Beginning with the Ubume Bird Chapter 53 – Chapter 53: Chapter 7: Fight for Life and Death

Chapter 53: Chapter 7: Fight for Life and Death
Editor: Larbre Studio

“Bang!”

While everyone was slightly dazzled by the old soldier's figure, Li Yan didn't hesitate to pull the trigger, a flash of gunfire burst out, and hit a Red Guard in the neck exactly!

“Nanako!” Seeing the Red Guard collapse to the ground limply, Kobayakawa exclaimed in shock and rage.

“Kill!”

Li Yan discarded the empty pistol and took the lead with the Ring Dragon Sword in hand.

“Yi Kezou!”

Kobayakawa's eyes turned bloodshot as he drew the katana from his waist and lunged upward to meet Li Yan.

Deng Tianxiong sprinted forward, his fists wrapped in the sound of wind and dried grass roots, charging at a Red Guard with an injured shoulder first, completely ignoring the two fierce slashes of red light coming from either side.

A soldier yelled out, flinging his long sword that buzzed through the air, and Deng Tianxiong, as if he had eyes on his back, twisted his ankle and dodged the pincer attack of the red slashes, while the long sword swirling behind him struck exactly against the two red katanas!

Deng Tianxiong caught the hilt in midair, rolled on the ground to rise, and his sword swept toward the lower bodies of the two men in a fluid motion, perfectly in sync with the soldier behind him!

As the sword light approached, the two Red Guards maintained an indifferent expression, one even curling his mouth into a hook.

…

On the other side, Li Yan charged at Kobayakawa.

“Clang!”

Kobayakawa involuntarily gasped when the autumn water-like blade of the Ring Dragon Sword clashed with the katana.

“This man from Great Ming has such great strength.”

The tall, slim man from Great Ming before him was full of murderous intent, his eyebrows inverted like the edge of a tempered blade, and when his sword swung down, it looked as dark and overwhelming as a mountain collapsing.

The Ring Dragon Sword and the katana collided several times, their clashing sounds bursting in the air, and within two breaths' time, Kobayakawa was quickly at a disadvantage!

“Could this man be one of Great Ming's ferocious generals?”

Kobayakawa's forehead sweated, but his heart wasn't totally flustered. Although he didn't know why Nanako had suddenly lost contact, the Feeding Ghost Skill was still not completely useless in combat, and after all, the ghosts Kobayakawa fed were not only Nanako…

He smirked from the corner of his mouth, “Come on!”

Under Li Yan's fleeting glimpse, every shift in Kobayakawa's expression and breath was plain to see. As the opponent's katana sliced cunningly from under the armpit, Li Yan's eyes moved, and seeing Deng Tianxiong's location, he furrowed his brow deeply:

“Tianxiong, release your grip!”

With that, he placed his left arm behind his back, twisted his waist to dodge the katana, and leaped towards Deng Tianxiong!

“Damn it!”

Kobayakawa was furious, the other man's behavior clearly showing no regard for him.

He gripped the hilt with both hands, slightly lifting his forearm to the upper left, and four black infants with vacant expressions crawled from behind onto Kobayakawa's shoulders. Ordinary soldiers couldn't notice, feeling only that the man's aura suddenly turned dark and obscure.

“You'll regret this!”

The black infants screeched as the katana turned pure black, and with the screech, it slashed at Li Yan with a swiftness that was a fraction faster than Li Yan in Hook Star mode!

Li Yan twisted at the waist midair, a howling wind echoing past his ears, the malevolence in his eyes instantly intensifying!

He turned his head to the right, squatted left, switched the Ring Dragon Sword from his right hand to his left, flipped it from behind and thrust forward, instantly striking back with a turnabout spear move!

Twenty-Four Moves of Main Frame of Combat Sword, Azure Dragon Turning!

He's been fooled!

Kobayakawa felt as if a bucket of cold water was poured over him, realizing he'd fallen for Li Yan's trick. It was already too late to withdraw his sword, as the Ring Dragon Han Sword, nearly one meter three in length, roared towards his face!

At this life-and-death moment, he rolled his tongue, emitting a strange syllable.

Feeding Ghost Curse: Teleportation

Thwack!

The sword tip pierced through not Kobayakawa, but the ghost girl named Nanako.

