Chen Luo reached out. The opening of the little backpack that Frog son had previously carried on his back, but which now lay by Chen Luo's feet, flashed with light. A black radiance shot out, and Chen Luo caught it.
It was a long sword that was pitch-black from hilt to tip. Seven points of light adorned the hilt, arranged like the seven stars of the Big Dipper.
Chen Luo caught the sword and casually lowered it. Wherever the tip passed, even space was sliced open, sending ripples through it.
Clutching the sword, Chen Luo charged toward Lian Ai. At that moment, he felt a power within him that was almost impossible to suppress. His mighty, surging Demonic Power was like a volcano on the verge of erupting inside his body.
"Playing tricks and pretending to be mysterious!" Lian Ai forced herself to calm down and condensed a Wind Blade several times larger than the previous one, flinging it at Chen Luo.
The Demonic Power within Chen Luo spilled out and wrapped around the sword in his hand. Chen Luo swung it in a horizontal sweep. The enormous Wind Blade collided with the black sword with a thunderous boom, shattering apart. A tremendous shock wave exploded outward, shaving a full inch off the ground beneath Chen Luo's feet. The giant trees that had barely escaped the storm moments ago snapped and toppled one after another.
"Is that all you've got?" Chen Luo's voice was cold. The impact had cut several wounds across his face, and blood ran down his cheeks, but he paid it no mind and continued running toward Lian Ai.
Lian Ai instinctively retreated half a step, then suddenly realized that she had been intimidated by Chen Luo's aura. Anger surged through her heart once more, as if an arrogant phoenix had been startled by a pheasant. With a thought, Lian Ai drew in a deep breath and exhaled toward Chen Luo. A stream of white air carrying bone-chilling cold swept toward him.
It was the same white mist that had previously broken through Ji Zhong's "Battle Poem Light Cavalry" in the Confucian Temple square. In the mist, tiny creatures resembling ice crystals pounced toward Chen Luo, freezing the ground into frost wherever they passed.
Sixth-grade Gu worm—Ice Melting Gu!
Chen Luo did not slow down. The long sword in his hand flipped around and pointed straight ahead. His wrist moved rapidly, causing the blade of the black sword to quiver through the air and produce countless afterimages. When the number of afterimages reached its limit, they actually condensed into the phantom image of an even larger sword. Wherever the phantom sword's tip passed, it tore space open and formed a vacuum zone.
"Nine Swords of Dugu—Qi Breaking Style!"
The icy mist formed by the Ice Melting Gu surged over and collided head-on with the giant sword phantom Chen Luo had unleashed. It was like throwing a red-hot branding iron into a snowy field. The icy mist was instantly cleaved open, creating a clear path, while countless Ice Melting Gu were detonated by the sword phantom's tip.
From outside, Chen Luo could be seen wielding his sword as he passed through the white mist. Explosions rang out without pause wherever he went, as if red plum blossoms were blooming within the fog to clear a path for him.
Lian Ai's expression changed. She had no time to care about her pride and rapidly retreated, trying to put as much distance between herself and Chen Luo as possible. She opened her mouth again, and three Gu flew out, attacking Chen Luo.
The Gu rapidly grew larger after flying out. They were not insect Gu, but Snake Gu. The three Gu transformed into three poisonous snakes—azure, white, and red—and pounced toward Chen Luo.
It turned out that when Lian Ai saw Chen Luo advancing with such ferocity, she had wanted to use the flexibility of the Snake Gu to restrain him.
Unexpectedly, Chen Luo merely snorted. "Perfect timing!"
"Nine Swords of Dugu—Rope Breaking Style!"
Mighty Demonic Power reinforced Chen Luo as his long sword changed from a thrust to a lifting stroke. His wrist shifted slightly, the lifting stroke carrying a slicing motion. When his opponent's strength faltered, the sword tip suddenly drove forward, transforming into a collapsing strike. In the blink of an eye, Chen Luo broke free from the entanglement of the three Snake Gu. The three Snake Gu had already been cut into several pieces and fallen to the ground.
Chen Luo was now only a few meters from Lian Ai. Seeing his cold gaze, Lian Ai felt a trace of fear rise in her heart. She violently flung her head, and her waist-length hair suddenly snapped apart down the middle. Countless severed strands transformed into poisoned steel needles and shot toward Chen Luo.
This was one of Lian Ai's trump cards: Green Silk Gu—Needle Kill Prison.
The countless strands of hair transformed into steel needles the instant they left Lian Ai's hair. They immediately scattered into a wall of needles, sealing off the space before Lian Ai. Yet they constantly shifted positions and moved back and forth, dazzling the eye.
Chen Luo finally stopped. His ears twitched slightly, and his vast Demonic Power covered his entire body. His wrist rotated faintly, his elbow bent slightly, and the sword tip traced a small circle as he assumed a sword-twisting stance.
