Chapter 448: A Single Sword Strike to Kill
Chapter 448: A Single Sword Strike to Kill
A distance of a thousand meters was crossed in the blink of an eye.
The lightning that Ji Xinghuo transformed into reached in front of the female celestial in an instant. If it were a legend or an ordinary Celestial King, they wouldn't have had time to react.
But she remained calm and withdrew, retreating with graceful agility.
"Acceleration?"
When Ji Xinghuo saw the female celestial instantly shift from a stationary position to retreating without any delay, he immediately realized that she possessed the "Acceleration" ability just like him, and her level was extremely high, as her retreating speed was slightly faster than his advancing one.
Kong Ling raised her arms, and a transparent wall of air took form, exceeding three hundred meters in both length and width, blocking her path.
The lightning struck the wall of air.
Ji Xinghuo's figure appeared, and he felt as if he had stepped into a quagmire, his speed plummeting as immense kinetic energy assailed him from all sides, squeezing his body like the pressure of the ocean depths.
Boom!
The air exploded.
This ordinary blast of air, in Kong Ling's hands, possessed a destructive force comparable to an air bomb, sending out visible shockwaves.
Kong Ling had already created distance between them, and her spiritual energy continued to erupt.
Within a three-kilometer radius, countless gigantic invisible air swords took shape, each one over a hundred meters long and incredibly sharp, madly converging on Ji Xinghuo.
She raised her hand and created a kinetic energy cage to trap Ji Xinghuo, who was at the center of the blast. But it only lasted for less than half a second. A flood of electric light composed of countless alloy fragments burst through the restraints, carving a path through the invisible kinetic energy field and shooting straight toward her.
Boom, boom, boom...
The flood of electric light collided with Kong Ling's protective energy field, splashing like actual floodwaters.
The scattered alloy fragments divided into multiple streams, converging into a dragon that circled in the air before returning to assault her once more.
Kong Ling didn't want to engage in a head-on collision and accelerated her retreat.
Her speed was extremely fast, but the Thunder Rain Sword Light was faster, relentlessly pursuing and striking her protective energy field.
The kinetic energy field fluctuated violently but was far from collapsing.
On the other side.
Ji Xinghuo was still mired in the quagmire, like an insect frozen in amber. Countless invisible air swords sliced through the air, saturating the space with attacks and leaving no gaps, placing him at an absolute disadvantage in the battle.
In terms of spiritual energy confrontation, Kong Ling was clearly superior.
But spiritual energy was only a part of one's strength.
Boom!
Electric lights burst from Ji Xinghuo's eyes.
A massive electromagnetic field appeared in the sky, with Ji Xinghuo at its center. His body served as the two poles, instantly enveloping everything within a two-kilometer radius, including air, energy, and Kong Ling.
The female celestial, who had been moving at high speed, paused for a moment. Even with her protective energy field, she felt her skin tingling and her hair standing on end.
The electromagnetic field collided with the kinetic energy field.
A silent chorus.
Kong Ling's kinetic energy field had a larger range and stronger spiritual energy, but it instantly collapsed, and the countless invisible air swords she controlled disintegrated.
The sky darkened as countless bolts of lightning took the place of the disappearing air swords, striking down at the female celestial.
Boom!
Kong Ling frantically dodged and fled amidst the lightning, but she could only maintain this for less than half a second before she was submerged. Her transparent protective barrier reappeared, forming a spherical shape with a diameter of about ten meters, withstanding the relentless lightning strikes.
Each bolt of lightning was as thick as an arm, an endless tide.
The female celestial remained unflustered.
While searching for Ji Xinghuo's figure, she reestablished her kinetic energy field, causing the air to seem solidified. The meandering lightning seemed to slow down, and the closer it got to her, the faster it moved. The lightning within a hundred meters of her even came to a halt.
The Thunder Rain Sword Light mixed with the lightning was also frozen, unable to advance further.
"Get out here!"
Kong Ling finally locked onto Ji Xinghuo's position, her gaze fixed. She pointed forward, and countless strands of air instantly condensed into a hundred-meter-long spear.
The surrounding air was sucked dry, forming a vacuum, and the air pressure turned into a terrifying inner explosion.
Boom!
Amidst the air's inner explosion, Ji Xinghuo's figure appeared, and the hundred-meter-long spear, as if it had substance, shot towards her at a speed exceeding 3 Mach.
The massive spear pierced through Ji Xinghuo's chest, blowing his body to pieces.
"A fake?"
This was just a shadow clone with minimal starlight. Kong Ling turned abruptly and saw another Ji Xinghuo leaping out from within the countless bolts of lightning, having closed the distance to within a hundred meters. His eyes cold, he threw a punch, unleashing a...
Boom!
Spiral Lightning Force! Ji Xinghuo's fist was like a battering ram hitting a copper wall, and he felt a solid counterforce.
In reality, Kong Ling's kinetic energy field was like an impregnable copper wall, or perhaps even stronger.
But it instantly collapsed.
A loud sound, like shattering glass, reverberated through the sky.
Cracks appeared in the air, and Ji Xinghuo's fist was like a heavy hammer striking a transparent glass curtain wall. A spiral of electromagnetic starlight penetrated through, hitting Kong Ling at the center of the kinetic energy field.
The female celestial's combat suit was triggered, instantly constructing a battle armor, and her vast starlight also gushed out, forming a bubble-like shield.
However, in the face of absolute power, all defenses were futile.
"Puff..."
Kong Ling spat out a mouthful of blood, her body flying backward like a bullet, the force so great that even her "Acceleration" ability couldn't negate all the inertia, leaving her temporarily unable to act.
