In the canyon, Solomon and Soth had already accumulated their momentum to the peak state, and the explosive power was about to explode. The shadow hunters on the rock wall were right. Claire was the weakest among the three. Lion King Soth was originally strong. Although the broken arm affected the flexibility of his left hand, he drank a lot of holy spring water afterwards, and his strength did not decrease but increased. The physical energy combined with the Crazy Lion Fist can be said to complement each other.
There is also Thorn Solomon, who obtained the Sin Thorn Secret Technique funded by the Gate Organization. It effectively increased the upper limit of strength and made up for the weakness of the body to a certain extent. If a fight really came to a head, Thorn Solomon and Lion King Soth would obviously stand at the top of the Dark Gold level.
It's only half a step away from the Shadow Hunter's position.
If some Shadow Hunters fall down due to old age and frailty, and face one of Solomon and Soth alone, it is hard to say who will win or lose.
At any stage, Solomon and Soth would definitely be able to defeat all competitors and become the new generation of Shadow Hunters. But unfortunately, they met Kaxiu, which doomed them to failure.
Solomon and Soth wanted to compete for the position of Shadow Hunter, but this position was just a springboard for Kashu. Even now, this springboard was about to be used as capital to challenge other Shadow Hunters. The position Kashu wanted was at least the president of the Hunter Association, that is, the Holy Light Hunter. If the situation allowed, he would not recommend the Black Organ Chief. So, the ambitions and capital of both sides were completely on a different level. This melee was more like a joke.
But it was obvious that Soth and Solomon were both serious. Soth pushed his physical energy to the extreme, and instantly assumed the starting position of the Wild Lion Fist, with a surge of power infused into his limbs. It was as if he was really a lion walking on the ground, baring his teeth, waiting for the moment to hunt.
Bang!
The ground shook slightly, and dozens of gravels flew up. In the circular smoke and fog, Soth jumped out, his body agile and powerful. He stretched out his palms and pressed down, his muscular palms full of power, and the thick blue veins made him look even more powerful. Soth's ten fingers were bent, like steel claws, the wind from his palms was flying, and the air was escaping wildly from his fingers.
In a moment of distraction, he had already pounced in front of Kaxiu.
Peng!
There was a dull and powerful explosion in the air. Soth's face was filled with astonishment, and he lowered his gaze. His attack of the Lion Seal was blocked.
And what blocked the Lion Seal was another Lion Seal!
The five fingers of a broad rock-white palm were spread out, with hard knuckles and sharp lines, like the stiff joints of a machine.
Kaxiu raised one palm with a blank expression. His other hand instantly formed the shape of the lion seal again, blasting the air and pushing it up. With a whistling sound, Soth's other palm seal quickly blasted down.
Peng!
Soth the Lion flew, literally.
He flew straight up, not flying backwards madly, but flying straight into the sky like a human cannonball.
Soth only felt his entire left shoulder was extremely numb, and he could hardly feel the existence of the bones, muscles and meridians. He was hit by the huge force and flew through the air. Kaxiu's figure quickly became smaller in his sight.
"Why does he also know Crazy Lion Fist... This is impossible!"
This was the only thought that quickly passed through Soth's confused mind.
Kaxiu glanced at the sky and retracted the Wild Lion Seal into a fist. He naturally didn't know any Wild Lion Fist, but the basics of Secret Martial Arts practitioners who had reached the level of top fighters and boxing masters were the same. All kinds of moves, in the final analysis, were composed of a combination of multiple basic skills.
Kashu had fought side by side with Domon, the core disciple of the Three-Eyed Crazy Lion School, for a period of time, so he was no stranger to the Crazy Lion Fist. Soth had used the incomplete Crazy Lion Fist in front of him many times. Kashu copied it casually, and easily mastered 70% to 80% of the essence of this move.
Using the Mad Lion Seal to deal with the Lion King Soth was just an impulsive act.
The confrontation lasted only a second. As the Lion King Soth ascended, Thorn Solomon was already running towards him. Dense and transparent thorns grew on his body, giving people a weird and dangerous feeling. The sharp barbs were pitch black and full of toxins.
Surrounded by the thorns of sin, Solomon's eyes tightened. He had obviously seen how Sos was knocked away in two moves. Before he could retreat, a shadow rushed over and forced his way in.
