Chapter 20: A Spear to the Throat, First Battle of the Fire-tipped Spear!

Samadhi True Fire was released, enveloping the Linglong Tower within it.

However, Nezha's Samadhi True Fire didn't cause any harm to the Linglong Tower; instead, it directly turned the dazed assassin wasp that collided with the tower into ashes.

The assassin wasp's speed and attack were both incredibly powerful, but when it came to defense,

it might as well have had none at all.

Merely touched by the Samadhi True Fire, the assassin wasp couldn't withstand it.

"Yuan, am I strong or what!"

Nezha looked towards Jiang Yuan inside the Linglong Tower, hands on his hips, proudly boasting to Jiang Yuan.

"Buzz!"

No sooner had Nezha's words fallen, than another swarm of assassin wasps appeared in the forest.

Roughly estimated, there were about twenty or thirty wasps.

In just a moment, the assassin wasps found their target and attacked Nezha.

Nezha's face changed, and he quickly formed hand signs, as Samadhi True Fire was released again, enveloping his entire being.

The sprint of the assassin wasps did not stop, hurling themselves at the fire just like moths to a flame, landing on top of the Samadhi True Fire.

Accompanied by the "sizzling" sounds of the assassin wasps being burned to ash, Nezha, wrapped in Samadhi True Fire, also burst out into laughter.

Soon, the scenery transformed, and with the defeat of all the assassin wasps, Jiang Yuan also passed the Dream Tower's twentieth-floor assessment.

"Not bad at all."

Nezha nodded with a smile: "See, the twentieth floor is still very easy for me; I can easily pass even without the Fire-tipped Spear."

"Mhm, mhm, you're the best."

Jiang Yuan didn't need to look at Nezha to know he was now wearing a smug expression on his face.

Feeling the abundance of Star Power inside him, Jiang Yuan materialized the Purple Flame Serpent Spear right away.

"Now, we need to be a little more cautious. Starting from the twenty-first floor, the opponents are mostly of Xingji late-stage strength, and the Linglong Tower can only rely on basic defenses."

"Don't worry, I'll take them out before they can threaten Yuan!"

Nezha took the Fire-tipped Spear from Jiang Yuan and confidently patted his chest, reassuring him.

"Shall we continue?"

"Of course!"

Following Nezha's voice, Jiang Yuan also pressed the button to continue the battle.

The scene transformed again, this time the setting was a dark, chilly breeze-filled valley.

"Looks like a scene from the Demon Race."

Jiang Yuan, observing this, became wary.

The Demon Race also belonged to one of the races within the Grotto Heaven, divided into Demon Warrior and Magic Warrior, one specializes in physical attacks, and the other in magical attacks.

The Demon Race consists of many subordinate categories like humans, Beastmen, and so on, but the main directions are only these two types.

It's unknown what kind of Demon Race would appear this time?

While Jiang Yuan was still pondering, Nezha, carrying his Fire-tipped Spear, had already stepped forward.

"Any living breaths, come out and let this young master beat you up!"

Nezha's voice reverberated through the valley, and soon there was movement in the valley.

A figure holding a huge knife appeared, slowly walking towards them.

"Oh, a knife user?"

The moment Nezha's teasing voice rose, it abruptly halted.

Not just him; even Jiang Yuan was somewhat flabbergasted.

The towering figure, clad in black armor, wielding an imposing seven-ring great knife, but the head was that of a small and somewhat delicate-looking mouse.

It was indeed somewhat too incongruous.

Although Jiang Yuan had seen pictures of mouse-headed demons in textbooks, facing a real mouse-headed demon appearing before him, he was still somewhat dumbfounded.

"What the hell is that!"

It seems that Nezha was somewhat enraged with embarrassment due to the sudden entrance of the rat-headed demon.

Swinging the long spear in his hand, the Fire-tipped Spear thrust forward like a dragon, directly targeting the rat-headed demon.

As the spear sliced through the air, it transformed into flames, exceptionally dazzling in the wind!

The strength of the rat-headed demon was formidable. Although the demon race's characteristic horns on its head were not very prominent, it definitely possessed the power of the late Star Power stage.

Nezha, synchronized with Jiang Yuan's power, was currently only at the mid-stage of Star Power.

However, a disparity in realms does not equate to a disparity in combat power.

As Nezha's spear thrust like a dragon, the rat-headed demon also used his broadsword to block in front of his chest.

"Ding!"

A crisp sound rang out as the tip of the Fire-tipped Spear struck the broadsword squarely.

"Is that it?"

Nezha sneered coldly, suddenly exerting force with his hand!

In the next second, as the Fire-tipped Spear pushed the rat-headed demon away, a cluster of purple flames burst forth from the tip of the spear.

It was the Fire-tipped Spear's [Purple Flames]!

The rat-headed demon obviously did not expect the Fire-tipped Spear to attack in such a manner, its expression changing on the spot, but with no way to cope, the flames scorched all the fuzz on its head.

Luckily, the armor it wore blocked some of the flame's damage, otherwise it would have become a completely bald, hairless rat.

Feeling the burning pain on his face, the eyes of the rat-headed demon were filled with a crimson color of aggravation.

As the ring-headed broadsword was about to swing, the Fire-tipped Spear moved faster.

After a poking and then a slight retraction, it suddenly slammed down toward the rat-headed demon's rodent head.

Seeing this, the rat-headed demon had no choice but to abandon the attack, tilting its head while hastily using the broadsword to fend off this strike.

However, the force transmitted through the Fire-tipped Spear made the rat-headed demon involuntarily kneel.

The rat-headed demon kneeling on the ground had a flicker of confusion in his eyes.

Wasn't the guy opposite just at the mid-stage of Star Power?

How could his strength be greater than mine, a demon from the late stage of Star Power?

He had no time to ponder any longer, for the Fire-tipped Spear was once again whizzing before his eyes.

"Pff!"

The Fire-tipped Spear slashed across the rat-headed demon's throat, the speed so swift that the blood had no time to respond.

When the spear left, blood finally spurted out violently.

The blood had not yet splattered onto Nezha when it was vaporized by the flames.

Nezha, holding the Fire-tipped Spear, glanced with a hint of disdain at the one-meter-eight-tall rat-headed demon, now kneeling and dead on the ground.

"Is that it?"

"You fell before I even put in much effort?"

Nezha shook his head slightly, the tip of the Fire-tipped Spear spitting flames again, seemingly disinfecting the tip that had just cut open his opponent's throat.

"Tsks, what a pity."

Jiang Yuan shook his head slightly; although the rat-headed demon was not weak in strength, it truly died an aggrieved death.

Facing an agile opponent like Nezha, the seven-ring broadsword was indeed somewhat cumbersome.

However, Jiang Yuan could see that both Nezha's [Combat Skill Enhancement] and the Fire-tipped Spear Technique of the [Purple Flame Serpent Spear] had been successfully activated.

Otherwise, even if Nezha could defeat the stronger rat-headed demon, it would not have been so effortless.

It seems that just as he thought, Nezha's [Weapon Completion] was effective for the [Fire-tipped Spear Technique].

"Not bad at all!"

After the scene changed, Jiang Yuan praised Nezha before turning his attention to the reward for this battle.

But upon seeing the reward, Jiang Yuan was somewhat surprised.

"Could the generous rewards for a challenge beyond one's level be real?"

Looking at the three rewards before him, which were more than a little better than before, Jiang Yuan couldn't help feeling a bit thrilled.