Ninth in The World - Chapter 114

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Geng Jihua retreated to Di Jiu’s side as fast as he could . Di Jiu had already grabbed an array flag and begun to arrange a Defense Array .

After spending a long time in the Marsh Ocean Forest, he had arranged various arrays and become extremely skilled at it . He used a dozen array flags to successfully arrange a third-level Defense Array and another dozen array flags to form a third-level killing array outside the Defense Array .

As the herd of swamp lions rushed over, the confinement array screeched as if it was about to be torn apart .

The giant axe in Geng Jihua’s hands had already turned into several axe blades as it struck out . Each time it did, it took the life of a dozen swamp lions .

Di Jiu was constantly repairing the confinement arrays and arranging all kinds of killing arrays .

More swamp lions were torn apart by the various saber flares of the killing array before they fell right in the middle of it . Geng Jihua killed dozens of swamp lions each time, while Di Jiu’s killing array also killed big batches of them .

Almost all of them were first-class swamp lions . Several serial killing arrays were eventually stabilized by Di Jiu before they continued to increase .

Di Jiu even began to try to integrate his first and second saber move flares into the killing arrays . However, Geng Jihua was suddenly struck by a violent force that sent him flying .

“Brother Jiu, this is a third-level swamp lion…” Geng Jihua climbed up from the ground and wiped the blood away from his mouth .

Di Jiu threw all the array flags in his hand to the Tiny Treant . “You are responsible for helping me stabilize these killing arrays . I am coming!”

The swamp lion that had caused Geng Jihua to fly at impact was indeed a third-level monster . The intelligence of this monster was obviously incomparable to that of a normal swamp lion . After it struck Geng Jihua, the monster tried to break Di Jiu’s killing arrays . It obviously knew that if Di Jiu’s killing arrays were broken, the three of them would become its next meal .

Could Di Jiu allow the swamp lion to tear apart his killing arrays? As he stepped out of the two killing arrays, the long knife in his hand stirred up a whirlpool of saber flare and slashed at the third-level monster .

The swamp lion’s battle experience was no worse than Di Jiu’s . The monster seemed to feel that Di Jiu’s realm was inferior, so it did not avoid it . Instead, it opened its mouth to reveal a dozen teeth that smelled like blood . Meanwhile, it leapt up and turned its two front claws into a protective wall with strong Quintessential Qi .

Boom! Boom! The whirlpool saber flare struck the swamp lion’s body and created long bloody wounds on it .

Di Jiu’s heart sank . Even though his whirlpool saber flare was slashing at the beast, the injuries it caused felt like mere tickles to the swamp lion .

Di Jiu was sure that this was not a swamp lion that had just entered the third grade . It was most likely a late-stage third-grade monster, which was why it was extremely strong . If there had been only one swamp lion, Di Jiu would not have minded fighting with it slowly . However, there were countless swamp lions around him, so if he took the time to fight with this swamp lion, the three of them would be at a disadvantage .

As soon as he made this decision, Di Jiu did not try to stop the blade arrows flying towards him . After he avoided the two arrows shot at his head, the long knife in his hand turned into saber waves that headed towards the swamp lion .

When it saw that Di Jiu did not stop the blade arrows flying towards him, the swamp lion roared and turned its front paws into five claws . The claws’ shadow formed an almost substantial iron hook in the air that clawed at Di Jiu .

As the iron hook of the swamp lion attacked him, Di Jiu found it hard to breath . The space around him suddenly became thick .

Boom! Boom! Boom! A dozen blade arrows smashed into Di Jiu’s chest . When his chest exploded, Essence Energy escaped in every direction .

Even though he was wearing a Spirit Weapon Inner Armor, Di Jiu couldn’t help but vomit blood .

Di Jiu’s heart slowly calmed down . He was not afraid anymore . If he had not mastered the Gathering Peaks and Furious Waves moves, he might have been worried . However, he knew very well that the swamp lion’s move was similar to his two moves, so he could use his killing aura to oppress his opponent .

After this attack, Di Jiu threw a punch without hesitation and used the Gathering Peaks move, which he had used rarely ever since he had mastered it .

Meanwhile, the saber waves had already slammed into the swamp lion . As Di Jiu expected, the swamp lion was not bothered by this . It seemed like the monster was confident in its refined body, veins and bones, so it was not annoyed by Di Jiu’s saber wave attack .

Di Jiu sneered as the Gathering Peaks amassed continuous fist mountains . When the first fist mountain rolled up, Di Jiu’s whole body felt loose . After the second and third fist mountains appeared, Di Jiu disengaged himself from the swamp lion’s iron claw completely .

