Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest
Chapter 917: 95 Sea Swallow_2

Chapter 917: Chapter 95 Sea Swallow_2

Flesh and blood shattered, falling like rain, when suddenly a gray Light Spirit emerged from a cracked shell, hastily charging toward the Head-falling Ba behind it. Before it could even fuse, another stroke pierced the target.

The fusion speed of the dead Head-falling Ba couldn’t match Yan Yu, who fired the Yin-Yang Dust Sword Qi quicker!

His fingers shifted rapidly, controlling the Yin-Yang Dust Sword Qi to penetrate from all directions continuously, and the cluster of Head-falling Ba became like a furious but clumsy bull, repeatedly pierced and pierced again by countless sword thrusts until its every muscle hadn’t time to react before it was precisely and fiercely gouged out.

Yan Yu finally put away the sword technique, watching the last Head-falling Ba explode apart while the group of gray Light Spirits, left without any targets, circled around in the air in confusion for a while before all heading towards the east.

“Nothing more than that!” he disdainfully scoffed, “So-called high-grade Head-falling Ba? Nonexistent! As long as I kill quickly enough, they don’t even have the chance to fuse and upgrade!”

“Hmm, this Yin-Yang Dust Sword Formation you wielded, truly can be called a divine stroke of genius,” said the True Obscurity Sun Sword Intent, “If you hadn’t taken a Qi-boosting Elixir right away after using it, I would give you a perfect score for this pretense.”

“You know nothing,” Yan Yu retorted, “Taking the Qi-boosting Elixir isn’t because my True Yuan is depleted, it’s because I’m continually prepared for endurance! What if later on, more Head-falling Ba encircle us, and there’s no time even for taking medicine? Understand the principle of preparedness before need?”

“Understood, understood,” True Obscurity Sun Sword Intent replied, “Considering your meager True Yuan capacity, of course, you need to pay closer attention to endurance. Small dogs have loud barks; poor students have lots of stationery.”

“Do you believe I’d shoot you against the wall right now?”

Yan Yu, performing Sword Flight, reached the Witch King’s home base and saw ruins and spilled blood everywhere, clearly indicating a major battle not long ago. Strangely, all corpses had vanished without a trace.

“They must have been eaten,” the Sword Intent reminded, “A single Head-falling Ba can easily devour 100 corpses in 5 minutes, and look, there are also traces of venomous corrosion on the ground.”

“Quiet, I am searching for clues.” Yan Yu swiftly circled the outskirts of the battlefield several times, finally spotting some traces:

Broken trees.

“What kind of clue is that?” Sword Intent asked, puzzled.

“Sword Flight, if not skillfully mastered, will result in crashing against trees when flying at full speed in such forests,” Yan Yu observed the break in the trunk, “When the Flying Sword splits the wood, the force concentrates at the sword tip initially, then explodes forward in a conical blast. Thus, by tracing the narrow to wide wounds, you can deduce their previous direction of Sword Flight.”

“As a Sword Immortal, why do you need such a sharp mind?” Sword Intent criticized, “Your thoughts being so abundant and complex make it difficult for you to fully focus on advancing your Sword Dao, which is detrimental for pushing your power limits.”

“Joke, when have I ever utilized my strength fully without pushing to the ultimate limit?” Yan Yu scoffed coldly, “Don’t spout irrelevant nonsense trying to insult my intelligence.”

“These are words of gold!” Sword Intent protested, “It’s your own lack of vision. The teacher Mei you always mention holds my advice in high esteem!”

“Stupid sword, that young girl idolizes you, and you actually think you’re that influential. If you’re so great, why is your main body sealed deep beneath the sea?”

“It’s not sealed! It’s sleeping!”

“You weren’t with the main body when it left, how do you know it’s sleeping and not sealed?”

Yan Yu teased True Obscurity Sun Sword Intent in various ways, infuriating him until smoke nearly came out of his seven orifices and his head pointed up, beginning to incoherently say “I’ll ask you this, do you want to become the Sun Sword Master; I’ll ask you, did my main body willingly go into slumber,” and other nonsensical words.

Ahead lay another clearing. From the cut of the fallen trees, it seemed Zhou Hongyu’s Crimson Feather Nine Phoenix Fire must have cut them in half.

