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Chapter 256 Five Swords
"kill!"

Wu Zhe let out a cold shout and immediately swung his sword with all his might. With a flick of his longsword, he fiercely tore apart the two balls of flame that were attacking him. Then, he leaped up from the ground and soared into the air!
With this leap, he soared thirty feet off the ground, but was still quite far from the flying firebirds in the sky.

However, Wu Zhe was not surprised by this. He did not hesitate at all. He kicked and stomped in mid-air. The powerful force of his master-level physique made a loud bang in the air, which made him rise nearly ten feet higher. Then he swung his sword fiercely into the sky.

laugh!
In an instant, a crimson blade of light, like a bolt of lightning, erupted from his longsword and struck a firebird.

With his martial prowess, he leaped, bounded, and slashed, reaching the flock of firebirds fifty or sixty feet above the ground. His blade aimed directly at the firebird whose energy was weakest, intending to eliminate one of them first and reduce their numbers.

"Chirp!"

The firebird, attacked by the flashing blade, let out a chirp.

Its reaction was quick, and it continued to spew downwards, but this time it spewed out not just flames, but a mass of molten lava-like substance, which was directly splashed onto the incoming blade light.

zizi.

The blade collided with the molten liquid, producing a sizzling sound. It was clear that the blade was being rapidly eroded, from a length of several meters to less than a meter.

The remaining blade light, less than ten feet long, continued upwards and, with a soft "whoosh," struck the fire god bird.

"Clap clap".

The firebird let out a strange, mournful cry.

No blood was visible falling from the sky; only a few eerie blue flames emanated from its shattered body.

The firebird did not perish directly, but it seemed to have suffered a significant blow. Its aura was noticeably weakened, and its flight became somewhat unsteady.

Wu Zhe was, after all, a peerless grandmaster, whose strength in this world could be said to have almost reached its peak. His all-out killing move was naturally extraordinary and could not be easily taken down by a single firebird.

but,

After unleashing this attack, Wu Zhe was bombarded by several nearby firebirds. Unable to maintain his airtime under their siege, he immediately plummeted downwards.

As the injured firebird struggled to take flight, attempting to reach a safer, higher place...

Swish!
A beam of crimson light pierced through the air.

It was a sword light, like a rainbow, spanning a hundred feet, striking the target directly into the center of the wounded firebird's ruptured wing, penetrating its body, and then exiting from its back!

"Gah."

The firebird let out a painful cry, its entire body suddenly froze, and then it plummeted downwards.

As it plummeted downwards, the life force within its body rapidly dissipated, followed by intense blue flames spreading from its ruptured wounds, quickly enveloping its entire body before swirling and receding.

Before its body could fall to the ground, it was completely burned to ashes by the blue flames and vanished into the world.

"it is good!"

Some people, seeing this, showed interest in the sight.

The one who could coordinate so well with Wu Zhe, finishing off the Vulcan Bird after Wu Zhe's sudden attack that severely injured it, was undoubtedly Wu Ming.

Several months later, Wu Ming is no longer a newcomer to the team, but is regarded as another core figure besides Wu Zhe, second only to Wu Zhe in status. The main reason for this is his pure strength!
Although he has never demonstrated any skills comparable to a peerless grandmaster, the attacks Wu Ming occasionally unleashed were clearly more powerful than those of top grandmasters, almost touching the realm of peerless grandmasters. In this world where strength is paramount, he naturally earned everyone's respect.

Swish.

Wu Ming, who had killed a firebird, still showed no sadness or joy in his eyes. There was no murderous aura about him, and he was even very peaceful. The blood-red flying sword circled in the air and suddenly returned to him.

Together with the other two blood-red flying swords he wielded, the three blood swords intersected and formed a sword formation, simultaneously resisting the flanking attacks from the two firebirds, seemingly with considerable ease.

The others also displayed their unique abilities and fought against the flock of firebirds.

boom! boom! boom! ! !
The battle immediately escalated to a fever pitch.

Although Wu Zhe launched a sudden attack right away and found an opportunity to help Wu Ming take down one of the Fire God Birds, the number of Fire God Birds was still too large. After they had fully gathered, they realized the danger to Wu Ming and the others, and directly sent three Fire God Birds to fight against Wu Zhe. The three Fire God Birds suppressed Wu Ming, preventing the two of them from having any more opportunities to kill.

The situation reached a stalemate, and the expressions of Zhu He and the others gradually became serious.

