Chapter 280: A Fierce Close Combat Battle
The Small Thunder God Flying Hammer was smashed into the ground by the dragonman youngster’s battle skill.
But it quickly flew back into the sky by Xiong Ju’s spiritual control.
The Small Thunder God Flying Hammer continued to harass the dragonman youngster as it circling around him.
If the dragonman youngster was careless, the Small Thunder God Hammer would whack him. Besides the pain of the strike, the hammer would also shock him with electricity and cause paralysis.
Luckily, the dragonman youngster’s Flame Dragon King bloodline was pretty resistant to magic.
If it were someone else, the Small Thunder God Flying Hammer would not only pound their flesh into pulp but also paralyze them with electricity.
“Do you see it? That is the Small Thunder God Flying Hammer I forged!” The dwarf ringleader proudly exclaimed inside the VIP room.
Due to the flying hammer’s interference, the dragonman youngster couldn’t shoot as freely as before.
He had thought the Small Thunder God Flying Hammer was a close combat weapon and didn’t think it was a long ranged type weapon.
To withstand the flying hammer’s interference, the dragonman youngster was forced to shoot his arrows at it.
The alchemy arrows worked, continuously shooting down the Small Thunder God Flying Hammer to the ground.
But it quickly flew back up again.
The Bayonet Gang’s dwarf ringleader had used a large amount of precious materials to make this hammer, causing it to be very tough and tenacious.
The Small Thunder God Flying Hammer would only be scuffed black a bit by alchemy arrows and the dragonman youngster’s battle skills, barely taking any damage.
“This flying hammer is silver level, but unless I use gold level firepower, I won’t be able to get rid of it.” The dragonman youngster quickly recognized this fact.
He unavoidably landed into a conundrum.
At first, Xiong Ju was using the Flowing Wave Armor to block the alchemy arrows.
Now, the dragonman youngster had no choice but to divide his firepower to deal with the Small Thunder God Flying Hammer.
Pressure on Xiong Ju plummeted, and with a howl, he charged at the dragonman youngster.
The Flowing Wave Armor’s stream was also wrapped around Xiong Ju’s feet. While he moved, the stream under his feet acted in concert with him, bursting with a spray of water that accelerated him.
Xiong Ju’s charge was too obvious, and the dragonman youngster avoided it.
Xiong Ju’s Gold Flower Hacksaw hit air, and with a thump, smashed a giant hole in the ground.
The teeth frantically whirled, easily cutting through the tile.
Xiong Ju’s hacksaw also caused a great amount of rocky debris to fly everywhere in a split second.
The dragonman youngster retreated, trying to pull distance between him and Xiong Ju again.
But during this, the Small Thunder God Flying Hammer did its best to impede him, greatly perturbing him.
Xiong Ju charged at the dragonman youngster again.
The dragonman youngster hadn’t gotten far when the Small Thunder God Flying Hamme suddenly struck the dragonman youngster’s lower back from a tricky angle.
The dragonman youngster was consequently exposed.
Xiong Ju just happened to reach him then.
The beastman excitedly howled and precisely grabbed hold of this opening to swing the Gold Flower Hacksaw with both hands.
This time, the dragonman youngster didn’t dodge, he barely had enough time to raise his arms to block it.
A moment later, the Gold Flower Hacksaw ferociously slashed the dragonman youngster’s arms.
The dragonman youngster was flung back like an artillery shell.
At this time, both were quite close to the dueling arena’s oval walls.
The dragonman youngster was flung right into said wall.
Despite this, his arms safely shielded and protected his face and head.
Even though he was smashed into a wall, the dragonman youngster’s defense hadn’t been broken.
Xiong Ju gnashed his teeth when he saw that.
He had confidence in his heavy attack, but when he saw the dragonman youngster was unharmed, his heart suddenly sank.
To him, the dragonman youngster was as stubborn and unchanging as a tenacious costal reef. His attacks were like heavy sea waves, yet no matter how many battered the reef, it was to no avail.
The dragonman youngster quickly got out of the wall, then threw away his alchemy crossbows.
Seeing Xiong Ju charging with the Gold Flower Hacksaw again, the dragonman youngster decided to not pull back again, instead he charged too.
Both duelists quickly crashed into each other, starting a fierce confrontation.
This time, the dragonman youngster chose to fight in close quarters, abandoning long range warfare.
The Small Thunder God Flying Hammer spun around the two, its hammer head spinning and humming in the wind, yet it was unable to attack.
Although the hammer the dwarf ringleader had lent to Xiong Ju could be easily controlled with one’s spirit, time was too short, and Xiong Ju had barely learned how to use it over the course of one night.
Due to the two fighting close to each other, their bodies constantly changing position, Xiong Ju was unable to accurately control the hammer in this fight.
“I guessed right!”
“The intelligence report didn’t mention Xiong Ju having this weapon.”
“This proves: this flying hammer is like the Flowing Wave Armor; it was loaned to him.” The dragonman youngster thought.
His close combat abilities were not inferior to Xiong Ju, he had just decided to use longe ranged firepower to wear down Xiong Ju more and make things more advantageous for the dragonman youngster.
