System: I Can Open Martial Arts Chests

Chapter 452: Chapter 257: Sword Control!? (Part 2)

In the next moment, streams of Sword Qi suddenly emerged from behind Li Junmo, striking at the ’Taiheng Sect disciple’.

The person retracted their finger without success and could only withdraw.

With a flicker of their body, they instantly appeared ten zhang away, dragged by the phantom shadows.

"Where do you think you’re going!?"

Li Junmo’s face turned cold as he pointed with two fingers. The sound of a sword unsheathing echoed as his sword ’Zhige’ in the Calm Heart Cave suddenly leaped out of its scabbard.

The sharp gleam did not fall into Li Junmo’s hand, but instead flashed past him, directly targeting the intruder’s chest.

The person was retreating in mid-air and could clearly see the incoming sword aimed at him.

Immediately, he bent his finger and pointed again.

Buzz!!!

The Finger Force and Sword Intent instantly confronted each other. Strangely, although Li Junmo controlled the sword to meet the enemy, the sword left his hand but not his power.

The opponent’s Finger Force was strong. Without additional power to support, Li Junmo’s sword would surely be flung away.

But now, they were in a stalemate, as if an invisible hand was holding the sword, continuously channeling Inner Strength into it.

Indeed, as Li Junmo rotated his two fingers, the sword, locked in a stalemate a distance of ten zhang away, suddenly spun in mid-air, transforming into a Sword Wheel, the Sword Qi forming a wheel.

The originally three-foot sword seemed to expand to two zhang in length within an instant, drawing an exceedingly beautiful circle in midair!

Hiding in the shadows, both Chu Qing and Lan Shuyi were at a loss for words.

This time, Lan Shuyi was a bit more composed than Chu Qing. After all, being the Sect Leader of the Taiheng Sect, he did have some skills.

However, due to the influence of memories from his past life, Chu Qing kept muttering to himself, Sword Control Art, this is Sword Control Art!

Weren’t we all supposed to be in the Martial World? How could someone who can control swords appear?

Can he take a person’s head a thousand miles away?

Can he leap onto the sword and fly on it?

Being a modern man, his imagination in this regard was indeed overly rich...

Seeing this, even the ’Taiheng Sect disciple’, who had been calm all along, couldn’t help but reveal a look of astonishment in the face of this scene.

Immediately, his body shifted to the side. Taking advantage of the dissipation of the Sword Intent, he bent his finger and pointed, and with a buzzing sound, he knocked the long sword flying.

Li Junmo then extended his arm, his sword fingers trembled, and the long sword in mid-air suddenly stalled.

As his two fingers rotated, the sword blade immediately emitted a whistling sound, heading straight at the ’Taiheng Sect disciple’.

In no time, the man and the sword were engaged in combat.

However, fighting a sword held by someone and a sword held by no one are completely different matters.

With someone holding the sword, there’s at least a target to attack.

Holding a sword has its limitations, but now that it was flying freely in the air, where was there any limitation? The ’Taiheng Sect disciple’ didn’t even have a target. Besides knocking the sword away or repelling it, he had no other solutions.

More importantly, he was gradually losing to this sword...

As for rushing at Li Junmo... how is that different from courting death?

Chu Qing and Lan Shuyi, upon seeing this, felt a bit sorry for the assassin.

His disguise was good, and the excuse he used wasn’t bad either.

The result was just a half an inch off.

If it weren’t for that half-inch barrier, he could have completed his mission and retreated successfully.

But just as the two were lost in thought, the first to falter was Li Junmo!

The person who had been standing firm suddenly, without any warning, spewed a large amount of fresh blood from his mouth and nose.

The ever-agile and lively sword suddenly lost all its vitality and fell from mid-air.

However, it did not hit the ground; instead, it fell into the hands of that assassin.

He turned the long sword in his hand, his two fingers gently sliding over the sword’s edge:

"Zhige... truly a fine sword."

He ran his hand over a scar on his face and sighed:

"This Human Skin Mask is my favorite, but now it’s torn. I’ll use this Zhige to compensate for my loss. What do you think, Sect Leader Li?"

Li Junmo’s face turned livid, one hand clutching his chest:

"Heart-Damaging Soul-Breaking Finger, so you are the master of damage! I didn’t know... since when did I offend Mirror of Sin, attracting a expert from the Evil Extermination List to kill me..."

