Chapter 132: Chapter 128: Outside the Fox Fairy Cave (Part
2) ~ Asking for Monthly Tickets –
Translator: 549690339
Rushing with his seven-color sword energy, Elder Xu charged decisively at Gong Zheng.
But the warriors of the Feng clan were not idle; they wouldn’t let him kill Gong Zheng so easily. Regardless of their personal feelings, in front of the Fox Spirit Temple, they were allies!
The young swordsman’s figure was extremely agile, like a green sword light, covering a distance of more than thirty feet in a mere blink, leaving just six feet remaining.
Elder Xu couldn’t let anyone distract him from his fight with Gong Zheng. His right hand fashioned a sword seal and pointed it at the position of the Feng clan’s warrior squad.
Thousands of invisible sword energies intent on shattering the body poured out like a great flood towards the small team of Feng’s warriors!
As the most basic technique within the myriad sword intents, the warriors of the Xu clan had been nurturing this type of energy since they began learning their skills. Depending on the individual’s talent and temperament, the quantity of this energy varied. However, rarely did anyone cultivate as enormously as Elder Xu did.
Each stream of sword energy was no thicker than a thumb, but when thousands converged, they struck like a torrential downpour, unavoidable! This was sword energy specifically designed to break defensive techniques and disrupt the form of the spirit. Even the most accomplished warriors at the peak of their powers had no choice but to release their ultimate moves in response to this onslaught.
Tang Luo, upon seeing the sword intent that Elder Xu displayed, found it eerily familiar. It was uncannily similar to the technique ‘Hidden Edge’ in the Stellar Blade play. But considering the sturdiness of the sword energy, it was probably even more formidable in terms of its piercing spiritual power!
The warriors from the Feng family were at a loss. They originally thought that they could ambush Elder Xu while he was focusing on Gong Zheng, but under this turbulent barrage of sword energy, they could hardly even defend themselves, let alone use any of their martial arts techniques.
Facing Elder Xu and his seven-colored sword energy, Gong Zheng stood alone.
Elder Xu’s gaze was icy cold, his consciousness crystal clear. Under his spiritual command, even the invisible sword energy took on a sword-like form.
It transformed into seven long swords swirling around him, shining with dazzling brilliance.
Seeing Elder Xu rushing towards him, Gong Zheng quickly infused his spiritual power into the mysterious black ring he wore. In an instant, a black-scaled armor covered with python patterns enveloped him, leaving only two eye holes. From a distance, he looked like a four-clawed black python.
Spirit-rank battle armor — Ghost Python Fierce Scale Armor!
This was a priceless treasure that he had bought at an auction by spending his entire fortune. It was his most reliable security other than his own cultivation.
Garbed in his spirit armor, Gong Zheng fearlessly charged at Elder Xu!
With his white spiritual power enveloping his body, Gong Zheng, like a black python Demon King riding the clouds and mist, met the young swordsman with an overwhelming aura of dominance.
Clenching his teeth, Gong Zheng concentrated all his spiritual power to cast the secret technique Cloud Beast Diagram from the spiritual scripture Lingyun. The white cloud energy transformed into three cloud tigers which, with a roar to the sky, pounced on Elder Xu.
The cloud tigers were tremendously large, their kinglike aura was dominant as they rushed towards the young swordsman, with dagger-like teeth that sent chills down one’s spine.
Each cloud tiger was an evolved mortal-killing technique and Gong Zheng had cast three in all. If mere contact with any of these caused injury, it would be either deadly or disabling.
The young swordsman was unarmored, and this was Gong Zheng’s greatest advantage.
Upon witnessing the three cloud tigers, Elder Xu’s expression was as still as water, but his eyes shot out a cold flicker. Forming a sword seal, he launched three spirit swords!
The first was a flaming spirit sword that penetrated a cloud tiger, causing an explosion of flame power and scattering the tiger energy in an instant.
The second, a purple lightning sword, grew larger amidst thundering noise, turning into a heavenly lightning pillar that pierced through another cloud tiger.
The third, a green sword, transformed into a Flood Dragon locking horns with the last cloud tiger. While the dragon head and the tiger head bit into each other’s bodies, they shattered each other’s spirit forms, causing an explosion and their energies to dissipate into thin air.
His three cloud tigers were destroyed in an instant — Gong Zheng was incredulous!
He lived a controlled life, eschewing women and delicacies, sworn only to the martial arts, and achieved the peak power of the mortal realm at thirty-five!
Even the Cloud Beast Diagram, an advanced technique from the Lingyun tome, he had evolved to the level of the three-beast realm. But why was it so ineffective against the forces of that young swordsman?
“Impossible! I won’t accept this!” With intense hate driving him, Gong Zheng sprang at his foe, flashing like a black streak in the sky, like a four-footed black dragon.
