Time... rewinds slightly...

About half a minute earlier, just as Takeda Tomo charged into the Rakshasa Jitian Pillar, Juan Meng Huan, catching a glimpse of the scene from the corner of his eye, immediately had the same question as Zhao Ying Wang.

That question was: when the skill disappeared, leaving Takeda Tomo with only a sliver of health, wouldn't she be instantly killed at this distance, facing both the platinum stone golem with a sliver of health but higher taijutsu skills and the full-health Zhao Ying Wang?

Everyone here was a professional player, a top expert. Instead of thinking, "Maybe the other party didn't think of a countermeasure before acting," it would be better to consider other possibilities.

And in the situation at the time, "Takeda Tomo was preparing to use some kind of desperate close-quarters killing move the instant the Jitian Pillar disappeared" was a relatively reasonable guess.

Therefore, although Juan Meng Huan didn't know about the Xue Luosha (Blood Rakshasa), he decided to try and catch her off guard…

So... how should he go about doing that?

You have to know that Takeda Tomo was stalling for time because she believed her teammate had the advantage in a one-on-one fight; and in reality, she wasn't wrong... Thirty seconds, even if it wasn't enough for Ida Makoto to completely kill Juan Meng Huan, it was enough for him to beat the latter into a state where he couldn't parry.

In a situation where he could barely protect himself, Juan Meng Huan actually planned to carry his teammate; it was indeed somewhat incomprehensible.

But... he succeeded, and he used a very simple method.

In the twenty-odd seconds before the Jitian Pillar disappeared, Juan Meng Huan retreated while fighting, consciously keeping himself on the verge of "momentum collapse," in order to lure the enemy to pursue.

And Ida Makoto was very "obedient" in being led away by his opponent… away from the location of the Jitian Pillar.

Normally, even if Ida Makoto was still inexperienced, he wouldn't have fallen for such an obvious trick to lure him away from the mountain; however, Ida, having taken the medicinal pill, was no longer in a normal state of mind… Simply put, he was "immersed in the joy of battle and unable to extricate himself."

The thought of "just a little bit more and I can dismember this annoying bastard into eight pieces" was too tempting for Ida at this moment, making him press on his opponent in a selfless manner… and everything other than "killing" had been thrown to the back of his mind.

And so, just before the Jitian Pillar's duration was about to end, Ida Makoto had already been led to a place very far from Takeda Tomo and Zhao Ying Wang. Moreover, because Juan Meng Huan was always "retreating" and "escaping," he hadn't suffered too much damage during this time, as his opponent had expected.

When the Jitian Pillar disappeared, Juan Meng Huan immediately used the [Phase Shift], which was now off cooldown, and cooperated with a [Shadow Dash] to kill his way back; in "phase space," his dash efficiency would be increased several times, and a distance of more than a hundred meters… was reached in the blink of an eye.

Thus, when Takeda Tomo, in her [Xue Luosha] form, made a move to instantly kill Zhao Ying Wang, she was just caught off guard by Juan Meng Huan, who had charged out of "phase space," in a surprise attack from behind.

Of course, theoretically speaking… with the strength of a member of the Sengoku Ichidai team, and with the blessing of a transformation skill, she still had a way to cope with this blow.

It was just that Takeda Tomo didn't expect that Zhao Ying Wang, that fellow, before completely dying, actually used his willpower to create a "one-second difference" for his teammate...

In the Pinnacle of War, one second is enough to change a lot of things...

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Time, back to the present.

By the time Ida Makoto noticed that something was wrong and rushed back… Takeda Tomo, transformed into the [Xue Luosha], had already been mostly absorbed by Chonglou. After a few seconds, Takeda Tomo also transformed into light and teleported away with an unwilling expression.

Seeing this, Ida Makoto's anger blazed up, and with one breath, the sky thundered.

In that instant, he exerted force under his feet, using the momentum of his forward charge, and his twin blades emerged again!

The black blade carried a cold and sharp edge, the white blade held abundant fighting strength.

The moves changed in thousands of ways, intersecting like lightning, the blades danced in ten thousand forms, the curves and straights were self-consistent.

The ultimate dual-blade style, fused from three sword master schools, every move and stance was exquisitely beautiful, leaving people amazed.

And Juan Meng Huan… facing such an ultimate technique, simply took half a step back, held out his halberd horizontally, and used a basic blocking motion that anyone could do.

Actually… it wasn't that he didn't want to use more complex moves to respond to the enemy, but… when he was wielding the halberd, he suddenly realized that he didn't have enough strength.

Juan Meng Huan was naturally aware that [Chonglou] would become heavier after absorbing blood; he had even specifically tested the ratio between the increase in weapon weight and the amount of blood absorbed in a certain script; however… even [Chonglou] after killing nearly a hundred people, was not as heavy as it was at this moment.

Even though Juan Meng Huan's strength could already use weapons weighing in "tons," he couldn't use the [Chonglou] in his hand as nimbly as he wanted… in desperation, he could only make the only blocking motion he could.

Unexpectedly…

Whoosh—

The halberd's edge sliced through, bringing out a sound like a large flag waving.

Immediately afterwards, an energy wall-like force unfolded and swept out from the halberd's body at the same time, using invisible force to forcibly stop Ida Makoto, who was charging forward, and forced him back a few steps…

"What?" Ida Makoto couldn't believe it. In this exchange of offense and defense… the opponent's "strength" had once again surpassed his own.

He had already used an amount of medicine equivalent to five medicinal pills on himself, and it was directly injected through intravenous injection… The burden brought about by this self-destructive "enhancement" was so painful that even he himself found it unbearable, and only the "pleasure brought by fighting and killing" could alleviate it.

Yet, the man in front of him was able to suppress him even under such circumstances… This caused Ida's emotions to descend into a near-frantic state.

"Unreasonable!" In the next second, Ida roared madly, and the fighting spirit in his chest burst out.

Suddenly, the raging energy spread out and danced around him like tentacles… becoming an extension of his body.

The silver-white figure, the silver-white energy, carrying pure killing intent, transformed into a ferocious beast.

Even the surrounding scenery was distorted and changed by this rampant murderous intent; in a trance, the two players on the field seemed to have come to a scarlet purgatory, with an abyss of blood and fire at their feet.

"Die!" Another stern roar rose, and his figure moved swiftly.

In the blink of an eye, Ida Makoto unleashed his ultimate move.

Wherever the blade passed, the void peeled apart layer by layer, and the torn space shattered into scattered red fragments, fluttering in the air, painting a scene of scarlet splendor.

Within this red color… there were also black and white, two distinct rays of light, converging into one line.

The dual blades combined into one move, shaking the heavens and the earth, shaking the sun and the moon, attracting people's attention and stopping their breath, trembling and unable to calm down.

Juan Meng Huan knew that this move… he couldn't block it, and he couldn't avoid it.

Whether it was power, speed, stance, change, or the power of the move itself… he could hardly match his opponent.

At this moment, all he could rely on was the unknown "upper limit" of [Chonglou], and his own soul intent, which also had an "unknown upper limit."

"Ha!" Whether it was to give himself confidence or simply to help him exert force, Juan Meng Huan also shouted loudly when facing this life-threatening blow head-on.

And, he activated his soul intent – [Divine Power Re-Urged].