Damn it! Let's smash the darkness together!-Chapter 1210 - 132: Battle of the Human Ranking

Layer upon layer of golden shields formed before him, like iron walls, a full seven layers, immensely solid.

"What is this?" Yan Hui cursed, seemingly a bit surprised, but his sword momentum did not stop. With a swift slash, he shattered a layer of shield.

"This lethality is only slightly weaker than Wu Liuzhi’s Breaking Word Technique!" Xu Shu immediately felt a chill in his heart, gaining a clearer understanding of the enemy’s strength.

He was not a fool. To stand firm in this situation would be the same as being a sitting duck, so he held up his shield and fought defensively, trying to become a moving fortress.

However, in the eyes of a top "Grandmaster," this might be no different from a snail.

Yan Hui, true to his name, was like a swift swallow darting through the void, constantly slashing.

During this time, Xu Shu couldn’t catch even a single opening of Yan Hui, couldn’t touch him at all.

In the clanging sound of slicing, sword light and shields continuously clashed and shattered.

After seven consecutive slashes, Xu Shu’s "Iron Wall" that was beyond ordinary people’s imagination was thoroughly broken.

"Bad!"

Xu Shu’s heart sank, knowing that he had already fallen into the rhythm of this Martial Arts Grandmaster.

If this continued, it wouldn’t end well. In the open terrain of the forest, a "Grandmaster" could exploit his movement technique to the fullest, while Xu Shu couldn’t even touch a corner of his opponent’s robe.

Seeing more and more cracks being cleaved open by the sword light around him as if by an axe or chisel in the air and earth, yet another fierce Sword Qi shot from behind, Xu Shu immediately stood his ground, turning his body into shining gold.

Jingwei Filling the Sea!

Seizing this opportunity, Xu Shu aimed and bit at the opponent’s sword—only to bite empty air, receiving a sword strike to the waist. With a clanging sound, the muscles of his waist clashed with the sword blade, sending countless phantom sword shadows flying, while the ground sank three meters once more.

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Used to his unerring "Swallow’s Return" technique, which failed to even scratch his opponent’s skin, Yan Hui was utterly astonished.

Although the "Dragon Elephant" was famous for its tough hide and hard to kill, encountering a "Dragon Elephant" with this level of toughness was a first, even for someone as experienced in the ranks as him!

"Opportunity!"

Xu Shu seized the moment of Yan Hui’s shock, reaching out with a large hand, inching along the opponent’s sword blade, preparing to disarm barehanded.

However, Yan Hui’s long sword trembled and immediately turned into countless afterimages, like a volley of arrows, covering every part of Xu Shu.

In an instant, the encompassing strike made Xu Shu ring with metallic sounds all over, absorbing more damage, and the pressure grew exponentially.

Amidst the infinite sword shadows, a point of purple glow suddenly soared, circling Xu Shu’s waist dozens of times before Yan Hui thrust Xu Shu upward.

Whoosh!

"Strength from the ground," Xu Longxiang’s steps faltered, his body involuntarily floated, like a helium balloon, tossed high into the air.

Four ounces move a thousand pounds!

Almost simultaneously, "Purple Qi from the East" Yan Hui, this ranked master, assumed an exceptionally peculiar stance.

He crouched with his legs bent, holding a sword in his left hand near his left chest, drawing two intersecting circles on the spot.

In an instant, purple mist lingered on the ground, as if swallows chirped and flew in groups, bringing forth an exceptionally bright full moon, condensed into existence!

Where the dreamlike Yue Hua shone, the void solidified, and rippled!

Witnessing this scene, the previously cursing "Butcher" Zhang Runzhi suddenly fell silent.

He knew the outcome was decided, Xu Shu, this rising star of the ranks, was doomed.

Yan Hui’s move was his signature skill, said to have killed everyone who ever saw it.

But in reality, since Yan Hui was merely ranked two hundred fifty and not number one, it was naturally impossible to truly kill everyone who saw it, and there were indeed quite a few who could recognize this move.

For instance, Zhang Runzhi knew the name of this sword move—When the Swallow Returns, the Full Moon Shines on the Western Tower!

Recognizing it doesn’t mean this legendary skill lacks power, and it wasn’t the first time Zhang Runzhi collaborated with Yan Hui, having seen him use this move to slay the fierce life-proclaimed Nagoul Demon Commander with one sword strike!

The strength of "tricksters" was certainly evident to all, but being hit by this move meant certain death!

Zhang Runzhi was reassured.

