Chapter 408: Blue Sea Dragon Sword Art

On a desolate, uninhabited island, three flocks of bats descended from the sky, transforming into three elegant, elderly gentlemen.

"Hali, I never expected that an old immortal like you would actually succeed in breaking through," one of the old gentlemen said to another Vampire.

"If even a Vampire like you, Laokede, whose head is filled with nothing but muscle, can break through, why couldn't I?" the other Vampire retorted irritably.

"You two really start bickering the moment you meet!" the last Vampire said.

"Abel, you were the first of the three of us to break through. What are your thoughts on the breakthrough method Naishi left behind?" Laokede asked.

"This method is indeed correct. We Vampires can not only enhance our strength through the accumulation of time, but also by consuming the blood of those with special constitutions," Abel said slowly. "However, with Naishi's personality, he must have kept an ace up his sleeve, and this ace must be on Naishi himself. He set up a way to pass this breakthrough method to us after his death; it's not impossible that he intended for us to avenge him. Heh. This guy, even after dying, doesn't let the person who killed him have any peace!"

"That's right, we are all certain of this point!" the other two nodded as well.

Although the three of them claimed they came to Huaxia to avenge their fellow clansman Naishi, their true purpose was to obtain the final step of the method Naishi possessed that allowed for rapid self-improvement through blood consumption.

"However, with such a large movement from us, it is absolutely impossible for Long Jingtian to have no preparations," Hali said.

"So what if he has preparations? With our current strength, whether it is Long Jingtian, the Dragon Group under his command, the Dragon Guards, or even the Hidden Dragon, we can crush them all!" Laokede said with a confident look.

"That's right, we have all taken that half-step. Even if Long Jingtian is gifted, at most he can only take that same half-step like us. In this situation, we are fully capable of killing them all!" Abel said with a confident look.

"Unfortunately, you no longer have that chance!" Just at this moment, a leisurely voice rang out.

"Who is it?" Hearing this voice, the three Vampires present became alert all at once.

"Who is it? Take a guess!" Lingyun's figure slowly appeared before them.

"You are... Lingyun?" Seeing the person who arrived, Abel's pupils shrank slightly.

"He is not alone!" Hali narrowed his eyes, looking not far away; at the four cardinal directions of the island, there were four more figures.

"These four are excellent blood sources. If we can drain their blood, it will surely help us take that other half-step!" Laokede looked at Luo Yexi and the others, a trace of desire and joy appearing in his eyes.

"Want to drink our blood? Ignorant! Ridiculous!" Esdeath sneered.

Countless ice thorns suddenly shot up from beneath Laokede's feet; if not for Laokede dodging quickly, that strike just now would have pierced him into a sieve.

"Heh, so she's a prickly one!" Laokede looked at Esdeath and couldn't help but lick his lips, "I like this kind of girl!"

"Like? You aren't even worthy of using that word!" A western sword appeared in Esdeath's hand, and she turned into an afterimage, darting toward Laokede.

This western sword was not the one Esdeath used previously in the Akame ga Kill World, but a weapon Lingyun had found from his shattered Heart Realm that he had forged a long time ago. This western sword contained powerful ice-attribute energy, complementing Esdeath perfectly. Moreover, Esdeath found it very easy to use, so Lingyun gave it to her.

Seeing Esdeath charge at Laokede, Luo Yexi took the Nine Suns Heavenly Sword in hand and simultaneously darted toward Laokede. This was the plan they had discussed before coming here: Luo Yexi and Esdeath would group up to deal with one Duke, Busujima Saeko and Liuli would group up to deal with one Duke, and the last one would be dealt with by Lingyun.

Seeing Laokede make a move, Hali did not hesitate and charged toward Liuli and Busujima Saeko. As for Abel, he stood in place, motionless. From the moment Lingyun first appeared, he had locked his aura firmly onto Abel; if he wanted to leave at this time, he would definitely face Lingyun's Thunder strike.

"Hum—" The space around the island suddenly rippled, and purple light soared into the sky, forming a massive Array that enveloped the entire island.

"This is... an Array?" Seeing the Array appear around the island, a sense of foreboding rose in Abel's heart.

In the instant Abel was distracted, Lingyun's aura rippled, and his figure vanished from the spot.

"So fast!" Abel's pupils shrank; Lingyun's figure had already appeared before him, his fists wrapped in terrifying Source Power, slamming heavily toward Abel.

Abel's reaction speed was still very fast, and he raised his hands in time to block Lingyun's fists. However, what puzzled him was that Lingyun's fists did not carry much attack power, but instead carried an incomparable impact force, and he was blasted away on the spot.

Having succeeded with one strike, Lingyun's figure chased after the retreating Abel, throwing his fists again, blasting him away once more.

"Boom, boom, boom—" Lingyun struck in succession, each blow wrapped in powerful impact force, actually blasting Abel from the island onto the surface of the sea without his feet touching the ground.

"Get lost!"

Being blasted away repeatedly, a trace of anger flashed in Abel's eyes. Since advancing to Duke, when had anyone ever treated him like this? The magic power on Abel's body erupted with full force, forming a powerful magic field around him. Under such a powerful magic field, even Lingyun had to temporarily avoid the edge and landed on the sea surface.

"You fellow, to dare to blast me away so many times, I will tear you into shreds!" Having forced Lingyun back, Abel suddenly spread his bat wings, hovering in mid-air, looking at Lingyun with a face full of rage.

"The place we are in now is the surface of the sea!" Lingyun said calmly.

"So what if it's the sea surface? Don't tell me you think you can borrow the power of the ocean?" Abel said with a sneer.

"Sorry, you guessed right!" Lingyun sneered, his Source Power continuously pouring into the sea surface beneath his feet.

The sea surface within several dozen zhang of Lingyun suddenly calmed down, but Abel could feel that beneath this calm surface, terrifying power was brewing. After making another breakthrough in strength, Lingyun was finally able to use the advanced version of the Four Symbols Dragon Sword Art. And what Lingyun was using now was precisely the advanced version of the Four Symbols Dragon Sword Art: North Water Dragon Annihilates the World.

"Blue Sea Dragon Sword Art!"

Following Lingyun's words, the originally calm sea surface suddenly boiled, and several water dragons emerged from the sea, circling around Lingyun, each one radiating a heart-palpitating aura.

"This is your reliance?" Abel looked at the water dragons around Lingyun, his eyes narrowing slightly, and a terrifying momentum radiated from his body.

Lingyun waved his hand, and the water dragons circling him let out silent roars, pouncing toward Abel. The magic power around Abel surged, turning into terrifying blood mist, meeting the water dragons pouncing at him.

The water dragons and blood mist collided, and the terrifying power spread to the surroundings, instantly stirring up countless water spouts on the sea surface, obscuring the figures of the two.