Chapter 42: Nine Suns Display Might Again

"Same as always, Busujima Saeko, you go first and eliminate all those Claws, leave the Tyrants to me. As for those annoying Lickers, I'll leave them to you, Master," Luo Yexi said in a low voice.

"No problem, leave it to me!" Busujima Saeko licked her lips.

Luo Yexi swept a glance at Busujima Saeko: "Also, you'd better be careful. This battle is definitely far more dangerous than the previous ones. If anything happens to you again, no one will be able to save you!"

Busujima Saeko did not answer, merely gazing at the approaching dead bodies, a trace of coldness appearing in her eyes.

"Roar—" A loud roar from a Tyrant signaled the start of this battle. Although the dead bodies faced only three enemies, these three were absolute existences of despair for them.

Because the numerous buildings and vehicles in the surrounding area had already been cleared by Lingyun and his group at the beginning, the Tyrants had also lost their only long-range attack method—throwing. The Lickers, skilled at climbing, could only charge toward Lingyun's group from the ground.

Lingyun held his long swords, assuming a strange starting stance with one sword in front of his body and one behind. This starting stance was one of the sword skills Lingyun could currently execute—Trick: Dual Sword Style.

This type of dual sword style was a sword technique Lingyun had forged after experiencing fight after fight on cold-weapon battlefields when his strength was still weak. With speed, precision, and ruthlessness as its three elements, it was most suitable for use in chaotic battles and was a pure killing sword technique. Later, as Lingyun's strength increased, this sword technique was shelved by him. Today, however, because his strength was insufficient, he had brought this sword technique out once again.

A Licker jumped in front of Lingyun; it was the very one whose tongue had just been severed by Lingyun. Having lost the tongue it could use for mid-range attacks, the Licker raised its claws and swiped fiercely at Lingyun.

"Die!" Lingyun let out a violent shout. A trace of scarlet light appeared in his pupils, and wisps of blood-colored mist swirled around his body as the sword in his left hand stabbed forward rapidly.

The Licker's claws happened to block the long sword in Lingyun's left hand, but a faster ray of light flashed past its eyes—that was Lingyun's right-hand sword. A spray of blood erupted from the Licker's head; with one strike, Lingyun pierced through its skull.

These two sword strikes were incredibly fast. Before Luo Yexi and her companion had even engaged their first opponents, Lingyun had already finished off a Licker.

"Swish, swish, swish," the long sword in Lingyun's hand grew faster with every strike, and one after another, the Lickers surrounding him fell to the ground. Lingyun's sword technique could be described as incomparably ruthless, with every move aimed directly at the Lickers' vital parts. At the same time, the blood-colored mist around him grew thicker, and a trace of terrifying killing intent gradually began to manifest on Lingyun.

The blood-colored mist around Lingyun was the power Ruoxi had parsed from the Shura Power on Busujima Saeko. Using slaughter to enhance one's own strength was indeed highly effective in this apocalypse.

Busujima Saeko beheaded a Claw that had approached her and looked toward Lingyun's direction. At this moment, the killing intent on Lingyun had already begun to affect a small portion of the area, causing even some mutated dead bodies to show traces of fear in their eyes.

"Isn't this the same power as the Shura Power in me? To think that Ling-jun could actually control such powerful Shura Power without losing control; he is truly very strong," Busujima Saeko thought to herself.

"Roar—," a roar interrupted Busujima Saeko's thoughts. In front of her, a Tyrant was raising its claws to strike down at her.

"It won't be that easy this time." Watching this familiar scene, a trace of disdain flashed in Busujima Saeko's eyes. She tapped her toes on the ground and retreated rapidly. At the same time, the blood-colored mist on Busujima Saeko surged, condensing into a blood-colored spike about a foot long, which shot explosively toward the Tyrant. "Shura Thorn!"

The blood-colored spike slammed straight into the Tyrant's chest. The Tyrant let out a hiss, its body swaying backward under the immense impact. A huge wound appeared on its chest, and one could even see the mutated ribs through the wound.

Having repelled the Tyrant with one strike, Busujima Saeko did not hesitate and turned to leave. With her current strength, she could indeed fight a Tyrant one-on-one, but there were other mutated dead bodies in the vicinity, preventing her from going all out.

"Clang, clang, clang," the sword in Luo Yexi's hand clashed continuously with a Tyrant's claws. This Tyrant was likely the strongest among all the Tyrants here; both in strength and speed, it was significantly more powerful than the average Tyrant. Its formidable strength made Luo Yexi feel slightly troubled.

