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Chapter 246: 245: Victory in the First Battle! (Please Subscribe!)
Chapter 246: 245: Victory in the First Battle! (Please Subscribe!)
Chapter 246: 245: Victory in the First Battle! (Please Subscribe!)
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“Little Hawk King, this time, you may have to be the bait!” Du Gang said with a sly smile.
“Bait?” Little Hawk King furrowed his brows, asking, “What kind of bait?”
Du Gang explained, “Mainly because of you. You have wings, which allow you to restrain the enemy on the ground by flying, but underwater, you’re not fast enough to withstand the enemies, and might not even last as long as Long Aotian…”
“So, we need to divide the battlefield!”
Du Gang confidently said, “Only in this way can we fully utilize the capabilities of each team member and win!”
“Firstly, you will be the bait, at the forefront on the surface of the water, attracting the Demon Clan underneath…”
“When the Demon Clan squad surfaces, Niu Dazhuang, you’re in charge of attracting their attention. Qiao Bing hides and waits for the right moment. Long Aotian will launch a surprise attack from below, holding back their fourth member…”
“Qiao Bing and I will be responsible for killing the fifth enemy to change the battlefield…”
After hearing the plan, Qiao Bing seemed a bit nervous, “Can this really work? It feels like we’re using all our strengths while avoiding our weaknesses…”
Du Gang laughed, “We won’t know if it works until we try. This is the best outcome we can imagine. As for the concrete situation, there could be some deviations. We just need to adapt on the fly…”
Everyone nodded, acknowledging his plan.
Little Hawk King asked, “So, where to now? Which team should I lure first?”
Du Gang pondered for a few seconds, “Since we cannot estimate the strength of each Demon Clan squad, let’s choose the one farthest from the others…”
Little Hawk King nodded, “Follow me then…”
Suddenly, the team found themselves in an unfamiliar water area.
“The location of the Demon Clan squad is around 500 meters ahead, submerged 200 meters below!”
Little Hawk King reminded everyone.
Du Gang contemplated for a moment, then spoke, “The first time, our priority is to experiment and gather as much information as possible while killing the enemy is secondary. Therefore, Long Aotian, you should go under the water from here and lie in wait about 250 meters below them. The specific attack signal depends on whether they surface. If they do, follow them and strike as soon as they are about to leave the water, locking onto the third or fourth Demon…”
Long Aotian nodded, immediately dove into the water without saying a word, and soon disappeared from sight.
Du Gang nodded, then continued, “As mentioned before, underwater, the human eyes can only see total internal reflection but can’t perceive refraction, which means…”
His eyes slightly closed as he started doing the calculations in his mind.
After a while, he muttered, “48.75°, that’s the maximum visible circular range…”
“Based on the relationship between the sides and angles of a right-angled triangle, we can calculate the specific range the enemy can see…”
Du Gang then asked, “Little Hawk King, how far are these demons from the water surface?”
Little Hawk King hesitated, “I can only vaguely feel that they are about 200 meters below the water surface. As for the precise distance, I’m not sure…”
Du Gang pondered for a while, then asked, “Do you know our current location relative to that Demon Clan team?”
Little Hawk King nodded, “I can figure that out. We of the Ying Clan have special markers for each distance, so we can estimate the straight-line distance…”
He took a glimpse and then smugly said, “The straight-line distance between us and the Demon Clan team is 31108.08 centimeters!”
A mischievous smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, he seemed quite pleased with the accuracy of his answer.
As if to say, ‘Look at me, I’m super precise. Du Gang, you’re not the only one who can show off with numbers.’
Du Gang nodded, “Their downward angle is 48.75°, ours is 41.25°. Based on the relationship between angles and side lengths in a right-angled triangle, we can determine the ratio of the two sides…”
“By applying the Pythagorean theorem…”
“The hypotenuse is 31108.08 cm, the vertical side is 21100.02 cm, the other side is 22858.33 cm…”
Du Gang stated confidently, “So, assuming these demons have normal human vision, their visible range would be a circle with a radius of 228.58 meters on the water surface!”
