Mortal: Fairy Song Yu has issued you a task.

Chapter 42 Destroying the Enemy

The giant sword behind him, carrying a stream of dark green flames, slashed down from above, while the dark whip in front of him tore through the air with a sharp whistle.

With a flick of his right hand, Song Yu sent a talisman flying to the top of his head.

"Ding-dong—"

A clear, dripping sound spread out, and concentric sound waves rippled outwards, stirring the surrounding air.

The momentum of the Black Scale Whip was noticeably slowed by the sound wave interference, and its trajectory became distorted and sluggish.

The massive black sword, however, remained unaffected, slashing straight down and striking the rhomboid ice crystals. The ice crystals, acting as a deflector, caused the sword to deflect and strike the ground beside Song Yu.

With a deafening roar, the earth was cleaved in a deep gash several meters long, and dark green flames burned fiercely in the ravine.

The moment the ice crystal was struck, Song Yu's figure spun in mid-air, his form gliding away like a ghost, scattering fragments of stone and earth carrying with it the black flames.

The burly man surnamed Xu, having missed his first strike, didn't hesitate to draw his sword and sweep it horizontally, shouting, "Fairy Li, why not surrender! As long as you hand over all your possessions, my husband and I will let you go."

Song Yu remained silent, urging the rhombus-shaped ice crystal to block another attack. At the same time, he made a hand seal, and twelve ice needles, their tips radiating azure light, shot towards the woman surnamed Ruan like a rain of pear blossoms.

Upon seeing this, the woman surnamed Ruan hurriedly summoned her scale shield to block, but the shield was knocked away amidst a series of clanging sounds.

Her expression changed drastically, all traces of smugness vanished, and she brandished the Black Scale Whip, which transformed into a gigantic, solid black serpent with ferocious horns and a monstrous head, protecting her from all sides.

The flying needles that shot towards them were all deflected by the endlessly circling giant snake.

After blocking this fierce attack, the woman surnamed Ruan withdrew the spell, which had consumed a considerable amount of energy.

Looking at the beehive-like scales on her hand, she screamed in fury, "How dare you destroy my magic weapon!"

The burly man surnamed Xu calmly replied, "Top-tier flying needles! Why is Fairy Li struggling so much? If this continues, I may show some mercy, but my wife won't allow it. Don't blame us if you suffer a fate worse than death."

Song Yu snorted coldly: "Who will die here today is still unknown."

"You're quite the sharp-tongued little vixen," the woman surnamed Ruan said, her eyes flashing with malice. "The more you struggle, the more I enjoy it."

She uttered harsh words, but her body retreated several feet, her black-scaled whip lashing the air repeatedly. Each whip shadow transformed into a foot-long black snake with bared fangs, lunging at Song Yu.

The burly man surnamed Xu stomped heavily on the ground and leaped forward. The dark green flames of his giant sword surged, and the blade expanded to nearly two zhang in length. With an aura of destruction, he cleaved down once more.

Relying on talismans and rhomboid ice crystals, Song Yu constantly dodged and weaved to avoid the fierce attacks from both sides.

Xu and Ruan were not in a hurry to achieve victory. They maintained a steady offensive, like two cats toying with their prey. They clearly wanted to exhaust Song Yu's spiritual power and talismans before delivering a fatal blow.

In an instant, sand and stones flew through the mountains and forests, and countless trees crashed down under the shadow of whips and swords.

The three fought and retreated, and the battlefield gradually drifted away from their original location.

Just as Song Yu was entangled by several black mist snakes, causing his movements to falter slightly—

A glint flashed in the eyes of the burly man surnamed Xu, and he swung his greatsword horizontally, smashing it solidly into the rhomboid ice crystal!

clang--

The rhomboid ice crystals were blasted away, and the strong man's arms went numb from the impact.

But a sinister smile appeared on his face. Without hesitation, he threw aside the still trembling giant sword, flipped his right hand, and a golden cone more than a foot long suddenly appeared. Like a tiger pouncing on its prey, he fiercely stabbed Song Yu in the back of the heart.

At this critical moment, the rhomboid ice crystal several meters away shot back at an incredible speed.

