Swallowing the Stars: The Wind Sword Master.

Chapter 25 Bloodstained Street

The distance between the combat squad and the monster continued to close, and the long-fanged blue demon that had been entrenched on the bus also jumped onto the commercial buildings on both sides.

It no longer looked down, but raised its huge head, its pair of sharp teeth pointing downwards, and its gaping maw revealed a strange crimson color.

"Awooo!"

A howl, like that of a wolf or a tiger, pierced the air and carried far away. The nearby hordes of monsters trembled and fled into the distance upon hearing it.

Hearing the order.

The endless expanse of blue figures began to surge, and all the long-fanged blue demons seemed to have gone mad as they launched an attack on the War Squad.

In an instant, gaping maws swayed from side to side, their long teeth reflecting a cold light in the sunlight.

"Rush!"

At Zuo Xingyuan's command, he raised his broadsword, intending to cut the long-fanged green demon in front of him in two, but he was stunned for a moment as soon as he raised the broadsword.

A brownish-yellow figure darted out in his sight, passing him and rushing to the front.

Its speed was even faster than his full-speed running speed, definitely exceeding 200m/s.

A flash of silver light appeared, and the longsword passed right through the waist of the long-fanged green demon without any obstruction.

Only then did the sound of the sonic boom reach us.

"boom!"

Like a sudden clap of thunder, the booming sound was incessant.

Swish swish!

A series of sharp, silver sword beams weaved through the long-fanged blue demons, accompanied by the roar of thunder.

Instantly, the long-fanged green demon in front of them fell over due to inertia.

Somewhat bewildered, Zuo Xingyuan swept his broadsword across the ground, and the corpses of monsters were flung to the north like rags, with dark red blood raining down in front of them.

Following the curtain of rain, they saw the shifting figures in front of them.

A series of afterimages lingered in the air, some drawing their swords and slashing through the monster's corpse, pointing the swords at the sky; others pointing a finger at the monster's eyes; still others severing the monster's neck with a swift stroke of their longswords.

It was as if a peerless sword immortal had descended to earth, annihilating all evil.

Because of the pause in the kill, they were able to clearly see the figure, which was Ning Ze, the youngest member of the team.

Holy crap!

Zuo Xingyuan couldn't help but swear.

Their entire team moved at a consistent speed. Yang Chao's strength was only 7400kg, and his maximum running speed under load was only 80m/s. He had to leave room for attack, so his actual running speed was only 70m/s.

As a result, Ning Ze suddenly burst out with a speed of over 200 m/s, which was three times their speed!

Before they even got there, the other side had already rushed over and killed the first batch of monsters, and had begun attacking the monsters on the next level.

Not only Zuo Xingyuan, but also Ma Yu, Yang Chao and others were stunned. They had just prepared to fight to the death, but their first batch of opponents were all dead!

"Don't just stand there! Charge!"

With a loud shout, Ma Yu quickly chased after Ning Ze.

"That kid!"

Zuo Xingyuan muttered a complaint, gritted his teeth, and charged forward. Now was not the time to ask Ning Ze why he was so strong; escaping was the priority.

One floor... two floors... three floors...

The monsters kept coming one after another; after one wave was defeated, another would charge straight up.

Ning Ze single-handedly swept through half the street, his speed exceeding 200m/s, three times faster than even advanced warriors. His longsword broke the sound barrier, and every flash of sword light was accompanied by thunder!

Zuo Xingyuan and the others followed behind, picking up any stray long-fanged green demons they missed, or simply tossing the corpses aside. Now, the streets were littered with the corpses of monsters.

The entire ten-meter-long street was painted with a dark red river of blood after the war squad passed by.

"Kid! If you're not good, it's because you're a bit slow! Fighting at full speed will drain your stamina too quickly!" Zuo Xingyuan shouted.

"Okay." Ning Ze replied perfunctorily, without slowing down at all.

How can you expect him to slow down now?

Even though most of the Long Fang Blue Oni were only G-rank, merely mid-level beast soldiers, the constant stream of monsters still put considerable pressure on him.

Now he doesn't even need to look at the system panel; he can tell from his senses that his strength, swordsmanship, and movement skills are increasing rapidly.

He has forced himself into a state of cultivating genetic energy, and cosmic energy is constantly restoring his physical strength, so he doesn't have to worry about getting tired.

After a period of experimentation, he discovered that certain movements could increase the speed of absorbing cosmic energy, but he had only just begun to explore this, which meant that it only worked when performing certain sword techniques.

Those fixed afterimages are because of this; otherwise, his movements when killing monsters would be so fluid and seamless that he wouldn't need to pause at all.

Now he is not only not tired, but is even becoming more and more excited.

Stimulating life potential can lead to gene evolution, as can absorbing cosmic energy; these are improvements in the physical body.

With the added power determined by the system, each battle grants a triple boost, making it irresistible!

No one can take the monster from him!

"Roar! Roar!"

