The Draw Sword is the most lethal strike in the Wind Technique.
This swordsmanship involves gathering the user's entire body's strength into a powerful attack after charging up.
In Li Ke's view, this move is different from the traditional sword-drawing slash, which is what Xiao Rizi calls the iaido slash.
Kokoro's Iaijutsu is also derived from the ancient Chinese waist-striking style, but the Iaijutsu has been improved to become a combat technique more suitable for Kokoro.
Li Ke's familiarity with the sword-drawing slash was mostly based on what he had seen in anime and movies. Therefore, he was indeed not very knowledgeable about the waist-striking style of China, and was more familiar with the Japanese iaido slash.
This is a sword technique that uses speed to counterattack, but the Draw Sword of the Wind Dojo is different. Although it has the same attack method, the Draw Sword in the Wind Technique is more aggressive and powerful.
Speed is naturally a characteristic of the Wind Technique, but swiftness and great power are also characteristics of the Wind Dojo.
And this is precisely what Bilgewater has proven.
The green tentacles were all shattered, leaving only Illaoi standing there, hundreds of meters back, holding the Eye of God.
If Illaoi hadn't summoned Nagakabouros at the crucial moment, she could have withstood Li Ke's sword strike. But what about Gangplank and the others?
The chaotic sword energy will pulverize Gangplank and his companions!
Not far away, Akali, who had been crossing her arms, lost her balance. Seeing the huge commotion Li Ke had created, Akali felt a tingling in her legs. This power... could anyone in the Wind Dojo create such a commotion?
Is Yasuo okay?
Akali thought it wouldn't work because Shen had said that the Wind Dojo had declined, not only because the sect's lineage had been broken and there was a lack of successors, but also because, with the passage of time, the essence of the true Wind Technique had been left in the river of history through generations of inheritance.
Even Souma couldn't truly master wind manipulation. Akali felt that Elder Souma might be much stronger than Li Ke, but in terms of wind manipulation, he might genuinely be inferior to Li Ke.
Because of Ionia's current Wind Technique, not to mention Shen, even his own mother said that the Wind Technique currently used in the Wind Dojo is actually a wind-borrowing sword technique!
The wind is not as gentle as it sounds; it can be violent and restless. Therefore, borrowing the wind and riding the wind are two completely different things!
So where exactly did Li Ke learn this swordsmanship from?
Akali was genuinely confused by this.
However, if Li Ke were to know Akali's thoughts, Li Ke would simply laugh and tell Akali that she doesn't understand what a cheat is.
Back in the arena, Li Ke Keyi used most of his spiritual power to continuously repair his soul spirit.
Kindred's blessing allowed Li Ke to fight with increasing ferocity. In just a short while, his physical and spiritual strength recovered to about 70-80%. Looking at the astonished Illaoi in the distance, Li Ke picked up his scimitar and slung it over his shoulder.
"Illaoi, let's end it like this, what do you think?"
"With Nagakabouros protecting you, I admit I can't do anything to you. I can't beat you, but it would be very difficult for you to beat me either. Don't let my appearance fool you, I'm quite capable in a fight," Li Ke said with a smile.
He lowered his hand from the knife and pointed the curved blade directly at Illaoi, who was a hundred meters away.
On the spaceship, Jinx looked at Li Ke like this, her eyes shining, and she couldn't help but twist her body.
So handsome!
She absolutely adores Li Ke!
Confident and powerful, a stark contrast to her usual lazy and gentle demeanor!
Although she liked that kind of Li Ke, she still definitely preferred the confident Li Ke!
Beside Illaoi, Gangplank was blown to the ground by the wind, glaring at Li Ke with gritted teeth and eyes full of rage.
He was so close. He was so close to killing Sarah, but now it seems that if this guy who suddenly appeared is determined to protect Sarah, he really can't do anything to Sarah.
This sword strike was enough to cut his Siren in half!
What does it mean to cleave a warship hundreds of meters long in two with a single sword strike?
This isn't human power at all!
Illaoi could also destroy the Siren, but that was by borrowing Nagakabouros's power on the sea, while the Sirens could destroy them with a single sword strike; the impact was simply incomparable.
Why is it that Sarah was able to befriend such a powerful person?
Gangplank was puzzled; he genuinely couldn't understand it. In his mind, he had indeed suffered a loss at Sarah's hands, but that was more due to the betrayal of his subordinates than to Sarah's strength. Therefore, even now, Gangplank still didn't believe Sarah would be his nemesis; at most, she was an enemy he could fight.
