Ch. 126 - Unyielding Sword Intent
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*One of the Eight Trigrams, symbolizing wood and wind; ☴
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*One of the Eight Trigrams, symbolizing wood and wind; ☴
Wu Liang engaged his Devouring Domain and pounced forward, starting hand-to-hand combat with the Hurricane Eagle King.
He lashed out fiercely with his Fiery Dragon Claw, striking the Hurricane Eagle King's iron feathers and creating a shower of sparks.
The Fiery Azure Dragon was merely a dragon sub-species, far inferior to the true dragon-level Celestial Horned Ink Dragon, but the Fiery Dragon Claw's attack was quite impressive.
The Hurricane Eagle King retaliated angrily, its wings, tens of meters wide, slashing out like giant blades with a series of whooshing sounds.
Wu Liang didn't take the blow head-on. Instead, he used his Black Flame Phoenix Wings to retreat a hundred meters to dodge the wing slash, then closed in again.
This fighting style perfectly exemplified the principle of striking while the iron is hot.
Having injured one of the Hurricane Eagle King's wings, which impaired its flight ability, Wu Liang now had complete control over its advance and retreat.
"My attributes are still lacking. Even with the 'Greed' skill boost, the damage to the Hurricane Eagle King is still not sufficient!"
The level 30 'Greed' skill could increase all of Wu Liang's attributes by three times!
However, the Hurricane Eagle King, at the Fifth Rank late-stage, still had stronger physical attributes than him. Without the suppression of Devouring Domain, Wu Liang simply couldn't win.
Seeing the battle had begun, Beiming Yan rode the Northern Sea Kunpeng to enter the void, heading straight for the Astral Wind Crystal.
She wasn't very good at fighting right now, but she was a pro at stealing!
"Using a Kunpeng to steal things, I'm really disgracing the Beiming family! Luckily, brother Feng isn't here!"
Otherwise, she would be the target of his mockery again.
In an instant, Beiming Yan appeared at the eye of the storm, defying the spatial laws, and snatched the Astral Wind Crystal.
Done!
She immediately retreated, a smile spreading across her face.
"Qingxue, I've succeeded. Let's run!"
Ling Qingxue smiled contentedly as she placed the crystal into her storage ring, yet showed no intention of retreating.
"We can still fight. There's no rush to leave. You can try facing a stronger opponent and use that intense feeling to comprehend Sword Intent."
Beiming Yan shrank back. "Will that work?"
"Why not? To wield a sword against a stronger opponent requires courage. If you can withstand the pressure, you'll emerge like a butterfly from its cocoon, stepping into a new world!"
Beiming Yan had the Northern Sea Kunpeng; even if she was attacked by the Hurricane Eagle King, she could easily dodge using spatial power.
Furthermore, with Wu Liang holding the line, what did she have to fear!
"The bold get rich, the cowards starve. I'm not afraid to die today!"
Beiming Yan raised her sword, condensing a vast amount of energy on it, and slashed at the Hurricane Eagle King.
Clang!
A soft clang rang out, then vanished into the gale.
Beiming Yan turned around with a helpless expression on her face.
"Qingxue, I can't do it!"
Her attack was completely ineffective against the Hurricane Eagle King's defenses.
The Hurricane Eagle King's iron feathers were extremely tough; even Wu Liang, a Fourth Rank early-stage beast, was unwilling to take them head-on.
Let alone a Third Rank, even Fourth Rank martial artists would struggle to truly harm it.
Ling Qingxue smiled helplessly. "You need to find its weakness, like its eyes or... its wounds!"
A spirit formation rose from within the gale.
The formation seemed incredibly fragile, as though even a gentle breeze could topple it, yet it stood firm amidst the fierce winds.
"Xun* Wind Demon-Slaying!!"
Using the wind's force, the Xun Wind Demon-Slaying Spirit Formation that Ling Qingxue had set up increased gradually, far surpassing her full power—this was the advantage of leveraging external forces.
