9 Heavenly Thunder Manual Chapter 349-352

Chapter 349 – The Great Dahl Ape

When the white energy made contact with Lei Yu's unique brand… "Aggghhh!" Lei Yu's whole body started shaking non-stop.

"Endure it! Once you pa.s.s this critical moment, perhaps your strength will increase by leaps and bounds!"

Sweat was pouring out from Lei Yu's entire body. Once could clearly see that his muscles and bones were shaking giving off a strange buzzing noise.

Another burst of internal energy belonging to the White Scaled Giant Crocodile coursed through Lei Yu's bones and muscles. His internals were already unable to endure any more pressure yet with this new wave of energy, they started shaking even more. One could now clearly see that within every pore of Lei Yu's body, there was a bead of blood coming out. Lei Yu continued clenching his teeth to endure it. This energy was already different to his own internal energy, and the difficulty level was increased since the blood of a demonic beast cultivators were naturally tyrannical and hard to tame. Lei Yu had tried many times to control it with his spirit but found that it wasn't easy at all. It looks like he would have to allow it to slowly adapt inside the infant's body before it would become a power he could use within his dantian.

After breathing out some turbid air, Lei Yu gradually opened his eyes. There was a brief flash of white light in his eyes before disappearing – his refinement had succeeded!

Lei Yu started withdrawing the internal energy that he had wrapped around the White Scaled Giant Crocodile's infant body. The Nascent Soul that was originally the size of two palms had disappeared without a trace leaving only starry dots that immediately dispersed into the surrounding environment. These were waste remnants of the Nascent Soul which was of no use to Lei Yu.

"We can continue onwards now!" The Devil King's voice rang out. Lei Yu stood up and started taking off his clothes. Looking at his whole body covered with beads of blood was quite a terrifying sight to behold. Lei Yu made a simple shaking motion and the blood beads scattered outwards and not a single drop was left on his body.

His powerful body was like an obvious contrast in this gloomy looking Forest of Fog. Lei Yu pulled out some new clothes from his Universal Pouch and put them on before he could calmly pay attention to the changes inside his body.

The White Scaled Giant Crocodile's energy wasn't something he could easily tame, but when compared to the Devil King's green energy, it was like a docile kitten. Although this new power wasn't something Lei Yu could control right now, at least it was behaving itself while sitting in a certain corner. It would occasionally s.h.i.+ver in that corner because Lei Yu's internal energy would pa.s.s by to provoke it. Eventually that giant crocodile's energy will cave in and by that time, Lei Yu could easily subdue it for his own use.

The portion of internal energy Lei Yu had used up in the previous fight had now been recovered. He also saw some slight growth in his strength within the late Soul Splitting stage. The increase wasn't particularly obvious but if this was normal circ.u.mstance within the Devil King's castle, it would have still taken him at least one or two weeks to gain this. One could see the benefits of refining a Gold Core or a Nascent Soul, but this way of cultivating wasn't something to Lei Yu's taste. It was way too painful for people to handle!

Refining a Gold Core was better since it was less difficult and less complicated. Refining a Nascent Soul was completely different – the Nascent Soul itself contained a portion of the original owner's soul so one had to first destroy that before suppressing the tyrannical power it possessed, that's why it was way more troublesome.

Once again opening his eyes, Lei Yu began to travel deeper into the forest.

There were no living creatures here nor did any dare to step into this region. Even if it was the terrifyingly powerful existence bull-head, he too would not dare to enter this region without a good reason. If he was to find out that within the most inner depths of the forest was a Sky Devouring Rat acting as a guardian, most likely the bull-head would not step foot here by himself. One can't say whether it's easy or hard to deal with the rat because just its speed alone would give anyone a headache. Of course if Lei Yu requested the bull-head's a.s.sistance, he probably wouldn't even hesitate and outright agree to come.

The second protective barrier was also similar to the first one where it was transparent in nature, except that it was a different color – this one was yellow. The pressure this barrier gave off was much more obvious. Lei Yu cracked his neck and other joints giving "pak pak" sounds. With a single thought, a yellow and black striped infant body encased in purple internal energy appeared in Lei Yu's hand. According to the Devil King's instructions, Lei Yu injected his internal energy into the infant body before suddenly das.h.i.+ng forward with all his might. The next moment, Lei Yu had disappeared from the spot.

