Chapter 330: Chapter 329: A Celestial Beauty under the Moonlight (Part 1)
"You damn filthy woman, I’ll cripple you!"
The red-haired, mustachioed man howled in rage, forgetting that he’d committed so many cruelties that his ability to endure the hardships had increased significantly, otherwise he would’ve been severely injured in a sword fight.
"World-Subduing Imprisonment!"
Mighty internal power flowed from the man’s entire body to his fists. A punch was delivered forcefully, releasing a square-shaped fist light that traversed through the empty air, expanding rapidly and enveloping Xia Yunxi.
Xia Yunxi hurriedly dodged, but wherever she moved, the fist light tracked her. It continued to enlarge, and a bronze wall of internal power from all directions squeezed Xia Yunxi, making her feel as if she possessed the weight of Mount Tai.
"This is a killing move created by Master Zhuo for me. How could you possibly avoid it?"
The red-haired, mustachioed man laughed loudly, as if he’d already seen the image of Xia Yunxi surrendering.
"Skywalking Sword!"
As soon as her words fell, Xia Yunxi rushed upwards with the sword, looking like a shooting star. The sword pierced directly through the fist light prison. The opponent’s punch was indeed powerful, but it depended on who used it.
Xia Yunxi could easily see that the red-haired, mustachioed man hadn’t used this punch to its fullest potential, thus allowing her to spot its weakness.
Of course, to break this move, Xia Yunxi herself expended nearly forty percent of her strength, getting progressively worse. Her brilliant eyes hardened, she suddenly thrusted a sword at him.
Countless sparks jumped and peeled off like malt on both sides in an orderly manner. The central sword light was incredibly dazzling, forcing everyone’s eyes to squint involuntarily.
This was her real killing move, the Heartfire Sword.
The hairs on the red-haired, mustachioed man’s body stood up, and he hurriedly punched out with all his might, however, he soon realized his action was slow.
"No, her sword technique is too fast, and my actions can’t keep up."
A thought flashed through his mind. In a critical moment, the red-haired, mustachioed man moved his body aside. The next moment, the tip of Xia Yunxi’s sword pierced his left shoulder, deeply concaving his flesh.
"You’re wearing a Treasured Armor?"
Xia Yunxi’s pretty face turned pale, and she quickly retreated.
The clothes on the man’s surface were torn, revealing the soft armor inside. It was this soft armor that absorbed most of the power of the Heartfire Sword.
In the Martial World, Treasured Armors were far less common than deadly weapons, and were thus naturally more valuable. Especially this kind of armor that could resist swords and spears, it often saved lives when it mattered most.
For instance, the silver thread clothes Shi Xiaole obtained from Dongfang Haoran’s cave were a rare kind of Treasured Armor, which significantly reduced his physical injuries.
"You rotten bitch, I’m going to catch you and kill you!"
The red-haired, mustachioed man was genuinely scared; he hadn’t expected Xia Yunxi’s strength to be as high as rumored. However, he uncharacteristically didn’t act impulsively this time but frequently displayed the World-Subduing Imprisonment.
Compared to Xia Yunxi, his advantage was his robust internal power. If that was the case, he would figure on a way to wear her out.
As expected, Xia Yunxi started to appear extremely precarious. Having previously used her unique skills, she had consumed most of her internal power. She barely managed to shatter the fist light twice, then felt soft and knelt down on the ground.
"Senior Sister!"
Lv Tao, Gao Fei, Wang Yuwei, and other elites from Heavenly Wood Fortress rushed over.
The sons and daughters present turned pale as they saw that Xia Yunxi, their strongest ally, was defeated.
Moreover, seeing the red-haired, mustachioed man raise his hand and the dozens of Spiritual-Passage Realm First Level elites prepare to surround them, they began to tremble uncontrollably, swaying from side to side.
We’re finished tonight.
"It was me who insisted on pursuing into the sea, causing harm to all of you."
With an apologetic look, Xia Yunxi looked at her junior brothers and sisters, with a sorrowful smile on her face. It didn’t matter if she died, but she couldn’t bear to see others suffer because of her.
"Senior Sister, let’s fight our way out and bring some people down with us if we have to die!"
Wang Yuwei had a determined look on her face, evidently aware of the great danger forthcoming. Lv Tao quietly stood guard nearby. Gao Fei’s expression changed several times, but ultimately, he didn’t say a thing.
The elites of the Heavenly Wood Fortress formed a circle, holding daggers, swords with solemn faces, casting a layer of tragic atmosphere all over the boat.
The night wind beat the lanterns on the bow of the ship. Suddenly, a sigh sounded, breaking the silence.
At some point, a tall youth in a green shirt appeared behind the crowd. His hands folded behind his back, he coldly watched the triumphant red-haired, mustachioed man and the rest.
Shi Xiaole hadn’t taken action before this because he had been assessing the strength of the high-level concealment on the opponent’s ship, in order to devise the correct counter-strategy.
"You guys can go. I won’t kill you."
Shi Xiaole’s voice was not loud, but it clearly entered everyone’s ears.
"Is it him?"
Wang Yuwei widened her eyes.
Isn’t this the scholar with communication problems? Why did he come here to add to the chaos; is he in a hurry to die?
The sons and daughters also had peculiar expressions, as if they were meeting Shi Xiaole for the first time. Regardless, this person’s courage to step forward at this time was commendable.
"Kid, what did you say?"
The red-haired, mustachioed man tilted his chin, unable to endure Shi Xiaole’s arrogance.
"I’ll say it one last time, all of you leave."
Shi Xiaole took a step forward, his figure like a green shadow. Then he had already arrived in front of the elites of Heavenly Wood Fortress. His speed and skill caused many to nearly cry out in surprise.