Within the Molten Realm, no battle should last too long. One of the reasons why the Firebird flock is so troublesome is that if it cannot be dispersed or killed in a short time, it will attract more other Molten life forms, thus putting the battle in danger.

Seeing that the situation was somewhat unfavorable, Wu Zhe, who had single-handedly suppressed the three firebirds, suddenly spoke up in Wu Ming's direction: "Junior Brother Wu, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you to put in more effort this time."

"it is good."

Wu Ming remained calm and composed as he responded.

His sudden conversation with Wu Zhe left Zhu He and the others slightly stunned.

Although Daoist cultivators have many methods and can even divide their soul into nine parts, the problem is that the strength of their primordial spirit is limited, making it impossible to release all spells at the same time. For example, Wu Ming is able to wield three weapons with overwhelming killing aura and combine them into an array with perfect control. If it were Zhu He, who is also at the top of the seventh level of cultivation, he would have already reached his limit and would not have been able to spare any strength.

Furthermore, Wu Ming hasn't shown any other moves during this time, so Wu Zhe actually feels that Wu Ming still has energy to spare, and judging from Wu Ming's reaction, it seems to be true?!

Just as everyone was slightly stunned.

A sharp glint suddenly appeared in Wu Zhe's eyes, revealing a fierce light. He let out a roar, and the blood energy around his body surged and raged as if it were burning, becoming extremely intense.

He swung his blade fiercely, tearing apart the flames spewed by the three firebirds in an instant. He forcefully broke free from the encirclement, then unleashed a powerful aerial slash, the sharp blade light suddenly piercing the air and striking one of the three firebirds!
This sudden outburst caught the three firebirds off guard, and they were clearly caught off guard as the other two immediately came to their rescue, but it was too late, and Wu Zhe's blade was still rapidly closing in.

"Cuck!"

The attacked firebird let out a strange cry, suddenly flapped its wings, and a blazing and surging fire erupted around its body, stretching for a full ten feet and enveloping its entire body, like a radiant sun.

The blade light that Wu Zhe swung was a desperate move, fueled by his burning blood energy. However, it was a barely managed attack after forcibly breaking through the encirclement of the three firebirds. It was also nearing its end. After pressing down for dozens of feet in the air, it only managed to break through the fire defense circle released by the firebird before collapsing and dissipating, failing to strike its body.

However, Wu Zhe's strike was merely intended to break through the defensive perimeter of the firebird.

laugh.

In the next instant, two blood-red sword lights, like interlocking fangs, came flying from not far away. In just a moment, they pierced the defensive gap torn by Wu Zhe's sword light, flew in, and directly pierced through the tough feathers of the fire god bird and entered its body!
"Caw!" The firebird let out a mournful cry.

Within its body, faint blood-red light intertwined, flashing and shifting, before two beams of blood-red light emerged from its beak.

After being pierced and strangled by two blood-red swords, the firebird's life naturally came to an end. After a mournful cry, its life force quickly dissipated, and it fell from the sky. At the same time, blue flames spewed out from its body, burning it to ashes.

Another firebird has perished!

The whole audience was shocked.

Everyone turned to look and saw that Wu Ming was still manipulating the sword formation composed of three blood swords to fight against the three-headed fire god bird, while Wu Zhe was using two other newly appeared killing flying swords!
Wu Ming could actually control not just three of these menacing flying swords, but five!

"Hahaha! Well done, let's do it again!"

Wu Zhe let out a loud, unrestrained laugh.

In fact, he did not know that Wu Ming could control two more flying swords. However, his contact with Wu Ming over the past few months and his observation of Wu Ming in many battles led him to judge that Wu Ming's strength was likely not limited to what he had shown. Compared to the others who knew him well, Wu Ming was very likely hiding some trump cards.

This is quite normal. Just like himself, although he usually shows his full strength, he actually has a 'Heart Explosion Secret Technique' that can burn a certain amount of blood energy in a short period of time, explosively increasing his strength by another 20%.

Don't underestimate the mere 20% improvement. Keep in mind that his strength is already at the level of a peerless grandmaster. Even a 20% increase is incredibly powerful, allowing him to almost go toe-to-toe with a true eight-blood eight-refinement grandmaster in a short period of time.

This is one of his trump cards; once it's used, there's a price to pay, so he never uses it normally and hasn't told anyone else about it.

He guessed that Wu Ming also had similar trump cards.

