Chapter 41: Fury Tides Break the Wind

  "Is this it?" Gallo looked around at the small village that had been completely destroyed, leaving behind only blood-soaked earth and burnt-out houses.

  "It's too much...". Gallo clenched his fists to calm down his excited emotions and began to examine the scene. It was obvious that everything here had been looted, with no food or valuables left behind. The thieves had even set a big fire after killing and robbing, leaving nothing of value behind.

  But strangely, Gallo felt an abnormality "No...any corpses? How is this possible?" According to the data, there should be around thirty or more villagers here, but amidst all the bloodstains, not a single corpse could be found.

  Thieves would never be so kind-hearted. So who exactly handled the villagers' corpses? Just as he was wondering, Gallo suddenly felt a slight movement.

  The sudden appearance of the thing in front of her eyes shocked her. More than 20 humanoid monsters, probably only monsters could be used to describe them, looked like completely rotten corpses, with dull eyes that had lost their focus, some even lost their eyes, leaving only empty holes flowing with blood and water. Their entire body was dry and stiff, feeling like a zombie.

  "What a thing!" Galo frowned, unable to feel the slightest breath of life from these monsters, but instead sensed a kind of energy that made him feel disgusted.

  More than twenty monsters approached Gallo and raised their hands, which was enough to make Gallo understand the other party's malicious intentions. With a flick of his hand, a stream of air shot out and hit one of them right on the head.

  With a light thud, a blood hole was immediately beaten on the monster's head, but the scene that appeared made Garo surprised. The monster had no damage at all and only retreated one step before continuing to walk towards Garo.

  "Is it useless? Is this strange vitality the undead sorcerer?" Gallo started to get a headache. According to what he knew, dealing with these undead creatures should be most effective with light-based powers. He wasn't sure why, but it seemed that the gentle power of light was just the thing to counteract this dark power.

  Although I won't use photonic powers, it doesn't mean I don't have a way to conjure up a few fireballs in my hand. Since I'm not afraid of this kind of injury, then let's just burn everything away.

  At this time, the corpses had already arrived in front of them. One stretched out its hand to grab Garo's hand. Garo raised his hand and a fireball directly hit the corpse's chest. A loud explosion sounded, and the corpse was blown away into the air, burning and turning into countless ashes.

  "It's really effective." Garo waved his hands and flames burst out in all directions. In that case, let's burn everything away.

  In the faint shadow not far away, a figure was watching all this. "What is she, a magician or a warrior? At first, it was an empty air attack, and then there was fire behind her. Is she a magic warrior? It seems that Puji has found me a big trouble, but now if I get burned down by her, it's not very convenient for me either." Thinking of this, his hand lifted up, and the dark shadow ripples spread out.

  Garo was about to make his move when the air seemed to suddenly turn icy cold. Garo's consciousness even felt a hint of dizziness, and his hand movements stopped. In this brief moment of delay, he was directly hit by a corpse and violently knocked out.

  The corpse's power was surprisingly not much weaker than a 5th-level warrior, and being hit by Galo once made his chest slightly stuffy. If he were surrounded by these monsters, he feared that even his alchemy body might not be able to hold on.

  "What's going on?" Gallo was clear that his wandering consciousness was absolutely not a normal situation and must be someone secretly manipulating.

  "Ah-ha! So that's the true purpose of Purity, is it? To scatter us and then use such a despicable tactic to assassinate us?! How detestable! I must return at once!"

  The corpse approached again and Garo stood up. The chill that had just subsided began to spread once more. "What in the world is this thing, that it can affect even my alchemist body?"

  Garo didn't know that the power used by the Death Spirit was a special energy generated from the dual realm of life and soul, his own body wouldn't be affected but his own soul was exactly the target of the opponent's attack. This time he couldn't exert his full strength and completely fell into a predicament.

  On the other hand, Azure and others are also in danger. Prey leads Cosgod, Wind Blade, Giant Bear, and Poisonous Snake, a total of six people, to rush into the city lord's mansion to assassinate Azure.

  Fortunately, Ikaros appeared and Houto was just in time to protect Aoi. The two sides clashed again without any unexpected surprises.

  Hut protected the Azure duo, and neither of them made a move. With just his aura as a 7th level strongman, he firmly stunned the opponent. The only ones who clashed in the arena were Pursuing Wind Knife and Ikarot.

  Wind Chaser swung with all his might to avenge his previous defeat, but Ikaros had greatly improved in every aspect - strength, experience and skill - since their last battle. This time, Wind Chaser was able to hold his own against him, fighting with sound and color, without any sign of defeat.

  "What's going on? Are we going up?"

  "It's not going to work now." Prey and the others were sweating coldly. "The opponent is too strong, if we split up again, I'm afraid we'll die quickly. Now that the five of us are together, we can barely hold on. If we split up, Hutt will take action immediately. For now, we can only wait for Chui Feng Dao to defeat that kid and come over to join forces."

  "Hmm." Gao De knew that this was also the best solution for now. It would be less embarrassing if Tie Hou hadn't died.

  But is it really that simple?

  Wind Chaser's mood was terrible, extremely bad. In just a few days, Icarrot's strength had increased significantly again. His own Blood Demon Twin Blades couldn't even gain the upper hand at this moment, which really surprised him.

