Chapter 276: One by One

Jiang Yu's answer was to raise her hand and push the Thunder Bamboo Fan, whooshing, shooting thunder arcs at Nan Su.

The Crimson Blood Sword was still entangled, Nan Su struck the bronze mirror toward the fan, while the blood vine on his wrist silently burrowed underground.

Shortly after, it flew out of the ground again like a flying snake, extending a vine net from its rear wing to attack Jiang Yu.

Unfortunately, Jiang Tu had been guarding against his petty tricks; as soon as the blood vine flew in, it was scorched mid‑flight by its Dragon Spirit Fire, with a squeak, the hidden vine spirit broke off its tail to survive, actively discarding a segment to escape.

"It actually grew a spirit; I don't know how much living blood you've fed it." Jiang Tu, who hates evil like an enemy, swooshed after the blood vine, determined to destroy its soul and the vine.

"Jiang Tu, come back." The Dragon Soul saw Jiang Tu falling for the trick and hurriedly shouted for him not to pursue, but Jiang Tu replied, "Don't worry, Jiang Yu can still fight.

I must destroy Nan Su's support, lest he ambush again."

Seeing this, Nan Su was delighted; his spiritual power surged, he retrieved the bronze mirror that had been blocking the Thunder Bamboo Fan to protect himself, then flew forward, infusing his spiritual power into his Crimson Blood Sword.

Boom

Jiang Yu's Thunder Fire Sword was struck hard, recoiling several zhang, but she endured the pressure that made her want to vomit blood, quickly formed a hand seal, and sent the sword body flying forward to stab.

Ding ding ding

The two swords, each under their wielder's control, clashed again in midair, each strike ringing out fiercely.

The demon kings whispered among themselves, discussing who would win.

Jiang Tu was still chasing and slaying the blood vine; the Dragon Soul saw it suppressing the opponent's burn and kept glancing toward Jiang Yu's side.

It keenly noticed that prolonged combat was gradually draining Jiang Yu's magical power.

And Jiang Yu herself knew her cultivation was inferior to Nan Su's; under his mocking gaze, she snatched a high‑grade spirit stone to absorb.

Nan Su's eyesight was sharp; seeing this, he immediately took a spirit stone to replenish his power, and at the same time he hurled the bronze mirror that combined offense and defense, hoping to interrupt Jiang Yu's power‑replenishing move.

However, Jiang Yu had anticipated his move; the Thunder Bamboo Fan whooshed and struck the mirror, then, with unprecedented force, discharged all the thunder stored within the fan.

The lightning formed a net, tightly trapping the mirror, so that Nan Su's plan to seize the moment when she was distracted and actively calculate with the sword talisman came to nothing.

In his anxiety, Nan Su forced the mirror to break out of the lightning net, but an unexpected scene unfolded.

At the instant the mirror forced its way out of the lightning net, Jiang Yu's left hand invoked the Five Minor Thunder Technique again; with a crack, a tiny bolt of lightning suddenly struck the mirror's surface.

Together with the Thunder Bamboo Fan's mighty thunder power, there were several booms, shattering the surface of the top‑grade offensive‑defensive treasure, the Vermilion Face Mirror.

Nan Su's teeth were on the verge of breaking; he had already made up his mind to act ruthlessly.

Only a few bangs were heard; he actually caused the bronze mirror to self‑destruct.

At that moment, Jiang Yu tried to recall the Thunder Bamboo Fan, but it was too late; the entire fan exploded with thunder, shattering together with the mirror.

As the two great treasures were both destroyed, a massive spiritual power wave formed, blasting them far away.

The demon kings also involuntarily retreated, exclaiming, "How vicious!"

"Jiang Yu, are you alright?" As Jiang Tu turned his head, only a little of the burned blood vine remained; he seized the chance to burrow underground.

Jiang Yu fell to the ground; the mouthful of blood she had been holding back finally spurted out, her Thunder Fire Sword lost support and flew back, she fixed her gaze on the likewise‑fallen Nan Su and said, "I'm fine, you do your thing."

But Nan Su ultimately endured better than she did; he gripped his Crimson Blood Sword and stabbed it into the stone, stopping his fall.

He took a deep breath, quickly regulated his stamina and magical power, and swiftly poured a bottle of pills into his mouth.

Of course, he didn't swallow them all at once; instead he hid several under his tongue, ready to treat injuries at any moment.

