signingbooks #402 - Desperate Sword Intent
#402 - Desperate Sword Intent
If it were a one-on-one fight at the Fifth Rank, or even a one-on-seven fight without any formations, Liang Jin wouldn't even spare these combat puppets a glance.
But this Seven Stars Sword Formation truly possessed amazing and ingenious qualities.
The seven combat puppets coordinated seamlessly, never giving Liang Jin a chance to face one or two of them alone. They constantly used clever formation changes to perfectly fuse their techniques and power.
This made the power exerted by the entire formation far exceed the sum of the individual strength of the seven puppets.
Fortunately, their offensive power wasn't too great, and they couldn't break through Liang Jin's defense. Otherwise, Liang Jin would have been in real danger just now.
Liang Jin's eyes shone brightly as he stared at the combat puppets and said loudly:
"Your formation is strong."
"But I am even stronger!"
In an instant, Liang Jin's aura surged like a raging tide.
He no longer suppressed his own strength, instantly returning to his peak Fourth Rank state.
At this moment, he also didn't plan to use Xuan-grade secret techniques like the "Great Demon Subduing Fist." Instead, he prepared to use multiple Earth-grade martial arts to show the combat puppets his true strength.
As Liang Jin's aura continued to rise, the seven combat puppets seemed to sense an unprecedented pressure.
They first retreated, creating some distance between themselves and Liang Jin.
Suddenly, their formation rapidly changed like nimble swimming fish.
Three combat puppets leaped high, jumping onto the pillars at the edge of the plaza. The long swords in their hands, entwined with red threads, shot out like arrows, accurately wrapping around one of the Eldest Brother's hands and both of his feet.
As these three combat puppets exerted force simultaneously, the Eldest Brother was lifted into the air.
At this moment, he was like a puppet at the mercy of others, with only one sword-wielding hand free to move, while the rest of his limbs were controlled by his fellow disciples.
The remaining three combat puppets quickly connected the red threads to the Eldest Brother, continuously channeling inner force into him.
At the same time.
A strong sense of despair suddenly surged in Liang Jin's heart.
The feeling was like a puppet tightly bound by the threads of fate, forever unable to control its own life, only able to be manipulated by others.
In the next moment, the surrounding scenery suddenly changed drastically, a blood-red color sweeping over everything.
It was as if thick blood mist was spreading, or torrential blood rain was falling, or blood-red light was obscuring the entire sky.
In that instant, the entire space seemed to be dyed by this strange blood-red color, filled with a creepy, bloody, and demonic aura.
Liang Jin felt all of this, his eyes full of surprise, and he couldn't help but mutter to himself:
"This is... Despair Sword Intent?"
"So strong, such a dense sword intent!"
This was Liang Jin's first time fighting an opponent with martial intent.
He had heard before that fist intent could suppress enemies on a battle of wills.
When he used his Dawn Fist Intent, it seemed to have an impact on the enemy's psychology as well.
But now, facing this Despair Sword Intent in person, he finally deeply understood the shock brought by this special power.
Under the shroud of this Despair Sword Intent, a thought of giving up all resistance actually arose in Liang Jin's heart, as if all resistance was futile. He only wanted to put down his fists and let the despairing fate devour him.
The emergence of this thought caused Liang Jin's fighting spirit to plummet rapidly, and he slowly closed his eyes.
But only for an instant, Liang Jin suddenly opened his eyes.
His eyes shone with a firm light, and the fists he had put down were raised high again.
"Despair is like darkness, then let the light of dawn tear it apart!"
At this moment, the Eldest Brother, who was like a puppet, slowly emitted wisps of black smoke from his body.
Suddenly, his head lifted, and on his face, which was as deep as a black hole, a touch of red flame appeared, like a blood-red vertical pupil, emitting a strange light.
The next moment.
Under the control of the red threads, the Eldest Brother charged towards Liang Jin like a fierce moth.
Liang Jin stood firmly, ready to throw a punch, but who knew that the Eldest Brother's figure began to change strangely.
He was not moving in the air by relying on lightness skill, but by using the control of those red threads, which made his figure erratic and difficult to grasp.
If the target could not be accurately locked, the attack would easily miss.
Therefore, Liang Jin decisively retracted the fist he was about to throw and decided to respond to all changes with constancy.
Anyway, this Eldest Brother would launch an attack sooner or later, even if his figure was more bizarre and changeable, there would always be a time to get close.
Sure enough.
The Eldest Brother, seeing that he had failed to lure Liang Jin to attack, took the initiative to launch an attack.
"Swish!"
His figure was as fast as lightning, like the instantaneous movement of the others before, and he suddenly rushed in front of Liang Jin.
The long sword in the Eldest Brother's hand brought a piece of black and red sword light, like a black lightning bolt, and slashed towards Liang Jin.
"Your weapon is too poor!"
Liang Jin's eyes revealed a trace of disdain, and he didn't even make a dodging movement, directly reaching out his hand to grab the Eldest Brother's long sword.
