Inside Carny palace, the sudden appearance of Koldorus and his people had startled everyone.
Swoosh-swoosh-swoosh! Koldorus and Kol elders leapt at Zhang, surrounding him quickly. Fang and Yichen moved too.
"I believe our agreement is still valid?" Yichen enquired. Koldorus sneered and shot him a glance.
"I'm taking Xiao. You may choose to ally with me or not. I don't really care." He spoke.
"Then, let's work together, King Koldorus!" Fang said resolutely and attacked Zhang.
Without further words the fight broke out again. Zhang scoffed and unleashed his full power. He was clad in Blood Reaper Cloak and held a large blood scythe in his hands. Dozens of normal sized blood scythes moved around him and helped him cancel out the incoming attacks.
"Herculean Gatling!" Koldorus shouted and attacked a trump card move.
Boom-boom-boom-boom! Loud sounds and shockwaves reverberated in the council hall, disbalancing several people and cracking the hall's pillars.
As his move ended, Koldorus snorted, seeing that Zhang had remained uninjured. His defensive move was simply robust.
Bwoosh! Bwoosh! Bwoosh! Fireballs were immediately hurled towards Zhang. Stone pillars arose from the floor, creating a half circular structure behind him to aid the fireballs.
Boom!! Boom!! Intense fiery explosions occurred which could roast anyone. But Zhang soon emerged unhurt. His blood scythes had morphed and created a hollow circular orb around him, taking the brunt of the flames.
Swoosh! Zhang moved and attacked. The circular orb morphed into a stream of blood behind him and coagulated onto his scythe, enlarging its already big size.
"Giant Scythe, 100 Kills!" Hundred swift and powerful slashes were performed by Zhang within an instant. Intensely sharp energy imbued slashes ripped everything apart in their path. Pillars were sliced into bits, roof collapsed and the rubble also got sliced into grainy power! Within a few moments, the entire council hall turned to ruins and silence befell.
"Ohok!" Koldorus coughed out a mouthful of blood. He and Kol elders had taken severe injuries. Fang and Yichen's expressions were unsightly too.
All the other ministers and their followers had perished due to this attack! Even Fang and Yichen would have died but elder Kim had protected them with a wall of boulders at the nick of time. Those boulders had been sliced into tiny pieces and Fang & Yichen suffered from deep cuts too but were still alive.
"You two retreat and support us from long distance." Koldorus commanded. As the person with highest rank & authority, he naturally took charge. Fang and Yichen did not refuse and moved backwards while taking healing pills to stop their bleeding.
"It seems that I did not teach you a proper lesson in our previous battle." Zhang spoke at this point. "Koldorus, you are foolish to have come here seeking battle and throwing away your life!"
Koldorus smiled in response and cracked his knuckles.
"It won't be like the last time, Zhang. These warriors of mine cultivated crazily to breakthrough to Master realm. With us five level 1 Master realm cultivators, we can still claim victory over you." Koldorus was confident. Even though he had also cultivated crazily and reached the peak of level 1 Master realm, he could not break through in this short time. However, for Kol elders who had been accumulating resources for a long time already, breaking through to Master realm was easier and that provided Koldorus the confidence to seek another battle with Zhang in order to claim Xiao.
"Humph! Quantity cannot overcome quality. You'll still lose. You should have kept your life and lived in peace. But instead, you used that whore Chloe to teleport here to ambush me. I will change my name if I can't kill you today!" Zhang roared.
"Heheh. We'll see who kills who!" Koldorus shouted and leapt towards Zhang.
Swish-swish-swish! Kol elders moved alongside him. They were all at the same rank as Koldorus', but their loyalty had not wavered.
Another round began as powerful trump card moves were exchanged. Loud explosions occurred. The fight had already reached its climax.
"They are willing to die for him. Such faithfulness…" Fang uttered as he observed the fight from back of the hall while building up his chi for a long-range move.
"Indeed. Even that Chloe sacrificed herself so easily. She must have hidden a strategy node in her body that activated and opened a teleportation portal momentarily to allow Koldorus and his elders to reach here for ambush!" Yichen deduced. Strategies that could teleport people were basically fabled. But to think that one such actually existed and had been in Kol kingdom's possession!
"That is most likely to be the truth." Fang spoke and stole a glance at Chloe's head which was in a corner of the hall, but then his eyes shot wide open in shock.
He saw that Chloe's body was regenerating at visible speed! She was unconscious but her upper body had already regenerated. This was a miracle!
"What the hell…? Just how many miraculous methods does Kol kingdom have?" Yichen exclaimed in astonishment as he too witnessed Chloe's regeneration.
"It could just be Plant King's method. He has wood element constitution and technique." Fang deduced. He then pulled Chloe into his spatial ring where she could regenerate in safety.
Fang and Yichen then glanced at Plant King who was fighting Zhang furiously.
"Forest of Bloodthirst!" Plant King shouted and threw some seeds on the floor which quickly sprouted and turned into several red barked leafless trees that moved around, using their roots as feet and attacked Zhang. Their sharp pointed branches stabbed towards Zhang and began to absorb his Blood Reaper Cloak!
"!!" Zhang swung his scythe, cutting down these branches and retreating. Forest of Bloodthirst was capable of breaching through his defence. Not just that…
"They can absorb blood so all of my blood related moves can be negated by them. I must get rid of these trees!" Zhang thought and swung his scythe but was disturbed by Kim and Ling. Stone pillars arose, slamming against Zhang while Ling turned into floating water stream, drizzling acidic water on him.
