168: Chapter 168, 108

In less than a few breaths, sixty percent of his Demon Power had returned.

Wu Li exhaled a long, stale breath. The fatigue in his blood-red pupils faded slightly, replaced by an even more ferocious gleam.

However, the darkness did not give him time to catch his breath.

Six figures slowly emerged from the darkness. Each one was a size larger than the previous three, with scales as black as ink. The single horns on their foreheads were no longer dark red, but shimmered with faint golden patterns.

Six Tier 3 Vicious Beasts lined up in a row.

Leaning on his fire halberd, Wu Li watched the six figures. His lips moved, but he didn't curse.

He no longer had the strength to curse.

At this moment, relying solely on his willpower, he slowly straightened his body, pushed his knees up from the stone floor, pulled the fire halberd from the ground, and gripped it in his claws.

Demon Power surged within his body.

"Damn it, this is intense!"

Wu Li raised his head, his blood-red pupils staring at the six Golden Core Vicious Beasts. His mouth slowly curled open, revealing a mouthful of bloody teeth.

The flame runes on the fire halberd lit up once again, and raging flames erupted instantly.

Wu Li gripped the fire halberd tightly, kicked off the ground, and prepared to charge.

But just as he took half a step, he stopped.

"Hmm?"

Those six Vicious Beasts did not move.

They stood right where they were, lined up in a row like six stone statues, without even the rise and fall of breath.

Wu Li's pupils contracted slightly, then he lowered his head to look at the stone floor beneath his feet.

Evil Qi was still seeping out from the cracks. It was lighter than before, but it was still emerging. He looked up at the six Vicious Beasts again, a thought crossing his mind.

After the count of one hundred, it seemed there was time to recover.

Wu Li didn't fully believe his own thought.

"Boom!"

With a sweep of his fire halberd, a blade of fire flew out, heading straight for the Vicious Beast on the far left.

The blade of fire passed through its body and struck the darkness behind it, dissipating silently.

That Vicious Beast didn't budge an inch, not even blinking.

Wu Li slashed out two more fire blades, striking in different directions, but the result was the same: they passed through, and there was no reaction.

Seeing this.

Wu Li put away his fire halberd.

This was his time to catch his breath.

After fighting a hundred waves and killing tens of thousands of Vicious Beasts, he was now being told that he could take a break.

Wu Li did not hesitate. He sat down on the ground, stuck his fire halberd beside him, crossed his legs, and closed his eyes. The Blood Eye Pagoda Sutra began to circulate frantically within his body.

Evil Qi surged out from the stone floor, entered his body, was refined into Demon Power, and poured into his Dantian.

Half an hour later, Wu Li opened his eyes.

The Demon Power inside him surged like a tide, all his wounds had healed, and there was not a trace of fatigue on his entire body.

He pulled out his fire halberd, stood up, and stared at the six Vicious Beasts with his blood-red pupils, his mouth slowly curling open.

"Come on!"

Wu Li was confident in taking on six opponents of the same rank while at full strength. He had figured out that although the Vicious Beasts here were powerful, they possessed no innate Divine Ability. They only had Tier 3 strength without corresponding techniques, and their attack method was purely close-quarters combat. That was why Wu Li had such confidence.

With that.

Wu Li kicked off the ground, his figure shooting out like an arrow.

The six Vicious Beasts moved simultaneously, sealing off all his retreat paths from six directions.

"Let's fight!!!"

"Boom, sizzle, sizzle!!"

Wu Li did not retreat.

The Blood Pupil on his forehead suddenly opened, and a beam of blood-red light shot out, striking the chest of the Vicious Beast directly in front of him.

With the Three Variations of the Blood Eye, runes formed within the pupil, and the profound light shot out. No one of the same rank could withstand it. Wu Li concentrated thirty percent of his internal Demon Power into the Blood Pupil.

"Splat!!"

The Vicious Beast was struck by the blood-red light. The light continued to surge, grinding through its Physical Body defense and blowing a bloody hole in its chest. Its body flew backward, crashed into the arena, slid several zhang, and stopped moving.

