416: Chapter 24 Flying Sword_2 416: Chapter 24 Flying Sword_2 “Are there others coming to Moss Ridge tonight?”
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Just as Xie Xuanyi’s thoughts wavered,
Miao Zhen, gripping the Zen Staff tightly, looked unprecedentedly solemn.
He had intended to rely on brute force to compel the opposing Sword Cultivator to use his Lifebound Flying Sword, but he had never expected Xie Zhen’s aptitude to far exceed his imagination.
For the moment, they were locked in a stalemate.
“True Words!
Emerge!”
Miao Zhen no longer hesitated and once again deployed his thunderous methods.
The thirty-one True Words, carved on the Ming Sha Treasure Staff, emerged, bulging out like molten lava.
“Hiss hiss hiss…”
Xie Xuanyi furrowed his brow, feeling a wave of heat from the palm of his hand.
The True Words were unleashed.
The Treasure Staff began its resurgence, and a magnificent pressure descended from the zenith.
He truly felt the “Tao Rules” that Chu Man had previously experienced.
Miao Zhen’s Dao seemed to be connected to the heavenly pressure of the cosmos!
After the True Words were deployed, the immense pressure fell directly onto Xie Xuanyi’s shoulders.
It was as though the entire dome of heaven had collapsed upon him, weighing thousands of pounds!
Xie Xuanyi took a deep breath.
Instinctively, he wanted to summon the Rule of Destruction to tear apart this oppressive canopy and directly confront Miao Zhen’s Dao Rules…
but the premonition of danger from his Heart Lake stopped him from acting on this instinctual urge.
Since returning from the Great Yue Kingdom, Xie Xuanyi had mastered more than just one Tao Rule.
“…Principle of Life.”
Two fingers touched his forehead.
Xie Xuanyi exhaled a breath of stifled air, summoning the incomplete Principle of Life.
A bluish-green radiance, like a splendid canopy, enveloped Xie Xuanyi’s flesh.
Unexpectedly.
The “counter-enemy impact” of the Principle of Life was such a success.
The searing pain in Xie Xuanyi’s palm disappeared instantly, his body much more at ease.
Yet, the dominating pressure persisted, only now the burden on his shoulders was reduced to merely half its original weight.
The Principle of Life was not too weak.
It was only that Xie Xuanyi had spent too little time comprehending it.
If he could comprehend this Dao Rule to ninety percent, perhaps the pressure from Miao Zhen’s Dao Rules could be completely negated, or even ignored!
“What kind of technique is this?”
Miao Zhen’s eyes shone brightly.
He had been relatively calm up until this point, but now he was truly disconcerted.
Due to his Heavenly Ear Technique, Miao Zhen had heard Wu Yin’s screams when Xie Xuanyi killed him.
The Dao Rules grasped by this youth must be the infamous “Path of Destruction”!
But now, withstanding the pressure from both the Ming Sha Treasure Staff and his own “Grand Momentum” was a different kind of power from the Dao Rules!
The only explanation was that this youth had realized two great Daos!
Mastered two Tao Rules!
This discovery
thrilled Miao Zhen thoroughly.
He gripped the Treasure Staff, unable to resist,
The young monk’s spirit soared, and he let out a loud cry.
“Moo!”
This bizarre yell contained an extremely powerful Divine Soul impact!
Fan Yin Temple, standing on par with Taoist sects and Sword Palace as a millennia-old power, had an extremely profound heritage, possessing innumerable Secret Techniques.
It’s said that Buddhist monks only cultivate the body, not the Divine Soul, which is actually a fallacy.
The number of Divine Soul scriptures preserved within Fan Yin Temple was in no way inferior to those of the Taoist sects, and the “Lion Roar” that Miao Zhen employed was among the top three Treasure Techniques in the Divine Soul collection of Fan Yin Temple!
With just one shout,
rolling sound waves surged down, the ancient trees atop Tailing Mountain uplifted and swept outward.
A ring of golden ripples,
emanating from Miao Zhen at the center, diffused pulsatingly.
“Ugh…”
Xie Xuanyi grunted, and even though he protected himself with the Life Dao, he couldn’t avoid being struck by the Lion Roar.
His Purple Mansion Divine Soul, felt as if struck by a heavy hammer!
At the same time, the Ming Sha Treasure Staff transmitted a tremendous vibrational force, causing Xie Xuanyi’s feet to leave the ground, his body uncontrollably flying backward.
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Duan Zhao, who had been flung out by Xie Xuanyi, sat on the muddy grass, staring unblinkingly at the battle.
Although both belonged to the Cave Heaven Realm, he knew clearly in his heart that Xie Zhen, the Young Master of the manor, was far more formidable than himself.
In his mind, Xie Zhen was unrivaled in the same realm in the world today.
And now…
there was a monk who could fight the Young Master to an even draw.
No.
