Chapter 977: One Sword (1/2, Requesting Moon Tickets)

Clearly, just now, Captain Wu and the Fifth Prince had exchanged blows, and it wasn't that Captain Wu was completely outmatched—he had inflicted some damage.

But comparatively, Captain Wu had suffered severe injuries; without his bloodline power, a normal person would be dead by now. Meanwhile, the Fifth Prince of the Wu Yu tribe hadn't even sustained a minor wound.

Watching the Fifth Prince walk through the air toward them, Fang Yue's expression darkened.

"Captain Wu, can you still fight?"

"Of course I can!"

Captain Wu slammed his fists together and grinned.

His wounds had fully healed, bathed in a faint golden glow.

This ability was even more terrifying than Fang Yue's Night Breathing.

"Then let's team up again—after so long!"

Fang Yue grinned too, silently murmuring in his heart.

"Parchment!"

【Are you really going to fight? Aaaahhh, this is so annoying! If anything happens to you, I'm not taking responsibility!】

"Don't worry—I've got a tough life!"

Besides, this isn't about whether Fang Yue wants to fight—it's that the Wu Yu royal family has targeted him, and he suspects it's connected to Ma Ling'er's death at his hands.

"Captain Wu, watch his eyes—when black light appears in them…"

Fang Yue kept his gaze fixed on the Fifth Prince in midair as he shared his observations with Captain Wu.

Before he could finish speaking, the Fifth Prince vanished in a flash, reappearing instantly right before them.

But the moment the Fifth Prince appeared, he took a solid punch straight to the face.

Boom!!

The fist, wreathed in golden light, slammed into the Fifth Prince's face, then sent him flying backward dozens of meters, stopping far away.

Only then did Captain Wu retract his fist and say: "Night Captain, I've noticed his strange ability too. But conversely, we can use his teleportation to strike first!"

No sooner had he spoken than Captain Wu charged toward the Fifth Prince—only for the Fifth Prince to instantly reappear mid-charge.

"Come on, Wu Yu—!"

Captain Wu roared, golden light flaring—then he was punched clean away.

At the very moment Captain Wu was flung backward, a flash of cold light appeared from the side, slicing straight for the Fifth Prince's throat!

Clang!!

Though it came from such a treacherous angle, the sword strike was precisely blocked by the Fifth Prince's raised hand.

But this… was only the surface attack!

"Deceitful Stab!"

His eyes turned pitch black, a Black Wheel rose behind him, and dozens of black thorns erupted simultaneously, lancing toward the Fifth Prince.

This strike finally caused the Fifth Prince to show a flicker of surprise.

As he retreated, he twisted aside—each deceitful thorn pierced the ground like a spear, and the Fifth Prince withdrew all the way to a hundred meters away.

When the Fifth Prince finally stopped and raised his arm, he glanced at his right hand—the black bone gauntlet bore a faint white scratch, but within one or two seconds, it had restored its glossy black sheen.

"Tian Jian's attacks can cause brief effects, but cannot pierce his black bone armor. He shows slight wariness toward deceitful thorns formed from deceitful energy—they might have some impact."

Fang Yue watched the Fifth Prince, obscured by dust, lost in thought—when suddenly, the Fifth Prince's form vanished!

Thud!!

Before he could react, his head took a crushing blow—he tilted downward as Captain Wu's voice rang out from behind.

"Wu Yu! Try touching a single hair of Night Captain, and I'll kill you!"

Blinding golden light flashed past him, followed by an explosion as it slammed into Juan Niao Lou.

Fang Yue knelt on one knee, looking up—the battle ahead was now entirely shrouded in golden light, invisible within.

But Fang Yue had realized something.

The Fifth Prince's ability wasn't as simple as locking eyes.

He hadn't locked eyes with the Fifth Prince just now—there was thick dust everywhere, and he couldn't even pinpoint the Fifth Prince's exact location—how could he have made eye contact?

So the Fifth Prince's ability was likely…

Whoosh!!

A blinding golden light shot past his side, followed by a heavy crash as it slammed into a nearby civilian house—wooden walls shattered and collapsed in a pile.

Fang Yue stared—and his pupils shrank.

The golden light was none other than Captain Wu's upper body, severed in two.

The severed edges were jagged, as if crushed by a massive fist, golden blood oozing out; Captain Wu himself seemed near death, yet the Phoenix Cry grew louder.

From the direction of Juan Niao Lou, the Fifth Prince stepped out of the smoke, tossing aside Captain Wu's lower half, then vanished in an instant—reappearing with a fist the size of a sandbag already inches from Fang Yue's face.

"Liubing Step!"

Fang Yue pushed off hard with his back foot, his face skimming past the Fifth Prince's fist as he reversed his sword in a backslash.

Hum!!

Frozen Heart Method!

Empty Ice Sword Technique!

Empty Ice Sword Scripture!!

Internal Qi surged through his mind, racing through his body and gathering at the blade's edge—the Empty Ice Sword Technique, having absorbed the power of multiple arts, suddenly coated Tian Jian in layers of frost crystals!

Clang!!

Tian Jian struck the Fifth Prince's black bone armor precisely, sinking three inches deep before briefly getting stuck.

Fang Yue's retreating form paused slightly.

In that instant of delay, a dark shadow struck—a giant hand seized his shoulder, pinning the Heaven Sword, then a knee drove straight into Fang Yue's chest.

Boom!!

Invisible shockwaves erupted violently from between them; searing pain surged from his chest, making Fang Yue's eyes bulge, his grip on the Heaven Sword nearly slipping, his body lifting slightly out of control.

52716!

Qi and Blood dropped sharply in an instant; though Night's Breath was rapidly restoring it, the healing was negligible.

Once invincible, Night's Breath now struggled to keep pace against his 200,000 HP.

The hundreds-of-points value changed rapidly, healing quickly—but in this brief moment, it could barely recover two thousand HP, utterly insufficient against the ten thousand lost.

Seeing the Fifth Prince seize the moment of his slight levitation and swing his fist toward his head, Fang Yue's expression changed—his Weirdness Value plummeted violently!

Boom!!

Violent black mist erupted from within him, dragging both him and the Fifth Prince into the dark haze.

As the Fifth Prince did not pause, still swinging his fist toward Fang Yue's head…

Bang!!

A powerful punch struck a black shield forged from black mist!

Under his attack, the black shield trembled for an instant, then shattered into countless black fragments, scattering to the ground.

Yet amid the raining shards, a streak of black light sliced from the dense black mist toward his chest!

Ding!!

The black sword, entwined with black mist, cleaved like a divine blade through iron and mud—deeply embedding itself into the black bone armor, only stopping when it neared the Fifth Prince's true body.

Is that all?

The Fifth Prince had just lowered his head with a sneer—when he heard Fang Yue, eyes icy, looking up at him.

"Get out."

Boom!!!

Like a steam engine's blast, violent black mist exploded violently along the back of the Heaven Sword, transforming into boundless force, driving the Heaven Sword down in a furious slash!!

The Heaven Sword pierced through the black bone armor without resistance, cutting into the Fifth Prince's true body, spraying high arcs of black blood, forcing him to stagger back two steps, staring in shock at the wound on his chest.

159353!

"He… actually wounded me?"

(End of Chapter)