Chapter 245

Afterwards, only Du Gu Yan's calm voice was heard saying: "Xiao Xuan, when soldiers come, block them; when water comes, dam it."

In this situation, they had no option to escape; aside from a desperate counterattack, there was no second path.

Those blood-red bats flew very fast; in a short while they had already approached.

Their eyes were also blood-red; upon spotting the target, they emitted a ga-ga call from their mouths, bared sharp fangs, and over a thousand blood bats flapped their wings together, bringing a foul wind that instantly made the two bodies tremble and sway.

However, at this moment Gu Xuan suddenly pulled Du Gu Yan from behind and held her in a princess carry.

Originally tense Du Gu Yan, confused by Gu Xuan's action, felt his warm big hand encircling her waist and thigh, and unconsciously she clenched her legs.

It wasn't because Gu Xuan held her, but because it was too dangerous now; a moment's carelessness could cause them to fall from this narrow path, leaving no bones.

Du Gu Yan naturally trusted Gu Xuan completely, so at this moment she didn't speak much, merely became alert; with a twist of her jade finger, a chilling light drifted out, shooting straight at the nearest blood bat.

Who would have thought that the blood bat's body merely swayed slightly in midair, actually dodging the poison needle Du Gu Yan flicked out.

Du Gu Yan's heart tightened, and she whispered: "Xiao Xuan, bats are not like other birds; they have a special keen ability that lets them easily grasp an enemy's attack—a special ability that even mental power cannot affect, unless speed exceeds their reaction limit, otherwise it's hard to injure them."

After Du Gu Yan finished speaking, Gu Xuan gave a light smile and said: "Yanzi, give me my three dragon swords."

As Gu Xuan's words fell, five dragon swords unfurled behind him, their sword wings like blades.

After hearing Gu Xuan's words, Du Gu Yan instantly felt confident; although soul skills couldn't be used here, her martial soul and soul bone were not restricted.

Afterwards Du Gu Yan took the other three dragon swords from Gu Xuan's Soul Tool; the dragon swords returned to their places, and eight dragon swords unfurled behind Gu Xuan, sword qi swirling around his entire body, extraordinarily overbearing.

At this moment, the blood bats in the air seemed to have gained wisdom, and they did not rush to launch an attack on the two.

Instead, they quickly circled once in midair, surrounding the two; at this moment, blood bats prepared to attack from every direction around Gu Xuan's body.

Gu Xuan whispered: "Yanzi, martial soul embodiment, hold onto me."

Upon hearing Gu Xuan's words, Du Gu Yan also understood this was to minimize their volume, so she directly invoked martial soul embodiment.

After martial soul embodiment, Du Gu Yan's pair of straight, round, long legs turned into a green snake tail that coiled around Gu Xuan's waist; her arms encircled his neck, her pretty face pressed against his chest, as if Gu Xuan merely had a small satchel hanging on his front.

Their conversation and completing the action took only a few seconds.

If it were an ordinary person, facing so many blood bats would in itself be a deadly situation.

Although from the blood bats' reaction speed in dodging Du Gu Yan's attack just now, this kind of bat should be a mutant among bats; regardless of speed or attack, it is top-notch, and it might even possess deadly poison.

However, Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan could respond calmly; Gu Xuan's composure naturally came from his strength, while Du Gu Yan's came from her complete trust in Gu Xuan.

Perhaps because Du Gu Yan's poison needle had provoked the blood bats' fury, having just finished contracting, the next moment dozens of bats from the innermost layer surged forward toward them.

At this moment Gu Xuan had also completed martial soul embodiment; he suddenly stepped forward and surged ahead, and with the boost from martial soul embodiment, his speed instantly reached its peak.

When those dozens of blood bats were less than five meters from Gu Xuan, the eight dragon swords behind him instantly detached, turning into eight streams of light that swayed and wandered before him.

The charging blood bats had no time to dodge; amidst the endless sword qi, in just a moment, those dozens of blood bats turned directly into fragments.

Moreover, Gu Xuan's speed did not diminish at all; he directly tore open a gap in the encircling blood bats ahead and swiftly moved forward.

Yet this flock of blood bats seemed intelligent, as another dozen or so blood bats kept charging at Gu Xuan, but each attack was sliced into fragments by the eight dragon swords turned into streams of light, not even causing Gu Xuan's stride to falter the slightest.

Thus, this blood bat army formidable enough to inspire fear was easily disposed of.

Du Gu Yan leaned against Gu Xuan's chest, lifted her head to look at his resolute face, her heart filled with joy, feeling no despair despite the environment and danger; her heart held only joy.

Facing Gu Xuan, who was like a god of slaughter, the blood bats' wisdom seemed high; after several successive probes, they no longer dared to approach closely the terrifying range of his dragon swords.

But they were unwilling to leave either; they continued to circle around, constantly flapping their wings, blowing unstable gusts toward the two.

"These bats are truly hateful." Du Gu Yan said fiercely, looking at the blood bats surrounding them.

Seeing the blood bats cease attacking and instead begin to harass, Gu Xuan's forward speed increased; the eight dragon swords that had originally surged forward returned to spin around his body, forming a five-meter-diameter killing formation.

Whenever a blood bat attempted to break through, it would be directly sliced into fragments by the terrifying sword qi generated from the formation.

Even though Gu Xuan's speed was fast, the blood bats still flapped their wings and gave chase.

Gu Xuan ran like this for about five minutes.

Squeak.

A relatively larger blood bat suddenly let out a cry; immediately, all the remaining blood bats began emitting sharp cries, their sound extremely grating, causing Du Gu Yan to frown.

At this moment, Gu Xuan's steps halted, he froze in place, his red-and-blue pupils locked onto the front, flashing with light.

Gu Xuan suddenly slowed, stopped moving forward; Du Gu Yan naturally felt it too, her gaze shifting from his face to look ahead of him, whereupon she couldn't help but draw a sharp breath of cold air.

Because directly ahead of them on this narrow path, beneath it, hung upside down a colossal super bat.

Under the faint red light surrounding it, the giant bat emitted a dark-golden glow from its entire body.

The bat's height was about four meters; its two massive claws were planted on the narrow path, each claw over a meter long, its sharp talons digging directly into the stone.

Amidst the shrill cries of the many blood bats, the bat's dark-golden body slowly unfurled a pair of enormous wings, its terrifying wingspan reaching ten meters wide; its claws suddenly released, and with the mighty wings flapping, its massive body rose into the air.

At this moment, the bat's full appearance was unmistakable; its entire body was dark-golden, and most terrifyingly, it had three heads, while all the blood bats swiftly swooped through the air and gathered behind the colossal dark-gold three-headed bat.

Du Gu Yan, somewhat dazed, murmured: "Did we hit the younger brother, and now the elder brother shows up?"

ps: Typos will be corrected later.

(End of chapter)