One move, and one was taken out instantly.

The remaining five lunged forward simultaneously.

"Sweep in All Directions!"

Wu Li swept his fire halberd, the fire wheel spun, and a ring of flames expanded, exploding with raging fire and directly forcing three of them back.

"Roar!"

The other two passed through the ring of flames, lunging at Wu Li from the left and right.

He dodged the claws on the left, and his right hand thrust the fire halberd forward. With a move called 'Heart-Piercing Fire Cone,' he pierced the Vicious Beast's abdomen, and flames exploded from within.

His left hand reached out simultaneously, and the Colorless Profound Light enveloped the Vicious Beast on the right.

"Colorless Profound Light, Refine!!"

"Roar~"

In three breaths, he killed two more.

The last three did not lunge again.

They retreated several steps, surrounding Wu Li in a triangle, emitting low growls from their throats.

Wu Li did not give them a chance to catch their breath. The fire halberd flew out of his hand, slamming into the ground with a flame explosion, and the shockwave of fire sent all three Vicious Beasts flying.

He pressed forward, grabbed the head of a Vicious Beast in mid-air, and the Blood Pupil on his forehead finished charging. The blood-red light erupted again, directly shattering its skull.

...

Half an hour later, all six were dead.

Blood seeped into the stone floor, and Evil Qi gushed out like a volcanic eruption, drilling into Wu Li's body.

His Demon Power recovered rapidly, his wounds healed, and his stamina returned.

After a few waves, Wu Li had grown accustomed to this rhythm: kill, recover, the next wave is fiercer, kill again, recover again.

The number on the stone pillar kept jumping.

One hundred and three, one hundred and four, one hundred and five...

The Vicious Beasts were becoming more numerous and stronger, but Wu Li was getting more comfortable with the fighting.

The blood-red light of the Three Variations of the Blood Eye could not be withstood by Vicious Beasts of the same rank; the flames of the fire halberd killed Tier 2 ones upon contact; and even Tier 3 Early Stage ones would lose a layer of skin to the Colorless Profound Light.

One hundred and sixth wave, twelve Tier 3 Middle Stage ones.

Wu Li had a few more wounds on his body, but he still killed them all.

Evil Qi replenished him, his state recovered as before, and he continued.

One hundred and seventh wave, twelve Tier 3 Late Stage ones.

This time, the fight lasted nearly an hour. Wu Li's left arm was almost torn off, and he had pushed the Colorless Profound Light to its limit. But he still killed them all.

Evil Qi surged into his body, his Demon Power recovered, and his wounds healed.

The number on the stone pillar jumped once.

Finally...

One hundred and eight.

In the darkness, a figure slowly walked out.

This time it was not a group, but one.

In the darkness, a pair of scarlet eyes lit up.

Then.

A dark shadow swooped down from high above. Its wingspan was fully three zhang wide, and the feathers at the wingtips were as sharp as knives, gleaming with a cold, eerie light in the darkness.

Its body was covered in grey-black feathers—not scales, but feathers—each one like cast iron, pressed tightly against its body. Its head was massive, its beak curved like a hook, and its talons gleamed with dark red light.

Wu Li looked up at the shadow and cursed.

"Damn it, it flies."

He hated fighting flying things the most. Wu Li's expression darkened.

"Screech!!!"

The Vicious Bird did not give him time to prepare. With a flap of its wings, it swooped down at an astonishing speed. Wu Li dodged to the side, and the tips of the talons grazed his shoulder, scattering a few broken feathers.

Before he could steady himself, the Vicious Bird had already pulled up, circled in mid-air, and swooped down again.

"Get down here!"

Wu Li swept his fire halberd, and a blade of fire flew out.

The Vicious Bird did not dodge. It folded its wings and passed through the gap in the fire blade, its talons reaching directly for Wu Li's face.

Wu Li blocked horizontally with his halberd. The Vicious Bird's talons gripped the shaft of the halberd and pulled upward violently.

"Screech!!!"

"Boom!"

Wu Li's feet left the ground, and wings unfolded from his back simultaneously as both sides pulled at each other.