Feng Yanran grew increasingly tense.
She clenched her hands tightly and even dared not breathe too heavily, afraid of disturbing Ling Xiao’s performance.
Not to mention her, even the Moon Lady was now prepared to act.
The Moon Lady could not guarantee that Ling Xiao would be able to block this flying knife.
This Dagger Lord was undoubtedly a very terrifying silver-ranked killer in the Dark God Temple. Even some silver-ranked killers with higher cultivation might not possess such sharp killing aura as he did.
It seemed capable of piercing through everything and slaughtering everything.
Ling Xiao took a gentle breath.
The domain elemental power began to gather madly.
At this moment, as he stood there, he resembled an unsheathed sharp blade, indestructible!
Colourless and odourless domain elemental power wrapped around him. Suddenly, a three-foot green blade appeared in his hand.
The Shadow Sword had no special abilities of its own, yet it was the most suitable for highly skilled swordsmen.
Flexible, sharp, strange, and ever-changing!
The sharp sword shadow appeared very quiet in the air. However, if someone could see through the treasured sword, they would surely discover that the condensation of domain elemental power within the blade had reached an extreme level.
Ling Xiao did not borrow the power of the Dark Sword Domain.
At this moment, he only planned to use the sword in his hand to repel the enemy.
On the ground, within three or four metres around the two of them, all the weeds and fallen leaves had already been sliced into fragments by the sharp sword qi and knife qi, then blown completely clean by the powerful aura.
The Dagger Lord frowned slightly, then showed a smile.
“You are quite good, but it is still a pity. My flying knife has never missed its mark. One knife means one life!”
The Dagger Lord’s right hand, which held the flying knife, remained in place as if completely still, yet in reality it was continuously gathering power.
He said lightly, “Against Heavenly Human Realm martial artists, I never use my flying knife. My flying knife only kills Heavenly Cave Realm martial artists. In total, I have shot out ten flying knives and killed nine First Heavenly Cave Realm martial artists, as well as one Third Heavenly Cave Realm martial artist.”
“So what?”
Ling Xiao’s sword remained raised, as if ready at any moment to erupt with terrifying destructive power.
“I also rarely draw my sword. Whenever I do draw it, blood must be drawn. Whether you die or not depends on whether your skill is great enough!”
In terms of aura and words, Ling Xiao was not the slightest bit weaker than the Dagger Lord.
“Before I kill you, I can tell you my name. Remember it well. I am called Feng Xidao!”
The Dagger Lord seemed to feel that Ling Xiao’s strength was enough to warrant his attention, so he revealed his name.
“I have remembered it, Feng Xidao. My next defeated opponent.”
A cold smile curled at the corner of Ling Xiao’s mouth. Although beads of sweat dripped from his forehead, his expression remained very relaxed.
“Sharp tongue. If you can survive one of my knives without dying, I will withdraw from this assassination!”
Feng Xidao said calmly.
“That also depends on whether you have the strength to withdraw.”
Ling Xiao laughed.
“Truly arrogant! Truly domineering!”
Feng Xidao stopped talking. He had not been ordered to kill Ling Xiao, only to supervise the other assassins, so whether to kill Ling Xiao or not was entirely up to him.
Before coming, he had also reviewed Ling Xiao’s information.
A tyrannical, ruthless fellow who acted without mercy.
Seeing him today, it was indeed the case. It seemed he would not kill the wrong person.
Ling Xiao gently closed his eyes and said nothing more.
He was sensing the terrifying Taotie Martial Soul within his body.
The terrifying giant beast opened its evil eyes and stared fixedly at Ling Xiao’s primordial spirit.
“Lend your power to me!”
Without any fear of the giant beast’s terror, Ling Xiao’s primordial spirit spoke.
“Roar~~”
A low, deep roar filled with terrifying power rang out. This was an absolute demonstration of dominance.
“You beast!”
Ling Xiao’s primordial spirit no longer held back. It suddenly grew huge, even larger than the Taotie Martial Soul, and directly grabbed the giant beast by the neck, merging it into his own soul.
In that instant, a massive black shadow appeared behind Ling Xiao.
It was a furious giant beast that seemed capable of devouring everything.
The giant beast’s power fused into the Shadow Sword in Ling Xiao’s hand.
That sword seemed to transform into a monster in an instant.
Feng Xidao’s brows furrowed even tighter.
He had originally wanted to give Ling Xiao some chance, so that when he shot this knife, it would have meaning.
But now he suddenly realised that Ling Xiao’s strength far exceeded his expectations.
That terrifying sword intent was filled with destruction and slaughter, and it seemed to have no upper limit, suffocating in its intensity.
“Kill!”
Without waiting any longer, the three-inch flying knife in Feng Xidao’s hand shot through the air, almost driving the entire space into motion.
The elements in the air were frantically drawn into the flying knife.
A tiny three-inch flying knife had fused with a terrifying power capable of destroying heaven and earth.
The atmosphere in the entire space became chaotic.
The other assassins turned deathly pale, their faces filled with fear.
They were only one level lower in cultivation than Feng Xidao, yet the gap in combat power was simply too vast.
Ling Xiao stared at the terrifying attack that had condensed infinite power into a single point. The sweat on his forehead dripped onto the ground.
The sword in his hand thrust forward.
An incomparably terrifying sword intent, carrying the roar of the giant beast, continuously tore through the already crumbling space, finally colliding accurately with that three-inch flying knife.
This strike was a direct head-on clash.
The goal of both was clearly not to kill the other outright, but to completely shatter the opponent’s attack and then inflict damage on the opponent’s body.
In simple terms, both were displaying their strength!
It was not the sound of metal clashing, but the continuous collision and friction of two forces.
Sparks flew in the air, sand and stones scattered.
“My will surpasses everything! Dominate heaven, destroy gods, fear nothing!”
On Ling Xiao’s body, the Destruction Sword Intent, Slaughter Sword Intent, and Mountain and River Will merged into one, perfectly fusing with Ling Xiao’s own will.
The stronger his will, the stronger these forces became!
Under the drive of this terrifying will, the sword qi surged violently, faintly showing signs of overpowering that three-inch flying knife.
Everyone watched this scene in horror. They were even forced to stillness by the powerful shockwaves.
Feng Xidao was only eighteen years old!
Ling Xiao was merely seventeen!
They were still just two very young people.
Yet their strength made a group of forty- or fifty-year-old assassins feel ashamed.
Some assassins even secretly wondered, “Can such a Ling Xiao be killed?”
And they were definitely not the only ones thinking this.
Feng Xidao’s face grew dark. His originally relaxed expression also became tense.
He had miscalculated!
Ling Xiao’s power was even more terrifying than he had imagined.
“Kill!”
Ling Xiao took another step forward, and the flying knife retreated again!
“So terrifying. These two are definitely peerless geniuses of their generation, but Ling Xiao is clearly stronger!”
The assassins were very familiar with Feng Xidao.
They knew he was the youngest silver-ranked killer in the Five Poisons Hall’s Divine Phoenix branch, and also the best among the young killers.
He had once even killed a powerful Fourth Heavenly Cave Realm martial artist.