But Jiang Yu flipped up and jumped, giving him no chance to refine the pills; her Thunder Fire Sword whooshed forth from her hand.

Moreover, she tossed two Nascent Soul Sword Talismans toward Nan Su as if they didn't need spirit stones.

Just as Nan Su was about to meet the incoming swords, his expression suddenly changed; he only managed to release a shield and swiftly activated an Escape Talisman.

Boom boom boom, whoosh

The sword talismans instantly flattened the entire low‑lying little stone hill, leaving only patches of blood on the uneven ground.

Such a huge disturbance annoyed the meditating shopkeeper; he concealed himself and left the cave.

Jiang Yu's divine sense surged forth and quickly located Nan Su, who had been bounced down by the island's restriction.

Without a word, she flung out another two Nascent Soul Sword Talismans.

Nan Su covered his wound, activated an Escape Talisman again; he very much wanted to use a faster Transmission Talisman, but after earlier attempts he found the island's prohibition blocked transmission.

Yet no matter how fast he fled, the area on the floating island where he could move freely was only so large.

Jiang Yu spared no effort in unleashing all her sword talismans, pursuing him until he lost a great deal of qi and blood; after staunching the bleeding, he gained new wounds.

Moreover, the blood vine, burned out, could exert no strength; instead, the Dragon Turtle aided Jiang Yu with fire, leaving him unable to defend.

But he couldn't keep dodging forever; when Jiang Yu caught up again, he whooshed out a Soul Banner.

And he drove it with his essence‑blood to strike Jiang Yu.

"Seek death!" Jiang Tu, amidst the banner's ghosts overflowing, with wails and howls, met them head‑on with his spiritual power.

Jiang Yu was no exception; she again combined the Five Minor Thunder Technique with her Thunder Fire Sword to cut into the horde of ghosts, but she inevitably found her mind and spirit unsettled by the ghostly wails.

And this delay allowed Nan Su to whoosh away again.

At that moment the shopkeeper's voice reached Jiang Yu's ears: "Too weak, you've made the floating island a murky haze."

Jiang Yu couldn't find where he was, so she only said, "Shopkeeper, after I kill the instigator, I will surely clean your island spotless."

The shopkeeper had just uttered "big talk, no shame" when Jiang Yu on this side already sent a mental message to Jiang Tu: "Release the fire seed from the ice cave; it must be burned immediately to destroy the banner."

"Mm!" Though reluctant, Jiang Tu also didn't want to endure the fierce ghosts assaulting the spirit; the ghosts in this banner were far fiercer than White Junior Sister's rod, all being Golden Core cultivators.

One careless pounce would result in a hiss‑bite that draws a mouthful of blood‑qi.

The red fire seed was quickly released by it with a Dragon Pearl; this fellow initially had no reaction, but upon seeing Jiang Yu waving her sword to slay ghosts, he lunged at her in an instant.

Fortunately Jiang Yu dodged quickly; she said, "Fire seed, you only need to burn that flag to gain your freedom."

The red fire seed braked urgently, still impatient, it smashed the banner ghost before it with a sizzle; the ghost's miserable scream turned to smoke and vanished.

Yet the fire seed seemed to have found fun, hopping about and knocking out several ghosts.

Then it paused, as if considering, but upon hearing Jiang Tu repeat his promise, it turned and rammed into the banner.

Boom, the banner ignited.

Ah! This is Nan Su, who controls the soul banner with his divine soul, suffering a backlash; he clutches his head underground and swallows a pill.

The banner instantly burned to ashes; dozens of Golden Core ghosts, under its rampaging crash, screamed miserably, and in an instant each turned to smoke and perished.

In the distance, the old shopkeeper watched, astonished: "Taiyin fire, it's actually Taiyin fire!"

As he spoke, he swooshed toward the fleeing spark, and with a big hand he unleashed countless bolts of lightning toward the tiny spark.

Ah!

The red spark sensed danger approaching, and unexpectedly flew toward Jiang Yu seeking help; then the thunder net, like a shadow, followed it and struck the tip of its flame.

In desperation, the spark shot into Jiang Yu's thunderfire sword, and decisively, using a secret method, bound itself to the blade.

Thus, after the old shopkeeper's thunder net seized the sword blade, he couldn't pull out this tiny spark: "Jiang Yu, give me the Taiyin fire, and I'll help you kill that cultivator just now."

All this happened too fast; Jiang Yu and Jiang Tu didn't have time to react.