"Boom!"

"Bang!"

Those continuous explosions caused the entire outer periphery of the Forest of Fog to shake. The huge barrier had disappeared, and the Swordback Tiger's Nascent Soul had disappeared along with it amongst the explosions.

Lei Yu was currently standing back where the first barrier of the Forest of Fog was located at, which showed how fast his speed was!

The huge explosion had caused those rotten trees to disintegrate into wood ash before scattering all over the place. The previously dense area near the barrier was now open land, giving Lei Yu some difficulty to adapting to the sight.

Lei Yu moved forward without reducing his speed. Even if it was deaf, this huge explosion would clearly alert the second barrier's guardian – the Great Dahl Ape.

Sure enough, beyond the second barrier location revealed a small firm mountain! As one looked closer, this wasn't a mountain but a huge black ape!

"That's the Great Dahl Ape?" Lei Yu asked in shock to no one in particular. What appeared before him was an ape that was over a hundred meters! ¹ Its height was seriously no different from a small mountain!

Raising his head, Lei Yu started carefully observing it. It was no different than your typical ape except for its much, much, larger stature. Its arms and chest seemed to be also larger than normal… Its blood red eyes appear to be looking down at Lei Yu with disdain while sharp fangs could be seen protruding from its mouth. One could also see the great ape spray white mist out of its nostrils as it breathed out heavily.

The Devil King's voice was heard: "You have to attack its eyes before it goes berserk or else you'll be in big trouble!"

The Devil King's advice was necessary because Lei Yu didn't want to entangle himself with this huge creature for too long. Even if he was able to dodge its attacks at high speeds, it still required a large amount of time to escape the vicinity of it, not to mention if it went berserk.

Lei Yu took a deep breath before taking out a purple bead from his Universal Pouch. He injected a trace of internal energy into it before tossing it out. The moment it neared the great ape, Lei Yu activated the internal energy inside the bead to detonate it. Suddenly, an overwhelming amount of lightning that covered the skies started cras.h.i.+ng down. The violent booming noises it caused had caught the attention of the great ape. And this happened to be Lei Yu's last Heavenly Thunder Bead!

"Now's the time!" Lei Yu roared out before rus.h.i.+ng up. He was using the great ape's lower limbs as leverage before heading towards its head a hundred meters up.

The Devil King had mentioned before that the Great Dahl Ape's defense was unbelievably strong. Even if it encountered a super expert at the Mahayana stage, it was capable of holding its own for a few rounds. Its defensive attributes could almost compare with the Black Tortoise Divine Beast, and the only difference was one's a divine beast while the other was a demonic beast.

Lei Yu's climbing wasn't slow at all. The Great Dahl Ape's fur was very long which allowed him to have an easier time scaling it. With the overwhelming amount of lightning striking at the great ape like it was tickling it, it had actually drawn the great ape's full attention. And it was precisely this reason that it didn't detect the approaching danger to its huge head!

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¹ – 100 meters tall is like the length of a football field going upwards.

Chapter 350 – Attacking The Weakness

The time it took Lei Yu to climb up was less than three seconds, which was only one cycle of breathing by the great ape.

Once he reached the neck, Lei Yu roared out as he leapt upwards. The Sky Devouring Sword gave out a brilliant s.h.i.+ne, "Thirty-six Lunar Star technique, first combination!"

"Boom!"

"Bzzzt! Crack!"

"Owwwwww!"

There was the sound of lightning striking, there was the sound of Lei Yu's first combination attack from the Thirty-six Lunar Star technique, and there was also the terrifying Great Dahl Ape's cry of pain. For a short time, the second region of the Forest of Fog was in chaos!

Lei Yu didn't dare to delay and immediately retreated. His goal was to blind the great ape so that even if it was p.i.s.sed off, it wouldn't be able to chase after Lei Yu's presence. By that time, killing the great ape would be a lot simpler.

