As the sheared peak fell, a huge black ancient bird flapped its wings, its wingspan exceeding ten zhang (approximately 33 meters).
"Kid, if you don't want to live, I'll grant your wish!"
The Black Ancient Bird flapped its wings, unleashing two enormous fan-shaped bursts of energy. But Qin Cheng remained unfazed, gripping his sword with both hands and delivering a simple horizontal slash that unleashed a massive burst of sword energy.
boom!
The Black Ancient Bird's wings easily shattered Qin Cheng's sword energy, startling him. He dodged the attack with a series of quick movements.
"Hmm? Big bird, your cultivation level isn't at the peak of the Celestial Realm, but at the True Realm!"
The Black Ancient Bird cackled, "That's right. If I didn't feign weakness, why would you hunters walk right into my trap?"
"It's been so many days, and you're the only hunter to come to my door. I'm feeling so lonely!"
Although Qin Cheng was shocked by the Black Ancient Bird's cultivation level, he also revealed a look of joy mixed with a hint of fanaticism.
"It's rare to encounter a True Rank expert, I'll fight you to the death today!"
Holding the sword with both hands, Qin Cheng raised it to the sky with another strike, his eyes narrowed, and his aura surged.
The surging power of the Heavenly Origin Force swept around, and even Lan Hua, who was far away, could feel a strong fighting spirit.
"A torrent rushing down!"
The longsword slashed down, unleashing a blade aura hundreds of feet long that hurtled towards the Black Ancient Bird.
Although the Black Ancient Bird showed a hint of seriousness, it remained calm and composed, slashing down with its right wing and unleashing another burst of energy.
boom!
Qin Cheng's sword energy and the Black Ancient Bird's aura shattered together, generating a powerful shockwave that sent Qin Cheng flying back a hundred feet.
As for the Black Ancient Bird, it remained almost completely still, which demonstrated the difference in strength.
Qin Cheng's eyes were resolute. He raised his longsword high again and unleashed a second strike, the power of which increased several times over.
With a single slash, hundreds of blade energies erupted, striking the Black Ancient Bird.
"That's interesting!"
The Black Ancient Bird flapped its wings again, and countless black sword feathers flew out, rushing towards the silver blade energy like a meteor shower.
The two powerful attacks collided again in mid-air, creating a thunderous sound and countless shockwaves.
Qin Cheng was directly knocked to the ground by the residual force of the forced summoning, creating a large crater.
As for the Blackbird, it remained steadily perched on the flattened peak.
Qin Cheng spat out a mouthful of blood, but his fighting spirit did not diminish at all; on the contrary, he became even more excited.
"I have one more move, Thousands of Rivers and Streams, are you ready?"
Qin Cheng shouted, "Are you ready?" Although he said it in front of the Black Ancient Bird, Lan Hua knew it was meant for him.
Blackbird had no intention of continuing to toy with Qin Cheng and decided to strike a fatal blow, thus preempting Qin Cheng in making its move.
A vast amount of black Yuan energy gathered around him, his wings suddenly flapped, and his bird body began to spin and dance, attacking Qin Cheng.
As the Black Ancient Bird spun rapidly, it whipped up a terrifying gale that stirred up the air currents within a radius of dozens of miles.
Qin Cheng raised his long sword and used the "Law of Heaven and Earth" technique, which produced a ten-zhang-tall Dharma image.
The power of the Dharma form, along with the Yuan energy of his entire body, surged entirely onto the longsword, unleashing a terrifying blade aura that shot towards the sky.
"The myriad streams of Dharma forms!"
With a single slash, countless blade energies struck the rapidly approaching Black Ancient Bird, clashing with its gale-force winds.
Lan Hua narrowed her eyes, knowing that Qin Cheng had used his strongest move of his life, and after this move, he would not have much Yuan energy left.
By doing this, he was completely handing everything over to Lanhua.
For someone you've only known for less than a day to be willing to entrust their back to another is not just a matter of trust, but also an affirmation of Lanhua's strength.
boom!
