Demon Capital Slayer

Chapter 35 Sonic Roar
Even if only their arms can move, a true warrior will not give up the fight!
At least that's what the Dragon King initially thought.

But when excruciating pain shot through its spine from bottom to top, it was horrified to discover that it could feel nothing below its neck, with only its pair of orange-yellow beast eyes still able to move.

A sensation came from my cheek; something was stepping on the dragon king's neck and walking up to my head.

"Hoh..." The Dragon King's muscles, out of control, were even unable to roar.

"This plan actually worked." A human voice came from beside me.

Standing atop the dragon king's head, Yu Jian was astonished that he had actually managed to defeat the giant beast with his mortal body.

However, he had no penchant for humiliating his opponent and directly aimed the Wicked Blade - Extinction of Three Thousand Void at the Dragon King's vital point between his eyebrows.

"You're a good soldier, but I'm in a hurry."

The young swordsman gripped the hilt of his sword with both hands.

"goodbye!"

With a soft thud, the weapon thrust downwards, its sharp blade completely piercing through flesh and blood, penetrating the skull and reaching deep into the brain, extinguishing the dragon king's incomparably vigorous flame of life.

At this point, even Yu Jian himself felt a sense of disorientation.

He tugged at the weapon but didn't pull it out immediately, as if something was holding it firmly from deep within.

Yu Jian couldn't help but show a surprised expression, and after a slight pause, he began to increase his power output.

Finally, he suddenly drew his katana with his right hand, and the spurting blood drew a beautiful arc in the air, while also bringing with it a wisp of transparent pigment that shimmered with golden light.

That is! The blood of the king!

Before Yujian could react, the King's Blood swiftly seeped into the katana, the orange-red color spreading across the blade penetrating deep within, staining the original silver-white metallic color with dense, vein-like golden lines, as if the entire katana had been shattered into countless pieces and then strangely glued back together.

Roar!
A faint roar of a giant beast echoed in my ears, and the power of the Dragon King actually merged into it on its own.

But this royal blood is meant to open the gateway!

Yu Jian felt a strong sense of unease for a moment, but quickly forced himself to calm down. There were still two kings to be killed. If their strength was comparable to that of the Dragon King, he, who had no outstanding skills other than swordsmanship, could hardly guarantee victory.

The King of Dragon Beasts has personality flaws, but the other two may not.

Furthermore, the kings and soldiers of the Color Kingdom seem to grow stronger over time; the Red King and Purple King in the past were not as exaggerated as the Dragon King.

But Lan Wang on his side was just like any other middle-aged man.

and many more……

Yu Jian suddenly frowned. Is that really the case?

A great commotion arose from the other side of the battlefield. Less than three seconds had passed since the sword-wielding warrior killed the Dragon King. The Orange Kingdom's army had already turned to dust with the death of their king, but the remaining two kings had not yet determined a victor.

Yu Jian looked up and saw the Blue King facing the Yellow King.

The former was dressed as a knight, wearing full armor and wielding a one-handed sword.

The latter, with a cat's head, a top hat, and a gorgeous uniform, unlike its subordinates who wielded two-handed greatswords, held a rapier less than a meter long, yet its movements were as fast as lightning.

The sword tip thrust out with tremendous force, like a sudden storm, causing the Blue King's armor to explode in bursts of sparks. If it weren't for the full coverage provided by his late medieval-style plate armor, the man would have been a sieve in the kitchen.

Conversely, the knight's sword in Blue King's hand failed to cause any damage, because the nimble yellow cat swordsman had a magical half-shoulder cloak.

This cloak only covers one side of the body, but the moment it comes into contact with a sword blade, a layer of yellow light appears, hardening it to the point of being as hard as steel, easily blocking attacks like a shield.

The situation became tense, with neither king able to defeat their opponent for the time being.

There's no time to hesitate...

Yu Jian looked around for the runaway white horse, while preparing to support his warriors. He saw that of the original thirteen white warriors, only one was still barely standing.

Surrounding them lay dinosaur guards, several times their own number, their red-cloaked corpses piled up like a small mountain, with the last White Knight standing atop it.

"Go! Swordsman! Do it for all of us!"

The White Knight shouted out his longest sentence since undergoing the transformation in a rough voice.

Then, the little yellow duck painted on his shoulder armor suddenly began to sing a cheerful song.

A cloud of dust billowed up from behind, the result of a group of two-handed swordsmen pursuing them.

"There's no time to hesitate!" Yu Jian shouted, though it was unclear whether he was speaking to himself or someone else.

He had indeed heard Lily say that the creatures in these paintings were not of this kind.

But no one can remain rational forever. When someone is willing to die for you, even if they are just a character in a fictional work, anyone with a conscience will feel sorrow. He leaped onto the galloping white horse and charged towards the two kings who were fighting. Behind him came the sounds of violently clashing weapons, accompanied by songs, and the heroic roar of the white knight.