With the force of a hundred pounds, it swept away a raging torrent of ten thousand pounds.
A large spear formed of Xun Wind (a type of magical energy) materialized from the spirit formation and then plunged fiercely into the wound on the Hurricane Eagle King's wing, previously inflicted by the 'Ink Annihilation Dragon Strike'.
Bang!
The Hurricane Eagle King let out another piercing cry, its body thrashing wildly as the pain drove it into a rage.
The crimson blood seeping from the wound was instantly swallowed by the Devouring Domain, preventing the wound from healing.
Beiming Yan's eyes lit up. "I can also beat a drowning bird! Little Kun, let's attack together!"
The Northern Sea Kunpeng took flight, unleashing two spatial blades from its wings.
Beiming Yan then used her vital energy to control her sword, condensing a vast rain of swords that struck the Hurricane Eagle King's wound.
Hit by the dense attacks, the Hurricane Eagle King cried out madly, making the eye of the storm tremble and fierce winds rage.
Wu Liang was swatted back by a claw that left several bloody scratches on his body, but they healed in the blink of an eye.
"This thing is really hard to kill! You can't kill it without using a bloodline divine skill!"
With such a large level difference and against a near-full-power Hurricane Eagle King, Wu Liang couldn't truly guarantee a kill without using Taotie Feast.
The Hurricane Eagle King smashed the spirit formation above its head before flapping its damaged wings and flying with all its might towards the eye of the storm.
"Damn it, I'm only a Fourth Rank beast, and you run away from me? Don't you have the ferocious nature of a magical beast?!" Wu Liang cursed.
Magical beasts might be ferocious, but they weren't stupid.
Faced with mortal danger, preserving their life was the most important thing.
Ling Qingxue shook her head. "Forget it, don't waste your bloodline power killing it. Let's just leave."
It was really not worth wasting the Taotie Feast technique on a mere Fifth Rank Hurricane Eagle King.
Wu Liang looked displeased, but didn't give chase. Once he broke through to the Fourth Rank late-stage, he'd probably be able to kill the Hurricane Eagle King with his own strength.
Beiming Yan sheathed her sword with a hint of regret.
"I think I just grasped the feeling of Sword Intent, but I'm still a little short."
"That means you're only one step away from comprehending it. You just need a little more time."
The two then prepared to leave the Astral Wind Secret Place.
Boom!
A violent explosion erupted from the eye of the storm behind them, plunging the entire place into chaos.
Ling Qingxue and the others were blasted away by the impact.
Wu Liang shook his head. "What did the Hurricane Eagle King do? Why did it suddenly explode?"
"It… swallowed the eye of the storm!" Ling Qingxue showed a slight shock.
The eye of the storm was the core of the entire Astral Wind Secret Place, obviously with a violent nature.
The Hurricane Eagle King's breakthrough to the Fifth Rank late-stage was greatly aided by the eye of the storm; it could be said that the eye of the storm was the key to its current strength.
Swallowing the eye of the storm allowed the Hurricane Eagle King to unleash even greater power.
It seemed that it was truly enraged by them!
A gray afterimage shot out from where the eye of the storm had been, its speed unbelievably fast—even faster than the Hurricane Eagle King's original speed.
"Yan, be careful! It wants to kill you!" Ling Qingxue warned urgently.
Beiming Yan was the weakest among those present, and the Hurricane Eagle King targeted her first.
Seeing this, Beiming Yan did not retreat, and she immediately drew her sword to try to recapture the feeling from before.
"Just a little more, a little bit more, and I'll be able to comprehend Sword Intent!"
She swung her sword relentlessly, unleashing streaks of sword energy that shot forward, each one stronger and more ferocious than the last. Her indomitable will began to infuse these invisible sword energies!
When her will reached a critical point, the bottleneck shattered, and an unyielding Sword Intent erupted like a volcano.
Beiming Yan laughed heartily, her expression one of immense pride.
"Sword Intent! I've finally comprehended Sword Intent! I truly am a genius!!"