Chapter 74: Chapter 66: Two Tigers Fighting
On this day, the great army of the Qingyang Tribe faced a catastrophe.
Du Chengfeng was slaughtering them, killing them with the utmost speed. Even the Broken Horse Long Saber in his hand had abandoned the obsession with techniques, gradually revealing its inherent ferocity. As the blade flashed, numerous soldiers of the Qingyang Tribe were torn apart by the invisible blade, falling to the ground like harvested wheat.
And the surging evil qi of the battlefield would transform into Du Chengfeng’s weapon, making the invisible blade even sharper and the blade in his hand even more frenzied.
But if you wanted to talk about frenzy, it was still the nearby giant bird of flesh and blood.
Du Chengfeng was merely slaughtering, but the flesh and blood giant bird was consuming whole. The right arm that had been halved by Du Chengfeng’s slash had already grown back, becoming thicker, covered in bear-like fur, while the withered arms protruding from the thirteen wings on its left arm continuously scooped up the soldiers on the ground, stuffing them into He Xiqing’s bird-like mouth.
It wasn’t just the soldiers from the grasslands; even the severed limbs and shattered flesh on the ground were grabbed by those withered arms and shoved into He Xiqing’s bird mouth, the blood-drenched maw on the right arm, and even into that bloody head, into those tooth-filled eyes.
"Eat, Ah Xuan! Eat! Eat more, and you’ll grow stronger!"
As he muttered, He Xiqing kept fervently stuffing those scattered pieces of flesh into its mouth, like stuffing a duck.
And its deformed body continued to grow, continued to swell.
This made Du Chengfeng frown.
"Not enough."
The more the slaughter went on, the tighter Du Chengfeng gripped the handle of his blade.
Not enough, just this quantity was not enough. He initially thought he could become stronger through slaughter, thus gaining the power to fight this fleshy monster. But who would have thought that the monster could also grow stronger through slaughter, even just by eating corpses.
That invincible War God figure surfaced in his mind once again, but this time, the figure had turned into a monster.
Can he really defeat this terrifying monster?
"Yes, I must."
With a sweep of his blade, more than ten prairie horsemen were cut in half at the waist.
It wasn’t that there were no prairie horsemen who chose to resist. Some even with exceptional skills managed to dodge the sharpness of the Broken Horse Long Saber, rushing close to Du Chengfeng—but immediately, an Ancient Great Axe struck the face of the prairie horseman, ripping open half of their skull.
To maintain his full strength, Du Chengfeng specifically revisited the bandit hideout mid-battle, retrieving this great axe from Li Carpenter.
If a person has two hands, naturally they should wield two weapons.
Then, what about those with thirteen hands?
"Hahahahahahahaha——"
Thirteen giant scimitars gleamed brightly under the scorching sun, as the monster transformed by He Xiqing laughed maniacally, almost resembling the legendary Golden-winged Bird King!
Looking up at the distant fleshy giant bird, Du Chengfeng clenched his teeth.
With both blade and axe, Du Chengfeng gazed skyward at the fleshy giant bird.
Eyes met.
The fleshy giant bird took flight on the spot.
"It’s the southern monster! Retreat quickly!"
Flapping awkwardly, from its bird mouth came hoarse cries.
"Ah Xuan, don’t be afraid, big brother will avenge you, after we’ve eaten our fill, after we’ve grown stronger, big brother will definitely, definitely avenge you..."
"Don’t run!"
Realizing something was wrong, Du Chengfeng widened his eyes in anger, hurriedly riding his horse to give chase.
But the running warhorse, in terms of speed, could never match the flying fleshy giant bird.
Even if its flight was comically awkward.
Yet in this moment, Du Chengfeng couldn’t muster a smile.
"Don’t run! Come back here!"
Riding furiously, Du Chengfeng galloped faster than ever before. No matter what, he absolutely couldn’t, wouldn’t let that fleshy giant bird have time to continue devouring.
But no matter how he pursued, the fleshy giant bird always soared above the azure sky.
Just as He Xiqing often said, blue is the color of the sky, they belong to the sky.
"Come down to me!"
Spurring his horse and lifting his blade, Du Chengfeng thrust the Broken Horse Long Saber fiercely towards the sky!
Driven by bone-chilling killing intent, the invisible blade surged upward, as if intending to pierce the heavens!
"Eek! How fierce! How terrifying!"
Mid-air, the fleshy monster screeched, throwing all thirteen giant scimitars outward!
The massive scimitars spun out, filled with bloodthirsty force, crashing into the invisible blade, shattering it in mid-air!
"You!"
Instinctively, Du Chengfeng raised his blade and axe, his spine tensed like a dragon or tiger.
The dual forms of dragon and tiger, a variation of the Dragon Form Slash, Twin Dragons Fall.
"Buzz——"
The invisible blade, entwined with biting cold wind, surged upward, shredding all thirteen giant scimitars to pieces in an instant.
Even the half of the giant bird’s wing sprouted a huge, ice-crystal-laden gash.
"Boom!"
The fleshy giant bird, which had just been soaring in the sky, crashed down, its massive body striking the ground, raising a storm of blood.
And He Xiqing’s face began to howl.
"It’s father’s axe! Run, Ah Xuan! Run!"
Shouting as such, the beast-like right arm of the giant bird propped itself on the ground, allowing the giant bird to rise once again.
Soon after, the fleshy giant bird sprinted forwards.
"Father! You died so tragically! I will avenge you! I will take revenge! After Ah Xuan and I eat more, grow stronger..."
"Wailing now? Too late!"
Seeing the fleshy giant bird land, Du Chengfeng immediately rode to chase.
But after just a few steps, Du Chengfeng suddenly furrowed his brow.
For he had already realized, the reason for the giant bird’s sudden lament.
The long saber and great axe in his hands had shattered at some point.
It proved that this Broken Horse Long Saber indeed couldn’t handle the weight of the Dragon Form Slash’s force.
Even the Ancient Great Axe was the same.
"There’s still, I still have a chance..."
With his robe open, seventeen short blades were revealed.
But just as Du Chengfeng was about to stake his life, the fleshy giant bird abruptly halted.
"Ah Xuan, can you not run anymore?"
As it spoke, He Xiqing’s hawk-like bird beak suddenly opened wide, forcibly swallowing the bloody head whole beside it!
"Then let me devour you! Weren’t you willing to give everything for me? Then let me eat you! After devouring you, we can survive! After devouring you, we can take revenge!"
The bloody head was devoured whole, and from He Xiqing’s right side, a membrane wing covered in fuzz was forcefully stretched out!
With a flap, the creature known as He Xiqing flew into the sky.
"I’ll be back! I will devour you!"
"..."
Stopping his now nearly exhausted horse, Du Chengfeng lifted his head, watching as He Xiqing flew away.
Then, turning his horse around, he continued his pursuit of the fleeing remnants of the Qingyang Tribe.
Even if the axe and Broken Horse Long Saber had reached their limits, it still wasn’t his limit.
"Next time, next time we meet, I will surely kill you."
The crimson bloodlust gathered in Du Chengfeng’s eyes, transforming them to resemble those of a mighty beast.
On his skin, faint scales had already begun to surface.
