Chapter 580: Chapter 579: Who Belongs to Victory?
Despite Shi Xiaole’s strength not being the best on the scene, apart from the three experts of the Righteous Path and four masters of the Devil Path, there weren’t many who could defeat him.
Thus when the bald, one-eyed giant saw that Shi Xiaole was not following orders, he immediately aimed his spear at him to prevent him from causing significant damage to his own side.
Facing the black spear light, Shi Xiaole didn’t dodge nor avoid, he used his sword to cut it in half.
"Kid, you dare to ambush us, go to hell!"
While he was making his move and had no time to recover his breath, several Devil Path’s top lords attacked, their fierce Vigorous Air aimed ruthlessly at Shi Xiaole.
Shi Xiaole just raised his eyes and swept them across.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The three who had attacked cried out in pain as their Vigorous Air was deflected and instead hit their comrades, as if they had seen the murderer of their fathers.
Eye Blade Absolute Technique!
The current Shi Xiaole has achieved the 80% realm of Illusion True Intent, easily causing top lords to fall into illusions, rendered incapable of escaping.
Of course, the effects were far more than just these.
Shi Xiaole turned his attention to the Demon Bone soldiers, sending out illusions of mental swords.
Due to the distance, some of the Demon Bone soldiers were dazed, some had clear eyes and some seemed to see something, they turned their spears around and attacked the Devil Path’s masters.
Of course, Shi Xiaole had not actually cured these Demon Bone soldiers of their poison. No matter how strong his mental power was, it was impossible to save so many people at once. He simply used a high-level illusion technique to make the Demon Bone soldiers think they were sober.
Although the duration wouldn’t last long, at least it could alleviate the pressure on the Righteous Path.
"This kid should be killed!"
The Devil Path’s masters were enraged.
In addition to the bald, one-eyed giant, the other three Devil Path’s masters who were of the same level as Xin Zhuliu had murderous intentions and approached Shi Xiaole while fighting others.
"Young Hero, get out of the way quickly!"
"Young Hero, leave first!"
Three of the top lords from Pudu Peak thought that Shi Xiaole had not noticed and quickly sent secret messages.
Xin Zhuliu, who was far away, also arrived, but he did not come forward. Instead, he went on killing other Devil Path lords.
He was frustrated from the events at the pool of Demon Bones and was determined to teach Shi Xiaole a lesson and help him only after he had asked for mercy, so as to make him realize his own strength.
"This kid is powerful, but now that he has attracted the Absolute Gun Lord, I’m afraid he’s not far from the end."
On the eaves, the two women restrained each other’s aura. The Thousand-faced Witch said with a faint smile.
Ji Morou didn’t say a word, as if worrying for Shi Xiaole.
"You troublesome rascal, I’ll break your bones! Deadly triple strike!"
The Absolute Gun Lord was the bald one-eyed giant. His body and black spear formed a straight line, charging towards Shi Xiaole with the speed of a meteor.
The battlefield was constantly changing, and Shi Xiaole had a lot of methods, so the Absolute Gun Lord used his ultimate move right off the bat, planning to defeat Shi Xiaole first.
The flash of the spear was fleeting and too fast to catch, but what greeted it was an even faster sword tip.
Clang!
Sparks flew everywhere.
The Absolute Gun Lord and his spear flew together, rose to mid-air, and then fell again, his momentum even more powerful than before.
Raising his sword high, Shi Xiaole was calm and unhurried, he wielded his power and in the process as easy as flowing water, flicked the spear light out with a casual gesture yet again.
"Die!"
With a loud shout, a strong black spear light tore through the void. Its powerful aura solidified the surrounding air, forcing the nearby top lords to retreat repeatedly in order to breathe.
The Deadly Triple Strike. The first blow had the killing power of an average top lord, the second increased by fifty percent, and the third increased another fifty percent on top of the second blow.
Even the Absolute Gun Lord himself could not withstand the third blow at full power, so Shi Xiaole was undoubtedly doomed.
Far away, the Sun Sword Lord took a glance. His eyes were filled with shock, regret, and more joy. As long as Shi Xiaole died, he would remain the top swordsman of Shuntian Capital.
"Not good!"
Xin Zhuliu yelled in his heart, not expecting the Absolute Gun Lord to be so determined, but at this moment it was obviously too far to help Shi Xiaole.
If it had been the previous battle, facing this spear, even if Shi Xiaole used the Vajra Unbreakable Body and the Undying Seven Illusions, he could at most ensure his survival, not a safe retreat.
But now.
Taking a deep breath like a flash of lightning, Shi Xiaole held his sword in both hands and waved it diagonally upwards against the black spear light.
The sixth move of the Wind Extreme Sword Technique, Wind of Lingxi.
The green sword Qi storm came from nowhere, from soft to strong, completed in a blink of an eye. Layers upon layers of it hit the black spear light. Under the endless washing of sword Qi, the originally invincible black spear light was constantly weakened and soon the person inside was revealed.
Hisssh! Hisssh! Hisssh!
As the sword Qi cut back and forth, globs of blood rained down. The Absolute Gun Lord looked like a human-shaped blood bag, exploding into a cloud of bloody mist in mid-air.
"What?!"
The Sun Sword Lord’s eyes bulged with disbelief.
Xin Zhuliu’s running body abruptly stopped, his face full of shock.
As for the six other Righteous Path and Devil Path masters who were on par with the Absolute Gun Lord, they also retreated to digest this sudden overwhelming shock.
Everyone who saw this scene was stunned.
With one sword, he’d instantly killed the Absolute Gun Lord at his strongest. Other than Ji Morou and Ren Mengzhen, who else on the scene could do this?
"Full intent of the Wind, how can it be full intent?"
The Old Weed Chopper’s face was as pale as iron, struggling to accept the reality.
