Chapter 1140: Chapter 1138: Double Strike with a Single Sword_1
"You dare!"
Ling Fu was well aware of the Extreme Slaughter Blade Demon’s intent, as he rapidly stroked his palms thirty-six times, transforming them into thirty-six streaks of starlight that descended upon the sea surface, relentlessly besieging the Extreme Slaughter Blade Demon.
But the Extreme Slaughter Blade Demon was even faster. His large blade swung out first, solidifying into a white streak of blade light that sliced the ocean into a kilometer-deep massive gash. Anything standing in its path would be sliced apart by the blade light.
"Flying Profound Static Stone Slash!"
The figure of Liu Ruofei turned blurry in an instant, almost without any delay, he appeared in the path of the blade light, his long sword held vertically in front of his chest, his breath held within his body, motion in extreme stillness.
Zzzzt.
From an outsider’s perspective, the blade light seemed to splash against a stone carving, shattering into two halves. However, Ling Fu could see clearly. In that brief moment, the seemingly stationary Liu Ruofei, had actually made a hundred slashes!
Of those hundred slashes, only a whisper of breath leaked out, undetectable to those with less than exceptional senses. This demonstrated the terrifying degree of control the other had over Vigorous Air.
No wonder he was one of the proud elite of the South Sea.
In that moment, Ling Fu suddenly felt a hint of self-doubt.
Before this, Shi Xiaole’s assorted achievements and performances had led Ling Fu to elevate his esteem of him, rating him on par with the premier proud figure of bygone years.
But he overlooked an important point, that was on the East Victory Continent, not the South Sea martial world.
The same strength would garner completely different reputations in different places. For instance, Ling Fu, if he were in East Victory Continent, would definitely be amongst the top ten experts on the Emperor List.
Yet, in the martial world of the South Sea, it was uncertain if he could even squeeze into the top three hundred.
Perhaps Shi Xiaole’s talent was somewhat superior to most of the South Sea’s proud elites, but his weakness lay in his young age; his strength was probably incomparable.
"Liu Ruofei, since I have been ordered to kill you, do you think I am unaware of your tricks?"
From within the split blade light, a splash of fresh blood flew out, the blood actually condensed into the figure of the Extreme Slaughter Blade Demon. His seven orifices bleeding, yet his expression was wildly crazed, and his momentum reached its peak at that moment.
"Destroying Saint Blood Transformation Kill!"
A few droplets of blood splattered onto Liu Ruofei’s sword, exploding with a roar.
Clang!
The vast sea area formed a bowl shape, the deepest part reaching nearly ten thousand meters. A terrifying void storm turned every speck of dust into fine particles.
"How terrifying, these three, aside from their martial prowess not meeting the standards, are in no way inferior to the Forbidden Martial Emperor. That move of the Extreme Slaughter Blade Demon might even harm the Forbidden Martial Emperor, right?"
The battleground was near the coastline, and the commotion caused by Liu Ruofei and Extreme Slaughter Blade Demon’s fight had attracted many exceptional figures.
Upon witnessing this scene, many faces underwent a drastic change. Liu Ruofei wouldn’t be in trouble, would he?
A swirl of chaotic sword light appeared at the bottom of the sea bowl, transforming into a beam shooting towards the heavens. The figure within the sword light, Liu Ruofei, looked somewhat pale, but his breath was not greatly affected.
"Anticipating in advance, and laying down layers of Sword Qi to resist, even the person just now was only a shadow he left in place. Quite a Liu Ruofei indeed, deserving his title as the South Sea martial world’s premier sword genius. His battle technique ranks within the top three even among the proud elites."
The man speaking stood amidst the crowd, with one vertical streak on his forehead and two on his cheeks, forming what looked like three half-open, half-closed eyes. Looking deeper, one could even see the residual images within the three vertical streaks—the images of the clashes between the Extreme Slaughter Blade Demon and Liu Ruofei.
The man hadn’t finished speaking.
