Chapter 350: Chapter 349: Slain with a Single Sword
A streak of light flew out of the City of Many Stars.
Half a day later, Qin Feng slowed his pace before two green mountains that stood facing each other. Below him was the surging Jade River, its waters roaring like a white dragon as they crashed down from upstream.
The great river, several miles wide, was a magnificent spectacle.
The roaring white dragon crashed against the riverbanks.
RUMBLE!
Just then, the river’s surface violently exploded. A peerless, cold glint suddenly shot out from the water, and several points of frigid intent locked onto Qin Feng in mid-air.
’An ambush!’
A cold sneer touched Qin Feng’s eyes. He had sensed the ambusher the instant they appeared. Gripping the Beiming Divine Water Sword in one hand, he combined six waves of his Primordial Star True Power and unleashed a thunderous strike at his attacker.
A tidal wave of sword light slashed out like a streak of ice-blue lightning. It struck the ambusher’s waist with perfect accuracy, and as she watched with terror-filled eyes, it easily sliced her in two.
"Lu’Er!"
A sharp cry filled with rage rang out. From the depths of the river, seven or eight peerless, watery glints of light burst forth one after another—sword strikes filled with vicious killing intent, all locking onto the black-robed youth.
"Ice Flying Fish Slash!"
"Twelve Split God Sword!"
"Divine Wind Sword Technique!"
The vital acupoints all over Qin Feng’s body throbbed violently.
These ambushers were fast, precise, and ruthless, brimming with killing intent. The most terrifying part was that even the weakest among them were Yellow Level Realm experts who had condensed more than ten Spirit Veins.
There were even two Earth Extreme Realm experts who had condensed more than twenty Spirit Veins. Their every move carried a peerless killing intent, aimed at delivering a fatal blow to the black-robed youth.
If an ordinary Human Extreme Realm expert were to face such an assassination attempt, they wouldn’t survive even if they had ten lives!
’Quite a few ambushers. A pity, though. An assassination of this level would have been tough to handle even for my past self, let alone for the current me who has condensed Primordial Level True Power!’
As he thought this, Qin Feng’s expression remained indifferent. A stream of cyan light enveloped him, and a suit of bronze armor materialized on his body.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
Over a dozen cold, white glints of light stabbed violently against the Abyss Armor. A layer of bronze-colored brilliance from his Abyss Battle Armor simultaneously blocked all of the sword strikes, each one filled with killing intent.
"Damn it, it’s a Bronze Battle Armor!"
"This is bad! Retreat!"
"We fell for it!"
The expressions of the owners of those murderous gazes turned to horror.
Just then, a cold, chilling voice resounded in their minds. "Seventh Sword of Primordial Tide Extinction!"
A chilling beam of sword light filled their pupils, and an instant later, it slammed into the dozen-plus ambushers.
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
With the sound of more than ten metal weapons shattering, one longsword after another broke apart. Over a dozen figures were torn to shreds by the sword light, leaving severed limbs scattered across the ground.
Nearly twenty Condensing Vein Realm experts were slain by a single sword strike!
WHOOSH!
Just then, a chill shot through Qin Feng. In that instant, he seemed to hear a piercing, long cry, as if from an Ancient Celestial Dragon of the Ancient Era. A peerless, cold glint of light suddenly appeared within three feet of him, and in the next moment, it was at his chest.
Qin Feng had an intuition that in the very next moment, his chest would be utterly torn apart by this cold glint.
With a move of his palm, an intangible Yin Yang Tai Chi Diagram appeared on it.
This was the Yin Yang Divine Map, a product of achieving the Great Success stage in the Xuanwu Yin Yang Dao.
With a single claw-like motion of his palm, Qin Feng forcefully grabbed the explosive, cold glint of the assassination attempt.
RUMBLE!
It was as if an Ancient Celestial Dragon were tearing through space! The roar of an ancient dragon vibrated in Qin Feng’s mind.
’What profound swordsmanship! It practically contains the power of an Ancient Celestial Dragon—incomparably ferocious. But the most difficult part to defend against is the sound of this ancient dragon’s roar, which directly attacks the soul!’
