Martial Sage from the Vajra Skill

Chapter 337: Chapter 189: Slaying with Force (Part 2)

He had no idea what masters of the Celestial Essence Realm were capable of, but right now, he was confident he could even obliterate an expert at the Marrow Cleansing Great Success stage.

The boost a Half-Spirit Weapon gave to his Gang Qi was far beyond his imagination.

"Old fossil, a family should stick together. I’ll send you to join them."

His blood surged like a dragon as Golden Gang Qi poured rapidly into Cold Abyss. Mid-sprint, Xu Yang unleashed another slash.

BOOM!

A crescent of golden Sword Qi tore through the night, scattering the billowing dust. It shot forth like a golden waterfall.

Heatwaves rolled off him in every direction. Bathed in a golden light, Xu Yang’s aura flared, growing even stronger.

He had activated his Golden Gang Skill!

Although Su Xiuyuan was also at the Minor Success Realm of Marrow Cleansing, he was nearly a hundred years old; his power was on a completely different level from Su Jianye’s.

’Who knew what kind of trump cards an old Deng like this, who’s lived so long, might have? I can’t underestimate him. I have to kill him quickly with my strongest move.’

"You little bastard, you’re courting death!"

Bathed in the glow of the golden Sword Qi, Su Xiuyuan’s eyes burned with such fury they seemed ready to split.

’Xu Yang’s killing intent is terrifying. It wasn’t enough for him to kill Su Jianye and the other two; he had to sneak into the Su Family residence at night just to lure me out and kill me.’

’If I don’t kill Xu Yang today, the Su Family is doomed.’

BOOM!

Facing the incoming Sword Qi, he blasted out a wave of Sword Qi in return, his figure moving like a phantom as he charged at Xu Yang.

RUMBLE...

The two jets of Sword Qi collided, setting off another terrifying explosion. Visible ripples swept outwards, and the ground rumbled as it was torn apart.

At the same time, the Protective Gang Qi surrounding both men rippled. Clearly, they had both been affected by the aftershock of their own attacks.

This was because their attacks weren’t a reflection of their true power. They were amplified by their Half-Spirit Weapons, unleashing blows far beyond their normal capabilities, so it was only natural that the aftershocks could affect them.

Su Xiuyuan’s speed was actually slowed, a flush rising to his aged face as his blood and qi roiled within him.

Xu Yang, however, pushed his Golden Gang Skill to its limit. Relying on his Vajra Indestructible Physique and his condensed, domineering Golden Gang Qi, he was barely affected, his speed like a clap of thunder.

In a flash of golden light, he shattered the incoming shockwave and surged forward against the current. The Cold Abyss Saber in his hand erupted with a golden glow as he swept it toward Su Xiuyuan.

The blade’s light flared, surging out like a tide and transforming into a sharp, murderous aura that enveloped Su Xiuyuan.

"You..."

Su Xiuyuan was both shocked and enraged. Xu Yang’s Cultivation was this tyrannical?

’The aftershock slowed me down, yet Xu Yang can use this chance to press his attack. This means that even without a Half-Spirit Weapon, Xu Yang is stronger than me.’

Before the blade’s light even reached him, the piercing Sword Intent was already causing his Protective Gang Qi to ripple as if it were about to shatter.

Su Xiuyuan was horrified. ’In Xu Yang’s hands, the Half-Spirit Weapon’s power is absolutely terrifying.’

He dared not hesitate, nor did he dare meet the attack head-on. Leaping into the air, he slashed down at Xu Yang from above.

BOOM!

A crimson sword light sliced through the night sky, descending like a waterfall of blood straight for the top of Xu Yang’s head.

Xu Yang swept his saber up, and the two blade lights crashed into each other.

BANG!

He felt Cold Abyss tremble in his hand, and a wave of numbness shot up his arm, making him nearly lose his grip on the hilt.

’A clash between Half-Spirit Weapons... it’s this terrifying.’

A chill ran through Xu Yang’s heart. His body erupted in a dazzling golden light as he gripped Cold Moon tightly and infused it with Gang Qi once more.

"Hmph!"

A muffled grunt escaped Su Xiuyuan’s lips as his entire body trembled.

With a sickening tear, a mist of blood erupted. The webbing of the hand he held his sword with split open, covered in a spiderweb of cracks.

The shock had actually shattered his hand.

Su Xiuyuan’s face was a mask of horror. ’My body, tempered for nearly a hundred years, is actually less resilient than the Physique Xu Yang forged in just a few years with his Golden Gang Skill.’

"Kill!"

A sharp glint flashed in Xu Yang’s eyes, his killing intent surging like a tidal wave.

His body blazed gold, his hair whipping wildly about him. His blood roared like a dragon and his great tendons vibrated with a low hum. His spine seemed to come alive, drawing back like a great bow as he mobilized every ounce of latent Force hidden within his flesh and blood.

Without a moment’s hesitation, he raised Cold Abyss with both hands, pouring Gang Qi into it. As the blade’s light erupted, he brought it crashing down.

