Chapter 404, Goodbye Night Charm
Ding ding ding ding...
Facing the siege of six people, Chu Ming was still at ease, dancing with his longsword in hand, forming an impenetrable net of sword light.
"Wind and Thunder Reverse Roll!"
The sword momentum of the black-robed youth changed, and a sound of wind and thunder echoed in the sky. Then, a torrent of wind roared, and a sword light interwoven with blue and white rushed directly at Chu Ming.
Swish!
Chu Ming withdrew swiftly, sparks flying between their clashes, and he directly broke through the sound of wind and thunder with his Conjugate Sword.
"What?!"
The black-robed youth's pupils contracted, and just as he was about to retreat, a tiny star point in his eyes continuously magnified.
Poof!
A streak of blood spurted out. The black-robed youth appeared ten meters away, his right hand holding the sword drooping weakly, with blood dripping slowly from it. At this moment, he had lost all combat effectiveness.
Ding ding ding ding...
The remaining five were no match for Chu Ming. Their bodies kept retreating under the clashes, beads of sweat streaming down their foreheads like small rivers.
"Flowing Light Shadowless!"
"Thousand Miles Wind Chasing!"
Whoosh! Whoosh!
One sword light was like the shadowless wind, the other like a falling aurora, both attacking Chu Ming from his sides with violent momentum. Grey air currents swirled in the air, and the Slaughter Sword Intent became extremely unstable here.
Swish! Swish!
Chu Ming's gaze turned cold. He swung his right hand, sending the longswords of the three men in front of him flying away and, with the residual force, directly repelled the other two longswords.
"Run!!!"
On the left, a young man trembled his arm, stomped his right foot hard on a rock on the ground, and instantly retreated over twenty meters, disappearing without a trace in no time.
The other four, seeing this, had no more fighting spirit in their hearts and turned around, randomly choosing a direction to flee in all directions.
Chu Ming sheathed his sword and stood erect, not pursuing, instead turning his head to look at Ye Chengtian on the ground, and said in a low voice.
"It seems the people you found are unreliable. They all ran away, leaving you behind."
"If you kill me, the Ye Family will never let you go."
Ye Chengtian's face was filled with shame and anger, his right hand covering his chest where Chu Ming had struck him heavily, leaving him unable to recover.
Meanwhile, the others had abandoned him and fled, filling his heart with silent resentment.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you!"
Chu Ming said lightly, then bent down and took the storage ring off Ye Chengtian's right-hand finger.
"Yours!"
Chu Ming's eyes were icy as he looked at the black-robed youth beside him.
"Yes, yes, yes!"
The black-robed youth, with his arm injured and having completely lost the ability to fight, was frightened and quickly took off his storage ring, fearing Chu Ming might kill him without a word.
"Not bad!"
Chu Ming said slowly. The middle-grade Spirit Stones from the two of them added up to a million, and the lower-grade Spirit Stones were more than seventy million, plus several good magical treasures.
Swish!
Without caring for the lives of the two, Chu Ming continued to fly towards Sword Peak, disappearing from their sight in the blink of an eye.
"Damn it!!!"
Watching Chu Ming disappear from his view, Ye Chengtian was filled with burning anger, slamming his fist hard into a rock on the ground, shattering it with the impact.
"Ye Chengtian, don't forget the reward you promised to pay me."
The black-robed youth's heart was in despair. All his possessions were in the storage ring, now entirely gone.
He had thought that with the combined strength of seven people, they could teach Chu Ming a painful lesson, but it turned out that Chu Ming had given them a lesson instead.
Now, he could only pin his hopes on Ye Chengtian's promise to recoup some of his losses.
"Don't worry, I won't shortchange you. I'll give you everything I promised."
Ye Chengtian's face twitched. He was the most miserable this time, not only losing his storage ring but also having to pay a large amount to the other six.
...
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Chu Ming exerted all his strength, quickly passing through the arrays. At this moment, a light mist had appeared around him, clearly indicating that his altitude was approaching the limit.
In the blink of an eye, another ten days passed. By this time, everyone had been at Sword Peak for a full twenty-five days, with only five days left before they had to leave.
Whoosh!
Chu Ming suddenly flashed out from the void, a glint in his eyes, feeling that Sword Peak was indeed a treasure trove for swordsmen. At this moment, his Slaughter Sword Intent had reached Tier Five, no less powerful than an ordinary Guiyuan Realm Fifth Layer expert.
According to Chu Ming's estimation, he was less than a hundred meters from the peak of Sword Peak, but every time his Spiritual Sense was about to cover the peak, it seemed like a barrier blocked it.
Whoosh!
Chu Ming entered another array. The closer he got to the summit, the more densely packed the arrays were, and their power increased geometrically.
Flaming stars flew in the sky, the whole space filled with countless flames, the temperature continuously rising, and magma flowing on the ground, bubbling with red bubbles.
"This should be a Fourth Level array!"
Chu Ming thought.
At the same time, he felt a bit pressured, as a Fourth Level array was equivalent to a Guiyuan Realm martial artist. Although he could break this array with brute force, he was uncertain about the arrays after this one.
Whoosh!
A strong blood light burst from Chu Ming's sword, shaking the void lightly. The Slaughter Sword Intent burst out, and a blurry, almost illusionary sword light shot forth.
Poof poof poof...
Under this sword light, everything around was destroyed, the flowing flame in the sky disappeared, and the ground turned into a void.
Chu Ming did not understand arrays, and all the way, he used brute force to break through. Each array had a limit to the attacks it could withstand, and once exceeded, the array would collapse.
Whoosh!
After breaking through five Fourth Level arrays in a row, Chu Ming's face showed amazement as he entered the sixth.
The surroundings fell silent. In front of him was a huge platform made of black rock, with countless inscriptions carved on it.
Whoosh!
Chu Ming lightly stepped, his body instantly flying up, landing firmly on the edge of the platform. Looking at the platform, everything around was silent. On that platform was a Tai Chi Bagua pattern, lifelike.
What surprised Chu Ming the most was the figure sitting in the center of the Tai Chi Bagua pattern. She wore black clothes that accentuated her graceful figure, but unfortunately, her face was obscured by a black veil, making it indistinct.
Ye Mei!
At this moment, Ye Mei's eyes were closed, but as if sensing someone's arrival, her eyelashes fluttered slightly. Then, her closed eyes slowly opened, revealing a trace of purple lightning flashing in their depths.