A piercing metallic scraping sound rang out, and the precious cone actually carved a groove in the ice crystal.

Just as the burly man brushed past the ice crystal, the ice crystal flashed with dazzling light.

Caught off guard, the burly man was struck by the intense light, and his soul felt as if it had been hit by a heavy hammer, causing him to suddenly become dizzy.

His tall body lost control and crashed to the ground face down like a wooden stake.

With a flick of his fingers, Song Yu redirected the twelve flying needles that had been entangled with the woman surnamed Ruan, aiming them directly at the unconscious burly man.

"Don't hurt my Xu Lang!" the woman surnamed Ruan shouted angrily, trying to wake the strong man, while at the same time her black-scaled whip lashed out at Song Yu.

But a cold, moon-like blade of light was faster than her whip.

Lin Jingchu, leaving several afterimages, darted out of the dense forest like a ghost, his leaf-splitting blade aimed straight at the woman's neck.

The woman surnamed Ruan instantly turned pale and instinctively lashed out with her whip in defense.

With a snap, the long whip, which had been retracting, shattered the long knife in Lin Jingchu's hand with a single blow, and the whip tip, still undiminished in its momentum, then swept across his afterimage.

When the woman surnamed Ruan saw that Lin Jingchu had come back to life, he was only a wax figure with a silver spear, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

But she didn't have time to think about anything else, because the burly man surnamed Xu had just come back to his senses and was struggling to get up.

As the woman surnamed Ruan turned around, she activated a talisman, and a layer of spiritual light shielded her.

At the same time, she lashed out with her black-scaled whip, which transformed into a giant black snake that coiled around the strong man, shielding him from the deadly blue needles.

However, just as she turned around, the blades flying everywhere suddenly gleamed with a cold light, and the fragments, like butterflies flitting among flowers, drew strange arcs in the air and instantly pierced through the protective shield.

Thud, hiss... the sounds of sharp blades piercing flesh rang out one after another.

The woman surnamed Ruan's body trembled violently, and the giant black snake that was struggling against the flying needles gradually dissipated.

"Xu... Lang..." Her lips moved slightly, and she murmured, "Run away quickly..." Before she could finish speaking, her body shattered and scattered.

In the instant the woman died, a black shadow with a wingspan of nearly ten feet swooped down from the sky, its sharp claws carrying a gale, and fiercely grabbed at Lin Jingchu's back.

The howling wind behind him startled Lin Jingchu, who quickly spurred the giant black mirror that had been hovering beside him to turn around and just in time to receive the blow that shattered gold and stone.

Having failed in its first attack, the demonic bird immediately flapped its wings, preparing to return to the sky.

However, Lin Jingchu would not let this fleeting opportunity slip by.

He made a hand seal with his left hand, and the Mist Mirror spewed out mist light to freeze the shape of the demon beast. At the same time, he did a somersault and flipped his wrist, changing his grip on the hilt from normal to reverse.

The gray-feathered falcon let out an angry cry, flapped its wings fiercely, and the wind blades instantly shattered the mist.

However, this delay—

The fallen leaves returned to their original positions, forming a blade, and a huge, cold, crescent moon illuminated the twilight forest.

Blood splattered as the Grey-feathered Falcon's right wing was severed, and it rolled to the ground with a mournful cry.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye. Just as the burly man surnamed Xu got up, the Falcon Demon was severely injured. With the secret technique combined, he also coughed up blood.

Before he could recover, twelve more green needles pierced through the dissipated snake shadows and advanced towards him. His hair stood on end, and he barely managed to summon a tortoise shell to defend himself.

clang--

The tortoise shell blocked the first flying needle, but the next eleven needles crashed into it one after another, merging into one and transforming into a foot-long blue crystal needle, which then pierced through the tortoise shell and through the heart.

The burly man surnamed Xu swayed as he looked at the intact bodies of Lin Jingchu and his wife, and gave a bitter smile: "This time, we've lost."

After saying that, he collapsed to the ground, his breath ending.

Only the level 3 falcon demon remained on the field, struggling and crying out.