“Roar!!!!!”

Kobayakawa, having reached the wall at some point, spat out a mouthful of old blood with a snort! The roar of the Exotic Beast seemed to trample through the desolation of ancient times, bringing with it an unparalleled ferocity that surged into his brain!

When hunting bandits, capture their leader first!

Li Yan shook off his long sword, disregarding the trembling Nanako in front of him, and charged toward Kobayakawa.

…

Deng Tianxiong hunched over, his Goose Feather Sword mere two inches from chopping into the calf of a Red Guard.

To his right, a Red Guard flipped his wrist, sending a katana slicing toward Deng Tianxiong's belly. Another Red Guard raised his sword to stab downward, aiming straight for Deng Tianxiong's wrist.

The Red Guard with a bullet in his shoulder leaned on two companions, gripping a Wakizashi in his right hand. With the blade trembling, three sword-bearing Ming Army soldiers stepped forward, unable to gain any advantage. Instead, he found an opportunity and sliced open the arm of one of the Ming soldiers.

“Tianxiong, let go!”

Deng Tianxiong's heart trembled, a cool sensation pricking at his backhand. He had intended to fight it out, but at Li Yan's roar, he clenched his teeth, withdrew his hand from the hilt, and rolled over to Diao Xiayan's side by the door. However, his fingers and chest had both been grazed by shallow cuts.

Coldness enveloped Deng Tianxiong's heart. The Red Guards' swords were even faster than he had imagined.

At this moment, the three Red Guards formed a triangular formation, a flash of red light appearing in their eyes.

The Soul of Kai!

The Red Guard who had forced Deng Tianxiong to drop his sword flicked up the Goose Feather Sword with his blade tip, held the handle horizontally with his left hand, and with a cold smirk on his lips, he glanced darkly at the severed head in Diao Xiayan's hand, looked around, and gestured to everyone with a crooked finger.

Now, every Ming soldier who could stand up surged forward!

“Diao, fall back!”

Deng Tianxiong yelled out.

There was no sound behind him; Deng Tianxiong nearly ground his teeth to dust but did not look back. Instead, he seized the combat sword from Diao Xiayan's hand and roared forth, with nothing but the sound of the wind whistling behind him.

…

Kobayakawa's vision darkened as he shook a small white rice ball from his sleeve and swallowed it. The pain in his head eased a bit. He had just raised his head when the Ring Dragon Sword pounced!

“Tssk!”

Kobayakawa tilted his head, the sword tip stabbing into the wooden plank. He lifted his katana in a backhanded stroke. Just as he raised his arm, the blade of the Ring Dragon Sword made a crisp sound as it swept across his neck.

“Order your men to stop.”

Li Yan said coldly.

Kobayakawa licked his lips, “Protected by fate, impervious to a hundred ghosts… I've caught a big fish.”

“Go to hell.”

Li Yan flicked his wrist, and the Ring Dragon sliced through Kobayakawa's arm but got stuck inside.

Kobayakawa's face turned pale, and two streams of murky black air billowed out from his nostrils. Li Yan raised his sword to sidestep the black air. The Ring Dragon blossomed like a white lotus, striking Kobayakawa's crotch, chest, and throat, emitting a series of metallic clangs.

At the same time, the red glow on Kobayakawa's body grew denser.

Nanako roared in agony, black air scattering in all directions from her body.

When the Ring Dragon Sword aimed at Kobayakawa's throat failed to pierce through, Li Yan made a snap decision. With a swipe of his finger across the blade, a drop of fresh blood fell along the edge onto Kobayakawa's body.

Blood Dip!

Kobayakawa, the Red Guards, Deng Tianxiong, and even Li Yan at this moment all had bloodshot eyes.

Song Translator hid in the corner, his throat parched, fists clenched tightly. Blooms of blood and severed limbs tumbled before his eyes. He grabbed a convenient wooden plank but never mustered the courage to step forward.

“Ah~”

Within the desolate house, a woman's sigh, its origin unknown, sounded.

Kobayakawa's eyes bulged, and he clutched his face with both hands as stream after stream of black fluid poured uncontrollably from his mouth and nose, making him look utterly wretched.

“General, strike now!”

The force went straight through to the back of the blade. The Ring Dragon Sword swung, and a head soared into the sky!

Chapter end