The Earthcore Fire Lotus truly lived up to its reputation as a rare treasure. A savage power awakened within their bloodlines.
The white tiger and Azure Wolf sprang forward again, grappling and biting at the Ink Jiao, an even fiercer brutality blazing in their eyes.
They threw caution to the wind, heedless of the wounds covering their bodies.
They grew ever more frenzied, ever more ferocious.
The white tiger leaped into the air, its sharp claws wreathed in wind baleful intent as they raked viciously toward the Ink Jiao's enormous head.
The Azure Wolf flitted about on the wind, repeatedly launching Wind Blade ambushes while its sharp fangs sank viciously into the Ink Jiao's hard scales.
"Roar...!!"
The Ink Jiao's furious roar shook the heavens. Its massive tail swept across, the fierce wind tearing through the air.
A strike from the jiao's claw sent the white tiger flying backward. It slammed heavily into the rock wall and spat out a mouthful of blood.
The Azure Wolf hurriedly twisted aside to dodge, but the fierce wind still caught it, sending it crashing onto the rocks with a deep, thunderous impact.
The two savage beasts fought without fear of death. Even as they were driven back again and again, they stubbornly kept the Ink Jiao entangled, steadily draining its stamina.
Xie Jinghan's face was cold as ice as he shouted fiercely:
"I need some time."
He let go of the Moonlit Night Sword, of which only the hilt remained in his hand.
He took down the Thunderclap Sword.
With both hands, he raised the sheathed Thunderclap Sword high, electricity crackling all around him.
"Thunder Draw!"
Crackle...
Crackle...
Silver-white lightning gathered from across the sky toward the Thunderclap Sword, its power surging.
Thirty-three bolts of lightning in succession.
He assumed a profound, mysterious stance, gathering his power!
Then, in a single instant!
Xie Jinghan drew his sword!
Shiiing~~~~~~~~~~
"Sword-Drawing Technique: One Million Two Hundred Thousand Volts!"
"Slash!"
Xie Jinghan roared. Sword light wrapped in thunder and lightning cleaved out with savage force, the lightning and sword light converging into an enormous slash that struck viciously at the Ink Jiao's vital point three inches below its head.
A strike with everything he had.
Boom...
The deafening blast shook the gorge. Lightning exploded, shock waves swept outward, and dust and shattered stone filled the sky.
With that strike unleashed, Xie Jinghan had all but exhausted his strength. Empty within, he staggered and sank weakly to his knees, bracing both hands against the ground as he gasped for breath.
The Ink Jiao's enormous body shuddered violently. The lightning had cut a shallow wound across its body, and black blood trickled through the gaps between its scales. It had suffered only a slight injury.
"Roar..."
The Ink Jiao roared in pain and fury, its savage might growing still more fearsome.
Its enormous head swung around, and its scarlet eyes locked onto Xie Jinghan.
Behind it, the dark-green river churned and transformed into a towering wave dozens of yards high—Heaven-Overturning Giant Waves.
Despair filled Xie Jinghan's eyes. The Ink Jiao was simply too powerful, so strong that there was no answer to it.
With his current cultivation and strength, he had no hope of contending with it.
The shadow of death closed in. The enormous wave was about to crash down and tear Xie Jinghan, the white tiger, and the Azure Wolf to pieces.
At that instant between life and death, a clear voice rang out from the summit of a distant mountain:
"Wretched beast, cease your insolence!"
"Take this arrow!"
Xie Jinghan looked up. On a distant peak, a plainly dressed youth stood quietly.
The youth looked young, yet his eyes held a world-worn gaze utterly at odds with his age.
A sun mark between his brows suddenly lit up, radiance swirling through it.
The longbow in his hand blazed with crimson light. Wisps of spiritual radiance burst from its frame, and an arrow formed slowly, gathering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
Zhao Feng...?
No... that's not right!
The youth's gaze shone like a rainbow, sharp as a sword as he looked toward the Ink Jiao in midair.
He drew his bow and nocked an arrow.
Whoosh!
The arrow tore through the air, its force piercing the rainbow. A streak of light slashed across the entire sky, moving so fast the naked eye could barely catch it. With unerring precision, it shot straight for the Ink Jiao's vital point three inches below its head!
Squelch!
The arrow pierced its scales and buried itself deep inside the Ink Jiao's skull.
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