Chapter 530: Chapter 529: Killing Two Lords
"Shadow Kill!"
His body transformed into a shadow, and the Shadow Lord twisted himself into the gaps of the fist light.
On the other side, the Spirit Mist Lord sneered coldly. He struck out with his palm, shielding himself from being hit by the fist light.
Splat!
The low-ranking Lord of the Tianyuan Association had managed to rush only about thirty feet away when he saw a flash of shadow in mid-air. A transfigured arm was aiming for his throat.
"Six Sun Slash Sky!"
Knowing very well this wasn’t the time to engage in a fight, the low-ranking Lord of the Tianyuan Association, his body overflowing with golden radiance, punched out with both fists. Six round punch lights, about thirty feet in diameter, rotated rapidly up and down, radiating heat so intense it distorted the air around them.
The walls on either side of the long street sizzled and burned as soon as they were hit by the light. The gray bricks disappeared at a visible speed, giving way to an endless rise of white smoke.
Compared to Yu Wen Cang at the Linjiang Immortal’s Gathering, the Positive Pole Fist displayed by this Tianyuan Association master was undoubtedly more domineering, more violent, and many times more powerful.
"Six percent of Fire True Intent indeed thwarted me?"
With multiple overlaps of darkness and several flickers, the Shadow Lord appeared in distance, his face bearing a sarcastic smile.
The low-ranking Lord of the Tianyuan Association, while trying to escape, suddenly felt his hair stand on end. In the air, nearby, appeared thirteen transparent long blades, darting towards him.
The speed was so fast that the Tianyuan Association’s master only had time to throw a punch. The punch light managed to dissolve only three of the thirteen long blades, the remaining ten plunged into his body.
"Idiot, I’ve been here several days. Do you think I don’t have a backup plan?"
The Spirit Mist Lord laughed mockingly.
This corner of the street was the best escape route, so he had strategically placed a concealed array there in advance. His array skills were equivalent to those of a high-ranking Lord. Killing a low-ranking lord was naturally as easy as pie.
"It seems the news has already leaked, we need to speed up."
The target of the Spirit Mist Lord was the tavern ahead.
The tavern was imbued with an extremely complex array system. He guessed that there might be some good things inside.
"The fewer people who interfere, the better."
The Shadow Lord at the side curled his lips in disgust and considerable fear.
Since the Tianyuan Association had a Lord come in, it goes without saying that other powers must have also sent people. If he were to be exposed, the consequences would be unimaginable.
It seems that he should use this opportunity to retreat early!
As he planned his next moves, the Shadow Lord suddenly heard clear footsteps. The newcomer did not try to hide his presence; his attitude was incredibly arrogant.
Almost instinctively, the Shadow Lord wanted to flee. In such a place, anyone so overt was either a fool or an expert. But when he caught a glimpse of the newcomer from the corner of his eye, he halted in his tracks.
"Shi Xiaole!"
The Shadow Lord gritted his teeth, his old eyes suddenly turning blood-red.
He would never forget till death that it was this boy who had turned him from a high-ranking Lord into a rat crossing the street, widely hunted by everyone in the Martial World of Xuanwu State.
"We meet again,"
Clothed in dust-free green, Shi Xiaole’s face had not been disguised.
Desiring to snatch treasures, he would inevitably have to display his signature martial arts, so using a disguise was pointless. It would only expose his disguise technique.
"Yes, we meet again. Are you ready to die this time?"
The old face of Shadow Lord was terrifying. He laughed maniacally as if he was extremely pleased. Before his laughter even faded, his body transformed into a shadow and darted out, not towards Shi Xiaole, but into the distance to flee!
Initially, he halted in his tracks due to the hatred in his heart. But as he calmed down, he immediately realized that Shi Xiaole’s tranquility meant he had something to rely on.
So he put on a bold front but had already planned his escape route in his heart. This wasn’t cowardice, but a cautious strategy to survive longer.
The Spirit Mist Lord not too far away sneered at the scene.
This Shadow Lord, as the saying goesâ€"once bitten, twice shy. Even if a high-ranking Lord came, he surely wouldn’t be so scared. To think that he’s trembling over a mere Shi Xiaole who couldn’t even match a low-ranking Lord!
"He sure can run fast."
Shi Xiaole’s spiritual power was incredibly strong. Almost as soon as the Shadow Lord moved, he had preemptively figured out the other’s next move. His long sword was drawn from its sheath, then lunged out. The tip of the sword drew a trail of sparks in the air, striking precisely at a shadow.
It wasn’t until this moment that the crisp sound of drawing a sword reached the distant ears.
"You can’t be that fast!"
The shadow materialized, revealing the terribly startled face of the Shadow Lord. He grabbed the sword in his palm, fresh blood flowing down. The sword tip was only an inch away from his chest, but the Sword Qi had already penetrated his body and began destroying his meridians.
Compared to the time in Kuangyun City, Shi Xiaole’s strength had almost doubled.
"Ghostly Shadow Escape!"
His entire body bristling with cold, the Shadow Lord shivered in fear. All thoughts of revenge and counterattacks vanished under that one sword strike. All he wanted to do was to run, run as fast as possible, he absolutely could not be caught by Shi Xiaole.
His body nearly transformed into a shadow. As the sunlight in the sky shifted slightly, the Shadow Lord found himself hundreds of meters away. The last time, during their confrontation in Kuangyun City, he had used this same move to escape.
Only this time, he was evidently faster.
Regrettably, Shi Xiaole had made even greater progress.
