Chapter 2205

With a boom, the Iron Feather King stepped down, and the impact spread with him as the center point. Su Xiao, who had just completed spatial penetration, was pushed back by this impact. The long blade that was originally intended to pierce the Iron Feather King could only slash out a blade aura.

With a crisp sound of metal, the hooked spear swept the blade aura into powder. The next moment, the Iron Feather King retreated a step. He held the spear with both hands, his eyes fixed on Su Xiao, and the hooked spear in his hand suddenly thrust forward.

This domineering momentum made the hair on Su Xiao's body stand up. He absolutely could not retreat now; if he retreated... he would die!

The hooked spear thrust out an air explosion sound, louder than the muffled thunder in the sky.

"Blade Dao Blade · Time."

Dong!

Everything around slowed down. Su Xiao no longer needed to stab his long blade into the ground to use "Blade Dao Blade · Time," as that would leave a huge opening. After hard training in the Land of All Living Things, he now only needed to hold the long blade horizontally in front of him.

The hooked spear thrusting at high speed suddenly slowed down after entering the area affected by "Time." Realizing this, the Iron Feather King immediately retracted the spear. Unfortunately, he was 0.01 seconds too slow. This was the opening.

Su Xiao rushed forward two steps, leaving only two meters between him and the Iron Feather King. Although the hooked spear was long, without releasing spear aura, its range of influence was actually only about 3 to 4 meters.

"Blade Dao Blade · Extreme."

The long blade slashed down. Helpless, the Iron Feather King could only retract the spear to block.

Clang!

Sparks splashed high. The Iron Feather King let out a muffled grunt; "Extreme" was not so easy to resist.

Taking advantage of the Iron Feather King being slashed back half a step, the long blade returned to its sheath, and Su Xiao began a brief accumulation of power. If the Iron Feather King handled it improperly, among Su Xiao's subsequent dozen slashes, the 7th or 8th slash would have a chance to cut off the Iron Feather King's head.

The long blade left its sheath, and a blue blade slash flew out. Su Xiao unleashed three Green Ghosts simultaneously.

Sharp, full of blood energy—this was the feeling Su Xiao gave the Iron Feather King. The exhilarating contest of techniques just now had reignited the Iron Feather King's blood, which had already grown "cold and lonely."

His blood was burning, and a trace of red light emerged in the Iron Feather King's pupils. The Iron Feather King was not a kind old man; he was an overlord on the battlefield. He had killed no fewer than hundreds of thousands of people.

"Ha!"

The Iron Feather King let out a sharp shout, and the hooked spear in his hand swept horizontally.

A circular spear aura suddenly spread, passing over Su Xiao's head. At this moment, Su Xiao reached forward with his left foot, pressing one hand on the ground. Just now... it was close; a fraction of a second slower and his upper body would have been swept off.

"Blood, it's boiling, Bai Ye!"

The Iron Feather King shouted, and at the same time, he leaped low. After flipping once in mid-air, he completed his power accumulation. He gripped the hooked spear with both hands and slashed down almost savagely.

Dong!

Soil exploded from beside Su Xiao. He was in the middle of a side leap, and the flying soil hit his face, causing a dull pain.

Just as Su Xiao landed, the hooked spear thrust toward his face, heading straight for his head.

Su Xiao tilted his head slightly, dodging the hooked spear, but who knew the hilt in the Iron Feather King's hand would spin and pull backward, sending the straight hook blade below the spear blade straight toward Su Xiao's back neck. The thrust and the hook had been planned since the Iron Feather King slashed down with the spear.

At this point, dodging was clearly impossible. Su Xiao took advantage of the Iron Feather King's wide-open stance caused by the spear thrust and lunged forward.

Facing the ferocious Su Xiao, the Iron Feather King gave up dragging the spear, the hilt in his hand parried, and the end of the hilt smashed toward Su Xiao.

With a screech, the long blade grazed the end of the hilt. Just as the long blade and the hilt were about to separate, Su Xiao suddenly increased the force in his hand gripping the blade.

A strong vibration spread along the metal hilt to the Iron Feather King's hand. For a moment, the hooked spear in his hand nearly flew out of his grip.

Hum~

The spear blade vibrated. The Iron Feather King simply let go of the spear, raised his hand to slap the hilt with all his might, and at the same time bent his waist and lowered his head.

With a whoosh, the hooked spear rotated, the spear blade swept past the Iron Feather King's head and slashed straight at Su Xiao.

Su Xiao slashed forward with all his might with the long blade. With a clang, the hooked spear was slashed upward.

Boom!

