209: Chapter 209 A Battle for Life!

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Sword Intent soared to the heavens, and shattered stones flew everywhere.

Xiao An held his sword, his entire body surging with Sword Qi. In that instant, what was reflected in his eyes was no longer seven Yao Beasts.

But seven corpses. With one sword in hand, he could sever the sins of all Yao in the world!

"Since you seek death, then come!"

He took a step forward, the earth cracked, and spiritual power surged from his Qi Sea, pouring into qingfeng, while mountains and seas manifested behind him!

With this step, his Aura climbed to its peak.

"Attack!"

Elder Rat let out a sharp shriek, launching the first attack.

The seven Yao Beasts rose up simultaneously!

Lei Nu pressed down from the front, his entire body covered in arcs of lightning pouring down like a waterfall.

Xiong Shan charged from the right flank, his massive claws sweeping out under the augmentation of his berserk strength!

Shuang Yu flanked from the left, her cold energy condensing into ice spikes that covered the sky like ten thousand arrows fired at once.

Thunder Badger circled behind, his claws brimming with brilliant lightning, aiming straight for Xiao An's heart.

Bi Luo and Bai Ling retreated to the perimeter; one blocked his escape route, while the other continuously released illusions to interfere.

Elder Rat burrowed underground, waiting for an opportunity to ambush.

A seven-sided siege, leaving no blind spots.

Xiao An did not retreat, nor was there any path to retreat.

He raised his sword and slashed diagonally.

This sword strike had no flashy Moves; it was purely the ultimate condensation of strength and speed, his Sword Heart clear!

The Sword Qi extended three zhang, carrying a heavy Aura like a mountain as it swept across the front.

Lei Nu bore the brunt of it.

Lightning surged around his body, and he pushed his palms forward, a thick pillar of lightning colliding with the Sword Qi.

Boom!

The lightning pillar shattered, and the Sword Qi, with its momentum undiminished, slashed onto Lei Nu's forearm.

Blood splashed, his left forearm was torn open, revealing the ghastly white bone beneath.

But Lei Nu let out a roar, advancing instead of retreating!

He gritted his teeth, hard-carrying this sword strike, his feet plowing two deep trenches into the ground as he remained firmly planted in place...

He could not retreat. Since he was the head of the Thunder Lineage, how could there be any reason to retreat?!

If he, the strongest, retreated, the other companions would be exposed to that fierce Sword Qi, and casualties would be inevitable.

"What hard bones."

Xiao An's pupils constricted slightly.

This sword strike of his had been infused with the lingering resonance of Earth Dao Heaven and Earth Qi. An ordinary Late Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator would have been cut in two on the spot if they had taken it.

Yet this Thunder Bear only suffered superficial wounds?

Before he could think further, killing intent erupted behind him.

Thunder Badger's claws had already arrived!

Two arcs of lightning shot from his claw tips, turning into an intersecting lightning net that covered his head.

Xiao An turned his body and swung his sword back, qingfeng slashing in reverse to split the lightning net in two.

But just as he turned, Bai Ling's illusion once again invaded his Sea of Consciousness.

The scene before his eyes blurred.

Thunder Badger's figure suddenly blurred, splitting into three afterimages.

Which one was real?

Xiao An's gaze focused, his Sword Heart clear. In an extremely short amount of time, relying on a Sword Cultivator's keen perception of killing intent, he locked onto the real body.

qingfeng thrust out, the tip of the sword aiming straight for Thunder Badger's throat!

Thunder Badger was terrified and hurriedly retracted his neck, leaning backward.

The sword tip grazed his windpipe, drawing a line of blood. It was a hair's breadth away, nearly taking his life...

"Hiss~"

Thunder Badger gasped, scrambling back more than a zhang.

Too fast!

This Sword Cultivator's reaction speed far exceeded their expectations.

Bai Ling's illusion could only cause a momentary interference on him, which showed the strength of this top Prodigy of the Human Race.

Even after consecutive battles, and then being ambushed by them and suffering heavy injuries.

He could still fight one against seven, beating them into such a sorry state. What is a Prodigy? This is a true son of heaven!

"Entangle him!"

"Don't trade Moves with him one-on-one!" Elder Rat transmitted to the other Yao.

Xiong Shan received the order, his giant claws striking straight at the heart.

His massive body was like a small mountain, and this swinging claw felt like the force of ten thousand mountains, the oppressive feeling rushing straight at him!

Xiao An raised an eyebrow and blocked horizontally with his sword.

He actually used qingfeng to hold off Xiong Shan's paw, sliding his feet back several feet.

The next instant, the soil beneath his feet exploded.

Elder Rat's sharp snout erupted from underground, wind spiritual power infused into his fangs like two small knives, shredding the protective spiritual light, embedding directly into the flesh, and twisting half a circle.

