Chapter 428 - 427: Terrifying Strength

Chapter 428: Chapter 427: Terrifying Strength

"Heh... you’ve already lost a wing, and your power has plummeted," Lian Shuang said with a wicked smile, her gaze locked on the Great Peng King whose wing had been severed. "I think you’ll be the easiest one to kill!"

The Lian Shuang of today was like a completely different person.

At this moment, she was so terrifying that even these Great Demons couldn’t help but shudder.

They could tell that the woman before them was not only astonishingly powerful, but utterly ruthless.

Fear filled the eyes of all five Great Demons.

They knew that if this woman truly fought to the death, she had a real chance of taking one of them with her.

This was especially true for the Great Demon with the severed wing. Its eyes flickered; though furious, it was also deeply worried.

With one wing gone, its flight speed was diminished, putting it in real danger in a close-quarters fight.

"Hmph! We’re all in the Nascent Soul Realm, and we’re incredibly fast. As long as we’re careful, it won’t be that easy for her to get what she wants." However, after a moment of apprehension, one of the Great Demons spoke in a low voice. As a Great Peng of the Nascent Soul Realm, it was still confident in its own flight speed.

"That’s right. We of the Peng Race possess incredible speed. How could she possibly kill us!" The other Great Pengs nodded in agreement.

"Attack! Crush her! But don’t kill her. That bitch dared to threaten us; we’ll make her suffer a fate worse than death."

"Right. We’ll keep her alive and make her our slave."

The Great Demons’ faces twisted with savage expressions.

They were mighty Nascent Soul Realm existences, Great Demons violent by nature. Even with awakened intelligence, their fundamental instincts were impossible to change.

KILL!

Then, the five Great Demons exchanged a look and attacked Lian Shuang.

SWISH!

The four Great Pengs attacked at once. Dark patterns shimmered on their wings, manifesting massive pairs of pinions that blotted out the sky as they slashed toward Lian Shuang.

At the same time, one Great Peng manifested a phantasmal projection of its curved beak, which pecked forward and pierced through the Void itself.

The Crocodile King manifested a giant clawed hand that swatted down at Lian Shuang from above.

In an instant, the five Great Demons attacked from five directions, their powerful assault engulfing the entire Void.

Before the attacks even landed, the terrifying Power behind them caused the Void to ripple and distort, layer upon layer.

From a distance, the Void roiled like a stormy sea.

Lian Shuang stood firm in the air, her robes whipping about as if she were in the eye of a hurricane.

Facing the sky-blotting assault, Lian Shuang remained perfectly calm, the light in her eyes growing ever colder.

And within that coldness was a trace of utter mercilessness.

"If that’s how it is, then even if I die, I’ll take two Great Demons down with me," a cold voice escaped her lips.

An incredibly powerful aura then began to condense around Lian Shuang. The blue Treasure Sword in her hand pulsed with an unnerving blue light.

The sword light rippled outward like gentle waves, yet each flicker of light seemed capable of reaping a soul.

"Kill!" Lian Shuang cried, her body becoming a blur as she shot across the Void.

From a distance, the blue-haired woman looked like a celestial maiden, sword in hand, flying into battle. Her movements were ethereal and peerless, possessing an otherworldly grace.

Her sword seemed to slowly pierce the Void. She, too, drifted slowly through the sky. Everything about her movement seemed traceable, yet it was so elegant and beautiful—like the sword dance of an immortal—that it was utterly mesmerizing. Even the five Great Demons found themselves captivated by the grace of her strike.

"A sword strike this ethereal...!"

"A sword technique like this... it’s not of the mortal realm!"

"Such a woman... If I could take her as my pet, my eons of cultivation wouldn’t be in vain!"

The Great Demons were completely mesmerized by Lian Shuang.

A woman like her was a rarity in this world, captivating enough to stir the hearts of even Demon Beasts.

A sword dance of an immortal, ethereal and peerless, as if she were untouched by the mortal world.

But just as the Great Demons were lost in their fascination, the Long Sword passed through their attacks, causing them to disintegrate. The giant claw manifested by the Crocodile King instantly shattered.

The force of the other attacks couldn’t touch her at all.

Lian Shuang’s Long Sword was unstoppable. As if piercing through space itself, it instantly appeared before the Crocodile King.

The Crocodile King was still reeling in shock from his Divine Technique being so easily shattered.

’So fast!?’ But before the thought could even register, Lian Shuang’s sword was already before its eyes.

SWISH!

A flash of sword light—ethereal, peerless—pierced straight through the Crocodile King’s head.

The sharp radiance of the blade blossomed, tearing its body to pieces. Even its Nascent Soul was caught in the light and ripped apart, bit by bit, until it was utterly destroyed.

And so, the Crocodile King perished, its body falling in countless pieces into the mountains below.

Lian Shuang withdrew her sword, her expression cold and remote. She stood poised in the air, robes fluttering, radiating an air of peerless grace.

In that single strike, Lian Shuang had not only killed the Crocodile King but had also evaded the other four Great Demons’ attacks.

"He’s dead!"

"The Crocodile King... is dead?" The four nearby Peng Demons were shaken, their faces masks of disbelief.

"This girl... she’s so strong!" Now, the four Great Pengs felt their hearts pound in terror.

Even as Nascent Soul Realm Great Demons, their gazes toward Lian Shuang were now filled with dread.

This woman’s power exceeded their expectations.

"Perhaps she only has the strength for one more attack!" the four Great Demons exchanged glances.

At this moment, they no longer dared to underestimate Lian Shuang.

And at this moment, Lian Shuang moved.

SWISH!

She struck again, her body a blur streaking across the Void—another sword dance of an immortal.

This time, she went straight for the Great Peng with the severed wing.

Seeing Lian Shuang attack again, the four Peng Kings were stunned.

They were supposed to be the ones ganging up on Lian Shuang.

But now, she was the one hunting them down.

It felt surreal, like a dream to the Peng Kings.

After all, their opponent was merely a Quasi-Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator!

"Attack! Kill her together!" After their initial shock, the four Peng Kings exchanged a look and launched their assault on Lian Shuang.

The four Peng Kings attacked in unison to intercept her.

Instantly, Peng Wings sliced horizontally through the Void.

Giant claws tore through the Void, glinting with a vicious light.

Each of the four Great Demons’ strikes was immensely powerful. Attacking together, they had more than enough power to kill a Quasi-Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator.

Even an ordinary Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator would likely be slain by such an onslaught.

But Lian Shuang did not hesitate in the slightest. She flew through the Void, pressing forward relentlessly.

She and her sword had merged, becoming one with a singular will.

The blue sword light arced through the Void like a comet.

Such a sword strike was clearly not something an ordinary Quasi-Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator could execute.

This required a peerless genius utterly devoted to the sword, one who possessed a true Sword Heart, to unleash such an ethereal strike.

BOOM!

Wherever the sword light passed, it shattered the Great Demons’ attacks one by one.

The Sword Qi released from the blade tore the Void apart.

At the same time, the blossoming Sword Qi shielded Lian Shuang, preventing the other attacks from harming her in the slightest.

In a mere instant, every single attack manifested by the four Great Pengs was utterly crushed.