novelraw Chapter 1319: Teammates as Useless as Pigs
Chapter 1319: Teammates as Useless as Pigs
"You’re absolutely right, nothing is scarier than an incompetent ally," Han Yan laughed even more brightly.Originally, she didn’t want Huayue and the others to reveal their trump cards too early. She was worried that in a fierce battle, they might be forced to use their innate divine abilities prematurely. Lv Junran’s seemingly clever choice played right into her hands. Although Zhao Feng and Tie Zheng were stronger than Huayue and the others, they couldn’t harm them a bit when outnumbered two to one.
As for her, facing three opponents alone seemed hopeless to Lv Junran, but for her, it might not be too difficult.
"Go!" Seeing the increasingly bright smile on Han Yan’s face, a sense of unease abruptly emerged in Lv Junran’s heart.
With a dragon roar, three longswords comparable to demigod artifacts once again attacked Han Yan. Afraid of delays, all three spared no reserve, each delivering a blow with full force.
"Wind Dragon, Sword Dance!" Lv Junran lightly murmured, as his sword burst with light, like a gray dragon dancing against the wind, unleashing endless sword power.
No matter how Han Yan saw his strength, an eighth rank Sword Master was by no means weak.
"Buzz!" Among the dragon roars, Han Yan’s Cold Sky Sword also unsheathed suddenly.
"Nine Heavens, Star Fall!" With Han Yan’s cold voice, a sword light slashed toward Lv Junran like a meteor.
Facing an eighth rank Sword Master opponent, she too was giving it her all.
"Seeking death!" Seeing Han Yan attacking him with full force while ignoring Zhao Han and Liu Rulong, Lv Junran sneered and cursed.
Although from the power of this sword it was clear that Han Yan’s true combat power far surpassed Liu Rulong and Zhao Han, the two of them were still sixth rank Sword Master experts. Even if Han Yan was strong, she was still flesh and blood. How could she possibly block their joint strike without any defense?
"Is this Han Yan insane? Even if she defeats Lv Junran with this sword, being hit by Zhao Han and Liu Rulong would leave her badly injured if not dead. In the end, it would still mean a loss!"
"I guess she has no choice. Her subordinates are far less powerful than others, so she can only take a risky gamble."
"This isn’t a risky gamble; it’s outright seeking death!"
"Perhaps she fears losing too badly and is trying to save some face. This Han Yan is quite spirited after all," the audience below speculated in shock.
Anyone could see that even if Han Yan’s sword overpowered Lv Junran, facing the combined strike of Zhao Han and Liu Rulong still spelled disaster. It wouldn’t change the final outcome at all, except perhaps hurting Lv Junran, making him miss the next round, and dragging someone down with her.
At that moment, a sudden change occurred.
Two oddly-shaped longswords suddenly shot out from Han Yan’s left hand, targeting Liu Rulong advancing from the left.
But all of Han Yan’s Qi was concentrated in the sword strike of Star Falling in Eight Desolates, and these two flying swords were clearly weak, as if casually thrown.
"Panic, Han Yan indeed panicked. Throwing out two broken swords like this is good for scaring kids, but poses no threat to a sixth rank Sword Master," someone sighed, shaking his head.
Lv Junran hadn’t anticipated this move from Han Yan either. Looking at the two pieces of rubbish weakly flying toward Liu Rulong, he almost burst into laughter, if not for Han Yan’s powerful sword slicing directly towards him.
Liu Rulong didn’t pay any heed to the powerless, crooked swords and easily flicked them away with a swipe.
"Boom!" A loud explosion, sandstorm erupted.
All that could be heard was a muffled sound from Liu Rulong as he was continuously pushed back.
The stage fell into dead silence, and those who were previously chattering all widened their mouths, speechless, even Lv Junran and Zhao Han were momentarily dumbfounded.
Other than those who knew Han Yan’s secrets, only she remained with a face of calm and severity.
During her days in the Shangyue Country, aside from chatting with her grandmother and cultivating, she was not idle, forging several Heavenly Flying Immortals.
As her strength grew, the requirement for sealing these in a sword also increased, so-called divine weapons weren’t sufficient. Fortunately, her studies at Long Yan Academy paid off, and both her sword casting technique and sealing technique improved. Although the Heavenly Flying Immortals she forged couldn’t seal her full strength, upon explosion, it could release power equivalent to a fourth rank Sword Master’s full force blow.
Such power couldn’t kill a sixth rank Sword Master like Liu Rulong, but catching him off guard could give him a tough time, more importantly, it provided Han Yan enough time.
Seeing Liu Rulong being continually pushed back, Zhao Han finally regained his composure and continued to slash at Han Yan.
"Roar, Master I’m here, I’m here, which blind fool dares seek death this time!" At this moment, a beast roar came from the sky.
A formidable and fierce beast descended from the sky, scanning its surroundings before slapping towards Zhao Han’s head.
Zhao Han, who had just come to his senses, was stunned again and reflexively swung his sword at it.
Though it was only a beast soul avatar, unable to unleash its full power, Taowu was sent flying by his sword. However, the advantage of an avatar is that as long as the original is unharmed, it has no life concerns.
"Ow, ow, dare to strike the original, I’ll scratch you to death!" Taowu was sent flying but quickly lashed back, clawing towards Zhao Han’s vital areas.
The audience below was dumbfounded once again. Was this Han Yan’s sword pet? This shameless sword pet was a first for them.
Han Yan was also deeply chilled, just as expected from being stained by the likes of Zirong, even one of the four great fiends, Taowu, was corrupted by his presence.
With no further worries, Han Yan composed herself, continuing her powerful sword strike towards Lv Junran.
The explosive power of two Heavenly Flying Immortals equating to a fourth rank Sword Master still couldn’t actually harm Liu Rulong. Taowu’s beast soul avatar was also limited in power, incapable of prolonged combat, so she only had the chance of this one sword.
However, Han Yan had absolute confidence in this one strike.
"Come on then." Lv Junran never expected that his elaborate schemes would fit precisely into Han Yan’s plan, regrettably, his Wind Dragon Sword Dance was also executed with full force, leaving no opportunity to change tactics, forcing him to bite the bullet.
Two sword lights, one like a falling star, the other like a dragon ascending the Nine Heavens.
As sword lights crossed, a thunderous explosion rang out, and the blinding blue and white lights pierced one’s eyes painfully.