Chapter 147: Swordsman in Frost
Seeing Su Jiu climb onto the car roof, everyone else looked through the windows and found that there was indeed a giant creature in the sky, so large that it sent chills down their spines. It was more than twice the size of the Wild Plains Lion they had just encountered.
Despair spread across their faces again. Someone looked at Su Jiu’s small figure in the rearview mirror and said with a touch of bitterness:
“Can she really resist such a terrifying monster?”
It wasn’t that they didn’t believe in the strength of General Su Jiu, but the monster in the sky was truly terrifyingly large. Was this something humans could resist?
Immediately, someone reacted and hurried towards Old Smoker, who was also looking up at the sky. With a hopeful expression, they called out, “Captain of the Fox Hunting Team, please help her. You are so…”
Old Smoker waved his hand, sat on the steps by the car door, and interrupted with a look of helplessness, “Help my ass. All of you, sit properly in your seats and watch your children.”
The man was not discouraged and asked, “Didn’t you kill that Wild Plains Lion and those monsters? You killed them all in an instant.”
“Me? If I had that kind of ability, I’d be here as your bodyguard, bored out of my mind… That was done by the person on the roof,” Old Smoker said slowly, taking another puff from his old pipe.
Then, his gaze also passed through the transparent door to the sky, and he slowly exhaled purple smoke rings.
On the car roof, the wind howled.
“Hoo—”
Exhaling a cloud of white mist, Su Jiu stood on the energy shield. With her fingers shaped like a sword, she gently drew her sword, stirring up wisps of frost. She looked up, her gaze gradually deepening.
She was waiting for an opening, an opening to draw her sword!
“Are you also waiting for an opening in the formation? Heh… I wonder if this Frost Blossom sword strike will sober you up!”
“Ch!”,
Seeing an opening appear overhead, Su Jiu’s cold eyes focused. With a sudden movement of her Hanfu sleeve, a azure sword light was unleashed, instantly illuminating the surrounding blood-red mist.
This sword strike,
wrapped in frost, cut through the red mist. It resembled a soaring bird, and wherever it touched, small ice crystals formed. The dazzling sword edge illuminated Su Jiu’s face—
It was a cold, peerlessly elegant beauty!
The red mist, condensed into frost, hit the energy shield with a “dada” sound. The strange bird in the sky, seeing this ice-bird-like slash approaching, its greed turned into fear. It smelled the scent of death from this attack.
The strange bird hurriedly dodged, but its left wing was still sliced by the ice bird. The moment the white-gray energy shield shattered, its entire flank was cut off and fell onto the road behind, making a loud noise.
The entire road trembled slightly, and dust filled the air. At this moment, the people in the car realized how large that wing was. While marveling, they were even more shocked by Su Jiu’s power.
They had only seen a flash of azure light shoot straight from the car roof into the sky, and the strange bird was nonchalantly sliced apart like a monster with no resistance or rank.
The sword beam even froze the blood spilled by the strange bird into hailstones, which rained down on the surrounding energy shields with louder “dada” sounds.
“You call this not being Battle King Level? Her strength is probably close to the Priest’s.”
At a distant point of fire, the middle-aged man in military uniform stared blankly at the scene, feeling his throat dry and his own flames dimming slightly.
He thought he had caught up to the bus, but upon discovering many covetous monsters in the sky, and the appearance of one of the overlords of the Huawen Qinghai region—the Wingless Bone Bird—he dared not approach any closer.
It was known that this was a mid-tier War General level monster, and its race was not low; a fully developed one could reach Battle King Level.
But the result was even more terrifying—it was cut down by someone inside that bus!!
The middle-aged man in military uniform bit his dry lips and could only dial the number of the Priest he was connected to. He couldn’t stop the bus at all; he wouldn’t dare even if he had ten lives!
“Hello…” Si Chen’s calm voice came from the other end. He had not chosen to let other priests answer; there had been too many troublesome matters recently—he was disgusted by this person named Su Jiu.
“Lord Priest, something terrible has happened…”
…
“Roar—”
Feeling the sharp pain in its wing, the strange bird fixed its gaze on Su Jiu, stretching its ostrich-like neck and letting out a long cry to the sky. Fierce light gleamed in its eyes, and it swooped down towards Su Jiu with a gray-white breath held in its mouth.
“Courting death!”
Su Jiu smiled indifferently, swung two more sword strikes upwards, resembling two swallows carrying frost branches. She forcefully stomped her heels, using the momentum to charge into the sky.
She wielded her short sword, performing the first stance of the String Moon Swordsmanship. A faint crescent moon was hidden within the frost, appearing bizarre and unpredictable, aiming directly for the Wingless Bone Bird’s head.
Seeing the two swallow-like slashes approaching, the Wingless Bone Bird’s face showed extreme fear. It hurriedly tried to dodge. Although these two attacks were not as swift and powerful as the previous one,
the pain of having its wing cut off was still vivid in its memory.
As it narrowly dodged the pincer attack, Su Jiu’s figure had already arrived. Her sword danced like a ghost, and the azure sword light in her hand aimed directly for the Wingless Bone Bird’s neck.
The next moment, the Wingless Bone Bird’s eyes showed human-like astonishment. It quickly spread its remaining wing, struggled to rise, and managed to lift its claws to block.
“Clang!” The sword met the claws.
Snowflakes scattered, and the surrounding air rippled with sonic booms.
Seeing that her sword was blocked, a flicker of relief appeared in the Wingless Bone Bird’s eyes. It then tried to spray its breath at Su Jiu but felt a sharp pain between its eyebrows.
Was the breath seemingly stifled?
“It’s over.”
With a faint smile, Su Jiu slightly retracted her sword, flicked it lightly, and tossed a gray-white magic crystal into the air. She caught it with her hand and turned, speeding back towards the bus, like a graceful sword immortal returning victorious.
Seeing Su Jiu turn away, a fierce light flashed in the Wingless Bone Bird’s eyes. It wanted to use its body to crush Su Jiu with brute force but felt unable to exert any strength, for reasons unknown.
The people inside the bus didn’t understand why she turned away. The terrifying giant bird monster was behind her. They all wanted to shout warnings, but Old Smoker stopped them.
His eyes were filled with amazement as he muttered to himself, “Look at the monster bird’s head, isn’t there a hole? That sword strike the adult just made wasn’t blocked, it was… five)#印琦7紦爸%龄齐遛一..”
After a slight pause, he continued word by word in a deep voice, “She directly chipped off the monster bird’s magic crystal!”
Following Old Smoker’s words, the Wingless Bone Bird plummeted to the ground like a crashed aircraft, kicking up immense dust at the spot where it fell.
This stunned the middle-aged man in military uniform who was peeking from afar. He recalled that the Priest had asked him to stop the bus from advancing, to redeem himself, and that Shadow Two would be arriving soon.
He was terrified. Big brother, I don’t dare! This isn’t redeeming myself, this is asking for death!
Dissipating her avatar, Su Jiu’s figure reappeared at the bus window. She quickly climbed back into the bus, facing the astonishment and reverence of the others…
Although she felt a little uncomfortable, she put on her headphones, listened to music, and checked the map. She found that they had already traveled 4/5 of the way. She then opened Xiao Yu’s flickering messages and breathed a sigh of relief.
[It seems people from your Huayang region have blocked the entire highway. Our city’s people are still negotiating, but I’ve directly asked my sister to take private troops to pick you up.]