On Liang Jin's hand, countless scale patterns faintly appeared, it was his powerful Divine Dragon Arm.
With the blessing of the Divine Dragon Arm, he was not afraid of even divine weapons, let alone the ordinary long sword of the Eldest Brother.
The Eldest Brother seemed to realize that his weapon could not hurt Liang Jin, and his figure changed suddenly.
Due to the red threads on his body, he was able to make strange angle movements that ordinary martial artists could not complete, and his movements became more and more unpredictable, making people dazzled.
"Whoosh——!"
The wind surged again, Liang Jin's whole body was as fast as lightning, and he instantly chased in front of the Eldest Brother:
"You run fast, but I'm faster than you!"
His fist force erupted instantly, locking onto the Eldest Brother in an instant.
At this moment, vast inner force surged around the Eldest Brother, causing his figure to stagnate suddenly.
Liang Jin's fist carried the force of a thousand pounds and slammed out fiercely!
Just as Liang Jin's fist hit the Eldest Brother, the red threads on the Eldest Brother suddenly shrank, pulling the Eldest Brother away instantly.
This made Liang Jin's punch only hit the Eldest Brother with 10% of his strength, and 90% of his strength missed.
At this time, the Eldest Brother was like a kite floating in the wind, looming in the sky full of red blood.
At this moment, the deep sense of despair surged in Liang Jin's heart again like a tide.
Liang Jin pondered in his heart:
"Are they going to use a big move?"
So, Liang Jin was no longer in a hurry to attack.
He was here this time to test the power of the combat puppet Seven Stars Sword Formation, so he could patiently wait for them to perform all the moves one by one.
I saw the Eldest Brother hanging in the air, waving the long sword in his hand, and countless sword qi, like a group of red venomous snakes with bared fangs and claws, enveloped Liang Jin.
These sword qi looked extremely strange, both like twisted red threads and like wriggling tentacles. Under the control of the Eldest Brother, they could accurately lock the target, and they could change flexibly with the movement of the target.
Under this strange appearance, the sword qi also contained a bone-chilling cold aura, as if they could easily penetrate everything in the world.
This has far exceeded the power of the sword qi that a Fifth Rank martial artist can release, but is the terrifying power released by seven Fifth Rank martial artists working together.
Coupled with the chilling Despair Sword Intent, the power of this sword qi has reached a terrifying level.
Even... made Liang Jin feel a sense of unprecedented danger.
Liang Jin didn't dare to be careless, and immediately operated his exercises, and his body soared suddenly.
"Hundred Evil Body Great Art" is fully activated!
In the blink of an eye, Liang Jin had transformed into a tall and sturdy giant!
His entire body was densely covered with ink-black scales, and his eyes had become vertical pupils, emitting a cold, eerie light.
His arms were exceptionally thick, and his hands were like a pair of sharp dragon claws, seemingly capable of tearing through anything.
There were two protrusions on his head, and a tail had also appeared behind him, resembling a demon god descending from ancient times.
At this moment, Liang Jin had entered the state of the Hundred Evils Body.
Immediately after.
The Iron Cauldron Golden Body Skill was also activated with full force, and a layer of inner force shield began to slowly emerge on Liang Jin's body surface.
This shield clung tightly to Liang Jin's scales, as if putting an invisible armor on Liang Jin, protecting him tightly.
With this layer of inner force shield, coupled with his sturdy scales, Liang Jin's defense reached a terrifying level.
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"Swish swish swish!"
The sword energy shot out by the Eldest Brother, soft as silk threads, carrying a strange parabolic arc, pierced through the red bloody light, and instantly struck Liang Jin's body.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
A series of fierce explosions immediately rang out on Liang Jin's body, deafeningly loud.
Liang Jin's Divine Dragon Arms quickly crossed to protect the front of his head, fully protecting his vital head area.
Those sword energies bombarded his arms, body, and limbs like raindrops, lasting for several breaths, before all the sword energies finished their attack.
Liang Jin slowly lowered his arms from in front of his face and couldn't help but say:
"It hurts!"
"But… it still couldn't break my defense!"
Liang Jin straightened his body, and in such a fierce attack, he was actually unscathed.
Although the Eldest Brother's sword energy was powerful, it only broke through the inner force shield formed by Liang Jin's Iron Cauldron Golden Body Skill, and the remaining power was simply unable to penetrate Liang Jin's scales.
And even if some penetrating force and shock were transmitted to the inside of Liang Jin's body, it could not cause any substantial impact on Liang Jin's terrifyingly strong physical body.
"Not bad, I now understand your strength."
Liang Jin's eyes were firm as he looked at the combat puppets and said:
"Since that's the case, it's time to end this."
Immediately, Liang Jin's body slightly sank, his right fist slowly retracted to his waist, and inner force continuously gathered like hundreds of rivers returning to the sea, a huge energy ball quickly condensing on his fist.