Disdain flashed in old man Xu’s eyes as he released his Frost Spiritual Sword, making a swift strike at Gong Zheng. The seemingly hard ice sword shattered into ice dust on contact, but the erupting frost effectively froze Gong Zheng, along with his armor, into an icicle, causing him to plummet from the sky.
A glint sparkled in old man Xu’s eyes as he performed the Sword Fusion Technique again, melding his remaining three Spiritual Swords together.
He used the Taiji Sword Intent, which ruled Yin and Yang, as the sword spine. Incorporated the Earth Sword Intent, which was incredibly dense, to form the sword body, and the sharp, limitless Water Sword Intent molded the sword edge.
A huge Yin-Yang Heavy Water Sword materialized before everyone’s eyes. He executed the sword formation holds, lifting the Spiritual Sword high above his head!
The warriors from the Feng family had just dispersed those thousands of destructive sword rays when they caught sight of the huge four-colored sword spanning heaven and earth.
“It’s over!” Tan Hong’s heart sank. He was the one who had just executed the “Pythons into Flood Dragons” technique. He thought the opponent should be like him, in the spiritual power recovery period, and wouldn’t be able to execute a fusion of Spiritual Swords for a while.
When he saw those thousands of destructive sword rays, he felt a secret delight. Despite appearing frightening, these sword rays could only hinder people for a while and couldn’t determine the outcome of the fight.
Such a vast expenditure of spiritual power would undoubtedly delay the opponent’s spiritual power recovery. His own team could immediately execute the “Pythons into Flood Dragons” technique again after they had withstood this round of sword rays. This time, they would definitely secure victory.
But seeing old man Xu summon another massive Spiritual Sword, he realized his judgment had been flawed. No unstaged martial artist could survive such an attack, especially when the opponent was frozen within an ice block.
While everyone’s will to fight was quashed by the technique old man Xu performed, Tan Hong was the only one who remained calm: “What are you guys standing there for? Get ready for a combined attack!”
No matter how many people were watching, this sword would not change. Our side was destined to lose a leading general, all he could do was seize this fleeting opportunity and launch the Combined Attack Technique at the enemy.
Even if the opponent still had the power to summon a Spiritual Sword, he would not have the time to do so under the surprise attack of this Combined Attack Technique.
This was the importance of command at a critical moment. That is what the team captain’s responsibility entails!
The three Feng family warriors steadied their minds and began to execute the Red Flame Pythons Punch to ambush old man Xu.
If they truly could execute this combined attack technique, the young swordsman would certainly face danger. Yet, they seem to have forgotten, the young swordsman did not come alone. It was just that the helper he brought was very young and wasn’t taken into consideration.
With perfect focus, the three of them start to execute the “Red Flame Python Punch” on old man Xu.
Like a shadow, the boy in the black combat attire appeared at the left side of the Feng Family warriors. His spine arched like a dragon, his fists clenched and hands spread wide, reminiscent of a stretched bow.
Wind Attack power condensed in Tang Luo’s fingers. Seizing this crucial moment, he made his move.
Warrior’s Finger — Double Dragon!
As the Feng family’s martial artists’ attention was focused on the young swordsman in the distant sky, two swirling whirlwinds of Warrior’s Fingers were rushing at them. The powerful gust seemed to shatter space itself!
If they continued to fuse martial techniques, they could execute the “Pythons to Flood Dragons” technique; however, at the same time that they finished their combined attack, they would also be hit by two Warrior’s Fingers, resulting in heavy injury at the least.
Alternatively, if they quickly turned to counter the Warrior’s Finger with a Red Flame Python Punch, the remaining Red Flame Python Punch would not harm the young swordsman at all.
Tang Luo timed it too well, striking exactly at the moment the three were accumulating energy for the Red Flame Python Punch and about to launch an attack.
Had he made his move even slightly earlier, the three could have turned their heads, shifting the target of their combined attack. If he were a moment later, after their spiritual energy had already been launched, the three would only need to consider how to dodge.
But it was precisely this timing that left them with no way forward or back!
Executing a combined attack would lead to annihilation; turning to fight meant the combined attack was broken, and they would need to face the young swordsman and his helper, but with fewer fighters.
Furthermore, after this Red Flame Python Punch, the team members’ spiritual power would not be sufficient to support the subsequent fight. The deterrent power of this formerly extravagant team would plummet to insignificance!
At the crucial moment, Tan Hong said decisively to another Feng Warrior who was rushing over: “You. Take Feng with you and go back to the family for help. I will hold them back here!”
Tong just protected Feng Dezheng from the destructive sword attack, carrying him a long distance away, which made him unable to reinforce them in time. On hearing Tan Hong’s order, he gave up his ambush attempt on Tang Luo, grabbed Feng Dezheng’s shoulder, and retreated from the battlefield..
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