The Extreme Slaughter Blade Demon, passing by Liu Ruofei once more, raised his blade. The berserk blade Qi congregated at the edge of the blade, and in his maniacal laughter, harshly slashed towards the Ling Family vessel.
All that has been said took a long time to describe, but it all happened in the blink of an eye. Neither Liu Ruofei nor Ling Fu had any time to react or prevent it.
Just as everyone thought the Ling Family vessel would be split in two, its passengers turned into a mist of blood.
Clang!
A brief, crisp sword light, seeming devoid of any earthly flare, suddenly pierced out from the ship, directly striking the oncoming blade light.
There was no earth-shattering bang, no blinding brilliance. All the onlookers saw was the sword light and the blade light extinguishing together, vanishing into the sky.
And it wasn’t until then.
That a thunderous boom, mixed with an odd screeching sound, exploded belatedly, unable to keep up with the speed of the clashing sword and blade. No, it was unable to keep up with the speed of the person who had drawn the sword.
"Who?"
Liu Ruofei stared straight at the vessel, his own sword coming out a fraction slower.
He had previously felt the presence of a master on the ship, but he had not anticipated the sword technique of the other to be so powerfully compelling.
Among all the swordsmen of the Ling Family, only three great swordsmen met the criteria, but the person who had launched that sword stroke must be none other than the Falling Sky Sword Emperor. However, having seen the Falling Sky Sword Emperor before, Liu Ruofei knew his sword technique was grand and domineering, an ’either me or no one’ approach, vastly different from that particular stroke.
Could it be the Ling Family had sought another expert?
"Show yourself, you coward who hides and reveals only the tail! Getting in the way of my grand affair, come out if you dare!"
The Extreme Slaughter Blade Demon cursed loudly, but his eyes betrayed a trace of solemnity.
His intuition told him that the might of the sword-wielder was in no way inferior to Ling Fu’s, most likely even above him, yet even contemplating all of the South Sea’s Void Origin Realm Sword Emperors, he could not identify anyone fitting the sword’s aura.
Under the scrutiny of the crowd, the cabin door opened, and a young man dressed in green lightly floated onto the deck. The sea breeze lifted his ink-black hair, with striking white strands at his temples mixed within, drawing the eye.
But even more striking was the man himself.
What kind of temperament was that?
He resembled a sword forged from sky blue jade, extremely ostentatious, yet extremely restrained.
As he stood at the bow of the ship, the bow became its own realm, not by virtue of a warrior’s aura, but simply by his casual posture, which made the elite experts of the Ling Family behind him seem nonexistent.
His expression was serene and elegant, neither frivolous nor stern, composed to the extent that even if the sky fell down, he seemed capable of supporting it on his own shoulders.
When the young man with eyes blacker than night raised his head to look at Extreme Slaughter Blade Demon, the entire maritime area fell silent, every person and thing became the backdrop to him.
Some people’s appearances overshadow their temperament. But for others, their temperament is so distinctive that it makes one overlook their appearance. The youth in the green robes was undoubtedly the latter.
"So young?"
Extreme Slaughter Blade Demon got a big scare, and his complexion turned ugly.
The life force of Shi Xiaole made him feel that it was definitely less than a hundred years old, seemingly even younger than Liu Ruofei, who was also not yet a hundred.
But among the Ten Prides, there was definitely no such individual; had there been, he would have remembered. Where on earth did this person come from?
It’s important to know that for young geniuses like Shi Xiaole, with the same level of strength, the threat is even greater than that of a peerless expert of greater age. Their talent is sufficient to overcome all, his hundred percent strength could often exhibit a hundred and ten percent lethality.
For instance, with Liu Ruofei, given another Martial Emperor of the Void Origin Realm with equal strength, Extreme Slaughter Blade Demon was confident he would have outmatched the opponent already.
This was Shi Xiaole’s first appearance in the martial world of the South Sea, and Ling Fu couldn’t help but feel an indescribable sense of pride.
