Chapter 160: Chapter 160: You Dare to Kill Me?
"Xue Buhuan, you’re despicable! To think you’d threaten me with a child!"
Lv Yunsheng’s eyes widened. He shot in front of Mu Yiheng, raised his palm, gathered a surge of Spiritual Power, and struck out.
"Courting death!"
Xue Buhuan shot a cold glance at Lv Yunsheng. With a light flick of his fan, a condensed gust of wind transformed into a beam of sword light and shot out at lightning speed.
"SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!"
In an instant, several Blood Arrows erupted from Lv Yunsheng’s body. He cried out as he was sent flying backward, his body already riddled with Sword Marks and covered in wounds.
Next, Xue Buhuan’s figure flickered, leaving a trail of afterimages. In the blink of an eye, he was beside Lv Yunsheng and stomped down hard.
"Aaaargh..."
Lv Yunsheng’s wretched scream echoed through the area. A sharp CRACK rang out as his arm shattered under Xue Buhuan’s foot.
Xue Buhuan looked down coldly at Lv Yunsheng. "And you thought you could interfere?"
With a disdainful sneer, Xue Buhuan kicked out.
"BOOM!"
Lv Yunsheng was sent flying into the distance, smashing into a huge boulder.
Xue Buhuan turned his cold, sinister gaze to Mu Yiheng. "Old Man Mu, tell me where you hid the Cloud Ship. If you don’t talk, I’ll strangle him. Don’t think for a second that I’ll go easy on you. My patience has its limits!"
As he spoke, Xue Buhuan’s grip on Xin’s neck tightened.
Xin’s flushed face turned purple. He flailed his limbs weakly, struggling to force out a few words. "Grand... Grandfather... save me!"
Mu Yiheng cried out in alarm, "Xue Buhuan, you bastard! I’ll give you the Cloud Ship! Just don’t hurt Xin!"
As he spoke, he reached into his robes, fumbled for a moment, and then pulled out a ring. He tossed it to Xue Buhuan. "The Cloud Ship is inside this ring. Now, let Xin go!"
Xue Buhuan caught it. With a flicker of his consciousness, he probed the ring’s contents. Seeing that everything was in order, he burst out laughing. "Mu Yiheng, if you were going to give it to me anyway, why make such a fuss?!"
As he spoke, his grip on Xin’s neck tightened even further.
Mu Yiheng cried out in shock, "Xue Buhuan, what are you doing?!"
Xue Buhuan just threw his head back and laughed, his hand around Xin’s throat squeezing ever tighter.
Lv Yunsheng shouted, "Xue Buhuan, you shameless bastard! Elder Mu already gave you the Cloud Ship, why haven’t you let the boy go?"
Just at that critical moment, Lv Yunsheng saw a scholar in white robes approaching slowly from the distance. He was overjoyed the instant he recognized the man.
Lv Yunsheng quickly shouted, "Yang, you’re finally back! Quick, save Xin! That bastard Xue Buhuan isn’t human!"
It was Shen Daoxing, finally back from buying rice.
Shen Daoxing arrived before the wooden hut. He glanced at the battered Lv Yunsheng and Elder Mu, then at Xin in Xue Buhuan’s grasp. His face instantly turned cold.
"Oh?"
Xue Buhuan looked Shen Daoxing up and down, then couldn’t help but laugh out loud. "You’re pinning your hopes on a mere scholar?"
But the words had barely left his lips when his laugh died in his throat, his smile freezing as his eyes widened in shock.
For Shen Daoxing had already appeared at his side. In the blink of an eye, a purple longsword descended upon the arm holding Xin.
It was so sudden that Xue Buhuan had no time to react.
"SQUELCH!"
Crimson blood splattered through the air.
Xue Buhuan’s entire arm was severed in an instant. As it fell, so did Xin.
Shen Daoxing reached out and caught Xin. After a quick check to see that the boy wasn’t seriously harmed, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Look after Xin!"
Shen Daoxing tossed Xin to Lv Yunsheng, his gaze turning to ice as he faced Xue Buhuan.
