Chapter 40: The Upcoming Total Attack

Outside the shopping center, in a secluded spot, sounds of intense clashing metal rang out from time to time, accompanied by waves of powerful Qi and the delicate shouts of a young woman.

Lingyun sat on the rooftop, watching the two people fighting below, and nodded slightly. Because the time left for them was truly too short, Lingyun did not teach Busujima Saeko overly exquisite martial arts, but instead focused on strengthening Busujima Saeko's physical attributes like speed and power, as well as the Shield formed by Shura Power that could defend against attacks from mutated dead bodies. As for martial arts, in this world where the level of mystery was originally almost zero, the Kendo that Busujima Saeko inherited from her family was enough to handle almost all the battles in this world.

"Clang, clang, clang," the Long sword and the Samurai Sword hacked heavily against each other, sparking tiny flames. Red light flowed on the Long sword, while blood-colored mist swirled around the Samurai Sword. When the two weapons clashed, these two different powers would always erode each other, but neither could do anything to the other.

A glimmer of excitement flashed in Busujima Saeko's eyes. For her, having inherited her family's ancestral Kendo since childhood, it was quite difficult to find an opponent evenly matched with her. Especially after her father went abroad, she became the captain of the Kendo Club, partly because of her own preference, and partly to find an opponent capable of rivaling her. However, this wish had never been realized, even after she won the national tournament. But now, an opponent who could completely suppress her had actually appeared, which caused the extinguished flame in her heart to begin to reignite.

That's right, Luo Yexi's swordsmanship was enough to crush Busujima Saeko; this was no joke. Having stayed by Lingyun's side for so many years, with Lingyun—an existence that could not be viewed with ordinary eyes—teaching her hand-in-hand, although Luo Yexi's swordsmanship had not reached a heaven-defying level, it had already touched the edge of the Dao. However, this did not mean that Busujima Saeko was weak; her talent in Kendo was completely inferior to no one compared to Luo Yexi, and was even a cut above, but limited by the reasons of this world, she was unable to touch a higher realm.

With a "Bang," Luo Yexi slashed and sent the Samurai Sword in Busujima Saeko's hand flying; as the Samurai Sword flew out, it shattered into countless fragments in mid-air.

Luo Yexi raised her eyebrows slightly: "This should be the third Samurai Sword that has been damaged in your hands, right? It seems you still cannot fully control the Shura Power within your body."

Busujima Saeko looked at the Samurai Sword fragments scattering in the air, silent. Just as Luo Yexi said, these three consecutive Samurai Swords were all damaged because she did not control her Shura Power well.

"However, compared to how you were at the beginning, this is already a great improvement." Lingyun's figure drifted down from the rooftop and stood in front of Busujima Saeko.

Lingyun stretched out his right hand and shook it, and a brand-new Samurai Sword appeared in his hand, which he then handed to Busujima Saeko. Busujima Saeko took the Samurai Sword and didn't say much; it wasn't the first time she had seen this situation. Although she was very curious about this matter in her heart, since Lingyun didn't say anything, she didn't ask. According to her, this was the reserve belonging to a girl.

"The current Busujima Saeko already has the ability to face a Tyrant alone, although she can only take on one at a time, but that is already enough; there will no longer be a situation of being KO'd by a Tyrant in one hit." Luo Yexi wiped the non-existent sweat from her forehead. Although she was suppressing her power while sparring with Busujima Saeko to avoid her own power hurting Busujima Saeko, she still looked relatively relaxed; this was a matter of the strength of one's control over their own power.

"I think the time for us to leave this place has arrived; the dead bodies around have already become much fewer, and this place is relatively safer. As for the people in the shopping center, let's come back to help them escape this place after we have dealt with the final BOSS." Lingyun spoke up. "Now the mutated dead bodies have already targeted us. If we still stay in this place, then when the army of dead bodies attacks, it will definitely affect them. With their current combat power, under the impact of the mutated dead bodies, it is definitely a situation of ten deaths and no life."

"There is an atmosphere of a storm about to break in the air." Luo Yexi reached out, and a leaf drifted down into her hand.

