Supporting Each Other

Chapter 17: Supporting Each Other. Trapped between attacks from front and rear, Mu Chen and Luo Li exchanged a glance, seeing resolve and trust in each other's eyes. They knew that only by supporting each other could they carve a path to survival through these layers of danger. "Luo Li, take the left! I'll hold off the right!" Mu Chen shouted, star power blazing on the weapon in his hand and radiating dazzling light. He swung a slash of spiritual energy at the magical beasts charging from the right. Like a bolt of silver lightning, it instantly sent the beasts at the front flying. Yet their hides were thick and their flesh tough; after being driven back only a few steps, they roared and lunged at him again. Luo Li was having no easier a time. She unleashed her spiritual swordsmanship, the Spiritual Power Sword in her hand becoming streaks of icy-blue sword shadows that stabbed precisely at the vital points of the beasts on the left. But there were so many of them, surging forward without cease, that she struggled to keep up. One enormous beast seized a gap between her attacks and lunged at her. Unable to dodge in time, Luo Li could only block it head-on with her Spiritual Power Sword. The force drove her several steps backward, her feet carving two deep furrows in the ground. "Luo Li!" Seeing this, Mu Chen's heart burned with anxiety. Disregarding his own safety, he charged toward her. Along the way, he unleashed several Spiritual Power Skills in succession, temporarily driving back the beasts closing in. Reaching her side, he asked anxiously, "Are you all right?" Luo Li wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and shook her head. "I'm fine. We have to keep fighting." They steadied