Chapter 1218: Chapter 1216: Return to Overlapping Land (7/10 for ’poonlo’)
"It’s the clan chiefs, the voices of the two clan chiefs."
"There’s no point in waiting any longer!"
The elite warriors of the Meng and Shi clans were impatient, but they also knew that being in a hurry was useless; they had to find the right direction first. One by one, they turned their eyes to Shi Xiaole, pinning their hopes on this universally recognized prodigy of the East Victory world.
The youths of Affectionate Island clenched their teeth in frustration. They could hear the voices, yet they were unable to extend a helping hand. This feeling of suffocation made them feel worse than dead.
"Nine Stars Connecting Palm!"
Seeing Meng Chou and Shi Fu covered in wounds and in acute distress, Murong Di let out a malicious laugh and struck the void with nine consecutive palms. The area within a hundred thousand meters suddenly darkened; in the sky, nine stars aligned into a straight line, transforming into a boundless palm strike descending from the heavens.
Clang!
Large swathes of islands sank, overturned by ten-thousand-meter high waves, breaking into countless pieces of rubble. These rocks then rose from the seafloor, and under the influence of magnetic fields, came together once more.
"Wind and Rain Meteor Hammer!"
"Righteous Qi’s Blade!"
Meng Chou swung his arms, at the end of his chains were two iron hammers, striking out like two beams of aurora. Shi Fu, a master of swordsmanship, didn’t even look back as his blade’s aura surged toward the sky.
Boom!
Meng Chou and Shi Fu were like scarecrows in a storm, sent flying erratically by the fierce qi, their bodies battered beyond recognition, covered in blurry flesh and shattered bones.
Shi Fu, being closer to the storm, even had his skull cap lifted off, leaving him barely clinging to life.
"Brother..."
Meng Chou embraced Shi Fu, tears streaming down, blood still flowing from the holes in his body. However, Meng Chou felt no pain, only a bone-deep desolation.
Decades of enduring humiliation for this moment, faced with their enemy, they were not only unable to seek vengeance but were severely wounded by the foe instead, a blow that turned Meng Chou’s face deathly pale.
"Die!"
Nine stars in a row, along with a smug laugh, the sky-filling palm print pressed down once again.
The aftermath of the three qi waves hadn’t dispersed when Murong Di launched another killer move. It seemed like countless hands forcibly tearing open the magnetic fields of the triangular sea area. Although it was but a moment before the field restored itself, for Shi Xiaole, a moment was too much.
"It’s in the northwest direction, only a little over sixty thousand meters away in a straight line, but the magnetic field mislead us to another place."
A thought flashed through Shi Xiaole’s mind, and he instinctively drew out the Cleansing Evil Sword, slicing swiftly in front of him. The urgent priority now was to save Meng Chou and Shi Fu.
Shick!
If the palm print obscured the heaven and the earth, then the azure sword light was like splitting heaven and earth. Amid the crisp slicing sound, countless sparks shot out from the surface of the palm print, and a concave mark appeared.
Shi Xiaole swung out the second sword like lightning.
Slash!
This time, the sword light followed the notch, easily cutting through the palm print, the force continuing unabated, slashing towards Murong Di.
In a rush, Murong Di managed to throw two punches before being sent flying by the sword light, his throat churning and spewing out a mouthful of blood.
"Who?"
Murong Di was shocked.
With his prowess, there were few opponents he could find in the East Victory world, and no swordsman capable of injuring him with two strikes existed.
Following the located direction, Shi Xiaole flashed and, along with the other six, arrived in front of Meng Chou and Shi Fu, saying, "Are you two alright?"
"Young hero is..."
Meng Chou was shocked, unable to believe that it was Shi Xiaole who had acted. Such a young peerless swordsman, he had not only never seen but had never even heard of.
Shi Xiaole looked at Shi Fu in Meng Chou’s arms and reached out, a lifeforce energy flowing into the latter’s body.
Meng Chou exclaimed, "Young hero, you mustn’t!"
To someone with a frail heart meridian, infusing energy would only hasten their death. However, Meng Chou soon discovered, to his astonishment, that Shi Fu’s barely alive heart meridian stabilized, saving his life.
"This, this..."
As the chiefs of both Meng and Shi clans, Meng Chou had seen a lot and was a peerless genius himself, but now, he couldn’t understand the situation before him.
A great swordsman in control of the lifeforce? When did such a person appear in the world? As he had arrived here early, Meng Chou was not aware of the outcome of the Battle of Fate and naturally couldn’t think of Shi Xiaole.
"Shi Xuanzhong!"
On the other side, Murong Di saw Shi Xiaole and blurted out, exclaiming, "I knew you weren’t dead! How come you’re practicing swordsmanship now, wait, you’re not Shi Xuanzhong!"
The fluctuations of the surrounding magnetic fields had distorted Murong Di’s senses, preventing him from making an immediate judgment. Realizing what he had just said and sensing trouble, he turned to flee.
Murong Di was not Meng Chou; he had not been part of the war for long, and he knew many pieces of information, being well aware of the relationship between Shi Xiaole and Shi Xuanzhong.
"Stay!"
Channeling his power, Shi Xiaole executed a "Sky-shocking Sword."
Craaack!
The void was cleaved, but due to the magnetic field’s influence, this stroke was displaced by thousands of miles. The reason for not being off-target earlier was because Shi Xiaole had accurately located the position of the battle; this time, however, there was no time for adjustments.