In the thorny area covering a diameter of ten meters, any living creature that enters will be automatically attacked and crushed by the thorns. Poison, thorns, crushing, and whipping will occur at the same time.
Kaxiu's intrusion was no exception. His strong body emitted a series of metallic friction sounds. It was sharp and unpleasant, as if someone was sawing a piece of extremely hard alloy. Not only did they not saw off anything, but the saw teeth were ground into iron powder bit by bit.
This is the situation in front of me. Kashu's strong body, which is comparable to the strength of a top fighter, is just a pile of iron. The spikes of the sin thorns, which are as hard as metal, can only produce flickering flames when they scratch on it, and not even a white mark can be left. Various squeezing, whipping and penetration are useless. They can't even break the defense, and there is naturally no question of poisoning.
This situation was like a dangerous and dense thorn field. Any creature that entered would be cut and bruised all over, poisoned and killed, even elephants were no exception. However, a heavy tank with a copper skin and iron bones suddenly rushed in from outside, and its tracks rumbled all the way. It drove straight in without any obstacles, just like driving peacefully.
When the tanks passed, all that was left was thorns that had been trampled into mud.
Solomon was horrified, and he put his palms together, releasing all his strength at this moment. All the surrounding thorns flew wildly, turning into waves of turbulent thorns, pressing down layer by layer.
Bang bang bang bang bang…
In an instant, no less than ten waves of thorns hit Kashu's body, causing a loud noise. But just like the sea hitting the reef in the middle of the stream, only the waves will be shattered. After the violent explosion, all the sin thorns released by Solomon turned into fragments. But Kashu was unharmed, with red air wrapped around his body and thorns all over his head. Like taking a walk, he strolled in front of Solomon.
In the other party's astonished eyes, he chopped him unconscious with a knife.
In the distance, Claire stood silently in place. Unlike Sos and Solomon, she did not make any moves. She just watched quietly as Kashu was beating up two overconfident opponents like an adult beating up children. Claire shook her head and laughed at herself.
"There's no big fight, it's just a few idiots looking for trouble..."
In fact, after the night when Kashu used the black bait wood to lure and kill most of the dark creatures in Florence, Claire had already understood a fact: someone had already possessed the strength of a Shadow Hunter before becoming a Shadow Hunter. Other competitors had no chance.
Soth and Solomon's final resistance was just a little bit of luck and unwillingness. In the end, they still lost like clowns.
"I give up..."
Claire looked at Kashu's eyes and said quietly.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh… bang bang bang…
Suddenly, the sound of footsteps landing could be heard in the canyon.
Five high-ranking members of the Hunter Association came over one after another, their eyes mostly focused on Kashu. Among them, Shadow Hunter No. 5, Aaron, was holding a person in his arms. It was the Lion King Soth who had just been knocked up. He flew too high and was intercepted halfway to prevent him from falling to his death.
Soth was still conscious, but his face was extremely pale. All the strength in his body had been dispersed by the huge force in the fierce palm strike just now, and he had no strength at all. Especially his left shoulder, which didn't even belong to him. He barely stood on the ground, supported by his right leg.
Next to him, Shadow Hunter Aaron was looking at Kaxiu with a strange look.
From the time the Holy Light Hunter Dilishati announced the start of the battle to the time the Banshee Claire surrendered and the melee ended, it was only ten seconds in total.
In ten seconds, the three top Dark Gold Hunters were defeated. Two of them were geniuses who could have competed to become Shadow Hunters at any time in the past. Even though Kaxiu already had the strength of a Shadow Hunter, this crushing victory was still a bit too surprising.
However, if you think about it carefully, it is actually not incomprehensible.
Except for Shadow Hunter No. 3 Jin who was on a mission outside, the other Shadow Hunters knew something about Kashu's origins. The old hunters all said that Kashu was a genius they had cultivated since childhood. But in fact, this reason was untenable. All the Shadow Hunters present were more inclined to believe that Kashu came from the mysterious secret martial arts world of the empire...
There are endless masters in the secret martial arts world, and there are many strong people. However, they are too independent and closed, and basically only communicate within the circle. As long as other extraordinary forces don't provoke them, they don't want to care about the outside world. The Dark Hunter Organization actually tried to communicate with the secret martial arts world, but it ended in failure.
