Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 145 Ashina Cross Slash (10,000 words per day)

"What is this now?"

Du Weiren, standing to the side, looked bewildered. If he wasn't mistaken, Huo Yuhao's second soul skill should have been a wind-attribute soul skill, so how could it have changed so much in the blink of an eye?

Qian Duoduo was initially enjoying watching the battle on the Soul Arena, but when he saw Huo Yuhao suddenly unleash the golden flames on his sword, creating a sword aura three zhang long, he almost plucked out several hairs from his beard.

"Is this a self-created soul skill, or a soul skill? No, it seems to be a fusion of the two."

Yan Shaozhe was stunned as he watched the enormous sword energy soar into the sky and hurtle toward the Netherworld White Tiger.

"roar------"

The violent shockwaves and flames gradually dissipated, revealing the enormous body of the Netherworld White Tiger. At this moment, the Netherworld White Tiger's form had become extremely illusory, as if it would disintegrate at any moment. Its already injured tiger claws withstood another sword strike from Huo Yuhao, and were almost severed at the root, with blood splattering on the Soul Battle Arena.

Even so, the Netherworld White Tiger withstood this astonishing sword strike. Although the power of this sword strike was in no way inferior to the full-force attack of a Soul Sect expert, it still could not completely defeat the Netherworld White Tiger.

Golden flames scorched the Netherworld White Tiger's massive body, even burning off half of its fur. But this did not make it look comical or laughable. Its blood-stained, exposed scarlet skin made the Netherworld White Tiger look like a demonic beast that had truly emerged from the Netherworld, ready to devour anyone it might.

The white tiger, over eight meters long, was entirely transparent, with white fur and black stripes, and purple eyes. It coldly stared at Huo Yuhao, who had already sheathed his sword, its fighting spirit and unwavering belief in never admitting defeat shining through its eyes.

Huo Yuhao's gaze was equally cold. He lowered his body slightly and placed his right hand on the hilt of his sword.

He hadn't even seen the mark of the ninja kill, so how could he rashly sheathe his sword? He did this only to prepare for the next killing move.

[Ashina Cross Slash: A technique of the Ashina school that unleashes a high-speed Iaijutsu slash. It is the ultimate Ashina-style technique that pushes rapid slashing to its absolute limit. Isshin Ashina once boasted: "My Cross Slash can sever the arm of a demon."]

Unlike Isshin Ashina's masterful, balanced cross slash, or Emma's agile and sharp cross slash with its perfectly curved arc, Huo Yuhao's cross slash was a deadly move that abandoned all defense, delivering a single, all-out blow to defeat the enemy, for which he was willing to risk everything.

"I am the most outstanding prodigy of the White Tiger Duke's lineage to date, and I will not fall here!"

The Netherworld White Tiger's claws, which were almost severed by the sword energy, trembled slightly. Even just touching the ground with its claws sent waves of excruciating pain through Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu's minds. But even so, the indomitable fighting spirit in the Netherworld White Tiger's eyes remained boiling.

Huo Yuhao understood the fighting spirit in the other's eyes, but his own eyes remained unmoved. He also had reasons why he absolutely could not lose. Dai Huabin's desire for victory surpassed everything. Was his desire to defeat Dai Huabin and make the other pay for his blood debt any less than the other's?

"It's about to start."

This was the first thing Huo Yuhao said after stepping onto the Soul Battle Arena.

The surging killing intent that had been roaring wildly beside Huo Yuhao seemed to have been sucked away and disappeared completely at this moment, while Huo Yuhao's right arm turned pure gray.

A surge of murderous intent coursed up Huo Yuhao's right arm, flowing down the hilt of the sword and into its sheath, transforming the sword in his hand into a veritable demonic weapon.

"roar!!!"

The Netherworld White Tiger, whose form was almost completely disintegrating, let out a deafening roar, its blood-stained four paws pushing off the ground as it lunged forward towards Huo Yuhao.

Even without its most lethal claws, the Netherworld White Tiger still had sharp teeth capable of tearing apart its enemies. The massive Netherworld White Tiger fiercely pounced on Huo Yuhao, its huge head opening its blood-red maw and spewing out gusts of foul wind as it lunged to bite at Huo Yuhao.

At this moment, it was clear to everyone that as long as Huo Yuhao dodged this attack, the Netherworld White Tiger would be powerless to fight again. In fact, if Huo Yuhao simply chose to leave the stage, Wang Dong, who was still on the stage, could easily defeat the two people on the Soul Battle Stage who were about to exhaust their soul power.

But Huo Yuhao did not do that. He would not allow himself to back down when facing the white tiger that brought him and his mother painful memories. He could only move forward, and forward again, until he completely overturned the white tiger!

The scabbard, its power fully charged, was almost bursting open by the surging killing intent. Huo Yuhao's left leg assumed a side lunge, his right toes touching the ground, and his thigh muscles suddenly contracted, unleashing all his strength. The immense thrust propelled Huo Yuhao, who had been keeping his body low, forward as if flying close to the ground.

Facing the enormous tiger's jaws hurtling towards him, Huo Yuhao showed no fear whatsoever. His right arm, gripping the hilt of his sword, finally swung out, and the blade, soaked in killing intent for so long, suddenly came out of its sheath, accompanied by the wailing of gods and demons.

With a stunningly beautiful left-handed slash, Huo Yuhao slashed fiercely at the head of the Netherworld White Tiger. The blade, imbued with intense killing intent, sliced ​​off half of the Netherworld White Tiger's face. But Huo Yuhao's offensive did not stop. In mid-air, he flipped his wrist and unleashed a powerful and determined Kasaya Slash.

"not good!"

A look of horror appeared in Du Weiren's eyes. If Huo Yuhao's Kasaya Slash had really landed on the Netherworld White Tiger, Zhu Lu and Dai Huabin would have been dead without a doubt!

Huo Yuhao's sword strike, infused with power, soul force, killing intent, and will, had reached the level of a Soul King or even a Soul Emperor. The first half, "One-Handed Left Slash Up," effortlessly sliced ​​through the Netherworld White Tiger's defenses, and the fact that it slashed half of the Netherworld White Tiger's face was the best demonstration of this.

As the kasaya slash drew ever closer to the brain of the Netherworld White Tiger, Du Weiren, Qian Duoduo, Yan Shaozhe, and the referee on the fighting platform all flashed out. But the Ashina Cross Slash was a strike that almost combined two swords into one, so how could these slow-witted people possibly stop it!

Just then, in mid-air, a fiery red hand appeared out of nowhere, and its gray slash blocked the Netherworld White Tiger just before it was about to hit it.

Swish!

The blade of the kasaya-zan fell, advancing only for a barely perceptible moment before it could go no further. Huo Yuhao's hands, gripping the hilt of the sword, were subjected to a tremendous shock, and he finally lost his grip on the katana, causing it to fly away.

The power of Huo Yuhao's strike, unleashed by gathering all his trump cards, was so overwhelming that even Huo Yuhao himself could not perfectly control it.

Although Huo Yuhao had used the Flowing Water Technique to deflect the force the moment the blade's advance was blocked, he still couldn't hold onto the katana and could only watch helplessly as his weapon was knocked away.

(End of this chapter)