“In that case, we should advance another 271 meters in their direction along the water surface to determine their field of vision…”
After finishing his calculations, Du Gang grinned and said, “So it’s something like this. Now, let’s see if the vision of these demons is the same as that of ordinary humans, within the range of human sight…”
Little Hawk King opened his beak, then closed it again.
I only said a precise number, to show that I, Little Hawk King, am not trifling, my eagle eyes are accurate. So what’s the deal with all those numbers and incomprehensible words?!
“Du Gang, you’re amazing!”
On the other hand, Qiao Bing didn’t think too much and showed an admiring look, “Though I don’t know how you figured it out, your method is nothing short of miraculous!”
However, Du Gang replied modestly with a smile, “It’s just high school math. We’ll need to go and have a closer look to know the specifics!”
Soon, he took the lead in striding forward, standing on the water surface and walking ahead.
“Little Hawk King, keep an eye on the demons beneath us and let me know immediately if there’s any unusual movement or changes in their expressions!”
Hearing this, Little Hawk King nodded and said, “Rest assured, observing prey is what we of the Ying Clan are best at…”
100 meters!
200 meters!
250 meters!
As he continuously approached, Du Gang gradually had an answer in his mind.
Soon, everyone followed Du Gang’s steps and stood at a certain spot.
“We are at the 271 meter point, Little Hawk King. Are you sure there’s not even a ripple from the demons below?”
Little Hawk King nodded and said, “No movement, they haven’t noticed us. They’re still looking left and right. They’re even looking beneath them, probably worried about an ambush from below!”
Du Gang nodded and smiled, “My calculations were correct. We can conclude that these demon’s eyes are similar to human’s, they have a normal field of view…”
Down at a depth of 500 to 600 meters, Long Aotian waited for a long while but saw no attack from Du Gang and the others. He felt a bit puzzled.
“What are those guys doing up there?”
For Pete’s sake, they’re not having a meeting, are they?
They wouldn’t be planning to dump me, and then pull someone else in, would they?!
Finally, in his wild imaginings, the people above began to act!
“Little Hawk King, you can go now. Just walk on the water surface. If these demons don’t move, keep your wings still. If less than five move, spread your left wing. If four out of five move, leaving one as a lookout, spread your right wing. If all five move, spread both wings fully…”
Little Hawk King curiously asked, “What does all this mean?”
Du Gang casually replied, “No biggie. We’re just examining the intelligence and caution levels of these demons…”
“This will affect our strategy for dealing with these guys…Well, a single instance can’t prove anything, but we can keep experimenting, and slowly gather information…”
With this thought in mind, Du Gang took out a notebook and began to write.
“The faintest ink is better than the best memory. I will record these experimental data and compile them later!”
Little Hawk King was momentarily at a loss for words, his eyes filled with shock and fear.
In school, I was also a top student, but the gap between this top student and that…seems a bit too big!
Why hasn’t he mentioned the multiplication tables yet?
Little Hawk King wanted to show off his multiplication tables, but there was never an opportunity to…
“Phew!”
Little Hawk King wore a disheartened expression, saying, “Then I will go out!”
Du Gang nodded, smiling, “You can pretend to have discovered them when the enemy gets to about fifty meters underwater, then fearfully emerge from the water…”
“Got it!”
Little Hawk King began to move quickly, walking with a somewhat gloomy mood, “I really want to shout out the answer when they are pondering what nine times nine equals!”
As he was speaking, Du Gang took out the Divine Brush and a gold foil, ready to unleash them at any moment.
Along with the appearance of Little Hawk King, the Demon Clan squad hiding two hundred meters underwater had successfully spotted him, and started quietly floating towards the surface.
“They’re starting to rise…”
Niu Dazhuang quietly reported their position to Du Gang. With Little Hawk King and Long Aotian gone, he had the best underwater vision, and was able to see what was happening two hundred meters down.
Du Gang nodded, saying, “Once they reach fifty meters from the surface, that’s when we’ll act…”
Niu Dazhuang was somewhat concerned, “Will Little Hawk King be okay?!”
Du Gang chuckled, “Don’t worry, he has wings. He’ll be fine!”
Sure enough, as time passed, the Demon Clan got closer to the surface, until they were just about fifty meters from the surface.
