This was the third time Lu Zhaozhao recited the mantra for rebirth.

This time the location was at the edge of a swamp. The wreckage and splattered blood were swallowed up by the swamp. Compared with the previous open space and dense forest, it could be considered tidy.

In just two days, the number of people slaughtered had reached 120 to 130. This number should have been a draw, but the people of the eight clans still did not stop.

Nan Rongrui is from the Guhuo bird clan. She can emit a bewitching cry in the middle of the night. Anyone within her attack range and whose cultivation is not as good as hers will be attracted by her voice and walk towards the designated location together.

She used this skill to gather a large number of demons, who were killed before they were fully awake and used as pawns to pass the level.

The Eight Clans seemed to be trying to force Lu Zhaozhao to compromise. Whenever she got the news and rushed to the scene, she would see rivers of blood and corpses everywhere. Sometimes it was Nan Rongrui, sometimes it was Tushan Xixiang, and sometimes it was Jie Yi.

Sometimes, when she met Nan Rongrui on the road, she would go up to him and talk to him, but the words she said were not that touching.

Lu Zhaozhao walked on the path, his steps a little messy.

She had just received news that Nan Rongrui had once again used his chirping technique in a place far from here. As she hurried towards him, demons, attracted by the chirping, would pass by her from time to time, heading straight for somewhere.

Lu Zhaozhao had tried to rouse them. She grabbed passersby, shook their shoulders, and yelled at them to wake up. She even channeled her Qi into them, attempting to blind their senses and block out the chirping, but to no avail. Nan Rongrui's attack wasn't simply transmitted through sound; it penetrated the protective layer of flesh and struck directly at the heart. Without a strong mind, even the most conscious of emotions wouldn't be able to resist.

After realizing this, Lu Zhaozhao gave up the possibility of forcibly waking him up and instead tried to reach the slaughterhouse in advance to stop this bloody scene.

But unfortunately, she has missed three chances so far.

This is the fourth time, and the scale is even larger this time. If nothing unexpected happens, this should be the last time.

He rushed all the way and arrived without bleeding.

Lu Zhaozhao breathed a sigh of relief and looked around. There were more demons coming this time. Not counting those who had not yet arrived, there were more than fifty of them, forming a large circle.

She hid her hands in her robe and made a sword gesture, preparing to forcibly suppress the chirping sound.

Just as she was about to strike, the gathered demons suddenly made way for a path. At the end of the path stood Nan Rongrui and Changyu Lanshan.

"Guan Nan, it's not worth it to go against us for them." Nan Rongrui now showed her original form. The Guhuo bird spread its wings, stirring up a gust of wind and waves. The beast's eyes looked at Lu Zhaozhao coldly, without any charm.

Lu Zhaozhao did not answer. The sword in his hand flew out and stabbed at them along with the bamboo sword.

Changyu Lanshan moved in front of Nan Rongrui, his hands turned into tiger claws, and he took the fierce sword attack.

The bamboo sword was clamped in his hand, but his expression was ferocious.

"Damn, why is this thing so hot?" Changyu Lanshan cursed in a low voice.

"Be careful!" Nan Rongrui's cry came from behind. Chang Yulanshan immediately looked up alertly, but a figure had already appeared in front of him.

Lu Zhaozhao grasped the hilt of the bamboo sword with one hand, used it as a fulcrum, and kicked forward, hitting Changyu Lanshan in the face.

bang——

Changyu Lanshan was suddenly struck hard, and flew backwards. The moment his hand gave way, Lu Zhaozhao drew her bamboo sword, silently reciting a mantra, and scriptures appeared on the sword. She raised her hand and swung it, and an explosion sounded where Changyu Lanshan had stopped.

The smoke had not yet cleared, and there was no movement in that corner.

Lu Zhaozhao made a sword flower and pointed the sword at the Guhuo bird that Nan Rongrui had transformed into.

"Stop!" she shouted.

Nan Rongrui laughed sharply and said, "Even if I stop them now, they won't be able to recover. This is my clan's secret technique, you can't decipher it."

Lu Zhaozhao frowned, a hint of murderous intent flashing in her eyes, which was caught by Nan Rongrui. She said coldly: "You still want to kill me? For these untouchables?"

"Don't you want to kill me too?" Lu Zhaozhao said as he thrust his sword forward. "The alliance was fake. I sensed something was amiss when you lured me into the fortress. I figured it out after you killed so many people and didn't stop."

"What do you want to understand?"

"I've figured it out. You never intended to form an alliance with anyone else. As for the personal guard selection, as long as all the other participants are killed, no matter what the Demon Lord thinks, he will have to choose you. As for your initial talk of pushing me to the top, it was actually just a scam to keep me going. You didn't intend to let this position fall into the hands of others."

