Seeing the Earth Splitting Crocodile catching up, that young man too looked as pale as death, but the determination in his eyes did not waver in the slightest.
"Big brother, take care of yourself, and look after our parents on my behalf!" The young man shouted before gripping his longsword firmly and charging straight toward the Earth Splitting Crocodile. Read full story at noᴠelfire.net
Touched by the brotherly love on display, even Mu Hanyan and the others felt moved. Family members were not all scheming and deceitful; some harbored deep affection and a strong sense of duty.
After mutating, the Earth Splitting Crocodile’s intelligence had clearly surpassed that of ordinary wild beasts. It appeared to show a trace of contempt when it saw the young man’s actions, raising its forelimb and violently stomping on the ground.
"Boom!" The Earth shook violently, and a fine crack appeared beneath its feet, the immense impact force extending along the ground.
Although the young man’s courage was commendable, he was still significantly weaker and severely injured, which caused him to be knocked to the ground immediately.
Opening its massive jaws, the Earth Splitting Crocodile let out another roar and lunged at him head-on.
The young man, facing the ferocious Earth Splitting Crocodile, showed no regret or fear on his face, only a sense of peace as if he had forgotten about life and death. He had done everything he could, without any regrets.
"Beast, die!" Unbeknownst when, Mu Cheng’s eyes had misted over. He shouted loudly, leaped from the cliff, and his longsword burst into radiant light. He brought the power of a Fifth Rank Swordsman to its limits and thrust his sword at the Earth Splitting Crocodile.
"Kill!" Wu Qiuyun, too, was inflamed with passion as he threw himself at the Earth Splitting Crocodile with all his might.
"Clang, clang!" Their longswords simultaneously stabbed into the Earth Splitting Crocodile, but they sounded like they had hit an iron plate, ringing sharply.
The sword blades obviously bent, penetrating only half an inch before they couldn’t advance any further.
"Roar!" In pain, the Earth Splitting Crocodile let out an angry roar. Its long tail, bristling with spikes, swept at the two men like a steel whip.
"This is bad, too impulsive," the two of them sighed in resignation at the same time.
Before, they had only heard of the Earth Splitting Crocodile’s formidable defense; they never had the chance to experience just how strong it was until that moment. But now, they did not even have the chance to regret it.
That previous thrust had been with all their strength, and as they fell through the air, facing the steel whip-like sweeping tail, the two had no way to dodge.
At least an Eighth Rank, this Earth Splitting Crocodile held a combat power comparable to a human Eighth Rank Swordsman. Coupled with its horrifying defense and its superpower to shatter the Earth, its actual combat power was much stronger than that of an Eighth Rank Swordsman, nearly on par with a Ninth-Order Swordsman.
"Don’t be so impulsive next time," Mu Hanyan’s voice sounded like heavenly music beside their ears.
The two felt their bodies lighten as they were gently propelled away, and at the same time, the familiar glow of Mu Hanyan’s longsword flashed again.
In the blink of an eye, the air turned bitterly cold, and a curtain of Frost Crystal Snowflakes danced before their eyes.
The movements of the Earth Splitting Crocodile, as if encased in ice and snow, slowed down.
"Kill!" With a soft cry from Mu Hanyan, a multitude of Frost Crystal Snowflakes suddenly converged, covering the sky as they launched toward the Earth Splitting Crocodile.
A series of muffled "thuds" filled the air relentlessly.
Indeed, the defense of the Earth Splitting Crocodile was strong, its steel armor dauntingly impregnable to swordsmen like Mu Cheng and Wu Qiuyun. But that was only true for them.
The Fifth Rank Swordsman was a watershed in the Swordsman Realm. Once reaching the Fifth Rank, one’s strength underwent a qualitative change, and even more so for the Tenth Rank.
In an instant, countless red lights burst from the body of the Earth Splitting Crocodile, riddled by the frost and snow until it was like a sieve, dead beyond the shadow of a doubt.
A Great Swordsman, it turned out to be a Tenth Rank Great Swordsman! Wu Qiuyun’s inner doubts finally found an answer, but he was so shocked that he stood there, dumbfounded, unable to speak for a long moment.