Chapter 169: A Problematic Shadow_3
The red light flames on the Jedi Knight flowed into the Jedi Saber in an instant, causing the flames on the saber to surge, resembling a massive red Light Blade. With a single slash, a hundred-meter-long blood-red moon blade light detached from the blade, striking the head of the S-Class Radiant Demon Spirit.
The enormous blood-red moon blade light was unstoppable, slicing the Demon Spirit's head in two from the middle. The blade light continued downward, splitting its massive body in half, each part falling to the ground.
"From now on... there shouldn't be a need to bring the Demon Armor in..." Li Xiu looked at the two pieces of the corpse on the ground, secretly delighted.
However, after this strike, the fluorescent light on the Jedi Knight vanished, and even the Jedi Saber, which was like a fluorescent stick, became much dimmer.
Li Xiu immediately summoned the Jedi Knight back. After using the Unrivaled National Hero strike, the Jedi Knight's Light Energy was entirely depleted, leaving it with virtually no combat power.
Fortunately, he had already dealt with this Demon Spirit, temporarily escaping danger.
The only pity was that there was no chance to use a non-lethal shot on this Demon Spirit. It was impossible to penetrate it in any case, so it naturally had no effect.
Li Xiu dared not be careless and ordered the Black Death Demon King to attack the bisected Demon Spirit. A group of Black Death Demon underlings pounced on the wound, biting, but the Demon Spirit showed no signs of movement, suggesting it was truly dead.
No matter how strong its self-healing ability was, it shouldn't be able to reattach a body split in two.
It wasn't until he saw the Light Energy from the Demon Spirit's body drift out and congeal into a milky white Talent Gemstone in the air that Li Xiu finally felt relieved.
Reaching out to retrieve the Talent Gemstone, this was an S-Class Talent Gemstone, which didn't even require upgrading, directly granting an S-Class talent.
Moreover, such skills could never be gained in the Trial Ground; it's considered a rare talent.
Li Xiu immediately activated the Talent Gemstone, which transformed into a white stream of light, pouring into his body.
Invincible Body: As long as one is alive, they never admit defeat, physical strength increases by one hundred and two percent, and can shed part of the force exerted on the body.
"This talent... is excellent for taking hits..." Although Li Xiu didn't like getting hit, he was quite fond of having such a talent. In case he had to take hits, at least he would suffer less damage.
Having the Black Death Demon King dig out the Demon Core from the Demon Spirit, its body began to rapidly decay and dissolve after losing its Light Energy, so the materials were worthless.
"Another S-Class Demon Core. I might as well feed it to the Jedi Knight later. Who knows how many S-Class Demon Cores he needs to advance to S-Class." Li Xiu was excitedly scheming when he suddenly heard a scream.
Turning his head, he saw a Black Death Demon underling being swallowed by a creature with a circular mouth full of sharp teeth.
"Another one!" Li Xiu was shocked, as the Jedi Knight's Light Energy had been completely exhausted and had no combat capability.
Other Demon Spirits lacked the ability to slay S-Class Demon Spirits. If it were an average S-Class Demon Spirit, there might still be a chance.
But against such a Radiant Demon Spirit with a strong self-healing ability, even with the Gentleman Hat enhancement, it's useless.
"If it really comes to it, I'll have to let the Black Death Demon King wear the Gentleman Hat and take the brunt of it. Maybe there's still a sliver of hope." Li Xiu was contemplating, but then he suddenly noticed the surrounding sandy ground undulating continuously, and his face changed dramatically.
"No way!" Li Xiu came to a very bad judgment, and events were unfolding in the worst possible way.
One by one, Demon Spirits emerged from beneath the sand, each emitting a white fluorescent glow, their halos like the rings on a silver-ringed snake's body.
Seeing the massive bodies emerge from the sand all around, each one resembling a snake, standing upright with single eyes fixed on him.
Li Xiu's first thought was to run. He almost instinctively summoned the Masked Emperor, calling back all his Demon Spirits, and rode the Masked Emperor, twisting the throttle to full.
The Masked Emperor's engine roared, golden flames rose from the vehicle body, and light patterns flashed on the wheel rims. The exhaust pipe spewed a long trail of flame like a jet thruster.
Vroom!
The Masked Emperor's front end lifted, the front wheel leaving the ground, the rear wheel spinning wildly, flinging sand several meters high as it shot out with the engine roaring.
Click!
Li Xiu was thrown off, landing on the ground; fortunately, it was sand, or else he might have busted his butt if it had been cement.
"Damn it..." Li Xiu was disoriented, wishing he could kick the Masked Emperor into pieces.
This thing truly was unreliable. The desert here didn't have much fluctuation, no visible dunes, quite flat actually, but it not only had the rear wheel skid, even lifted the front wheel and charged out. Even the unprepared Li Xiu, or a professional rider in the same situation, would likely have fallen as well nine times out of ten.
The Masked Emperor realized Li Xiu had fallen and circled back, stopping by his side.
But Li Xiu didn't get on, because now it was too late; Demon Spirits had already surrounded him from all sides with their huge bodies, some shimmering and some glowing with halos, others radiating dazzling light, closing in like monstrous magical beings, encircling Li Xiu in the middle. Dozens of S-Class Demon Spirits were staring at him with single eyes.
Li Xiu almost sensed their inner voice: "Such a tiny morsel, not even enough to fill the gap in my teeth. Should we braise or steam it?"
"Indeed, one shouldn't be too reckless. Why did I insist on coming to the desert? If I were going to the desert, couldn't I just sunbathe? Why did I have to peek around? Even if I noticed something wrong with the shadows, I shouldn't have doomed myself breaking them..." Li Xiu regretted so much that his gut was turning blue. Now, even if the Jedi Knight's Light Energy immediately recovered, he couldn't possibly defeat so many S-Class Demon Spirits.