"Get lost!"

Xiao An kicked Elder Rat away, but his lower leg now had a bloody, mangled hole, blood pouring out like a stream.

Elder Rat did a few somersaults in the air, landed, and burrowed back into the soil, slippery as an eel.

Hit and run, never lingering in battle.

This rat's fighting style was even more disgusting than a damn flea!

Shuang Yu seized the opportunity, opening her mouth to spew a stream of cold current.

The extreme cold energy swept over, instantly freezing the wound on Xiao An's lower leg, the blood immediately solidifying into ice crystals, and even the circulation of his spiritual power slowed down slightly.

"Damn it!"

Xiao An forced his True Essence, pushing the cold energy out of his body, but this ordeal consumed even more of his spiritual power...

Right now, the spiritual power in his body was less than twenty percent of his peak.

These seven Yao Beasts took turns, a wheel tactic that gave him no chance to catch his breath, and their methods were varied, compensating for each other's weaknesses.

Moreover, the strength of each one was at least Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

Combined, he was afraid he would really be exhausted to death by this group of Yao Beasts!

"If this drags on, I will undoubtedly die."

Xiao An took a deep breath and made a decision.

He could no longer passively take a beating; he had to kill one or two of them to tear open a gap.

Otherwise, there would be no way to survive!

Xiao An's gaze quickly scanned the surroundings and finally locked onto Thunder Badger.

Among the seven Foundation Establishment Great Demons, this badger had the smallest build, the weakest defense, and his Physical Body strength was definitely not as formidable as the other bear Yao!

That sword strike just now had almost severed his windpipe.

The next sword strike would not miss.

Xiao An's Qi Sea churned, and he activated the Earth Dao Heaven and Earth Qi once again.

His Meridians let out a painful whine, but he didn't care, pouring all his spiritual power into qingfeng. Immediately, the sword hummed, the earth-yellow spiritual light flared, and its weight increased more than tenfold.

The entire sword was like a small mountain!

"Mountain Intent Sword Domain — Drop!"

Xiao An roared, leaping up. His whole body was like a meteorite, carrying the weight of ten thousand jun, slamming down from above towards Thunder Badger!

The ground within a radius of ten zhang collapsed by three feet under this heavy pressure!

Thunder Badger's expression changed drastically, and he immediately retreated.

But Xiao An's speed was too fast.

Under the augmentation of the Earth Dao Heaven and Earth Qi, the pressure of that sword strike compressed the surrounding air into a solid state, and Thunder Badger's figure was actually restrained by this air pressure, slowing him by half a beat!

Just that half beat.

qingfeng descended.

The Sword Qi slashed into Thunder Badger's right shoulder, cleaving all the way to his chest cavity.

The sound of bones breaking and flesh tearing was clearly audible.

"Pfft—"

Thunder Badger spat out blood, more than half of his body split open by this sword, his internal organs exposed, the injuries extremely horrific.

"Thunder Badger!" Elder Rat exclaimed from underground.

But Xiao An's sword did not stop.

What he wanted was not a heavy injury, but a kill!

The sword tip turned, thrusting towards Thunder Badger's head.

If this sword struck, Thunder Badger would undoubtedly die!

At the critical moment.

Lei Nu desperately rushed over, lightning surging all over his body, pushing his palms forward, a lightning pillar slamming into Xiao An's sword.

The sword blade shifted by an inch, grazing past Thunder Badger's ear, slicing off half of it.

Xiao An's body leaned back, knocked back by the residual force of the lightning pillar.

But under this blow, Thunder Badger had already fallen into a pool of blood.

His chest cavity was more than half split open, blood gushing like a spring, his Aura weakening rapidly.

Elder Rat quickly burrowed out from underground, darting to Thunder Badger's side, his whiskers trembling violently.

"Hold on, you damn bastard! Hold on!"

A large amount of blood spilled from the corners of Thunder Badger's mouth, his turbid eyes looking at Elder Rat.

His lips moved, but he could no longer make a sound.

Pfft—

The last mouthful of blood gushed from the corners of his mouth, and Thunder Badger's head tilted to one side.

The Aura was broken.

Thus—Thunder Badger, died!

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Elder Rat stood frozen in place, his whole body trembling.

It was he who brought the helpers, he who planned the siege, he who set the trap.

Thunder Badger had trusted him, which is why he came.

Now, he was dead.

"Elder Rat!"

Lei Nu's low roar brought him back to reality: "Don't just stand there, this battle isn't over yet!"

Elder Rat gritted his teeth hard, and from his pair of bean-sized black eyes, an unprecedented fierce light shot out.

"Kill him."

"Kill him!"

"I want him dead!"