The sharp roars rang out again, and a steady stream of long-fanged blue demons gathered in this direction. Now, not only in front, but also in the sky, countless long-fanged blue demons were jumping down from the commercial buildings on both sides.

"Well done!"

Ning Ze slowed down, not because his own speed decreased, but because his forward speed decreased, as he still needed to attack the long-fanged green demon swooping down from the sky.

The fierce battle continues.

Ning Ze fought with increasing ferocity, and before he knew it, he was covered in blood, with a string of blood droplets flying from every swing of his longsword.

Zuo Xingyuan and the others were in good condition, only expending a little energy running forward, and they didn't kill many monsters at all.

Ning Ze fought valiantly, displaying combat prowess comparable to a high-level general unleashing their full power. Moreover, he maintained this full power throughout!

The members of the War Squad are now at a loss as to how to look at Ning Ze.

"Aww!"

With a sharp howl, the monster leader that had leaped onto the roof could no longer bear it.

Three long-fanged blue demons with bluish-white fur charged towards Ning Ze at the same time.

A smile appeared on Ning Ze's blood-stained face as he fearlessly stepped forward.

"Hahaha!"

"The three of them have made their move!" Zuo Xingyuan was very excited. He was really worried that Ning Ze would run out of strength when he unleashed such a burst of power.

However, as long as we deal with these three beast-general-level Long Fang Qinggui, these monsters will definitely retreat.

"Old Ma, let's go! Kill these three beasts!"

"good!"

Yang Chao and Zhang Chen exchanged a glance, and then stopped moving forward.

Zhang Chen and Xu Liang stood one in front and one behind, while Yang Chao stood in the middle, setting up his machine gun. Rat-a-tat-tat! ... Each bullet killed a long-fanged green demon.

Swish!

A pale blue figure flashed by.

Ning Ze drew his sword and went to meet him.

The longsword and the claws clashed with a loud clang, like the collision of steel.

Enhanced by cosmic energy, even human bones can be compared to alloys. These already hard claws are now even harder than alloys, and their other properties surpass those of alloys.

After a brief exchange, Ning Ze frowned; the speed of this mid-level beast general-level Long Fang Green Ghost was simply too fast.

After exerting his own strength, he approached the level of a mid-level warrior. With the assistance of his mental power, his speed was comparable to that of a high-level warrior. However, the monster was still much faster than him, although their strength was about the same.

However, the monster didn't fight him head-on at all; it retreated immediately after its attack, showing great cunning.

"die!"

With a roar, Zuo Xingyuan raised his broadsword and slashed fiercely at a low-level beast general-level long-fanged green ghost. However, he faced the same problem as Ning Ze: if he was a little slower, his attack would be dodged.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Ning Ze.

"I can't catch it, and my mental powers can't increase my speed anymore, so I can slow it down."

"Psychic power cannot be attached to living beings because they contain the psychic power of monsters, but it's different if there's a medium."

After the exchange, Ning Ze took a step back, reached for the martial artist's backpack on his back, and then threw out a piece of yellowish-brown animal hide.

The mid-level beast general-level Long Fang Qing Gui was very vigilant. After noticing what he threw, it took a few steps back. When it found nothing unusual when the animal skin fell to the ground, it relaxed and then pounced on Ning Ze again.

With a smile in his eyes, Ning Ze went to meet it without hesitation. At the same time, the animal skin that had been lying on the ground suddenly started moving, moving faster than both Ning Ze and the monster.

"clang!"

After exchanging another blow, the long-fanged green demon tried to retreat, but at that moment, the yellowish-brown animal hide stuck directly to its back and wrapped around its waist along its abdomen.

"hold head high!"

The long-haired green demon roared in panic.

It felt a force acting on it, not very strong, only a little over a thousand kilograms, but it slowed it down.

The effect of this force is greatly amplified, especially when running and leaping into the air.

Seeing that its speed had greatly decreased, Ning Ze smiled slightly and quickly drew his sword and rushed over.

"Now let's see how you escape!"

"Go to hell!"

That piece of animal hide was only from an F-class monster; the Longfang Blue Demon could tear it with a single claw. Even with the help of psychic powers, it couldn't entangle the monster for long.

Ning Ze approached and thrust his longsword forward. Seeing the claws coming at him, his smile deepened. He turned his sword around the claws and continued thrusting forward, leaving a sword mark on the shoulder and neck of the long-fanged green demon.

The long-haired green demon tried to escape but couldn't, and the two became entangled in a fierce battle.

Ning Ze flicked his longsword, leaving another sword mark on the monster. Every sword strike he made left a wound on the long-fanged green demon, but the monster's claws were always just a little bit away from him.

The long-haired green demon grew increasingly agitated; the threat to its life drove it into a rage. Its eyes, visible through the slits of its long hair, turned a faint blood red, like a half-blood moon.

Ning Ze sneered. He couldn't even beat him in a normal fight, and now he was just fighting like a cornered beast. His swordsmanship became even more ferocious.

