Chapter 208 - Seven Extremes Slash of the Snow Clan

Chapter 208: Chapter 196: Seven Extremes Slash of the Snow ClanBodies littered the battlefield, with streams of blood converging into creeks and flowing into the trenches of the Independent Unit. Lu Hong thirstily absorbed the strength of the fallen soldiers from the Independent Unit and the Snow Clan, replenishing the vacuous power of qi and blood in his body. However, the qi and blood were always mixed and impure, as the wails of the deceased echoed incessantly in Lu Hong’s mind, besieging his spirit.

Hold on!

Hold on!

Hold on!

Lu Hong furrowed his brows, resolutely guarding his inner self, like a raft on the ocean that could be capsized by the waves at any moment and sink into the sea of suffering.

At that moment, the speck of light hidden between Lu Hong’s brows suddenly flickered. Caesar’s voice emerged clearly from within: "Huh? Are you in trouble?"

"Caesar? You’ve come to the Endless Forest?!" Lu Hong was pleasantly surprised inwardly.

"Hell no, the passageway into the Endless Forest is controlled by the state, and I can’t manage to get through. It’s your current state that automatically activated the Life-saving Charm I gave you in the wilderness."

"I’m using the warrior’s Bloodthirst Skill, and I could be devoured by the killing intent at any moment," Lu Hong quickly informed the other party of the current battlefield situation and his skill’s flaws.

Caesar pondered for a moment and then said, "I’ve heard of the Bloodthirst Skill before, and I didn’t expect it to be so powerful. The fierce Snow Army is the foundation of the northern boundary, it must not be swayed. I have a method, but you may have to endure great pain."

"What way?" Lu Hong asked anxiously, "Just do it quickly, anything that can help them is good." Looking at the Independent Unit soldiers falling into pools of blood one after another, Lu Hong couldn’t wait a moment longer.

"The essence of Bloodthirst Skill is nothing more than absorbing a large amount of external qi and blood into the body to provide extraordinary combat power. The negative effect will erode your mind, and in a moment, I will cast Divine Punishment, binding your power at the Third Transition level ten. Once the Bloodthirst skill’s absorption exceeds this limit, the enchantment will grind and dissipate that power."

After listening to Caesar’s explanation, Lu Hong asked, puzzled, "Now I have a power limit, but my mind will still be eroded."

"As the enchantment grinds away the power exceeding level ten, it will also tear at your soul, eliminating the negative emotions swelling in your mind. In this way, you will fall into a semi-insane state, which should just suffice to maintain a sliver of lucidity. But every time I use the enchantment to erode your power, your soul will be torn, a pain comparable to, and perhaps even more unbearable than, death. Are you sure you can endure it?"

"Sure or not, I have to try!" Lu Hong gritted his teeth, "Hurry up, stop dawdling! Red Fang can’t hold out much longer!"

"Alright!" Caesar’s voice intoned in Lu Hong’s mind, the power of the enchantment entered Lu Hong’s mind through the channel established by the light speck, which was a mark emanating with black magic power.

"The enchantment has been cast. It’s up to you now, I... I need to rest..." Casting the power across countless stars seemed to have exhausted Caesar greatly, and the light faded with his voice.

"Phew~" With the control methods in place, Lu Hong no longer repressed his power. The blood flowing on the battlefield seemed summoned, forming into seven pillars that surged into his body.

"What is he doing?!" Red Fang and the others didn’t notice the initial small movement, but now it was impossible to pretend not to see.

Sevor was sent flying by Scholz and knelt on the ground. Seeing Lu Hong, who had not left, he felt a glimmer of solace: "I really hope you can bring us a miracle."

"That man is up to something. Stop him!" Scholz shouted, and Eburne’s figure flickered, crossing the last line of the Independent Unit’s defense, his dagger aiming straight for Lu Hong’s heart.

The wantonly murderous Lu Hong, his eyes fierce and red, let out a roar like a wild beast, creating a wave of blood that knocked the unprepared Eburne flying several meters, crashing heavily into the crowd.

As Lu Hong stood, the blood columns almost formed a wide river, pouring into his body, and the qi and blood of over fifty thousand dead from the Independent Unit and the Snow Clan were all absorbed by Lu Hong.

The influx of vast power caused his level to rise indefinitely, reaching the limit set by Caesar in the blink of an eye.

The vibration of the black magic power in his mind was like a knife fiercely chopping at his soul.

"Agh!" A shrill scream erupted from Lu Hong’s mouth, his blood-red eyes regaining some clarity.

Pain, Lu Hong felt agony that pierced his heart, even more painful than splitting up a love affair.

"Kill!" Blood mist sprayed from Lu Hong’s mouth, his voice trembling as he spoke.

"Mere trickery!" Scholz parried Red Fang, who was at the end of his strength, infusing his long spear with magic power: "Ice Shatter Explosion!"

The giant spear, formed from ice, was hurled viciously at Lu Hong.

Facing the oncoming attack, Lu Hong slowly raised his fist and shattered it with a single punch.

"How? Impossible!" Scholz exclaimed, shocked. This strike had gathered at least a quarter of his magic power; even a Third Transition level six powerhouse should not have been able to block it so easily.

"Haha, you really did create a miracle, kid," Sevor laughed upon seeing this.

Lu Hong stepped out of the trench and whispered, "All soldiers of the Independent Unit, retreat from here!"

"Retreat first!" Red Fang couldn’t possibly lead a retreat, but he agreed to regroup around Lu Hong, preparing for the final stand.

Scholz also signaled to stop the Snow Clan soldiers from intercepting them: "Let them go. They deserve respect."

Eburne stood beside him and whispered, "This will spoil the master’s plan."