Hisss…. The Blood Reaper Cloak was starting to corrode while Zhang was unable to attack the Forest of Bloodthirst which had already covered most of the council hall area. Then there were Plant King and Koldorus themselves. Pyrus held his hand, not using his fire element technique as it could burn down the Forest of Bloodthirst.
Swoosh! Bam! Bam! Bam! Koldorus closed in and fought Zhang at close range. His Herculean Strength technique had its own martial art moves. Zhang defended with his scythe but his moves were oriented towards energy usage and blood manipulation. He could not defend or dodge all the punches and kicks.
Bam-bam-boom! Zhang was flung backwards and collided against a stone pillar. Bloodthirsty trees engulfed him with their branches, absorbing the Blood Reaper Cloak speedily. Koldorus charged in again.
Bam! Bam! Loud sounds kept echoing.
"…." Fang and Yichen watched from a distance. It seemed like they did not need to provide support. Koldorus and his elders had already pinned Zhang down!
"Fang ge!"
"Brother Fang!"
Suddenly a few people shouted as they ran into the hall. They were Fang loyalist soldiers, led by Yingjie. Out of the 10,000 soldiers, only 200 managed to reach inside the palace. The rest were obstructed by Zhang loyalist soldiers. But these 200 too were chased by Zhang loyalists and fights had been occurring at several areas of the palace. Only about 60 soldiers managed reached council hall.
"Sigh, you're finally here Yingjie. Give me a quick update." Fang said without moving his eyes away from Zhang.
Yingjie described the revolution's status on his side. He also whispered about Wind's safe escape with Sui Lu.
Swish-swish-swish. Several shadows emerged from corners. These were all assassins, affiliated to Mengyao's faction. They totalled at 120. Mengyao approached Yichen and glanced at Zhang's battle in the centre.
"What should we do?" Mengyao asked.
Swish-swish-swish-puchi! Suddenly with a burst of chi, large numbers of solid sharp-tipped blood roots emerged from Zhang's body and stabbed into his opponents' bodies, destroyed the stone pillars, ripped the Forest of Bloodthirst apart and started battering Ling's water form, making him unable to change shape or cast any moves.
"Blood Carnage…" Zhang uttered as he stood up. His body was battered and bloodied and all that blood kept flowing out, changing its form at his will. The blood roots moved and turned into claws, attacking the enemies. Then they turned into spinning shredders and lastly into giant fists, punching Koldorus and his men away.
Bam! Bam! Bam! They all collided against the walls or on the floor, skidding while preserving their lives. But they had been severely injured. Not giving them the chance to heal, Zhang attacked again with his Blood Carnage move, targeting the rebels as well.
"Attack!" Fang shouted.
"Everyone, attack together! Assassins, protect our allies!" Yichen shouted.
Mengyao, along with a dozen of assassins moved swiftly, taking Koldorus and others to the back to help them heal while the soldiers and remaining assassins attacked Zhang in waves, hurling all sorts of moves. Soldiers had a harmony in their moves. Assassins had it too. But the two groups' moves could not supplement each other's. Thus, they chose to attack in waves instead.
Boom! Boom! Swish-swish-clang! Sounds of fighting intensified. Zhang defended and attacked back. Even if the enemies were in hundreds, they were all at Advanced realm only, while Zhang was at level 4 Master realm. These soldiers and assassins could only buy little time for Kol group.
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Meanwhile in a different hall, a woman was sipping tea calmly. She was wearing a golden white battle armour with metallic pleated skirt and golden anklets. Her black hair had been tied tightly in a bun. She wore no makeup but looked absolutely beautiful. Her body could put goddesses to shame. She had a slim waist, long beautiful legs and slightly thick thighs, strong arms, broad shoulders and big strong hips. She was not muscular but fairly toned and exuded a strong vibe. Her most eye-catching feature was the pair of humongous breasts on her, well covered in her armour which was custom-made to accommodate her breasts snugly well. This peerless woman was none other than Xiao.
"Princess Xiao, the battle has reached its peak. Our Kol allies are unable to pin Zhang down any further." A woman spoke as she approached Xiao.
"Hmm. Then, we shall make our move now." Xiao said as she put down her cup and stood up before glancing at a hundred well armoured female warriors. These were all Zhang's concubines who had been kept sedated and tamed in the harem all this while.
But during Zhang's absence they had all been healed and trained by Xiao in the Valkyrie technique. They were all in Advanced realm too, forming an elite force. Xiao herself had actually been training hard during this time in secrecy while pretending to be defenceless whenever she was taken out of the harem for fuckfests. It was all hers and Fang's plan, the details of which no one knew yet.
"All of you have trained hard and offered me your aid selflessly. We all have no place to back out to. We can only use our strength and forge a path towards victory!" Xiao addressed her warriors.
"Zhang has wronged all of us. He toyed with countless other women, ruined their lives, turned them into prostitutes and didn't spare even his own daughter-me. Sigh. All evil must be eradicated. Today is the day we take our revenge and reclaim our lost honour and freedom!" Xiao said.
"To honour!"
"To freedom!"
"To revenge!"- The women shouted in unison, raising their fists.
Xiao nodded at them and took a deep breath.
