20demayo Chapter 100 Battle
Chapter 100 Battle
Chapter 100 Battle (Part 1)
Zishan led the warriors of the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe to the entrance, feeling the gazes coming from all directions—some curious, some contemptuous, but most excited to see a good show.
Numerous rhinoceros beetle warriors stood guard around the yew tree, their carapaces gleaming coldly in the sunlight. Though outnumbered, they showed no fear whatsoever.
"Hmph, they dare to be arrogant even after coming to the Thousand Star Islands. Today, we must teach them a lesson they won't forget!" From the swarm of insects in the Thousand Star Islands, a large yellow-pink deer-flowered beetle with a carapace covered in gorgeous golden patterns slowly walked out.
Its name is Golden Vine. It has long since awakened its elemental talents and is quite famous in the coastal defense training grounds. Although its name also contains the words "Golden Turtle," it is a completely different race from the Rhinoceros Golden Turtle and is considered one of the more powerful tribes on the Thousand Star Islands.
It landed from the air on a man-made artificial hill made of insects, looking down at the yew tree: "I will reiterate the rules of the gauntlet battle. Each side will send out five insects, and the two sides will take turns choosing the venue and going up in turn. The loser will be eliminated, until one side loses all five insects, which means they have lost."
The yew's antennae twitched slightly, its mental energy surging: "Alright, if we win, you must provide us with storable food every month from now on!"
"Such arrogance!" Jin Teng sneered. "I think you guys should just stick to eating fruit from now on!"
It turned and shouted to the swarm of insects behind it, "Who wants to go first and teach these country bumpkins a lesson!"
"I'll go!" A slender, golden-winged Jinjiding warrior stepped forward, its speed a remarkable feat, creating a whirlwind as it landed. "I'll see if that clumsy rhinoceros beetle can outrun me!"
Zishan looked at the Jinjiding warrior. Jinjiding has the potential to be a dual-type talent of metal and wind, and has both speed and defense, making it quite effective against the Double-Forked Rhinoceros Golden Turtle.
However, since everyone is a high-level warrior, as long as the supply of various Force-based foods is sufficient, the differences in all aspects will not be too great. It gently swayed its tentacles, signaling to Qing Yulan: "You're going for the first match?"
Qing Yulan tapped her antennae and slowly walked into the center of the metal-filled arena. The environment of this arena was quite suitable for Zerg warriors who had awakened their metal-attribute talents. Both sides had the potential for this talent, so neither objected to the location.
Qing Yulan's figure was not as slender as Jinjiding's, but her body was much more robust. Jinjiding was only a little over two meters long, while Qing Yulan was three and a half meters long. Although both were advanced warriors in the fourth age stage, the difference in their body size was too great, and she looked quite imposing.
"Jingding tribe, wild hemp!"
"The Rhinoceros Beetle Tribe, Azure Rain Orchid!"
After both sides introduced themselves, a Zerg warrior stepped forward to act as a temporary referee. Seeing that neither side had any objections to the arena or their opponents, he gave the order: "The battle begins!"
As the referee's words fell, the Jinjiding warrior instantly transformed into a golden afterimage, moving with astonishing speed, almost exceeding the limits of vision, rushing straight for Qing Yulan's face, its sharp mandibles gleaming coldly, attempting to defeat her in one strike.
Qing Yulan's gaze was cold: "Not bad speed, but trying to break through my defense head-on is simply overestimating yourself!"
Its distinctive horn drooped, and instead of retreating, it charged forward, lunging at the Jinjiding warrior.
Upon seeing this, the Jinjiding warrior's expression changed slightly. Qingyulan's enormous horn was almost half the size of its body. If it were to be pierced by the sharp spikes on its horn, it would be crippled even if it didn't die.
The Jinjiding warrior flapped its wings rapidly, using its agile size and speed to avoid Qingyulan's frontal attack.
After dodging the first probing attack, it kept circling around Qingyulan, trying to find an opportunity to attack.
Qing Yulan simply stood still, not in a hurry, but her elytra were slightly open, ready to take off at any time. Zerg warriors do not consume Force when they are in normal state, but they can use Force to enhance their speed or defense in special circumstances.
