Chapter 76: Battle of the Flame

Amidst the dancing cherry blossoms, Misaki opened the old diary and read the words of promise written there.

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Chapter 76: Battle of the Flame

The flame monster, with its dazzling form, swooped down again, stirring up fiery flames like a burning giant bird.

Chu Yunsheng steadied his mind and unleashed the sword combat technique—Qian Jun Pi Yi (A Thousand Armies Part), the crisscrossing sword shadows fiercely cutting toward the monster. This sword combat technique was his only means of long-distance attack besides his pistol and ice arrows. Given his shooting skills, it was impossible to hit the rapidly flying and transforming flame monster with a pistol or ice arrows. Therefore, he had no choice but to use this sword technique.

With Chu Yunsheng's current abilities, he could generate six sword shadows, or six sword auras, when using the Qian Jun Pi Yi technique. These sword shadows were formed from his own primordial energy, possessing immense power capable of instantly killing a flesh worm. However, they were still slightly lacking against the flame monster.

If he could cultivate this combat technique to the point where a single sword could generate sixty sword shadows, he estimated he could instantly kill the flame monster. Unfortunately, he could only generate six, which could only slightly slow down the flame monster.

Of course, Chu Yunsheng did not plan to use the technique ten times in a row. Not only was his primordial energy insufficient to support such intense consumption, but even the cumulative effect of sixty sword shadows from ten uses would not match the power of sixty sword shadows from a single use. This was a completely different level of attack, and doing so would only waste his primordial energy.

He had long planned not to engage the flame monster in a foolish and brutal battle. His task was to either lead it away or hold it off until the awakened warriors responsible for attacking the fog source bodies could safely leave.

The method to escape the flame monster was simple: the unpredictable fog walls. As long as the nine fog source bodies were not all destroyed, these fog walls would not disappear. As long as he rushed to the fog walls at top speed and moved through them randomly, the flame monster would inevitably lose its target.

Chu Yunsheng dared to take on this task from Captain Du because of his powerful battle armor, the protective Six Jia Talisman, his unparalleled speed, and the mysterious ability of the Qian Pi Sword to absorb primordial energy.

The flame monster was momentarily halted by the sword shadows, perhaps for the first time being effectively hit by a human, or perhaps the Qian Pi Sword's ability to absorb primordial energy angered it!

It flapped its long, spiky wings and charged at Chu Yunsheng, who was already fleeing at high speed. In just a moment, Chu Yunsheng had already sprinted over fifty meters, and he was still accelerating. The integration of primordial energy into his body at the Second Yuan Heaven realm allowed him to unleash unprecedented strength, like a flying arrow darting through the vines!

However, no matter how fast he ran, he could not outpace the flame monster's flight speed. After a few seconds, Chu Yunsheng could feel the heat waves coming at him. He had no time to dodge and had to rely on his battle armor to endure the flame monster's fiery attacks. This pure fire primordial energy attack almost made him spit blood.

The only thing that made him feel fortunate was that, thanks to the momentum of the attack, he gained even more speed, creating a small gap between them.

Thus, in the fog of Zone 7, a bizarre scene unfolded: a flame monster angrily chasing a rapidly fleeing red-armored man. Each time the flame monster flapped its wings to send flames toward the red-armored man, he would desperately endure the attack and then pull away a bit more.

All the flesh worms and red-eyed monsters, no matter how many, retreated along the way.

Nothing dared to approach!

As the fog wall drew closer, Chu Yunsheng felt as if he were about to be boiled alive, even beginning to smell the scent of burning flesh. His battle armor was scorching hot, and the cold fog particles hitting it sizzled and vaporized instantly. The Six Jia Talisman was on the verge of breaking, and all his defenses were at the brink of collapse!

It's time to use the Ice Collapse Talisman! Chu Yunsheng thought.

He immediately drew out the Ice Collapse Talisman, lightly shouted, and the talisman flew out, shooting out a mysterious character, which meant "collapse."

The character shattered, and the law was formed!

Immediately, a massive ice glacier formed, solidly enveloping the flame monster.

Chu Yunsheng took advantage of this moment to desperately push his legs, cursing that he couldn't fly!

For a creature like the flame monster, which carried pure fire primordial energy, breaking free from the ice was not difficult! However, the greatest power of the Ice Collapse Talisman was not just the formation of an ice glacier to freeze the enemy, but the terrifying—collapse!

Crack—Boom! Boom!! Boom!!!

Three consecutive loud explosions startled Chu Yunsheng, and he couldn't help but look back.

The entire massive ice glacier shattered into countless pieces, the tremendous force radiating outward from the flame monster like the spines on a hedgehog, forming a spherical surface!

The flame monster let out a terrible scream!

Chu Yunsheng had never seen the flame monster scream so terribly, and his heart trembled: It was injured! It was actually injured!

When he first used a third-stage attack talisman, he was still at a very low First Yuan Heaven realm, and the talisman's power he could unleash was only one-fifth. Now, at the Second Yuan Heaven realm, he could only unleash half of its power.

The Ice Collapse Talisman's single strike actually injured the flame monster, which was a great surprise to Chu Yunsheng. He had only intended to use it to block the flame monster's pursuit.

He was considering whether to use another Ice Collapse Talisman, which might finish it off, when he saw the flame monster charge out of the shattered ice, flames shooting toward him in a rage.

Chu Yunsheng cursed, "Damn!" It was only lightly injured! This flame monster was too powerful!

At this point, he no longer dared to think about killing it and instead focused on running as far as possible!

Chu Yunsheng no longer dared to look back. When he reached the fog wall, the flame monster was almost right behind him, and he could feel the heat melting his body. He had no doubt that his hair inside his helmet was already burning!

He darted through the fog wall repeatedly, the scenery changing rapidly, making Chu Yunsheng feel dizzy. After over ten times, he finally felt relieved; the terrifying flame monster was finally left behind!

Finding a hidden house, Chu Yunsheng lay on the ground, panting heavily. It had been a life-or-death situation!

Even now, he could still feel his heart pounding from fear and intense exertion. His battle armor was scorching hot; he could even light a cigarette on it! If not for the Six Jia Talisman, he suspected his cotton clothes would have caught fire!

However, the Six Jia Talisman was already shattered. Chu Yunsheng quickly replenished his primordial energy and created a new second-stage Six Jia Talisman. He regretted not being able to understand the rules for creating a third-stage Six Jia Talisman, which would have prevented this predicament!

Chu Yunsheng deeply inhaled a puff of smoke, the strong stimulation to his lungs bringing a strange sense of relief, spreading through his limbs and stimulating his nerves.

He thought about how he had been constantly running for his life and should find an opportunity to systematically study the ancient book's characters. He had fallen behind in this task, which was very dangerous. His only reliance was this ancient book, and he had only understood fewer than four hundred characters, which was a waste of its potential!

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