formidable.
Taking advantage of the Electric Light Leopard\'s attention being drawn by the Little Witch\'s so-called Samadhi Demonic Fire, the fireball struck the leopard directly.
The blast of firelight was visible to the naked eye, and the health bar above the Electric Light Leopard\'s head went down…
About 3%.
"Are you kidding me? Even if it were at the level of a Demon General in cultivation, it couldn\'t possibly be this monstrous, right?" The mere 3% drop in health points, a mere trifle, was enough to induce despair.
"It seems that the main effort of the attack can only be placed on the Little Witch now, our attacks seem to be no more bothersome to it than a tickle."
His strongest attack causing only such minor damage, Jiang Liu could only pin his hopes for an attack on the Little Witch.
The Little Witch raised her hand, the black flames continued to surge towards their target.
Shaking its head, the Electric Light Leopard had taken Jiang Liu\'s Swift Fire Bead head-on and still looked lively, but when faced with the black Samadhi Demonic Fire, it became as evasive as a snake from venom, its body flickering with electric light, preparing to dodge again.
"Silencing Zen!"
It was apparent that the Electric Light Leopard\'s super high-speed movement seemed to rely on the lightning powers engulfing its body, which likely belonged to a skill-based ability, hence the control ability of Silencing Zen was activated.
The electric light dissipated.
Under the control of Jiang Liu\'s Silencing Zen skill, the silencing effect caused all the lightning around the Electric Light Leopard to vanish, and the power within its body became as stagnant as dead water at that moment.
"What\'s going on?" Suddenly losing control of its power, the Electric Light Leopard was startled.
Though it twisted its body in an attempt to dodge, a wisp of the black flame still brushed against its wrist.
The spot grazed by the Samadhi Demonic Fire ignited a feeble flame which then rapidly spread outwards.
Amid cries of pain, the Electric Light Leopard frantically slapped at the spreading fire on its wrist to no avail, and as the fire spread, it grew more ferocious.
Grinding its teeth, the Electric Light Leopard made a decisive move, raising its other paw to slice down without hesitation.
With a scream, blood splattered as it chopped off its half-arm, which was engulfed in flames, and let it fall to the ground, where it soon turned to ash.
Jiang Liu watched the health bar above the Electric Light Leopard\'s head, which dropped about 20% with just that one blow…
"The legendary Samadhi True Fire, everlasting and not easily bearable, even by Sun Wukong. Though I\'m uncertain what variant this Samadhi Demonic Fire is, if it bears the name Samadhi, it must be terrifyingly powerful. Just a graze has caused such high damage?"
Observing the change in the Electric Light Leopard\'s health bar, Jiang Liu was both shocked and elated.