Section 56: Fearless, Unstoppable!
2013-02-09 Author: Gu Zhenren
Section 56: Fearless, Unstoppable!
Agony
A wave of pain converged into a monstrous tide, ravaging Tie Ao’s nerves. Blood streamed down his back, and碎石 (crushed stones) dug into his flesh. At its peak, the pain numbed him.
With a thud, Tie Ao slid down the giant rock and onto the ground. He struggled to rise, but with every movement, the agony intensified, nearly causing him to black out.
Strike While the Iron is Hot
Chu Yun never showed mercy to his enemies. After eliminating the hundred elite soldiers who stood in his way, he charged again.
“How could this be? I’m not reconciled!” Tie Ao’s pupils constricted. He knelt on the ground, watching Chu Yun raise his saber, and cried out in vain in his heart.
His strength had not truly been unleashed before he was overwhelmed by five Spirit Monsters, and then Chu Yun launched a fierce assault, giving him no chance to retaliate. All he could do was defend, defend, and defend.
Finally, he could no longer defend.
Clang!
The Drunken Snow Saber’s strike was blocked by a golden ring that shot out. Sparks flew, temporarily saving Tie Ao from his crisis.
“Protect the young master!” The golden ring was knocked away by the Drunken Snow Saber but obediently returned to an general’s hand. He held another golden ring, and the two formed a pair, known as the East Sea Mother-Child Rings, both Great Demon Soldiers.
Great Demon Soldiers that came in pairs were powerful, almost equivalent to half a Spirit Monster.
“Chu Yun, do not be arrogant! I will face you!” Another young general charged forward, leaping into the air and launching an attack, scattering a volley of Demon Soldier shurikens.
Simultaneously, the surrounding shouts of battle intensified. Two hundred Black Crow Elite Soldiers, some riding black crows, swooped down to attack. Others formed formations, quickly protecting Tie Ao.
These were the troops Tie Ao had previously dispatched to slaughter the islanders of Shu Family Island and sow bloodshed. However, they had not gone far before they incredulously saw Tie Ao being relentlessly hacked by Chu Yun, from the mountaintop to the foot.
Swish!
A dense swarm of shurikens rained down on Chu Yun.
As Chu Yun prepared to block with his saber, his gaze suddenly sharpened as he detected a faint, foul smell of blood in the air.
“Dog Blood Nails?” His eyes narrowed. Relying on his rich experience from his previous life, he recognized the shurikens as the infamous Dog Blood Nails. These nails were specifically designed to defile Demonic Creatures and obscure Spirit. If the Drunken Snow Saber were to be stained by them, the connection between the saber’s spirit and Chu Yun’s Spirit would plummet instantly. Chu Yun would no longer be able to wield the Drunken Snow Saber with such ease.
“Brat, take your life!” At the same time, the arriving general, brandishing a golden ring in each hand, charged behind Chu Yun. The golden rings sliced through the air, raised high, and swung down towards Chu Yun’s head.
If this blow landed, Chu Yun’s head would split open, brain matter splattering, utterly crushed.
These two generals were worthy of being Tie Family commanders, veterans of many battles. Their attacks were ruthlessly fierce from the outset, filled with the desperate intensity of the battlefield.
This vast shower of Dog Blood Nails descended like a dark cloud, encompassing everyone, including the Golden Ring general.
The Golden Ring general was sacrificing himself to hold Chu Yun back. As long as the Dog Blood Nails hit Chu Yun or the Drunken Snow Saber, even the Spirit Monster-level Drunken Snow Saber’s power would diminish. Although this effect would be short-lived, battles were always a race against time. By shattering Chu Yun’s formidable momentum, they could stabilize their position.
At this critical moment, Chu Yun’s eyes narrowed, and he patted the Immortal Pouch at his waist.
Instantly, a strange light flew out. Before it even touched the ground, Chu Yun’s loud shout rang out: “Sky Fox, Fire Virtue True Body!”
Boom!
This strange light suddenly transformed into a fiery glow and enveloped Chu Yun. With a roar, flames surged towards the sky, forming a monstrous inferno.
