Chapter 395: Third Match - Miaomiao & Fogan VS Zhang Liao & Qu Yi - Part One
WHOOM
The bright light blinded Miaomiao and Dian Wei for several seconds. When they could open their eyes again, they found themselves at the center of an arena platform.
Thousands of flying cultivators stared at them. Behind Miaomiao, Wei Yuan and strong people from Siren City had been levitating in mid-air, gazing at them as well.
From their perspective, Miaomiao and a naked spider monster appeared out of nowhere. Only Wei Yuan and the girls had learned of the full detail of how and why Miaomiao arrived in this fashion.
"I guess I'm back," Miaomiao heaved a sigh of relief. He was glad to be back home.
Meanwhile, Dian Wei's eight eyes sparkled. She stared at Yuan Shaoqing's men and drooled.
"Food. Food is everywhere!"
"Oh, shit."
Miaomiao moved by instinct. He stuck his fingers in Dian Wei's private hole and fondled the small pink button.
"!!!"
Dian Wei jolted and moaned in pleasure. She lowered her spider body and stopped moving.
Miaomiao was relieved. If he hadn't done so, Dian Wei would have started slaughtered everybody here and Fang Yanxu would have killed them. In front of the immortal, he couldn't afford to let this monster do as she pleased.
"Wei'er, could you go down the stage and join the girls over there? I'll fertilize your eggs later, okay?"
"..."
Dian Wei nodded.
Miaomiao slowly pulled his fingers out. Transparent sticky and slippery liquid soaked his hands.
As for the spider, she flew to Wei Yuan and the other yin slaves. Then, she sniffed them one by one.
...
The crowd stared at Miaomiao as if he was a freak. Most of Yuan Shaoqing's men were disgusted by Miaomiao's shamelessness. Only Chunyu Qiong's followers and Li Jue, who tagged along with the group, found Dian Wei sexy.
A few seconds later, the crowd was recovered from the shock. They also sensed the terrifying presence of Dian Wei's soul physique and her soul dantian.
The monster's strength was on par with a 9th-stage cultivator!
The monster was also confirmed to be on Miaomiao's side, judging from their sexual relationship.
Yuan Shaoqing, Liu Xuande, Brocell, Zhang Ren, and the many people's faces turned dark. Now, they lost the advantage of having a 9th-stage cultivator.
Still, even though they were intimidated by the presence of the 9th-stage monster, they didn't miss checking the infamous man's cultivation base and physique.
They were disappointed! They thought that Miaomiao was a young nascent soul cultivator. Instead, he was just a half-step foundation establishment realm cultivator without an elemental continent in his dantian.
The crowd sneered at Miaomiao.
"I thought he was a supreme expert since the immortal and Lord Yuan want him dead. To think that he is merely a trashy 4th-stage cultivator..."
"Give him some credit. At least, he's a HALF-STEP 5th-stage. He can't even form an elemental continent in his dantian! HAHAHAHA!!"
"Lord Zhang's decision is on point. If he defeats that upstart brat here, the city shall belong to Lord Yuan and Lord Zhang. Even if they have a 9th-stage monster as a backer, she couldn't possibly go against the immortal!"
"Siren City is done. They're a fool to challenge Lord Yuan. This match will decide it!"
The crowd looked down on Miaomiao as his cultivation base was weakest among all representatives. Little did they know that Nero had evaluated Miaomiao's combat strength to be on par with 7th-stage or 8th-stage cultivator.
Although everyone thought of Miaomiao as a weakling, three men among the crowd frowned.
Fang Yanxu, Qu Yi, and Zhang Liao didn't agree with the crowd. They were astonished by Miaomiao's foundation as they had sensed the abnormally large volume of Life Essence in Miaomiao's dantian. He had so much sleeping energy inside his flesh, blood vessels, muscle, and bones to the point that he had a similar presence like an 8th-stage cultivator, who had a soul physique.
Fang Yanxu recognized the characteristics of Miaomiao's energy and how he stored his Life Essence in his blood cells. It was similar to the dragon race's unique cultivation method, Dragon Meridian.
The technique was simple, yet impossible to achieve for cultivators without a dragon bloodline. It disregarded the standard 12 major meridians or 108 nerve meridians, but it treated the entire body as a singular energy container and micro containers at the same time.
Dragon Meridian Technique required the practitioner to evolve every cell in their bodies into alternate dantian, storing elemental Qi or essence energy to the point that each cell had the same amount as an average cultivator with the same cultivation base.
As Miaomiao's cultivation base was a half-step 5th-stage, his muscle, bones, blood cells, and organs stored so much essence to the point that he was like the storage tank of one million average 5th-stage cultivators' power combined.
The foundation of this man was inhuman!
"Are you Mao Miaomiao?"
Fang Yanxu was overwhelmed with anger at first. But then, he was perplexed.
The immortal didn't know if marrying his daughter to Meng Xin was the right decision anymore when a monster-like demon, who was also a disciple of Nero, was her husband.
Someone like Miaomiao was rare. He was akin to the genius who only appeared once in a billion years.
Fang Yanxu couldn't help but start simulating a scenario, which Fang Meirong and Mao Miaomiao were raised by his clan. He hesitated if investing in Miaomiao or Meng Xin was a better option.
"No wonder why so many dao gods and that Devil are crazy about you. If you are this talented and they are supporting you, then..."
He stopped talking. The immortal looked up to the sky as if he was gazing and talking to the gods in the higher realms.
He went silent, ignoring the platform, his duty, and the people below him.
...
Meanwhile, Qu Yi sweated profusely as he was terrified by Miaomiao's Life Essence volume.
