Chapter 71: Fighting the Patriarch
Tang Yin continuously sent out sword energy strikes towards the Patriarch with the Abyssal Sword, even if he had to use up the remaining Abyss Qi in his Heaven Devouring Abyss, he had to kill the Patriarch.
The Patriarch was continuously bombarded with the sword energies, he used attack and defensive Martial Skills of the fire element to counter Tang Yin’s bombardment of sword energies. After the loud booms subsided, the Patriarch appeared to have sustained minor wounds, nothing major.
Still, the Patriarch of the Shan family was shocked, anyone who could injure him with a couple of swings of their sword was an opponent he did not have the confidence to kill.
"What grudge do you have against my Shan family? I don’t remember anyone offending someone of your power," The Patriarch once again tried to reason with Tang Yin, it could be seen how wary he was of Tang Yin’s strength after a few exchanges.
"Stop your bullshit and fight." Tang Yin coldly cut off the Patriarch and charged towards him. The Patriarch’s eyes shone with a fierce glint, "Flaming Lion Fist" he shouted out the name of his Martial Skill and threw a punch before him in the direction of Tang Yin.
A large flaming lion head took form after the Patriarch threw his fist into the air, the flaming lion head looked lifeless. Martial Skills were fueled by Qi, they did not have a soul or life.
The flaming lion head reached Tang Yin in an instant, he cut through the Flaming Lion Fist Martial Skill with his Abyssal Sword. The Abyssal Sword devoured the Martial Skill and turned it into Abyss Qi around the sword.
Tang Yin arrived before the astonished Patriarch and slashed his Abyssal Sword in point-blank rage. The Patriarch only had time to bring out a jade token and inject his Qi into it. The jade token shattered, and a spherical barrier appeared around the Patriarch.
The Abyssal Sword cut into the spherical barrier, the sword energy on the Abyssal Sword rushed into the spherical barrier with the strength of a Tier 7 Martial Skill fuelled by a 9th stage Physique Transformation Realm cultivator.
The spherical barrier shattered like glass and the Patriarch was pushed back many feet while continuously coughing up blood. "Impossible, my Jade Token was a one-time use Artifact left behind by my ancestors. How could it be broken so easily?"
The Patriarch was horrified, he knew that his jade token could only be broken by cultivators in the Spirit Vein Condensation Realm. He looked at Tang Yin with monstrous fear, he turned around and fled. The thought of Tang Yin being in the Spirit Vein Condensation Realm had nearly caused his mind to break down.
Spirit Vein Condensation Realm cultivators could kill any Physique Transformation Realm cultivators easily, even if he had more Artifacts and Martial Skills, it was useless. Only some heavenly Artifacts or Martial Skills could be used to cross the gap of a major cultivation realm, he did not possess such a treasure.
Tang Yin looked at his Abyssal Sword in surprise, he had felt exactly what had happened. The Abyssal Sword had cut into the spherical barrier and devoured some of its power, the power it devoured turned into Abyss Qi. The previous Abyss Qi from the Flaming Lion Fist was still present, added onto that was even more Abyss Qi from the barrier. This was enough to create a strike powerful enough to reach the Spirit Vein Condensation. It was also, for this reason, the Patriarch had mistaken Tang Yin as some Spirit Vein Condensation monster.
It was also now that Tang Yin realized exactly how the Abyssal Sword’s devouring ability worked. The Abyssal Sword could only devour attacks that it made contact with personally, it could not devour attacks that collided with its sword energy. Physical contact between the Abyssal Sword and an attack had to be made for the Abyssal Sword to convert the attack into Abyss Qi to fuel itself. The energy or power the Abyssal Sword devoured did not necessarily have to be an attack, it only had to be in the form of Qi or energy. The blazing bell Martial Skill of the Patriarch was a Martial Skill formed by his Qi, it was a form of energy, therefore It could be devoured.
Tang Yin looked at the fleeing Patriarch and chased after him, he was not going to let him escape. The Patriarch was at the 9th stage of the Physique Transformation Realm, his speed was very quick. Tang Yin could only ensure the distance between them did not widen, it was difficult to catch up to the Patriarch.
A large ball of black flame appeared in front of the Patriarch, he did not have time to dodge as the attack was too sudden. The Patriarch grit his teeth and used the Flaming Lion Fist to attack the ball of black flames, then he used a Martial Skill which created a thin barrier before him.
The ball of black flames clashed with the Flaming Lion Fist, there was no boom or explosion. The Flaming Lion Fist had been cleanly devoured by the black flames, the ball of Everlasting Hell Flames continued towards the terrified Patriarch without any reduction to its speed or momentum, its power had only increased.
The ball of black flames was Everlasting Hell Flames launched by Xiao Fei once she saw Tang Yin struggling to catch up to the Patriarch, she decided to impede the Patriarch so her Master could catch up.
But things had taken an unexpected turn, the Patriarch’s counterattack had been absorbed by her flames. At this rate, before Tang Yin could catch up, the Patriarch would be incinerated. Tang Yin wanted to personally kill the Patriarch, this was a personal grudge.
Tang Yin sent a thought to Xiao Fei through their connection, Xiao Fei swiftly retracted 75% of the Everlasting Hell Flames. When the despair-filled Patriarch saw the ball of black flames shrink drastically, hope reappeared in his heart.
He used all of the countermeasures at his disposal and frantically threw them at the ball of black flames. He had noticed his flames had been absorbed before, so all the countermeasures he used were not of the fire element.
The ball of black flames was slowly whittled down until the black flames were extinguished before the Patriarchs hope filled gaze. The Patriarch continued rushing forward to escape. Tang Yin had been using his Heaven Piercing Gaze Martial Skill since the beginning, he could see the flow of Qi within the Patriarchs body being channeled into his legs. The Patriarch was using a movement type Martial Skill to escape, an idea appeared in his head.
Tang Yin precisely channelled his Abyss Qi into his legs, calves and feet. With a loud rumble, the ground beneath him cracked, and Tang Yin was propelled forward with a speed never seen before. The distance between Tang Yin and the Patriarch instantly closed up by half.
Tang Yin did the same thing again, he was launched even further this time. He caught up with the once again despair-filled Patriarch. The Patriarch had run out of Qi, his Qi Sea was empty. He could only fight back with his physical body that had gone through 8 reconstructions.
Tang Yin sneered, he swung his Abyssal Sword at the Patriarch’s legs. The Patriarch let out a pain-filled scream, his legs had been chopped off. "Senior, please spare me!" The Patriarch pleaded for mercy, he was very terrified. He had never been in such a life-and-death situation before.
