Chapter 518: 518 - A slap to wake up
They had realized that the Exotic Beasts were gathering here to guard the palace, and at this moment, an entire peak of them was rushing towards the palace. Besides the powerful exotic beasts equivalent to a Ninth-Order Swordsman they had seen earlier, they even encountered stronger beings comparable to Tenth Rank.
Luckily the cliffs on both sides of the palace were steep, and the open ground in front was extremely narrow. The over one hundred surviving swordsmen, all among the elite of the elite, formed a group to hold off the assault for a while, but they couldn’t possibly hold out for long.
"Trust me, we’re brothers in this. If you die, I, Qu Fengting, will certainly not live alone," Qu Fengting patted his shoulder and declared solemnly.
A simple sentence had moved those few confidants and Mu Cheng to tears.
"Alliance Leader, rest assured, unless I die, I will never let the Exotic Beasts step half a pace into the palace," Mu Feng, holding his longsword, declared resolutely.
Then, several of them turned around together and charged at the Exotic Beasts blocked beneath the stairs.
No one saw that at the moment they turned, a contemptuous cold sneer appeared at the corner of Qu Fengting’s mouth.
It wouldn’t be long before I, Qu Fengting, become the strongest of the younger generation in Anyun Country, even the Anyun Royal Family will regard me as a distinguished guest, to die with you? A bunch of brainless idiots.
Mentally ridiculing, Qu Fengting swallowed another Elixir and turned back into the palace.
The furious roar of beasts rose and fell; all the Exotic Beasts, as if mad, stormed towards the palace.
Although the surviving swordsmen were all elite and had the advantage of terrain, ultimately they were outnumbered and still found it extremely difficult to cope. Before long, several young swordsmen had fallen on the steps, emitting painful moans.
By now, Mu Feng had become frenzied. Seeing a Fierce Bear extend a paw as big as a small millstone, aiming to strike down the severely injured Swordsman in front, Mu Feng roared and broke away from the group, leaping towards the Fierce Bear.
"Thump!" His sword struck the Fierce Bear’s back, but unfortunately, only penetrated an inch deep, getting stuck in the dense fur and flesh, not even reaching the bone.
It was known that although Fierce Bears were not as defensively inclined as the Earth Splitting Crocodile and other such Beasts, as a High-level Exotic Beast, its defensive power was far from comparable to ordinary Beasts.
Hurt by the pain, the Fierce Bear got even angrier, stood up, no longer paying heed to the injured Swordsman, and slapped towards Mu Feng.
The whooshing sound of the wind rang in his ears; it felt like a millstone was flying through the air.
Mu Feng’s longsword was still embedded in the Fierce Bear’s back, and when it stood up, it had caused him to lose grip of it. He had no means of defense now, and indeed, even if he had, it likely wouldn’t have blocked the angry strike from the Fierce Bear.
"I’m done for!" Mu Feng realized this as he snapped out of his impulsive rage, his face turned pale, and his mind went blank.
"Have you lost your mind?" Suddenly, the familiar voice of Mu Hanyan rang in his ears.
Next, Mu Feng was pulled back onto the steps by a tremendous force, a flash of sword light, and the Fierce Bear was instantly killed, blood splashing three feet.
Mu Feng, having narrowly escaped death, felt as if he were in a dream, staring at the wide-open eyes of the Fierce Bear, finding it difficult to get his bearings.
"You got lucky this time. If you’re this foolish again, no one can save you," Mu Hanyan slapped him hard on the face, scolding him furiously.