Chapter 545: Chapter 544: Who Kills Who
"Who are you and what is your purpose here?"
As the leading martial arts power across eight states, Lele City’s three deputy city lords, all peak masters of the Spiritual-Passage Realm Tier Nine, rarely made public appearances. After all, who would dare to upset Lele City, backed by the name of Shi Xiaole?
But today, a bad feeling arose in the hearts of the three deputy city lords.
Because of the dozens of individuals standing on the distant city wall, each one emitting an aura reminiscent of savage flood beasts, far surpassing their own tenfold.
"Who we are doesn’t concern you, all you need to know is that all of you are going to die."
A stern-faced man roared coldly, like thunder from the high heavens, resonating in every corner of Lele City.
At this moment, from City Lord Su Yanru down to the civilians in the city, all were disturbed, and directed their gazes towards the city wall, their pupils could not help but contract.
The chilling intention to kill, accompanied by an unstoppable determination, made everyone shudder and sent chills down their spine.
There were many of Lele City’s guards on the city wall, and the commander was a Tier Five expert from the Spiritual-Passage Realm, but facing these tens of individuals who descended from the sky carrying the breath of death, they lost not only their resistance but also their will to fight, collapsing on the ground.
It wasn’t a matter of cowardice, just the power gap between the two sides was too wide, resulting in a crushing disparity.
"What has Lele City done to offend you?"
Fighting back the shock, a deputy city lord asked.
"Hehe, you have not offended us, if you want to blame someone, blame Shi Xiaole for offending someone he shouldn’t have."
The stern-faced man’s remark caused everyone in the city to change color.
Elder Yan appeared somewhat impatient, coldly snapping, "Quit your nonsense. Get started! I can’t wait to see that dog bastard’s expression after he finds out about this."
"Old man, I’m afraid you won’t get to see it."
A clear and indifferent voice suddenly sounded.
Elder Yan widened his eyes in disbelief. At the eave directly opposite the city wall, a young man had appeared, wearing a green robe, standing tall and straight, like an unyielding long sword, radiating a sharp aura.
Shi Xiaole
It was Shi Xiaole!
"How did he get here?"
"Did he know the news and rush back in time?"
The dozens of experts following Elder Yan suddenly fell into disarray.
The reputation precedes the man.
Shi Xiaole’s current status and momentum were not fabricated, but built up through substantial war merits time after time.
No one could deny that he was the most dazzling Martial World Star of Shuntian Capital and held great promise to become a significant powerhouse in the Martial World.
No, to an insider like Elder Yan, with Shi Xiaole’s current strength, he could be grudgingly called a significant powerhouse in Xuanwu State’s Martial World. The only thing he lacked was creating his own school.
"The city lord, it’s Lord Shi!"
"Lord Shi has returned, hahaha, we are saved."
The people inside Lele City, looking at the figure clothed in green, were at first stunned, then they shouted excitedly, like a drowning man suddenly seeing a large piece of driftwood.
Most of the city’s inhabitants had seen Shi Xiaole’s portrait. It was strange that although they were not clear about the true strengths of Shi Xiaole and Elder Yan, they felt a sense of security upon seeing him, as if they didn’t have to fear even if the sky collapsed as he would solve everything.
Elder Yan calmed down, suddenly laughing frighteningly, "Mongrel surnamed Shi, what use is it for you to return?" He said to the people by his side, "I’ll hold him off, you kill as you please, until the river runs red with blood, leaving no one!"
No matter how stunning Shi Xiaole was, at most he was a top-tier intermediate lord. Elder Yan might not be able to deal with him, but likewise, he couldn’t do anything to Elder Yan.
However, the others he brought along, could do as they pleased with the people in the city. It would also be great to watch their friends and relatives die helplessly. That feeling must be even more delicious.
"Kill!"
With Elder Yan at the forefront, dozens rose their killing spirit.
But Shi Xiaole was faster.
Just when Elder Yan and the others were about to attack, a black iron ball flew out from his sleeve, making a clang sound, releasing dazzling multi-coloured light, like a multitude of blossoming flowers in the air, overwhelmingly beautiful, blocking the sight of Elder Yan and the others.
It was indeed the Flower Mist, one of the top hundred secret weapons from the Tang Sect.
"Wind Rolling Thunderclap!"
Just after the Flower Mist was released, a beam of green light followed shortly after, penetrating the brilliant light. With screams, one of the intermediate lords was killed instantly.
With Shi Xiaole’s spiritual power, the Flower Mist hardly affected him. Thus, from the beginning, he had a target.
The lords of the Tianyuan Association had lost more than half of their numbers in Illusion Lord’s cave. The remaining half split into three forces; hence, apart from Elder Yan himself, there were only two lords on this journey, one intermediate lord and one junior lord.
While killing the intermediate lord, numerous Sword Qi viciously stabbed towards the junior lord from all directions, leaving no room, so fast that Elder Yan had no time to prevent it.
This is the Heavenly Sword Realm.
"The Sun and Moon Great Circle."
The Sword Qi was ultimately not as fast as Shi Xiaole’s own attack, so a low-ranked Lord reacted, shaking both hands, interweaving the illusions of sun and moon around his body to block the Sword Qi.
Sparks flew endlessly. Just as the low-ranked Lord was letting out a sigh of relief, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart. Lowering his head, he found that his chest had been pierced by Sword Qi.
