Chapter 537: Chapter 536: The Might of Evil Technique
Tang Jingtian had never been this humiliated in his entire life. As the Young Master of Tang Family Fortress, who had utmost confidence in his own strength, he was embarrassed in front of everyone by a young man even younger than himself, thrown away effortlessly with a mere finger.
Shame!
An inerasable great shame!
Tang Jingtian nearly lost his mind, all pretenses were discarded as he focused single-mindedly on not letting Shi Xiaole continue his dominance, otherwise, he’d look even more pathetic.
"Give him a taste of our strength, show no mercy!"
Tang Jingtian secretly commanded.
Hearing his words, the three experts from Tang Family Fortress smirked coldly. Without wasting any words, they charged directly at Shi Xiaole.
Sss, sss, sss.
Three streaks of green energy led the attack, carrying a decaying aura.
Shi Xiaole instantly recognized that their strengths had reached the top-notch mid-Lord level. Not daring to be negligent, he directly countered with Wind Rises and Clouds Surge.
Sssss.
Amid the sound of cloth being torn apart, the green Sword Qi was penetrated, creating three large holes. Simultaneously, at the spot where Shi Xiaole previously stood, there were also three extremely narrow but unfathomably deep cavities corroded, smoke emanating from the surface.
Unbeknownst to anyone, Shi Xiaole had appeared behind the three, with Eye Blade Absolute Technique aimed at the weakest among them, he slashed his sword.
"I knew it."
The man on the right turned around to block, on the surface of his consciousness, a thick layer of light green glow enveloped him. As the two blades penetrated, tiny cracks began to appear on the surface.
"Huh?"
He was surprisingly taken aback, realizing that he had underestimated Shi Xiaole’s mental attack. However, he then relaxed, understanding that to penetrate his deep green armor-like protective spirit martial art, a low-grade first-class defensive spirit martial art in itself, the opponent would have to attack at least ten times, giving him ample time to deal with the opponent.
"Variable Folding Hands!"
As Shi Xiaole used Eye Blade, the two unharmed experts of Tang Family Fortress bellowed in unison. Their palms surged out, shadowy palm strikes bloomed like a hundred flowers, layer upon layer, enveloping Shi Xiaole.
The attacked master of Tang Family Fortress, although slightly delayed, also pointed out a finger. The green glow in the face of the palm strikes appeared even more bizarre and unpredictable, hard to defend against.
"I underestimated the influential powers at the top."
Swiping his sword and performing Star Flying Shadow under his feet, Shi Xiaole was forced to retreat several hundred meters.
It is said that in Tian State, at the heart of the Flying Horse Dynasty, factions in line with those in Xuanwu State outnumber stars in the sky. These factions are the ones overpowering Martial Arts in Tian State. It seems evident from these scenarios, how powerful these top-tier factions could be.
This was Shi Xiaole’s first real encounter with an influential top-tier faction. Although it was just a subdivision, it still brought him a significant impact.
"You think you can escape?"
During his retreat, a disdainful sneer came from behind, following which, was another overwhelming palm-strike offensive.
Aside from spirit martial arts, Tang Family Fortress also possessed first-class inferior level of Flying Skill, that was now being used by a Tang Family Fortress master hidden from most of the people on the scene.
The other two experts of the Tang Family Fortress weren’t slow either. They too launched their respective ultimate attacks from different directions, the three of them forming a right angle, with every inch of space filled with palm-strike energy within the angle, blocking all Shi Xiaole’s retreat paths.
"This young man is too arrogant."
The three Lords of Oblivion Assembly standing afar, one of whom was the Divine Wind Lord who had chased Shi Xiaole before, thought secretly.
With his strength, he can only have a stalemate with one of the three from the Tang family. If he had to face the combined force of the three, he would not be able to withstand more than ten moves. To blame, all he could blame was Shi Xiaole’s overconfidence. Did he really think no one present could subdue him?
"Frozen Long River!"