Chu Qing and Lan Shuyi also felt confused, not knowing when or how Li Junmo got injured...

Now hearing him mention this Heart-Damaging Soul-Breaking Finger, they suddenly realized.

This is an extremely sinister Martial Art, the Finger Force was ephemeral, capable of breaking through most Protective Gang Qi.

What they assumed was a life-and-death half-inch gap had already been crossed by that ethereal Finger Force.

The curious thing is that this art destroys the heart and breaks the soul without a trace, allowing Li Junmo to display his skills leisurely and entangle with this assassin.

If he had known early on that he got hit by this martial art, he would have crushed them with overwhelming force immediately.

But saying these things now is too late...

When the damage from the Heart-Damaging Soul-Breaking Finger erupts, it becomes an irreversible condition.

Although it won’t kill immediately, without profound Inner Power to support his heart and relying on a good doctor, he most likely won’t survive.

"The Mirror of Sin takes money to kill people; Sect Leader Li, you are speaking about offenses in an irrelevant way."

The master of damage laughed lightly.

"...Accepting money to kill? At least before dying, I’ve heard a truth from your Mirror of Sin."

Li Junmo chuckled bitterly, then slowly let out a breath:

"Now my heart meridian is exhausted, and I am powerless to fight back. Do it."

"Very well, thank you, Sect Leader Li, for gifting me such immense wealth!"

The master of damage spoke as he held the Zhige sword, walking slowly to Li Junmo, the sword blade shaking as he was about to behead him.

But the next moment, that instinct honed from years of treading between life and death erupted suddenly.

He suddenly turned his head, seeing a hand already in front of him without knowing when.

Too late to react, the person’s actions were simply too fast!

His wrist tightened. The master of damage wanted to use his Inner Strength to break free, but as his Inner Strength emitted, it seemed to sink into the ocean.

Instead, his arm was grabbed and twisted by the opponent, followed by a crisp sound.

His muscles and bones were shattered!

Yet, this was only the beginning. The man in black twisted his hands and moved around the master’s body with both bizarre and exquisite techniques. The master of damage wanted to break free within this confined space but was helpless as the opponent’s fingers were like mountains, leaving no escape.

Eventually, he watched helplessly as his bones in both arms, legs, and shoulders were crushed bit by bit.

Until the very end, he was dragged across the ground by the head by the man in black.

Unable to let his body fall, yet he was utterly powerless to retaliate.

"Heart-Damaging Soul-Breaking Finger, it seems it’s just like this after all..."

Chu Qing’s voice reached the master of damage’s ears, and he felt pain all over his body.

Yet he couldn’t help but grumble through gritted teeth:

"You... you sneak attacking, what kind of hero are you!?"

"The way you’re talking, it’s as if you didn’t ambush earlier on."

Chu Qing laughed faintly, casually tossing the person aside, asking softly:

"Don’t operatives from the Mirror of Sin’s Evil Extermination List act in groups of three? Where are the other two?"

"...To assassinate just one Li Junmo, I alone am enough."

The master of damage sneered.

Chu Qing looked at his sincere eyes, nodded, then glanced back at Li Junmo:

"What do you say we discuss a deal? I’ll help you kill the assassins from the Mirror of Sin’s Evil Extermination List, and in return, you tell me something."

"...I don’t know what the third young master wants to know?"

Li Junmo opened his mouth slowly, evidently recognizing Chu Qing from his voice.

Chu Qing wasn’t bothered, gesturing for Lan Shuyi to come over, who hurriedly obliged:

"Help me by supporting Sect Leader Li inside."

Lan Shuyi agreed and assisted Li Junmo into the Calm Heart Cave.

Chu Qing dragged the master of damage from the Mirror of Sin, following closely behind.

Only two Taiheng Sect disciples were left, glaring at each other, "The masters have finished fighting, but who will come unseal my acupoints?"

The setup within the Calm Heart Cave was simple: a stone bed, a stone table, stone stools, and a meditation cushion, with nothing more.

Lan Shuyi placed Li Junmo on the stone bed, while Chu Qing sat on a stone stool and bluntly asked:

"Was it Guan Changying who killed Zhao Qipeng?"