Chapter 410: Chapter 409: Reunion with an Old Friend
"Boy, if you’re smart, you’ll hand over the item,"
The gaze of the old man with white hair was ice cold, extremely gloomy.
"Anything that lands in my hands, no one can ask me to give up."
The green-clothed young man replied blandly.
"Die."
A hand reached out, the darkness seemed to be torn open, leaving a big hole. During this turmoil, any regular Spiritual-Passage Realm expert hit by the internal force would have to be reduced to a pile of bones.
The power of this old man with white hair, was more than double that of an expert at the pinnacle of the Spiritual-Passage Realm, could be referred to as the invincible expert of the Spiritual-Passage Realm.
These kind of people are still present in Mirror State, albeit in small numbers.
Not all geniuses can break through to the Dragon Gate Realm.
Some are limited by their internal mind methods, or are physically incapable of converting all their inner power into Inborn Vigorous Air, they prefer to hone their skills in other areas.
The theory is the same as the elder experts in the Eight States.
Apparently, the folks of Mirror State are greatly talented, hence those who are unable to break through to the Dragon Gate Realm, after years of relentless training, gradually become invincible experts of the Spiritual-Passage Realm, far outshining the likes of Jade Fan Scholar.
"Qingmu Sheltering Heaven!"
Facing this move, the young man in green wielded his sword, the sword light turned into tall trees of about ten yards high, springing up from the ground, constantly attacking the big hole.
Boom!
The trees exploded into pieces.
The young man in green spurted out blood and retreated as a result of the momentum.
"Xuanmu Sword Technique, turns out you’re the number one genius from Mirror State, Young Master Xuanmu."
The old man with white hair gave a cruel laugh.
With his skills, if he had to say there existed someone among the younger generation who could survive his move, it could only be Young Master Xuanmu.
"Great Clapping Hand."
Jumping high, the old man with white hair clapped casually, shattering the numerous vine shadows created by Young Master Xuanmu. With consecutive strikes with both hands, two palm-shaped vacuum channels appeared in the air.
Young Master Xuanmu spun around like a moving woody rod and was always one step ahead in evading the falling point of the Great Clapping Hand. After ten or more times, he spewed a mouthful of blood mist.
But, being able to hold on for tens of moves, Young Master Xuanmu’s strength has far exceeded the expectations of the Old man with white hair whose killing intent was burning. The old man launched overlapping hand strikes.
Hiss!
A stream of black pointed light pierced through the shadow palm.
"Miss."
Seeing the black-dressed lady who had suddenly appeared, Young Master Xuanmu’s face showed a joyous excitement.
In the darkness, Shi Xiaole was stunned.
Under the moonlight, the black-dressed lady’s hair was like ink, her body slender. Her skin seemed whiter than snow, was it due to the darkness of the night?
Her flawless face, appeared as if the heavens had put in great effort. Her looks were hard to imagine, she was stunningly beautiful even without the slightest expression.
Wasn’t she the same black-dressed lady who had shared the boat with him and whom he had extorted ten sets of third-rate secret scripts from?
At that time, he was accidentally involved in the chase and killing of the Purple Beauty Sect while looking for the secrets of the blue and green beads, and later boarded the painting boat of the Magistrate’s son, Duan Xi, with the black-dressed lady.
Every scene was flashing before his eyes as if it had just happened yesterday.
Shi Xiaole would never have thought that he would meet this black-dressed lady here again.
"Young Master Bai, are you alright?"
The black-dressed lady looked towards Young Master Xuanmu, her worried expression greatly reduced the pain in Young Master Xuanmu, making him feel that his injuries were well worth it.
"Miss, thank you for taking action, I’m fine."
The black-dressed lady had a slight smile on her face.
This smile made both the well-informed and over-one-hundred-forty-year-old white-haired old man feel a slight ripple in their hearts. It wasn’t lustful thoughts, just a natural reaction to extremely beautiful things.