"Wind Rolling and thunderclap."
As if he could see through the opponent’s trajectory, under the impetus of four percent peak Wind True Intent and the Heavenly Sword Realm, Shi Xiaole transformed into a giant light pillar composed of Sword Qi, piercing the sky.
Pluh!
A shadow was directly penetrated by the light column, instantly disintegrated, not even leaving a corpse behind.
The light column disappeared, revealing Shi Xiaole’s figure.
The strength of the Shadow’s True Intent lies in its variability, not speed. Unfortunately, even if the Shadow Lord had marvelous variability, how could he deceive Shi Xiaole’s eyes?
The last time he escaped, it was simply because Shi Xiaole’s speed could not match his insight.
"Th-this..."
The eyes of the Spirit Mist Lord almost popped out of their sockets.
How could he believe that a 24-year-old young man had actually killed a low-level Lord in two moves. If he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, he would never believe it.
No, maybe those dynastic-level geniuses recorded in Martial World could achieve this with ease, but they are too far away from him and there’s no impact compared to the current scene.
From the Shadow Lord’s escape to his death by Shi Xiaole, though it seemed takes a long explanation, it actually only required the blink of an eye, so that the Spirit Mist Lord couldn’t react in time and could only watch his companion die in front of him.
"Boy, you shouldn’t be so arrogant."
Quickly calming down, the Spirit Mist Lord coldly said.
He had almost deciphered the Array in the inn, as long as he could get the things inside, he would immediately withdraw from this place, fleeing as far as possible, to avoid being hunted down by various factions.
Therefore, temporarily, his whereabouts here must not be leaked.
"You think you can do something to me?"
The opponent had just revealed his murderous intent towards him, so Shi Xiaole didn’t mind wiping him out in the process.
Like the thoughts of the Spirit Mist Lord, although Shi Xiaole was not afraid of forces like the Tianyuan Association and Xiahou Clan, he still preferred to keep a low profile, and did not want his whereabouts to be known to others.
"Ignorant thing, Burning Sea Array, extinguish for me!"
The robe bulged, and the Spirit Mist Lord shouted angrily, making hand seals, and sending out a series of seals.
The next moment.
A round fire ring with a diameter of thirty feet suddenly appeared on the street, exactly enclosing Shi Xiaole. The fire ring roared and rose, forming a fire column, which emitted continuous tearing and explosion sounds from inside, as if countless explosives were detonated at the same time.
Burning Sea Array, a peak level array in the Dragon Gate Realm, even a mid-level Lord could not detect it, once trapped, they can only await death with their eyes closed.
The Spirit Mist Lord let out a hearty laugh.
In addition to the array on the corner of the street, he had also set up some tricks on the long street. It was strange that Shi Xiaole was just unlucky to stand exactly within the range of the Burning Sea Array, otherwise he wouldn’t be so calm.
Young man, after all, the experience in the Martial World is too shallow.
Pua!
In the intense sound, the ten-foot-high fire column suddenly trembled and was then split open by someone from the inside. Shi Xiaole walked out leisurely, not to mention burn injuries, not even a single hair was missing from his body.
"What?!"
The laughter of the Spirit Mist Lord was suddenly choked, making his expression hilarious.
"A small trick, I’m not impressed."
A light shake of his right arm, Shi Xiaole swept out a sword in front of him, numerous intricate layers of Sword Qi rolling over like a raging storm.
Wind Extreme Sword Technique’s second move, Heartless Wind and Rain.
"Flying Mist Hand!"
The sword was too fast, and the Spirit Mist Lord could only reluctantly muster seventy percent of his strength to send out a fog-shaped hand seal, which upheld the blow for a while, but it was instantly shattered by the Sword Qi. The remaining force kept charging at him.
At this moment, the Spirit Mist Lord had already moved to the side, and saw a shining barrier emerging from the inn under the impact of the Sword Qi, deflecting the Sword Qi back at Shi Xiaole.
"Boy, I will remember you"
As Spirit Mist Lord hurried towards the distance, unexpectedly, a Sword Qi came from the void. He evaded it with the fastest speed in his life. The Sword Qi brushed past him, cutting off a piece of his robe, making his pores contract.
Before Spirit Mist Lord had time to adjust his body, unexpectedly another Sword Qi appeared from the diagonal rear direction, crossed over, its speed of change and cunning angle were unprecedented.
Psh!
The scene froze.
"So, so fast."
At the last moment of his life, the Spirit Mist Lord saw a headless body.
Without the Array, after all, he is a low-level Lord who lacks the courage to fight, it’s hard to seek a quick death.
Forcefully shaking the blood off the sword, Shi Xiaole suddenly furrowed his brows.
In the past, he hadn’t noticed that a blood-stained sword, however clean, always carried a bloody smell. It was not clean to put it in the belt, it is better to have a scabbard.
Taking out the unused Mother-child Scabbard from the system space and hanging it on his waist, and then inserting the Hidden Edge Sword into the scabbard, Shi Xiaole nodded in satisfaction.
After a fruitless search of the two elders, he immediately turned his attention to the inn above.
This is his true target.
"This array should be the Hundred Turns Thousand Returns Array, the proudest work in the life of the Illusion Lord."
After a careful sense, Shi Xiaole got the bottom, and quickly shot according to the method of Shui Lingping. You could see that the array that the Spirit Mist Lord had wasted several days still couldn’t crack, now a gap was suddenly blasted open.
Shi Xiaole went in, and the gap closed again immediately.
