On Sword Demon’s face appeared an expression of terror. That perfect defence forged from lava was continuously shrinking, finally forming a hard, seemingly unbreakable ball of lava that rapidly solidified.
“Ling Xiao, your sword cannot pierce my absolute defence!”
Sword Demon roared furiously.
“Is that so? Then watch carefully and see whether your shield is stronger or my sword is stronger!”
The smile on Ling Xiao’s face grew even more brilliant.
The giant sword tore through the void and struck that lava shield.
“Sizzle!”
“Crack!”
In just an instant, the so-called absolute defence was pierced through by the giant sword. Sword Demon hurriedly swung his sword to block, but under that terrifying impact force, his body flew backwards wildly like a kite with a broken string.
At the same time, a mouthful of fresh blood sprayed from his mouth.
On his body, a shocking wound more than a foot long had been sliced open.
Bang!
Crash!
Thud!
After several rolls and collisions, Sword Demon finally managed to stop. He stared at Ling Xiao with a dishevelled and terrified gaze.
“Heh heh, you called me trash, but look at you now. What exactly are you? A piece of garbage even worse than trash. Who gave you the courage to come and provoke Qingxu Academy?”
Ling Xiao smiled faintly and slowly walked towards Sword Demon.
Looking at that utterly miserable figure, he felt great satisfaction, but it was still far from enough to calm his anger.
This man had destroyed his sculpture, killed his subjects, and today he had also killed his teacher.
If this person did not die, he would absolutely not let the matter rest.
He had come out precisely to kill Sword Demon. From the very beginning, he had said so clearly, yet many people simply refused to believe it.
Sword Demon?
Genius?
The Sword Phoenix Child who intended to destroy Qingxu Academy?
In this moment, all of it seemed so laughable, so ironic!
In front of Ling Xiao, he was truly a worthless piece of trash with no face at all.
Zhu Wen and Ying Tianxia stepped forward to block Ling Xiao.
“You cannot kill him!”
Zhu Wen said calmly.
“Although that boy Sword Demon is no good, he is still a member of our Divine Phoenix Academy. Since I came here with him today, I cannot let him die.”
Ying Tianxia also spoke.
Both men had been completely shocked by Ling Xiao’s terrifying strength.
Ling Xiao’s arrogance and wildness now appeared to have solid reasons behind them.
Sword Demon had been rampant enough in the past because he had never met a true opponent, and he bullied the weak while fearing the strong. All the enemies he encountered were no match for him.
He could slaughter with utter arrogance.
But this time, he had kicked an iron plate, and a very thick, very hard one at that.
In truth, the one who should be most shocked was Zong Yu Bi’an Hua.
She had originally believed that once her senior brother got serious, Ling Xiao would be nothing worth mentioning.
Yet the current development was completely opposite to her imagination.
The one easily defeated was not Ling Xiao, but her own senior brother.
Such an outcome truly overturned all her expectations.
The teachers and students of Qingxu Academy were equally shaken, were they not?
Ling Xiao had arrived at the Divine Phoenix Imperial Capital with cultivation at the peak of the Heavenly Human Realm’s First Line. Starting from crippling Feng Mingyu and Feng Mingbo, every time he acted, he left people speechless with shock.
Moreover, the people he crippled or killed were all renowned figures.
Not to mention that among the Divine Phoenix Empire, the Ten Phoenix Children who represented the most outstanding of the younger generation had been repeatedly extinguished or crippled by him.
Peacock Phoenix Child Kong He!
Star Phoenix Child Ji Mingxing!
Heavenly Roc Phoenix Child Peng Yue!
Now was it the turn of Sword Phoenix Child Sword Demon?
If this continued, who would still dare to accept the title of Phoenix Child?
“Get out of the way!”
Facing the obstruction from Zhu Wen and Ying Tianxia, Ling Xiao said coldly.
What!
Zhu Wen and Ying Tianxia exchanged a glance, both somewhat stunned.
Ling Xiao actually dared to tell the two of them to get lost?
“You may be able to defeat Sword Demon, but facing both of us, you have no chance of winning. I truly do not know where you get the courage to tell us to get lost?”
Zhu Wen questioned coldly.
Right now he really wanted to join forces with Ying Tianxia to kill Ling Xiao, yet he worried that Ying Tianxia would not cooperate, so for the moment he found himself in a dilemma.
“I told you to get lost. Did you not hear me?”
Ling Xiao suddenly stepped forward. Behind him, a wheel of blazing sun abruptly rose, and the terrifying storm brought by the intense heat directly blew Zhu Wen and Ying Tianxia aside.
Although both of them only retreated two steps, they had indeed cleared a path. Ling Xiao continued walking towards Sword Demon.
“So strong!”
Both men felt a jolt in their hearts.
They could sense that no matter which one of them acted alone, neither would be a match for Ling Xiao. Even if they joined forces, their chance of victory would not exceed seventy percent.
“You bastard, do you really think you can steadily beat me?”
Sword Demon stood up again. Though dishevelled and his clothes in tatters, the vicious look in his eyes remained extremely clear.
“Senior Brother, no!”
Zong Yu Bi’an Hua hurriedly shouted.
“Junior Sister, step back. Do not let me accidentally injure you!”
Sword Demon said coldly.
Zong Yu Bi’an Hua sighed, then leapt to a farther distance.
Seeing this, Ling Xiao also signalled for the teachers and students of Qingxu Academy to retreat.
“Ling Xiao, do you know why I am called Sword Demon?”
“I have no interest in knowing.”
Ling Xiao said indifferently.
“That is because once I enter demonic state, I dare to kill even my own people!”
Sword Demon spoke regardless of whether Ling Xiao was interested.
“Enter demonic state?”
Ling Xiao had heard that among martial artists there was a type of person who suppressed all positive emotions and completely released negative ones, resembling the demons of the demon realm.
In that state, their strength would become even more powerful, but often they could not distinguish between friend and foe.
He was not sure whether Sword Demon’s so-called demonic entry was this kind.
“Black Sword Demonic Entry!”
Sword Demon let out a long howl, and his body suddenly collapsed to the ground.
Moments later, that body stood up again like a jerking puppet, but completely different from a normal person.
He walked unsteadily, his entire body emitting strange black qi.
“Kill!”
From that puppet-like body came a single word, and then he suddenly vanished.
Boom!
The next moment, a statue more than ten metres tall was directly shattered.
Ling Xiao frowned slightly. It seemed Sword Demon’s claim of being unable to distinguish friend from foe was real. This went beyond not distinguishing, it was simply chaotic targeting.
But this destructive power was truly astonishing.
Clang!
Bang!
At a certain moment, Ling Xiao’s brows furrowed slightly. He swiftly slashed out a sword qi and managed to block the sudden attack, but his body was still shaken and sent flying.
“So that is how it is.”
At this point, Ling Xiao understood.
Sword Demon’s inability to distinguish friend from foe actually had a range limit.
Within a certain range, he could destroy anything, including enemies.
In fact, at this moment Ling Xiao could choose to avoid the sharp edge.
With his movement technique, retreating to a distance would pose no problem.
However, Ling Xiao’s personality determined that he would absolutely not dodge.
“He is too arrogant. Otherwise he would not be in such a sorry state.”
Ying Tianxia shook his head and said.
“That is what he deserves!”
Zhu Wen sneered. “I never expected Sword Demon to have this kind of attack method.”
“Actually, that should count as a defence.”
Ying Tianxia thought for a moment and said.