Miaomiao, who was only a half-step 5th-stage, had more Life Essence than him! His entire body was like a massive tank with endless energy!
"S-S-Sir Zhang. Could it be that Mao Miaomiao is the strongest fighter among them?"
Zhang Liao, being expressionless as usual, nodded as he got into his battle stance and activated his weapon domain. Nobody noticed his goosebumps and the decrease in his body temperature.
"Most likely. I can tell from here that he can easily kill average nascent soul cultivators with ease. Be prepared for the worse, Sir Qu."
"D-Did you make a mistake? Did you know that Mao Miaomiao was this strong!?"
"I was as clueless as you, but that doesn't matter now. How about you treat it this way? We are about to fight a pseudo-8th-stage cultivator and a veteran Blood Orc in a life-and-death battle. If we win, we won't need to worry about cultivation resources ever again. But if we lose, we die."
"..."
Qu Yi regretted participating in this game now. His breaths became rough as he prepared to die fighting.
...
While the two men had assumed that they might die because they had provoked the monstrous youth, Miaomiao looked at Wei Yuan and Fogan.
"So, what happened here? Why are these fools on the stage with you? Can someone explain?"
Fogan heaved a sigh of relief, "I'll keep it short. That man over there with the ugly face challenged me and you in a deathmatch. The winner gets to kill or do anything they want with the losers. They want our city, and we want them dead."
"Oh? That's simple, then."
Miaomiao glanced at Fang Yanxu to check his reaction. However, the immortal ignored him and gazed elsewhere.
Miaomiao shrugged and turned around. He unsheathed Killer Queen while he still had a tower shield on his back.
Currently, Miaomiao didn't wear armor like the two elders before him. He only wore simple robes without any effect. However, he had a pair of heaven-grade bracers, which he had obtained from the Liu Clan's vault.
He pointed the katana to Zhang Liao, "Since you directly challenge me, your intelligence must have transcended autism. I'm Mao Miaomiao, the leader of Siren City's representatives! State your name, so I can write it on your tombstone!"
Ma Moxi, Zhao Bao, monks, and beastmen were taken aback by Miaomiao's arrogance and confidence. They suspected that something might have happened to him during the time that he was away.
As for the girls, such as Wei Yuan, Jiang Lan, and others, they knew what had caused Miaomiao's personality to be like this.
It usually happened when Miaomiao was high in bloodlust or being confident in his victory. Wei Yuan nicknamed this behavior [Battle Junkie Mode] while Jiang Lan, Ma Xingjuan, and Kang Yan called this behavior as [Temporarily Villainous Syndrome].
Zhang Liao took a deep breath. Without cupping his fist, he readjusted his battle stance and gathered metal, lightning, wind, and his two advanced element Qi, Light and Silver Flame, into his twin-halberds.
"I'm Zhang Liao from the Great Zhang Clan! I shall be your opponent, Mao Miaomiao!"
Zhang Liao's body was ignited in white flame while his domain expanded, covering the entire arena platform.
...
Meanwhile, after hearing the introduction of two strong experts, Fogan's blood boiled. He recalled his old days when he fought with weak humans on Holy Land Continent with his underlings.
The arrogance, the self-confidence, and the bloodlust, which emitted from Miaomiao, was similar to the elite Blood Orcs of his old tribe. It reminded him of his true nature.
The suppressed bloodlust of Fogan was reignited. Fogan's morale soared, and he also activated his domain, overlapping with Zhang Liao's domain range.
The orc's domain was filled with red gas while Zhang Liao's white flame expanded and engulfed everyone. Yet, no one was harmed by the white flame.
The fight began before Miaomiao could make his first move!
Qu Yi was also affected by the adrenaline rush. He also shouted, "The Qu Clan will not lose to a bunch of demons! Here I come!"
The Qu Patriarch's domain also overlapped with the other two. He sent the ghost cavalry to Fogan, planning to kill the orc first.
A barrage of arrows rained down upon Fogan.
Fogan roared and a shockwave dispersed all energy arrows. At the same time, the blood mist continuously drained Qu Yi's blood through his pores, slowly seeping the latter's strength and Qi.
The orc shouted and summoned his nascent soul and his dao avatar. They merged and transformed into a giant crimson Buddha statue with an orc face and two massive barbed clubs.
Qu Yi also concentrated on his bows. His killing intent spiked as his eyes could see the weaknesses, aka the Points of Death, on Fogan's body. He released the three bowstrings, and the three arrows beamed toward the orc.
Fogan's nascent soul waved his clubs and deflected the arrows.
Qu Yi's ghost-like horse started running, circling around the orc. Meanwhile, Fogan charged at the former.
The orc and the horse archer were too focused on fighting each other. They kept exchanging blows...
... Until the killing intent of Mao Miaomiao exploded.
Something fast had moved past them.
CHINK
As if the invisible domes were shattered, everyone heard the sound of breaking glasses.
Suddenly, all three domains of Fogan, Zhang Liao, and Qu Yi were forcefully dispersed. The red fog, the ghost cavalry, and the white flame disappeared!
Miaomiao, who had waved KQ once, slowly approached Zhang Liao while he tilted his head to the left side, looking at his opponent with his sadistic sneer. His crimson pupils and his black sclera emitted a trail of black flame while his fair skin transformed into dark red dragon scales.
The half-transformed dragonewt sneered, "Doing it in the real world is a lot easier than doing it against Jia Shan's clones. Now, I know how Lu Fengxian destroyed that lich's domain and his protection barrier."
"..."
Zhang Liao stared at the monster before him in shock. He gritted his teeth and tried to merge his nascent soul with his dao avatar to raise his combat strength.
But he couldn't move or sense them!
Something was amiss!