A roll of snowy-white ice river appeared in the void. Bai Xueying, shrouded in chill and killing intent, rushed towards the location of Shi Xiaole. However, midway there, her motion was suddenly suppressed by a majestic palm, halting her momentum.
"Humph!"
The Nine Cliffs Lord, who launched the attack, raised his eyebrows in surprise, questioning what was up with this wretched woman. Had her brain been squashed by the door?
Thump, thump, thump...
Just in this brief moment, numerous powerful strikes collided in the void where Shi Xiaole was located, triggering a series of palm-powers-like fireworks explosions. Each collision could kill a low-level martial artist of Dragon Gate Realm. The successive blasts ensured that even the few senior Lords present couldn’t ensure their complete safety.
Bai Xueying’s face turned pale as she observed the scene, with her petite body wavering on the brink of collapse.
The members of Ai Family wore faces of hopelessness. They had all considered Shi Xiaole as their own younger generation, only cursing their inadequate powers and inability to step in for rescue in time.
All these seemed lengthy to narrate, however, in reality, it happened in the duration of a blink.
A rushing sound suddenly echoed in the midst of countless strikes, where a ghostly and fast-as-light shadow burst up in the sky, before landing on the ground. The figure was so fast that it seemed to be distorting.
Who, if not Shi Xiaole?
"What kind of movement skill is this?"
The triumphant expressions on the three masters of Tang Family Fortress froze. With their keen eyes, they could only see a vague flash of light.
"Even if your speed is fast, you’ll still die."
In a roar, three Tang Family Fortress masters, with furious faces, charged forward once more, attacking with another Triple Variable Folding Hands, their momentum even stronger than before.
This time, Shi Xiaole chose not to dodge. He countered the overwhelming hand shadows that appeared to be endless by sheathing his sword in an unexpected move, instead, he stretched out his left hand.
With a horizontal sweep of his left hand, a circular grey Vigorous Air was carried at the edge of his palm, first repelling the nearby palm power. Then, the circular grey Vigorous Air transformed into several exact replicas of the ring, each one absorbed and shattered the surrounding palm power.
Shi Xiaole, standing in the midst of numerous silver-grey circles, was impervious to Variable Folding Hands. In that moment, he seemed like he had departed from this void and existed in another unknown world.
It was the first of the Undying Seven Illusions, turning fiction into reality.
This move, embodying the profound philosophy of the Buddha’s teachings that are not on this shore, not on the other shore, not on the opposite shore, were escalated to such an extreme degree that it left everyone in shock and awe.
"Impossible!"
Tang Jingtian cried out in jealousy.
Given a choice, Shi Xiaole would have preferred not to reveal the Undying Seven Illusions, as no one understood better than him the allure a superior martial arts technique from a first-rate school would pose to the martial artists of Xuanwu State.
However, he couldn’t care less about that now.
With a murderous look in his eyes, Shi Xiaole sprang onto the scene like a demon and was in front of one of the Tang Family experts in a blink of an eye.
"Returning to Silence Finger!"
That person was indeed the Tang Family expert who suffered a mental attack earlier. He hastily gathered all his power and pointed out a dark gray finger light aura.
With a wave of his hand, Shi Xiaole conjured shadows of fingers filling the sky, each of which was as powerful as the dark gray finger light, alarming the Tang Family expert to the point that he diverted his tactics and retreated desperately.
Unexpectedly, the finger shadows in the sky suddenly disappeared. As Shi Xiaole’s left hand grabbed downwards, a palm shadow resembling a giant hammer weighing tons materialized out of thin air and remotely struck the chest of that Tang Family expert.
The second illusion of the Undying Seven Illusions, taking the partial as the whole.
With the supplement of twenty percent of the Illusion True Intent, the first-rate middle-level Undying Seven Illusions erupted with a breathtaking force and formally made its public debut in this alien world for the first time.
Thump.
The palm shadow met reality, and the chest of that Tang Family expert caved in, with blood gushing from his mouth. He fell to the ground like a kite with a broken string and lay there motionless for a long time.
Hisss!