“Hmm,” Yan Yu observed for a moment, then said, “They split into two groups.”

“How so?” queried Sword Intent.

“The bulk of the troops should have headed west,” Yan Yu touched the broken splinters on the surface, then looked towards the left, “A few people stayed here to delay the Head-falling Ba… no, wait, just one person?”

His expression suddenly became heavy, and his speech quickened:

“They were not left behind. This person initially moved west with the main troops, then midway suddenly turned back… right, here, she decided to come back alone to hold off the pursuers, likely worried the others wouldn’t agree, thus acting on her own initiative.”

“Look here. The main troops, realizing the pursuers weren’t coming, or noticing her absence, hurried back to search for her… searched a few times, twice? It must have been three times, but must not have found her, because she decisively drew the Head-falling Ba southeast.”

“The southeast?” True Obscurity Sun Sword Intent exclaimed in shock, “They were heading northwest, but this person turned towards the southeast, doesn’t that mean…”

“Going on a suicide mission as a rear guard.” Yan Yu said, “Of course, maybe she didn’t realize this and just thought that this way, she could draw the pursuers further away. People accustomed to placing themselves on the scale of sacrifice don’t see anything wrong with their actions.”

His gaze grew increasingly piercing, and suddenly, he leaped up and merged with the Huang Tingjian, shooting off towards the southeast following the traces.

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Li Minghu was still sprinting.

She didn’t possess Yan Yu’s Cloud Dividing Eight Trigrams Step, so she relied solely on the Thousand-Mile Movement Technique to run across the land, continually changing directions using the Cloud Ascension Technique to dodge branches and coiling roots.

The speed of the Thousand-Mile Movement Technique was no match for Sword Flight, and naturally, she couldn’t shake off the pursuing Head-falling Ba. Li Minghu had to watch the road beneath her feet while using her Divine Sense to scan behind and use Sword Control to strike down enemies.

Without eyes on her back and limited by the frequency of Divine Sense scanning, sometimes just after she scanned the closest Head-falling Ba, she would find it had already come within a meter, nearly biting her.

Such perilous scenarios had occurred more than once. Sometimes, Li Minghu even felt an unexpected sense of relief, thinking that it was a miracle she was still alive.

But that might be just it.

The Head-falling Ba were too numerous, she couldn’t stop to fight, she had to maintain high-speed maneuvering at all times. The complex jungle environment allowed no room for mistakes; a single trip would mean certain death.

Maintaining precise, full-speed running was a tremendous drain on her spirit. How much longer could her physical strength last? She didn’t know, but as her chest grew increasingly tight and stuffy, she realized she was reaching her limit.

Li Minghu suddenly gritted her teeth, quickly pulled out the Elixir Bottle she carried, and swallowed all the Elixir Medicine given by Yan Yu.

She was ready for a desperate struggle.

As the medicinal power dissolved in her stomach, her nearly depleted lung meridians were rejuvenated. Li Minghu quickly divided her attention three ways: her steps hurriedly surged forward, her right hand formed a sword gesture to strike down enemies, and her left hand rapidly pulled out her mobile phone.

No signal.

Her thumb moved like lightning, opening the chat window with Yan Yu, and she quickly typed two words:

Sorry.

A thought flashed through her mind: Should I say a bit more?

Although there were countless words she could express, she obviously didn’t have that much time.

During her hesitation, Li Minghu’s fingers, seemingly out of control, typed out three more words:

I love you.

Her look turned lonely for a moment, but she quickly erased the three words.

Even for a last message, that was too cheesy.

Li Minghu finally made a decision, as her body started to heat up knowing she couldn’t last much longer, with only seconds remaining.

She typed a period.

Just saying “Sorry” would be enough, he would understand.

Li Minghu suddenly stopped, then quickly turned around, her eyes filled with resolute determination, cutting off the last sliver of weakness in her heart.

She performed the Sword technique, leaped forward, and merged into one with the Sky Flash Sword light. With her True Yuan fully unleashed, the sword light surged massively in an instant, and then she charged selflessly into the overwhelming horde of Head-falling Ba.

Like a sea swallow diving into a storm.

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