Chu Yun’s figure was submerged by the flames. Moments later, the flames coalesced and transformed into a flaming giant, about five feet tall. Its features were clear, revealing Chu Yun’s face.
The flaming giant’s muscles were bulging, powerful and imposing. The crimson flames were solidified, a brilliant red all over, emitting wild heat. His hair blazed like a torch. He wore an immortal robe and sashes, the robe ancient and simple, the sashes wrapping around his arms and circling his body, fluttering without wind.
This was the Supreme grade ancient Cultivation Method—the Fire Virtue True Body, combining offense and defense. At this moment, Chu Yun had transformed into an ancient legend, the Star Lord of Fire Virtue.
“What is this?” The golden ring struck the giant, and with a boom, the Golden Ring general was immediately sent flying backward.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle…
The Dog Blood Nails struck the Fire Virtue True Body, immediately emitting a puff of green smoke and melting away. Dog Blood Nails could defile Demonic Creatures, but they were suppressed by fire and light elements.
“An ancient Supreme grade Dao method—Fire Virtue True Body? How did it fall into his hands?” Tie Ao’s eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at the flaming giant before him, his heart filled with shock.
In the dark night, a dark cloud pressed down, and the sea breeze blew. He stood proudly amidst the mountains, looking down at his enemies. The enlarged Drunken Snow Saber, now held in the giant’s hand, no longer seemed enormous but rather complemented it perfectly.
For a moment, the intense heat was palpable, and everyone was awestruck. Chu Yun’s presence was incredibly majestic, like a celestial being descending from the heavens. Within a hundred miles, his heroic figure could be seen.
“You dare attack my Homeland, you are courting death!” Chu Yun spoke in his usual tone, but his voice was immensely powerful, echoing throughout Shu Family Island.
Wow!
The entire island erupted. Countless islanders, amidst the chaos of the surprise attack, steadied their minds. Thousands of people shifted their gaze, looking at the flaming giant on the mountain and listening to his words, finding their anchor.
“Kill, kill, kill!” Their morale soared, and they shouted madly.
“Beat these sons of bitches to death!” An elderly man, his hair bristling with rage, brandished his farming sickle and charged towards the Black Crow Elite Soldiers.
With a bang,
The old man was no match for the elite soldiers and was sent flying, crashing through a wall. Blood stained his clothes. With a kick, he died.
“Beasts!” Several more people immediately stepped forward and charged. Among them were the elderly, children, and even a pregnant woman.
Shu Family Island was enraged!
“Kill them!”
“Chop them into meat paste!”
“Kill these bastards!”
…
The Black Crow Elite Soldiers were stunned and retreated step by step.
Countless people, even ordinary ones, even without any demonic creatures in hand, raised sickles, wooden clubs, and even bricks, surging forward. With a fighting spirit of biting off a piece of flesh even if it meant death, they fiercely counterattacked.
“What kind of people are these?”
“They’ve gone mad, they’re all mad on Shu Family Island.”
“Damn it, the young master seems to be in danger. What should we do?”
The Black Crow Elite Soldiers were in a panic. The pitiful civilians they had imagined fleeing and screaming did not appear. They were surrounded by thousands, tens of thousands, of people who would risk their lives.
“Damn it, how dare you attack our Shu Family Island!” Waves of Bronze Bell Elite Soldiers also rushed to various battlefields. They wore bronze bells at their waists, wielded small demon sabers, their blood surging, their murderous intent seething, their eyes crimson, like ferocious wolves and tigers.
“Hold steady, hold steady!” someone in the Black Crow Elite Soldiers shouted. However, the Bronze Bell Elite Soldiers, clad in red, were like a surging tidal wave, fierce and fearless, utterly unstoppable. They fiercely attacked, causing the Black Crow Elite Soldiers’ formations to collapse and rout.
The Black Crow Elite Soldiers were already outnumbered, and their general had not managed to turn the tide. Their morale plummeted, and they were slaughtered in disarray.
“Fly into the sky, fly up!” In their moment of crisis, someone shouted.