Lian Ai still did not stop. She continued releasing her second trump card. She pulled a dagger from her waist and sliced open the index finger of her right hand. A drop of blood fell. The instant it began to descend, it transformed into a three-headed hound from hell.
Sixth-grade Blood Beast Gu—Overlord Wind!
At the same time, countless steel needles shot toward Chen Luo. Chen Luo held out his long sword and continued twisting it. However, the sword's movement disturbed the airflow, causing a suction force to erupt out of nowhere around the space of the blade. As the steel needles flew over, they were all caught by that suction force. In no time, the thousand needles had become a needle dragon wrapped around Chen Luo's sword.
"Nine Swords of Dugu—Arrow Breaking Style!"
Chen Luo controlled the long sword and flung the needle dragon toward Lian Ai. The needle dragon exploded with a roar, transforming once more into countless steel needles that shot toward Lian Ai.
At that moment, the Blood Beast Gu—Overlord Wind summoned by Lian Ai had already charged over. The steel needles stabbed into Overlord Wind's body, only to become trapped within its viscous blood.
Chen Luo raised his sword and slashed at Overlord Wind. Overlord Wind was split in two, but the halves transformed into two smaller Overlord Winds, which continued pouncing toward Chen Luo.
"Save your strength. Overlord Wind can't be killed." Lian Ai finally seemed to have recovered some of her dignity. She returned to her former arrogant bearing. "They'll keep being drawn to your blood until they devour you completely."
Upon hearing this, Chen Luo said nothing. He slashed his sword across his own wrist, and blood immediately gushed out. The two Overlord Winds seemed to grow even more excited and lunged at him.
While dodging, Chen Luo used his Demonic Power to wrap the blood into a blood orb and suddenly hurled it into the distance. He then used his Demonic Power to temporarily seal his wound.
The two Overlord Winds froze for a moment, then suddenly stopped. They looked at Chen Luo, then at the blood orb in the distance. They immediately took off after it, their little legs pumping wildly.
Lian Ai: (;д)
"It's time to end this." Chen Luo was now less than five meters from Lian Ai. He stepped forward, his long sword pointing straight at her throat.
A vicious light appeared in Lian Ai's eyes. "You think you've already won?" She reversed the dagger in her hand and suddenly plunged it into her own chest. A violet radiance rose from the top of her head. At the same time, the phantom image of a violet butterfly taller than a person appeared behind her.
The violet butterfly phantom rapidly solidified. Its two wings folded together, shielding Lian Ai within.
Chen Luo's long sword stabbed into the butterfly's wings. A colossal force rebounded, traveling along the tip of the sword and into his arm. Chen Luo felt his arm go numb and nearly lost his grip on the sword.
The folded butterfly wings bore bizarre patterns that resembled a twisted monster's face. The monstrous face suddenly opened its mouth and let out a silent roar at Chen Luo. Chen Luo abruptly felt the blood within his body boil and his organs tremble. Even the wound on his wrist, which he had just sealed with Demonic Energy, split open once more.
Lian Ai's voice came from within the wings. "Brat, you should feel lucky to die beneath my Life Gu!"
"Bah!" Chen Luo spat out a mouthful of blood. "Let's see whether I break through your rotten wings first, or you manage to kill me first!"
As he spoke, Chen Luo raised his long sword and drove it heavily into the wings again.
"You green-tea bitch! What are you pretending to be some great beauty for? Go screw yourself!"
"You think you're so tough, huh? If you've got the guts, come out and fight me! Don't hide in there and keep your mouth shut!"
"You wear a veil all day long. I bet you're an ugly monster!"
"Didn't you say you wanted to kill me? Come out! I'll let you kill me!"
While cursing at the top of his lungs, Chen Luo relentlessly attacked the same spot on the butterfly wings with his long sword. The butterfly's ghost-face spell did not stop for even a moment, and blood began to flow from Chen Luo's seven apertures...
Chen Luo had no idea how long he had been attacking. The fury filling his chest kept him going. Finally, when the long sword struck the same spot once more, he pierced a hole through the butterfly wings. The wings trembled faintly, then the entire butterfly transformed into radiance and dispersed, revealing Lian Ai within...
Lian Ai looked terrible as well. Bloody tears flowed from her eyes, her green silk-like hair had turned white, and several wrinkles had appeared out of nowhere at the corners of her eyes, making her seem several years older.
"I won!" Chen Luo threw back his head and let out a long howl. Pointing his long sword straight at Lian Ai, he thrust it forward...
In Spring City, flowers flew everywhere. Staying up late to write was absolutely top-notch.
I hadn't intended to end the chapter here, but I was too sleepy, so I stopped here. It definitely wasn't intentional...
Don't worry. This plotline will end in the next chapter, and we'll be opening up a new map.
Strictly speaking, the real story is about to begin.
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