182: Chapter 182 Light Speed Kill
The two sides of the battlefield were starkly different; on one side, the Demon race filled the air with mockery, while on the other, the Human race fell into deathly silence.
Below the city walls, Dark Crow and Su Lin stood in a standoff, the Lightning Greatsword in Su Lin's hand radiating lightning.
The soldiers guarding the city only now realized that it was Su Lin who had jumped down, not one of the generals they were familiar with, but Su Lin, who had arrived just a day ago.
"It's actually him! How did he jump down?!"
"Damn! I thought General Hou had made a move, why is it this kid!?"
"Isn't this suicide? How could a Centurion possibly defeat this Dark Crow, and this Su Lin is the weakest Centurion right now!"
The Human army was stunned to see Su Lin actually go out to fight; they had not expected him to do something so suicidal.
Even as the Demon race mocked him wildly, the humans could only shake their heads helplessly.
Su Lin, however, showed not a trace of fear, which was beyond everyone's expectations. He raised an eyebrow and said to Dark Crow.
"You said you'd stand there and let me hit you? Is that true?"
Dark Crow did not expect Su Lin to still have the courage to speak, and he laughed even more recklessly.
"Hahaha! Would I lie to you? I'll just stand here and let you hit me. If I dodge, I'm your grandson!"
"I am an Earth Venerable, and you are in the Divine Aperture Realm. There is a chasm between us! Do you really think you can hurt me at all?"
"Before you die, I'll give you this one chance as a reward for your courage."
Hearing Dark Crow's words, Su Lin chuckled, and without another word, he unleashed the Lightning Greatsword and pointed at him from afar.
The Lightning Greatsword beside him immediately flashed with lightning, turning into a streak of lightning that shot rapidly toward Dark Crow. It was so fast that it even created sonic booms in the air.
"Su Lin has attacked!?"
The Humans held their breath, watching Su Lin's lightning-fast strike in disbelief.
Dark Crow's mockery deepened. As the attack approached, he clearly felt the authentic aura of the Divine Aperture Realm on the attack, without any disguise.
Let alone an attack from the Divine Aperture Realm, he could withstand an attack from the Lingyun Realm while standing still without suffering any damage at all.
"You only have this one chance."
"Are you in such a hurry to die?"
Dark Crow did not care about the incoming attack at all. His mind was already filled with various ways to kill Su Lin, intending to use him to humiliate the Human race severely.
Since someone had finally delivered themselves to his doorstep, he had to seize this opportunity to break the Human race's spirit.
While these thoughts raced through his mind, the Lightning Greatsword closed in on Dark Crow's face. With a confident smile, Dark Crow casually waved his large claw. In an instant, the air seemed to be torn apart, and three massive, pitch-black claw marks appeared out of thin air, crashing straight into the Lightning Greatsword with a violent gust of wind.
Before they even made contact, the Lightning Greatsword was buffeted by the wind from the claw marks, and most of its lightning was blown away.
When the claw marks slammed directly into the Lightning Greatsword, the sword had no power to resist. With a crisp shattering sound, the entire Lightning Greatsword was blasted apart by the three claw marks, turning into a cloud of lightning sparks.
Everyone on the battlefield seemed to have expected this. The Demon race immediately burst into laughter, while the Humans thought to themselves that it was over.
Dark Crow gave a cold smile.
"It's over."
His cold voice sounded like a death sentence, and he prepared to pounce on Su Lin.
Just then, a blindingly sharp white light suddenly erupted from where the Lightning Greatsword had shattered. In broad daylight, it illuminated the entire battlefield, as if a second sun had appeared on the ground.
"What!?"
Everyone's pupils constricted; they had not expected such a turn of events at this critical moment.
Dark Crow's hair stood on end. From such close range, he saw more than anyone else: at the spot where the Lightning Greatsword had just exploded, a jade pendant was floating in the air. The three claw marks had not shattered it; on the contrary, the pendant was now unleashing a terrifying aura.
In the blink of an eye, a massive white blade surged out from the jade pendant. At such close range, it struck straight toward Dark Crow's head with extreme speed.
"Impossible!!"
A life-and-death crisis gripped Dark Crow's heart like a giant hand; he could feel the terrifying aura hidden within that white blade.
"Heavenly King Realm!?"
Just as Dark Crow was about to unleash all his power to escape using a blood-flee technique, he felt a chill on his neck as he regained his senses.
Something unbelievable happened. Everyone stared at the battlefield with mouths agape and eyes wide open. In less than a second, the outcome of the battle had been decided.
The white blade swept across, and Dark Crow's head spun through the air, his pale face still filled with shock, while his massive body collapsed onto the ground.
The white blade had just severed Dark Crow's head, but it wasn't finished. In an instant, it retracted and slashed again, and the head of Dark Crow's massive crow mount also flew off, joining Dark Crow in the air.
Blood gushed everywhere. The neck of the ten-meter-tall crow mount sprayed blood like a fountain, and then a violent tremor shook the ground as the giant crow's corpse trembled and collapsed.
The white blade flew back into the jade pendant, which then turned into a white meteor and flew into Su Lin's hand.
Su Lin raised his hand to look; the light on the jade pendant had dimmed by half. Su Lin judged that this power of the Heavenly King Realm could only be used one more time.
The battlefield fell into a deathly silence. The Demon race, who had just been clamoring and mocking, looked at the cold corpses of Dark Crow and his crow mount, their faces turning pale.
"Lord Dark Crow, he..."
"No way!!"
The Human side immediately erupted into astonishing cheers.
"Su Lin killed Dark Crow!! My god!"
"That Centurion killed a Demon General!!"
"Hahaha, this damn bird-man is finally killed!! Well done, Su Lin!!"
The tables had turned; now it was the Human camp's turn to mock the Demon race.
The pent-up frustration of the Human army over this period seemed to have finally found an outlet.
"Hahaha, Demon race, weren't you very arrogant? How come Dark Crow was instantly killed by one of our Centurions?"
"Still standing there and letting you hit him? Try it and you'll die! Why are you quiet now!?"
"So you were all paper tigers, shattering at a single touch. Our Divine Aperture Realm Centurion can instantly kill your Demon General!!"
The Human soldiers were fired up. Seeing Dark Crow, who had come to clamor every day, die in such a frustrating way, they felt incredibly satisfied.
Just then, the city gates swung open, and a large Human army surged out from within.
They heard General Hou Minghan loudly commanding from atop the city walls.
"Your Demon General is dead; you should go down and accompany him."
"None of you are leaving today!!"