Chapter 112: Lord Liu Yue’s Protection (2.5k)
“Boom! Crack!” The sound of impact mixed with the shattering of glass.
The Frost Blossom sword energy instantly collided with the glass, and cracks and frost spread from the point of impact like a spider web. Seawater immediately began to seep in.
“She wants to escape directly into the ocean! If she gets into the sea, those marine creatures will react.”
At this moment, the old man frowned slightly, suddenly intending to intervene. He strode forward, raising his blade, crossing his hands over his chest, and rushing forward swiftly.
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!”
Glancing at the old man giving chase, a blue light flashed in Su Jiu’s pupils, and she once again swung her sword behind her.
She unleashed three frost sword energy attacks with her drawn-out slash. Those warriors, who were merely at the Warrior Class, could only withstand them for a moment before their energy shields were pierced, leading to immediate death!
“Bang!”
Seeing the incoming slash, the old man’s gaze was calm. He casually slashed out, his body still striding forward with the wind.
“I can’t get entangled with this old man. I can only wait for Youyou’s reinforcements!”
Su Jiu’s gaze swept over the increasing number of surrounding Corpse Demons and warriors. She used the momentum to directly propel herself like a cannonball towards the broken point. She plunged her sword through the entire glass and, with the resistance, rushed inside.
“What immense pressure! This smell—is it a potion? I need to break out!”
As soon as she entered, Su Jiu could feel the smell of chemical potions filling her nostrils. Without hesitation, she hooked her arm around the mermaid Siren, who couldn’t adapt to the pressure, raised an energy shield, and fiercely charged towards the outer glass.
Looking back, she saw the old man was also about to rush in, and Su Jiu inwardly knew it was bad.
At this moment, those mutated Sirens formed a misty circle, continuously using smoke to block him. This smoke was surprisingly black…
However, for the High-ranking War General level old man, this was merely a momentary obstruction.
“Hmph!”
A white light flashed, and the old man’s face revealed green scales, his eyes turning into eerie snake pupils, like a sub-dragon bloodline ranked A or higher.
Then, the white blade in his hand glided, erupting in clouds of blood mist. Those Sirens were no match, dying in an instant. This was the fate of the weak.
“Don’t move, don’t let them die in vain.”
Glancing at the mermaid Siren clinging to her back, Su Jiu didn’t linger. She swung her sword directly at the outer glass in front of her. In a short while, she reached it, reversed her grip on the broken sword, and fiercely pierced the outer glass.
“Crack crack!!”
The immense pressure of the seawater surged in. Su Jiu raised her energy shield and rushed out, heading straight into the ocean. However, she didn’t expect several white blade energies to come from behind her again.
“Whoosh, whoosh!” The sound of breaking water was approaching!
Holding the mermaid Siren, Su Jiu narrowly dodged the attacks by turning her body sideways. She then looked back and saw the old man persistently chasing her like a sea snake.
His aged body was charging against the ocean current!
“Run quickly! I’ll come pick you up later!”
Pushing away the delicate body in her arms, Su Jiu gathered her sword’s power and counter-attacked the old man. Her sword’s movement through the seawater stirred up countless ice particles, creating a blue crescent moon.
It was like the frost moon in the first month of the heavens!
This was precisely the String Moon Swordsmanship!
“A mere Warrior Class dares to counter-attack? Overestimating yourself!”
The old man chuckled coldly, attacking with two swords. He raised both feet and chopped down heavily, as if a battle soul of Edo had appeared on his blade – it was the traditional cherry blossom breaking technique —
Niten Ichi-ryū!
“Clang!”
The moment she came into contact with the old man, the recoil force made Su Jiu’s arm go numb. Her body was sent flying more than ten meters away, tumbling continuously, and even her energy shield flickered in and out of existence.
But the reason String Moon Swordsmanship was strong wasn’t in head-on collisions; it was in its uncanny precision and the uncanny ability to hide a sword, possibly by borrowing the light of the first crescent!
The first crescent moon was also the full crescent of its dark portion! And this was the mark of the initial mastery of the initial crescent sword technique – a sword hidden within a sword!
As the old man was about to pursue, he saw a thin blood line appear on his chest. Blood beads continuously emerged, and his figure paused slightly, his eyes filled with disbelief.
He was injured by a Warrior Class?
Although the wound was small, it was also because he hadn’t used his energy shield. If Su Jiu were a bit stronger, reaching just the Initial Stage Battle General level, that single blow would have been enough to take his life!