"Boy, you dare to save Meng Chou and Shi Fu, and collude with the people of the Meng and Shi families, I know it now, you are also an Outer Heaven Demon, hahaha, I will leak this news out, and see how you die at that time!"
Realizing something, Murong Di laughed shrilly, rapidly fleeing outwards, making Meng Tian and others very anxious, wishing they could grow wings and chase after him.
They could not imagine the consequences once the news got out!
Shi Xiaole’s face remained calm, "Do you think you can escape?"
Before his words fell, a beam of arrow light suddenly burst from the ground. The arrow dragged a trail of air that shattered the nearby islands, sending fragments flying all around, yet still could not conceal that sky-shocking, ghost-weeping arrow that raced towards Murong Di above.
"Heavenly Sealing Palm!"
This move took Murong Di by surprise. Caught off guard, he quickly brought his hands together to form an elliptical closed palm force. But, with a bang, the palm force shattered, and the arrow light pierced through Murong Di’s body.
"Heartbroken Small Arrow".
What Shi Xiaole had deployed was none other than the strongest technique from the original thirteen limits—"Heartbroken Small Arrow"!
This archery technique only required remembering the opponent’s aura. No matter what barriers lay in between, even if ten thousand miles apart, it could accurately hit the target. It could be said to be an unmatched arrow.
However, to master this archery technique, one must first learn the "Enduring Humiliation Divine Skill" and the "Mountain and Sea Classic". Coincidentally, Shi Xiaole had practiced these two exquisite techniques in his early years.
Since leaving the Land of Fate, to increase his trump cards, Shi Xiaole had honed his spiritual force. Besides contemplating the Heart Sword, he had also purchased the "Heartbreak Arrow Technique" to cultivate.
With the supreme form, he cultivated it to be induced by sword techniques, allowing him to unleash his full power, its might not inferior to the original technique from the original thirteen limits.
Murong Di collapsed half-dead on the ground, and soon after, Shi Xiaole caught up with him. Without bothering with small talk, he directly extracted the other’s memories with a great spiritual art.
"You... will not die a good death..."
With a distorted, malicious smile on his lips, Murong Di’s body exploded into a mist of blood.
Shi Xiaole’s gaze was icy.
The opponent’s mind contained spiritual restrictions, but alas, how could they withstand the spiritual energy of the Fate Stone, directly crumbling away.
"Aside from Murong Di, there are six other people."
Shi Xiaole finally knew the culprits behind the assassination attempt on Shi Xuanzhong and Ling Yujie from back then. The answer was coincidental, yet also as expected.
Because, looking across the world, there were not many people qualified enough to assassinate Shi Xuanzhong and his wife.
Apart from Murong Di, the remaining six individuals were each powerful experts who caused shock and awe, possessing immense prestige in the South Sea, able to summon the wind and summon the rain.
Among them was one of the six legendary figures, the kindly looking Black White Master from Water and Fire Dao Manor.
There’s also an important point not to be overlooked: these six people had worked with Murong Di, apparently having a deep connection. With their status and insight, could they be unaware of Murong Di’s true identity?
This was getting interesting.
When Shi Xiaole was deep in thought, no one disturbed him, for everyone was stunned.
Murong Di, who chased the clan leaders of the Meng and Shi families to a hopeless situation, had just died at the hands of Shi Xiaole. How formidable was Shi Xiaole’s strength?
"Is he truly younger than me?"
The Affectionate Island youth muttered to himself.
In preparation for the great battle, he had no mind to gather news from the outside world. He had always regarded Shi Xiaole as a peer of the same level, but only now did he realize how laughable that thought was.
Meng Chou also learned of Shi Xiaole’s identity from Meng Tian and the others. Shaking, he struggled to disregard his injuries, and said emotionally, "Child, save the Shi clan leader first."
Hearing this, Shi Xiaole came to his senses and nodded, channeling the breath of life into Shi Fu’s body.
Soon after, Shi Fu regained consciousness, his injuries surprisingly recovering by fifty percent. Upon hearing of the prior events, he laughed heartily, praising Shi Xiaole for a job well done.
Afterward, ignoring Meng Chou’s dissuasions, Shi Xiaole treated his injuries as well. It wasn’t until Meng Chou had significantly recovered that Shi Xiaole withdrew his powers.
"Uncle chief, what about the others?"
Meng Tian asked eagerly. Of the five hundred experts who went into battle, her brother was one.
Meng Chou’s face showed sorrow, his lips moved with difficulty before he said, "Some have died in battle, some are fighting elsewhere, and some, perhaps, have been captured."
He hadn’t forgotten Murong Di’s earlier words.
Meng Tian’s heart clenched. Just as she was at a loss, Shi Xiaole said, "I know the whereabouts of those who were captured. Let’s go save them now."
Everyone was greatly shocked.
"Really?!"
Meng Tian grabbed Shi Xiaole’s arm as if clinging to her last hope.
The Affectionate Island youth could no longer speak any words of dissuasion. With Shi Xiaole’s terrifying prowess, why would he be wary of those three families? Moreover, the place where the Meng and Shi family members were captured might also have Affectionate Island experts present.
Shi Xiaole continued to lead everyone deeper.
When they passed fifty thousand meters, the space before them twisted, resembling upright layers of ripples. Shi Xiaole stepped across, and the next moment, an endless desert appeared before his eyes.
This was the Overlapping Land!
Indeed, the deepest part of the Triangular Sea Realm connected the void hub between the beings from Outer Heaven and the East Victory world.
The many mysteries of this world were unfolding one by one before Shi Xiaole’s eyes.
