xymnovel Chapter 975 Azure Dragon 3 vs. Guardian Black Tortoise!
Chapter 975 Azure Dragon 3 vs. Guardian Black Tortoise!
Xuanwu was half a head taller than Li Cunxiao. Dark aura burst forth from the top of his head, instantly condensing into a three-zhang-tall phantom of Xuanwu. Dark gold runes flowed between the patterns on its tortoise shell, and every scale gleamed with a cold light.
"clang!"
When Li Cunxiao's Azure Dragon Qi collided with the Black Tortoise Shield, sparks flew everywhere. A strange light flashed in the eyes of this fierce general—he clearly felt that his Qi was like a mud ox entering the sea, with seventy or eighty percent of its force being dissipated by that seemingly heavy tortoise shell.
Immediately, a burst of light erupted from the blade. The golden-inlaid sword that Li Cunxiao had snatched transformed into nine afterimages, slashing towards Xuanwu's face. Before the blade even arrived, the sword energy had already plowed a seven-foot-deep trench in the ground.
Xuanwu neither dodged nor evaded; his two maces crossed like door panels, and golden swastika patterns suddenly appeared on his protective shield.
"Ding! Xuanwu skill True Martial Effect 3 has been activated again, increasing attack power by 6."
Xuanwu's current martial prowess has increased to 136!
Amidst the clanging of metal, the nine sword marks left only white marks on the shield.
"Nine Azure Dragons Appear!"
Li Cunxiao felt a slight numbness in his tiger's mouth and a faint metallic taste rose in his throat. He suddenly took a deep breath, retreated three steps, and his iron-gray qi surged.
Nine powerful azure dragons rose from behind him, their roars echoing through the valley. The foremost dragon shook its head and tail, its sharp claws tearing through the air as it reached for Xuanwu's throat.
"Ding!"
The Xuanwu double maces suddenly split and thrust, the left mace striking the Azure Dragon's reverse scale, and the right mace picking at its tail tip, pinning all nine mad dragons to the void. The collision of their qi created bursts of air waves that sent the nearby Qian army staggering about.
"What a coward!"
Li Cunxiao wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, then suddenly plunged his golden-inlaid sword heavily into the rocky ground. Immediately, his iron-gray qi burrowed into the earth like a living thing, and the entire battlefield suddenly trembled.
Suddenly, eighteen powerful earth dragons emerged from the rock crevices beneath Xuanwu's feet, baring their fangs and claws to tear at Xuanwu's lower body.
The defensive master sneered, plunged his twin maces into the ground, and his protective shield suddenly sank, transforming into a giant, black tortoise cast in bronze and iron.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The earth dragon crashed into the tortoise shell with a muffled thud, breaking seven or eight of its sharp teeth. Suddenly, Xuanwu opened its mouth and spat out eight streams of qi that formed ice cones, pinning the remaining earth dragons back into the ground.
"General Li has a fierce aura; why not try the defensive methods of Xuanwu?"
Xuanwu's voice was as low as a bell, and his double maces slowly drew an arc. The surrounding air suddenly froze, as if it were being gripped by an invisible giant hand.
The morning mist in the valley was already thin, but now it condensed into fine water droplets around Xuanwu, refracting a seven-colored halo under the rising sun.
Li Cunxiao wiped away the blood splattered on his brow bone, plowed a three-foot-deep furrow in the ground with his bronze spear, and blinked as he looked at Su Ye, who was faintly visible in the morning light behind Xuanwu.
He then burst into laughter, and the iron-gray aura around his body surged, gathering into a phantom of a blue dragon above his head. The dragon's head was held high towards the sky, and its whiskers stood up like steel needles.
"Azure Dragon Probes with its Claws!"
With a roar from Li Cunxiao, the bronze spear emerged like a silver dragon from the sea, its tip condensing a ten-foot-long piece of iron-gray qi that transformed into a tangible dragon claw aimed straight at Xuanwu's face. The rocky ground could not withstand the pressure of the qi and crumbled inch by inch, with fragments of stone shooting out like hailstones.
"Ding! Li Cunxiao's skill Flying Tiger effect one has been activated twice again, increasing his martial prowess by 1."
Li Cunxiao's current combat strength has increased to 143!
Xuanwu didn't even lift its eyelids. Suddenly, it crossed its two maces and raised them upwards. The scales on the maces shone brightly, and black qi surged out from the maces, condensing into a phantom of the Xuanwu sacred beast, which was more than ten feet tall, in front of it. Its tortoise shell was as cold as iron, its snake tail was winding and swirling in the wind, and its head was raised high. Two crimson snake eyes stared at Li Cunxiao, who was rushing towards it.
"clang!"
The bronze spear slammed heavily onto the tortoise shell of the Xuanwu phantom, the sound of metal colliding with stone echoing through the valley.