“The sea is no longer safe! This old ghost also has water-attribute bloodline. We need to get ashore!”
Taking advantage of the opening, Su Jiu quickly stabilized herself, grabbed the hand of the nearby mermaid Siren, and rushed towards the surface of the ocean. In just a few breaths, they broke out of the sea.
What greeted her eyes was darkness. Scanning her surroundings, it looked like an abandoned airport. They were floating inside like two rotten apples.
Su Jiu quickly brought her ashore and took out her phone, quickly finding the location. She discovered there was still no signal, and she couldn’t help but feel speechless:
“Damn it! Still no signal. I don’t even know if this is Fuzhou!”
The mermaid Siren beside her spoke softly, “This is the abandoned small airfield to the east, about ten kilometers away from Fuzhou Port.”
“Ten kilometers, about ten minutes of time…”
Before Su Jiu could think for too long, the sound of countless wings flapping came from the sky. She looked up and saw countless little bats. Then, several medium-sized ships also arrived from all directions.
“Rumble!” The sound of a rock being pushed aside echoed.
At this moment, Suzuki Yoshiko surprisingly emerged from behind a rock wall not far from Su Jiu. She pushed aside the stone wall and slowly walked out. Her kimono swayed in the wind, and a calm smile played on her lips.
After chuckling twice, she said to the two people on the opposite shore, “Where else can you run? This is where we catch monsters.”
“Whoosh!”
As if to echo Suzuki Yoshiko, the old man emerged from the sea and landed on the shore not far from Su Jiu. He looked at Su Jiu with a gloomy expression and sneered, “Run? Why aren’t you running anymore?”
“This must be their secret base or something.”
Su Jiu’s expression turned grim. Looking at the approaching fishing boats and the bat swarms hovering overhead, she sighed, “I can only rely on the Ghost Car avatar to break through.”
Immediately, her eyes opened and closed, a white light flashed, and with a “boom!” she embraced the mermaid Siren and rushed into the sky. Behind her, crimson and black flames erupted. She spread her wings and flew towards the Fuzhou port.
“Feathers, such huge wings…”
The mermaid Siren stared blankly at the huge fiery feathers behind Su Jiu. She felt that the person was a High Priest, but the historical impression of the High Priest did not have such large wings.
“Dual bloodline?”
Everyone watched dumbfounded as Su Jiu broke through the bat swarms, soaring into the distance like a fiery phoenix. At this moment, a cold glint appeared in Suzuki Yoshiko’s eyes, and she sneered, “Just a Warrior Class dare to be so rampant. It reminds me of those persistent guys.”
“But you’re even more rampant than those Dragon Country night walkers. Then have a good taste of my Arrow of the Military Commander!”
A white light flashed, and a wooden long bow carved with many runes appeared in her hand. She nocked an arrow, and a faint white glow appeared on her right hand, releasing an aura of a High-ranking Warrior.
Su Jiu twisted her head in surprise, and quickly accelerated. Her wings cut through space, emitting specks of stardust.
“Military Commander!”
She was actually a Battle General as well! Because she was so deeply hidden, Su Jiu’s strength was insufficient to detect it.
“Enchantment Feather”
Two halos of different sizes appeared behind her. This was the trace of using a charging skill, two skills were stacking together, and the arrowhead emitted a white eerie glow.
“Whoosh,” a sound of piercing the air rang out.
Everyone watched as the arrow emitted light that pierced the darkness and shot towards Su Jiu in the sky. In their eyes, Su Jiu was no different from a dead person. It seemed this thief had completely angered her boss.
Su Jiu looked at the flying arrow with utter disbelief. That woman was actually at the same level as Youyou!? No wonder she wanted this mermaid as a Beast Pet; she was probably about to reach the Battle King Level!
“It’s impossible to dodge!”
She gritted her teeth and wanted to dodge, but found that with this speed, it was impossible. She had a feeling that if this arrow hit, she would at least be crippled, if not killed!
Some people below were already preparing to leave, all shaking their heads. Suzuki Yoshiko, however, smiled confidently and waved, telling Andrew and the others, who had transformed into bats, to stop pursuing.
She was the strongest divine archer of the young generation of the Cherry Blossom Country.
Just as the arrow was about to hit, a red and white magic array surged behind her, and a blood moon shield appeared. The phantom of Lord Liu Yue materialized and lightly stepped, spreading crimson ripples around them.
The arrow instantly melted!
Su Jiu’s pupils trembled as she suddenly thought—it was the oath from that day!