However, the Tyrant ultimately lacked much intelligence and only attacked based on its instincts. Under a fierce onslaught from Luo Yexi, it soon revealed a flaw. Luo Yexi parried its claws with one sword and then took the Tyrant's head with another. However, the Tyrant's final counterattack before death almost caused Luo Yexi to suffer a serious injury.

Looking at her torn clothes, a trace of gravity flashed in Luo Yexi's eyes. If a few more dead bodies of this strength came, she would not be able to block them at all without using the Nine Suns Heavenly Sword. After all, this guy's strength was already infinitely close to the Earth Tier.

"Go!" Lingyun forced back the Licker in front of him with a sword strike, while the blood-colored mist on his body rapidly condensed into needles, showering the surrounding Claws like a rainstorm. Bursts of wailing erupted from the mouths of these Claws. Don't be fooled by the fact that these needles looked like they lacked much threat; in reality, their power was not a bit weaker than the ordinary version of the Shura Thorn used by Busujima Saeko.

The surrounding dead bodies all fell to the ground under Lingyun's attack, and a trace of fatigue flashed in Lingyun's eyes. Don't be fooled by the fact that he could make the blood-colored needles exert the power of a Shura Thorn just now; that was built upon the powerful Divine Sense he possessed. As for his physical constitution, even though he now had the Body of the Great Dao, limited by his current strength, he could not unleash too much power.

"There really are a lot of them, but at least it's all finished!" Busujima Saeko chopped off a Claw's head, a trace of relief flashing in her eyes.

"Indeed, this number is truly too high." Luo Yexi chopped down the last Tyrant and let out a long breath. Among the three, she had the highest consumption; after all, she was dealing with the most powerful Tyrants. If it weren't for the fact that her Nine Yang Divine Art had reached completion and her True Qi was endless, she might really not have been able to hold on.

"Woo, woo, woo," bursts of roars came from afar. Lingyun kicked the dead Licker in front of him away and looked toward the direction the sound came from.

"Not good, the enemy still has reinforcements!" Luo Yexi's expression changed slightly.

In their sight, a group of Tyrants was approaching in this direction.

"Master!" Luo Yexi's gaze turned to Lingyun.

Lingyun nodded at her: "Go, don't let me down!"

A golden-red light flashed and vanished in Luo Yexi's eyes. She flicked her hand, and the long sword in her hand pierced straight into a wall, while she took down the Ebony Box from her back.

With a "bang," Luo Yexi slapped the Ebony Box with her palm, and a wave of heat spread outward with her as the center. The Ebony Box opened, and a white-gold light rushed out from the box, landing in her hand and transforming into a white-gold dual-colored long sword.

Luo Yexi slowly raised the long sword, pointing it at the sky. Wisps of golden-red light gathered above the long sword, forming a golden-red Light Ball.

Busujima Saeko gazed at the golden-red Light Ball, her heart filled with shock. She could clearly feel that this Light Ball contained terrifying power; it was simply a small sun!

With a "whoosh," a car came whistling toward the three of them, aimed directly at Luo Yexi. It was clear that Luo Yexi's action had made the approaching Tyrants feel threatened.

"Clang—," a blood-red light flashed and vanished on the flying car. The car was split into two halves and flew past Luo Yexi.

"I won't let you disturb her!" Busujima Saeko gripped the Samurai Sword in her hand tightly.

"Nine Suns Heavenly Art, First Form: Initial Sun Scorching the Sky!" Luo Yexi shouted, and the Nine Suns Heavenly Sword in her hand slashed down toward the direction of the Tyrants.

At that moment, Busujima Saeko almost thought she saw the sun falling in front of them. A golden sun crushed toward the direction of the Tyrants, and the intense golden-red sword radiance masked the figures of all the Tyrants.

In an instant, the golden-red sword radiance soared into the sky. The powerful light forced Busujima Saeko to cover her eyes with her hands, and gusts of wind blew the clothes on her body, causing them to flutter continuously.

When the light faded, Busujima Saeko looked at the scene in front of her and could not help but be greatly shocked. The aggressive Tyrants had already disappeared; what remained in their place was a bowl-shaped crater several meters deep, with wisps of blue smoke rising from it.

"Hiss—" Busujima Saeko could not help but gasp, looking at the slightly pale-faced Luo Yexi, her eyes filled with horror. Was this the power to turn the tide that Lingyun spoke of? It was truly too astonishing.