Lei Yu landed on the ground and turned around to look. The great ape was clutching at its eyes while stomping its legs. It looked like it was experiencing great pain! Its eyes were its only weakness since it had thick and rough skin and wasn't afraid of any attacks involving those areas.

Its rage gradually dispersed as it began to calm down and remove its hands. Lei Yu was suddenly shocked. There were only two white smudges on the Great Dahl Ape's eyes! Lei Yu's powerful first combination attack was only able to leave a smudge on the great ape's cornea? The so called weakest part of its body was this powerful? Lei Yu was completely dumbfounded.

The Devil King's voice suddenly heard in his mind: "You should have used your most powerful attack instead of trying to hide it! Now we're in trouble because it's prepared, and wanting to blind its eyes again will be extremely difficult!"

"Less with the sarcastic bulls.h.i.+t! If I used my most powerful attack, how would I have any energy left to kill it? And you, isn't your remnant soul much more powerful than mine? Why don't you come out and take care of it yourself?" Lei Yu's voice was extremely p.i.s.sed off but the conversation was only within his mind.

The Devil King snapped back: "Why would I do that? If I overuse my energy, the speed in which my soul remnant would disappear would only accelerate. By that time, I'm afraid I wouldn't even get to see my true body before my soul is dispersed!"

"s.h.i.+t! How the h.e.l.l should I fight it?!" Lei Yu was now depressed. This great ape was way too huge and without any weaknesses on its entire body. The only weakness it did have was being protected as both its hands were near its eyes to prevent another attack.

"You d.a.m.n b.a.s.t.a.r.d! You dare to take advantage of me by attacking my eyes when I wasn't paying attention? Hand over your life!" The great ape said in the human language. Its voice was extremely angry shocking Lei Yu in many ways. Lei Yu immediately retreated back over a hundred meters away from the great ape's attack range in order to wait for an opportunity.

One could see the Great Dhal Ape pummel its own chest while howling a piercing roar. Even though Lei Yu's strength was a bit stronger than the ape, he still couldn't take care of it in a short time. Not to mention that the great ape was now in berserk mode and its strength was at least twice as strong as before. Dealing with it now was much harder than before.

"I have to create an opportunity to attack its eyes!" Lei Yu started moving around while the great ape suddenly lowered its body and slammed both fists on the ground.

"Boom!"

The ground shook like crazy and the vibration actually knocked Lei Yu up over ten meters into the air!

Lei Yu was unable to react with the sudden change before seeing the great ape's arm sweep over. The next moment, a huge palm slapped Lei Yu with a loud "bang!" Lei Yu was sent flying over several hundreds of meters before he could stabilize his body in midair. A trace of blood was then seen flowing out of his mouth.

"This guy's attack was really d.a.m.n powerful! I knew I shouldn't have taken it head on!" Lei Yu had also wanted to experience how strong the great ape's attack was, that's why he resisted it head on. Even though his injuries weren't heavy, the feeling of the attack wasn't fun at all.

Lei Yu narrowed his eyes, "If it weren't because I allowed you to hit me, you would be exhausted to death and still wouldn't be able to touch a hair on me!"

"What an arrogant boast!" The great ape roared. It was obvious that it put in quite a bit of strength in its last attack but didn't expect that it couldn't kill Lei Yu. At this time, one could see layers of yellow internal energy rising from the great ape's body. This overwhelming aura had suddenly caused Lei Yu to feel like he was moving about in mud! From the look of things, Lei Yu's speed will naturally decrease!

"Not good!"

Lei Yu loudly yelled before suddenly flying upwards. The great ape's palm swept past his original position and kicked up a wild wind that whipped Lei Yu's clothes into a frenzy.

"F*cker, let's fight it out!" Lei Yu clenched his teeth as the Sky Devouring Sword hovered in front of him. He then clasped his hands together and layers of purple internal energy swept out. Lei Yu was chanting something and a dark purple halo energy surrounded his hands. The dark halo energy was like a glove surrounding Lei Yu's hands before he roared out: "Go!"

"Whoos.h.!.+"

"Owwwww!"

