56: Chapter 56 Life-or-Death Struggle

"Outer realm demons, how dare you invade our Xuanming City!"

An enraged roar exploded from the city wall, and a burly man stepped out, his three-foot-long heavy sword carrying surging battle qi as it slashed down with a boom.

The piercing sword momentum was matchless, and a Fire Sprite pouncing from the air was instantly pierced by the battle qi, its elemental body disintegrating inch by inch, directly vaporized by the high-temperature battle qi and dissipating into nothingness.

Seeing this, the garrison on the city wall suddenly relaxed their tense heartstrings, everyone's face showing joy, and morale surged instantly.

Countless residents in the city couldn't help shouting excitedly after seeing the burly man.

"Garrison Commander Tram, it's Garrison Commander Tram! We're saved!"

But this sword strike also completely enraged the behemoth below the city.

With a loud rumble!

The Lava Giant's scarlet eyes flashed with fierce light, and its giant palm covered in boiling magma carried a heaven-burning heatwave, bringing the mighty force of crushing everything to fiercely slap toward Tram!

The air was severely distorted by the extreme high temperature, and the heatwave swept across the entire city wall.

Tram didn't dare to be the least bit slack, his arms filled with battle qi, and he crossed his heavy sword horizontally to block it.

"Clang——!"

A deafening clang of metal exploded, and the violent giant force crazily backlashed along the sword body. The bluestone city wall under Tram's feet instantly cracked like a spiderweb, and his whole body was shaken back repeatedly, his blood qi churning endlessly.

On the shoulder of the Lava Giant, Liang Feifan sat upright, looking down at the suppressed Tram, his eyes full of playfulness and contempt, and he sneered mockingly: "A mere native knight wants to stop my Lava Giant? Utterly ridiculous."

However, before his smile could freeze, the situation suddenly reversed.

"Break for me!"

Tram's eyes were blood-red, his roar shook the sky, and his suppressed battle qi erupted completely!

The originally stalemated heavy sword suddenly burst out with brilliant golden light, forcefully tearing through the defense of the Lava Giant's giant palm. The blade pierced through the thick rocky body, tearing a hideous, massive gap in the giant's palm!

"Awooo——!"

The Lava Giant roared wildly in pain, its huge body trembling violently, and boiling magma gushed out along the wound.

Using the force, Tram flew backward through the air, landing heavily back on the city wall, and propped the battered heavy sword on the ground to support his body, panting heavily.

At this moment, his sword was completely crimson and scalding, with several chips cracked into the blade edge, already severely damaged. The web spaces of both his hands were completely torn, and his arms trembled uncontrollably.

Feeling the lingering pain in his arms and the scattered battle qi, Tram's heart was filled with solemnity and annoyance, and he turned his head and shouted fiercely: "Melola! If you stand by and watch again, I will surely die! Once I die, with you alone, you simply won't be able to stop this monster!"

"Hehe, Tram, you usually boast that your valor is unmatched in the city, how come you are pressed so hard by a monster today that you can't even raise your head?"

A cold and sarcastic laughter slowly came from within the city, and a figure in a dark purple divine robe flew out from the city.

Faint gloomy divine patterns lingered around her body, and her aura was deep and unfathomable.

The moment he saw Melola clearly, Liang Feifan's expression suddenly sank, all contempt in his eyes faded away, and he finally turned solemn.

"Damn it, the intelligence is wrong! This remote border town actually hides a second eighth-rank entity!"

After a brief moment of astonishment, icy killing intent surged in his eyes again, and he sneered coldly: "Just two eighth-rank natives, what can they do?"

Liang Feifan raised his hand and heavily slapped the Lava Giant's back!

Boom!

Endless crimson flames instantly gushed out, wrapping layer upon layer around the Lava Giant. The scorching Law of Fire frantically poured into its body, and the rolling heatwave swept across all directions.

At the peak of the distant mountain, Su Ming, who was quietly watching the battle, narrowed his eyes slightly, saw through the mystery at a glance, and sighed softly: "Low-level divine art —— Flame Amplification."

"This art can extremely elevate the physical strength and attack power of fire-attribute kin. Judging by this amplification magnitude, this person's comprehension of the Law of Fire has reached at least 5%."

This talent was extremely terrifying.

If Su Ming had not once stepped into the Hanging Pagoda, it would have been good if his comprehension of the Law of Soul and Law of Death could reach 1%.

Wrapped in flames, the Lava Giant's aura skyrocketed at a speed visible to the naked eye. The magma around its body became more and more boiling and violent, and its combat power climbed layer by layer, faintly touching the threshold of the ninth rank of transcendent, with a terrifying might.

"Not good! Strike quickly! We must not let it complete the breakthrough, otherwise the two of us will surely die today!"

Tram's face turned pale, and his heart was terrified. He no longer held back in the slightest, surrounded by whole-body battle qi, and charged out to kill again!

At the same time, the low chanting in Melola's mouth suddenly rose.

Fragmented and deep dark divine patterns flowed out from the void, lingering around her body layer upon layer. Rich shadow power gathered rapidly, condensing several zhang-long shadow spears in her palm, the spear tips piercing, harboring the dead silence power of adjudicating all things.

"Shadow Adjudication!"

