Chapter 322: The Terror of Plucking Life!

"Those are......"

Dong Ningxue narrowed her eyes, gazing into the distance, lightly flicked the long sword in her hand, and the fresh blood on the blade sprayed out.

"Eighth-level Strange Beasts, you know...... there are also a few ninth-level......"

Dong Ningxue smiled lightly, inserted her long sword into the ground, then sat cross-legged. wenxueзч.

She wanted to take advantage of the gap before these Strange Beasts arrived to rest well and regain some stamina.

"Sister Snow, what should we do? Can we hold out?"

Zhu Xingyao came running from behind, panting, looked toward the direction where the Strange Beasts appeared, and said anxiously.

"We can't hold out," Dong Ningxue smiled, "but we still have to hold......"

"Sigh, I'm still under thirty this year, I wanted to live a few more years to enjoy life," Zhu Xingyao sighed, "I've lived this long, all my time spent on martial training, it's such a pity; if I were given another chance, I would definitely become an ordinary person."

"Silly girl, don't say such disheartening words; isn't Lord Seat still here? We just need to hold out until he arrives."

Dong Ningxue glanced at Zhu Xingyao and comforted her.

Just then, another figure rushed out from the rear defense line and landed beside the two women.

"Dong Ningxue, how are you? Can you still fight?"

The person was Captain Guan Yuanbai, responsible for the western defense line, with the strength of late-stage Martial Marquis Realm.

Guan Yuanbai turned his gaze to Dong Ningxue's long hair; originally azure, it had now turned white.

This was a sign of severe overexertion of stamina and innate ability.

Zhu Xingyao's hand was injured; if Dong Ningxue lost her fighting ability as well, he alone could not hold the line.

"I can, I still have strength!"

Dong Ningxue forced herself to stand and pulled the long sword from the ground.

"We just need to hold out for five minutes; Lord Seat is dealing with newly appeared eighth-level Demon Beasts on the eastern front and can't spare the moment."

Guan Yuanbai rubbed his brow, a hint of helplessness showing in his eyes.

"We're severely short-handed; if our defense line had a few more Martial Marquis Realm cultivators, it definitely wouldn't be this difficult......"

Dong Ningxue suddenly thought of something, turned her head to look at Zhu Xingyao and asked: "Xingyao, is that kid Lu Jing coming?"

"Yes, Lord Seat said Lu Jing will be coming these days," Zhu Xingyao nodded, gave a bitter laugh, "but by the time he gets here, we'll probably already be dead on the battlefield; I hope Lu Jing can bring our remains back to East River Province, to return to our roots......"

"If you want to die, don't drag me down; my long sword won't allow it."

Dong Ningxue held her long sword horizontally before her chest; a horde of eighth-level Strange Beasts had already come within ten-odd meters ahead.

Zhu Xingyao also fell silent; the alloy fists on her hands extended several wolf claws, her muscles tensed throughout her body, ready to strike.

"I'll block those few ninth-level Strange Beasts; the eighth-level ones are yours!"

Guan Yuanbai's expression turned stern; he shouted at the two women, then charged forward wielding a big blade.

Dong Ningxue and Zhu Xingyao followed behind him, heading toward the position of the eighth-level Strange Beasts.

The great battle was about to erupt.

Clang——

Dong Ningxue swung her long sword horizontally; a wave of ice-snow blade aura spread out, but it merely sliced the fur of an eighth-level Strange Beast.

The wounded Strange Beast howled, accelerating its charge toward Dong Ningxue.

Bang——

The long sword and claws collided, bursting out waves of energy.

Dong Ningxue's brows slightly furrowed; she slipped her foot to dispel the tremendous force on the blade, then stepped on the Strange Beast's knee, leaping into the air to reach its shoulder.

"Die!"

A brilliant blade gleam appeared, cleanly severing half of the Strange Beast's head.

Boom boom!

The corpse collapsed with a crash; Dong Ningxue landed and rolled with the momentum.

Before she could steady herself, another giant claw came at her.

Unable to dodge in time, she could only raise the long sword before her chest.

Bang——

A tremendous force transmitted; the shock numbed Dong Ningxue's tiger's mouth, and she was slapped flying, rolling across the ground.

"Sister Snow!"

"Ningxue, be careful!"

From the side came the shouts of Zhu Xingyao and Guan Yuanbai.

The blown-away Dong Ningxue actually fell into the encirclement of several eighth-level Strange Beasts!

Roar——

Seeing humans actively delivering themselves, these Strange Beasts' scarlet eyes glowed as they vied to grab Dong Ningxue.

Zhu Xingyao and Guan Yuanbai anxiously wanted to help, but at this moment they were both tied down, unable to free themselves.

"Is it going to end......"

Dong Ningxue lay on the dry, withered grass, face up, gazing at the sky.

At this moment, the breath she had been holding completely dissipated; even the strength to stand up was gone.

She could only watch helplessly as the sky above was covered by the Strange Beasts' bodies, one giant hand after another reaching out toward her.

Dong Ningxue felt somewhat hopeless, involuntarily closing her eyes.

Suddenly, a sword's ringing sound rang out.

From far to near, it was as if something had sliced through the air.

Dong Ningxue's thick eyelashes fluttered, and the sound of flesh being torn apart rose and fell in her ears.

She couldn't help but open her eyes, and the sky covered by aberrant beasts reappeared......

Only to see a blade aura infused with thunder Blade Intent sweeping in, as if a heavenly thunder tribulation had been bestowed.

Puchi——

Puchi——

The eighth-rank aberrant beasts gathered together were like tofu, instantly sliced apart.

"Reinforcements have arrived!"

"Such strong Blade Intent—could Lord Seat have arrived!"

Someone saw that blade light and couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.

"It's definitely not Lord Seat; Lord Seat wields a spear......"

"Look over there, a figure approaches!"

Someone with sharp eyes pointed at the approaching figure in the distance and shouted loudly.

In that moment, because of the appearance of that blade light, the previously despondent soldiers instantly saw hope.

Including Guan Yuanbai, everyone turned their gaze toward that figure.

Lifesweep——

The figure spoke softly, uttering two bytes faintly.

Immediately, a crimson-gold flame and dazzling lightning burst forth from its body.

Blood Qi power burned, and Blade Intent instantly sublimated.

These radiance flowed like water, pouring into the bluish-purple long blade in hand.

Afterwards the figure flickered quickly several times, closing the distance to the battlefield, then like an angry dragon soared into the air and fiercely slashed down the long blade in hand.

Clang——

The clashing of metal and halberd suddenly rang out.

In the blink of an eye, all saw a blade radiance far surpassing the previous one fly out, causing the nearby space to tremble slightly.

Visible to the naked eye, a terrifying qi wave mixed with flesh and grass foam spread outward in all directions.

The blade radiance was extremely fast, and its range was terrifyingly large.

Guan Yuanbai's pupils contracted slightly, and he hastily retreated to the side, fearing to be affected by that blade radiance.

Wherever the blade radiance passed, the aberrant beasts stiffened one after another in place, no longer moving; the next breath, a plume of blood mist erupted from their waists, and their upper bodies slid to the ground......

Like wild grass cut by a sharp blade!

The foul-smelling blood and chunks of corpses scattered everywhere, piling this section of the battlefield up like a small hill.

The ninth-rank aberrant beast that had just been fighting Guan Yuanbai was also split in two at this moment!