Chapter 385: Chapter 149 Innate vs. Innate! Spiritual Energy Vortex!_3
This Monster Wailing Blade was personally forged by Su Changkong, and now Su Changkong was about to use it to chop down an Innate Martial Artist!
Su Changkong felt his body was like a balloon about to burst at any moment, but he ignored it. If he didn’t kill Chikhatu, he would definitely die. Only by going all out to chop down Chikhatu would he have a chance to survive!
“Kill!”
Su Changkong’s eyes teemed with strands of blood, pushing his state to a limit beyond his own. He pounced on Chikhatu once more, this time gripping the blade with both hands. The Monster Wailing Blade was swung wide and forcefully, with horizontal chops, upward slashes, splitting cuts, wraps, coils, wipes, and picks.
Each blade technique was not sophisticated but extremely basic. They were moves that every blade wielder knew, yet in Su Changkong’s hands, as the Blade Gang solidified and the Blade Force followed, he exhibited a profound mystery of returning to the original simplicity.
And facing the frenzied Su Changkong, Chikhatu roared thunderously, also switching to holding the axe with both hands, swinging the massive axe as if it were a spinning wheel, impenetrable by water. It was hard to imagine such a heavy weapon could be so agile and swift in his hands.
“Clang clang clang!”
The collision of blade and axe sounded incessant, like a dense rain of metal clashing, continuously exploding, giving the soldiers of both sides tens of meters away the painful sensation of their eardrums and hearts about to burst.
Hiss hiss hiss!
The scattered force eddied and cut, turning the nearby ground into chunks and then grinding it into powder.
“Kill!”
Su Changkong’s eyes reddened, completely forsaking his own defense, opting only for the offense. Each swing was brimming with killing intent, each able to cleave through thick walls.
“Clang clang clang!”
Sparks flew as the blade and axe collided nonstop, the dark crimson light of the blade cut and crossed in all directions.
“I… am being suppressed?” Chikhatu found it hard to accept. Under Su Changkong’s ferocious onslaught, he actually only had the power to parry and could scarcely find an opportunity to counterattack!
“Commander Hong… has suppressed that Innate Martial Artist!”
“Is Commander Hong also an Innate Martial Artist?”
The soldiers of the Dafeng Iron Cavalry, from a distance, saw the combatants and couldn’t help but feel a surge of wild joy and shock. ‘Hong Zhenxiang’ was like a Heavenly God descending to earth, with the cyan Human Flower above his head radiating a fluorescent light. Spiritual Energy converged into twisted vortexes, every slash seemed like the force of heaven and earth, unrivaled.
He pressed the Innate Martial Artist Chikhatu into a continual retreat. The giant axe, which was supposed to be a weapon, turned into a shield for defense, leaving Chikhatu unable to even counterattack due to the suppression!
This situation was quite normal. For one, Su Changkong had inhaled large amounts of nature’s spiritual energy, possessing a base of Pseudo Innate. Secondly, Su Changkong’s blade technique had reached the level of Blade Gang and Blade Force. Just in terms of the realm of Martial Arts Skills, he was superior to Chikhatu!
And the most important point was that Chikhatu was not fighting with the intent of staking his life against Su Changkong’s, while Su Changkong was attacking madly, fighting for life. One was cautious, the other completely insane. This difference shifted the balance.
That was why this Innate Martial Artist Chikhatu was being beaten back by Su Changkong.
“There’s no need to stake my life against Hong Zhenxiang; his life is worth nothing, but I’m an Innate Martial Artist, more noble than he is! He forced his way into the Innate Realm using some secret technique, and without the Heavenly Pulse to refine the violent spiritual energy of heaven and earth, he surely can’t last. I just need to avoid battle and drag out the fight. He will collapse without a fight!”
Although Chikhatu was filled with shock and rage, he kept his cool, clearly understanding one thing: Su Changkong was so frenzied because his body couldn’t hold up, and he had to decide the outcome quickly.
Knowing this, he just had to drag things out until Su Changkong couldn’t hold on. There was no need for a fierce melee. Once Su Changkong’s momentum waned, Chikhatu could kill him with one hand!
