Chapter 209: Peng Longteng

Chapter 209 Peng Longteng

The Thief Penal Army suffered heavy losses under Li Huowang's attack; Peng Longteng could not allow Li Huowang to attack freely here any longer, so she began to split her forces.

Half of the Thief Penal Army continued to surround and suppress Bai Lingmiao, while the other half, led by Peng Longteng, began to counterattack.

"Huowang?" A hazy voice sounded in Li Huowang's ear, who was in pain nearly to the point of fainting.

He shook his head, and that voice disappeared again.

Li Huowang raised his head, and when he saw those cavalrymen rushing toward him, he smiled.

"I have read military books too; this move of mine is called the self-injury scheme."

When Peng Longteng, riding a horse, appeared before him again from above, Li Huowang shouted at her: "Come! Let us fight one on one!"

But what came facing him was a giant halberd whistling through the air.

"Kid! Do you truly think I cannot deal with you? It is merely that the cost is too great and I did not wish to use it! Roar rise!!"

Peng Longteng raised the heavy halberd in her hand and flung it backward, and the weapons scattered all around simultaneously crashed upward.

Immediately, an extremely piercing sound instantly enveloped the entire border pass.

That was not the sound of weapons colliding, but a terrifying sound emitted from the depths of all the Thief Penal Army's mouths, that kind of shrieking sound that sounded very uncomfortable to hear; the army had shrieked.

Accompanying the shrieking sound, the Thief Penal Army began to bleed from their seven apertures, but the blood evaporated as soon as it flowed out.

The steaming blood-colored gas gradually shrouded them all.

This even included Peng Longteng, as blood slowly seeped out from the two eye holes on her face guard.

Their blood was constantly draining away, becoming no longer like humans.

The Thief Penal Army, wrapped in red qi, at this moment turned into evil ghosts in the mist; there was no emotion in their eyes, only endless killing intent.

The long sword in Li Huowang's hand suddenly reacted to this killing intent, trembling and dragon-chanting, as if responding to something.

"Heh!!" The weapons of the Thief Penal Army, wrapped in blood qi, stabbed forward.

Li Huowang attempted to change position.

However, the opponent this time thoroughly intended to break skill with force, not intending to test where Li Huowang was at all, stabbing through all space once.

A drop of blood fell from Li Huowang's body to the ground, mixing with that blood mist.

The next moment, all the Thief Penal Army instantly looked over; they saw it.

Li Huowang saw greed and desire in their eyes.

They have eaten people, and eaten many. Li Huowang judged this almost in this instant.

"Lads! Eat rice meat! Eat freely!!"

The Thief Penal Army roared with drool flowing from their mouths like ghosts crying and wolves howling, pouncing toward Li Huowang as if possessed by hungry ghosts; for a moment Li Huowang was in imminent danger.

He wanted to use the "Da Qian Lu" to counterattack, but they would not let such a thing happen.

Whenever Li Huowang spread the "Da Qian Lu" on the ground, he would surely encounter their disturbance, fundamentally unable to use it at all.

Li Huowang's situation became more and more critical; seeing that he was about to die immediately. "Dong dong dong~!" The drum sound rang out.

A cavalryman was instantly pulled off his horse by a woman covered with a red veil, head and body separated.

Immediately two You Lords flew over, passing through the body of a Thief Penal Army soldier.

The arrival of Bai Lingmiao and the others gave Li Huowang, within the encirclement, a bit of breathing room.

"No! Using the Da Qian Lu like this is too targeted!"

Li Huowang did not hesitate, inserting the blood-covered sword into its scabbard.

Immediately, he grabbed the edge of his own skin with his hand, pulling it open forcefully; the previous Hand Three gave him inspiration, as long as he became like him, then he could sacrifice to Ba Hui anytime, anywhere.

Accompanying his screams of agony, Li Huowang forcibly stuffed the spread-out "Da Qian Lu" beneath his own skin.

The entire scroll of Da Qian Lu just like this, was entirely stuck inside Li Huowang's body.

"Hmm?" Peng Longteng noticed Li Huowang's abnormality, raising the halberd tip and pointing it at him.

"Wind has no true form, attach it to the sky!"