"Let's kill Zhang!" She roared and moved out, followed by all her followers.
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Inside the destroyed council hall, several more warriors had fallen. Many were injured.
Koldorus and others already had another round of fight with Zhang. Save for Plant King, they were all injured yet again and their energies had to be replenished with yin and yang pills.
"This move is versatile. It can take any form and shape, has large reach, difficult to negate and seemingly doesn't consume much chi or energy." Ling deduced and spoke.
"What sort of technique is it? It's so unique!" Koldorus was amazed. "…I want it! I will take it from his ring after killing him!"
"My King, let us probe further…" Plant King started but paused. The floor had suddenly begun to shake.
Bam-bam-bam-bam! Several flexible sharp-tipped thick tentacles of solid blood tore through the floor and attacked everyone!
"Defend!" Koldorus shouted. His elders made their moves to protect as many people as they could. They may be from two different nations but currently were allies and only together could they have a shot at victory. Thus protecting each other was only logical.
However, many soldiers still perished from this sudden attack and dozens were injured.
Countless blood tentacles were swirling all around Zhang whose main body could no longer be seen. It was completely hidden in blood.
"He's a fucking monster!" Yichen grumbled as he grabbed his bleeding sides. His ribs and some internal organs had been stabbed through. Mengyao quickly tended to him and fed him some healing pills.
"Koldorus, what regeneration method was used on Chloe? Can it help revive our fallen comrades too?" Fang asked. Koldorus looked at Plant King in turn.
"I simply implanted large amounts of wood element traits inside her head." Plant King spoke. "They could not be extracted even through dual cultivation and would only activate once her life was in danger. Thus, after she self-detonated, those expendable traits allowed her body to regenerate. This implant is a delicate surgical process. I cannot perform it during battle and also not on so many people."
"Sigh, very well. Then, we shall clear a path for you allies from Kol. Please kill Zhang!" Fang requested.
"But you will all die." Koldorus uttered. No way Fang, Yichen and others could clear the path without taking grave damages and dying. Not a single one of them was at Master realm.
"As long as you kill him, our deaths would not be in vain." Fang was resolute. At once Koldorus stared deeply at him. Koldorus valued loyalty. Sacrificing oneself for the leader displayed absolute loyalty. Koldorus took a liking to Fang.
"All of you attack him instead. I will open a path for you." Koldorus said. "Kim, make sure that Zhang's blood threads cannot pierce the floor. Pyrus, support me."
"You…" Fang opened his mouth and then closed it. He agreed to Koldorus' plan with a sigh.
Swoosh! Koldorus leapt straight ahead like an arrow. From behind him a barrage of fireballs shot towards Zhang.
Swish-swish-swish-swish-swish! Countless wriggling blood threads attacked Koldorus but were blown apart by the exploding fireballs.
Boom! Boom! Boom! As fire and smoke arose, Koldorus's figure disappeared from sight.
Bam! Zhang's body flew backwards as he was punched hard. Koldorus emerged again but there were numerous puncture wounds on his body now.
Swish-swish-swish! Boom! Boom! Bam! An internecine fight occurred. Koldorus took heavy damage, not just from the blood threads but also the explosions that kept occurring around him. He was gravely injured!
And thus, his strength continued to rise to a colossal level!
Boom! Boom! Bam! He finally manged to land a few good powerful hits and started wiping the floor with Zhang, painting the walls red and breaking through the Blood Reaper Cloak.
Bam! Crack! Bam! Crack! Shockwaves rippled out as with each punch of Koldorus, Zhang's bones broke and he was flung around like a ragdoll. At once, everyone's jaws dropped at this display of herculean strength!
Boom! Zhang was flung towards an adjoining hall, breaking through walls and coughing out blood. Koldorus followed swiftly. Explosive sounds kept echoing while the palace shook. One hall was destroyed after another. Everyone kept following close behind while observing with support type techniques.
Finally, Koldorus stopped. He was currently overflowing with strength. At this point he could destroy the entire palace with a single punch, but his injuries had gotten infinitely severe. He collapsed beside Zhang, fainting.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Pyrus and Ling moved quickly and secured Koldorus, bringing him back while everyone else attacked Zhang who was lying flat on the floor, bleeding profusely and groaning.
Swords flashed, daggers flew, energies ran rampant, explosions occurred as dozens of powerful moves landed on Zhang. Dust obscured everyone's vision at once while the walls and roofs collapsed.
"Cough-cough! He's dead for sure now." Yichen spoke.
"Let's retreat, I've spent all my chi." Mengyao winced.
Fang however used observational technique to monitor Zhang.
"Shit! Retreat!" Plant King shouted before him as he too had been observing Zhang.
Swish-swish-swish-swish! Puchi-puchi-puchi!- Countless red threads flashed and moved, stabbing everyone and killing multitudes of them right away.
"…" A dreary silence befell the place as Zhang arose, supported by his countless blood threads. His Blood Carnage move was his ultimate trump card. It could be unleashed immediately and was overly powerful. More importantly…
"How…how are his injuries already healed?!" Mengyao shouted as she clenched her bleeding stomach. Ideally healing pills could accelerate healing but there was a limit to that and also, the pills would lose their effectiveness eventually. Many people had been observing Zhang through various techniques. They thus knew that he had not taken any healing pills. His recovery was thus astonishing!