"Let's both give each other a way out, okay? I'll take Sarah away from here, and let her and Gangplank settle their own score. You won't interfere, and neither will I," Li Ke said to Illaoi in the distance.
He now realizes that, in terms of pure strength, he and Illaoi are roughly evenly matched. Yes, at first glance, it seems like Li Ke is stronger Illaoi, but in reality, the commotion Li Ke created and the howling wind from his Draw Sword strike, which seemed to suppress Illaoi, actually meant that Illaoi was not injured at all.
Her physical defense is just like her outward appearance, like an iron tower, her defense is incredibly high, but as a result, Illaoi's offensive power is not strong.
If we consider the entire three-dimensional panel, then Li Ke would think it would be like this:
[Li Ke]
Force: 8
Speed:6
Defense: 4
And Illaoi said this--
[Illaoi]
Force: 6
Speed:5
Defense: 9
At first glance, Illaoi's stats seem to surpass Li Ke's, but as mentioned before, combat isn't simply about stats. There are countless examples of the weak defeating the strong in the real world. Moreover, Li Ke has the overpowered skill "Lamb's Respite," which means Li Ke strength cannot be simply represented by stats.
Mechanisms? Do you guys even understand mechanisms?
The Lamb's Respite grants Li Ke extraordinary regenerative abilities. In addition, he cultivates the Way of the Soul, making his Soul Strength far surpass that of ordinary people. Illaoi's attack power is inherently low, and her primary method is to attack the soul.
However, when this was applied to Li Ke, Illaoi was completely restrained by Li Ke.
She wasn't as fast as Li Ke, and even if she could break through Li Ke's defenses, Li Ke's Soul Strength was enough to withstand Illaoi's attacks, not to mention that the Lamb's Respite would allow Li Ke to continuously recover.
Therefore, Li Ke couldn't kill Illaoi, and Illaoi couldn't do anything to him either.
Li Ke came to Bilgewater with the sole purpose of rescuing and taking Sarah away; he had no intention of truly becoming enemies with Illaoi Sarah.
So, if it could end like this, that would be the best thing ever.
Li Ke thought this way, but Illaoi didn't.
The enormous tentacles lifted her body. At this moment, the color of the tentacles changed again, from the previous light green to dark green. The eerie green tentacles did not change in size, but their appearance became more clearly visible.
Illaoi looked calmly at Li Ke and said in a deep voice, "What you said is indeed true. Relying solely on my own strength and what I have learned, I cannot defeat you. My only intention was to save Gangplank and allow him to live."
"Then..." Li Ke was about to say that it was settled, but Illaoi interrupted him.
"But now, it's no longer about Gangplank and Sarah." Illaoi's orange-yellow eyes turned green, her eerie green eyes staring directly at Li Ke, and the green glow emanating from her body gradually coalesced into a pattern behind her.
It was an enormous head, covered with eyes, and beneath its skull, countless tentacles swayed like a beard.
It's Nagakabouros.
"Now, Nagakabouros, She wants you," Illaoi said in a deep voice. In her Eye of God, a huge tentacle flew out and flashed to Li Ke's side.
The tentacle was no longer green, but grayish-black, or perhaps dark green?
But Li Ke didn't have time to look at it at all. He raised his hand and pointed the scimitar forward. With a "clang," followed by a cracking sound, it shattered.
The aura surrounding Li Ke's scimitar was shattered, along with the scimitar itself, and his body flew backward, crashing into the wall.
"Li Ke!" Jinx saw this and anxiously looked at the ruins. She steered the ship to descend.
But the next moment, a figure emerged from the ruins.
Li Ke raised his hand and wiped the bloodstains from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand. His clothes were torn, revealing his abdomen, which was covered in a huge, horrifying blood hole, through which one could even see the pulsating organs inside.
This scene is really eerie and scary.
Jinx couldn't see clearly from her vantage point, but if she had, she probably wouldn't have just rocked the ship down; she might have jumped right out of it.
But what's even stranger is that around the bloody hole in Li Ke's abdomen, his flesh is growing at a visible rate. The pink flesh is wriggling and growing, with granulation tissue connecting together, like a living thing.
Then, snow-white skin grew along with the granulation tissue, and in just a few breaths, the blood hole in Li Ke's abdomen was almost completely healed.