The moment the halo energy spread out, it dispersed into little bits of starry dots before flying towards the great ape's head. The scattered starry dots didn't seem to contain any attack power but the great ape was still vigilant by covering his eyes with his hands. It was acting this way to prevent any unnecessary pain from those seemingly weak looking starry dots.

Although those starry dots didn't enter the great ape's eyes, it still landed on the rest of its face and on its hands.

Lei Yu lightly smiled, "What? You scared?"

Upon opening its eyes, the great ape yelled: "What a joke! The defense of I, the Great Dahl Ape is the strongest amongst all demonic beasts! You think I'm really afraid of your attacks?"

Seeing it start to remove its hands, Lei Yu's smile became even brighter.

"Oh really?" Lei Yu was saying this but his thoughts seem to be controlling something. One could only see those starry dots start moving up the great ape's face towards its eyes. By the time the ape realized what was happening, it was too late!

Lei Yu roared out: "Break!"

A violent explosion that would numb one's skull came after that.

"Crack! Boom!"

The next moment, the Great Dahl Ape screamed into the air. Its ear piercing voice of pain swept through the entire Forest of Fog. Even Lei Yu felt his ears almost couldn't bear with the sound which clearly showed this guy's pain wasn't light at all.

This was one of the abilities Lei Yu gained at the Soul Splitting stage. He could control his energy that was outside of him allowing him to freely move it around. The most important thing was that these external energy would not explode for a long time unless it was triggered by Lei Yu's mental thoughts!

This was similar to having countless time bombs and Lei Yu was in complete control of when it would explode.

The strength behind the Soul Splitting stage was powerful but it wasn't enough to cause the Great Dahl Ape to truly lose his sight. After all, this was considered a wide area range attack and the power wasn't focused into a single point.

Lei Yu condensed his internal energy as his body once again rushed forth. The great ape was still dealing with its pain and didn't notice Lei Yu's movement. When the pain gradually disappeared, the great ape finally opened its eyes. At this moment, it was completely stunned! Two purple meteors with white starry dots were actually waiting for his eyes to open!

Chapter 351 – A Cloud Of Dust Rises

Its eyelids didn't have time to close before those two starry meteors collided. There was no crisp sound this time but a m.u.f.fled thump. It looked like the attack broke through its cornea and went right into the pupils!

The screams were even more ferocious this time as the great ape waved its fists madly around while its feet were stomping all over the place. The surrounding area had been completely obliterated become flat ground!

Lei Yu quickly withdrew because if those random attacks landed on him, he would definitely suffer to no ends!

The Devil King cried out: "When they're ill, go for the kill! Quickly use your most powerful attack or else there's no way you can break through its abdomen!"

The Devil King's advice brought Lei Yu's retreat to a halt. He then concentrated the on the great ape's abdomen before roaring out: "Thirty-six Lunar Star technique, fourth combination!"

An axe! Lei Yu's attack had actually caused his internal energy to materialize a giant axe!

The light given off by the giant axe was unusually dazzling to the eye. At the top of the axe's edge to the bottom were five bright star lights lined up on the blade. The giant axe then cut down in less than a second.

A heart piercing cry came out of the great ape's mouth. Its eyes suddenly opened and traces of blood could be seen. The great ape was now completely blind but appeared to be unusually calm. After that cry, there were no more acts of violent behavior from it.

"You actually managed to break my defense!" The great ape's voice was extremely cold.

"That was my strongest attack." Lei Yu replied while gasping for breath.

The great ape's voice began to grow weaker as it said: "You are strong, except you won't be able to escape your fate of death!" As its voice faded, the great ape toppled over.

After a loud boom, a cloud of dust rose from the ground. This scene was no different than a mountain toppling over. Lei Yu looked towards the Great Dahl Ape's abdomen and noticed a horrendous looking wound. This wound was caused by Lei Yu's most powerful combination skill – the Thirty-six Lunar Star technique's fourth combination. The sharpness of that giant axe cannot be overlooked; it contained the crescent moon of the first combination, the ultimate speed of the second combination's arrows, and the third combination's ferocious blunt power of the heavy hammer, all added onto the giant axe's attack. Attached on the blade edge were five meteors that played a vital role in its explosive power.