Zhang floated in air, good as new with not a single scratch on his body, well covered with Blood Reaper Cloak. Koldorus' internecine outburst earlier had been in vain. Currently he was being nursed by Ling and Plant King as these two had some unique healing methods up their sleeves. But Koldorus was without a doubt, out of the fight for a while.
"We're doomed…!" Yichen muttered. He had a few chi pills still left but what harm could he do to Zhang? Even Koldorus' mighty powerful moves at his peak were rendered useless by Zhang's rapid recovery. Everyone felt dispirited.
Shewww!!! Suddenly a spear flew at the speed of sound, reaching Zhang immediately and collided on to him.
Boom!! Zhang was flung backwards and collided against a wall while the spear went straight through his chest, piercing a hole in the wall behind him and disappearing.
"Death Spear…" Xiao spoke as she walked into the ruined area. Another spear appeared in her right arm.
"Xiao!?"
"Xiao!"
"Princess Xiao!"
"Oh heavens!"
At once, several survivors exclaimed in shock. They felt like their saviour had arrived! But then they remembered the terrible things they had done to Xiao and their expressions turned awkward.
"…X-xiao, you've arrived! Come lend a hand to your uncle." Yichen probed Xiao's intentions.
Boom! Another spear flew and impaled Yichen, killing him right away.
"…." All eyes widened.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Mengyao fell, followed by the few remaining ministers as Xiao's spears shot through them at sonic speed.
Xiao walked past the corpses without betting an eyes and approached Zhang for battle.
"Father, I didn't know you were still this strong." She spoke faking a smile.
"Xiao…you hid your power and intentions well too." Zhang smiled cruelly while scrutinizing Xiao's cultivation base. She was currently at level 3 Master realm! She had jumped two levels in just more than a week!
Meanwhile, Zhang's injury had already healed. Death Spear's trump card which could slay a Master realm beast in one shot, had barely managed to injure Zhang momentarily.
"Xiao, he's too powerful. Beware…" Fang uttered weakly.
"Hmm. Please step back and recover your energy." Xiao said while summoning a long sword.
Meanwhile, Koldorus and his elders were staring hard at Xiao. They felt speechless and couldn't budge from their spots. Xiao's divine features could not be compared or competed with by anyone in the world. Koldorus had lost his heart to her already. A divine beauty clad in a battle armor, capable of taking on the strongest opponent, killing people mercilessly…Koldorus formed an entirely different image of Xiao's in his mind contrasting greatly with the one he had from before.
"…" Slowly Koldorus stood up and clenched his fists.
"My king!"
"My king, please rest. You haven't recovered enough yet." Kol elders tried to persuade him but how could Koldorus remain on the floor pitifully, getting healed by others while Xiao fights? He had come to Carny to claim Xiao. He could not reveal any weakness in front of her.
"Princess Xiao, you're even more beautiful than your painting. My eyes have been blessed! I've come to aid you in this revolution." Koldorus spoke. Xiao shot him a glance before smiling gently. She knew well what Koldorus had come for. Revolution? Aid? What a joke.
"I appreciate your help, King Koldorus. Please watch my back though. Our moves might cancel each other out if we fought together." Xiao reasoned. At once, everyone from Kol had an improved opinion of Xiao. In their eyes, she was trying to buy time for Koldorus to heal. Such a noble warrior princess! Who had dared to slander her name and called her slutty? Koldorus was raging in his heart. He wanted to kill the council members but they were all already dead now.
"These assassins cannot be trusted though. Yingjie, work with my Valkyries and kill them all." Xiao gave her command.
"Y-yes, princess!" Yingjie responded.
"Esteemed Kol allies, please recover yourselves and aid me afterwards. We can only work together to bring down this monster." Xiao spoke.
"Of course!" Kol elders exclaimed in unison. Plant King and Ling resumed healing Koldorus while Yingjie mobilized his remaining comrades. The Valkyrie concubines joined his force too. The assassins however retreated. Honor was not their thing. They felt no shame in escaping. Their leader Mengyao was dead. The council was no more. Their lord was a crazy monster who killed his own loyalists casually. Princess Xiao was also their enemy. They had nowhere to turn to. So, they decided to escape. Yingjie gave chase with other soldiers while Fang stood right behind Xiao. He and Xiao had good coordination, having sparred together countless times in the past. Thus, they were not afraid of their moves cancelling each other out.
Swoosh! Xiao and Fang moved speedily. Several blood strings leapt at them from all sides.
"Sword lotus!" Fang used his trump card move and protected Xiao and himself while continuing to move ahead.
"Blazing Yin Stab!" Xiao roared as he stabbed forward with her long sword which was now covered in flames.
Boom! Walls broke one after another as Zhang was flung backwards with Xiao's long sword still pressed against his chest. Xiao kept releasing her energy, continuing to push forward, determined to stab through Zhang's Blood Reaper Cloak.
Bwoosh! Boom! The flames suddenly increased before an explosion ripped the Blood Reaper Cloak apart. This was a mixed move of Blazing Sword and Bursting Fire techniques. The latter was Princess Yana's elemental technique gained by Xiao from Trinity. She could only perform one move of it but it went well with the Blazing Yin Stab.
"Sparrow Steps, Sword Rush!" Fang suddenly came up front and stabbed Zhang's bare chest with his powerful move. Zhang was hurled several feet away while his heart was punctured through by Fang's sword. But Zhang recovered quickly and his Blood Reaper Cloak started to recover too. Just then, a figure appeared before him.