The Jinjiding warrior circled endlessly on the periphery, searching for an opportunity, only continuously draining its energy and force, while it—
Just as the Jinjiding warrior circled around to Qingyulan's side, Qingyulan suddenly spread its membranous wings and pounced on it.
This startled it greatly, and it frantically flapped its wings to escape Qingyulan's attack range. Fortunately, Qingyulan was not fast enough, otherwise it would have succeeded in its attack.
However, it was precisely for this reason that the Jinjiding warrior became more cautious. It hovered behind Qingyulan on both sides, trying not to confront her head-on, and occasionally launching probing attacks.
The probing attacks of the Jinjiding warrior Yema fell like raindrops, its sharp mandibles and metallic forelegs constantly slashing at Qingyulan's carapace, making crisp "clanging" sounds, but leaving only a few shallow scars.
The Rhinoceros Beetle's shell is known for its thickness and hardness. With the added enhancement of its metal-based elemental force, Wild Hemp's attacks hit the surface but couldn't even break its elytra, failing to cause any real damage.
Wild Hemp grew increasingly anxious. It was a renowned genius within its clan; otherwise, it wouldn't have confidently volunteered for the battle. This was its first battle in the Thousand Star Islands, a golden opportunity for it to make a name for itself.
Unexpectedly, Qingyulan was like a mobile steel fortress. Its proud attacks and speed were no match for Qingyulan, and no matter how it maneuvered, it could not find any flaws.
It suddenly accelerated, a whirlwind swirling around it, and sharp toe blades protruded from its toes, aiming for the gaps in the Qingyulan's carapace, the only weakness it had found after observing for a long time.
"Now!" Yema roared inwardly, his six legs hurtling through the air as he hurtled toward his target.
A cold glint flashed in Qing Yulan's eyes; she had already anticipated its movements. Just as its toe blade was about to touch the gap in its carapace, it suddenly contracted its abdomen, and its thick elytra instantly closed, tightly protecting the gap.
At the same time, the two forked horns on its head suddenly rose, sweeping horizontally towards Yema with immense force. The spikes on the horns gleamed with a sharp, cold light, and the air itself seemed to explode from the force.
Wild Hemp was terrified and hurriedly flapped its wings to retreat as fast as it could. However, Qingyulan's special horn swept across a very wide area. Although it avoided a head-on collision, it was still hit on the wing by the residual force of the horn.
A sharp pain shot through it, and its left wing instantly lost its balance. Its body staggered through the air and plummeted toward the ground, a crack appearing on its golden elytra.
"We won!" The warriors of the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe cheered deafeningly, the sound of their shells clashing echoing throughout the air.
The six-legged yew stood upright, its antennae trembling slightly, and a hint of approval flashed in its eyes.
Although the insects of the Thousand Star Islands have received excellent training since childhood, they are not bad either. They are known for their bravery. Over the years, the Lord of Zehui Mountain has been teaching them to control the Force to carve flowers, plants, insects and snakes, which has cultivated their keen awareness and patience.
Qing Yulan may seem clumsy, but she is actually very shrewd. She always plays defense as offense, deliberately showing weakness to lure Yema into attacking, exhausting its primal energy, forcing it to be anxious for battle, and finally seizing the opportunity to defeat the enemy with one blow.
Wild Hemp fell to the ground, struggling to get up, but found that the injury to its left wing made it unable to maintain high-speed flight. It glared at Qing Yulan unwillingly, but knew that it had lost its ability to fight.
Seeing this, the referee insect immediately flapped its wings and flew to the center of the arena, loudly announcing, "Match one, the Rhinoceros Beetle tribe wins!"
Jin Teng stood on the artificial hill, its face somewhat gloomy. It hadn't expected to lose its first battle.
Wild Hemp's speed ranks among the top 100 of the young warriors in the Thousand Star Islands, yet it was defeated by a seemingly clumsy rhinoceros beetle, which annoyed the insects of the Thousand Star Islands.
It glared angrily at the wild hemp below the field, then turned to the swarm of insects behind it to discuss: "Who should go for the second round? Who is confident they can break through the rhinoceros beetle's thick defenses?"
