Chapter 188: Brute Force
Chapter 188: Brute Force
Whirr!
The high-speed sword cut through the air with vibrating speed, its blade lifting a cluster of silver light.
“Get lost!”
Miharai’s hair at her forehead was cut off. She let out a panicked shout and quickly retreated.
Fang Jing just gave a cold smile. His ordinary-looking sword created a series of afterimages. Each afterimage was the trajectory of the Nenshin Jikishu Style’s secret sword “Remnant Dragon Return”—this “secret sword” emphasized speed and endurance. It required the swordsman to fully unleash his physical strength in a very short time. While maintaining the acceleration of the draw, it utilized a twisting of the wrist to form multiple slashes, continuously releasing god-speed cutting techniques.
But since the wielder was Fang Jing, he could rely on his powerful basic attributes to execute this high-speed secret sword, which focused on explosive power, as if it were an ordinary slashing skill—with his strength, speed, and physique attributes all nearly at 10 points, he was a “superhuman” with physical abilities beyond human reach.
“Hah—!”
He exhaled slowly and unhurriedly, bending his knees at the same time. He channeled power into the foot supporting his center of gravity, then took a step forward that kicked up a burst of dust.
Faster and more terrifying than his body was the sword in his hand. The white blade flashed, and a wind like sword energy soared upward. Miharai tried to dodge, defend, and pull away, but even so, she could not evade the rapidly moving, elusive blade.
Swish, swish!
Everything happened in a brief moment, less than a second.
Her wrist and the sole of her foot were cut off again. Miharai knelt on the ground, letting out a beast-like roar.
Then a silver light stabbed forward. This straightforwardly swung blade pierced through her open mouth to the back of her head.
Miharai let out a painful scream from her mouth, her hands and feet convulsing. Her tongue was also mashed, unable to form coherent sounds.
“See, this is what I meant!”
Fang Jing gave a cold, stern laugh, the corner of his mouth lifting. With a shake of his sword, he shattered Miharai’s head into pieces using the high-speed sword. Fragments of the skull, brain matter, and blood scattered on the ground. Without hesitation, he stepped forward and turned his gaze toward the fair-haired young man on the other side.
Even after seeing his companion tortured by Fang Jing, “he” just stood there, the expression in his eyes as indifferent as if watching insects fight.
“‘Interstice Phantom Mist’ affected our perception, no wonder no one else noticed the ‘mark’ on you!”
At that second, he slowly spoke: “Human, my name is ‘Ju,’ the Clan Heir of the Phantom Jaw tribe. You are indeed worthy of dying by my hand.”
The young man seemed draped in a layer of black mist. He began to transform from a human form into a Corpse Hound state. His golden hair turned black and grew continuously, dragging on the ground like beast fur.
In an extremely short time, he turned into a bear-like black Corpse Hound, extending crimson claws.
“Save those big words for your dreams!”
Fang Jing sneered disdainfully, raising the “sword” in his hand.
In the next instant, the two moved simultaneously. Fang Jing took a step, dashing with explosive momentum toward the young man named Ju, while the latter charged at full speed in his Corpse Hound form.
Their two figures instantly collided. Sword and claw met in mid-air, emitting a dull, heavy metallic sound.
After the first strike, Fang Jing and Ju, one human and one beast, had already flashed away more than ten meters. Then sword and claw clashed again, producing a sizzling sound and a series of sparks.
Raisu and Kitano were completely dumbfounded from the moment this chaotic battle began.
Even now, they still couldn’t fully understand what was happening.
What kind of show was this?
“What happened? Who is that young man?”
Kitano’s mouth hung open. Even with his keen eyesight, he couldn’t fully track the trajectory of the other’s sword swings. That speed was simply not something a human could achieve. Moreover, the opponent could toy with an Elder Class Corpse Hound using only sword skills. Such sword technique and speed were beyond imagination.
“Don’t ask me… but one thing is certain—what he’s holding is definitely not an Exorcism Blade.”
Raisu gripped his own Exorcism Blade. His eyes couldn’t keep up with the complete picture of the intense battle. The young swordsman spun around, releasing a storm of slashes, while the fierce Corpse Hound had claws wrapped in crimson solar flames. Claws and blade met like a dense hail of bullets.
Boom, boom, boom!
Holding up his long blade with both hands, Fang Jing continuously pursued the enemy, fighting while moving. The ferocious beast also kept counterattacking. Both the human and the beast moved as fast as lightning.
“Scram!”
The black Corpse Hound first did a backflip, narrowly avoiding the deadly arc drawn by the blade’s edge. At the same time, it roared like thunder, swinging its claws. A crimson light caused the air to shake violently. Blade-like claw strikes turned into sharp shockwaves rubbing against the atmosphere, flying toward Fang Jing like vacuum slashes.
Fang Jing dodged the wind-blade slashes entwined with red light. Wherever the red-tinged claw shadows passed, not only was the air torn, but even the ground, ceiling, and walls were split in two.
“Inner Ghost Gate, open for me.”
He gave a low shout, while relying on his powerful leg strength to initiate a charge, he activated an Inner Ghost Gate inside his body. A power gate within the pore spewed out a dragon-like flame, which circled inside his body, igniting the Essence Qi source within his frame like internal pressure.
“Slow!”
A ferocious smile curled at the corner of his mouth.
After deciding to open the Inner Ghost Gate, the world’s second hand, in his eyes, slowed down even further. Unconsciously, the surrounding scenery at that moment seemed like a poorly synchronized movie animation. All the scenery increasingly entered the realm of slow motion.
—Dust flying up;
—Ash drifting down from the ceiling;
—Hairs from the black Corpse Hound, cut off while moving, floating in the air;
—Or the claw shadows, flashing like red lights, tearing through the air.
Yes, every trajectory could be clearly captured.
“You… are too slow!”
He took a step easily, closing the tens of meters between himself and the Corpse Hound “Ju” in just one move.
At that moment, Fang Jing reached out and pressed his hand against its head, his whole body ready to exert force.
In the space of a breath, a brute force like a tsunami, overwhelming and crushing, erupted.
Bang!
The only feeling the Corpse Hound “Ju” had was that its head was being hit by a heavy bulldozer. Its mind went blank in that instant.
The force pressing on its head suppressed its feeble resistance. It was an extremely primal, violent power that it could not contend with.
The next second, with a heavy crash, Fang Jing pressed its head and slammed it against a wall with his palm.
The first wall was smashed through. Fang Jing and the Corpse Hound disappeared simultaneously.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Several more consecutive heavy crashes sounded. Raisu and Kitano only felt the ground shake and sink beneath their feet, as if a small-scale earthquake had occurred nearby.
They rushed to the wall hole where dust was scattering and saw that the room next to the hall, and the room next to that, had been punched through with a series of broken wall holes by that earlier brute force impact.
On the other hand, the human and the beast had also vanished.
The two could only gasp in shock.
“What’s the use if it’s not an Exorcism Blade? Does he really think he can kill a Corpse Hound with an ordinary sword?”
Kitano couldn’t understand. He glanced sideways and noticed that the female Corpse Hound Fang Jing had cut earlier had suddenly disappeared.
“She took advantage of the chaos to run away. Besides her, Myojin Rogenzai also slipped off earlier.”
Raisu let out a deep sigh. “As for why he didn’t use an Exorcism Blade, I guess the reason is simple…”
“Why?”
“Because… maybe that person isn’t a Fang Hunter at all.”