Dual Sword God: Book 7: The Crimson Devil of the Redlands

by Shadows Finger

  When Feng Yu finished his thoughts, his eyes zoned in onto Azger, who seemed to have been a bit distracted by He Wuhan's appearance. But that didn't last long as he once more focused on them.

  At this time, Azger's overwhelming power swept over the group; they began to feel a surge of oppression. Though it wasn't enough to force them into kneeling posture, it was still capable of hindering their movements to an extent.

  Han Mang's eyes narrowed as Han Shin's face turned a shade dark; He Xiu looked at them with a concerned look as she spoke, "Will it be okay? Eldest Senior Brother didn't anticipate a second person with such power."

  Han Shin's didn't know what to say; she gave her brother a look; Han Man thought for a moment before his eyes turned firm when he replied, "It will be fine, believe me, we just have to improvise, and trust in the strength of Crimson Mask."

  He Xiu sighed as she heard this, but she too knew that this was their only bet; none of them had even the slightest chance against such power. He Xiu wanted to say something more, but at this time, she felt a sudden change.

  Ba-Thump! A resonant heartbeat that only He Xiu could feel, sounding at the core of her mind. He Xiu felt confused as she had never felt that kind of feeling before; she lifted her palm to her chest but found that her heart was beating normal, which meant that beat came from somewhere else.

  'What's going on? Why do I feel this way?'

  She thought, feeling as if she was losing her strength. Suddenly, she couldn't help but collapse to her knees with a slightly pale expression.

  "Little Xiu!" Both Pan Shin and Pan Mang said in alarm as they quickly hurried over to her side.

  "Xiu-Xiu, what's wrong?" Pan Shin asked as she stooped down and helped her to get up.

  He Xiu, still feeling weak, looked at her and replied with a slightly pained expression, "I... I don't know, my body feels strange; I feel something inside me as if it's waking up."

  "What? There shouldn't be any illness that can affect us practitioners; this is typically a sign of awakening some Special Trait or Special Physique. Why would it happen to you who have already awakened your Limitless Treads?" Pan Mang said with a look of oddness.

  Pan Shin also thought the same, but as if she realized something, her eyes widened as she spoke, "Wait, could this have something to do with your father?"

  As if Pan Mang realized, his eyes widened as he thought of the same possibility. He Xiu held her eyes as she cried out in pain as if something was forming there. She was soon forced to let go of them as her eyes started to shine brightly, creating two skull symbols similar but with a much different aura compared to Kazak's.

  "This... so that's how it is?" Pan Mang said in shock as he finally understood what was going on.

  Pan Shin's eyes also showed worry as she saw it; she felt that this couldn't happen at a worse time. Feng Yu and the others also saw this; they turned and glanced at her with surprise.

  'To think that she’d also have those kinds of eyes, it seems there's more to He Xiu's history than I thought.'

  He thought to himself with a deep look on his face, Dai Lin and the others also made their assessments. As did, Azger, who had been eyeing them with sharp eyes.

  'This aura... and those eyes, this girl is as the Great Master predicted, I must capture her before anything else.'

  With those thoughts in mind, Azger's body transformed into a ray of light as he bolted towards, He Xiu at maximum speed, not daring to distract himself.

  "Oh no, he's going after He Xiu. Toram, Tira, Baoli, Fei'er, protect her! Everyone else, let's hold him off together! Hold nothing back!" Feng Yu said as his body had already erupted with his bloodline power, masked with the scarlet flames as he turned akin to a fire god.

  Instantly, he bolted towards him like a ray of blazing scarlet flames; he quickly pulled out a common earth grade sword, preparing to meet the enemy in a head-on crash.

  The others also reacted when they heard Feng Yu's words; Toram, Tira, Tuzi Baoli, and Miren Fei quickly acted by hurrying to He Xiu's side like blurry remnant shades as Dai Lin, Leon, and Myria acted differently.

  'Electro Overdrive!'

  Dai Lin shouted in his mind as his body erupted an overwhelming amount of electricity powers; he then charged forward like a streak of lightning bolt ready to collide with Azger.

  "Let's not fall behind!"

