Dark Golden Three-Headed Bat King—this was the name of the massive bat. When Tang San and Hu Liena traversed the Hell Road in the original story, this creature brought them a tremendous crisis. If the previous blood bats had failed to put any pressure on Gu Xuan, the appearance of this Three-Headed Bat King made him sense a hint of danger.
The three heads of the Dark Golden Three-Headed Bat King, with six eyes in total, stared fixatedly at Gu Xuan and Dugu Yan, flashing with a cold, icy light. The bat king made no superfluous movements and didn't even test them; its central head let out a screech, unfurled its terrifying wings, and suddenly lunged directly at Gu Xuan.
Before its massive body even reached them, an unparalleled, overbearing aura rushed at them. The terrifying gale it kicked up was more horrific than all the previous blood bats combined. With such power, Gu Xuan instantly judged that the strength of this Dark Golden Three-Headed Bat surpassed that of ordinary ten-thousand-year soul beasts.
Under normal circumstances, this bat king might not have posed a threat to Gu Xuan and Dugu Yan. But facing such a massive flying creature on this specific terrain was clearly extremely disadvantageous.
Faced with the bat king's assault, Dugu Yan coiled her snake tail around Gu Xuan. Her jade hands flickered rapidly as toxic needles shot toward the Dark Golden Three-Headed Bat King. The bat king charged straight ahead without pausing; the flapping of its dark-gold leather wings simply knocked away Dugu Yan's needles. The razor-sharp needles failed to leave even a scratch on its body, only faint white marks—it couldn't even break its defense.
Although Dugu Yan's needles were launched through manual technique, the force behind them was such that even a Soul King using soul skills might not be able to defend against them. The fact that the bat king could defend using only its wings spoke volumes about its defensive capabilities.
However, while the Dark Golden Three-Headed Bat's defense was formidable, that was only in comparison to Dugu Yan's needles. As her needles flew out, the sword array formed by the eight dragon swords around Gu Xuan shifted. Two dragon swords detached from the array and streaked toward the bat king.
The dragon swords struck the surface of the bat king's body but failed to wound the beast. It was then that Gu Xuan noticed a faint golden soul power barrier protecting the creature. It was because of this that its defense was so terrifying. Although Gu Xuan had read the original story, he naturally couldn't remember every single detail perfectly, which was why this first strike failed to produce results.
But this didn't mean Gu Xuan couldn't deal with the bat king. He could clearly see that the golden barrier on the bat king's body had dimmed slightly after being struck. This meant its defense was not invincible; it consumed a certain amount of power to resist external attacks.
Finding the attacks ineffective, the Dark Golden Three-Headed Bat King's speed increased further. When it was only twenty meters away, its central head spat out a wave of dark-gold ripples toward the pair. Dugu Yan quickly wrapped her arms around Gu Xuan's neck to avoid interfering with his performance.
The reason Dugu Yan didn't leave Gu Xuan was that the surrounding blood bats were still watching like tigers eyeing their prey. If she detached from him, she would likely be swarmed. If that happened, Gu Xuan might become distracted. Of course, it wasn't that Dugu Yan lacked the ability to deal with blood bats on her own, but doing this maximized their soul power conservation; if Gu Xuan reached his limit, Dugu Yan could immediately take over.
Facing the attack, the two dragon swords continued to circle and cut at the bat king, wearing down its defensive barrier. Meanwhile, two more dragon swords flew out from his sword array, erupting with endless sword intent to slice through the incoming dark-gold ripples.
Simultaneously, his right bone claw turned dark-gold, extending into five one-meter-long claws. Flying out alongside the dragon swords were five dark-gold air blades. Driven by soul power, Gu Xuan activated the Darkgold Terrorclaw's soul bone skill—Sky-Tearing Claw.
However, this Sky-Tearing Claw wasn't aimed at the bat king's attack; it was targeted directly at its heads. Two powerful attacks were launched, but to Gu Xuan's surprise, his two swords didn't slice through the bat king's attack as intended; the ripples passed straight through them.
Gu Xuan's reaction was swift. With a few leaps, he retreated ten meters. Before fully understanding the opponent's abilities, he wouldn't choose a head-on clash. Although he dodged the attack, the dark-red ripples released by the bat king completely shattered a three-meter section of the narrow path where they had stood, sending countless fragments falling into the abyss.
Though he didn't know how this narrow path was formed, he understood that there was no retreat here. If the road ahead was destroyed too much, he and Dugu Yan might be trapped here forever. But while a portion of the path beneath them was destroyed, Gu Xuan's Sky-Tearing Claw accurately struck the large central head of the Dark Golden Three-Headed Bat King.
What was the power of the Sky-Tearing Claw? It was the innate soul skill of a Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear. Furthermore, Gu Xuan's Darkgold Terrorclaw had evolved to the hundred-thousand-year level; one could imagine how powerful the explosive force was. Despite the bat king's extremely tough body, its central head was sliced into several segments by that terrifying, destructive power.
Amidst the mournful cries of the other two heads, the Dark Golden Three-Headed Bat King flapped its wings and flew backward. Not only because its central head was wounded, but also because its barrier was nearly exhausted; from the start, two of Gu Xuan's dragon swords had been rapidly depleting it. As an external soul bone with a cultivation of over ninety thousand years, the power of the Sword Dragon Eight Wings was absolutely no joke.
"Xiao Xuan, it wants to destroy our path," Dugu Yan warned at that moment.
Hearing her words, Gu Xuan made a split-second decision and instantly exerted force to charge forward again. At that moment, Dugu Yan watched in horror as the bat king flew back to its swarm, opened its mouths to devour dozens of its subordinates, and its central head actually grew back.
Dugu Yan cried out in shock, "This thing can actually regenerate?"
By then, Gu Xuan had already leaped high into the air, aiming for the opposite side of the narrow path three meters away. Only by reaching the other side could they continue forward, and the previous damage would be left behind.
However, the intelligence of this Dark Golden Three-Headed Bat King was not low. One of its heads opened its maw and released another circle of dark-red ripples, this time even more intense than before. It wasn't aimed at Gu Xuan, but directly at the spot where he was about to land.
The bat king's intelligence was clearly much higher than the blood bats'. Although its strength was far superior to theirs, it knew it was no match for the man before it, so its goal from the start was to destroy the path and prevent Gu Xuan from advancing.
At the critical moment, Gu Xuan remained calm; maintaining composure was a quality he had long possessed. The two dragon swords that had just blocked the bat king quietly moved under Gu Xuan. He stepped on them and leaped high again, directly bypassing the bat king's attack range and landing steadily.
Those two dragon swords then streaked back toward the bat king. At this point, four dragon swords remained around Gu Xuan to maintain the array, while the other four launched an attack on the bat king.
Seeing him land steadily, Dugu Yan said somewhat anxiously, "This guy can rely on devouring subordinates to recover. What is its weakness?"
Gu Xuan replied calmly, "It has three heads, but it can't possibly have three hearts."
(End of Chapter)
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