"No need for you to meddle," Scholz glanced at Eburne with disdain. Honestly, if they were enemies, Scholz would have fought to the death just to kill this irksome fellow.

Eburne snorted coldly and said no more.

As the remnants regrouped, the Independent Unit, originally over thirty thousand strong, was now reduced to fewer than four thousand, and those who were actually combat-capable were less than a few hundred. The rest with broken arms and legs, while the healers were not unwilling to provide aid, their magic power had long dried up, and they closed their eyes in torment.

"Don’t come out of the camp..." Lu Hong struggled to maintain his sanity amidst the agony of his soul being torn apart as he barely managed to speak, "Leave everything to me."

"I’ll fight with you!" Chiy Fang dragged his exhausted body, with a gaping wound on his waist from a spear thrust, still bleeding incessently.

"Stay..." Lu Hong pushed Chiy Fang back and strode towards the Snow Tribe’s army.

With each step he took, the power of his blood qi grew within him. By the time he reached Shou Ers, countless blood hands were wildly dancing in the air, each one like a living creature, greedily leeching blood qi from the enemy’s body.

"Who are you?" Shou Ers eyed this strange man with deep wariness.

Summoning the Blood Holy Sword from within his body, Lu Hong said with a trembling voice, "Take one step forward... and die!"

"Hmph, I want to see what’s so unusual about you, kid!" Ebu Na, disgraced by Lu Hong’s previous roar, was seething with anger and completely ignored the warning, striding forward.

Without Lu Hong’s manipulation, the blood-formed arms eagerly attacked Ebu Na. With thousands of arms striking at once, Ebu Na, despite his extreme speed, couldn’t withstand the sheer number, and in the blink of an eye, his body was covered with bloody claw wounds.

"Ice Shatter Explosion!" Ebu Na struggled to activate his skill, and an ice orb exploded in front of him, shooting out countless ice spikes to block the blood hands’ attack, barely giving himself a chance to escape back to Shou Ers’ side.

"Shou Ers, why didn’t you save me?!" Ebu Na said in a deep voice, "We won’t be able to take this camp if we don’t get rid of him."

"Even if he’s strong, he’s ultimately just one person." Shou Ers didn’t respond to the accusation. In fact, he felt it was a shame that Ebu Na could escape death.

"Leng Feng Squad, assemble!" Ebu Na yelled, "Form up!"

Nearly ten thousand Leng Feng Squad members converged, their magic power flowing from within them and joining as one. Ebu Na, in the center, chanted softly, and then with a burst of cold light, "Summon the Ancestor’s Arm—Seven Extremes Slash!"

Before the cold light faded away, a hundred-zhang bone spike whistled down, smashing down fiercely towards Lu Hong.

"Block it for me!" Lu Hong bellowed, and eight blood arms danced, catching the opponent’s bone spike firmly, not allowing it to advance an inch.

"It’s not over yet!" Ebu Na yelled again, "The second slash!"

As soon as the words were spoken, another bone spike emerged from the cold light, following the trajectory of the previous one, and slashing down through the air.

Another eight blood hands emerged, but this second bone spike was like a phantom, passing through the blood hands’ defense, overlaying the first spike.

The bolstered bone spike suddenly weighed many times more, and the blood hands holding it up instantly shattered.

Block it again!

Lu Hong, with a thought, summoned over thirty blood hands to meet the onslaught, barely holding off the attack.

"There’s more, more still!" Ebu Na continued to push the formation, and the third bone spike once again whistled and struck.

The power of the stacking attacks was immense, and this time Lu Hong mobilized a hundred blood hands again to withstand it.

"Kid, the Snow Tribe’s battle formation Seven Extremes Slash grows stronger with each strike, and it is almost impossible for anyone below the Third Transition Peak to receive the sixth slash. You must break the formation by force!" Chiy Fang shouted anxiously from behind, "Don’t let them continue to cast it."

So that was it.

Lu Hong concentrated his strength into both hands, swinging the holy sword and tearing the sky, "Blood Transverse Sky!"

Although Shou Ers was dissatisfied with Ebu Na, their relationship was still that of comrades. Even if it wasn’t to save him, he still had to save the ten thousand Leng Feng soldiers beneath the Blood River.

"Ice Extreme Breath!" Shou Ers quickly spurred his magic power, and a cold wind swept out, freezing the Blood River hanging in the sky into ice.

"I’ll be damned..." Although Shou Ers managed to control Lu Hong’s skill, the backlash caused his face to flush red, with blood streaming from his orifices, "Quick, help me!"

The Snow Tribe soldiers hurriedly formed into small teams, using the same skill as Shou Ers to reinforce the sealing of the Blood River.

"Hahaha, let’s see what tricks you have left!" Ebu Na wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and laughed loudly, "The fourth slash!"

This time, as the forces merged, even the air let out a wailing cry; Lu Hong had to deploy nearly a thousand arms to block it.

"No, we must help him break the formation!" Chiy Fang hurriedly regrouped the army.

"No... no need." With a sweep of the holy sword, Lu Hong raised a crimson curtain behind him, shielding the remnants of the Independent Squad and also preventing them from moving forward to help.

"You will die doing this!" Chiy Fang kept beating against the curtain.

"Die? None of us are going to die." With his face twisted in the pain of his soul being cut, Lu Hong’s smile was chilling.

Bang!

The fifth slash came down, and all of Lu Hong’s blood hands shattered.

A wave of bloody air swept across a kilometer; Lu Hong’s legs sank into the ground, lifting the holy sword to resist the terrifying strike.

"Impressive, very impressive!" Ebu Na’s sinister smile emerged, "But this is as far as you go, the seventh—slash!"