Swallowed Star: Beginning with a Pair of Double Pupils
Chapter 16

Fists and Elbows Like Spears

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"Hiss!" "Snap!"

The Crystal Spined Scorpion's massive, transparent crystal pincers snapped shut, missing their mark. The crisp, sharp sound echoed throughout the spacious underground parking garage.

By the time it reacted, Fang Yi had already circled around to its tail.

Whoosh!

Although the Crystal Spined Scorpion could not see Fang Yi, it still whipped its long, thick, toxin-laden stinger around.

It swept in a 360-degree arc, attempting to force Fang Yi back.

But under the analysis of Fang Yi's Double Pupil Eyes, he had known the scorpion was going to sweep its tail in advance, so he had already bent his waist to successfully dodge the follow-up strike.

The distance between the man and the tail was no more than half a millimeter!

The female martial artist hurriedly helped her two injured teammates up.

She began to check their injuries.

"Are you okay? How do you feel?" Her voice, filled with concern, trembled uncontrollably.

Looking at her two teammates' shredded combat suits and their blood-filled mouths, her heart felt as if it had been clutched, seemingly stopping for a split second.

"We won't die just yet, but we can't run either... Captain, hurry and retreat. At least one of us might make it out alive."

The man's haggard, pale face forced a smile.

"Cough, cough... Captain, you go. We can't move anymore."

The other male martial artist coughed violently, blood continuously spilling from his mouth. His injuries were even more severe than the first.

Although the two were not yet at the point of death.

Their injuries had already stripped them of their mobility, and they required immediate rescue to save their lives; they wouldn't last long dragging their wounded bodies.

The woman's pupils trembled incessantly.

She seemed to be struggling with a massive internal conflict; it was true, as her teammates said, that if she didn't leave now, she might not be able to leave at all.

The female martial artist gritted her teeth and said, "No, how could I just abandon you? If my communication watch hadn't been damaged during the fight, I could have sent an emergency rescue signal..."

Before she could finish, hearing the crisp sounds of combat echoing, she quickly looked toward Fang Yi not far away.

With just that one glance.

Fang Yi's precise dodging was captured entirely by the female martial artist in the distance.

Her pupils filled with an expression of disbelief.

"This is... this is a Micro-level Movement Technique!"

Although she knew of the Micro-level Movement Technique and had practiced it many times, she had never grasped its essence.

She had even felt that she might never reach this level in her entire life.

Yet.

Today, she had actually witnessed such terrifying and ghostly movement from a young boy, and her worldview was refreshed in an instant.

"How is it possible? At his age, how could he have reached this level?"

Just as she was filled with doubt, the sound of rapid crawling echoed once again through the empty underground parking garage.

The woman immediately snapped back to reality, a look of terror appearing on her face once more. She hurriedly looked at Fang Yi, who was still battling the Crystal Spined Scorpion, and shouted in a hoarse voice:

"Watch out! Two more Junior War General Level Crystal Long-tailed Scorpions are coming! Retreat quickly, stop fighting!"

"I'll cover you! With your speed, you can take my teammates and leave!"

Through brief observation.

The female martial artist was certain that if Fang Yi gave it his all and ran at top speed, he could take her two injured teammates away.

If she stayed behind to stall, she could hold them off for a minute or two.

That amount of time would be enough to get out of this building.

Fang Yi, with his back to the female martial artist, heard her words. His Double Pupil Eyes immediately analyzed the surrounding environment, and the darkness around him was pierced through in an instant.

In the distance.

Two Junior War General Level Crystal Spined Scorpions were rushing toward this location.

Those Crystal Spined Scorpions also bore traces of combat.

Clearly, this squad had also clashed with the other two Crystal Spined Scorpions, and seeing this, Fang Yi understood why they had ended up with one dead and two injured.

"This new nest actually has three Beast-General Rank monsters..." Fang Yi slowly looked up, gazing into the distance, an expression of excitement appearing on his face: "This trip is going to be profitable!"

The excited words.

Echoed clearly throughout the underground parking garage.

The female martial artist's body stiffened upon hearing this, as if she had misheard, and she leaned forward slightly. She looked at Fang Yi's back, completely bewildered.

What was this guy talking about?

Those were three Beast-General Rank Crystal Spined Scorpions.

If there were only one, the female martial artist would naturally believe Fang Yi could handle it, but they were now facing three of them—Crystal Spined Scorpions known for their defense and containing terrifying toxins!

Even an intermediate War-General martial artist might not have full confidence in fighting them.

After all.

Two fists are no match for four hands, and the opponents were far more than just four hands; if one were careless and got pricked by a stinger, and didn't receive an antidote in time, it would basically be game over.

If not for their faulty intelligence.

They would never have dared to enter this nest containing three Beast-General Rank Crystal Scorpions.

They had snuck into the depths carefully, not daring to make a single sound throughout the entire process, and even had to cautiously avoid the high-level Beast-Soldier Rank Crystal Spined Scorpions.

Just as they thought they had reached the interior and were about to succeed.

They discovered the presence of three Beast-General Rank entities. This scene of despair was something they never wanted to see again in their lives...

"Hiss—!"

Fang Yi's expression was excited; the moment the Crystal Scorpion attempted another tail-whip attack, he seized the weak joint of its tail.

He exerted force with both arms simultaneously, his powerful strength pulling up and pushing down. He immediately snapped its fragile point!

"Snap!"

"Hiss—!"

The Crystal Scorpion suddenly opened its mouth, letting out a painful wail.

Even though the nerves in its tail were severed, the opponent still had terrifying pincers it could use. The insides of the pincers were incredibly sharp; once they clamped onto prey, they could sever the prey's head, or even their arms and thighs entirely!

It was extremely terrifying.

But Fang Yi would not give the opponent a chance to attack him.

Under the analysis of his Double Pupil Eyes.

Every movement of the opponent was seen through with absolute clarity by Fang Yi, as if he could predict the opponent's attacks in advance.

Combined with his Micro-level Movement Technique, he dodged easily in the blink of an eye.

Fang Yi raised his right arm, smashing it down from above toward the Crystal Scorpion's head shell, while Creation Divine Light gathered and permeated from his fist guards to above his elbow.

The elbow is different from the fist; the former is much harder.

And with a smaller surface area, it is like a small blunt spear, a very special lethal weapon of the human body.

Traditional Baji Fist has a saying: better to take ten punches than one elbow strike!

The danger is evident.

Fang Yi planted his feet, gathered his entire body's strength at his waist, transmitted it through his spine segment by segment into his arm, and relying on the technique of sudden acceleration from top to bottom, "Bang!", his elbow shot out like a spear in an instant.

"Crack—!"

"Hiss!" The Crystal Spined Scorpion let out a painful wail, and at the same time, it clearly heard the sound of its own skull gradually shattering in despair.

The next moment.

Fang Yi's elbow drove completely into its skull, and the blood and organ fragments inside sprayed out violently.

The Crystal Scorpion's pupils instantly lost their luster and gradually turned gray.

"Hiss—!" "Hiss—!"

Inside the underground parking lot.

The other two Crystal Scorpions let out angry hisses at this moment.

Their scarlet beast eyes were filled with rage.

Fang Yi slowly turned his head to stare at the distant enemies, his young, tender face covered in blood, and that Double Pupil Eye was now continuously suffused with a blue-purple glow.

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