BOOM!

The world seemed to churn. A sound like thunder rolled as a strange energy flowed through the air. A ten-foot-long blade of light shot out, emitting a golden radiance that completely engulfed Su Xiuyuan.

Earth Demon Six Harmonies Saber!

Xu Yang’s Gang Qi flooded out of him as if a dam had broken, his killing intent blazing hot as fire.

BOOM! BOOM!

The earth cracked open, and a golden Sword Gang shot toward the heavens, slashing at Su Xiuyuan, who was still in mid-air.

At the same time, golden Sword Gangs manifested above his head, behind him, and to his left and right, all crashing down on him.

"Earth Demon Six Harmonies Saber!"

Su Xiuyuan only had time to cry out in alarm before the Sword Gangs overwhelmed him.

The power of the Earth Demon Six Harmonies Saber technique was clearly on another level when channeled through a Half-Spirit Weapon compared to when Xu Yang condensed the Sword Gangs with his bare hands.

Su Xiuyuan desperately slashed with his Half-Spirit Weapon, but he couldn’t shatter all the Sword Gangs. His Protective Gang Qi was torn apart instantly, and blood spattered from his body.

A gash deep enough to reveal bone appeared on his back, nearly severing his spine. Blood gushed from wounds on his left and right sides, his flesh torn and mangled.

But the most horrifying blow was the one that shot up from the ground, severing his manhood.

"AHHH..."

The pain made his vision black out. He let loose a shrill scream into the night sky, his hair disheveled and clothes in tatters. The Half-Spirit Weapon had been knocked from his hand, flying in an arc before embedding itself in the ground, its blade humming.

"Die!"

A savage light flared in Xu Yang’s eyes as he shot into the sky.

SPLURT!

The Cold Abyss Saber flashed. After a moment of resistance, Su Xiuyuan’s head was flung high into the air as blood sprayed like a fountain.

The scream cut off abruptly as the headless corpse plummeted to the ground.

With a flick of his wrist, Xu Yang caught Su Xiuyuan’s head—its face frozen in a mask of agony—and slowly descended.

"Hoo..."

He exhaled a long breath. The turbulent Gang Qi gradually subsided, and the golden glow on his body began to fade.

Xu Yang felt his whole body burning, his heart pounding like a drum.

Though the fight was brief, it had been more dangerous than killing Su Jianye, because both combatants wielded Half-Spirit Weapons.

Su Jianye could barely harm him, but if Su Xiuyuan’s Half-Spirit Weapon had struck true, he feared even his Vajra Indestructible Physique couldn’t have withstood the blow.

He found a branch and impaled Su Xiuyuan’s head on it, then began to search the body.

Unfortunately, Su Xiuyuan had nothing on him—no Secret Manuals, not even a single tael of silver.

Picking up the Half-Spirit Weapon from the ground and retrieving his bag from a distance, Xu Yang strode away.

A short while later, a group of Cyan Yang City Law Enforcers and a few members of the Su Family arrived, holding torches. The battlefield was a mess of craters and trenches. The first thing they saw was Su Xiuyuan’s head impaled on a branch, his eyes wide open in death.

"Third Grand-Uncle..."

"Third Uncle..."

"Old Ancestor!"

The legs of the few Su Family disciples gave out, and they collapsed to the ground. It felt as if the sky was falling on the Su Family.

"Su Xiuyuan has been killed!"

The Cyan Yang City Law Enforcers were visibly shocked, their minds reeling.

’With a Half-Spirit Weapon, Su Xiuyuan could have killed a Martial Artist at the Marrow Cleansing Great Success stage. Yet here he is, his body mutilated and his head impaled on a branch. What a miserable way to die.’

In the flickering torchlight, a chill ran down their spines. ’Good thing the killer left right after,’ one thought. ’If we’d caught up to them, we’d be dead for sure.’

"It was the Blazing Blade!"

Someone crouched beside a blackened slash mark on the ground. Reaching out, they felt a wave of searing heat.

"Only the man they call the Blazing Blade could leave a mark like this."

"How could the Blazing Blade possibly kill Su Xiuyuan?" The other Law Enforcers were astonished.

’The Blazing Blade wasn’t this terrifying in their reports.’

"The reports on his previous Cultivation must have been wrong," one of them analyzed. "He took Su Jianye’s Half-Spirit Weapon, Cold Abyss. His true Cultivation must be on the verge of Marrow Cleansing Great Success, otherwise he couldn’t have killed Su Xiuyuan."

"The Su Family is in dire straits. Not only did they lose Su Xiuyuan, but they also lost many treasures and two Half-Spirit Weapons."

"Strange, Su Jianye, the Patriarch, hasn’t shown up."

"Let’s get out of here. It’s not safe to stay. That guy’s a killing machine."

One of them yelled, "Take your ancestor’s body and let’s go!"

With that, they didn’t wait for the Su Family members and hurried back toward the city.

Seeing this, the Su Family members swallowed their grief, scrambling to their feet to carry Su Xiuyuan’s body and follow them back to the city.