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At that moment, Xiao Yefeng saw the Masked Man, who was two iron cables away, reaching up towards the rocks above. He grabbed some loose stones and flung them out with his right hand, sending them flying like arrows. Instantly, four Golden Eagles were struck, their cries echoing through the valley. Although the attack didn't cause serious harm, it startled the Golden Eagles, causing a flurry of them to gather around the injured one.
Kazama Tadao's face turned purple as these Golden Eagles were right beside him. The Masked Man's actions had directly exposed their hiding place. Just then, as if summoned by his thoughts, one of the Golden Eagles flapped its wings, creating a fierce wind that blew aside the grass where Kazama Tadao and his companions were concealed. The Golden Eagles immediately began to flap their wings, unleashing a barrage of wind blades towards Kazama Tadao.
"Despicable! You guys from Perfect World will pay for this!" Kazama Tadao shouted as he and his companions found themselves unable to hide any longer. Their Shikigami were not adept at long-range attacks. They quickly summoned their Shikigami to possess them and, enveloped in Eerie Energy, they forced their way through the onslaught of Golden Eagles towards the cliff opposite.
Taking advantage of the distraction caused by ninety percent of the Golden Eagles being drawn away, the Masked Man swiftly moved forward. Behind him, Inspiration flickered as a blue phantom appeared at his side. He dashed towards the opposite side, naturally drawing the attention of three or four Golden Eagles. However, the Masked Man pulled out a Jade Flute from somewhere and instead of playing it, he swung it around. Waves of sound energy surged towards the approaching Golden Eagles.
"This is my chance!" Xiao Yefeng thought as he noticed that almost all the Golden Eagles were focused on the two parties. With Misty Wind Guard beneath his feet and holding his sword aloft, he surged ahead, quickly surpassing Kazama Tadao and his companions who were besieged by the Golden Eagles and reached parity with the Masked Man.
Kazama Tadao swung his Katana and struck down one of the Golden Eagles. Seeing Xiao Yefeng and the Masked Man's movements filled him with frustration; despite his strength against more than thirty attacking Golden Eagles, he felt powerless. The three of them struggled to maintain their footing on the iron cables while these two had successfully used themselves as bait to cross over. Kazama Tadao could hardly swallow this indignation.
Muttering incantations under his breath and stacking hand seals, a cloud of dark Eerie Energy enveloped the three of them. They forcefully pushed forward for over a hundred meters until the Eerie Energy dissipated just as they were pursued by more Golden Eagles. At this point, they were nearly even in numbers. Kazama Tadao drew a long knife that had been strapped to his back; it measured over four feet in length but had an unusually short handle of only about three inches—quite unreasonable for a Wa Country Katana.
However, at that moment when he drew out the long knife, Kazama Tadao also retrieved a short staff from behind him. The knife and staff connected seamlessly; this was indeed a long knife from Wa Country. With one powerful strike, he shattered the skull of a Golden Eagle that lunged at him before swiftly snatching up its golden Beast Core with lightning speed. Xiao Yefeng happened to witness Kazama Tadao combining these weapons and suddenly recalled part of a memory.
In that memory from what seemed like Feudal Dynasty times, there was a Wa Country ronin warrior wielding this very long knife. However, this warrior had his throat cut by the memory's owner just before he was fatally wounded; in that last moment, his companion had sacrificed himself to seize the weapon.
"Oh no! This is one of Wa Country's heirloom blades!" Upon seeing this knife, Xiao Yefeng rushed forward for the final hundred meters. At that moment, Kazama Tadao stood on the iron cable swinging his long knife; combined with Eerie Energy and Blade technique, he unleashed a gray-black crescent slash aimed directly at Xiao Yefeng and the Masked Man.
"Take my Dragonfly Slash!" Kazama Tadao shouted as the crescent slash flew toward them at an angle. With his long knife in hand, Kazama Tadao felt empowered; leveraging both its reach and Blade technique, he swiftly cut down over ten Golden Eagles as he charged toward the cliff wall alongside Xiao Yefeng and the Masked Man.
"Indeed! This is Wa Country's famous blade technique—Dragonfly Slash!" Xiao Yefeng was astonished but remained calm since it was primarily aimed at the Masked Man while he stayed back.
"Hmph! I knew you would do that!" The Masked Man relaxed his body, hanging upside down on the iron cable, and surprisingly began to run forward while suspended. This maneuver placed Xiao Yefeng directly in front of the Dragonfly Slash.
Seeing this, Xiao Yefeng gritted his teeth, thinking to himself that he knew the Masked Man wouldn't take it head-on. The Bagua Mirror flashed with light, and the Genius Position glimmered as the guardian of Golden Cyan appeared. With a swift motion, he swept his sword whip to deflect the blade aura of Dragonfly Slash. Immediately after, Xiao Yefeng dashed toward the opposite side. However, the deflected blade aura from Dragonfly Slash struck the iron cable behind him.
With a loud clang, one side of the taut iron cable was severed, and the immense tension caused it to gradually fray. Xiao Yefeng felt the cable beneath him tremble and thought to himself that it was bad news!
At that moment, seeing the iron cable beneath Xiao Yefeng sagging, the Masked Man's eyes lit up with joy. He waved his Jade Flute, unleashing a sonic boom toward the already crumbling iron cable. With a sharp crack, the cable beneath Xiao Yefeng broke, sending him plummeting down a sheer cliff.
