In the gaze of those twenty thousand pairs of eyes, Wang Xiaole's figure disappeared in place, only to reappear in front of the Bone Demon in an instant.
With a condescending gaze, he looked at the shadow retreating rapidly in his eyes and took a deep breath.
Then, under the gaze of countless eyes from the audience, Wang Xiaole lifted his wrist, clenched his fist, and punched straight towards the Bone Demon, who was two or three meters away!
Why bother with tricks?
This punch didn't have any special moves or tricks. It was just the power contained in the punch that spoke of its might. The layer of shadows surrounding his flesh-fist instantly created visible cracks in the surrounding space, as if it were filled with cracked glass.
The majestic punch, which had been brewed to perfection, turned into a sudden storm, and with its rapid momentum, landed on the Bone Demon's crossed arms.
Boom!
Space trembled for a moment, and the Bone Demon's body was sent flying like an arrow being shot from a bowstring, with a hint of blood appearing at the corner of his mouth.
Wang Xiaole's proactive attack seemed casual, but in reality, it was far from careless. Even so, the Bone Demon had clearly suffered obvious injuries in the previous confrontation.
Ignoring the noise from the audience below, the Bone Demon, who had clearly suffered a major setback just moments ago, still had a poisonous glint in his eyes.
At that moment, what controlled Wang Xiaole's body movements was purely his instinct.
It was like when he occasionally felt compelled to pay attention in class after being absent-minded for a long time. Later, he would hear from his classmates that at that time, a vice principal who was patrolling the halls happened to pass by...
This is a kind of instinct, to be more precise, it is a "perceptive instinct" towards threats.
Almost all living creatures have been helped to some extent by this instinct, and Wang Xiaole is no exception.
Perhaps the Bone Demon was betrayed by his own gaze, or perhaps it was just a coincidence that Wang Xiaole happened to be quick-witted for a moment.
Disregarding the cause and forgetting the process, one thing is certain now:
Wang Xiaole raised his arm and layers of frost formed a defense in front of him, forming a subconscious defense.
Almost at the same time, the blood that had been spilled on the ground due to the Bone Demon's injury began to flow backward.
The blood boiled like boiling water, bubbling and turning into thousands of slender droplets, resembling a corner of a swamp.
The strange-colored blood, as if it had life and consciousness, suddenly turned into thousands of narrowly-shaped droplets, densely attacking their target.
Thanks to Wang Xiaole's preparation, he used frost to block those weird water droplets, preventing the Bone Demon's sneak attack from succeeding.
That was really close just now.
If Wang Xiaole hadn't predicted the danger, he would have had to use more power to avoid being harmed by the venom. Specifically, this meant changing from using "one-sixteenth of his power" to using fifteen-sixteenths of his full strength.
However, despite resolving the Bone Demon's ambush, Wang Xiaole couldn't completely relax.
Because, while blocking the numerous water droplets, he suddenly noticed traces of corrosion on the ground beneath his feet.
The blood that spurted from the broken demon skin was not only poisonous, but highly toxic as well!
Wang Xiaole joked, "You should change your name to 'Poison Demon,' your current name doesn't really suit you."
"I am called 'Bone Demon' because I enjoy extracting every bone from my prey after I've grown tired of playing with them. So, this name suits me well," replied the Bone Demon.
Taking a deep breath, the Bone Demon's palms started to rotate, causing a continuous stream of rolling toxic gas to emerge.
A ghastly green light continuously shimmered on his body, accompanied by the sound of raging magical power in front of him.
The immense magical power supplied by Ledux was truly terrifying. If the Bone Demon had to rely solely on his own physical strength to withstand this power, his limbs would have long since collapsed.
Fortunately, last night, Ledux had used external means to enhance the strength of the recipient's body while supplying the magical power, making the Bone Demon much more resilient.
Otherwise, the Bone Demon would never dare to absorb such a tremendous amount of magical power.
However, even with the enhancement, when the physical body faced the need for a strenuous battle, the flesh beneath the Bone Demon's skin still trembled intensely, and bloody wounds were torn on his body's surface.
The changes in his body indicated that the Bone Demon had not fully adapted to this new power in actual combat yet.
Therefore, for the Bone Demon, he least feared entering a long-lasting battle of attrition and worried most about his opponent not giving him the opportunity to adapt to the power, launching a fierce attack to quickly determine the outcome.
If Wang Xiaole could see through this, and immediately adopt a confrontational approach, the Bone Demon would be in trouble, completely overpowered and unable to resist.