Koldorus.
"Herculean Gatling!"
Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Thousands of punches and kicks rained down on Zhang. This time beating him red and blue, breaking his bones and blasting chunks of his flesh away. Zhang's chest caved in, followed by his skull and all his joints had been crushed!
Boom! Finally, Zhang was blown away and collided against a wall before slumping down. Koldorus smiled at Xiao, trying to impress her. Xiao wanted to snort but didn't. Instead, she flashed a furtive smile with light blush and moved towards Zhang to release her fury.
In this manner, Xiao with Fang and Koldorus took turns in beating Zhang. Zhang didn't get any chance to fully recover. Waves of powerful attacks kept arriving, making his head spin.
Suddenly the palace shook heavily.
Rumble!! The entire palace collapsed immediately and blood red light shot towards the sky from the rubble covered floor.
"What the hell just happened?" Kim asked.
"Is everyone alright?" Koldorus called out.
One by one, everyone emerged. They were all safe as they had high cultivation bases. The soldiers and Valkyries had already gone away from the palace chasing after the assassins. At once, everyone looked at this destruction in shock.
Zhang slowly floated upwards as red light kept entering his body, healing him at rapid pace. Not only that, a reaper phantom appeared around him with his body as its centre.
"The palatial strategy…" Fang uttered. "It's definitely that strategy's move. We recruited an expert to tune it but even he could not see through the entirety of this strategy or its hidden functions."
"Hey, look at that." Plant King pointed in a direction. Far away, another pillar of blood red light was shooting towards the sky. It looked like a thin line from the palace area though. Similarly, several other such light pillars could be observed at the horizons through observational techniques. They were coming from different-different cities.
Meanwhile, the reaper phantom solidified. It resembled Zhang but was a several feet tall giant. A huge blood scythe appeared in its right hand as it looked down at Xiao, Koldorus and others.
"Hehehe, I must say I underestimated you lot. But you have no idea how vast my prowess is!" Zhang said confidently. "This strategy spans out across entire Carny. The brothels of every city are major junctions of it. Its primary function is to absorb blood and energy of all the women in there and supply it to me. I now possess the power equivalent to thousands of cultivators!"
"…." Xiao stared at Zhang with a mix of horror and rage. Her hair floated upwards as she unleashed her energy.
"Fang, retreat." Xiao spoke.
"I'm staying right by your side!" Fang shouted.
Plant King stole a glance at Fang. He had misunderstood Fang earlier during the battle. It was in the current battle that Fang had fully revealed his true character. He was loyal, fearless and valiant. He wasn't someone who'd use women and betray his master easily.
"It is necessary to join our powers now." Koldorus spoke. "Let me spearhead the attack. The more injured I get, the stronger I become. I am certain that I can destroy this blood reaper phantom. You folks support me and then kill Zhang."
"Bu what if he kills you in one shot before you can power up?" Xiao questioned.
"…"
"Let's all attack together. Hold no usable trump cards back but don't sacrifice yourselves either. We are yet to understand Zhang's powers. Perhaps he has more hidden trump cards." Xiao said. Everyone nodded in agreement.
Swoosh-swoosh-swoosh! All of them surrounded Zhang and attacked from a distance. Xiao's death spears stabbed into the thick phantom, Fang's sword streaks, Pyrus's flames, Ling's acidic water jets, Kim's stone pillars and huge stone spears, Plant King's thousands of vines and Forest of Bloodthirst, Koldorus's chi imbued ranged punches attacked Zhang in a flurry.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Several explosions occurred. Zhang's giant blood reaper was injured but recovered quickly. He was still getting power from the underground strategy.
In the underground dungeon, Mingli was sweating profusely as he tried to mess with the strategy. Compared to the vast strategy channels and numerous hidden nodes, Mingli's infiltration thus far was like a ship in an ocean.
Mingli was not in contact with anyone up above and didn't know what was going on, but he could deduce many things. Just the sudden burst and flow of energy through the strategy channels coming in from all directions allowed him to realize that Zhang was getting a powerful boost!
"This is definitely an unorthodox strategy method. This blood-coloured energy…may people must be being sacrificed as fuel to generate it. Tch. How many lives is this Zhang going to take? This is no longer a matter of benefits or revolution. This is a matter of good and evil! I must find a flaw and stop this energy flow!" Mingli decided and worked his ass off. He frantically checked the junctions, discovered new nodes, tinkered with them and expended his resources to make adjustments. His wisdom and experiences were being put to test.
Meanwhile on the surface, Zhang was only getting stronger and using powerful moves at large magnitude. Even a mere swing of his giant scythe could cancel out several moves from the opponents.
"Blood Typhoon!" He shouted and swung his scythe. Large amounts of visible blood coloured energy swept through the air tumultuously, flinging everyone away.
"Scythe Rain!" Zhang used another move. Several blood scythes formed inside the blood typhoon and attacked everyone. These scythes were made of chi and not actual blood, but they slashed deeply. Fang was gravely injured as he had the lowest cultivation here.
"Fang!" Xiao shouted and moved towards him against the powerful currents of Blood Typhoon.
"Blood Reaper Infinite Kills!" Zhang roared and hundreds of scythes emerged, slashing everywhere nonstop.
