Chapter 176: Thundercloud Storm
The immortal cut off the foursome for a short time, but in the process of teamwork, the four gradually developed a tacit understanding and bond.
The taciturn but loyal wolf takes the lead in protecting his master's future, and Kuro, who has lost his usefulness, is likely to leave Ashina after the war and start a new life on his own.
As a traveler from the "Ming Kingdom", Lu Xiao will naturally continue his journey after the situation calms down.
Yongzhen, who is about to lose his last loved one, is a little empty, as if he is the only one left in the vast world.
Yongzhen is an orphan of war like a wolf.
For Yongzhen, there are three beings who can be called relatives by her.
The first is to teach her the way of the medicine master and a lot of common sense, and the second is to teach her swordsmanship and an open-minded outlook on life...... It was the life-saving benefactor who brought her back from the battlefield and handed her over to Dao Xuan for adoption-an orangutan.
Dao Xuan and Yixin have passed away one after another, and the orangutan is about to usher in the last moment, Yongzhen is relieved that the orangutan can finally get rid of the perennial pain, but she is also saddened by the imminent death of her last loved one.
Lu Xiao didn't notice Yongzhen's complex mental activities, and most of his attention was on the ghost of resentment.
The gigantic Ghost of Resentment was not slow, he leaped back and forth in the formation of the Inner Army like a monkey, shifting his position before the Red Reserve Army launched an encirclement and suppression, so as not to let himself fall into the crowd.
The Grudge's physical strength was violently depleted in the ongoing battle, but the flames burning on his body became more and more fierce as he absorbed many unjust souls.
Seeing the Demons of Resentment wreaking havoc in his own ranks, Naomatsu sent several generals in quick succession to try to kill the enemy, but the high-ranking samurai were eventually reduced to miserable corpses.
Ii Naomatsu finally couldn't bear the continuous expansion of losses, so he could only temporarily give up the idea of capturing Ashina in one go.
"Retreat! Withdraw to the big camp outside the border, and regroup for the time being, we ......"
"Be careful, sir!"
A loyal guard flew to push Naomatsu Ino, who was giving orders, but he himself was hit by a flaming bullet thrown by the Angry Ghost, and was burned to black charcoal on the spot.
“…… Thank you for saving your life and bury him. ”
After walking around in front of the Ghost Gate, Ii Naomatsu looked at the resentful ghosts who were still playing monkey tricks in the military formation, and took the lead in withdrawing under the protection of the guards.
"Roar!"
After continuing the pursuit for a while, killing all the troops that Ii Naomatsu had deliberately left behind, the resentful ghost who had lost his goal raised his head and roared, and gradually turned his gaze to the wall where Ashina's side was stationed.
"It's time."
Lu Xiao gently patted Yongzhen on the back of the distracted Yongzhen: "You withdraw from the battlefield first, go to meet with Ichiro, and leave it to me to overtake it." ”
Seeing Lu Xiao rush towards the ghost of resentment at full speed, Yongzhen opened his mouth again and again, and finally only said a sentence of war blessings commonly used in Japan.
"May your martial arts be prosperous."
……
The Ghost of Resentment should be the last powerful enemy Lu Xiao faces in the wolf world, and although the system does not release a dedicated side quest related to it, if he is not resolved, the completion of the task of guarding Reed will definitely be very low.
When he was still a few dozen meters away from the resentful ghost, Lu Xiao took the lead in unfolding the folding crossbow on his left arm and tentatively shot a highly poisonous crossbow arrow at the resentful ghost.
The bolts were burned by the blazing flames on the enemy's left arm, and they didn't even attract the attention of the resentful ghosts who wandered around blindly.
'Such a high temperature? ’
This tentative attack made Lu Xiao determine the next battle policy, and he must not be hit by the opponent's left arm.
The only part of the Grudge that covered the flames was his head and left arm in the form of energy, and the crimson skin of the rest of the place, although quite tough, was still quite injured under the siege of the soldiers of the Inner Palace.
The ghost of resentment is not a monster of the undead system, in Lu Xiao's words, he points all his attributes on attack and agility, his own defense is relatively weak, and ordinary weapons can also hurt him.
Lu Xiao, who used his breath to block the advance, had not yet attracted the attention of the enemy, and the perception ability of the resentful ghost did not seem to be very good, and this weakness was also recorded by Lu Xiao.
"Huh!"
In the face of such a huge creature, the wounds that the Hidden Blade can cause are too small, and the energy of the Eden Holy Sword has not been fully recovered after fighting Sakura Dragon, and Lu Xiao can only rely on the immortal slash in his hand to fight the enemy.