"It’s him?!"
Xia Yunxi’s body quivered slightly, her diamond-shaped lips slightly opened. She couldn’t see how Shi Xiaole had moved.
"Boy, who are you? Dare to say your name."
With one hand, you can tell if one is an expert. The red-haired, mustachioed man put away his contemptuous attitude, deciding to first figure out Shi Xiaole’s background before calculating further.
The slight sound of the wind stirring.
A thrust from a finger, slicing through the void, it didn’t possess an intense momentum, but in a blink, it pierced towards the red-haired, whiskered man.
"World-Subduing Imprisonment!"
The red-haired, whiskered man was terrified. Sensing the hidden sharpness in the Sword Qi, he subconsciously exerted his full strength, releasing a defensive and offensive punch called the Subduing Heavens.
However——
Phut, phut filled the air twice, and blood blossomed from the feet of the red-haired, whiskered man. Those punches, which had previously seemed unstoppable to Xia Yunxi, were now crumbling before the Sword Qi, as fragile as tofu and unable to withstand a single blow.
"Impossible, Subduing Heaven Killing Fist!"
As his body began to slump forward, the face of the red-haired, whiskered man turned pale, but his arm swelled by more than a magnitude. A fearsome force emanated from his fist, potent enough to crush gold and shatter rocks.
This was his hidden move, which exhausted his vitality and blood. He hadn’t wanted to use it, but now he had no choice.
"Young Master, be careful!"
Xia Yunxi quickly recognized the subtleness of this move and hurriedly warned.
In everyone’s field of vision, the green-robed scholar, Shi Xiaole merely shook his head gently, with two fingers touching; they slightly poked forward.
The horrific punch had just materialized, displacing the air, when it was immediately penetrated by the slender Sword Qi. The red-haired, whiskered man’s fist and entire arm were pierced as well.
Finally, the Sword Qi seeped out from his pores, and blood spurting out loudly. In an instant, the red-haired, whiskered man turned into a bloody figure, his face frozen in death.
With his fingers still held in the original position, Shi Xiaole made a swift horizontal motion, releasing a thread-like Sword Qi into the air.
Almost simultaneously, dozens of severed heads with good features, were sent flying into the sky. The dozens of one-star Spiritual-Passage Realm experts brought by the red-haired, whiskered man all had their bodies and souls separated.
Hisss!
The experts of Heavenly Wood Fortress were dumbstruck.
Those young masters and ladies behind them blinked their eyes in disbelief, as if experiencing an illusion.
"What’s his real strength?"
Gao Fei paled in terror, his heart roiled with aghast. Intense jealousy followed the shock, pressing him till he felt difficult to breathe.
"Is he still that same scholar?"
Wang Yuwei and Lv Tao could hardly believe their eyes.
The aura emanating from Shi Xiaole was clearly that of the mid-stage of Xuanqi Realm Ninefold, but how could a Xuanqi Realm Ninefold martial artist possess such astonishing power?
Compared to him, how can the geniuses of Redbud State compare?
Xia Yunxi looked at Shi Xiaole, whose face showed an intense blush.
She recalled how she regarded him as a scholar who was incapable of fighting, even arrogantly attempting to take care of him. But in the end, it turned out that he was the one who concealed his power most deeply.
"Young warrior, you are indeed a prodigy that makes me admire you so much. How about you join our Three Talents Association? I can assure you that you can enjoy endless wealth and honor."
From the ship on the opposite side, someone started to laugh.
It was a man in purple clothes. He just slid directly from the opposite side to the midst of the crowd as if an invisible thread was pulling him across dozens of meters.
What shocked everyone the most was that the aura he was emitting had actually reached the Spiritual-Passage Realm sixfold.
In the Spiritual-Passage Realm, a difference in each small realm represents a significant gap. If the red-haired whiskered man is compared to a stone, the man in purple is like a hill. The three-fold gap led to a world of difference.
Everyone’s heart sank again.
Shi Xiaole could kill a red-haired whisked man, but facing a Spiritual-Passage Realm sixfold purple clothed man, he had absolutely no chance of winning.
The gap between Xuanqi Ninefold and Spiritual-Passage sixfold was too vast, let alone the fact there was an even higher realm in between. What use can high talent do?
Today, this was completely a dead end.
"You’re really ruthless, watching your subordinates be killed and remaining indifferent. If I were to join you, I fear I would be sold off as well."
Shi Xiaole stated lightly.
Man in purple laughed: "Not at all, not at all! Personnel can be piled up with money if they die, they die. But talents are hard to come by. With someone like the young master, anyone would cherish."
"What I don’t understand is, how did you catch up to us?"
Shi Xiaole suddenly asked.
"Once Young Master joins Three Talents Association, you’ll find out."
"What if I don’t agree?"
"Well, then I, Zhuo Yang, will have to reluctantly destroy a genius."
During the conversation, Zhuo Yang burst into a terrifying aura. It was a tornado formed by sharp blades. Each slash made everyone’s skin hurt. When they breathed, they felt as if they’d swallowed numerous small sharp blades.
"Nine-tenths of Golden Intentions."
Shi Xiaole was silent.
Zhuo Yang had clearly comprehended the sharpest Gold Intentions among the Five Elemental Intentions, and had reached nine-tenths realm.
Shi Xiaole believed that the offensive power of the other party definitely far surpassed regular Spiritual-Passage Realm sixfold experts. In the martial world of Qingxue State, he would surely not be considered weak even in the Wind Dust List.
However, the more it is so, the more excitement Shi Xiaole felt.
He needed a worthy opponent to verify his strength.