"Retreat at once! Defend yourselves!" Koldorus shouted. Everyone used defensive methods.
Xiao however, gnashed her teeth and moved through the tumultuous Blood Typhoon, bearing the countless slashes, trying to reach Fang but Fang was already at his limits. His body was cut down and his limbs fell. Blood spurted out from his wounds and mixed into the Blood Typhoon.
"Noooo!!!!" Xiao cried. Her body suddenly grew larger. Her armour was ripped to pieces and she kept growing bigger, quickly transforming into a giantess!
Boom! Boom! With just two steps she reached Fang and cupped her hands around him, defending him from Zhang's attacks.
Swish-swish-swish-swish-swish! Countless scythes attacked Xiao, ridding her entire colossal body in numerous cuts. But almost immediately those cuts healed!
By now the Blood Typhoon ended and the blood scythes were also all spent. Silence befell as everyone took account of what had just transpired.
"Xiao turned into a giantess?!"
"What technique is that!?"
"Amazing! So, she had such a powerful trump card kept hidden!"- The Kol elders remarked.
"S-she's naked..." Koldorus uttered as he stared hard at Xiao. His eyes were almost bulging out.
Xiao had used Giant gu to turn into a giantess. Her clothes and armour could not enlarge. Thus, had torn to bits, revealing her full naked glory. Xiao's gigantic bare breasts, human-sized nipples, colossal hips and glorious big holes stirred everyone's minds!
"I'll be damned." Plant King muttered. Even he had been swayed by lust momentarily.
"Xiao, sit on me." Koldorus uttered, hoping to be engulfed into Xiao's giant vagina!
At once Xiao's face reddened as she realized that everyone was staring at her. She was currently visible from every corner of the capital. She was towering above Zhang's giant blood reaper form.
"Oh, goddess Xiao!" Someone cried out amidst the public.
"She's is a giantess goddess indeed!"
"All hail the milf giantess!"
"Win Xiao! We are rooting for you!"
The entire capital knew by now about the ongoing revolution. Just the army's internal bloodshed was enough to state it. Then the palace had crumbled, a blood red pillar arose, a giant blood reaper emerged with Zhang's face, explosions occurred, and finally Xiao turned into a giantess!
The public was already tortured by Zhang's inhumane laws. They disliked him since long. Now in public's opinion, Xiao was leading a revolution against her father to free Carny from his clutches. Naturally they'd support her. Even those who felt some loyalty towards Zhang, switched sides in their hearts as they witnessed Xiao's giant beauty!
"E-everyone! Please don't look!" Xiao exclaimed while blushing hard. Everyone stared even more. Noses bled and thousands of penises stood erect. Even the warring soldiers ceased their fight to enjoy this beautiful sight.
But Xiao did not revert to her normal form. She had already used most of her trump cards. Even with Kol's help, she could not suppress Zhang's giant blood reaper form. Thus, now she decided to use the gu worms along with her techniques to win the fight. Though she felt some embarrassment, but it wasn't too much. Xiao was not the innocent princess from the past. She was a mature experienced woman who had been a prostitute and knew well that beauty can be the best weapon for women. Thus, her current naked state did not bother her much. It was nothing to be ashamed of. Her beautiful body after all was almost divine.
Xiao opened her palms to look at the severely injured Fang. He only had one arm left and he was barely conscious.
"Fang, heal yourself and rest. I'll handle things here." Xiao spoke and opened her mouth. Under her tongue was her spatial ring that she had stowed there before turning into a giantess so that the ring wouldn't be destroyed.
Her ring glowed and Fang was pulled into it. Then Xiao glanced at the giant blood reaper who had by now, already increased in size to rival Xiao's size. It had been continuously gaining energy from the strategy after all.
"Fight him Xiao, we'll support you!" Plant King shouted and clapped his palms before slapping them on the ground. A giant tree grew rapidly from underneath him, securing his body inside its trunk. At the same time, several more trees grew in the entire area. They were of different kinds and could move around.
Similarly, Kim used his earth elemental technique and created a giant stone shield. Xiao acknowledged it and held it in her right hand. Kim was about to create a giant stone club when Xiao's left arm morphed and turned into a spiked iron-like demon club! Obviously, Xiao had removed the demon club gu from her crotch and implanted it in her left arm at some point of time before coming to battle.
Wingfeet! Sprint gu!
Swoosh! Xiao immediately appeared behind Zhang and attacked before he could even blink.
Bam!! The demon club struck Zhang's right arm, breaking it off. The giant blood scythe fell along with the arm & dissolved into energy.
Bam-bam-bam-bam! Several more strikes landed on Zhang before he reacted to these rapid attacks and leapt away, turning around while regenerating his arm and recreating a giant scythe.
Bam-bam-bam! Several huge stone pillars arose and struck Zhang's knees from behind. His knees buckled and he fell down with a loud bang.
Swoosh! Zhang swung his scythe as he saw Xiao approaching but Xiao used the stone shield to protect herself and swung her demon club, breaking off Zhang's arm again before bashing the club down on his giant head.
Bam-bm-bam-bam! Xiao pummelled Zhang to the ground while thick vines grew from below, tying him body tightly. Curved stone pillars formed, aiding the vines in confining Zhang's body. Koldorus arrived at Zhang's legs and started rampaging; breaking his knees over and over again. Ling and Pyrus floated around, staying sharp. Their techniques' moves could interfere with others' so they could only wait for their turn.
