Nan Xiangye had always taken great pride in his flying sword. He practiced the Fire Element Sword System, and his flying sword blazed with dazzling fire-element power. Few enemies ahead could withstand even a single exchange.
But there were simply too many undead. Their ranks were immensely thick, blocking the way layer upon layer. They could never be killed off; fresh monsters kept joining them.
After piercing three undead in succession, even a flying sword as powerful as his had to return to his Purple Mansion to draw on more power. If he had been the team's only spearhead, their charge would have ended there. Next, they would have been entangled in the surrounding ranks of undead, trapped in a bitter struggle, and eventually they would inevitably have lost their formation and coordination.
But they continued thrusting forward, because Hou Niao was still there.
Nan Xiangye had no choice but to recall his flying sword, but Hou Niao's remained unyielding, its power undiminished!
Yet the greatest weakness of Heaven-Connecting Realm cultivators-their inability to split their sword light-was also exposed in a mass battle like this. However keen his flying sword remained, it could only stab through enemies one at a time, unable to strike a broad area. Meanwhile, ever more undead lunged at them head-on, determined to knock out the spearhead of this human formation!
Hou Niao's single flying sword clearly could no longer cover everything. Nan Xiangye had yet to launch his flying sword again, and the other three companions' spells were somewhat lacking in killing power. Yet Hou Niao, their spearhead, showed no sign of slowing down.
With a beckon of one hand, a long sword appeared in his grasp. He slashed toward several undead that had evaded his flying sword.
Striking from afar and slashing up close,