northernbook Chapter 1189 Floating Island
Chapter 1189 Floating Island
The teleportation array's white light dissipated, and Liu Yang found himself standing on the edge of a massive rock suspended above a sea of clouds... Beneath his feet were rolling white clouds, a bottomless depth. The distant skyline was dyed a brilliant orange-red by the setting sun... The air was fresh and thin, with a faint metallic smell...
"91st floor... Floating Island in the Sky..." Liu Yang looked around and realized that this wasn't a complete island, but rather a dozen separate floating rocks of varying sizes... Each one was separated by dozens or even hundreds of meters, connected only by a few narrow, rickety stone bridges. Below was a bottomless abyss...
Before he could take a closer look at the surroundings, a sharp and piercing roar came from above his head...
"Wow—!"
Liu Yang looked up suddenly and saw dozens of black dots appear in the sky, swooping down on him at breakneck speed... As they drew closer, he could clearly see the monsters... They had the upper bodies of women, fair skin, long hair as bright red as burning flames, and a pair of massive wings covered in bronze feathers on their backs... And their lower bodies were eagle claws, sharp as blades, flashing with a cold light...
"Harpy..." Liu Yang's eyes narrowed, and he immediately grasped the black sword... He had seen descriptions of these creatures in ancient texts. They were not only extremely fast and adept at swooping attacks, but also capable of emitting screams that could charm or paralyze them. They were very formidable aerial enemies...
The leading harpy flapped its wings and launched the first attack... She swooped down like an arrow, her claws going straight for Liu Yang's throat...
Liu Yang reacted extremely quickly, stepping forward and dodging to the side... At the same time, the black sword in his hand slashed out, carrying a sharp sword energy, forcing the harpy back...
"clang!"
The black sword and the eagle's claws collided, making a resounding sound of metal clashing... The harpy was shaken back by the sword's energy, a flicker of surprise in her eyes, as if she hadn't expected this human's strength to be so formidable...
At that moment, the other harpies also rushed forward... Some attacked from the front, while others circled behind Liu Yang, attempting a sneak attack... For a moment, feathers flew in the air, sharp claws flashed coldly, and sharp screams were heard incessantly...
Liu Yang heightened his perception to the utmost, closely monitoring every movement in every direction... His footwork shifted, nimbly weaving across the narrow pumice, dodging the harpies' attacks... Simultaneously, he swung the black sword relentlessly, jets of black sword energy emanating from its blade, forcing the harpies to retreat too close...
"This passive defense isn't the solution..." Liu Yang thought... He noticed that although these harpies were fast, their defense didn't seem strong, especially the feathers on their wings, which looked rather fragile...
He saw an opportunity. When a harpy swooped down again, Liu Yang didn't dodge, but rushed towards her... At the moment of approach, he suddenly turned sideways, avoiding the opponent's claws, and at the same time, the black sword slashed at the harpy's wings at an extremely tricky angle...
"Pfft!"
With a soft sound, the black sword precisely severed several bronze feathers, simultaneously carving a deep wound into the harpy's wings... Blood instantly dyed the feathers red...
"Cry!" The harpy screamed in pain, its wings twitched, it lost its balance, and fell towards the sea of clouds below, quickly disappearing into the clouds...
Killing a harpy greatly boosted Liu Yang's morale... But he didn't let his guard down, because there were still a lot of harpies left, and they seemed to be enraged by the death of their companions, and their attacks became even more frantic...
Another harpy swooped down from above Liu Yang's head, emitting a sharp hiss... This time, the hiss was different from the previous ones. The sound contained a strange magic that made Liu Yang's mind slightly dazed, and his movements slowed down a beat...
"Oh no! It's the Enchanting Scream!" Liu Yang was startled and immediately circulated his Qi to forcibly dispel the negative influence... But in the short time it took, the harpy's claws were already within reach...
At the critical moment, Liu Yang held the black sword across his body and quickly retreated backwards...
"clang!"
The sharp claws collided with the black sword again, and the huge force made Liu Yang retreat repeatedly, until his back hit a protruding rock and stopped... He only felt his arm numb and a dull pain in his palm...
"We must escape this siege as soon as possible..." Liu Yang's eyes flashed. He saw a relatively large floating rock not far away, and it didn't seem to have any harpies on it... He decided to move there first to gain a more favorable fighting environment...
He took a deep breath and suddenly launched an attack... The black sword swung out a dense web of swords, forcing back several harpies in front of him... Then, he seized the opportunity, kicked his foot hard, and shot his body towards the empty floating rock like an arrow...
Just as he was about to land on the floating rock, something strange happened!
Suddenly, a crack appeared on the surface of the pumice rock, and a huge tentacle covered with barbs suddenly stretched out from the crack, carrying a fishy wind and sweeping towards Liu Yang...
"What?!" Liu Yang's pupils suddenly shrank. He had never imagined that there was a monster hidden under this floating rock... He had no leverage in the air and could only twist his body to avoid the tentacles' attack...
"Snapped!"
The tentacles brushed past his body. Although they didn't hit him directly, the strong airflow still caused him to lose his balance and fall into the void beside him...
At this critical moment, Liu Yang's reaction was incredibly fast... He thrust his black sword into a smaller floating rock nearby. The blade pierced deeply into the rock, and the immense friction temporarily stopped his falling body...