“Hong Zhenxiang! Face my Sky Opening Axe!” With this thought, Chikhatu roared, his black hair flying, a silver-white Heavenly Pulse revealing its phantom. His aura surged wildly, checking Su Changkong’s attack for a moment.
But Chikhatu didn’t unleash the so-called killer move, instead, he unexpectedly leaped backward several meters, breaking away from the fray and then, without looking back, raced towards the dense center of the Black Wolf Army.
“He’s trying to escape, to buy time!”
Su Changkong understood Chikhatu’s intentions and immediately gave chase without hesitation.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
Chikhatu moved with astonishing speed, weaving through the crowd. When he couldn’t dodge, he swung his arm, scattering the Black Wolf Army soldiers blocking his path in all directions.
Su Changkong sprinted after him, but their speeds were quite evenly matched!
“Out of my way!”
Su Changkong’s roar, filled with murderous intent, echoed as he swept his Monster Wailing Blade, carving through the bodies of Black Wolf Army soldiers who were too slow to evade, sending flesh and blood flying as he tried desperately to catch Chikhatu, but still, he couldn’t close the distance between them.
Previously, it was Su Changkong who was fleeing and Chikhatu who was in pursuit. Now, the situation had reversed, but this was an even more dire predicament for Su Changkong.
“I can’t let him escape!” Feeling the pain in his body, Su Changkong knew his body was like an overinflated balloon, close to its limit. If he didn’t kill Chikhatu, he would be the one to die.
Wind Thunder Archery Technique!
Su Changkong sheathed his Monster Wailing Blade and took down the Star Pattern Gold Strong Bow from his back. He pulled out a Star Pattern Gold Arrow from his quiver, ready on both sides, and since he could not catch up, he aimed to shoot Chikhatu down with arrows!
“Swoosh!”
The strong bow was drawn to a full moon, and the arrow shot out, making a faint, almost silent whistling sound as it targeted Chikhatu’s back.
This arrow, moving at speeds far exceeding that of sound, would be impossible for an ordinary person to react to before being struck down.
But Chikhatu, as an Innate Martial Artist, had keen senses. As soon as Su Changkong readied his bow, Chikhatu felt a chilling sensation at his back. Without any hesitation, while leaping forward, he twisted in mid-air, swinging his giant axe as a broad shield to block the incoming arrow.
“Clang!”
The arrow struck the axe, emitting a crisp metallic sound. The explosive force of the blow was deflected.
As an Innate Martial Artist, Chikhatu’s axe was not just any ordinary weapon, and even a Star Pattern Gold Arrow couldn’t penetrate it, not even scratching Chikhatu!
“Still have this arrow technique up your sleeve? Not bad! But it’s useless against me!”
Chikhatu sneered, astonished by ‘Hong Zhenxiang’s’ strength, which had far exceeded his expectations. Yet, this did not change the inevitable outcome of his defeat.
“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!”
Su Changkong released three arrows in quick succession, Wind Thunder Linked Beads, imbuing each with his Blade Gang and employing the technique he had learned from the Chasing Soul Arrow. The three arrows transformed their trajectories, seemingly shot from one direction but striking from different angles towards Chikhatu, whether left or right!
“Clang, clang, clang!”
But it was to no avail. As an Innate Martial Artist, Chikhatu’s perception was acute. Without needing to see, he could predict the arrows’ trajectories from the airflow around him and deflected all three with successive swings of his axe.
“Let’s see how long you can hold on! I will have you die a most wretched death!” Chikhatu’s killing intent boiled over. This ‘Hong Zhenxiang’ was too monstrous, forcibly stepping into the Innate Realm for a short time through the power of secret techniques, not having unlocked the Heavenly Pulse and thus only a Pseudo Innate. Yet, his combat strength was so formidable it had Chikhatu, a genuine Innate, on the defensive.
If his opponent were to truly refine Innate Qi and step into the Innate Realm, wouldn’t that mean Chikhatu wouldn’t even have a chance to escape?
This ignited envy in Chikhatu, fueling his murderous intent even more!