Journey to the End of the Night
Chapter 638: 569: Formation Broken
Chapter 638: Chapter 569: Formation Broken
In the boundless world, the heavy snow was like raging waves, seemingly ready to engulf Baili An’s figure at any moment.
Amidst the wind and snow, countless figures belonging only to Shu Ci appeared like a curtain of rain, with dark clouds overhead, eternal night, and long snow, as mournful winds raised Sword Qi that was as elusive as mist.
The grass and trees in all directions trembled, and a few withered leaves fluttered down from the trees. Shu Ci’s expression was indifferent, and even barefoot in the snow, she felt not the cold around her.
With her fingers curved to control the energy, the wind and snow intensified under the winter night, transforming the silent, continuous heavy snow into an onslaught resembling a thousand troops charging like dragons and snakes.
Sweeping like Demon Soldiers flanking, slashing like a brisk wind devastating the grass, it seemed as though a deep abyssal dragon surged and boiled forth in the darkness of the night.
Baili An was akin to a flame in a relentless downpour, about to be extinguished at any moment within this persistent frost of Sword Qi.
Faced with such a Shu Ci, the watching demons felt that the matter had come to a head, and he had no reason to continue fighting.
Indeed, Baili An did not continue the fight; he lifted his sword and turned, his gaze sharply finding a weak point in the offensive.
Cutting the wind with his sword, his entire Spiritual Power and the dark energy within the Corpse Pearl boiled instantly as he began to sprint amidst the heavy snow.
Unexpectedly, Shu Ci’s eyebrows lifted. It was understandable to want to flee in fear in such a situation.
But in her view, the young man should not be so foolish as to expose his back to her voluntarily.
Did he not know that this would only lead him to die faster?
Perhaps the position he chose was indeed weak, but it still harbored two of her Sword Qi avatars.
If he still intended to use the method of borrowing force from before, he might succeed in destroying one of the Sword Qi avatars with good luck.
But at that moment, the Killing Sword behind him would instantly penetrate his body, still leading to a dead end.
As Shu Ci pursued like an army of ten thousand, Baili An ran through the snow, his heavy sword dragging behind him without any intention to counterattack.
The avatars of Shu Ci standing at both sides of the valley had eyes sharp as sword tips. Their gaze was cold and numb as they slowly raised their palms, and a terrifying ball of silver-white energy rapidly condensed within.
Baili An went straight ahead, his speed increasing, treating the path before him as if nonexistent, an act of seeking death that preempted any mockery from the demon crowd, when a dark shadow burst from beneath the snow beneath his feet.
The sprayed blood burned it the air like flames, turning into a barrier that wrapped Baili An’s body into a massive fireball.
How had the Netherworld Wolf, with its head nearly cleaved in two, hidden beneath his shadow until this moment?
It was covered in bloody gaping wounds, which would have killed any ordinary Demon Beast instantly, yet it exhibited astonishing Life Force.
The injured Ferocious Beast bared its fangs, undoubtedly more terrifying and ferocious.
Its claws, like Divine Weapons, directly tore both Shu Cis’ arms and bodies to shreds.
Clouds of blood mist mournfully blossomed in the pristine world.
At the same time, the silver light in one Shu Ci’s hand exploded into a beam, piercing through both the Netherworld Wolf and Baili An’s abdomen.
The Netherworld Wolf howled in pain, its body falling from midair, once again disappearing from sight.
Baili An bit his teeth tightly, feeling an extremely intense burning in his abdomen. Without uttering a sound, he continued to rush through Snow Valley.
The narrow Snow Valley naturally made it difficult for the army-like Shu Ci to pass quickly.
The moment Baili An crossed the mountains of Snow Valley, he lifted the Heavenly Strategy Jun Mountain Sword dragging behind him, striking the mountain with the sword tip.
The snow mountain thundered like a roar. The sound came from the peak, a signal of an avalanche.
As the towering, majestic snow mountain collapsed like a Divine Pillar, ready to bury the army of ten thousand, Shu Ci didn’t recall her Sword Qi avatars. To her, the mountain and avalanche were insignificant as dust.
With no one in front, she closed her eyes and clenched her fist, punching out. Her small delicate fist burned with sword fire, releasing a terrifying, tyrannical energy, squeezing out the air around it.
The spectacular silver Sword Qi, rising from the snow-covered ground to the sky, defied the rolling avalanche, causing the entire Snow Valley to resonate with a metallic hum, as if countless Demon Soldiers were approaching, their might loud as thunder.
The mountain situated atop the earth veins was blasted into the sky with that punch, the falling rocks and snowflakes like rain and hail, softly leaving countless holes like worm-eaten spots in the thick snowy earth.
Baili An was swept by the residual Fist Intent, flung from the ground, his clothes shredded and the skin on his back split open. Had he been any closer to that Fist Intent, half his body might have blown apart.
Shu Ci emerged from the lingering dust, appearing as though walking through light fog, her expression cold and hollow as she watched the young man fall from the sky and tumble several times on the ground.
He looked disheveled but perfectly dissipated the remaining Fist Intent on his body. Blood spilled everywhere; he continued to slide rapidly towards the distance.
A crimson trail of blood was left in the snow.
Beyond the destroyed snow mountain wasn’t solid ground, but an endless frozen sea.
The sea was covered with ice several meters thick, topped with eternal thick snow interspersed with speckled mottled bloodstains.
The young man ran on the ice, the distant horizon seemingly forever out of reach.
This was the Green Leaf Small World which, in a way, concealed spatial laws, making this world not as vast as the real one.