"Huh..." Liu Yang, suspended in mid-air, breathed a sigh of relief... He looked up and saw that the floating rock had completely cracked, and a huge, octopus-like monster emerged from it... Its body was covered in a sticky dark green liquid, and covered with countless thick tentacles, each covered with sharp barbs and suction cups... Its head had no eyes or mouth, only a huge, constantly wriggling ball of flesh, emitting a disgusting stench...
"Abyssal Tentacle Monster..." Liu Yang recognized this monster. They usually lurk in dark and damp places, making a living by stealth attacks. Their tentacles are extremely powerful and highly corrosive...
At this moment, the harpies in the sky also noticed his predicament, and they turned around and swooped down on him again...
"Attacked from both sides?" Liu Yang's eyes became even more determined... He could feel the inner Qi surging crazily, his blood boiling with fighting spirit...
He yanked out his black sword, and using the reaction force between the sword and the rock, he flipped his body in mid-air, dodging the sharp claws of a harpy... At the same time, he poured all his inner Qi into the black sword, causing it to emit a dazzling black light...
"Sword Skill: Meteor!"
With a low shout, Liu Yang's figure shot out from mid-air like a meteor, slamming towards the massive abyssal tentacle monster... The black sword, with its indestructible momentum, slashed at its thickest main tentacle...
The Abyssal Tentacle Monster seemed to sense danger, and swung its main tentacle to the side, trying to avoid the attack of the Black Sword... But Liu Yang was too fast, and it had no time to completely dodge...
"Pfft!"
The black sword precisely slashed at the base of the main tentacle, and dark green blood gushed out like a fountain, carrying a strong smell of corrosion... The abyssal tentacle monster let out a dull roar, its body trembling violently, and its other tentacles waved frantically at Liu Yang...
Liu Yang didn't hesitate to fight. The moment he severed the tentacle, he used the momentum to leap backwards, landing steadily on a nearby floating rock... As soon as he stood firm, he immediately turned and faced the harpy that was pouncing on him again...
With the addition of the Abyssal Tentacle Monster, the battle becomes even more chaotic and dangerous... The harpies swooped down from the air, while the tentacle monster's tentacles attacked from the ground and the sides, forming a three-dimensional encirclement...
With his superb swordsmanship and nimble footwork, Liu Yang weaved through the monsters' siege... Sometimes he slashed at the harpy's wings, sometimes dodged the attacks of tentacle monsters, all the while keeping an eye on the floating rocks beneath his feet to avoid a fall...
The battle lasted nearly half an hour, and Liu Yang's body was already stained with the monster's blood and his own sweat... His breathing was a little rapid, and his physical strength was greatly depleted, but his eyes remained sharp, and he swung the black sword in his hand as steadily as ever...
During this time, he slew three more harpies and several tentacle monsters' tentacles... But there were still a dozen harpies left, and the abyssal tentacle monster, though injured, was still as ferocious...
"If this continues, I'll be exhausted sooner or later..." Liu Yang had a thought in his mind. He had to find a breakthrough...
He noticed that the Abyssal Tentacle Monster seemed somewhat sluggish due to its main tentacle being severed. Furthermore, while its attack range was wide, its agility was lacking... Meanwhile, the Harpies relied heavily on flight. If their ability to fly could be restricted, the battle would be much easier...
A plan quickly took shape in his mind...
He deliberately exposed a flaw, luring a harpy to swoop down on him... Just as the harpy was about to reach him, Liu Yang suddenly turned, and instead of slashing at her, the black sword plunged into the floating rock beneath his feet...
"Earth Magic·Earth Thorn!"
Following his low shout, countless sharp stone spikes burst out from the surface of the floating rock, not only blocking the harpy's attack, but also extending upwards, piercing the other harpies in the sky...
The harpies hadn't expected him to use magic, and they all flapped their wings in panic to avoid him... Taking advantage of this chaotic moment, Liu Yang suddenly drew his black sword, and in a flash, he rushed towards the injured abyss tentacle monster...
"It's now!"
He poured all the remaining Qi into the black sword, and the black light emanating from the sword almost swallowed up the surrounding light...
"Secret Technique: Dark Slash!"
It was this incredibly powerful killer move again... A massive black sword energy gushed out from the sword, like a giant black dragon, slashing towards the abyssal tentacle monster with devastating force...
The Abyssal Tentacle Monster tried to dodge, but it was too slow... The black sword energy instantly struck its body, splitting its massive form in two... Dark green blood and viscera scattered across the ground, emitting an even stronger stench...
After dealing with the biggest threat, the Abyssal Tentacle Monster, Liu Yang's pressure was immediately relieved... He turned to face the remaining harpies, his eyes flashing with cold murderous intent...
Without the support of the Abyssal Tentacle Monsters, the Harpies' advantage vanished... Although they remained fierce, they were constantly being cut down by Liu Yang's sharp sword energy...
More than ten minutes later, Liu Yang beheaded the last harpy with a single blow. Her body fell towards the sea of clouds below like a kite with its string cut off...
The battle is finally over...
Liu Yang leaned on his black sword, breathing heavily... His body was covered with wounds, some from the harpy's claws, some from the tentacle monster's barbs, but a triumphant smile appeared on his face...
He could feel that after this arduous battle, his strength had made a new breakthrough. The Qi in his body had become more powerful, and his use of swordsmanship and magic had become more proficient...
He didn't stay for long, and began searching among the floating islands for the teleportation array leading to the 92nd floor... Soon, he found a teleportation array gleaming with blue light in the center of the largest floating rock...
Liu Yang walked to the teleportation array and stepped in without hesitation...