Swallowing the Stars: Heart of the Martial God

Chapter 64 Fighting
"Playing a sneak attack?" Ling Xuan's divine power surged, and he disappeared the instant the Thunderstorm War Hammer fell, like a drop of mercury merging into the void.

With a deafening roar, the dark purple warhammer missed its target and crashed heavily to the ground. From the point of impact, the earth within a radius of a hundred meters instantly cracked, forming a spiderweb-like pattern, and fragments of rock shot out in all directions like bullets.

"Where is he?" Lei Bao gripped his warhammer tightly with both hands, lightning flashing wildly around him like furious silver snakes.

He turned his body warily, his chest heaving violently with each breath beneath his tattered armor.

Having just survived a life-or-death battle, he knew better than anyone that in these ancient god ruins, a single misstep could turn him into prey for others.

A slight ripple in the air followed, and with a "whoosh," Ling Xuan's voice rang out from the void to Lei Bao's left: "Lei Bao, it doesn't feel good to be ambushed from behind, does it?"

Lei Bao's pupils contracted sharply, and with a roar, he swung his warhammer out, the dark purple lightning tearing through the void like a bolt of lightning.

However, when the lightning dissipated, Ling Xuan was nowhere to be found.

Lei Bao was unaware of the weakness of Ling Xuan's Great Void Technique. Instead of letting the attack explode when it missed, it allowed it to miss and land in the distance, without shaking Ling Xuan out of the void.

If the two sides engage in fierce combat, the power of their secret techniques will collide and explode on the spot, affecting the nearby void and thus impacting Ling Xuan.

"Who exactly are you?" Thunderstorm suddenly relaxed his tense body, picked up his warhammer with one hand, and even shook his shoulders. "Why don't you come out and sit down to talk?"

He deliberately dragged out his voice, as if he were addressing a nobody.

But his slightly bent knees and the lightning secretly gathering on his warhammer betrayed his vigilance.

Ling Xuan concealed himself in the distorted spatial interlayer, his gaze fixed on Lei Bao's every move like that of a hawk.

If he hadn't just witnessed Lei Bao feigning weakness and turning the tables on Ke Lun, he probably would have been fooled by this clumsy acting.

"Thunderstorm, stop your tricks." Ling Xuan's voice suddenly rang out from all directions. "I'm taking this armor. If you leave now, I might leave you with a whole corpse."

Lei Bao smirked maliciously. Either way, he was going to die.

The laughter was full of sarcasm: "You? A mere rat who has just entered the realm of lords, dares to covet what belongs to me!"

Before Lei Bao could finish speaking, thousands of sword shadows suddenly appeared in the void, rushing towards him!

Ling Xuan has finally made his move!
However, Lei Bao was prepared. Under the projection of the Thunder World, he seemed to be a ruler, and no movement could escape his detection.

"Thunder!"

The electric grid around him exploded with a deafening roar, and the warhammer instantly unleashed thousands of lightning bolts, transforming into a massive vortex of lightning.

"Boom!" The blade and hammer collided, and the energy surge was like a star exploding. The intense light illuminated the entire area, and the shockwave dispersed the surrounding blood mist and plowed countless terrifying ravines into the ground.

Using the momentum, Ling Xuan flew backward, flipped in the air, and landed steadily.

The three-pointed double-edged sword in his hand hummed, and his tiger's mouth felt slightly numb.

Thunderstorm was not faring well either, staggering back a few steps, the lightning on its warhammer dimming somewhat.

Ling Xuan has just broken through to the Dao, and his basic strength is much weaker than that of a peak Realm Lord like Lei Bao. However, his laws are much stronger than Lei Bao's, almost comparable to an immortal being. In addition, Lei Bao has just fought a long battle with the evenly matched Ke Lun, and has exhausted a lot of energy.

His strength was reduced to less than one-tenth of what it used to be, but he was still on par with Ling Xuan.

"Interesting!" Lei Bao licked the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit. He gripped his warhammer tightly with both hands, dark purple lightning crackling around the hammer.

He strode forward, his warhammer carrying the force to split mountains and shatter rocks, crashing down on Ling Xuan's crown.

Ling Xuan's eyes sharpened, unwilling to be outdone, and he met the attack with his three-pointed double-edged sword.

"Clang!" The warhammer and the three-pointed double-edged sword collided heavily, sparks flying everywhere.

The powerful impact made Ling Xuan's arms go numb, and the ground beneath his feet instantly caved in for hundreds of meters.

But using the force of the recoil, he suddenly took a step back, spun around to deflect the force, and moved the three-pointed double-edged sword with him. The blade, like a nimble snake, darted towards Lei Bao's ribs.

Lei Bao reacted extremely quickly, twisting to the side and sweeping his warhammer horizontally, deflecting Ling Xuan's attack with the force of thunder. Wherever the hammer's wind passed, the air emitted a piercing explosion.

