Zhuo Lige Tu reached out his other hand to heal him.
Chi Zhonglin once again took over from the Fierce Battle Bear, holding off the giant lizard.
He relied on his footwork to deal with the giant lizard, ignoring the lightning that struck his own body. The Sky Fury Green Blood Spear clashed with the giant lizard’s sharp claws multiple times, sparking flames.
Even though he was pushed back several steps with each collision, the great strength he now possessed was not something the giant lizard could fully withstand.
After every collision, the giant lizard paused momentarily.
Ji Xinghuo had not advanced but instead maintained a distance of one hundred meters, staying beyond the range of the electrostatic field.
His Invisible Stab was loaded with Capacitor Arrows; every time the giant lizard paused, the arrows shot out instantly, hitting their mark.
The giant lizard was very cautious, sensing the danger from Ji Xinghuo’s direction and not daring to expose its intact left eye towards him. Therefore, he could only shoot at other parts of the giant lizard’s body.
Two arrows hit the neck, and another arrow penetrated into its abdomen.
The giant lizard had extremely tough scales, likely a type of keratin armor, stronger than metal. Even though Ji Xinghuo shot the Capacitor Arrows with all his might, each arrow could only penetrate halfway, unable to pass through completely.
Despite this, he still caused the most damage to the giant lizard.
In the distance, Lu Yunhai, wearing "Precision" magnetic rings, continuously fired with the electromagnetic rifle, aiming to shoot metal projectiles into the wounds caused by Ji Xinghuo’s bow and arrows to inflict greater damage.
In just a matter of seconds, the giant lizard’s injuries had worsened.
Chi Zhonglin shouted and with a hard clash between his spear and the giant lizard’s claws, managed to flip backwards out of the fray.
He only suffered direct hits from the claws two or three times, which were not serious, but he appeared extremely battered, his body charred from withstanding hundreds of lightning strikes within the electrostatic field, making him change from a green giant to a black one. This was still manageable because the Sky Fury Green Blood Spear had the "Blood Suction" ability, which allowed him to draw some life force from the giant lizard to heal himself, or else he wouldn’t have been able to hold on.
Zhuo Lige Tu quickly tended to his wounds.
Just as Chi Zhonglin was thrown back and after receiving healing, Yuan Chongzhen leaped up, transformed into the Black Iron Giant Ape, and charged back into the fray.
His injuries hadn’t fully recovered, but his combat strength was restored.
The giant ape and the giant lizard were entangled in a fierce battle once again.
Having learned from his previous experience, Yuan Chongzhen wasn’t bitten this time, but he couldn’t withstand the damage from the electrostatic field, only holding on for less than three seconds before the giant lizard pinned him down and began to frantically bite.
Ji Xinghuo took advantage of the moment to shoot two arrows, both plunging deep into the giant lizard’s body.
Jing Ji appeared at the giant lizard’s side, his figure flickering incessantly, his scimitar swinging, leaving several deep wounds in the giant lizard’s abdomen, from which a large amount of blood gushed.
The giant lizard was in pain and turned to attack Jing Ji, but he had already leapt into the shadows and escaped.
Turning again, Yuan Chongzhen had also disappeared, transformed into the Shadow Leopard.
For a brief moment, there was no one around the giant lizard.
It immediately set its sights on Ji Xinghuo, roaring as it charged at him. Ji Xinghuo’s hands moved swiftly like shadows, firing three arrows in succession, all aiming for its head, but the arrowheads failed to completely penetrate.
Chi Zhonglin, who was receiving treatment, was about to come over to block, but then he heard Ji Xinghuo’s voice.
Ji Xinghuo slung the Invisible Stab over his back, drew the Thunder Blade and Demon Sound, and dual-wielded them as he charged towards the giant lizard.
The hundred meters were crossed in the blink of an eye. As the giant lizard charged, it opened its huge mouth and a multitude of water vapors converged, forming a high-pressure jet over one meter in diameter, like a water cannon spraying towards Ji Xinghuo. Simultaneously, the electrostatic field enveloped Ji Xinghuo, with lightning striking at him from all directions.
The high-pressure jet missed, and the lightning struck nothing.
Ji Xinghuo’s figure flickered twice, once to the left and once to the right, each flash closing the distance—on the third disappearance, he used Instant Step, vanishing to bypass the electrostatic field and appearing above the giant lizard’s head, swords diving down, slashing with all his might.
The Thunder Blade Light cut into the giant lizard’s neck.
Demon Sound pierced straight into its skull!
