"What, can't I come?"
Duoduo raised an eyebrow and stared intently at A Huo.
"Yes, yes, yes! I'd be more than happy if you came."
"Hmph, my brother sent me. He's preparing for war with the Otherworldly Demon and wants you to return within two months."
"Two months?... That should still be enough."
A Huo thought to himself and nodded.
"Understood. I'll definitely be back within two months."
Chen Duo nodded and glanced around.
"Where did the Demon-Slaying Sword group go?"
"He's gone into the mountains, probably to practice against some monsters again."
Among the three major battle formations of the Chen Kingdom, the Demon-Slaying Sword is undoubtedly the most warlike. Their greatest wish is to return to the battlefield of the Otherworldly Demon, but Chen Hongjie has always refused their request, citing that the time is not yet ripe.
The monotonous daily sparring couldn't satisfy their boiling battle blood, so they always ventured deep into the Wilderness to hunt monsters.
Deep in the Wilderness, unlike the remote areas like Chen Village, Demon King- level monsters are everywhere, and it's even normal to encounter Demon Beast Emperor- level monsters.
In this environment, their strength has improved rapidly, and more than twenty cultivators have now broken through to the Core Formation Realm.
"Let them come back! I brought a batch of upgrade components. This upgrade has many functions, and I need to train them for a while to get them familiar with it as soon as possible."
"No problem!"
As he spoke, A Huo took out a communication device and shouted into it.
"Gather! Gather! Respond if you receive this!"
After a while, a deep response came from inside the instrument.
"Roger! Roger! We anticipate returning to the rendezvous point in one hour!"
"Okay! No problem!"
A Huo finished the communication and turned to look at Chen Duo.
" Duoduo, let's wait for them for an hour!"
"Good!"
Chen Duo looked around and smiled with interest.
"Seeing you training so hard here every day, your skills must have improved a lot, right? Come on, let's have a match!"
"Don't you want it? Duoduo, my sword is no joke."
"Hmph! You make it sound like I'm destined to lose."
Let me tell you, you've made progress over the years, but I haven't stood still either!
As she spoke, Chen Duo stepped onto the ground and lunged forward.
" Vajra Wrathful Buddha, Thousand-Handed Tathagata!"
Behind her appeared a gigantic, wrathful Buddha phantom, hundreds of feet tall, with countless hands, all now clenched into fists, attacking A Huo.
Having already reached the Core Formation Realm Great Perfection, Chen Duo's understanding of the Acala Heart Sutra is even deeper than that of Chen Haoran back then. At this moment, she is using all her strength, and the power of her attack is comparable to the strike of a powerhouse who has just entered the Creation Realm.
Clang! Clang clang clang...!
Behind A Huo, countless silver-white sword lights flew out, blocking the incoming fist imprints one by one, with an effortless expression.
"Very good! Now I'm going to get serious, so watch out."
Chen Duo knew that she couldn't possibly defeat A Huo based solely on Martial Dao skills, but she had her own advantage: the combat equipment that Chen Mu had invented over the years.
Chen Duo spread her arms, and the silver liquid on her body flew out, which she caught in one hand.
Buzz...!
A green light extended from her hand, quickly transforming into two energy blades that pierced towards A Huo's chest.
"That's interesting!"
A Huo was also seeing a light blade with such high energy density for the first time. If he were to be pierced by this light blade, even a body that had been genetically enhanced multiple times would probably be easily pierced through.
He brought his two fingers together, forming a sword-like gesture, to meet the energy blade.
Sizzle... rip...!
His sword finger clashed with the energy blade, but instead of a metallic sound, it sounded like an electric current colliding, and a strong smell of burnt coals lingered in the air.
Unable to break through her defenses, Chen Duo closed her eyes, and a powerful energy seemed to gather before her.
"Infrared laser!"
Two beams of red light suddenly shot out from her eyes. Before the red light even reached her, A Huo's powerful fighting instincts made a prediction in advance. He did not choose to take the hit head-on, but quickly escaped from Chen Duo's gaze.
" Thousand Swords Transform into Shadows!"
A Huo's body swayed, and he transformed into dozens of figures that looked exactly like him. These figures were so realistic that Chen Duo couldn't tell the difference between them, and for a moment, she couldn't find his true form.
"Hmph! If I can't find your true form, I'll burn it all to ashes!"
With a single horizontal glance, Chen Duo swept away several phantoms, turning them into mist and dissipating. After a few more glances, less than half of the dozens of figures remained.
Wherever the laser beam from Chen Duo's eyes touched, it turned into a pool of red molten liquid. The temperature of the red light exceeded ten thousand degrees, which was far beyond what flesh and blood could withstand.
" Duoduo, this won't work!"
The dozen or so remaining figures in the air swayed again, and each of them split into four more figures, making the number of clones even greater than before.
"Okay, then try this one!"
Chen Duo extinguished the laser in her eyes, and the silver liquid flowing from her hands quickly transformed into two menacing Gatling gun barrels.
rattttt...!
The two large-caliber Gatling guns fired simultaneously, the dense firepower seemingly tearing everything apart, sweeping away dozens of figures in the air in less than a second.
Knock knock! Thud thud...!
At this moment, A Huo's true form could no longer be concealed, and he blocked all the bullets that were approaching him.
"Haha, face your judgment! You stupid man!"
Just then, Chen Duo's silver armor opened up, revealing a huge cannon barrel that emitted a dazzling light.
The Eighth-Grade Spirit Stone that Chen Duo had placed in the armor as a backup energy source had a quarter of its energy consumed in an instant, and there was a violent energy collision reaction at the center of the cannon muzzle.
Judging from the sheer force of the attack, you could tell that once this shot was fired, it would be earth-shattering.
When the giant cannon was aimed at him, A Huo immediately realized that he couldn't dodge the attack. A powerful aura locked onto him, unless he could escape the cannon's attack range before it fired or knock Chen Duo down.
He was confident he could knock Chen Duo down, but the idea was undoubtedly more terrifying than taking the blow head-on, so he quickly dismissed the Thought.
However, this attack was clearly not easy to withstand. A Huo felt a deadly sense of crisis; if he wasn't careful, he might really die here.
Chen Duo usually looks cute and innocent, but she can be quite fierce when she gets into a fight. She probably never even considered that she might not be able to withstand the attack.
"The greatest truths are the simplest, pointing directly to one's true nature!"
A Huo closed his eyes, forcing himself to enter the deeper realm of Sword Dao. Only in this way could he possibly block Chen Duo's incredibly powerful attack.
boom...!
With a deafening roar, a highly condensed energy blast slammed into A Huo head-on. The intense light wave passed through A Huo and blasted a ravine thousands of meters long into the mountain behind him.
After delivering that blow, Chen Duo regained her senses and immediately realized something was wrong.
" A Huo! Are you alright?"