Kuramasuke thrust his sword through Hu Yan's chest.
"Old Hu!", Jiang Kai's eyes bulged with fury.
Just as he tried to rush toward Hu Yan, a giant beast suddenly burst out from underground and sent Jiang Kai flying.
Immediately afterward, a hundred-legged giant insect with a human face, resembling a centipede, drilled out from beneath the earth and pounced at Jiang Kai.
Kuramasuke was also affected by the shockwave. Just as he was about to pull out his sword and dodge, suddenly, Hu Yan tightly gripped the blade with both hands. Then, using all his strength, he let the Bloodthirsty Sword pierce further through his chest, while his right hand seized Kuramasuke's wrist tightly, preventing him from breaking free.
Kuramasuke considered himself a top-tier existence within Tier Two. He never even regarded Hu Yan as a threat.
To him, killing Hu Yan was no different from slaughtering a chicken.
However, he never expected Hu Yan to still be alive.
When Kuramasuke looked up in shock, he saw a pair of bloodshot eyes glaring fiercely at him.
Hu Yan stared hard at Kuramasuke, his hands trembling slightly from exertion.
Suddenly, Hu Yan shouted lowly, "Nuannuan!"
Behind Hu Yan, Su Nuannuan flashed out, scattering a cluster of green orbs.
With both hands restrained and green orbs rushing at his face, Kuramasuke quickly regained his composure.
"After all, you're not combat professionals. You're too weak!"
"Ninjutsu Substitution!"
Suddenly, Hu Yan felt something strange in his hands. When he came back to his senses, he realized that what he was gripping tightly had turned into two wooden logs.
Su Nuannuan's Green Water Ghost had also crashed into a round log.
A voice sounded beside Su Nuannuan, "Consider yourselves lucky. If I weren't in a hurry, I wouldn't let the two of you die this easily."
Just as the voice fell, Hu Yan suddenly felt a sharp, agonizing pain. The long sword embedded in his body suddenly sprouted countless barbs, then violently withdrew from the wound on its own, dragging flesh and blood with it.
After the sword was extracted from Hu Yan's body, it shot toward the space beside Nuannuan.
Kuramasuke suddenly reappeared, grabbed the hilt of the Bloodthirsty Sword, and shouted lowly, "Instant Shadow Invincible Slash!"
Su Nuannuan's attributes were much weaker than Hu Yan's, making her even less able to dodge Kuramasuke's strike.
As the blade neared Su Nuannuan's snow-white nape, Jiang Kai shouted angrily, "Arena!"
In an instant, Kuramasuke was frozen in place. Though the tip of the Bloodthirsty Sword was just about to touch Su Nuannuan's neck, it could not move even half an inch further.
The next second, Kuramasuke's body was pulled backward by a mysterious force.
At the same time, Jiang Kai was also pulled by this mysterious force to stand in front of Kuramasuke.
The two stood about seven to eight meters apart. Around them, a transparent barrier rose two meters out, and even the giant human-faced centipede monster that had been chasing Jiang Kai crashed into it without the slightest ripple.
The centipede monster could only crawl along the outer wall of the light shield, changing its target.
Weiss had been hiding behind Green all along. Despite being ambushed, he dodged each time in a flustered and clumsy manner.
At this moment, seeing Jiang Kai and Kuramasuke trapped together inside the barrier, he revealed a slight smile.
"You two finally meet? Hurry up and decide a winner. With this many bosses, even I can't hold on... ah, Green, someone's trying to kill me, protect me quickly!"
With Kuramasuke teleported away by Jiang Kai's Arena skill, Su Nuannuan hurriedly caught the falling Hu Yan.
"Brother Hu!", Su Nuannuan's eyes were red, "Don't move, I'll heal you!"
Hu Yan said weakly, "That guy's too fast. I didn't even have time to react... Nuannuan, don't heal me. Save your energy for Captain Kai and the others."
"Protect yourself. Your healer's compassion might be our last trump card. Don't waste it on me."
Seeing Su Nuannuan unwilling to comply, Hu Yan smiled slightly, "Nuannuan, you've always been a smart girl. I trust you'll make the right decision."
