Chapter 56

These vines are the hero's armor: Guardian of Nature.

Xueman looked at the hero's transformation in utter shock. Then she saw the big guy roar to the sky.

The earth spider hovering above the Fortress of Earth Guardian suddenly felt a terrifying pressure: Wrath of Nature.

Even the air around him seemed to reject him, and then the world's movement suddenly stopped, making time feel nonexistent.

The earth spider's thoughts also froze in that instant, but his memories became incredibly chaotic, as if he were back in the familiar old house of his childhood, seeing the person he hated the most.

Even Xueman's thoughts froze, and her past memories surged up, as if she had personally returned to that autumn of parting a year ago, with the person she longed for and herself still the same.

What was happening?

The gourd heart inside the hero was forced to unleash its strongest talent: Time Exile!

He didn't have the leisure to exchange blows with the opponent, which would be suicide. He had to take advantage of the situation and reveal his strongest trump card to break through in one strike.

The hero could only make time exile last for a few seconds.

The hero picked up the girl behind him and prepared to break through. As long as he risked his life, he could escape far in those few seconds.

At this moment, a shocking wave blade slashed from a mile away, as if the world were split in two.

A second ago, a blue-haired youth with sharp eyebrows and a handsome face had already arrived a mile away. The hero's sudden outburst also surprised him. Since he was not within the range of Time Exile, he felt even more fear and instinctively distanced himself.

But his combat experience was extraordinary. When he was at an absolute disadvantage in strength, such a desperate outburst was only for a breakthrough.

How could he let the hero take Xueman away? She was his prey!

His body had already acted ahead of his consciousness, relying on instinct. As the hero prepared to carry Xueman away, his soul emblem had already activated, and his body exuded a momentum that could destroy heaven and earth.

He was a disciple of the Mad Blade School, one of the eight major schools of the Destruction System!

With a blade in hand, all life perishes.

The saber on his back had already been unsheathed, and the blade glowed as it unleashed a shocking strike. This blade had no emblem; it used blade patterns as emblems, and the blade itself as the emblem, forming a single emblem when combined.

This blade was named 'Flowing Light,' which was also the name of this emblem.

This strike was a pattern technique of the Mad Blade School: Wave Light Soul Severing Slash.

During the awakening of abilities, only a single emblem could be activated, not controlled at will. Only after advancing to the Super Ability Combat Body could one freely control the release of emblems. The same emblem could be controlled in different ways, known as pattern techniques.

The power of Flowing Light condensed into a wave blade and slashed out, consuming one-tenth of Liang Jian Shan's ability. After the strike, he drank an ability reagent: Ability Recovery Agent.

To survive on the battlefield, one must maintain the fullest ability and stamina every second.

The power of this strike directly penetrated the range of Time Exile, shattering the Earth Guardian's Fortress like withering grass. The remaining power of the strike locked onto the hero, leaving him no place to hide.

He could have used the girl as a shield to break the lock, but the hero, being a gentleman who cherished beauty, simply pushed Xueman away and faced the strike with his body.

If he couldn't block the strike, he couldn't let a girl be cut in half with him.

The gourd heart frantically grew vines, wrapping the hero in a massive bundle. When the remaining power of the strike hit the bundle, the small essence pills in the hero's waist pouch were consumed, and the vines from the gourd heart grew frantically, continuously replacing the severed vines.

In a second, the hero consumed all the small essence pills, and the remaining power of the strike hit his chest. Although it was just the remaining power, it was not something a mere ability-awakened level rookie like the hero could withstand. The remaining blade split his chest and struck the gourd heart.

The hero's body struggled to hold on, trying to get up, but ultimately couldn't muster any strength, only clutching his heart to heal himself. After the last bit of pure yang inner breath was exhausted, he barely survived.

The remaining power of the strike was blocked by the gourd heart, which was several times harder than the hero's body.

The night wind was biting, making the branches of the forest tremble.

Within a radius of several hundred meters, everything had been flattened. In the darkness, two people were facing off: the earth spider and Liang Jian Shan. Their strength was equal, and neither was weaker than the other. In such a situation, they would avoid a fight if possible.

After a moment of confrontation, they finally recognized each other. One was a killer, the other a soldier.

Liang Jian Shan finally spoke, pointing at Xueman: "I only want her."

The earth spider also laughed and pointed at the hero: "I only want him."

The prey was finally divided. Liang Jian Shan walked towards Xueman, who was both happy and confused, and said to Liang Jian Shan, "Xiaoshan, he saved me just now. Why didn't you save him too?"

Liang Jian Shan didn't answer, walking over with a cold expression. Xueman felt something was wrong and tried to dodge, but was locked by a cold killing intent.

At this moment, a massive figure barely held up, blocking Xueman.

Blocked in his path, Liang Jian Shan looked at the person in front of him with cold eyes, as if looking at a dead man, and said, "Get out of the way."

The hero coughed up two mouthfuls of blood and grinned, "I don't know if you were old friends, but I despise guys who turn on each other. Get out of the way yourself."

Turn on each other? What did he have or do that made him turn on each other? What happened during the year he was gone?

Xueman looked at Liang Jian Shan in confusion, hoping he would give her an excuse to deceive herself.

Liang Jian Shan didn't hesitate, saying coldly, "Don't look at me like that. I never asked you to wait for me for a year or to guard anything. The past connection was just someone's deliberate arrangement. You should realize why now."

As he spoke, Liang Jian Shan waved his blade and said, "Earth spider, take your prey away, or I'll cut him down."

The earth spider didn't want the hero to be killed just yet. He glanced playfully at Liang Jian Shan and Xueman, then walked towards the hero.

Suddenly, a tremendous pressure enveloped them from a distance, accompanied by a loud shout: "Who dares to harm my lady? I'll take his life!"

Liang Jian Shan and the earth spider almost fell under the pressure, exclaiming in shock:

"Super Ability Mage?"

This was no game! The earth spider, without a word, prepared to flee with the black spider, but another cold snort came from a distance: "Want to run? No way."

A tremendous killing intent locked onto Liang Jian Shan and the earth spider. The mere killing intent could crush these two people, demonstrating the absolute pressure of a higher realm of power.

Without thinking, the earth spider pushed the black spider forward to meet the incoming killing intent.

The black spider didn't have time to react and was torn apart by the killing intent. There was no time for regret or to pray for his sister's safety.

After the killing intent targeting the earth spider was broken, he had already vanished. Liang Jian Shan, forced to endure the killing intent, was severely injured and fled.