As the thought passed, a severe glint flashed in Qin Feng’s eyes.
This newcomer was extremely insidious. It was as if they had set up a killing array, using the others to distract him while hiding in the shadows. If Qin Feng had been tied down by those assassins, he would have undoubtedly been killed by this person’s lightning-fast strike.
Unfortunately for them, they had gravely underestimated Qin Feng’s power.
Eighteen Condensing Vein Realm experts had been ruthlessly slain by Qin Feng in a single exchange.
This person had been forced to launch their assassination attempt early.
The Yin Yang Divine Map trembled violently as countless streams of Dragon Sword Qi flew from the sword’s tip, bombarding it as if trying to reenact a Celestial Dragon splitting open the heavens.
The Yin Yang Divine Map’s taiji symbol rotated, containing the supreme mysteries of heaven and earth’s yin and yang, grinding down and suppressing earth, water, wind, and fire.
BOOM!
With a loud bang, the ambusher was blasted back hundreds of feet, landing on the river’s surface like a cannonball.
Qin Feng’s body trembled, but he didn’t retreat even half a step.
"No, impossible... How can you be this powerful..."
From a distance, a golden-robed youth of about eighteen or nineteen stared at Qin Feng as if he had seen a ghost, his eyes filled with utter disbelief.
’Damn it, damn it, this is impossible! They said Qin Feng only broke through to the Condensing Vein Realm less than two months ago. How can he be this terrifying? He just took a direct hit from my fifty True Dragon Spirit Veins!’ Ao Kun roared in his heart, his bloodshot eyes fixed on Qin Feng.
’Ao Kun!’ Qin Feng raised his head, his gaze falling upon the golden-robed youth on the river’s surface.
He was a young man of eighteen or nineteen, dressed in a golden robe and exuding an exceptionally powerful aura.
This person was like a Crown Prince Regent in charge of a nation, possessing an air of indescribable nobility.
This youth was like a true Flood Dragon.
Qin Feng recognized him. This was Ao Shen’s older brother, Ao Kun, and also a peerless prodigy from the Five Elements Team. It was said that he had experienced many fortuitous encounters and possessed formidable strength.
Qin Feng quietly used a Secret Technique to observe him. In his sight, one golden Spirit Vein after another appeared inside the golden-robed youth’s body—a full fifty of them. These Spirit Veins were like True Dragons coiled within him, constantly absorbing and expelling immeasurable Void Essence Qi. It was an exceptionally terrifying sight.
Fifty Spirit Veins. That was a terrifying number.
Generally speaking, after an ordinary Martial Arts Strongman broke through to the Condensing Vein Realm, they could condense at most three Spirit Veins per Secret Realm. Across the Five Extremes Secret Realm, this meant a maximum of only fifteen Spirit Veins.
For those with better aptitude, condensing thirty Spirit Veins was already the limit.
Even for top-tier geniuses like Ye Qinghua and Xuelian, forty-five Spirit Veins was the absolute limit. Condensing any more would only burden the body and cause their Flesh Acupoints to explode.
Fifty Spirit Veins... That had already broken past the limit of forty-five, a breakthrough to an entirely new level.
Although this realm was still inferior to a monstrous existence like Qin Feng, it was definitely the mark of a quasi-Demon Level genius.
’This person must have a secret.’ Qin Feng pushed his Secret Technique to its absolute limit and finally saw the secret Ao Kun was hiding. Inside Ao Kun’s body, he saw a massive Heavenly Dragon Relic. This Heavenly Dragon Relic was lodged in Ao Kun’s heart, ceaselessly spraying Celestial Dragon Essence throughout his body, tempering and forging him from the inside out.
It was precisely because of this Heavenly Dragon Relic’s existence that Ao Kun had been able to break his limits and achieve the aptitude of a quasi-Demon Level genius.
’What a treasure! To think he actually obtained a Heavenly Dragon Relic. This relic contains the last vestiges of Divine Dragon essence left behind by an Ancient Celestial Dragon after its death. If I can get my hands on it, breaking through to the second layer of the Eight Desolates Undying Profound Technique will be just around the corner!’
(Got back a little late from working overtime. This is the third update today, and there’s one more to come.)
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