"Elder, this young lady is my friend, how about letting him go?"
The black-dressed lady looked towards the old man with white hair.
"I’ll give you a chance, go, otherwise don’t blame this old man for killing you both."
The action just now was just an arbitrary move the white-haired old man made to lure out the others hiding in the darkness. Otherwise, exposing one’s trump card all at once made it easy to be taken advantage of by enemies.
"Young Reader Bai, the elder will not kill us. Let’s go."
The black-dressed lady smiled.
With a grim face, the old man with white hair felt that he had given enough face. Since the other party didn’t want to give face, he wouldn’t hold back. His left hand swelled, and a ring of pent up force suddenly erupted, shooting at the two like a cannon.
Young Master Xuanmu was as if facing a great enemy, and his hair stood on end. Under this move, he lost the ability to react.
Pop.
Just in the nick of time, the black-dressed lady pointed a finger, and the seemingly not too-strong pointed light suddenly burst out an astonishing power, instantly pierced through the fist wind.
"Blocking my God Wave Fist?"
The old man with white hair couldn’t believe it.
Just the same, Young Master Xuanmu couldn’t believe it either.
"Shattered Sky Single Blade!"
His face flushed red, the old man with white hair chopped down with his right palm acting as a blade toward the black-dressed lady. There was a wisp of indiscernible fluctuation in the air. In the next moment, the blade light rushed to the throat of the black-dressed lady.
The white-haired elder had comprehended three portions of the Shattering True Intent, which possessed an astonishingly destructive power. With this technique, he had once managed to slay an unbeatable master in the Spiritual-Passage Realm.
Without moving her feet, the girl in the black dress seemed to have predicted the trajectory of the sword gleam. She tilted her upper body slightly, and the invisible sword light brushed past her protective True Qi.
Meanwhile, the girl in the black dress lightly slapped her delicate palm, generating an endless stream of palm force that transformed into hundreds, even thousands of attacks. Each one wasn’t particularly strong, but when combined, they successfully drove back the white-haired elder.
By the time the white-haired elder had shattered the palm force, the girl in the black dress and Young Master Xuanmu had already disappeared from their original location.
"Where did this enchantress come from? Her power surpasses that of Young Master Xuanmu by who knows how much."
The white-haired elder was both furious and frustrated. He glanced around and followed his intuition to one direction before immediately giving chase.
After the girl in the black dress and Young Master Xuanmu had left, Shi Xiaole tried to follow them. As anticipated, hidden experts who had been watching staged their moves.
Even though there were no Dragon Gate Realm experts, there were still two unbeatable masters from the Spiritual-Passage Realm. The remaining individuals were either frightened off by the preceding battle or didn’t dare to show themselves.
Those with the potential to gain information about the Maple Leaf Stone were rare to begin with, and those who could stay in this location for so long without incident were certainly skilled martial artists.
The strength of the girl in the black dress left even Shi Xiaole in awe. She managed to exchange dozens of moves with two unbeatable masters from the Spiritual-Passage Realm before finally leading Young Master Xuanmu away victoriously.
Shi Xiaole did not continue the pursuit.
After all, the Maple Leaf Stone was obtained by Young Master Xuanmu. Without any enmity or grievances, he would not interfere unreasonably.
The mountains know no season.
In the blink of an eye, Shi Xiaole had spent another two months at Half Moon Lake.
Through tireless efforts, 98% of his Internal Power had finally transformed into Inborn Vigorous Air. Although it seemed like only slight progress, at the level that Shi Xiaole had reached, each step forward could cause significant changes in his strength.
"This is too slow. If I continue at this rate, I’ll need at least three to five years to fully transform my Internal Power into Inborn Vigorous Air."
Shi Xiaole was now 22 years old. According to his estimates, he would be able to break through to the Dragon Gate Realm between the ages of 25 and 27. Once news of this breaks out, it would undoubtedly stir up a sensation throughout all 365 states of Shuntian Capital!
