82: Chapter 82 Slaying the Silver Raven

The distance between the two sides closed rapidly.

Five hundred meters.

Three hundred meters.

One hundred meters.

Just then.

With a thought from Qin Ce, several cyan energy ribbons had condensed behind the Blue Luan at some point, fluttering according to his will.

These were ribbons formed from countless fine wind elements, like the tail feathers of a phoenix, blooming with radiant splendor in the sky, breathtakingly beautiful.

One, two, three... a full nine of them!

That was the wind energy that had dissipated into the air when the Bronze Ravens were killed earlier!

Under normal circumstances, that energy would slowly dissipate between heaven and earth.

But under the "Wind Mastery" effect of the Nine-fold Azure Sky talent, not only did that energy not dissipate, it was all gathered behind the Blue Luan!

Nine phoenix-tail-like cyan energy waves swayed behind the Blue Luan, as if it had grown nine cyan phoenix tail feathers.

Flowing Cloud Wave Roll!

Qin Ce thought to himself.

This was a skill generated by the two effects, Phoenix Flow and Roaming Dragon.

Although he hadn't used this skill before, Qin Ce was very clear about the energy contained within those phoenix tails.

It was definitely not weaker than Silver Rank!

"Xiao Qing... use Flowing Cloud Wave Roll!"

Qin Ce said softly.

The Blue Luan let out a low cry, and the nine phoenix-tail-like energy ribbons behind it instantly began to squirm like living creatures!

They surged from behind the Blue Luan, one after another, merging into its body!

With every ribbon that merged, the cyan light on the Blue Luan brightened!

Its aura also surged instantly!

mid-grade bronze—

Upper Bronze Rank—

bronze peak—

The moment all nine merged—

It was as if a small sun had lit up inside the Blue Luan!

The energy directly leaped to Silver Rank...

Of course, this wasn't a true breakthrough in cultivation realm, but at this moment, the energy within its body reached the Silver level!

Then, it opened its beak.

All the energy compressed together.

A Wind Blade shot out from its mouth.

That Wind Blade was completely different from before—it was no longer cyan, but a nearly transparent cyan-white, with a faint silver light flowing along the edges, as if condensed to the extreme, touching upon some higher level of power.

Silver Rank Wind Blade!

The pupils of the Silver-rank Raven opposite it suddenly constricted!

It instinctively felt the threat of death.

But it didn't retreat.

Nor was it willing to.

A mere Bronze, worthy?

It opened its giant beak, and pitch-black energy condensed frantically—

Wind Arrow!

An arrow of wind as black as ink shot out, colliding violently with the silver Wind Blade in mid-air!

Then—

"Chii—"

A soft sound.

There was no explosion, no roar, no violent shock from the energy collision.

Only a soft sound.

That silver Wind Blade, like a hot knife through butter, sliced through the Wind Arrow without any obstruction.

The Wind Arrow split in two and then dissipated.

Meanwhile, the Blue Luan's silver Wind Blade continued forward.

Slicing straight towards that Silver-rank Raven!

For the first time, a look of terror appeared in the eyes of that Silver Raven!

It tried desperately to dodge, but its speed, in the face of the current silver Wind Blade, was as slow as if it were standing still!

The silver Wind Blade sliced through the center of its body.

Slicing right through.

The Silver-rank Raven's movements froze in mid-air.

It lowered its head and looked at its own body.

A thin line of blood started from its forehead and went all the way down, passing through its neck, chest, and abdomen—

Then, the blood line expanded.

"Puchi—"

Blood sprayed out.

The Silver-rank Raven was sliced in two!

The two halves of the corpse fell from the sky, bringing a rain of blood.

Dead!

The remaining two Silver Ravens, upon seeing this scene, braked suddenly and hovered blankly in mid-air, their crimson eyes filled with unbelievable horror.

What did they just see?

A Blue Bird that had just broken through to the Bronze Rank had faced them head-on and killed their Silver Rank companion in a single blow?

How is this possible?!

Between Bronze and Silver, there was a whole major realm of difference!

It was a chasm of power, a fundamental difference, a natural moat that no technique could cross!

But everything happening before their eyes was cruelly telling them—

That natural moat had been crossed.

By that monster burning with cyan light and trailing nine phoenix-tail-like energy ribbons behind it, it had been forcibly crossed!

"Gaa—!!!"

One of the Silver Ravens let out a screech of extreme terror, and then—

It turned and fled!

It flapped its wings desperately, fleeing frantically toward the distant black cloud that still blotted out the sky!

The other Silver Raven froze for half a second, then also reacted, letting out the same terrified screech and following closely behind!

They didn't care about dignity or face; they only knew to flee for their lives!

Escape!

Escape as far as possible!

Stay away from that terrifying cyan demon!

They had to return to the flock; they had to report the news to the Raven King.

In the distance, over there, was the direction of the Raven Flock.

There, they had tens of thousands of kin.

There, was their only way to survive.

Qin Ce looked at the two figures fleeing in panic, a cold arc curling at the corner of his mouth.

Want to run?

He gently patted the Blue Luan's neck.

"Chase."

The Blue Luan let out a clear, long cry, flapped its wings, and turned into a cyan rainbow, following them at a leisurely pace.

Yes, leisurely.

Clearly possessing a triple speed boost and able to catch up instantly, it instead maintained a distance that was neither too far nor too close, like a patient hunter enjoying the death throes of its prey.

The two Silver-rank Ravens looked back, and seeing the cyan figure still behind them, they were scared out of their wits, flapping their wings desperately to push their speed to the limit.

But they didn't know—

They had missed their only chance to kill the Blue Luan and Qin Ce.

Qin Ce glanced down at the Blue Luan's status.

The energy inside the Blue Luan was less than thirty percent.

That strike just now was indeed stunning, but it had also nearly exhausted all the energy the Blue Luan had accumulated.

Those nine phoenix-tail-like energy waves were something he had accumulated bit by bit, starting from when they killed the eight Bronze Ravens.

One phoenix tail was equivalent to the energy of a full-power strike from an Upper Bronze Rank raven.

With nine layers stacked, plus the power that surged after the Blue Luan broke through to the Bronze Rank, and the transformation boost from the Flowing Cloud Wave Roll skill extended from the Wind Mastery talent—

Only then was that silver Wind Blade, capable of instantly killing a Silver Low-grade, unleashed.

Although the attack's power was astonishing, its consumption was also terrifyingly high.

It was a full-power strike condensing nine whole Flowing Cloud Wave Rolls, and it had nearly drained all the usable energy within the Blue Luan.

If those two Silver-rank Ravens hadn't fled but instead took the opportunity to counterattack—

The outcome would have been hard to say.

After all, the Blue Luan had just broken through and wasn't yet skilled in controlling its new power; its injuries hadn't fully healed; and Qin Ce himself was still in a semi-crippled state.

But those beasts had been scared witless.

They ran.

And this gave Qin Ce and the Blue Luan the most precious thing—

Time.

While flying, the Blue Luan silently circulated [Wind Mastery · Phoenix Flow].

The surrounding wind energy surged in threads, once again condensing into cyan ribbons behind it one after another.

One.

Two.

Three.