Lei Yu leapt up and landed on the great ape's stomach. He wasn't in a rush to extract the Nascent Soul but sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes. After using two combination skills, the energy consumption was really too much for him. Lei Yu had to go through a period of time for recovery.

With Xue Yu's a.s.sistance, Lei Yu was still able to completely recover in a day's time even though this place barely had any spiritual energy and was filled with yin energy. Even the internal injury he received from the great ape's slap had rapidly recovered due to the healing abilities of the Spiritual Bracelet of Frost and the green energy. This was also thanks to Lei Yu's skeletal structure that contained metallic properties. With Lei Yu's current strength, it was difficult to find an opponent that can seriously injure him anymore.

What led to the Great Dahl Ape's downfall was that it looked down on Lei Yu's strength and overestimated its own defensive ability. The omnipotent like crus.h.i.+ng power along with the sharp cutting ability, added by Lei Yu's unique power of lightning created the framework where all things could be cut apart. Let alone some fur that was just defensively stronger than normal.

Lei Yu slowly stood up and retrieved the huge Nascent Soul from the Great Dahl Ape's abdomen. It was such a pity that he couldn't absorb this powerful source since he needed it to crack the third region's energy barrier.

After condensing his internal energy, Lei Yu wrapped it around the great ape's Nascent Soul. He then injected a trace of internal energy into it before throwing it with all his strength. The moment it collided with the golden energy s.h.i.+eld, the heavens and the ground shook like it was Armageddon!

Lei Yu didn't dare to stay here. Even though he trusted his own powerful defensive abilities, he still didn't want to experience the explosive blast wave of what was to come. The current him activated his speed to the maximum and flew off into a certain direction. The Sky Devouring Sword beneath his feet gave off a blinding light making Lei Yu look like a meteor barreling through the lands.

A humongous BOOM echoed for over ten minutes before coming to a stop. The explosion caused dust to completely cover the area and limiting Lei Yu's range of vision. He didn't dare to take unnecessary risks so he patiently waited for all the dust to settle.

An ear piercing shriek of a bird was heard. Even beyond the Forest of Fog and into the sea region would one still be able to hear this shriek.

Lei Yu frowned and looked over and observed a huge bird enshrouded in a golden light. The wingspan of the huge bird was at least over twenty meters. Its whole body was gold colored and the bird had all the features of an eagle. Its sharp eyes with golden pupils glared at Lei Yu. Its sharp beaks were slightly raised and gave off a bright reflective light. The strangest thing about it was the two claws beneath its body: Apart from looking extremely sharp, it was also very large making it seem mismatched with its body.

"Be careful, this is the Demon Roc Emperor who is at the late Soul Splitting stage! The strongest ability it has is a gravity attack that can control and lower your speed. Its attacks are also quite powerful so it's the same tactic as before – a quick battle and a quick kill. Working in your favor is that its defense isn't very strong. You have to kill it in the shortest time possible or else when it splits up and there's two Demon Roc Emperor's at the same time, the chance of you winning is zero!" The Devil King advised Lei Yu in his mind.

Lei Yu didn't dare to be careless as he circulated internal energy in his feet and floated into the air at the same level as the big golden eagle. The two pairs of eyes looked at each other – one pair of powerful eyes was glaring at another pair of eyes filled with a deep profound mystery. They both couldn't help shudder since Lei Yu gave others the feeling of elusiveness while the big eagle had eyes that could literally kill someone with a stare!

Upon clenching his teeth, purple energy started rising out of Lei Yu's body and the power of lightning started arcing and enshrouding him within. The green brand on his arm started flickering and a stream of purple internal energy started rapidly flowing down his arm. Lei Yu clasped his left index and middle fingers together before tapping his right arm and controlling that stream of internal energy. He guided that stream of energy down to his fingers and a fragment of light appeared on his fingertip. The lightning arcing around his body became much more active as if jumping around in joy. The fragment of light that came out of Lei Yu's fingertip suddenly brightened and blinded the surrounding area.

The dazzling bright light caused the Demon Roc Emperor to blink. Lei Yu then roared out: "Now's the time!"