He raised his longsword and thrust it forward. A flash of silver light appeared, and the long-fanged green demon actually abandoned its defense, wanting to exchange wounds with him.

Ning Ze's smile deepened, and with a flick of his wrist, he thrust his longsword diagonally forward.

Claws grazed past his side, while his longsword pierced the blood moon.

The long-haired blue demon's movements came to an abrupt halt, leaving only its body to fall to the ground due to inertia.

"Ah~ Die!"

Zuo Xingyuan roared and swung his huge broadsword forward. Although the long-haired green demon fighting him was only a low-level beast general, its speed was faster than that of an average mid-level warrior general.

This attack failed again, and he was furious. This monster was too cunning. It didn't fight him head-on at all and just moved around. It also had a lot of combat experience. Zuo Xingyuan had no way to deal with it.

Ning Ze glanced at him briefly, then turned to look at Ma Yu and called out, "Uncle Ma, let me help you!"

"Good lad, we've been waiting for you!"

Ma Yu was overjoyed. He had originally reached the strength of a warrior general with the help of gene serum. Now, his strength was inferior to that of the long-fanged green demon, and his speed was even slower. Only his exquisite agility allowed him to persevere, but the pressure was immense. Now, he had finally received reinforcements.

With Ning Ze joining the battle, the two worked together to drive the low-level warrior, the long-fanged blue demon, to the brink of defeat.

"hold head high!"

"hold head high!"

"hold head high!"

Just then, three sharp howls rang out in succession.

The frenzied, long-fanged blue demon paused in its frantic attack, then retreated like a blue wave.

Meanwhile, the long-fanged green demon that was fighting Zuo Xingyuan began to retreat under the protection of its many subordinates, and Zuo Xingyuan was unable to get close to it for a while.

Ning Ze turned his gaze and looked through the ruins of a collapsed commercial building. Countless blue figures fled into the distance, raising clouds of yellow sand wherever they went.

"That beast is cunning enough; it actually escaped!"

A cold glint flashed in Ning Ze's eyes as he looked at the long-fanged green demon being attacked by the two men. One of them had escaped, and they couldn't stop it, but this one was undoubtedly going to be killed!

He raised his longsword and thrust it forward, intending to end the monster.

"Spare the monster!"

A loud shout came from behind him from Zuo Xingyuan. Ning Ze paused, his expression strange. However, he vaguely understood what his captain meant. He slightly deflected the longsword he was thrusting out, failing to kill the monster.

As expected, just as he guessed, Zuo Xingyuan rushed over and slashed with his sword. Under the attack of the three, the long-fanged green demon was slashed to death by Zuo Xingyuan with one blow.

"what!"

Zuo Xingyuan let out a long sigh of relief. "That felt great!"

Ning Ze loosened his grip on the longsword, and blood flowed down the hilt into his palm, feeling somewhat sticky.

Looking back on the path we've traveled.

Half of the commercial buildings on both sides of the 500-meter-long street collapsed; these were destroyed by the monster.

The ground where they walked was cracked in large patches, and blood-red plum blossoms bloomed everywhere.

Corpses lay strewn on both sides, blood flowing like a river.

Many of the monsters were struggling to get up; they hadn't been hit in the head, but they had been struck in vital areas and lost their ability to move.

The remaining monsters were barely breathing, their blue fur on their bellies rising and falling, and it was unclear which one was still whimpering and howling. The monsters were incredibly resilient and had not yet died.

This time, unlike the last rat swarm, they were only chased by a small swarm of rats. Ma Yu and Zuo Xingyuan stayed behind, and there was no battle between them and the rat swarm.

This time, it's a direct confrontation! They are completely surrounded by countless monsters, with a three-headed warrior-level leader eyeing them menacingly.

Yang Chao and the others silently looked back at the way they had come, their hearts filled with mixed emotions and the joy of surviving a disaster.

Zhang Chen said softly, "If it weren't for Xiao Ze, we would have been in real danger this time."

Looking at this exaggerated scene, which he had followed step by step, Xu Liang couldn't help but mutter, "Goodness, kid, you've killed over a thousand monsters this time, haven't you? Amazing!"

Ning Ze looked down at his hands, which were soaked with blood as they ran down his arms. Each time, a little bit of blood got on them, and he couldn't avoid it all. He didn't know how many times he had been drenched during the battle.

In other words, the Qinghong Longsword doesn't get blood on it, but there's still a lot of blood accumulating on the hilt.

"I don't even know how many monsters I've killed."

"Kid! How did you become so strong? You're even faster than me?" Zuo Xingyuan asked the question that had been on his mind.

Upon hearing this, everyone turned their heads, filled with curiosity.

Ning Ze did not speak, but slowly raised his right hand holding the sword. The tip of the Qinghong Longsword pointed downwards, and Ning Ze slowly released his grip.

The light-colored longsword did not fall, but remained steadily suspended in the air.

(End of this chapter)