Chapter 269: Scattered Crow Feathers (3.5k)
Hearing the resonant male voice, Su Jiu looked towards the hot river on the other side and found that it was the former Lin Family Patriarch, an initial stage Earth elemental Battle King level expert. He posed no threat to her current self.
“Is that the little rat from before? How dare you barge in and steal treasures while I was fighting! Dammit!”
Just as Su Jiu saw him, he also spotted her. His speed even slowed down. Huang Ling’s face was filled with anger. He glanced back at the pursuing strange bird, and punched backward. Earth-yellow stones condensed out of thin air, forming meteorite shells that fiercely smashed down.”
He used this force to distance himself from the Crimson Flame Sparrow flock. His gaze swept over the two completely dimmed skeletons, then fixed on the feather in Su Jiu’s hand, his low voice roaring, “Hand over the feather! This is not something you can take.”
“I have no intention of being enemies with you, please let me pass… Besides, I was the one who got this feather first. I will never yield it to anyone else.”
Su Jiu smiled lightly and said softly. She slightly lowered her head, her right hand stroking Hei Huo’s dragon body, leaning against it. Her left hand stroked her white hair, which was different from the Blood Clan’s. The crimson small fish, originally a product of fire elements, roamed around her, kissing her fair fingertips as if in pilgrimage.
The white hair was ash-white, completely different from the Blood Clan’s silver-white. The ash-white color symbolized a sense of dead ashes, while the Blood Clan’s silver-white color represented noble status.
“Little thief, how dare you run into our Crimson Flame Sparrow’s ancestral land! I’ll fight you to the death!”
On the other side, the red strange bird roared. Its crimson figure collided with the meteorite shells, creating a huge hole. It was about to attack the Lin Family Patriarch when it discovered that the skeletons of the two War God level giant birds had lost their brilliance…
“The King’s skeleton!”
Immediately, its expression became somewhat dazed. The next moment, its orange eyes were filled with killing intent as it looked at Huang Ling, the Lin Family Patriarch. Its wings trembled slightly, wanting to attack him.
“Look clearly! There’s a wild girl in a black dress near the skeleton. All the anomalies with your ancestor were caused by her. It has nothing to do with me!”
Seeing this, Huang Ling turned and shouted at the red strange bird, his expression showing deep apprehension. His goal was to gain benefits here, not to fight this Battle King level strange bird. Fighting this strange bird was purely thankless.
He could toy with those shadows because he was a Battle King level expert and could suppress them with his strength. But this strange bird was also a Battle King level, and a lord demon, no weaker than himself.
Hearing the voice, the red strange bird also furrowed its bird brows and looked over. It found that indeed, near the skeleton, a silver-white long dragon was circling the black-dressed girl. The black-dressed girl was looking at them carelessly, as if she didn’t take them seriously at all.
Then, it narrowed its bird eyes, slowly turned to look at Huang Ling beside it, and said cautiously in a deep voice, “Who knows if you are in cahoots. Here’s your choice: attack her, or wait for the old thing from the Coldstream Crow to finish dealing with those people before dealing with you.”
With its innate demon instinct, it could feel that although Su Jiu only appeared to be at the War General level, she was very dangerous. If she attacked her rashly, it might suffer a devastating blow—so it decided to let this big傻大个人类 test the waters.
“Fine! Then I’ll go prove it! I didn’t expect the Crimson Flame Sparrow patriarch to be afraid of a mere War General level little girl!”
Huang Ling laughed heartily, his gaze fixed on the feather in Su Jiu’s hand, a sharp glint in his eyes. How could he not know that the red strange bird wanted him to test Su Jiu? But his purpose was also very simple—to directly snatch the feather from Su Jiu and run!
How powerful could a War General level expert be? Even a Peerless Battle General was already the peak, but there was still a gap between a Peerless Battle General and a Battle King. As long as he was willing to go all out, he could easily subdue her.
“Yellow-haired girl, since you won’t hand over the feather, I’ll take it myself!”
Thinking this, Huang Ling secretly laughed at the strange bird’s lack of intelligence. He then coldly shouted at Su Jiu, moved his body, and transformed into a yellow cannonball, charging forward. With a flick of his sleeve, his two giant fists, emanating a chilling yellow-earth light, were then smashed towards Su Jiu’s petite body.
“Heh heh, if you want to fight, I’ll fight with you.”
Seeing that the other party was about to attack without a word, Su Jiu just smiled indifferently, put the feather into her pocket, and reached out towards Hei Huo. Hei Huo understood, and its body purred as it coiled around Su Jiu’s wrist like a hidden dragon in a sleeve.
“Whoosh—Clang!”
The silver-white armguard “clicked” like vines extending from Su Jiu’s palm to her entire arm. The silver-white light was continuously elongated, and the three-foot green peak gradually revealed its true form. With a flick of Su Jiu’s right hand, crimson flames leaped onto the sword like dancing sprites.
“String Moon Swordsmanship!”
Seeing the Lin Family Patriarch attacking like a cannonball, Su Jiu smiled indifferently. Her fair, slender hand lightly flicked the sword, and with a crisp sound, “Hiss—” the crimson long sword transformed into a giant red blade that tore through the river water. The surrounding river water made sizzling sounds. A moon like a red sun was located on the sword, sometimes a crescent, sometimes a full moon.
This time, she did not use Elegy as usual. Su Jiu wanted to try facing a Battle King level without Elegy, to see what her current level was.
“Boom!”
The two instantly collided. Sword energy and fist wind met beneath the river, and a thunderous explosion suddenly sounded. Fierce and violent river whirlpools swept out,Throwing the entire river into chaos.