The fastest record to reach the Dragon Gate Realm in Shuntian Capital over the past 600 years was set at the age of 28 by the current top martial artist and the 53rd ranked ’Great Lethal Star’ Xin Zhuliu.
Despite this, Shi Xiaole still felt it was too slow?
"I’ll wait another month. If I can’t find the Maple Leaf Stone, I’ll start looking for the Vigorous Air Fruit."
Shi Xiaole couldn’t wait here forever. There are many things in life: some you get, some you don’t. Forcing things won’t lead to any results.
That night, the moonlight was as gray as usual.
Inside the moon’s reflection on Half Moon Lake, a touch of red slowly emerged.
The Maple Leaf Stone!
After many days, it had appeared again.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
From the shadows, three martial artists suddenly dashed forth. They were none other than the white-haired elder and the other two unbeatable masters from the Spiritual-Passage Realm.
While still in mid-air, the three began a fierce battle. As they passed by, their overwhelming Vigorous Air carved a deep and long trench into the ground.
"Miss, shall we take action?"
Hiding in the shrubs, Young Master Xuanmu looked at the captivating profile of the girl in the black dress.
"Let’s just watch a good show for now. When they’re worn out, I’ll clean up the aftermath."
The girl in the black dress playfully smiled. Young Master Xuanmu quickly averted his gaze, afraid that if he continued to stare, he wouldn’t be able to contain his throbbing heart.
"All of you, back off! Despairing Great Clapping Hand!"
The white-haired elder unleashed his full power, fiercely resembling a raging lion. With dozens of hand imprints, each giving off a sense of despair, he blasted directly forward.
Even among unbeatable masters from the Spiritual-Passage Realm, there are different grades. The other two clearly fell short compared to the white-haired elder. However, their true power could not be displayed due to their mutual restraint and ended up in a stalemate.
Silently, the Maple Leaf Stone in the lake suddenly disappeared.
"Who’s there? Stop right there for this old man!"
The white-haired elder had been always watching the Maple Leaf Stone, fearing someone might steal it. On noticing the green figure in the air above Half Moon Lake, he hastily attacked.
The other two experts also knew their priorities. Seeing that the figure had mastered the Wind True Intent, they dared not delay and immediately used their ultimate moves, blocking different directions.
A light ripple of wind.
Shi Xiaole executed the Wind God Leg to its extreme, narrowly avoiding the attacks of the three experts and rushed towards the distance.
"How is it him?"
From the shadows, the girl in the black dress’s eyes flickered. She was taken aback upon recognizing Shi Xiaole, and then her eyes lit up with interest.
"Shattered Sky Single Blade!"
Deserving his title of an unbeatable Spiritual-Passage Realm expert, the white-haired elder reacted quickly. As Shi Xiaole dashed towards the distance, he made a chopping motion with his hand in the air.
"Boy, hand over your life."
"Overestimating your abilities."
The other two unbeatable masters from the Spiritual-Passage Realm charged from two sides. On recognizing Shi Xiaole, they couldn’t help but become furious. Did this greenhorn actually think he could snatch a tiger’s cub? Did he really think he was that girl in the black dress?
Clang!
Drawing out the Hidden Edge Sword from his waist, Shi Xiaole sidestepped the white-haired elder’s blade attack and swung the Thirteen Gentle Breezes Technique without looking back.
With a tearing sound.
The unbeatable master from the Spiritual-Passage Realm on the left cried out in shock as a gash opened on his chest. If it wasn’t for his timely evasion, he would have been cut in half
"What?"
Both the white-haired elder and the unbeatable master from the Spiritual-Passage Realm on the right widened their eyes in disbelief.
Was this a joke? A sword technique that defeated an unbeatable master from the Spiritual-Passage Realm in a blink of an eye? Could this kid be some old monster in disguise?
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