Veronica raised her head, her sky-blue eyes reflecting the fifteen heads of the Holy Multi-headed Dragon forming a ring in the pitch-black night sky. Even the Empire's Female War God couldn't help but hold her breath. The giant beast caught the subtle movent on this side of the forest above the clouds, and its eyes, red as blood, saw this tiny human. After its fifteen heads serpentinely circled, it left only the seventh head behind, the giant snake head lifted high, vaporizing into a cloud midair.
Attacks ca in quick succession from within the clouds, with thousands of Qi Arrows shooting out, aid directly at Veronica below. But Brand couldn't help but curse under his breath, as this creature's strike radius was simply too vast, seemingly covering a radius of a thousand feet, almost enveloping the entire Ridgeline Forest.
The scene of thousands of white Qi Arrows simultaneously penetrating the forest was terrifying yet magnificent. For onlookers, it was majestic, but for those within, facing the impending threat was an asphyxiating scene.
Brand was no exception. He quickly rolled to the side, narrowly avoiding over ten waist-thick Qi Arrows that pumled the spot where he stood, the blade-like air currents cut through, scattering grass blades, creating gaps of various sizes in the grass.
Qian also reacted swiftly, like a graceful and beautiful leopard evading the semi-transparent air currents, then approached Brand.
The second wave of the Holy Multi-headed Dragon's attack was imminent, and the two were preparing to leave the danger zone when they heard an angry shout, "Did I permit you to leave—?" Among the three, Veronica had withstood the most attacks, with hundreds of concentrated strikes forming a terrifying white whirlwind in the air. Under normal circumstances, even those who have mastered the Elent couldn't escape unhard. Yet to Brand and Qian's astonishnt, not only was Veronica unscathed, but she also had the strength to hold them back.
Brand couldn't help but look back, seeing a sky-blue transparent barrier appear around Veronica's body, where sharp white air currents struck but were imdiately deflected and nullified. Although the transparent barrier flickered continuously, it seed unlikely to break soon.
Veronica stood firm in the storm of blows, holding her sword with one hand, her eyes almost afla with anger. Brand swallowed hard, knowing he had indeed angered her this ti. Facing an enraged Empire's Female War God was not to his liking. Just as he saw her sword move, he imdiately leaped sideways into a ravine.
A white light shot out from Veronica's sword, forming a wide swath of white Sword Qi that passed narrowly over the prone Brand and Qian, striking the nearby stream with a thunderous roar, evaporating the water from the riverbed—the stream montarily ran dry before gradually recombining.
The Extre Sword Saint in full force was truly frightening. Brand, looking at the interrupted stream, felt a chill down his spine. Looking back, he saw Veronica's second sword poised to strike, and he imdiately realized things were unfavorable. He decisively turned back, grabbed Qian's hand, and shouted, "Qian, ready yourself!" Qian was montarily stunned, but Brand already launched his charge, sprinting at full speed as Veronica unleashed her second sword; the Sword Qi missed Brand by a hair's breadth as he transford into a continuous black line, vanishing into the forest, crashing into a line of trees with a thunderous impact.
At that mont, it was as if a fierce wind swept through the forest. Dozens of giant trees, each needing ten people to encircle, were severed and sent flying, crashing to the ground once more.
Seeing her two sword strikes miss, Veronica couldn't help but bite her lip—a rare occurrence for her. She hadn't lost composure like this since the highland wars with the Hazellians. Yet, the young man's repeated unraveling of her sword techniques puzzled her. She even began to suspect if there was so connection to her, as her sword technique 'Sky Do Wall' was a secret art of the Presco Family, rarely transmitted outside, and one of the few advanced sword techniques in the Cruz Empire founded on Wind Elent.
However, performing 'Sword Barrier - Reflux' required the swordmaster to remain still, and with the Holy Multi-Headed Dragon's residual attack waves yet to arrive, Veronica could only watch helplessly as Brand escaped. She raised her head, wanting to see how long the beast's attack would last. Although 'Sword Barrier - Reflux' was reputedly invincible, it was, after all, an exaggeration. If the Holy Multi-headed Dragon went all out, even the Empire's Female War God wouldn't dare take it lightly.
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