Busujima Saeko gripped the Samurai Sword in her hand tightly: "I have already felt it; in the distance, a group of extremely bloody auras has targeted our direction. This time, their power will be even more terrifying than the last."

"Let's go, we need to find a place that is more advantageous for us to fight," Lingyun said.

In a dark room, a massive humanoid shadow had already stood up, as if it had already adapted to its own power. Around its body, faint gray air currents were circling; it was clearly the power of the Underworld King from the end. This power seemed to have been stimulated by the world's closure, wanting to make this world head toward decay in the shortest possible time, thereby breaking the world's blockade against it.

Looking at the powerful mutated dead bodies outside the window, the shadow let out a chilling, strange laugh: "With this power, I can rule the entire world, hahahaha..."

After laughing wildly for a while, the shadow ripped something off its face and threw it to the ground: "I no longer need this thing."

"Now, go and test the powerful strength I possess." Amidst a whistling sound, the shadow crashed through the door and quickly disappeared into the distance. Looking closely at the thing thrown to the ground, it was a pair of glasses.

In a house, Lingyun suddenly raised his head and looked into the distance; he felt that a powerful and evil aura was rising. And what concerned him most was that this aura was mixed with the aura of the Underworld King of the end, and this aura was quite thick.

Beside Ling Tian, Luo Yexi and Busujima Saeko were also looking in the direction Lingyun was looking with serious expressions; they also felt that a powerful existence had appeared in that place. Busujima Saeko felt that something was wrong in that direction because, as the current Fate Child, her aura was being pulled. And Luo Yexi relied purely on the tacit understanding she had formed with Lingyun over these years.

"It seems the final decisive battle is not far off," Lingyun muttered to himself.

At the same time, Lingyun flipped his hand, and an Ebony Box appeared in his hand, which was then tossed to Luo Yexi.

Luo Yexi took the Ebony Box and looked at the familiar patterns on the box, a flash of surprise in her eyes: "Master, can I use this thing now?"

Ever since the last time Luo Yexi forcibly pushed the First Form: Initial Sun Scorching the Sky of the Nine Suns Heavenly Art to the limit to wipe out a group of experts from the Listening Heaven Tower in one fell swoop, and ended up injuring herself due to excessive consumption, Lingyun had taken back the Nine Suns Heavenly Sword, saying it was to prevent Luo Yexi from hurting herself again.

"You have now stepped into the Second Layer of the Nine Suns Heavenly Art and should have enough power to use this sword without hurting yourself. Now is an extraordinary time; perhaps in the end, we will have to rely on you to turn the situation around!" Lingyun nodded.

"Don't you dare let me down, Ye Xi!" Lingyun sighed inwardly; if it weren't for the fact that his own strength was not enough right now, he would absolutely not let Luo Yexi use the Nine Suns Heavenly Sword.

Busujima Saeko looked at the Ebony Box in Luo Yexi's hand, a trace of astonishment flashing in her eyes. In her perception, the thing inside the Ebony Box was like a sun, possessing the power to burn everything to ashes. Even through the box, it made her feel a series of tremors.

"What could this be?" A glimmer of doubt flashed in Busujima Saeko's eyes. Moreover, from Lingyun's tone just now, one could tell that the thing in this box still possessed a certain degree of danger.

"The time for the final decisive battle is coming; prepare yourselves well," Lingyun looked at the two people in front of him and said in a deep voice.

"Mm, understood." Both women nodded.

"Have you set up everything around here?" Lingyun asked.

"No problem, we have already checked everything." Busujima Saeko nodded. "However, Ling-kun, I am really very curious; what exactly is your identity? You can even produce this kind of thing yourself?"

"As for our identity, it's best you don't ask until you have made the resolution," Luo Yexi leaned close to Busujima Saeko and whispered in her ear.

"Resolution, huh? Hehehehe..." Busujima Saeko let out a low, ambiguous laugh.

Listening to Busujima Saeko's laughter, a flash of ambiguous light flickered in Luo Yexi's eyes.