《Shining Duos》Struggling Against The Skeleton Crow
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With no hesitation to make quick work of the crow once the four burned their blood essence, they immediately activated their cultivation skill. The pressure and power they felt from the crown were currently only slightly above them, boosting their confidence.
In a flour versus one situation with their combined attacks, backing down at this point would be wasteful.
However, the skeleton crow, of course, didn't remain idle and flapped its wings in preparation to intercept their attacks. The strong wind blared out its wings, storming the space but failing to disrupt the four youths.
Kazami similarly didn't want to experience any tricks the crow might have and, in one hand, poured a massive amount of red ice Qi in it. In the depths of the Qi, a hint of silver was hidden in it.
And in perfect timing as the cow prepared for its actual attack, Kazami got the jump on it.
From his hands, numerous red ice chains quickly wrap the towering skeleton crow down to every inch of its body. Usually, such an attack would easily get broken by the crow, but it found itself actually stuck within the chains.
From gaining a massive amount of control over his Qi and combusting his blood essence, Kazami now possesses the skills to temporarily slow down or even potentially freeze an opponent for a few seconds.
Moreover, while a few seconds may not seem like much, on the heart of the battlefield, it can make a big difference between life and death.
Their first exchange with the crow happens within seconds, and now they only have a few more to unleash their attacking skills.
The skeleton crow was thrashing and raging about, but soon it's golden fire-filled sockets faced up to Brenda and Lun Yuo jumping above it.
"Endless Leaves!"
"Lacerating Slashes!"
In sync, they unleashed their skills as hundreds of leaves formed around the crow, and five golden-white swords appeared around Brenda.
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Unleashing their attacks at the same time exuded an unstoppable pressure that even affected the skeleton crow now, making it harder for it to move.
Clenching her hands, Lun Yuo saw before the leaves struck the ice chains disappearing at the last second.
That very same second, the crow attempted to form a golden fire shield but was too slow as the leaves drilled deep int his bones.
These formidable bones could even clash against the Neptune God trident, but against Lun Yuo leaves, no defences could get held. Throughout its vast body, numerous cracks and holes filled it, but it only served to further anger the crow.
Exactly before it could counter-attack, the five swords around Brenda suddenly slashed down, unleashing a web of golden-white sword slaughtering Qi.
Her attack was blinding fast and zipped to the crow in an instant giving it little breathing room.
In haste, the crow burst out a stream of golden fire from its mouth, but like tofu, the fire got split apart until nothing remained by Brenda attack.
'BANG!'
Brenda web-like attack zoomed straight to the crow after slicing its fire and blasted it straight at the wall rumbling, the whole space upon impact.
On the crow bones now had deep slashes and some chunks of it missing as well.
Yet for the crow, the onslaught wasn't done yet. And abruptly a tornado of blue fire came roaring towards it. This time however the crow golden fire sockets burned more profoundly, and its mouth screamed out;
"SKWAAA!"
A demonic bird sound noise sent shock waves throughout and blasted Lun Yuo and Brenda to ceiling crashing hard in it. Both girls puked out blood and felt wracked with pain.
Kuzumi blue fire struggle against the shock waves but eventually dispersed as she dropped to her knees and coughed blood. She poured a lot of power into the attack, and having it dispersed in such of manner caused more internal injuries towards her.
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Though, amid the clearing fire Kazami appeared right in front of the beasts face and smashed his hand down yelling;
"Piercing Lightning!"
With Kazami attack, the whole crow body lit up in red lightning as its bones further increased in cracks and holes. His lightning wreaked havoc amidst its bones, but Kazami was startled, seeing the limited reaction of the crow.
His attack wasn't enough as the crow violently flung its head up, shooting Kazami in the air. And in mid-air, he was only met with a slap of a wing blasting him to the ground and back with a kneeling Kuzumi.
It was as if several tons of stone smashed into him all at once as Kazami felt his organs churned from that one attack.
In his mind, he couldn't help but wonder, what the hell were these bones made up of?!
At this time, Lun Yuo and Brenda had dropped from the ceilings but were on their hands and knees after the shock wave attack.
"SKEEEE!"
An even more furious and wild yell shook the space again, but now the crow bones were glowing an even brighter yellow.
For the crow, it would give the four no time to rest as it dashed straight at them. The four had to sallow their injuries and, in a mesh of auras, rushed to meet the crow head-on.
And in this exchange, they were sure to gain the advantage. Previous experience of merging their power for the cloaks gave them this thought.
In their rush, the four managed to attack in sync, further boosting the potency of their attack.
'BOOM!'
Both sides got flung back, heading straight into the wall, but Kazami's eyes suddenly went half silver. Throughout the fight, he didn't dare to go in the boosted stage of his divine power, but now he is taking the risk for one attack.
Kazami crashed to the ground and, at the same time, jumped off with lightning speed. He rushed right above one of the wings and created a red lightning ice Qi sword.
And before the crow crashed into the wall, Kazami swung down, severing one of the large bone wings with little resistance. Its sturdy bones were akin to butter under the boosted might of his divine power.
Furthermore, when he executed his attack, he immediately turned off his boosted already feeling drain from one move.
In response, Kazami got greeted with a golden fireball already nearing him. He now notices the abnormally extremely high temperature of the ball.
It felt as if he would burn alive even by being near the ball and wanted to avoid it at all costs. Knowing using ice won't do him any good, Kazami quickly sprouted lightning wings from his back and dived down.
The golden fireball barely grazed his skin, but Kazami felt a burning sensation more fierce than magma they just been through.
Landing on the ground, he was soon joined by the girls as they saw the crow now with one wing embedded on the wall.
Before thoughts of finishing it off good abruptly, the temperature of the area shot through the roof, and the crow gained a golden fire aura.
Scorching heat immediately began to burn them up as they raised their auras further beyond their limits now.
Already they have been running on fumes over not healing correctly and burning blood essence, and now this over-taxation nearly made them pass out.
Plus, it was then they notice the skeleton crow bones were further breaking apart; some were even burning to ash.
But all of their eyes widen as, from the crow mouth, it was spewing out a fire image of a Golden Crow!
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