Chapter 013: Third Transformation

One of his most powerful special moves was effortlessly blocked by Du Fan. Tata Tie’s first reaction was disbelief! After using that move, Tata Tie was breathing heavily, as the Crazy Axe required immense physical strength and combat energy.
That human boy, who seemed thin and weak, had actually managed to block his Crazy Axe! Not only that, but after blocking it, he casually placed his hands behind his back and talked to him in a relaxed manner!
Moreover, the first thing he said was, “Is that it? Why don’t you continue?”
Hearing Du Fan’s words, Tata Tie’s anger flared up again. Wasn’t this a clear provocation? Tata Tie thought.
“Hmph,” Tata Tie snorted loudly to express his extreme dissatisfaction.
Taking advantage of the conversation, Du Fan quickly moved his wrists. The time spent talking was enough for him to recover.
“Hmph what? Do you disagree with what I said?” Du Fan’s expression changed. “Since you refuse to accept it, I’ll keep fighting until you do!”
As soon as he finished speaking, he swiftly drew his sword from behind and launched a Light Cross Slash at Tata Tie’s head. Following the attack, Du Fan leaped forward and thrust another sword at Tata Tie’s chest.
Seeing the Light Cross Slash, Tata Tie roared loudly. His right arm turned red as he swung his axe forcefully, sending a circular red energy sphere to collide with the slash.
That circular energy sphere was also a mid-range attack technique used by dwarf warriors—Sun Circle Slash. It involved compressing combat energy into an energy body before releasing it for mid-range attacks.
Such attacks couldn’t be used from long distances, as the compressed energy would dissipate in the air quickly while in flight.
The Light Cross Slash and the Sun Circle Slash collided in the air, quickly turning into energy bodies that vanished. Du Fan, who was preparing to launch a close-range attack after the slash, was slightly delayed by the scattered energy.
Du Fan hadn’t expected Tata Tie to have the Sun Circle Slash!
While Du Fan hesitated for a moment, Tata Tie acted. He threw his axe at Du Fan with all his strength. The axe, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, spun up and down as it headed toward Du Fan.

Du Fan quickly aimed Frost Snow in his hand at the axe and lifted it upward. The axe pressed down on Frost Snow, and Du Fan felt a strange force coming from it—this force shifted from side to side, making him feel as though he couldn’t control Frost Snow at all!
Suddenly, the axe exerted a bizarre force, then made a quick change of direction, swinging horizontally at Du Fan’s left arm. Seeing this, Du Fan was shocked and quickly raised Frost Snow to block Tata Tie’s axe, which had suddenly changed direction!
The axe was blocked, but it changed direction again! It swung violently toward Du Fan’s head! Tata Tie’s axe seemed to contain several different forces and could change direction multiple times!
This sudden change of direction caught Du Fan off guard, and the axe struck his head.
A flash of white light appeared, and Du Fan crouched slightly before standing there unharmed once more.
After hitting Du Fan’s head, the axe changed direction again and flew back into Tata Tie’s hands.
“Good! It can even change direction three times!” Seeing Tata Tie’s axe hit Du Fan without causing any harm, Basha wasn’t nervous at all but instead praised Tata Tie.
Dwarves are skilled at using axes, which is related to their innate strength. Over time, they developed a technique to control axes that are thrown. Generally, dwarves who have practiced this technique can control one change of direction—meaning they can retrieve their axe immediately after throwing it. Those who can achieve two changes of direction are already extremely rare, and those who can achieve three are even rarer!
It can be said that among dwarves, those who can control direction three times are even fewer than the number of saints among them! Learning this technique of controlling an axe’s direction cannot be done through shortcuts or tricks; it requires long-term, continuous practice!
Therefore, when Basha saw Tata Tie capable of achieving three direction changes, he momentarily forgot their adversarial relationship and gave Tata Tie sincere praise.
Seeing his axe strike Du Fan’s head yet Du Fan remain unharmed, Tata Tie’s heart sank.
He didn’t know what protective magic Du Fan had used that made his own axe unable to cause harm!
After all, as descendants of a somewhat famous craftsman among the dwarves, the Metal Four Brothers of the Tata family wielded highly excellent weapons!
Among dwarves, a craftsman who is somewhat famous is equivalent to a master-level figure in the human world!