"End it—"

Yan Hui pointed his long sword diagonally, aiming to completely extinguish the battle.

He knew, without the ground’s support, the "Dragon Elephant" could neither evade this sword nor withstand it.

No one at the Third Rank had ever survived under the "Full Moon on the Western Tower."

Never!

Invincible, always so lonely... Yan Hui, with an untroubled heart, sheathed his sword, turned, and strolled away, while the full moon soared unstops, directly piercing beneath Xu Shu.

It seemed as if everything had ended.

At that moment, while suspended in mid-air and unable to move, with only a helpless gaze watching the full moon soar and seemingly about to cleave him in half, Xu Shu suddenly broke into a smile.

His body didn’t move, yet he vanished in a flash, without any warning, as if traversing through time and space, reappearing within the array surrounded by six... no, now four Holy Knights.

He withdrew a "Wear Nine and Carry One"!

"..."

Yan Hui sensed something was off, hastily stopped in his tracks, and incredulously looked back.

Only to see the full moon shatter Xu Shu’s illusion, slicing through the air and long night, soaring hundreds of meters before finally dispersing into the nighttime.

Missed the target.

Against a stationary target, he missed the mark!

How could this be possible?

Where is he?

Yan Hui looked around in bewilderment, finally directing his gaze at the "Apocalypse" array set by the Holy Knights.

Xu Shu was inside, smiling at him, flipping him the middle finger, as if saying two words: "Idiot."

"..."

Yan Hui’s pupils shrank as he leaped back repeatedly to the front of the array, shocked as he addressed Xu Shu: "How did you do that?"

"Take a guess?" Xu Shu smirked, though inwardly he felt far from relieved.

What he saw around him, besides Xie Xiaochan, Lu Bingwei, and Yan Huoxing still struggling to hold on, all other teammates, including the so-called Third Rank Late Stage Ali, were already crucified, with their fate unknown.

"This is bad..." Xu Shu felt his heart sink, quickly pondering how to escape.

Earlier, he had fought against eight, catching them off guard, killing two, but the situation had not improved, rather worsened.

Firstly, even at the cost of his life, he might not be able to kill the now-alert "Purple Qi From the East."

Secondly, Zhang Runzhi was recovering rapidly, who knew what tricks he had employed on the contract, those he betrayed were still tormented by the contract ghost baby, but he was gradually escaping from the "serious injury" state, regaining combat strength.

Is this the strength of the top three hundred on the Human List?

Eventually, with the combined effort of rank 274 and rank 250 on the Human List, his own situation would only get worse, no, he must find a way to get out of here!

Xu Shu frowned.

Zhang Runzhi had already moved forward, applying Holy Water to his wounds while urging: "Yan Hui, why are you still talking nonsense? Quickly kill them, the longer you wait, the more dreams will form!"

Yan Hui frowned, though curious about Xu Shu’s escape technique, he knew Zhang Runzhi was right.

Now that the opponent had returned to the confines of the array, whatever tricks he had wouldn’t matter, he surely couldn’t use them again in a short time.

Thus, Yan Hui nodded, giving a signal to the remaining four Holy Knights.

Immediately, the four exerted even more effort, the entire array frequency accelerated to the extreme, buzzing as if ready to refine everyone inside.

At this moment, Xu Shu unexpectedly stood up, holding a box, looked at Zhang Runzhi, and said: "Despicable..."

Zhang Runzhi sneered at hearing that: "I’m despicable? Ha, the law of the jungle has always been the rule in the Extraordinary Realm, rules are rules, they weren’t set today, kid, your title is worthless, how naive can you be?"

Xu Shu: "Despicable..."

Zhang Runzhi paused: "But it’s good to have more useless women and children like you in the world,"

Xu Shu: "Despicable..."

Zhang Runzhi coldly laughed: "Is that all you can say?"

Xu Shu bizarrely repeated: "Despicable oh~ oh~"

"..." Zhang Runzhi’s smile suddenly froze.

He finally realized, Xu Shu wasn’t saying anything at all!

That eerie, rhythmic "despicable" sound wasn’t coming from Xu Shu’s mouth, it came from the thing he was holding.

It was a peculiarly shaped, seemingly wooden music box!

Almost simultaneously as he realized the issue, a large oppressive sound expanded outwards.

"Despicable~ despicable~ despicable~ oh~"

"Despicable~ despicable~ despicable~ oh~"

As this dizzying song accompanied, a massive passage suddenly opened up from within!