Battle Lian Ai (Part 2)

Chen Luo reached out his hand. The small backpack that his frog-son had carried on his back, now lying by Chen Luo's feet, had its opening flash with light. A black beam of light shot out, and Chen Luo caught it.

It was a longsword, entirely black, with seven points of light on its hilt arranged in the pattern of the Big Dipper.

Chen Luo grabbed the longsword and casually set it down. Where the tip of the sword passed, even space itself rippled and tore.

Holding the longsword, Chen Luo charged towards Lian Ai. At this moment, he felt an almost uncontrollable power surging within him; a vast and majestic demonic power churned in his body like a volcano on the verge of eruption.

"Playing tricks!" Lian Ai calmed herself and condensed a wind blade several times larger than before, flinging it at Chen Luo.

The demonic power within Chen Luo diffused out, enveloping the longsword in his hand. Chen Luo swung the sword horizontally. The colossal wind blade collided with the black longsword, and with a deafening roar, the wind blade shattered. A massive shockwave instantly exploded outwards. The ground beneath Chen Luo's feet was leveled by an inch, and the giant trees that had barely survived the previous storm were snapped in half.

"Is that all you've got?" Chen Luo's voice was icy. Several cuts from the impact marred his face, blood trickling down his cheeks, but Chen Luo paid them no mind, continuing his charge towards Lian Ai.

Lian Ai instinctively took half a step back. She suddenly realized she was intimidated by Chen Luo's aura, and a surge of anger coursed through her, as if a proud phoenix had been startled by a pheasant. Lian Ai's thoughts stirred, and she took a deep breath, exhaling towards Chen Luo. A blast of white mist, carrying extreme cold, swept towards him.

This was the same white mist that had shattered Ji Zhong's "Battle Poem Light Cavalry" in the Confucian Temple plaza earlier. Tiny, ice-crystal-like insects within the mist swarmed towards Chen Luo, freezing the ground with frost as they passed.

A sixth-rank Gu worm—Ice Melting Gu!

Chen Luo's footsteps didn't falter. The longsword in his hand flipped, pointing straight ahead. His wrist moved rapidly, the body of the black longsword flicking repeatedly in the air, creating countless afterimages. When the number of afterimages reached its peak, they all coalesced into the phantom image of a larger longsword. Wherever the phantom sword's tip passed, space was torn open, creating a vacuum.

"Nine Swords of Dugu · Qi Breaking Style!"

The ice mist formed by the Ice Melting Gu surged forward, colliding head-on with the giant sword phantom Chen Luo unleashed. It was like throwing a scorching hot iron into snow; the ice mist was instantly cleaved open, creating a clear path, and countless Ice Melting Gu were detonated by the phantom sword's tip.

From the outside, Chen Luo, sword in hand, moved through the white mist. Everywhere he passed, explosions erupted, as if red plum blossoms were blooming in the mist, clearing his path.

Lian Ai's expression changed. Forgetting her pride, she rapidly retreated, trying to put distance between herself and Chen Luo. She opened her mouth again, and three Gu worms flew out, attacking Chen Luo.

The Gu worms rapidly grew larger after flying out. They weren't insect Gu, but Snake Gu. The three Gu transformed into green, white, and red poisonous snakes, lunging at Chen Luo.

Lian Ai had seen Chen Luo's fierce advance and intended to use the flexibility of the Snake Gu to counter him.

Unexpectedly, Chen Luo let out a cold snort: "Just what I needed!"

"Nine Swords of Dugu · Rope Breaking Style!"

Vast demonic power empowered Chen Luo. His longsword changed from a thrust to a flick, his wrist shifting slightly to hook and drag. When the opponent lost balance, the sword tip instantly surged forward, transforming into a shattering strike. In the blink of an eye, Chen Luo had disentangled himself from the three writhing Snake Gu, which were already cut into several segments and lay on the ground.

At this point, Chen Luo was only a few meters from Lian Ai. Looking into Chen Luo's cold eyes, Lian Ai felt a trace of fear well up within her. She forcefully shook her hair, and her waist-length hair suddenly snapped in the middle. Countless severed strands transformed into poisoned steel needles, shooting towards Chen Luo.

This was one of Lian Ai's trump cards: Green Silk Gu—Needle Kill Prison.

The countless steel needles made of green silk, the moment they detached from Lian Ai's hair, immediately dispersed into a wall of needles, sealing off the space in front of Lian Ai. However, they constantly shifted positions, moving back and forth, creating a dazzling spectacle.

Chen Luo finally stopped. His ears twitched slightly, and his immense demonic power enveloped his body. Chen Luo rotated his wrist slightly, bent his elbow, and drew a small circle with the sword tip, adopting a "wringing sword" posture.

