Chapter 189 Demon-breaking Slash
Moreover, because he unleashed that Sunburst, Meng Lan's speed uncontrollably slowed down. Just when he was about to catch his breath, a huge shadow suddenly burst out from the intense glow behind him. This time, the shadow's speed was unprecedentedly fast, and since Meng Lan's speed had already dropped due to releasing the move, with a fierce charge, he was directly hit in the back by the white tusks at the front of the huge shadow.
The pain almost brought tears to Meng Lan's eyes, but the impact also propelled him forward. After several rolls on the ground, he actually stood up and continued to sprint with all his might. This scene left the people behind him somewhat dumbfounded, as no one expected Meng Lan to become so nimble when fleeing for his life. Everyone thought that after being hit by that enormous wild boar, Meng Lan would certainly not have the strength to keep running.
"Boss, how much longer do we have to run? If we keep this up, I reckon we'll be back at the Genesis Palace soon," Meng Lan said while rubbing the spot on his lower back that was struck by the tusks of the giant boar as he asked Jue Luan. In fact, when Meng Lan saw that shadow charging out, he had already placed a Light System Barrier behind himself, so although the impact was strong, he wasn't seriously hurt, but the pain was unavoidable.
"We're close, just a little while longer and the wild boar herd will fall far behind. Prepare your strongest attacks, everyone, and try not to die," Jue Luan shouted loudly to the people around him, and then he, too, began to sprint while preparing his strongest attack. Upon hearing Jue Luan's words, whether it was the people from the Genesis Divine Nation or Netherworld World, they all started to quietly gather their Spiritual Power, readying their strongest strike, which of course had to be a long-range Spell Attack.
Finally, after running for about five more minutes, the group had left the forest and arrived at a place resembling a plain. The wild boar herd that had been chasing them also quickly emerged from the forest, totaling about seventy heads, all of which were extraordinarily large wild boars.
Just as the first batch of wild boars following them left the forest, Jue Luan suddenly bellowed, "Turn around and attack!" Following Jue Luan's command, all forty people now stood in a semicircular formation, ensuring everyone was on the same line so no one would block the attacks of others.
With a wave of colorful light from Jue Luan's hand, the remaining thirty-nine people's various attacks were all released in an instant. Following Jue Luan's wave of light, they bombarded the wild boar herd.
Xi Zhao had already taken out those two Formless Vanishings, the two blue ring-shaped weapons still flashing with blue light. Among the previous series of attacks, those two deep blue, frigid ice blades had been Xi Zhao's doing.
Ming Wanjie had launched a grayish mass of energy from his Bone Halberd; the Rogue Heart Sword Hero had slashed out two very thick black Sword Qi; Flame God had sent a very realistic fire-red Fire Phoenix flying from his Exploding Phoenix; Sun Wukong had thrown a phantom of his Jingu Bang that carried the mighty Attack Power of the Heavensplitting Strike from his Chaos Five Decisions. Find exclusive stories on My Virtual Library Empire
And the Five Great War Generals of the Netherworld World, too, had each launched their strongest attacks.
Almost in the blink of an eye, Jue Luan's wave of colorful light was the first to hit the large group of wild boars, followed by a tide of formidable attacks from the others. The reason Jue Luan's attack arrived first was because its role was not to inflict damage but to induce chaos in the wild boar herd, significantly reducing their defensive power.
As expected, as soon as Jue Luan's beam of light passed through the group of wild boars, all the boars immediately became agitated. The defense they had been preparing crumbled instantly. Only the largest wild boar seemed unaffected and was still roaring furiously, but it was already too late.
Following that colorful wave of light, the subsequent attacks arrived. Everyone heard a thunderous roar beside their ears; after all, it was everyone's strongest long-range attack, concentrated in a single strike. The sheer force made the group retreat continuously to avoid being injured by the fearsome shockwave.
"If this kind of attack isn't enough to wipe out this herd of beasts, then I think we might as well take a detour," the Evil Monarch remarked as he walked next to Xi Zhao, looking at the area that had been blown into a giant mushroom cloud.