"Quickly deciding the battle" was precisely the outcome the Bone Demon dreaded the most, which was why he taunted Wang Xiaole, saying, "Are you scared after encountering an opponent whose entire body is poisonous? Do you want to quickly use all your strength to win and avoid a long night of dreams?"
The Bone Demon intended to provoke Wang Xiaole with his combative words.
In the Bone Demon's speculation, the human on the other side should respond like this:
"Scared of you? That's a joke! Would I need to use all my strength against someone like you, who isn't even worth a second thought? I'll take my time with you, slowly crushing you until you cry for mercy!"
This was the expected exchange, even Ledux in the audience predicted that Wang Xiaole would respond this way, but then...
"Since you're so sincere and eager for a quick attack..." Wang Xiaole hesitated for a moment, faced with difficult choices, but as soon as the young man took a step forward, he made a decision in his heart, "Sure, I'll grant your wish!"
"No, wait!" The Bone Demon made a gesture to interrupt, feeling confused. "Are you saying you want a quick battle? Doesn't that mean admitting you're scared of failure and admitting that you fear me?"
"Is that so? But I think whoever admits defeat first is the one who feels scared!" retorted Wang Xiaole, not giving his opponent any respite as his mind simultaneously prepared for a powerful magic spell, chanting in his heart.
With his attention divided, Wang Xiaole couldn't pass up the opportunity to taunt his opponent.
"I can't make up my mind or be sure whether to delay or immediately determine the outcome before your disgusting old man's provocation.
But after you said that stupid provoking remark, I immediately felt my thoughts clear up!"
"Why?"
"Because I can hear it: no matter how arrogant you are, the underlying meaning of that sentence reveals that you're 'afraid of me launching a fierce attack.'"
As the chant came to an end, Wang Xiaole showed a smug smile in front of Bone Demon, saying, "Old man, you're in trouble now! Let me tell you: I love doing things that annoy and scare my opponents!"
Suddenly, Wang Xiaole's body began to flicker with harmful white light.
These traces of white light shot straight up from the top of his head and filled the sky in an instant.
Under the brilliance of the sunlight, the white light spread into patches of pure radiance;
The cross-shaped shadow formed by the changing radiance instantly appeared in the sky above the high platform;
From tens to hundreds, from hundreds to thousands, it looked as if the sky was about to rain down something special.
Because Wang Xiaole inherited this move from Freya, when using light-based magic, it inevitably carries a hint of holiness.
There's no need to say much about the demons; they definitely find light and holiness extremely annoying.
Seeing that Wang Xiaole was about to launch a finishing blow, Bone Demon prepared for a desperate fight. A large amount of venom pervaded the area, surrounding the battlefield.
The strong stench of decay and death quickly spread under the influence of the wind, filling the nostrils of the audience.
If anyone stood at a high place and glanced down, they would definitely see:
Now, around Bone Demon's body, it looked like there was a huge swamp of toxic gas, as if he was soaking in it;
This scene made countless people's scalps tingle, and they felt a chill.
Radiance shines brightly under the sky;
Green light shines on the ground;
The cross of light covers from above. If you could see it as a "dark cloud," then this dark cloud has a "white cloud-like" color.
The large green light that turned into toxic gas on the stage is like an aggregation of all the filth in the world, with a mixture of grey and black in the gloomy green color.
The two powers symbolizing two different forces clashed as they rushed towards each other.
What followed was not the earth-shattering event people had imagined, just a series of disintegration sounds.
When light encountered poison, in the moment of contact, the former immediately enveloped the latter from the outside;
If it was just a trace of brilliance, it would not be able to surround the patches of toxic gas;
But if each touch of gloomy green was rapidly isolated by a cross of light from the outside, it would be followed by an overwhelming erosion.
In the blink of an eye, the strange color suffered fundamental erosion;
Seeing his ultimate move being easily dissolved and destroyed, Bone Demon couldn't help but feel bitter, but his primary thought was one:
Survival!
Regardless of what would happen after he left the stage and faced Ledux's punishment, at the moment, preserving his life was the most important thing for Bone Demon.
For this, he had to do two things.
First, Bone Demon gathered all the magic power he could mobilize and condensed it into a magic barrier in front of him, one foot away from his body.
Next, right before being engulfed by the oncoming "light rain," he shouted loudly in the direction of the referee:
"I concede, I have completely lost!"
The next second, his voice was swallowed by the "thunderous" sound, the magical barrier was shattered by the pure white impact, and along with the entire figure of the bone demon, it was also submerged in a blink of white light.