Although he could avoid the iron claws of the swamp lion at any time, Di Jiu did not intend to do so . His fists were still out, while his saber turned into a white whip that lashed out .

The white whip gathered all the killing aura around it and turned it into an icy cold saber intent inside the bones that seemed determined to kill .

Boom! Boom! Boom! The twisted saber wave slammed into the swamp lion . Just as the swamp lion had expected, it only created a small bloody fog . The swamp lion did not think that the bloody fog was worth its attention . What was really worth its attention was the continuous fist mountains that Di Jiu bombarded it with and the icy cold saber intent that seemed determined to kill it .

Bang! Bang! Bloody fog burst from the swamp lion’s body as the swamp lion started screaming .

Suddenly, the monster realized that Di Jiu’s continuous saber wave was just a lead . The real killing move was the Saber Qi explosion of the saber wave that wounded its body . The saber wave struck its body like waves hitting stone . Countless saber flares rushed directly into his body before the Saber Qi exploded inside it .

Boom! Boom! Boom! The mountain shadow of the Gathering Peaks finally collided with the iron claws of the swamp lion . If there had been no saber explosion, the swamp lion would have been able to smash Di Jiu’s Gathering Peaks and grab onto his skull .

However, now that countless saber flares had burst inside its body, it would have to retreat or die right there .

The swamp lion was no longer motivated to fight .

Unfortunately, the decision to retreat was out of its hands now . By the time it decided to retreat, its demise had already been set in motion . The Wind-Rustling Move’s saber intent followed the Gathering Peaks and landed on the swamp lion’s neck .

The saber intent that gathered the space’s killing aura suddenly burst, while a bloody arrow shot forward . The swamp lion was decapitated by Di Jiu’s saber move .

A strong self-confidence filled Di Jiu’s heart as the surrounding Spirit Qi continued to gather . Di Jiu had been in a similar situation before, so he knew that he was about to attain the mid-stage Foundation Establishment, which was the fourth-level Foundation Establishment .

Every time he advanced during a battle, his improvement was much stronger than the strength of his retreat .

After the third-stage swamp lion was killed, the rest of the swamp lions seemed to sense that danger was approaching, so they turned around and escaped into the boundless swamp forest .

Boom! Di Jiu suddenly broke through the third-level Foundation Establishment and attained the fourth-level Foundation Establishment . As his heart filled with unrestrained pride, he raised the long saber in his hand .

Ever since he had escaped from the Ji Nation, he had never thought that he would reach such heights .

The Foundation Establishment back in the Ji Nation had allowed one to exist as a Martial King . Di Jiu was now at the fourth-level Foundation Establishment . However, before he had attained the Foundation Establishment Realm, he had killed a late-stage third-level swamp lion in a one-to-one match .

Although the swamp lion had been partially killed by the killing array, Di Jiu knew that his rushed killing array had not actually been that useful against the third-level swamp lion . What had really killed the swamp lion had been his fifth split-wave saber move and the Gathering Peaks .

The Wind-Rustling Move had only been able to slash the swamp lion’s skull because of the fifth saber move and the Gathering Peaks .

The fact that Di Jiu had been able to kill a third-level swamp lion meant that he had attained the fourth-level Foundation Establishment and he was now able to deal with the average Golden Core cultivator .

“Brother Jiu, have you attained the mid-stage Foundation Establishment Realm?” Geng Jihua, who was still at the third-level Foundation Establishment, asked excitedly .

The Tiny Treant was even more delighted . The more powerful Di Jiu was, the more it would benefit . Killing a third-level swamp lion was no big deal . What mattered was that Big Brother could now deal with Golden Core cultivators, which meant that they’d have no problem getting out of the Marsh Ocean Forest .

“Yes, I am able to handle normal Golden Core cultivators now, so we don’t need to deliberately stay here and fight for our survival . We can go to the Marsh Ocean Town and see if the Qi Family’s Commercial Building has been rebuilt,” Di Jiu said calmly with a laugh .

“Are we still going to rob that building, Brother Jiu?” The Tiny Treant’s eyes brightened with greed . This was its favorite kind of activity .

“If the Qi Family’s Commercial Building does not cause me trouble, we will leave it alone . If it does, then we’ll get all our cultivation resources directly from that building . After robbing the building in the Marsh Ocean Town, we’ll move on to branches in other locations . ” Di Jiu smiled, as he did not think that the Qi Family’s Commercial Building would let this go .

He would not intentionally provoke the Qi Family . Before he attained a certain level of strength, he would try to use a mask as a disguise .