  Leon said as he hoisted his Bright Hammer, which glowed in bright lights as he charged behind Dai Lin and Feng Yu; Myria also turned into a ray of watery blue light as a series of water essence gathered around her.

  In seconds, Feng Yu was the first to arrive before Azger. Azger frowned as he spoke in an indifferent tone, “Your attempts of stopping me are futile - Mountain Heart Stance!”

  When he said those words, he hoisted his halberd in vertical posture as his battle qi increased by a large section, condensing around the weapons as if it was a bomb ready to set loose. His body’s imposing power was infinitely near to the True Soul realm, and almost seemed no different.

  ‘Not good! I have to use it!’

  As Feng Yu finished his thoughts, he gritted his teeth before he crumbled his Sacred Phoenix Feather, causing it to transform into a series of rays that entered his body. Instantly, a resonant phoenix cry resounded as two giant blazing wings appeared behind him, not only propelling his speed, but boosting his bloodline power by a drastic scale.

  Azger narrowed his eyes as he felt Feng Yu’s change, he thought to himself, ‘His power right now is comparable to my full power strike, it’s likely that he’s used a treasure to boost his strength. How meaningless, I can boost my power too.’

  “Shatter to pieces, Mountain World Breaker!”

  Azger shouted as if the halberd had gathered enough power; he struck it ahead of him like a lance as it smashed towards Feng Yu with dominating power.

  Feng Yu looked at this incoming attack with stern eyes; not daring to hold back, he used his strongest attack.

  “Killing Extreme!” He shouted as his eyes glowed in a murderous red light, his robes rustling about along with his long red hair that rose above his head.

  Instantly, a scarlet domain formed in the ten-meter range as the sword Feng Yu’s hand had emitted four strands of baleful crimson sword rays that floated in this domain. They formed into four semi-transparent crimson swords with endless killing intent as they blasted towards Azger’s attack.

  Feng Yu didn’t stop there; he vertically chopped his sword, drawing a long red line that seemed as if it had the power to split the entire meeting ground. The sword's cry sounding as this line swept towards Azger before erupting with a terrifying scarlet thunder and flames.

  The crowd looked at this in alarm, not thinking that Feng Yu could erupt such might, the strongest among them could clearly sense that his power right now should be more than enough to injure a newly promoted First Cycle True Soul realm practitioner.

  Azger finally had a grave look; he didn’t dare to look down on Feng Yu’s all or nothing attack, pushing his Mountain World Breaker to the maximum, he went a step further and invoked a secret skill.

  “Life Boosting Art!”

  With his cry, his imposing manner increased yet again. His Battle Prestige, which was formerly at the low rank of the Third Layer, had temporarily jumped to Third Layer's peak.

  The illusion of a domination mountain that could shoulder all things appeared before crashing into Feng Yu’s attacks, shattering each of the killing swords, before colliding with his all or nothing sword chop.

  Boom! An explosion formed instantly, destroying everything within a twenty-meter radius, despite the formation's attempt to suppress the damages.

  Feng Yu was flung backward with a somewhat pale expression, but as for Azger, he pushed through the scene of the explosion with his energies still at its peak. While the illusory mountains around his figure had dimmed a section, it still gave him an indomitable power as his halberd aimed straight for Feng Yu’s chest.

  ‘Damn, I failed, I have to block i
t!’

  Feeling the danger, Feng Yu did not dare to hesitate; he could feel the effects of the Sacred Phoenix Feather’s waning.

  “Thunder Sword Ring!” Feng Yu shouted as he waved his swords and drew a circle of scarlet energies before him. Instantly, a series of scarlet lightning bolts formed with a dark red vortex at its center.

  The vortex tried to absorb the energies, but it exploded as if the attack was too powerful. At this moment, the illusion of a mountain had appeared before Feng Yu, filling him with an oppressive feeling as powerful force blasted him backward like a rocket.

  “Ach!” Feng Yu cried out as his blood-soaked figure crashed into the ground with a bang, making a crater.

  Naturally, Azger was unimpeded by Feng Yu’s prior attack; he pushed ahead like a battle god with his now glowing halberd held forward. Only, his illusory mountain had vanished, leaving him only with a powerful amount of qi around his halberd.