Her all-encompassing kinetic energy field had completely dissipated.
A streak of purple and white lightning shot forward.
Ji Xinghuo's figure appeared, surrounded by fragments of the Thunder Rain Sword, which formed a substantive current loop, accelerating him.
Kong Ling unleashed her spiritual energy in an attempt to stop the ever-approaching Ji Xinghuo. A ray of electric force burst from Ji Xinghuo's eyes, slamming into her body. The high-temperature, high-pressure current pierced through the cracks in her battle armor and penetrated her abdomen.
Critically injured, the female celestial's spirit was shaken, and her kinetic energy field failed to fully deploy before it was interrupted.
Her face turned crimson, as if her blood was burning.
In an instant.
Kong Ling burst out at a speed far beyond reason, reaching nearly 5 Mach in the blink of an eye—the fastest speed she could attain.
A sonic boom erupted.
In the blink of an eye, the female celestial had put distance between herself and Ji Xinghuo.
With a distance of over five thousand meters, well beyond the range of their dual main spiritual energy attacks, Kong Ling had no intention of continuing the fight. Her mind was now occupied by only one thought: to flee and wait for her companions before engaging Ji Xinghuo again.
Believing herself to be safe, she turned to look at Ji Xinghuo, her slender eyes filled with anger, resentment, and wariness.
However, as she turned, she saw that Ji Xinghuo was already holding a wing-shaped longbow in his hand.
An arrow, overflowing with electric light, had already reached her.
Truly as fast as lightning!
Kong Ling's defenses were greatly reduced due to her severe injury, and she sensed the immense danger. Her kinetic energy burst forth in an attempt to interfere with the arrow's trajectory and change her own flight path to dodge. However, the arrow was too fast, and her spiritual energy was a step too slow.
In the final stretch of its trajectory, the arrow suddenly changed direction, accurately piercing the area between Kong Ling's chest and abdomen—the location of her injury.
This was not just one arrow, but five.
They exploded in succession.
Kong Ling screamed in agony as the electric current energy detonated within her body, causing excruciating pain and paralyzing her entire body. Her high-speed flight posture immediately lost balance.
But what truly made her heart tremble in fear was a purple and white lightning bolt, accompanied by Ji Xinghuo, that took this opportunity to catch up.
The lightning and sword light merged into one, forming a three-hundred-meter-long giant sword. With 9,999 alloy fragments distributed around it, they constituted the energy sword body, with Ji Xinghuo's electromagnetic field as the core, unleashing spiritual energy and stellar force without reservation.
The giant sword cleaved through the sky, seemingly capable of slicing through anything.
Boom!
The kinetic energy field that Kong Ling had just managed to deploy was as fragile as paper. The sword light sliced through the female celestial's body, and the radiance instantly swept across.
From her neck down, her body seemed to have vaporized.
As the sword light dissipated, Ji Xinghuo turned back, reaching out to grab Kong Ling's head. As a Sixth Stage, Third Level aberrant, her vitality was extremely tenacious, and she hadn't completely died yet. Terror filled her eyes as she screamed, "Don't kill me, my master..."
Pa!
Electricity burst from Ji Xinghuo's hand, and the female celestial's head exploded into a mist of blood.
A light, white mask fluttered amidst the blood.
Ji Xinghuo reached out and caught it. It was soft and lightweight yet exceptionally resilient, made from an unknown material. The semi-transparent mask had holes for the eyes and mouth, roughly the size of a human face, and it emanated a strange fluctuation.
"A Heaven-Opening level treasure," he said as he touched the mask and discerned its nature. Suddenly, realization dawned on him. "So it's a Cheating Mask!"
This was a Heaven-Opening One-Star equipment.
When worn, it completely conceals one's energy and aura, making the wearer seem like an ordinary person, and even their magnetic field could be hidden.
Alternatively, one could deliberately leak their aura, disguising themselves as another tier of aberrant.
It could also turn the wearer invisible, create illusions, and change their appearance, allowing them to deceive almost all perceptive abilities.
There wasn't just one Cheating Mask, and they were quite well-known in the True Dragon Dynasty. For those who dared not reveal their true identities, the Cheating Mask was one of the best treasures, enabling them to hide themselves effectively.
The female celestial, Kong Ling, had relied on this mask to alter her magnetic field strength and disguise her aura before seizing the opportunity to approach him.
However, she hadn't used it to change her appearance.
Throughout the battle, Kong Ling's energy fluctuations had consistently remained at the Legendary tier, and even at the moment of her death, she hadn't revealed her true strength.
"What a good item!"
Ji Xinghuo stored the Cheating Mask in his Dimensional Stomach and looked northward.
A shuttle appeared on the horizon, speeding toward his location. Electromagnetic sensing had already locked onto the person within.
There was only one.
This person didn't have a Cheating Mask, indicating that they were clearly here to back up Kong Ling. They must have been waiting for her to send a location signal before rushing over in the shuttle.
"Another Sixth Stage, Third Level."
Ji Xinghuo's gaze grew solemn as he watched the shuttle approach.
The person inside was clearly more powerful than Kong Ling. As the distance closed in, Ji Xinghuo could directly discern the person's strength from their energy fluctuations and magnetic field, even sensing their race and occupation template.
The shuttle didn't open fire but slowed down and hovered in midair. A bolt of lightning shot out from it, reaching close proximity.
This was a male True Dragon human.
Ji Xinghuo sensed a familiar aura from him. Not only was he a True Dragon human, but he was also a Titanium-Cobalt Dragon Warrior!
"You killed Kong Ling?" the True Dragon human asked in a deep voice.
(End of Chapter)
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