With a single wave, the fragment of purple light the size of a finger flew straight at the Demon Roc Emperor. The speed of it was no less than the attacks from the Thirty-six Lunar Star technique.

The moment the lightning energy attack drew near the Demon Roc Emperor's body, one could see its huge wings effortlessly quiver before it instantly created an airtight defense in front of it.

"Bzzt bzzt!"

The purple lightning energy somehow merged together with the Demon Roc Emperor's golden colored energy before giving off a heart chilling sound. Lei Yu observed the reaction and then, "You lied to me again! My attack was so easily resisted by that thing!" Lei Yu yelled at the Devil King in his mind.

Chapter 352 – One Splits Into Two

"I didn't really lie to you. This large Roc relies on its wings as its main defense while its stomach area and the area under its wings are the weakest. But below the stomach area, it also happens to have those sharp claws which are its most powerful weapons. What you have to do is find an opportunity to attack its lower stomach area in the shortest amount of time possible!"

"That's easy for you to say, how about you go do it?" Lei Yu then roared out and the Sky Devouring Sword appeared in his hand with a bright flash. He was currently standing there in mid air looking like a Demon King!

Guerilla warfare was something Lei Yu had become good at but when up high in the air, fighting with a bird that dominated air battles wasn't a wise choice. Lei Yu ignored the Devil King's advice of fighting a quick battle and started descending to the ground.

A brief flash was seen in the Demon Roc Emperor's eyes before it folded its wings and dived down as well. Accompanying the shriek of a bird, the Demon Roc Emperor was now displaying its first attack.

Lei Yu didn't dare to be careless as he focused on the Sky Devouring Sword he was holding. His eyes never left the pair of claws below the Demon Roc Emperor's abdomen. As the distance become closer and closer, Lei Yu roared out: "Perfect timing!" He then swept out and sliced horizontally with the Sky Devouring Sword.

"Bang!"

"Bang bang bang…!"

Hundreds of collision sounds were heard in the third region of the Forest of Fog. Panic could be clearly seen on Lei Yu's face while a look of shock could also be seen on the Demon Roc Emperor.

Lei Yu never imagined this big bird's claws were this sharp and st.u.r.dy. It was actually able to compete with his Sky Devouring Sword for this long and not suffer any damage.

As for the Demon Roc Emperor, its shock was no less than Lei Yu's. Each time Lei Yu attacked with his Sky Devouring Sword, they all contained a powerful lightning power imbued into it. Even though it was proud of its claws' st.u.r.diness and sharpness, as the clashes continued, it could feel bursts of paralysis penetrate into its legs. If these head on clashes continued, the one in the disadvantaged position could eventually be it!

Not only will these bursts of paralysis eventually slow down the Demon Roc Emperor's reaction time, eventually its attacks will also be affected by it.

Its huge wings quivered once again causing it to sudden lurched into the air. The Demon Roc Emperor had suddenly chosen to distance itself!

Lei Yu seemed to have found its weakness so how could he give up such a good opportunity and allow it to escape? The second the Demon Roc Emperor rose into the air, Lei Yu also condensed internal energy into his feet and flew up to catch up to it. This style of fighting continued on as if it was hard to tell who would become victorious. They were both at the strength of a late Soul Splitting stage yet somehow Lei Yu appeared to be slowly gaining the upper hand because of his Sky Devouring Sword.

"Kaaaa!"

"Kaaaaa…!"

Just when their attacks continued as if it was hard to tell the outcome, a harsh ear piercing squawk came from a distance. Lei Yu's face changed as he cried out in shock, "Not good!"

The figure hadn't even appeared yet but the wind was already howling towards him. Lei Yu hurriedly dropped down to the ground and right at that moment, a golden bird the exact carbon copy of the Demon Roc Emperor swooped past Lei Yu's original position with its pair of sharp claws grasping down. If Lei Yu had avoided that at the last second, most likely him who had metallic properties in his skeletal structure would still be ripped into two!

After hiddenly gasping to himself, Lei Yu adjusted his body to his best battle posture. He didn't remove the internal energy still condensed in his feet so that he could run away at a moment's notice.