"The Rhinoceros Beetle has enough strength but not enough speed. Wild Hemp lost because it was too impatient. Whoever can break through its defenses can definitely defeat it." Golden Vine wanted to go himself. It was absolutely confident that it could defeat Azure Rain Orchid.
But Qingyulan is clearly not the number one insect of the Rhinoceros Beetle tribe. It has to hold the line and deal with the stronger Zishan!
The insects discussed among themselves: "The Twin-Forked Rhinoceros Beetle only has the potential for talent in three elements: metal, earth, and strength. Why not change the arena to a different body of water? They will surely sink to the bottom once they enter, and we can win without a fight."
Jin Teng refused outright: "Our Thousand Star Islands have many Zerg warriors. Although many are willing to fight, there are even more spectators. Winning in this way would be a disgrace to our tribe."
Moreover, the Sea God Giant Beetle among the Rhinoceros Beetle tribe also possesses water-type talent and potential. Who can be confident of defeating them in the water?
The other insects also looked down on the one who made the suggestion and couldn't wait to offer other opinions: "An insect warrior with awakened fire talent can counter it."
"The Zerg warriors that have awakened their lightning talent have the most terrifying attack power; they can take it down in one hit."
"I possess the same potential for strength-based talents, so I refuse to believe it's significantly stronger than me."
"We could also find a poison-type Zerg warrior to help us; I refuse to believe it can even defend against poison—"
"Possessing mental abilities—"
"Possessing wood-type talent—"
A whole bunch of insects offered all sorts of opinions, but most of them were just empty talk.
If a Zerg warrior with multiple awakened talents were to come and assist in the battle, it would be a piece of cake to crush this Zerg warrior without awakened talents.
Unfortunately, this was just a private fight. The Zerg on the Thousand Star Islands are divided into many factions, and they are not all in harmony. It is impossible to summon all the Zerg warriors on the Thousand Star Islands with just a word.
If it truly had the ability to integrate all the advanced warriors, Zishan wouldn't need to even bother with any challenge; it would be better to just surrender.
Of all the insects, only two suggestions seemed plausible: either use brute force or use poison.
It pondered for a moment, then said to a giant forked mountain stag beetle warrior, "Euonymus, you're going this time. You can only win, you can't lose!"
With a terrifying face, ferocious horns, and two enormous pincers at the front of its mouthparts, the Giant Forked Mountain Stag Beetle Warrior, whose size was in no way inferior to the Rhinoceros Beetle, excitedly replied: "The Rhinoceros Beetle is known as one of the ten strongest power-type races. As a fellow power-type insectoid warrior, I have always looked forward to fighting them."
As it spoke, it charged straight into the arena, heading straight for Qing Yulan.
"A giant forked stag beetle?" Seeing its opponent's fate, Qing Yulan became excited. Compared to fighting the Golden Giraffe Warrior, head-on battles were what it preferred.
Qingyulan stomped heavily on her forelegs, the hard exoskeleton of her limbs striking the ground with a dull thud. Her previously outstretched elytra folded slightly, and her muscles bulged, every inch of them tense.
It did not flinch at all; instead, it leaped up from the ground to meet the oncoming giant forked mountain shovel armor spear, charging forward with unstoppable ferocity.
At the same time, the giant pincers of the euonymus drew two cold streaks in the air, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, and shot straight at Qing Yulan.
The most ferocious weapon of the Twin-Forked Rhinoceros Beetle is its special horn, while the most ferocious weapon of the Giant Forked Mountain Stag Beetle is its pincers, which are powerful enough to clamp boulders in two, making it one of the most domineering killing moves of the power-type Zerg.
"Well done!" Qing Yulan neither dodged nor avoided, raising her special angle to meet the giant pincers.
With a loud clang, the sound of metal clashing echoed throughout the arena, making the senses of the Zerg warriors watching the battle tremble.
The giant pincers of the Euonymus were firmly stuck on the special horn of the Azure Rain Orchid. The two powerful forces collided instantly, and the ground was kicked up by their six limbs.