A sharp pain came from Su Xiao's abdomen, and he flew backward.

The Iron Feather King leaped high, but who knew that just as he gripped the hooked spear, the Exile suddenly stabbed over.

Every time the two engaged, killing intent was hidden everywhere. Su Xiao was like this, and so was the Iron Feather King.

Puchi.

The Exile plunged into the Iron Feather King's chest, immediately split, and headed straight for the Iron Feather King's heart and lungs.

While in mid-air, the Iron Feather King held the hooked spear with his left hand and raised his right hand, slapping his own chest with all his might.

With a muffled bang, a large chunk of the Iron Feather King's chest caved in, and the Exile in its fragmented blade form pierced through the Iron Feather King's back, all of it slapped out of the Iron Feather King's body.

The Iron Feather King landed, and blood gradually soaked through his loose clothing. From the moment he released the hooked spear and slapped it, to the final kick that sent Su Xiao flying, it was a non-stop sequence. Not only that, when Su Xiao landed, the Iron Feather King had other killing moves waiting for Su Xiao, but they had been interrupted by the Exile.

Both Su Xiao and the Iron Feather King were injured, but with their vitality, this level of injury was nothing.

Su Xiao crouched dozens of meters away, blood dripping down his chin. He became even more vigilant; this kind of contest of techniques could not last for days or hours. At the fastest, victory or defeat could be decided in tens of seconds, or within half an hour.

Checking Zhan Long Shan returned to its sheath. Su Xiao gripped the hilt with his right hand and the scabbard with his left, holding Checking Zhan Long Shan horizontally in front of him. Qing Gang Ying energy wrapped around the sheathed Checking Zhan Long Shan, turning the entire blade black-blue. Su Xiao's aura became increasingly sharp; this was the starting stance for Absolute Shadow Flash.

"Absolute Shadow..."

Su Xiao suddenly disappeared from where he stood, and the next moment, he appeared in front of the Iron Feather King.

With a clang, Checking Zhan Long Shan was parried by the spear, and Absolute Shadow Flash was interrupted. But this was also what Su Xiao wanted to see. He never thought about clashing with the Iron Feather King's ultimate move. The Iron Feather King wouldn't do that, and neither would Su Xiao. He used Absolute Shadow Flash just to reveal an "opening," because the Dragon Shadow Flash ability had recovered, and he could penetrate space again.

Su Xiao staggered back, his long blade raised uncontrollably, leaving his stance wide open.

With a bang, the Iron Feather King leaped back. If it were an ordinary enemy, they would have already stabbed with their spear while Su Xiao's stance was wide open, but the Iron Feather King did not. This is Spear Mastery.

"Heh."

A smile appeared on Su Xiao's face. His feigned opening had been seen through; after all, his opponent was a Spear Mastery master.

As soon as the Iron Feather King landed, he began to accumulate power. Sensing the Iron Feather King's increasingly dangerous aura, Su Xiao disappeared from where he stood again. He absolutely could not let the Iron Feather King use the move he was accumulating power for, absolutely not.

At the critical moment, Su Xiao leaped forward and stabbed. Just as he was three meters away from the Iron Feather King, the Iron Feather King interrupted the move he was accumulating power for and swung the spear in his hand.

Clang!

The spear blade and the blade edge clashed. Su Xiao took advantage of the momentum to fly backward, but the Iron Feather King had already gripped the spear and swept upward.

Clang!

Su Xiao lost his sense of balance; it was the "mistake" of the forward leap stab just now that put him in an absolute "disadvantage."

The Iron Feather King acted as if he had gone mad, unleashing all kinds of spear techniques, with the momentum of swearing to sweep Su Xiao into powder before he landed.

The spear blade and the blade edge clashed continuously. After blocking a dozen spear strikes, Su Xiao's right arm began to go numb.

"War Soul · Longitudinal."

The Iron Feather King leaned his body low, a very ordinary horizontal sweep of the long spear, but after this spear was swept out, blood flames ignited on the hooked spear.

Whoosh!

All the maple trees within a hundred meters were shattered, and the maple leaves on the ground turned into powder.

This move of the Iron Feather King was terrifying, but it could not hurt Su Xiao, who was in a state of spatial penetration.

Su Xiao suddenly appeared behind the Iron Feather King, his long blade slashing rapidly.

Clang.

The long blade was blocked by the metal hilt. Just as the Iron Feather King prepared to turn and sweep horizontally, Su Xiao suddenly appeared in front of him. After Dragon Shadow Flash broke through the three-time limit, it could be used forcibly, but the cooldown time would increase significantly for a period of time.

Puchi.