At once, Zhang was completed subdued. Xiao's group bashed him down. But the blood energy was still flowing into him. His giant blood reaper body kept recovering but was quickly broken down again by Xiao and others. This stalemate lasted for a while.
"Blood Carnage!" Zhang suddenly shouted and numerous thick sharp tipped flexible tentacles emerged from his giant body, ripping apart the vines, pillars and forcing everyone to retreat while stabbing into Xiao's giant body.
Puchi-puchi-puchi! Several tentacles stabbed at Xiao's knees, elbows, breasts and throat! Blood spilled down as Xiao was startled.
Boom! Boom! Koldorus came swinging his fists and broke down the tentacles that restricted Xiao's arms. Xiao then swung her demon club and took care of the rest while her injuries healed on their own, thanks to Healing gu.
Blood Carnage move was originally used by manipulating Zhang's own blood. But now he could simply use the solidified blood energy. It was more convenient, though took him some time. He was initially thinking of recovering the injuries and continuing fighting in the usual manner but now he used Blood Carnage instead, as he was unable to break free from the continuous assault of his opponents. But now his giant blood reaper form could not regenerate as the energy was being used to maintain Blood Carnage move.
The tentacles turned into clawed arms and grabbed at Xiao while attacking Koldorus and others. Giant vines arose and tangled with the clawed arms. Kim created sharp tipped stone spears, emerging from the ground but failed to pierce through the giant blood reaper. He along with others was lacking chi now.
Boom! Boom! Bwoosh! Pyrus finally attacked, hurling flames and fireballs at Zhang, managing to inflict some damage. But Zhang maintained his Blood Carnage move, swatting, grabbing, punching and stabbing towards Kol elders. They had to continuously dodge.
Xiao on the other hand was busy fighting several clawed arms. It seemed more like a wrestling.
"Xiao! Pull away from him! Attack from a safe distance!" Koldorus called out but Xiao was unable to break free. More and more arms and tentacles emerged, firmly entrapping her. She was standing right above Zhang. Her shield and demon club could not be used as her arms were restricted. Her strength was losing out.
Suddenly many of the blood arms merged together to form a giant fist!
"Oh no…" Xiao gasped.
Bam! The giant fist punched right at her vagina and forced its way in, going deep up to her womb.
"….!!!" Xiao gritted her teeth while her face turned red.
"Hahaha! How do you like that, whore Xiao?" Zhang cackled while the giant fist came back out and punched in again & again.
Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Xiao was getting fisted intensely! Onlookers gasped in shock and amazement.
"Ahh! Ahh! Ahhn!!!" Her screams reached far and wide. This was a highly erotic scene but also infuriating for some.
"You bastard!" Koldorus shouted. He was intensely jealous. He wanted to be the one to fuck Xiao, but Zhang was fist-fucking her in front of everyone. It was exasperating to Koldorus. He attacked the giant fist repeatedly with great strength, shattering it soon. But then another fist emerged and this time punched Koldorus away.
Swoosh! He was flung far away and took some damage. Meanwhile long vines grew from near Xiao's feet and climbed up her legs and sexy thighs before covering her entire body, forming a tough body-tight vine armour for her.
Bam! Bam! The giant fist attacked Xiao's vagina again but failed to break through. At the same time, extra vines grabbed the red clawed arms and pulled them away from Xiao. Xiao broke through the rest with her own strength. She was freed and quickly retreated.
The tentacles and arms quickly deformed and returned to the giant blood reaper body, healing it. Zhang struggled before sitting up.
"Wingfeet! Sprint Gu! Blazing Yin Stab!" Xiao immediately attacked with great speed & force, using demon club in place of a sword.
Bam! The demon club struck the giant blood reaper strongly. Zhang was once again forced down from the impact as his body flew a bit backwards and skidded on the rubble. Xiao appeared before him and hurled down rapid attacks.
Bam-bam-bam-bam-bam! Xiao was using Wingfeet technique's method on her arms to increase her attack speed. At the same time, her arms were continuously getting injured due to the backlash and getting healed automatically due to Healing gu. Wingfeet technique was suitable for sprinting. Legs have stronger muscles than arms after all. Plus, the hips provide ample support. But using this technique through the arms led to muscle ruptures. But Xiao could heal rapidly so she continued to use this method to bash Zhang thoroughly.
Bam-bam-bam-bam! Loud sounds echoed as Xiao kept bashing Zhang.
"Why is she attacking so impulsively?" Koldorus wondered as he returned to the battle.
Fwoosh--! Suddenly Xiao's body became smaller and returned to her human size. Her arms' muscles were moving and flinching, rapidly healing but Xiao retreated quickly. She was naked once again and quickly summoned a set of trousers and loose shirt to put on. Meanwhile Zhang was attacked by Kol elders who kept him occupied.
"What happened Xiao?" Koldorus asked as he approached her. He could not help but stare lustfully as Xiao put on her clothes. She looked at him, knowing his thoughts well but did not rebuke him. Koldorus was currently her strongest ally, along with his elders.
"My Giant technique only works for 20 minutes. Though I can reuse it one more time, the energy required will be more than before and I already spent most of it in healing myself." Xiao explained. She was half lying, but this was her current state indeed. Giant gu could only be used twice a day and Healing gu along with Sprint gu consumed a lot of chi. Her own chi was already spent and she was currently relying on the Chi gu. She could not afford to use Giant gu again. That would be too reckless.