The War God level skeleton was caught between the two fighters. The skeleton’s neck instantly broke with a “creaking” sound, causing the red strange bird to be terrified and quickly shield itself with its external qi.
“When did you injure me?!”
The surging energy spread with the water. The yellow figure shook its shoulders and retreated two steps, covering the bloodstains blooming on its chest, its face full of disbelief. Su Jiu, on the other hand, was forced to retreat five steps, her crimson long sword still radiating menace.
With this blow, Su Jiu had almost figured out her basic level. If she used the Ghost Car avatar, even without activating Elegy, she could barely reach the level of an initial stage Battle King, but it was only the weakest level of Battle King.
“Again…”
Looking at the Lin Family Patriarch covering his chest, Su Jiu smiled indifferently and was about to draw her sword to fight again when a female voice shouted from above, seemingly filled with deep anger—”Is your Lin family colluding with the Ancient God Sect to attack national public officials?”
A rather aged voice also sounded lightly, “My Lin family has never known any Ancient God Sect. Does the national law stipulate that one must save Dragon Hunters?”
“Heh heh… Little girl, just accept your fate obediently!”
Another rather hoarse laugh rang out, seemingly from the Ancient God Sect shadow from before. His voice was full of mockery.
“It’s time to try out the second stage of Elegy…”
Hearing the voices of Senior Du and the shadow, Su Jiu quickly understood the situation above. She then smiled indifferently, inserted her long sword into the scabbard by her skirt, and her aura began to rise slightly. Then, with a “Hiss!”, flames spread around her, and the water around Su Jiu began to bubble furiously.
“I heard that this Crow Feather Attire has a bonus when killing those with heavy sins. I don’t know if it’s true.”
She smiled without temperature, indifferently took out her shawl from the storage bag, casually put it on, and hung the Feather Slayer pendant on her waist.
Although she disliked meddling in other people’s business, the Ancient God Sect was not within that scope. She had long harbored a grudge against the Ancient God Sect, both in terms of identity and personal grievances. The Ancient God Sect deserved her sword.
…
“Attack!”
In the sky, looking at Senior Du who was barely standing with the Frost Blade, the shadow glanced at the Lin Family Patriarch fighting the blue giant bird in the sky. A ferocious smile flashed across his face, and he waved his hand fiercely, shouting.
As the shadow’s cry fell, the belated Ancient God Sect followers, whether they were advanced stage warriors or initial stage war generals, rushed towards Senior Du like a torrential rain.
“Damn you all! Die!”
Looking at the densely packed figures charging towards her with sky-high killing intent, Senior Du straightened her back, drew the frost-colored long sword stuck in the ground, and the Frost Blossom energy surged out from her body. She swung her sword.
“Grass mud horse! Die for me!”
A frost blossom sword energy tens of meters long directly split the foremost Ancient God Sect follower in two. At the same time, a roar also came from her mouth.
“Killing an Ancient God Sect shadow is enough to get me on the Hero Monument!” In just over ten breaths, after clearing out those common soldiers, Senior Du took a deep breath, her icy eyes shooting directly at the shadow in the distance, and shouted coldly.
“Heh heh, how dare a mere intermediate stage War General like you try to fight me? Kneel down honestly and enjoy yourself!”
Hearing this, the shadow laughed loudly, brandishing his gray-white broadsword into a flurry of blossoms. Then, he stomped on the ice wall, and with a few flashes, he appeared in front of Senior Du. His eyes eagerly gazed at her slightly pretty body wrapped in black scales, with lewdness appearing in his eyes.
“I didn’t expect to go out on a mission and get a Dragon Hunter to have fun… I haven’t played with a Dragon Hunter yet!”
Seeing the shadow attacking, Senior Du’s face tensed. The countless frost energies surged out without reservation. Her sword clanged out of its sheath, and her body moved like a phantom, appearing beside him. The sword, wrapped in frost blossoms, swept towards the shadow’s vital spots.
Facing Senior Du’s counterattack, the shadow, although calm on the surface, was also wary in his heart. After all, he was facing a member of the Dragon Country’s elite forces, and her combat experience was not much less than his own.
Therefore, he dared not underestimate her. He swung his gray-white broadsword like a pinwheel, blocking all the sword energy wrapped in frost blossoms. His face stiffened, and he shouted at the old man in blue who was watching, “Aren’t you going to make a move? This girl has the combat power of an advanced stage War General!”
As the two fought, various explosions erupted in the sky. The frost blossoms and hurricanes collided, and the resulting explosion vortex shook the entire gorge, making it appear exceptionally terrifying.
“I hope your esteemed sect remembers my contribution, and then…”
The idle old man in blue narrowed his eyes, chuckled strangely, and teleported a few times to appear behind Senior Du. In Senior Du’s widened eyes, his dry palm, wrapped in green wind elements, was about to descend when a chill inexplicably rose from the depths of the old man’s heart.
Just as he was about to soar into the air, a red flame long sword, like a phantom, suddenly pierced his chest without warning. Then, sparks of flame erupted from the sword. Only a “sizzling” sound could be heard, and the old man in blue was instantly burned into a human torch.
“Ahhhhh…”
As he was dying, the old man in blue’s peripheral vision finally caught a glimpse of a young girl wearing black Crow Feather Attire standing behind him at some unknown time. Her skirt swayed, and a few feathers seemed to drift down.
The girl was as silent as a crow. As she stood still, her ash-white hair fluttered in the wind. The pendant on her waist shone blood-red. She casually flicked the red flame long sword in her hand, and her icy voice followed.
“Lin family, colluding with the Ancient God Sect… Die!”