Using the momentum, Ling Xuan leaped into the air, flipped in mid-air, and brought his three-pointed, double-edged sword down on Lei Bao's neck with the force of splitting a mountain. Lei Bao roared, raised his warhammer high, and adopted a defensive stance, the lightning crackling from the hammer forming a shield.

The three-pointed double-edged sword struck the shield, producing a deafening roar, and ripples spread across the shield's surface.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Thunderstorm swung its warhammer upwards, aiming straight for Ling Xuan's lower body.

Ling Xuan lightly stepped back like a willow catkin, his three-pointed double-edged sword flashing as he swiftly swung it, weaving a net of flames in front of him.

Thunderstorm's warhammer slammed heavily onto the blade net, and with a "boom," the blade net shattered instantly. The powerful shockwave sent Ling Xuan flying back thousands of meters.

The moment he landed, Ling Xuan leaped up with all his might, activating the Great Void Technique to instantly traverse the void and arrive above Lei Bao's head, raising his three-pointed double-edged sword and smashing it down from above.

"A meteorite has fallen to Earth!"

He transformed into a massive meteor engulfed in crimson flames, carrying an aura of world-destroying power, raising his three-pointed double-edged sword high and smashing it down on Lei Bao's warhammer.

Thunderstorm's eyes turned bloodshot as he sensed the terrifying power of Ling Xuan's attack. He roared and poured all the remaining power in his body into his warhammer. Thousands of lightning bolts converged wildly, and the lightning on the surface of the warhammer almost solidified: "Well done!"

"Boom!!!" The three-pointed double-edged sword and the warhammer collided violently, and a terrifying wave of power spread outwards in a ring from the point of impact.

The earth within a radius of tens of thousands of square kilometers instantly sank, forming a huge crater, and a large number of mountain ranges collapsed and turned into dust under this force.

Intense light illuminated the entire ruins of the ancient god, and shockwaves swept across like a tsunami, distorting space wherever they went.

Ling Xuan and Lei Bao's feet were deeply embedded in the ground, their arms were trembling slightly, and they gritted their teeth, neither willing to take a single step back.

After a brief stalemate, the two exerted their strength simultaneously, each retreating several kilometers.

Before the opponent could catch his breath, Lei Bao swung his warhammer again, unleashing a devastating burst of thunderous power. Thousands of lightning bolts transformed into a thousand-meter-long thunder dragon, roaring as it charged toward Ling Xuan.

Ling Xuan showed no fear, flames rising around him.

"All Things Return to the Blade!" Thousands of blade shadows converged from all directions, each blade shadow carrying the blazing power to scorch the heavens and boil the seas, ultimately merging into a giant fiery blade beam that pierced through the heavens and earth, colliding violently with the thunder dragon.

"Boom!" The ancient god ruins trembled violently, the sky seemed to be torn apart, and countless huge cracks appeared on the earth. Fiery magma gushed out from the ground and intertwined with the raging lightning, forming an apocalyptic scene.

In this raging energy storm, the two were like two war gods, constantly wielding their weapons, clashing and exchanging blows time and time again.

But the more he fought, the more alarmed Lei Bao became. He grew weaker with each battle, and the aftershocks and blade energy from each collision caused damage to his core.

However, Ling Xuan seemed completely unaffected, without even a scratch. Each attack's aftershocks were blocked by a faint black light shield.

The two attacked at an extremely fast pace, exchanging thousands of blows in an instant.

Ling Xuan's three-pointed double-edged sword became faster and faster, while Lei Bao's hammer became slower and slower, gradually falling behind Ling Xuan's speed.

The number of times he was attacked was increasing.

The armor in the Bloodlust World was already weaker than the Force suits in the outside world, and it was almost completely shattered under the continuous clash between the two.

"Let me go, and you can have this armor." Lei Bao slammed Ling Xuan away with his hammer, then turned and fled, no longer daring to covet the immortal armor.

"You're overthinking it." Ling Xuan pressed on, "I saw exactly how you killed that Ke Lun just now."

The Great Void Technique was unleashed, and Ling Xuan's figure traversed the void, arriving beside Lei Bao, and bringing down a slash.

"No, kill me! You'll be hunted down by the Temple of Immortality! I'm their special envoy!" A flicker of terror crossed Lei Bao's eyes.

His weakness was real last time, but it was definitely real this time, after he had been locked in a long battle with Curren.

The battle with Ling Xuan just now was all head-on clashes. The opponent didn't care about getting injured and fought me head-on. I'm not good at movement techniques and I'm using a weapon like a warhammer. I can't even engage in a prolonged fight. I can only fight head-on.

He felt completely drained after fighting for so long, and if he continued, his protocore would suffer irreversible damage.

(End of this chapter)