"This is real bad! This is the other half of the Demon Roc Emperor who has reached the early Boundary Transition stage, someone even more difficult to deal with!" As the Devil King's voice sounded off, Lei Yu started to feel sick of hearing him. But now wasn't the time to stop him from talking because he had to find a solution immediately to deal with these two enemies.

"You two plan on ganging up on me?" Lei Yu knew he had no chance with dealing with two strong opponents at the same time so he tried to trick them with words.

"I've always done things this way. If you want to break past the last barrier, you'll have to do it over our two dead bodies!" Said the Boundary Transition stage Demon Roc Emperor.

Upon hearing those words, Lei Yu's heart sank to the bottom of the ravine. Seeing that he now had to kill the two of them, he was a bit regretful for not listening to the Devil King's advice. Fighting in the air was disadvantageous to Lei Yu but at least he would eventually find a flaw and reach the Demon Roc Emperor's lower abdomen area. He would most likely suffer some injury at the meantime but would still manage to deliver serious blow to the big bird's weak area. Since Lei Yu brought the battle to the ground instead, it looks like he had just created a situation where his own risk level had increased by a lot. What should he do now?

His arms took a wider stance before Lei Yu started speaking in his mind: "Xue Yu, it looks like you'll have to materialize to help me or else there's no way I can deal with these two experts!"

"Master, leave that Boundary Transition bird to me!" As Xue Yu's voice faded, a purple aura started rising out of Lei Yu's body. A purple dragon then burst out of his body and landed on the ground with a brilliant white flash. Suddenly, a stunning beautiful girl appeared next to Lei Yu.

The two big birds were startled from what they witnessed. The big bird at the Boundary Transition stage then asked: "That's your soul?" It was obvious that it didn't believe its eyes because how could one's body and one's soul have such a huge difference in appearance? This was something it had never seen or heard of before.

Lei Yu didn't bother replying. He and Xue Yu nodded to each other before they both shot up into the sky. The soul had left the body – Lei Yu's original body was only at the early Soul Splitting stage but his defensive power was still extremely powerful. Xue Yu on the other hand, had the soul body which contained Lei Yu's most powerful offensive powers, but her defense had weakened by a lot. A single heavy injury may cause the soul body to immediately lose all combat capability.

This was going to be a tough battle. It was the first time the two of them were working together and they had to quickly end the fight. The best scenario was to quickly kill off one of the big birds first!

Lei Yu's target was the big bird at the late Soul Splitting stage while Xue Yu chose the Demon Roc Emperor who exceeded Lei Yu's level, being at the Boundary Transition stage.

Countless number of blurred images of those four appeared and disappeared in mid air. The speeds of each of them derived through their training were extremely shocking!

That big bird at the Boundary Transition stage sensed how powerful Xue Yu's attacks were so it didn't dare take them head on. It actually decided on dodging when it could, fleeing when it couldn't! For the time being, Xue Yu couldn't gain any advantages over it.

On Lei Yu's side, he wasn't having a good time at all. Although he was managing to barely avoid the attacks from the big bird, he wasn't able to release any powerful attacks to threaten it. For a brief moment, the four of them stopped and eyed each other at a frozen stalemate while none of them were willing to make the first move.

Lei Yu lightly exhaled before conversing with Xue Yu in his mind: "Xue Yu, it looks like we can't win if we fight separately. How about we…"

Xue Yue responded to Lei Yu through their mind transmission and both reached a consensus. Their sights both landed on the Demon Roc Emperor who was only at the late Soul Splitting stage.

Lei Yu roared out: "Now's the time!"

"Whoosh~!"

"Whoosh~!"

Lei Yu and Xue Yu both rushed out at the same time towards the weaker Soul Splitting big bird. Xue Yu was responsible for attacking while Lei Yu with his Sky Devouring Sword was nearby to prevent the stronger Boundary Transition Demon Roc Emperor from interfering.

Xue Yu's attacks were all vicious and filled with explosive power. After several loud sounds, many patches of feathers had been forcefully blown off from the weaker Demon Roc Emperor. Xue Yu was on a roll as she kept on attacking non-stop, hoping that one of her moves would land a fatal blow!