Up ahead, Little Hawk King, following Du Gang’s instructions, acted as though he had made a discovery and began to spread his wings, preparing to fly to the sky.
“Go!”
At the same time, upon Du Gang’s command, he charged forward with Niu Dazhuang.
The figure of Qiao Bing began to slowly fade out, gradually disappearing into thin air at that moment.
However, if someone observed carefully, they would be able to detect something was afoot from the occasional ripples on the water surface.
Of course, these ripples had also been concealed by the waves created by Du Gang and Niu Dazhuang’s running, making them hard to notice.
“Your power is very weak!”
In the midst of running, Du Gang used his first gold foil prophecy.”
“Whoosh!”
The gold foil in his hand instantly flew out in that moment, drifting towards the Demon Clan member who was running first underwater.
However, his Divine Brush was still shaking constantly.
“Shush!”
After several swings, Du Gang, as he was halfway across, once again released a gold foil prophecy.
“Your speed is very slow!”
“Whoosh!”
The second gold foil prophecy flew out.
At the same time, Du Gang slowed down, allowing Niu Dazhuang to go ahead.
“Ulla!”
At this moment, the Demons who had just emerged from the water had also seen the incoming Du Gang and Niu Dazhuang.
Without any surprise or discomfort of being ambushed, they shouted out and quickly flew past the duo, heading to attack them.
However, three of them were still pursuing Little Hawk King, and at the same time, the nameless Demons released their Divine Beings.
The five Divine Beings of the Demon Clan squad flew out; three towards Little Hawk King, and two towards Du Gang and Dazhuang.
“Divine Beings!”
Du Gang and the others acted according to plan, quickly releasing their own Divine Beings as well.
Soon, both sides’ Divine Beings had each found an opponent, soared into the sky, and began to do battle.
At this moment, Little Hawk King was flapping his wings, flying at a height of just over thirty meters from the ground.
This height was rather interesting, just within the reach of a First Tribulation Divine Being’s leap.
He hung the Demons on this thread mainly based on this advantage.
Obviously, this abyss was rather familiar, or rather, left a deep impression on those with wings on their back.
Knowing that he was a formidable member of the Human Clan’s forces, they were very interested in capturing him.
The three demons chasing him were like Pig Eight Precepts chasing a wife; their eyes were ablaze, filled with excitement, revealing a primitive impulse!
“Damn!”
Little Hawk King looked at their eyes, somewhat irritated, but he had no choice; he couldn’t beat them, so he had to persist.
“F*** your great grandpa, come mess with your Hawk Grandpa!”
As Little Hawk King cursed and led the three on a goose chase, he had not forgotten what Du Gang had told him to do.
Meanwhile, Long Aotian underwater had also risen to a depth of thirty meters without hesitation, and quickly launched a water dragon attack at one of the three Demons of average strength.
“Thankfully these Demons have a serious hierarchy, and even when chasing enemies, they line up according to strength…”
“Yin~!”
This water dragon was explicitly meant to attract attention. Though not that powerful, it made a massive disturbance. As soon as it was unleashed, it created a huge tsunami as it moved towards the Demons.
“Ulla!”
The Demon in the middle saw this and without hesitation, shouted out and charged towards where Long Aotian was.
“Fool, come on!”
Long Aotian was very excited, cursed a couple of times, and began to run circles around this fourth-ranked Demon underwater, occasionally launching a harassing attack. These attacks were not powerful or aggressive, but they were extremely insulting, causing the fourth Demon to roar angry.
“Ulla!”
The Demon underwater seemed to have gone berserk, increasing his speed once more. But no matter how much he quickened his pace, he still couldn’t surpass the speed on the surface, unable to catch up with Long Aotian, who was running around, fooling him.
“Ulla!”
At this moment, the one and two ranked Demons going after Du Gang and Dazhuang screamed, and launched their attack.
To their astonishment, Dazhuang was able to hold off two attackers by himself, instantly trapping them, allowing Du Gang to break free and flank them.
As Du Gang dodged, he murmured, “Sure enough, these Demons judge an opponent’s strength based on size?!”
