"ARGH!" Chang Fa cried in pain and covered his waist while blood continued to pour out.
Unlike the other wounds he couldn't directly sew them shut using his hair thus, the bleeding was intense.
"How's that Chang Fa? The suffering is just beginning." Miu Ran mocked. "Even if you are a Body cultivator, that is nothing compared to my Agate Scale Drake claws!"
Lin Mu who heard the name, narrowed his eyes.
"Agate Scale Drake?" He somewhat felt like he had read about it before.
He quickly took out the Jade slip that had all the information compiled in it and checked it, quickly finding more about it.
'Hmm… so it's similar to the Flame Pool Drake Bloodline that King Hong obtained back then.' It wasn't Lin Mu's first time hearing about a Drake bloodline and knew that it was descended from dragons.
But in the current case, the Agate Scale Drake was a rather unique kind of a Drake. This Drake actually evolved from the common Earthen Lizards due to their regular consumption of minerals and ores.
A few of the lucky Earthen Lizards might improve their bloodline during a breakthrough and transform into Agate Scale Drakes.
Just like their names, Agate Scale Drakes had scales that had agate like patterns and similar sharpness. They could tear through steel and bronze alike, making it easy for them to consume it all.
A cultivator that had the bloodline of an Agate Scale Drake also obtained its characteristics.
For example, like what Miu Ran was doing, they could transform a part of their body and obtain strong claws. The bloodline also gave Miu Ran a tougher body, which could now compare to that of a Body Cultivator like Chang Fa.
Of course, there might be limitations to it, but right now, it was clear that Chang Fa was greatly outmatched.
'This will be tough…' Lin Mu wondered if the interference with Nine Divine Heart sutras would even work or not.
Observing the fight for a bit, Lin Mu was sure that it wouldn't work if he used the Nine Divine Heart Sutras just on Miu Ran. He would also have to use it on Chang Fa himself.
'I need to suppress Miu Ran and support Chang Fa at the same time,' Lin Mu was sure of it.
With that in mind, Lin Mu first decided to help Chang Fa calm down.
Having sustained multiple injuries as well as continuing the fight, the man's mind was under great strain. As such, if he continued there was a high chance he would lose focus and end up getting injured further. If that happened, his defeat would be imminent.
~humm~
Chang Fa, who was in the middle of dodging a claw attack from Miu Ran, suddenly felt like the stress filling him was fading away. Replacing it was a sense of calmness that he hadn't felt for a long time now. All the conflicts he had in his mind were gone, and even the pain was becoming manageable.
'What is this?' Chang Fa had no idea what was happening to him. 'Is this some sort of phenomenon?' he wondered.
He knew that others could feel a rush of adrenaline during an intense fight and could make one feel similar to this. But this was different than that. Unlike an adrenaline rush where one's mind was running at a thousand paces and one's heart kept on throbbing like crazy, Chang Fa felt a sense of tranquility instead.
Instead of his thinking improving due to the sheer speed, it now felt like he had no obstacles in his thoughts, allowing him to process everything better than before.
Chang Fa gazed at Miu Ran, watching his every movement, his mocking expression, the power of his claws as well as the immortal Qi fluctuations that rose from him.
'He's playing with me.' Chang Fa understood.
~WHOOSH~
Chang Fa narrowly dodged another attack, while also using the hair wrapped around his torso like a whip to snap back.
'I see now… I just need to turn his arrogance against him.' Chang Fa realized.
He realized that his opponent had already assumed that victory was his. Chang Fa wished to take advantage of this very misjudgment.
And as if fates were willing to grant him this favor, he found that his opponent had actually gotten sloppy.
"HAAAH! CHANG FA, BE RIPPED UNDER MY CLAWS!" Miu Ran's expression turned fiercer and he attacked with an even greater power.
But unlike before, his attacks seemed to be lacking the accuracy that they had before.
This combined with Chang Fa's improved focus, meant that he could already predict where Miu Ran intended to strike.
"I see now… I see it all.." Chang Fa muttered as he thinned the hair that was covering his body in the form of an armor.
Instead of letting it focus on defense, Chang Fa let them gather around his arms before he brought them together.
'I'll end it with one last attack. I'll give it my all.' Chang Fa decided.
He observed Miu Ran who was attacking haphazardly and picked the right moment to counterattack.
"Iron Pillar Mane Arts! Fourth Art: Fury Mane Twister!" Chang Fa roared.
His hair arms that he had brought together suddenly enlarged, turning into two spirals that entwined and shot forward.
Miu Ran who was in the middle of an attack, was caught between the two spirals, the hair suddenly wrapping around him.
His limbs were locked in the hair, while his sharp claws were balled up into a fist by the hair. Even his face was covered by the hair, making him unable to see or speak anything.
"AAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Chang Fa used up all of his energy in the last attack, turning it into raw, twisting power.
~CRACK~
~KACHA~
~CRUNCH~
Then with a sickening crunch, Miu Ran's limbs were twisted, his bones shattering in the process.
But that wasn't all, as Chang Fa's hair was not stopping its momentum. After having twisted the man's limbs, it now threatened to twist the man's waist and neck!
