"Shit, the girl seemed to be stronger than expected." The expression of the two masked guys changed as they didn't expect this outcome. From the beginning, they underestimate Luna's strength.
"Oh, looks like she trained hard. She improved quite a lot." Uncle smiled as he looked at the outcome and then looked at the two enemies in front of him. "I should also finish this."
Two constellations of masked enemies heard this, and clear anger appeared in their voices.
"You slaves of the royal family—how dare you act proud?" One of them spat.
The other sneered, his killing intent surging. "Enough talk. Let's finish him off first, then the girl. Not even your corpses will remain when we're done."
"Haha, indeed, there will be nothing left." Uncle laughed and calmly took out his sword, which appeared to be very ordinary.
Slash!
And with that ordinary sword, he seemed to swing his sword in the air. The swing was calm, slow, and simple. Yet the moment he swung his sword, the two masked enemies felt their hair stand up in horror as they instantly felt death approach them, and they instantly seemed to understand something.
"How can you reach such a state!" Both of them roared with utter horror as they expected the old man ahead could reach such a state; otherwise, how could they come here?
The wind howled, and an overwhelmingly condensed mysterious power engulfed the entire battlefield.
In an instant, everything in its path was annihilated—not even resistance was possible for the two. The sheer force of the attack tore through the land, leaving behind a massive crater carved by a single sword slash.
The Scorpion-masked woman who was still saw this and was horrified, as it was clear it was set up, and both of their strengths were far above what is known. From the beginning, they didn't stand a chance.
The poisonous smoke around them had already disappeared, leaving the barren, corroded land. Luna and her uncle calmly looked at the masked woman who was caught by them.
"Sigh, I expected bigger fish to appear, but it seems they weren't stupid enough to fall for this." Luna sighed as she looked at the masked woman, clearly, she wasn't delighted by the result.
"Naturally," her uncle responded calmly. "But they still had to test the waters. So, they sent disposable pawns to see the results—losing a few weaklings means nothing to them or their organization."
The scorpion-masked woman was right in front of two as they said all of this. She couldn't help but feel humiliated as she understood that their words might be true.
"Damn you, all of them!!! All should die! Die!!!"
She seemed to lose her mind as she roared, and even in severely injured condition, her aura seemed to reach its highest state.
"What are you doing? Stop it."
Luna wanted to stop her, but it was too late—the woman's determination was absolute.
"Die!!!"
With that final, desperate roar, she self-destructed, unleashing a massive explosion of deadly poisonous internal energy.
BOOM!
The shockwave tore through the air, a violent eruption of toxic destruction. But just as it was, it enveloped the two. Luna's uncle made his move and once again calmly swung his sword.
Szzzzz—
Slash!
In an instant, the overwhelming explosion collided with something far greater—a force countless times more mysterious and powerful. The poisonous energy, once raging uncontrollably, was effortlessly erased from existence, leaving behind not even a trace of its deadly presence.
After the explosion, only silence remained in the forest as all the enemies that attacked them were killed.
"Damn, I didn't expect her to self-explode," Luna muttered, feeling lost as they seemed to gain nothing from this.
"Hmm." Uncle, standing beside her, feels something and quickly swings his sword in another direction, slashing a powerful sword energy slash.
Szzz—
The Sword's energy tore through the air with unstoppable speed, ripping through the forest and cutting down everything in its path. Trees, rocks, and the land itself were effortlessly cleaved apart, leaving a trail of destruction that extended for hundreds of meters before finally dissipating.
"Uncle, what happened? What was there? I didn't feel anything." She was a bit surprised at seeing her uncle's reaction.
"Looks like someone was watching all of this, and the person had to be quite strong or have some special abilities, as I also didn't notice until now." Uncle looked at the destroyed land from his attack and felt a bit surprised by the person's ability to hide.
"Let's go see what's happening on the other side—let's check on the little ones." He didn't say anything more and simply moved, with Luna following closely behind.
Meanwhile, on the battlefield, the clash between Ash and the first-rate soldiers and guards versus the enemy martial artists had reached its peak.
With Ash having already taken down two enemies, the tide of battle had shifted in their favour.
His archery prowess played a crucial role—despite being outnumbered, they now held the upper hand, pressing the attack with newfound confidence.
The battle was intense; all of them didn't want to make any mistakes and were always careful of their arrows. But when they all heard the loud sound of an explosion from some distance, they believed the battle between the enemy leaders and Luna had reached its climax and knew they also had to end the battle quickly.
He stopped holding back, and his aura became more calm and mysterious. His eyes glowed with mysterious energy, and everything around him seemed to slow down.
At this moment, he was in peak condition, his mind and body perfectly aligned for battle.
His eyes sharpened, capturing every minute detail of his enemies' movements. It almost felt as if he could see into the future, predicting their next actions before they even made them.
With that advantage, Ash drew his bow, channelling his inner energy. Using the Nine Heart Arrow Technique, he swiftly fired multiple arrows in different directions, each one aimed with deadly precision.