"This won't kill you! But the treasure of Golden Peng Gate is mine!" The Masked Man used the force of the sonic boom to propel himself toward the cliff. Meanwhile, the three from Wa Country were nearing their destination. Just then, a bloody streak of light shot up from below directly toward the Masked Man. Sensing danger, he abruptly pulled back his forward step. In that instant, the iron cable ahead was severed by this beam of light. Anticipating this, the Masked Man pointed his Jade Flute; an explosion of sound erupted in mid-air, propelling him diagonally forward onto another iron cable while the piercing light continued its trajectory toward Kazama Tadao.
At this moment, due to Golden Eagle's diminishing presence, Kazama Tadao found his burden lightened. Holding Dragonfly Slash, he swung it to intercept the incoming beam of light. As it descended, it transformed into a flying dagger that vanished before Kazama Tadao's eyes. When he sheathed his sword, he discovered that his once invincible Dragonfly Slash had lost a piece of its blade. Kazama Tadao felt both pain and shock at how sturdy that flying dagger had been.
The Masked Man reached the opposite cliff first, followed closely by Kazama Tadao and his companions. Behind them lay only two severed iron cables. Kazama Tadao glanced at the dangling cables and swung Dragonfly Slash horizontally to sever the one Xiao Yefeng had previously stepped on, clearly intending to leave no chance for Xiao Yefeng to survive. However, just as he raised his blade, a sharp golden Light Blade shot down from above at high speed toward Kazama Tadao.
Reluctantly, Kazama Tadao had no choice but to redirect Dragonfly Slash to defend against it. Clang after clang, he deflected three golden Light Blades before revealing their attacker: a massive Golden Eagle perched before them, staring intently at them all. After a single cry from the Golden Eagle, there were only a few weak responses in return. At this moment, its golden eyes turned red as it gazed at Kazama Tadao's still-bloodied Dragonfly Slash with hatred and fury.
Kazama Tadao was filled with regret; although Dragonfly Slash was extraordinary in its power, it had its drawbacks. The more it was used, the duller it became—initially capable of slicing through hair with ease but soon becoming less effective than an iron rod! Just moments ago, Kazama Tadao had greedily pursued Beast Core and nearly cut down all attacking Golden Eagles without realizing that Golden Eagle King would direct all its wrath toward him as a result.
With a flap of its wings, countless Light Blades descended upon Kazama Tadao. Just when the Masked Man thought he could slip away unnoticed, Golden Eagle King turned its gaze upon him as well. Clearly aware of those who had slain its kin, Golden Eagle King now focused on all four individuals before it and gained an upper hand with its unyielding claws and fierce winds generated by its wings.
As all four struggled against Golden Eagle King's relentless assault, Xiao Yefeng held a short knife in his left hand and a long sword in his right. Utilizing divine weapons embedded in the cliff wall for support while peering up at the battle above between four individuals and one beast—just like the Masked Man—Xiao Yefeng would not perish so easily. In that moment of falling, he grasped onto an iron cable and then abandoned it to steady himself with his sword embedded in the cliff wall before retrieving a flying dagger from within his Jade Ring that came from five levels above.
After having intercepted it with Dragonfly Slash earlier, Xiao Yefeng returned it to his hand. At this moment, thanks to Sword Control Technique's convenience, Xiao Yefeng finally understood why he had been drawn to celestial arts!
With two powerful weapons that could slice through iron like mud, Xiao Yefeng climbed step by step up the cliff. At this moment, he finally understood why the jade slip did not mention slaying the Golden Eagle; it was simply beyond his capability to deal with such a beast. In fact, since the seventh level, Xiao Yefeng had realized that these creatures were overwhelmingly strong. The Golden Eagle King was one, and so was the final guardian of the seventh level, the Thunder Leopard.
After he left, Xiao Yefeng had no idea whether the Thunder Leopard was killed by those two parties. However, he was certain that he could not defeat the Thunder Leopard. It was absurd! That Thunder Leopard breathed with thunder and lightning. If it weren't for the power he borrowed from the Bagua Mirror to withstand a blow from the Thunder Leopard and escape through the exit, he doubted he would have made it out alive. Now, this Golden Eagle was no different; the Masked Man's Jade Flute had been obtained from the sixth level, and he had personally felt its attacking power. Yet now, a heavy sonic boom struck down on the Golden Eagle's head.
Do not kill the Golden Eagle; even if not a single feather fell, it demonstrated how formidable this creature was! Thus, passing this level definitely did not mean slaying the Golden Eagle; it should involve escaping through the door under its watch. The person who set up this challenge must have thought that three or more people entering would be a group, which is why there was such a trial. Since that was the case, he needed to come up with a plan.
At this moment, Xiao Yefeng held the Spirit Hidden Jade Tablet, Soul Snatching Flying Dagger, Dragon Robe, and an unknown Purple Gold Ring. Although he did not know how effective the Jade Flute in the Masked Man's hands was, Xiao Yefeng had already evaluated his treasures and devised a plan.
Climbing up to the top of the cliff, Xiao Yefeng immediately used the Spirit Hidden Jade Tablet to conceal all his presence. The Dragon Robe shimmered as several golden dragons spiraled around him. He took a deep breath and circled around the center of battle, aiming to approach the Golden Gate from the side. However, what Xiao Yefeng did not realize was that the target order of attacks from the Golden Peng depended on how many Golden Pengs had been slain.
Xiao Yefeng had not killed many Golden Pengs, but it wasn't none at all. Just as he neared within ten steps of the Golden Gate, the Golden Peng King abandoned Kazama Tadao and flew straight toward his position, even though it seemed like there was nothing here!
"Damn it! But you can't stop me!" With a flash of light beneath his feet, Xiao Yefeng emerged from his hidden state. An inspiration struck him as he dashed into the great door while under the claws of the Golden Peng King; Xiao Yefeng transformed into a Yellow Talisman and was torn into pieces.
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