This cry awakened the remaining Black Crow Elite Soldiers.
That’s right, they could still fly!
They were overjoyed, rejoicing to have found a way to break through the encirclement. The Black Crow Elite Soldiers all ascended into the air.
“Damn, we’re finally safe!”
“These madmen, let’s bombard them from above!”
Sitting on the backs of their black crows, the Black Crow Elite Soldiers looked down at the ground, their pale faces turning ferocious again.
“I’ll fight you to the death!” An old man ran up a nearby high tower and leaped off, tackling an elite soldier. Both plummeted from the sky.
The old man was instantly smashed to death. The Black Crow Elite Soldier, with their superior physiques, only broke two legs, letting out a frantic howl.
“I’ll make you pay for ambushing Shu Family Island!”
“Kill!”
“Cut him down!”
…
A group of mad civilians swarmed down, surrounding the fallen Black Crow Elite Soldier with bricks, stones, kitchen knives, and shoulder poles, instantly chopping him into meat paste.
“If you have the guts, come down!” A pregnant woman, holding a brick, her face smeared with blood.
“You cowardly bastards, come and duel with your little master!” A 7-year-old boy pointed at the Black Crow Elite Soldiers in the sky and yelled in a childish voice.
Many strong young men rushed up the high towers, wanting to emulate the old man by leaping and attacking the Bronze Bell Elite Soldiers.
“What kind of people are these?” The Black Crow Elite Soldiers fled from the high towers.
Some felt a lump in their throats, looking at the sea of people surging below, radiating murderous intent, and felt a pang of fear.
Even more Black Crow Elite Soldiers controlled their black crows and ascended higher.
Roar!
A dragon’s roar suddenly exploded. The Azure Sea Dragon appeared, its maw wide open. Its powerful tail thrashed, and in a flash, it slaughtered all the remaining Black Crow Elite Soldiers in the sky.
“You dare attack my Shu Family Island, death is your only end!” Shu Tianhao stood on the dragon’s head and shouted into the wind. His remaining right arm held his saber. His foot rested on a corpse.
This was the corpse of General Benlei, his eyes wide with terror, the expression of his final moments frozen on his face.
“I’ll hold them off here. You quickly go save the young master and retreat!” Seeing the Azure Sea Dragon flying towards them, one of the generals, who was surrounded by five Spirit Monsters, cried out.
They looked and saw it was General Tun Tian, one of the Four Great Generals of Tie Family Island.
“Tun Tian Python, devour them!” He roared fiercely. The Spirit Monster-level Tun Tian Python opened its gaping maw and actually swallowed a Hall Guarding Spirit Monster in one gulp!
“We retreat!” The remaining generals, seizing this opportunity, their eyes filled with tears, flew down.
Boom!
Suddenly, a figure descended like a meteor amidst the generals’ descent.
“Golden Ring General!” The generals immediately recognized him and cried out in alarm.
The Golden Ring general’s two golden rings had been shattered. His body was covered in bone fractures. He mustered his last breath: “Quickly, Chu Yun is ferocious. Take the young master and flee…”
With that, he spat out a mouthful of blood, tilted his head, and breathed his last.
The generals fled wildly. At the foot of the mountain, they witnessed another astonishing sight.
Chu Yun, in his giant form, was holding a young general in his palm as if he were catching a chick.
“Ah…” The young general who had used the Dog Blood Nails was held tightly in Chu Yun’s hand. The scorching flames of the Fire Virtue True Body roasted him, causing him to scream loudly.
After a few moments, he lost his breath.
Chu Yun spat from his palm, and the flames blazed, burning him to ashes. Only a crimson gourd remained.
This was the Great Demon Soldier Dog Blood Gourd, which could brew dog blood and forge shurikens like the Dog Blood Nails.
Chu Yun collected this spoils of war as the generals arrived. They immediately dispatched two of their own to resist. The rest seized Tie Ao and fled towards the Mist Chaser.
“Where do you think you’re going?” At this moment, Shu Tianhao, riding the Azure Sea Dragon, swooped down from high above.
