Chapter 117: I Underestimated You!
"Very well, weak enemies are not necessarily a bad thing!"
Li Meng sneered viciously, swinging his large iron rod.
The massive iron rod pointed directly at the Southern Sword King, Carlos.
"Hey, human, if you don't hurry up and kill me, your army will be wiped out by my little brothers!"
A mere goblin could actually communicate telepathically?
Carlos's face turned cold, filled with killing intent.
This goblin warrior was extremely dangerous and had to be killed.
"Then let me grant your wish. Goblin, prepare to die!"
Carlos snorted coldly, stepping forward with his right foot.
The moment his foot stepped on the ice, his figure vanished.
A wave of air exploded outward.
The ice beneath him cracked with a sharp sound.
Carlos shot out like an arrow released from a bow.
He was so fast that the sound of him breaking the air followed after he had already arrived.
"Haha, then let's fight!"
Li Meng laughed uproariously.
In a flash, he dashed toward Carlos.
Li Meng was fast, but Carlos was even faster.
On the icy ground, the two figures flashed by each other in an instant.
They crossed paths in the blink of an eye.
On the icy field, the two stood back to back, separated by several dozen meters.
Time seemed to freeze at this moment.
"Hiss!"
A few seconds later, the sound of "hiss" rang out.
Li Meng's right hand, which had been holding the iron rod, was severed from the shoulder.
Blood sprayed out as the severed hand fell to the ground.
The massive iron rod had been broken in two.
"So painful, so painful! Hahaha!"
Li Meng roared toward the sky.
The towering figure turned around, grinning maliciously at Carlos.
"Hiss!"
Carlos's body suddenly went limp, and he half-kneeled on the ground.
He spat out a large mouthful of blood.
Looking at Carlos's chest, a large concave dent could be seen.
In the brief moment when they crossed paths, many things had occurred.
Although Carlos had severed the iron rod and cut off Li Meng's arm with one slash, his chest was also struck by a punch from the severed arm.
When the iron rod was severed, Li Meng had changed his attack and punched Carlos's chest.
Carlos, relying on his advanced combat skills, twisted his body to reduce the force of the punch.
Even so, Li Meng's punch, which slid off the chest armor, nearly claimed Carlos's life.
"You... your body can regenerate?"
Carlos struggled to his feet and turned to face Li Meng.
Upon seeing him, Carlos's expression changed dramatically.
The goblin's severed arm was regenerating at a speed visible to the naked eye.
This ability was something only seen in ogres.
But today, he witnessed this "physical regeneration" ability in a goblin.
How could Carlos not be shocked?
Furthermore, the goblin warrior possessed extraordinary strength.
Ordinary goblin warriors could be killed by him with just a finger.
But this goblin warrior exceeded him in raw strength.
"Hu!"
A flicker of killing intent crossed Carlos's eyes.
He took a deep breath.
Wielding his massive sword, his eyes locked onto the goblin warrior.
"Goblin, I must kill you today!"
Carlos's figure flashed, transforming into a violent wind shooting forward.
In the instant Carlos attacked, Li Meng's right hand had already regenerated, sprouting as a fresh green hand.
Li Meng stepped on the ground, causing the broken iron rod on the ice to bounce upward.
Holding a piece of the broken rod in each hand, Li Meng swung one toward Carlos.
"Clang!"
The sound of their weapons clashing echoed across the battlefield.
Sparks flew as Carlos frantically swung his massive sword.
The speed of his swings was so fast that the sword seemed like a blur.
However, every strike was blocked by the iron rods in Li Meng's hands.
Carlos circled Li Meng, attacking relentlessly.
Sometimes advancing, sometimes retreating, their exchange created a flurry of sword and blade shadows.
Each collision of their weapons sent shockwaves spreading outward.
The surrounding ice cracked layer by layer under the impact of their clash.
"Sword of Light: Strike!"
Carlos roared inwardly, his body assuming a striking posture.
The giant sword in Carlos's hand thrust forward.
In that instant, the sword transformed into light.
Carlos's aura surged.
The light sword, like a falling star, aimed straight for Li Meng's chest.
"Crack!"
At that moment, ice elements suddenly converged beneath Carlos's feet.
Carlos's expression changed slightly.
He abandoned the attack and leaped backward.
The moment Carlos jumped, a massive ice spike shot up from where he had just stood.
The towering ice spike, nearly ten meters tall, formed a shield in front of Li Meng.
"Sword of Light: Slash!"
Landing on the ice, Carlos swung his sword.
A gigantic light blade shot out.
The blade moved with the speed of light.
In a flash of white light, it struck the ice spike.
"Crack!"
The ice spike shattered into pieces.
The light blade's momentum didn't falter as it struck the ice layer.
In an instant, a trench several meters long appeared on the ice.
This was carved by the light blade.
"Where is it?"
Although the ice spike shattered, Carlos couldn't see the goblin warrior's figure.
It wasn't dead—Carlos was certain of that.
"Crack!"
Suddenly, the ice beneath his feet shattered.
Carlos's expression changed.
"Sword of Light: Blink!"
Carlos's figure transformed into light, dashing into the distance.
In the blink of an eye, he appeared dozens of meters away.
"Boom!"
Where Carlos had been standing, the ice violently shattered.
A towering green figure emerged from the water—it was Li Meng.
Before Carlos launched his light blade attack, Li Meng had already stomped through the ice beneath him.
Although Carlos saw his reflection behind the ice spike, it was only an illusion.
Landing steadily on the ice, Li Meng stepped forward.
"War Stomp!"
"Boom!"
A deafening explosion followed.
The ice in front of Li Meng shattered completely.
Web-like cracks spread across hundreds of meters of ice.
The massive force lifted a wave that surged toward Carlos.
Standing on a piece of ice, Carlos swayed with the rippling water.
As the wave mixed with ice chunks approached, Carlos raised his massive sword.
"Sword of Light: Void Slash!"
Holy-tier light magic burst forth from Carlos.
A massive light sword phantom appeared above him.
Carlos gripped his sword with both hands and slashed forward.
The hundred-meter-long light sword cut the wave in two.
The residual energy surged to the sides.
The light sword continued its trajectory, slicing toward Li Meng's position.
"Well, I underestimated him!"
Li Meng cried out, awkwardly leaping to the side.
The hundred-meter-long light sword struck the river surface.
"Boom!"
With a thunderous roar, the river split into a massive trench.
Two columns of water shot skyward.
Seconds later, the trench was refilled by the river, leaving the surface violently rippling.
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