Light Fortress-Chapter 1422 - 184: Limit Breakthrough

The snow wind and blood mist exploded simultaneously. After the Red Dragon thrust its sheath, it didn’t pause but continued to advance, stepping on the dense branches of giant trees, giving Gu Shen no chance to catch his breath.

The frost and snow in the Pure Land Domain constantly surged, incessantly shattered by the Red Dragon’s long sword.

Within the majestic cold air, a fierce flame was burning—

Gu Shen pierced his shoulder with the sword sheath, flying nearly a hundred meters and struggling to regain balance in the air. He tightly covered his wound with five fingers, as a massive "Flame of Vitality" surged from the wound!

The Red Dragon’s short sword had not been unsheathed—

This still gave him the chance to heal his wound!

At this moment, Gu Shen completely forgot the pain, immersing himself in a realm of extreme focus and selflessness.

The end of shattered frost and snow.

The Red Dragon advanced with two swords, each movement of its cloak seeming "slow."

All perception of the world amplified under the life-and-death crisis!

"Outside speculations, the Four Divine Envoys of the Source Tower, all reside on the eleventh level of Deep Sea... positioned between one domain and two domains..."

"But the intelligence regarding the Red Dragon is clearly mistaken."

"He is far stronger than the ’Vermilion Bird,’ not at all in the same league of Transcendent."

In the brief few seconds of confrontation, a series of thoughts raced through Gu Shen’s Heart Sea.

He had once personally "observed" the duel between the Vermilion Bird Divine Envoy and Light Knight Jia Wei in the West Cave, and the pressure brought by the Red Dragon now was no lesser than Jia Wei—

This is likely a Fourth-Order Transcender!

Yet Gu Shen hadn’t figured it out.

Given the high profile of the Source Tower, if there really was a "Fourth-Order Transcender," why conceal it, placing the Red Dragon openly, which should be a far more advantageous approach.

With a Fourth-Order Transcender, other major forces would deliberately give serious attention!

The reason Source Tower does this, he couldn’t spare time to consider now.

Gu Shen refocused on his own battle—

Now he had no other choice.

"Either break through, or die..."

In the barrier set by the Red Dragon, this might be the power of the Divine Messenger Token, similar to [Nanli’s Boundary], but under Red Dragon’s control, this barrier is more powerful, more perfect.

Gu Shen was forced to engage in "a duel!"

Escape?

The possibility exists, but it’s very low!

In such a top-notch duel, there can be no hesitation; once the idea of retreat arises, the chances of survival drop to nearly zero—

"Crack!"

Gu Shen’s feet heavily landed on a tree trunk, producing a crisp sound, post-seizing the lingering power of Red Dragon’s thrust. He finally caught his breath, adjusting balance by using the tree’s force. At this moment his body was nearly vertical to the ground, twisting at the waist, sprinting toward the tree crown, simultaneously looking back at the moon, making the action of raising arms back for tugging, using the injured shoulder as a support point—

"Buzz Buzz Buzz!"

[Truth] erupted into countless silver-white arcs in the gap where the thumb and forefinger tightly pinched, transforming into the Quenched Candle Great Bow at the moment of phantom full draw!

The void reverberated with the angry roar of phantom arrows!

Gu Shen released thumb and forefinger!

This arrow shattered the hundred-meter distance between him and Red Dragon directly, reaching Red Dragon’s face the moment released!

Time seemed to freeze.

Gu Shen could clearly see Red Dragon furrow its brow, showing surprised eyes.

From the expression on the latter’s face, it was not difficult to deduce his true thoughts within the Heart Lake.

"Such a fast arrow?!"

Red Dragon didn’t expect, with his capture ability, he couldn’t even see clearly how this arrow appeared before him... Maybe because it was too fast, or perhaps because this arrow carried some peculiar Extraordinary Traits.

Within his vision.

Gu Shen pulled the string and released, and the arrow collided in front of him—

This arrow was fast.

He couldn’t dodge.

But it didn’t mean... he didn’t have other ways.

Red Dragon pushed the short sword out of the sheath with his thumb, accompanied by a scarlet bright light, radiant sword energy hacked down like a river, slicing the silver light of the arrow in the air into scattered star dust.

Gu Shen’s expression did not change much, this arrow being shattered was within his expectations—

He was holding a counterfeit [Quenched Candle].

Perhaps if it were the legendary genuine article, that S-Class or higher divine bow, there’d be a chance to transcend the realm and injure Red Dragon.

But forcing Red Dragon to unsheathe was already enough!

A sword is most terrifying when it’s in the moment before being unsheathed, the sword light filled and pressed within the sheath.

[Quenched Candle] with one arrow, pushed out the short sword!

Gu Shen continued retreating, and again drew and aimed, the effect of distance attack was excellent. He wanted to replicate the method and shoot the second round, trying to force out Red Dragon’s other trump cards... But the Source Tower’s First Divine Envoy didn’t give him this opportunity. After unsheathing, Red Dragon’s already extreme speed broke through again, this time directly breaking the sound barrier!

Previously it was Gu Shen who shot an arrow!

Now, it was Red Dragon who made himself into an arrow shot out!

"Boom!"

Vision blurred for Gu Shen, the red-cloaked figure was already above, as Red Dragon held the sword with both hands, raising arms ready to chop—

"Clang Clang Clang!"

Critical moment, Gu Shen purely relied on instinct for a counterattack! 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

He had to abandon the [Quenched Candle], relying on Truth Ruler enhancing Iron Throne, dismantling the "Iron-scaled Skin" condensed on his body surface, deploying them in the air to form twelve iron swords!

Red Dragon’s unsheathing speed was fast, yet the speed of twelve iron swords was faster!

Gu Shen captured the sword shadow of Red Dragon with spiritual power—

He dared not slacken for a moment, under such intense reciprocal attack, the defensive power of "Iron-scaled Skin" could be ignored. Red Dragon’s domain paired with blades, then matched with some "Secret Technique," could in an instant elevate the attacking force targeted at a spot to the extreme!