The long blade slashed across the Iron Feather King's throat, but the Iron Feather King acted as if he hadn't been injured, the hooked spear stabbing toward Su Xiao's head.

The spear blade approached rapidly, and Su Xiao didn't dodge or evade, instead backhanding a slash toward the Iron Feather King's head.

Puchi!

The spear blade stabbed past Su Xiao's neck, leaving a wound on his side neck. The wound was deep, and Checking Zhan Long Shan also slashed across the Iron Feather King's face, but it didn't hurt his brain.

This exchange of injuries for injuries, no matter how you looked at it, Su Xiao was injured more heavily. But for Su Xiao, it was worth it; this was the key to victory, and also the most critical slash in this battle.

"War Soul · Red Iron."

"Blade Dao Blade · Extreme."

The long blade and the blade spear collided, air waves surged, blood sprayed, and Su Xiao and the Iron Feather King retreated a step simultaneously.

Just as the Iron Feather King retreated this step, a buzzing sound came from his brain. Just now, Su Xiao had attached the Exile in its ultra-micro state to the tip of his blade, thereby slashing across the Iron Feather King's head.

It was because of this brief distraction of the Iron Feather King that Su Xiao raised his hand and slashed toward the Iron Feather King's neck.

Clang!

The blade edge left a slash mark on the metal hilt. In a state of distraction, the Iron Feather King actually instinctively blocked with the hilt—what terrifying combat awareness.

A red light flickered on the tip of Checking Zhan Long Shan, and one slash pierced the Iron Feather King's chest, directly penetrating his heart.

Click~

Cracks suddenly appeared on the hooked spear, and then it shattered with a boom, several metal fragments plunging into Su Xiao's body.

Su Xiao retreated a few steps, and Checking Zhan Long Shan was pulled out of the Iron Feather King's chest. Just as Su Xiao was about to continue slashing, a sharp pain came from his chest, causing his body to stiffen.

The Iron Feather King held the upper half of the broken spear; the hook on the spear was shattered, leaving only the spear blade at the tip.

"Blade Dao Blade · Green Ghost."

A blue blade slash slashed out rapidly, grazing the Iron Feather King's head and cutting off a piece of the Iron Feather King's skull. Having suffered such an injury, the Iron Feather King did not fall. The half-spear in his hand swept horizontally, and a blood-colored spear aura flew out.

The Iron Feather King's pupils seemed to be glowing; he had seized the opportunity. Just suppress Su Xiao to retreat three more steps, and he would win.

With a swish, blood splashed on Su Xiao's chest, but he grabbed at the blood splashing in mid-air.

Using the blood in his hand, a fist-sized blood beast formed in Su Xiao's hand, and he threw the miniature blood beast directly.

"Roar!"

Although the blood beast was small, its momentum was astonishing, pouncing straight at the Iron Feather King's face.

With a boom, the blood energy exploded, and the Iron Feather King tilted his head back.

Su Xiao stepped forward, and black-blue smoke rose on Checking Zhan Long Shan.

"Blade Dao Blade · Demon Blade!"

The long blade left a black-blue streak in mid-air, finally slashing across the Iron Feather King's chest.

The Iron Feather King stood still, the broken blade spear sliding from his hand and falling to the ground with a clang.

"Truly, exhilarating."

Leaving these words, the Iron Feather King fell to the ground, maple leaves splashing.

Su Xiao panted heavily, his health remaining at only 16.8%. He could win because during the head-on clash, he had attached the Exile in its ultra-micro state to his long blade, thereby using the slash to let the Exile invade the Iron Feather King's head.

If there hadn't been this opportunity, and they had continued to fight, there was an 80% chance that Su Xiao would be the one to die. The Iron Feather King's hooked spear was simply too difficult to block. As for using a flash of inspiration to kill the Iron Feather King—for example, using curved fingers to clamp the blade to extend the range of the slash—don't joke around. That kind of move might have miraculous effects when bullying Xi, but against the Iron Feather King, one had to fight steadily.

Before every slash, Su Xiao had to consider subsequent changes, how the Iron Feather King would respond to this slash, etc. These were all master-level technique abilities. If Su Xiao dared to use that kind of flash-of-inspiration move, the Iron Feather King would unceremoniously sweep off Su Xiao's head.

In the maple forest, after Su Xiao shook the blood off his blade, the long blade returned to its sheath. A cold wind blew, drying the fine hot sweat on Su Xiao's body. A slight chill rose on his body, making him let out a long breath. He also felt exhilarated to be able to fight to the death with the Iron Feather King.

Iron Feather King, already slain!