The cold shout fell, and several shadow spears shot through the air, carrying the momentum of piercing through the sky like thunder, precisely locking onto the three fatal vitals of the Lava Giant: the head, shoulders, and palms!

Tram in the front also gave it his all, pouring all his battle qi into the battered heavy sword. The originally dim blade bloomed with piercing sharpness once again. The majestic might of an eighth-rank knight tore through the surrounding heatwaves, and the bluestone city wall beneath his feet cracked layer by layer, with the patterns spreading several zhang.

He stomped hard on the city wall to gain momentum, his figure breaking through the air like a roaring thunder, raising the heavy sword high and slashing down furiously!

"Thousand-Jun Earth-Splitting Slash!"

The blue-golden battle qi condensed into a condensed sword Qi of several feet, domineering and peerless, slashing fiercely toward the Lava Giant!

At this time, the Lava Giant's rock skin was crimson like fire, the magma around its body rolled and boiled, wisps of the Law of Fire lingered around its body, and every inch of flesh and blood was filled with extremely violent power.

Facing the desperate pincer attack of the two eighth-rank entities, it didn't dodge or avoid, its thick arms swept horizontally suddenly, and the gushing magma condensed a boundless and thick lava fire wall in front of it, blocking the way firmly!

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Three earth-shaking loud noises exploded one after another!

The shadow spears that arrived first slammed into the lava fire wall, and the gloomy shadow power violently collided with the violent fire power.

The scalding heatwave swallowed everything instantly, and the hard shadow spears dissolved and shattered at a speed visible to the naked eye, finally turning into dots of black light and dissipating completely.

The blue-golden sword Qi that followed closely slashed down fiercely. The piercing battle qi split open the surface flames, but was firmly blocked by the thick solidified magma rock layer, making it hard to advance even an inch.

The piercing sound of metal clashing resounded through the entire Xuanming City, and the terrifying back-shock force swept through Tram's whole body along the sword body.

His meridians stung, the web spaces of his hands cracked and overflowed with blood, and his entire body was forcibly shaken backward through the air for several zhang. After landing, his blood qi churned, and he almost vomited blood.

Missing the strike, Tram and Melola exchanged glances, both of them unable to conceal the shock in their eyes.

The combat power of the amplified Lava Giant was actually so formidable to this extent!

Seeing this, Liang Feifan, who was watching the battle on the shoulder, completely relaxed his tense heart, a cold, cruel, and mocking smile curled up at the corners of his mouth, and he shouted sharply: "Futile struggle! My Lava Giant crushes everything! Crush them for me!"

Receiving the order, the Lava Giant raised its head and let out a heaven-shaking roar. The magma around its body rolled violently, and countless crimson firestones carrying high temperatures shot out, like a sky-full of heaven-burning fire rain, fiercely covering the entire city wall battlefield.

The extreme high temperature distorted the void, and even the hard stone bricks of the city wall were roasted slightly hot. The air was full of scorching breath.

Melola's expression was extremely solemn, not daring to be the least bit slack. Her ten fingers formed hand seals rapidly, and a heavy and magnificent gloomy divine shield instantly condensed in front of her, firmly protecting herself and Tram, forcefully resisting the bombardment of the sky-full firestones.

Bang, bang, bang!

Countless firestones smashed down one after another. Every impact made the divine shield tremble violently, and the golden patterns on the shield surface rapidly dimmed and cracked, with the defensive barrier on the verge of shattering.

"My divine shield won't hold out much longer! Quickly think of a way to break the deadlock!" Melola gritted her teeth and roared, her voice carrying undisguised anxiety.

"I know!"

A resolute and lethal intent flashed in Tram's eyes, and the heavy sword in his hand suddenly burst out with dazzling golden light. Pouring all his remaining battle qi, he violently hurled his sword out hard!

"Monster, prepare to die!"

The heavy sword flying through the air didn't directly aim at the Lava Giant, but instead turned its edge and headed straight for Liang Feifan on the shoulder!

"Not good!"

Liang Feifan's pupils shrank, his heart shocked suddenly, and he instantly saw through the two people's lethal move!

The Lava Giant clenched its fist at extreme speed, and all the rolling magma gathered at the fist edge, condensing a hideous and large flame fist print, intercepting horizontally in a rush, wanting to block this must-kill sword.

But at this very moment, a cold flash of viciousness and resolution suddenly crossed Melola's eyes.

"Too late."

Hum——!

Innumerable pitch-black and gloomy chains quietly shuttled through the void at some unknown time, instantly wrapping around and binding the Lava Giant's arms, firmly locking its body!

"Click, click, click——!"

The chains tightened and trembled, making a piercing metallic friction sound. The Lava Giant struggled wildly and roared with fury, its rocky body constantly exerting force, pulling the chains into continuous deformation and bringing them to the verge of breaking.

Everyone was clear that these chains wouldn't be able to support themselves for a moment before shattering.

But, a mere few breaths were already enough.

Losing the obstruction of the Lava Giant, the heavy sword flying through the air reached in front of Liang Feifan without any hindrance!

"Boom!"

An earth-shaking loud noise exploded with a boom!

Everyone on the city wall held their breath. Tram and Melola stared fixedly at the dust-filled battlefield, and a thought flashed through their minds simultaneously:

Did it succeed?