How long had it been since their last face-off? Was this the mark of a genius? Not at all, this was a monster, an abnormal one.
"The previously mastered Illusion True Intent was eighty percent, and now a hundred percent of Wind True Intent, plus the swordsmanship has improved a lot from before, interesting, really interesting."
Ren Mengzhen murmured to herself, no one knew the expression behind the veil.
"Since ancient times, evil has never vanquished righteousness, Thousand-faced Witch, just accept your defeat."
Ji Morou made her move, capitalizing on Ren Mengzhen’s unintentional leak of energy, thrusting her sword forward with iridescent light streaks shooting across the sky. Each streak was powerful enough to slay any ordinary high-ranking Lord.
Ren Mengzhen countered with her fists.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The sky was divided into distinct black and white colors. Black was filled with mystery and charm, white carried purity and righteousness, and their collision gave rise to an energy that battered the Array System covering the manor, causing continuous depression and backlash.
Unprotected buildings collapsed extensively, and streets of hundreds of meters were soon reduced to ruins.
"Chongxiao Flying Sword!"
In the white iridescence, a sword light shot out at a speed exceeding the visual perception, with a clear sword sound following far behind.
"Dream Ultimate Devil Fist!"
Ren Mengzhen’s hand wasn’t fast. On the surface of the black silk gloves she wore, there was first a black glow, then encircled by star-like colorful light spots. Each flash further enhanced her fist’s power, seemingly never-ending, intending to penetrate the sky.
Clank!
Time appeared to freeze as the sword tip met the fist where a circle of black and white mixed with five-colored light rapidly spread out. Wherever it spread, the ground undulated like waves, and stone slabs were vibrated into powder. The Array System beyond the manor was sunk inward by three feet from the impact, before bouncing back abruptly.
Many experts who were not fast enough to dodge were grazically grazed by the energy and were flung back vomiting blood, their face showing shock.
"Ji Morou, it appears that your Flying Sword Technique is nothing special."
The two figures retreated simultaneously, Ren Mengzhen, dressed in black gauze, shook her fist.
Ji Morou didn’t respond, but her snow-white figure was suffused with an amazing fighting spirit.
The Chongxiao True Intent that she understood emphasized forward momentum; the stronger the momentum, the more exaggerated the increase in her strength. It theoretically has no limit. Ren Mengzhen was wrong to think that by talking she could distract Ji Morou.
"Four Seas Free Sword!"
The iridescence converged into a beam and Ji Morou charged out again, closing the distance of several kilometers in a blink.
Thump, thump, thump...
The two outstanding women of their generation engaged in an intense battle that shook the heavens. Their swordplay, fist techniques, and flying skills reached the pinnacle, and surpassed the imagination of the martial arts realm in Shuntian Capital.
The so-called top ten in Shuntian Capital, excluding Shi Xiaole and Xin Zhuliu, could not withstand even one move from these two women.
Although a deadly battle was underway in the sky, the combat on the ground was just as intense.
However, it was clear that the Righteous Path was gaining the upper hand.
Shi Xiaole was too powerful. Except for Ji Morou and Ren Mengzhen, he truly dominated all. Very often, a casual stroke of his sword could severely damage or even kill several high-level experts of the Devil Path, with no one able to stop him.
"Wind of Lingxi."
Another stroke of the sword, targeted this time at Black Mysterious Lord who was of the same rank as the Absolute Gun Lord.
"Xuan Qi Sky Wave Finger!"
The Black Mysterious Lord backed away without stop; the radiance from his fingers had just pointed out when it was diminished by the sword Qi and obliterated. The remaining momentum made a deep gash on his arm, the bones clearly visible.
"How can he be so strong?"
The Black Mysterious Lord looked gloomy.
His Heavenly Martial realm was not weaker than Shi Xiaole’s Heavenly Sword nor his True Intent any less complete, but when it came to Vigorous Air or the timing of his strikes, he was far inferior to Shi Xiaole.
The attributes demonstrated by the latter did not resemble a hermit martial artist at all. Claiming that he was a genius disciple nurtured by one of Tian State’s major sects wouldn’t be ridiculous at all.
"The Saintess has ordered a retreat, let’s go quickly."
A voice said in his ear, making the Black Mysterious Lord ecstatic, yet he kept a poker face. As Shi Xiaole and another top-ranked Lord of the Righteous Path approached, he waved his sleeve and black smoke erupted in an explosion, obstructing their spiritual awareness.
By the time the smoke cleared, the Black Mysterious Lord and another high-ranking Lord had already vanished. As for the remaining two Absolute Gun Lords, both had died at Shi Xiaole’s hands.
The main reason was the battle was too brief; otherwise, based on Shi Xiaole’s current strength, killing all four Lords wouldn’t be much of a challenge.
"Kid, you, you’re just freakishly sickening."
Xin Zhuliu walked up, looking at Shi Xiaole with shock that he could barely conceal.
He’d always thought himself no weaker than Tian State’s gifted individuals and held his head high. However, compared to Shi Xiaole, his pride was worth nothing.
Subconsciously, Xin Zhuliu’s resentment due to being coerced into joining Wuling Villa had largely dissipated.
The fierce battle in the sky was at its climax, leading everyone to look up.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, Shi Xiaole’s brows furrowed, his face slightly pained.
"Ji Morou, you’ve lost."
After more than five hundred moves, Ren Mengzhen finally grasped Ji Morou’s long sword, and fiercely launched a right punch through a breach in Ji Morou’s stance.
"The one who’s lost is you."
Ji Morou dodged neither left nor right, and merely pinched her left hand’s index and middle fingers together.
Chh!
The hand holding the sword inexplicably loosened, Ren Mengzhen grunted, a sword piercing through her chest.