The giant lizard howled in pain, ready to command the lightning to strike at Ji Xinghuo on its head when suddenly, a piercing "Beeping Scream" erupted from Demon Sound, the penetrating sound waves at such close range left a blank space inside its head, and the surrounding lightning disappeared.
Ji Xinghuo’s Rotating Magnetic Field went into full operation, Physical Star Power converged, currents of electricity emerged on his skin, and his sword and scimitar surged with electric light.
Electric Light Spiral Force!
A deafening roar sounded as the Electric Light Spiral Force exploded on the sword and scimitar, penetrating deep into the giant lizard’s body.
The giant lizard instinctively rolled around frantically.
Ji Xinghuo pulled out his weapons and leapt away; deep wounds appeared on the creature’s neck and head, from which blood spurted like a fountain.
He deftly evaded the giant lizard’s deadly claws and tail slaps. Danger was always a step behind him as his weapons left more wounds on the reptile. After nearly a minute of struggle, the lizard’s bleeding intensified, slowing it down, while Ji Xinghuo remained almost completely unharmed.
Meanwhile, Zhuo Ligetu had almost finished treating his teammates’ injuries.
Chi Zhonglin raised his long spear and immediately charged forward.
Ji Xinghuo felt the pressure on him suddenly decrease, but the next second, a sense of danger flashed through his mind. Before he could issue a warning, the giant lizard’s massive body suddenly melted, transforming into a deluge that spread out like a dam had burst, submerging most of the dry riverbed.
Water inundated everyone’s feet, as if they were standing in the midst of a flood.
Ji Xinghuo thought to himself.
Countless bolts of lightning suddenly exploded out of nowhere, striking the water. The floodwater conducted electricity immediately, and everyone standing on the riverbank collapsed, writhing in pain.
Only Yuan Chongzhen had managed to transform into a Thunder Feathered Eagle in time and soared into the sky to avoid the attack.
Although Ji Xinghuo had jumped up, he too was struck by lightning in midair, paralyzing him with intense pain, and he fell into the water.
Subsequently, the torrent swept the four of them toward the river.
The river surface suddenly churned violently, and Qing Hong underwent a Giant Transformation into a twenty-meter-long python, poking its head out from the river and spitting out a massive bolt of lightning that struck the rushing floodwater. This lightning strike harmed friend and foe alike; the four people in the water were injured again, but the giant lizard, now transformed into a flood, was also forced to reveal its true form, showing a faint shadow in the water.
Qing Hong immediately pounced, coiling its longer serpentine body around the lizard, but could only wrap around a current of water.
The flood had already rushed into the river, causing the surface to boil.
The entire river bend trembled.
This hundred-meter stretch of river water raised huge waves, pressing Ji Xinghuo and his group underwater with mountain-like weight, constantly conducting electricity. They were paralyzed, unable to move, and helplessly watched as they were swept together by the torrent.
A tens-of-meters-tall water giant rose up in the river, condensing thousands of tons of river water into a fist that plummeted down towards where the four were located.
If this punch connected, aside from Ji Xinghuo and Chi Zhonglin, the other two would die.
The two of them would also suffer severe injuries.
In the nick of time, a Plasma Bomb trailed by a blue flame tail flew in, hitting the water giant square on the surface of the river. The high-temperature plasma exploded, instantly vaporizing countless amounts of water. Only a small part of the water giant fell back into the river while a pained roar echoed from beneath the surface.
As the water churned, the lizard emerged in the waves.
It leaped into the air, transformed into a massive African "Secretary Bird," and soared up, entering Invisibility, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Ji Xinghuo jumped out of the water, shouting, "Old Yuan, chase after it!"
"I can’t see through Invisibility," Yuan Chongzhen descended from the sky.
Ji Xinghuo immediately called Qing Hong over, Shrinking it to just over a meter long, wrapping around the neck of Yuan Chongzhen’s transformed Thunder Feathered Eagle, and activated the "Audio-Visual Bracelet" to share senses, allowing Qing Hong to gain a portion of the Wanxiang Star Pupil’s Perception ability, enough to see through Invisibility.
"It’s heavily injured, it won’t be able to fly far, and its speed will soon decrease. We’ll keep in touch with our phones and quickly catch up from behind," Ji Xinghuo said.
Before Ji Xinghuo finished speaking, Yuan Chongzhen, with Qing Hong in tow, flew into the sky and disappeared over the horizon.
He dived into the river, pulling Jing Ji and Zhuo Ligetu to the shore, while Chi Zhonglin climbed up on his own. All three wore expressions of lingering fear.
The group looked toward the not-too-distant Lu Yunhai, who was setting down the rocket launcher on his shoulder and running over.