"To die is an honor! To live is a disgrace!"

He forced himself not to look back, gripping the reins tightly as he controlled the sword.

Even when a man is sad, he won't cry and whine; instead, he will take immediate action!
Two of the remaining three kings have already joined forces. Is the third king, who has not yet appeared, also in the alliance?
The bad feeling soon came true.

A third army gradually emerged on the horizon, countless tree giants with wrinkled skin marching step by step toward the battlefield. They were not fast, but they carried an unstoppable and astonishing momentum.

Among the tree-men, a strange object surrounded them. Intuition told Miken that it was the Green King, who would make his final appearance.

Its appearance is hard to describe; it looks like a mixture of bark, trunk, and various plant components made of gel. It moves like a caterpillar, quite slowly, but it is the largest of all the color kings.

How do we deal with this?!
Yu Jian was speechless for a moment, but his sword began to roar!
Roar! ! !
The phantom of the dragon king's head emerged from the sword.

After a slight hesitation, Yu Jian decisively reached out and inserted his hand inside.

Clang—

The moment the sword was drawn, a metallic scraping sound rang out. The broken blade, imbued with the blood of the king, was unsheathed once more. The head of the Tyrannosaurus Rex transformed into a phantom that enveloped the hilt of the sword, while the blade was swallowed from its mouth, as if Yazi were holding a sword in its mouth.

What is this thing?!
Yu Jian was taken aback, but the current situation left him no room for hesitation. If they couldn't stop the Green King here, the Blue King and his army would be caught in a pincer movement.

By then, it will be too late.

do not care!
With his sword drawn, he banished all distractions and, even alone, rode his galloping horse toward the green army blocking his path.

Then he truly realized just how outrageous this army of tree people was.

Each of them looks like a roadside tree that has been uprooted and is now walking along the street; the closer you get, the more you can appreciate their towering stature.

While the treants are not as tall as the Dragon King, their numbers are more than ten times greater. Riding a horse and flying into them, it felt like entering a moving forest.

The rustling of leaves was incessant.

Surprisingly, the tree-man paid no attention to the sword-wielding man and continued forward with his head covered.

So……

Let me see what power this weapon, imbued with the blood of the king, possesses!
Grasping the transformed weapon, he raised his sword and slashed at the nearest treant.

In an instant, the dragon head wrapped around the blade opened its mouth and roared. The sound actually transformed into a tangible sonic wave impact along with the direction of the slash, striking the target before the blade could destroy it.

Roaring Sword - Sonic Slash!
The towering tree-man spun and flew into the sky, leaving Yu Jian dumbfounded. He had never imagined that a sword could unleash such exaggerated power. This was no ordinary sword; it was a sonic cannon!
The surrounding treant army finally realized the insignificant humans who had charged into their ranks.

They react very slowly; when they raise their hands to pat or their legs to stomp, their movements are like a video played in slow motion.

He easily dodged the attack with his sword, but the shockwave made his white horse neigh incessantly.

Although this horse is also a creature in the painting, it has nothing particularly special about it, so it would naturally feel frightened at this moment.

Yu Jian simply jumped off his horse, grabbed the weapon possessed by the Dragon King, and quickly recalled the sword styles he knew, immediately finding a sword style suitable for the current situation.

Self-manifestation Flow - Ground Folding Continuous Slash.

This move requires charging up power with the signature move of the Pill Manifestation Style, "Waist Sinking Stance," and then sweeping close to the ground to attack the enemy's lower limbs. If it misses, follow up with an upward slash and then a straight slash, forming a three-stage pursuit of "horizontal → upward → straight."

Naturally, Yu Jian wouldn't stick to the original moves. He simply abandoned the two subsequent pursuit attacks and directly used the combat skill repetition mode to repeatedly perform the first sweeping attack of the Earth Folding Combo.

Following the slashing motion, the cone-shaped sonic waves released by the Roaring Sword's sonic slash lashed back and forth among the tree-people, actually knocking down and disrupting the front row, and completely shattering the order of the entire army.

However, while the power of the sonic slash could easily overturn the treants, these newly appeared monsters possessed an unbelievable resilience; even with half of their branches broken, they could not be completely stopped from moving.

Fall down, get up, be knocked down again, get up again.

That won't do...

Yu Jian thought to himself, activating the Roaring Sword would cause the user to consume extra stamina, and he could clearly feel fatigue coming from all over his body.

The human body is not a machine and cannot have unlimited endurance. Even if a machine were to operate, it would experience wear and tear and require a constant consumption of fuel.

It's pointless to knock down the tree people again and again if we can't stop them from advancing.

Moreover, the Green King has yet to make a move.

Looking at the strangely shaped clump of sticky material in the distance, Yu Jian couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

How do you fight something like this? Or rather, how does a person fight against dough?
(End of this chapter)