I Can Merge Techniques

"Get on up, and do it yourself!"

The words, flippant and untamed, were like a clap of thunder, shattering the deathly stillness of Cold Crow Valley.

Li Mubai, Nangong Yue, and the others were locked in battle with the mutated monster. When they heard this, their bodies all froze. The circulation of their Primordial Qi nearly went awry, and they stumbled, almost giving the rampaging Blood Shadow Sect Leader an opening!

In this situation, this ambiguous provocation made everyone involuntarily picture the Demon Suppression Captain, Xiao Ziye—

’In a desperate situation where life hung by a thread, for Chu Fan to be so audacious... was this incredible courage, or utter foolishness?’

Everyone’s gaze subconsciously turned to the center of the storm.

Inside the dazzling Shenxiao Imperial Golden Shield, Chu Fan was actually lying down flat, as if he had a death wish.

Immediately after, five small cauldrons shimmering with five-colored light flew out, expanding rapidly in the air.

VMMMM—

The five ancient Giant Cauldrons emanated an aura as heavy as a mountain. With a swift spin, they let out a hum like the clashing of metal and stone.

THUD, THUD, THUD...

The Five Cauldrons stacked one inside the other like nesting dolls, sealing Chu Fan tightly within the center.

As the Five Elements circulated, they formed a fortress of bronze!

Outside the cauldrons, the light of the Shenxiao Imperial Golden Shield had been pushed to its limit. Runes flowed across its surface, exuding an aura of indestructibility.

But it seemed that still wasn’t enough...

Beyond the blinding golden light, countless crystalline grains of sand suddenly surged forward.

WHOOSH! The grains of sand coalesced into an immense, heavy Sand Shield. Like a silent guardian, it hovered quietly in front of the Imperial Golden Shield.

A triple-layered defense, stacked one upon the other, as impregnable as a fortress of steel!

Faced with this turtle-shell-like defense, the woman wearing the Ghost Face Mask showed not a hint of anger.

Her eyes were as indifferent as a ten-thousand-year-old glacier. She just watched the scene quietly, as if observing a child’s performance.

Then, she casually raised her arm.

With the unremarkable longsword in her hand, she executed a single, nonchalant slash in Chu Fan’s direction.

After striking, she acted as if she had just done something trivial, not even bothering to look at the result before turning away.

Her icy gaze fell upon Li Mubai and his group once more.

RUMBLE!

The very sky and earth seemed to shift color!

A terrifying Sword Qi, impossible to describe with words, rapidly coalesced in the void, forming a colossal sword that pierced through heaven and earth.

It fell with a deafening roar from the sunless sky!

Where the blade pointed, the void was torn open, revealing a heart-stopping chaos behind it.

A terrifying pressure, like the descent of heavenly might, instantly enveloped all of Cold Crow Valley.

It wasn’t just Li Mubai and the others who felt as if an invisible hand had seized their hearts, stopping their breath...

Even the Blood Shadow Sect Leader, who had completely devolved into a killing machine, abruptly halted all movement!

A trace of instinctual fear actually flickered in his crimson pupils!

He raised his ferocious head, staring fixedly at the Celestial Punishment Sword that seemed capable of judging all living things!

It all happened in the blink of an eye!

The colossal sword crashed down!

The heavy Sand Shield, formed from countless grains of sand, was annihilated under the sword’s edge as if it were made of paper, disappearing without a sound!

Immediately after, the colossal sword tore through the resplendent Shenxiao Imperial Golden Shield as if it were rotten wood. Its power undiminished, it struck heavily upon the fortress of bronze cauldrons born of the Five Elements!

BOOM!

A massive explosion that shook one’s very Divine Soul resounded!

The five Giant Cauldrons were sent flying backward by the sword’s strike, smashing like meteors into the distant ruins.

Those ruins were instantly pulverized into dust!

And the residual Sword Qi, having shattered the triple defense, continued its unstoppable path, cleaving a massive, bottomless canyon into the earth.

The ghastly fissure, like an ugly scar, was deeply etched into the ground of Cold Crow Valley!

"Chu Fan!"

Li Mubai, Nangong Yue, and the others stared with eyes wide enough to split their sockets, an endless chill flooding their hearts!

Chu Fan’s layered defenses couldn’t be called anything but strong.

Li Mubai and the others guessed that this must have been the method he used back in Lingyou Valley to withstand that earth-shattering sword strike from Princess Zhaohua.

Because of this, they all held onto a sliver of hope, wishing he could create another miracle.

But the sword strike from this mysterious woman was truly too terrifying, too inconceivable!

Its power already far surpassed that of the bestial Blood Shadow Sect Leader!

Even if all of them, Demon Suppression Captains at the peak of the Acupoint Realm, joined forces, they weren’t fully confident they could take that blow!

Seeing the dust and smoke billowing from the newly formed canyon, with a chaotic storm of energy completely blocking their Divine Sense, the hearts of Li Mubai and the others sank to the abyss.

And the woman’s gaze had already locked onto Li Mubai!

However, just as despair began to spread, something unexpected happened!

The Blood Shadow Sect Leader, who had turned into a monster, was perhaps thoroughly provoked by that world-destroying sword strike.

He actually ignored Li Mubai and the others, his enormous body leaping into the air as the blood-colored greatsword in his hand trailed a blinding gleam.

With the force to sunder mountains and split stone, he frantically slashed toward the masked woman!

Thrown into confusion, the extreme threat posed by her sword strike had caused him to see the mysterious woman as his greatest enemy, unable to distinguish friend from foe!

"Idiot."

A flash of cold killing intent appeared in the masked woman’s eyes, but she didn’t attack the monster.

Her figure flickered like a phantom. Though her feet hadn’t moved at all, her body slid perfectly straight for several yards.

Her speed was so extreme that she left only a faint residual image.

After effortlessly dodging the Blood Shadow Sect Leader’s earth-shattering strike, in the next instant, she had already appeared before Li Mubai, Nangong Yue, and the others!

"Too fast..."

The six of them, including Li Mubai, tensed up. They immediately spread out, forming a battle formation to surround her!