  Although Ikaros' power is still at the 6th level after receiving Gallo's guidance, his skills should be said to have already reached a level that can rival those of a 7th-level strongman. The power of Chinese ancient martial arts is absolutely not to be underestimated.

  "Cheers!" Ikaros also knew that this time the initiative of the battle was in their hands, either to hold on until Miss Galo returned or to win by themselves.

  "Come! Wind Chaser!" Waves surged in all directions!

  Wind Chaser Blade faced off against Sixfold Sword Shadow "Are you using that same move again?! But how is it possible that it's become even stronger?!"

  The same trick had already been faced once and naturally had a certain way to break it. The infuriating energy poured into the long knife, and the Wind Chasing Knife swung out with a fierce slash!

  A powerful force exploded with a deafening crash, and Ikaros's move was actually broken just like that!

  "Haha, your moves are indeed exquisite and unparalleled! But don't forget that both you and I have powers that are scattered sixth-level sword shadows. All it takes is a strong power to break through with brute force!" As soon as the words fell, his left hand shot out with a short knife, stabbing straight at Ikaros!

  Yikalo's sword flashed in his left hand, a burst of rapid rotation force emanating from it. The speed of the sword was more than double its previous tempo! Before Chui Feng Dao could even reach him with his knife, Yikalo's sword had already swung out in an arc, slashing towards Chui Feng Dao's head!

  "What!" Wind Chaser Knife was greatly shocked. He never thought that the opponent's move would be so fast! There was no time to attack, and he hastily withdrew his short knife to block this sword.

  Two massive shockwaves blasted open, separating the two figures and sending them crashing to the ground.

  "Huff...huff...huff..." Ikaros's heavy panting had just barely escaped danger, his heart racing as he switched the sword to his right hand again, his entire left arm burning in pain from using the "Overturning the Ocean" technique.

  "Wind Chaser's face twisted in a scowl. 'How could it be that after twenty years of fame, I, Wind Chaser, would end up in such a pathetic state at the hands of a little brat like you? Don't joke around!' His left hand trembled slightly as he barely managed to block his opponent's powerful counterattack, and was shaken by the force of it."

  "But I've already seen through all of his moves, and just now I also caught them all! From now on, he's got no tricks left up his sleeve!" Chui Feng Dao regained his spirit, and the twin blades danced again!

  Facing wave after wave of sword light, Ikaros gritted his teeth and fought back!

  Wind Chaser's offensive has entered Ikaros, his right hand tightly gripping the sword, no fear in his eyes. Longsword held horizontally, third move! Surging Tides of Fury!

  The Wind Chaser Knife only felt a flash in front of its eyes, and its own knife light was instantly engulfed. On the contrary, countless sword lights filled every corner of its field of vision, as if a giant ferocious beast had opened its huge mouth full of sharp teeth to swallow itself!

  The five-sword technique given by Galo to Ikaros is called "Sea Anger Sword" which means the merciless and ever-changing sea. The first two moves are just a warm-up, but from the third move onwards, it's a full-power killing sword that has unparalleled power, but at the same time, it also causes extreme damage to oneself.

  Wielding the Wind Slasher, he danced with his twin blades, unleashing a whirlwind of knife lights. Not seeking merit, but avoiding fault, he only hoped to persist through this one move. For he was also well aware that his opponent's strength made it impossible to use such a technique without any consideration. As long as he could withstand this one move, victory would be his.

  Each impact made his heart ache, and after dozens of consecutive blows, he could no longer hold on. A mouthful of blood was spat out, and he had already been shaken injured.

  However, the counterattack against Ikaros also stopped. Kaito felt a sense of joy in his heart, thinking that Ikaros had no more strength left. He raised his twin blades and slashed down fiercely, aiming for Ikaros' shoulders. If these two slashes hit their mark, Ikaros would be left armless.

  Just as he was about to catch up with the Wind Blade and thought victory was within sight, his eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of something off about Ikaros' sword.

  At this moment, a loud shout came from behind "Quickly hide!" Hide? What to hide?

  At this moment, the light sound of the wind chasing knife suddenly felt that his strength had completely disappeared. The opponent in front of him was sweating profusely and bleeding from the corner of his mouth, but on his face was a triumphant smile of victory. Victory? How could it be possible? Victory should have been mine.

  The sword tip, stained with fresh blood, protruded from his chest. It was too late. All thoughts were gone. The Wind Chaser's body collapsed to the ground, unable to rise again.

  Ikaros laughed, what a dangerous move! The third style, Surging Waves of Fury, was inspired by the Qiantang Tides on Earth. The impact force of the seawater is indeed astonishing, but the rebounding power of the Qiantang River is even more astonishing. This move involves using the sword energy to bounce back and attack the enemy from behind.

  Icarrot is still far from reaching the realm of sword energy, can only rely on throwing swords to gamble once, because the next two moves are even more impossible for himself, but fortunately succeeded.

  "Let me come next, you dry and beautiful kid." Hu Te pinched his own hand, making a crisp cracking sound "Three six-levels, two waste products hehehe I don't have to worry anymore."