Even with the power of the Dharma Image, the powerful move still couldn't stop the Black Ancient Bird from unleashing its full strength. It was violently shaken and sent flying into a distant mountain, where a wisp of dust rose.
As for the Black Ancient Bird, it was also somewhat disoriented by the attack, and its breathing became unstable. Qin Cheng's swordsmanship was indeed very strong.
After this attack, the surrounding area was devastated, and one of the peaks was on the verge of collapse.
Just as the battle between the man and the bird was decided, the sky suddenly churned with clouds, and a rain of arrows fell.
Each arrow flashed with a red light, as Lan Hua used her primordial spirit to control the arrows, unleashing the "Ten Thousand Arrows Clear the Way" move. This almost exhausted the primordial spirit power in her middle dantian, and was Lan Hua's move to protect herself.
When the Black Ancient Bird saw the arrows falling, it was so frightened that it almost lost its mind.
Lan Hua's "Ten Thousand Arrows Clear the Way" move exceeded Hei Gu Niao's expectations. The timing was perfect, just when the latter's old power was exhausted, new power had not yet been generated, and his aura was chaotic.
At this moment, the Blackbird had no time to gather more strength to retaliate.
However, as a True Rank expert, Black Ancient Bird's cultivation was far superior to Lan Hua's, and in haste, it still had to use a life-saving move.
The Black Ancient Bird flapped its wings rapidly, shooting out countless sword feathers, but Lan Hua's invisible arrow was empowered by the power of the primordial spirit and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, plus the power of the immortal bow, making its power far exceed that of ordinary arrows.
The countless invisible arrows in the sky actually overpowered the sword feathers. After the barrage of arrows, the Black Ancient Bird was riddled with countless arrows, severely wounded, and its blood was everywhere.
Although the sight of ten thousand arrows clearing the way was immense, the presence of a primordial spirit controlling the arrows meant that each arrow was aimed directly at the Black Ancient Bird, resulting in minimal destruction to the surrounding area.
Although Blackbird was seriously injured, as a True-Rank expert, it still had the power to fight.
Lan Hua was taken aback, not expecting that her powerful, unexpected attack still failed to kill the True Rank expert.
The black bird roared angrily, its eyes filled with resentment, and flapped its wings as it charged towards Lan Hua.
He already knew that the person who shot the arrow had used his primordial spirit power, and that the attack that had injured him must have completely drained his body.
Killing Lan Hua at this moment would be as easy as turning one's hand.
"Fine, let's go big today!"
Lan Hua's expression turned cold. She drew the Yuehua Bow to its full extent once more, and an astonishing surge of primordial spirit power burst forth from her body, transforming into a primordial spirit arrow.
"Let me show you the power of a thousand arrows clearing a path!"
Ten thousand arrows rained down from the sky once more, this time with even greater force, because the primordial spirit in the lower dantian had been refined by the immortal-grade elixir fire, making its power even stronger than that in the middle dantian.
The Black Ancient Bird was taken aback. "Damn, how do you have such power?"
Thousands of arrows shot forth, each one containing astonishing Yin and Yang power, shimmering with black and white light.
The Black Ancient Bird hastily gathered its Yuan Power, only to see a black radiance appear on its body again, indicating that it had unleashed the Heaven and Earth Transformation technique.
However, True Celestials are different from ordinary Celestials. Their Dharma Forms can be controlled at will, and their bodies can be integrated with the power of the Dharma Forms, making their Dharma Form techniques far superior to those of ordinary Celestials.
boom!
Wave after wave of arrows, each one imbued with immense power, pressed the Black Ancient Bird down from mid-air, smashing it into the ground and creating a large crater.
The last wave of primordial spirit arrows all struck the large crater, stirring up clouds of dust.
Having exhausted all her spiritual power, Lan Hua was completely drained from her body, her face pale and she appeared very weak.
"Now he should finally be dead!"
Just as the smoke and dust were about to dissipate, another cloud of dust rose from the pit, and a huge figure could be vaguely seen flying up from the bottom of the pit—it was the Black Ancient Bird.
"To have inflicted such severe injuries on me, you... all must die!"
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