Those secret martial arts sects prefer their own little piece of land, and are more keen on fighting with other secret martial arts sects. Sect disputes, north-south disputes, east-west disputes, etc. As for cooperating with the Dark Hunter Organization, or dominating the supernatural world in the country, they have no interest in this at all.
As time passed, the secret martial arts world naturally split from the extraordinary world, as if they had become two unrelated existences.
People in the secret martial arts world know very little about the extraordinary world, and the extraordinary world also knows nothing about the secret martial arts world. It is natural that Kaxiu is from the secret martial arts world. Of course, whether Kaxiu is from the secret martial arts world or not does not affect his becoming a shadow hunter. The procedures are reasonable, and everything is based on strength.
The breeze blew through the canyon, sweeping away the sand and gravel, bringing a whistling sound.
"Congratulations, Bai Kui, you are now a member of the Shadow Hunter." Dilixiati suddenly stretched out his hand, and on his palm was a Shadow Hunter badge that had been prepared long ago. It was a metal carving that resembled a ghost face, with a ferocious temperament, like a fierce ghost in the dark night.
It is half the size of a palm, shield-shaped, and has stone protrusions on the edge.
It looks heavy and cold.
Dilishaiti threw the badge directly over and Kaxiu reached out to catch it.
In addition to the details mentioned above, there is also a number on the top of the shield, deeply engraved on the top of the ghost face's head: 5.
This is undoubtedly the mark of Shadowhunter No. 5.
The fourth Shadow Hunter Soul Scythe retired due to a serious injury, and the fifth Shadow Hunter Aaron naturally took over and became the fourth. As for the newcomer who competed to join the Shadow Hunters, it was naturally the fifth Shadow Hunter with the least qualifications.
Next to Aaron, Soth was trembling a little, his face was pale, and his eyes were fixed on the Dark Hunter Badge in Kaxiu's hand. That was something he had dreamed of since he was a child, but now it was in someone else's hands.
Opposite him, Kaxiu glanced at the Dark Hunter Badge in his hand, without obvious joy. He raised his head, glanced at Aaron and Dilishati's group, and said, "It is said that Shadow Hunters have an opportunity to challenge others every year, and those with stronger strength will get a higher ranking. Except for the Holy Light Hunter, no one else can refuse..."
"You mean... you're going to challenge us now?"
Aaron raised his eyebrows, and the smile on his face gradually became solemn. This situation has happened before. Many geniuses would immediately challenge higher-ranked Shadow Hunters to test their strength after becoming Shadow Hunters. But that was after they had gone to the source of the holy spring and raised their strength to the limit.
It was the first time that Kaxiu had challenged the Shadow Hunters directly after just passing the assessment. It seemed that he had just finished the melee in ten seconds as a warm-up exercise? Was he the main course
Feeling Kaxiu's intention, Aaron immediately became serious because according to the challenge rules, the first one would be him who had just inherited the fourth position.
"So anxious? Why don't you wait until you reach the source of the Holy Spring to improve your strength?"
Aaron narrowed his eyes slightly, and his aura gradually rose.
"No, I guess you all finally got together in the canyon today. If I come back from the Holy Spring, I'm afraid everyone will have their own tasks and scattered all over the empire." Kaxiu still had a cold face: "Rather than that, it's better to do it now. It also saves the energy and time to look for it everywhere, what do you think?"
He locked eyes with Aaron, refusing to back down. Kaxiu's current actions seemed a bit arrogant, challenging other Shadow Hunters just after becoming a Shadow Hunter. But the truth was, he wanted to quickly become a high-ranking member of the Shadow Hunter organization, replacing the No. 1 Shadow Hunter, or even the Holy Light Hunter.
Then you have to show your strength in a domineering manner at the first opportunity and overwhelm everyone else. Only fierce conflicts can lead to fierce measures, and only fierce measures can produce fierce changes. For example, let Kaxiu go from the fifth dark hunter to the holy light hunter in one year.
Of course, there is an important premise for this kind of hatred-inciting approach.
That is, when you are arrogant, you must have the capital to be arrogant!
Without the capital to be arrogant, it is called overestimating one's own ability, that is called courting death...