The situation just now was clearly a stalemate. If the stalemate continued for too long, it would inevitably cause huge trouble. Therefore, there were only two choices: either to break the deadlock quickly and scatter the flock of firebirds as soon as possible, or to retreat and escape immediately.

However, the Firebird is too fast. Unlike other molten creatures, it cannot escape if it cannot defeat them. If it forces a retreat, more than half of the people may not be able to return to the camp and will die here. Therefore, there is actually only one option to choose from.

He was only guessing whether Wu Ming had any hidden methods. If not, then he could only rely on his own strength to break the deadlock. Although there would still be a chance, it would be much smaller and more difficult.

Now it seems that his judgment was correct. Wu Ming did have a trump card. If he forced his way out, Wu Ming was able to control five flying swords with overwhelming killing intent, and his explosive strength was also much stronger!
"kill!"

Wu Zhe didn't pause at all, his eyes flashing with a fierce light.

He suddenly sprang into action again, charging towards the other firebird.

Meanwhile, Wu Ming remained calm and composed, manipulating three flying swords to defend against the three-headed firebird while simultaneously manipulating two other flying swords to cooperate with Wu Zhe.

Swish! Swish!

With the balance broken, Wu Zhe unleashed his full power, making him already formidable. Furthermore, one of the three firebirds attacking him had died, and the other firebirds were unable to change formation to provide support in time. Thus, in just a moment, the other two firebirds attacking Wu Zhe perished on the spot.

With the fall of the three-headed firebird and Wu Zhe's complete liberation, the scene immediately reversed!

He gripped his longsword, roared, and charged directly at the Firebird, which was fighting with the others. Wu Ming also manipulated his Blood Sword to change position and support the others.

"quack!"

One after another, the firebirds let out mournful cries, were killed by Wu Ming or Wu Zhe's moves, and fell from the sky.

at last,

After eight Vulcan birds fell in succession, the remaining Vulcan birds abandoned their opponents and flapped their wings to fly higher and higher until they disappeared into the sky.

Wu Zhe and the others did not give chase, but remained where they were, gazing up at the sky and catching their breath.

The number of firebirds is enormous, so killing one or two more doesn't make much sense, especially when they all fly high into the sky. It's even more difficult to chase them down, and forcibly taking to the sky is too dangerous.

"Junior Brother Wu, this time we really have to rely on you."

"Junior Brother Wu, I truly admire you this time."

After catching their breath, Zhu He and the others turned to look at Wu Ming, their eyes filled with even more admiration.

Wu Ming, who can manipulate three flying swords and combine them into an array, has already almost reached the realm of a peerless grandmaster. So, if Wu Ming were to unleash his full power and manipulate five flying swords, even if he is still not as good as a true peerless grandmaster like Wu Zhe, he would probably be not much worse and would definitely be able to fight against a peerless grandmaster!

Even though controlling five flying swords simultaneously is extremely difficult and is a trump card that cannot be used normally, having such a trump card shows that Wu Ming's primordial spirit and Dao heart are more refined than ordinary people.

"This time, it was all thanks to Senior Brother Wu Zhe. My few skills were merely assisting and cannot be considered as contributing anything. Without Senior Brother Wu Zhe, it would have been virtually impossible to defeat this group of Firebirds."

Wu Ming waved his sleeve, putting the five flying swords into his cuff, and shook his head as he spoke.

He was telling the truth.

Five flying swords were hardly a significant amount of effort for him. His limit was nine flying swords. Without Wu Zhe, winning this battle would have been very difficult. After all, without Wu Zhe, he would have to fight against the seven firebirds on his own. Even if he could withstand the attack with all nine swords, he might not have the chance to kill them one by one.

"Haha, no matter what, you deserve great credit for defeating these firebirds, Junior Brother Wu. When we return to the camp, you should take an extra 10% of the spoils."

Wu Zhe laughed heartily as he spoke, and the others had no objections after hearing it.

When people go out to explore and fight together, the rewards are distributed according to their strength and contribution. Wu Ming has contributed a lot this time, so he should rightfully get more. However, Wu Ming forcibly controlled the five terrifying flying swords, and he probably paid a price, just like Wu Zhe.

"Let's hurry back to the camp."

Zhu He didn't care about the distribution of the spoils. After briefly observing the direction in which the Vulcan flock retreated, he spoke in a deep voice.

"good."

"Walk."

The others nodded in agreement.

Everyone set off again, heading back towards the camp at full speed.

(End of this chapter)