novelhk Chapter 834 Fierce battle, Xiang Yu and Gao Yao fight again!
Chapter 834 Fierce battle, Xiang Yu and Gao Yao fight again!
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The battle between the two sides was almost imminent. When Gao Yao and Xiang Yu were less than fifty steps apart, shocking shouts of killing broke out from the two armies almost at the same time.
"Gao Yao, today, I will kill you! Accept your death!"
"Xiang Yu, aren't you afraid of your tongue being blown away by the wind? You're courting death!"
As both sides were hurling harsh words at each other, the sky began to gather dark clouds, and raindrops began to fall to the ground, getting heavier and heavier.
Soon, a torrential downpour, like a river bursting its banks, slammed into the vast expanse before the two armies, sending up a white, clamorous cloud of smoke. The air was damp and heavy, weighing heavily on his chest; every breath felt like swallowing a cold lump of iron. Gao Yao stood in the rain, his spear tightly gripped. The cold, heavy Qian Feng, soaked in the rain, felt incredibly slippery, yet seemed ingrained into his very bones and blood.
Across from him, Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Western Chu, stood like a black iron statue amidst the torrential rain. Rain streamed down the ferocious edges of his heavy black armor, forming muddy streams. The massive bronze halberd in his hand, its gleaming icy light piercing the rain curtain, pointed directly at Gao Yao. The tip of the halberd exuded an invisible, murderous aura, as if it would tear the entire world apart in the next moment.
"Come!" Xiang Yu's voice cut through the pounding rain like muffled thunder rolling through the low clouds, carrying an undeniable pressure. Before he even finished speaking, he had transformed into a violent black shadow that tore through the rain curtain! The bronze halberd, wrapped in a crushing wind, violently split the rain curtain and struck Gao Yao's head! The momentum seemed to split Mount Tai in two!
Gao Yao's pupils suddenly constricted, his muscles tensing like iron chains in a split second. He twisted his waist and misstepped, mud and water exploding beneath his feet as he slid sideways like a ghost. The cold halberd blade whizzed by, barely scraping his nose, the gust of wind whipping through his cheeks. The bronze halberd slammed down to the ground!
"boom--!"
The hard granite ground shattered like rotten wood, and gravel mixed with mud flew everywhere, exploding a hideous deep pit! Mud particles hit Gao Yao's armor like hail, making a crackling sound.
Gao Yao dodged the rock-splitting blow, but before he could stabilize, his Mo Dao slashed out like a venomous snake! The blade ripped through the rain, emitting a shrill scream as it pierced Xiang Yu's right elbow, slightly exposed by the force of the blow! This strike was cunning, swift, and ruthless, without a single drop of hesitation!
"Hmm?" Xiang Yu raised his thick eyebrows, and the giant halberd unexpectedly changed direction and swept across. The thick halberd shaft was like a living thing, arriving first after being attacked, and it was across the path of the spear.
"clang--!"
A sharp clang of metal clashed! An overwhelming force surged from the Mo Dao! Gao Yao felt his arms shake violently, his knuckles instantly shattered, and burning blood, mixed with icy rainwater, trickled down his wrists. He groaned, and using the recoil, he tapped the ground with his toes, his body swiftly drifting backward like a fallen leaf in the wind. Each step left a deep footprint in the mud, absorbing the terrifying impact.
Gao Yao was indeed a little shocked at this time. This guy Xiang Yu was definitely abnormal. After the battle with Xiang Yu, he had improved his combat effectiveness in the battle with the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan. He originally thought that he could easily suppress Xiang Yu, but after this fight, Gao Yao was almost certain that Xiang Yu had become stronger again, and not just a little bit. The gold content of the eternal general was really not low at all.
"Great! Interesting!" A flicker of genuine excitement flashed through Xiang Yu's eyes, the kind of fire that ignites when a tiger encounters prey worthy of its mauling. His massive frame stirred up another turbulent tide, his massive bronze halberd stirring up the wind and rain, transforming into an impenetrable storm of death. He chopped, smashed, swept, and slashed! Each blow carried the brute force of a city wall, the air squeezed to the point of crackling under the weight!
Gao Yao's figure transformed into a veritable dragon amidst the raging tide. He no longer fought head-on. The Mo Dao seemed to come alive in his hands, sometimes like a spirited snake spitting its tongue, piercing joints, armpits, and knees; sometimes like leaves swirling in a gust of wind, he clung to the powerful halberd's shadow, blocking, deflecting, and leveraging its force. The flash of the sword and the shadow of the halberd tangled, collided, and ripped apart in the torrential rain! Each collision sent up a shower of dazzling sparks, which were instantly extinguished by the icy rain. A continuous, dull roar merged, like a god beating drums furiously from the clouds.
Before the battle lines, two of the world's greatest warriors clashed, their weapons groaning under the ravages of their attacks. Even the mere scrape of their weapons caused vast swathes of earth to tumble, crushed beneath their heavy footsteps, and mingled with the rain, the ground transformed into a swamp of mud. Broken halberds, shattered stone locks, and twisted weapon racks littered the ground, becoming both obstacles and weapons for the two men's maneuvers.
Gao Yao's spear narrowly swept across Xiang Yu's heavy armor several times, leaving glaring scratches and dents on the sturdy armor; Xiang Yu's giant halberd also brushed past Gao Yao's body several times, and the strong wind it brought up tore his robe, leaving bloodstains.
Time lost track in the brutal battle. The leaden clouds overhead gradually shifted from a heavy gray to a rich orange-red. The bleak sunset, like a giant blood scab, barely embedded in the low-hanging western sky, stained the falling rain an eerie scarlet. The torrential rain continued to pour, but it was no longer clear whether it was the tears of the sky or the splashing blood of the fierce battle.
After another fierce clash of weapons, the two figures suddenly separated. Gao Yao panted heavily, and with each breath, the cold rain and the smell of blood rushed into his lungs. The sweat had long since dried, leaving only the exhaustion and soreness of over-burned muscles that penetrated deep into his bones. He knelt on one knee in the mud, his Mo Dao deeply embedded in the earth to support his body, and blood trickled down the rain gutters on the blade.
Across from him, Xiang Yu's chest heaved violently like a bellows. His heavy black armor was covered in mottled knife marks, and several plates were even broken and curled, revealing the bronze muscles beneath, woven together by sweat and rain. He leaned on a huge bronze halberd, and the blade of the indestructible halberd was also cracked with several tiny but glaring cracks. The Overlord's eyes were still like burning coals, but deep within, a trace of fatigue, imperceptible to mortals, slipped quietly like an undercurrent beneath the water.
In that brief moment of confrontation, Gao Yao's gaze, like the sharpest blade, was fixed on an inconspicuous scar beneath Xiang Yu's left shoulder blade. The thick shoulder armor seemed to have been repaired. During the fierce blocking action just now, the muscles beneath the armor seemed to have experienced a subtle, unnatural spasm!