Just now, he felt Shi Xiaole was inferior to Liu Ruofei, but now looking at Shi Xiaole in his immaculate green robes, and then at Liu Ruofei in his robes whiter than snow, he felt the former was second to none.
"Today, no one can stop me; those who block me die!"
The silence was merely to gather momentum. Extreme Slaughter Blade Demon roared, and as he raised his long blade to strike Shi Xiaole, he suddenly changed direction midway, viciously attacking Ling Fu, while his body, taking advantage of the momentum of the blade, propelled forward rapidly.
"Sun and Moon Fill the Heavens and Earth!"
Ling Fu didn’t retreat an inch, capturing the sun with one palm and the moon with the other, striking out with both palms together, continuously weakening the power of the blade’s light. But in the end, Extreme Slaughter Blade Demon was the superior one, wielding an advantage as he crazily unleashed a second strike, seeking to break through from Ling Fu’s direction.
"Do you think you can escape, Ultimate Killing Sword!"
A beam of Sword Qi as thick as a thumb pierced toward Extreme Slaughter Blade Demon, silent and to the extreme in speed, but Shi Xiaole could see that this sword contained an extremely terrifying power.
The swordsman was Liu Ruofei.
In Shi Xiaole’s eyes, Liu Ruofei’s strength surely surpassed the Galan Sword Emperor. Just with this single strike, the chances of Galan Sword Emperor withstanding it didn’t exceed thirty percent.
His Vigorous Air, swordsmanship, and martial arts had all reached the pinnacle for those of his generation, even his control had reached an artistic level, surpassing Zhang Xiangfeng.
Of course, it couldn’t be concluded that Zhang Xiangfeng was inferior to him without comparing their ages. The last time Shi Xiaole saw Zhang Xiangfeng, his combat skills had also reached a critical point, a step beyond which lay a whole new realm.
"Destroying Saint Blood Transformation Kill!"
Barely blocking part of the force of the sword, Extreme Slaughter Blade Demon’s chest was pierced through, his body crackling all over, but the blood that spilled was quickly gathered by him.
Liu Ruofei and Ling Fu hastily retreated.
Boom!
In the midst of the explosion, Extreme Slaughter Blade Demon was like a ray of blood, speeding towards an uninhabited direction, his voice filled with extreme bitterness and laughter: "I’ll remember today’s grace, the three of you, very good, very good..."
A pale blue Sword Qi, from non-existence into existence, struck towards Extreme Slaughter Blade Demon with a casual ease, even before the laughter had faded away.
"Get lost!"
With momentum still behind him, Extreme Slaughter Blade Demon didn’t even think, exerting all his strength to cut at the Sword Qi with his blade.
Clang...
The sword light was repelled, but in the instant it was repelled, it thrusted again with a speed no less than before, like a meteor, leaving a long-lasting sword mark in mid-air.
Thud!
The chest of Extreme Slaughter Blade Demon was pierced, gushing out a great amount of blood.
"What?"
Liu Ruofei’s eyes narrowed sharply. He saw much too much in that single sword.
"One sword, double strike!"
The man with three vertical eyes on his forehead and cheeks, spoke with enthusiastic tone, as excited as if he had discovered a new continent.
"Five Hearts Divine Monarch, what is a ’one sword, double strike’?"
Someone asked.
"One sword, double strike,’ is a supreme technique. When a person’s lethal force can be applied without any expenditure, theoretically, the energy used once can rebound off the opponent’s defense, leading to countless onslaughts. Of course, theory is just theory; no one can act without spending energy."
"But to be able to launch two nearly identical attacks in succession, tsk tsk, there aren’t many in the entire South Sea martial world who can do so."
"Without robust Vigorous Air, you couldn’t unleash such a sword, and to control such Vigorous Air shows the person’s Heart Sword force is very high, perhaps approaching perfection... Most importantly, the infuriating control, Liu Ruofei, he has met his match!"
Five Hearts Divine Monarch’s words, like a bomb, exploded in the ears of the spectators, overwhelming them all.
