The Heavenly Dragon's Beginning in the Journey Through the Heavens

Chapter 143: A Battle with the Taotie Leads to Consideration of Retreat

Just then, Taotie suddenly sensed a dangerous aura approaching it.

Its huge eyes widened suddenly, and its body, which was about to continue charging forward, abruptly stopped, as if preparing to dodge.

However, the speed of that sword energy was faster than imagined!

Before the Taotie could react, the sword energy struck it like lightning.

As the sword energy dissipated, surprisingly, the hazy sword energy had left a deep wound on the Taotie's body.

Realizing it was injured, Taotie's bestial nature as the overlord of monsters was instantly aroused.

You should know that it is one of the overlords of the monsters in these Hundred Thousand Mountains, and it can't even remember when it was last injured.

Now, it has suffered a great loss at the hands of a human who is as insignificant as an ant in its eyes. How can it swallow this insult?

Then, all that could be heard was a fierce roar from the Taotie, a sound that was deafening.

Immediately afterwards, it rushed toward Ling Feng at an astonishing speed, as if it had teleported.

Despite the ferocious attack of the Taotie, Ling Feng remained calm and composed.

In fact, he had no fear of close combat.

Because the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique he cultivated not only allowed him to use particles as containers, but also continuously strengthened his physical body.

Therefore, Ling Feng himself did not know the extent of his physical strength. Now he could use the Taotie to test it.

The two sides were not far apart, so the Taotie's attack arrived in an instant.

Because its ferocity was aroused, Taotie did not use its innate supernatural powers and directly engaged in the most brutal physical combat.

Instantly, its massive body rammed directly into Ling Feng.

After realizing Taotie's intentions, Ling Feng quickly dodged away.

Although he was confident in his physical strength, it didn't mean he would foolishly go head-to-head with the Taotie!

He just wanted to test his physical strength; he didn't want to collide with the Taotie like a wild bull.

After all, with his small frame, even with great physical strength, he would find it difficult to gain an advantage in a collision.

Who knew that the Taotie, despite its enormous size, was also extremely agile? Seeing that Ling Feng had dodged its charge, it instantly turned around and continued to charge at Ling Feng.

"Holy crap, how is this guy so agile?"

Ling Feng couldn't help but curse as he watched the Taotie charge at him again, and he could only keep dodging.

However, if you walk by the river often enough, you're bound to get your shoes wet.

Just as Ling Feng was successfully dodging the attack for the umpteenth time, a moment of carelessness slowed his movements down, and he was hit directly by the Taotie.

With a loud bang, the man and the beast collided violently.

In fact, Ling Feng wasn't afraid of colliding head-on with Taotie; he just didn't want to fight like a wild bull without any skill.

Therefore, the two sides were evenly matched in this collision, and neither gained an advantage.

However, as a demon beast, Taotie possesses a thick and tough hide and strong vitality, making it naturally more resistant to damage.

After the impact, it showed no sign of backing down; instead, it was eager to try again and was ready to launch another attack.

Lingfeng had no intention of continuing to play this game with it.

When the Taotie tried to charge again, he swung his sword without hesitation, unleashing a sharp sword aura at the Taotie's massive body.

In an instant, the gray sword energy, carrying a surging killing intent, flew towards the Taotie like an arrow released from a bow.

At this moment, the Taotie was in a berserk state. Faced with this sword energy that carried a hint of threat, it chose not to dodge or avoid it, but instead charged straight at it.

Despite the gruesome wound on its body, it completely ignored the pain and immediately pounced on Ling Feng again.

Seeing the Taotie continue to pounce, Ling Feng was not intimidated at all, and continued to swing his sword.

"Swish, swish, swish"

With a few whooshing sounds, several streaks of gray sword energy shot towards the gluttonous beast that was pouncing on.

Because of its injury, the Taotie was driven by its bestial nature, so it did not dodge or avoid the incoming sword energy, but instead charged head-on into it.

As expected, several streaks of gray sword energy left a few more wounds on the Taotie, and its forward lunge was momentarily halted.

Although the successive injuries did not hit any vital organs, they still brought some clarity back to the nearly irrational Taotie.

It discovered that the ants in front of it seemed different from the ants it had encountered before, and that it could no longer easily control them.

Having gained this understanding, Taotie knew it was time to unleash its own special skills.

After all, the ants in front of it had already harmed it repeatedly, and it would be difficult to do anything to Ling Feng without using its true abilities.

The Taotie opened its blood-red maw and inhaled sharply, instantly sucking away the surrounding air and creating a powerful suction force.

Ling Feng felt his body being pulled forward involuntarily, as if he were about to be swallowed into the giant mouth of the Taotie.

Sensing the powerful suction, Ling Feng's expression changed, and he hurriedly circulated his internal energy, unleashing the Devouring Heaven Demon Art.

He waved his hands, and streams of black energy surged from his body, forming a huge vortex.

Instantly, a tremendous suction force emanated from Ling Feng's hand as well.

For a moment, sand and stones flew everywhere and a strong wind blew, but the suction force generated by Ling Feng and Taotie was evenly matched, and neither could do anything to the other.

"How can this be?"

Taotie stared wide-eyed at Ling Feng in disbelief.

It simply couldn't understand how this ant in its eyes could fight against it and even use the same devouring power as it.

You must know that it is an ancient divine beast, and this power of devouring is its innate divine ability.

But this ant is just a small martial artist; how could it possibly contend with it?

Taotie felt extremely angry, as it felt its dignity had been severely challenged.

It roared to the sky, its aura erupting once more, its devouring power becoming even stronger.

However, Ling Feng was not afraid at all, and continued to release his devouring power, engaging in a fierce confrontation with Taotie.

However, Ling Feng's strength is currently somewhat lower than Taotie's, and this devouring power is Taotie's innate divine ability.

So after a while of confronting it, Ling Feng slowly began to lose ground.

Actually, this is the normal phenomenon. After all, although Ling Feng's cultivation technique is abnormal, Taotie's innate divine power is equally strong.

Furthermore, Ling Feng had not fully mastered the Devouring Heaven Demon Art, so it was only natural that he was at a disadvantage.

However, Ling Feng would not easily admit defeat, because admitting defeat would mean being swallowed whole by the Taotie.

So, with a fierce determination, he controlled the suction power of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art while wielding his sword and unleashing several sword energies at the Taotie.

However, to his surprise, the sword energy he unleashed was also devoured by the Taotie's devouring power.

Seeing this, Ling Feng couldn't help but frown.

Being able to unleash a few sword energies was already his limit; he simply couldn't afford to be distracted by unleashing other powerful moves.

After all, if Ling Feng didn't use the Devouring Heaven Demon Art, he didn't have any good way to resist the Taotie's devouring power for the time being.

Thinking of this, Ling Feng was already considering a temporary retreat.

He was only one step away from breaking through to the Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness stage, and now he could even fight the Taotie to a standstill.

Ling Feng believed that once he broke through to the Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness realm, solving it shouldn't be a big problem.

As for the Witch Clan, with this suddenly appearing enemy, Taotie probably won't go looking for trouble with them until it eliminates itself.

Ling Feng had already received payment from the Wu Clan, so he naturally had to fulfill his promise.