The silent knife first slashed into the left calf of the Grudge, and this one didn't use any moves, just a tentative attack that was randomly swung with its own power.
A conspicuous wound tore open the enemy's skin, but no blood flowed from inside.
The painful ghost of resentment reacted extremely quickly, and at the same time as his legs jumped out of place, his left arm composed of flames slammed towards Lu Xiao's location in mid-air, and the surging flames transmitted the heat from far away.
Using the shrinking footwork to sideways dodge the opponent's counterattack, ignoring the dirt that was smashed by his arm, Lu Xiao once again activated the breath blocking and disappeared from the sight of the resentful ghost.
"Roar!"
Failing to hit its target, the enraged troll swung its flaming left arm and began to circle in place.
A large number of flame projectiles were thrown irregularly by him in the rotation, and the wall of flames in a circle completely blocked the path that Lu Xiao continued to approach.
For Lu Xiao, who has agility as his main attribute, it is not difficult to dodge the flame bomb attack of the Resentful Ghost, but the difficult thing is how to break through his rotating defense network.
After receiving the return sheath, Lu Xiao did not stop at his feet, completing the accumulation on the way to high-speed movement.
"Secret Legend Dragon Flash!"
Long Flash represented the answer given by the Extreme Move of Single-minded Force, and the surging crimson sword qi briefly cut a gap in the Resentful Ghost's flame-spinning defensive net, leaving a long wound in the Resentful Ghost's lower abdomen.
Realizing that this way of turning in circles could not protect himself from harm, the resentful ghost with his mind full of attacks simply gave up his defense.
The huge body moves nimbly, trying to take out enemies before they take too much damage.
"Boom!"
The flame arm, which was more powerful than the large barrel artillery bombardment of the Inner Mansion, chased Lu Xiao one after another and smashed it.
The first blow was forcibly broken through by Lu Xiao using his speed, and he drilled into a one-meter blind spot in front of his body that the ghost of resentment could not reach.
"Esoteric Legend: Flying through the Vortex Clouds!"
The continuous sword qi was completely collected by the resentful ghost under the attraction of the ultra-high-speed continuous sword momentum, and his left leg was cut out of the Dao Dao by the explosive intertwined sword qi.
The wounded left leg suddenly staggered, and the Ghost of Resentment nearly lost his balance and fell to his knees.
Seeing that his arm could not be withdrawn for the time being, the ghost of resentment simply slammed his head downwards with the same burning flame in a flash of inspiration.
"I don't need your New Year's greetings, you can keep it for yourself!"
Flipping backwards to avoid the head of the resentful ghost, Lu Xiao in mid-air charged the power of the immortal slash itself, two bright red knife marks slashed through the air, and a deep X-shaped wound was cut out of the resentful ghost's chest.
"Whew!"
The two knives didn't scrape like before, and they literally hurt the body of the resentful ghost, causing him to let out a roar of pain.
Compared to a giant monster of similar size, the Ghost of Resentment is already very agile in its speed.
However, due to his huge body, it is difficult for him to completely swing his attacks once the enemy is close to him.
Not to mention that Lu Xiao was still an agile enemy who was good at dodging with speed, and the ghost of resentment failed to hit the target with several counterattacks in succession, but further consumed the little physical strength he already had.
"It's time to finish."
The Grudge's will to fight was still strong, and the flames on his body had not yet been extinguished, but his badly injured body was beginning to lose its hold.
Dodging the Grudge's left arm again, Lu Xiao jumped onto his right shoulder, stabbed from the neck, and ran on the Grudge's back to pull out a huge wound.
When jumping away from the bitter and wailing ghost of resentment, Lu Xiao held the immortal slash high in the air, and golden thunder and lightning fell from the sky.
"Esoteric Legend: Thundercloud Storm!"
The casually named move is based on the sword technique of flying across the floating boat, and bombards the resentful ghost with flashing golden thunder.
The rapidly dancing Taidao stirred the air flow in the air to form a miniature thundercloud, and Lu Xiao, who was leading the thunder at close range, used all his strength before landing on the ground, and swung the thunder and lightning violently with the skill of slashing the name of the reed.
The thick thunder that fell from the sky completely enveloped the body of the resentful ghost, and the burnt smell of the flesh being roasted gradually spread outward.
"Whoa......"
A weaker and weaker cry came from the thunder, and at the same time that Lu Xiao landed, the resentful ghost finally lost its combat effectiveness, and its huge body fell forward and fell to the ground.
A familiar voice came from the body of the resentful ghost, and only the scarlet said with relief: "Boy, thank you for letting me get free, finally there is no trouble Yongzhen that child to do it, her character is too gentle, I am afraid that she will be self-defeating in battle." ”
"Come on, give me the final blow."