Lian Ai, meanwhile, hadn't stopped. She released her second trump card. Lian Ai took a dagger from her waist, sliced her right index finger, and a drop of blood fell. As the blood descended, it transformed into the likeness of a three-headed vicious dog.

Sixth-rank Blood Beast Gu—Overlord Wind!

Simultaneously, countless steel needles shot towards Chen Luo. Chen Luo thrust his longsword forward, still in the wringing sword stance. However, the wringing motion disturbed the air, causing a suction force to erupt from the space around the sword. The incoming steel needles were all drawn in by this suction. In a short time, the thousands of needles were wrapped around Chen Luo's longsword like a dragon of needles.

"Nine Swords of Dugu · Arrow Breaking Style!"

Chen Luo controlled his longsword, flinging the needle dragon towards Lian Ai. The needle dragon exploded with a roar, transforming back into countless steel needles that shot towards Lian Ai.

At this moment, the Blood Beast Gu—Overlord Wind that Lian Ai had summoned had already charged forward. The steel needles pierced into the Overlord Wind's body but were trapped within its viscous blood.

Chen Luo slashed at the Overlord Wind with his sword. The Overlord Wind was split in two, but then transformed into two smaller Overlord Winds, which continued to pounce on Chen Luo.

"Save your strength, the Overlord Wind can't be killed." Lian Ai seemed to have regained some of her composure, returning to her previous haughty demeanor. "They will always be attracted to your blood, until they completely devour you."

Hearing this, Chen Luo didn't say a word. He horizontally slashed his sword across his own wrist, causing blood to flow profusely. The two Overlord Winds seemed to become even more excited, pouncing on Chen Luo.

While dodging, Chen Luo used his demonic power to wrap his blood into a blood ball and hurled it into the distance, then temporarily sealed his wound with demonic energy.

The two Overlord Winds paused for a moment, then stopped abruptly. They looked at Chen Luo, then at the distant blood ball, and then took off, chasing after the blood ball.

Lian Ai: (;д)

"It's time to end this." Chen Luo was now less than five meters from Lian Ai. He took a step forward, his longsword pointed directly at Lian Ai's throat.

Lian Ai's eyes also glinted fiercely: "Do you think you've already won?" She reversed her dagger and plunged it into her own chest. A purple light rose from the top of Lian Ai's head. At the same time, behind Lian Ai, the phantom image of a purple butterfly, taller than a person, appeared.

The purple butterfly phantom rapidly solidified. Its two wings closed, enveloping Lian Ai within.

Chen Luo's longsword struck the butterfly's wings, and a colossal force rebounded, traveling along the sword tip to Chen Luo's arm. Chen Luo felt his arm go numb, almost losing his grip on the longsword.

On the closed butterfly wings, the bizarre patterns resembled a twisted monstrous face. The monstrous face suddenly opened its mouth, letting out a silent roar at Chen Luo. Chen Luo suddenly felt his blood boiling, his internal organs vibrating, and even the wound on his wrist, which he had temporarily sealed with demonic energy, burst open again.

Lian Ai's voice emanated from within the wings: "Brat, you should feel lucky to die by my Life Gu!"

"Pah!" Chen Luo spat out a mouthful of blood. "Let's see who breaks first, me breaking through these rotten wings of yours, or you killing me first!"

As Chen Luo spoke, he raised his longsword and struck the same spot on the butterfly's wings heavily again.

"You green tea bitch! Stop pretending to be a great beauty! Screw you!"

"Aren't you amazing? Come out and fight me! Don't hide inside and stay silent!"

"Wearing a veil all day, I bet you're an ugly monster!"

"You wanted to kill me, right? Come out, I'll let you kill me!"

Chen Luo cursed loudly while using his longsword to relentlessly attack the same spot on the butterfly's wings. The butterfly's monstrous face spell also continued unabated. Chen Luo's eyes, nose, and ears began to bleed...

Chen Luo didn't know how long he had been attacking, his heart full of rage keeping him going. Finally, as his long sword pointed to the same spot once again, he pierced a hole through the butterfly's wing. The butterfly's wings trembled slightly, and then the entire butterfly dissolved into light, revealing Lian Ai within...

Lian Ai didn't look well either at this moment. Blood tears flowed from her eyes, her dark hair had turned white, and a few wrinkles had appeared out of nowhere at the corners of her eyes, making her look a few years older.

"I won!" Chen Luo roared, pointing his long sword directly at Lian Ai and thrusting it forward...

Spring City is full of flying flowers, and staying up late to write is the best.

I didn't intend to end the chapter here, but I was too tired, so I did. It was absolutely not intentional...

Don't worry, this plot will conclude in the next chapter, and we'll be opening a new map.

Strictly speaking, the real story is about to begin.

Thank you for your support.