"Buzz~"
"Rumble!"
Ying Tao, who was locked in a fierce battle with Han Qin Hu, suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart, a throbbing agony that made him uncomfortable. He dodged Han Qin Hu's blade and turned to look. The battlefield where Ying Da and Ying Wu were fighting was now a rain of blood. The figures of his two younger brothers had long since vanished, with only tattered clothes and scattered bones faintly remaining.
A connection through their bloodline told him that his two brothers had fallen on the battlefield. The three of them had fought their way through countless martial artists across the land, even challenging renowned Fusion Heaven Realm experts from various imperial dynasties. For a hundred years, they had never experienced such despair, never felt so powerless.
"Buzz~"
With a humming sound, a piercing cold light flashed across Ying Tao's eyes. He turned his head slightly and saw a magnificent blade radiance shimmering in the void. The icy edge, like the bright moon of a frozen land, instantly plunged his surroundings to freezing point. On the chilling blade, faint red threads pulsed, as if enchanted.
"Great Han, Great Han!!!"
Ying Tao's face contorted instantly, veins bulging like dragons across his face. Great Han, a mere dynasty, a shell of an empire, looked down upon by so many imperial forces. Yet, this small dynasty had repeatedly produced Fusion Heaven Realm experts, each with such formidable combat prowess.
He swore to avenge his two beloved brothers, even if it meant dying on the battlefield today, he would not tarnish the supreme honor of his family having three Fusion Heaven Realm powerhouses.
Facing the imposing blade strike, Ying Tao instantly recalled his Sky Opening Axe. The Sky Opening Axe, grand and powerful, commanded sheer might. As he swung it, the wind roared, and the void thrummed with thunderous sounds!
"Bang!"
"Boom!"
Han Qin Hu's blade descended, its intent surging, blood-red light filling the sky, with strands of electric light coiling around the edge. With a clang, centered on them, accompanied by a humming explosion, ripples of elemental energy erupted.
"Buzz~"
The two continued their intense confrontation. Han Qin Hu's long saber did not strike Ying Tao's Sky Opening Axe directly. Instead, their supreme elemental energies, one a bloody blade radiance, the other a chilling axe light, compressed furiously in the three inches between their weapons. The two energies merged and converged in the middle, forming a dazzling white sphere of light that made the void tremble.
"Boom!"
A deafening roar echoed. The vast, sea-like bloody blade radiance collided with the chilling axe light, which seemed capable of cleaving the sky. For a moment, elemental energy surged to its peak. The radiating ripples of energy instantly contracted back into the white sphere of light.
Suddenly, the sphere exploded, and the contracted energy ripples bloomed anew. A distant mountain peak was cleanly sliced in half, its rocks shattering.
"Screech!"
Ying Tao was sent flying backward instantly, his feet constantly scraping against the void in an attempt to halt his retreat. The violent friction caused flames to erupt from the soles of his feet. The Sky Opening Axe, tightly gripped in his hands, continuously tore at the void, with cracks releasing gray nothingness.
Han Qin Hu merely retreated a few steps, his long saber held firmly, standing in mid-air as if capable of shattering the void with a single stomp. Han Qin Hu's gaze flared, and he slowly strode forward, moving towards Ying Tao.
His elemental energy remained perfectly ordered, appearing from afar like an unending river of blood. Han Qin Hu exerted force and unleashed a blade strike.
"Bang!"
Ying Tao directly held the Sky Opening Axe vertically in front of him. The immense collision instantly ripped open his upper garment, revealing a bare torso crisscrossed with faint bloody marks, as if torn by the edge's forceful aura.
"Hoo... hoo..."
"Who are you from Great Han?"
"Great Han's Tiger Soul General—Han Qin Hu!!"
Han Qin Hu roared.
"Boom!!"
Han Qin Hu instantly bent his knees, and bloody elemental energy gathered between his calves. With a roar, it exploded outward, causing the void beneath his feet to shatter, and strands of electric light to shoot out.
"Kill!!"
Han Qin Hu gripped his bloody long saber with both hands, swinging it from his right side to above his head. His entire body arched in mid-air, like a drawn bow. His spine drove his arms, channeling all his elemental energy into the blade. Suddenly, the entire blade erupted with a dark, profound spiritual light. The long saber sliced through the sky, bringing forth a boundless, dark, infernal sea of fire that made the void rumble.
"Boom!"
"Ahhh!!!"
Ying Tao, unwilling to be outdone, instantly swung his Sky Opening Axe. Though his blood and Qi were weakened, it still possessed the power to churn the rivers and seas. A single swing of his axe was enough to cleave the heavens and shatter the earth!
"Rumble!!"
"Bang, bang, bang!"
The dark blade radiance directly shattered the axe light, instantly reducing it to nothingness!!
The dark blade radiance, its intent undiminished, slammed into the Sky Opening Axe above Ying Tao's head.
"Boom!"
"Crack!"
The Sky Opening Axe instantly flashed crimson, spiderweb-like cracks spreading across its entire surface. The Sky Opening Axe then shattered.
"Screech!!"
"Ah!"
The moment the Sky Opening Axe disintegrated, Ying Tao's two arms also turned to dust. He shot out like an arrow loosed from a bow, smashing into the ground and flying a hundred zhang away, kicking up a cloud of dust. A long gully was filled with blood and mud.
"Boom!!"
"Bang, bang, bang!"
A corner of the city wall was directly cracked open by his impact. Soldiers in his path were crushed as the thunderous city wall collapsed, thick with dust.
Watching Ying Tao struggle to rise from the dust, Han Qin Hu snorted coldly, resting his long saber and stepping through the void.
"Puff!"
"Cough, cough, cough!!"
Ying Tao coughed up blood incessantly. Having lost both his arms, he struggled to stand, his entire body trembling from the physical shock. As the dust settled, he opened his eyes, his vision blurred by dripping blood. He turned his head slightly and his eyes lost focus. Within his pupils, he saw a nine-foot-tall giant, resting a bloody long saber, walking steadily towards him.
His eyes filled with terror, his facial muscles twitching uncontrollably. He was no match for the Great Han general Han Qin Hu in even a single move!
Like Ying Da and Ying Wu, he had not brought the Great Han general the slightest pressure. From the moment they deployed, they had fallen into the enemy's trap, becoming playthings in their hands.
"Buzz~"
"Swish!"
Han Qin Hu's face was cold. With a flick of his wrist, his long saber swung, and a bloody blade radiance directly split the void, with strands of lightning-like snakes writhing.
Han Qin Hu stood at the apex of the void, his blade descending with the weight of mountains, forcing Ying Tao to his knees, the earth rumbling with dust and thunder.
Ying Tao looked up at the void with despair, his eyes trembling slightly, his heart filled with sorrow and hatred!
"Rumble!!"