Once Peng Longteng's voice came out, these Thief Penal Army who looked like they had completely no reason actually truly formed the Wind Raising Array, killing directly toward Li Huowang, but just as they were about to approach, roaring flames emitting black smoke enveloped Li Huowang, and enveloped them too.

Li Huowang's skin was scorched black by the flames; his appearance became more and more like the Ao God worshipped by that Ao Jing Religion.

The flames on Li Huowang's body rose up, turning the surrounding Thief Penal Army into torches one by one.

This move was very fatal for them who were standing together densely.

Peng Longteng, covered in armor throughout, forcibly topped the flames, rushing toward Li Huowang.

She not only did not fear, instead became even more excited. "Hahaha! Kid, done well! But I have already seen through your trickery, you are finished!"

The wild wind brought up by the giant halberd blew Li Huowang's flames backward.

When she approached, Li Huowang only then discovered the opponent was truly tall, at least two heads taller than himself.

"Qiang!!" Li Huowang's two feet suddenly stomped downward three inches. He forcibly blocked that halberd weighing a thousand jin with his sword.

The flames burned along the halberd shaft, wrapping all the armor on Peng Longteng; the skin inside her armor was being roasted continuously into blood blisters.

But facing the situation, Peng Longteng not only did not fear or be afraid, instead showed some kind of joy. As if her whole person was born for killing and combat.

"Hahaha! Come again! Comfortable! Very comfortable!!"

The halberd forcefully knocked Li Huowang's sword away, chopping toward the area below Li Huowang's body.

Within the flames, the two crazy people fought together. Every move was aimed at the other's death.

Seeing Peng Longteng's armor had already turned dark red, Li Huowang suddenly had an idea in his heart.

He kicked against the ground with his right foot, body slightly bent, rushing toward the area below Peng Longteng.

"Come again!!"

This time facing the heavy halberd, Li Huowang did not dodge again, raising the long sword and stabbing toward the gap below Peng Longteng's face guard, directly one move exchanging life for life.

Li Huowang was struck by the halberd shaft; his whole body collapsed inward more than half, but his sword also stabbed through.

Just as he guessed, the face guard's defensive ability became weaker after being burned red.

The You Jia Sword wrapped in flames directly stabbed into Peng Longteng's neck, still the position stabbed last time.

Accompanying a roar from Li Huowang, a crack of bone splitting sounded; Peng Longteng's head, wrapped by the face guard, instantly flew into the sky.

The surroundings quieted down; the blood qi on the Thief Penal Army dispersed rapidly.

After they all fearfully looked toward this side once, they rode horses and withdrew rapidly, disappearing before Li Huowang.

Disappearing together with them was also the flames on Li Huowang's body.

Li Huowang lowered his head and used those eyes bleached white by the flames to look toward himself.

He already had no skin at all, only remaining a remnant body emitting black smoke; his body was also burned to shrink some.

"Pa da~" Without skin, the "Da Qian Lu" that should have been hidden beneath the skin fell onto the ground.

Li Huowang felt a bit of itchiness behind him; he sluggishly turned around, and saw a round-faced man.

He looked terrified of himself, yet tear-blinded, he still raised a small dagger swathed in a red handkerchief to stab at his own body.

Watching the dagger continuously carve small cuts into his own corpse-like body, Li Huowang could not help but feel a surge of doubt.

Who is this man? What is he doing?

"Shua!" A flash of cold steel, and Li Huowang instantly slit the man open from belly to chest.

Cao Hai staggered backward, ultimately leaning against Peng Longteng's body as he slowly sank down, gazing at the headless Peng Longteng who still stood upright, his eyes filled with profound reluctance.

"General..."

Li Huowang steadied himself and began to stagger back, his will, under the torment of pain, beginning to fray into chaos.

"It hurts so much, it really hurts too much, why must I be the one to suffer this agony?"

"Is life merely for enduring suffering? I truly do not want to live anymore."

"No, I cannot die, I must keep living."

"Mom, it hurts so much... can you blow on it for me?"

Just as Li Huowang, on the verge of collapse, muttered to himself, he suddenly sensed movement behind him once more.

As he slowly turned around, he saw the headless Peng Longteng had already raised the giant halberd over his shoulder, pressing down upon him like Mount Tai collapsing from above.

(End of Chapter)