"Sword Hero? The most handsome Sword Hero, could you grill one for me later? If you agree, once the trial is over and I get that Sun Melting Snow, I'll personally deliver a jar to you," while everyone else was considering whether this round of attacks could kill the herd of wild boars, Meng Lan was actually thinking about whether the Rogue Heart Sword Hero would grill meat for him.
Quickly, the dust and air waves caused by everyone's attack slowly dissipated, and the group hurried forward to check on the wild boars. After that earth-shattering boom, the boars had indeed let out a series of agonizing screams. Listening to those screams, everyone knew that the wild boars must have suffered heavy casualties. As they approached and got close enough, they could see that where they had attacked before, an irregular giant pit had formed, its insides charred and marked with various effects from attribute attacks.
However, what caught everyone's attention the most was the nearly thirty-meter-tall massive black object at the very center of the pit, which, by its shape, should be the largest of the wild boars, the pig king. It seemed that this wave of attacks had killed even it. But just as everyone had reached the edge of the pit and was about to check if all the wild boars were dead, the huge black thing in the center of the pit suddenly moved. Then, a roar burst out that was so loud it pained everyone's eardrums.
By the sound of it, it was clearly the roar of the biggest wild boar. What was going on? Could it be that the wild boar wasn't dead? But everyone soon found out that not only was the wild boar not dead, it hadn't suffered any injuries at all. That roar seemed to have a soul-shaking effect, leaving many people stunned.
It was during this moment of stupor that the massive wild boar at the bottom of the pit suddenly shot up into the sky like a black meteor, heading straight for the group who were standing at the edge, dumbfounded. Especially its two tusks, sharp like spears, carried the lethal whistling of slicing through the air.
Then, with a whoosh, the massive wild boar smashed down, but it did not harm the people. As the wild boar was falling, Luo Chen suddenly pressed his hands against the ground, and massive stone pillars rose around the group. The giant wild boar smashed onto these stone pillars.
Those who had been intimidated by the wild boar's roar regained their senses and, seeing the stone pillars blocking the attack, all swiftly retreated. "Luo Chen, move aside, let me kill it!" said the Rogue Heart Sword Hero, as he leapt into the air with one hand on the hilt of his tang blade while everyone else was dodging back.
At Rogue Heart Sword Hero's words, Luo Chen gritted his teeth and slipped into the earth. As Luo Chen's mana withdrew, the stone pillars could no longer bear the weight of the massive wild boar, and they collapsed. The massive wild boar, however, agilely dodged the falling pillars but did not rashly attack.
At that moment, a pitch-black streak of sword qi shot out from Rogue Heart Sword Hero's black Tang Blade, disappearing into the void, and reemerging behind the giant wild boar. The wild boar, after all, was too massive. Despite its agility, it had limits, and Rogue Heart Sword Hero's blade was extremely fast.
Without a doubt, that slash hit the back of the massive wild boar, yet other than cutting off a few bristles, it did not injure the beast. However, Rogue Heart Sword Hero didn't care in the slightest. In mid-air, he fixed his intense gaze upon the giant wild boar on the ground, and slowly but clearly said, "Demon-breaking Slash, Thousand Sword Dance of the Severing Sky!"
With Rogue Heart Sword Hero's words, he started to spin in the air, and streaks of black sword qi formed around him, not scattering away but clustering around him. As his spinning quickened, a tornado made entirely of black sword qi formed around his body, and it slowly elongated.
Finally, when the black tornado reached over twenty meters, it stopped growing and suddenly plummeted from the sky, like a vertical sword blade pointing upwards as a black longsword ready to cleave down. The massive wild boar, as if transfixed, watched as the black tornado came crashing down upon it. In the blink of an eye, the black tornado hit the ground, splitting the giant wild boar in half without stopping, and continued to slice through the earth below.
When the black tornado dissipated, Rogue Heart Sword Hero had cut a ten-meter-deep fissure in the ground. The massive wild boar now lay in two halves on either side of the crevasse.
Rogue Heart Sword Hero then descended, landing near the boar's carcass. He gently stabbed the dead body with his black Tang Blade, and the wild boar, which had been cleanly split in two, shattered into countless pieces with the pigskin falling downwards onto the ground. Satisfied, Rogue Heart Sword Hero nodded and called out behind him, "Flame God, Meng Lan, time to roast some meat!"