Li Cunxiao felt his arm go numb, and sparks flew from the tip of his spear against the tortoise shell, but he couldn't budge it an inch. Suddenly, the snake tail of the Xuanwu phantom lashed out like a whip, and the dark energy turned into a gale, making Li Cunxiao's battle robe flutter loudly.
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"What a hard shell!"
Li Cunxiao roared and retreated, but Bi Yan's black gold chain suddenly wrapped around the rock wall, and his body rose several feet higher with the momentum. The iron-gray energy in the air condensed into a blue dragon again. This time, the dragon's body actually spiraled down and rushed straight at Xuanwu Tianling.
"Flowing clouds and returning winds!"
The Xuanwu double maces suddenly danced into a screen of light, the mace shadows overlapping and transforming into nine dark halos.
Each halo was etched with tortoise shell patterns, interlocking seamlessly. When the iron-gray aura dragon collided with the halo, it was dissipated layer by layer, scattering like fireflies.
"Ding! Xuanwu's skill Zhiming effect three has been activated again, increasing attack power by 5."
Xuanwu's current martial prowess has increased to 141!
Suddenly, cheers erupted from the Yellow Turban army watching the battle in the valley. Even the Liang brothers, Liang Fang and Liang Lin, were stunned. Zhuque frowned high up, her Burning Heaven Bow already nocked three white-feathered arrows, but she still did not fire them. She knew how strong Xuanwu's defenses were. At least in the world at present, she could not think of anyone who could break through Xuanwu's defenses one-on-one.
"Can you hide forever if you can only hide for a while?"
When Li Cunxiao landed, the rocky ground cracked. He stared at Gu Changqing, who had been dragged to safety by the Qian army behind Xuanwu, and suddenly grinned. Then, his aura suddenly turned dark gold, and dragon scale patterns appeared under his skin.
"war!"
He gripped the spear with both hands, using Bi Yan's mace as a fulcrum, and the bronze spear shot out like a javelin!
The dark golden energy wrapped around the spear transformed into a ferocious dragon head, its mouth wide open as if to devour the sun and moon.
Xuanwu finally changed color, and its double maces plunged into the rocky ground. Suddenly, all the scales on the maces lit up, and dark energy surged out from the ground, condensing into a Xuanwu Dharma image several meters high around it—its tortoise shell was carved like black jade, its snake tail scales were clearly visible, and the Big Dipper phantom appeared above its proud snake head.
"clang!"
The bronze spear pierced heavily into the tortoise-shaped center of the Xuanwu statue, and the dark gold and black qi clashed violently, exploding into clouds of mist in the morning light.
Li Cunxiao felt the recoil from the spear like a tidal wave crashing against the shore. Blood droplets from the split in his tiger's mouth splattered onto the Xuanwu Armor and were burned to ashes by the qi.
Suddenly, the snake tail of the Xuanwu true form lashed out like a whip, and the dark energy transformed into a vortex of gale. Li Cunxiao retreated seven steps, his boots carving deep furrows in the rocky ground. Looking at the unharmed Xuanwu, he suddenly gasped for breath.
"You old dog! I'll take your head next time!"
He suddenly looked at Gu Changqing behind Xuanwu, and Bi Yan grabbed the golden-inlaid knife on the ground, slicing through the air and pointing it directly at Gu Changqing.
A flash of golden light appeared, and while Xuanwu was rescuing Gu Changqing, Li Cunxiao had already rushed into the rear of the Wuxiong Guard formation and fought his way back to Hulu Valley.
In the valley, the crossbows of the Azure Dragon Legion on the east and west cliffs had been reloaded, and the sound of the ballista's winch and the clash of weapons once again intertwined into a blood-red symphony.
At the valley entrance, Gu Changqing picked up the blood-stained gold-inlaid knife from the ground, watched the Azure Dragon Legion retreat like a blue torrent, and suddenly laughed three times, laughing so hard that blood gushed from his wound.
"Well done, Li Cunxiao! Well done, Yellow Turban Army!"
The old general's golden sword suddenly flashed, its light like a cascading silver river, shattering the remaining flag on the general's platform.
"Such a figure is hidden among the Duke of Su's troops!"
Gu Changqing then used the Golden Inlaid Blade to support his body, turned his head to look at the tattered Xuan Iron Heavy Armor on Xuanwu's body, and sighed with an ambiguous meaning.
"This battle has only just begun, and we've already lost nearly 30% of the elite troops of the Wuxiong and Chongyan Guards... a loss of nearly 20,000 elite soldiers!"
Su Ye paid no attention to Gu Changqing's inexplicable emotions, but looked at the Calabash Valley in the morning light and suddenly shook his head.
"Elite troops can be trained again, but morale must not be lost!"
Gu Changqing wiped the blood off his knife and looked toward Qiandu.
The flames that had shot into the sky had turned into wisps of smoke, and only Meng Zhang's banner fluttered in the morning breeze, its blue dragon pattern gleaming with dazzling golden light under the rising sun.
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