Then Hu Yan looked at the two figures inside the light barrier and revealed a relieved smile, "At least... we forced that guy to use one of his life-saving skills... With Captain Kai here, I'll still be able to see... hope…"
Then Hu Yan stopped speaking, and his eyes dimmed. His blood-covered hands fell powerlessly.
Su Nuannuan pressed her lips tightly together and was about to close Hu Yan's eyes.
At that moment, she noticed a faint light glowing on Hu Yan's chest, but it quickly disappeared.
By now, Hu Yan had stopped breathing, and his body was beginning to dissipate...
"Brother Hu!", Su Nuannuan stood up, eyes bloodshot.
"Kill that healer!", a paladin shouted with his companion. Undoubtedly, Su Nuannuan was now the weakest in combat among everyone present.
Just as the two rushed toward her, two figures suddenly sprang out from the side.
"Lift the mountains!", A white light slashed down fiercely.
The two paladins raised their war hammers in unison to block the strike.
However, as they exerted their strength, they were both repelled by the man and his blade.
Lu Chong stood in front of Su Nuannuan, glaring coldly at the enemies, "If you want to kill her, kill us first!"
"Jianguo, I'll hold these two off, protect Su Nuannuan!", Lu Chong said in a low voice.
"Got it!", He Jianguo stood beside Su Nuannuan. He glanced at her tear-streaked face.
"Nuannuan, now's not the time for sadness," He Jianguo said.
Su Nuannuan nodded hard, "I know."
Just as He Jianguo was about to say something, out of the corner of his eye he saw a red shadow crashing toward them like a falling sky.
"It's the Bloodhand Boss! Follow me," With that, He Jianguo took Su Nuannuan and moved quickly.
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Compared to the chaos and noise outside, the small arena was especially quiet.
Outside sounds could not penetrate the arena.
At this moment, the two men stared intently at each other, not speaking a single word.
There was nothing more to say between them, each only had one thought: kill the other.
In Jiang Kai's hand, a Chasing Nine Tribulations blade emitted faint flames.
Kuramasuke pressed one hand on the hilt at his waist, eyes locked on Jiang Kai.
Suddenly, Jiang Kai moved first, "Die! Gambler's Time! Ghost Hand Flying Cards!"
He knew Kuramasuke's speed far surpassed his own, with an extremely strange movement technique. So once he made his move, he couldn't hold anything back.
Seventeen flying daggers shot swiftly at Kuramasuke.
"Bloodthirsty Blizzard Slash!"
Kuramasuke had once used Blizzard Slash to kill Fang Wei of the Shanhe Squad. This move emphasized blade technique, not as powerful as Instant Shadow Invincible Slash, but extremely fast and aggressive.
Clang! Clang!
Several flying daggers were slashed down mid-air by Kuramasuke.
Jiang Kai kept attacking, eyes wide.
After all, his Pursuit blades could deal critical hits. Once they crit, the force they carried multiplied by hundreds.
Yet before Kuramasuke, he could block all of them?
But soon, Jiang Kai noticed the trick.
Kuramasuke wasn't completely blocking the Pursuit blades with Bloodthirsty Slash.
He struck the back of the flying blades at the moment of drawing his sword, causing the daggers, though not destroyed, to deflect and crash into the invisible shield.
This was the classic "using four ounces to deflect a thousand pounds." Kuramasuke attacked the sides of the blades with minimal force, altering their trajectory. Then, leveraging the arena's indestructible defensive shield, he completely dispersed their momentum.
'What fast swordsmanship,' Jiang Kai couldn't help but be shocked, 'This guy was way stronger than Tian Shilang.'
In Jiang Kai's Gambler's Time state, the speed of his flying daggers doubled, yet Kuramasuke's Bloodthirsty Blizzard Slash was like lightning. His precision and angles were astounding, deflecting each Pursuit blade.
For a while, one used throwing knives, the other a katana, both exchanging dozens of moves in an instant.
To others, all they could see within the barrier were countless black shadows darting between the two.
The fighters in the field had no time to pay attention to them, but the spectators around were already buzzing with discussion.
"Are those two really Tier Two?"
"Their movements are too fast, I can't even see clearly."
"These two monsters... who's going to win?"
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