As they were getting closer, he was also constantly observing these Demons, making a series of judgements in his mind.
Looking at the behaviour and tone of these two Demons, they typically assumed that the taller one was the leader, and the one at the front was the leader!
Therefore, they dispatched the first and second ranked Demons to attack. Fortunately, these two Demons were not very powerful, their Divine Power ranging between 30 and 40 Naer, and they were significantly weakened, restrained by Dazhuang.
After confirming that this side was okay, Du Gang slightly relaxed, and quickly went after the two Demons chasing Little Hawk King.
The distance between the two sides was rapidly closing, and the two Demons on the other side had also realized the situation.
“Ulla!”
With a furious roar, something Du Gang did not expect happened.
The two Demons who had been chasing Little Hawk King suddenly gave up their pursuit at the moment they saw Du Gang charging towards them. They joined forces and launched a lethal move towards Du Gang.
“Boom!” “Boom!”
Two seemingly simple beam attacks came flying towards Du Gang.
“Damn it!”
Du Gang cursed, hastily using the World Creation technique to meet the attack head-on.
These two strikes were stronger than he’d anticipated; one contained 25 Naer of Divine Power, and the other was even more terrifying, holding nearly 30 Naer of Divine Power.
“Boom!”
The axe shadow conjured by Du Gang was shattered immediately. The two blade energies were undeterred, relentlessly charging at him.
“Transform!”
With a low shout, Du Gang quickly transformed, his muscles bulging and veins pulsating. A surge of immense power welled up within him.
“Kill!”
At this crucial moment, Du Gang enlarged the Ancient Divine Spear in his hand and unleashed his Sky Breaking Stance.
The spear in his hand immediately lunged towards the blade energy. All the while, it continued expanding at an alarming pace, swiftly reaching ten meters in length.
“Big?”
As his mind kept releasing commands without any change in the size of the Ancient Divine Spear, Du Gang realized that even here, the Ancient Divine Spear was somewhat limited.
This attack was not meant to harm the enemy, but to use the gigantic form of the spear to counter the enemy’s attack.
“Boom boom boom!”
The two blade energies slashed onto Du Gang’s spear instantly.
Though this attack didn’t cause any damage, it achieved Du Gang’s intention of effectively blocking the two blade energies.
“Ula!” “Ula!”
The two number one and number two Demon Clan members on the other side, their eyes widened at the sight of the spear, showing a hint of greed, crying out loudly together.
Quite evidently, they recognized the extraordinariness of the spear, prompting a strong urge to seize it from him.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t break Niu Dazhuang’s defense line. His huge shield, seemingly with a magnetic force, firmly rooted the two demons in place.
Meanwhile, the Little Hawk King in mid-air finally reacted, quickly turning in mid-air at a height of thirty meters, luring the third and fifth Demon Clan members.
“Ula!”
Surprisingly, after the number three Demon Clan member cried out, the fifth Demon Clan member split off and raced towards Little Hawk King.
Clearly, in the Demon Clan’s eyes, Du Gang was considered to have double the strength, making him a more formidable enemy. Thus, they sent the fifth member to chase after Little Hawk King.
This…
Du Gang furrowed his brows. Five seconds had elapsed, but his opponent wasn’t the fifth Demon Clan member—it was the third member, who could unleash a terrifying 30 Naer of Divine Power.
This meant that Qiao Bing’s sneak attack might not necessarily be successful!
What to do?
In that moment, countless thoughts flashed through Du Gang’s mind, and in the end, he decided to let Qiao Bing give it a shot.
What if she can do it?!
Seeing this, Du Gang resolutely launched two more World Creation axe shadows without hesitation, charging at the enemy.
He needed to control the timing of the enemy’s attack!
The best method was to attack first, forcing the enemy to defend. Although his attack was not powerful, it would still hurt if it struck the enemy’s body.
Therefore, the third Demon Clan member had to defend against Du Gang’s attacks, equally creating several blades to counter them.
For three seconds, Du Gang managed to execute nine consecutive World Creations. The reason why he didn’t use the Sky Breaking Stance was that it was a divine technique that, with his 18 Naer of Divine Power, the power output was estimated to be around only 13 Naer. With this level of power, the enemy could easily counter.