  “Young Master!” Dai Lin said in alarm, he could see that Feng Yu was critically injured by Azger’s attack. He flashed over moments after; holding one of his arms forward as he shouted, "Come to me!"

  As if hearing his call, a shocking amount of thunder energies gather, condensing into the Thunder Spirit. His eyes shone with a vicious bolt of lightning as he shouted, "Thunder Explosion!"

  With his call, the Thunder Spirit's eyes lit up as it exploded with most of its energies; this created an effect much like that of a bomb of lightning that scattered around the ten-meter range.

  The force of this explosion sent Dai Lin flying backward in the air, as he coughed out a mouthful of blood, but as for Azger, he remained in the same position, without even a trace of injury.

  "Hmph! Such an attack isn't enough to halt me; suffer for your actions. Mountain..." Azger glared at Dai Lin and prepared to launch a finishing move, but right now, a bright light fell from the sky like a giant shadow formed around him.

  "Bright Hammer Descent!"

  Leon shouted as he stood atop of his now giant hammer that fell from the sky like a meteor. It cut through the wind at alarming speeds, leaving a trail of energies as it brought down its wrath.

  Azger narrowed his eyes at this; he knew it was already too late to dodge; his arm, which gripped the handle of the halberd, bulged as he struck it upward violently while shouted, "Rising Mountain Strike!"

  With his should, his hair rose upward as his halberd erupted with even more power. Instantly, the illusions of a mountain formed over his halberd as if it was implying that it could shoulder the world. Yet, right before it could even prevent Leon's strike, a voice sounded from nearby.

  "Aquatic Bind!" Myria yelled as blue water streamed had wrapped around Azger's body in many layers, forcing his arm to tilt the halberd to the side as it pressed him with its constriction.

  Azger halted for just a second because of the magic attack force, causing the Bright Hammer to smash into his head before creating a massive explosion of bright white light.

  Bang! The shockwave was scattered for a dozen meters, stirring one sector of the meeting ground as many people cast their eyes here, finally noticing the change.

  "This... they're actually holding off that monster?" Han Yi said in shock, even he didn't have certainty that he could keep Azger at bay.

  Bai Zan, who took her eyes from the sky, looked at this with surprise; she stared at the bright lights more deeply before her eyes narrowed as she spoke, "No, they're trying, but still not its match..."

  As if to prove her words correct, the lights soon after faded, revealing a different scene. There, Azger currently gripped the Bright Hammer's enlarged form with one hand while holding Leon in the other.

  'This bastard, how did he pull that off?'

  Leon thought with surprise as he didn't know such a scene could occur, Azger glanced at him before tossing him towards one side like a rocket, causing him to form a crater into the ground.

  He then similarly tossed his Bright Hammer as it smashed into the crater, creating a wider pit.

  Myria had suffered a backlash due to Azger forcefully using strength to break her binds; she gritted her teeth, preparing to cast another spell, "Aqua..."

  She was about to start the chant, but Azger seemed to be one step ahead.

  'As if I'd let you.'

  With such thoughts, Azger's eyes narrowed as he flickered and instantly appeared before her. He then swung his arm towards her with great force, and with a loud whack, she flew towards a different corner of the area, similarly crashing into a pile of rocks.

  "So weak, none of you can prevent the inevitable," Azger said as he cracked his muscles, reaching his arm behind as an invisible force pulled back his halberd, which was now rooted in the ground.

  After grasping it firmly, his eyes set forward once again as he dashed towards He Xiu. While moving like a ray of light, he soon found that four persons were standing before him.

  "Hmph! All of you die, Mountain Crushing Form!"

  He pressed his halberd forward with his shout, sending a blast of either energy towards Miren Fei, Toram, and Tira, who looked at this with stern expressions.

  "I can only block him once; try to find an opening!"

  Miren Fei said to Toram, Tira, and Tuzi Baoli, who nodded as they replied, "Leave it to us."

  "Me too." Another voice said with a mental message, the trio felt a bit surprised, but they soon say that Lang Kuang was approaching from another side, his body moving like a streak of silvery-white light.

  “I as well.” Tao Shen said a little distance behind, his arm seemed to be conjuring a terrifying amount of energies in his thread device.

