Singing with a Sword

The following is the main text of the novel "{?$article_title?}" ({?$jieqi_title?}) provided by {?$jieqi_sitename?}. Please enjoy! Yi Ranxiao gripped Meng Da's clothes tightly, urging, "Brother Meng, if you go up, Xue Wuyai will kill Lao Mo and the others, and then he'll kill you too! If you don't go up, at least you can save your life! I know you value loyalty and righteousness, but you must be rational! We can't let your Flying Leopard Squad be wiped out!"

Upon hearing this, Meng Da's face showed a struggle, and just then, Xue Wuyai shouted again, "Aren't you coming up? Hmph, fine."

For a moment, there was silence on the shore. After a while, Xue Wuyai's voice came again: "I'll kill one person first!" Then a scream was heard. The scream came from a mercenary!

"Ah Cheng!" Meng Da's pupils constricted. This Xue Wuyai had actually killed his own brother! In an instant, anger surged through Meng Da's chest. He abruptly broke free from Yi Ranxiao and roared, "Let me go up! I can't just stand by and watch my brothers die!"

"Meng Da, you need to be rational!" Yi Ranxiao roared as well. The one above was a powerful expert of the Night Realm, how could a cultivator of the Transcendent Realm possibly contend with him?

How could Meng Da remain calm? His Flying Leopard mercenary squad had fought together for many years, their bond was incredibly deep. How could someone as loyal and righteous as him escape alone?

"Yiranxiao! If you don't let go, I'll kill myself!"

Yi Ranxiao was stunned for a moment. It seemed that in Meng Da's life, brotherhood was as important as life itself! Helpless, Yi Ranxiao chose to let go of his hand, and Meng Da immediately swam back to the lake and went ashore.

"Oh, why are you the only one who came up?" Xue Wuyai was a little dissatisfied, but he also knew that Yiran Xiao and Lao Mo didn't have much of a relationship, so it would be strange if he came up. Meng Da was enough.

Old Mo and the others had already guessed what had happened. Seeing Meng Da come up, they couldn't help but say angrily, "Meng Da, why don't you leave! Coming up here is just suicide!"

Meng Da gave him a bitter smile, "How can I abandon you all and live on alone?" Old Mo and the other mercenaries sighed. It seemed that their Flying Leopard Mercenary Team would disappear from history today!

Meng Da, however, still held a sliver of hope for survival. He said to Xue Wuyai, "I'll hand over the Demon-Slaying Executioner, and you can release us!" Xue Wuyai replied, "You don't know my character. I've always liked to wipe out the enemy completely, so... hehe, today is your death day!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a powerful pressure was released!

Meng Da was immediately paralyzed! Then, a flash of blood-red light appeared in Xue Wuyai's eyes!

call out!call out!

Two streaks of blood-red light instantly reached Meng Da's eyes! But Meng Da couldn't move an inch! He could only watch helplessly as the blood-red light flashed before his eyes! He remembered how Xue Wuya had used this very blood-red light to blast the giants' heads to pieces!

Is Meng Da's head going to be blasted to pieces by this bloody light today?

Whoosh!

Suddenly, a black object appeared out of thin air! It blocked Meng Da's path just in time!

Clang! Clang!

The crimson light struck the black object, but it failed to penetrate!

Upon seeing this, Xue Wuyai laughed, for the black object was none other than Yiran Xiao's beheading. This kid actually made it up! Haha, it seems I can get two treasures today! Xue Wuyai was overjoyed.

Immediately, Yi Ranxiao jumped out of the lake, came to Meng Da's side, and grasped the decapitation weapon.

"Brother Yi, why are you up here again?" Meng Da asked in surprise. Yi Ranxiao smiled helplessly and said, "Who can blame me for having a chivalrous heart? Leaving someone in distress is not my style!"

Meng Da felt somewhat ashamed. Yi Ranxiao's coming up here was actually... practically suicide! If he had gone with him, Yi Ranxiao wouldn't have needed to come up, and he could have saved his life. But what about now?

"Brother Yi, it's all my fault!"

Yi Ranxiao smiled nonchalantly and said confidently, "Brother Meng, we haven't lost yet!" Meng Da looked at Yi Ranxiao in disbelief. Did this guy still think he could defeat Xue Wuya?

In fact, no matter how far apart your skill level is from your opponent's, as long as your tactics are exceptionally ingenious, you still have a chance to win! Although the probability is extremely small, as long as you try your best, there is still hope!

Xue Wuyai laughed loudly, "Boy, I am a Nightfall Realm cultivator, while you are only at the seventh level of the Transcendent Realm. How can you fight me? Hmph, you can all die!"

Two streaks of blood-red light shot out once more! Even faster than before! One aimed directly at Yi Ranxiao, the other at Meng Da! Both men simultaneously raised their weapons to defend themselves!