Even though the World Creation attack wasn’t strong, with only 18 Naer, for the enemy to resist it they still needed to gather their strength. This bought him another three seconds.
“Ula!”
At the ninth second, the third Demon Clan member sneered and finally executed his most powerful attack.
“Boom!”
A blade shadow with an added 35 Naer of Divine Power emerged, swiftly charging towards Du Gang.
“Damn it!”
“Your Divine Power is weak!”
At this critical moment, Du Gang issued a prophecy of weakening to diminish the power somewhat.
However, the effect was not significant; the weakened attack only probably reduced by 3-4 Naer.
The blade shadow, still relentlessly advancing, still held an attack power of 31 Naer.
“World Creation!”
At this critical moment, Du Gang had no choice but to resist!
An axe shadow with an added 18 Naer of Divine Power emerged, lunging towards the opposing blade shadow.
The axe shadow he released was nearly thirty meters, while the blade shadow of the opponent was much more low-key, only two meters long. Yet the power of both parties was exactly the opposite.
The attack that Du Gang issued was relatively weak.
“Boom!”
Finally, the two collisions happened. The axe shadow produced by Du Gang was destroyed immediately.
But the good news was that the blade shadow launched by the enemy also weakened to some extent.
The residual blade shadow, with unrelenting power, once again shot towards Du Gang.
“Escape?”
Impossible!
During his previous engagement with the enemy, Du Gang discovered that such attacks with added Divine Power were essentially a form of lock-on attack. As long as the distance between the two was within certain limits, a relationship similar to that between a magnet and iron would form. Unless one possessed a special Divine Power skill for escape, there was no avoiding it!
“Big!”
At this moment, Du Gang had no other choices and could only horizontally position the Ancient Divine Spear, readying himself for the tough resistance ahead!
This time was different from before, having a sufficient safe distance to allow the spear to expand.
Besides, this blade shadow seemed particularly strange. Just before it was about to hit the spear, it strangely twisted.
The entire blade shadow, manipulated at close range, experienced a short-distance lateral shift.
“Bang!”
Half of the blade shadow hit the Ancient Divine Spear, creating a loud noise. However, the other half bypassed it, moving around at a speed faster than lightning to attack Du Gang.
“Boom!”
The blade shadow sliced solidly onto Du Gang’s body.
“Hiss!”
Instantly, a cloud of blood sprayed out, and a wound appeared on Du Gang’s waist.
“I held on!”
Though the wound was deep, which greatly limited his mobility, it was over!
Despite being covered in blood, Du Gang still managed a smile.
“Bye!”
At this moment, behind the third Demon Clan member, a petite figure appeared, followed by the slashing of a chilling dagger.
The intense tremor distracted Du Gang…
Fortunately, the end is perfect!
“Splat!”
A head flew up, the eyes in the tumbling head, the third Demon Clan’s pupils, revealed a sense of confusion.
He seemed to be asking, why am I flying?
“Stomp!”
Du Gang lightly touched the ground, his body moved, leaped up and like intercepting a basketball, he caught this head with a hand, sneered at the panic in the Demon Clan’s eyes, then put it away.
“Can’t waste demon blood, maybe it might weigh a little more later…”
As the third Demon Clan member died, Qiao Bing didn’t make a sound, and disappeared once again.
Du Gang quickly went over, collected the body that had lost its power, and was falling into the water.
“Gurgling!”
But he was still a bit slow, this area of the water had been stained red with blood.
“Ooh-la!”
“Ooh-la!”
All the other Demons got into a panic.
Just like before, they attempted to escape.
The first and second Demon Clan members, although they were the strongest, were still being held by Niu Dazhuang.
Meanwhile, the Little Hawk King, relying on his surprise attack and Du Gang, successfully blocked the fifth Demon Clan member.
This fifth Demon Clan member could only release a divine power of 25 Naer, even though he was stronger than Du Gang, he couldn’t suppress him, making escape difficult.
And Du Gang, with the Little Hawk King, kept harassing him.
Under the water, the fourth Demon Clan member who was entangled with Long Aotian quickly withdrew from the battlefield.