The weapons in the hands of these four metal brothers were all at a level close to divine! Of course, such a level was already the pinnacle achieved by their father—creating divine artifacts was not something ordinary people could do. Even the top ten casting masters on the continent needed excellent materials and some luck to forge them! Although his heart sank, Tata Tie, this extremely irritable dwarf, was undisturbed by this situation at all. Holding his axe, he rushed forward swiftly. Before even approaching Du Fan, he swung his axe three times in a row. The three axe shadows overlapped, and then the entire axe became incredibly heavy, swinging toward Du Fan with an indescribably mysterious force. Noticing that this attack was somewhat unusual, Du Fan controlled his breath and activated all his radiant combat energy, his hands seemingly ablaze with bright flames! With blazing light and frosty snow, he met Tata Tie’s axe with his own powerful swing! “Boom!” A dull sound, like a distant thunderclap, came from between their swords and axes. The brilliant light emitted instantly between them was like a bright lightning bolt, instantly illuminating the entire night sky! Du Fan stepped back, while Tata Tie retreated five steps before stopping. This clash immediately determined a winner—Du Fan’s expression was merely grim, while blood trickled from Tata Tie’s mouth! During that intense exchange, the powerful force from Du Fan’s sword was like an endless river or ocean, majestic and unfathomable! That force passed through the sword and axe, piercing into Tata Tie’s body and damaging his internal organs! “You’re strong! I can’t beat you!” Tata Tie said reluctantly. “It’s good that you admit defeat. Then I ask you—who is really behind the attack on Basha?” Du Fan demanded. Tata Tie looked up at his brothers. Seeing Tata Jin’s smirk, he spoke, “I can’t tell you who it is yet, but I can say this—Basha, if anyone is to be blamed, it’s your father! Your father, relying on his divine-level power, has suppressed so many tribes!” “My father! What does my father have to do with this?” Basha asked in surprise. Although Du Fan had some vague suspicions, he never expected that the dwarves’ anger would actually be directed at the dwarf king!

“Good. It is your father that we must oppose! For hundreds of years, under your father’s harsh oppression, our dwarf race has been unable to develop properly! Unless we overthrow your father, our race will forever remain stuck in this state!” Tata Tie said loudly.
“You have quite the audacity! To dare target my father! Don’t you fear that he will take action against you once he finds out?” Basha said, his expression constantly changing.
“Haha, originally, we didn’t have the courage either. And even if we did, we wouldn’t dare act so quickly! But this time is different—we now have enough strength to confront the Dwarf King! We’re no longer afraid.” Tata Tie also laughed loudly.
“Enough! Fourth brother, stop here!” Hearing that Tata Tie was about to reveal some crucial information, Tata Jin quickly stopped him.
“Very well. Since you all insist, I won’t say any more. Let’s fight!” Basha said fiercely.
“Tata Yin, you and I will hold off Basha and Du Fan. Tata Tong, Tata Tie, you take these people and deal with those mages and archers first!” Tata Jin ordered swiftly.
“Yes, elder brother!” The other three replied loudly. Tata Tong and Tata Tie led their men toward Nayixiu and the three mages!
Seeing those people running toward her, Nayixiu quickly unleashed her “Thousand Rain” attack!
The arrows transformed into thousands of green beams of light, rushing at Tata Tong, Tata Tie, and the dozen or so dwarfs they led!
The green lights flickered in the night sky, like a swarm of fireflies flying swiftly toward the group of dwarfs!
Attacked by such a massive barrage of arrows, the dwarfs were busy defending against Nayixiu’s “Thousand Rain” attack. Only after they managed to fend off this wave of arrows did they realize that Nayixiu and the three mages were already two hundred meters away!
By the time the dwarfs tried to advance again, the attacks from the three mages arrived once more!
“Tata Jin, with just the two of you, do you really think you can stop me and my third brother?” Basha said heavily.
“Lord Basha, although your human friend is quite strong, I recall that you’re only at the early stage of the Saint rank. Do you really think that my second brother and I, who are at the middle stage of the Saint rank, can’t hold off the two of you?” Tata Jin replied with a smile.

Looking back, those dwarfs were all blocked by Naixiu’s arrows and the magicians’ spells, making it impossible for them to approach Naixiu and the three magicians for the time being. Seeing this, Bashah felt relieved.
“Younger brother Du Fan, go help Naixiu and the others take care of those guys first. I’ll handle these two,” Bashah said to Du Fan with a smile.
“If that’s the case, elder brother, be careful,” Du Fan replied with a slight smile and a nod, seeing Bashah’s confident demeanor.
He pushed off the ground and quickly used his flying spell, flying swiftly toward Tata Copper and Tata Iron!
“Tata Silver, stop him!” Tata Gold shouted immediately when he saw Du Fan about to leave.
Seeing this, Tata Silver promptly threw the axe in his hand, which flew toward Du Fan’s back with a sharp buzzing sound!
“Crack!” Before the axe could hit Du Fan, it was intercepted by another axe.
Tata Silver, lacking Tata Iron’s third transformation ability, quickly retracted his axe. Looking closely, he saw Bashah calmly wave his hand, causing the axe that was intercepting Tata Silver to be pulled back as well.
“Why are you two panicking? You dare to oppose my father. Now, let me see what skills you brothers really have—whether you truly have the strength to oppose my wife and me,” Bashah said casually, looking at Tata Gold and Tata Silver.