Clang————

Yi Ranxiao took three large steps back before regaining his balance! But Meng Da, along with his Demon-Slaying Cudgel, was thrown away by the shock! His strength was still a bit weak, and his Demon-Slaying Cudgel was a level below the Decapitation Executioner!

With just this one strike, Xue Wuyai severely injured Meng Da, reducing his fighting strength by half!

"Boy, the sword in your hand is indeed quite good." Xue Wuyai looked at Yi Ranxiao. The reason this kid was able to block his blood light was entirely due to this sword! This shows just how precious this sword is!

"But you won't have another chance!" A flap of wings appeared on her back, and from each wing flew a black creature—these were blood bats! The blood bats frantically lunged at Yi Ranxiao!

Xue Wuyai understood that the blood light he was shooting out could only travel in a straight line, and his opponent could block it with just a raised heavy sword. So he released blood bats to attack!

These blood bats were agile enough to dodge Yi Ranxiao's heavy sword, and their numbers were enormous! They swarmed towards Yi Ranxiao like a dark cloud covering the sky! It was practically an army of bats!

Yi Ranxiao immediately straightened up, flipped her hand and took out the green sword. Then she began to move, following a special route—the Misty Shadow Step was used, and Yi Ranxiao charged towards the bat army!

With so many blood bats, if we're surrounded, what chance do we have of survival? Seeing this, Lao Mo, Meng Da, and the others all warned, "Brother Yi, don't rush in!"

But Yi Ranxiao suddenly increased his speed and plunged into the swarm of bats! Xue Wuyai sneered repeatedly when he saw this. In his life, he had fought against countless enemies, and none of them who were surrounded by his bat army had ever survived!

To deal with such a large swarm of bats, one should retreat while making attacks, but this fool, in order to show off, actually plunged headlong into the swarm of bats.

court death!

But that's just their opinion. They don't understand Yi Ranxiao at all, let alone her Divine Thunder Sword Technique! They are even less aware of Yi Ranxiao's glorious victory in taking on multiple opponents, including the Divine Fist Gang and Chen Dasheng's group!

Whoosh~whoosh~whoosh~

Yi Ranxiao immediately used the Misty Shadow Step, constantly shifting and dodging, thrusting out the green sword from different angles.

Boo~hoo~hoo~

The Divine Thunder Sword Technique is as swift as lightning!

Puff~Puff~Puff~

With each step, more than a dozen bats fell vertically from the sky. However, the swarm of bats was too thick for Meng Daxue Wuyai and the others outside to see. They thought that Yiran Xiao was about to be torn to pieces by the bats.

Xue Wuyai stared at the swarm of bats with shining eyes, smacking his lips with delight. His blood bats weren't simply biting and killing cultivators; they were absorbing their essence and vital energy. The more they absorbed, the greater the benefit to the bats.

"But I'm really lucky this time. I ran into such a stupid fool who actually crawled into my swarm of blood bats." Happiness came too suddenly, and Xue Wuyai was quite happy. After killing him, he could get the heavy sword and let the blood bats have a good meal.

Although Lao Mo and Meng Da were worried, hope still shone on their faces. They desperately hoped that Yi Ranxiao could come out alive! They didn't want to see Yi Ranxiao die!

Xue Wuyai looked at them mockingly and said, "Hehe, you don't need to wait anymore. In less than a minute, that idiot will be reduced to a skeleton. Hehe, now I'll send you on your way too!"

Meng Da and the others' expressions hardened; it seemed they were doomed to total annihilation today. Xue Wuyai's face suddenly turned terrifying, and a murderous aura erupted from him—

But just then, Yi Ranxiao's voice suddenly rang in Xue Wuyai's ears: "Who said I'd turn into a skeleton?" Xue Wuyai was shocked and looked over. He saw the swarm of bats thinning at a visible rate, and only then could everyone see what lay within—

The ground was littered with the corpses of bats!

Yet Yi Ranxiao was completely unscathed! He shifted his position constantly, his green sword moving with fluid grace, his footwork and swordsmanship perfectly coordinated! With each strike, the green sword swiftly sliced ​​through the bodies of several bats!

The bats around Yiran Xiao had become so sparse that only a few remained, putting up a stubborn resistance, but in the end, they all perished under his sword.

Xue Wuyai stared in disbelief at everything. His Blood Bat army had been so easily killed? How could this be? In an instant, boundless astonishment and rage surged into Xue Wuyai's heart!

"You brat, I'll make you wish you were never born!"

call out! call out! call out! call out! call out! call out!

He unleashed six streaks of blood-red light in quick succession! Each one shot towards Yi Ranxiao like a sharp arrow! This time, decapitation was no longer an option! Yi Ranxiao immediately used the Mysterious Shadow Step!

Whoosh~whoosh~whoosh~

Yi Ranxiao moved like the wind, his figure swaying, dodging left and right, narrowly avoiding the six blood-red beams of light! But when he stopped, he looked over and found that Xue Wuyai was nowhere to be seen!

"Brother Yi, he's behind you!" Meng Da and the others immediately reminded him!