The battle situation was constantly shifting, and when Xiong Ju used the Flowing Wave Armor and Small Thunder God Flying Hammer, the dragonman youngster realized his prior tactics were no longer appropriate.
Under these circumstances, it was more favorable for him to choose melee combat.
With this choice of tactics, the Small Thunder Gold Flying Hammer temporarily became useless.
From this, the power of intelligence would be seen to be omnipresent.
Battle skill – Demolition Fist!
The dragonman youngster’s exploding fist struck Xiong Ju.
The Flowing Wave Armor showed its defensive function, and blew apart in a shower of water, counteracting Demolition Fist’s attack power.
Then a moment later, the hole was quickly mended.
Battle skill- Total Annihilation.
Xiong Ju swung the Gold Flower Hacksaw.
The gigantic hacksaw flew through the air in a stripe of golden light, its momentum staggering.
The dragonman youngster didn’t dodge it, instead he planted his dragon feet tenaciously, ready to block it.
The Gold Flower Hacksaw smashed into the dragonman youngster’s Gold Silk Chainmail.
The gold flowers that appeared throughout the air were unable to harm the dragonman youngster.
The battle sank into a deadlock, as both sides competed fiercely in terms of battle qi, stamina, military power, and equipment!
During this contest, Xiong Ju suddenly opened his mouth and used his racial magic – Bear Roar!
An explosion of sound.
Because both were so close together, the dragonman youngster was instantly hit.
His head went dizzy, and his entire body lost mobility for a split second.
Xiong Ju raised his leg and kicked the dragonman youngster in the chest, tossing him to the ground.
Xiong Ju seized the opportunity to raise his body and arms, lifting the Gold Flower Hacksaw.
Battle skill – Mountain Splitter!
The hacksaw smashed into the dragonman youngster’s chest with ruthless and incomparably violence.
The teeth wildly whirled, wanting to sever the dragonman youngster at the waist.
Large amounts of splattering sparks quickly formed a gold flower that filled the sky.
This resplendent and dazzling scene contained brutality and grave danger.
Countless people cried out in alarm simultaneously.
Some people even stood up anxiously.
Among them was Chi Lai.
Although Chi Lai had just joined the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps, he had a strong bond with the dragonman youngster.
The main reason was that they both had the same religion.
On the contrary, Lan Zao was calmly sitting in his seat.
Lan Zao worshiped the dragonman youngster. In addition to that, he also knew much more about the dragonman youngster, thus he was more confident in him than others.
As a matter of fact, the dwarf Men Shi was also standing up.
But because he was very short, this wasn’t that apparent.
Seeing signs the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ people wanted to interfere, the dueling staff immediately took precautions and glared at the three like tigers.
Heroic dules did not permit outsiders to meddle, but they were allowed to interrupt it.
If an outsider interfered, it would tarnish age-old tradition, and the people would turn against them.
Even the Bayonet Gang would never desecrate the meaning of this rule.
Not at all!
If someone among them acted to break a heroic duel, the Bayonet Gang’s reputation would be thrown into the ditch. The entire Ice Sculpture Kingdom would spurn them, and they would no longer have room to survive.
But the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps were outsiders, they wouldn’t care such things as much.”
“Prepare yourself, if all else fails, we’ll save our commander!” Chi Lai grumbled.
Men Shi firmly modded, his face solemn, “I’ll cover you when the moment comes, you guys get out first.”
Lan Zao looked at the two silver levels with astonishment, increasing his opinion of them.
Lan Zao understood clearly: regardless of whether it was Chi Lai interfering in the duel or Men Shi covering their escape, both would be in enormous danger.
Even so, the still planned on rescuing the dragonman youngster.
Lan Zao rushed to soothe them, “Don’t worry, the Lord Commander won’t lose so easily. He hasn’t used his full strength just yet.”
As expected, a moment later the dragonman youngster cleared his head.
Battle skill – Demolition Fist.
Bang.
With an explosion, the dragonman youngster blasted the Gold Flower Hacksaw away from his abdomen.
Then he seized that opportunity to disengage.
Xiong Ju growled, hacksaw in hand as he pursued close behind.
The dragonman youngster did a fighting retreat as he examined himself.
The Gold Silk Chainmail around his abdomen suffered severe damage.
If a few more seconds had passed, a hole might have been cut into it.
To tell the truth, the Gold Flower Hacksaw was not a conventional weapon, when its teeth swiveled and turned, it could saw through many solid armors.
As long as Xiong Ju had an opportunity, the Gold Silk Chainmail would be grinded through.
Xiong Ju swung the Gold Flower Hacksaw in wide ranging sweeps.
Every slash that hit the dragonman youngster would cause a glittering golden flower to spark into being.
However, when these golden flowers attacked the dragonman youngster, it didn’t do much harm.
Because at this point in the fight, the dragonman youngster’s Grand Arena Medal was amplifying his overall attributes greatly, its steady growth throughout the fight now reaching an obvious level.
Seeing the dragonman youngster smoothly escaping, and once again doing battle with Xiong Ju, everyone watching cheered continuously.
Those watching for fun didn’t mind the trouble.
The audience wanted to see a more marvelous and protracted battle.
After seeing this happen and finding the dragonman youngster wasn’t that injured, Chi Lai and Men Shi let out a breath and sat back down.