Life-and-death battles are about survival, you die or I live.
Where's all that nonsense about honorable combat and fair play?
On the battlefield, you shoot, I shoot, we dodge and weave, you attack, I counter, blades flash and swords clang.
Those are just movie scenes.
Real life-and-death struggles are decided in fleeting moments.
If you can ambush, never confront head-on; if you can gang up, never charge alone!!!
This is normal thinking.
Lu Ding swung his crimson long blade, chopping!!!!!!
Within his meridians, the Sin Dragon drove spiritual energy surging forth at full force, pouring into the long blade, serving as the primer ignition for the long-charged Way of the Jinche.
Blade light erupted, sword energy hissed.The terrifying slash attack pierced through the heavens, and when the unstoppable cleave tore through everything before it.
Black light surged dramatically, close-up on Lu Ding's expression both divine and demonic.
BOOM!!!!!!!!
Shattered, sliced, nothing could withstand the cut!!!!!!!
The earth crumbled, restrictions destroyed, everywhere it passed was ravaged by the slash attack, everything, everything before this charged Way of the Jinche.
Was like bubbles bursting at the slightest touch.
In the life-and-death crisis, the Demon Dragon and Kim Nam-won simultaneously turned their attention, defending, fleeing, why! Who is it!! How could someone be here!!!
Between heaven and earth, the slash passed.
Starting from Lu Ding as the origin point, extending tens of thousands of meters, straight through dozens of kilometers beyond.
The manor shattered, the earth cracked, mountains collapsed, rivers stopped flowing.
The young man held his blade level, pointing straight ahead at the scar-like canyon left on the earth by the slash attack.
Amid swirling dust and smoke.
He exhaled a breath that became a fierce wind, blowing away the billowing smoke and dust.
The Way of the Jinche doesn't believe in defense, Lu Ding doesn't believe in their strength.
Moving forward.
One step taken.
Tap.
Black energy surged and erupted from all the apertures throughout Lu Ding's body, in this giant masterpiece using heaven and earth as the canvas.
Highlighting him, bolding him, outlining him, energy soaring to the stars, combat fully engaged!!!!
National calamity spread, like an unusual thin mist, on another level accentuating Lu Ding's presence.
In contrast, the Demon Dragon and Kim Nam-won were each more miserable than the other.
The thousand-zhang body was torn apart leaving only half a head, gasping heavily due to pain, dragon blood scattering across the ground with sizzling sounds.
Such devastating results were still relatively good.
If Kim Nam-won at Heavenly Perception Eighth Level hadn't blocked most of the attack for it.
Then... Lu Ding's slash would have been enough to kill it dozens if not hundreds of times!
Not even enough to fake an injury.
Now look at Kim Nam-won.
Have to admit, Heavenly Perception Eighth Level is indeed tough, the ruler of Tianxing Group is indeed fierce.
Lu Ding's charged slash attack, plus ambush tactics, with all conditions combined, only managed to shatter several of his protective artifacts and half his body.
He still valued his life dearly, but it wasn't enough.
Kim Nam-won gripped a damaged treasure.
Blood spurted from his mouth as he looked at Lu Ding with disbelief.
His clothing identified him as the Clark from earlier.
But the black smoke around him and that heaven-rending slash almost confirmed that the person before him was Great Han's Corpse-Shattering Taishui Lu Ding!!!
Kim Nam-won didn't understand.
Couldn't comprehend.
Couldn't figure it out.
Holding a damaged artifact before him with his single arm, slowly retreating.
"Cough cough cough... Lu... Lu Ding!?"
Questioning his identity.
But the only response was Lu Ding swinging his long blade bringing dark crimson slash attacks.
The already broken, bulging, scar-covered ground suffered further ravages from the slashes.
Kim Nam-won waved his artifact, bursting with dazzling light, desperately defending while roaring with unwilling rage.
"You are Lu Ding!!! Why don't you dare admit it!!!!?"
His mentality was somewhat collapsing now.
The most feared, most dreaded possibility had finally happened.
But this outcome seemed almost inevitable.
Because it was too similar.
Yet, White Eagle and Great Han's dual denial, plus the gap in national status.
Made Wei Gao, made Tianxing Group afraid to deny their claims.
Could only comfort themselves in their hearts!!!
Blood splattered freely during the battle.
Kim Nam-won dragged his severely injured body, blocking, blocking, blocking!!!!!
"Speak Lu Ding!!!!!!!"
"Why!! Why exactly!!! We don't know each other, we have no grudges, why do you meticulously scheme to ambush me!! Why!!!?"
Kim Nam-won felt wronged.
He had never seen Lu Ding in person before, yet now Lu Ding wanted to kill him.
No, why, what right!!!!
Facing his incessant questioning.
Lu Ding swept a heavy slash at his head, followed by a kick carrying terrifying force, howling wind, and explosive sonic boom.
BANG!!!!!!!
By now Kim Nam-won was dazed by Lu Ding's silent continuous fierce attacks, instinctively trying to raise his right arm to block.
Just as his body issued the command, he suddenly remembered.
Half his body had already been shattered by Lu Ding's ambush.
Where was there still a right arm.
As expected.
This high whip kick to the head landed solidly.
BANG!!!!!!!
One kick down, with massive force behind it, Kim Nam-won's head instantly crumpled, half his face kicked to pieces along with it.
Inside the skull, the brain shook violently, crashing heavily against the inner skull wall.
Like tofu hitting a wall, a good portion directly shattered into pieces.
The force sent him flying out.
Moon Arc Kick extreme burst, instantly boosting Lu Ding's speed to a level even Heavenly Perception Eighth Level Kim Nam-won couldn't follow.
Blood filled, dyeing his pupils red.
He slowly looked up, instinctively raising his artifact to block.
At this moment.
Lu Ding had already reached directly in front of him.
Returning the blade with blood frost coiling around head and brain, this was traditional martial arts momentum building, both offensive and defensive while greatly enhancing the next blade strike's cutting power.
Shoulder swinging full circle.
One blade, massive force, mountain-splitting earth-rending, accompanied by surging dark red spiritual energy.
The nothing-can-withstand Way of the Jinche, enhancing the long blade, amplifying the long blade, transcending the long blade.
Heavily chopped down.
That secret treasure artifact from the Second Circle shattered once more.
The sharp blade edge cut through flesh, splattered blood, severed bones, cutting into Kim Nam-won from the shoulder all the way to the center of the chest cavity, stuck in the bones.
If not for the artifact blocking some power, this blade would have been enough to split him in two.
But the current attack power was sufficient!!!
Discarding the now useless artifact, Kim Nam-won grabbed the blade edge bare-handed.
Blood dripped down.
He roared:
"Ah!!!!!!!! Lu Ding!! I'm going to die!! I'm about to die!! Speak!!! You speak to me!!! Answer me!!!!"
Spray and blood together erupted from his mouth.
Kim Nam-won stared at Lu Ding with eyes wide with rage.
He wanted dialogue with Lu Ding!
He wanted to know the reason!!!
He didn't want to die without knowing why.
Lu Ding, one hand holding the blade, the other pressing on the blade back pushing down, finally spoke.
"There's no enmity between us, what I seek is only the national calamity."
"Then why are you killing me!!!"