Chapter 19: Tearing the Hundred-Eye Palm
Chapter 19: Tearing the Hundred-Eye Palm
Chu Mu really wanted to find a chance to kill Zhou Shengmo, as an ambush was better than a formal duel, but there was no such opportunity. And now, there were two other people by his side, so Chu Mu could not make a reckless move.
The voices of the three men grew fainter and fainter, and their figures gradually disappeared into the Thick Forest. Chu Mu only stepped out from behind the tree after watching them leave. After thinking for a moment, he continued towards the location of the Jade Dew Fungus.
To preserve his fighting strength, Chu Mu intentionally avoided any Soul Pets he encountered along the way. Following the marks left earlier, he found the Jade Dew Fungus under about a dozen dense trees after roughly half an hour, and next to it, the Hundred-Eye Palm.
The petals of the Hundred-Eye Palm were large and thick, like several layers of banana leaves pressed together, covered with many eye-like patterns that looked startlingly lifelike.
“The petals of the Hundred-Eye Palm probably have a secondary layer of skin, and that skin is definitely very tough. You should mainly attack its root stem,” Chu Mu instructed Little Mo Xie.
The clever Little Mo Xie nodded, its silver eyes fixed on the Hundred-Eye Palm with its hundreds of eyes.
During Chu Mu’s nearly two-month taming process, he had been feeding Mo Xie Beast Attribute Soul Cores, so now Little Mo Xie’s claws had become even sharper.
“Begin the battle!” Little Mo Xie’s movements were still very agile; climbing a twenty-meter-tall tree was as easy as walking on flat ground. It ran to the end of a branch, pushed off from it, and its nimble figure flashed through the green leaves.
“Swish!” Sharp claws suddenly extended from its paw pads, immediately slicing a few leaves in half!
A flash of cold light, Mo Xie swiftly descended, its claws gathering strength as it shot forward. Nimbly passing through the large petals of the Hundred-Eye Palm, it went straight for the root stem with its claws!
Tearing Claw! Mo Xie had become much more proficient with its Tearing Claw; its movement was fluid, rapid, and crisp!
The Hundred-Eye Palm immediately lowered its petals. The petals acted like a shield, blocking Mo Xie’s attack and protecting the vulnerable root stem!
“Whoosh!” The Tearing Claw slashed across the Hundred-Eye Palm’s petals. The shield-like petal immediately showed several deep gashes, extending from the center to the edges, and thick sap began to flow from the wounds!
This Stage 8 Hundred-Eye Palm already had three shield-like petals. After having one petal injured by Mo Xie, it immediately twisted its root stem, spinning like a propeller, turning the three petals into extremely sharp blades that slashed and churned towards Mo Xie!
“Three-Blade Vortex. Mo Xie, keep a distance of five meters!” Chu Mu immediately issued the command.
Mo Xie landed lightly, tapped its toes, and agilely jumped again. With two continuous leaps, it immediately jumped five meters away. Its body turned in mid-air, and after landing, its claws scraped the ground as it slid for a short distance. Its head was lowered halfway, and its silver eyes calmly watched the Hundred-Eye Palm.
“Swish swish swish swish!”
The Hundred-Eye Palm’s Three-Blade Vortex was unleashed. The petals spun rapidly like blades, stirring up chaotic gusts of wind. Instantly, the surrounding leaves, branches, tree trunks, and weeds flew everywhere!
As the Hundred-Eye Palm’s root stem twisted, the range of the Three-Blade Vortex could extend over four meters away. A tree within these four meters was sent crashing down under the power of the three-blade whirl!
The Hundred-Eye Palm’s Three-Blade Vortex lasted for a while. As the plant’s stem and leaves swayed, the skill gradually began to slow down.
“Now’s the chance!” Chu Mu’s timing was excellent, issuing the command the moment the Three-Blade Vortex ended.
Upon receiving the command, Mo Xie suddenly darted out, swift as the wind. Its sharp claws extended abruptly, and it moved along a strange zigzag path like lightning, unleashing Tearing Claw once again!
“Whoosh! Whoosh!” With a left-right cross, Mo Xie’s claws struck the Hundred-Eye Palm’s root stem with perfect accuracy. The root stem immediately showed a clear break!
“Watch out for its Hundred-Eye Poison Needles!” Chu Mu glanced at the half-broken eye patterns on the Hundred-Eye Palm and quickly warned.
Indeed, as the Hundred-Eye Palm teetered, the eyes on its three shield-like petals suddenly opened, and numerous black needle-like objects rapidly appeared!
The Hundred-Eye Poison Needles all locked onto Mo Xie. The needles from the first petal shot out first, numerous and incredibly sharp!
“Thud thud thud thud!”
Mo Xie leapt backward. Instantly, all the poison needles struck the spot where it had just been standing, riddling the ground.
The second petal suddenly sprayed next. Little Mo Xie clung to a tree trunk with its claws and scrambled upwards rapidly. That series of poison needles shot from below, almost grazing Little Mo Xie’s beautiful tail as they stuck into the trunk in neat, orderly rows!
“Crack!”
The tree was very brittle. After being pierced by the poison needles, it made a crisp sound and finally toppled over.
The third petal had the most needles. The area within a ten-meter radius was now completely open, and Mo Xie was fully exposed within the Hundred-Eye Palm’s line of attack.
“Thud thud thud thud thud thud thud!”
Hundreds of poison needles swept past, like a torrential downpour, beating down frantically!
“Moon Shadow.”
Mo Xie seemed to stand still, but its petite and graceful body produced a faint, blurry silhouette…
All the poison needles passed through Mo Xie’s hazy shadow, but it was like passing through mist; they flew into the distant bushes without any obstruction!
Moon Shadow was the Moonlight Fox’s evasion skill. It could still be used even without moonlight, though the effect would be somewhat reduced.
Of course, if mastered well, even without moonlight, Moon Shadow could still easily dodge many powerful and fierce attacks.
Little Mo Xie had mastered Moon Shadow at the First Stage. By now, it had honed this skill to an advanced level. Even without moonlight, dodging an attack of this level was not really a problem.
“Good, finish it!” A smile appeared on Chu Mu’s face.
Little Mo Xie’s figure gradually became solid again. It lowered its body and swiftly darted forward. Without needing to use any skill, its sharp claws simply swept across the Hundred-Eye Palm’s stem area!
The Hundred-Eye Palm’s body was already bent. Mo Xie’s claws swept across, completely separating the root stem from the petals, which were slapped forcefully to the ground!
The stem area was the Hundred-Eye Palm’s weakest part. Mo Xie’s final strike easily tore through it. With its support lost, the Hundred-Eye Palm finally fell and gradually lost all signs of life…
Chu Mu jumped down from the tree. Gazing at the Hundred-Eye Palm’s corpse, he stroked Little Mo Xie’s fur and said with a smile, “Go retrieve its Soul Core.”