He took a deep breath, and the surrounding air seemed to be drawn by his suction force, instantly forming a small vortex of airflow, making a whooshing sound.
Immediately afterwards, he guided the inner force to flow rapidly according to specific meridian routes, and the light on his hands became more and more intense, like two clusters of raging flames, illuminating the entire battlefield.
The ball of light was dazzling, and the surrounding space seemed to tremble slightly due to its existence, as if it could not bear the weight, making a "sizzling!" sound.
The combat puppets also seemed to sense the terrifying power contained in Liang Jin's punch, and immediately took action.
The Eldest Brother, like a marionette, immediately rushed to the front, while the other combat puppets followed closely behind the Eldest Brother, their inner force also continuously pouring into the Eldest Brother's body along the red lines.
The Eldest Brother came floating with his sword, seemingly wanting to launch an attack on Liang Jin in advance.
But he was already too late.
Liang Jin's fist had already suddenly blasted out!
"Boom!!!!!!"
As he thrust his fist forward, the huge energy ball seemed to instantly burst out a thick and straight beam of energy, instantly enveloping all seven combat puppets.
This punch was the ultimate killing move of the Great Subduing Demons Fist – the World Extinguishing Subduing Demons Blast.
At the same time, the Overlord Disarming Armor Skill was activated with all its might!
The Dawn Fist intent was also brought to the extreme at this moment!
This also made the attack power of Liang Jin's punch instantly break through the limit of the Fourth Rank, stepping into the realm of the Third Rank!
It was even still climbing!
In that terrifying and dazzling energy beam, everything would be destroyed!
The first to bear the brunt was the Eldest Brother.
He gathered the inner force of seven people, and the long sword in his hand carried a black-red sword energy, trying to split this energy beam apart.
But this was destined to be futile!
In the terrifying energy beam, the Eldest Brother's whole body's inner force was rapidly depleted.
He only persisted for a few seconds, and then his whole person was shattered with a bang, turning into a wisp of blue smoke and dissipating, disappearing without a trace.
And the six combat puppets behind him directly endured the power of Liang Jin's punch after the Eldest Brother dissipated, and they also turned into blue smoke and dissipated after only an instant.
Liang Jin successfully defeated the seven combat puppets with one full blow.
The power of his killing punch was not just for show.
Even Elder Li Xueqing of the Dragon Transformation Sect could not withstand this punch from Liang Jin back then.
If Li Xueqing hadn't sacrificed a trump card like the Heavenly Silkworm Gu, she would have probably died under this punch.
What's more, now that Liang Jin has fused with the blood essence of the Divine Beast, the power of this punch is even more terrifying and powerful to the extreme.
After Liang Jin retracted his fist, his figure gradually returned to its original state.
"This Seven Stars Sword Formation is quite exquisite and powerful."
Liang Jin secretly evaluated in his heart:
"If I only use Fifth Rank strength, I can't beat them."
"If I use Fourth Rank strength, it will be difficult to defeat them."
"Only by using all my strength can I instantly kill them."
"It seems that their strength is enough to compete with ordinary Third Rank experts."
Liang Jin had a general judgment of this Seven Stars Sword Formation.
Although these combat puppets were all in the Fifth Rank realm, when they had the blessing of formations and sword intent, it made them completely capable of defeating ordinary Third Rank warriors.
But if they were to face top Third Rank experts, it would still be a bit lacking.
For example, if they were to face Li Xueqing or Zhu Ying, they would probably fail.
After all, these top Third Rank experts all possessed their own unique skills.
If compared to intermediate combat puppets like Combat Puppet Tie Kuangtu, these seven formation combat puppets would have even less of a chance; they couldn't even break Tie Kuangtu's defense.
"Although they are not as good as Combat Puppet Tie Kuangtu and cannot be used as trump cards, they are at least equivalent to having seven more powerful subordinates."
Liang Jin calculated in his heart:
"When dealing with some ordinary opponents, there is no need for me to take action personally, and I would rather hand it over to my subordinates to solve."
Liang Jin was not short of fights now.
He fought non-stop with a group of people in the Nine Void Boundless Realm every day, and both his combat experience and fighting spirit had been greatly improved.
And usually, when encountering some petty thieves and small conflicts, Liang Jin really couldn't be bothered to take action and would rather hand it over to his subordinates to solve.
Now, Combat Puppet Huang Xingzi's strength was already a bit underwhelming, and these seven formation combat puppets could completely fill the original position of Combat Puppet Huang Xingzi, becoming his capable assistants.
"Especially their Seven Stars Sword Formation is very exquisite and profound, truly exerting an effect far greater than one plus one equals two."
"It's just a pity that they can't speak and can't directly tell me the principles and secrets of this Seven Stars Sword Formation."
"It seems that I can only constantly comprehend it in my constant fighting with them."
"Coincidentally, I also lack experience in resisting formations. Being able to win today is only because I relied on absolutely crushing power to win."
"If I can easily crack even the system's formations in the future, then most of the formations in the world probably won't be taken seriously by me!"