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Chapter 66 The Casting Conditions of a Killing Move

Ding ding ding ding!

Clang!

The densely packed feathers attacked like a storm, constantly assaulting Zhou Ziheng's sword formation. Countless flying knife-like feathers collided fiercely with the sword formation, producing a series of crisp sounds like metal clashing!

"Ughhhhhh!!!"

Zhou Ziheng roared angrily, his face contorted from the force of his roar, his expression becoming extremely ferocious.

He had pushed the power of the sword formation to its limit. Countless feather swords spun at high speed, like the blades of a meat grinder, frantically slicing through the countless blood-red feathers.

However, [Maple Forest Dye] is a martial art technique a level higher than [Hundred Lotus Blossoms]. The sheer number of flying feathers creates an astonishing density of attacks. Even if Zhou Ziheng's sword formation spins incredibly fast, it's impossible for him to block all the flying feathers.

The crimson storm gradually seeped into the sword formation, and a series of blood-stained feathers, like spreading poisonous vines, pierced through the layers of defense and descended upon Zhou Ziheng—

In the blink of an eye, Zhou Ziheng's skin was torn open, and his whole body was covered with marks from the flying feathers. Blood was gushing from his entire body!

"Ziheng..."

Behind them, Steward Zhou frowned, his hands clenched, and his heart leaped into his throat once again.

Although he had made up his mind not to personally go to the scene to help, seeing his grandson being beaten like this and still struggling to hold on, he felt extremely distressed!

At this moment, Steward Zhou was torn between two conflicting thoughts. He wanted to shout out and tell Zhou Ziheng the solution, but then he thought that such enlightenment should be realized by Zhou Ziheng himself. Firstly, it would not help his own cultivation at all if it was taught by others, and secondly, given the boy's strong personality, he might not accept it directly.

at the same time.

On the other side, Xu Lun used the force of the palm strike to land steadily back on the ground.

He immediately activated a healing spell to quickly restore his health and status!

Just now, I used the bracelet's defense mechanism to temporarily boost my power and directly activated the four-winged form—the price being four large holes left on my back.

Especially after he used up all four wings to cast [Maple Forest Dye], blood gushed out of the four holes, and he almost fainted from blood loss.

While Zhou Ziheng was surrounded by countless blood-stained feathers and struggling to hold on, Xu Lun took advantage of the gap to desperately cast healing spells. He not only had to repair the four bloody holes on his back, but also his chest and shoulders, which had been injured by Zhou Ziheng's feather sword, causing considerable wounds.

As a healing energy coursed through his body, Xu Lun's wounds, large and small, began to heal at a visible speed, quickly replenishing his blood supply!

Once the wound had mostly healed and stopped bleeding, Xu Lun charged straight at Zhou Ziheng without saying a word!

He knew the importance of finishing off the enemy and wouldn't give them a chance to breathe; it was best to take them down in one fell swoop!

Xu Lun unleashed a powerful palm strike with his palm facing backward. Using the boost generated by the burst, he took off and instantly closed the distance of several dozen meters between them by more than half!

At the same time.

Zhou Ziheng was constantly attacked by a dense barrage of flying feathers, and in reality, he couldn't see the situation on the other side at all.

Although he had activated the sword formation with all his might, and the rapidly spinning feather swords collided wildly with the overwhelming flying feathers, sparks flew and smoke billowed, the two techniques were inherently different in strength. In terms of mechanics, the frequency and density of the flying feathers meant that no matter how fast the sword formation spun, it was only a matter of time before it was riddled with holes.

Unless your rotation speed is faster than time, allowing you to reverse time, which is impossible.

"This is outrageous..."

Zhou Ziheng gritted his teeth, enduring the excruciating pain as his body was relentlessly slashed by the penetrating feathers. While struggling to hold on, he knew exactly what he had to do—

The power of [Maple Forest Dye] mainly depends on the number of feathers. Xu Lun directly sacrificed four feathers, which is equivalent to squandering [Soaring Wings] and [Bird Wings] at once, in exchange for such a terrifying number of feathers to launch an ultra-dense attack. Ordinary people really can't withstand this move.

However, [Maple Forest Dye] is, after all, one of the moves of [Nine Transformations of Feather Sword], and it is cultivated at the same level as [Soaring Cloud Wings]. In other words, Zhou Ziheng's cultivation level has actually met all the conditions for learning [Maple Forest Dye] - and he really does know this move!

Just because you know how doesn't mean you're good at it.

After all, Zhou Ziheng's cultivation in the Wind God Path has reached the mid-stage of the [Wind Splendor Realm]. At this stage, his learning and comprehension of techniques are still in the process of refinement and exploration.

The path of the Wind God begins at the [Wind Sleep Realm], where the Wind Acupoints are planted in the palms, the character "Wind" is inscribed, and the first three forms of the [Nine Transformations of Feather Sword] are learned simultaneously, laying the foundation for the future. Then, at the [Wind Bird Realm], the Wind Acupoints on the back are opened, and a pair of [Flying Bird Wings] are acquired. Simultaneously, the fourth and fifth forms of the accompanying martial art [Nine Transformations of Feather Sword] can be learned. Upon reaching the [Wind Splendor Realm], the Wind Acupoints on the back are opened again, adding another pair of [Soaring Cloud Wings], which, together with the previous [Flying Bird Wings], form four wings, allowing the simultaneous learning of the sixth and seventh forms of the [Nine Transformations of Feather Sword].

This is the cultivation path of the early and middle stages of the Wind God Path. As a genius cultivator in the middle stage of the Wind Splendor Realm, Zhou Ziheng finds it easier to learn martial arts techniques than cultivation methods. Therefore, although his Cloud-Soaring Wings have not yet been tempered and are not like Steward Zhou's wings, which are still in the initial stage of white feathers, his mastery of the Nine Transformations of Feather Sword has actually reached the conditions to use Maple Forest Dye!

But the reason why Zhou Ziheng hasn't used this trick is quite simple:

【Maple Forest Dye】is a move that requires at least one complete wing to be sacrificed, transforming into countless flying feathers to attack the enemy.

However, for cultivators of the Wind God Dao, the quantity and quality of wings represent the depth of their cultivation. Sacrificing a wing is equivalent to dissipating a portion of one's power. Moreover, if you are going to sacrifice, you must sacrifice a pair. Sacrificing only a single wing to perform [Maple Forest Dye] is only the minimum requirement, and in reality, you cannot unleash the full power of this move.

The more wings sacrificed, the greater the power of [Maple Forest Dye]. The higher the tempering level of the wings themselves, the greater the boost to the power of the move. The former is equivalent to increasing attack speed, and the latter is equivalent to increasing critical hit rate. The two are superimposed, and combined with the attack mechanism of [Maple Forest Dye] itself, its power can instantly reach a terrifying level!

Xu Lun squandered four wings at once, reaching the limit for this stage in terms of quantity. Although his four wings were acquired temporarily and had not undergone any tempering, the sheer number of them was overwhelming!

While the attack power of each feather isn't particularly high, the density and duration of the attack are already terrifying.

If someone with highly refined wings, like Steward Zhou, were to use Maple Dye by his standards, Zhou Ziheng would probably be instantly killed. He wouldn't have been able to hold on until now!

However, the drawback of [Maple Forest Dye] is also obvious. If you sacrifice your wings and fail to kill or cripple your opponent, you will be missing a pair of wings in subsequent battles. For cultivators who mainly cultivate the Wind God Path, their combat power will drop by at least one level, which is actually a loss.