Nan Rongrui was chirping while dodging Lu Zhaozhao's bamboo sword. He was unable to split himself between the two and was almost stabbed in the vitals by the bamboo sword several times. As the bamboo sword passed by, a lot of long-feathered bird feathers fell to the ground.

"Are you ready? She knows everything. If I don't take action now, I can't hold on any longer!" Nan Rongrui shouted, his voice sharp and piercing.

"I understand." Changyu Lanshan's voice came from behind.

Lu Zhaozhao glanced sideways, thinking: That attack just now really couldn't hold him back for long. However, the situation was urgent, so she could only attack Nan Rongrui first.

At this moment, Nan Rongrui was covered with scars, and his few remaining sparse wings were soaked with blood, drooping and curled up, looking extremely miserable.

She was forced into a corner by Lu Zhaozhao and was dying.

Only the last sword is left!

Lu Zhaozhao picked up the bamboo sword and aimed it at her vital points. The power that had been accumulated for a long time burst out at this moment, turning into a sharp arrow and rushing towards Nan Rongrui.

"boom--"

Something descended from the sky, like a mountain pressing down on their heads, separating Lu Zhaozhao and Nan Rongrui.

Lu Zhaozhao stepped back quickly to avoid the attack. When he looked up, he saw nine huge fox tails falling from above.

A strange beast walked out of the smoke, which reminded Lu Zhaozhao of a sentence in ancient books: Its appearance is a tiger body with nine tails, a human face with tiger claws.

"Is this Lu Wu's true form?" she murmured in a low voice.

"You forced me to reveal my true identity. Today you deserve to die!" Changyu Lanshan's voice, accompanied by a faint tiger roar, resounded through the sky.

"That depends on whether you have the ability to do so!" Lu Zhaozhao turned the sword and prepared to attack.

Changyu Lanshan attacked first, his sharp tiger claws stabbing straight at the throat.

Lu Zhaozhao defended with his long sword, and activated Qingyang swordsmanship, which was no less powerful than the tiger claws in a head-on collision.

The sharp claws drew a flash of fire on the sword, and Changyu Lanshan used his body to force Lu Zhaozhao to retreat repeatedly.

When his hind legs hit the tree trunk, Lu Zhaozhao gritted his teeth, stopped retreating, and held his sword horizontally to block the tiger's claws.

Lu Wu's original human face was exactly the same as his incarnation. Lu Zhaozhao and Changyu Lanshan were very close to each other, and both had bruises on their faces.

Changyu Lanshan said in a deep voice: "Today is the day you die!"

Lu Zhaozhao smiled instead of getting angry and whispered, "Do you know what your biggest mistake is?"

Without waiting for Changyu Lanshan's response, she continued, "You chose a moonless night to lure me here by the lake, thinking this was your home turf. Little did you know, this place suits me just as well."

As the words fell, a whole volume of scriptures appeared on the sword body. The restraining power of these scriptures on demons was self-evident. Changyu Lanshan loosened his claws due to the burn.

Lu Zhaozhao took the opportunity to use the scriptures as a prison to imprison Changyu Lanshan who wanted to counterattack and Nan Rongrui who was waiting for an opportunity.

The bamboo sword reflected the moonlight, and the splashes of water broke the moon's shadow in the lake.

The falling water drops created ripples on the surface of the lake.

A sword that was almost the same size as a bamboo sword was condensed from water and stood in the air, breaking away from the water.

As the moonlight fell, thousands of water swords condensed into a whole.

The lake was mysterious and dangerous. Changyu Lanshan, who was far away on the shore, felt the pressure and tried desperately to break free from the cage, but the scriptures could not make a cut except for burning his claws.

Nan Rongrui on the other side also felt fear. She was already exhausted and it was even more difficult for her to break the cage. She shouted: "We promise not to be your enemy anymore. From now on, we will be selected based on our own abilities."

Lu Zhaozhao turned to look at her, his eyes covered with frost from the sword techniques.

Nan Rongrui saw the murderous intent in her eyes and screamed: "If you kill me, my clan will not let you go..."

Before she could finish her words, Lu Zhaozhao had already raised his bamboo sword and swung it down. Ten thousand swords fell at once, reflecting the moonlight, and a sense of desolate beauty descended from the sky.

Nan Rongrui and Chang Yu Lanshan's eyes were bloodshot. At this moment, they were like lambs to be slaughtered, unable to move forward or backward, and could only wait for the sword to fall.

"Second brother, save me!"

When Nan Rongrui's voice was heard, Lu Zhaozhao couldn't help but frown.

She was a little confused. Are there other Guhuo birds here?

While I was distracted, a black shadow appeared in the air.

His back was like Mount Tai, his wings like clouds drooping from the sky. He straddled the rain of swords across the ground, as if to block all attacks with his own body.

"Then let's see which is stronger, your back or my sword!"

Lu Zhaozhao stared at the strange beast and chanted the incantation without hesitation. The bamboo sword led thousands of swords to fall and hit the wings hard.

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