The fourth Demon Clan member didn’t even resist Long Aotian’s attack.
Long Aotian’s attack was too weak, only had one Naer’s divine power, it couldn’t harm the Demon Clan.
Soon, the fourth Demon Clan member fled the scene as if selling out his teammates.
On the other side, Qiao Bing sneak attacked and successfully killed the second Demon Clan who was entangled with Niu Dazhuang.
“Ooh-la!”
Having seen this, the fifth Demon unleashed a 20 Naer attack at Du Gang, and then used this opportunity, took a hit from Little Hawk King, and ran without looking back.
“World Creation!”
Du Gang shouted the move but he knew something was off.
World Creation was indeed activated, it had an axe shadow of thirty meters, but its power was very weak.
At most, it only had a force of 1 Naer!
“Sigh!”
Du Gang sighed, he was out of divine power!
At this moment, using the distance, he quickly retreated, avoiding this shadow of the axe, preventing it from harnessing its suction power to lock onto him.
And the enemy didn’t have the will to pursue or control the shadow, they had already escaped several hundred meters.
“What do you think, are we going after him?”
Little Hawk King, who was in mid-air, quickly asked.
Du Gang shook his head, saying, “No point chasing, can’t stop him anyway…”
Sure enough, even if Little Hawk King was spotting, they only had Qiao Bing to inflict effective damages.
At the same time, the five divinities belonging to the Demon Clan in the sky glared menacingly at Du Gang and the others, then walked away without looking back.
True, in the First Tribulation divine spirit stage, both sides have similar divine prowess, no one can hurt each other, so the divinities didn’t have much use here, just like a mascot, each side had one.
“Ooh-la!”
As the five Demon Clan divinities left, the consciousness of the first Demon Clan member on the ground quickly left the body.
With that, the fight ended.
“So two got away?”
After packing the spoils of war, Qiao Bing returned to Du Gang’s side and asked a question.
At this time, the others also gathered.
Du Gang nodded, saying, “My divine power is too little, after a punch of 18 Naer divine power, my body’s divine power was depleted, I was almost useless…”
“But, we got the bodies of three Demons, that’s about three hundred more divine crystals!”
He laughed, “This result is not bad, three bodies are worth one win, better to win than to lose!”
“Plus, this fight was smoother than I expected!”
Speaking, Du Gang sniffed the smell of blood in the air, thought of something, and said, “Let’s leave here first, change places, the commotion just now may attract the Demon Clan…”
Soon, a group of five people quickly retreated, once at a safe distance, Du Gang did a post-battle summary.
“This fight, I’m quite satisfied, we coordinated very well, not bad…”
“But, Long Aotian and Little Hawk King, there was a slight problem with the people you guys pulled…”
“One pulled the fourth, one pulled the fifth, left the third Demon Clan to me and Qiao Bing, if the enemy Demon Clan was a little stronger, we may have failed…”
Du Gang pondered for two seconds, saying, “Now that we found the problem, let’s adjust, we stick to the previous formation, however, Long Aotian, next time when you pull someone, pull the third Demon Clan away…”
Long Aotian nodded in agreement.
Du Gang continued, “Little Hawk King, next time when you pull the fourth and fifth around, fly five meters lower…”
“This time, these two almost took me away…”
“I know!” The Little Hawk King realized his previous oversight, the two people he pulled both attacked Du Gang, fortunately, he’s got a big life…
At this moment, in front of Du Gang, there was still a patch of blood, even though it looked quite bloody, the wound had stopped bleeding, and his strong body was recovering itself.
Du Gang continued, “This operation, on the whole, is not bad, we now have a target, a five-member Demon Clan squad, we only leave three alive!”
“We keep doing this, wait till we earn enough divine crystals, raise my power level, then we plan our next step, by then, we should be able to plan to take down the bodies of four Demon Clan members…”
“Great!”
Qiao Bing and Niu Dazhuang looked at each other and smiled, they were quite satisfied with the battle.
Even among the thrills, the ultimate goal was achieved.
Long Aotian and Little Hawk King were also satisfied, they completed the task and proved their worth.