In the void, Gongsun Zan held his long spear, striking it horizontally against Lang Cai's nine-ringed saber. Their moves were both vicious, engaged in a fierce battle high above the battlefield. The clash of the spear and saber churned the sea of clouds in the sky.
Within the battlefield, Lang Cai's two Tongtian realm副将 (vice-generals) had blasted away several of the Han soldiers. They protected a flank, and for a time, the Han cavalry could not break through.
"Humans all deserve to die!!"
"Hahahaha!!"
The two roared, gripping their nine-ringed sabers, sweeping across the battlefield. Blood-red saber energy surged amidst the flames, slightly suppressing the edge of the Han cavalry.
"How dare you!"
Liao Hua abandoned his warhorse and stepped into the void. He looked at the two Tongtian realm vice-generals, his three-pointed saber instantly unleashing streaks of blood-red saber energy, ablaze with the Nanming fire, soaring into the heavens!
With one strike, a fearsome aura enveloped the battlefield!
Amidst the fray, the two vice-generals, their faces smeared with blood, seemed to have gone mad. Suddenly, a killing intent surrounded them from behind, cold sweat trickling down their backs. They hastily turned, their expressions drastically changing, their crimson eyes fixed on Liao Hua in the void.
Without a second thought, they abandoned the ground battle. Even though they were present, they could only protect the remaining few Sky-Devouring Wolf soldiers. With their departure, the consequences were dire. The Han cavalry's charge surged forward, and the soldiers who had just felt a flicker of relief were instantly scattered and broken.
Boom! Boom!
The two ascended into the sky, their nine-ringed sabers like two blood dragons, battling the heavens, shattering Liao Hua's strike into pieces.
"Interesting!"
Liao Hua's eyes were as calm as water. He murmured softly, wielding his three-pointed saber, and unleashed another strike, a sea of blood once again cleaving the sky.
"You lowly human!"
"Do not be arrogant!"
A roar erupted, and the void churned with waves of energy.
The two Sky-Devouring Wolf vice-generals roared to the heavens, their eyes flashing with sinister killing intent. How could humans withstand the great Sky-Devouring Wolf army? Their nine-ringed sabers trembled in their hands.
Clang!
Their auras were ferocious, and against their pale blue skin, their eyes appeared blood red and eerie.
Hiss!
"Kill!"
Two saber energies attacked, like spectral shadows, striking horizontally towards Liao Hua in the void.
Boom!
The void boomed, and waves of blood surged in the air!
Two figures were sent flying backward, crashing directly into the fortress walls. With a tremendous roar, they were enveloped in thick dust.
Clang!
The three-pointed saber hummed. Liao Hua stood calmly in the void. Without these two, the Sky-Devouring Wolf army awaited only annihilation.
From within the dust, two battered figures exploded forth. Their eyes burned with intense fighting spirit, a trickle of blood flowing from their lips. Their combined attack could not even force back this Han general by half a step. They could not hold back, and instantly, they raised their nine-ringed sabers.
"Boom!"
A ferocious aura erupted again. The iron rings on their nine-ringed sabers clashed in the air, clanging and ringing. In an instant, thunder roared, and two blood-red streaks of light shot out.
Liao Hua's expression was icy. His vital energy surged wildly towards his three-pointed saber. Terrible vital energy storms coalesced on the blade. Saber intent emerged. Liao Hua did not hesitate, pointing his three-pointed saber directly at the two Sky-Devouring Wolf vice-generals.
"Boom!"
Sharp saber energies sliced down from Liao Hua's three-pointed saber. Each saber energy was like a divine dragon punishing the earth, earth-shattering and world-destroying!
Slash!
The three-pointed saber vibrated in the void, its saber energies illuminating the heavens!
"Slash!"
Liao Hua took a step forward, his arms gripping the three-pointed saber exerting immense force.
Rumble!
One vice-general instantly shattered, layers of blood mist drenching the other vice-general into a bloodied figure. With continued strikes, the second vice-general's arm, holding the nine-ringed saber, was torn from his body. Blood spurted out like a fountain.
"Ah!"
The remaining vice-general roared to the heavens, baring his teeth, his face flushing red before turning deathly pale. His entire body retreated, his combat effectiveness greatly reduced with the loss of an arm!
The vice-general looked at the approaching Liao Hua, his gaping maw opening, his yellowed teeth revealing a storm of vital energy.
"Dare you face my might!"
"Slash!"
Liao Hua raised his three-pointed saber, looking at the Sky-Devouring Wolf vice-general with his wolf-like mouth agape. His eyes were filled with contempt. A mortal body, how dare it face a sharp blade!
"Boom!"
Waves of blood rolled. The three-pointed saber roared in the void, unleashing countless saber energies in an instant.
"Rumble!!"
The three-pointed saber slashed down, its energies sweeping in all directions. The Sky-Devouring Wolf vice-general's maw, not even ten zhang from the saber energy, burst open. His entire body was torn asunder the moment the saber energy passed.
Split in two!
"Kill!"
From within the blood mist, Liao Hua, wielding his three-pointed saber, struck the ground, once again dominating the entire battlefield.
"Horizontal Cleave the Nine Heavens!"
Tens of thousands of li away from Liao Hua's battlefield, Gongsun Zan, holding his long spear, roared. His battle aura was even more vigorous than before. In contrast, Lang Cai was drenched in sweat and extremely weak.
Gongsun Zan wielded his long spear like a swimming dragon. Lightning crackled in his eyes, and his battle intent was like that of an invincible war god, his peerless cold light shattering the nine heavens.
The long spear swept down, and the heavens thundered. A blue lightning dragon appeared at the horizon, traversing ten thousand li of mountains and rivers, charging into the battlefield. The horizontal sweep of the spear carried immense power, its edge capable of splitting the sky!
"Human!"
Lang Cai's right hand, holding the nine-ringed saber, was now a bloody mess, his skin peeled back everywhere.
"The Sky-Devouring Wolf tribe will never yield!"
"Kill!"
Lang Cai roared to the heavens, spitting a mouthful of blood onto his blade. His eyes gradually turned dark, and black mist coiled around the blade.
"Blood Slash Under Heaven!"
With one strike, a black river poured out, surrounded by blood energy!
A massive wolf head materialized in the void. Lang Cai stood at the center of the wolf's brow, a strange blood-red rune slowly forming. His body suddenly swelled, becoming three times larger than before, his veins bulging with explosive power!
Blood Slash Under Heaven!
A secret art of the Sky-Devouring Wolf tribe. It allows the sacrifice of one-third of one's blood and energy to temporarily elevate one's realm by three minor stages.
"Gulp!!"
"Gulp!!"
The once massive Lang Cai instantly became emaciated, his chest caved in. More than two-thirds of his blood and energy had been lost!
"Bang!"
The nine-ringed saber in Lang Cai's hand shattered. A blood-red greatsword, like a heavenly blade, tens of zhang in length, gradually formed before the wolf head.
"Human!"
"Die!"
Lang Cai roared ferociously. Under the enhancement of the secret art, he had crossed three minor stages and was now capable of cleaving those in the sixth or seventh level of the Tongtian realm!
"Oh?"
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