However, Li Ke's face was shockingly pale. He looked at the Eye of God in Illaoi's hand and saw that Illaoi was holding the Eye of God with her eyes closed in devout prayer.
It is obvious that it was not an attack launched by Illaoi.
That was Nagakabouros's attack.
Li Ke smiled. He had withstood the attack, but of course, Li Ke wasn't arrogant enough to think that this was Nagakabouros's full power.
A transcendent being is no different from an ant in front of a beast compared to a Demigod. The attack launched by the Eye of God was clearly just a single burst of Nagakabouros's power.
That is not His true form.
Behind Illaoi, on the malevolent head, countless eyes stared at Li Ke, their eyes revealing a joyful expression, accompanied by a hollow, hoarse voice—
Serve me, have faith in me.
I will give you strength.
Nagakabouros's voice reached his ears. Li Ke smiled, shrugged, and said, "I'm sorry, I already have Deity I worship."
"I have no intention of believing in or serving an ugly person."
"It's not up to you—" Nagakabouros whispered, as another tentacle shot out from the Eye of God.
Seeing this, Li Ke panicked.
Damn it, he couldn't even handle one of those, he couldn't take it, he was almost beaten so badly that the shit came out of his stomach. Don't doubt it, he really almost blew the shit out of his stomach, there was a bloody hole in his stomach, his intestines were sticking out, what else could it be but shit coming out?
Therefore, upon seeing those tentacles, Li Ke immediately prepared to call for reinforcements, called the system panel, and planned to enter the Soul Blossom to have Ahri lead him, Jinx, Sarah, and the others away from Bilgewater.
After all, Ahri only has a few dozen seconds to spare, so she definitely won't be able to deal with Nagakabouros. Who knows if the sea monster will actually appear in its true form?
But just as Li Ke summoned the system panel, a gentle breeze blew, and Li Ke suddenly felt a pair of soft, warm arms encircling the back of his neck.
Startled, Li Ke looked up and saw white hair and a woman with her left hand outstretched towards the tentacles, her long, slender, snow-white fingers lightly touching the space.
"Buzz buzz buzz!"
In an instant, a cyan barrier hundreds of meters long appeared in front of Li Ke, blocking the tentacles' attack like an iron wall and deflecting the gray-black tentacles.
And then a clear and holy voice rang out in the sky above Bilgewater.
"Nagakabouros, what do you intend to do to my people?"
"Janna?"
"Garn Arem, how dare you stop me?"
Several voices rang out from the audience.
There are Li Ke Sin, Nagakabouros, and Jinx.
And then there's Janna's voice.
Then the wind spirit appeared behind Li Ke, floating behind Li Ke. She faced the enormous sea monster, her beautiful face and her blue-white pupils filled with determination.
"I didn't want to provoke you, but you forced me into this."
Janna spoke to Nagakabouros voice.
Was she scared?
Of course she was afraid. Compared to the Nagakabouros of Bilgewater, Janna, the goddess of Zaun, was just a "young" Deity. In addition, after experiencing the destruction of false Deity in Shurima, Janna was actually very afraid of dealing with these guys.
She disliked fighting with people. Call her cowardly or something else, she simply disliked fighting and killing.
Moreover, her strength had not fully recovered, and even if it had, she would still be no match for Nagakabouros, a veteran Deity.
But she still stepped forward.
Janna also knew that her strengths lay in healing and protection. She had never fought anyone in her divine life; in fact, one could say she was incapable of fighting.
But she had to step forward.
Because she is the goddess of Zaun.
Zaun is not far from Bilgewater, so after sensing the Nagakabouros's presence, Janna immediately flew to Bilgewater and appeared there in just a few breaths.
"This has nothing to do with you. Get out of Bilgewater."
Anger and disdain flashed in Nagakabouros's eyes.
Zaun and Bilgewater are neighbors, Nagakabouros certainly knows Janna, but in her eyes, Janna is nothing more than a little bird.
In the past, this little bird would hide whenever she emitted her aura, so Nagakabouros naturally didn't take Janna seriously.
However, upon hearing Nagakabouros's words, Janna reached out and gracefully grasped at the side, and a pure white staff appeared in her hand.
She looked at Nagakabouros and said seriously:
"I am the god of Zaun."
"Nagakabouros, I will not allow you to harm the Zaunite."
A dense array of cyan wind blades appeared behind Li Ke. Janna raised her staff high and whispered:
"Bring it on."