  "Mirroring Jade Guard!" Miren Fei said as the marking of a mirror appeared on her forehead. In seconds, a giant, semi-real jade-colored mirror appeared before her, giving the impression that the world reflected from it was the true world while everything else was false.

  "Hmm? Hmph! An illusion cannot block strength!"

  Azger said as he pushed even more power into his ray attack that soon collided with the mirror, many watched this scene with alarm thinking that it was about to explode to bits of pieces, but sadly, everyone only saw a different effect.

  The attack was swallowed before firing towards Azger at a speed many times faster than it came.

  Bang! A sound of someone crashing into the ground sounded as Azger looked at the blood on his chest with shock. He stared at the mirror before him that cracked apart before fading away as Miren Fei fell to the ground with a pale and worn-out expression.

  Cough! He spat out a chunk of blood as he thought to himself, 'Impossible, what kind of ability could so accurately copy and even launch a counter-attack with my skill?'

  Unable to understand what caused such an effect, Azger found himself in a slight daze, but while he did this, Lang Kuang, Toram, Tira, Tuzi Baoli, and Tao Shen didn't miss the chance to strike him with his lowered guard.

  Knowing that this wasn't the time to hold back, Lang Kuang's decided to use his full strength. The lunar blood crest on his forehead shone in a blood-red light as his entire body transformed.

  His hair grew long, taking on a silver-red hue as it flowed behind him due to his rapid movement speed, his eyes now glowing in bright red, as mysterious ancient tattoos formed on his muscular torso with scarlet color fur.

  "Blood Wolf Roaring Fang!" Lang Kuang shouted.

  Awuuu! With a resonant wolf howl, a savage and illusory blood-red wolf, the likes of no other formed around his figure. It swept ahead of Lang Kuang, who turned into a ray of red light with his claw held before him like a weapon.

  Toram, Tira, and Tuzi Baoli glanced at each other; they leaped towards Azger and utilized a familiar combination technique.

  "Unity Beast Arts - Tripartite Beast Formation!"

  With their battle cry, the images of a Rabbit, a Lion, and a Tiger had appeared. They soon after turned into a ray of pink, golden, and blue lights that spiraled around each other separately before forming a single ball of dominating energy.

/>   In this instance, this ball of power had begun to expand before releasing a wave of colorful rays towards Azger.

  “Slaughtering Thread Ray!” Tao Shen yelled as he fired an ultra-thin deadly thread, which seemed no different from a beam of light from nearby.

  All that took time to describe, but in truth, Lang Kuang, Toram, Tira, Tuzi Baoli, and Tao Shen had attacked at the same time in less than a few seconds.

  Azger, having regained his state of mind, sensed the powerful attacks headed his way, but rather than showing a look of concern. He snorted as he stood firmly on his two feet, hoisting his halberd like a spear; his figure seems to be like an indomitable mountain.

  "Mountain Pulse Blast!"

  Azger said as he lifted his halberd and slammed the end of its shaft onto the ground; the ground them exploded with a great amount of earthen colored battle qi, which soon crashed into the combination attack.

  Boom! The blast wave force pushed them back with even greater force than which they attacked with, causing them to crashed onto the ground a few dozen meters away.

  Looking at his handiwork, Azger smiled before turning his sights onto the now unconscious He Xiu, who Pan Shin held. The severely weakened Miren Fei and Pan Mang now stood before her, glaring at him stubbornly as if they wouldn't budge.

  Azger's eyes dangerously narrowed as he didn't look at the others but Miren Fei. He clearly recalled the method used to injure him just now and felt it to be too much trouble.

  'Hmph! I'll send you to hell first!'

  With that in mind, Azger flickered like a ray of light that swept towards Miren Fei, Dai Lin, and the others who only just recovered from their pits, looked at this in alarm; they knew they were too far away to help her.

  "Damn! I can't let that happen! Even if it I can’t handle its power right now, I can only use it. Thunder Fusion!" Dai Lin said as he saw the current scene. In this instance, the Thunder Spirit appeared in his palm before fusing into his frame; his hair glowed brightly as it turned a neon white as his entire body emanated a dreadful electrical power far beyond the norm.