Objectively speaking, up until now, the monk even seemed to have a slight upper hand!
Duan Zhao held his breath, he knew that Xie Zhen’s real skills had not yet been displayed, those intangible and lethal Flying Sword Skills still laid dormant until this very moment.
Duan Zhao was waiting.
He was waiting for the moment when Xie Zhen’s Lifebound Flying Sword would be unsheathed.
But the waiting for this moment was truly difficult.
The True Words of the Ming Sha Treasure Staff began to emerge.
The Lion Roar shattered the ancient trees on the mountain top.
He waited until Xie Zhen was struck and sent flying by the Zen Staff, yet Duan Zhao still had not seen the Flying Sword that contained the “Rule of Destruction”.
The heavy rain was smashed apart by the sound waves of the Zen Staff.
The black robe whirled in the rain.
In that moment, Duan Zhao heard a very faint sound of cutting through the air, the rain being torn apart by the Sword Qi.
He was certain, it was the sound of a Flying Sword.
He was even more certain, this was not the sword of the little mountain master.
“…It’s finally arrived.”
Xie Xuanyi, who was struck by the Treasure Staff and tumbling through the air, also heard that extremely faint sound of Sword Qi.
Within the dark and dim rainy night, a ray of lightless Sword Qi traveled across the sky, hidden amidst the thunder, crossing a hundred paces in an incredibly short span of time, arriving at the point between Xie Xuanyi’s brows.
In the moment he saw this dark Sword Qi,
Xie Xuanyi breathed a sigh of relief.
He had always believed in his “Heart Lake Sensing”, and while clashing with Miao Zhen, the unease in his Heart Lake did not subside, which meant that tonight, there was another visitor on Tailing Mountain.
To him, this hidden visitor was far more dangerous than Miao Zhen, who stood in plain sight.
Quite coincidentally,
When this sword skimmed towards the spot between Xie Xuanyi’s eyebrows, the Sword Qi and his forehead were only three feet apart.
Three feet, which was exactly the length of a sword.
If the person wielding the sword had struck with a complete “Lifebound Flying Sword” instead of just “Sword Qi”, then by now, the tip of the sword would have just reached right in front of Xie Xuanyi’s brow, mere millimeters from his skin.
Even more coincidentally,
Although this thread of Sword Qi was only three feet away from Xie Xuanyi’s brow, there was a falling leaf in between, acting as a barrier.
This scene was very familiar.
It was like when Xie Xuanyi had killed Qi Yu, a disciple of Tai Shang House, at the North Suburb Villa.
As the leaf fell, the sword appeared.
As the leaf descended, the sword departed.
Three feet apart, fleeting in an instant, Sword Qi only a short distance away, arrived in a flash.
The “Rule of Destruction”, which had been concealed within Xie Xuanyi’s brow, now burst forth completely, like a whip lashing out, effortlessly shattering the thread of Sword Qi.
Xie Xuanyi landed firmly on the ground.
All of this occurred in just a few breaths.
“…”
The Lion Roar almost completely shattered all the trees on the peak of Tailing Mountain, leaving the entire summit barren.
“Are you alright?”
Miao Zhen, the monk caught up in the thrill of battle, quickly gathered back the Power of Dao and the Zen Staff, frowned, and instinctively asked about Xie Zhen’s condition.
He truly didn’t expect such a tricky and sudden sword strike.
As the Buddha’s son chosen by the Fan Yin Temple for this occasion, Miao Zhen always acted openly and honestly.
If he was to kill Xie Zhen, he would certainly announce it, and go to kill him in a fair and square manner…
If Xie Zhen were to be finished off by this sword, wouldn’t Miao Zhen’s reputation be completely destroyed in the future?
“No need to worry.
I, Xie, am unharmed.”
Xie Xuanyi dusted off his robe and spoke indifferently, while making a gesture with his sleeve towards Duan Zhao not far away, signaling him not to worry.
This sword was indeed very tricky.
Both the angle and timing of the strike were “perfect” to the extreme.
If he had thrown out all of the “Rule of Destruction” during his previous match with Miao Zhen, then facing this sword, he would have been in great trouble…
But now, this extremely cunning strike was easily resolved.
Xie Xuanyi was not injured, not even a single hair was out of place.
“Phew…”
Miao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, if Xie Zhen had really been ambushed by this sword, he would have had a hard time explaining himself.
Behind him stood the entire East Crossing Mission.
“Fellow Taoist, since you’ve made your move, why not show yourself?”
Xie Xuanyi, with hands clasped behind his back, slowly turned around and addressed the end of the rainy night on Tailing Mountain.
Before the sound of his voice settled,
a child-like laughter rang out.
“The swordsmanship of you, kid, is not bad.”
The laughter carried a hint of regret.
“If Qi Yu had been willing to practice his sword earnestly, perhaps he wouldn’t have died.”