The scene went deathly silent.
A lot of people put their fights on hold.
On the one hand, everyone was awestruck by Shi Xiaole’s strength. But most importantly, everyone started to speculate the rank of the martial arts technique Shi Xiaole had executed.
First-rate middle-level.
Nothing else could explain how he could defeat a Tang Family expert who was proficient in first-rate lower-level martial arts while he himself was at a disadvantage, other than a first-rate middle-level martial arts technique.
Of course, the main reason was that Shi Xiaole was very proficient in it, otherwise even impressive martial arts would not exhibit its power.
"Bastard, tell us, is this the Illusion Lord’s absolute technique you obtained from the City of Death?"
A Tang Family expert glared at him menacingly and yelled.
"You’re courting death."
Shi Xiaole, of course, could tell that the other party was trying to incite hatred towards him. Imagine, everyone fights to the death, yet the Illusion Lord’s absolute technique ends up in his hands. What would other people think?
Using his movement skills, Shi Xiaole got in front of the man.
The Tang Family expert had anticipated this, his charged spiritual force morphed into a spear aiming straight for Shi Xiaole’s brain while his hands fiercely pushed out with everything he had.
The spiritual spear was entirely ignored, and the terrifying palm energy heading towards Shi Xiaole made a sudden diversion influenced by an invisible force, and automatically skimmed past Shi Xiaole, destroying two pavilions behind him.
The sixth illusion of the Undying Seven Illusions, treating the tangible as the intangible.
With a swipe of his sword, the Tang Family expert screamed as his body was cleaved apart, blood splattering across the sky.
The last Tang Family expert, terrified to his core, hastily retreated, courageously shouted, "Shi Xiaole, do you have the intentions to become enemies with my Tang Family Fortress? Do you dare to provoke the dignity of the top powers?"
"You are not qualified to represent the top powers. You tried to kill me, so you must bear the consequences."
With a series of movements, he finished off this person in just three moves.
Shi Xiaole shot Tang Jingtian a glance.
Tang Jingtian trembled, scanning the crowd for his family’s high-ranking lord, but saw the lord being tied down by a high-ranking lord from Heavenly Snow Mountain, unable to help him. His face turned as white as a sheet.
"Xiaole, don’t be impulsive."
At this moment, Ai Yingjie hurriedly sent a thought transmission, fearing he would kill Tang Jingtian in a fit of rage.
Shi Xiaole didn’t lay a hand on him.
Killing such a person would only sully his own hands. Besides, there was no need to. He didn’t want to become mortal enemies with the Tang Family Fortress just yet.
Shi Xiaole’s figure flashed, and he positioned himself in front of Elder Ai and Wave Sword Lord. He squared off against Nine Cliffs Lord from the Xiahou Clan.
"Child, don’t concern yourself with us."
Elder Ai, his robes reddened with blood, said with a gratified and excited expression. As long as Shi Xiaole could live, it would be worth it, even if all of them died.
Nine Cliffs Lord’s eyes flickered intensely with a mix of greed and murderous intent as he sneered, "Learning a first-rate middle-level martial arts technique, kid, you’re quite blessed."
"Is everyone from the Xiahou Clan this cold-blooded? Your fellow men are getting killed, and you just stand by and watch?"
Shi Xiaole remarked indifferently.
These words touched Nine Cliffs Lord’s sensitive spot. He was being tied down by Elder Ai and another person, unable to break free, his eyes blood-red. "All of this is because of you!"
He turned his head toward the likes of Blood Emperor, Oblivion Assembly and other high-level martial artists, "Everyone, this young man’s martial arts contain strong illusion techniques, strange and cryptic, which could very well be an absolute technique from the Devil Path. For the safety of the martial arts world, I suggest we take him down, investigate the origins of this secret manual, and prevent any potential disaster!"
The situation on the field was very disadvantageous for the Xiahou Clan, so Nine Cliffs Lord placed his bets on the top-level martial artists from the various most powerful sects.
He believed that they would find this offer very enticing.