It turned out that when Shi Xiaole activated the Heavenly Sword Realm, he secretly integrated two-tenths of the Illusion True Intent. The Sword Qi was launched before Shi Xiaole’s sword attack but created the illusion that they were launched simultaneously.
With two great Lords already dead before they could even strike back, Elder Yan watched the scene, his eyes almost bursting with rage, his old face turning an extreme shade of green.
"Bone-shattering Mist Fist!"
His body, like a cloud of black mist, swiftly floated around. Ignoring everything else, Elder Yan aimed his fists at Su Yanru, who was dressed in a brightly colored dress, letting out a cold laughter from his mouth.
Before coming here, he had thoroughly investigated everything about Lele City, so he naturally knew of Su Yanru’s relationship with Shi Xiaole. The Bone-shattering Mist Fist was a large-scale killing move; even if Shi Xiaole could protect himself from it, he could absolutely not protect Su Yanru and the others’ lives.
Enacting the Undying Seven Illusions, Shi Xiaole stepped in mid-air in the blink of an eye, his eyes calm, and faced the black mist fist radiance, lightly swinging his sword.
In an instant, a gust of invisible wind enveloped the black fist radiance. At first, it was not strong, but as the black mist fist impacted, it instead grew stronger and stronger, spinning like a tornado. The Sword Qi and fist energy clashed, creating numerous strange friction sounds.
In the end, the black mist fist radiance shattered the Sword Qi, but it also left only about a tenth of its lethal force, which was easily smashed by Shi Xiaole.
After persistent effort during this period of time, Shi Xiaole finally perfected the fifth move of the Wind Extreme Sword Technique, Fierce Wind Hundred Turns. Just as he had expected, although this move didn’t possess the ability to truly contend against high-ranked Lords, it was getting infinitely close.
"What?"
Elder Yan almost bit his own tongue.
Wasn’t it said that Shi Xiaole could fight with high-ranking Lords just by relying on a peculiar martial art? Why is his own attack power almost on par with his own?
Could it be that he had made further progress during this period?
"Heartless Wind and Rain."
While Elder Yan was dumbfounded, Shi Xiaole quickly struck out with the Undying Seven Illusions recuperative formula, swung his sword, and countless densely packed Sword Qi poured down like a downpour, covering those experts who were still on the city wall.
Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump...
Blood splattered, like the splashing of dumplings being cooked, dozens of experts were directly pierced through, some of them managed to hold on for a fraction of a second, but they were eventually drowned by Sword Qi. When they fell to the ground, their bodies were filled with holes, like a sieve.
This move, Heartless Wind and Rain, is most suitable for team fights, especially against those whose power is far below his own. It’s extremely accurate in killing.
These people, whose cultivation at best was only at the ninth level of the Dragon Gate Realm, fell far short of even a low-ranking Lord. How could they withstand Shi Xiaole’s killing move?
Elder Yan was so angry that his beard stood on end. He thought he was going to take revenge on Shi Xiaole, but he didn’t manage to kill any of them. Instead, his entire force was defeated. It was a great irony.
"Fog-transforming Thousand-changing Hand!"
Endless black mist rushed out of Elder Yan’s body. Within the black mist, there appeared fists, open palms, fingers standing erect, and shadows of legs. All of these forms were different from one another, as if hundreds of people were using martial arts to kill at the same time.
Everyone within Lele City felt a chill run through their bodies. They were truly witnessing the power of a high-ranked Lord. Forget about hundreds of killing moves, even one of them could easily annihilate them ten times over.
A sword beam broke through their frozen thoughts. Everywhere it passed, rows of fist and palm shadows were pierced through. Like dominos, the leftover aura of the attacks that were outside Shi Xiaole’s defensive radius were automatically destroyed and dissipated into nothingness.
With the profound thought of Yi Sword Skill, Elder Yan was delusional if he thought he could create trouble for Shi Xiaole with this kind of technical killing move.
"I refuse to accept this!"
Bordering on frenzy, Elder Yan continued to make his moves, each more unique than the other. Shi Xiaole calmly faced the attacks. Sometimes he used the Wind Extreme Sword Skill, sometimes the Undying Seven Illusions. Even though he appeared to be at a disadvantage, he kept Elder Yan from attacking Lele City’s inhabitants.
Fifty moves.
One hundred moves.
Two hundred moves.
After five hundred moves, the power of Elder Yan’s moves significantly weakened. He was struck by an energetic Shi Xiaole who slashed his chest open. The Sword Qi in the wound continued to wriggle, and Elder Yan was shocked to find that, with his own skills, he actually needed quite some time before he could shatter this Sword Qi.
"Could it be... this young man’s Sword Realm..."
Being able to independently launch Sword Qi is only the initial stage of the Heavenly Sword Realm. It’s said that in the next stage, the Sword Qi will undergo a qualitative change and gain independence from the swordmaster. Even if it’s separate from the swordmaster, it will continue to function.
Shi Xiaole’s Sword Qi wasn’t quite at that level yet, but it was beginning to show signs of reaching it, on par with the few peerless sword masters in Shuntian Capital.
Damn it, is this kid a reincarnated demon?
With a blackened face, Elder Yan had to admit that it was impossible for him to harm Shi Xiaole alone. If the fight continued, there was a chance Shi Xiaole could exploit his weakness.
Thinking of this, he quickly turned around and escaped.
"If I don’t kill you, there will be endless trouble in the future."
With a stern look in his eyes, Shi Xiaole immediately chased after him.