The fierce light in Wei Mao's eyes intensified, and it roared as it exerted its strength, its giant pincers squeezing continuously, trying to sever Qing Yulan's special horn.
Qingyulan felt a tremendous force coming from its special horn, and its carapace was slightly deformed by the pressure, but the excitement in its eyes grew even stronger.
It suddenly lowered its waist, channeling all its strength into its hind legs to withstand the immense force of the spear, while simultaneously exerting force from the special horn on its head, attempting to flip it over.
The euonymus was prepared, loosening its pincers to avoid breaking, and the two separated instantly, only to immediately entangle again.
They attacked each other with their giant pincers, butted each other with their horns, and tore at each other with their forelimbs. Every collision sent sparks flying, and the arena floor was riddled with holes and rubble flew everywhere.
The Zerg watching the battle were thrilled by the intense fighting. This was exactly the kind of brutal, visceral battle they wanted to see; the previous fight between Qingyulan and Yema had been rather dull.
At this moment, they no longer cared who was on whom, and cheered for the insects they favored. After all, here, strength was the ultimate factor in determining the winner, and everything else was secondary.
In the arena, Wei Mao, unable to break through after a long attack, gradually became heavy-blooded. It had not expected that its opponent would have such terrifying endurance and strength, still able to fight it to a standstill after the previous battle.
It abruptly took half a step back, mobilizing all its primal energy, and charged forward with all its might, its giant pincers slamming down on Qing Yulan with even greater ferocity: "Smash!"
Qingyulan's eyes narrowed. It knew that this was a critical moment. Instead of retreating, it advanced, its body also circulating primal energy, and charged towards the giant pincers of the spear.
"Thump!" The two collided violently again. At this moment, neither of them used any skills or held back; only the purest aesthetics of violence remained, and their only thought was to defeat the other.
They clashed countless times. A piece of Qingyulan's special angle was shattered, and one of Wei Mao's giant pincers was broken off. Both sides had exhausted their strength but still refused to give up.
"Alright," Zishan called out urgently, "Qingyulan, that's enough. You've done enough. You may leave!"
This is just a minor skirmish between Zerg warriors; there's no need for them to fight to the death.
Moreover, Qingyulan had already taken down one Zerg warrior and was now fighting another Zerg warrior to a standstill; her achievements were already quite remarkable.
Continuing to fight would likely lower the success rate of the next evolution, so there's no need to take that risk.
At the same time, Jin Teng immediately recalled the Giant Fork Mountain Stag Beetle Warriors, and it didn't matter how they fought each other, but if any insects died, the situation would be different, and no one dared to take that risk.
When both of them withdrew from the arena, Jin Teng had to take a serious look at this small insectoid tribe that it had previously paid no attention to: "You actually managed to take away two of our Thousand Star Islands' insectoid warriors. Your fellow tribesman is considered an elite on the island."
I admit I underestimated you before, but you won't have it so easy to win now, because I'm going to send out Zerg warriors with awakened talents!
"An awakened Zerg warrior."
Jin Teng's words weighed heavily on the hearts of the Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors. They knew that among the tens of thousands of Zerg warriors on Elephant Banana Island, very few were able to awaken their talents at an advanced stage.
However, in the Thousand Star Islands, especially in the Lotus Island training grounds, it is not uncommon for Zerg warriors to awaken their talents at the advanced stage.
For example, the golden vine on the other side was the one that defeated the purple acacia tree last year, which puts some pressure on them.
However, Zishan didn't care about this at all. So what if she awakened a talent? It's like everyone has awakened one.
The Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors communicated telepathically: "Who goes?"
"I wonder what kind of insect they're sending out with awakened talents. Zishan, shall I go test the waters first? To prepare for the insects you send later."
"I'll go, I'll go!" Although Qing Yulan's victory was rather miserable, the Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors were not afraid at all. On the contrary, they were full of fighting spirit. They were not afraid of losing, but only of having no hope. Even if it was to pave the way for their own kind, they would do it willingly.
The yew swayed its antennae, clearly aware of the difference between awakened and unawakened talents; other insects would only be offering themselves up as bait. "I'll handle it!"