182: Chapter 182 Resolving the Battle

"Do you know why the Wilbes Republic only has two third-rank wizards?"

Chebuman asked in return while secretly looking for an opportunity.

Nie Ning shook his head.

He had stayed in Ska City for a long time and barely knew any outside wizards, so how could he possibly know about such things?

"Because there is simply no third-rank promotion potion!"

A bitter smile appeared on Chebuman's face. "The Wilbes Republic has no shortage of genius wizards; there are even wizards who reached the second rank at your age."

"However, the exotic beast that produces the tian zhe holy feather has long been extinct. Even Skadi and the others only obtained their potions by relying on the Crimson Holy Blade."

Hearing this, Nie Ning felt even more puzzled. "Then wouldn't it be better if you also went to the Crimson Holy Blade?"

"Heh, in the eyes of those people, we are just some native wizards. They wouldn't even look at us straight, so how could they possibly give us such precious potions!"

Chebuman said with a look of resentment.

That was not even the most critical point.

It was rumored that the exotic beast that produced the tian zhe holy feather was exterminated by those very people!

And without the tian zhe holy feather, they could not make potions, and naturally, could not break through to the third rank.

The Crimson Holy Blade giving potions to Skadi and the Vice President was actually so that the Wilbes Republic could better provide various resources.

"Then this piece of tian zhe holy feather is..."

Nie Ning tilted his head and looked at the tian zhe holy feather in Chebuman's hand.

Chebuman glanced at Skadi in the pile of rubble and said slowly, "This was obtained by Skadi during a ruin exploration a few years ago."

"Oh~ I see."

Nie Ning wore an expression of sudden realization. "In other words, you thought I was more likely to obtain this tian zhe holy feather, which is why you had such great malice towards me."

Comparing this to Chebuman's previous attitude change, everything seemed normal.

To be able to advance, doing such things was not rare.

In fact, let alone Chebuman, Nie Ning himself had this idea in mind this time.

After all, even Charlie had a few bottles of potions on him; it made no sense for Skadi, the Vice President, to not have any.

Nie Ning shook his head slightly and sighed. "Don't you think you guessed wrong? What if Skadi gave the tian zhe holy feather to Charlie?"

"Heh, guess why Skadi sent Charlie here?"

Chebuman sneered and, without waiting for Nie Ning to answer, continued, "In order to better control this place, the Crimson Holy Blade usually has the descendants of Skadi and the Vice President take over their positions."

"To stabilize the situation, they naturally gift them third-rank potions to break through, and Skadi sending Charlie here was just to temper Charlie's character."

Upon hearing this, Nie Ning couldn't help but scratch his head; he hadn't expected the whole matter to have so many twists and turns.

That is to say, if he didn't have this piece of tian zhe holy feather, he would have to take a risk and use a second-rank potion to break through?

Just as Nie Ning was thinking, he suddenly felt something unusual behind him.

Turning his head to look, the Sludge Monster had already recovered halfway and was spraying a large number of mud ball bombs at him.

Because it had been heavily damaged by Skadi, the Sludge Monster was now only fifty or sixty meters in size, but it was still a behemoth to Nie Ning.

Nie Ning's magic power surged, summoning a large number of Wind Blades to attack the mud ball bombs.

Just as the Wind Blades detonated the mud ball bombs, the shield on Nie Ning's body suddenly flickered, and then a golden short spike stabbed at Nie Ning's back.

'Boom!'

The shield on Nie Ning's body exploded suddenly, blasting the ambushing Chebuman away.

Looking back at the blasted-away Chebuman, Nie Ning waved his hand, and several Flesh Spiders with a diameter of over ten meters crawled out from the ground.

Under Nie Ning's control, the Flesh Spiders rushed straight at the Sludge Monster.

Although the Sludge Monster's size was still enormous, it had ultimately been crippled by Skadi. The Flesh Spiders swarmed up, tackled the Sludge Monster, and then began to wrestle with it.

Nie Ning flapped his Ice Wings and arrived in front of Chebuman, who had just climbed up from the ground.

Chebuman still wanted to launch an attack, but as Nie Ning's battle qi surged, the powerful force tore through the shield directly, and he grabbed Chebuman by the neck.

"You, let me go, the... tian zhe holy feather is yours..."

Chebuman pleaded with a flushed face.

"If I kill you, it's still mine. In your next life, be more careful and don't provoke people you shouldn't."

Nie Ning's left hand grew a sharp blade, and with one slash, he split Chebuman's head in two.

Casually tossing Chebuman onto the ground like trash, Nie Ning raised his hand, and three spatial items and the golden short spike flew into his hand.

Nie Ning carefully examined the golden short spike and discovered that it was actually a magic-breaking blade.

"No wonder it could break through Skadi's magic shield."

If he didn't have the Light Break Impact skill, this guy might have actually had a tiny chance of success in ambushing him.

Of course, even if the ambush succeeded, it would at most only pierce his skin and flesh; after all, his traits and Earth Knight cultivation were not fake.

Nie Ning turned his head to look at the Sludge Monster.

A lean camel is still bigger than a horse.

Even if the Sludge Monster was crippled, it still wasn't something the Flesh Spiders could defeat.

At this moment, several Flesh Spiders had been blown to pieces by the mud ball bombs.

Even so, Nie Ning had no intention of letting the Flesh Spiders fuse.

If it were before, he would indeed have been prepared to let the Flesh Spiders fuse and give it a try.

He only needed to finish off the Sludge Monster as quickly as possible before the fog formed, and then force the Human-Faced Balloon to disengage from the fusion state.

But now it was no longer necessary.

Taking advantage of the time the Flesh Spiders restricted the Sludge Monster, Nie Ning stretched out his right hand and activated the Eight-Fold Elemental Fusion Technique.

This time, Nie Ning held nothing back. Under the massive magic power of the Second Ring peak, he quickly created a light sphere with a diameter of one meter.

As Nie Ning made a gripping motion, the light sphere transformed into a three-meter-long Light Spear.

Seeming to sense the intense energy fluctuations, the Sludge Monster began to attack the Flesh Spiders frantically.

But under Nie Ning's control, the Flesh Spiders were fearless and would not retreat because of fear.

Nie Ning did not care about the life or death of the Flesh Spiders.

When the battle qi in his body was fully activated, Nie Ning reversed the Elemental Power in the spear and then threw it with great force.

The gray Light Spear turned into a streak of light, piercing into the Sludge Monster's body at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

'Boom!'

A deafening explosion sounded, and a mushroom cloud about two hundred meters in diameter rose from the ground.

The violent energy shockwave spread to the surroundings, and building debris like mud and stones were all blown away.

Waiting for the smoke and dust to clear, only a deep pit hundreds of meters wide was left on the ground; the Flesh Spiders and the Sludge Monster had already disappeared.

Just then, on the clean ground, a small mound of dirt suddenly bulged, and then a Flesh Spider only ten centimeters or so in size crawled out from the soil.

Nie Ning took out a small box and put the Flesh Spider inside.

Looking around, Nie Ning looked at the pile of rubble not far away.

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