Devastating Blow

"There is no... line."

When Huo Ziping kills enemies, he can see their "lifeline". Once he cuts it, he can kill the target directly. For powerful targets, the "lifeline" will become difficult to catch, or it will be unusually tough, or it will have other characteristics.

But no matter what, Huo Ziping always had the Heart Eye to see the lifeline.

However, just as the sword technique "Dragon Flash" was unleashed and instantly slashed through Han Dong's body, not a single lifeline was visible throughout the entire process.

Looking back at Nicholas, his neck was not broken at all, and he seemed to be in another dimension.

This was the first time I had encountered such a strange situation.

Like a grain of black sand falling into Huo Ziping's heart lake, it stirred up rare waves.

"Candle Dragon Flame Heart"

The True Qi in Huo Ziping's dantian flowed along his body's meridians to the Dragon Sword... Due to the special material of the sword, the True Qi was immediately transformed into "Dragon Flame".

A flame capable of incinerating everything was gently burning on the surface of the sword.

The camera then pans to Han Dong.

They were also amazed by Huo Ziping's fierce attack.

With a slash, a leap, and a flash... if he hadn't been in a state of death, he would probably have been killed.

"If we can't stop Huo Ziping's sword, we have no chance of winning."

I must refine the hardest black sand and, with the aid of the Dark Magic provided by the Crow Caller, create an extremely powerful defensive system.

The concrete surfaces within the Derry Town Park area have all turned to sand due to the influence of the Dark Magic field.

The black sand was swept into the sky.

Every second, a few perfect hexagonal black Sand Crystal would fall into Han Dong's hands.

It was at this moment that...

A wave of heat swept in.

It was an unusual heat, unlike ordinary flames, and completely different from the Hellfire on Togu's body.

When Han Dong Lesser Demon Eye, he could vaguely see a phantom image of a dragon engulfed in flames as he gazed at the dragon sword wrapped in a layer of raging flames.

Han Dong could directly feel the burning sensation caused by this dragon flame.

Even in State of Death, there is still danger.

"The Sand Crystal aren't enough... let's buy some time."

With a wave of his staff.

Three seemingly ordinary Black Crow flew towards Huo Ziping.

Just halfway through the flight, the crow's black beak split open completely at a 90° angle.

Gaga~

More than a dozen terrifying tentacles covered in slime surged wildly from the crow's body, attempting to burrow into and contaminate Huo Ziping's body.

This scene instantly gave the three members of the Dragon City Squad the feeling of an emergency where they were on Investigation Mission outside the city and encountered a demon. They instinctively put on their goggles.

However.

Whoosh!

Huo Ziping, with his back to the camera, didn't even turn around... Heart Eye had already spotted his target and delivered a backhand strike.

All the crows were killed, and their tentacles were burned to ashes by the dragon's flames.

When Huo Ziping turned around, he had already closed his eyes, using only his other senses and Heart Eye to examine his opponent... thus shielding himself from Visual Pollution, his actions would also remain unaffected.

"Forward Step Slash"

It was clearly just a forward slash that lowered the center of gravity.

Huo Ziping, however, was able to close the distance by ten meters in the time it takes to take one step.

Instantly close the distance and reach attack range.

Vertical slash.

The burning blade left a trail of flaming dragon images in the air.

However, it failed to hit.

In that instant, Han Dong somehow managed to create a one-meter distance between them.

"Huh? How did it move?"

Huo Ziping, with his eyes closed, tilted his head slightly, unable to understand Han Dong's method of evasion.

Instead of thinking, let's keep attacking.

"Flying Ferry Boat"

This is a move that abandons defense and involves a series of forward-pressing sword techniques.

With the Perfect Fusion of body and sword, a continuous stream of strikes is delivered, leaving the opponent almost no room to retaliate... The force of each strike increases continuously during the combo.

Attempting to parry this move will cause the individual to experience a significant "stiffness" effect.

At the same time, the location of each sword strike and the location of the next sword strike are extremely tricky.