"I see. Well, I'm here so do not worry. I will protect you while you recover your energy." Koldorus spoke. Xiao had an urge to puke. Koldorus' acting was simply too bad. He was acting like an uncool teenage boy trying to impress a beautiful girl leagues above him.
"Thank you but It's okay. I can continue fighting in my normal form." Xiao said and summoned a long sword before sprinting towards Zhang. Koldorus followed after her.
The intense battle continued but Zhang now held the upper hand. He used his moves wantonly as he had a continuous supply of large amount of energy. But Xiao and others were steadily reaching their limits. Their chi pills were getting fewer, their healing methods were not having enough effect anymore and their enemy Zhang still stood tall.
"We should destroy the underground strategy." Xiao spoke as Koldorus appeared beside her, fighting the numerous tentacles.
"I've already tried." Kim spoke as he passed by. "The strategy is too robust and the energy flowing through it is also providing it great defence."
"…" Xiao and Koldorus parted, fighting off the tentacles and arms while blood scythes formed again in the sky.
"If this goes on, we're going to lose this battle!" Koldorus scowled. Everybody had been racking their brains already for a while now and could not find a solution to this problem.
Boom! The ground suddenly shook heavily!
"…!! An underground explosion?!" Xiao exclaimed.
"Yes, I can sense it clearly." Kim said. He had earth element technique and thus he could sense what was happening underground.
"It's the strategy! It has blown up!" Kim added in amazement.
"…." Everyone was surprised. They looked at Zhang's giant blood reaper form which was shrinking rapidly and soon he was back in his normal size too.
"Ohok!" Zhang coughed out a mouthful of blood. He had suffered an intense backlash along with chi deviation! The underground strategy had suddenly exploded and could no longer provide him energy. As he was directly connected to it, he also suffered injuries and his chi flow went haywire. At once, Zhang stumbled and fell.
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Under the ground, Howin's body was buried in the rubble. He had succeeded in blocking the strategy's channels. The influx of the chi could not rebound. It concentrated in one spot and ultimately caused a powerful explosion, destroying the palatial strategy. It was uncertain if Howin was alive or not. He had taken the full brunt of the energy explosion after all.
In all the brothels throughout Canry, the prostitutes were twitching on the ground. They had fainted when the strategy was activated and their blood and energy had been continuously and forcefully getting extracted by the strategy installed underneath the brothel buildings. These women had visibly thinned and were barely alive. Howin's feat had saved their lives!
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"This is our chance!" Koldorus rushed ahead and attacked Zhang.
Bam! Bam! Bam! Zhang was flung away from the powerful impacts.
Bwoosh! Boom! Fireballs attacked him and exploded! Forest of Bloodthirst emerged and several branches stabbed into Zhang's body, absorbing his blood and rendering him weaker.
Swoosh! Xiao sprinted over and swung her long sword.
Kshakkk! Zhang's head flew and bounced on the rubble. A fountain of blood gushed out of Zhang's neck. He was dead!
Xiao suddenly bent down and scooped up Zhang's blood, drinking it right away!
"…!!!" At once, everyone was stumped as they stared at Xiao.
"What the hell!" They exclaimed in their minds.
Once Xiao had drunk at least half a litre of Zhang's blood, she stowed his corpse into her spatial ring and wiped her mouth before summoning Fang out.
Fang looked at Xiao in amazement and relief. When Zhang's corpse had appeared inside the spatial rings' space, Fang had realised that they had won the battle. He felt relieved and even happy! Now finding Xiao unhurt, all his worries were lifted. He smiled and grabbed Xiao in a deep hug.
"You did it! You won Xiao!" Fang exclaimed.
"We did it, Fang." Xiao replied. "Everyone fought together. We have all won. Carny is safe now." She sighed deeply and hugged him back.
Meanwhile Koldorus had an ugly expression. He apparently had been calling dibs on Xiao. But he did not express his displeasure openly when Fang hugged Xiao.
At once, everyone collated. Even Yingjie and the Valkyries were returning.
"We won! Zhang is dead!" Someone announced aloud. Zhang loyalists lost their will to fight and dropped their weapons, surrendering. The revolution had succeeded.
The public cheered and danced. Rebels were ecstatic. Congratulations showered upon Xiao who apparently became the symbol of hope and freedom. Koldorus and his warriors were also greeted happily and were thanked endlessly.
The intense battle that had lasted almost an entire day had finally ended. Xiao sighed deeply and smiled. She had taken her revenge at long last.
"Esteemed allies, please be our guests and allow us to thank you with tributes and gifts." Xiao said to Koldorus with a polite bow.
"Hehe, no need Xiao. I'm happy that we could help you out. As for the gifts…" Koldorus glanced maliciously at Fang before grinning at Xiao. "It will be an insult towards Carny if I refused them. I'll take the gifts that I was promised by Carny for aid in this revolution."
"…." Xiao sighed silently. She was now in a pinch. Fang was feeling guilty too. They could not easily walk out of this.
"Let's discuss things later in peace. Please get some rest while we re-establish peace and order in the capital." Xiao said and excused herself. Fang followed her. Yingjie led the Kol group towards best inn of the Capital where they could rest up.
For now, Koldorus played along but his smile continued to get wider and darker as the sun set in the west and darkness emerged.