’He never wanted to cause trouble. But if someone crossed his line—if they hurt his family or friends—he would show no mercy.’
"Aaaargh..."
Missing an arm, Xue Buhuan grimaced in agony and glared venomously at Shen Daoxing. "Damn you! You actually cut off my arm! I’m going to tear you to shreds!"
He let out a great roar.
"Hundred-Split Gale Slash!"
The fan in Xue Buhuan’s hand erupted with cyan light as he waved it fiercely toward Shen Daoxing.
Instantly, a gale sprang up, whipping up sand and stones. Countless blades of cyan light condensed within the wind, rushing forward and pulverizing everything in their path.
Shen Daoxing leaped high into the air, gripping the Demon Soldier Poison Fiend with both hands. He brought it down in a vicious chop, roaring, "Break!"
A long, narrow beam of sword light, seeming to stretch from heaven to earth, shot out. Xue Buhuan’s gale of blades was instantly cleaved in two.
Xue Buhuan was stunned. Before he could even react, Shen Daoxing was already in front of him.
Xue Buhuan hastily fanned the ground beneath him. A gust of wind appeared at his feet, lifting him high into the air.
But Shen Daoxing wasn’t about to let him go. He leaped up, lightly tapping his toes on the very same gust of wind to launch himself higher.
Hundred-Split Gale Slash!
Waving his fan, Xue Buhuan unleashed another gale of blades.
Shen Daoxing made a simple slash toward the sky with the Poisonous Fiend. A dazzling beam of sword light erupted, and the gale of blades instantly disintegrated.
Xue Buhuan was horrified. He frantically waved his fan, riding the gusts of wind to dart about. He was confident in his own Body Technique, but his opponent’s speed was no less than his. No matter how he retreated, the man followed effortlessly, giving him no chance to catch his breath.
’This isn’t good,’ Xue Buhuan thought. He had no choice but to use his finishing move!
"Great Wind Immeasurable!"
With a thunderous shout, the paper fan in Xue Buhuan’s hand began to glow, instantly swelling to three times its original size.
Xue Buhuan gripped the enormous fan and swung it violently at Shen Daoxing.
Suddenly, the sky itself seemed to darken as a hurricane force wind erupted. An unparalleled gale shot forth like a tidal wave, carrying an earth-shattering storm of sand and stone.
Shen Daoxing’s expression grew solemn. He lightly brushed two fingers along the blade of the Poisonous Fiend.
Poisonous Soul Devourer!
A vast purple mist billowed from the blade of the Poisonous Fiend. This time, Shen Daoxing didn’t let the mist disperse. Instead, he gathered it, condensing it into the form of a deep purple Wandering Dragon!
"Break!"
Shen Daoxing swung the Poisonous Fiend, thrusting it forward.
Facing the tidal wave of wind, the Wandering Dragon of purple mist shot forward like the point of a sharp needle.
A single point to break the surface.
"WHOOSH!"
The purple mist Wandering Dragon pierced straight through the center of the windstorm. Its momentum unbroken, it continued forward and slammed into Xue Buhuan.
Xue Buhuan stood stunned for a moment. He looked down to see a small purple spot appear on his chest. At first, it seemed like nothing, but in the blink of an eye, the spot began to grow, rapidly spreading across his chest and then his entire body.
"Gaaah..."
A terror from the depths of his being assaulted him, followed by an indescribable, full-body agony. It was a torment born from his very core, as if his soul itself were being torn asunder.
Xue Buhuan felt his entire being contort in on itself.
With a final gasp, his power collapsed.
The intense pain made it impossible for Xue Buhuan to maintain his assault; the tidal wave of wind before him dissipated abruptly.
He knew he was done for! He stumbled backward again and again.
But by then, Shen Daoxing had already closed the distance. A deep purple longsword, radiating a menacing, cold light, was held high above his head.
Terrified, Xue Buhuan scrambled to say, "I am Xue Buhuan, son of Grand Elder Xue of the Business Alliance! Do you dare to kill me?"