It is absolutely impossible to dodge continuously.

However...

Swish~ Swish~ Swish!

Arcs of fire remained in the air.

Han Dong dodged each slash in an almost impossible way.

"Wait... this is Spatial Technique?!"

Realizing the problem, Huo Ziping immediately expanded the area he was observing with his Heart Eye".

In addition to his evasive movements, Han Dong was found to have a vicious dog with an arm attached to his back.

By making contact with the vicious dog and taking cover about a meter behind him, Han Dong can perform a short-distance Spatial Transfer.

"It's not space in an absolute sense; it requires 'contact' as a condition... In that case..."

Huo Ziping focused on the spot the vicious dog was about to touch and immediately changed the trajectory of his next strike.

The strike was made in advance.

Danger...

At this time, Han Dong also extracted enough Sand Crystal.

"Sand wall"

A layer of unusual black sand suddenly blocked Han Dong's way.

The blade, which could easily cut through the black sand, now faced numerous obstacles.

Ding ding ding...

One by one, full and perfect Sand Crystal collided with the surface of the blade, producing a crisp sound, which seriously affected the speed of the slash.

At the same time, Huo Ziping sensed a dangerous atmosphere.

It seems that behind the scenes, Han Dong is accumulating some kind of deadly move.

Should we continue with the slash?

Or should we back down and withdraw?

Huo Ziping chose a compromise.

"Shock"

The sword blade, which had already cut into the black sand, changed its slashing motion to a shockwave.

Buzz!!

The vibration of the sword blade disrupted the tightly packed black sand.

Sheathed his sword and adopted a defensive stance, ready to parry any attacks that might appear from behind the black sand.

As he changed his sword moves with his right hand, Huo Ziping was also rapidly circulating his internal True Qi and channeling it to his left hand.

A Dragon Flame Palm strike was unleashed head-on.

The entire process was smooth and seamless, with no indication that Huo Ziping had changed his moves midway through.

Just as this palm strike passed over the shattered black sand...

At the same time, a Hundred-Eyed Blood Hound made of intertwined tentacles also lunged at Huo Ziping.

"Is this the isomerization product that Gongsun Hao mentioned?"

When attempting to parry with the blade.

The bloodhound tilted its head to the side, its upper and lower jaws splitting open without restraint, completely exceeding the normal range... avoiding the blade's parry, it bit down on Huo Ziping.

Boom!

Han Dong was struck in the left chest by a palm strike. If he had been hit by the dragon beast's charge and the scorching flames, he would have been sent flying more than ten meters away... Death was not the only outcome, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Moreover, because something was cut off, Han Dong was in so much pain that he kept twitching on the ground.

Huo Ziping took three steps back.

Clang!

The sword blade was planted in the ground, supporting his body.

He tightly covered the canine tooth mark left on his right shoulder with his left hand... and even saw tiny tentacles wriggling inside the wound, deepening the damage and contamination.

Drip, drip... Blood drips down.

and.

Moreover, during the close-quarters battle with Han Dong, Huo Ziping was also afflicted by death, with many parts of his skin showing signs of aging... and even some blood clots forming under his skin.

Huo Ziping in front of him.

The "Hundred-Eyed Blood Hound," whose mouth was open to a depth of one meter, was also cut off and fell to the ground... At the critical moment, it was severed by the "Heart Sword."

Otherwise, if that bite had gone in completely, Huo Ziping's right side might have been gone.

The so-called True Qi was rendered useless by the terrifying sharp teeth of the bloodhound.

Both suffered severe damage.

The battle has temporarily ceased...

The intensity of the battle completely exceeded the expectations of the spectators, leaving everyone stunned.

Ma Taotao stared at her captain, who was kneeling on one knee and even needed to stick his sword in to support his body. She recalled the squad's combat plan she had made before and found it ridiculous, but also felt a wave of fear.

"If there hadn't been this challenge, but instead it had been a direct confrontation between teams, I might have died if I faced this Dark Mage."